* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] OKAY. [Roll Call] HELLO EVERYBODY. WELCOME. THE TIME IS NOW 9:02 AM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH. WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING, UH, ONE CLOSED SESSION ITEM. I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLE MS. NEWBELL PRESENT. UH, DR. REVA PRESENT. MR. MELVOIN? HERE. HERE. UH, MS. GREGGO IS NOT HERE YET. UH, MS. EZ IS NOT HERE YET. UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN IS NOT HERE YET. AND BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSEN PRESENT. OKAY. THAT'S FOUR. I'LL READ THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORITY FOR TODAY'S SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM, SPECIFIC PUBLIC COMMENT AS TO LABOR, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. UNDER TAB ONE, JUST ONE ITEM CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6, THE NEGOTIATORS, DR. MURPHY, THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATORS OF LOS ANGELES TEAMSTERS 2010, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING AND TRADE AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL, SEIU, LOCAL 99 TEAMSTERS, UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. I'LL NOTE THAT MS. EZ IS HERE JUST WHEN THE MEETING STARTED. UM, [Public Comment] AND NOW WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THE FIRST PERSON WHO IS SPEAKING HERE IN PERSON IS MS. DEANNA GUILLEN. UH, MS. GUILLEN, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MS. GUILLEN IS GONNA BE SPEAKING IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE WILL GET YOU THESE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION HEADSETS. PLEASE COME ON DOWN, MS. GUILLEN. AND THEN AFTER MS. GUILLEN IS MONICA OLA, AND THEN DAVID NORMAN TOSKI AND THEN CLIFF FISCA. AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO THE FOLKS WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS BEING REMOTE. PLEASE COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, WITH THE UNIONS. WE HOPE THAT YOU MAKE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE STUDENTS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOLS IS BEING DAMAGED. LIKE GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LIKE VIRGIL, THEY ALSO FOUND A PERSON WHO ENTERED THE SCHOOL WITH A FIREARM. AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND SCHOOLS. WE ALSO NEED SCHOOL POLICE, UH, TO STAY INSIDE THE SCHOOLS. YOU DO NOT WANT, YOU HAVE NOT WANTED TO VOTE. SO, SO THAT US PARENTS CAN HAVE THAT SAFETY SCHOOL IS A SERVICE. IS IS AN AN IMPORTANT SERVICE. WHY? BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE. AND IT'S IN THE CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WHAT YOU ARE THINKING BASED ON YOUR IDEOLOGY. AND HONESTLY, IT'S NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR. WE HAVE A LOT OF DRUG SELLING. INSTEAD OF BRINGING DOWN THE VOLUMES OF CRIME, THEY'RE GOING UP WITHIN OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. AND THE MAJORITY OF YOU AREN'T SEEING OR AREN'T LOOKING OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, THE AFRO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS BEING HURT. I'VE GONE TO, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MEETINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL WHERE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY WANTS SCHOOL BACK, EXCUSE ME, PO SCHOOL POLICE BACK, BUT WITH THE CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE REALLY NOT HELPING THEM. AND YOU LIVE IN THE BEST PLACES WHERE YOU SUPPOSEDLY ARE REPRESENTING, BUT HONESTLY, I WOULD LIKE FOR ONE OF YOU TO LIVE IN MACARTHUR PARK, MR. CIO, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTER 7:00 PM YOU CAN'T GO OUT, YOU CAN'T WALK ON THE STREETS. THEREFORE, WE NEED SCHOOL POLICE TO GO BACK TO COME BACK TO SCHOOLS. AND ALSO IF YOU'RE GONNA BE, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE TEACHERS UNIONS, IT'S, THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE CUTS, THEN WHY WILL WE GIVE THE TEACHERS MORE BENEFITS WHEN IN REALITY WHAT THE BEN, THE ONES WHO NEED THE BENEFITS ARE THE STUDENTS NEGOTIATE, UH, SCHOOL ACADEMIC STUFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE'RE SEEING UNIONS THAT YOU'RE CREATING, BUT NO COMMITTEE THAT HAS TO DO WITH MATHEMATICS OR THAT ANY COMMITTEE THAT BENEFITS THE, THE STUDENT. UH, MONICA OLA, ARE YOU HERE? MONICA? UH, DAVID TOSKI COMING UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. ONCE SHOULD BEGIN THEN AFTER DAVID IS MR. CLIFF. UM, GOOD MORNING. UH, GOOD LUCK WITH THE DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, CLOSED SESSION ON THE REVENUES RELATED TO, UM, THE, UM, POSSIBILITIES OF, UM, A GOOD NEGOTIATIONS. I WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE CHILDREN YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A, UH, EMBLEMATIC, UH, PROGRAM OF, UH, THE GOVERNOR. [00:05:01] AND, UH, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS AUTHORIZED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 TO BEGIN HELPING LCS W'S PSAS AND OTHERS GET THE REVENUE. UH, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT WE'VE ALREADY LOST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR NOT APPLYING FOR THESE PROGRAMS. NOW WE'RE DOING A PILOT. I THINK WE NEED A WHOLE AIRPLANE, NOT JUST A PILOT. OKAY, WE NEED TO REALLY MOVE ON THIS AND THE SPECIAL ED MONIES IN LEA, BOP AND MA, THOSE ARE THE 15% WHO CAN GET, UH, MEDI-CAL, UH, MEDICARE MONIES AS WELL. THAT IS AT A VERY LOW LEVEL. IT'S GETTING ABOUT $25 A KID, NOT $80 OR $150 A KID. SO THERE'S REVENUE AGAIN. UH, WE ARE VERY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE REVENUES IN THE STATE. UM, I KNOW THAT NORMALLY WE LISTEN TO DR. DOOM AND DR. GLOOM WHO COME, UH, FROM FMA AND SCHOOL SERVICES, THE SCHOOL SERVICES WHO RECRUITED SOME OF OUR, UH, SENIOR, UM, FINANCE PEOPLE TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED. AND THEN WE'RE GIVEN A CONTRACT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED STILL. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY COMING. UM, THERE'S THE HOLDBACK MONEY. UH, GOVERNOR HELD BACK $2.3 BILLION UNDER THE MAINTENANCE FACTOR. EDUCATION GETS 94% OF THAT, NOT THE USUAL 40%. THAT'S FOR 24 25. THE TAX REVENUES CAME IN FROM LA COUNTY AND VENTURA 'CAUSE THE FIRE JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND THAT'S ADDING TO THE REVENUES THAT ARE UPWARDS OF $30 BILLION ABOVE WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID IN UM, JANUARY. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE A O REPORT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REPORT, LISTEN TO THE LAO AND GET ENROLLMENT. STILL. WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING UNAFFILIATED. WE ARE NOT READY TO TAKE OVER HEADSTART IN A WAY THAT COULD HA BRING IN TENS, UH, A LOT OF KIDS IF WE GET OURSELVES TOGETHER. AND FINALLY, OUR TK IS UNDER-ENROLLED, AND THAT'S 12 YEARS OF KIDS WHEN YOU'RE UNDER-ENROLLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, THE NEXT PERSON LISTED AS SPEAKING HERE IS CLIFF FIAL. CLIFF FISCAL LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO CLIFF FISCAL HERE. NO, CLIFF FISCAL IS HERE. OKAY. MARCELLA GARCIA, YOUR HONOR, I SEE YOU'RE SIGN UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY. MARCELLA GARCIA, NOT HERE. KARINA LOPEZ. I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. GOOD MORNING. OKAY. MY NAME IS KARINA LOPEZ. GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UH, SCHOOL POLICE'S PRESENCE AT L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS HAS, UH, AN OBJECTIVE, A PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE TO BETTER SAFETY IN THE SCHOOLS, CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, A SAFE ONE THROUGH THE PREVENTION AND THE INTERVENTION OF EMERGENCY. THROUGH THE BENEFITS, WE CAN FIND THE DIS THE, WE CAN FIND THE CONFLICTS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND THE POSSIBILITY TO BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOL, POLICE AND THE STUDENTS. THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE IMPACT OF THE SCHOOL. POLICE ARE A TOPIC OF DEBATE BASED ON WHAT OTHERS THINK. AND THEY SAY THAT THEIR PRESENCE DOESN'T ADD TO THE SAFETY AND IT CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT IN CERTAIN STUDENTS. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. AND LASTLY, BUT THIS IS NECESSARY TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONNECTION WITH COLLABORATION AS A TEAM. AND THE EFFECTIVENESS, SCHOOL PRESENCE AND THE ADDITION OF OFFICERS IS A NECESSARY THING. IT'S NOT A FAVOR THAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE CAN INTERPRET THIS AS A DISCRIMINATION BASED, UH, AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE VOTING AGAINST SCHOOL POLICE, BECAUSE WE NEED THIS AT THE SCHOOLS AND AROUND THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. GOOD MORNING TO ALL. MY NAME IS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ, AND I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, THE IMPORT. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE SCHOOL POLICE MORE THAN ANYTHING WITH THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW AND THAT YOU WANNA SILENCE US. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD NEGOTIATE IS FOR ALL PERSONNEL, ALL DISTRICT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING SAFE PASSAGES, BE SUBMITTED THROUGH DRUG TESTING [00:10:01] AND ALCOHOL TESTING. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG PHENOMENON ON IN THE STREETS OF OUR CITIES AND CLOSE TO THE SCHOOLS THAT IS SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, STUDENT EXPLOITATION, UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, HU THAT HUMANS THAT ARE VICTIMS, AND THIS IS WHY OUR SCHOOLS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE SCHOOL POLICE IN THEM, THEY ARE A VULNERABLE POINT FOR CHILDREN CAN BE TAKEN AWAY. 12, 13-YEAR-OLD GIRLS. AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT, GO TO FIGUEROA STREET AROUND THAT STREET. WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND THERE IS A HIGH SCHOOL AROUND THAT AREA. PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSING FOR SCHOOL POLICE TO RETURN BACK TO SCHOOLS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE CLIENTS. THEY ARE PART OF THEIR CRIMINAL SELVES. AND THESE ARE INTERNAL CRIMINAL SELVES, BUT THEY ARE LIVING HERE IN OUR CITIES. AND THIS IS SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SCHOOL TO, FOR POLICE TO STAY AROUND THE SCHOOLS. THERE NEEDS TO BE SAFETY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS. BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING. WE ALSO WANNA REPORT ON HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE GOING MISSING FROM THE SCHOOLS. AND THEREFORE, IN ALL HONESTY, THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION. SAFETY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR ALL. THANK YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. [Recess into Closed Session] THIS PART OF THE MEETING, IT'S NOW NINE 14, AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. [Reconvene to Open Session] GOOD MORNING. ALL THE TIME. IS NOW 10 48. THE 9:00 AM CLOSED SESSION MEETING IS GOING TO RECESS UNTIL TUESDAY AT 9:00 AM SO WE'RE GONNA, THIS MEETING IS NOW CONCLUDED. WE ARE GONNA RECESS UNTIL 9:00 AM ON TUESDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.