 Good evening everybody and welcome to the PVUSD Wednesday, March 28th board meeting and we do have a quorum here soon to be Five with Mr. Yihara walking up Are there any speakers to close session items? No cards have come in Mr. Francisco Rodriguez Thank You Francisco Rodriguez Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers Well first of all I just wanted to Acknowledge your proposal a receipt of your proposal on Wednesday afternoon We were very surprised at the way the Proposal was delivered and even more surprised at the Negotiations update a few hours later worry You know what's surprising about it is that left that the update left out some very important Details that you you're running a little late. I know so you probably want to go to your session I won't go into them now But it did Leave out some very important details to our members I do want to let you know that as we speak We're gonna we're gonna be sending some dates for negotiations to discuss this proposal We have also submitted last week and this week couple requests for information because At at first glance the way we see it it appears to be a cut in Total compensation on the third year out So there's a 1% for 16 17 1% for well 2% minus half a year equals 1% for 17 18 and then Some Cost shifting from our benefit side of compensation to the salary side So we'd like to see the numbers and we will of course make a counter to you like we always do well before Four and a half months, which is how long you took to give us your first compensation proposal so Be sure that we will be ready when the negotiations date comes up. Thank you Francisco could you do us a favor and fill out a card so we we just have that there on the back. Yeah. Thank you Okay, if there's no other speakers we will adjourn to closed session where we will be discussing expulsions Certificated and classified public employee appointments employment Appointments and employment public employee discipline dismissals releases and leaves negotiations updates claims for damages anticipated litigation And that's it. Thank you. We'll return at seven o'clock Okay Welcome everybody. Thank you for coming out to the PVUSD March 28th board meeting And we're going to start with our pledge of allegiance and I will ask trustee Acosta. Do you mind leading us? Thank you again for coming out and joining us for tonight There are a couple things I just wanted wanted to let the audience know if you'd like to Speak to an agenda item There are blue and yellow cards in the foyer when you walk in the door blue is in Spanish Yeah, yellow is in English and we did get several that have no item number on them We need the agenda item number on here, so we know when to call your name Eva Receivimos estas tarjetitas que Indica en que o alguien quiere hablar al la mesa pero no pusieron el número de la agenda Y ocupamos eso para poder llamarles cuando les Se a su turno así que si usted tiene una de estas hojas Necesitas venir a recogelas para poner el número por favor Okay, and for those who would like Translation services We do have a translator over here You can approach this office right here and you can get a headset and the meeting will be translated for you Okay, so it looks like we have some people who are going to get translation Services, so I'm just gonna wait for a moment While they get set up because I don't want them to miss the next part The photo I can't do it all. I need help. All right. Thanks for your patience So I wanted to recognize somebody who We lost just recently and this is somebody who is very important to education Linda Brown Was a student I'm gonna read about the first paragraph or so from her obituary Linda Brown whose father objected when she was not allowed to attend an all-white school in her neighborhood and Who thus came to symbolize one of the most transformative court proceedings in American history the school? school desegregation case Brown versus Board of Education Passed away on Sunday in Topeka, Kansas. She was 75 Her death was confirmed on Monday by spokesman for the Peaceful Rest Funeral Chapel in Topeka and Is handling her case it is Miss Brown's father Oliver whose name is attached to the famous case Although the suit that ended up in the United States Supreme Court Actually represented a number of families in several states and we all know that that really was a landmark and historic case that Shaped schools across the nation from then moving forward. And so I just wanted to recognize Linda Brown and her father for really starting Or ending what was something that is was not an equitable situation, I believe the Supreme Court a quote from that case said that they they did recognize that separate is Not what was the word you gave me is not inherently equal so I just wanted to bring your attention to the passing of Hero really an American education. Thank you Okay, and next is superintendent comments So last Friday I had a group of students from Rio that might spend a day in the life of a superintendent with me So together we visited adult education classrooms At the district office and visited various departments throughout the district office They received the balloon and a water bottle for mental education They walked in the they visited the walk-in refrigerators and freezers and received a plush toy from food services They had a great time and I really appreciate all the staff's extra effort to make them feel welcome So at viernes pasar un grupo de estudiantes de Rio del Mar Pasaron un día en la vida de superintendente conmigo juntos visitamos los salones de Education para los audutos en la oficina de distrito y visitamos varios departamentos de la oficina de distrito Los estudiantes recibieron un globo y una botella de agua por parte de Educación para adultos visitaron los refris y congeladores y recibieron un peluche Peluche de parte de departamento de comida La pasado muy bien y agradecemos el refuerzo extra del personal So we have our spring break coming up starting on Friday So I hope that everyone takes time to be with their family and friends I encourage the students in grades preschool through third grade to still spend time on the paso a paso creciendo juntos footsteps to brilliance app We will announce our three winners of the donated Chromebooks Which are our super users of the program when we come back from break. So keep up that learning So tendremos nuestras vacaciones de primavera comenzando este viernes Espero que todos se tome en el tiempo para estar con familia y amigos Animo a los estudiantes de grados de pre-escolar a tercer grado a que siguen usando la aplicación de paso a paso creciendo juntos footsteps to brilliance Vamos a anunciar a nuestros tres ganadores de los Chromebooks donados que son nuestros super Usarios del programa cuando volveremos del descanso. So siguen aprendiendo gracias Okay, three item 3.5 Comments from the board reports on standing 3.4. I'm so sorry Student recognition, how could I pass that up? This is our favorite So we are We're recognized Recognizing two students of the year this evening and we're gonna start with McQuitty elementary school. I'm Mira Lopez Please come up with all of your family all of your support Everybody come up with her and gather around Good evening President de Rose Dr. Rodriguez board of trustees It's my great pleasure and honor to be here with Amira Bautista and her family her father Javier Danielle her brother and her little sister Arlene I Want to pass the mic over to miss Chappelle her wonderful teacher of the last two years to have make some comments about Amira Good evening As mr. Hiltz just stated that I've been I was fortunate enough to be a mirrors fourth grade teacher And then loop up to fifth grade with her and in that time I got to watch her really grow as a student And share her passion of reading with me where she she'll find an author that she likes and Stick with that author until she's read every book and was actually wrote letters to bad kiddies author last year But she's just an amazing person. She's always on task in class. She works really hard not only for herself But to help her peers succeed also She's very encouraging person and a wonderful problem solver Which is why we chose her as art to honor this year Okay. Yeah, do you want to speak? Thank you for bringing me here. It's been an honor and I'd like to thank miss Chappelle to and mr. Hiltz Congratulations We have something for you here if you'd like to move over here we can get a photograph that and we can share that with you Congratulations keep up the good work. I think you have a brother and sister maybe that we might see a little later I'm so next from Eloni elementary. We have Emily Calvio arenas come on up Everybody here Good evening president arose Superintendent Rodriguez and members of the board. I am really proud to be here tonight with O'Lonnie student of the year Emily Calvio and as you can see here Emily has a very Loving caring and supportive family and I have to say I am just a bit overwhelmed being here among them I feel proud and Hopeful even more hopeful than I normally am to be sitting here alongside of them You all are just a tremendous inspiration to all of us as are you Emily Let's see if I can go through her family her mom and dad Oscar and Ilda Calvio Here we are her brothers Eduardo and Eliseo There he is She has a loving grandparents Berta and Emilio Lots of aunts and uncles who are right there with her all the way as you are in this Berlin Francesca Sal in one As well as cousins who are involved in support her as well Alexis Micaela John Emilio in Montserrat all who took time tonight to come down. Oh And a grandma Sophia also came She has a very loving and supportive family Emily was born here in Watsonville and has attended O'Lonnie since kindergarten and in fact her mother Ilda Was in the very first graduating class of O'Lonnie school In fact, everybody in Emily's family are proud graduates of Watsonville high school Born in bread raised and proud members of the community Emily's been an excellent student through all the years and this year she represented O'Lonnie at the Santa Cruz County spelling bee at UCSC Emily's teacher says that she's not only top student academically She's advanced in English language arts as well as in mathematics and all the tests But she's also a great team player when it comes to working as a group And when she's not in school Emily enjoys baking crafts and caring for her family's horses She's very confident and she knows that she can achieve Whatever she wants to in her life when she puts her mind to it and right now she's thinking of possibly becoming a lawyer or a baker She thinks that she might open a top-notch bakery right here in Watsonville which I would be totally excited about and She would but in order to do this she would like to travel to France Paris To get down the fine points of French pastry And to this at her parents have both said assured me that they will support her and volunteer to go along with her on that All of us at O'Lonnie are very proud of Emily and her accomplishments and proudly present her to you here tonight as our student of the year Thank you Hi, my name is Emily and I'm here representing O'Lonnie school I'd like to thank my teachers Ms. Inuffer and especially my family when I grow up. I'm gonna be a baker Or I'll be a lawyer. I know I have a lot of goals to accomplish But anything is possible with family support my mom says that it takes a Village to raise a kid and this is my village Okay, and I think trusty Osmondson has something for you Emily Calvillo arenas You're recognized by the faculty of O'Lonnie elementary school and you're recognized for us in On the Pato Valley Unified School District Board and you're recognized by everybody here that's in our audience too is recognizing you aren't you You can all clap for her Wow, I'm so impressed with you. You're so advanced You're really way advanced in everything including mathematics, which I am very bad at Okay, if you want to go over here for a quick photo we can get a photograph and share that with you Congratulations Okay, thanks to our families for coming if you need to get home To get ready for another day tomorrow. We understand if you can't stay but congratulations from all of us Okay, so we're gonna go ahead and move on to item 3.5 governing board comments Reports on standing committee meetings and I'll start with Willie and just go right right on down the line trustee hero Thank you So so what is a hypothesis? Well last night at the minty white science Contest show We found out that a fifth grader proved that air Actually waved something and the And the science show last night was outstanding Minty white fifth graders and fourth graders did a great job And I just want to report Upward to the board that it that it was proven to me That error does weigh something. Thanks to the fifth grade students. Thank you very much minty white um So I just wanted to make a quick comment to um Dr. Rodriguez and I had the honor of being invited to the wonderful woman of watsonville event Where the santa cruz county women's commissioners? um honor at which by the way two of our teachers from our school district ari parker and um Lucy basore Hold seats on our santa cruz county women's commission Honored two local women in watsonville for their work um maria compost with Monarch services for her work with women in violence And and young girls and also jena coal for her work in education and particularly education in line with um issues of substance abuse and tobacco and so Just wanted to honor them and recognize them and thank them for inviting us to be a part of their event Thank you So I I was at our d-lac meeting and um michelle was also there beginning to talking just about all of the Programs that we have for students Oh, is that is that a right way to say it? That yeah, that yeah all the other programs we have in the district that help with homework and things like that She talked about that with um d-lac um and um Well, there was a bunch of other things we did too, but d-lac is always a really wonderful Place to be because it's really well attended. Um by d-lac elac members um from each school so It's really well attended and they also went to the um migrant education, I mean migrant head start, excuse me um migrant head start policy committee meeting and this is just before um The program is going to be starting because it's a migrant program, of course And it starts at the very beginning of april and it goes through november But we have policy committee meetings with the executive board not with all of the parents from every single Daycare center and some of the daycare homes At the meeting at this point, but we have the executive committee at the meeting just kind of going over What we're doing to getting to get getting starting how to get started. Um, we're trying to um Work on getting some of the um daycare centers together We're really working on a lony, which is a kind of a new daycare that we're We're working on, you know, construction wise to get it ready to go And and things like that. Thank you Kim Thank you, leslie. Um, I want to thank our amazing community and our young people for coming out in aptost For the march for our lives Against gun violence. I want to say that I'm looking forward to Watching the young people lead our nation To a different and better way of being so that we don't have to worry that kids are not safe Anywhere that they go they should be safe at schools. They should be safe in their communities their libraries their movie theaters their restaurants At sports events anywhere we go kids should be safe and should not nobody should be targeted by gun violence anymore And so I I'm just feeling really hopeful that changes are about to happen, especially when all these young voters Turn out at the polls. So I want to thank everybody who turned out for that event in aptos I'm looking forward to a dinner that's upcoming Where marshall tuck will be the featured speaker for the county office of education and all the other board members in the whole county Will come together and hear him speak. So that'll be fun. That's on april 9th On a monday night upcoming And I did attend aptos. I didn't say this last time, but I attended aptos highs accreditation That's called they all our high schools are accredited by wask and that stands for western accreditation No restaurant. What is it association of schools accreditation? So I attended the kickoff. It was really fun I got to stay back with the parents because I do have a daughter at aptos high So I got to make Feedback both as a board member and as a parent and I actually haven't heard an outcome I wasn't there for the exit interview. Do we do we have any update on the aptos? I accreditation Um, yeah, so there was a report out both for them and for watsonville High school and so we can provide you guys those summary reports. Um, they only receive them orally We receive them in writing a little a few About a week later will all depends on when the person the chair gives it to us once we get in writing We'll make sure and give it off to you guys. Okay. Thank you Thank you, leslie. I had the opportunity last week to go to the cesar chavez community awards and if you ever want to see Or hear about the great things that are happening locally go to awards like this I was so impressed By the turn by the turnout and there was as you were saying kim about the young people who Spent their winter break their winter break or winter vacation whatever you want to call it Make getting put in together care packages for the homeless or the woman who works at a local church who takes care of the sick and the elderly It's very easy to concentrate on the negative Go to awards like go to awards shows like this and it really does show you all the great things that are happening in our community So I do want to thank them for my invitation Thank you, jeff. Um, I um had the The honor to Give a presentation to the The parent leadership group at calabasas high school or elementary school last week on monday And actually dr. Rodriguez was there too. Um, this is a really great program. It's um about a six month program where Parents can join this group and come and learn about Um The inner workings of a school district everywhere from everything from site council volunteering site council at the site to What happens in the superintendent's office and for me? I was able to share with them about what a board does and You know, it could be very dry But what I chose to do is just give them my story because I was one of them. I was the Mom who volunteered in the classrooms and when my kids were little and started my involvement there and I'm here now and I just really wanted to share with them and the community that A board seat is open really to anybody to run who Who is eligible and who has the The desire to give back and make a change. So that was really that was great for me I really really enjoyed that. So hope to do that again some someday. Um, and then This afternoon I went to Mar Vista and I saw the fourth grade one of the fourth grade classes do A play on california history. It was really really good really well done Um, I actually learned something that I did not know so through a song. So they did a really really great job Anyway, that that's it for me and the rest of the board has gone So we will move on To my printed copy Okay, we're at item 4.1 and that's approval of the agenda Um, so i'm looking for a motion from a board member to approve the agenda I so move And is there a second all second. Okay all those in favor. I I any opposed? Motion passes six zero one And item 5.1. Um, this is approval of the minutes for our march 14th regular board meeting And um, is there a motion to approve I'd like to make a motion to approve and With that can I put in a request that on Future minutes that we have a little bit more of the dialogue Of the board and public comments noted in the minutes Is that possible? It seems like we used to have that and it's kind of faded away So a little bit more detail just to just to give a little bit more If you would meet to the Substance of it. Yeah, so that's my good idea motion Okay, so that was a motion. Yes. Okay, so I'm looking for a second second. Okay all those in favor I I any opposed Thank you. Motion passes six zero one with the noted request for change and At the march 14th board meeting. We also did our financing corporation board meeting which we We do Generally each December This was a special one to actually dissolve the corporation Which we are all on that board as well um, and this had to do with a Certificate of participation, which is a funding mechanism and that's why the corporation was um Was developed and since that COP was paid off. We were able to dissolve it so this is special board meeting of the district financing corporation minutes So do I have a motion for approval? I still move to approve And is there a second All second. Okay. All those in favor I any opposed Motion passes six zero one And next is item six our high school student board representatives. Do we have any representatives from our high schools tonight? No, okay. What happened to them? Hopefully we'll see them back soon. Just what we do No, no, that would be um agenda Sorry under public comment. Okay. This is um high school representatives come and give us an update on their site Okay, but have you got a card filled out for If you do want to speak there are cards in the foyer So you want to fill that out and put the agenda item number there and we'll call you up and you can just bring it up here Alicia, can you help him? Thank you Okay Okay No, I got lost Okay 7.1 So this is I'm going to close our regular meeting and open a public hearing for PVSD sunshine proposal to pf pvft and report by miss kaleen Dr. Kaleen. Yes. Thank you president derose board trustees dr. Rodriguez For board consideration. This is the sunshine proposal from PVSD to our harrow valley federation of teachers for a multi-year agreement For the district in accordance with the rada act is sunshineing this proposal for 2018 19 as per the following articles article 5 calendar article 7 wages and related matters article 8 health and welfare benefits and this proposal does not include additional items Which may be sunshine in the future during the course of the negotiations Okay, are there any speakers to this item? Are there any questions or comments from the board? Okay, we'll be voting on this correct later in the agenda So there's no public comment no comments from the board. So i'll close the public hearing and we'll reopen the regular meeting Thank you so item 8.1 is public comment Um, so again, if anybody wants to speak to an item We do have to have the cards turned in before the item is called. That's something I failed to Um, mention early earlier. So i'm glad the gentleman got his card in Um, so how many do we have we have about 10? but we have several here that don't have a number or an a A An agenda item number on here So i'm going to read the name if you want to talk to the open session. Please just let me know Marcella Salas ibera and excuse my pronunciation ibarra. Thank you. Did you want to talk to the open agenda item? Yes What about um alba revas? Open agenda item Okay, well no just one moment ma'am. Do you want to speak to the open agenda item? Are those a charter school people? Okay There's no agenda item. So okay Alba Rosa Louise And guadalupe. These are all for the charter school. Is that correct? Okay. That's a different item. Okay. Thank you What item number is that that they would be speaking to I'll have to look and see It is non-agenda Okay Well, then we will call them up So we have more than 10 of That's not when it's got We're about 15. Okay, so um What we'll do is we will call up three people at a time Let's set the clock for two minutes each please and um, I think you'll call three at a time So if you can line up and be ready to speak when it's your turn, that would be great I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say Okay, so the first we'll have greg tucker come up followed by david patina patina, excuse me And then followed by mirna guara Good evening Good evening superintendent redriguez president derose and board members also good evening to my colleagues community members Who have come out tonight? My name is greg tucker. I've been an educator for 22 years I taught for 11 years in sacramento where my father was a teacher for 35 years My aunt and uncle the grassmires taught special ed and math in pleasant in the 70s and 80s My grandmother taught in mendicino county for seven years to the children of loggers in the 1920s I know quite a bit about education. It's been part of my family my entire life But I truly don't understand what this district and this board is thinking From 2010 to 2017 my site has lost 101 teachers During this time period the site has averaged right around 65 certificated employees And we have averaged 14 and a half certificated employees lost each year That is a 22 employee churn rate Industries with high employee churn like fast food approach 100 percent Retail sales is about 55 Employee turnover the industry is with the lowest employee churn wholesale trade finance Federal government jobs and state and local education These industries average less than 2 employee turnover Again my site is averaging over 22 employee turnover In a district or in an industry where the average is 1.3 percent on average This is a failure of an immense magnitude This is failure that should be impossible to ignore by the board responsible for overseeing this district This is a failure of management a failure of community a failure of the board of education This employee churn is costly to students to families to the community Employee turnover is a simple way to evaluate a company or industry for volatility If you look at the numbers this district is in danger Financial statements are just one way to evaluate district health You can look at the reserves and say look we have money. We're safe and healthy I'm suggesting that that is short-sighted limited misguided perspective Take A look at staffing and you can see another layer of an organization's health or its disease Think of any job that you've ever had digging ditches flipping hamburgers selling clothes answering phones building houses any job Imagine doing that job while always training new employees while feeling like there's no continuity no consistency No predictability to your team How long before you would leave that job? Days weeks Maybe a year Once an employee turnover rate increases reaches a number like 22% like at my site like in this district It should come as no surprise if the churn rate continues and increases people leave jobs when they see their colleagues leave What can the board of education do what can the district do? It's no secret that many employees look at pay as an indicator of their happiness at work The moment an employee is unable to pay their bills or live a comfortable lifestyle. They will naturally think to themselves Is this the job for me? The more financially strapped they are the less comfortable their living situation the more likely they are to leave That churn that turnover that organizational failure can be avoided by keeping employees feeling well compensated No raise and a threat to benefits makes employees look elsewhere A tiny raise while witnessing huge increases to management salaries makes employees feel devalued because They are literally being devalued This board and this district need to stop this bs Our students deserve fully qualified teachers our community deserves to know that the teachers who teach their first child Will stay for their second and third children Maybe even their grandchildren I got one last line This is about community. It's about respect. It's about what this board of education and this district value Thank you guys David Hello, uh, dr. Rodriguez and school board members. It's nice to be here and talk to you Uh, i'm an eight-year teacher here in the pvusd david patino from renaissance high school um Well first, um, i'd like to talk about last school board meeting I'm pleased to see so many This monday for the first time three quarters of the way through the school year We're able to finally be fully staffed of teachers We finally got our last teacher hired For a fine arts position I know increasing the compensation for teachers could have really helped fill this position sooner and, um also We have been operating for two quarters the second quarter and the third full quarter Without a permanent principal So, um, please expedite the hiring process. I know that we're interviewing people So I would really like to have a permanent principal so that we do not have to begin the next school year without a principal As for negotiations now, we are in fact finding I said that at the last board meeting that I do not want to strike, but I will strike I hope that we can work towards a solution without disrupting the education of the students Thank you so much for your time Berna After marina, we're gonna have victoria antonio maria mesa and abigail al-dolfo, please Adolfo Thank you. Good evening board president de rose superintendent. Rodriguez and members of the board My name is marna geredo and I want to thank you for your time to address a matter that occurred at watsonville high school And a manner and in the manner of that it was handled on 2018 The incident that I would like to address happened to my daughter Maya and her freshman science class due to my limited time I will be condensing this incident on 220 mr Don brown ranted racial remarks directed directly to the fifth period science class into my daughter This is what he said and i'm paraphrasing When I first started working in this community, there weren't that many brownskins now There are a lot of brownskins and you know why because your families are working in the fields This is what he said to my daughter and i'm condensing this version as well Maya asked to go to the restroom mr. Brown says no that she needs to hold it and asks her if she thinks that her parents can Go to the bathroom anytime they want when they're working in the fields Maya replies my parents don't work in the fields What makes you think my parents work in the fields and mr. Brown replies that it's to be expected That evening I emailed watsonville high school principal vice-principals and mr. Brown requesting a meeting as soon as possible On 221 the following occurs Maya is called into the office and mrs. Ligaretta gets her statement I also meet with her and I personally give her my statement Mr. Brown leaves me a voicemail at work and we talk over the phone later that day. He is apologetic Both times and I requested to meet with him in person On 226 we had a meeting with vice principal miss roma mr. Brown my sister martha and myself I asked mr. Brown for his side of the story allowing him that courtesy His explanation summed up that he was stressed overwhelmed and that he didn't have his filter on that day On 227 Maya was moved from her class to a new one In which she has now fallen behind because she has had to be She's had to condense a month and a half of work into two weeks because mr. Brown's class is behind Over the course of the following three weeks. Maya writes her statement turns it into mr. Romo's class I requested a follow-up meeting on 36 and 316 on 319 I finally received a response and on 310 820 I replied to miss Ligaretta and miss roma with additional concerns Information and requested five things that additional investigation towards his remarks of conduct regarding his racist remarks were to be expressed to the entire classroom Proper discipline of his conduct this event documented in detail and placed into his personal file All of the parents from that classroom notified and personal notification from the superintendent That all the items were going to be completed. I emailed miss legaretta with the request to have it back by friday of that week Which was 323 I did not email dr. Rodriguez at that time. I emailed dr. Rodriguez on 326 Who has been very responsive? Thank you for that And was made aware that miss legaretta did not forward the emails to dr Rodriguez which is exactly what parents teacher students and pvusd staff told me that she would do She did inform me that this would be handled as a title 9 incident due to the fact that this incident is racist in nature I posted it on social media and in two days the amount of concerns personal stories and support flooded into In that also brought light similar issues with mr. Brown and miss legaretta alike So this is my question if this is supposed to be treated as a title night incident Why was it handled like that since the beginning because it's been over a month? And if it was supposed to be treated that way then I would expect proper discipline for miss legaretta as well Why are incidents like this automatically reported to the superintendent's office? I know that my daughter's incident is not as crucial as other incidents that are going around in this nation But this is the foundation of what is wrong out there today. So why not handle it at its core? That my request is to have my initial requests appalled and to have miss legaretta's practice is reviewed when When handling situations like this parents and students should be able to go to their administration and trust them I will follow up with you via email. Thank you victoria And victoria will be followed by maria mesa and abigail My name is victoria And I like miss amora because he said Good teacher I want to stay in my school I want to stay in my I want to stay with me Thank you Francisco, would you mind readjusting that for them since you got up and started it you have a job now Thank you Maria mesa Good evening. My name is haria We are here parents to support our teachers and our children No, we don't want our teachers to leave We want that they continue collaborating collaborating with us They also don't want substitute teachers I think and we also other parents think That our children would not learn if every moment They would be changing teachers We want that our children to be children Prepared for the future Just like you are prepared We also want our children to be ready to be like you that someday they can Have a career Thank you And I hope you take What I'm saying into consideration. Thank you Abigail Abigail Abigail will be followed by um Anthony flores Natty Lopez and kathleen kill patrick, please Abigail Good evening. My name is abigail They're here to support the teachers They are very important for our children I don't And they the teachers mean their wages increase So that the students can have the best teachers Thank you Mr. Flores, good evening Um, so there have been a lot of things that have been going on at watseville height that have not been spoken up about We have the issue that happened with don brown Now we have an issue with the teacher who thinks it's okay to go and tell kids that they have a mental illness That is not okay. I don't think it's okay. And I'm pretty sure parents don't think it's okay And this teacher is abel mahiya. He's a world history teacher And for what I've been told the stories are bad He de he degrades kids to the point where they don't stand up for themselves We come to school to learn not to be degraded Kids have gone and reported it to the principal And they've said that nothing has happened Now i'm not sure if there's an investigation that's been going on and we don't know about but we're not very informed about it Kids have left his class For that reason they didn't leave his class because it was a hard class. That's his excuse Kids have left his class because the environment is horrible Kids are degraded. It's not okay. And thankfully I'm not in that class The reason I'm here I'm speaking up for the kids who are too scared to speak up for themselves Because they are worried that their grade will be affected if they come and speak up This is not okay. And this should be reviewed Um, there should be an investigation too Um So I've been told these stories and I'm here to speak up for the kids who can't And it's it's kind of sad that not only is a mehia, but there are different teachers from what I've been told who do the same thing Um, there have been too many issues and what's all high that have been going on this year with coaches teachers and staff Something needs to be changed and we need to start reevaluating the whole school at this point We need to We just we need to watch our teachers sometimes and the teachers need to watch themselves They need to watch what they say And that needs to be said to them Thank you for your time Hi, hi Kathleen. How are you? Well, I'm good. I you know a lot of issues seem to be going. I have another one here We're here to give you a a heads up on a close call Uh, which I saw as a symptom of the ongoing issues that the district has had with um safety and risk I'm just going to stick since I'm here for sass. I'm going to stick with pesticide issues tonight So yesterday afternoon melissa my friend who's here Requested my help After we were visiting the county agricultural commissioner on the new pesticide regulations That affects school surrounding surrounding fields Aloni teachers had been notified of a scheduled fumigation for termites that was supposed to occur over spring break And while they appreciated that it was time for the buildings to air out They felt like it was really short notice both chemicals That were to be used or highly toxic and they would have had to remove any any classroom pets all the plants And they had concerns about gases lingering in enclosed spaces So imagine these aloni teachers who were so recent recently thrilled by the conversion of the adjacent field To organic strawberries to find out that the district planned to apply fumigants inside their classrooms You know, there is this healthy schools act. I've been here talking about it before it requires um Postings and parent notifications for chemicals used there's a specific process If it's something that isn't on the annual posting. I looked on the district website I could not find the list of chemicals that were uh supposed to be That there was notification for for the entire year. I know that the parents at aloni Were not notified and the teachers had very short notice um You know the district has an integrated pest management plan, but it's really just the skeleton It's been three years since the healthy schools act was made stronger and Our district has not yet caught up They have uh, I don't even know if it complies with the letter of the law But it certainly doesn't imply with the intent an integrated pest management is supposed to be a process And a plan Uh, it's much like what I learned in health care. There are steps prevention comes first that didn't happen at aloni Modern renewers required that requires training I don't really think the staff has been trained the maintenance and operation director Couldn't even tell me what kind of termites or how bad it was Localized treatment is the next step. I don't think that was done. There were some structural repairs, but no low risk Local applications were tried and there's supposed to be some investigation of alternatives and the least toxic Alternatives should be used and there is heat treatment, which is an alternative to Fumigation so instead of skipping to the most hazardous option. We needed Transparent and open process that involves the community. We need staff training. We need clear communication We also have some issues with the rollout of department of pesticide regulations new school regulations and we would be happy to meet with The district safety coordinator and maintenance and operation And I really advise again that the habitat habitat management committee be revived and I still have my binders And I'm I'm happy to participate. Thank you Thank you Addie Natty Lopez Natty Lopez, okay Next we'll have melissa denis Followed by gobert goberto Gilberto gobert. Oh, thank you Karen and and she'll be followed by alba. Hello. Hi Oh, you're here, okay here Sorry about that Buenas noches. My name is natividad lópez. My name is not even a good representation Demis de mis maestros I'm here. I'm sending late to school I'm here to ask I need you to ask That I'm here to ask for Just wages to the teachers And I want them to receive a just place to be able to live here. You need a We don't want teachers Substitute teachers We want teachers that teacher students so that they can get ahead Would you mind asking her to pause so I can hear what you're saying because like thank you So I'm gonna just wage with them and we don't want And my daughter told me that on Tuesday she had a substitute teacher Y y el maestro le dijo que era un este Que porque no le pagan bien por eso no va a clases entonces yo que le yo le que le contesto a la niña And the teacher said that because he doesn't get good wages. He doesn't go to classes. So what do I tell my daughter? Okay, eso es lo que le pedimos a ustedes que por favor nos ayuden a que tengan un suelto justo los maestros And that's what in el futuro los hijos pues tengan un un mejor este una mejor carrera And that's what I'm here to ask you to give the teachers just wages So that they the students or my the children can have a good future Thank you. Thank you. And that's all My name is Melissa Dennis and I'm a third grade teacher at aloni elementary school So I'm following up with what kathleen kill patrick was talking about earlier So we have a termite problem at aloni and we were slated to be tinted over the spring break We were notified about the fumigation, but we didn't know what the Fumigants or the pesticides were we're going to be that we're going to be used So we did find that out on monday night I rushed home and and looked them up one of them I knew already what it was because it's a pesticide that's used in the strawberry fields and You might remember me. I'm one of the teachers that's been really active with Trying to reduce the amount of pesticides used around our schools So I already knew that chloropicrin was a really toxic That has so toxic they've banned it all together in the european union Yet we were going to be using it over spring break to fumigate our classrooms and We worked really hard to get a one mile buffer zone We we ended up with a quarter mile buffer zone of chloropicrin, but it seemed kind of silly to the teachers to Be using chloropicrin in the classroom when we were trying to get a one mile buffer outside of the classroom so We wrote a letter to the risk manager and to the facilities director and Luckily the fumigation has been cancelled So i'm thankful for the swift response by the district, but I think this highlights what Kathleen Kilpatrick was talking about where What's missing I think is a Workable IPM integrated pest management plan That will address these situations as they arise when you see you have a pest What is the least toxic way to deal with it first? What are the alternatives that we're going to try first and then if it comes down to needing to use some fumigants sometimes that might be necessary and I think the Teachers will be understanding of that when it is in fact necessary, but we found that in this case We hadn't exhausted all the alternatives yet And the other point I wanted to make before I go is The risk manager leads a safety committee and From what I understand They haven't been happening monthly. They've been happening quarterly, but they've been being Canceled so I think that if we had more regular safety committee meetings things like a integrated pest management plan could be put in place and then it could avoid Difficulties like what we've had this last week with the back and forth between teachers and the district and and Worrying about all these chemicals in our students Thank you Thank you Buenas noches doctor Rodríguez y demás miembros de la mesa de activa. Mi nombre es Alba Rivas. Good evening. My name is Alba Rivas Yeah, thank you. Y estoy aquí para hoy este día presentamos la petición para nuestra nueva escuela waxonville prep school And today we presented a petition for Watsonville. Que cual era la escuela señora waxonville prep school Watsonville prep school Y la razón por la que estoy aquí es porque estoy bueno estoy a favor de las charretta school y The reason I'm here is I'm in favor of the charter schools Como padres queremos pues una nueva una mejor educación para nuestros hijos y as parents we want a better education for our children Y esta escuela pues las expectativas que tiene son muy altas a nivel educativo y The expectations are very high at the educational level y la Sobre todo lo que más me impactó cuando fui conocida las escuelas que están funcionando en Gilroy in Hollister La el trato que los maestros le dan a los niños y la atención Y la estructura que les dan La enseñanza es es pues para mí como madre de familia And what I liked I visited a school in Hollister in Gilroy charter schools and I liked the way the teachers Treated the children and the way they taught them And what I saw the classrooms were small groups And they have three teachers for each class And I like the structure And what I noticed My visited all the children raised their hands to participate And that's the reason why I'm here. I hope to count on your support for this school Thank you Gilberto Gilberto Rosa Rosa Louisa, okay. So after louisa will have rosa and then guadalupe speak please Louisa you're next you're next next How are you tonight? Good evening Thank you for the opportunity Dr. Rodriguez And members of the committee My name is Maria Luisa Hernandez And I'm here to represent And represent on behalf of the parents And we are asking for your support Disculpe para cuáles escuelas navigator for the navigator schools We are asking for your support For you to accept the petition that was submitted to you today Como padre como madre as a mother I have a dream A dream for my children And that dream is that one day That they will be professional professional people But the I was frustrated by the dream because I saw the level of education here in watsonville And that is why I support watsonville prep Because the innovation in education Es de las más nuevas And it's the newest and the ones that are having results I ask you to please As a mother That you support us It's a hope or dream that we have for the future of our children Muchas gracias por su tiempo. Thank you for your time. Thank you Good evening everyone. My name is Rosa Saavedra I'm also here supporting the parents for the school proposition I'm in favor of opening this school because I see it as an opportunity For my daughter and her future I also see it as an opportunity for our community Because as our community grows And also the need for new schools is growing also The vision of the school has standard standards very high And it has a level of education that I would like for my daughter to develop There's an opportunity for leadership and for development and for something great for my daughter in the future And I think that if this school is able to offer this, it will be good for the future and for the community And I appreciate the opportunity to express my sentiments And ask you to analyze or look at the petition And ask you to analyze or look at the petition And your support Thank you My name is Hilbert Topozos I'm also here representing Watsonville Prep School I would like very much as a parent I'm here representing many parents That you give us the opportunity for our children The right to have a good education with great structure I would like for my children to grow up with a mentality of achieving And I feel that this school will give them the opportunity, the doors will open for that And this school has a good structure, it's good teaching And I'm sure there's going to be a good future I would like to see my children seated up there with you or a president, I don't know And I would like you to read the proposal that was presented And thank you Next we have Guadalupe And after Guadalupe we have Marcella Good evening My name is Guadalupe Gallardo I'm here representing many parents in the community Asking for your support Please The petition that was submitted today For navigator schools I chose to fight for Watsonville Prep School Because in the time that I went to Hollister Prep School I love to see how the teachers interacted with the children So happy How some children are happy and anxious to participate in the classroom And I think that my children and all the children in the community deserve this grand opportunity And we ask for your support and to listen to our voices Thank you My name is Marcella and I am choosing Watsonville Prep School for my child because I believe my child will have a shot at a great education in this kind of school It's one of the teachers, the technology in the classrooms amazing Well behaved, super smart, positive, driven and incredibly confident kids That is what I saw during the tour of the Hollister School And that's what I want for my son here in Watsonville Thank you President DeRose, that's our last speaker Thank you very much Thanks to everybody who came out Item 9.0 is employee organization comments And we'll begin with 9.1 PVFT We do have actually, can you hold on just a second? We have a speaker My name is Ramilo Medrano And can you put three minutes on the clock for this one please Good evening My name is Ramilo Medrano I'm a counselor here in the district For almost three years now I was also born and raised here in Watsonville And I'm here to support our teachers, our faculty It's the first time I speak to you on this topic I wanted to come tonight Not to talk about budgets, not to talk about numbers Because honestly I don't understand half of that But to put a face to this struggle I, just a little bit of background me Born and raised in Watsonville, I went to Paharo Elementary When I was in elementary, went to Paharo Middle School I went to Watsonville High School I did not graduate from Watsonville High At the time Watsonville High was built for 1,700 students In 1997, my last year there There were over 3,000 students enrolled And there were zero counselors Because of budget cuts The year after my last year Counselors were hired again So pretty much my entire time at Watsonville High I didn't have a counselor I didn't have anybody to pull me out of class To tell me I was messing up I'm a first generation, I'm the oldest in my family I didn't have older brothers and sisters to tell me Who to go to, who to talk to Teachers were too bogged down I feel, and I'm not laying the sole responsibility on the district for me not graduating But I feel like the district let me down The first time anybody ever counseled me was a friend Who told me that I could still enroll in Cabrillo After not graduating high school I did not know that Nobody ever told me that The rest is history I went to Cabrillo, it took me a long time I didn't get any financial aid Because I didn't graduate But I still made it I worked my whole way through Cabrillo Five years Usually takes two years To transfer to a four year university It took me five I went to CSUMB, I stayed local Because even though I had a 3.5 GPA at Cabrillo I wanted to stay local to help my family I did, I don't regret it After that I got married I have two daughters I enrolled in San Jose State And just two, three years ago Actually about a year ago I got my masters, my counseling credential And I'm here now I'm frustrated Because I feel like the district Is letting me down again I can't buy a house in this community I was born and raised in this community My parents work their entire lives My parents are sick of working so much For this community I'm a product of you guys And I'm here I want to give back I want to stay here a long time My girls are enrolled at Alianza My little girl is in first grade She reads at a fifth grade level I just went to the Alianza Kinder Roundup For my youngest daughter She knew her numbers till 39 She knew all her colors They are both fully bilingual I want them to stay in these schools So that they can improve our schools I want to stay a counselor In this district So I can improve this district Give back to my community But I feel like I'm being pushed out I feel like I can't buy a house in this place Because even though now there's a program That gives us down payment Man, I have a down payment I've been saving for ten years For this moment What I can't do Is afford a $2,500 payment on a house A $3,000 payment on a house What I make in this district I can't I can't do it And I can't offer the level of comfort That I want to offer That I didn't have to my daughters And my family I know I went over my time I'm sorry But I'm here to say That we need a fair contract We need to have a living wage In this community And I am not yet tenured And that's part of the reason Why I hadn't spoken before But even though I am not tenured If we strike I am striking with everybody else Thank you very much Francisco Thank you Francisco Rodriguez With the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers What you just heard Comes from a teacher From a certificated staff member Of which there are many in our district And they want to stay here And they want to Have their children do well here You heard a lot of parents They want their children to do well here And you have a choice You have money You have so much money There's charter maintenance organizations Lining up to skim off The money that is supposed to go To English language learners To foster kids And to students with low Social economic status That's how much money you have And you could use that money To ensure that people Like the last speaker Is able to afford a house here Who can pay for their healthcare And be here The proposal you sent us via email A few hours after the mediator Released us to fact finding Does not do that for us In fact, as I mentioned to you earlier We believe that if we're talking Total compensation It could possibly be a pay cut On the third year out If you remember Our members are okay With saving you $2.5 million Not just last year But the year after that And the year after that Through higher co-pays In doctor visits Higher prescriptions payments In addition We also committed To helping Or ensuring that our members Who have double coverage Move away from that They maintain the same level of benefits But save you an additional $500,000 That's $3 million right there That you will be saving You saying that you're giving us A 3% raise in 1819 Well no, that's not a raise We're shifting money From our benefit side To the salary side That's not a raise And in fact that 1% for $1 million for 1% increase Is for all of your employees Including your management So not only are we saving you A lot of money But you're not putting all that money Back into our salaries And that's why we submitted Those information requests Today and last week To see where exactly your numbers are Because those charts that you sent Via email in your so called Negotiations update That had several omissions Including the fact That you want to close out Negotiations for the year That you just now Sunshineed You weren't even aware Probably not even aware Until recently That there was going to be A proposal to us For the year 2018-19 So you've heard a lot of Reasons why we believe that The proposal you're giving us Is not acceptable Now I also told you Prior to closed session That we would be sending you Some dates The dates have been sent For possible negotiations And we will continue To negotiate with you But we need to see Reasonable proposals from you Again, we are in fact finding We intend to follow that process But at any time That you want to give us A proposal for a fair contract We're willing to sit down And talk about it And I just wanted to make also A few more comments You may be aware this last weekend There was a convention The California Federation Of Teachers Convention And I just wanted to report On a couple of things that Some resolutions that were passed That our state federation Takes very seriously One of those was holding Continue in our attempts To hold charter maintenance Organizations accountable They were to make sure That they follow all of the rules That you as a board have to follow Including the Brown Act As well as all of the schools That they support The other was a commitment To Tony Thurmond For superintendent of public instruction Who as you know is running against The previously spoken about candidate For the same position And has not accepted money From the Charter Schools Association And finally I would like to also Ask that you consider What the two previous speakers Kathleen Kilpatrick and Melissa Dennis Spoke about in regards to the safety committee Remember we had a lot of problems In the past with our benefits committee Meetings being canceled And you being unable to implement To the detriment not just of you But ourselves in savings Because those 2.5 million dollars That we agree to help you save We could have started saving those About a year and a half ago But because the committee The benefits committee was not meeting That means we lost possibly anywhere From 3 to 5 million dollars And so we don't want the safety committee To go the same way So please make sure that we have Those monthly meetings so that we Can address safety issues at our schools Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Do we have anyone here from CSEA? Pavam? Good evening President DeRose Superintendent Rodriguez and members Of the board. I'm Brett Knapp for principal D'oloni school I'll be speaking on behalf of Pavam tonight My comments are really pretty simple But I would like to start tonight By mentioning some great words That is getting done across our district That we as school administrators Department directors and supervisors Recognize and are very impressed with The first is in the area of safety Actually it has come up a few times Tonight already. Sheila Shanahan in her department Are doing a lot to bolster Our safety plans. I'm notwithstanding other comments Have been made here tonight perhaps From our point of view actually there's A lot going on and they're doing An awful lot to bolster our safety plans Our procedures and our preparedness And this work is resulting in improved Safety for our students and our staff As well as in reductions in accidents That lead to workmen's compensation Claims. Secondly is in the area of facilities And someone else spoke to this earlier as well The area of facilities improvements And maintenance that's being done Around the district. Victor Sandoval and the tremendous team That he has put together in that department Have been making a lot of really great improvements To the sites around the district And the quality of the work has been Really very good. Parents and staff at my site, Oloni, have really been commenting Frequently to me on how pleased they are With what they see going on. The main topic of my comments Is another district wide process That has also results in making our Schools and district even better And that is the process of evaluation For employees. As administrators are currently fully Engaged in this process with our Classified staff and evaluation Of course being a fully confidential Matter. The specifics are not talked about Outside of our one on one meetings With our employees. These discussions though do result In specific improvements in Individual and class performance. But there's another aspect to evaluation I want to talk about. Another aspect of these evaluation Meetings is not generally recognized And it stems from the fact that The great majority of our employees At PVSD and our schools Are really very much Committed to their work. They're very hard working And they do great things at our Schools every single day. In this context the evaluation Process is one of the ways in Which we as administrators and Managers recognize and express Our gratitude for the really great Work our people are doing Every single day. And through this kind of Recognition our employees feelings Of pride and meaning are Bolstered. And all of our commitment to Our team, our grade level teams, Our school team, our department Teams is strengthened and deepened. And for very many of our employees The evaluation process confirms That we are, they are Valued members of a great team And our commitment to our work Is there by reinforced. And as administrators we get Satisfaction when we help a Specific employee improve their Make improvements to her, his Practice. But our sense of pride and Confidence in our teams are Confirmed and strengthened as well When we get to formally recognize The really good work that our Fellow staff members are doing. So evaluation is also another way We build team strength. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have anyone from CWA? Okay. Okay. We're going to action items. 10.1 Is resolution 171829 On child abuse prevention month And this is a report by Suzanne Smith. Come on up, Suzanne. Hi. Hi. President DeRose. Superintendent Rodriguez, Board members. Thank you for considering this resolution. Pajaro Valley Unified School District Resolution number 171829 Declaring support for April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Whereas child safety is of the Upmost importance and whereas Child abuse and neglect is an Important social concern that May affect the long-term health And well-being of not only the Children but also the adults they Become and whereas safe, stable And nurturing relationships and Communities can break the cycle Abuse and maltreatment and Whereas child abuse prevention Is a coordinated and comprehensive Response by all systems supporting Children, youth and families, For example, schools, law Enforcement, health systems, Faith-based organizations and Community programs and whereas Everyone has a stake in ensuring That children have access to the Resources and supports they need To be safe, healthy and Successful and whereas suspected Child abuse or neglect must Immediately be reported to Human rights, law enforcement Authorities and whereas we have Identified child safety and family Services to be a priority and Hereby declare April as a Child Abuse Prevention Month. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any speakers to this Item? Do we have any comments or Questions from the board? Trustee Yehore. Thank you. Thank you. Suzanne, once a child is Identified as being abused, Do we have a system in place That Works immediately to help what And perhaps President What I'd like to do is to see If we can agendize in this, In the future and have a review Of what our process is so that We all understand and know Exactly what we have to do. This is not an action item Tonight. I just wanted to bring this Back to my resolution. Oh, okay. So I can ask now. Right? Yeah, you can't. Suzanne. Yes, the answer is yes. As soon as we suspect any Mandate a report that suspects That there is child abuse we Automatically would call Child Protective Services and they Would begin the investigation. Is there data to Indicate Approximately the number of Children that are in the System now that. Yes, I'm sure there is and I Could help find that I could There is that data. I don't have it necessarily, But I could find it for you and Get that information to you. Yes. District wide, you know, I don't want any names or Anything like that. It would depend on what we Could do and based on Confidentiality. Those numbers are available from The Department of Child Welfare. Do they get from these area Codes? I mean they can pinpoint the Data. How many are substantiated and Substantiated are unfounded? Yeah. What I would be curious to Know, for instance, Minty White and EA Hall serve About the same families. So if we have a child at Minty White, you know, In the elementary school level, Does that do the Siblings from that family Receive the same kind of Treatment? Is there a way that we can Streamline the counseling and The services that are Provided? Again, once we, As mandated reporters, We reported to CPS. It is all confidential. And so certain things we Wouldn't be able to address Based on confidentiality. Right. So as we As we set up the counseling Services, for instance, Could we think more in terms of Both of those schools combined For the services instead of You know, the services for The siblings at EA Hall and then Separately for the elementary School siblings. I don't know if I'm really Explaining that, but Well, we do have counseling Services at all three of those Schools that is available to Those students and to any Students that have referrals That are made. If we are not able to deal With it at the site level, They are referred to outside Resources for counseling Services. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Anybody else? Okay. Just for The public to know that All school staff As well as the board has to Go through mandated reporter Training every year. I think it's about a 30-minute Video training that we do And we are all mandated Reporters. So if there are any signs That raise red flags for us And they tell us what to look For, we are mandated to Report it. So the numbers reported May not be all substantiated But it's just to let CPS know That, you know, we feel like I've never had to do it. I don't know if any other Board member has had to. But we do have that Responsibility as board members And staff too. So anyway, I'm having said That, I am in full support of Recognizing this resolution to Make the community aware. And this is in recognition of April. And I think it's important That we are able to Make this in recognition of April as a child. I want to say it right. Abuse prevention month. Yes. So I was just going to ask, Is this resolution sent Anywhere? Is it go to some place besides Here? Yes. Resolutions do get, I'll let Michelle. So all resolutions several Months back, one question that Was asked is what happens After resolution. So what we've been doing is After each time that we have A resolution that has a specific Time frame, we provide you those Updates on what the activities Were and how we disseminated it Out. So Alicia even prior to our Current position would send it Out to all staff and then we Make sure that the coordinated Staff was aware of it. I think for us really this Resolution really is focusing Not only on our current staff Like our social emotional Counselors but also our Partners like PVPSA. So just going to Willie's Question, right? One thing that happens is With PVPSA they not only do Individual counseling. Resolutions will be providing You updates on what happened. Okay. Does somebody, Would someone like to make a Motion? I'd like to make a motion to Support child abuse prevention Month by issuing this Resolution. I'll second. Okay. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0-1. Thank you very much. Thank you Suzanne. Thank you. And we have another board Resolution and this is I'll be doing it. Nancy is not here today. I'm sorry? Nancy is not here today. Who will be doing it? So I will be doing it. Okay. After Rod Regas will be Giving this report and this is In recognition of adult Education. Yes. So the week right after we come Back then adult education will Be recognized throughout the State of California. And so we are, I will say that we have a Very unique and strong Adult education program here In the school district that Many do not have as well as we Span multiple cities. And so I was just going to Read a few things in which I Think highlight the resolution And as I mentioned before The adult education center does A lot of things in order to Recognize their staff and we'll Do a listing of what occurred. But it has whereas Watsonville Aptos Santa Cruz Adult education is the primary Community resource for teaching And instruction of adult Literacy that provides a way for Adults to complete high school Studies on their own time and Pace. And provides career and Technical education and job Training for adults seeking Career changes or enhancements And provides instruction for Parents and families ranging From parent cooperative Preschool classes through a Wide spectrum of adult education Programs especially designed for Adult learner and disabled Population. And so, you know, I visit all The sites throughout the year and As well as visit adult Education and sometimes I think We don't realize the impact that These programs actually have on Our community and on our family So, for example, some people May think why would they have Cake decoration and why would They have something like that? But I went in and saw the ladies And the gentlemen preparing the Cakes and each one of them said That through that opportunity They now have a job at a local Bakery and that local Bakery job is helping to Support their family and their Families needs that wouldn't be Taking care of if they didn't Have that job. And I think just the pride in Their faces of having that and The children that we never stop Learning and we never stop growing Really was a source of pride for Themselves and their families. So I appreciate the work that our Adult education does. And I ask for us to pass the Resolution. Okay. Thank you. Karen. I just want to say there was a I can't seem to pop it up. I don't know why it won't pop Up but there was some place in There where you talked about What the programs do for Job training. And in there you said it provides Them. I don't have it right on me Because for some reason it won't Go to it. I don't know why. But I wanted it to say that it Provides jobs because you had It and it said you provided I forgot what it says. What does it say on the job Thing? For the classes that you do For pharmacy tech and blah, Blah, blah, blah. It provides career and tech Education and job training for Adult seeking career changes or Enhancements. Okay. Career changements or Enhancements. I would say for career Chasing jobs. I mean it should just say Jobs. I was just thinking career Enhancements. No. Most of the people that are Taking those classes they are Taking those classes in order To get a job out into the Community. You know what I'm saying. They're not trying to enhance Their already career that they Already have. And a lot of times they're Actually. But there are some enhancements. No I know. But I'm just saying it needs to Say. But it needs to say career Changes. Enhancements. And jobs. Or job opportunities. Yes. Opportunity. Or something like that. If they do that. Yeah. I just wanted to say it. I don't mind what it says. It just says career enhancement And career changes. And career placements. Or something. Or jobs. Or something. You know what I'm saying. Okay. But then we won't pass it Tonight. Can we? Yeah. No. I want to pass it with a Revision. Next week. It's next week. Yeah. No. I want to pass it. I want to pass it. I just want to ask after You pass. After we pass it. You can do a little Revision. That's all I'm asking. So I'm supporting the week Of adult education. Asking us to vote for this week Of adult education. The resolution. I'm asking to do that. You know, not so long ago. We were talking on the sport About shutting down adult education Because of our budget problems. I don't remember. Yeah. That was like the first and Second year on the board. And as a board we stood Committed to continuing adult Education because of the Importance of in the community. I was fighting for it. Yeah. We weren't sure the money Has been very uncertain about Whether it was going to come Or not come. And in what regard and there Had been some money saved that We had to sweep. And Swipped a lot of the money. Yeah, we did. So I just want to say to Nancy and to her crew and to Todd and everybody over there. Thank you for sticking with It. It's an important community Support in service. I was there just today. I took one of my patients there An 18 year old girl who needs to Finish. Her GED and I was really Impressed with the teachers, The GED classes, the times That people could take. They could work all day and Take GED classes in the Afternoon from four to eight At night. And it's just a really great Program. And I have many many many Friends who take the bird Watching courses and some of The fun stuff too. So I'm really proud that we Kept adult education and we Continue to support it. So I'm in favor of the Resolution and I'd like to Make a motion to pass the Resolution. Okay. I'll ask for a second and then Other comments. Okay. Any other comments? Okay. So I just want to say I'm a Huge supporter of adult Education as well. And they recently have Have taken over the Santa Cruz adult education because Recent funding changes. It's actually a consortium now That is countywide. Every county has an adult Education consortium and with It's own board. And so there's been some Major changes and changes can Be scary even if it is good For the community. It's scary but they've Really come through this Well have expanded services And really expanded Opportunities within the Program, the original Program as well as the newer Programs that they have throughout Santa Cruz County and I believe That's including San Lorenzo. Are they in San Lorenzo? Yeah. So really the whole county It's huge. They have done a really good Job in making these changes And going with the flow as we Know changes are hard but I Would like to offer my support For this too and we do have a Motion and a second so I will Go ahead and call for the Vote. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes 601. Congratulations to our adult Ed. Okay. Item 10.3 is the second Reading of the Lynn Scott Charter School renewal Application and principal Julie Wiley. Welcome. Good evening. Thank you for having me back. So if you look at your charter Document in your packet Element M is the only element That there have been changes to Since we looked at it for the Public hearing. Element M talks about employee Return rights and there was Some concern that some of the Language in there wasn't Matching up with PVFT's Contract and with some of the Other things that were a Legal obligation and so we Were able to sit down and Hash those out and come up With revisions that didn't Change the meaning of the Charter but more clearly Outlined how those return rights Would happen so that's the Only revision that's occurred Since the last time you looked At the document. That's on page 45. Can I mention? As was mentioned in the item We did staff did review all the Required elements and staff is Recommending the approval of the Petition. Okay. And any questions or comments From the board I see Karen. Go ahead. Well, I just wanted to ask Because I thought it was Actually considered Lynn Scott As a parent involvement kind of A school. That's what I thought it was. It is that's the that was what The Charter was originally Formed as it started as a Magnet school with parent Participation being the magnet And then when the Charter Schools Act passed in 1992 The group of parents who started It quickly submitted a petition To the board and it is a Parent participation school. However, in the last several Years there have been court Rulings that have indicated and Have come down stating that Schools cannot require Charter schools cannot require Parent participation that it's Considered a form of payment. And so we've had I'm sorry A form of payment. And so we've had to really Alter our model and really Sort of approach it from a This is what you get when you Come and volunteer at your School. It's important to us. It's important to you. It's important to your student To see you, to see your face There, to see you involved and To see you valuing your Education. So we have had to make some Adjustments in some of the Policies as the law changes And as the Charter environment And landscape starts to change Some. Okay because I was just Wondering because I saw this Part may encourage parent Involvement but she'll Notify parents and That parental involvement is Not a requirement. That's now a requirement by Law. We have to have that in the Charter and we have to We have to notify parents that They that we can no longer Require that. Yeah, so that's that's You're giving me that Information now so that I Know it now because I was Reading that well wow I Thought it was a parent Participation it still is we Still have a pretty high Level of parent participation Comparatively speaking is it Like it was five years ago No. That which is unfortunate But that's that's you know That's what happens when you Can't mandate something we Can't use that word mandatory Anymore so we've continued to Be able to have a really Committed cadre of parents who Want to volunteer and who Really value being at the School with their children and The staff has adjusted to that And is making good use of the Volunteers that we do have. Okay. I get it. Okay any other comments Willie just some comments on The the review of Lin Scott That we had at the previous Meeting was very good. Thank you. So it answered answered many of The concerns that I had. I'm pleased to see that Lin Scott has reached out in Into the neighborhood to Bring in kids from that area I I am I am concerned about The facilities itself you know The buildings and so forth And I think that we need to Kind of plan a little bit if That facility needs a larger Setting or whatever so I I'm pleased with the school And I think it's a wonderful Option for families to come And I'm you know pleased to Make the motion tonight to Accept the recommendation of The superintendent. I was going to ask really Quickly I know there's a plaque On there that you're one of the Old school you're one of the You're considered I forgot what It says on it but it says it Was the building itself is an Architectural historic yeah it's Not a monument I don't know What they call it's a you Know historically significant Site yeah so you have to be Really careful about you know Changing the paint or tipping The stairs or anything really To do because it's historical you Can't you I mean the that main Building you can't really touch It right well it needs to be Touched but I know I know Does it say the year I Forget it does say something Like the year I don't know Huh yeah see my posse They're here again 1929 Okay maybe I don't know I can't remember it's late Well anyways pretty old like To make the second okay Second okay so we have a Motion by trustee hero and a Second by Karen all those in favor Aye any opposed motion passes 601 congratulations thank you so Much thank you okay our next Item is also a report by Dr. Rodriguez on Raptor Technologies pilot program yeah So just so that you know The illness is going around The district office so it is Even hit me for the first time In three years I'm under the Weather but that's why people Haven't been here to present Their items because we have a Lot of staff that's out sick Right this moment so I'm Presenting for this so I did Because of some of the questions That had come up I did Wake Sheila up today to have A conversation with her of Where the the root of this Program came for I will say That I have in my previous District we did have the Raptor system but for once It actually didn't come from Me so as we had mentioned in December we had keen and Associates for the first time In about five years go out And do an evaluation of the Site so that happened during The months of December in January we did that because We wanted to know where our Liabilities were and where some Of the concerns were in terms Of facilities and everything so One thing when they did they Did a portion of them when School was in session and they Did a portion of them when School was out of session so Some school saw them and Saw them coming through and Some didn't it's according to Which one it was but Basically what keen and Associates found was that There was an inconsistent Process for how parents got On campus and so that was Definitely an area of liability So what Sheila did is she's Part of a safety round table Which is basically a list server Group where you can put out Concerns and questions and Say what are you all doing About it so people that are Like people like her of her Same role are part of this Email string and so because They have about they service About they service about A hundred and twenty thousand Schools in about twelve thousand I'm sorry one thousand two Hundred school districts Throughout the state of California raptor came up As a possibility so they're Really one of the top people are Companies that is helping with This concern so as has been as I had mentioned before I'm Very big on pilot to scale Right so we don't want to do Anything just as a full blush But we do it in little bit so That we find out do we really Want to do it and then we also Find out is it going to work For us right because it might Work for another school district But does it work for our school District so we had a Conversation with principals We wanted to find two very Diverse pilot schools so we Have one that's Valencia Which is in the northern zone Has does have a significant Set of parents that are There from Watsonville as well But it is in the northern zone And then we found we did Hall district so two different Counties because remember hall District is actually a Monterey County and really servicing Fairly diverse parent populations There has been some concern About well what about our Undocumented workers and Or what undocumented parents Issues with immigration and Where does all that information Go and what happens if they Don't have identification so I did talk to Sheila today and Then I also because I was the One that was going to be Speaking to it I called our Rep for raptor myself this Afternoon just to confirm the Information to make sure that I didn't miss quote and so For the parent to pass through The system is their first name Their last name and their birth Date so what they were what They are showing is that We actually have more information Our student information system Then we are at then we're Uploading into the system And they do put they do Take the first name the last Name in the birth date and They put it towards the national Registry of sex offenders that Identify whether or not That parent or that person Has any sexual Sexual misdemeanors Or felonies on their record That information stays Within the system part of What they do is they they will Never sell that information or Send off that information anywhere A parent doesn't have to Have a California or a State Right identification They do have to have some form Of identification that was Issued from anywhere from Mexico to a different Different city or different Country and So what we're asking is we It's a fairly Inexpensive in that it's $1,700 per site So it would cost us $3,400 to do this Pilot but we're wanting to do This pilot at those two schools For the rest of this year See how it goes we'll evaluate Does it minimize parent Participation what are the Negative impacts of that I will say and That's why I will say that in Santa Ana it did It's not To be hysterical but it did we Did find people that shouldn't Be on our campus that we're Enter into the campus And so I'm not Saying that those people had Malintent but they were Sex offenders and we were able To say to them unfortunately You can't come on campus So we're asking that we Do the pilot I've tried to be very Transparent on the systems that I'm bringing in as I've Mentioned to some of you during My one on ones because of the We didn't we don't that's not The way that we work now Within the school district we bring It to the board so that you're aware Because there's implications Of with parents and and all That but we do place The security of our students as Our number one we'll bring It back to the board you're not Approving that all schools Do it at this time you're Just approving that we do it at The two schools so that we see And if it doesn't work Then we of course won't move Forward but we do There are 1200 School districts in the In California alone that are Using it that are Making sure that our Boner abilities are decreased And so we're asking for Your approval. No speakers to This item okay Questions comments from the board Good question. Thank you. Somebody sent me an email today Regarding this item and There were there were there were Two concerns one was That the person felt we already Have The system in place we already Have people Doing this checking And your response is no we We do not we do have a well It's it's inconsistent in that Some school sites do make You sign in we absolutely Do not at any of our schools Check the national registry Of sex offenders we do not do That and the the one good Thing is that it produces a badge For you that then when you're Walking around the school People know that you Have gone through have Gone through the office some Do have those stickers but We absolutely do not Check national registry of Sex offenders at this point We do not would it would it Would it be safe safe to Assume Michelle that In a school situation like Watsonville high school which is open Campus and right and right Downtown where we have a lot of People walking on and off The campus versus Aptos high School which is really Well placed I think Because it's more isolated and It would be more Effective in a Downtown situation where Where you have a lot of Flow of people that you don't Know so So the object still is that People still have to go to the Office and still Sign in and do all Of the you know To to actually get Checked out is that yeah So that would be in the best of all Worlds I will say that At this current time we Have very open campuses And people are frequently Walking around even our Elementary sites without having Checked in and so this is Part of having People know that If I see you if I'm a Staff member and I see you and I Don't see you with a badge I Should say to you hey Please go to go to the Office and sign in for me Many of our campuses Are very vulnerable at this time The question also is Is for instance in some school Districts they just focus this Program at the elementary level They don't do it at the high School level sometimes it's Because there's an assumption That if you are older that You have the ability to speak Up if something is happening If we know predator behavior That's not always true right because They generally Well they generally Convince you of doing Something that's a negative so that Then they have something over you Right but So that so Basically the service Service that we're going to Purchase or use here Is not Actually being done now at the School site No we would be doing it at Hall district in Valencia as a Pilot it's not without Without this with our With our human people Doing this right now With they would They would phone in and they would Register people now Without the system so it's It's inconsistent so some of Them like if you go to new School they make even me sign In and so she's really Dedicated to sign in sign Out but most do not It's varying levels Of degree of whether or not They make you sign in no matter What if they do make you sign In it's just that you're Signing your name it has Nothing to do with checking Anything about you it's just Knowing that you're on campus Okay the second Point of that email today was The cost I think You could mention like a $50,000 Or something like that Was that Yeah so that comes from If we were to do it at all 32 of our schools so that That came from the The medium which the question Was what would it cost As a one time cost if we Did it in each and every school That would be approximately $50,000 That's not what we're doing tonight What we're doing tonight is $8,500 Good okay I just wanted to go on record To answer that email Public okay So I just have a couple questions For you with regards to this badge That you're saying that the person Checking in would receive When they leave the campus Do they get to keep that badge Do they have to turn it in And when they return to the campus At a later date That would be this process Because a person's status could change So there are two things One it has a date on it So technically If they were sneaky They could Wear it They are going to wear it off Then they could come back And reuse it I guess If they took it on and off their clothes So they could technically use it There are and this actually Especially would be used For regular volunteers Most of the time You do it for the first time in a year So let's say You have a parent that comes every Wednesday They would do it once And most of the time they do Some permanent badges for them So that what you will wind up seeing Especially for the younger Grades is you'll see parents come in And be able to take Their name that has their picture And not have to go through the process You'd have them do it every year But you wouldn't have them do it daily Now for our weekly For parents that it's more Like every three months Like I come and then I'm not going to come back For another six months Then you would have them do it again In the six months But if they're a weekly or daily parent That supports that They wouldn't have to go through the system Daily And that's something that We actually had some issues With in Santa Ana because we had some schools That had high high levels Of parent participation And so there was a line out the door For parents that were trying to get Into the school So what we did is we did those Badges for them so that they Didn't have to do it on a daily basis I'm just I don't know maybe just doing that On an annual basis is just a little Concerning that that might be too long Of a lapse I mean is that possible To I'm hearing what you're saying We don't want to dousing parents that are giving Of their time and coming to the schools on a weekly basis But not necessarily doing it Maybe to them every time they come in Or even weekly but maybe Some medium check Or something maybe every semester That may be good My other concern on this Is that since we're taking We'd be taking this on now We're going to spring break we have effectively Two months Roughly left to school do you really Feel in your judgment that that's enough Time To run an effective pilot study Program I'm sure there would be other options That we could look at continuing The pilot study into Maybe through the beginning of next Semester What are your thoughts with the two Months? Generally because I've gone through the Implementation of this program Generally you find out all the bad kinks Within the first week most of the time But that's the beauty of the pilot Is we get to choose When it's June And it's the end of school We'll ask the principals and say Do you think that you have a good Grasp on it If they say no then we can continue it On I mean all of these are self imposed Timelines right so We can in June say We're not ready to decide if we're going To expand it let's Take it into the next school year And we're not going to decide until December Right because it's It's completely based on How we feel it also would be Based on the number of problems that we Have with it so if we have a lot of Concerns going coming out of it Then we'll slow it way down Right so it's all based on just How the pilots are going Okay so since the school year Will inevitably end in June When will you be thinking you'll be Bringing that report back to this board Like in June, July Yeah so well it depends On what it is so If we feel like we need To continue forward we'll probably Just inform the board that we're going To continue the pilot for a couple more months And we won't bring it as An open session item If we feel like we have a good Handle on it we'll probably bring it Back in July and say this is our Suggestion to implement it at the elementary Schools or to implement it In this zone or something Okay thank you Anybody How often are we Checking on our teaching And staff's backgrounds I know when they come into the schools When they're first hired we trust Or whatever but how often are we Actually checking Or if they get arrested for something That is automatically Triggers something at the state level And we find out about it I think that's how it works right Pam's Shaking her head yes behind you Jonah Go ahead Jonah if you know Usually If We will get something from the county If there is A trigger Like for example CTC Will also send something to the county If some credentials are Going to be suspended or revoked So we will get that information That way For teachers So I don't really I'm not really in support of this honestly I don't really see Sex offenders on our campus as a big Problem that we Do we know we've had sex offenders on our campuses that happen to be parents Or people walking in that we need to Protect our kids against I mean our kids have certificated staff With them at all times there's I don't understand why we're This is like something that needs to be Checked on all the time I mean I'm more scared of people Going on campus with a gun than I am You know a sex offender at this point I mean I'm more concerned For the behavior Of our own staff than I Have seen it out of the school So I just I guess I don't understand the need To put this in Well the point is Is we don't know because we haven't Been checking I think Just the fact that people have to Give their ID and show That they're on campus And you know we had A conversation previously about It's also to track who's on campus Because right now if we were to Call disaster we don't even know Who is on campus currently Right we wouldn't have a listing That says who's on campus Because we have so many people on campus That we don't know And so You know we're One thing that we've been asked Of the board is to Look at where are Where are we fragile In terms of risk and safety So one area that we've been Deemed at being Having liabilities is In terms of people being Being able to go on and off our campus I guess one of the things I'm really Concerned with are numbers Of undocumented parents and the Data that is collected on them And would our school district ever Be forced to turn it over To the department of education or something I mean it does I think I'm worried About that. Isn't any addresses social security Numbers or identification Numbers it's just their first Their last name and their birth Date. So the enforcement of this So what if a dad You know when he was 18 Got arrested for You know having A sexual something And then His name came back as being on the A list then who does the enforcement And then did he if he's not a registrant Are we turning him over then To the authorities I mean Like how far does it go We just don't allow them to be on campus So that's it the principal Just sits down with the dad and says Sorry you can't come on campus or what happens Just says you can't come on campus So the DOJ doesn't get notified we're Checking with them so who We're not checking on whether or not They're complying with What we're checking on is whether Or not they're a known felon if they have A sexual crime in their background It's only a sexual crime so the people That are arrested for a number of different Things that maybe they've Adjudicated their stuff Including sometimes people With very low level sex offenses They've adjudicated Their penalty or whatever And they're free to walk Among us so I mean where do we draw the line If they are on the national registry Of sex offenders they will come up If they're not on that national registry Then they won't So we have a Megan's law registration That every one of us can go on A website and take a look at And everybody should because it's Unbelievable that your Neighbors and in your neighborhoods You can see where everybody lives And what they've done essentially You can see what they were convicted of So we already have that Yes to do that so I guess I just I think we have bigger fish to fry Is what I'm saying and I feel like As a parent going on campus Just have to stop and I don't know I'm worried about where the date is Going to go and I'm worried about That our parents are going to Like if I wanted to just go run In really quick and drop a lunch Off to my kid and I'm like left Work to do this and it's pouring And I don't know I just don't think Parents are going to like it And I'm worried about our undocumented parents Not even wanting to step foot On campus as a result of this So I'm not going to support This tonight okay I can understand the concerns Of trustee discerpa Because there is some issues around I can understand we're trying to encourage Our parents to have parental involvement And yet this seems like it's another Wall between us and them But You know let's take this to account It's a pilot We're going to try it out Let's see how it goes I also agree With trustee acosta Two months seems a little bit short to me Especially as we talk about spring break And all that's coming up But you know what if we can protect And I know Kim agrees with me on this one If we can protect one kid That's really important too Incidents yet But we need to look at where we're vulnerable And to shore up that Again I might say we rolled out across the district But let's try it out if it doesn't work We tried But what if it does work What if we are able to do something really positive here Then to me it's worth it You know I have kids in the district I walked on to Rio de Mar the other day I was stopped and said My wife's a teacher at Rio de Mar I was stopped and said you need to go back to the office And put a badge on I think that's the culture we need to build And this is part of that process And part of that culture I'm in 100% in support of this I want to see where this takes us I hope it's useless and we don't have to use it But if it protects one kid I'll write that check Thank you Jeff So I want to agree with What almost everybody said here I have some concerns too And some questions And I did get those emails From a couple of parents today One of the Items that they brought up Is We don't need it Which to me Like you said we don't know if we need it I would rather be proactive Than find out oh my gosh We let someone on campus That now has hurt a child And for me it's not Not about Liability And potential litigation It's about student safety Is where It starts for me And I would much rather be proactive They also said And Willie had mentioned this That The staff can do this Themselves I couldn't imagine staff time Of I think it's actually A handwritten form Because we do live scans A handwritten form that is sent To the department of justice It's not It takes a week basically Which brings me to my next question My first question I guess How long does this process take I actually wish there was someone Here from Raptor because there's Questions I'm pretty sure you won't be able To answer that I have coming up Someone walks in With their name, their date And birth date How long does it take for that information To come back here or not So I've seen it in person And generally it takes about Well So it depends If they have an ID That has the scan on it Meaning the scan and they can swipe it It takes about 45 seconds They have to hand input it in Then it takes about 2 minutes Okay But that is per person Okay So that's the check-in And then you had mentioned something about What if there's a natural disaster We want to know who's on campus When they leave do they actually check out They're supposed to Yes they are Okay Which I'm not good at doing that by the way So we You had also mentioned That When A teacher is hired they have to go through The background check You said teachers specifically Staff doesn't have to All staff have to be Fingerprinted Okay So I think the beginning of the school year Is really important for us To pilot this because That's when you get your Volunteers That's when you're going to get new volunteers Which means We'll get more feedback from parents And community on whether You know it's a positive reaction Or negative So I think we can get more data that way In regards to name and birthday If they're going to give that Name and birthday It leaves lots of room for error In my mind A lot of Joe Miller's born On December 3rd 1964 Or whatever It's going to happen a lot So this is one of the questions I wish somebody was here from What is their Rate of error And what do you do in that case Are we going to open ourselves to litigation Because someone's name comes up And that's really them And now we've defamed them So I would just like to ask that question And see how What do they have in place to deal with that When it happens because I can Imagine it happening I do have the same concerns That Kim brought up With the data Even if you're only putting in A name And a birth date That is going to the federal government If they know where that data Is coming from Or is there a way that the federal Government Certain Areas in federal government Is there a way for them to look at that data And figure out If they are legal or not legal And are they going to use that Data to come after our community Because Nothing would surprise me at this point I think that I'm sorry I'm going to say it out loud It's really really scary To me and it's I mean I think the concept is great But where we are right now in this climate I think it could be really Scary I mean our parents are scared right now Our community is really scared And if we're asking them for information That we're going to put in the federal government Database I could just see that Being a real problem So I'm okay with the pilot That's the kind of feedback I want And I'm glad that there's a school On both ends of the spectrum Because I really really want to get that Information from parents I'm sorry Leslie Yeah I'm sorry I mean if they're okay with it And they see that the value outweighs The risk in their minds Then I would want to know that How long Or how often would you repeat that process Would that be up to the site or the district Okay I think I'd like to say one more thing So many states Including California have changed The laws recently and I'm sorry I don't know the exact Laws because they essentially Are going into effect And titrated isn't the right word But over a series of years And it's specifically Directed at people with low level Sex crimes that have Historically had to register as Sex offenders Many of those people were like They had Consensual sex With maybe They were at 18 and they had sex With their girlfriend who was 16 and her parents Prosecuted and you know 20 years ago they were convicted of that And forced to register as a sex offender When that really is not somebody But that's somebody who would be precluded Of going onto the campus So in those types of cases There were their Their Adjudication or whatever as a sex As a registrant Is going to be changed they can petition The court and change that And so that's happening across our nation And including here in California So that's also something that I worry About because if we have parents Who might have that type of a record Who are not going to have to register Anymore In a few years I just think that this I just think that this Is not the way To go about providing safety On our campus that's all Thank you We ask our kids To If you say something Say something That's the ultimate Safety thing to me And if you see an adult Walking around the campus that doesn't Have a badge say something Because that person doesn't Belong there Should go down the office and sign in You know you guys don't understand How many people we have walking Through the Watsonville campuses Just walking through because It's a shortcut between Even if we build the fences We get people wandering through And if you see something Say something and that person Does not belong on our school grounds For the safety of not only The teachers but the students So after Thinking about this I support Jeff's idea Let's try this out Let's see what happens Here Thank you Because now having to get To listen and I am really Hearing what Kim is saying And I am extremely concerned And especially concerned For trustee Osmondson Because you are talking about Hall school and so this is This could potentially preclude A lot of parents I could see Especially in the south end Where the three of us Majority sit from wanting To go on campuses or just being Afraid and inhibited and That's concerning to me We are trying to be an inclusive Environment and bring parents in And encourage them to do that And so many steps have been taken With the TB testing And whatnot I think this is like When we step that far forward This is almost a step back And I do hear concern Student safety, yeah That has got to be a top priority But as Kim mentioned there are so many other things Besides a potential sex offender For student safety So when I heard you say We don't have an SOP in place Across the board for all 32 schools Whether you are a charter school Elementary, junior high Or a traditional high school In place For people coming on that campus Maybe that should be the starting point That we need to have An SOP in place for all school sites That somehow People have got to come through that Front office Meet with the secretary, the receptionist Whoever is at the helm of that And be checked in And they've got to be checked out Maybe that would be somewhere we could start That's far Less invasive To our parents And we could see how that rolls out And the effectiveness of that And evaluate that a few months down the road And I know that will be tough But You know Maybe we could start it at the elementary And build it up But I think we should have Definitely an SOP in place for all of our 32 schools For anybody coming on campus Whether it's an administrator A trustee, a parent, a vendor You name it I'm yet to hear something I disagree with tonight on this subject But I go back to This is a pilot program And Let's try it out 1200 school districts Am I correct? Are looking at this 1200 school districts Are using it We want to encourage our parents And I agree with you But let's try it out If it doesn't work for us If there's more questions that come from this That's okay It's okay to ask the questions But we're not going to know until we try $3,000 Or the pilot $3,400 That is not Unfortunately, we spent a lot more money than that At a At a meeting I understand everyone's concerns I think it's really impressive Frankly, that everybody is so concerned And really talking about that Let's try it out Let's have a report back in July And we'll hear from the schools And go from there It's not a lifetime commitment Thank you, Jeff So I am in support of Moving forward with the pilot However I would really stress That really good Communication goes out to the parents And families of those schools Before it happens Let them know what's coming What it's about They have the opportunity to ask questions Make sure they know it's a pilot I just think the communication on this Is going to make it or break it with the parents And then just one other quick Thing that I had noticed I looked up their website several times today And I was looking for Where does it say For reviews From customers What parent feedback was All that's on there is about What great tech support they have There's not one Review from a parent saying This is great, I feel like my school is safe So just a heads up And that was going to be again a question If they were here, but I'm okay with the pilot Those are just some concerns And I would want If we decide this is great And we want to move forward Or at least start talking about next steps With those questions answered And I agree with Jeff I don't disagree with anybody With anybody's concerns up here And I think that's kind of I have one more question Do we know who Who has access to the information And how will it be dealt with In a confidential and sensitive manner So they maintain it Within their own system And then it's deleted After three years And they just sit down with a family member And say sorry you can't come on campus anymore Like is she the only person Or is he the only person that's going to know that It's the person who's running the screening That will see it and they don't see specifics They just see that the person has been tagged They don't see what it says It's just like with Anything that's It is public access information So it's exactly what you would see before You would be able to see That the person has come up And it would Tell you that they're not allowed on campus So I've Personally seen A parent turned away There isn't a defamation of character Because you're just basically telling The parent unfortunately You're coming up And generally as soon as you say that They'll tell you What it is but you're not Giving them a lot of information Other than just saying that They can't come on campus Okay but What I guess I'm concerned about is like Parents talk So if they see that happening out loud In front of The front desk or whatever like that Isn't a good plan either I don't know who's doing that Screening and that person needs to be Probably sworn to confidentiality Like it needs to be somebody that's not going to be Like whispering and telling like an entire community Well it's going to be your office manager Office assistant that's going to do it I will tell you now we're not going to be able To have the principal and the assistant principal The only ones to run it Because that's just not feasible You can't have the principal stuck In the office So it's going to be the office manager Or the office assistant Okay so Concerns noted for sure Okay so Not sure where this is going to go Anybody would like to make a Motion to approve the pilot I will make a motion I will make a motion to approve the pilot And is there a second All second All those in favor Aye Opposed Aye So that's three three So it dies Okay To George's point Can we look at Alternatives Whether it's an outside vendor Or recommendation What other districts do With internal processes of Having a consistent method Of checking Okay Alright thank you Okay so we have Quite a bit to go This next one Is Another safety item Which I'm very happy with This is the child safety Alert system And is this Catherine Come on up Catherine I don't think I've met you yet Have I Is this on Don't make me feel bad If I forgot Anyway Dr. Rodriguez Yes the child Safety law SB 1072 State Senate bill was passed Into law becoming The Pauley safety School bus law And what that requires Is that all of our school buses Be equipped with An alert At the rear of the bus So at the end of each run The driver would be required To go to the bus Looking for students who are left behind And then disarming the alarm At the rear of the bus Before coming back up We've actually had this process in place Since I came in January of 2016 But they're using their handheld stop sign To put in the back window Just to show us that they've walked it But this will actually come with The horn will honk The lights will flash It will have real-time texts Those people who need to be notified If the driver does in fact park the bus And leave a child on it Without performing the Safety inspection Or not leave a child And just not perform the safety inspection Hopefully there's no child involved Right The other thing that comes With this law Which for me Is an easier thing Is that it takes away our responsibility Of running or Terminating employment For this because the DMV and the CHP Will just revoke their license If they in fact are reported If they do leave a student on the bus We have five days to report to them That they left a student And then the DMV and the CHP Will come in and take care of it for us So So that's nice But we do The Bill was passed in September of 2016 Regulations had to be adopted by January Of 2018 And now we have to be in compliance By the start of the school year of the 1819 school year So I'm here to seek approval for this So that we can get it scheduled over The summer and be in compliance When we're supposed to Okay Do we have speakers to this item? Do not All right Any board comments Questions? Incident like that We've had an incident already By looking at this We don't meet that We are exactly Who is not going to meet the exceptions Right, that's what I was getting My next Other question to this With regards to the quote Was this put Out as a publicly Bidded contract This quote That we have backed this contract of a quote I don't believe that's true We'll believe we went with Zonar They've paired up with Child Checkmate And it's an existing system That we already have So we did not go out to bid That would be my only one Point of concern with this With the dollar amount for this And that it was not put out To a public bid That would be my only one Really deciding point I think it's great And if we have to be in compliance But we have policies and rules in place And this should be put out to a public bid The only thing that I would say To that and Katie can speak More to it is There's only so many vendors Who actually this And I'm not sure what entity it is That decided who the approvals were But who was on the approval list So we received the approval list A few months ago And then what we did is We already had the Zonar system And so what we did is We added on this component Of an already current Zonar system That we have So that we can then be Compliant with the regulations So we took a current system And extended it And so I think The approvals of the current system And then also knowing Who from the state was allowed To be that system That's why we chose this system In particular I still find that Concerning because there are other Vendors and I get But this is kind of when you get hooked in If you've got one vendor that's just Giving you a product and then You're just jumping to them And not truly putting it And going through that process At least just go through the process Is what I'm asking and expecting So for that That we'll have to decide my vote I did not think of that Can I just talk? Yes I did not think of that but George is absolutely right We need to If for nothing else it keeps them on their toes Willie and then Kim do you have a question Or comment Question I'd like to ask is They're like an urgency timeline Delayed this and then Asked that You actually go out to bed And Bring back the Qualified bidder As long as we're in compliance by the Start of the 18-19 school year But the issue that we're running into Is going to be the timing Because and Dr. Rodriguez Started to speak to the process We waited for All of 2017 2017 for what we were told Was going to be an approved list of vendors Through the CHP And right about December 27th We were told Actually we're not going to give you A list of vendors that are approved We're going to give you a list of specifications That are approved And so now we've got Approximately Six months And all Of California's in the same boat 4,000 school buses in California That all have to be compliant in six months So at this time we're really Just fighting with vendors for them to even come And show us their version of the product Versus Installation And installation is going to be Approximately eight hours per bus And then I have comments Questions So we already have a system In place that's called Child Checkmate Is that right or something like it Zonar is our GPS system Our Z pass for the bus Passes And Zonar has partnered with Child Checkmate Okay that's the extension Which is the extension of it And how much are we paying For how much have we paid out to Zonar For Child Checkmate No just for the previous system For the previous system Cause that's new too right District wide on all Of our district vehicles I don't know What the total cost was on the GPS Higher districts I guess my point is we've already Made quite an investment in this New system And so if Child Checkmate is the way To add on to the system that already Exists that we've invested in Then I'll support this Because to go out to vendors I don't know So the process Of going out to bed Is that A magic number That says anything over This amount has to go out To open bed And what would that number be So generally it Is 75,000 In which we go Out to bed I think our urgency Goes around the fact that We need to make sure that We're in compliance especially us As having the largest fleet In Central California We need to make sure that we're Compliant by the first day of school Which for us is August And so we need to make sure That we're compliant and that we Have the time for them once We get it that they are able To install it which is Eight hours per each bus We have 100 buses And so we need 800 Hours in order to Be able to So literally Katie's been working Really quickly on it because We've been waiting, waiting, waiting And now we need to make sure That we can get these on our buses We can do The bid process and I understand The validity of doing the bid Process The problem that we have is Very similar to some of these other things Is we don't want to get ourselves On the end of the list Of the vendors because as they're Installing they'll install whoever did The bid, you know, however Purchase quicker, right And so we have, when you think About 800 hours And someone can only work 40 hours a week then that's You know, that's 200 You know, that's 200 Days so. So, okay A couple of things. If we are Is it edcode that we have to Go out to bid for over 75,000 Board policy What is it that says that Identified that number? It's fairly consistent through The district so I don't know if it's I know it was that same amount in San Ana so I'm not sure if it's Board policy or if it's Edcode or if it's just common practice I don't know which one it is Rich, do you have Do you know that Rich? Do you know if it's by Edcode or our own board Board policy Public contract So we would be out of compliance And I'm really worried about that Because we can get in big trouble For not going out to bid We have a Hold, let me finish My thought Would, is there any talk Of the state Entertaining the notion of A waiver to extend That time period We need to go out to bid So there was actually A bill to extend the compliance portion Of it to the following school year To give all of us another year But that Senator who brought that bill Actually then ended up leaving Office under some Sexual misconduct allegations And when he did that his bill died And nobody picked it up so No, at this point the answer is no I was hopeful Yeah, so I understand Where we're at and with the Timeline and how long it's going to take I don't think there's only going to be One guy doing every one of our buses I would think they would be doing several at a time But I'm not comfortable not Going out to bid, this is double And I'm not, I mean It's up to this board, we are Supposed to make sure that we remain In compliance and within Law when we're dealing with public funds So I'm not going to support it Without a bid process But I'm not the only vote here So if anybody else has Comments we can Put it to vote and see where we're at Yeah, I have a comment Do we have a Manual System now to check To see if the Buses are Clear after each run Yes So we have a system in place now That they are to When they park their bus after their runs Take their handheld stop sign Walk to the rear of their bus Checking their seats as they go And placing that stop sign in the rear To indicate that they've done that Okay, so we already have a manual system To do that without buying this system We, yes But now there's a new law That requires it to be an automated system Requires the automation of The electronic text and email What if we Could we Could we Use the manual system For our own safety Concerns While we're out to bid And putting these things in As long as we have a system That is what we're doing We're already doing that But now you have two conflicting laws That's right Yeah, so So that we have a system So that we can feel that everyone's safe Right So whoever Wrote this law and had A thing with a manufacturer Here so that we would have to buy a system Well You know Honestly, that's So that we have to Purchase a system That's automated And so the problem is That we're out to bid So that we should have gone out to bid We didn't go out to bid So that if we Delay now and go out to bid That's going to delay the installation Correct Right It is still possible To put this out to public bid And still be in compliance Come our start date in August It is possible. You don't know For sure that it's not possible For public contract law which The six of us sitting here are obligated to do And you know Even if that has implications That we potentially are out of compliance With this other law come the beginning Of the 2018-2019 school year Where there may be Some foresight on some legislators At the state level to say They put too much of a burden on school districts If one of the largest school districts In the state of California couldn't get into Compliance by that date By following public contract law So You know I've made my clear My position on this all night And this is a no vote for me It's a no-brainer tonight So it could be I mean the other bids Are going to come back More expensive than this one Because that means installing all new Equipment, right So we very well May end up going with this bid But we have to go through that process Sure, absolutely That's our job It's one of our most important jobs Is to watch What we do with public funds So Is there We can just pull the item I mean I'm not sure if we need a motion I just want to get an idea From the board if the majority Here feels like we should pull it We have four that want it to go through Then if someone would like to make a Motion And if not then we'll pull it If there's no motion I'll pull it Move to table this item Second The table Okay we're going to vote Vote to table Okay all of those in favor of tabling Aye Any opposed Motion to table passes 6-0-1 Thank you Yes and we I'm going to ask for A motion to extend the meeting We have still quite a bit On our Agenda so I'm going to Ask for 1130 I don't think they're all long I have Just one question before we make that move Just for a point Of clarification are the Board meetings Being recorded and televised Since we've moved here There's been no hiccup with that There was one or two meetings That were not recorded just From technical errors Okay but they are being recorded and televised So he's recording But they are also being televised Because it's one thing to be right They're live streaming and then When you go on the website Under board of directors you can see links To all of the archived Okay great thank you Okay 1130 so that was a motion All second that so all those in favor Extending the board meeting to 1130 Aye Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0-1 And we are now at 10.6 Reduction Of a particular kind of Classified Employee Service For 18-19 And That's by Chona Colleen Yes President DeRose Board Trustees Dr. Rodriguez I'm going to go ahead And defer this to Mrs. Pam Shanks our Classified Personal Director Thank you Good evening President DeRose Dr. Rodriguez and Board of Trustees This evening I am Bringing forward a reduction Of particular kinds of classified Employee Services for next school year Each year human resources and finance Meet with each site And department to go through staffing For the next year And through that process there are positions Identified that the funding may be ending The board has given the authority To eliminate positions due to lack of funds Which on exhibit A Which is attached are the positions That are going to be eliminated Due to lack of funds This action will allow us to meet With the affected employees and give 60-day notice that is required by law We do anticipate A few of these positions To be funded next year But we don't know if they will Be until April and so We need to bring it to the board tonight For action if the funding Is maintained for next year then We will not need to notify those employees But we have to notice them 60 days prior to the end of the school year So in order to do that we need to have An action taken to eliminate them And we do find funding We will not be eliminating them So are these currently grant funded Positions? They're site funded or most of them Are like parent Like parent club funded Or site funded monies And so it's not General fund money It's site money so that's why Okay so it's up to this site's discretion Correct On whether to, okay We don't have any for anything else Okay Comments, questions from the board My question would be How many employees would we be Looking at that we would be letting go Through these two positions? So there are two classifications But within the IA general Classification there are Six different positions because A few of them are two hours Three hours But it's six different people All part time? Yes, for the IA generals And like I mentioned We do anticipate probably Three or four of them To be funded but we won't know until April whether that's going to happen or not Okay So if somebody Would like to make a motion And noting that this isn't A pink slip For sure It's giving you the flexibility Right If funding doesn't come through I regretfully will make a motion To lay off these particular Classified services And hopeful That we get funding To save these positions Is there a second? Can I ask a question When we come back Sure And you can make the second if you want No, I will make the second When we come back in April For our April meeting Can you update us Or administration update us As to what has happened to these six positions So we at least know I think April may be a little premature We can do it by May Okay, if we could just have an update As soon as you do know Thank you So all those in favor? Aye Any opposed? And hoping for positive outcome Thank you 10.7 Is Certificated job description That is up for Asking for approval For a Curriculum coach And this is also Ms. Colleen report Yes, thank you President DeRose Board Trustees Dr. Rodriguez for your consideration And the other one is For a Curriculum coach We are working with various departments To update a number of job descriptions And better align with our district's Academic And instructional vision To promote student achievement The technology department has a counterpart To this which is called the Innovation Coach And in the past, for Ed Services Some of these positions were teachers On special assignment We believe that the upgraded job description Better reflects the great work That the teachers That we have in these positions are doing Especially in the area of coaching And mentoring other teachers in content Areas And some of the essential duties as noted Here would be to provide guidance For standard space Instructional practices Help to develop units of study Create opportunities for teacher collaboration Across grade levels and sites Facilitate professional development Support sites In the analysis of interim And other assessments And design and develop instructional resources And attend Ongoing professional Development so that they can remain Current in their content Areas The area just took us up a water Okay, thank you So No speakers, questions, comments From the board Karen Unions and everything about This particular position This was with Susan Perez spearheaded by Susan Perez From Ed Services Okay, so but people know about it Including the teachers and We already have a position Like as we indicated With the technology department It is the innovation coach So this is a classified position? No, it is a Certificated position Right, so it is a certificate With teachers union, yeah And they know about it, obviously We have the position, we just wanted To be consistent because some of them were called TOSAs, some of them were called Coaches and the work that The great work that the teachers In this positions are doing is Mostly focused on the Coaching and mentoring part of other teachers Especially as Related to curriculum for this Particular position Okay, and there's just going to be One person in this position then, right? Oh no, it's a variety of Different positions So a lot of people are going to be Within this position We currently have 12 teachers Well we have 12 positions 11 of them are filled We have six literacy coaches, three math Coaches with one unfilled One assessment coach and one gate coach That we currently have those positions So those positions currently exist Okay So here in some of those positions Are called teachers on special Assignments or TOSAs, right? So I think we're just aligning All the different positions Making them putting a job description For them Okay, and is this Same pay scale or is it Same pay scale? It is just updated so that We're in better alignment Especially with our instructional And academic practices in our vision Okay I'd like to make a motion to accept This new job description I'll second All those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Motion passes 601, thank you 10.8 Because the public Hearing on the sunshine Proposal that we did earlier In the meeting That's where we did our discussion And heard speakers So I can go ahead and call for A vote or a Motion to approve The sunshine proposal for the 18-19 There's no speakers to this one? No. Okay, I'd like to make a motion To approve the sunshine proposal From PBUSD to The Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers For our multi-year agreement I'll second All those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Aye Motion passes 511 And 10.9 Corsips contract And this is By Dr. Michelle Rodriguez So as you know The main things that we need to focus On is early literacy And ensuring that our students have The foundational skills in order to Be able to support the work So prior to my arrival There was a direction Of moving towards SIPS Which So SIPS Which stands for Systemic Instruction And Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Site Words And so Prior to my arrival I was implemented at the sites Unfortunately when I was going around the sites Because I had just gone through An implementation myself in my previous district I was able to see That we weren't really Acquiring to The strategies And the routines within the program So I was asking the teachers What support that they had received Prior And the answer was That they had received The support and training In order to implement the program Effectively So many times we talk about it And we know that It's not just what you're doing But how you're doing it And so we started What we call the reboot with Three of our schools So we did start it This past year And I'll ask And McQuitty And what we have already seen In a very short period of time Is we've seen a significant Acceleration Of our students' literacy abilities So basically what happens Is CORE comes in They were training Not only our Early literacy coordinator But also our coaches Which were just referenced To make sure they knew how to train people And planning with the teachers So the majority, the grand majority Of it is them in the schools With the teachers working On the implementation of this program And if you look at it Here you can see a messy So what you see is you see The difference between what already Has happened between the beginning of the year And the middle The winter screening What I know personally about it Is that our big jump we'll see At the end of the school year Not just in the winter But you'll see that anything That is red is very, very bad Right? Anything that's red When you're thinking about first When you're thinking about Kinder in first grade We don't want to be seeing red Because that means that the students Are not, they're not at They're basically not even At a reading level To which we can count And so you'll see this is a messy Because they have A bilingual program You see more lines than others You will see that For instance, Calabasas They started out with their Kinder and this is one reason Why we're doing paso a paso creciendo juntos As well because you can see how The Kinder students came in They came in with 100% of them Not reading and you can see Already by winter that We have a good percentage of them That are close to where We want them to be by the end of the year We know we'll see even a larger percentage And then you look at their first grade And you see that Really how we have now Minimized the number of students That are not where we want them To be. So We have a saying That if we're going to do it We're going to do it well, right? So we actually had a lot of schools That wanted to be part of the first cohort We didn't allow them to Because we needed to build our capacity So our coaches Needed to be able To build their capacity This next year we are expanding To six additional schools So we will have nine of our 16 schools That are part of this process That really builds On mastery literacy And so we We want to We need the approval of the program So that we can secure We can secure Ann Leone Ann Leone is their top trainer She Because she was willing to work She wanted to work with me I did use her in my previous district She actually gave up Another school district In order to be able to come work up here She hands down The teachers love her And they find a lot of Support from her And so the good part about this Is she would be providing Every single day of the coaching Support to the teachers And they go They're in the sites multiple days Throughout the year so that teachers And principals receive the support So considering this is Our number one Especially at the elementary level Our number one focus is getting kids To be literate by third grade It's expensive though It's a lot of days So it is expensive But it's a lot of days of support And as I mentioned before You guys were doing this before I got here And not seeing the results Well we're seeing them with this Now we are because we're doing the coaching These are the results that we've been waiting to see For so long So we would not have We've proven That we can't do it by ourselves If not you guys would have done it Prior to my arrival Okay, questions Comments from the board Okay Just a quick comment I'm in complete support Of this contract This program This is one of our Number one Issues that we've been Trying to get a hold of For year after year after year after year I love seeing these types of results And the more staff We can have trained appropriately In how to get these kids moving Further along in their achievement The better, so Thank you Okay, and I'd like to make a motion, Kim Yeah, I'll make a motion And second I'll second I think this is This is what we've been needing to see Reading is the key to everything So I'm really, really pleased with this And I'm looking forward to the expansion All those in favor Hi Any opposed The motion passes 601 Thank you Next is review For second reading and board action On board policy 4317 Point 13 Sorry, I'm getting tired This is Board policy on management And confidential post Retirement employee benefits Dr. Rodriguez This is the Same board policy that we had Just spoke about before, so it has not Changed from its Former state, again this is To clarify in writing But the board either Approves or does not approve It solidifies That the fact that retirement Means retirement from the school District and from Sturz I mean Sturz Okay Not just Leaving the school district and going to Another job, that's not retiring That is not Okay, was There any questions, comments Or concerns This is our second reading I think we went through this pretty thoroughly The last time Will I do have a I believe You weren't here at that one, right? Okay A clarifying question So someone retires at age 55 From our school district And Is therefore eligible for Post retirement, but if that person Works at another school district Is that person still our Responsibility This would put in writing The fact that they're not Okay, good, that's what I wanted to know Because in Prior years of course Prior years the problem that I had Was people retired from Our school district at the age of 55 Went to work for another school district And was still on our Plan of benefits But so that this is going to end With this, thank you I had a clarifying question because Something did change from the last time Last time it said management slash confidential Now it's more specific, it's saying Classified management, certificated management Confidential classified personnel So this is taking I mean pretty much all management So if you're an assistant principal On up I did not make any changes to it So this is exactly the PDF What is attached to the board policy Is exactly what we presented prior The last one it said management Slash confidential so I was Unclear if this was like two separate Categories of groups of People or if it was one specific group But it doesn't matter Any ways it's here the way it is now It's saying classified management Certificated management and confidential Classified so again that's taking All management so if you're an assistant principal All the way on up correct Yes so how many employees Are we talking about roughly That that About 140 And the cost to us I think and you know Two of my colleagues mentioned it At our last meeting Jeff mentioned concerns And where we are within the budget With regards to retirement benefits I guess Kim mentioned this is Like a benefit that people Dream of I mean this is the Cadillac of Cadillac I think if you will I think it's concerning Because I don't What I don't see on this side of it Is how this benefits This district So I think one thing that we talk About is growing our own So if you are a teacher And you currently get this You currently get this benefit So if I am A 50 year old teacher And I am Wanting to get an administration But I know I'm going to retire At 58 55 whatever it is I wouldn't then get into management Because then I wouldn't get the benefit That I would get if I stayed a teacher And so As we had said before I'm trying to bring Clarity but also Parity to what is currently Offered to all other Employees so classified Certificated get This as a benefit to them Currently there Has been past practice where But it's been Not consistent And it's been inconsistent Implementation so this In writing allows us to know That consistently You get it but you have To get it you only get it You retire from both the district And So it could potentially Be a cost savings For the district it gives us Better financial oversight We're not just At this point Because it's not explicit This whole thing about Going to another school district Generally those benefits Haven't been pulled but definitely If managers don't get This then you are definitely At You may be discouraging people To go up Grow within the organization because I mean I'm not planning on retiring Until I'm 63 but But if someone was Then they may say well I'm Gonna stay a teacher then because If I become any type of management Then I don't get this benefit Is this in line with Other districts? It's not And I never said that it was In line I'm just trying to Have us Actually have in writing things That have been in past practice I really appreciate the fact That this is in writing because Then we can have a real honest debate about it So I think that the transparency Is fantastic so thank you But to George's I understand we want to grow our own And we don't want to discourage A future teacher from moving on up Because they know the district, they know the people They know the community but To me it feels like this is almost a We're looking at ways to save money We're looking at ways to Well not even for the teachers more but Just to have our benefits And are in line with what is being offered Across the industry And this to me seems like I don't want to say a step backwards But it seems like it's not going with that But what I also understand Michelle Because I can see you I can see the wheels turning This was past practice So if we choose not to Really for me it's all about Transparency and making sure that people Know what they're afforded or not afforded If we're choosing not to do it That's not my recommendation but if we're Choosing not to do it Then that should be Our board policy That they are not eligible For it because currently There's an inconsistent practice That is happening That's where we get ourselves in trouble Where I'm also stuck with this Is just the current point of Where things are still With the pending negotiations from The 2016-17 school year With PBFT and I would What I would really like to see Is because this is not A negotiating body group of people That's correct We don't have to set this as policy today I think settling That matter with PBFT Is more prevailing And that we do that And then bring this back After that's done Once that's just a resolved Matter and decide Because this is a group of body of people That have really written off the coattails From what has been Negotiated by PBFT In the past practice So I would really prefer To see that issue resolved Because this doesn't have to be Decided tonight And just bring this back After that is a resolved matter To this board Hold on just a minute Let Michelle answer that So I do feel though That we need direction from the board With Current retirements Because we do have people That are retiring That We need to know the stance On where the board is So June 30th we do have Administrators retiring So the question is What is our stance on that And so yes we don't have to do it tonight Right But For some of our administrators Assuming That this is going to Go into effect So we need to have Frank conversations with those people Because some people are retiring Prior to 65 And believe that they are going To be getting these benefits How many would you say out of that What did you say 104 No we have about 140 So we have I think four or five Are retiring this year But being consistent We need to make sure That we inform them now Because that might alter Their decision right So could you please clarify Because I think there is some confusion We are not implementing this New handout That's not what we are doing This is already policy Past practice not policy Right The way it was done before Is if someone was leaving Here With past practice We were not being good stewards Of the taxpayer money This tightens it up So They still get the benefit However they have to actually Retire from PERS And I want to get away from saying Management doesn't deserve things Because I keep hearing that And management works Just as hard as any Other employee and I value every Employee in this district And I don't think it's fair to say They are writing on the coattails They don't deserve things You know I don't agree with that That's my personal opinion And I think that we Should pass this So everybody is clear On what is available To them And it's not handed out One person and another way To another person We need to be consistent And that's our job Is to have clear and consistent Board policy Anybody else? I also think that It's got to be consistent And I thought this was for Everyone Not just the management people And I think that I'd like to see this policy Stand into everyone Because what we offered before When we were trying to get people to Retire Was the Handshake thing at age 55 And so The management Group is a very small number Financially compared to Everyone within the school district And I think that we should Have the same policy For everybody And I also think that we need To phase it in So that if we pass this this year It doesn't pertain to the people That are going to retire this year But start to enforce it The following year We would enforce Whatever board policy immediately So right now The past practice Has been if you're a management And you're within the 55 to 65 Then you would get it Just as would all Certificated and classified employees The caveat as Leslie was mentioning was This specifies specifically That you have to be Not You have to be retired You can't now go and go someplace else Which Or only management So this policy is only For management It's already in the contracts For classified and Certificated It's already in their contracts And now we're trying to Establish board policy because It was silent on there Which led to inconsistent application Of that policy It's in the other two contracts Yes Sorry To me the most important thing here is consistency I think that as a As a district we've been Very rich with some of our benefits I know for the fact that people don't Enjoy them on the In the private sector But we do need to be consistent And so if we're If we're giving this out to some people and not others It becomes a popularity contest If we have a firm Insistent Policy we can change it And move it As we move forward because again I think we're going to have to eventually But we have to be consistent And if we're doing this past practice Let's get it in black and white and that's when You start to have the discussion I'm not Comfortable with it In terms of what we're giving out but I am Comfortable that we're being consistent and fair to everybody And that's where you have to start So Jeff if I may What's your solution to the people That are going to retire this year I think if it's been My personal opinion I think it's been past practice They're probably assuming it's going to happen And we need to be We need to treat those people With what we've been doing in past practice The problem for me is Is that we didn't look at this five years ago And say this is the policy Instead it was well we're going to do this Or yeah we did it for Manager B so Yeah I guess we'll do it for manager C No, we need to be black and white That's That way we treat everybody fairly That's honestly how you value employees Is you treat everybody fairly In my opinion, my humble opinion So Are you So I'm Just trying to figure out what you were saying I think that we have been Maybe I'm not being clear it's 11 I'm in support of it because We need to be consistent You would support the people That are going to retire this year To be under Past practices Because we can't now say well You can't change it right now But if we do change it To Match other employees In the school district The union contracts and such Then you're okay with going forward with that This actually does change it to match The union contracts willing This changes the policy to match The union contract, this is the contract That's what everyone else gets So would you be okay To Honor our past practices for The employees that are retiring this year No, no Let Michelle clarify that So This what this does See from this moment forward Is You would not receive this Benefit if you were not Retiring full Time meaning if you were Going to another school district You would not get it This year you would not get it Next year you have To retire in the Certificated contract It specifically states that You must retire from Stars In the classified contract It's silent And that's where That is where The inconsistencies came Right? So we're putting in the Consistencies every Employee that I know That is retiring this year Is retiring, retiring From Stars 65 if they're not Medicare age This district will pay their benefits For them and their spouse Until they reach Medicare age So for if they're retiring At 57 then we're going to continue To pay for them and their spouse All the way until they're 65 The teachers get that and we're making it Very explicit now that all the Managers are going to get that Where we were having problems is that People were taking advantage of us They were leaving the district telling But then taking a job over the hill Making a very high salary while Pajaro was on the hook for paying their benefits But so were the other teachers And classified No, they couldn't They would know If the teachers did that They would know because then they would be Contributing back into their retirement Again and then But I thought that's what Maybe that was a meeting that I missed That you changed this I No this is just making explicit It was already in the contract for Certificated staff That they had to Both retire from the district Andsters So obviously in order to get The classified to do exactly what We're saying that we want to do with the Managers we have to negotiate The fact that they can't just leave the District when they retire and go someplace The classified At this point, classified workers can do That right? Classified retirees Can retire from this District go to Another district And continue to get their benefits Until they continue to get their benefits Right? Classified can do that Right now it's silent So I would say that they technically Could It does say retirement Means you retire Not that you relocate But technically it's not Explicit in the classified contract We cannot arbitrarily Change the classified contract Yeah, that's the bummer about it We can't It is a negotiable item Negotiable to get them to say That we agree with you They shouldn't be able to go off And do whatever they want They probably think their contract Kind of states that But not totally A motion to approve this policy Second Okay, so we have a motion And a second All those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Aye Motion passes 511 So that Was it on our action items Not everybody full Are you awake over there? I'm sorry Hi Victor We are at 11.1, this is a report Update on our Measure L bond Prop 98 and Prop 39 Construction projects Throughout the district Thank you, I'm sorry it's late You can go quickly But make sure we get the good stuff Okay I will As a matter of fact if I go too fast Just go ahead and Stop me We're going to be going over the Construction projects District wide So Let's press the worn out button On the agenda we want to go over Some of the expenditures that we've done And also we want to describe Some of the funding that has been Used in the expenditures Of the L bond Prop 39, Prop 98 Also along with that we want to Go ahead and cover what we've Been doing from the winter The spring and what is Being expected or bleeding into The summer projects And of course a small Little blur above an update Of the PV high school Field and auditorium So back in 2012 and 2015 We spent about $26.1 Million in 2015-16 About 14.9 16 and 17 we introduced the Prop 98 and Prop 39 So basically what we did is Used roughly about 17.7 Million of the measure L 2.6 on the Prop 98 And About 821,000 on Prop 39 in 2018 Of course this is projected This is also bleeding into the summer The measure L bond we're looking at Doing about $18.1 million Prop 98, 2.49 And Prop 39, 3.4 So just breaking those Projects down in 2016 And 2017 we did Exterior and interior lighting As part of Prop 39 And furnace replacements In Cesar Chavez and Watsonville High School Prop 98 in 2016 And 2017 we did Two major roof projects which And that was the rolling hills And the Paro Middle School In 2017-18 Prop 98 We are replacing or modernizing two Restrooms at two of the high schools And we're also doing The science classrooms At three of the high schools So at all three high schools I'm sorry not three at the high schools But we're not Anyways and then we also Had you guys vote on the Guides and the bird deterrent And by the way it's working well So winter spring projects Now these are just small projects that we could Actually fit in during the winter Time and some of the Some of the ones that could bleed into So over the spring break And some of these will be Redundant in The later portion of the presentation And I'll go ahead and skip over those So Alianza Charter School We did some removal of Portable buildings Restroom modernization And some mass fall installation Aptos High School of course We had to do some temporary Shoring for the heavily damaged Dry rot that we have Calabasas Elementary School Had some site improvements with ADA walkways And we're also doing In-house and play field restoration And track installation Cesar Chavez There's an energy management system that was Installed and we're still continuing To install it Hall district elementary installation New track and field, minty white asphalt Improvements Parro Valley High Bird Deterrent Again that was a repetition from The previous transportation yard bioswale And we're also going to have to do Probably some roof improvements there too Watsonville Child Care We did some fencing And then also The school of the arts again The sanitary sewer system Upcoming summit project Now these are the big ones that Really are just focused for the summer Olonia Elementary, of course We have the roofing improvements That are happening now And are bleeding into the summer And the exterior painting of the entire campus Radcliffe Elementary We're doing safety permit fencing In the front solely because of the problems Of what we were having with the Loomless Watsonville High School Again we're doing Heating ventilation and improvements And we're also doing a A livestock barn For the Future Farmers of America Or the FFA Building Program Alianza Again, upcoming Central Zone We did talk about the sanitary sewer And the leach field, MESTI We're doing some permit of safety fencing Bus drop off And front of improvements for For kids Rolling hills We're doing the exterior painting And dry rot repair As you know, one of the major projects That we did at rolling hills was the roof repair So now we're just kind of Going down the line and trying to Complete that project Starlight, there is a much needed Fire alarm upgrade Cesar Chavez, again the heating ventilation The Aptos Junior High School This is pretty cool because We did have some hiccups early on With PG&E but it seems like We're being able to Get over those hurdles So Aptos Junior High School we're replacing Nine portable classrooms At Aptos High again the two Restroom Modernizations, Valencia We're replacing six portables And Bradley we're replacing Five portable classrooms there So update on PV High The update As you know we did Submit to DSA plans We've been approved by DSA We also submitted our coastal Development permit in December 8th of 2017 And now we're Working closely with the city And there kind of been A guiding light for us for What we should be submitting For the CDP in order to Present it to the Planning Commission and minimize the questions Or the concerns of the Planning Commission Paro Valley School project update on the Auditorium portion of it DSA plans have been approved The district and The Caltrans aeronautics along with The pilot association reached an agreement The coastal development permit Was submitted on November 22 Of 2016 And The city did have It approved however We submitted it to the coastal commission With an unfavorable Recommendation So right now we're still kind of sitting on that one Because it is part of the agreement That we settled with the Watsonville Pilots Association So right now the city Or the coastal commission Is asking for more information on that And That kind of concludes my presentation I hope it was too fast So fast but good Thank you. No speakers, right? Questions, comments from the board? I'll just make a note of a comment To I tell Victor In private all the time but I just In public wanted to thank him and his team For all the incredible work that they're doing When you look at All the projects that they've done In the last two years versus What was done in even a five year span Prior to that They've really been working hard So they're not just doing projects During the summer but they're doing it During the winter and the spring And really trying to make sure that Our schools are safer and better For our students and our staff So I know we work you hard But we really appreciate it And all the work that your team does So thanks Victor. I love what I do. Thank you. Victor, the PB high On the Last on the previous screen Down on the The application was approved By City Council On February But Failed to receive a positive staff Recommendation So has that been Overcome or what's Where are we? I think the real focus right now Is trying to get the playfields going Has been really kind of Engineering that portion of it Right now I think Because of our Agreement with the Pirates Association They have allowed us to go ahead And do the playfields first And then tackle The auditorium at a later date Okay So I think That we had talked about Coming to the City Council soon Supposedly we're going to We're going to get hold on Karen Let Michelle answer that So if he goes back one slide So it says proposed date here But we know that it's actually been Posted so it's no longer proposed But it's the date So on April 3rd It will go towards the Planning Commission And then we're assuming A positive staff recommendation At the April 10th City Council So as our agreement With the pilot states So we're extremely focused On phase one at this point Once we get that done We will go to phase two But we need to get phase one done first And then we'll step aside I think for us It's really important that we remain Focused on one project at a time I'm just happy that we're able to Resolve at least this problem And then we'll move on to the next Thank you for the record Leslie I Just commend the superintendent And Victor and everybody For really working on this And getting this thing through You guys have done well Thank you very much And it's been Not a miracle but it's been Almost miraculous Almost miraculous Thank you Victor Thank you Michelle So Kim And then we really need to move forward Because we still have to do Consent agenda And closed session items Which are action items And we have to be done by 1130 So go ahead Kim Just on PV high I'd like to make sure That we disseminate whatever information We can to the school and to the students Who have been very very patient And also very angry that this hasn't Moved forward and we know Because behind closed doors We talk about these projects all the time But the general public couldn't have them Just yet until some of these things got Worked out and so just communication And transparency is important So I'd like to talk about Aptos for a minute So at Valencia there's only like One or two toilets for the entire Male population at that school Is that going to be fixed Yeah Like toilet with a stall Sit down toilets for boys There's like two in the whole school I think there might be more But I can do a CPC study Which is a toilet And facilities count For the amount of students So there's a code that goes along with it I could have that done for you And send it to you That's a complaint that I get routinely That there's not enough toilets For the amount of boys at that school Yeah and a lot of the sites Do have that same complaint Because the code doesn't really How many boys it's always cut in the middle Whatever the ADA is And unfortunately there's Always longer lines for the girls But I see it's on your list to redo the bathrooms So what's happening there This wasn't really on our list But it was kind of forced upon us By division of state architects So in order to do the replacement Of the portables they want Those two bathrooms upgraded Even though there's two more other Bathrooms at the end of the Building that could use the same Attention Because I know we spent a bunch of money Replacing all the toilets in there To super low flow, right? Just like not long ago, three years ago So the most costly Elements in a building are Either the restrooms or the kitchen And that goes for almost everything The classroom is a little bit less But yeah, they're very costly And then up at Aptos High We've been trying to get the bathrooms replaced By a huge complaint over and over From students and parents What's the plan? The status on that one is That we went to DSA And they found some discrepancies Of course, DSA is God They are also making us do some ADA handicap Walkway modifications So that's been at DSA But we're ready to go It's out to bid And once we see the bid That restroom first And then phase it into the second Which is building I So those are the two buildings That are getting the full modernization They're the biggest restrooms too Okay, and is there any plan to Upgrade the bathroom And the administration building? There's like no fan in there It's just Right now was The focus was just, I mean What we did address Was the budget that was given to us And you voted on that So we had to kind of Tailor the scope of work To the amount of money that was available So in regard to the dry rot Which is Plentiful on that campus Not just in the area that was short up But in many spots Like what is the plan for that And how are we going to pay for it? As a matter of fact The third issuance gave the site To address the roof of course So are we redoing all the roofs there? Yes, yes So our goal is to Okay so We do have engineers on site And we just had a meeting as a matter of fact Yesterday and we talked about How we can phase it in and get it done As quickly as possible So we're going to go ahead and segregate The lower portion of the dry rot So that we can address it And probably talk And coordinate that portion of it See if it's available or possible As far as interruptions go And then once Next year comes in 2019 We can start addressing the roof and the dry rot At the roof Membrate So nine portables at Aptos Junior High Any plan for the field at all? The fields Which one Aptos Junior High we have the lower field Which is the freedom field Aptos Junior High? Aptos Junior High, I'm sorry At Aptos Junior High Lower field, let me That's okay, you can get back to me If there isn't a plan I'd like Wharf to Wharf to help with the track And field there The track and field we don't have anything Assigned, any kind of scope Onto that Yeah, if we can get Wharf to Wharf They can rejuvenate the track But we also have Some issues With some MOUs Because the baseball Is actually the best I don't know if it's a little league or not We need to clean that up We need to move forward Very quickly Karen, and then we're going to Ask you, students are going to know About the city council meeting Next April 10th Right, the students are going to know They're already aware, we told her The day that it came out Thank you very much, Victor Good job, I know You were really pushed and you came through Okay Consent Agenda Is item 12 Do I have a motion to approve? I make a motion Any second? Second I'll second All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0-1 No deferred items Close session And Karen, can you read out On expulsions please And then Kim is going to do The remainder I move to approve The recommendation of The district administration For a full expulsion For the remainder of 2017-2018 School year For 17-18-0-2-9 Karen Okay, all those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0-1 I move to approve The recommendation of The district administration For a suspended expulsion For the remainder of 2017-2018 School year And fall semester Of the 2018-2019 School year For 17-18-0-9 Karen I move to approve The recommendation of The district administration For a full expulsion For the remainder of 2017-2018 School year And fall semester Of the 2018-2019 School year For 17-18-0-3-2 I'll second All those in favor? Aye Any opposed? Motion passes 6-0-1 Kim, thank you Karen As your mic on I move to approve The certificated report is presented by Administration with the following additions One administrative appointment One teacher appointment A second please All those in favor? Aye Abstain Who was that? Me I'm abstaining from that vote Okay 5-0-1-1 Kim is abstaining For classified I move to approve The classified employee report with the following additions One nutrition services assistant Under miscellaneous action Five instructional assistants One behavior technician One administrative secretary 3 One child welfare and attendance analyst And one staff accountant under leaves of absence And two instructional assistants And one behavior technician under Separating from service Is there a second? I'll second All those in favor? Aye 6-0-1 Is that it? Okay, perfect Upcoming board meetings April 11th We'll be doing a special board study session On student outcomes Data Fund data But that meeting will be held In the HR conference room At the district office And then the meeting following that April 25th we'll return here To the council chambers And if you'd like to come a few minutes early There's going to be a student art show In the government offices here So we encourage you To come and see our student work Thank you very much And we're adjourned