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[I. Welcome and Opening Remarks]
I'M TANYA ORTIZ.UM, AND EXCITED TO KICK OFF OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE YEAR.
THANKS FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY, EVERYONE.
WE HAD TO PUSH THIS BACK FROM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
I HAD SOME PERSONAL FAMILY HEALTH CONCERNS, AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD GRADUATIONS OR VARIOUS MEETINGS.
AND SO WE ARE A LITTLE LEANER TODAY, BUT WE ARE STILL MIGHTY.
UM, SO I WANNA THANK THE FOLKS WHO ARE ABLE TO JOIN TODAY AND MAYBE WE'LL JUST DO QUICK INTROS OF, OF WHO'S HERE.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE, UH, FILL IN, BUT AN AMAZING FILL IN.
SO, I'M TANYA, I'LL TURN IT TO MY OTHER BOARD MEMBER, COLLEAGUE, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE REAL FAST.
CHARLOTTE, HANDY NEWVILLE, BOARD MEMBER FOR BOARD DISTRICT ONE.
ANDRES CHE, CHIEF OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS, MARTHA MARQUEZ, ADMINISTRATOR WITH STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES.
UM, AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE ALL OFF, BUT SOME WERE COMMUNICATING VIA EMAIL ON ONE OF OUR EXCITING AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH WILL CLOSE US OUT AND WILL ALSO OPEN US UP.
WE ARE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME TODAY LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLLOW UPS FROM LAST YEAR, 2324.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE TODAY LOOKING AT SOME 24 25.
RECOMMEND I'M, NOPE, WRONG YEARS, 24, 25 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE ONES GOING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE WHEN WE GET INTO IT.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM TWO SCHOOLS TODAY, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND, UH, CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE.
I WILL SAY, UM, THIS COMMITTEE MEETS TO LOOK AT DATA TO RECOMMEND POLICIES, UM, AND TO OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE PRACTICE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND SAFE PASSAGES.
WE'VE LOOKED AT DRUG PREVENTION AND, UM, TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO VIOLENT INCIDENTS ON AND AROUND CAMPUS, AS WELL AS LOOKED AT SCHOOL, UH, EXPERIENCE SURVEY DATA AROUND FEELINGS OF, UH, SAFETYNESS ON AND AROUND CAMPUS.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE CHOSE OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM TODAY IS SOME OF THAT DATA.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH SOME
[II.1. School Operations – Follow-up on Previous Meeting Discussions]
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLLOW UPS FROM LAST YEAR.I'M GONNA INVITE THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS TEAM TO COME DOWN AND GET US GOING AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
WE SHARED WITH THE TEAM SOME RECS AFTER MEETING FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS.
UM, AND THE TEAM HAS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME SPACE TO SHARE WHERE WE CAN FIND THAT PROGRESS.
UM, AND, AND JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE FROM LAST YEAR, AND THEN ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF THE FOLLOW UPS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR SO FAR.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL TURN INTO OUR TWO SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANDRES.
IT ALWAYS TURNS ON RIGHT WHEN YOU DO THE WRAPPING WITH THE KNUCKLE.
BOARD MEMBER ORTIZ FRANKLIN FOR THE INTRODUCTION AGAIN, AND ANDREAS CHE, CHIEF OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
AND AS THE BOARD MEMBER REFERENCE, I'LL BASICALLY BE COVERING, UH, TWO BATCHES, IF YOU WILL, OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM THE SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT THIS SAME COMMITTEE HAD IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I'LL PROVIDE UPDATES AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH EACH OF THOSE.
AND THEN THE SECOND BATCH OF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THOSE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD THROUGH THE COURSE OF OUR FIVE MEETINGS, INCLUDING TODAY, THIS YEAR.
AND SO, AGAIN, I'LL PROVIDE THAT STATUS UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT, POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS, AND SO ON.
AGAIN, JUST TO LEVEL SET, AND AGAIN, I THINK FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING US, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT NEW INFORMATION.
THIS IS THE CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE, UH, SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE THE SCHOOL CULTURE, CLIMATE AND SAFETY TASK FORCE YESTERDAY.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BODIES THAT REVOLVE AROUND SAFETY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THEY HAVE, THIS COMMITTEE HAS MET FIVE TIMES THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF TOPICS, SAFETY ASSESSMENTS, COMMUNITY STRATEGIES, AND IN FACT, THAT THAT GOES RIGHT INTO WHAT I'LL BE COVERING STUDENT WELLNESS AND SCHOOL CLIMATE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND AGAIN, I'M REALLY JUST GOING TO WALK US THROUGH SORT OF ONE BY ONE WITH EACH RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL TRY NOT TO BELABOR EACH ONE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO HIT ON A, A FEW KEY POINTS.
ONE OF THEM IS REALLY, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL ONE, THIS IS A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE, IS CLARIFYING AND EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY.
WHEN WE WENT OUT LAST YEAR AND WE DID THE WORK AROUND THE RESOLUTION THAT HAD TO DO WITH COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY, AND WE ENGAGED WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WE HEARD A NUMBER OF DEFINITIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS, RIGHT? EVERYTHING FROM ARE THESE CBOS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TAKING ON A RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY, IS THE COMMUNITY IN QUESTION, THE ACTUAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND SO ON.
AND SO, PART OF OUR WORK, AGAIN, WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A DEFINED DEFINITION, IF YOU WILL, OF COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN TERMS OF WHAT IT INCLUDES, IT INCLUDES PEACE BUILDING, TRAUMA PREVENTION, MENTORING, YES, CASE MANAGEMENT, FAMILY SUPPORT, SUMMER PROGRAMMING AS APPROPRIATE AND AS NECESSARY, PEER MEDIATION, AND OF COURSE, CRISIS RESPONSE.
AND AGAIN, AS PART OF THAT WORK AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE,
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WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY BASED REPRESENTATIVES, UH, AND OUR VENDORS WHO PROVIDE SUPPORTS IN THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.SO, AGAIN, AS REFERENCED IN THE SLIDE, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS BOTH AT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE AND ALSO AT THE BOARD WRIT LARGE WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY.
UH, IN FACT, I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, ANOTHER PRESENTATION PROBABLY IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS, UH, AT THE BOARD WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY SUMMARY, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT OPEN DATA STILL PROVIDES OUR FOLKS ON DEMAND DATA, PARTICULARLY AROUND SAFETY.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER CHARGES WAS AROUND THE COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY PILOT, CBSP.
THIS PRIMARILY LIVED OR LIVES UNDER BSAP FOR THE MOST PART IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING ELEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ENSURING THAT IF IT IS A PILOT IN NAME, THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ASSESSING THE WORK, ENSURING THAT THERE IS QUALITY AND SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS BEING PROVIDED.
AND WE THEN PIVOT ACCORDINGLY.
SO WE, AS DSO DIVISION OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS CONDUCT A NUMBER OF ONGOING ASSESSMENTS OR PROGRAM IMPACT.
WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
WE DO EVERYTHING FROM THE SORT OF, UH, HUMAN SIDE OF THINGS, MEANING SURVEYS OF ADMINISTRATORS, TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE, TALKING TO OUR VENDORS AS FAR AS THEIR EXPERIENCE AS THE SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WE ALSO LOOK AT MORE SORT OF BLACK AND WHITE DATA IN TERMS OF ISTAR.
WE LOOK AT SAFE PASSAGE INCIDENTS IN SCHOOLS, CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM SCHOOL POLICE, BECAUSE THERE'S A SUPPOSITION THAT IF YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY PROGRAM IN PLACE, ONE WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING IN MANY CASES, FEWER CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR SAFE PASSAGE INCIDENTS BECAUSE THE VENDOR IS ABLE TO INTERVENE.
UH, THIS IS AN AREA OF SUCCESS THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FUNDING FOR CBSP LIVES UNDER BSAP.
THERE'S A BUDGET OF ABOUT 14 SOME ODD MILL THAT'S CALLED OUT AS PART OF THE BSAP PLAN, UH, FOR THESE PROGRAMS. LAST YEAR, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, GAVE US THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE UNSPENT SCHOOL POLICE DOLLARS FROM THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND USE THOSE TO PROVIDE SAFE PASSAGE FOR NON BSAP GROUP ONE AND GROUP TWO SCHOOLS.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE PROVIDED SERVICE TO ABOUT A DOZEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
IN LOOKING AT THAT FUNDING, WHICH DOES INDEED ROLL OVER, WE HAVE AT LEAST ENOUGH FUNDING IN PLACE TO CARRY THAT OUT FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR.
ALONG THE SAME LINES, WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE OUR MOU WITH GRID.
GRID IS THROUGH THE CITY OF LA.
NOW, IT'S BECOME SORT OF OUR STANDARD PLAYBOOK.
WHEN WE HAVE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE BELIEVE MAY HAVE A NEXUS TO GANG ACTIVITY, WE IMMEDIATELY CALL GRID.
AND THEY SEND THE AGENCY THAT IS MOST RELEVANT TO THAT COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL, AND TO WORK WITH, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS.
SIMILARLY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING AN MOU WITH THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
THAT'S OUT OF THE COUNTY THAT WILL HELP US WITH OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS OR OUTSIDE OF CITY OF LA.
UH, ONE EXAMPLE THAT COMES TO MIND, OF COURSE, IS WASHINGTON PREP.
OVP WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT IN THAT AREA.
THIS, AGAIN, IS REALLY ABOUT THE POSITIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST THAT SPEAK TO THE CLIMATE AND THE SAFETY ON OUR CAMPUS.
EVERYTHING FROM SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES AND SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ADVISORS.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE RIGHT COLUMN IS ABOUT TRAINING AND SUPPORT.
YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO SEE A CALL OUT FOR AN AUGMENTATION OF POSITIONS, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT THE ONGOING TRAININGS.
AS RECENTLY AS TODAY, WE HAD OUR MONTHLY TRAINING FOR SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR SCAS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR OUR CAMPUS AIDES.
OUR SOSA ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS WORK.
UH, I DON'T WANNA USE TOO MANY ACRONYMS. THE SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ADVISORS, THOSE ARE OUR KEY PLAYERS IN TERMS OF THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND INTERVENTION SUPPORT WORK.
THEY WORK UNDER MS. LAURA ZEFF, WHO I THINK MANY OF US KNOW AND ADMIRE.
AND THEY GO OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF PBIS.
SO NOW I WANT TO CALL OUT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE PIVOT FROM 2324 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ONES THAT WERE RAISED DURING THE SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FOUR PRIOR MEETINGS TO TODAY, ALTHOUGH YOU'LL SEE SOME OVERLAP, CERTAINLY.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, IN, IN, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE RAISED.
ONE THAT CAME UP AS ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS AROUND GRAFFITI.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE UP TO A SCHOOL, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR CURB APPEAL, EVEN IN THE SENSE OF SAFETY, RIGHT? WE CORRECTLY OR INCORRECTLY MAY DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT ON A CAMPUS BASED ON HOW THAT CAMPUS LOOKS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR
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CAMPUSES, WHEN THERE IS GRAFFITI, OUR SERVICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.I CAN SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT FSD, THAT'S OUR FACILITY SERVICE DIVISION, WHEN THEY GET THE CALL OUT, THAT THERE'S BEEN GRAFFITI AT A SCHOOL, THEY RESPOND WITHIN A DAY OR TWO MAX.
LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF EXPANDING TRANSLATION OF KEY DISTRICT PLATFORMS AND PROGRAMS, THIS I WANT TO CALL OUT, IS VERY MUCH IN PROGRESS.
UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND IT ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE FURTHER, UH, EXPAND THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGES THAT WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AVAILABLE IN.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, CERTAINLY WE HAVE IT IN SPANISH.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER KEY LANGUAGES, KOREAN, ARMENIAN, WHERE WE DO HAVE RESOURCES ALREADY.
BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IN A DISTRICT AS DIVERSE AS L-A-U-S-D, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS IS A VERY TRICKY ONE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE ASK ON THE LEFT, THE WAY THAT I'M INTERPRETING IT IS ALMOST INTERMITTENT TRANSPORTATION, UH, SERVICES THAT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO MANAGE.
WE DO HAVE, AS A DISTRICT, TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL TFA.
AGAIN, WE LOVE OUR ACRONYMS. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE WINDOW RIGHT NOW FOR ANY OF US THAT ARE DISTRICT PARENTS.
THE WINDOW TO OPT IN FOR TRANSPORTATION GOES THROUGH, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK, THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.
UH, IF YOU GO THROUGH PARENT PORTAL, I'LL, I'LL PUT IN A A QUICK PLUG HERE.
IF YOU GO INTO PARENT PORTAL, WHEN YOU LOOK, GO TO THE LANDING PAGE FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
YOU'LL SEE THE BANNER ON TOP THAT SAYS, CLICK HERE FOR TFA FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL.
YOU CAN REQUEST TRANSPORTATION SO THAT WE CAN DO THE ROUTING OVER THE SUMMER.
THAT SAID, AGAIN, THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A, YOU KNOW, MY STUDENT NEEDS TRANSPORTATION ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL THAT OFF.
WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ROUTES THAT EXIST IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
OKAY? AGAIN, IN TERMS OF PEER COUNSELING, HERE IS AN AREA WHERE I WOULD DEFER TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE, THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION.
WE DO HAVE A PEER COUNSELING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE IT AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.
IT IS IN YEAR TWO OF IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT AGAIN, THEY WOULD BE BEST POSITIONED TO PROVIDE US WITH MORE INFORMATION.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND WE HAVE THIS, UH, DECK AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS.
WE DO HAVE A LINK TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN MY CREW.
WE ALSO HAVE LINKS AVAILABLE FOR GRID IN TERMS OF THE GRID MAP WHERE THEY SERVICE.
AND AGAIN, I, I REALLY WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE FOLKS BEHIND GRID, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS IN AREAS WHERE MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO WORK WITH US AND SEE WHO THEY CAN GET, UH, TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS.
THERE'S ALSO A REFERRAL PROCESS FOR GRID.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE'S SORT OF AN INTERVENTION AND A POSTVENTION PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO GRID, RIGHT? THERE'S A POPULATION PRIMARILY AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THEY LOOK AT KIDDOS, WHERE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN GANG ACTIVITY YET, PER SE, BUT THERE MAY BE INDICATORS THAT THEY ARE ON THAT PATH.
SO IT'S ABOUT, AGAIN, INTERVENING AND DOING SOMETHING TO GET THEM BACK ON THE RIGHT PATH, IF YOU WILL.
AND THERE'S ALSO, AGAIN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A POSTVENTION PROCESS.
WHEN YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT A STUDENT MAY BE AFFILIATED, HOW DO WE GET THEM BACK ON TRACK ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY? AND AGAIN, THE LIST OF SCHOOLS, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, GOTTEN SERVICE THROUGH GRID IS ALSO AVAILABLE.
UH, ANOTHER PIECE IS AGAIN, ABOUT SHARING PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS OR RESOURCES FOR SOME SERVICES THAT LIVE UNDER THE DISTRICT.
FOR EXAMPLE, AZAR, BUT OF COURSE, OTHER SERVICES THAT LIVE UNDER THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, LIKE 3 1 1 LA WORKS.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUE MARTHA ALVAREZ, IN THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EDUCATION COMPACTS, UH, WITH CITIES WITHIN L-A-U-S-D.
SO WE NOW HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE, WHEN CITIES DO WANT US TO HELP THEM IN PROMOTING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, IT'S A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS.
I CAN TELL YOU AS A PRINCIPLE, IT USED TO BE KIND OF A HARD ROAD FOR ME TO PUT ANYTHING ON MY CALENDAR.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, ASKING ME FOR THE KEYS TO THE SCHOOL.
NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE COMPACTS, I KNOW AS A PRINCIPAL OR AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL, THAT I CAN SHARE THESE RESOURCES WITHOUT HAVING ANY, ANY CONCERNS.
UH, IN FACT, ON MY WAY IN CITY OF LA, SEND US SOME RESOURCES FOR SOME JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDDOS OVER THE SUMMER.
SO WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING THOSE, THE TELEHEALTH SERVICE PHONE NUMBER WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
AGAIN, THAT IS A RESOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE.
I KNOW THAT MARTHA MARQUEZ IS HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND IN TERMS OF CONNECTING CARLOS AND THE CADRE TEAM WITH HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT WORK HAS HAPPENED WITH MY TEAM.
WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING ALREADY WITH THE CADRE TEAM, AND IN FACT, WE'VE PLANNED A SERIES OF ONGOING MEETINGS.
BUT I KNOW, OF COURSE, ALSO THAT THE BD SEVEN TEAM IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CADRE.
AND AGAIN, IN FORTUITOUS TIMING, UH, THE BOARD INFORMATIVE THERE, THERE WAS NO, UH, UH, THERE WAS NO GERRYMANDERING OF THIS, I PROMISE.
UH, THERE WAS A BOARD INFORMATIVE, PUBLISHED JUST TODAY WITH AN UPDATE AROUND, UH, PBIS AND TFI FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
ONE THING THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT THAT WAS NOT IN THAT BI, BUT WILL BE IN THE GUIDANCE FOR NEXT YEAR, SOME OF YOU WHO MAY BE, UH, OLD TIMERS SUCH AS MYSELF, MAY REMEMBER A TIME WHERE WHEN WE DID THE
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ROY, THE RUBRIC OF IMPLEMENTATION, THE ONE THAT PROCEEDED THE TFI, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A VALIDATION PROCESS WHERE A TEAM WOULD GO OUT TO A SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY WALK WITH, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A WASC.YOU'D WALK WITH A SITE ADMINISTRATOR, YOU'D WALK WITH A SCHOOL TEAM, YOU'D LOOK AT THE PRACTICES THAT WERE IN PLACE TO GIVE THAT ADDITIONAL VALIDATION.
STARTING THIS AUGUST, WE'RE BRINGING THAT PROCESS BACK.
SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE AN ADDITIONAL, UM, I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT IT AS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE PIECE WITH OUR SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA SET OF EYES TO LOOK AT YOUR PROCESSES.
AND I THINK WITH THAT, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO STOP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW NOW, AS BOARD MEMBER ORTIZ FRANKLIN REFERENCED, WE ARE GOING TO PIVOT TO OUR TWO AMAZING MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GONNA PRESENT.
BUT LET ME STOP HERE IN CASE THERE MAY BE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE BOARD INFORMATIVE THAT WE JUST GOT, I THOUGHT WE GOT IT LAST NIGHT, ACTUALLY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING RESPONSIVE THERE.
AND, AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO THIS AFTERNOON, WAS TO SAY THE TEAM IS TAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLLOW UP AND ACTING ON THEM.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS HERE AND IT GOES INTO A DESK SPIN THAT NO ONE EVER LOOKS AT.
UM, SO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THE WORK THAT IS BEHIND ALL OF THESE SLIDES HERE.
UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL PAUSE TO SEE IF ANY OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR YOU OR, UH, ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
MS. HENRY, NEW BILL, OR MS. MARQUEZ.
AND I'LL JUST EMPHASIZE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PLEASE USE THOSE 3 1 1 AND LA WORKS APPS.
THEY, UH, ARE REALLY RESPONSIVE AND IT HELPS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, WHEN THOSE, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE IN, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, EMPHASIZE THOSE WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, UH, COUNTY PARTNERS, UM, TO HELP US CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED
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TO TURN TO OUR TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHO WE REACHED OUT TO WITH SOME GREAT STUDENT, UM, DATA, PARTICULARLY AROUND FEELING SAFE ON CAMPUS.BOTH OF THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE IMPROVED IN THE STUDENT PERCEPTION OF SAFETY, UM, AND TO SOME DEGREE PARENT AND STAFF PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY ON AND AROUND CAMPUS AS WELL.
WE'LL LET THE SCHOOLS SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT HOW THAT HAPPENED.
BUT THE OTHER PIECE OF DATA WE ADDED TO THESE, UH, TWO PIECES WAS THE STAFFING.
WHO DO THEY HAVE AROUND THE SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES, THE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT ADVISORS, THE RJ TEACHER ADVISORS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE MAKE THESE THINGS GO HAND IN HAND, THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THOSE SORT OF OUTCOMES? UM, AND SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA START WITH ORCHARD.
SO WE'LL INVITE THE TEAM UP, DR.
MEZA, TO PLEASE JOIN US, UM, AND SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL, HOW IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, AND, AND SEEING THESE, UH, OUTCOMES HERE.
AND, AND THEN WE'LL PAUSE FOR THE TEAM TO ASK ORCHARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TURN TO PACOIMA.
UM, AND JUST WANNA CELEBRATE YOUR GROWTH, UM, AND, AND WELCOME YOUR GENIUS SO THAT WE CAN SPREAD IT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
UM, SO WE'LL TURN IT TO ORCHARD.
GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UM, MY NAME IS, UH, NOVA MESS UP.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY MY VERY FIRST YEAR AT ORCHARD.
UM, I'D SPENT 27 YEARS OR SO IN HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, MOST RECENTLY AT CONTRERAS LEARNING COMPLEX, A SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE UP THE STREET FROM BOWRY.
SO THIS IS NEW TO ME, MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, OKAY, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'RE A, WE'RE PART OF THE SMALL SCHOOL MOVEMENT FROM, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 400 STUDENTS.
ONE IS, UH, INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOL.
UM, SO THERE ARE, IT'S A SORT OF THREE FLOOR BUILDING.
WE'RE ON THE TOP FLOOR, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
UM, DEFINITELY A DEDICATED GROUP HERE OF CERTIFICATE AND CLASSIFIED.
MANY OF MY, UH, STAFF, UH, GREW UP IN THE AREA, SO I STILL LIVE IN THE AREA.
MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL LIVES ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY, WALKING DISTANCE TO SCHOOL.
UM, AND WE HAVE JUST A GREAT STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, FEW YEARS.
SO DEFINITELY THAT, THAT CONSISTENT ADULT PRESENCE HERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE THREE SUPERVISION VISION AID THAT WE PURCHASE, UH, JUST FROM OUR SCHOOL.
AND WE DO SHARE A CAMPUS AID WITH OUR, OUR NEIGHBORING LUSD SCHOOL, UH, A FULL-TIME CAMPUS AID.
UM, WE HAVE A SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE.
SHE'S ACTUALLY, UM, UH, THE DISTRICT SUPPORTS US WITH, UH, HALF OF, UH, CLIMATE ADVOCATE.
WE PURCHASED THE OTHER HALF BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, WE DO ALSO EMPLOY A FULL-TIME PSW, WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR SUCH A SMALL SCHOOL.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A FULL-TIME STUDENT AND FAMILY RESOURCE NAVIGATOR, WHO IS AMAZING, REALLY, UM, CONNECTS US WITH OUR FAMILY, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND WE HAVE A DEAN AND A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TEACHER, UH, A COMBINED PHYSICIAN.
UM, SO THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT QUICK RESPONSE TIME FOR STUDENT NEEDS.
UM, WE'RE REGULARLY MONITORING COMMON AREAS.
UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO JUST HAVE ONE FLOOR.
OUR RESTROOMS ARE MONITORED CONSTANTLY.
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WE ARE JUST, WE PRIORITIZE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF.A SMALL SCHOOL, WE REALLY KNOW OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A GREAT, UH, FEELING.
EVERYONE PITCHES IN OUR, OUR, UM, OUR TEACHING STAFF, OUR CLERICAL STAFF, OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE REALLY PROACTIVE INTERVENTION CAPABILITIES HERE.
WE KNOW, UM, OUR, UM, MIDDLE, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND CAREER, UM, SLASH UH, EL DESIGNEE, UM, WHEN SHE SEES SOME STUDENTS STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, WE HOLD AN SSPT IMMEDIATELY.
WE JUST CONSTANTLY, UM, BE ABLE TO OFFER, UH, THINGS TO OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE HERE IN PLACE.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE A FULLY STAFFED CAMPUS, AND WE HAVE NO NEW CERTIFICATED STAFF MEMBERS EXCEPT FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR STUFF AND HOW, UH, OUR, OUR STUDENT SAFETY KIND OF SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOL CLIMATE.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PROACTIVE DISCIPLINE APPROACH.
WE DO MONTHLY SMALL GROUP, PBIS ASSEMBLIES.
UM, WE DO, UH, PBIS INCENTIVES.
WE DO LOTS OF INCENTIVES AND AWARDS WEEKLY.
WHEN WE SEE STUDENTS DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING GOOD, UH, IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE HALLWAY, THEY GET GATOR BUCKS, WE DO RAFFLES.
UM, WE DO, UM, POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS.
OUR RJ TEACHER, UM, HOLDS, UM, CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS AND CIRCLES WITH STUDENTS.
UM, WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE JUST HAD A CAREER DAY RECENTLY AND INVITED SOME I KNOW.
UM, OUR, OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBER WAS HERE PRESENTING TO THE STUDENTS.
AND THAT KIND OF HELPS US, UH, BUILD MORE RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE CONSTANTLY, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, USING THAT SSPT PROCESS TO, UH, GET TO KNOW OUR STUDENTS AND HELP THEM WHERE WE NEED.
UM, AND WE DO LOTS OF ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS.
WE DO SOMETHING CALLED ON THE RIGHT TRACK EVERY FOUR, EVERY FIVE WEEKS WITH OUR REPORT CARDS.
IF YOU'RE GETTING A C OR BETTER, YOU ARE, UH, RECOGNIZED.
AND WE DO ICE CREAM DAYS FOR THEM ON THE FRIDAYS.
WE HAVE AWARD ASSEMBLIES, UM, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THEM.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE TONIGHT FOR OUR EIGHTH GRADERS, AND WE DO STUDENT OF THE MONTH WHERE THEY ACTUALLY COME AND HAVE LUNCH WITH ME, UH, ONCE A MONTH.
I HAVE LUNCH WITH A GROUP OF ABOUT SIX STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.
AND I THINK OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOLKS, I REALLY FOSTER STUDENT VOICE AS WELL.
WE'RE MOVING TOWARD, UH, SCHOOL-WIDE AVID APPROACHES, COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES, AND SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
AND I DO, I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE, OR THAT'S IT? YES.
AND THANKS FOR KEEPING IT SUCCINCT.
WE OFTEN ASK PRESENTERS TO DO THREE TO FIVE SLIDES, BUT WE DON'T OFTEN GET THAT BACK.
SO
UM, AND I HADN'T REALIZED THAT ONLY YOU AND THE AP WERE NEW.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME MORE FRIENDS JOINING US.
THAT'S FOR OUR, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHO IS POPPING ON.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT YOUR SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, 400 STUDENTS SOUNDS LIKE A SMALL SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY COMMON IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS, THE SIZE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO TO HAVE A FULL-TIME PSW, UM, THE THREE SUPERVISION AIDES, A CAMPUS AIDE, SOUNDS LIKE PARTIAL CAMPUS AID KIND OF SPREAD ACROSS THE CAMPUSES.
THE SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE, THE NAVIGATOR, UM, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER LIKE A FULL STAFFING FOR 400 STUDENTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD ASKED HR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? DID THEY GET IT ALL? UM, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN AT THE SCHOOL FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR A WHILE, SO I'LL ASK ONE QUESTION AND THEN SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S THE RIGHT TIMELINE FOR HIRING STAFF IF YOU WANTED TO START AUGUST? UH, FULLY STAFFED BY WHEN, UH, DO, DO YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, FLY THE POSITIONS, INTERVIEW, HIRE, KIND OF LOCK FOLKS IN SO THAT YOU'RE READY TO GO IN AUGUST? OH MY GOODNESS.
AS, AS EARLY IN THE YEAR AS POSSIBLE, I, I, MY, UM, MY, UH, ELD TEACHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SAID, THIS IS IT.
AND I THINK FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY I STARTED PUTTING FEELERS OUT WHO I GOT, I NEEDED, BECAUSE ELD IS SO HARD TO STAFF, RIGHT? UM, SO FOR CERTIFICATED, I THINK AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WE'RE CONSTANTLY, LIKE WHO'S GONNA LEAVE? WHO MIGHT LEAVE, WHO'S MIGHT PROMOTE.
UM, I, MY, MY SPECIAL ED TEACHER'S ACTUALLY MOVING INTO A DEAN POSITION.
UM, AND SO I'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SECURED SOMEONE AS FAST AS I COULD WHEN I LEARNED.
SO I THINK FOR CERTIFICATED, IT'S LIKE IMMEDIATE, UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT WITH THEIR, WITH THE CLASSIFIED STAFF, RIGHT? OUR SUPERVISION A, OUR TAS, UM, OH, AND I DID FORGET TO MENTION OUR TAS.
WE DO HAVE, UM, QUITE A FEW PART-TIME TAS, BUT I THINK THAT REALLY HELPS.
UM, AND SO I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM WILL BE, UM, GRADUATING.
UM, SO WE ARE CONCURRENTLY LOOKING FOR, BUT I WOULD SAY, GOSH, NO LATER THAN
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FEBRUARY, REALLY PUTTING THOSE FEELERS OUT THERE AND GETTING, UM, THE NOTIFICATIONS OUT TO HR, I WOULD SAY EARLY AS POSSIBLE, LIKE ALL THIS SEMESTER IN ADVANCE.YEAH, I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY I RARELY, I ALWAYS WORK IN THE SUMMER.
I RARELY TAKE THE SUMMER OFF BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS SO NERVOUS ABOUT NOT BEING FULLY STAFFED, RIGHT? THAT ONE PERSON SAYS, OH, I NEED TO LEAVE.
SO I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE ON YOUR CAMPUS TOO.
UM, AND WE DIDN'T SEE THIS EARLIER, SO I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THE SLIDE THAT'S UP HERE IS THE DATA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TO SELECT YOUR SCHOOL TO PRESENT.
AND JUST WANNA GIVE YOU KUDOS ON A 4% GROWTH IN STUDENTS FEELING SAFE ON, UH, CAMPUS AND STAFF.
UH, A 5% GROWTH OF STAFF FEELING SAFE ON CAMPUS.
AND SO THE TWO GOING HAND IN HAND.
JUST REALLY WANNA APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I'LL PAUSE AND SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ORCHARD.
AND I SHOULD SAY, UM, BOARD MEMBER GRIEGO IS ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND SHE DID TELL US HOW AWESOME IT WAS WHEN SHE GOT TO VISIT RECENTLY.
HER SON IS GRADUATING, SO SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
BUT, UM, SHE HAS GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? SURE.
MEA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
UH, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION FROM ME.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU BRING SORT OF YOUR SAFETY TEAM TOGETHER TO MEET, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ON CAMPUS, LOOK AT YOUR STRATEGIES FOR RESPONDING AND SO ON? GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO FOR LIKE OUR, OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF, OUR OUT OF CLASSROOM STAFF, WE MEET WEEKLY, UM, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES, UH, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES MOST OF THE MEETING.
MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ALSO MEETS WITH OUR SUPERVISION STAFF, UM, ABOUT MONTHLY, I WOULD SAY MONTHLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST WE'RE AT THE RIGHT SPOTS IF THERE ARE ANY HOTSPOTS THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
UM, SO SHE MEETS WITH THEM ABOUT MONTHLY.
AND THE SUPERVISION STAFF THAT YOU HAVE CURRENTLY, THOSE ARE ALL FULL-TIME POSITIONS OR ARE THEY PART-TIME OR, UM, LET'S SEE.
SO WE HAVE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL SIX HOUR, THREE OR SIX HOUR POSITIONS.
AND THEN, UH, THE, WE HAVE A SHARED EIGHT HOUR CAMPUS AID.
SO, UM, SO SHE WORKS FOR US FOUR HOURS ESSENTIALLY.
BUT IF SHE WORKS FOR THE SITE, UH, EIGHT HOURS.
AND DO THEY HAVE LIKE A MAP TO ANDREAS? UH, DO THEY HAVE A MAP OF WHERE THEY GO AS FAR AS AREA OF SUPERVISION? HOW DO THEY DISTINGUISH THEIR AREA OF SUPERVISION? YES, YES.
UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SHE DID A SUPERVISION AREA, YOU KNOW, MAPPED OUT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AT THE DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, UM, YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES THOUGH.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY, SOME OF OUR, OUR TEACHER ASSISTANTS ACTUALLY HELPING US AT LUNCH 'CAUSE IT'S SORT OF A LARGER AREA.
SO WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPERVISION.
SO WE'LL MAKE CHANGES THROUGHOUT, BUT SHE DOES, YEAH, SHE'LL MAP IT OUT FOR THEM AND SEND A REVISED.
UM, THIS IS WHERE OUR SUPERVISION STAFF SHOULD BE DURING THE DAY.
AND FOR YOUR RESTROOM SUPERVISION, WHAT PLAN DO YOU USE FOR RESTROOM SUPERVISION? THE RESTROOMS ARE NOT OPEN UNLESS SOMEBODY IS, UH, THERE, UNLESS SOMEBODY IS IN FRONT.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, PUT ONE SUPERVISION, UM, AIDE, UM, IN FRONT OF THE RESTROOM AT ALL TIMES.
WE DON'T LEAVE THEM OPEN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF CLASS OR THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF CLASS, OR AS WE'RE MOVING STUDENTS TO CLASS, SOMEONE IS THERE DURING THE PASSING PERIOD, THEN WE SHUT THEM, MAKE SURE, UH, STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN, UH, MAYBE TWO AIDES WILL CALL OUT SICK AND EVERYONE GETS AT THE SICK AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO MONITOR THE RESTROOMS MYSELF DURING A PERIOD.
UH, MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MY OFFICE TECHNICIAN, UM, THOSE RESTROOMS ARE NOT, UM, OPEN WITHOUT SOMEBODY THERE.
AND LUCKILY BECAUSE WE'RE A SMALL SCHOOL ON OUR MAIN FLOOR, WE JUST HAVE THE ONE RESTROOM, SO IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US.
ANY SHARED RESTROOM, LIKE DURING LUNCH? UM, BOTH RESTROOMS ARE MONITORED CONSTANTLY.
THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THE SMALL SCHOOL, RIGHT? WE CAN REALLY MONITOR THOSE RESTROOMS. YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY A, A A PLUS
AND SO THE, THE, THE FEMALE AND MALE OR ONE RESTROOM IS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
IS ONE PERSON SUPERVISING BOTH? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? ONCE, YES.
UH, DURING PASSING PERIOD, WE WILL HAVE TWO PEOPLE, ONE AT THE BOYS' RESTROOM AND THEN A FEMALE AT THE GIRLS.
JUST SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE, UH, LITTLE MORE CONTAINED.
I MEAN, A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, EYES ON.
FOR WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE IN THERE.
AND WE HARDLY HAVE ANY GRAFFITI.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE MENTIONED THAT OTHER I, FROM MY PREVIOUS SCHOOL TO THIS SCHOOL.
I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN ANY MAJOR GRAFFITI OUTBREAKS THIS YEAR.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR ME HERE,
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAPTURE IN THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY, BUT
UM, MAYBE MY LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE SWITCH TO OUR NEXT SCHOOL, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE A SCHOOL WITH THREE, UH, SCHOOLS ON THE SAME CAMPUS.
CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS LIKE WITH
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THE OTHER SCHOOLS? I THINK BOTH FOR THE STAFF AND STUDENTS, IS THERE ANY INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT OR HOW DO YOU ALL MANAGE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE SCHOOLS? WELL, I CAME FROM A A FOUR SCHOOL CAMPUS.I WAS AT CONTRERAS FOR MANY YEARS, AND SO IT'S LIKE MY SPECIALTY.
I, I REALLY LOVED ALL MY COLLEAGUES AT CONTRERAS.
UM, WHEN I DID COME HERE, I, I KIND OF HAD HEARD THAT THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T COLLABORATE VERY MUCH.
BUT, UM, I HAVE FOUND WORKING WITH MY, MY CO LUST PRINCIPAL, I MEAN, WE TALK AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, I, I, WE JUST, WE DO, UH, MATH WALKS TOGETHER.
WE JUST RECENTLY STARTED DOING INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS TOGETHER.
IT'S BEEN GREAT, A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, THE STUDENTS DO NOT REALLY CROSS OVER VERY MUCH IN THE MORNING.
MY STUDENTS GO TO ONE PART OF THE CAMPUS, THEIR STUDENTS GO TO ANOTHER.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING NEXT YEAR DOING A SHARED LUNCH, UM, TO KIND OF MAKE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE STUDENTS KIND OF, UH, MINGLE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO I CAN KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.
WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE FACULTY WORKING TOGETHER, I THINK PREVIOUS TO THIS YEAR THEY, THEY REALLY HADN'T.
UM, BUT THAT WANDA AND I SORT OF HAD THE GOAL THAT THIS YEAR WE WANTED TO DO A LOT MORE.
SO WE'RE STARTING WITH MATH, THE MATH TEACHERS.
UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT OUR SIXTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMON CONFERENCE PERIOD NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WORKED IN CONTURA FOR 18 YEARS, SO I LOVE THE BENEFITS OF THE SHARED SITES BECAUSE YOU COULD REALLY LEARN FROM, FROM ONE ANOTHER.
SO I'M REALLY HOPING TO JUST KEEP STRENGTHENING THAT RELATIONSHIP.
BUT I LOVE IT PERSONALLY,
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
KUDOS ON YOUR ABSOLUTELY GROWTH AND DATA, AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
UM, MAYBE STICK AROUND IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS LATER, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, AND ALSO WE CAN GIVE SOME KUDOS TO PACOIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHO WE SELECTED.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ORCHARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, AND WE'LL TRANSITION TO PRINCIPAL GACHA.
UH, WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL AND HOW, UM, STAFFING AND SCHOOL CLIMATE HAVE GONE HAND IN HAND FOR YOU ALL.
UH, THIS IS SIMMER PROUD PRINCIPAL OF PACOIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND WITH ME, I HAVE MY DEAN, MR. ARDO AND OUR MAGNET COORDINATOR, MS. DON GREEN.
SO WE ARE IN THE HEART OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, AND YOU ALL KNOW WHERE BOARD MEMBER KELLY GO IS OFFICE IS, WE ARE NEXT TO HER OFFICE, UM, ABOUT 865 STUDENTS.
UM, WE HAVE TWO GREAT MAGNET FILM MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET AND, UM, MATH COMPUTER SCIENCE MAGNET ON OUR CAMPUS.
UH, ABOUT 70 CERTIFICATED STAFF MEMBERS AND 46 CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS.
AND YAY, WE WERE FULLY STAFFED THIS YEAR.
AND THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID A FULLY STAFFED SCHOOL IS A JOYOUS PLACE.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UM, SO I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH, UH, DR.
I CAN REPEAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT SHE SHARED WITH, UH, YOU GUYS.
SO FOR THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN FULLY STAFFED.
AND, UM, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HAVING PSW FULL-TIME, HAVING A CLIMATE COACH, A SCHOOL NURSE MADE A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WITH THAT MONEY, NOW I CAN ADD ADDITIONAL, UM, OTHER EMPLOYEES ON MY CAMPUS.
SO, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE A SAFE LEARNING, UH, ENVIRONMENT TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM JUST HAVING SAFE CAMPUS.
WE WANT KIDS TO ENJOY OUR CAMPUS WHEN THEY COME HERE.
AND WE ARE A WCA ACCREDIT, UH, CREDITED SCHOOL.
AND IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF WE WERE NOT FULLY STAFFED.
LIKE WE HAVE FULL TEAM THAT WORK ALL THE TIME AND COMING UP WITH CREATIVE IDEAS LIKE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT A BETTER SCHOOL.
SO, UH, ONE OF OUR SLO, UM, IS FOR PRIDE IS, UH, PROFESSIONAL PRESENTERS BEING A FILM MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET.
UM, WE PAYE CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT.
SO KIDS PRESENT IN OUR, UH, IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, UH, THEY ENJOY THAT LIMELIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, KIDS ARE NEWCOMERS AND SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT PRESENTING TO BOARD MEMBER EZ WHEN SHE ASKED FOR IT, WE HAD LIKE 20 KIDS WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, IF A SUPERINTENDENT COMES TO OUR CAMPUS, MY CADETS ARE READY TO TALK TO THEM AND, UH, TALK TO HIM.
RIGHT? AND WE HAVE, UH, STUDENTS GOING TO WASHINGTON, DC OR VANCOUVER FOR, UM, AMERICA SINGS FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR.
UM, STUDENTS, UH, BEING CALLED UPON MY CADETS, UM,
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BY LOCAL POLITICAL LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OATH CEREMONY.SO THE KIDS ARE FINDING THEIR VOICE AT PACOIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO IT COMES WITH THE SAFETY THAT WE PROVIDE ON CAMPUS THAT THEY COULD BE KIDS THEY CAN ENJOY.
UH, AND THIS ALL HAPPENS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT PEOPLE.
UM, AND WE ARE FULLY STAFFED, UH, WHO ARE HELPING US TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, ADD SOMETHING? MS. GREEN
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO MAGNETS ON THE CAMPUS, AND I HAVE BEEN THE MAGNET COORDINATOR FOR BOTH OF THEM FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW.
AND I HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS FULLY STAFFED.
AND I KNOW THAT I AM DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB NOW OF, UH, CONNECTING WITH MY PARENTS ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND, AND FROM THE APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE THEY APPLY TO OUR SCHOOLS AND, AND CALLING THEM AND BEING ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE.
I KNOW OUR KIDS AND OUR PARENTS, UH, PERCEIVE THE SAFETY AND THE SUPPORT MORE NOW BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE ME AND THEY CAN HEAR ME.
I'M OUT THERE IN THE MORNING GREETING PEOPLE AND SAYING HELLO TO THEM.
UM, I HAVE THE TIME TO PLAN THESE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU SEE ALL THESE PICTURES OF THOSE, THOSE TAKE TIME TO PLAN AND THINK ABOUT AND COORDINATE AND ALL THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO DO MY JOB, UM, MORE COMPLETELY NOW.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I GONNA SAY.
WE APPLIED AT, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING RECOGNITION NATIONALLY NOW BECAUSE, UH, MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA HAVE, UH, HAVE, UH, RECOGNIZED THIS AS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE I CAN TAKE THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT AND COMMUNICATE TO THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WHAT I SEE HERE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS.
SO, I MEAN, FULLY STAFFED SCHOOL SUPPORTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND WE CAN SHOW IT THROUGH OUR CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD.
SO, UH, IF YOU SEE OUR GROWTH IN ELA, WE WERE IN ORANGE AND NOW WE ARE IN YELLOW AND ENGLISH LEARNER.
WE WERE IN ORANGE AND NOW WE ARE IN BLUE MATHEMATICS.
WE WERE IN RED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND, UH, WE MADE, MADE SOME MAJOR GAINS AND WE ARE IN YELLOW IN MATH.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, HOW SIXTH GRADE WE GAINED 17 POINTS AND SEVENTH GRADE, 10 POINTS ON SCALE SCORES AND EIGHTH GRADE, 20 POINTS.
AND, UH, BEING FULLY STAFFED AND HAVING THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ON CAMPUS HELPED US TO CREATE A CULTURE OF LEARNING WHERE WE DO LITTLE SILLY THINGS LIKE MENTAL MATH MONDAY, WHERE WE WERE ALL OUT OF CLASSROOM.
PEOPLE WALK AROUND WITH LITTLE CANDY PACKETS AND KIDS COME TO US AND THEY SAY, HEY, WHAT'S THE MENTAL MATH PROBLEM FOR THE DAY? WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE IT AND WE CAN EARN A LITTLE CANDY.
AND THIS GIVES THEM, UH, REASON TO TALK TO US, INTERACT WITH US, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE BARRIERS WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEL AWKWARD, UH, WITH ADULTS, UH, THAT KIND OF TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TAP INTO EVERYONE'S, UH, TALENT, LIKE, UH, BEING FULLY STAFFED.
WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD AT ROBOTICS EVEN THOUGH THEY MAJORED IN ENGLISH OR, UH, MATH OR SCIENCE.
SO USUALLY A MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE ELECTIVES.
BUT THESE ARE THE ELECTIVES THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL OUR STUDENTS.
UM, SO, UM, THAT GIVES THEM ANOTHER REASON TO, YOU KNOW, FULLY ENGAGE ON CAMPUS.
AND KIDS ARE ALL, UM, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, DOING THINGS AND NOT, UM, FOOLING AROUND OR GETTING INTO TROUBLE.
SO, UM, THEY GET COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
UM, SO IF OUR KIDS ARE DANCING AND SINGING IN FRONT, AND THEN THERE ARE MY STAGE CREW KIDS WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF SOUND AND LIGHTS AND, UH, OTHER KIDS ARE FILMING THE SHOW AND SELLING THE DVDS.
AND SO, UM, ALL THAT, THAT JUST TAKES AWAY FROM NEGATIVITY TO POSITIVITY AND KIDS ENJOY OUR SCHOOL.
AND, UH, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT STAFF RETENTION.
UM, THE ONLY TIME WHEN ANY TEACHER LEAVE OUR SCHOOL IS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE RETIRING
UM, UM, I JUST PICKED UP ONE OF, UH, IT'S NOT FROM THIS YEAR, BUT THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THIS YEAR'S, UM, DATA YET.
SO I ENJOY TEACHING AT THIS SCHOOL.
IT'S, UH, 92% SAID YES TO 82% DISTRICT AVERAGE.
AND I HAVE SUFFICIENT AUTONOMY ON MY, UM, WHAT WE TEACH A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR PACO AND 86%.
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YOU SEE LIKE TEACHERS ENJOY BEING HERE.AND I HAVE MY DEAN HERE WHO STARTED IN SIXTH GRADE AND JUST LEFT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, COLLEGE AND CAME BACK AND IS HERE.
AND I HAVE MANY TEACHERS LIKE THIS WHO ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT, I LIKE TO SAY 40 YEARS.
IT SOUNDS SILLY 'CAUSE I WAS A STUDENT HERE WHEN IT WAS PERMA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE MAGNET WAS ALREADY HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE ACTRESS CHRISTINA APPLEGATE? MM-HMM
SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS TOGETHER AT THIS SCHOOL.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DIVERSE SCHOOL, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UH, AND THEN I BE, LATER ON IN LIFE, I BECAME A TA, UH, WHEN IT WAS STILL A JUNIOR HIGH.
UH, AND THEN I BECAME A SIXTH GRADE TEACHER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AFTER THAT I BECAME DEAN OF DISCIPLINE HERE AT SCHOOL.
AND, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A FULLY STAFFED SCHOOL AND THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE WE, WE LIKE WORKING HERE.
UM, WE HAVE OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AS MUCH AS I HAVE BEEN AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SAME HISTORY.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY GO TO SCHOOL, THEY COME BACK AND, UH, WE JUST ENJOY BEING HERE.
WE WORK TOGETHER, WE COMMUNICATE TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S A, IT'S AN AMAZING SCHOOL.
UM, AND ME AS DEAN, I, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, DISCIPLINE WITH DIGNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, THAT TAKES YOU A LONG WAY WITH BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE MEAN DEAN DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.
YOU KNOW, YOU FIND OUT THAT THE HARD WAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS AS WELL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO AS DEAN IS, UH, I HAVE A CALL, A CLUB CALLED, UM, STAY OUTTA THE DEAN'S OFFICE CLUB WHERE I SELECT EIGHT TO 12 OR 15 KIDS, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD A TOUGH ROUGH TIME IN SEVENTH GRADE.
SO I BRING HIM IN ALONG WITH MY SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER STAFF THAT HELPS US A LOT, YOU KNOW, HE KEEPS THE KIDS BUSY DURING, UH, LUNCH WITH ALL THOSE SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
SO KEEPING THE KIDS BUSY DURING BREAK AND LUNCH IS AMAZING, ESPECIALLY LUNCH THAT KEEPS 'EM OUT OF TROUBLE.
AND AGAIN, FULLY STAFFED SCHOOL.
UH, BUT AS, AS STATE AS, UH, MY CLUB STAY OUTTA THE DEAN'S OFFICE CLUB, YOU KNOW, WE BRING THEM IN, WE MOTIVATE THEM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO FOLLOW THE SCHOOL RULES.
WE COUNSEL THEM TO BEHAVE BETTER AND GIVE THEM THE GOAL OF GRADUATING ON STAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, ONE THING I DO IS WE, WE PLAY
I BRING THEM IN, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE THE CHIPS, THEY LOVE THE SODAS, THE COOKIES, YOU KNOW, THE TREATS THAT WE GIVE THEM.
BUT MAINLY WE GET TOGETHER, WE DISCUSS HOW WE'RE DOING.
HOW'S YOUR MOM? HOW'S THIS, HOW'S THAT? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU? YOU KNOW? AND YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THEY, THEY DO BEHAVE BETTER IN EIGHTH GRADE THAN THEY DO IN SEVENTH GRADE.
A LOT OF TIMES MAYBE THEY DON'T GET TO GRADUATE ON STAGE.
MAYBE ONE OR TWO DON'T GET TO GRADUATE FROM MY GROUP.
I MEAN, BUT THEY DO BEHAVE BETTER BEING IN THIS CLUB, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, JUST WANNA SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
AND, UH, ALSO FOR OUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, UH, SURVEY WITH THE PARENTS.
SO I ALWAYS GET AT LEAST, UH, A GROUP OF 35 TO 40 PARENTS, UM, FOR COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL.
AND WE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE FIRST MEETING WE BOND TOGETHER.
I ASKED THEM TO BE, UH, THERE FOR REST OF THE MONTHS AND WE STAYED TOGETHER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, I KNOW DISTRICT PUSHED A LOT FOR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY BY PARENTS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN 22, 23, 40 3% WAS DISTRICT AVERAGE.
L-A-U-S-D, MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERAGE.
AND PACOIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD 74% PARENT, UH, RETURN OF SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY AND 48% IN, UH, 2324.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE L-A-U-S-D MIDDLE SCHOOL AVERAGES, BUT WE WERE AT 91%.
SO WE TALK TO OUR PARENTS NONSTOP.
AND AGAIN, FROM PERSON WHO STANDS AT THE FRONT GATE, UH, OFFICE TEXTS, EVERYONE, EVERYONE WE GET TOGETHER AND, UH, WE TAP ON WHAT'S THEIR TALENT IS TO REACH OUT TO OUR PARENTS.
AND, AND WE USE THIS DATA, WE USE IT FOR OUR WASC AND ALL OF THE REPORTS THAT WE WRITE MM-HMM
SO IT'S MEANINGFUL TO US TO HEAR WHAT OUR PARENTS HAVE TO SAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO CALL THE HIDDEN GEM OF THE VALLEY.
AND I GUESS, UM, WE ARE NOT THAT HIDDEN ANYMORE.
WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF, UH, ATTENTION LATELY.
SO, UM, MISS, UM, GREEN TALKED ABOUT, UH, MADNESS SCHOOLS OF AMERICA.
WE, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD TIME, UH, LAST TWO YEARS, WE STARTED WRITING THESE REPORTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW WE GOT, UM, A SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION AWARD.
AND UH, THIS YEAR WE GOT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.
MY AP MS. HAN, UM, WHO IS MY RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, SHE AND I, WE WERE, UH, RECOGNIZED, UM, BY CON FELLOWSHIP.
UH, WE TOOK AT LEAST THREE, FOUR TRIPS TO NEW YORK WHERE WE
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WERE PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.AND AGAIN, WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE I HAD STRONG TEAM HERE WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF SCHOOL.
UH, WITH THE HELP OF, UH, BOARD MEMBER KELLY GO, AND THREE PEOPLE, WE WERE THE WINNER OF $800,000 CNRC GRANT.
AND WE CREATED THIS BEAUTIFUL LIVING YARD ON OUR CAMPUS AND WE REMOVED A LOT OF BLACKTOP.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN MR. CH WAS IN OUR DISTRICT, UH, WAS MY PET PEEVE AND, UH, BOARD MEMBER GO AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
LIKE, UH, THE KIDS ARE, WE ARE NEXT TO FIVE FREEWAY AND IT WAS HOT, AND THEN WE HAD MORE BLACKTOP.
SO, UH, WE CLEARED A LOT OF BLACKTOP AND PLANTED UP MORE THAN A HUNDRED TREES ON CAMPUS.
AND WE WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED BY STRATEGIC DATA AND EVALUATION BRANCH AS OUTLIER SCHOOL.
THIS YEAR, UH, TWO YEARS IN ROW, WE ARE TOP L-A-U-S-D, MIDDLE SCHOOL READING CHAMPIONS.
SO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND I THINK IT IS A RESULT OF, UM, EVERYTHING THAT DISTRICT AND WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.
SO, UM, EARLIER I WAS TALKING, UH, MR. TAYLOR WAS TALKING ABOUT GRADE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE GRADE PROGRAM ON OUR CAMPUS AND IT HELPS US A LOT.
THE SOCIAL SEL UM, PROGRAM, SECOND STEP, THAT'S HELPING US.
SO ALL THESE THINGS LIKE ARE COMING TOGETHER WHERE WE ARE GETTING BETTER AT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE SUPPORT WE ARE GETTING FROM EVERYONE.
I THINK FROM BOTH PRESENTATIONS SAW A LOT OF RELATIONSHIP FOCUS AND, UM, JOYFUL EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND IT IT REALLY SHOWN THROUGH IN YOUR PHOTOS ESPECIALLY.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU KUDOS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS SHARED ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S IN THE HANDOUT HERE IT COMES UP.
UH, YOU MENTIONED HAVING A SUPER HIGH RATE OF PARENTS RESPONDING TO YOUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY.
AND YOU HAD A 5% INCREASE IN PARENTS FEELING LIKE THEIR STUDENTS WERE SAFE ON CAMPUS.
WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT GROWTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SO CONGRATS FOR, FOR THAT JUMP AS WELL AS STUDENTS THEMSELVES SAYING, UH, THEY FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS WITH A 6% JUMP.
SO, UM, KUDOS FOR, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT DATA, BUT PARTICULARLY AROUND THE, THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY.
UM, AND I SEE BILL JOHNSON IN THE AUDIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION RATE WAS THIS YEAR.
WE, WE GOT THE NUMBERS 'CAUSE THE DATA TEAM WENT A LITTLE, UM, FURTHER.
UH, BUT YOU ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT NUMBER AND IF, IF PHIL HAS IT, WE'LL TAKE IT.
BUT IF NOT, FOR PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY, 50, 50% ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THEY'RE DOUBLE CHECKING
MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS IS 50%.
AND, AND PACOIMA HAS NEARLY DOUBLED THAT.
UM, NOT QUITE A HUNDRED, BUT VERY, VERY CLOSE TO IT, WHICH IS PRETTY RARE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO KUDOS ON ALL OF THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
UM, I'LL PAUSE AND SEE IF MY, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE I, UM, ASK MAYBE ONE MORE OF MY OWN MS, HE NEW BILL OR FROM THE TEAM.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING, UM, YOUR HIDDEN GEM WITH ALL OF US.
UH, WANTED TO ASK, UM, I KNOW THE CONCEPT WAS FULLY STAFFED, UM, AND IN THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE, HAVE THERE BEEN A TIME WHEN YOU'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE OBVIOUSLY IN THE SCORES, UM, HERE, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE TAKEAWAY IN THE DIFFERENCE OF BEING FULLY STAFFED AND NOT BEING FULLY STAFFED? I MEAN, WHEN WE ARE FULLY STAFFED, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE STUDENTS FEEL, UM, HELPED.
THEY GET ALL THE RESOURCES, PARENTS, UM, GET THE RESPONSE THAT THEY NEEDED ON A TIMELY BASIS.
LIKE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE COUNSELORS, WE DIVIDE UP OUR COUNSELORS, YOU TAKE CARE OF THESE MANY KIDS AND LET'S, UH, REACH OUT TO THE PARENTS AND ALL THAT.
SO WHEN YOU ARE NOT LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, ISSUES GET POSTPONED AND THEN, UH, THAT'S WHEN PARENTS ARE UPSET AND YOU GET A LOT MORE CALLS, UM, FROM PARENTS, FROM STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, DISSATISFIED CLIENTS ALL OVER.
UM, AND YEAH, LIKE THE DATA SHOW, UH, ACADEMICALLY AND UH, KIDS FEELING SAFE ON CAMPUS, YOU CAN SEE THAT HOW IT'S CHANGING WHEN YOU ARE FULLY STAFFED VERSUS WHEN YOU ARE NOT.
PEOPLE ARE STRETCHED, UH, THIN AND IRRITATED AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SEE THAT JOY AND WELLNESS ON CAMPUS.
AND, UH, THE STAY OUT OF THE DEAN'S OFFICE, I LIKE THE CLUB
UM, WANTED TO ASK, AS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED OUR, UM, PHONE POLICY, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN DIFFERENT ON YOUR CAMPUS SINCE YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED THE POLICY? WELL, YEAH, WE'VE HAD A LOT LESS DRAMA LIKE BETWEEN STUDENTS, LIKE LESS CYBER BULLYING, UH, OVERALL MM-HMM
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THE KIDS ARE SEEM MORE FOCUSED OVERALL.THEY'RE, I DON'T SEE KIDS WALKING AROUND WITH THEIR PHONE.
SO THAT HAS HELPED US A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTERACTION OF, OF CYBER BULLYING WITH EACH OTHER DURING, YOU KNOW, DURING SCHOOL TIME OR EVEN, EVEN EVEN FROM HOME.
AND IF, IF I CAN JUST FROM A CHILD DEVELOPMENT POINT OF VIEW, I, I'M SEEING THE SIXTH GRADERS ARE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH EACH OTHER, UM, THAT KIDS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES AND THEY'RE PLAYING UNO.
THEY'RE BRINGING GAMES FROM HOME TO PLAY.
THEY'RE INTERACTING IN A WAY THAT'S SO HEALTHY.
AND THEY'RE MAKING STRESS BALLS AND THEY'RE PARTICIPATING.
BEFORE THEY WOULD PUT ON THEIR HEADPHONES AND SAY LIKE, OKAY, LEAVE US ALONE UHHUH.
UH, WHAT, UH, ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION DID YOU GUYS USE? POUCHES HONOR SYSTEM.
WHAT DID YOU GUYS USE AS, UH, YOU IMPLEMENTED THE PHONE POLICY? WE ARE USING POUCHES.
AND THEY'RE IN THE MORNING OR DO THEY KEEP THEM? HOW DO YOU MONITOR YOUR PHONE POUCH ON THE GATE? SO WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE ON THE GATE AS THE KIDS COME IN, WE WELCOME THEM AND THE KIDS KNOW THEY PUT, PUT IT IN A POUCH AND THEY LOCK IT, AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY OPEN IT.
AND THEN MY FAVORITE QUESTION IS THE RESTROOM POLICY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS ONGOING.
UM, HOW IS THAT FUNCTIONING AT YOUR SCHOOL SITE? SO, JUST AS DR.
MEZA SAID THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OPEN OUR BATHROOM TILL WE HAVE SOMEONE, UM, ON THE DOOR.
UM, SO ONE THING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD BE DONE OR NOT, SO WE HAVE GIRLS RESTROOM.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STALLS.
WE CAN NOW SUPERVISE THAT BOYS SIDE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, MY STAFF CAN GO IN AND I, I AM TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, IS THERE A WAY TO REMOVE URINALS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ONLY STALLS? WE HAVE ENOUGH BATHROOMS. UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS LINE UP AND I'M THINKING OF, UH, GETTING THAT ONLINE SAFETY PASS.
UM, SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, KIDS DON'T KEEP ON REPEATEDLY GOING TO THE BATHROOM, UH, AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE IS, UM, BATHROOMS, UH, BOYS BATHROOMS, UH, BUT WE PUT SOMEONE ON THE DOOR, SO WE LET THEM FOUR OR FIVE KIDS AT A TIME, THEY COME OUT AND THE NEXT GROUP GOES IN.
AND THAT'S DURING THE PASSING OR LUNCH.
WHAT'S DURING CL PASSING LUNCH? YES.
UH, SO, AND DURING, UM, CLASS TIME, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST 10 MINUTES AND LAST 10 MINUTES, WE CLOSE THE DOORS BECAUSE WE WANT KIDS TO BE IN THEIR CLASSES, BUT IN BETWEEN IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, WE LEAVE ONE BATHROOM OPEN, UM, WITH SOMEONE SUPERVISING IT.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, MS. STREET? SURE.
NO QUESTIONS, BUT JUST KUDOS TO PACOIMA MIDDLE.
UH, AGAIN, DEFINITELY NOT A HIDDEN GEM OF THE VALLEY ANYMORE.
AN AMAZING SCHOOL, JUST A HUB FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL IN ONE CAPACITY OR ANOTHER FOR GOING ON 10 YEARS NOW, AND SEEING THE AMAZING LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY UNDER PRINCIPAL GARTHA AND THE, THE CHANGE IN CULTURE.
UH, SOMETIMES WHEN I DEAL WITH SCHOOLS WHERE I WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND, AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CULTURE.
IT'S, IT'S SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO CHANGE THE MINDSET OF THE ADULTS.
IF I COULD SEND THEM SOMEWHERE ON A FIELD TRIP, I WOULD SEND THEM TO PACOIMA BECAUSE THE, THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM 1516, UH, I WON'T BELABOR SOME OF THE SUSPENSION DATA FROM BACK THEN.
I THINK SIMMER AND THE TEAM PROBABLY REMEMBER, UM, WE'VE COME SUCH, SUCH, SUCH A LONG WAY.
UH, AND AGAIN, I ATTRIBUTE THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST TO SIMMER, BUT TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH SCHOOL TEAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT BOTH OF YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF YOUR STAFF IS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY WE'RE ALWAYS HIRING AN LA USD, UM, LA S D.ORG.
UH, PLEASE, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE BEING OR, OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, UM, IF YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, A PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR SCHOOL.
SO JUST THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE GREAT DATA THAT YOUR SCHOOL IS SHOWING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STRATEGIES.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ESCALATE OR SCALE UP SOME OF THESE, UM, GEMS AND I THINK STAFFING IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THAT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE REALLY WANNA COME AND STAY, UM, AS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVIDENCED BY YOUR RETENTION DATA, UM, THAT'S AMAZING.
AND WE REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO MAKE EVERY SCHOOL, UM, JUST LIKE THAT FOR, FOR EVERY STAFF MEMBER, EVERY STUDENT, EVERY FAMILY.
KEEP IT UP NEXT YEAR AND, UM, MAYBE WE'LL SEE THE NUMBERS HIT A HUNDRED PERCENT SOMEDAY.
YOU'RE GETTING VERY, VERY CLOSE.
ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON.
SO WE'LL TAKE JUST A COUPLE MINUTES WITH
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OUR COMMITTEE FOR OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.AND AS I MENTIONED, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY AND A COUPLE OTHER, UM, OUR BOARD,
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UH, OTHER BOARD MEMBER AS WELL.UM, BUT THERE'S A, A HANDOUT BOTH AT THE DOOR FOR FOLKS AND, AND AVAILABLE ONLINE ENTITLED, UH, LA UNIFIED BOARD DISTRICT OF ED 24 25 SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, MR. CHA AND TEAM, WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE, BUT, UM, WE REALLY WANNA SYNTHESIZE THE LAST FIVE SESSIONS.
AND AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE A FINALIZED VERSION OF THIS.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAS COME OUT OVER THE LAST FIVE, AND, AND WE'LL THINK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP FROM TODAY IN ADDITION TO HAVING FULLY STAFFED CAMPUSES, UM, ARE THESE BIG FIVE BULLET POINTS.
SO THE, THE TOP OF THE DOCUMENT JUST SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WHEN WE MET.
UM, THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY ABOUT THAT SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY.
I KNOW THE TEAM IS GONNA BE DOING SOME, UH, UH, REVISIONS THIS YEAR, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING, UH, SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY.
AND I'M SEEING SOME NODS FROM, FROM FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, SO MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR, STRONG AND TRANSPARENT, UM, WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE IS, IS CLEAR FOR THEM.
I REMEMBER THEY USED TO BE REALLY, REALLY LONG, AND THEN THEY GOT A LITTLE SHORTER, AND THEN WE WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION.
UM, SO I KNOW IT'S A, A BIG ENDEAVOR, BUT, UM, JUST TALKING WITH FOLKS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEEF UP SOME OF THE SAFETY QUESTIONS, UM, IS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS REALLY ABOUT THE PARENT TRAINING OFFERED BY THE SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ADVISORS.
UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN CARRY SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES HOME, UH, AND THAT ROLE BEING CRUCIAL IN THAT TRANSLATION OF, OF SCHOOL TO HOME, UM, AROUND SCHOOL CLIMATE.
THE THIRD, UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS ABOUT COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, INCLUDING INCREASING SAFE PASSAGE.
WE HAVE SOME EXPLICIT, UH, REQUESTS FROM OUR GRID PARTNERS WHEN THEY PRESENTED LAST FALL.
UM, SOME DESIRE TO GROW OUTREACH, UM, AND SOME MORE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS AT MORE SCHOOLS THAT I THINK A THEME IS ALWAYS MORE, MORE, MORE
UM, BUT THAT WAS A THIRD RECOMMENDATION.
UH, A FOURTH ON THE BACKSIDE IS ABOUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT DURING WHAT WE WROTE HERE WAS UNSTRUCTURED TIME, BUT YOU COULD ALSO THINK ABOUT NON-INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, SO DURING LUNCH AND NUTRITION OR PASSING PERIODS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THINKING ABOUT RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON SCHOOL NEEDS, UM, NOT JUST NORM TABLES OR ENROLLMENT.
UM, SO THINKING ABOUT OTHER DATA POINTS WE MIGHT USE WHEN WE'RE STAFFING.
SO I KNOW THIS IS A LOT AND WE ARE AT A HALF COMMITTEE TODAY.
UM, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO INVITE, MAYBE EVEN PUBLIC COMMENT OR, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE, THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE BOE WEBSITE.
UH, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, I BELIEVE IS JUNE 3RD, THAT WE WILL SHARE SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OR JUNE 17TH.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON, ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THINGS.
SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE ABSENT HAVE SHARED BACK SOME IDEAS, SO WE'LL MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE HAVE COME FROM THE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND WE'LL, WE'LL TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE, UM, AND KEEP WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOOD THEMES THAT RISE TO THE TOP DURING THESE MEETINGS ACTUALLY GET IMPLEMENTED AND SUPPORTED, UM, IN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I'LL PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY THOUGHTS ON THESE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OR I'LL INVITE FOLLOW UP BEFORE THE JUNE 3RD BOARD MEETING.
UM, BUT I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT THERE AND SEE MS. NEWVILLE OR MS. MARQUEZ.
ANY THOUGHTS? AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT, SO YOU CAN ALSO TAKE THIS AND SYNTHESIZE IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HERE HAVE SENT IN SOME, UH, EMAIL RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND ARE ALSO SCHEDULING SOME TIME TO TALK WITH OUR OFFICE.
YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? YEAH, GO FOR IT.
JUST, SO, UM, WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE HERE, UM, THEY WILL BE, WE'LL PRESENT THESE ON THE THIRD AND THE 17TH.
WILL THEY BE ADDITIONS TO THIS OR WOULD THIS JUST BE SYNTHESIZED AND TRUNCATED IN SOME WAY? YEAH, I THINK ORALLY I'LL PRESENT PRETTY SHORT.
UM, BUT THEN PASS THIS AROUND AND INCLUDE IT IN MATERIALS, UM, WITH THE, THE FULL LANGUAGE.
AND YES, A ADDITIONS ARE WELCOME.
YEAH, SO THAT IS TO OUR PUBLIC AS WELL.
EVEN MY TEAM, I THINK WE MIGHT BE CLEANING UP A, A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, UM, BUT REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS OVER THE LAST FIVE MEETINGS.
THANK YOU TO MR. MCLEAN AND TEAM FOR, FOR, UH, ALWAYS SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.
IT DEPENDS ON, UH, THE BOARD CALENDAR, IF, IF I STILL GET TO CHAIR IT AND MS. NEWVILLE GETS TO JOIN US.
UM, BUT REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA, WE'RE HEARING BEST PRACTICES, AND WE'RE CHANGING AND IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BECAUSE LA UNIFIED IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
EVERY SCHOOL IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
UM, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ACROSS A VARIETY OF AREAS, UH, SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE, UM, TO INVITE THE CONVERSATION TO, TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BOTH THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT AND THROUGH VARIOUS MECHANISMS LIKE REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICES.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, I, I THINK WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR LAST MEETING.
WE'LL HEAR FROM PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL WISH YOU
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WELL ON YOUR SUMMER AND, AND COME BACK NEXT FALL.SO WITH THAT, WE'LL PAUSE AND TURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. MCLEAN.
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COMMENT BOTH IN PERSON AND REMOTE.EACH PERSON GETS TWO MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS WITH THE COMMITTEE.
I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED HERE IN PERSON, AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO HAD LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING REMOTELY.
SO MARIA LUISA PALMER, I SEE YOU'RE OUT THERE.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
AND THEN AFTER MS. PALMER IS DEANNA GUILLEN.
AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING REMOTELY, BUT HAPPENED TO BE HERE.
UH, MISS OR LINDA MARITA IS ALSO HERE, I THINK, IN PERSON.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THE IN-PERSON FOLKS FIRST.
UH, RECENTLY MS. CARLA GRIEGO, UH, MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD A DREAM THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS WOULD FILL THIS AUDITORIUM.
I SHARE THAT DREAM, THAT'S WHY I COME HERE ALL THE TIME.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PARENTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, SHOW UP HERE AND GATHER HERE AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TOGETHER WITH PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MANAGING THE SYSTEM, WHO COULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY KNOW THAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THEM TO LEARN THE CIVIC PROCESS, TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW.
AFTER ALL, IT IS THOSE FAMILIES, THEIR STUDENTS THAT PROVIDE THE REVENUE, THAT KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON AND KEEPS EVERYBODY EMPLOYED IN THIS DISTRICT.
WHEN WE HAD, THOUGH, IN REALITY, THAT'S A DREAM, THE REALITY IS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAFE SCHOOLS TASK FORCE, WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE ASKED ME TO ASSIST THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY TO REQUEST COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY INCIDENT DATA, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
I FINALLY, AFTER MANY MONTHS OF COMING HERE TALKING TO EVERYBODY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I FINALLY RECEIVED LAST WEEK, A 7,000 PLUS PAGE PDF DOCUMENT WITH OVER 80 LINES OF DATA PER SHEET OF, OF COURSE, IN MY REQUEST, I DID REQUEST EXCEL DATA FORMAT.
UM, AND THE DATA, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, STILL DOESN'T INCLUDE MANY YEARS, ESPECIALLY YEARS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC 20 17, 18 19, UH, NO INFORMATION FOR THOSE YEARS.
AND OTHER DATA IS ALSO MISSING FOR ISTAR R ALL WE RECEIVED WERE ISTAR ANNUAL REPORTS, UM, AGAIN, IN PDF.
SO WHAT ARE AVERAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? WHAT ARE PARENTS, WHAT ARE THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SUPPOSED TO DO WITH 7,000 PDF PAGES? OKAY, SO WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL? SEEMS TO ME THAT'S BAD FAITH.
THE DATA IS PUBLIC DATA, PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE REQUIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CREATE A SYSTEMATIC METHOD FOR RELEASING THAT INFORMATION.
I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE LAUGHING AT US THINKING, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE GONNA DO WITH 7,000 PIECES OF PAPER? BUT THAT IS THE QUESTION.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE 7,000 PIECES OF PAPER? THANK YOU.
MS. GUILLEN IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT ON THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS.
OKAY, S GOOD AFTERNOON SUBCOMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS DIANA GUILLEN, AND I HAVE REPRESENTED DIG WITH DIGNITY.
UH, I'VE REPRESENTED PARENTS AND WE HAVE OBTAINED MORE THAN
YEAH, WE'VE, WE, WE'VE OBTAINED MANY SIGNATURES.
DO YOU WANNA SEE 500, 600 PARENTS? YOU WILL NEVER SEE THAT.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY WORK, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOW INCOME, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE COMMODITIES, AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TWO OR THREE JOBS, AND THEREFORE THESE PARENTS WILL NEVER BE HERE.
BUT WE ARE THE GROUP, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US A TRUST THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE.
AND THEY ARE TRUSTING US, JUST LIKE THE ELECTORS HAVE CONFIDED IN YOU, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
THE SCHOOL CLIMATE IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
ANY EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY.
AND TODAY I WENT, I WAS AGGRAVATED, UM, AT THE, AT DLAC BY ONE OF THE OFFICIALS.
I WAS SPEAKING, UH, I WAS DOING PUBLIC COMMENT, AND SHE SNAPPED.
SHE PULLED THE MICROPHONE, UH, AS SOON AS THE TWO MINUTES WERE UP.
THEREFORE, I SAID, MR. PLACENCIA PREVIOUSLY MADE A COMMENT THAT ANY PERSON THAT MADE A COMMENT THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE QUORUM RULES, WHAT WERE THEY GONNA DO? OH, THEY WERE GONNA TURN
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OFF THE MIC, OR THEY WERE GOING TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE SPACE.AND I RESPECTFULLY, UH, SPOKE TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THIS PERSON'S WORDS, ANTONIO, CIA MADE THESE PARENTS FEEL MORE POWERFUL IN THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS AND D LIKE THEY WANTED A THEM TO TREAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THIS WAY.
AND THEREFORE, I DON'T BLAME THOSE PARENTS.
BUT WHAT I DO SAY IS THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE AS, AS MEMBERS TO DECLARE CERTAIN THINGS AND MAKES PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS AS JUSTICE IN THEIR HANDS, AND SO THAT THEY CAN USE THIS TO AGGRAVATE OTHERS.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THINKING LIKE THEM, UH, WE ARE HERE, LIKE THEY SAID, THINK WE CAN AGREE TO BE IN DISAGREE IN DISAGREEMENT, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE AGGRESSIVE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THESE PARENTS THAT ARE 506,000 PARENTS.
AND WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
MS. MARITA'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT ON THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS.
USD, THE BOARD MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PUT IN PRACTICE SAFETY SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BULLYING, ARM, FIREARMS, AND KNIVES THAT ENTER THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY.
YOU SHOULD BE VIGILANT AND CLEAN PEOPLE UP WITHIN THE STREETS.
THEY'RE URINATING, THEY'RE DOING THEIR THINGS.
AND THE SCHOOLS AT ALVARADO AND WESTLAKE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DRUGGED AND THEY WALK.
YOU, YOU TOOK THE DECISION TO REMOVE SCHOOL POLICE IN A RAPID PACE AND TO RETURN IT.
DURING THIS TIME, STUDENTS ARE DYING AT SANTA ADA HIGH.
A STUDENT HAS WAS STUDENT DIED.
HE WAS STABBED IN FRONT OF HIS SCHOOL.
AND IT'S NOT CORRECT FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH THE LIFE OF STUDENTS.
THE POLICE TAKES TIME TO GET THERE.
FIVE MINUTES SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES 20 MINUTES BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.
WE WANT OFFICIALS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL THAT HAS IS STRONG.
WE WANT THEM TO SAVE US DURING THESE TOUGH TIMES.
AT MY SCHOOL, UH, MY STUDENT MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS, AL AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS MAGNET.
THERE'S A STUDENT THAT SEPARATES THE FIGHTS.
IMAGINE WHEN THAT PERSON IS SICK AND WHEN THAT PERSON IS NOT THERE, WHO WILL DIVIDE FIGHTS.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED LAW OFFICIALS, MS. DANIEL ORTIZ OR DANIEL ORTIZ.
I ASK THAT YOU THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.
THEREFORE, NOW WE ARE IN A PROBLEM WITH THE STREETS BECAUSE THERE ARE DRUGS, GANGS, ALL THIS AREA.
THEREFORE, WE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ASKING YOU, WE'RE ASKING ALL THE PEOPLE TO HELP US WITH THIS ISSUE.
THE NEXT FOLKS WILL BE THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
MY NAME'S ELAINE WALDMAN, AND I'M A PARENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A CONCERN THAT IS DISTRICT-WIDE ABOUT THE WELLBEING, BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL WELLBEING OF OUR DIVERSE STUDENTS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT PEOPLE'S IDENTITY AND CULTURE ARE BEING, UM, DENIGRATED AND PEOPLE ARE BEING HARASSED.
AND WHEN I SAY PEOPLE, I MEAN CHILDREN, MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS AT MY CHILD'S SCHOOL, OLDER MEN ARE SURROUNDING THE SCHOOL PERIODICALLY HANDING OUT BIBLES AND TALKING TO THE CHILDREN SURROUNDING, I MEAN, SURROUNDING LIKE EVERY FOUR FEET.
THEY'RE INSISTING THAT THE CHILDREN, UM, ADOPT THEIR BELIEFS AND THEY, UM, HARASS THE KID TO SAY, NO, I'M OF X OR Y OTHER RELIGION, NOT YOUR RELIGION.
AND THEY TELL THEM, MY DAUGHTER SAID THAT, UH, SHE OVERHEARD SOME OF THEM GIVING, UM, THREATENING LANGUAGE THAT IF THEY DON'T TAKE THE BIBLE OR THINK LIKE THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO SUFFER PERMANENTLY.
AND THIS KIND OF, UM, BEHAVIOR IS, IS A PATTERN IN PRACTICE.
AND WHAT IS NEEDED IS THAT THE LEADERSHIP AND PRINCIPALS NEED TO HAVE A POLICY THAT EDUCATE AND MOBILIZES THE PRINCIPALS ABOUT THEIR NECESSITIES TO WARN THE STUDENTS THAT THESE ARE NOT INVITED GUESTS ON THE CAMPUS.
AND THEY DO NOT NEED TO TALK TO THEM OR TAKE ANYTHING.
THEN THEY ALSO NEED TO TELL THESE, UM, PEOPLE, THESE PROSELYTIZERS WHO ARE HANDING OUT BIBLES, PLEASE STEP AWAY.
PLEASE LEAVE JUST AS THE STREET VENDORS.
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THEY HAVE TO STAY 500 FEET AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL.I DON'T KNOW WHY PROSELYTIZERS ARE ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALK RIGHT IN FRONT IN A PERIMETER AROUND THE SCHOOL.
IT'S A VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
NOW, I'VE MADE CONTACT WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND, UM, ONE OF THE STAFFERS IS GONNA GO OUT AND CHECK AND SEE IF IT HA IT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW, BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES RIGHT BEFORE A LONG WEEKEND.
UM, BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION AND, UM, OBSERVATION, UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT, UM, EVERYONE CAN BE MOBILIZED IN ORDER TO, UM, CREATE A SAFE, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY SAFE ENVIRONMENT FREE OF BULLYING, HARASSMENT, AND INTIMIDATION OF A GROWN ADULTS TALKING TO OUR CHILDREN.
ALONZO WARREN, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE, ALONZO WARREN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
ALONZO WARREN, I SEE YOU'RE WITH US.
UH, MR. WARREN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO MR. WARREN, LATONYA HULL.
I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE, LATONYA HULL.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
LATONYA, I SEE YOU'RE WITH US.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN LATANYA HULL.
OKAY, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU, MS. HU.
ISABELLE GONZALEZ, PLEASE PRESS SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
I'M A MOTHER THAT'S URGENTLY ASKING FOR A REAL CHANGE, THAT SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS FOR THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE SCHOOLS, AND ALSO FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
WE NEED PE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED LIKE SCHOOL, POLICE, OUR VOICES, OUR RIGHTS, AND OUR PLEADS HAVE BEEN SILENCED.
MR. PLACENCIA HAS PLACED A ZIPPER IN OUR MOUTH, OUR DEMANDS, THEY DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO THIS.
AND THE ANSWER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT DEN, SUPERINTENDENT ALDO, HAS, HAS BEEN THE SAME ONE YEAR AFTER YEAR, LIKE A REPETITIVE MOM.
I WILL CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED BY THESE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN AGREEMENT TO SAVE THE SAFETY AND THE LIFE OF OUR SCHOOL.
THE ANSWER OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OF THE OTHER DISTRICT IS ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THE PARENTS AND OF THE STUDENTS.
BUT WHEN THEY GO TO A SCHOOL, APPARENTLY TO LISTEN TO THEM, THEY TAKE AN AGENDA OF NOT LISTENING.
THEY IMPOSE, THEY FORCE, UH, APPARENTLY TO SAVE FUNDS TO AN AGENDA WITH SAFETY PASSAGE PROGRAMS THEY DON'T HAVE.
AND THEY HAVE FUNDS FOR L-G-B-T-Q THESIS AND THEY UTILIZE THIS AND THEY COVER THIS UP.
AND THEY USE THIS TOPIC FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT.
FINANCES, SCHOOL FINANCES SHOULD RAISE INTO INCOMPLETE.
NO MORE BULLYING, NO MORE FIGHTS, NO MORE STABBINGS, NO MORE DRUG CELLS, NO MORE FENTANYL, NO MORE ALCOHOL, NO MORE CIGARETTES.
NO MORE FIGHTS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS OF OUR STUDENTS.
RETURN THE SCHOOL FINANCE IN TOTAL.
UH, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT YOU ARE NOT SIGNED IN.
NICOLE PETERSON, YOU ARE ONLINE.
NICOLE PETERSON, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
MS. PETERSON, I SEE YOU ARE WITH US.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
NICOLE PETERSON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE SURE CAN.
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ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND, CARL PETERSON.THE L-A-U-S-D HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE NATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT OFTEN SEEMS THESE SCHOOLS ARE APPROVED WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN FOR HOW A DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT.
THIS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY PUTS STUDENTS AT RISK AND UNDERMINES THE PRINCIPLE OF PUTTING KIDS FIRST.
A TROUBLING EXAMPLE OF THIS FAILURE OCCURRED DURING THE CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS FOR CRE ACADEMY.
DURING THAT HEARING, THE SCHOOL'S CO-FOUNDER DR.
HATTIE MITCHELL, PROUDLY RECOUNTED AN INCIDENT IN WHICH SHE CHOSE NOT TO NOTIFY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES DCFS.
AFTER OBSERVING CHILDREN LIVING IN CONDITIONS, SHE DESCRIBED AS CLEARLY UNSAFE.
THIS APPEARS TO BE A DIRECT VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA'S MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS.
LAWS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE VERY STUDENTS WE ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE.
RATHER THAN INVOLVING TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, DR. MITCHELL CLAIMED THAT HER SCHOOL COULD HANDLE THE SITUATION INTERNALLY.
YET ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL'S OWN SARC REPORT, CRETE ACADEMY EMPLOYS NEITHER A PSYCHOLOGIST NOR A SOCIAL WORKER.
THAT'S A SERIOUS GAP FOR ANY SCHOOL, BUT ESPECIALLY ONE THAT REPORTS 21.1% OF THE STUDENTS ARE UNHOUSED.
HOW CAN A SCHOOL CLAIM TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE STUDENTS WITHOUT THE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES REQUIRED TO DO SO SAFELY? EVEN MORE ALARMING IS THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL DIVISION'S.
OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION TO DENY CREATES RENEWAL.
THOUGH THE BOARD ULTIMATELY VOTED SIX TO ONE TO DENY THE RENEWAL, THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION WAS ABSENT FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD.
WHEN LACO CONSIDERED THE SCHOOL'S APPEAL, GIVEN THAT THEIR ROLE TO DENY APPEAL WAS CLOSE, THIS OMISSION MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE OUTCOME.
NOW THAT LACO HAS RETURNED THE CHARTER TO YOU FOR RECONSIDERATION, THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER.
IF L-A-U-S-D IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING STUDENT SAFETY AND HOLDING CHARTER SCHOOLS TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEN YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS FAILURE TO PROTECT VULNERABLE STUDENTS IS MADE PART OF THE RECORD FOR DENIAL.
ANYTHING LESS SENDS A DANGEROUS MESSAGE THAT SOME SCHOOLS ARE ABOVE ACCOUNTABILITY, EVEN WHEN CHILDREN'S WELLBEING IS AT STAKE.
OKAY, WE'LL RETURN TO ALONZO WARREN.
ALONZO WARREN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
ALONZO WARREN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE SURE CAN.
SO MY NAME IS ALONZO WARREN AND I SPEAK, IT WOULD BE EASIER IF YOU TURN OFF THE DEVICE IN THE BACKGROUND, THE DEMANDS OF THE PEOPLE.
I AM WITH CADRE, A PARENT LED ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH LA WHERE BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES ORGANIZED TO THE DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.
WE SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE WE REMEMBER AND WE WERE THERE.
WE WERE THERE WHEN THEY LABELED OUR CHILDREN TROUBLE INSTEAD OF GIFTED, WHEN DISCIPLINE MEANT EXCLUSION, ESPECIALLY THE CHILD WAS BLACK, ESPECIALLY IF THE CHILD WAS BLACK.
WHEN POLICIES CLAIMED NEUTRALITY BUT DELIVERED TARGETED HARM, WE SAW CLASSROOMS BECOME CORRIDORS FOR INCARCERATION.
WE REMEMBER BEING SHUT OUT WHEN OUR PARENTS WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT WERE TREATED LIKE THREATS WHEN OUR VOICES WERE DIS DISMISSED AND OUR CHILDREN WERE SILENCED OR SUSPENDED FOR LESS.
BUT WE ALSO REMEMBER ORGANIZING, WE WATCHED ANTI-BLACKNESS GO UNCHECKED FOR DECADES.
AND WHITE SUPREMACY SHAPED WHO WAS PROTECTED AND WHO WAS PUNISHED.
WE NAMED THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE EVEN BEFORE THEY ADMITTED IT EXISTED.
WE CALLED FOR LITERACY AS A AS AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
AND STILL TODAY YOU CONTINUE, YOU CONTINUE TO SILENCE US WITH FALSE REFORM, YOU CONTINUE TO CRIMINALIZE OUR CHILDREN INNOCENCE.
YOU CONTINUE TO SUSPEND BLACK CHILDREN AT FASTER RATES LONGER AND FOR LESS.
YOU SPEAK ABOUT EQUALITY, YOU SPEAK ABOUT EQUITY, BUT THAT'S JUST REALLY IN PRACTICE EXCLUSION.
SOUTH LA IS NOT THE VALLEY, BUT OUR CHILDREN DESERVE NO LESS.
PBIS SLASH RP IS NAMED WITHOUT ANY AUTHENTIC INTENTION TO IMPLEMENT IT.
AND WE SEE THAT NOT ONLY AS NEGLECT, BUT WE SEE THAT AS AN INTENTIONAL ACT TO IGNORE.
SO WHAT DOES AUTHENTIC ACTION FROM L-A-U-S-D BOARD LOOK LIKE? IT LOOKS LIKE L-A-U-S-D, NOT BENDING TO THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ATTACKING DISCIPLINE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS DISPROPORTIONALITIES SUCH AS PBIS SLASH RP IT LOOKS LIKE FULLY.
AND BASICALLY IMPLEMENTING PBIS IN EVERY SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH LA.
IT LOOKS LIKE HOLDING SCHOOLS ACCOUNT.
OKAY, JOVITA ANGEL, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
JOVITA ANGEL, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
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I AM A-L-A-U-S-D GRADUATE FROM 2012.SO IT'S BEEN SOME YEARS
BUT, UH, IN MY TIME WORKING WITH CADRE, I'VE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT POLICIES SUCH AS PBIS, HOW IT WAS PASSED.
AND EVEN DURING THE YEARS WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, I DID NOT SEE PBIS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN MY SCHOOL.
AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS.
HOWEVER, I DO WANNA UPLIFT THAT THIS COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VERY EYE-OPENING AND HAVE GIVEN THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW PBIS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS AT USD.
SUCH AS WE HEARD TODAY IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE HAVE HEARD FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS JOIN AND PRESENTING ON HOW PBIS IMPLEMENTATION HAS IMPROVED THEIR SCHOOL CLIMATE DRAMATICALLY.
NOT ONLY FOR THEIR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE STAFF, THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND I HAVE HOPE THAT THIS TOO BECOMES A REALITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES, A HISTORICALLY BLACK COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE IMPLICIT BIAS AND THE ANTI-BLACKNESS THAT IS ROOTED IN OUR SOCIETY THAT HAS MADE IT VERY HARD FOR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE HUMANIZED AND TREATED WITH DIGNITY.
WE TOO IN SOUTH LA, WANNA DISCIPLINE WITH DIGNITY.
WE TOO WANNA A FULLY STAFFED SCHOOL, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE KEY WORDS THAT WERE USED IN TODAY'S MEETINGS.
WE ALSO WANT, WE ALSO WANT A FULLY STAFFED SCHOOL THAT KNOWS THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT VALUES AND IMPLEMENTS PBIS.
MANY OF OUR PARENTS HAVE SHARED HOW WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR SCHOOLS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND THE SCHOOL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO KNOWS ABOUT THESE PBIS MEETINGS.
ONLY TO BE TOLD THREE WEEKS LATER, IF NOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING PBIS MEETINGS, BUT THAT THEY'RE NOT INCLUDING PARENTS OR THAT IT'S ONLY OPEN TO A FEW PARENTS.
THAT IS NOT HOW PBIS SHOULD BE DONE BECAUSE IF IT IS PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED, PROPERLY VALUED, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE NAME TO READ.
JUST ISABELLE IS THE NAME THAT'S THERE.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US THIS YEAR.
WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SAFE EVENING AND LOOK FORWARD TO PICKING UP THE CONVERSATION NEXT YEAR.