* 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. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. [00:00:01] THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 8 ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION. I'M GONNA TAKE [Roll Call] ROLE, UH, MS. NEWBELL. PRESENT DR. RIVAS. PRESENT. MR. MELVIN? HERE. MS. REGO. MS. EZ. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SEN. PRESENT. OKAY. THAT'S FOUR. MR. YANG. OH, YES, MR. YANG. PRESENT. AND THERE YOU ARE LISTED AND YET I MISSED IT. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RIGHT NOW, BROUGHT TO US FROM BOARD DISTRICT FOUR. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE VIDEO. YES. SMILES AND BEGIN. OKAY, LET'S, LET'S RE HOLD ON. LET'S GET, I'M, I'M GONNA DO THE FIRST PART. THEY'RE ABOUT TO DO A LET'S WONDERLAND ELEMENTARY. WONDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LET'S RESTART IT. MAYBE TURN UP THAT VOLUME A LITTLE BIT. SMILES AND BEGIN. THIS IS ROOM 16 RIVER CLASS FROM WONDERLAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY. WE'LL BE DECIDING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. FACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HAT AND BE IGI AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INMI AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AGAIN. THANK YOU, WONDERLAND. OKAY, NOW WE CAN QUEUE UP THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PLEASE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATES ON LAND ORIGINALLY AND STILL INHABITED AND CARED FOR BY THE GNO AND FERANDO TAVIAN PEOPLES WHO HAVE STEWARDED THIS LAND FOR GENERATIONS. WE RECOGNIZE THESE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ONGOING PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND HONOR THEIR CONNECTION TO THIS REGION. WE RECOGNIZE GABRIELINO PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN AND THE NEARBY COASTAL LANDS AND THE FERNANDINO AVIUM AS PROTECTORS OF THE NORTHERN VALLEYS. THESE LANDS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HOLD DEEP, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THEIR PEOPLE AND HAVE SHAPED THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN TODAY. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE HANUK ANCESTORS, A ELDERS AND AKIN OUR RELATIVES AND RELATIONS PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING AND COMMIT TO SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, ENSURING THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THEIR LEGACIES ARE RESPECTED. WE COMMIT TO DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORIES AND CULTURES OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES OF THIS LAND. THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEMONSTRATES OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO HEALING AND RECONCILIATION. OKAY, SO TODAY'S ORDER OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT NORMALLY IS. UM, WE STARTED THE MEETING AT 9:00 AM AS OPPOSED, AS OPPOSED TO 10:00 AM AND AS NOTED ON THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, THE MEETING'S GOING TO RECESS AT 1230 FOR AN EVENT AND THEN RECONVENE AT 2:00 PM SO RIGHT NOW, UH, ON THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, YOU'LL SEE THE ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AND BOARD PRESIDENT'S REPORTS UNDER BOARD PRESIDENT'S [Board President’s Reports (Part 1 of 2)] REPORTS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYBODY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CALL ON THE LABOR PARTNERS RIGHT NOW. SO IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY LABOR PARTNERS HERE WHO WISH TO SPEAK? GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BOARD PRESIDENT SHAMISEN, SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO, BOARD MEMBERS AND GUESTS. I'M LETICIA FOX, CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION CHAPTER LOS ANGELES 500, OR AS WE COMMONLY CALL IT, LA 500. ON THIS MONTH'S BOARD AGENDA IS OUR SUN SHINING OF OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR REOPENER NEGOTIATIONS AND FOR THE FISCAL YEARS OF 2020 4 25 AND 2020 5 26. ONLY ONE ARTICLE CAN BE OPENED AS STATED IN OUR MOU AND THAT ARTICLE WILL BE, WE WILL BE OPENING WILL BE WAGES. WE WILL NEGOTIATE BOTH YEARS AS ON YOUR AGENDA. IT ONLY STATES ONE YEAR, AND AS MANY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE AWARE OF THE BUDGET EXCI EXERCISES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THAT WILL CAUSE DISPLACEMENT OR LAYOFFS OF NON-SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY [00:05:01] ITERATIONS OF LAYOFFS KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF CUTS COME FROM THE BOTTOM END OF THE PAY SCALE. THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET BUILDERS WILL NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES IN THE BUDGET CUTS. WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO CUT THEIR OWN POSITION POSITION? LET'S TAKE A DEPARTMENT THAT IS RESPONSIBLE AND THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A WHILE WITH SOME OF MY MEMBERS REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. NOW, THOSE ARE MEMBERS FROM CSEA UNIT D. THE INTERACTIVE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME TO HAVE THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NEED ACCOMMODATIONS TO WORK WITHIN THE DISTRICT. UH, A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME AS TO NOT DISRUPT DISTRICT OPERATIONS. BUT THIS PROCESS IS ACTUALLY LINGERING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS WITHOUT EMPLOYEES BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEING ACCOMMODATED OR, WHICH IS MAINLY ONE OF THE REASONS IS A WORKLOAD ISSUE. VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT ENGAGING WITH THEM, A LOT OF MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT BUDGET CUTS. NOW, HOW WOULD A BUDGET CUT LOOK LIKE IN THAT DEPARTMENT WHERE WE CANNOT EVEN ASSIST OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD ALREADY WILLING AND ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK, BUT THERE ISN'T TIME THAT IS MADE TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY MEMBERS. MY MEMBERS ARE ALSO, THAT ARE IN THIS BUILDING ACTUALLY DO TOUCH THE SCHOOL SITES, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE DON'T WANT TO INTERACT WITH OR DISRUPT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL SITES. I HAVE MEMBERS SALARY, CREDIT ASSISTANCE CREDENTIALS, AND CREDIT CONTRACT SPECIALISTS AND HR SPECIALISTS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE WITH HIRING RATING IN INTERVIEWING THE TEACHERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO OUR DISTRICT ALSO AT THE SCHOOL SITES, WHICH, UH, THEY ENGAGE WITH ME. I AM A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. I AM NOT A-C-S-C-A EMPLOYEE. I AM A SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER AT DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I MUST ENGAGE WITH OUR INSURANCE TECHNICIANS IN THIS BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS HAVE OFF CAMPUS ACTIVITIES, THAT THOSE THIRD PARTY VENDORS HAVE CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE AND ARE APPROVED TO INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF HOW CSEA MEMBERS ARE INTEGRAL TO STUDENT LEARNING. WE ALSO ENGAGE IN THE PILLARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, JOY AND WELLNESS, ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION. AND THE ONE THAT WE SEE THAT IS MISSING FROM THIS STABILIZATION PLAN IS INVESTING IN STAFF. NOW, MANY OF YOU ARE UNAWARE OF WHO CSEA UH, REPRESENTS. WE REPRESENT OFFICE TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES. I STARTED MY CAREER IN L-A-U-S-D IN 1999 AS AN ADULT SCHOOL FINANCIAL MANAGER. THAT POSITION HAS BEEN ABOLISHED, BUT WE DO HAVE A FINANCIAL MANAGERS SERIES. THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FINANCIAL MANAGERS, SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL'S, OCCUPANTS, OCCUPATIONAL CENTER, FINANCIAL MANAGERS WHO ARE AT THE OCCUPATIONAL CENTERS, WHICH IS DAYS DEPARTMENT OF ADULT AND CAREER EDUCATION. AND WE DO HAVE TECHNICAL SUPERVISORS. WE HAVE MEMBERS IN CSCA WHO HAVE BACHELOR'S DEGREES, WHO HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES, BOTH OF WHICH I HAVE AND THANK YOU L-A-U-S-D COHORT EIGHT WITH CALIFORNIA, UH, STATE UNIVERSITY NORTH RIDGE FOR ACQUIRING MY MPA. BUT JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS DISTRICT. WE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAVE A CALIFORNIA TEACHING CREDENTIAL OR NOT, AND ENGAGE WITH THOSE, HOW YOU WANT THOSE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. I KNOW WE [00:10:01] DO HAVE MANY IN THIS DISTRICT WHO BEHAVE AS IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FIEFDOMS. LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN FIEFDOMS. AND WHEN WE COME AND AS EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES SPEAK WITH LABOR RELATIONS AND STAFF RELATIONS WHO ENSURE US THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING ITS BEST, YOU HAVE PLAYERS WHO ARE DOING THEIR WORST AND CONTINUE TO DO THEIR WORST AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS CHANGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ALSO ENGAGE AND RESPECT OF PERSONS. AND CSEA WILL BE SETTING UP A DATE WITH, UH, LABOR RELATIONS TO BEGIN OUR NEGOTIATIONS. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS WAGES. SO NOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER PLAYER IN NEGOTIATIONS WHO IS LOOKING TOWARDS WAGES AND WILL NOT ACCEPT THE TWO AND 2%. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER LABOR PARTNERS PRESENT? GOOD MORNING. BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. UM, GEORGIA FLOWERS, LEE UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES. AND THIS MORNING I'D LIKE TO, UM, I'D LIKE TO ROCK MY TEACHER HAT. SO I'M GOING TO DO SOME GLOWS AND A GROW. UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, OR SUPPORT FOR THE BOARD OF ED'S RESOLUTION ON RESILIENT SCHOOLS. UM, THE EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN. APPRECIATE BOARD MEMBERS EZ RIVAS AND GRIEGO FOR SPONSORING THIS CRUCIAL RESOLUTION. AS THE PAST YEAR HAS REMINDED US, EXTREME HEAT AND WEATHER ARE A VERY PRESENT THREAT TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE THE FIRES WE LIVED THROUGH THIS PAST JANUARY, SHOWS THE NEED FOR URGENT ACTION TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS CLIMATE RESILIENT. WHILE NOT AS FRONT OF MIND, EXTREME HEAT IN OUR SCHOOLS IS A CONSTANT THREAT. IT IMPACTS STUDENT HEALTH AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THIS RESOLUTION TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND MAKES THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS. THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS LIKE MODERNIZED COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE, GREENING HYDRATION AND SHADE, INCLUDING TREE CANOPY. THE ADOPTION OF A DISTRICT-WIDE HEAT MITIGATION PLAN. REDUCING CLIMATE IMPACTS WOULD INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY WHERE POSSIBLE. AND LOWERING SOURCES OF HEAT. BY STUDYING THE PHASE OUT OF ARTIFICIAL TURF, ALLOWING FOR MORE NATURAL COOLING. WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO FULLY SEE THIS THROUGH AND MAKE SURE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE NEEDED INVESTMENTS. WE ARE ADVOCATING TO PRIORITIZE THE USE OF BOND AND GENERAL FUND MONEY TO BOLDLY GREENER SCHOOLS AND DELIVER ON CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. ANOTHER GLOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE BOARD OF ED'S RESOLUTION, BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES. WE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD BY BOARD MEMBERS MELVOIN SCHUREN AND HE NEW BILL, THE 2023 HOUSING. MOU BETWEEN UTLA AND L-A-U-S-D ALLOWS FOR HOUSING SERVICE PROVIDERS AND NON-PROFITS TO USE DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND LAND TO RUN WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDE SERVICES FREE OF COST. WE HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION FURTHER OPENS THE DOOR TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF DISTRICT SPACE AND SPECIALLY MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THESE KEY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO REACH STUDENTS. AND NOW WE GET TO THE GROW CONCERN FOR THE STABILITY OF THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN. ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS BOARD AT THE DEMAND OF A COALITION OF STUDENTS COMMUNITY AND EDUCATORS APPROVED THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN SEEKING TO REPAIR THE DECADES OF NEGLECT SUFFERED BY BLACK STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. THIS PLAN HAS TRANSFORMED THE WAY A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR BLACK STUDENTS EXPERIENCE SCHOOL IN LA UNIFIED. WE'VE CONTINUED TO FIGHT TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND THIS WORK. AND NOW AS WE ARE HEARING THE AUSTERITY DRUMBEAT FROM SOME BOARD MEMBERS, THERE IS DEEP CONCERN THAT THE GAINS MADE ON BEHALF [00:15:01] OF BLACK AND OTHER MARGINALIZED STUDENTS IS AT RISK. AND I'M HERE TO ENSURE THAT THIS BOARD KNOWS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT UTLA STANDS IN SOLIDARITY, WHICH STUDENTS DESERVE THE POLICE FREE L-A-U-S-D COALITION AND OTHER ADVOCATES FOR EDUCATION JUSTICE. SO WHILE THE DISTRICT IS TALKING ABOUT CUTS, U-U-T-L-A SUPPORTS STUDENTS DEMANDS TO PROTECT AND EXPAND BSAP DREAM CENTERS, LGBTQ PLUS RESOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. UTLA SUPPORTS BOARD MEMBER GRIEGOS RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY. SO WE CAN PROTECT OUR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, OUR BLACK STUDENTS, AND OTHER TARGETED GROUPS WITHOUT USING POLICE TO FURTHER CRIMINALIZE AND ABUSE OUR STUDENTS. UTLA SUPPORTS STUDENTS' DEMANDS THAT NO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES ARE CUT WHILE WE'RE SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF EDUCATION DOLLARS ON POLICING. WE WANT TO DIVEST EDUCATION DOLLARS FROM PUNITIVE POLICING MEASURES, AND WE WANT TO PROTECT THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BOARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER LABOR PARTNERS HERE? OKAY. UH, NORMALLY WE WOULD GO INTO THE COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS. WE WERE GONNA GO [Consent Items] DIRECTLY TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE BOARD'S GONNA SET THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, AND THEN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT. AND THEN WE HAVE A, AN 1130 TIMES CERTAIN FOR TAB 23. SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS A PROCEDURAL MECHANISM USED FOR EFFICIENCY SO THAT THE BOARD CAN TAKE A GROUP OF ITEMS AND VOTE ON THEM ALL AT ONCE. AND THE WAY THIS BOARD DOES IT IS I READ THROUGH THE ITEMS, UM, BY ROLL CALL OR OUT LOUD, THEY SAY CONSENT OR DISCUSSION. IF IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM, IT WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER. AND THEN IF IT'S ON THE CONSENT ITEM, IT WILL BE VOTED AS A BATCH OF ITEMS. SO TAB ONE IS NOT FOR ACTION. TAB TWO, STRENGTHENING CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT. CONSENT. CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB THREE, ADOPTION OF TEXTBOOKS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES, CONSENT TAB FOUR, ADOPT RESOLUTION CERTIFYING, UH, LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COMPLIANCE WITH ED CODE 8 9 7 3. CONSENT. CONSENT. UH, UNDER TAB FIVE, I HAVE A NOTE THAT ITEM J THERE IS A TYPO. IT SHOULD BE ERNST AND NOT EARNEST. AND UNDER ITEM L UM, THE FIRST BULLET POINT, UH, IS ACTUALLY ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS, NOT NON-NATURAL GAS AS IT'S LISTED. SO THOSE ARE TYPOS. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS NON-NATURAL GAS. UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO QUESTIONS FOR TAB FIVE. UH, TAB SIX, APPROVAL OF FACILITIES, CONTRACTS, ACTIONS, CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB SEVEN, DONATIONS OF MONEY TO THE DISTRICT CONSENT TAB EIGHT, CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND ANNUAL REPORT QUESTION. UH, TAB NINE, APPROVAL OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES, PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATIONS, CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB 10, DEFINE AND APPROVE 30 PROJECTS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES. CONSENT 11, DEFINE AND APPROVE EARLY EDUCATION CENTER OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS. CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB 12, DEFINE AND APPROVE SIX. ACCESSIBILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS. CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB 13, DEFINE AND APPROVE 18. BOARD DISTRICT PRIORITY AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS. CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB 14, RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO DEDICATE CORNER RAMP EASEMENT AT PORTER RANCH COMMUNITY SCHOOL. CONSENT. CONSENT APPROVAL. TAB 15, APPROVAL OF ROUTINE PERSONNEL ACTIONS. HAVE QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. CAN I SEE WHO HAS QUESTIONS? JUST SO I, ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBER GREGGO AND NEW BILL. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. UH, TAB 16, PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMIT CONSENT. TAB 17, REPORT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS REQUEST TO, UH, REISSUE EXPIRED WARRANTS. CONSENT. CONSENT. TAB 18, CONSIDERATION OF STREET LIGHTNING MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKE D AND ESPERANZA SCHOOL SCHOOLS. LIGHTNING. THANK YOU. CONSENT LE SORRY. LATE 19 SELECTION OF CHARTER OPERATOR TO LEASE THE SCHOOL FACILITY LOCATED AT 1215 MIRAMAR STREET. CONSENT. CONSENT 20 CERTIFICATION OF UNHOUSED PUPILS FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES PROGRAM APPLICATION. CONSENT. CONSENT [00:20:02] TAB 21, UM, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY REVISION CONSENT TAB 22, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT VACANCY APPROVALS. CONSENT. CONSENT. UH, TAB 23 IS A TIME CERTAIN, SO WE'LL NOT PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR SO MS. UH, EZ CAN TACKLE THAT. AND THEN TWO 30 IS A TIME CERTAIN FOR, UM, BOARD MEMBER MELVIN'S RESOLUTION. SO WE SHOULD KEEP THAT ON DISCUSSION. SO TAB 23 AND 24 WILL BE DISCUSSION. TAB 25 IS NOT FOR ACTION. UM, TAB 26, APPOINTMENT A MEMBER TO THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. CONSENT. UH, TAB 27, UH, APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO SCHOOL BOND OVERSIGHT CITIZENS COMMITTEE, DIFFERENT MEMBER TAB 28, SAME FOR A DIFFERENT MEMBER. CONSENT. AND TAB 29, APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. CONSENT, CONSENT. UH, TAB 30, THE SAME FOR A DIFFERENT MEMBER. CONSENT. CONSENT. AND SO FOR TAB 31, UH, REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE CONSENT. OKAY, I HAVE A STATEMENT TO BE READ ON THAT. SO FOR TAB 31, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN ON THE REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE, INCLUDING WILLIAMS AND STATE PRESCHOOL HEALTH SAFETY UNIFORM COMPLAINT QUARTERLY REPORT SUMMARY, A PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE HELD. THIS WILL CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REPORT. AND A MAXIMUM OF 15 INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN THIS ITEM WILL BE HEARD. THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK AND HAVE NOT ALREADY SHOULD SIGN UP. ONLINE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED BY NAME. ALRIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH THE WORK YOU'VE JUST DONE TO CONFIRM THAT THE CONSENT CALENDAR HAS BEEN SET. AND EVEN BEFORE I DO THAT, HOW ABOUT I GET A MOVE AND A SECOND MOVE? MOVE MOVED. I , MOVED, MOVED, MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN, SECONDED BY, UH, , DR. VOS. OKAY, SO TABS 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. QUESTION NUMBER TWO ON TWO. OKAY, WE'LL PULL TWO FOR QUESTIONS FOR MR. YANG. SO TWO HAS BEEN MOVED TO DISCUSSION. UH, WE'RE ON TAB 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 IS CONSENT. 15 IS DISCUSSION. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 ARE CONSENT. 21 AND 22 ARE CONSENT. 23 AND 24 ARE DISCUSSION IN TABS 26 THROUGH 31 ARE CONSENT. SO WE HAVE ALL EXCEPT 2, 2, 5, 8, 2, 5, 8, 15, 23, AND 24 ARE NOT ON CONSENT. ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE HAVE SPEAKER TO NUMBER FOUR. TIMOTHY LEE, ARE YOU HERE? TIMOTHY LEE IS NOT HERE. OKAY, WE WILL GO TO NEXT BIT OF DISCUSSION. TAB 19. LET'S SEE. WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOR TAB 19. UH, ANGIE GOMEZ, ARE YOU HERE? AND THEN AFTER MS. GOMEZ IS SAMUEL SOLIS. AND THEN, UH, MARIA VILLAMIL. SO THIS IS TAB 19. COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN SHE BEGIN. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT, BOARD MANAGER AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS ANGIE TAMARA GOMEZ AND A SOPHOMORE AT LAAE. THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR OF LA A E AND IT WON'T BE MY LAST. I LOVE A A E AND I'M PROUD TO BE A STUDENT SELECTED TO SHARE JUST HOW SPECIAL OUR SCHOOL IS. OUR SCHOOL HAS SMALL CLASS SIZES AND OUR TEACHERS REALLY GET A CHANCE TO KNOW US. I'M HAPPY THAT I FOUND L-A-H-E-E AND HOW I WANT TO GIVE OTHER STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US. THIS MEANS A NEW CAMPUS. MYANMAR IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A HOME OF OUR OWN. NO MORE BELL SCHEDULES TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER SCHOOLS. NO MORE RANDOM STUDENTS FROM ONE OF THE THREE ON CAMPUS. IT'LL BE JUST US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SAMUEL, ARE YOU HERE? SAMUEL? AND AFTER SAMUEL SOLACE IS MARIA IL AND THEN KATE CHAMBERS. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS, UH, SAMUEL SALA. SOLI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. UH, I'M A NINTH GRADER IN LA, A A E AND I'M PROUD TO, TO REPRESENTING MY SCHOOL. LA A A E IS A UNIQUE SCHOOL. IT'S SO SMALL AND SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE WE'RE A FAMILY. OUR TEACHERS KNOW OUR FAMILIES, OUR SIBLINGS, AND OUR NEEDS. THEY ALWAYS SHOW UP FOR US AND I'M HAPPY TO SHOW UP FOR THEM. OUR SCHOOL IS ON CAMPUS OF BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL. WE SHARE OUR SCHOOL [00:25:01] SITE WITH THREE OTHER SCHOOLS AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS. HAVING OUR OWN SCHOOL WILL REPRESENT THAT WE ARE OUR OWN LEARNING COMMUNITY. WE'LL HAVE SPACE TO, TO, UH, GROW AND PROVIDE, SHARE OUR MISSIONS WITH NEW STUDENTS. MIRAMAR IS THE ONLY, UH, WAY OUT. OUR SCHOOL WILL SURVIVE AND HAVE SPACE TO DRIVE. WE CAN SHOW OFF JUST HOW SPECIAL WE ARE OUR SCHOOL IS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR. UM, MARIA VEIL AND THEN AFTER MARIA IS KATE CHAMBERS AND THEN MARIA SOLIS. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARIA VIL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CCA IN SUPPORT OF L-A-U-S-D, SELECTION OF LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE AS A CHARTER OPERATOR TO LEASE A SCHOOL FACILITY LOCATED AT 1215 MI MARS STREET IN LOS ANGELES. AS A CHILD, I GREW UP IN MIRAMAR CAMPUS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I ATTENDED PLACENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET. I'M ALSO AN ALUMNI MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LONGSTANDING NEGATIVE IMPACTS BLIGHTED AND ABANDONED BUILDINGS HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN. BUILDINGS LIKE THE MIRAMAR CAMPUS DEMAND PROACTIVE ATTENTION AND ACTION. I'M A, I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT LAST WEEK CCA WAS AWARDED A GRANT BY THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL REDESIGN PILOT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT A PILOT PROJECT CALLED THE LEARNING LANDS COLLABORATIVE, WHICH INCLUDES THIS SCHOOL, L-A-A-E-E. AS YOU KNOW, CEE WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR TO ADVISE AND ASSIST LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS IN THEIR LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS. THE SECONDARY SCHOOL REDESIGN PO PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN TRANSFORMING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FROM FACTORY MODEL INSTITUTIONS TO RICH STUDENTS CENTER ENVIRONMENTS THAT DEVELOP STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND DRIVE DEEP LEARNING, READY TO APPLY TO COMPLEX REAL WORLD CHALLENGES. THROUGH THIS PILOT PROJECT, WITH THIS SCHOOL AND OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL LEARN FROM ANIKA'S BEST PRACTICES AND ENGAGING INDIGENOUS YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES AND URBAN INDIGENOUS LAND STEWARDSHIP, CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC AND ACADEMIC NEEDS OF INDIGENOUS STUDENTS. YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION WILL ALLOW FOR LOS ANGELES ARTS ACADEMY TO HELP ADDRESS THE LACK OF GREEN SPACE IN SMAR COMPLEX AREA BY ENGAGING WITH THE LANDSCAPING SURROUNDING THE COMPLEX, FOSTERING A STEWARDSHIP RELATIONSHIP WITH NEARBY OSA PARK, AND INITIATING A RELATIONSHIP AMONG LOCAL TRIBAL CULTURE BEARS AND THE SCHOOL'S OWN INDIGENOUS FAMILIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, KATE CHAMBERS AND THEN MARIA SOLES. COME ON DOWN. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. COME. HELLO. UM, HELLO ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KATE CHAMBERS AND I'M THE HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT LA AE. I'M ALSO THE A SB TEACHER BECAUSE ONCE AN OVERACHIEVER, BUT ALWAYS AN OVERACHIEVER. UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR MY STUDENTS AS WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A NEW CAMPUS TO BECOME OUR SCHOOL'S HOME. CURRENTLY OUR SCHOOL SHARES THE CAMPUS WITH THREE OTHER SCHOOLS ON THE BELMONT CAMPUS, A FEW STREETS AWAY. UM, THE MIRAMAR COMPLEX WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR SCHOOL WOULD HAVE A PERMANENT HOME IN ITS 20 YEARS OF SERVING STUDENTS IN THE GREATER WESTLAKE AREA. WITHOUT OUR OWN CAMPUS, OUR STUDENTS DON'T FEEL THE VITAL SENSE OF SECURITY NECESSARY TO PERFORM TO THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. BEFORE WE CAN FOCUS ON BLOOM'S TAXONOMY IN THE CLASSROOM, WE NEED TO ADDRESS MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, AND THAT MEANS GIVING OUR STUDENTS A PERMANENT HOME AT LA EEE . LEE. WE ARE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND THAT MEANS THAT FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, WE SERVE AS A CENTRAL HUB OF STABILITY IN THEIR LIVES. WE'RE ALSO A TITLE ONE SCHOOL WITH OUR STUDENTS FED DAILY. BY THE FREE LUNCH PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE MORE THAN JUST MEALS FOR OUR STUDENTS, UH, THAT WE SERVE WITH THE RECENT ICE KIDNAPPINGS THAT HAVE INSTILLED FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE, OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN DEPEND ON US TO PROVIDE FAMILY SUPPORT. THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE'VE STARTED A BUY NOTHING CLOSET, A FREE PANTRY, AND HAVE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE FAMILIES WITH GROCERIES FUNDED BY VARIOUS GRANTS. HOWEVER, OUR SCHOOL CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH FOR OUR FAMILIES WITHOUT OUR OWN SITE TO CALL HOME. WE'RE TRULY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE WITH EVERY DECISION WE DO HAVE TO COM COMMUNICATE WITH THE, UH, BELMONT FACILITIES. OUR SCHOOL CULTURE IS ONE OF PRESENCE, EMPOWERMENT AND CARE. UH, WITH A PERMANENT SITE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, STUDENTS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AND BEYOND WITH THE EXPANSION OF OUR CURRENT CAPACITY. SO PLEASE GIVE US THE SPACE TO GROW AND THRIVE SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO BE NURTURED TO THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MARIA SOLIS, COME ON DOWN. AND [00:30:01] THEN ALEJANDRO MACIA. HI, BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESIDENT. MY NAME IS MARIA ZALES. I'M A MOM OF, UH, THREE KIDS. UM, MY DAUGHTER, IT'S AID, SHE GOES TO, UH, NEW ACADEMY, UH, SCIENCE AND ART. YOU GUYS HAD US YESTERDAY. WE WERE THE PERSONS WITH THE WHITE SHIRTS. AND UM, MY OTHER SON GOES TO VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MY SON RIGHT HERE GOES TO LA TRIPLE A, TRIPLE E. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. UM, I HAVE MY SON HERE WITH ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MY SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE COMMUNITY, THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. THIS, THIS JUST NOT THE TEACHERS, IT'S THE KIDS AND ALSO THE PARENTS. HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT WE HAVE. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE A CAMPUS. I BELIEVE WHEN YOU GUYS, THAT YOU GUYS CAN GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE OWN, TO OPEN OUR OWN DOORS. IT'S VERY HARD WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME, OH, WHERE DOES YOUR SON GOES TO SCHOOL? I NEVER SEEN HIM. CAN YOU TAKE ME? 'CAUSE WE CAN FIND IT. AND I FEEL THAT I HAVE FAITH ON YOU GUYS THAT YOU GUYS CAN GIVE US A CHANCE. WE HAVE MOVED THREE TIMES. WE HAVE BEEN AAE FOR 20 YEARS, AND I HAVE FAITH ON YOU GUYS. I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU GUYS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR US AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. I BELIEVE IN OUR STAFF. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO GROW. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS HAND BY HAND WITH YOU GUYS AND I'M THANKFUL FOR BELMONT, BUT I'M ALSO HOPEFULLY TO GOD AND I HAVE FAITH IN GOD THAT YOU GUYS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY. I VERY STRONG ALWAYS HAVE MY ROCK NEXT TO ME. I TELL MY CHILD EVEN THOUGH THAT I HAVE DYSLEXIA AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH READING AND WRITING THAT DOESN'T STOP ME. IT KEEPS ME GOING AND GOING THAT WE HAVE FAITH THAT OUR KIDS CAN BE MORE THAN US. SO I HAVE FAITH IN YOU GUYS THAT YOU GUYS CAN HELP US. THE OUR SCHOOL DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR PARENTS. WE HAVE ROLL CALLS THAT WE LET THEM KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T READ AND WRITE. WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR PAPERS, WITH THEIR ENROLLMENTS, WITH ANYTHING THEY HAVE, EVEN WITH THEIR BILLS. SO OUR SCHOOL HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR US AND HAVE FAITH ON YOU GUYS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS WILL MAKE A CHANCE FOR US AND OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALEJANDRO MACIAS. AND THEN AFTER ALEJANDRO IS HEIDI SANCHEZ AND THEN MASON DICKERSON. GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT SCHUREN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO MACIA AND I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF THE LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE. IN SHORT, L TRIPLE AE. FOR 20 YEARS, OUR SCHOOL HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO A CORE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATING RIGOROUS ACADEMICS WITH PATHWAYS IN ARTS AND ENTERPRISE. WE ARE PROVEN, LONGSTANDING PARTNERS HAVING EARNED THE BOARD'S TRUST AND AFFIRMATION THROUGH THREE SUCCESSFUL CHARTER RENEWALS. BUT TODAY, OUR MODEL'S BEING HELD BACK BY OUR FACILITY AT OUR CURRENT SHARED SITE. FAMILIES TELL US THE HARDEST PART IS SIMPLY FINDING US. OUR OFFICE IS OUR F IS ON THE FOURTH FLOOR. AND THE CONFUSING WAYFAIR, UH, CREATES REAL BARRIERS. BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS TRYING TO ENROLL, BARRIERS FOR PARENTS TRYING TO ATTEND WORKSHOPS, BARRIERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND BARRIERS FOR COMMUNITY TRYING TO PARTNER WITH US. THE SOLUTION IS AL AEE OCCUPYING THE SCHOOL FACILITY AT 1215 MIRAMAR. IT PROVIDES A VISIBLE MAIN ENTRANCE, GROUND FLOOR SERVICES AND CLEAR ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS. THE MOST IMPORTANT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT GIVES OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHAT THEY TRULY NEED. DEDICATED LEARNING SPACE WHERE THEY CAN LEARN AND THRIVE AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. AS LONG AS WE ARE A MIRAMAR, WE WOULD NOT NEED PROP 39 FACILITIES FROM L-A-U-S-D FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL. FURTHERMORE, WE ARE READY FOR THIS RESPONSIBILITY. BOTH THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FINANCE AUTHORITY AND LAD'S OWN SOURCE SELECTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED SELECTING US FOR THE MIRAMAR SITE CONFIRMING WE MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL A USD AND THE STATE TO NEGOTIATE REASONABLE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AGREEMENTS TO OPEN THIS CAMPUS FOR AL AAA STUDENTS AND THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY TO CALCULATE THE COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND FOR ALL A USD TO PROVIDE THE MIRAMAR CAMPUS TO AA, A E AND READY TO OCCUPY CONDITIONS. GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT VANDALISM AND DAMAGE TO THE SITE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHILE IT WAS UNDER ALL AD'S, WATCH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WILL TAKE COMMITMENT AND CREATIVITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO FINAL AGREEMENTS AND COOPERATION WITH LAUS DEAN IN STATE WITH APPRECIATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND YOUR STAFF WORK. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR YES VOTE ON THE MEIRA MARK ITEM. LET'S GIVE OUR STUDENTS A CAMPUS THAT FINALLY MATCHES THEIR ASPIRATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, HEIDI SANCHEZ, UH, MASON DICKERSON, AND THEN RICHARD BIN. HELLO, PRESIDENT, UH, SUPERINTENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MASON DICKERSON. I'M THE AFTER SCHOOL SITE COORDINATOR FOR LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE. SO I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TODAY ON BEHALF OF WOODCRAFT RANGERS [00:35:01] AND THE EXCITING PROSPECT OF THE MIRAMAR CAMPUS. UH, WOODCRAFT HAS PROUDLY SERVED L AA A FOR OVER SIX YEARS. AND IN MY TIME SERVING AS BOTH A CLUB LEADER AND SITE COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM, I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE DEDICATION OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO OUR STUDENTS. AND FURTHERMORE, THE ASPIRATIONS OF OUR STUDENT BODY AS A SITE COORDINATOR IS MY PRIVILEGE TO ENGINEER OUR PROGRAM, WHICH EXTENDS OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY WORKING WITH LEEE AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO INSPIRE STUDENTS WITH A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO EXPLORE THEIR ARTISTIC, UH, ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE SHORT CIRCUITED BY THE REALITY OF EE E'S CAMPUS SITUATION. ON BELMONT, UH, PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE BOTTLENECKED INTO ENTERING AND EXITING THROUGH ONE LOCKED GATE. ON A SIDE STREET CLUBS ARE SPLIT BETWEEN THE FOURTH FLOOR WITH NO EASY ELEVATOR ACCESS AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR OUTDOOR LUNCH AREA. ATHLETICS PROGRAMS ARE FORCED TO RUN ON THE CONCRETE FLAT TOPS UNLESS WE HAVE SPECIAL PERMISSION TO USE THE FIELD 'CAUSE OF THESE BARRIERS. NOT MANY KIDS WANT TO STAY FOR AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT WHEN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD. PROGRAM ATTENDANCE IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE LABYRINTHIAN SETUP. AND TIME AND ENERGY THAT COULD BE INVESTED IN FOSTERING PROGRAM OFTEN HAS TO BE ALLOCATED TO SUPERVISION AND SAFETY CONCERNS. THESE PROBLEMS WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE ON A DESIGNATED SCHOOL CAMPUS. THIS PROSPECT OF MIRAMAR IS NOT ONLY EXCITING FOR OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF WHO WILL FINALLY FEEL THEY HAVE A HOME OF THEIR OWN. BUT FOR WOODCRAFT, WHERE WE'LL FINALLY, UH, BE ABLE TO FULLY UTILIZE A CAMPUS SPACE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. SO ON BEHALF OF WOODCRAFT AND OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS, I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE MIRAMAR ITEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND THE FINAL SPEAKER, RICHARD BIN. GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS RICHARD BIN AND I'VE BEEN A TEACHER AT LA AE FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I LOVE BELMONT. I WORKED AT BELMONT IN LATE NINETIES, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AS A SPECIAL AS A ESL AND SPANISH TEACHER AS WELL AS A DEAN. AND BELMONT, UM, IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART, BUT I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE BELMONT CAMPUS. IT IS BIG AND COMPLICATED. IT HAS LOTS OF SECTIONS AND GATES. IF YOU NEED TO GET TO A CERTAIN DESTINATION IN BELMONT AND YOUR REGULAR ROUTE IS CLOSED OFF, TRYING TO GET TO THAT DESTINATION CAN BECOME A NIGHTMARE. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW OUR PARENTS MUST FEEL WHEN THEY TRY TO ENTER OUR CAMPUS FROM A CERTAIN LOCATION. GOOGLE MAPS DOESN'T ALWAYS POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND GIVING THEM STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS ON THE PHONE CAN BE OVERWHELMING. AND WHEN PARENTS AND STUDENTS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ARRIVING TO OR LEAVING FROM A CERTAIN LOCATION, THEY TEND NOT TO GO OR STOP GOING ALTOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND AS, AS A RESULT, WE ARE LOSING ENROLLMENT. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE A NEW CAMPUS AT MIRAMAR WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR LA AE. AND ALTHOUGH A PART OF ME IDENTIFIES WITH THE CULTURE OF BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS NOT THE IDENTITY OF LA AE, THE COMMUNITY OF LA AE DESERVES ITS OWN IDENTITY SO THAT ITS OWN CULTURE CAN FLOURISH. I ASK THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO FLOURISH AND DEVELOP OUR OWN CULTURE AT MIRAMAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB 19, TAB 23 AND 24. ON DISCUSSION, THEY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE TAB 31 IS ON CONSENT AND WE HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO TAB 31. UH, LET'S SEE. ARE YOU HERE WRONG? COME ON UP. BELINDA MA WAITING FOR THE OH, OKAY. HE HASN'T COME IN YET. OKAY. PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MY NAME IS RON TIP. GOOD MORNING SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, I'M A PARENT OF A STUDENT IN THE MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM AT BROADWAY ELEMENTARY. THERE'S BEEN A DISTURBING PATTERN OF NEGLECT, LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ASIANS ON THE BROADWAY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND REGION WEST LEADERSHIP. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE ALLOWED HATE SPEECH TO PROPAGATE AND BE TOLERATED, RESULTING IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR ASIAN STUDENTS. SADLY, [00:40:01] MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF RACIST BULLYING. SHE DECLINED TO BE HERE TO READ THIS LETTER SHE WROTE ON HER OWN ACCORD TO PRINCIPAL SOSA AS SHE FEARS RETALIATION. HERE'S A RECORDING OF HER READING. PORTIONS OF HER LETTER CALLED US CHINKS. THEY STARTED SINGING CHING CHONG SONG AND MADE SLANTED EYES TOWARDS ME AND MY FRIEND. INCIDENTS LIKE THIS HAVE HAPPENED TO ME MANY TIMES, AND YET I HAVE SEEN NO CHANGE IN THESE FOUR GIRLS' BEHAVIOR. I HAVE FOOLISHLY DISMISSED VARIOUS SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, BUT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND HAVE NO MORE PATIENCE FOR THESE FOUR GIRLS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU AND L-A-U-S-D COULD PUT AN END TO THIS CHILDISH RACIST BEHAVIOR. THANK YOU. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. IN 2025 IN LOS ANGELES, MY DAUGHTER AND HER CLASSMATES HAVE TO ENDURE RACIAL SLURS AT SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY ONE WITH A MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM. I'M HORRIFIED BY THE SILENCE AND FROM REGION WEST LEADERSHIP AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. I AM APPALLED AND LIVID AND I'M SAD. IT IS CLEAR THAT ASIAN STUDENTS ARE VIEWED AS LESSER THAN AN L-A-U-S-D AND OUR CHILDREN FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THIS SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. I ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE ENGAGE WITH US IN FINDING A SOLUTION, PROTECT ASIAN ASIAN CHILDREN. STOP PLACING THEM IN UNSAFE SPACES WHERE THEY ARE SUBJECT TO HATE SPEECH AND HATE CRIMES. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BELINDA MA. GOOD MORNING, SUPERINTENDENT BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BELINDA MA, SPEAKING AGAIN AS A CONCERNED PARENT. ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTER, A THIRD GRADER AT BROADWAY ELEMENTARY, ASIANS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL GROUP IN LA CITY. THE ONLY GROUP IN THE ENTIRE STATE CURRENTLY GROWING. BUT LA TIMES REPORTED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ASIAN ENROLLMENT AT L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS HAS DROPPED 34% OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS. CDE DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT OTHER, UM, LA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED A 4% DECLINE. SO WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS HUGE DISCREPANCY? ASIANS ARE SEEKING PUBLIC SCHOOL OPTIONS. THEY'RE JUST NOT SEEKING THEM. AT L-A-U-S-D ASIAN STUDENTS WHO REMAIN IN L-A-U-S-D ARE MOSTLY EITHER IN MANDEN OR KOREAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS. BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKING THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND RETAIN STUDENTS. SUPPORT YOUR MANDARIN STUDENTS WITH EQUITABLE RESOURCES AND FUNDING AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD SUPPORT ANY SPANISH IMMERSION STUDENTS PROGRAMS. GIVE MI MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAMS ROOM TO GROW AND MEET THE DEMAND THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT NOT FULFILLED WITHIN LASD. BROADWAY. MANDARIN IMMERSION HAS AN APPROVED FOURTH KINDER CLASS, BUT MMED AND REGION WEST HAVE SAT ON THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND HAS NOT OPENED IT. OUR THREE MI KINDER CLASSES REMAIN FULLY ENROLLED, BUT STUDENTS ARE TURNED AWAY EACH YEAR USING THE EXCUSE OF THERE IS NO SPACE AND THE MI PROGRAM IS TOO BIG FOR THE SCHOOL. SO PLEASE HELP US. L-A-U-S-D WANTS ENROLLMENT UNLESS THOSE STUDENTS ARE ARE ASIAN. THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR. BROADWAY MANDARIN IMMERSION HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERDISTRICT PERMITS IN I MYSELF AM ONE OF THEM. WE ARE TAKE, WE ARE TAKING JUST STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. I LIVE IN CULVER CITY AND I CHOOSE TO COME TO LA UNI UNIFIED BECAUSE OF THE E ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. HOWEVER, UM, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE. UM, WITH OUR SUCCESS. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERDISTRICT PERMITS. AS I SAID, BEHIND US WOULD BE BRADDOCK, MANDARIN IMMERSION AND MARK TWAIN. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND PLEASE HELP US TO GROW OUR PROGRAMS AND REALLY HELP THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THE MOST SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TIMOTHY LEE, SUPERINTENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS TIM AND I HAVE A PROUD PARENT OF A STUDENT IN THE MANDARIN IMMERSION, UH, PROGRAM AT BROADWAY ELEMENTARY. WE ARE HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO STOP THE DISTRICT'S DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MANDARIN IMMERSION STUDENTS. FOR OVER A DECADE, THE DISTRICT'S SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS HAVE RECEIVED VASTLY MORE RESOURCES THAN ITS MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY NEGLECTED. BROADWAY ELEMENTARY HAS BOTH PROGRAMS AND THE DISPARITIES ARE UNDENIABLE. BOARD ME MEMBER MALVO. IN JUNE, 2022, YOU CHAMPIONED A $10 MILLION, UH, GRANT FOR A MANDARIN CURRICULUM. AFTER LEARNING MANDARIN STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ONE ALIGNED WITH STATE STANDARDS. SPANISH STUDENTS HAVE ALWAYS HAD ONE. THREE YEARS LATER, THERE IS STILL NO MANDARIN CURRICULUM. WHERE DID THAT $10 MILLION GO. BUT THE MISSING CURRICULUM IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. THE PATTERN [00:45:01] OF DISCRIMINATION RUNS MUCH DEEPER TESTING. SPANISH STUDENTS ARE TESTED THREE TIMES A YEAR. MANDARIN STUDENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE STANDARDIZED TESTS SPENDING. THE DISTRICT SPENDS 26% LESS PERM MANDARIN STUDENT THAN SPANISH. A MASSIVE FUNDING GAP, UH, FAVORING ONE PROGRAM OVER ANOTHER LIBRARY. BOOKS THE DISTRICT BUYS AND CATALOG SPANISH BOOKS. CHINESE BOOKS ARE EXCLUDED FROM DISTRICT APPROVED LIBRARIES BECAUSE OF THE DISTRICT'S OWN FAILURE TO CATALOG THEM. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. WHEN MANDARIN TEACHERS ARE ABSENT, THE DISTRICT HAS NO, HAS NOT PROVIDED, UH, PROVIDED NO CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTES. IN FACT, MANDARIN IMMERSION FAMILIES HAVE PAID HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET FOR CER UNCERTIFIED TUTORS TO SERVE AS LONG-TERM SUBS. WHEN WE FILED A WILLIAMS COMPLAINT DOCUMENTING THESE DISPARITIES, THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATED ITSELF AND FOUND NO VIOLATIONS. DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF THESE EXACT HARMS. THIS ISN'T ABOUT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. INSTEAD, THE DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN TO CREATE A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ASIAN STUDENTS. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER. THEY DESERVE AN EQUAL EDUCATION. THE DISCRIMINATION OF MANDARIN EMERGENT STUDENTS MUST END TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, CYNTHIA KAO, THEN AFTER CYNTHIA IS DENA W GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA KAO AND I'M A PARENT AS WELL AS BROADWAY ELEMENTARY. IN THE MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME OF THE DISCRIMINATION BY THE DISTRICT AGAINST ITS MANDARIN IMMERSION STUDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, ALSO GOES BEYOND MATERIALS AND SPENDING ON INSTRUCTION CLASS SIZE. AT BROADWAY, THE MI PROGRAM AVERAGES LARGER CLASSES ACROSS ALL GRADES, SOMETIMES UP TO 40% BIGGER DEMAND IN AND OUT OF DISTRICT DEMAND. FOR MIL PLACES SUPPLY, AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD, BUT NO ADDITIONAL CLASSES ARE OFFERED. UM, AS NOTED, UH, BROADWAY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERDISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS, BUT WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL CLASSES, IS ACTUALLY CREATING A DEFACTO QUOTA AGAINST FURTHER ASIAN ENROLLMENT. SAME THING IS HAPPENING AS WELL AT CHAPMAN MI, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS WAIT LISTS DENSITY. ALL ASIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION ELEMENTARIES ARE IN THE TOP 25% OF LAD'S MOST CROWDED CAMPUSES. BROADWAY IS IN THE TOP 10%, THE MOST CROWDED OF ALL AT A WHOPPING 244 STUDENTS PER ACRE IS CASTLE RMI. IN CHINATOWN, ASIAN STUDENTS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS PLAYGROUND SPACE, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR LEARNING AREAS AND ROOM TO MOVE SHARED SPACE AS IF DENSITY WASN'T ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM. ALREADY 40% OF ASIAN LANGUAGE ELEMENTARIES, INCLUDING BROADWAY, MUST SHARE CAMPUS WITH ANOTHER IMMERSION PROGRAM. AND MY STUDENTS HAVE TO SHARE ACCESS TO ALREADY CONSTRAINED RESOURCES AND RECEIVE FAR LESS ADMINISTRATIVE ATTENTION. LASTLY, PARENT GIVING AT BROADWAY TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THESE DEFICIENCIES. A HIGHER NUMBER OF PERCENT OF MI FAMILIES TRY TO DONATE TO CORRECT THE INEQUITY. HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF SIMPLY RESOURCING THE MI PROGRAM THE SAME WAY SO AS TO ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN THE DISTRICT MANDATES THAT MI FAMILY GIVING HAS TO ALSO SUBSIDIZE THE SI PROGRAM. THIS HAS CREATED A PERMANENT SUBORDINATION OF THE MI PROGRAM, ENSURING A FOREVER STATE OF INEQUITY FOR THE MI STUDENTS. OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS, DENIAL OF ACCESS TO RESOURCES, INSUFFICIENT CURRICULUM. WE'VE SEEN THE STORY BEFORE. IT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE THEN IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. NOW. RACIAL EDUCATIONAL DISCRIMINATION MUST END PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JENNA. WOO. JENNA, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. AND AFTER DENA IS, UH, DAVID KOSKI. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DINA WU. 11 YEARS AGO, I WAS ONE OF THE DETERMINED PARENTS WHO MOVED FROM REDONDO AND CAMPED OUTSIDE OF BROADWAY OVERNIGHT TO ENSURE MY CHILDREN A SPOT THAT WAS HOW MUCH WE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS SCHOOL AND BELIEVED IN THE MANDARIN PROGRAM. HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE WITNESSED THE DISTRICT ACTIVELY DENYING OUR STUDENTS EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION AGAIN AND AGAIN. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE DISTRICT HAS CONSTANTLY PITTED TWO PROGRAMS ON OUR CAMPUS TO FIGHT FOR LIMITED RESOURCES RESULTING IN GROWING FRUSTRATION AND ANIMOSITY BETWEEN PARENTS. THESE FRUSTRATIONS SLOWLY MANIFESTED INTO HATRED AMONGST THE CHILDREN. I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT MY SON WAS ONE OF THE MANY RECIPIENTS OF THAT HATRED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. BECAUSE I AM A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR THE AM MY PROGRAM, HE HAS HAD TO SUFFER FROM MY FIGHTING FOR HIS RIGHT TO EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL THAT I ONCE STOOD IN LINE OVERNIGHT FOR BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A SAFE HAVEN FOR MY ASIAN CHILDREN, HAS BECOME THE PLACE WHERE MY SON AND HIS CLASSMATES WERE CONSTANTLY RIDICULED FOR THE ETHNICITY. NOT ONLY WAS HE CALLED THINGS LIKE CHING AND CHING CHONG, FOR TWO YEARS, HE HAD BEEN PUNCHED IN THE STOMACH, KICKED IN THE SHIN, AND MOST DISTURBINGLY HAD A LIVE BEEP HURLED AT HIS WAY BY PERPETRATORS WHO KNEW OF HIS ALLERGY. FURTHERMORE, I FOUND OUT THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION KNEW ABOUT [00:50:01] THESE ATTACKS AND DID NOT ONLY DID NOTHING TO STOP IT, BUT MINIMIZE MY CHILD'S CLAIMS BY SUGGESTING THAT HE AND HIS WITNESSES WERE LIARS A FEW DAYS AGO. I LEARNED THAT YOUNGER CHILDREN IN OUR PROGRAM ARE ALSO STARTING TO HEAR THESE OFFENSIVE WORDS ON CAMPUS FROM NEW, YOUNGER ATTACKERS. THE DISTRICT IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THREATS OF SURVIVAL BRINGS OUT THE TWO MOST HARDWIRED HUMAN INSTINCTS, PROTECTING ONE'S OFFSPRING AND GOING TRIBAL. THIS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE CANNOT GO ON. I IMPLORE THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT HERE TODAY TO QUICKLY FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS LONG EXISTING PROBLEM THAT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MI CHILDREN, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE ASIAN, HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO LEARN AND THRIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, DAVID TOSKI, COME ON DOWN. YOU'D LOVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN AND THEN WE WILL TAKE, UM, REMOTE PARTICIPANTS AFTER THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DAVID TOSKI. TODAY WE CELEBRATE JACKIE GOLDBERG AND, UH, SILVER LAKE AND THE WILLIAMS CASE IS HER LEGISLATION. SHE WROTE THE LEGISLATION SHE SOLVED POLITICALLY A LAWSUIT BY CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT SOME FUNDAMENTALS IN SCHOOLS, FACILITIES, THE CREDENTIALING OF TEACHERS AND THE CURRICULUM AND LEARNING MATERIALS. AND SO ONE, WHEN YOU DO YOUR SCHOOL VISITS, CHECK IF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE AN UPTODATE SOCIAL STUDIES SERIES IN THE CLASSROOM. OKAY, JUST ASK, SEE IF IT'S WITHIN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. SEE IF IT'S INDEPENDENT FROM THE READING PROGRAM. EVERY CLASS SHOULD HAVE IN THE ROOM A POSTER, MR. YANG, IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR CLASSROOMS, IT SHOULD EXPLAIN THE WILLIAMS CASE TO EVERYBODY SO THEY CAN SEE THAT YOU SHOULD DESERVE THE RIGHT CURRICULAR MATERIALS. THERE ARE ALL THE BOOKS IN EVERY SUBJECT THAT YOUR TEACHER SHOULD NOT BE A TEACHER THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE CREDENTIAL FOR THAT SUBJECT MATTER. SO AS THE PARENTS JUST SPOKE, IF SOMEBODY'S IN A CLASSROOM WHO IS NOT RIGHT FOR A SPANISH IMMERSION OR MANDARIN IMMERSION OR A ARABIC IMMERSION, IT'S THE WRONG TEACHER. THAT'S A VIOLATION. AND IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE PEOPLE IN INSTRUCTION CAN REMEDY IT IF THEY'RE TOLD ABOUT IT RATHER THAN BEING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. SIMILARLY, IF THE HVAC IS NOT WORKING IN A HOT SPELL OR THE HEATER'S NOT WORKING, IT SHOULDN'T BE A COMPLAINT TO THE BOARD MEMBER. IT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE FORM THE WILLIAMS COMPLIANCE. SO TODAY, AS YOU CELEBRATE ON THE BREAK HERE, JACKIE GOLDBERG'S INCREDIBLE CAREER FROM THE THE DAYS, UH, IN BERKELEY TO THE DAYS ON THIS BOARD AND THEN FURTHER DAYS ON THE BOARD. THINK ABOUT THE WILLIAMS CASE AS ONE OF THE MANY, MANY THINGS SHE LEFT BEHIND. AND EVERY TIME YOU CERTIFY WILLIAMS, MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND YOU CERTIFY YOURSELF THAT IN FACT THE TEACHERS HAVE THE RIGHT MATERIALS, THE TEACHERS ARE THE RIGHT CREDENTIALS, AND ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING IN THE FACILITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, REMOTE CALLER MATT LEY. I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. MATT LEY. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MATT LEY. GOOD MORNING. MATT LEY, A FATHER OF A BROADWAY STUDENT. A FEW MONTHS AGO I SPOKE BEFORE THIS BOARD AS A CONCERNED PARENT OF BROADWAY ELEMENTARY TO ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORT FOR THE MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM. WHEN I ASKED THE DISTRICT TO TREAT THE MANDARIN IMMERSION PROGRAM EQUITABLY AND PUT US ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD AS THE SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAM BY PROVIDING THE SAME TYPES OF RESOURCES SUCH AS CURRICULUM AND TESTING, I ALSO ASKED THAT THE DISTRICT CONSIDER A STRATEGY OF PUTTING IMMERSION PROGRAMS IN SPECIFIC SCHOOLS SO THAT EACH SCHOOL SITE COULD FOCUS ON BUILDING A STRONG PROGRAM TO ATTRACT FAMILIES. THE TRUTH IS, AT BROADWAY, MANNER AND IMMERSION IS NOT ONLY STARVED RESOURCES AND INVESTMENT IS NO SPACE TO GROW. POTENTIAL STUDENTS ARE BEING TURNED AWAY YEAR AFTER YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR MY PURPORTED CRIME OF DARING TO BRING CONCERNS ABOUT MY CHILD'S INEQUITABLE EXPERIENCE TO YOU, CERTAIN PARENTS HAVE TWISTED MY WORDS AND SPRAINED THEM AS AN ATTACK ON THEIR PROGRAM USING THIS IS AN EXCUSE THEY SOUGHT TO CENTER ME PUBLICLY AND TRY TO PUBLICLY HUMILIATE ME AS A WARNING TO OTHERS. JUST AS I, WHEN REGION WEST TRIED TO SILENCE PARENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH LED TO A LETTER FROM THE A CLU GENERAL COUNSEL OVER TO THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THIS DISTRICT. THESE ACTIONS HAVE HAD A CHILLING EFFECT. THINGS ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL AT BROADWAY ELEMENTARY. RIGHT NOW, PARENTS ARE BEING COED INTO SILENCE. ASIAN CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUNT RACIALLY AND HARASSED AND TAUNTED WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. THIS HAS TO STOP. I ASK THE BOARD TO STOP SYSTEMIC RACISM AGAINST ASIAN STUDENTS IN [00:55:01] ACTION WOULD BE CONTINUED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ONE OF THE MOST UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED STUDENT GROUPS IN THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE HAVE TWO MORE REMOTE OR THREE MORE REMOTE CALLERS. CARINA LOPEZ, YOU'RE LISTED AS BEING REMOTE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? MARCELLA GARCIA? NOT ONLINE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? THAT'S A NO. AND MARIA DAISY ORTIZ, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA BE REMOTE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? NO. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES ALL COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS. IT'S NOW APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AFTER HAVING BEEN MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN AND SECONDED BY, UH, DR. RIVAS. UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLE. UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. DR. RIVAS? YES. MR. MELVOIN? YES. YES. UH, MS. GRIEGO? YES. MS. EZ? UM, YES. BUT PLEASE MARK ME AS AN ABSTENTION ON TAB 30. OKAY. NOTING, UH, YES ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT, UM, MS. EZ IS AN ABSTAIN ON TAB THREE ZERO. TAB 30. UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN SAME? YES, BUT ABSTAIN ON TAB 30. THANKS. NOTE THAT AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROEN. YES. AND STUDENT MEMBER YANG? YES. OKAY. WE HAVE DISPATCHED WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME IN FOR LABOR PARTNERS. I BELIEVE, UH, YOU'RE HERE TO, UM, GIVE A QUICK TALK. LABOR PARTNERS? NO, THEY'RE SPEAKING TO THE RESOLUTION. OH, OKAY. SPEAKING TO THE RESOLUTION. MY APOLOGIES. MY APOLOGIES. ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO ACTION ITEMS. THE REMAINING ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT WERE NOT ON CONSENT, ARE 2 5 8 15 23 AND 24. UH, BOTH 23 AND 24. TIME CERTAINS. TIME IS NOW 10 0 5. LET'S GO TO TAB [2. Board of Education Report No. 027-25/26 Division of Instruction (Strengthening Career Technical Education Act (Perkins V) Grant) Recommends ratifying the Strengthening Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins V) grant for the 2025-2026 fiscal year in the amount of $7,141,552.00.] TWO. STRENGTHENING CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. UH, ACT. UM, MR. YANG, YOU HAD QUESTIONS? YES. WHO AM I ASKING HIM TO? YEAH. OKAY. WHY THEY COME UP? I'LL GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE THE ITEM. MOVE, MOVE BY. SECOND MS. EZ. SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. YEAH, I HAVE, UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST, I WAS WONDERING HOW SUCCESS IN THESE CTE PROGRAMS IS MEASURED AND, UM, WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CTES? GREAT QUESTION. UM, SO THE WAY THAT WE, UH, MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMS IS OUR STUDENTS TAKE, UH, AN EXAM AND THAT LEADS TO A CERTIFICATE. AND SO BY US, UH, BY TRACKING THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATES THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE, UM, THE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM. WE ALSO, OF COURSE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS AND WE ALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANT OBSERVATIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN PERFECT OUR PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF THE, WHERE WE SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROMINENT IN SOME AREAS, LIKE CULINARY ARTS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE VERY PROMINENT IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND WE SEE THAT OTHER, UH, CTE PROGRAMS, UM, HAVE HIGHLIGHTS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUE, ESTHER DEGAN, WHO CAN KIND OF SHARE LIKE WHERE WE SEE SOME, SOME MODELS AND SOME PLACES THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM SO THAT WE CAN SCALE UP THE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE REALLY ACCELERATED. SO I'LL HAVE HER COME UP AND SHARE WHAT THOSE ARE. GOOD MORNING. I'M ESTHER DIAN, ADMINISTRATOR OVER CTE AND LINK LEARNING. SO WE ANNUALLY RECOGNIZE SCHOOLS THAT ISSUE THE MOST NUMBER OF INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATES, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THAT LIST AT A LATER DATE. BUT SOME OF THE MOST TOP EARNED INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDE THE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE, CPR CERTIFICATES, UM, CERTIFICATES AND ADOBE, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW TO NAME OVER A HUNDRED DIFFERENT KINDS OF INDUSTRY CERTIFICATES. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE TOP 10 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST CTE PATHWAY COMPLETION RATES. THESE ARE SCHOOLS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH A TWO YEAR OR SOMETIMES MORE CTE COURSE SEQUENCE, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO GAIN A REALLY DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF CONTENT AND TECHNICAL SKILLS AND WEAVE IN INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT INTO THEIR CURRICULUM. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY CTE PATHWAY MEASURES, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 10 AND CERTIFICATES AND PATHWAY COMPLETION ARE TWO WAYS WE MEASURE PATHWAY EFFECTIVENESS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO LOOK FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, DUAL ENROLLMENT EMBEDDED WITHIN THE CTE PATHWAY AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CTE PATHWAY HAS AN ACTIVE [01:00:01] ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THEN I JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION, WHICH IS LIKE, IS THERE ANY STANDARDIZATION ACROSS CTS AND HOW DO, IS THERE ANY PROCESS TO TRANSFER BEST PRACTICES BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS? ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT WE FOLLOW, AND OF COURSE THE, WE WANT SOMEONE WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD. SO WE BRING IN TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS WHO'VE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THAT FIELD. AND WE ALSO HAVE MENTORS AND COACHES THAT SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY FOLLOW THOSE PRACTICES. SO THEY ARE, THERE'S PRACTICES THAT ARE FOLLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM RELATED TO WHAT ARE THE CORE CONTENT STANDARDS, BUT THEN ALSO WHAT ARE THE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SKILLS THAT STUDENTS NEED TO MASTER, UH, TO DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY AND THAT WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT EXAM. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S VOTE ON TAB TWO. UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. DR. RIVAS? YES. YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. MS. GRIEGO? YES. MS. EZ? YES. UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. BOARD OF PRESIDENT MOLSEN? YES. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER YANG? YES. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES TAB TWO. THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON TAB [5. Board of Education Report No. 107-25/26 Procurement Services Division (Approval of Procurement Actions) Recommends the ratification of the contract actions taken by the Procurement Services Division within delegated authority as listed in Attachment “A” including the approval of award of Professional Service Contracts not exceeding $250,000: New Contracts; Goods and General Services Contracts: Purchase Orders; District Card Transactions; Rental of Facilities; Travel/Conference Attendance; General Stores Distribution Center; and Book/Instructional Material Purchase Orders; and approval of Professional Service Contracts (exceeding $250,000): New Contracts; and Goods and General Services Contracts (exceeding $250,000): New Contracts; and Piggyback Contract as listed in Attachment “B.”] FIVE, APPROVAL OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE THE ITEM? MOVE IT BY MS. EZ, SECONDED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. SO WE'RE ON TAB FIVE. FOLKS HAD QUESTIONS. I'LL START IT OFF. I HAVE ON ITEM TAB, UH, ITEM J THERE, ERNST AND YOUNG. HI MR. JOSE. RE MORNING. UM, SO GIVEN THE LIMITED DETAIL ON THE PUBLIC MATERIALS THAT WE RECEIVED, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE CORE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT AND WHAT TYPES OF ACTIONS MIGHT REASONABLY FOLLOW THE MAPPING? UH, SUCH AS ADJUSTMENTS TO FUNDING, PROGRAM DESIGN AND REPORTING PRACTICES? THANK YOU. UM, BOARD MEMBER, UH, REVA. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE. UM, LET ME, BECAUSE THIS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT AS A, AN OVERVIEW. THE WHAT AND THEN THE HOW THAT THIS, THAT THIS, UM, ITEM ADDRESSES THE, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE STUDENT LIVES OR GOES TO SCHOOL. WE ALL BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO THAT. AND THIS IS TO GET US THERE. UM, THERE'LL BE A FEW OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THIS WORK BEYOND THAT. NUMBER ONE, WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HELP US INCREASE ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THESE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS, OTHERS WILL COME. WE BELIEVE THAT THOUGH THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS BETTER. AND THEN THE SECOND, UM, OTHER CONSEQUENCES, MORE STRATEGIC AND FOCUS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES SO THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE GOING TOWARDS THE GREATEST NEEDED IMPACT. BUT WE NEED THE STUDY FIRST. SO THE HOW OF THIS WILL BE THREE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT, TO, TO, UH, ANALYZE THE CURRENT STATE. WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE? I'M SORRY, I'LL HAVE TO TURN AND LOOK AT ME. BUT WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE IN WHAT SCHOOLS? WHERE DO WE HAVE DESERTS? WHERE DO WE HAVE WAITING LISTS? WHERE DO WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT DON'T HAVE DEMAND? WE HAVE REDUNDANCIES. WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT ALL OVER THE DISTRICT AND THERE'S NOT ONE PLACE IN IN CENTRAL OFFICE WHERE WE CAN SEE IT ALL. WE NEED TO GO OUT INTO THE FIELD, TALK TO THE SCHOOLS, TALK TO THE COMMUNITIES. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE TO REALLY ASSESS WHERE WE ARE IN THE CURRENT STATE. SECOND PIECE IS TO GO DEEP INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO BRING THIS DATA, BRING THIS CURRENT STATE ANALYSIS, ASK THE COMMUNITY WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE DIFFERENT? THIS IS WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE? BECAUSE WE DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT ANY CHANGES IN A COMMUNITY SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANNA HONOR THAT. UM, AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF ANALYSIS OF THE HOW WOULD BE TO TRACK A STUDENT'S PROGRESS FROM REGISTERING FOR, YOU KNOW, EARLY ED ALL THE WAY TO GRADUATION. WHERE ARE THEY GETTING STUCK? WHERE DO WE MAY HAVE CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR KIDS AND WHERE DON'T WE? AND REALLY THE RESULT OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS AND EQUITY THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM. THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE A DEEP ROLE IN THIS. UM, I'VE, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AND I MEAN THIS, I'VE ALREADY TOLD THE CONSULTANTS THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE VERY FIRST THING I'D LIKE THEM TO DO IS MEET WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS. BECAUSE I, I ALSO DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR SCHOOLS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. AND SO TO START THAT, I THINK WE'LL CATAPULT THIS WORK. SO IT'S EXCITING WORK. UM, THE CONSULTANT, I'LL TAKE A MOMENT ON THEM. THEY ARE, HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, OVER 10 YEARS. THEY'VE WORKED IN, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER 30 STATES WITH, I THINK IT'S OVER 50 SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOING SIMILAR TYPE WORK. SO THEY BRING THEM NOT ONLY SORT OF A FRESH LOOK, UM, AND AN OBJECTIVITY, BUT ALSO A DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE TO HELP US WITH, WITH, WITH THIS WORK. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AND WITH, UM, ALL OF OUR RE THE [01:05:01] DISTRICT RESOURCES AND EMPLOYEES, WHY ISN'T THIS, UM, STUDY BEING DONE IN-HOUSE? WHY DO WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE IT? YEAH. AND WE, AND WE, WE REALLY TRIED THAT AT FIRST. UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A COUPLE OF REASONS. NUMBER ONE AND MAJ MAIN ONE IS WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR THE, OR THE SKILLSET. I MEAN, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. ERNST AND YOUNG PARTHENON IS GONNA BE SENDING SEVEN TO 10 PEOPLE OUT INTO THE FIELD FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR TO REALLY DO A DEEP ANALYSIS, DO A DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, SECONDLY, SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. BUT THERE ARE A FEW OTHER REASONS, WHAT I MENTIONED ABOUT THE OBJECTIVITY TO BRING FRESH EYES. THEY'RE NOT MARRIED TO ANY PROGRAM. THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYONE. WELL, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM LOS ANGELES, BUT NONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ARE WORKING IN THE DISTRICT NOW. SO THEY BRING FRESH EYES AND ALSO THEY BRING THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN TERMS OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THEY'VE WORKED IN. AND CAN YOU, UH, GIVE US A MORE DETAIL ON THE, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU MENTIONED? YES. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IMAGINING THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT PLAN NOW WILL HAPPEN IN THE EARLY WINTER, SO AROUND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AFTER WE'VE DONE THE CURRENT STATE. SO WE CAN BRING THE DATA TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND WE WOULD WANNA ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT, THIS IS WHAT THE DATA SHOWS, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT CAN WE OTHER DATA DO YOU NEED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS? WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DON'T HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS TO HEAR FROM THEM WHAT THEY WANNA SEE. AND THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE USE THAT INFORMATION. THERE'LL BE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THAT. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT WE HEARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HEARD AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A RESULT OF THAT IS WHAT THEY INTENDED. UM, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS, UM, EXTENSIVE AND THAT YOU PARTNER WITH ALL, UH, EACH BOARD MEMBERS, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AS WE WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WE CAN ALSO BE PART OF THAT ENGAGEMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. UM, AND ALSO THE FINAL REPORT, WILL IT BE COMING TO US, THE BOARD, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PRESENT AT THE COMMUNITY OF THE WHOLE? YES, IT'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD. WE'RE ESTIMATING SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER. WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING JUNE, BUT IT WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD. OKAY. THE FULL REPORT. AND, AND LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT GRANT FUNDS, UM, HELP PAY FOR THIS PROJECT AND HOW IS IT ELIGIBLE FOR BOND FUNDS? SO THE GRANT FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY FROM BROAD. THEY SAW THIS WORK AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT, UM, ADVANTAGE FOR THIS DISTRICT AND SERVING OUR STUDENTS. UM, AND THEN THE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE BOND PROGRAMS, THERE ARE SOME BOND FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED. SO IT'S NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM CURRENT PROJECTS, BUT THERE'S BOND FUNDING ALLOCATED TO PLANNING. SO THIS WOULD BE AN ALLOCATION OF THAT. WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, CHRISTINA, AN ALLOCATION OF THAT TOO, BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE FACILITIES MIGHT, UM, BE AFFECTED BY THE PROGRAM CHANGES THAT WE'RE, THAT THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS ANALYSIS. I HAVE A QUESTION TOO, BUT I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU HAVE JAY? IS JAY ONE OF YOURS? UH, LEMME SEE. OKAY. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, WELL, YOU ASKED MY QUESTIONS AND YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, HERE'S, HERE'S A, A SCENARIO. IF A COMMUNITY LIKES A PARTICULAR PROGRAM JUST THE WAY IT IS, BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CONTRARY, HOW WILL WE ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? WELL, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, WOULD NEED EVIDENCE AND WOULD NEED DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. SO IF THEY'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S CONTRARY TO THE, THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY, I, I A, I WOULD HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT, AND I WOULD NEED TO SEE EXACTLY WHY THAT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MY SECOND PART IS, UM, WE DON'T WANT THE CONTRACTOR TO BE, UH, ONE WHO SIMPLY ELIMINATES CERTAIN PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS. SO IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSOLIDATE A PROGRAM, I LIKE THAT TO BE FOLLOWED BY A RECOMMENDATION OF WHICH PROGRAM SHOULD TAKE ITS PLACE. I AGREE WITH THAT. OKAY. MORE PRESENT. THANK YOU, ROCIO, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, KELLY. YES, JUST ON, ON THE SAME ITEM. I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND THE CLARIFICATION. I THINK IN GENERAL, IF WE COULD STRIVE TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE DETAILS IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL PUBLIC MATERIALS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. UM, AND THEN ONE PIECE THAT ALSO ISN'T LISTED HERE, BUT IS IMPORTANT IS, UM, WAS THIS CONTRACT FORMALLY COMPETED? YES, IT WAS A VERY, UH, INTENSE PRO, UH, PROCESS THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN. WE HAD ABOUT, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY AT FIRST, 15 MADE THE FIRST CUT, NARROWED IT DOWN TO FOUR, AND THEN TWO. AND I WAS INVOLVED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. EVERY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A COMPETITIVE, CLEAR, CLEAN PROCESS. OKAY. VERY HELPFUL. AND, AND AGAIN, LIKE FOR THE, WHOEVER PREPARED THIS REPORT, LIKE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THOSE [01:10:01] THAT THAT'S LISTED IN THE MATERIALS, PLEASE GO AHEAD. JUST A COMMENT ON, ON ME, MS. GOMEZ'S POINT, UM, I, I DO SEE THAT THIS NEW BOARD BOOK IS, IS CHANGED. IT'S JUST THREE BULLET POINTS, AND IT'S MISSING A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, PARTICULARLY THE EQUITY, UM, INFORMATION IS AT THE END. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO BE VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND, AND, AND, AND SORT OF JUST STICKING TO THE INFORMATION. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO, UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOLK ARE PUBLIC, RIGHT? OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DO READ THE REPORT NOW THAT IT'S BEEN SORT OF REDUCED TO THREE BULLET POINTS AND WE DON'T KNOW THE RFP AND ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION. I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, LIKE I SAID, CONSIDER, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC AND, UH, HERE IN, IN OUR CITY, OUR PARENTS AND LABOR PARTNERS WHO WANNA KNOW THE INFORMATION. AND I ALSO WANNA KNOW THE INFORMATION. SO I, I WOULD LIKE IT TO COME BACK. SO, UM, I, IF THE, IF YOU WANNA FIND OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE INFORMATION, I UNDERSTAND, BUT NOT IN, IN SORT OF THE FULL EXPLANATION ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR. SO I WOULD LIKE THE INFORMATION TO COME BACK. WE HEARD YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS. GO AHEAD. YES, JUST ON THAT POINT OF TIMELINE, IS THIS URGENT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR OR THE FSP OR ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD IS ALSO CONTEMPLATING? CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT TIMELINE? THE TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE THIS SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE ARE PUSHING THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. SO START, SORRY, TIMELINE AS IT RELATES TO BOARD DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. UH, WELL, AS, AS SOMETHING, AS, IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT NEEDS A BOARD DECISION, THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT TO THE BOARD. UM, SOME OF THIS WOULD NEED MORE ANALYSIS BEFORE WE TAKE IT, BUT IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FSP AS WELL. BUT IT, I WOULD SAY IT TRANSCENDS THE FSP, I MEAN, THIS DISTRICT, UH, REALLY, AND I'VE HEARD IT FROM EVERY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I'VE HEARD IT FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS. THERE ARE OASIS OF OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFIC TO HIGH QUALITY, UH, PROGRAMS. THEY'RE VERY DESIRABLE AND THEY'RE USUALLY, UH, EXTENSIVELY USED, UH, BY, BY PARENTS AND STUDENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE DESERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHERE STUDENTS ACCESS THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS HAVE GOT ON THE BUS AND COMPETE FOR THOSE SEATS. SO IT'S LOOKING AT THE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS, UH, TO HIGH QUALITY, HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMS. IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES, UH, THAT I, WE BELIEVE ARE DRIVING ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE. IT'S LOOKING AT THE, AT THE, THE CROSSROADS OF RECENT, UM, FEDERAL ACTIONS, UH, TO ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE TRENDS. IT'S LOOKING ALSO AT ECONOMIC DRIVERS THAT ARE PUSHING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, UH, TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR COUNTY OR OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY. PUTTING ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER TO HELP THE BOARD FASHION PRACTICABLE, UH, UH, ACTIONS, UH, SPECIFIC TO WHETHER IT IS ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS, CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS, UM, AND POLICIES THAT WILL BRING THE ALL IMPORTANT EQUITY TO THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, BUT ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UH, NOT JUST HIGH-END PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO ACCESS TO, UH, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAMS CLOSER TO WHERE KIDS LIVE. ALL OF THAT TO BE DONE IN A COHERENT AND COMPELLING WAY AND VERY TRANSPARENT WAY IS VERY, VERY TOUGH TO BE DONE. BUT I DON'T WANT THE BOARD TO THINK THAT WE'RE DOING THIS ONLY TOWARD THE END GOAL OF, UH, FIXING A BUDGET ISSUE. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT, NOT THE DRIVER. I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT IT, IT SOUNDS BIGGER AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE TEAM NEEDS MORE TIME TO DECIDE IF THIS IS THE CONTRACT WE WANNA GO FORWARD WITH, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR INFORMATION FOR DECISIONS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE THIS SPRING. AND SO I WAS TRYING TO LINE UP WHEN YOU SAID SUMMER, IS THAT LIKE JUNE BUDGET ADOPTION OR NOT NECESSARILY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT IT IS, UM, VAST AND, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT FITS WITH THE CURRENT FSP PLAN. YEAH, I THINK THAT I, I UNDERSTAND NOW. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. UM, WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE DID THE PROJECT PLAN, WE ARE FRONT LOADING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED EARLIER. SO IT'S, WE, THERE'LL BE A FINAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD IN JUNE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL DECISIONS WILL WAIT UNTIL THEN. THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THAT, AND WE WILL BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AS, AS THEY DEVELOP. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. KELLY, WITH YOU TWO, UH, OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD, CARLA. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING ITEM F. YES. SO IN MY, IN MY BOARD, UH, BOOK, IT ONLY HAS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND I'M WONDERING, CAN WE GET A LIST OF WHAT THESE PROFESSIONAL [01:15:01] SERVICES ARE? IT'S, UM, THE FIRST ONE LISTED, LET ME GO BACK ONE SEC. ITEM F IT SAYS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER, 2025, 4 MILLION 208, 691. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? GOOD MORNING, MATT FRIEDMAN, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER. SO THOSE ARE LOW VALUE PURCHASE ORDERS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UNDER $25,000. ARE THOSE HERE AT BORE? ARE THOSE AT SCHOOL SITES ACROSS, ACROSS THE DISTRICT? ABOUT HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW? IT, IT IS. SO THERE, THERE IS 408 FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. AND YEAR TO DATE, 769 TRANSACTIONS. IT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONING AROUND THIS CATEGORY. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW, LIKE, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? ARE WE SPENDING MORE MONEY IN THAT THAN IN OTHER, UM, OTHER PARTS OF OUR, OF OUR NEEDS IN OUR BUDGET? SO COULD WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? ARE THESE AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE BOWERY OR THE REGIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? ARE THESE AT THE SCHOOL SITES? SO THAT NOT ONLY DO WE AS A BOARD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC HAS AN IDEA OF WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING WHEN WE SAY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SO THAT IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT IT APPEAR THAT IT'S FUNDING SOME CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF MONEY FOR $4 MILLION. SO, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE AGGREGATE ALL THAT TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN DEAGGREGATE IT AND, AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION. I WOULD LOVE THAT. UM, THANK YOU. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER PART, UM, LET ME SEE HERE. HOLD ON. THERE WAS, OKAY. I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY, NO, THAT WAS ALL I HAD FOR THAT PIECE. THANK YOU. JERRY, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. YEAH, YEAH, I, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM K AND THEN ALSO ON ITEM MI GUESS I CAN START WITH ITEM K. YEAH. OKAY. UM, SO I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JULY OF 2024, WHAT SORT OF PROGRESS WE'VE SEEN IN THE STUDENTS, AND THEN WHAT OTHER INITIATIVES DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE THAT ARE RELATED TO LIKE THE THEME OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE? GOOD MORNING, ELCI ROSADO ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE STUDENT SUPPORT AND ATTENDANCE SERVICES BRANCH. SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THIS PROGRAM IS NOT IN PLACE. WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN OUR, UH, JUVENILE JUSTICE INVOLVED, THAT ARE PART OF OUR STUDENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS FOR AN MOU TO BEGIN THIS PROGRAM. AND I'M NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE IF I DID IT. UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THAT ARE RELATED TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE? SO, IN TERMS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, UH, WE HAVE OUR PBIS, OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND OUR, OUR, WHICH ARE OUR STUDENT SUPPORT, OUR SOSA ADVISORS THAT ARE SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, UM, AT SCHOOL SITES. SO IT COULD BE RESTORATIVE CIRCLES, GOING, OBSERVING CLASSROOMS. I LOOK MEETING WITH STUDENTS, WELL NOT WITH STUDENTS, BUT, UM, OBSERVING STUDENT BEHAVIOR, IDENTIFYING WHAT'S TRIGGERING THAT BEHAVIOR AND WORKING WITH SCHOOL STAFF TO HELP ALLEVIATE OR TO REDUCE THOSE BEHAVIORS. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE, JERRY? UH, ITEM M THE THE SCHOOL BUS. YES. UM, SO I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE. UM, BUT I WAS ALSO WONDERING WHAT, IF ANY CHALLENGES THE DISTRICT HAS ENCOUNTERED WHEN IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW ELECTRIC FLEET, AND THEN, UM, HOW THEY ARE IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY COMPARED TO OUR GAS BUSES. SO, GOOD MORNING, DANIEL KANG, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION. UH, GREAT QUESTION, MR. YANG. UH, VERY APPRECIATE IT. UM, I, I SHARED BEFORE ORDERING ELECTRIC BUSES IS THE, THE MOST EASIEST PART OF THE ENTIRE OPERATION. UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S THREE X THE COST, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND THANKFULLY I WORK WITH EO ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND FACILITIES LEADERSHIP FOR NOT JUST OUR CHARGING STATIONS AT OUR BUS YARDS, WHICH IS KIND OF THE TRADITIONAL MODEL. AND IT WORKS FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEN THEY ARE A MUCH SMALLER SIZE. HOWEVER, L-A-U-S-D IS 710 SQUARE MILES, AND OFTEN OUR COMMUTES ARE MUCH LONGER DUE TO OUR TRAFFIC PATTERNS, ET CETERA. AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF DEMAND TRIPS WE ARE DOING, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. UM, OUR ELECTRIC BUSES, I WOULD LIKE TO [01:20:01] SAY THEY'RE STILL IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE INDUSTRY, MEANING I WOULD SAY SOMETHING TO OUR SMARTPHONES MAYBE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WHEN THE, THE BATTERY LIFE DIDN'T LAST A FULL DAY, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT TIMEFRAME. AND WHEREAS NOW WE'RE ON ITERATION 16 OR 17 NOW, AND WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. SO WE ARE FAR FROM A 300 MILE ELECTRIC BUS TO PROVIDE THAT AMOUNT OF RANGE, AND THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST. UM, I'VE HAD QUESTIONS BEFORE, WHEN WILL WE GET RID OF REPLACE OUR DIESEL AND GAS POLLUTING BUSES? AND, UM, IT, IT'S DUE TO THE DEMAND COMING FROM OUR SCHOOLS. THERE ARE A FEW TRIPS THAT GO ALL THE WAY UP TO BIG BEAR AND BACK ROUGHLY 300 MILE RANGE, OR EVEN SAN DIEGO, ET CETERA. SO TO COUNTER THAT, GIVEN THE TECHNOLOGY STATE OF OUR ELECTRIC BUSES, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TWO RESPECTIVE OFFICES TO PUT CHARGING STATIONS, NOT JUST AT OUR BUS YARD LOCATIONS, BUT ALSO AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. SO THE IDEA IS, UM, CONTINUOUS USE CHARGE WHEN WE'RE DROPPING OFF GROUP OF STUDENTS, UH, WHETHER IT'S 30 MINUTE AND GET 30 MORE MILES AND THEN CONTINUE ON THE DAY. I KNOW THE LA METRO HAS LIKE, UM, NEXT TO NORTH HOLLYWOOD ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH IS AN ELECTRIC BUS LINE. HAVE WE CONSIDERED LIKE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT LIKE WHAT THEY DO OR, OR KIND OF SEEING LIKE WHAT'S TRANSFERRABLE IN TERMS OF THEIR PRACTICES? YES, AND, UH, WE'VE VISITED THEM AND, UH, PARTNERED WITH THEM SEVERAL YEARS AGO UNDER THE PRIOR DIRECTOR, MS. MONTOYA, THE ORANGE LINE WITH METRO DOES IN OUR, IN OUR VALLEY AREA IS FAMOUS. UH, IT'S ALL ELECTRIC AROUND THE CLOCK, HOWEVER, IT'S A DIFFERENT OPERATION, MEANING, UM, THE TERM ESCAPES ME, BUT THEY HAVE, UH, CONTINUOUS CHARGING THROUGH, I BELIEVE IT WAS GRAPHIC OR TELEGRAPHIC, UH, CHARGING STATION, MEANING IT'S CONTINUOUSLY CHARGING. WHEREAS IN OUR MODEL, WE CHARGE AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF OUR DAY, UM, KIND OF LIKE A PERSONAL CAR, YOU, YOU CHARGE IN YOUR GARAGE OR AT HOME, AND THEN YOU DEPART FOR THE DAY HOPING IT'S UNDER A HUNDRED, 200 MILES FOR THE DAY. UM, WHEREAS, UH, THE ORANGE LINE IS CONTINUOUS. WE EVEN HAD OUR OPERATIONS FOLKS VISIT THE ORANGE LINE TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, KIND OF CHARGE FOR FIVE MINUTES AT A TIME. AND WITH OUR MODELING, IT WAS JUST TOO DISRUPTIVE TO THEIR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS OURS. GOT IT. AND I JUST HAVE ONE MORE, UM, I SAW THIS GRANT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES FOR UNDERSERVED AND POLLUTION BURDEN COMMUNITIES. UM, HOW ARE THOSE COMMUNITIES BEING DETERMINED OR CHOSEN? SO, UH, THERE IS A, UM, KIND OF A, A, A, UH, CONCEPTION THAT, UH, ACE A BUS YARD IN DOWNTOWN ONLY SERVES THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE. ALL OUR BUS YARDS SERVE ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, MEANING THE BUS YARDS IN DOWNTOWN, JUST PICK UP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THEN GO ALL OVER. SO OUR SUN VALLEY YARD IS NOT JUST SERVING THE VALLEY, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA PICK UP IN THE VALLEY, AND THEN THEY GO ALL OVER THE DISTRICT. IF, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. YES. LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP WITH JERRY. WELL, YOU ANSWERED BOTH OF MY QUESTIONS TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH ABOUT THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. AND KAY, AND I WAS ASKING THE SAME THING. WILL WE, YOU, WILL WE USE THESE NEW ELECTRIC BUSES IN AREAS THAT, UH, HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF CO2 PARTICULARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF BALANCE OUT THAT, UH, THESE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING WITH EXCESSIVE CO2? YES, IT IS. UM, IT, IT IS NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, ECO SUSTAINABILITY AND FACILITIES OFFICES, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTNERS. AND IT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET ELECTRIC BUSES EVERYWHERE AND REMOVE OUR POLLUTING BUSES. UH, RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS IS OUR COORDINATION WITH OUR LOCAL UTILITY PARTNERS AND WHERE THE POWER IS AT. AND IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, IT'S A CONCERTED EFFORT FOR MULTIPLE AGENCIES. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. BUT TO THE POINT, UH, THAT THE QUESTION YOU'RE JUST, UH, ASKING, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE DRIVERS ACTUALLY AS TO WHY WE ARE CONVERTING THE SUN VALLEY TRANSPORTATION DEPOT INTO A FULLY ELECTRIFIED, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEPOT FOR, UH, THE UTILIZATION OF OUR OWN ASSETS OR BUSES, BUT ALSO POSSIBLY FOR OTHER ENTITIES CONSIDERING, UH, THE LEVEL OF INDUSTRY AND, UM, AND LACK OF GREEN SPACE IN THAT AREA, THEREFORE, INFLUENCING CO2 LEVELS IN THAT AREA THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A DRIVING FORCE OF THE EXPANSION OF ELECTRIFICATION IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. KANG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JERRY, GO AHEAD, ROIL. THANK YOU. I JUST NOTICED THAT I RECEIVED, UM, THIS IS NOT MY QUESTION, IT'S JUST A COMMENT, UM, TEXT THAT FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION UPCOMING FOR THE WINTER ACADEMY. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO USE OUR TRANSPORTATION OR [01:25:01] OUR FLEETS FOR, TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS, UM, GET TO THEIR SCHOOLS FOR WINTER ACADEMY SAFELY. SO I JUST SAW THAT, I WAS LIKE, YES, BUT THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS, UM, CAN YOU BRIEFLY PROVIDE A REVIEW OF HOW THIS PURCHASE, UM, BRINGS US CLOSER TO 100% ELECTRIFICATION GOALS, AND HOW MANY MORE DO WE NEED? I KNOW I ASKED YOU THIS, BUT I JUST, FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO 50 ELECTRIC BUSES IN OUR FLEET, AND THIS 50 WILL TAKE US TO 300. OUR TOTAL FLEET SIZE IS 1300, AND THE GOAL BEING 2040. SO WE ARE ON TRACK. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR US, THE DISTRICT IS IT'S NOT PART OF A GENERAL FUND. SO WE HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, LOOK AT ALL THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL, AND THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE. AND, UM, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, EXTERNAL FACTORS HAPPENING ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, UM, THERE ARE STILL ADVOCACY AT THE STATE, ESPECIALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THANKFULLY WE'RE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO, I'M SORRY FOR THE PUN, LEAD THE CHARGE IN THIS EVOLUTION . WELL, THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE CHARGE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND, AND, UH, GETTING US, UH, MUCH CLOSER TO THAT AND ALSO LOOKING FOR FUNDS TO HELP US WITH THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. KING. QUESTION. KELLY, GO AHEAD. OH, YES. UM, MR. KING, BEFORE YOU GO AWAY, UM, WELL, ONE, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S UNDENIABLY A GREAT THING, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO INVEST IN, UM, ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES, AND PARTICULARLY PROUD, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED OF, UM, OUR EFFORTS TO ELECTRIFY THE SUN VALLEY BUS YARD, WHICH IS DIRECTLY LOCATED NEXT TO IT, IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND, UM, ENHANCES AND EXACERBATES THE AIR POLLUTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS THAT OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY BURDENED WITH. UM, SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THE DISTRICT IS INVESTING IN ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, I DID WANNA ASK, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SPECIFY IN ITEM M, UM, WHAT COMPANY MANUFACTURED THE BUSES AND IS IT A UNION UNIONIZED COMPANY, OR CAN YOU SPECIFY? YES, THIS IS BLUEBIRD. UM, AND THEY ARE OUT OF MACON, GEORGIA, AND THEY HAVE A UNION, UH, PARTNERSHIP. YES. AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I THINK IF THAT ALSO COULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MATERIALS, I THINK WE ALWAYS WANT TO STRIVE FOR AS WE ARE ADVANCING OUR CLEAN ENERGY GOALS TO ALSO DO SO THROUGH UNIONIZED WORKFORCE, UM, AND ENSURING WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE HIGH SKILLED JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. NO. UM, AND THEN I DID HAVE ONE ON ITEM K AS WELL, SINCE MS. ROSADO IS STILL HERE. UM, THIS IS AN EXCITING, UM, PARTNERSHIP AND I, I THINK IT'S GREAT, UM, TO FOCUS IN ON OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WE KNOW THAT THAT IS, UH, A TIME OF GREAT NEED FOR A LOT OF OUR KIDDOS. I WANTED TO CLARIFY, THE CONTRACT TERM SAYS ALREADY PASSED. YES. AND I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS A NEW PROGRAM, SO IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, IT'S, THE CONTRACT ISN'T UNTIL 2025. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO CREATE AN AMENDMENT. SO THE GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN AMENDMENT SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK IN THE FALL MATERIALS THAT WERE FIVE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED, ARE THOSE STILL THE SCHOOLS THAT WE WILL BE, THAT WILL BE PROVIDED SERVICES THROUGH THIS REVENUE AGREEMENT? I BELIEVE, BUT I WOULD CONFIRM. I WILL CONFIRM ONCE WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT. OKAY, FANTASTIC. BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DATA THAT WAS PULLED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING. AND MAYBE COULD JUST DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT FOR ME. YES, IT SAYS SUN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I, I JUST CONFIRM THAT THAT'S SUN VALLEY MAGNET THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, UM, WHEN, WHILE YOU'RE DOUBLE CHECKING. OKAY. WE WILL PROVIDE THAT RESPONSE. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SCHMILL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? GO AHEAD, CARLA. YEAH, HI, THIS IS REGARDING ITEM H, THE SAP, UM, CONTRACT. I NOTICED THAT WENT UP BY 5 MILLION. CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN, UM, WHY THAT'S THE CASE? UH, SAP ITEM HSAP. MORNING AGAIN. HI. SO THIS IS A, AN SAP CONTRACT FOR, UM, THE DISTRICT'S BUSINESS OPERATIONS, ESSENTIALLY PROCUREMENT, HR, ALL THE ABOVE. UM, THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, WE SPENT ROUGHLY $19 MILLION, UM, WHERE WE STAND NOW. UM, AND IT'S AN ONGOING NEGOTIATION, SO KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE IT A LITTLE BIT VAGUE. UM, WE'RE SITTING SOMEWHERE IN THE 20 20 MILLION, 21 MILLION AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT EXTRA CAPPED IN THERE FOR ADDITIONAL CUSTOMIZATION THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEAR TERM. SO AS WE NEED TO CUSTOMIZE THE SOFTWARE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO ASK FOR THAT. OH, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT EXTRA 5 MILLION. CORRECT. SO IT COULD BE LESS THAN 5 MILLION THAT WHAT YOU'LL SPEND? IT COULD BE, YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR THIS TAB. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, MR. MCLEAN. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS TAB FIVE, MOVED BY MS. EZ, SECONDED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SEN. UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. DR. REVA? YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. MS. CGO? YES. MS. EZ? YES. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSEN? YES. AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER YANG? YES. OKAY. THAT [01:30:01] CONCLUDES TAB FIVE. MAY [8. Board of Education Report No. 148-25/26 Finance Division (Capital Facilities Fund (School Impact Fee) Annual Report for 2024-25) Recommends the adoption of the resolution of the Capital Facilities Fund annual accounting report summarizing the fund description and its fiscal year 2025 financial information.] I HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR TAB EIGHT? MOVE IT. MOVED BY MS. EZ. SECOND, SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. UM, I HAVE NOTED MR. MELVIN HAS QUESTIONS ON TAB EIGHT, CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND. DOUBLE CHECK. LET'S SEE. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, DAVID TOSKI, COME ON UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MELVOIN. AND THANK YOU TO THE DISTRICT FOR FINALLY CHANGING AFTER 30 YEARS. THE TITLE TO IMPACT FEES RATHER THAN DEVELOPER FEES, AS IF IT'S A TAX ON DEVELOPERS. IT'S THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU SEE AROUND YOUR DISTRICTS. WHEN YOU SEE AN APARTMENT BUILDING GO UP, YOU SEE ON THE REPORT YOU HAVE EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF THAT APARTMENT IS $5 AND 19 CENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WHEN YOU SEE THE HIGH RISES DOWNTOWN, ALL OF THOSE WITH PARKING THAT IS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT SEEMS A LITTLE LOW HERE, WHICH MEANS THE COLLECTION MAY NOT BE AS ACCURATE. AND SOMETIMES CITIES, AS WE HAD AN AUDIT FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, SHOW THAT SOME CITIES, JOHN WALSH, WHO USED TO BE WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, HAD TO GO TO THE CITY OF BELL BEFORE THE BELL SCANDAL AND SAY, YOU OWE US THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. HUNTINGTON PARK HAS NOT PAID ITS IMPACT FEES FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS. SO THIS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. A COLLECTION PROBLEM. THEN, UM, THERE'S ALSO A POLICY PROBLEM AS YOU SEE IN HERE, UM, THAT FACILITIES IN THEIR PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY TRANSFERRED $4 MILLION TO RECEIPT A HIGH SCHOOL TO FINISH UP THAT PROJECT AND 5.7 TO NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH, UM, AND 4.42 SAN PEDRO. THAT'S TO FINISH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHERE THE FUNDS ARE BEING COLLECTED. THE FUNDS COULD BE COLLECTED IN ONE AREA AND TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER. AND SO THERE'S SOME SORT OF POLICY THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA HAVE. SOME OF IT STAY CENTRAL AND SOME OF IT STAY FOR ITS COMMUNITY. UH, THESE BIG MODERNIZATIONS RECEDA, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, SAN PEDRO NEEDED THIS MONEY. THIS IS ESSENTIAL. AND WE'RE ALSO REFUNDING A LOT HERE THIS YEAR, 9 MILLION, WHICH WE PUT IN WHEN WE MADE THE POLICY FOR, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING, THAT THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION. SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS ALL LOW INCOME HOUSING AND MATCHES WITH YOUR HOUSING EFFORTS AND POLICIES. SO FINALLY, THE COMPANY DOES HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THEY BE CHARGING $1 MILLION TO DO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WORK THAT THEY DO IN OTHER DISTRICTS? THAT DESERVES OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GREAT. UM, THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, MY QUESTION, AND I BROUGHT THE, I GUESS IT WAS MORE OF LIKE AN AMENDMENT THAN A RESOLUTION TO CHANGE IT FROM DEVELOPER FEES TO IMPACT FEES. 'CAUSE IT IS, AS MR. TCHAIKOVSKY SAID, UM, TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT. MY QUESTION IS REALLY JUST ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER ITEMIZE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE ARE COMING FROM. YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF IMPACT FEES AS AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE LAW, IS TO MITIGATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON ALLY UNIFIED AND OUR CURRENT CALL POLICY. AS WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THIS, THE REC THE, UM, RECEIPT OF THIS REPORT, UM, WE ALLOCATE THEM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UM, LOOKING AT APPROPRIATE SOURCES OF FUNDING. UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTION OR GUIDANCE ON WHERE THEY SHOULD BE USED, INCLUDING WHICH COMMUNITIES MIGHT FEEL THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M NOT INTERESTED HERE IN CHANGING THAT POLICY NECESSARILY, MAYBE IN COMING MONTHS, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN A GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF WHERE FEES ARE COLLECTED. AND I APPRECIATE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP ITEM THAT THE BOARD GOT LAST NIGHT. UM, WE SEE IT BY CITY. OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OF LA IS THE MOST, BUT WEST HOLLYWOOD HAD A FEW MILLION DOLLARS. WE HAD THE OTHER CITIES ENCOMPASSED, UH, IN LA UNIFIED. BUT I'VE ASKING BECAUSE THEN MR. TCHAIKOVSKY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PARKING PROJECTS AND OTHERS DOWNTOWN. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, DR. RIVAS AND OTHERS WOULD HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT THAT'S FELT IN THEIR DISTRICT. I ALSO KNOW IN MY BOARD DISTRICT, WE'VE GOT WARNER CENTER IN WOODLAND HILLS, A HUGE CONDO DEVELOPMENT IN HOLLYWOOD NEXT TO GARDNER ELEMENTARY, TELEVISION CITY, AND ANOTHER GIANT CONDO COMPLEX IN THE WEST, UM, HOLLYWOOD FAIRFAX AREA, RIGHT NEAR HANCOCK PARK ELEMENTARY. UM, AND SO NEARBY COMMUNITIES HAVE ASKED, AND SOME, YOU KNOW, RATHER SOPHISTICATED, UH, CONSTITUENTS HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO SAY, WHERE ARE THESE IMPACT FEES GOING? WE KNOW YOU COLLECT THEM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, UM, BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING THEM WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SO MY REQUEST IS THAT WE FIND OUT WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO INTERNALLY OR THROUGH THE CITY AND OUR, OUR OTHER CITIES, LIKE WHICH DEVELOPMENTS ARE GENERATING WHICH FUNDS. I THINK TO MR. TCHAIKOVSKY POINT WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COLLECTING THE APPROPRIATE ONES, BUT ALSO JUST TO THEN HAVE A GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF, OH, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN OR IN THE WEST VALLEY, AND THIS IS WHERE POTENTIALLY WE SHOULD DIRECT AS A BOARD THOSE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY [01:35:01] MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH WAS COLLECTED BY CITY. UH, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, LION SHARES FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ABOUT 81 MILLION OF THE 89 MILLION TOTAL. UM, AND THAT THE FEES FROM THE CITY OF LA DEVELOP IMPACTS FEES FROM WITHIN THE CITY OF LA ARE COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF LA. AND SO WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH, WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AS AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE MY INTEREST IS THAT IN, IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE GET THESE REPORTS, AND IT COULD HOPEFULLY BE A PUBLIC DATABASE, WE COULD SEE WHICH, WHICH PROJECTS ARE GENERATING WHICH FEES, AND THEN WE COULD COLLECTIVELY DECIDE AS A DISTRICT AND AS A BOARD WHETHER THE ALLOCATION OF THE ALMOST 90 MILLION IS EQUITABLE, GIVEN WHERE THE FEES ARE BEING GENERATED OR WHAT OUR POLICY WANTS TO BE, UH, OR, OR SHOULD BE, BUT GUIDED BY THE EMPIRICAL FACTS. SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. CLEAN? ALL RIGHT. TIME FOR A VOTE. TAB EIGHT WAS MOVED BY MS. CONEZ, SECONDED BY DR. REVA TAKING THE VOTE. MS. NEW NEWBELL? YES. UH, DR. RIVAS? YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. MS. REGO? YES. MS. EZ? YES. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER YANG? YES. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES TAB EIGHT. MOVING ON TO TAB [15. Board of Education Report No. 115-25/26 Human Resources Division (Approval of Routine Personnel Actions) Recommends approval of 5,555 routine (including, but not limited to elections, promotions, transfers, leaves, terminations, separations, permits, and contracts).] 15. MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOVE IT. MOVE BY MS. EZ. SECOND. THREE FOR THREE. SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. AND SO I HAVE, UH, MS. GRIEGO AND MS. NEWBELL IS HAVING QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? I I CAN GO. YOU PUSH THE BUTTON FIRST. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. YEAH. UM, REGARDING THE, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PSW POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, THERE'S AN EFFORT TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT IN THIS REPORT. SO CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THAT? HI, KRISTEN MURPHY, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT. UH, YES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR PSW VACANCIES IN THE DISTRICT. TWO OF THEM HAVE CANDIDATES IDENTIFIED AND THEY ARE PROCESSING, SO YOU WILL SEE THEM REPORTED AS OFFICIALLY HIRED. UH, IN THE NEXT REPORT, THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL VACANCIES. THERE IS AN A LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE CANDIDATES ARE BEING, UH, INTERVIEWED BY OUR, UH, DIVISION THAT OVERSEES OUR PWS, AND THAT WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS, THEY WILL ALSO BE PROCESSED. DO YOU KNOW IF THESE PWS THAT ARE ONBOARDING RIGHT NOW AND THE ONES THAT WE ARE HOPING TO HIRE, ARE THEY IN-HOUSE OR ARE WE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT TO, TO FIND THESE? I BELIEVE THEY'RE FILL POSITIONS. I BELIEVE THEY'RE EXTERNAL CANDIDATES. WE ARE, UM, RECRUITING OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT IN ADDITION TO THE, THE FOLKS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WE HAD FOUR ADDITIONAL VACANCIES THAT NEEDED TO BE FILLED. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN RECRUITING, UH, WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN PROCESSING, AND THEN WE HAVE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES WHO ARE STILL BEING INTERVIEWED AND SELECTED. OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE ALREADY WORKED FOR US AS INTERNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE LISTS OF FOLKS WHO HAVE COME AND DONE THEIR, UM, INTERNSHIPS HERE AS THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GET THEIR CREDENTIALS. DO YOU KNOW, OR WHERE ARE WE FINDING THESE FOLKS? OKAY, I SEE, UH, JOEL CISNEROS, UH, WHO IS INTERVIEWING AND SELECTING, AND DR. FRANK SERATO, WHO IS OUR CHIEF OF HR. THEY MAY HAVE SPECIFICS ON THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. YES. GOOD MORNING. JOEL CISNEROS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO YEAH, SO WE'VE BUILT AN ELIGIBILITY LIST THAT IS AVAILABLE AND WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN USING TO RECRUIT, WE'VE, UH, AS DR. MURPHY SAID, SHE, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO OFFER SOME TEMPORARY CONTRACTS. AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, A BOARD MEMBER OF GREGO, WE ARE BUILDING IT BASED ON PRIOR INTERNS AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD OUR PERSON THAT OVERSEES OUR INTERN PROJECT STAY IN CONTACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND INVITE THEM TO APPLY AND, AND KINDA STAY ACTIVE. AND IF THERE ARE ANY SCHOOLS WHO WANT TO HIRE NEW PS, WS SAY FOR THE, UM, FALL, UH, THE SPRING SEMESTER, THEY GOT EXTRA MONEY. AND CAN THEY STILL DO THAT? THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WORK WITH THEIR FISCAL SPECIALISTS AND SUBMIT THAT REQUEST AND WE WILL CERTAINLY REVIEW IT. AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE ELIGIBILITY [01:40:01] LIST THAT WE CAN START RECRUITING SOME TEMPORARY CONTRACTS THROUGH. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT FOR SCHOOLS WHO PURCHASED X NUMBER OF DAYS, BUT SOMEHOW THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN, UM, SAY A SCHOOL PURCHASED FIVE DAYS, BUT THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN FOUR DAYS. SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP THAT FIFTH DAY WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR FUNDING AT THE SCHOOL SITE? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WHAT OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ASSIGNMENT. AND IN SOME INSTANCES THE PRINCIPALS HAVE SAID, WE ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE THAT THOSE FUNDS REALLOCATED. AND THEY'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THOSE PRINCIPALS SO THAT THEY CAN REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS IN THOSE SCENARIOS. OKAY. BUT IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY DON'T WANNA REALLOCATE IT, THEY WANT THAT PSW DAY, THEY CAN STILL GET IT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY SHOULD CONTACT ABSOLUTELY. YOUR OFFICE. YES. OKAY. AND THEN FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, LIKEWISE, IF THEY GOT EXTRA FUNDING, EVEN IF IT WAS NOT IN THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PLAN, CAN THEY GO AHEAD AND, UM, AMEND THEIR PLAN AND ADD A PSW TO THEIR PLAN? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND GET THEIR PSL? YEAH. AND, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS FELLOW RIGHT HERE, UH, IN THE HR DEPARTMENT. WE'RE WORKING, UH, SIDE BY SIDE IN OUR FISCAL DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT AS THOSE REQUESTS COME IN, WE WORK WITH THEM TO CREATE THE, THE PCNS SO THAT WE CAN START RECRUITING. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD, MS. HENSLEY NEW BILL. THANK YOU. UM, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU, ON PAGE 2 0 2, IT TALKS ABOUT OUR, UM, SOME NEW HIRES AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 111 ASSIGNMENTS. AND SO HOWEVER, THE CURRENT REPORT SHOWS PERSONAL ACTION, THERE'S 111 NEW POSITIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO THOSE ARE JUST NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE FILLED. RIGHT. SO THEY'RE NOT NEW POSITIONS TO THE DISTRICT, IT'S JUST FILLING OF THOSE POSITIONS. GOT IT. SO NOT NEW POSITIONS. CORRECT. JUST FILLING POSITION, CURRENT EXISTING POSITIONS THAT HAD A VACANCY. GOT IT. OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, ARE THESE NEW NEW LINE ITEMS? OKAY. AND SO SOME OF THE NON-SCHOOL BASED POSITIONS, ARE THESE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR REAL ESTATE? ARE THESE SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS? CORRECT. SO THAT ENCAPSULATES ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S CLASSIFIED AS CERTIFICATE, YOU SEE THAT BREAKOUT BY CLASSIFIED BY CLASSIFICATION. RIGHT. SO THE LONG LISTING OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND THEN THE CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES. SO WE BREAK 'EM DOWN BY CERTIFICATED AND CLASSIFIED. GOT IT. AND THEN THE OTHER 106 POSITIONS, THOSE ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO SCHOOL BASE, CORRECT? IF, IF, DEPENDING ON THE, HOW THEY'RE IDENTIFIED. YES. ALRIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, MR. MCLEAN. ALL RIGHT. VOTING ON TAB 15, MOVED BY MS. EZ, SECONDED BY DR. REVA, UH, TAKING THE VOTE TO MS. NEWBELL? YES. DR. REVA? YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. MS. DIEGO? YES. YES. OKAY. MS. CONEZ? YES. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER YANG? YES. OKAY. SO THAT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL OF THE, EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOT ON CONSENT, ASIDE FROM TABS 2324, WHICH HAVE TIME CERTAINS OF 1130 AND TWO 30 RESPECTIVELY. DID, YEAH. I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE TOOK A TAKE MY RESO EARLY, BUT I'M REALIZING, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS. AND I DON'T WANT TO CUT INTO THE TIME CERTAIN FOR MS. GOMEZ'S REPORT, 1130. SO MAYBE WE DO COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS, SUPER REPORTS, AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE A RESIDENT AND, AND, AND WE PROBABLY WOULD, WOULD BE READY TO BEGIN A LITTLE BIT EARLY, A LITTLE BIT BEFORE 1130, MAYBE 1115 OR SO. UM, SO IF WE WANNA TRY TO GET SOMETHING ELSE DONE IN THE INTERIM, I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL ARRIVING, SO, UM, I JUST DON'T WANNA MISS OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING. THIS SOUNDS INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT TO ME. . GREAT. INEFFICIENT, EFFICIENT. OH, EFFICIENT. OKAY. GOOD. ? YEAH. PERFECT. SO I GUESS, SHOULD WE DO COMMITTEE REPORTS OR THE S SOUPS REPORT? AND THEN WE CAN START. MS. EZ IS A BIT EARLY. LET'S [Superintendent’s Reports] DO THE SUPS REPORT. PLEASE QUEUE UP THE SUPS REPORT. SO ITS PLEASE GET THAT READY. AND THEN, UM, MR. CARVALLO IS GOING TO BEGIN THAT SHORTLY. I, I'LL, UH, BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THE REPORT. UH, SO TODAY WE ARE READY TO PRESENT THE 24 25 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS FOR CALIFORNIA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ELPAC. UM, RECENTLY WE, UH, WE CELEBRATED THE RELEASE OF THE SMARTER BALANCED DATA FOR LOS ANGELES UNIFIED, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION FOLLOWS THE LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT WE HERALDED JUST, UH, RECENTLY. UH, BEFORE I INVITE, UH, TONY AGUIAR, DR. BILL JOHNSTON AND LYDIA ACASA STEVENS, UH, TO THE PODIUM, I'D [01:45:01] LIKE TO SHARE JUST SOME VERY BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS. NUMBER ONE, WE ARE OUTPACING THE STATE AND OTHER DISTRICTS. UH, LUSD CAN BOAST ABOUT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS PERFORMING AT LEVEL FOUR WITH 20.64% THAN OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS, OR THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE, UH, WHICH IS ONLY AT 15.53%. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER, UH, OF ELS IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT'S REALLY A STUNNING, UH, IMPROVEMENT IN FEAT. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OVER FOUR TIMES THE RATE OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE, UM, THE STATE POSTED, UH, A 0.9%, UH, IMPROVEMENT. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED POSTED A 4.33% IMPROVEMENT. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, LOS ANGELES UNIFIED IS EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS AREA. HIGHEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF ELPAC ASSESSMENT WITH, UH, ALL STUDENT GROUPS, ALL STUDENT GROUPS PERFORMING BETTER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR AND PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS, WITH EXCEPTION OF THOSE WHO JUST RECENTLY, UH, ENTERED OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, OR WERE DESIGNATED AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. SO, UH, THERE WERE, THESE ARE OUTSTANDING LEVELS OF SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT, AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE POWERED BY A BOARD FOCUS ON THESE STUDENTS AS REFLECT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, VERY SPECIFIC AND INTENTIONAL MOVES CONDUCTED BY STAFF AT ALL LEVELS, CENTRAL OFFICE AS WELL AS SCHOOL SITE, AND THE BUILDING OF A COALITION, UH, WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND URGENCY AROUND THIS BODY OF WORK AND ITS BENEFICIARIES. SO WITH THAT SAID, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM, UH, FOR THEIR BRIEF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, AND GOOD MORNING. BOARD PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS. UM, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID TODAY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, REALLY LISTEN INTO THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE AS A DISTRICT TO SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO SHARE THE REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS THAT ARE MAKING ACROSS L-A-U-S-D. THE PRESENTATION TODAY FOCUSES ON HOW WE'RE TURNING DATA INTO ACTION, HONORING THE GAINS, WHILE OUTLINING THE STRATEGIES THAT HELPED US GET HERE. OUR RESULTS ARE REFLECTED TO THE DISTRICT-WIDE COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, SO MUCH AS WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS SHARED EARLIER. THERE IT IS IN PRINT. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO MARK THAT O OVER YEAR AFTER YEAR IMPROVEMENT, A 4.33% PERCENTAGE POINTS IS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. THAT IS A HUGE GAIN IN A HUGE FEAT FOR THE, THIS, THIS DISTRICT. I THINK ONE AREA THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT TO IS OUR LONG-TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS THAT ARE NOW AT THEIR LOWEST POINT AT 9.4%. AND REALLY THAT HAS COME AT THE WORK, AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL. WHERE WE REALLY FOCUS IS INTENTIONAL AND LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING US, UH, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ENTERING THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THAT LTEL, IF YOU WILL, UM, LABEL, I'LL NOW HAND DR. DR. JOHNSON, WHO WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE DATA IN DETAIL. AND THEN LYDIA CASA STEVEN WILL WALK US THROUGH THE STRATEGIES THAT KIND OF SUPPORTED ALL THESE EFFORTS. DR. JOHNSON. GOOD MORNING. SO AS, AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, SO WE HAVE SEEN AGAIN, UM, AT THE TOP ROW IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND DISCUSSING, UM, SO FAR WITH OUR, ALL, ALL OF OUR TESTED, UM, ENGLISH LEARNERS WHO RECEIVED THE SUMMATIVE LPAC ASSESSMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, THIS PAST YEAR, 20.64% OF THOSE STUDENTS REACHED LEVEL FOUR, WHICH IS THE, THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE, UM, CATEGORY IN THE ELPAC ASSESSMENT. AND THIS IS THE LEVEL THAT STUDENTS MUST, UM, MUST ACHIEVE AT IN ORDER TO RECLASSIFY, UM, OUT OF ENGLISH LEARNER STATUS AS WELL. SO, AND THAT, AND AGAIN, THE 4.33%, UM, IMPROVEMENT, AND AGAIN, SINCE, UH, HIGHER, SINCE PRE COVID, THE HIGHEST SINCE WE BEGAN USING THE ELPAC ASSESSMENT. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE THOUGHT THIS, THIS INFORMATION HERE WAS IMPORTANT TO, TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING ALL OF OUR OTHER, ALL OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE ALSO TAKING THE ELPAC AS WELL. AND WE'RE SEEING VERY CONSISTENT GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR. AND AGAIN, THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE SAW, UM, WHERE WE HAVEN'T MET PRE COVID LEVEL IS FOR, UM, STUDENTS WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO THE DISTRICT, BRAND NEW TO, TO THE UNITED STATES, LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. AND, AND THAT 0.99 IS ABOUT 10 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THAT GROUP. IT'S A VERY SMALL GROUP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE. UM, SO VERY CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT ACROSS ALL STUDENT GROUPS. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, LOOKING AT LOS ANGELES UNIFIED COMPARED TO THE STATE. AND ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE WHAT THE, THE, THE, THE GAP THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED BETWEEN US AND STATEWIDE AVERAGE. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED COMPARED TO ENGLISH [01:50:01] LEARNERS STATEWIDE, UM, WHO TAKE THE ELPAC ASSESSMENT. AND WHEREAS YOU SEE PRE COVID, UM, WE WERE LAGGING BEHIND THE STATE AND THEN AGAIN, COMING OUT OF THE COVID, UH, THE, THE PAUSE AND TESTING. AND THEN SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN DIVERGING TRAJECTORIES, UH, FOR US AND THE STATE, UH, WHERE OUR, NOT ONLY ARE WE PERFORMING HIGHER THAN THE STATE, BUT OUR RATE OF IMPROVEMENT YEAR OVER YEAR IS, IS MUCH ACCELERATE, MUCH MORE ACCELERATED THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING STATEWIDE. SO A LOT TO CELEBRATE AND TO GET INTO, UH, THE WHAT'S DRIVING THIS, I WILL TURN INTO OSA STEVENS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. YES, I'M VERY HAPPY. SO THIS IS FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC. OUR DISTRICT IS LEADING THE WAY. SO WHAT IS THIS? HIGH STAKES ELPAC, BECAUSE IT IS HIGH STAKES FOR OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS, THEY ARE TESTED ON RECEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE SKILLS, LISTENING, READING, SPEAKING, AND WRITING. THIS IS A COMPLETE PICTURE OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AT MULTIPLE LEVELS THAT STUDENTS ARE YEARLY ASSESSED EVERY SPRING, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 65,000 EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING ABOUT 130 LANGUAGES. THESE DOMAINS ARE CRITICAL IN THE WORK THAT WE DO, THAT OUR TEAMS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR EDUCATORS, FULLY UNDERSTAND. ALL OF THESE PIECES, AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ELPAC IS, THE ELPAC ISN'T JUST ABOUT WHAT WE CALL ELD, THAT COURSE THAT SOMEONE TAKES IN HIGH SCHOOL OR THE 45 MINUTE PROTECTED BLOCK. IT IS ABOUT THE INTEGRATED ELD ALL DAY LONG, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUBJECTS SUCH AS MATH AND HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE ELPAC IS A LANGUAGE TEST, IT IS FILLED WITH CONTENT THAT IS SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES RELATED. SO STUDENTS MUST CREATE, CLARIFY, FORTIFY, AND NEGOTIATE, LISTENING, READING, SPEAKING, AND WRITING WHILE TAKING THE ELPAC. HOW DID WE GET HERE? IT WAS OUR TEACHERS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR KIDDOS WHO TAKE THAT TEST. EVERYONE'S BOUGHT IN AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. KIDDOS CHEER EACH OTHER ON. BY THE WAY, QUITE OFTEN AS YOU LOOK AT THIS WORK, WE MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS FOR POSITIONS AT SCHOOL. SITES ARE MULTILINGUAL, MULTICULTURAL, ACCELERATED LEARNING COACHES AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES THAT THEY SUPERVISE. WE STRATEGICALLY USE THOSE ELOP DOLLARS FOR EL ACCELERATION AND LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ENRICHMENT TO CELEBRATE THE WHOLE CHILD AND CELEBRATE EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING ACADEMICALLY. THE ONGOING PROGRESS MONITORING WITH THE MODEL OF DATA DIGS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BROUGHT TO OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE CASCADED THAT DOWN TO OUR COACHES PARTICIPATING IN DATA DIGS, OUR AIDES PARTICIPATING IN DATA DIGS AND OUR REGION TEAMS. AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TRULY DIG IN. AND THIS CANNOT BE DONE WITH COLLABORATION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. THE COHERENCE THAT DR. ESTRADA HAS SO EMPHASIZED. WE WORK WITH THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION, SPECIAL ED, OFFICE OF DATA ACCOUNTABILITY, ARE FAMILY UNITS AND GIFTED AND TALENTED. HOW IS THIS GROWTH HAPPENING IN MMED? WE IMPLEMENT RESEARCH-BASED STRATEGIES WITH FIDELITY AND INTEGRITY THAT MAXIMIZE ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN ALL CONTENT AREAS. MEANING IT'S NOT JUST THINK, PAIR, SHARE, TURN TO YOUR PARTNER. AS DR. ESTRADA HAS SAID, IT IS ABOUT THE SOCRATIC SEMINAR. IT IS ABOUT ENGAGING IN ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES MULTIPLE TIMES. SO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED IN MMED OR TO SUPPORT THE COMMON PLANNING TIME FOR OUR TEACHERS TO USE THE CURRICULUM THEY HAVE AT HAND AND DESIGN THE BEST LESSONS THEY CAN FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THEIR CLASS. AND OF COURSE, THAT PROTECTED BLOCK NEEDS TO HAPPEN EVERY DAY. I ASK YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN YOU VISIT SCHOOL SITES, ASK THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT THE PROTECTOR BLOCK. VISIT A DESIGNATED ELD TIME AND SEE IF YOU SEE ANY OF THESE PROTOCOLS AND STRATEGIES. I THINK YOU WILL SEE THEM BASED ON OUR RESULTS AND IN SECONDARY, THE INNOVATIVE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE E-L-A-E-L-D COURSE SO THAT OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY CAN NOW TAKE [01:55:01] A COURSE THAT OPENS UP AND COVERS ELA AND ELD. OOPS, I HIT TOO MUCH. CAN I GET HELP? SORRY, I ASSUME I DID IT WRONG. FINGERS. WRONG FINGERS. STRONG FINGERS. YES. . THANK YOU. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. YES. OH, I'M GONNA BACK UP ONE. SO, AS I MENTIONED, INTEGRATED ELD AND THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR COACHES. THEY SUPPORT TEACHERS, BUT THEY ALSO WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS DAILY. THEY HAVE SCHEDULES WHERE THEY MEET WITH STUDENTS, THEY ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE GOALS WITH STUDENTS AND THEY CELEBRATE WITH STUDENTS EVERY LITTLE AREA THEY CAN IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE DOING. OUR COACHES ALSO HOLD FAMILY SESSIONS VIRTUALLY AND IN THE EVENINGS AND OPEN HOUSE AND BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PARENTS ALSO THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE WHO THEY KNOW IS WORKING DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN. THIS IS THE TIMELINE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS SUMMER CONFERENCE. WE PULL IN ABOUT 350 TEACHERS WHO MENTOR EACH OTHER IN ALL THESE AREAS. OUR MASTER PLAN INSTRUCTIONAL INSTITUTE, WE NOW HAVE A FAMILY STRAND. WE BEGAN THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE TEACHERS ARE THERE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SO ARE PARENTS AND FAMILIES VISITING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATING THE LAUNCH OF THE EL ACCELERATION PROGRAMS. AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH LPAC CALIBRATION TRAINING, UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS A LEVEL 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR IN ALL OF THOSE FOUR DOMAINS. AND WE CONTINUE TO HOLD OUR AMBASSADOR MEETINGS. OUR DLAC C PARENTS HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL PARTNERS IN THIS WORK WITH GREAT IDEAS AS WELL. SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? WE'RE GONNA GO BLUE ON THE DASHBOARD. THAT'S THE GOAL. SO WE ARE LAUNCHING A GO BLUE CAMPAIGN IN TERMS OF LP AND THE PROGRESS OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING ON ELPAC. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO EVEN DEEPER IN TERMS OF THE LEARNING FOR ALL EDUCATORS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM TO ENRICH THOSE CLASSROOMS, CONTINUE TO GROW THAT DELD BLOCK A LITTLE STRONGER AND A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOUNDATIONS BY LITERACY AWARDS, VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS, EXPANDING THAT BECAUSE OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS COME WITH SOMETHING AND WE WANNA CELEBRATE THAT. AND WE ALSO WANNA CELEBRATE THOSE ENGLISH ONLY STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE BILINGUAL. THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD COMMUNITIES AT SCHOOLS. EXPANDING OUR FAMILY TRAINING AND CELEBRATION MEETINGS. WE HAVE AN INTENSIVE LANGUAGE STUDIO DESIGNATED ELD TRAINING THAT WE ARE NOW IMPLEMENTED TO REINFORCE LANGUAGE STUDIO, STRENGTHEN IT WHERE IT MIGHT BE NEEDED, AND PROVIDE TEACHERS ANY SUPPORT THEY NEED. OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES MEET WITH US AND GO IN REALLY DEEP ON WHAT IS THE LPAC, WHAT IS DESIGNATED LD, WHAT IS INTEGRATED ELD. AND ALL DAY LONG THEY ARE PUSHING IN AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS. THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE USED TO BE THE NEW, THE INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. WE ONLY DID IT AT HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE STARTED TO NOTICE THAT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS WANNA BE A PART OF IT. SO WE'RE EXPANDING THAT, CONTINUE THE WORK WITH OUR MOCKS. UM, I'M DOING MANY, MANY ONE-TO-ONE OBSERVATIONS, PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO COACHES MYSELF AND LEARNING SO MUCH FROM WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND WHAT TEACHERS ARE TELLING ME ABOUT HOW IT'S WORKING AND WHY IT'S SUCCESSFUL. AND OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE NEW SECONDARY E-L-A-E-L-D COURSES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPAND A THROUGH G CREDIT. EVERYTHING ALIGNS TO OUR MASTER PLAN, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT WHOLE CHILD AND ASSETS BASED LENS. AND CELEBRATING MULTILINGUALISM EQUALITY IS GIVING EVERYONE A SHOE. EQUITY IS GIVING EVERYONE A SHOE THAT FITS, AND OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING THAT, AND OUR DIVISION LEADERS ARE DOING THAT. SO YES, I'M VERY HAPPY, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO GO BLUE AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH. THANK YOU. [02:00:18] COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? GO AHEAD, KELLY. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, TO THANK AND REC RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR FEARLESS LEADER, MS. QUISTA STEVENS, BUT, UM, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OUR EMERGING BILINGUALS, OUR OUR TEACHERS, UM, OUR MA OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, UM, EL DESIGNEES, UM, EL COORDINATORS AT OUR SCHOOL SITES, UM, AND OUR FAMILIES. AND OUR STUDENTS OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, I THINK THIS REPRESENTS AN ONGOING EFFORT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE AFFIRM, UM, BILINGUALISM AND BILITERACY, IT'S NOT JUST WORDS, BUT WE ACTUALLY PUT THOSE SUPPORTS INTO PRACTICE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. UM, SO I'M REALLY THRILLED, UM, AND PROUD OF THE AMAZING PROGRESS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING AND KNOW THAT THERE IS EVEN MORE WORK TO DO. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT I HEARD THAT THIS SUMMER'S COACHING INSTITUTE WAS LIKE THE BEST ONE EVER. UM, SO I THINK, I THINK IT JUST REALLY REPRESENTS A LOT OF EFFORTS ON, ON THE PART OF THE TEAM. UM, AND I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT JUST THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE HETERO HETEROGENEITY OF THE ENGLISH LEARNER POPULATION. UM, ALL OF OUR FAMILY STORIES ARE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE, UM, ENGLISH LEARNERS, MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WHO SPEAK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, UM, STANDARD ENGLISH LEARNERS, UM, NEWCOMER STUDENTS, LONG-TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS. AND IN L-A-U-S-D, WE ARE AFFIRMING AND TAILORING OUR SUPPORT TO THE UNIQUENESS OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. UM, SO JUST GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE SEEING. THANK YOU. YOU GO AHEAD, ROCIO. YES. VERY PROUD OF ALL THE PROGRESS AND GROWTH. ME AS AN ENGLISH LEARNER, I KNOW HOW, UM, NOT, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT AND, UM, THE WORK THAT ENTAILS NOT ONLY WITH WORKING WITH FAMILIES OR WORKING WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE COACHES. SO I, UM, APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK AND EVERYONE THAT WAS A PART OF THAT. UM, JUST, UH, A FEW QUESTIONS. UM, WHAT METHODOLOGY ARE YOU USING TO ENSURE THAT THE GAINS WE REPORT ARE COMPARABLE ACROSS REGIONS AND SCHOOLS WITH THE VASTLY DIFFERENT EL PROFILES, INCLUDING VARYING NUMBERS OF NEWCOMERS? SO AS WE DIG INTO THE DATA OF OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE NOT A MONOLITHIC GROUP, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED. SO FOR OUR LONG-TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS, WE LOOK AT A SET OF STRATEGIES THEY MIGHT NEED BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION AND MIDDLE SCHOOL POPULATION VERSUS OUR LITTLES IN KINDER, ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS WE COME TOGETHER COHERENTLY IS THROUGH OUR REGION TEAMS. WE HAVE COORDINATORS AT EVERY REGION WHO WE MEET WITH EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND WE CO-CREATE THE TRAINING FOR ALL OUR EL DESIGNEES, THE INSTITUTES. EVERYTHING IS CO-CREATED. IT'S NOT JUST DONE SITTING IN A CUBICLE AND MMED, IT'S A DISTRICT-WIDE CO-CREATION SO THAT WE CAN CATCH THE NUANCES THAT AT A CENTRAL LEVEL WE MIGHT NOT BE FULLY AWARE OF. AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT COME UP, LIKE WE NEED TO THINK OF SCHOOLS LIKE MIGUEL CONTRERAS, RIGHT? UM, IT MIGHT HAVE A HIGHER INDIGENOUS POPULATION. UM, WE NEED TO THINK OF STUDENTS EBS REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 130 LANGUAGES. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE THAT HAVE AN ALPHABET, THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE AN ALPHABET. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, AND WE INCORPORATE THOSE IN THOSE PIECES. THEN OUR REGION TEAMS GO BACK AND CONDUCT THE TRAINING, BUT THEY DON'T DO IT BY THEMSELVES. MY TEAM IS NOT HERE AT BERI. THEY GO OUT, THEY SUPPORT EVERY REGION, AND THEY ARE THERE PRESENTING THE CONTENT, ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS THAT AN EL DESIGNEE MAY HAVE AND OR A COACH IN THE MOMENT. SO IT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND TIME IN RESPONSE TO NEED. GREAT, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. IT'S MULTI-LEVELED AND, UM, A LOT OF FOLKS INVOLVED AT THE REGION AND ALSO AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. UM, GIVEN THE, THE NEWCOMERS ENROLL LESS THAN A YEAR, AND I WAS MENTIONING 10 STUDENTS, UM, BUT THEY, THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT 10 STUDENTS. UM, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE HERE FOR LESS SAY A YEAR, UM, WAIT, I'M SORRY, SOMEBODY, MY QUESTIONS ARE MOVING HERE. UM, WHAT STRUCTURAL BARRIERS, UM, DO THEY STILL FACE, UM, IN THEIR, IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF ENTRY? WHAT'S IN THEIR EXPERIENCE? SO DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY ENROLL, RIGHT? AN INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER IN KINDERGARTEN IS A DIFFERENT FEEL, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE AN OLDER SIBLING OR NONS SIBLING VERSUS A 13-YEAR-OLD [02:05:01] AND A 16-YEAR-OLD. THAT IS WHY WE WORK SO CO CLOSELY WITH THE COACHES AND THE EQUITY BASED ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE MAKE ON WHERE THE NEED IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THAT PARTICULAR NEED. SO THE AIDE AND THE COACH ALSO MAY BE WORKING TOGETHER, POSSIBLY JUST WITH ONE STUDENT SOMETIMES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REQUIRES AT THE VERY BEGINNING, AND THEN CONNECTING WITH THE FAMILY, OR NOT FAMILY WHO MIGHT BE HERE, WHERE THE CHILD LIVES AND THE HOME THEY LIVE IN. SO IT'S VERY INDIVIDUALIZED AND WE KNOW THAT, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT CHILDREN LIVE IN ELPAC LEVEL ONE FOR ONLY ONE YEAR, AND THEN THEY NEED TO MOVE OUT OF ELPAC LEVEL ONE BECAUSE THE MOST INTENSE LEVELS OF ELPAC BECOME THAT THREE, TWO AND, AND HIGH THREE HIGH, THAT INTERMEDIATE SPACE THAT IT'S LIKE THAT THIRD TO FOURTH OR SECOND TO THIRD, YOU KNOW, THAT TRANSITION. SO WE'RE DIGGING INTO WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY EMPHASIZE THE INTEGRATED ELD, SO THAT THE COACH AND THE AIDE, YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THEM WORKING WITH STUDENTS DURING THE PROTECTED BLOCK. THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IN THERE DURING THE MATH BLOCK OR THE SCIENCE BLOCK OR THE SOCIAL STUDIES BLOCK. IT JUST DEPENDS WHERE THE NEED IS FOR THAT TEACHER, FOR THOSE STUDENTS, FOR THAT SCHOOL, FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL. SO IT VARIES. TWO MORE QUESTIONS, JUST REALLY QUICKLY. UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE INDICATORS THAT YOU'RE USING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS YEAR'S GAINS ARE SUSTAINABLE RATHER THAN EPISODIC, AND WHAT THRESHOLDS WOULD SIGNAL THE NEED FOR A CORRECTIVE ACTION ONCE YOU SEE THE, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING DAY TO DIGS, BUT WHAT ARE SORT OF THE INDICATORS? SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT WE HAD OUR DATA DIG AND DR. STRATA CAME TO VISIT, UM, LAST WEEK WITH OUR REGIONS AND OUR LEADERS HERE. AND WE ACTUALLY GOT INTO THOSE SPECIFICS. WHERE DO WE SEE THE HOLES? WHAT ARE WE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACCELERATE? EACH ONE OF THE REGION COORDINATORS AND OUR COORDINATORS IN MMED HAD A SPECIFIC STRATEGY IN PLACE TO ENSURE THROUGH PDSA CYCLES THROUGH CONSTANT MONITORING OF INSTRUCTION, BUT ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND TEACHING LESSONS. WE ARE BIG ON GOING OUT THERE AND TEACHING THOSE LESSONS TO ENSURE COHERENCE ON THAT PIECE. SO I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT I HAVE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. WE WILL BE BLUE NEXT YEAR. WE JUST HAVE TO BE BLUE. AND, AND LASTLY, THE, UM, OUR INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER ACADEMIES. OH, YES. UM, I KNOW I, IN MY DISTRICT THERE'S ONE IN BELMONT. YES. UM, AND THERE'S ABOUT FIVE, RIGHT? FOUR RIGHT NOW. FOUR. FOUR. SO GIVEN THE, UM, THE IMPORTANCE AND THE WORK THAT GOES ON IN OUR INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER ACADEMIES, UM, HOW ARE WE EX UH, LOOKING AND EXPANDING THEM AND WHAT CRITERIA WOULD GUIDE THIS SITE SELECTION? THE STAFFING, THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO ENSURE EQUITY, UM, IN SPECIFIC REGIONS. SO WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THEM. SO EVERY YEAR AFTER THE INITIAL ALPAC IS DONE, WHICH IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENT, THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF SCHOOL, WE LOOK AT THE DATA, THE CENSUS DATA, AS WE START TO PLAN FOR LET'S SAY 26, 27, THE FOUR SCHOOLS WE HAVE HAVE CONTINUED TO REMAIN THOSE HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY TWO MORE SCHOOLS. WE JUST HAVE TO, OF COURSE, ENSURE THAT THE PRINCIPAL FEELS THIS IS THE RESOURCE THEY NEED IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LEARNING WITH OUR FOUR INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER ACADEMIES, WE HAVE 18 VERY HIGH LEVEL SCHOOLS THAT WE WORK WITH MONTHLY WITH OUR TEAM AND THE INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER TEAM. AND THEY ALL COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON, THE STRATEGIES AND, AND THE NUANCES AND THE NEEDS. AND WITH THE SUPPORT FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND WITH ALL OF YOU, THE ALIGNMENT OF RESOURCE CENTERS AS WELL. RIGHT. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO, UM, ALSO CONSIDER SORT OF LIKE A FEEDER PATTERN. YES. AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ONE IN BELMONT. ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT IN IN ELEMENTARY WOULD BE MACARTHUR, UM, MACARTHUR PARK, POSSIBLY. YES. AND WITHIN THE MACARTHUR PARK, WESTLAKE LAKE AREA. YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF INDIGENOUS, UH, COMMUNITIES THERE. SO I THINK AS WE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THIS, WHERE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STORES ARE COMING FROM AND ALSO IDENTIFYING THE, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SORT OF CREATE THAT PATH. YES. THAT THE TRAJECTORY CAME. PERFECT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY AS WELL. . GOOD. GO AHEAD TANYA. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. SUPER BRIEFLY. UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT THIS YEAR ABOUT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT I KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN ELA AND MATH FOR THE MOST PART, BUT I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN [02:10:01] ELD. SO WHAT IS OUR CURRICULUM FOR ELD AT THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS THAT WE WOULD SAY IS LIKE THE HIGH QUALITY WE SHOULD BE SEEING? SO IN ELEMENTARY IT IS C-C-K-L-A LANGUAGE STUDIO. AND WITH LANGUAGE STUDIO WE HAVE WORKED. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALL THOSE RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN THE CURRICULUM BECAUSE OF THE NEED AND THE VARIETY OF LEVELS OF STUDENTS DURING THAT DESIGNATED BLOCK. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR, WHICH IS PRETTY SIMILAR, WHAT WE LOOK FOR FOR ALL STUDENTS, HOW MANY ORAL EXCHANGES ARE EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS HAVING WITH CONTENT IN ENGLISH? IT'S NOT TALK TO YOUR PARTNER. AGREE, DISAGREE. IT'S MULTIPLE EXCHANGES, LINES OF COMMUNICATION, SOCRATIC CIRCLES WITH EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS. THAT IS WHAT ELEVATES IT TO THAT ELPAC LEVEL FOUR. AND THAT WILL IMPACT SBA AS WELL. I WOULD JUST SUGGEST ASKING YOUR FELLOW TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. SO TELL ME, WHAT STRATEGY ARE YOU IMPLEMENTING? WHAT IN LANGUAGE STUDIO ARE YOU LEVERAGING AND WHAT OF THE MED RESOURCES ARE YOU CO-PLANNING TOGETHER AND LOOKING AT THE MOST STRATEGIC LESSONS? BECAUSE THE NEED AT ONE SCHOOL FOR THAT OF COURSE, YEAH. GROUP MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OVER HERE. SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO INDIVIDUALIZE IT A LITTLE MORE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE ELD BLOCK AT MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL? SO THE ELD BLOCK AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE, SORRY, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP. MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THERE'S THREE CURRICULUMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FOUR CURRICULUMS IN HIGH SCHOOL. WOW. FOR A VARIETY OF NEED REASONS. SO SOME PUBLISHERS AT THE TIME ONLY HAD NOVICE FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS. RIGHT. THAT FIRST YEAR. OTHER PUBLISHERS ONLY DID CERTAIN LIKE, UM, GRADE SPANS AND CERTAIN PIECES OF THAT. WHEN WE SAW ALL OF THAT, THAT'S WHY WE SWITCHED OVER TO WHAT WE CALL GRADE LEVEL ELD. SO THE ELD TEACHER SHOULD BE ALSO PLANNING WITH THE ELA TEACHER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED WHATEVER ELA MATERIALS THE SECONDARY TEACHER HAS FOR ELA CORE. THE ELD TEACHER ALSO HAS THOSE MATERIALS AND THEY SHOULD BE CO-PLANNING IN TERMS OF THE STANDARDS ALIGNMENT. AND WHAT MIGHT THE KIDDOS NEED. I CAN'T QUOTE THEM ALL, BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU. OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN, UM, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, DUAL LANGUAGE MODELS. SOME OF MY SCHOOLS DO 50 50, SOME DO 90 10. UM, HOW IS IT DETERMINED AND ARE WE SEEING ANY GROWTH EITHER IN ELA OR IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE? UM, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF MODEL. AND THAT MIGHT BE A FURTHER CONVERSATION, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM YOU SINCE YOU'RE HERE. SO I CAN TELL YOU FOR DLE, OUR DLE PROGRAMS HAVE ABOUT ONE PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER IN RECLASSIFICATION. SO THAT'S INTERESTING, RIGHT? THAT BILITERACY PIECE. THE OTHER THING I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT OUR DLE PROGRAMS IS WHEN SOMEONE PETITIONS USUALLY COMES FROM OUR FAMILIES OR PARENTS BECAUSE OF PROPOSITION 58, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM DO YOU ENVISION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY? SO THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE LEADERS ARE INVOLVED WITH THE REGION AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHERE THE DETERMINATION IS MADE. QUITE OFTEN, DEPENDING ON WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE BILINGUAL AUTHORIZATIONS, THEY MIGHT CHOOSE CERTAIN TYPES OF MODELS, TEAM TEACHING, BUT WE, THE GO-TO MODEL THAT I RECOMMEND EVERYONE GET TO IF THEY CAN, IS SELF-CONTAINED 50 50 BECAUSE YOU'RE VALUING ALL LANGUAGES, ALL CULTURES, YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE BE BILINGUAL, CHILDREN BE BILINGUAL IN A VARIETY OF SPACES AND TIMES VERSUS THIS IS ONLY THE ENGLISH TIME AND THIS IS ONLY THE ARABIC TIME. HOW DO YOU MIX THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS THAT ONE MULTILINGUAL BRAIN. YOU'RE WELCOME, CARLA. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR, UH, EDUCATORS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES WHO HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN. AND, UM, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT REALLY MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD. ONE, YOU SAID CO-CREATING PD AND I LOVE THAT AND I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU SAY CO-CREATING, WHO ARE THE CO-CREATORS? THE OTHER THING I LIKE, I HEARD THAT I ALSO MADE ME HAPPY WAS COACHES TEACHING LESSONS. DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? THAT ALSO MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. MM-HMM . SO MODELING, RIGHT? NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE MODELING, BUT ALSO BECAUSE YOU CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT IS NEEDED, RIGHT. AT OUR, AT OUR, WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO CAN YOU FIRST SHARE ABOUT WHAT THIS CO-CREATION OF PD IS AND WHO PARTICIPATES IN THAT? AND THEN, UM, AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, GOING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM AND, AND TEACHING, LIKE WHEN DO YOU DO IT, ET CETERA. SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THE CO-CREATION FIRST. SO FOR THE MEETINGS WITH [02:15:01] OUR, WITH OUR COORDINATORS AND THE COACHES, WE HAVE MANY LEAD FUTURE LEADERS AS COORDINATORS AND COACHES IN OTHER SEATS. SO WE BRING THEM IN TO CO-CREATE WITH THE REGION TEAM AND OUR TEAM, OR WE'VE CO-CREATED WITH THE REGIONS AND WE SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? DOES THIS WORK? WOULD THIS MAKE SENSE? DO WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING ELSE OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WE ALSO INVOLVE OUR DIVISION OF SPECIAL ED FOR OUR DUAL IDENTIFIED STUDENTS AND OUR GIFTED TEAM BECAUSE THERE'S MANY GIFTED STUDENTS EVERYWHERE. SO THAT'S ONE PHASE OF CO-CREATION. ALSO, OUR TEACHERS, NOT JUST IN DLE, BUT WITH OUR ELD RESOURCES, CO-CREATE LESSONS UNDER, UM, OUR COORDINATOR CARLA GUT TERRACE. SO WE HAVE CADRES AND FELLOWSHIPS WHO THEY LIVE AND BREATHE THIS. THEY LIKE TO DIG INTO IT, THEY TELL US WHERE THE HOLES ARE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T SEE THEM ALL. LET'S DO IT THIS WAY. NO, THIS IS TOO EASY, LET'S ACCELERATE IT. SO IT HAS A VARIETY OF FORMATS DEPENDING ON WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND OUT OF IT AT WHAT SPACE. UM, THAT WAS A, WHAT WAS B? THE TEACHING, THE COTE, THE GOING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND DOING LESSONS. SO EVERY TIME I GO AND VISIT A COACH, I ASK IF I CAN TEACH A LITTLE BIT JUST WITH THEM AND SNEAK IN. BUT I WILL BE AT MADISON IN JANUARY, WE'LL BE TEACHING A PREFIX AND SUFFIXES CLASS TO, UM, OUR STUDENTS, HER IDEA. AND THEN WE SAID, HOW CAN WE AMP THIS UP? SO I'VE GOT TWO TE SESSIONS SET UP TO GO TEACH IT. UM, ONCE A TEACHER, ALWAYS A TEACHER, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT LIVES WITH YOU. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING FROM THAT. AND MY PLAN IS TO ASK THE STUDENTS FOR FEEDBACK. YOU TELL ME, DID THIS WORK? BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TEACH IT, BUT WE NEED TO ASK THE KIDDOS, DID IT WORK WELL? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE WANTED US TO DO DIFFERENTLY? UM, I NEED TO PICK MY NEXT SCHOOL. NOW I HAVE MY COORDINATORS WHO HAVE GONE OUT. I BELIEVE ALANA IN THE WEST GOES OUT WITH COACHES AND TEACHES A CLASS. SO I HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT SPACES. I HAVE SOME OF OUR TEAM HERE WHO ALSO GO OUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAS HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ALWAYS WATCH AND YOU WANNA GO OUT AND HELP. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY GO ABOVE AND BE BEYOND AS WELL. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT. I LOVE THAT. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO HAVING THAT ATTITUDE AND THAT PHILOSOPHY AND THAT PRACTICE, UM, SPEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DOING IN, IN, UH, WITH OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA ASK IS THE, I CALL THEM MAS, BUT EVERYBODY AM I AM AM I DOING IT WRONG? PEOPLE, I CALL THEM MOS. SOME PEOPLES CALL THEM MA MA MOS, YOU KNOW, UH, I LIKE MOSS. IT'S JUST EASIER. YEAH. I, I CALL THEM MOSS. BUT ANYWAY, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE, UH, POSITIONS. MY CHIEF OF STAFF WAS A MOK AND SHE'S VERY TALENTED IN THIS. BUT I'M WONDERING, HOW LONG ARE THESE POSITIONS GOING TO BE FUNDED FOR? BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE AND WE SEE THE RESULTS OF, OF THEIR WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTIONS. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN? MY UNDERSTANDING, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, IS THAT THEY WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE FUNDED. UM, THEY MIGHT CHANGE SCHOOLS DEPENDING ON THE NEED, BUT WE DO TRY TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS AT ONE SCHOOL SO THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR AND UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU WANNA DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS AND WITH THE COMMUNITIES. SO THAT WILL CONTINUE. AND OUR INTERNATIONAL AIDES WILL ALSO CONTINUE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES. UM, SO DO ALL WHO, WHO GETS THESE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS THAT IS BASED ON COUNTS OF INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. THE REASON WE'VE LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY, AGAIN, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER WHO COMES IN AT KINDERGARTEN HAS A VERY DIFFERENT NEED. THAT K ONE, THE TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, IF WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY, WHICH WE ARE WITH ALL THE GAMES WE'RE HAVING, THEY'RE IN A GOOD PLACE. BUT WHEN YOU COME IN, IN A THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADER, THERE MIGHT BE GAPS IN YOUR LEARNING AND OR YOUR EXPERIENCES OR WHETHER YOU HAD EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST. SO THOSE APPROXIMATE 35 EIGHTS ARE VERY STRATEGICALLY ASSIGNED WITH CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND COACHES WITH THOSE HIGH COUNTS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO MONITOR IT EVERY YEAR. AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING WITH SOME OF OUR AIDE, LIKE I HAVE SOME AMAZING ARMENIAN BILINGUAL AIDES WHO ARE ACTUALLY INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER AIDES WORKING WITH OUR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS. THEY'VE JUST SAID, THIS IS THE WORK I WANNA DO AND THIS MAKES SENSE. SO THE NEED IS THEY GO WHERE THE NEED IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT AT MY HIGH DEMAND HIGH SCHOOLS, MY 18, I HAVE COACHES OR COUNSELORS AND OTHER SUPPORTS THERE, BUT I SAW THAT THE HOLE WAS IN THAT [02:20:01] THIRD THROUGH FIFTH. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE LOVE AND ONE-TO-ONE WITH SOMEONE. SO WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THAT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. OH, WE ARE. OKAY. BUT WITH OTHER POSITIONS, NOT AN AIDE, NOT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, NOT AN AIDE, BECAUSE AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE AND AN ELEMENTARY CAN GO INTO A LOT OF MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS WITH THE COACH. THE COACH AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THE WAY THE BLOCKS WORK AND EVERYTHING, IT FACILITATES THAT PIECE FOR THEM. AND HONESTLY, THE DEMAND THAT WE HEARD FROM PRINCIPALS WHEN WE SURVEYED WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND ALL THOSE PIECES WAS AGAIN, THAT THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE AREA. THEY WERE ALMOST A FORGOTTEN GROUP OF STUDENTS. BECAUSE OFTEN WE THINK OF INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS JUST IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING THROUGH? YEAH. AND I, I MEAN, WHEN I WORKED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE DID HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS FOR OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS. OH. AND IT WAS REALLY SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS AGO. . YEAH. AND, UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY POSITIVE. IT GAVE US VERY POSITIVE RESULTS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE TAKING CHEMISTRY OR BIOLOGY, BUT COULD NOT FULLY ACCESS. SO, SO I DO RECALL MYSELF, I KNOW THE SCHOOLS OFTEN FUND ADDITIONAL AIDS BASED ON THE NEED. SO I, I'VE KNOWN SCHOOLS THAT DO BIOLOGY, THE MATH, AND SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE ELD COURSE, DEPENDING ON WHO THE STUDENTS ARE. SO SCHOOLS AND OUR BUDGET PLANNING TOOLS CAN STILL PURCHASE THEM. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UM, REGARDING OUR INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER STUDENTS, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A HARD TIME, UM, AS YOU SAID, RECLASSIFYING BEFORE THEY GRADUATE. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM TO PREPARE THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? ONE IS THE CHANGE IN COURSE SEQUENCING THAT WE DID WITH GRADE LEVEL ELD, THE ELA AND THE ELD COURSE THAT COUNTS FOR THE ELA CREDIT AND A THROUGH G. UM, WHICH IS REALLY CRITICAL AND OPENS UP THEIR SCHEDULE. WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH BRENDA MENTOS TEAM, THE COUNSELING TEAM TO MONITOR THEM AND DRILL DOWN. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? YOU KNOW, THE KIDDO ENROLLS IN 11TH GRADE, I, THEY JUST WANNA LEARN ENGLISH AND START WORKING. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BUILD THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM FOR COLLEGE AND VOCATION BECAUSE THEY WANNA WORK WELL, HAVING THEM, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO GRADUATION, WE'RE GOING TO DO CREDIT RECOVERY, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO FIGURE OUT VOCATIONAL CLASSES, JUNIOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES. SO IT'S A CO-PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION ON CERTAIN GROUPS OF STUDENTS. AND WE MONITOR THEM VERY CLOSELY WITH BRENDA AND DR. POSADA. BUT IT'S DONE AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL. OH, ARE YOU? YES, WITH COUNSELORS. I JUST WANTED TO POP IN AND REMIND THAT THERE IS AN 1130 TIME CERTAIN. SO LET ME ASK A MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. UM, SO, BUT THEN THESE ARE, OH, SEE, NOW I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. GEEZ. IT IS, IT IS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE REGION'S DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION AND MED. AND WHEN EV ANY NEED COMES UP, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, I GIVE EVERYBODY MY CELL NUMBER. TEACHERS WILL TEXT ME IF THEY NEED SOMETHING. A PRINCIPAL WILL TEXT ME IF THEY NEED SOMETHING. A PARENT WILL TEXT ME IF THEY NEED SOMETHING AND WE FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, LYDIA. I KNOW YOU'RE VERY ACCESSIBLE. THANK YOU. ALSO, LAST QUESTION, THE DAY TO DIGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, ARE THOSE SPECIFIC TO YOUR DEPARTMENT OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DATA DIGS THAT WHERE FOLKS COME TO THE DISTRICT AND SPECIFIC TO OUR DEPARTMENT. SO OUR REGIONS HOLD THEM, OUR MALT TEAM COORDINATORS HOLD THEM AT THEIR REGION FOR THEIR AL DESIGNEES AND COACHES. SO THE MAS ARE EXPERIENCING THAT AT THE REGIONS. BUT AT THE LEVEL HERE WITH ME, IT IS MY REGION COORDINATORS AND MY COORDINATORS HERE WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THE DATA PIECES, THE EMERGING BILINGUALS, RECLASSIFICATION, ELPAC AWARDS, OUR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS, EVERYTHING UNDER MMED. SO IT'S THE COORDINATORS, UH, WHO ARE DOING DATA DIGS WITH YOU. FROM THE REGION? YES, FROM THE REGION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE. GO. I'M GONNA ASK WHEN EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAS THE RIGHT TO ASK A QUESTION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? WELL, I'LL ASK MINE. LYDIA. AND THIS IS FOR TONY TOO. YOU KNOW, UH, SUCH GREAT ADVANCEMENT HAS COME ABOUT. WHAT ABOUT, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTBACKS AND FUNDING? DOES THAT AFFECT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD THINK OF TO, TO HARM US AND THIS GREAT PROGRESS? I THINK FOR US, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THOSE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT MAY OCCUR. NONETHELESS, THERE'S BEEN COMMITMENTS MADE BY THIS BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES TO OUR ELS. SO ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME THREATS OUT THERE, I THINK WE AS A DISTRICT ARE READY TO POWER THROUGH AND GO FORWARD. GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MCLEAN. [02:25:01] NOW OVER TO MS. EZ [23. Ms. Gonez, Ms. Griego, Dr. Rivas, Mr. Yang - Resilient Schools: Extreme Heat Mitigation & Disaster Preparedness at LAUSD (Res-017-25/26) (Noticed October 14, 2025) (Version 3)] FOR THE TIME, SIR, WE'RE RUNNING A FEW MINUTES BEHIND. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY. NO WORRIES. UM, WELL FIRST I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, TAB 23, RESILIENT SCHOOLS, EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. MOVED BY MS. CONEZ, SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. MR. MCLEAN, DO WE HAVE THE SLIDES READY? YES. THE SLIDES ARE BEING PUT UP RIGHT THIS INSTANT. WE DO. UM, I AM REALLY EXCITED AND PROUD TO BE BRINGING THIS CRITICAL RESOLUTION TODAY. UM, IT IS MOTIVATED IN PART BY LIVED EXPERIENCE IN BEING BORN AND RAISED IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND SEEING THE IMPACTS OF, UH, LIVING CLOSE TO FREEWAYS, THE IMPACTS OF THE POLLUTION FROM THAT ON OUR AIR QUALITY. UM, BUT ALSO NUMEROUS DAYS WITH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES, UM, AND LACKING AIR CONDITIONING LIKE SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DO IN THEIR HOMES AND LACKING SHADE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, BUT ESPECIALLY, UM, THIS MOTIVATION IS ENHANCED BY THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR, UM, BOTH THE WIND STORMS AND WILDFIRES IN JANUARY, WHICH LED TO WIDESPREAD SMOKY AND UNSAFE AIR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT AS WELL AS EXTENDED HEAT WAVES. UM, LAST YEAR WE SAW A, A SEVEN DAY HEAT WAVE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, WHERE DOZENS OF SCHOOLS EXPERIENCED AIR CONDITIONING OUTAGES LEADING TO, UM, A LACK OF SAFETY WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS AND CAMPUSES. SO THIS IS AN URGENT RESOLUTION AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, OF WHY THAT IS. SO, SO WE KNOW THAT EXTREME HEAT EVENTS, WILDFIRES, AND OTHER CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMON AND MORE SEVERE, AND THAT EXTREME HEAT AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS' HEALTH, THEIR SAFETY. IT ALSO AFFECTS THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN AND THEIR COGNITIVE ABILITIES, UM, AND THAT THESE IMPACTS ARE NOT SPREAD EQUALLY, BUT IT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LIKE THOSE I REPRESENT IN BOARD DISTRICT SIX, BUT ALSO THOSE SERVED BY ALL OF OUR BOARD DISTRICTS IN L-A-U-S-D. UM, SO THIS RESOLUTION TAKES UPON, UM, THIS URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE RELATED CRISES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, OUR POLICIES, AND OUR PROTOCOLS REACT TO AND REFLECT THIS REALITY. UM, THIS RESOLUTION DIRECTS L-A-U-S-T TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE AND EQUITY DRIVEN ACTION TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM THE GROWING IMPACTS AND THREATS OF EXTREME HEAT, WILDFIRES, AND OTHER CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS. IT ALSO CONNECTS DIRECTLY AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TODAY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES TO OUR COMMITMENTS TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND SCHOOL SAFETY BY EXPANDING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, ACCELERATING HVAC MODERNIZATION, AND CREATING EQUITABLE COOLING STRATEGIES ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. UM, THE RESOLUTION DOES A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC THINGS. ONE IS TO UPDATE OUR DISTRICT'S EXTREME HEAT AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS, UM, AND GATHERING STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY INPUT SO THAT THOSE PLANS ARE CREATED COLLABORATIVELY. IT WILL ACCELERATE NEARLY DOUBLING OUR HVAC MODERNIZATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ENSURING THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS WHEN WE ARE DOING THOSE MODERNIZATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS CREATING INTERIM COOLING PLANS FOR SCHOOLS THAT ARE AWAITING MODERNIZATION AS THOSE PROJECTS TAKE TIME. UM, AS I NOTED, THIS IS ALSO ABOUT IMPROVING, UM, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND MAKING SURE THE AIR INSIDE OF OUR CLASSROOMS IS CLEANER. SO WE'LL BE INSTALLING CLIMATE FRIENDLY ALL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES IN OUR HVAC MODERNIZATION PROJECTS. UM, AND IT WILL ALSO EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION OF NEW ARTIFICIAL TURF AT OUR EARLY EDUCATION ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, RECOGNIZING THE THREAT THAT IT POSES TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. UM, FINALLY, IT COMMISSIONS A STUDY ON THE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL TURF VERSUS NATURAL GRASS MATERIALS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPACE AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT AND REQUIRES REGULAR REPORTING ON ALL OF THIS TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY IN PUBLIC. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY VOICES BECAUSE THIS WAS A VERY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, UM, WITH NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE BOARD. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR FROM, WE'LL HEAR FIRST, UM, FROM ONE OF OUR, HI, MY NAME IS LORNA KEEM. I'M THE PARENT OF AN LESD FOURTH GRADER AND THE CLIMATE CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR FOR THE LA ALLIANCE FOR NEW ECONOMY. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY LABOR AND SCHOOL LEADERS FOR HEALTHY GREEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO WE ARE STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE HEALTHY GREEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF WE DON'T TAKE ON EXTREME WEATHER. WE KNOW THAT WHEN IT'S TOO HOT OR SMOKY, KIDS ARE NOT HEALTHY OR SAFE, MUCH LESS ABLE TO LEARN, FOCUS, OR PLAY. THIS RESOLUTION TAKES ON EXTREME WEATHER FROM EVERY ANGLE, INVESTING IN A BETTER FUTURE WITH SOLUTIONS THAT ALSO SUPPORT GOOD UNION JOBS. IT MAKES SURE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AREAS ARE COOLER WITH NATURAL SOLUTIONS LIKE SHADE TREES AND GRASSY AREAS. AND BY MAKING SURE OUR HVAC SYSTEMS ARE HUMMING ALONG, WORKING HOW THEY SHOULD AND UPGRADED TO THE MODERN STANDARDS, THAT WILL ALSO HELP INCREASE [02:30:01] ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ALLOW FOR CONNECTIONS WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY TAKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE SOURCE. IT WILL PUT IN PLACE PLANS AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE PREPARED FOR FUTURE EXTREME WEATHER. SO WE REALLY THANK BOARD MEMBERS, GOONA, GRIEGO AND RIVAS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT THIS RESOLUTION INTO ACTION. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. YES, THAT WAS LAURA AKIEM FROM THE LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY. SHE'S HERE LIVE IN PERSON AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL TURN TO OUR NEXT VIDEO. THIS IS SHONA GANGI, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, UM, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR PACOIMA. BEAUTIFUL. HELLO, MY NAME IS SHONA GO GANGI. FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, I AM A PRINCIPAL AT BETTER WORLD GROUP, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS AND A BOARD MEMBER AT PACOIMA. BEAUTIFUL. I LIVE IN THE SHADOW HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD OF LOS ANGELES AND MY SON GOES TO SCHOOL IN LAKEVIEW TERRACE. THIS RESOLUTION ON EXTREME HEAT IS VITAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SEVERE. OUR KIDS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS LIKE EXTREME HEAT. CHILDREN GET SICK FROM EXPOSURE TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXACERBATED BY IMPERMEABLE SURFACES AT OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO GREEN OUR SCHOOLS WITH NATIVE PLANTS, TREE CANOPY, AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COOLING AND SHADE GREEN SPACES, REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME HEAT AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY. I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION FOR L-A-U-S-D TO ACT ON EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION. THANK YOU. THANKS SHONA. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A VOICE, UH, LIVE IN PERSON THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP LAURA CORTEZ FROM EAST YARD COMMUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UM, TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING BOARD. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY COMMENT. MY NAME IS LAURA. I'M FROM THE NGBA LANDS OF SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES, AND I'M WITH EASTERN COMMUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. AS AN ORGANIZER AND CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND URGENCY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXTREME HEAT RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING TODAY. YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, EAST LA SOUTHEAST LA LONG BEACH, CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME HEAT IN SCHOOLS. YOUTH SPEND MUCH OF THEIR TIME AT SCHOOL. MANY OF THE YOUTH WE WORK WITH ARE IN SCHOOL BEFORE REGULAR HOURS TO START AND THEN PARTICIPATE IN AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THIS IS WHY IT IS CRITICAL TO PRIORITIZE EXTREME HEAT RESOLUTION FROM HVAC MODERNIZATION AND PORTABLE ACS INDOORS TO SHADE STRUCTURES SCHOOL GREENING DE CONCRETIZING, AND REMOVING HARMFUL ARTIFICIAL TURF OUTDOORS. THIS RESOLUTION INCLUDES A LITERATURE REVIEW TO ENSURE BEST PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS, WHICH IS WHY WE BELIEVE IT IS A HOLISTIC RESOLUTION THAT WILL ADDRESS CLIMATE CRISES AND EXTREME HEAT FOR OUR L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS. THERE IS MUCH DATA THAT PROVES THAT HAVING CONCRETE INSTEAD OF GREEN SPACE HARMS BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. IT CAN BE THIS RESOLUTION, THIS BOARD THAT CHOOSES A BETTER PATH FORWARD TOWARDS SAFETY IN ALL FORMS FOR THIS AND FOLLOWING GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPROVE OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARA. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUES AND COLLABORATORS ON THIS RESOLUTION BOARD MEMBER GRIEGO AND DR. RIVAS, AS WELL AS STUDENT BOARD MEMBER JERRY YANG, UM, AND THE MANY, MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. UM, I'LL HIGHLIGHT IN PARTICULAR LANE, UTLA SMART LOCAL 1 0 5, REPRESENTING OUR SHEET METAL WORKERS HERE IN LA, THE LIVING SCHOOL YARDS COALITION ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY, EAST YARDS COMMUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT. UM, THERE ARE MANY MORE, WHICH ARE IN YOUR INBOX. UM, BUT WE THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AROUND THIS URGENT RESOLUTION AND I URGE THE BOARD TO SUPPORT IT. NOW, I'LL TURN TO MY CO-SPONSORS TO SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY, ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA SHARE AT THIS TIME. BOARD MEMBER REGO, YOU WANNA START? SURE. THANK YOU. YES, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE CO-SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION WITH BOARD MEMBER EZ AND, UM, DR. RIVAS AND, AND PROUD TO BE BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD. UM, YOU KNOW, AS A TEACHER IN L-A-U-S-D FOR MANY YEARS, WE EXPERIENCED, I EXPERIENCED WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WHEN THE AIR AIR CONDITIONER GOES OUT, UM, INCLUDING IN THE VALLEY. I, THE LAST JOB I HAD WAS IN THE VALLEY AND THE CLASSROOM GOT UP TO ALMOST 87 DEGREES INSIDE FOR YOUNG PREGNANT WOMEN AND PARENTING MOMS. IT, IT'S INSANE. SO THIS TO ME IS VERY PERSONAL. MY SON PLAYED SOCCER AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL AT ONE POINT, AND HIS CLEATS WERE MELTING. WE RECEIVED SOME LETTERS FROM PARENTS WHO SAID THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WITNESSED. IT IS VERY REAL. SO IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORTH BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE REALLY START TO, UH, FOCUS ON [02:35:01] AND MAKE A COMMITMENT TO, TO, UH, NOT ONLY GREENING, BUT TO, UM, REALLY REPLACE THESE HVAC SYSTEMS. THEY'RE, UM, IT'S THE ONE THING THAT REALLY IMPACTS OUR STUDENTS DIRECTLY AND THEY REALLY CANNOT LEARN WHEN THESE HVAC SYSTEMS GO DOWN, AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THEM FIXED, AND IT EVEN TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THAT MOBILE UNIT TO COME AND, AND COOL YOUR ROOM, AND THEN IT ONLY COOLS ONE PART OF YOUR ROOM, WHEREAS THE KIDS ARE IN THE OTHER SPACE. I MEAN, THAT'S THE REALITY WE'RE LIVING IN. SO IT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT WE ARE NOW DOING THIS. AND I REALLY ALSO APPRECIATE THE NUANCED APPROACH TO PRIORITIZING SUNNY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY A EXTREME EXTREME HEAT AND POLLUTION. UM, I SAW, YOU KNOW, DURING THE, UH, FIRES, SOME OF MY SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, DONATIONS OF THE AIR PURIFIERS, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF MY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH LA AND SOUTHEAST LA WHO COULD NOT GET THAT. SO THAT WHEREAS THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT COULD HAVE CLEANER AIR IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, THERE WERE TONS THAT DIDN'T. AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS. UM, MY COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST CITIES, UH, THEY HAVE FACED IRREPARABLE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICES INJUSTICES THROUGHOUT. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION MAKES SURE THAT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE PRIORITIZED. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SER THE TURF REPLACEMENT POLICY, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR PARENTS, AND OUR STUDENTS. THEY NEED TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS PROCESS AND ALSO COMMUNITY GROUPS, UM, THAT ARE ON THE GROUND, WHO ARE ON THE GROUND AND ARE LEADING THIS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. FINALLY. IT'S ABOUT TIME AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THIS, UH, STUDY COMES BACK WITH. THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS. YOU WANNA SPEAK NEXT? OF COURSE. UM, SO I AM, UH, HONORED AS WELL TO BE PART OF BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION THAT MEETS THE CLIMATE MOMENT WITH THE URGENCY OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITIES DESERVE. I'M GRATEFUL THAT MS. GEZ ALLOWED MYSELF AND MY TEAM TO WORK ON THIS RESOLUTION, PARTICULARLY ON THE ISSUES OF EQUITY AND CONNECTING, UH, WITH LABOR ON THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE RESOLUTION. THE TOPIC OF ART, ARTIFICIAL TURF WAS COVERED IN THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE. THE PRESENTATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WERE CRITICAL IN ELEVATING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CONCERNS FROM THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL TURF IN OUR SCHOOLS. UM, BUT EXTREME HEAT IS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, NO LONGER A SEASONAL INCONVENIENCE. IT IS A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT THAT IS DISRUPTING INSTRUCTION, STRAINING OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEEPENING INEQUITIES THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR GENERATIONS. AND AS THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION, WE CANNOT WAIT FOR OTHERS TO ACT. WE MUST LEAD. AND NOW I SEE SOME OF OUR PRESENTERS FROM OUR COMMITTEE HERE. NICE TO SEE YOU. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU BEFORE. UH, FOR TOO LONG, THE NEIGHBORHOODS HIT HARDEST BY REDLINING. DISINVESTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM HAVE ALSO BEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE OUR STUDENTS LEARN ON CAMPUSES WITH THE LEAST SHADE, THE HOTTEST BLACKTOPS, AND THE CLASSROOMS THAT STRUGGLE TO KEEP BELOW SAFE TEMPERATURES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THEY ARE NOT INEVITABLE. THEY ARE THE RESULT OF DECISIONS. AND TODAY, WE CHOOSE A DIFFERENT PATH, A CORRECTIVE AND HEALTHY PATH. THIS RESOLUTION STRENGTHENS OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND DIRECTS URGENT INTERIM PROTECTIONS FOR FRONTLINE SCHOOLS THAT CANNOT WAIT FOR LONG-TERM PROJECTS. IT ENSURES EVERY SCHOOL HAS COOLER PROTOCOLS DURING HEAT EMERGENCIES, AND IT PUSHES US TO ADOPT A CLEANER CLIMATE READY TECHNOLOGIES THAT SAFEGUARD OUR STUDENTS WHILE REDUCING LONG-TERM COSTS. IT ENSURES WE ACCELERATE CRITICAL HVAC UPGRADES, PRIORITIZING SCHOOLS WHERE INJURED TEMPERATURES EXCEED CAL OSHA STANDARDS, AND WHERE CLIMATE BURDENS ARE THE GREATEST, IT REQUIRES US TO EXPAND SHADE AND VEST IN NATIVE PLANTS, PERMEABLE SURFACES, HYDRATION STATIONS, AND COOLING SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE SO MANY, UM, OPTIONS TO CREATE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOLS LONG, DENY THESE BASIC PROTECTIONS. IT DEMANDS A RIGOROUS STUDY OF ARTIFICIAL TURF. IT IT'S CLIMATE IMPACT, HEALTH RISKS, HEAT EXPOSURE, MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION, AND TRUE LIFECYCLE COSTS. AND IT COMMITS US TO ELIMINATING ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS BECAUSE NO 4-YEAR-OLD, NO ELEMENTARY STUDENT SHOULD BE PLAYING ON SURFACES HOT ENOUGH TO BURN THEIR SKIN OR EXPOSE [02:40:01] OUR OUR CHILDREN TO CHEMICALS. THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT SYMBOLIC, IT'S STRUCTURAL, IT'S ACTIONABLE, AND IT IS URGENT. IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL TURF AND TAKES A RESPONSIBLE, EQUITY DRIVEN APPROACH THAT PROTECTS OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS, PRIORITIZING REPLACEMENTS IN HISTORICALLY UNDESERVED COMMUNITIES AND DEMANDS TRANSPARENT STUDY AND PUBLIC REVIEW BEFORE FUTURE INSTALLATIONS. AT ITS CORE, IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN. IT IS ABOUT CREATING CAMPUSES WHERE STUDENTS CAN LEARN, PLAY, AND BREATHE SAFELY REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE. AND IT IS ABOUT BUILDING A CLIMATE RESILIENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS PREPARED FOR THE REALITIES AHEAD, NOT THE CONDITIONS OF THE PAST. COLLEAGUES. THIS RESOLUTION IS BOLD BECAUSE IT DEMAND THE MOMENT DEMANDS BOLDNESS. IT IS COMPREHENSIVE BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES ARE INTERCONNECTED AND IT IS URGENT BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS CANNOT WAIT. LET US ACT WITH CLARITY, COURAGE, AND RESPONSIBILITY WITH THIS CHRIST THAT THIS CRISIS REQUIRES. LET US LEAD WITH EQUITY. LET US CHOOSE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND ONCE AGAIN, I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH MY CO-SPONSORS, BOARD MEMBER EZ AND BOARD MEMBER GREGO, IN BRINGING FORWARD A COMPREHENSIVE EQUITY CENTERED PLAN THAT WILL MOVE OUR DISTRICT TO WHERE THE SAFER AND MORE RESILIENT FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANKS, DR. RIVAS, BOARD MEMBER YANG. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBER EZ FOR BRINGING UP SUCH AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION, ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS. UM, EXTREME HEAT IS A TOPIC THAT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND OBVIOUS TO THE STUDENTS THAT I TALK TO. UM, HEAT IS SOMETHING STUDENTS FEEL DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND. YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IS OR THE ALBEDO OF THE SURFACES AROUND THEM, BUT THEY CAN FEEL IT ON THEIR SKIN AND STUDENTS KNOW IT FROM THE INCREASE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS DUE TO HEAT WAVES, THE EMPHASIS ON HYDRATION AND THE PERSISTENT EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS IN THE SUMMER. AND IN PARTICULAR, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE BAN ON ARTIFICIAL TURF, UH, IN THIS RESOLUTION. I REMEMBER IN MY FIRST BOARD MEETING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, ARTIFICIAL TURF WAS A TOPIC THAT STUDENTS HAD WRITTEN TO ME ABOUT AS A CONCERN AND ONE THAT I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT AS WELL. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE DISTRICT BEING SO RESPONSIVE TO STUDENT NEEDS AND FEEDBACK. UH, YOU KNOW, A DECADE AGO ARTIFICIAL TURF WAS TOUTED AS A CURE ALL TO THE DROUGHT WE WERE EXPERIENCING. AND SINCE THEN, DOZENS OF STUDIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE IDENTIFIED ARTIFICIAL TURF AND THE DAMAGE IT DOES TO HUMAN HEALTH. TODAY WE DO MORE THAN JUST RECOGNIZE THESE EFFECTS. WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS ARTIFICIAL TURF AND ITS MYRIAD OF HARMFUL EFFECTS TO CHILDREN AND STUDENTS, INCLUDING MICROPLASTICS, HEAVY METALS, DAMAGING CHEMICALS, AND INCREASING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. IN THE END, I MEAN, WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT NATURE IS THERE FOR A REASON. AND IN A DENSE URBAN CITY LIKE LOS ANGELES, WHERE THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE IS OFTEN A REFLECTION OF A COMMUNITY'S INCOME LEVEL, IT IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE SWITCH AWAY FROM ARTIFICIAL TURF ALONGSIDE THE ARTIFICIAL TURF BAND. THIS RESOLUTION CREATES IMPORTANT INITIATIVES TOWARDS INCREASING NATURAL SHADE, CANOPY AND COVERAGE FOR SCHOOL CAMPUSES, PRIORITIZING REDLINE, PRIORITIZING REDLINE COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. AND CONTINUING TO EQUALIZE THE PLAYING FIELD BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE REASONABLE ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN AND PLAY WITHIN AS A WHOLE. THIS RESOLUTION IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, ADAPTING TO THE EVER-CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR WORLD. AND I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR REPRESENTING STUDENT VOICES AND PRIORITIES, AND I URGE ALL OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. JUST GOING TO, I I FORGOT TO MENTION THE NAMES OF, GO AHEAD HERE. I WANNA MAKE SURE I, I GIVE THEM SOME JUSTICE HERE. I HAVE MS. LISA HART FROM THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE NOT COMMITTEE, UH, SHARON UNGERMAN FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CLIMATE REALITY, AND ALSO MS. DIANE WILKE FROM THE MSN SAFE, HEALTHY PLAYING FIELDS INC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER YANG. SUPER ELOQUENT AS ALWAYS. UM, MR. MCLEAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO CALL SPEAKERS BEFORE WE ENTER INTO BOARD DISCUSSION? YEAH, LET'S DO IT. LET'S DO IT. OKAY. I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED AS BEING IN PERSON FIRST AND I'LL TRY AND GROUP FOLKS WHO, UH, SIGNED IN TOGETHER. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, LUIS LOPEZ, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. AND AFTER MR. LOPEZ IS KATHY SCHAFER. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO. MY NAME IS LUIS LOPEZ AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE EXTREME HEAT AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS RESOLUTION. EXTREME HEAT IS NOT AN OCCASIONAL CHALLENGE. IT'S AN EVERYDAY BARRIER TO LEARNING HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR MANY L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT BURDEN IS NOT SHARED EQUALLY. MANY LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EXPERIENCE THE MOST INTENSE HEAT AND EQUIP THE OLDEST SCHOOL FACILITIES. THIS EQUITY FOCUS RESOLUTION TAKES THE URGENT ACTION [02:45:01] THAT STUDENTS DESERVE. IT ENSURES THAT THE SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS AND THE LEAST ABILITY TO COPE WITH RISING TEMPERATURES ARE FIRST IN LINE FOR UPGRADES. IN ADDITION, THIS FORWARD-THINKING RESOLUTION INCLUDES UPDATED DISASTER RESPONSE PROTOCOLS FOR HEAT WAVES AND WILDFIRES MANDATES ANNUAL REPORTING TO ENSURE LONG-TERM CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND WISELY PROHIBITS NEW ARTIFICIAL TURF INSTALLATIONS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS. THIS WORK IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY AS A LATINO ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH, WELLBEING, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THIS IS WHAT THAT RESOLUTION DOES. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER EZ FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A SAFE, RESILIENT, AND CLIMATE READY SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. KATHY SCHAFER. AND THEN AFTER MS. SCHAFER IS LAUREN AKIM. GOOD MORNING. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR INTRODUCING THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY OF EXTREME HEAT EVENTS. THE GREENING OF OUR SCHOOLS MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH EXPEDIENCY. WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THE DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECTS OF EXTREME HEAT ON EJS EJ COMMUNITIES. I'D LIKE TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL TURF AND THE RISKS IT POSES ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN IN ALL GRADES. ARTIFICIAL TURF IS A PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCT. IT'S MANUFACTURE USE AND DISPOSAL CREATES SIGNIFICANT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, THEREBY EXACERBATING CLIMATE CHANGE. TOXINS IN ARTIFICIAL TURF CAN BE INGESTED, INHALED, OR DERMALLY TRANSFERRED. CHILDREN ARE PARTICULARLY AT RISK BECAUSE THE TOXINS ARE BIOACCUMULATE CAUSING GREATER RISKS TO CHILDREN OVER TIME. ARTIFICIAL TURF IS MUCH HOTTER THAN ASPHALT AND CAUSES A LOCALIZED HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND DEATH IN CHILDREN. AND THIS SHOULD BE OF CONCERN WITH RESPECT TO THE WELLBEING OF STUDENTS AS WELL AS LIABILITY FOR L-A-U-S-D. THE COST FOR INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND END OF LIFE DISPOSAL OF ARTIFICIAL TURF PLAYING FIELDS IS WELL OVER $1 MILLION, WHICH IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ALTERNATIVE OF NATURAL GRASS. I'M SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECENT AMENDMENTS TO CONDUCT MORE STUDIES AND LITERATURE REVIEWS, WHICH COULD BE REDUNDANT AND TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE. IF YOU CHOOSE TO, UM, COMPLETE THESE STUDIES, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT USE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ARTIFICIAL TURF VENDORS. IT HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THESE VENDORS CLEARLY HAVE A FINANCIAL STAKE IN THEIR OPINION. I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE MANY, MANY SCIENTIFIC PAPERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THIS AREA IN ADDITION TO THE 2021 REPORT BY THE L-A-U-S-D OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TITLED PERFORMANCE AUDIT, AUDIT OF SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. THAT WAS PERFECT, TANYA. THANK YOU, . I DO HAVE A REFERENCE ON THAT, UM, REPORT OA DASH 1292. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MS. AKIM. AND THEN AFTER MS. AKIM IS DONNIE SAPPINGTON. GOOD MORNING. UM, I'M LORNA KIEM, AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO . UM, SO I WILL, SINCE I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ALREADY, I'LL LIMIT MY COMMENTS AND START OFF BY THINKING BOARD MEMBER YANG ALSO IS A CO-SPONSOR, WHICH I ADMITTED, UM, EARLIER. AND TO ALSO SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIMARILY FROM MY, MY OTHER JOB AS A PARENT AND MY ROLE AS A PARENT, THE FOR ONE, THIS IS, UM, I WAS ONE OF THOSE PARENTS WHO TOOK THEIR KID TO SCHOOL DURING THE WILDFIRE EMERGENCIES AND THEN WAS CALLED BACK BECAUSE I DID. AND WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY KID, I THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S A LESION HEIGHTS. IT'S NOT THAT CLOSE TO A FIRE. I, IT WAS LIKE THERE WAS A, A FIRE IN THE CLASSROOM. THE SMOKE WAS SO INTENSE AND IT, THERE WAS, UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND ALSO ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO TEACH OR TO LEARN OR TO JUST BE HAVING GOING ABOUT A DAY IN A HEALTHY WAY IN THAT KIND OF CONDITION. AND SO, AND I ALSO THUS ALS DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE WAY OF COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AT ITS ROOT BY INCREASING EFFICIENCY, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY HELP MITIGATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE FIRES. MY KID ALSO HAS PLAYED SOCCER AT KING, WHICH IS WHERE HE LIKELY GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THAT, UM, UH, THERE'S AN ASTROTURF FIELD THERE AND IT'S TOO HOT TO SIT ON. IT'S TOO HOT TO, IT'S COVERED IN LIKE BLACK STUFF THAT GETS STUCK ON EVERYBODY'S CLOTHES. IT, HE, EVERYBODY FALLS AND SCRAPES THEIR KNEES. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION AS A PARENT AS WELL AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE FOR THAT ASPECT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH PARENTS IN SCHOOLS IN THE VALLEY [02:50:01] AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO GO VISIT THEIR SCHOOLS AND SEEN ON HOT DAYS AT THE END OF LAST SEMESTER, THEM PRACTICING THEIR FOLK FOLK RICO DANCES TO PRESENT AT THE END OF YEAR AND HOW SWEATY THE POOR LITTLE ONES WERE IN THE BEATING SUN ON THE BLACKTOP. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO WATER SHADE, TREE CANOPY, UM, FOR KIDS IN HIGH HEAT AREAS LIKE THE VALLEY AND THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THE APPROACH TO WORK ON THIS. 'CAUSE WE KNOW KIDS ALSO, A LOT OF OUR KIDS WON'T GET THE CHANCE TO COOL DOWN AT HOME. AND SO SCHOOL IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE FOR THEIR BODIES TO RESET AND BE SAFE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, DONNY SAPPINGTON AND THEN NICO GARDNER SERNA. OKAY. MARIA VALENCIA INSTEAD OF NICO. THANK YOU. PLEASE COME ON MR. SAPP. MR. SAPPINGTON, GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL DONE SO FAR. UH, MY NAME IS DONNIE SAPPINGTON, LIKE I JUST SAID. UM, I'M, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SMART LOCAL 1 0 5, THE SHEET METAL WORKERS UNION. WE ARE THE ONES THAT INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND REPAIR THE HVAC SYSTEMS THAT KEEP OUR SCHOOLS EDUCATORS AND CHILDREN COMFORTABLE AND SAFE. THE TRUTH IS, TOO MANY OF OUR CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LACK THE PROPER HVAC. PERSONALLY, OUR FAMILY, UH, WITNESSED THIS WHEN OUR CHILDREN WENT INTO KINDERGARTEN. UM, MY BOYS ENTER KINDERGARTEN AND THEY'RE IN A BUILDING THAT IS LINED WITH WINDOWS, UNINSULATED WALLS AND NOT PROPER ROOF AND NO HVAC. UM, THE PARENTS GOT TOGETHER, PURCHASED A PORTABLE, UH, AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, AND INSTALLED IT ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IF THE CLASSROOM NEXT DOOR IS USING THE SAME THING, IT'LL BREAK THE, IT'LL JUMP THE BREAKERS. UM, SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, RIGHT? UH, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT'S OWN NUMBERS, L-A-U-S-D UH, NEEDS TO REPLACE OVER 50,000 HVAC UNITS. THIS EXTREME HEAT RESOLUTION WILL GO A LONG WAY TO ADDRESS THIS AND ENSURE, UH, ENSURE, UH, SYSTEMS ARE, UM, POSTURED FOR EXTREME HEAT DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALL, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK BEYOND THE CLASSROOMS, UH, GREENING CAMPUSES AND DESIGN DESIGNING SCHOOL YARDS THAT PROTECT STUDENTS FROM EXTREME HEAT. THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT EQUITY, SAFETY, AND MAKING SURE EVERY CHILD, NO MATTER THEIR ZIP CODE, HAS A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN IN LABOR. LOCAL 1 0 5 STANDS READY TO PARTNER WITH L-A-U-S-D, WITH PART WITH PARENTS AND WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND VOTE YES FOR THE CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MARIA, FOR, UH, NICO, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN AND THEN IT WILL BE ISABELLE FRIEDMAN. NO. THEN IT WILL BE QUENTIN GERARD AND THEN TERRY SASSIER. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MERE VALENCIA AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF LA NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST AND THE LA LIVING SCHOOL YARDS COALITION. WE BUILD PARKS AND GARDENS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND OUR CURRENTLY THIRD PARTY GREENING PARTNERS RENOVATING SIX L-A-U-S-D CAMPUSES. AS YOU CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION ON EXTREME HEAT, WE URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE HEALTHIEST, MOST EFFECTIVE AND LONGEST STANDING RELU SOLUTION. WE HAVE TREES AND REAL GREEN SPACE. OUR STUDENTS SPEND THEIR PLAYTIME ON PLAYGROUNDS THAT OFTEN FEEL LIKE OVENS SURROUNDED BY BLACK ASPHALT THAT TRAPS AND RADIATES HEAT. WE CAN'T MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS EXTREME TEMPERATURES WHILE OUR CAMPUSES REMAIN COVERED IN THE MATERIALS THAT MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE. REMOVING ASPHALT AND REPLACING IT WITH TREES, SOIL AND PLANTS, IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS TO COOL OUR SCHOOLS. IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND CREATE SPACES WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN AND PLAY SAFELY. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS RESOLUTION PROHIBITS THE INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF ON CERTAIN CAMPUSES. ARTIFICIAL TURF GETS DANGEROUSLY HOT, CONTRIBUTES TO MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION, AND STILL REQUIRES FREQUENT REPLACEMENT, COSTING THE DISTRICT WITHOUT DELIVERING THE COOLING BENEFITS. CHILDREN NEED REAL SHADE, REAL TREES, AND REAL NATURE SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF THIS WORK. WE COMMEND THE RESOLUTION'S, EQUITY DRIVEN APPROACH AND URGE YOU TO COMMIT TO TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLYARDS INTO COOLER, GREENER, AND MORE RESILIENT SPACES. FOR EVERY STUDENT IN LASD THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER EZ RIVAS, GRIEGO AND YANG FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON GREENING AND EQUITY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. QUENTIN GERARD. QUENTIN G NEXT AND THEN AFTER QUENTIN IS TERRY SAUCIER, THEN DIANA VOLKE AND ANGELICA GARCIA. COOL. HELLO EVERYONE. UM, MY NAME IS QUENTIN GERARD. I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH LA FOR A [02:55:01] NEW ECONOMY. UM, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE ME AND ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO VOTE. YES. UM, I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR TO BE WORKING WITH PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMIN AT SHARP ELEMENTARY LOCATED IN BD SIX. UM, AND YEAH, I GET TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE FOLKS I EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND THE NEED FOR THE RESOLUTION PUT FORTH. UM, YEAH, THE, WE CAN'T STAND STILL HOPING THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WILL EVENTUALLY CHILL OUT. UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE NARRATIVE AROUND ARTIFICIAL TURF CHANGE. UM, OUR, OUR KIDS DESERVE THE REAL THING. UM, YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT ON THE, IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER LEAGUE AND THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE THAT THE ATHLETES ARE PUSHING TO MOVE AWAY FROM LIKE THE MASSIVE INCREASE OF INJURIES RECENTLY. UM, AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW FORTH, UM, AND PIVOTING AWAY FROM ARTIFICIAL TURF. UM, AND YEAH, I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO PASS THE HEAT MITIGATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR RESOLUTION AND KEEP ITS COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THE STUDENTS SAFE. THANK YOU. I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, TERRY S COME ON UP AND THEN AFTER TERRY IS DIANE, AND THEN AN ANGELICA. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION THAT RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM ARTIFICIAL TURF AND ACCOUNT FOR THE FULL IMPACTS AND COST OF ARTIFICIAL TURF ON HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT. SOME IMPORTANT CONCERNS THIS STUDY SHOULD ADDRESS ARTIFICIAL TURF CONTAINS TOXIC CHEMICALS INCLUDING MICROPLASTICS AND PFAS THAT BIOACCUMULATE AND ARE ESPECIALLY HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. THESE SAME TOXIC CHEMICALS AND MICROPLASTICS P POLLUTE OUR AIR, WATER, SOIL CONTAMINATING NATURAL RESOURCES. ARTIFICIAL TURF DOESN'T SAVE WATER. THE AMOUNT OF WATER REQUIRED TO PRODUCE AND TO COOL AND CLEAN IT IS GREATER THAN THAT NEEDED TO MAINTAIN DROUGHT TOLERANT NATIVE GRASSES. ARTIFICIAL TURF ALSO IMPEDES STORMWATER CAPTURE INCREASE IN RISK OF FLOODING BY CONTAMINATED STORMWATER RUNOFF. IT ALSO GETS TOO HOT AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEAT, ILLNESSES AND INJURIES. DANGEROUS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO LESS PLAYING TIME. WE MUST PRIORITIZE NATURAL AGREEING COOLER SPACES FOR ALL STUDENTS. STUDY ALSO SHOW HIGHER RATES OF INJURIES, CONCUSSIONS, ABRASIONS, PLANT ON ARTIFICIAL TURF THAN NATURAL GRASS, WHICH CAN ALSO LEAD TO INCREASED LIABILITIES. ARTIFICIAL TURF IS A FOSSIL FUEL-BASED PETROCHEMICAL PLASTIC THAT CON CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE CHANGE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE. AND BECAUSE IT'S MADE A MIXED PLASTICS, IT'LL NEVER BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE FOR RECYCLING. IT'LL POLLUTE OUR PLANET FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO COME. THE STUDIES MUST BE CONDUCTED WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY AND WHEN COMPARING THE IMPACTS AND COSTS OF PLASTIC VERSUS NATURAL GRASS DO SO ACCORDING TO BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND BOND, MONEY SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL OF ARTIFICIAL TURF. IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR A PRODUCT THAT WILL FAIL IN LESS THAN EIGHT TO 10 YEARS AND POISON OUR CHILDREN PLANET. IN THE PROCESS. LDSD MUST DISCONTINUE THE POLICY OF LIKE FOR LIKE, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN REPLACING PLASTIC GRASS FIELDS WITH PLASTIC AND REPLACING NATURAL GRASS FIELDS WITH PLASTIC. AND ALTHOUGH THE STUDIES ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON LOWER GRADES, THE SAME NEGATIVE IMPACTS WILL AFFECT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEREFORE, WE URGE L-A-U-S-D TO SEIZE ALL INSTALLATIONS OF SYNTHETIC TURF, BOTH NEW AND REPLACEMENTS AT ALL SCHOOLS. AND FORTUNATELY, RESEARCH SHOWS DROUGHT TOLERANT HYBRID GRASS FIELDS MANAGED WITH REGENERATIVE ORGANIC PRACTICES, USE LESS WATER THRIVE IN OUR CLIMATE, RECHARGE OUR GROUNDWATER AND APART SUPERIOR, SAFER AND COST EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, DIANE, PLEASE COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. DIANE WOLKE. I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF SAFE HEALTHY PLAYING FIELDS, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT. I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A RUB HERE. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A COUPLE OF FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS. IF I MAY. THIS RESOLUTION LACKS A POST-STUDY COMPLETION PLAN. WHO'S GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD? BEYOND THIS STUDY, WHAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BEAR UNDER FUTURE COMMITTEES AND THE BOARD OF ED? IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE STU STUDY HAS BEEN TRUNCATED, GIVEN THE TIGHT TURNAROUND TIME. I ALSO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT ADOLESCENT LIVES MATTER. BLACK AND BROWN LIVES MATTER. THESE ARE THE CHILDREN THAT ARE DYING MORE OFTEN ON, ON, ON SYNTHETIC TURF. THEY'RE EXPOSED TO SYNTHETIC TURF MORE HOURS PER DAY, MORE DAYS PER WEEK THAN YOUNGER CHILDREN. THEY TOO HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL WINDOWS INTO THEIR EARLY TWENTIES. IN FACT, AND GENERALLY WHERE WHEREBY HIGH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS AND HEAT FROM SYNTHETIC TURF IS HIGHLY DETRIMENTAL. L-A-U-S-D IS THE HIGH, LIKELY THE HIGHEST CONTRIBUTOR TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLASTIC MICRO AND NANOPLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE STATE. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WITH SYNTHETIC TURF, LA HAS HAD 4.88 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER. EVERY ONE INCH OF RAIN C CREATES TWO 27,000 GALLONS OF TRUCK OF TOXIC RUNOFF PER ONE ACRE OF PLASTIC. FOR COMPARISON'S SAKE, A REGULATION SIZE SOCCER FIELD IS ABOUT 2.5 ACRES. HOW MANY ACRES OF PLASTIC DOES L-A-U-S-D HAVE? HOW MUCH TOXIC RUNOFF WAS ADDED TO OUR WATERWAYS AND OCEAN JUST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS? HOW MUCH MICROPLASTIC WAS LOST AND HOW MUCH ARE OUR STUDENT [03:00:01] ATHLETES EXPOSED TO EACH TIME THEY WERE ON THESE FIELDS? WE ASKED FOR AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ANY FUTURE INSTALLATIONS, INCLUDING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. STOP FEEDING THE PETRO PETROLEUM PLASTICS AND SYNTHETIC TURF INDUSTRIES AND JUST SAY NO PIVOT AWAY FROM PLASTIC TURF AT ALL LEVELS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANGELICA GARCIA, ARE YOU HERE? ANGELICA GARCIA? NO. OKAY, SO I'LL NOW CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. UH, BERTHA ES, BERTHA ES I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. BERTHA TI SEE YOU'RE WITH US. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. HELLO? HI. YES, HELLO. HI, PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. CAN I START? YES, PLEASE BEGIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY. UM, SPEAKER'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU THESE HEADSETS. OKAY, GRACIA, THANKS TO YOU. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CARVALLO AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF L-A-U-S-D. MY NAME IS BERT. I AM A MOTHER OF A FOURTH GRADER AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BY THANKS TO MEMBER EZ BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT IN THE SCHOOLS. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. DO, UH, DUE TO THE PERSON WHO WROTE VERY TRUE WORDS AND EXACT TO ME, BUT I WANNA SPEAK AS A MOTHER TODAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A THERMOMETER MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE PLAY YARD IN THE SCHOOL LAST SUMMER WHEN NEWS WERE STATING THAT IT WAS 98 DEGREES AND I TOOK THE TEMPERATURE, IT WAS 110 AND SOMETIMES EVEN 120. WOW. HOW IMPOTENT I FELT NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, SHOULD I ASK HELP? SHOULD I ASK FOR HELP? NO ONE SAID ANYTHING. I WANT TO INVITE MR. CARVALLO AND MEMBERS OF L-A-U-S-D TO GO TO THE PLAY YARD NEXT SUMMER, 2026 OF MY SCHOOL. BUT I NOTIFY YOU, PLEASE GO IN LIGHT CLOTHING. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GO DRESSED ANY OTHER WAY TO INVITE YOU TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THE KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THAT SPACE. PLEASE ACCEPT THE INVITATION BECAUSE I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO MS. KELLY CONES FOR YOUR TIME. UH, ROSA FLORES. I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. ROSA, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. ROSA FLORES. ROSA FLORES. I WILL SPEAK IN SPANISH. OKAY. HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME ROSA FLORES. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION. BROUGHT TO YOU BY MS. GONI ABOUT THIS EXTREME HEAT. STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS ARE HAVING TO FACE MORE AND MORE HEAT AND RISING TEMPERATURES EVERY YEAR. AND THIS AFFECTS EDUCATION. NO MEMBER SHOULD BE IN A CLASS THAT FEELS UNSAFE AND NO TEACHER SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TEACHING AND THEIR OWN SAFETY, HEALTH, [03:05:01] OR PHYSICAL COMFORT. THIS RESOLUTION IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP TO ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS IN LUSD CAN'T WITH THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH THESE EXTREME HEAT EMERGENCIES. I ASK YOU THAT YOU PRIORITIZE THIS IMPLEMENTATION IN A QUICK AND SWIFT WAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS EXTREME HEAT IS JUST TOO STRONG AND THAT MANY TIMES THE KIDS ARE THOUGHT OF THE LEAST AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS. I WOULD LIKE THAT ONE OF YOU OR THE ENTIRE TEAM, PLEASE GO ONE DAY AND GO TO ONE OF THESE CLASSES TO SEE WHAT THE CHILDREN AND THE STUDENTS HAVE TO FACE DURING THESE EXTREME, UH, HEAT TIMES. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS TODAY, TOMORROW, AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TAKING IN CONSIDERATION THIS OPTION AND TAKING ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MARIBEL SANDOVAL CONTRARES, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MARI. HELLO. UM, HI. UH, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENGAGING PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN GREEN SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY PROJECTS. MY NAME IS AND I SPEAKING ON BEHALF, MENEZ LAB. SO OUR LIFE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER COMMUNITIES PAD PROGRAM. IN PARTICULAR, WE COLLABORATED WITH MANY PARENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PROFICIENCY TO TRAIN THEM ABOUT GREEN SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS AND WAYS TO WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF STUDENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEIGHBORHOODS. I AM HERE TO COMMUNICATE OUR STRONG SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT FOR BOARD MEMBER KELLY GO'S. RESOLUTION RESILIENCE SCHOOLS, EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AT L-A-U-S-D. IF APPROVED, THIS RESOLUTION WILL TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE EQUITY DRIVEN ACTION TO PROTECT SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND STAFF FROM THE GROWING IMPACTS OF EXTREME HEAT, WILDFIRES, AND CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY, ISABELLE FRIEDMAN, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. ISABELLE FRIEDMAN, ISABELLE FRIEDMAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. HI, GOOD FOR LETTING ME GIVE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MY NAME IS ISABELLE FRIEDMAN AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE NATURAL RESOURCE COUNCIL IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR RESILIENT SCHOOLS. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU, YOU ALL THE REALITY AND THAT IT CONTINUES TO PERVADE OUR EVERYDAY EXISTENCE. WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THAT. I WILL SHARE THAT EXTREME HEAT IS THE DEADLIEST CLIMATE DISASTER KILLING AND HOSPITALIZING MORE PEOPLE THAN OTHER DISASTERS COMBINED LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LIKE THOSE SERVED BY THE DISTRICTS AND BEAR THE BRUNT OF THESE IMPACTS. I COMMEND LA USD'S COMMITMENT SKILLS, SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPROVE STUDENT WELLBEING AND FOSTERNESS WHERE STUDENTS CAN THRIVE. HOWEVER, EXTREME HEAT IS A CRITICAL BARRIER TO BLACK STUDENTS WHO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT. L-A-U-S-D MUST CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ITS STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF BY CREATING CLIMATE READY LEARNING EVENTS. SOLUTION IS ONE PIVOTAL STEP FORWARD. THE RESOLUTION WOULD EXPAND INVESTMENT AND ACTIVE AND PASSIVE COOLING MECHANISMS, INVESTIGATE THE PHASE OUT OF , AS WELL AS REDUCE THE DISTRICT'S FUTURE CLIMATE IMPACT THROUGH A FOCUS ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLES. NRDC STRONGLY URGES THE BOARD AND DISTRICT EVOLUTION AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M GONNA CALL ONE MORE TIME ON KELLY GARCIA. DRINK IT. YEAH, THANK YOU. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? I DO NOT HAVE YOU. I DO NOT HAVE YOU ONLINE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR, UH, YOUR ITEM. OKAY. WE CAN OPEN UP FOR BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSION. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION. UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A GRAVE NEED IN OUR DISTRICT AND SO I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SUPPORT, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT AND I WANTED TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION. [03:10:01] UM, THERE IS A FOCUS ON, UH, REDUCING, IF NOT POTENTIALLY ELIMINATING AS AT THE END OF A STUDY, ARTIFICIAL TURF IN OUR SCHOOLS. UM, AND THERE ARE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD, TWO OF WHICH ARE IN MY DISTRICT. TWO ARE IN BOARD DISTRICT FIVE AND ONE IN BOARD DISTRICT TWO. UM, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE USED CURRENTLY. UM, AND IF THE PROJECTS COME BEFORE US THAT IN THE SPRING IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, I THINK WE WOULD BE APPROVING UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION FOR THESE FIVE SCHOOLS TO HAVE THEIR FIELDS EITHER REPLACED OR REPAIRED WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO THREE YEARS. IF WE WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY AND THEN THE BOARD DECIDES THAT WE WANNA BAN ARTIFICIAL TURF, THAT MIGHT EXTEND THE TIMELINE ANOTHER NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR. I UNDERSTAND. AND SO I WANTED TO PROPOSE A FRIENDLY RESOLUTION, BUT POTENTIALLY FRIENDLY. WE'LL SEE, UM, TO PAUSE THOSE FIVE PROJECTS UNTIL WE GET THE RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY SO THAT WE DON'T WASTE, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS IF WE DECIDE A YEAR FROM NOW OR EVEN SOONER THAT THE BOARD WON'T GO FORWARD WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF PROJECTS. I REALIZE THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITIES WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN WAITING FOR THEIR FIELDS TO BE REPLACED. TWO OF THEM ARE IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES IN MY SCHOOLS. UM, AND SO IT WILL BE HARD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT I WANTED TO SUGGEST IT TO THIS BOARD JUST GIVEN ALL THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT ARTIFICIAL TURF. IF WE WOULD WANNA PAUSE THOSE FIVE PROJECTS UNTIL WE GET THE RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY AND THEN HAVE THE NEW POLICY GOING FORWARD NEXT YEAR. SO I DUNNO IF YOU SEE THAT AS FRIENDLY OR IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS, BUT IT'S A PROPOSITION. UM, YEAH, I MEAN I THINK FROM MY VANTAGE POINT AND I, I DON'T HAVE, NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE WITHIN MY DISTRICT. UM, I THINK THE STUDY AND GATHERING INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS WAS INTENDED TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE I THINK, UM, WHILE, UH, SOME OF US HAVE, HAVE VERY CLEAR A CLEAR VIEW OF THE IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL TURF, IT IS, UH, I GUESS IT'S A TOPIC THAT'S IN MORE DISCUSSION AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. UM, I GUESS ALSO A WONDERING FROM THE FACILITY STANDPOINT IS HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT STUDENT ACCESS TO PLAY FIELDS IN THE EVENT OF A DELAY? ALSO IN THE INTERIM, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE FIELDS ARE, LIKE CAN STUDENTS CURRENTLY USE THEM AT ALL? UM, SO, SO AND ARE THERE POTENTIAL MITIGATION EFFORTS WE COULD MAKE TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS DO HAVE ACCESS? IF THERE IS A DELAY, IF WE WANT TO SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT THAT STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PLAY FIELDS. AND I'LL JUST SAY I UNDERSTAND FROM MY SCHOOLS THEY'RE PLAYING ON A NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS FIELD RIGHT NOW, AND I IMAGINE THAT WOULD CONTINUE. BUT I SEE OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IS HERE AS WELL. OR CHIEF FACILITIES OFFICER . GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. CHRISTINA TOSS, CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE. UM, THE FIVE PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED, TWO OF THEM, ROY BALL LEARNING CENTER AND FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED 'CAUSE THEY WERE DEEMED UNSAFE FOR STUDENT USE. UM, AT FREMONT THEY ARE USING AN ADJACENT SCHOOL AT ROY BALL. THERE IS A, UM, PRACTICE SOCCER FIELD THAT THEY ARE USING THAT IS FOR SOCCER ONLY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLOSED FOR SCHOOL USE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO REPAIR THOSE OR BACKFILL THE FILL MATERIALS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS USING THEM AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY OR CHANCE GIVEN HOW, UM, DEGRADED THESE FIELDS ARE THAT THEY TOO BECOME CLOSED, IN WHICH CASE OUR ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT WILL WORK WITH ADJACENT SCHOOLS TO FIND SITES FOR THEM TO USE. OH, I GO QUICK. UH, MS TOS REALLY QUICK. SO IF WE WERE TO TEMPORARY PAUSE THESE PROJECTS, WOULD THAT AFFECT THE PROJECT'S COST? WHAT WOULD BE SORT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT? AND IF THERE'S A COST, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE? OR THE, UH, PAUSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECTS? IT REALLY DEPENDS FOR HOW LONG. IF IT'S JUST A COUPLE A MONTH, THAT MIGHT JUST BE AN INCREMENTAL COST DUE TO COST ESCALATION. UM, BUT IT WOULD BE MAYBE IN THE ONE TO 2% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST. OBVIOUSLY IF IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR PAST THAT, THEN IT'S JUST THE COST OF ESCALATION FROM WHEN WE WOULD BRING THIS PROJECT IN SPRING TO WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, A YEAR FROM NOW. SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG OR THEY COULD SWITCH FROM ARTIFICIAL TURF TO GRASS, IN WHICH CASE THERE WOULD BE A MAINTENANCE COST THAT'S NOT THE SAME FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF, BUT THAT WOULD COME OUT FROM THE STUDY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE BOARD WOULD THEN WEIGH THE SORT OF COST OF ARTIFICIAL TURF ALONGSIDE THE COST OF GRASS FIELDS. CORRECT. AND ALSO IF THE BOARD DOES, UM, DETERMINE THAT IT WANTS TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF SYNTHETIC TURF, WE WOULD BE IN PROJECTS TO THEN REPLACE THESE TURF, SYNTHETIC TURF WITH NATURAL GRASS, UM, AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM FOR THAT. AND THAT IS A CHEAPER PROJECT THAN SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS QUESTION. SO, SO [03:15:01] WHO DECIDES WHETHER IT'S SYNTHETIC OR IT'S NATURAL GRASS? WHO DECIDES THAT? SO THE CURRENT POLICY THAT'S IN PLACE IS AT HIGH SCHOOLS. IF IT IS A HIGH USE ATHLETIC FIELD, WHICH THESE FIVE PROJECTS ARE, AND THEY HAVE A SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD THAT WE REPLACE IT WITH A SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD. UM, SO THAT'S HOW, THAT'S THE CURRENT PRACTICE. SO IF THERE ARE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO FEEL THAT THE WAY TO GO IN THE FUTURE, LIKE TOMORROW IS, UH, NATURAL GRASS WITH THAT MEAN THAT NATURAL GRASS WOULD BE PLACED IN THOSE, UH, PROJECTS COMING UP. CORRECT. IF THE BOARD DECIDES THAT IT NO LONGER WANTS TO, UM, ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD, UM, THEN AND PROVIDES THAT DIRECTION TO STAFF, THEN WE WOULD CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THESE PROJECTS TO NO LONGER PUT IN SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD, BUT IT PUT IN NATURAL GRASS. AND WHEN WOULD YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT? I THINK THE INTENT OF THE AMENDMENT IS NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROBUST SET OF STUDIES THAT LOOK AT BOTH THE LIFECYCLE COSTS, MAINTENANCE COSTS, REPLACEMENT COSTS, THAT WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE SPRING WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION BY WHICH THE STAFF, UH, BOARD WOULD HAVE FULL INFORMATION TO INFORM WHATEVER DECISION THEY THINK IS BEST. SO WHEN DO YOU NEED TO BEGIN THESE PROJECTS? UM, WE, THESE FIELDS WERE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING REPLACEMENT. WE HAD LOOKED TO DEVELOP PROJECTS TO BRING THEM IN FEBRUARY. SO THAT'S SOON. THAT'S SOON. BUT ALSO THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WOULD ALSO BE COMING IN SPRING. SO THAT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WOULD INCLUDE THE, UH, HEALTHY ASPECTS OF HAVING A NATURAL TURF CORRECT. VERSUS THE UNHEALTHY, UH, RATHER THAN THE OTHER SIDE. OKAY. SO WE NEED TO GET MOVING ON THIS. OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND, AND JUST BECAUSE IT ALSO CAME UP FROM A SPEAKER, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT. SO THE, THE STUDY WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, MICROPLASTICS AND THE IMPACTS ON, ON RUNOFF INJURY AND HEALTH COM OUTCOMES, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE IMPACT, HEAT EXPOSURE, UM, AND, UH, THE IMPACTS ON STUDENTS DUE TO HEAT EXPOSURE ON ARTIFICIAL TURF. AND IT ALSO, UM, THE SECOND TO LAST RESOLVE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WHEN THE STUDY IS COMPLETED, THE FINDINGS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND IT WILL RESULT IN AN UPDATED POLICY BULLETIN. SO TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A STUDY THAT WILL LINGER OUT THERE, THERE IS TO BE AN UPDATED POLICY BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF THE STUDY, WHICH WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE, IN SPRING OF 2026. UM, SO JUST TO, TO CLARIFY THAT TIMELINE, MR. MELVIN HAD A QUESTION. WELL, I GUESS, ARE WE, THANK YOU MR. ELLON. 'CAUSE I DO, UM, I ALSO HAVE A, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT DID WE HAVE CLARITY ON MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN'S? DO WE WANNA CLOSE THAT LOOP BEFORE I SAY MY PIECE? RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO, TO GET GOING SOMEWHERE. SO DID THE AUTHORS SEE IT AS FRIENDLY AND WANNA ACCEPT IT OR DO WE NEED TO MOVE IT AND VOTE ON IT? YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SUGGEST IS MAYBE TO ADD A CLAUSE AT THE END THAT SAYS AND DEVELOP CONTINGENCY PLANS TO ENSURE IMPACTED STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO NECESSARY PLAY IN ATHLETIC SPACES DURING THIS PERIOD. IF THAT SOUNDS, SOUNDS GREAT TO MY CO-SPONSORS. IS THAT, ARE WE GOOD? YES. OKAY. SO WITH, SO WITH ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL, DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT OUT LOUD? SO THERE, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT'S TO, UM, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN YES. TO MISS OR SO, UM, SO IT WOULD INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE OF MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN'S AND JUST AT THE END ADD AND DEVELOP CONTINGENCY PLANS TO ENSURE IMPACTED STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO NECESSARY PLAY IN ATHLETIC SPACES DURING THIS PERIOD. SO THE PERIOD OF A PAUSE, ALL BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT SHE'S ADDED MM-HMM . YES. OKAY. AND THEN YES, I'LL, I THINK WE ARE ACCEPTING THAT VERSION OF THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS FRIENDLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO FOR JUST CLARITY, I'M GONNA SAY THAT, UM, THAT WAS, UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN'S AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY AMENDED BY, UH, MS. EZ AND NOW ACCEPTED AS FRIENDLY, UH, AS WHAT IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON NOW. SO NOW WE HAVE MORE COMMENTS AND, AND I THINK MS. GRIEGO WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE STUDY, UM, THAT WE PRIORITIZE THOSE COMMUNITIES. LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT THAT WE PRIORITIZE THOSE COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE POTENTIAL PROJECTS ARE, ARE COMING UP. RIGHT. SO IN, IN, IN BD SEVEN, BD TWO, AND BD FIVE. GREAT. GO AHEAD MR. MEL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL, I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GET TO AND, UH, I THINK I'LL WANNA VOTE AND HOPEFULLY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. SO I'LL START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. UM, I OF COURSE [03:20:01] HAVE SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE TIME OF OUR TENURE, BUT MOST RECENTLY, THE LAST YEAR, THE, UM, THE EFFECTS OF EXTREME HEAT BOTH REPRESENTING, UH, THE PALISADES AND ALSO THE WEST VALLEY. I'LL SAY TOO, I ALSO HAVE THE ONE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS PALI HIGH, THAT STILL DOESN'T HAVE HVAC, UM, DIDN'T NEED IT FOR YEARS. AND WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS, THAT'S CHANGED. AND EVEN THAT PROJECT HAS TAKEN SO LONG. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I'LL EDITORIAL IS ON, BECAUSE I DO IT EVERY TIME I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IS THE NEED TO MITIGATE THE COST OR REDUCE THE COST OF SOME OF THESE SHADE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE FACILITIES WORKSHOP, BUT THE DISTRICT ALLOCATED 40, UH, $9 MILLION, OR EXCUSE ME, YEAH, I THINK $49 MILLION FOR ABOUT 50 SHADE STRUCTURES, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A SHADE STRUCTURE, JUST SHY OF IT. AND THAT'S, WE GOT, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MS. HOS AND THE TEAM TO DO THAT. UM, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS I HAD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT I'VE SUBMITTED AND HOPE THE AUTHORS OR THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS WILL, UM, ACCEPT AS SUCH THAT IS LOOKING UNTIL MOST OF THESE, UNTIL MANY OF THESE MITIGATION EFFORTS ARE DONE, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN HEAT STROKE AND, UM, UN UH, UNFORTUNATELY IN MANY CASES, UM, FATAL EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, UH, BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT. AND SO, UH, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A STATE LAW SENATE BILL 1248 NAMED, UH, AFTER A STUDENT WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN ONE OF THESE HEAT RELATED INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COME UP WITH, UH, PROTOCOLS. THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON IT. UM, AND SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY RESO, UM, READ THE, THE ADDED, UH, RESOLVE CLAUSE THAT I'VE SUBMITTED, UM, ON THIS TOPIC, WHICH IS THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH A CLEAR DISTRICT-WIDE HEAT STROKE EMERGENCY PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROTOCOL FOR ALL SCHOOL SITES TO ENSURE PROMPT AND CONSISTENT ACTION. WHEN A STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER SHOWS SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE, THE PROTOCOL SHALL APPLY TO ALL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS, BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS, AND INCLUDE IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR MONITORING AS OUTLINED BY L-A-U-S-D GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING HEAT STRESS BULLETIN 9 6 3 0.3 DATED JULY 14TH, 2025, GUIDANCE ON BEGINNING RAPID ONSITE COOLING USING AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING PORTABLE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT RELYING ON ELECTRICITY, ICE, OR REFRIGERATED STORAGE, WRITTEN PROCEDURES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STAFF AND ANNUAL TRAINING FOR STAFF WHO SUPERVISE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SO THEY CAN RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS AND RESPOND QUICKLY. IN TALKING TO MR. CHA AND OTHERS, I KNOW THIS IS ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT PROTOCOLS, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR, UM, AS THESE ARE UNFORTUNATELY INCREASING, UH, TRAGIC INCIDENTS. SO I HOPE THAT, WE'LL, THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AS FRIENDLY AND AGAIN, WOULD LOVE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR AND APPRECIATE THE RESOLUTION. WE ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT AS FRIENDLY AND WE EAGERLY ACCEPT YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP. GREAT. ALRIGHT. MM-HMM . CAN I SAY, OH, CHRISTINA, CAN I JUST, WHY? OH, SORRY SCOTT, I JUST, SORRY. OKAY. QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE DOING THE, THE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR IF WE PASS THIS AMENDMENT THAT OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE UP FOR THIS TURF ARE PRIORITIZED YES. AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. OKAY, CHARLOTTE, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, I KNOW, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT COSTS AND OBVIOUSLY WANTING TO REDUCE AS MUCH COST. AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME STUDIES ALREADY WHEN IT CAME TO HVAC WITH OUR COVID, UM, COVID RESPONSE WITH SOME OF THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE. SO WANTING TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOME OVERLAY OF STUDIES THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION. UH, YES. SO WE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT DATA WITHIN M AND O THAT TRACKS, UM, THE CONDITION OF OUR HVAC, THE NUMBER OF REPAIRS, WHAT THE TEMPERATURES ARE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. UM, SO WE USE THAT TO PRIORITIZE HOW WE DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS, UM, TAKE PRIORITY. UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF INTERIM MEASURES, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T FIX EVERY HVAC, WHICH INCLUDES PUTTING IN THE MOBILE UNITS TWO PER CLASSROOM, MOVING CLASSROOMS. UM, SO YES, THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD DATA AND INTERIM MEASURES THAT WE'VE DONE THAT ARE BOTH, UH, LESS AS BUDGET IMPACTFUL, ALL THE WAY TO THE MOST IMPACTFUL, WHICH IS REPLACING WHOLE SYSTEMS THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE REPAIRED ANYMORE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. GREAT. AND THEN SINCE JANUARY, WHAT WORK HAVE DONE SINCE JANUARY THE FIRES, WHAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE THAT WOULD HELP OFFSET WHAT'S ASKED HERE? UM, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN EVERY SCHOOL, UM, WE HAVE THE, UM, [03:25:01] UH, AIR SCRUBBERS SO THAT IF THERE IS ANOTHER, UM, SMOKE EVENT THAT SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY EQUIPPED WITH AIR FILTRATION UNITS THAT THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY DEPLOY. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE FIRES. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SPEARHEADED, UM, AIR SENSORS, UM, THAT ARE BEING USED TO TRACK AIR QUALITY SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE PRECISE IN OUR EVALUATIONS OF WHICH SCHOOLS MAY HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACTS IN A SMOKE EVENT OR ANY OTHER EVENT THAT IMPACTS AIR QUALITY. THANK YOU. AND I TOO APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, I KNOW THE CONVERSATION WILL COME UP AND I KNOW I THINK DIEGO NAILED IN ON THE FACT OF THE COMMUNITY BEING INVOLVED WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN WAITING, UM, FOR THIS AND, AND MANY COMMUNITIES DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND AS WE CONTINUE THIS IN THIS STUDY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE EDUCATED ON WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES COMMUNITIES SEE THE SYNTHETIC FEEL TO BE NICER THAN THE NATURAL FIELD. AND SO JUST WANTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE BRING BACK THIS INFORMATION SO THAT THEY KNOW, UM, THE, THE DETRIMENT TO SOME OF IT, BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUDIES AS MENTIONED, SOME OF THE OWNERS THAT PUT OUT THESE STUDIES THAT SAY THIS IS GREAT, OFTEN BENEFIT FROM IT. RIGHT? AND SO HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE VERSUS WHAT THE CONS ARE IN HAVING A SYNTHETIC FIELD. BECAUSE AS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN WE WANT THAT 'CAUSE IT'S SHINY AND NICE, BUT NOT UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS THAT COME WITH IT, THE INJURIES THAT MAY COME ALONGSIDE TOO. SO JUST AS WE COME BACK TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS DECISION AND CHOICE IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING BEFORE THE BOARD. SO JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. THANKS. THANK YOU SHERLETTA. AND AS AN ATHLETIC PERSON COACH, YOU CERTAINLY KNOW. SO I WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER. OKAY. RIGHT. EVERYONE ELSE HAS SPOKEN. OKAY. SO I DO REPRESENT A LARGE PORTION OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, AND IT'S ONE OF THE HOTTEST AREAS OF LOS ANGELES, MORE THAN 10 DEGREES, HOTTER THAN MOST PARTS. UM, I WAS ALSO THE PRINCIPAL OF LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN CHATSWORTH. IF YOU KNOW CHATSWORTH, THERE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING AT THE SCHOOL. ZERO. AND THANKS TO PROPOSITION BB, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE TWO LETTERS. THANKS TO PROPOSITION BB AIR CONDITIONING WAS INSTALLED IN THE SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU TAXPAYERS. AND WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ON HVAC LAST YEAR DURING THE FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE, MEETING REP REPRESENTING CAL OSHA, UH, RULE REGARDING INDOOR TEMPERATURE STANDARDS AT WORK SITES. SO OF COURSE, I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. I WANT TO BE INCLUDED AS A CO-SPONSOR, IF YOU WOULD, MS. EZ. IT ADVANCES ALL OF OUR WORK AND IT ENSURES THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE A COMFORTABLE AND SUITABLE WORKPLACE. SO STUDENTS CANNOT LEARN IN OVERHEATED CLASSROOMS, TEACHERS CANNOT TEACH AND OVERHEATED CLASSROOMS. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. AND IN THE LONG RUN, THIS DEFINITELY AIDS STUDENTS IN LEARNING BETTER. WHEN YOU ARE IN A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT, YOU MAY NOT NOTICE IT, BUT WHEN A ROOM IS TOO HOT OR TOO COLD, YOU CERTAINLY, IT BECOMES A DISTRACTION. SO WE NEED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PROTOCOLS AND DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WHEN CLIMATE RELATED EMERGENCIES TAKE PLACE. AND I WAS INVOLVED IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY DURING THE FIRES. IT AFFECTS OUR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND WHO TAKES CHARGE WHEN DECIDING SCHOOLS SHOULD BE EVACUATED OR CLOSED. AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF THE SCHOOL, BUT NOT AT THE SCHOOL, THE SMOKE IN THE CLASSROOM IS ABSOLUTELY UNHEALTHY. UNHEALTHY. AND YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE HAD A PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT WHO I HAD TO TRY TO CONVINCE ABOUT SMOKE IN THE CLASSROOM AND ACTUALLY SEND VIDEOS OF KIDS SITTING IN A CLASSROOM FULL OF SMOKE. THE SCHOOL WAS NOT ON FIRE, THANK GOD, BUT IT WAS FULL OF SMOKE. UH, I APPRECIATE THE WORK BEING DONE THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION ON ARTIFICIAL TURF RULES THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE. AND OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS, ABOUT THEIR WORRIES ABOUT ARTIFICIAL TURF. AND I SHARE THOSE, UH, FEARS. SO SOME HAVE REPORTED THAT MAKES PLAYING SPORTS ON THE FIELD. UNBEARABLY HOT. WE TALKED ABOUT MELTING CLEATS. AND PLEASE AGAIN, ME AS A CO-SPONSOR YOU DID. RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. SCHON. WE'RE EXCITED TO ADD YOU. OKAY. THAT'S IT. READY TO VOTE. [03:30:01] UH, MO IT WAS INITIALLY MOVED BY MS. EZ, SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. MS. NEWBELL? YES. DR. RIVAS? YES. MR. MELVIN IS COMING BACK. MS. REGO HERE. UH, BUT I'LL GO GET HERE. MS. EZ? YES. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN IS A YES. BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S ONE, TWO. AND BOARD. BOARD STUDENT. BOARD MEMBER YANG? YES. THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. BOARD MEMBER YESES. TWO. WE WILL COME BACK TO IT PASSES NO MATTER WHAT. OKAY, EVERYONE, THE TIME IS NOW 1239. THE BOARD IS GOING TO TO RECESS FOR ABOUT, UM, ONE HOUR TO COME BACK. . OH, WE HAVE A QUICK VOTE. SAY YES. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON TAB 23? YES, THAT'S YES FOR MS. GRIEGO. OKAY. THE MEETING INVITE. AND WE INVITE CO-SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS TO JOIN US FOR A PHOTO IN THE FRONT. OKAY, GREAT. UH, MEETING IS RECESSED UNTIL ABOUT 2:00 PM THANK YOU. NO. HI, WELCOME BACK. THE TIME IS NOW 2 41. ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS GOING TO RECONVENE. I WILL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL. UH, MS. NEWBELL PRESENT. DR. RIVAS? PRESENT. MR. MELVOIN? HERE. MS. REGO? HERE. MS. CONEZ? HERE. MS. ORTIZ. FRANKLIN. ALSO, THAT WAS A HEAR FROM MS. CONEZ. IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE HER MIC WAS ON. AND, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT PRESENT IN STUDENT BOARD MEMBER YANG PRESENT. OKAY, WE MISSED OUR TIME CERTAIN BY 11 MINUTES, BUT, UH, IT IS NOW TIME FOR, [24. Mr. Melvoin, Mr. Schmerelson, Ms. Newbill - Building Stronger Communities: Leveraging School Facilities for Engagement and Financial Stewardship (Res-021-25/26) (Noticed October 14, 2025) (Version 2)] UH, BOARD MEMBER MELVIN'S RESOLUTION. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. MCLEAN. AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE AMENDED VERSION THAT FOLKS HAVE OF RESOLUTION 21, UM, WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS IN GREEN, WHICH YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE RECEIVED. SO IF I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. SMS. AND IF IT'S OKAY, I WILL, UM, ONE THANK MIKE CO-SPONSORS MR. SCHON AND MS. ANDY NEWBELL, UH, FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. I'LL SAY A FEW FRAMING WORDS AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS WHO, UH, HAVE SIGNED UP AND THEN HAVE THE BOARD DISCUSSION. UM, BUT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT PROCESSES AND DIGITIZATION, UM, ON A FEW LEVELS AND HAVE HAD FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY FACED WHEN INTERACTING WITH THE DISTRICT'S FACILITY SYSTEMS ONLINE. WHETHER IT'S RUNNING A GYM FOR A PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME, HOSTING A PARENT GROUP MEETING, SPONSORING A BOOSTER CLUB EVENT, UH, A NONPROFIT UTILIZING SPACE FOR AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY. CAUSE PLAYING IN A SOCCER LEAGUE, UH, THE DISTRICT HAS PAIN POINTS THAT IMPACT ALL USERS. AND FOR MANY FOLKS WHO AREN'T PARENTS OR ARE DIRECT CONSTITUENTS OF L UNIFIED, UM, BUT THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO RENT FIELDS, GYMS, COMMUNITY SPACES. THE ONLY TOUCH POINT THEY HAVE WITH L UNIFIED, UH, IS THIS OUTDATED AND CLUNKY FACILITY SYSTEM. UH, THE CURRENT SYSTEM HAS MULTIPLE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING OUTDATED PAYMENT METHODS WHERE FOLKS, AND THIS IS ONLY A RECENT INNOVATION, BUT CAN CALL IN AND PROVIDE A CREDIT CARD NUMBER, UH, OR HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK IN MANY CASES, A CASHIER'S CHECK, UH, AND THE INABILITY TO FILTER FOR SITE AVAILABILITY AND TYPE. SO YOU CAN'T BOOK A SPECIFIC GYM OR PUT IN A ZIP CODE AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A FIELD IN THIS AREA ON THESE DAYS, UM, HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR USERS TO ACCESS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY PUBLIC SPACES, UM, AND THE PROCESSES LACK TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC WHO ARE ENTITLED TO UTILIZE DISTRICT FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND FORUMS, THE ARTS, MUSIC CULTURE, EVENTS, CHILDCARE, AND MORE VIA THE CIVIC CENTER ACT. WE'VE TRIED SOME SMALL TWEAKS OVER THE YEARS, BUT A SYSTEM OVERHAUL IS WHAT I FELT WAS REALLY NEEDED TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY. SO THE GOAL WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS TO CREATE A BETTER AND MORE USER FRIENDLY SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT INCORPORATES INITIATIVE SEARCHING AND BOOKING FUNCTIONS. UH, THE ABILITY TO PAY ONLINE AND UPLOAD INSURANCE DOCUMENTS. UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE REAL TIME FEEDBACK SO YOU'RE NOT WAITING. AND THEN AT THE 11TH HOUR YOU NOTICE THAT YOU'RE MISSING SOMETHING AND IT COULD ALMOST PUT YOUR EVENT IN JEOPARDY. IT JUST WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE MISSING AND KIND OF HELP BE A PORTAL AS YOU UPLOAD DOCUMENTS. IT'LL ALSO STREAMLINE THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL PROCESSES AND APPROVE APPLICATIONS IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER. UH, IT WILL ALSO HELP GENERATE REVENUE, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT IN A TIME OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND BUDGET RESTRICTIONS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR ONLY REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES, AND RIGHT NOW WE GENERATE AROUND 15 MILLION A YEAR, UH, IN RENTING OUT OUR FACILITIES. BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE ON THE TABLE WHILE ALSO HAVING AN EQUITABLE TIERED SYSTEM SO THAT COMMUNITY GROUPS, NONPROFIT PARTNERS, ATHLETIC LEAGUES, CAN USE IT, UH, AT ALMOST AT AT COST, OR EVEN IN SOME CASES BELOW. UM, SO WITH THAT, I, UH, WILL SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO USE SPACES, UH, PUBLIC SPACES THAT BELONG TO THE PUBLIC. I'M EAGER TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP. I ALSO JUST WANNA THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON THESE PROCESSES FOR SOME TIME, AND I THINK THIS IS TO TRY TO GIVE THE, THE SUPERINTENDENT THE BOARD SUPPORT THAT IS NEEDED TO REALLY DO THIS WORK. UM, AND, UH, SO THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL. SO, MR. MCLEAN, IF WE COULD CALL THE SPEAKERS? [03:35:01] UH, YES, SIR. THERE'S FOUR SPEAKERS IN PERSON TODAY FOR THIS ITEM. JAMES LOPEZ, ARE YOU HERE? AND THEN AFTER MR. LOPEZ IS ZERO ZERO WASHINGTON, THEN MARK MAY, THEN ANTHONY SALAZAR. SO PLEASE COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. UH, THANK YOU. I'M JAMES LOPEZ. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR THE PLAY EQUITY FUND. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AGAIN. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. WE ORGANIZE THE LA PLAY EQUITY COALITION TO ADVOCATE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE, UH, PLAY LANDSCAPE FOR KIDS ACROSS THE REGION. UH, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY KID HAS A RIGHT TO QUALITY, UH, SPORT PLAY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. AND IN OUR COALITION OF ABOUT 50 NONPROFITS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO PLAY FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COALITION IS ACCESS TO PLAY SPACE. UM, AND MANY OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH, THEY NAVIGATE THE L-A-U-S-D SYSTEMS, UH, TO OBTAIN THE CIVIC CENTER PERMIT. BUT, UH, WE OFTEN HEAR THAT THE PROCESS IS CONFUSING AND CONSISTENT, UM, AND, UM, DOES NOT PRIORITIZE FACILITY USE THAT WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A LOT OF CASES. AND SO WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION. WE THINK WE WANT TO THANK THE AUTHORS, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR TAKING, UH, THIS FIRST STEP TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY USE OF THE FACILITIES AND CREATE EQUITY AND ACCESS. WE'RE READY TO BE PARTNERS, UH, IN THIS WORK, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A POLICY THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE AND FAIR AND TRANSPARENT AND PRIORITIZES STUDENT WELLBEING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, RO WASHINGTON . UH, HELLO EVERYONE. UH, THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE. I WANNA THANK THE BOARD. UH, MY NAME IS Y RU WASHINGTON, UH, THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BEAT THE STREET LOS ANGELES. WE'RE A SPORTS-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. UM, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PLAY EQUITY COALITION. UM, I'M ALSO A HIGH SCHOOL COACH RIGHT HERE AT BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN COACHING, WRESTLING THERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. UM, QUICKLY, MY LIFE EXPERIENCE. I GREW UP IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TOUGH FAMILY SITUATION, DROPPED OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND WRESTLING SAVED MY LIFE. IT SET ME ON A PATH TO GO TO COLLEGE, TRAVELED THE WORLD. I WAS A COLLEGE COACH AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, UH, BUT NOW, UH, HERE IN LA TRYING TO HELP YOUTH, UH, JUST LIKE IT HELPED ME. UM, I'VE, SINCE I MOVED HERE IN 2012, I USED TO WALK UP TO THIS BUILDING TO GET MY PERMITS, UH, TO BRING CASHIER'S CHECKS. AND SO I'VE NAVIGATED THE SYSTEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE ALL KNOW THERE'S CHALLENGES AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE THINGS. UM, WE ARE A, A FREE PROGRAM, MEANING WE PAY OUR COACHES FREE GEAR, FREE SHOES, SCHOLARSHIPS, NATIONAL CHIPS FOR KIDS. OUR, OUR PARTICIPANTS DON'T PAY A DIME. UM, I KNOW THE COSTS ARE ARE REASONABLE, BUT WE PAY PROBABLY ABOUT $25,000 A YEAR FOR THREE PROGRAMS. ONE AT BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL, CANOGA PARK IN SAN PEDRO. UM, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE COSTS COME DOWN. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, STREAMLINING THAT, MAKING IT BETTER. UH, I'M ON THE CLOCK, SO I'M SPEAKING A LITTLE FAST, BUT, UM, BUT I, I DO WANT TO, UM, UH, I, I AM IN SUPPORT, UH, OF THE RESOLUTION. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP. I WANNA THANK THE AUTHORS, UH, MR. MELVIN, MR. SCHON, AND MS. NEW BILL. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND STARTING THIS PROCESS AND THE CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MARK MAY COME ON DOWN. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN, AND THEN AFTER MR. MAY, IT'S ANTHONY SALAZAR. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHOA. MY NAME IS MARK MAY. I'M THE CEO OF PROJECT BLUE, WHICH IS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT SERVES INNER CITY PROGRAMS WITH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORTS WHERE WE TEACH LIFE SKILLS BY USING A GAME OF SPORTS. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PLAY EQUITY COALITION, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT PREVENTS SOME KEY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, UM, DURING THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PERMITS TO USE L-A-U-S-D SITES. UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS IS JUST THE OVERALL PROCESS IN GENERAL. UM, THE RENEWAL PROCESS WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THESE SITES AS WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR YEARS. AND THEN JUST REALLY JUST COMMUNICATION AND HEARING BACK FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN A TIMELY FASHION WHERE IT REALLY JUST PREVENTS OUR KIDS FROM BEING ACTIVE ON THE FIELD, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. WHERE WE LOSE PROGRAM DAYS, OUR KIDS AREN'T ACTIVE ANYMORE. AND IT JUST CREATES THIS SPACE FOR JUST PEOPLE TO BE IDLE, UM, WHEN THE FIELD IS JUST NOT BEING IN USE AT ALL. A, A, A QUOTE FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE GOOD BOOKS IS TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO GO. AND IT WOULD NOT DEPART FROM THE, AND I THINK THAT'S WITH OUR YOUTH PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE'RE ON THESE SPACES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRAIN THESE KIDS UP THE RIGHT WAY. WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, THE ACCESS, AND JUST ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO LIVE A FRUITFUL LIFE. UM, AND BE TRAINED BY INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO SEE THEM GROW, THAT WANNA SEE IMPACT. AND WHEN WE LOSE THESE VALUABLE DAYS, WHEN WE LOSE THESE TIME, UM, TO NOT BE ON THE FIELD, THEN THE STREETS GET TO OUR KIDS. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STREETS END UP TRAINING THE CHILD UP. AND WE WANNA [03:40:01] PREVENT THAT BY JUST BEING ABLE TO USE THESE SPACES, UM, AND CONTINUE TO BE ADVOCATES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. UM, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE, WELL, I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TODAY BECAUSE I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. AND I THANK MR. MELVOIN, UM, MR. RUMSON, AND THEN MS. NEW BILL FOR JUST ALLOWING US TO BE A ADVOCATE FOR THIS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND FOR CREATING A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, BUT ALSO ALLOW OUR KIDS, UM, TO BENEFIT FROM THE USE OF THESE FIELDS, FROM THE USE OF THESE FACILITIES. AND OUR COMMUNITY WINS OVERALL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. THE FINAL SPEAKER IS ANTHONY SALAZAR. ANTHONY SALAZAR NOT HERE. I'M GONNA CHECK ONLINE TO SEE IF HE HASN'T SIGNED IN FOR ZOOM. NO, NO. MR. SALAZAR, THAT COMPLETES PUBLIC COMMENT. GREAT. WELL THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS AND I'D LOVE TO TURN IT OVER FIRST MAYBE TO MR. SCHON AND THEN MS. HE NEWBELL AS THE CO-SPONSORS, AND THEN OPEN IT TO THE BOARD, OF COURSE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF LA USD SCHOOLS. I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL IS THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO USE OUR SCHOOLS FOR EVENTS. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY LOOK, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE SCHOOLS. SO LOS ANGELES UNIFIED FACILITY SHOULD ALWAYS BE OPEN AND WELCOMING SPACES FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY. WHEN WE INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR SPACES FOR PUBLIC USE. WE NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATE OUR DISTRICT AT WORK, BUT WE ALSO ESTABLISH TRUST. IF WE CANNOT MEET THE MOST BASIC SERVICES TO PROVIDE A SAFE, ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THEIR EVENTS, HOW CAN THEY TRUST US IN OTHER AREAS? I STRIVE TO MAINTAIN STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING PTA, PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS, BOOSTER CLUBS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WHEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BRING UP ISSUES REGARDING LEASING THROUGH L-A-U-S-D, THE FRIENDLY CONVERSATION BECOMES AWKWARD BECAUSE THEY DISCUSS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO USE OUR FACILITIES. THE ORGANIZATIONS END UP HAVING TO SUBMIT PAPERWORK, EVEN THOUGH THE EVENTS ARE RECURRING ANNUAL EVENTS. THEY DO THE SAME EVENT EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PAPERWORK LIKE THEY'RE STRANGERS, THEY'RE NOT STRANGERS. AND THE ORGANIZATION HAS A HISTORY OF LEASING WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS OR OTHER PLACES. MANY COMPLAIN THAT THEY RECEIVE ALERTS TOO LATE, INCLUDING US, INCLUDING US WHEN WE DO EVENTS, WHEN BOARD DISTRICT THREE DOES EVENTS, WE GET NOTIFICATION TOO LATE, WHAT'S APPROVED AND WHAT'S NOT APPROVED. AND, UH, IT ULTIMATELY LEADS TO A CANCELLATION OF THE ENTIRE EVENT. SO WE WANT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. AND I AM PLEASED TO BE INCLUDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A REVISED POLICY AS IT'S STATED IN THE RESOLUTION AND HOW THE PROCESS IS BEING STREAMLINED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS HOSTED AT AN L-A-U-S-D FACILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER IN BOARD DISTRICT THREE, WHO HAS DIFFICULTIES IN FACILITIES LEASING. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST I WANNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE ON BEHALF AND JUST YOUR COMMITMENT TO STICKING WITH US AND STILL HOLDING THE COURSE. UM, BECAUSE AS SCOTT MENTIONED, OUR SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE SEE SCHOOLS AS A NATURAL GATHERING PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND IN ORDER FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OTHER YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO GATHER AT OUR SCHOOLS FOR VARIOUS SPORTS EVENTS, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS, A PERMIT IS REQUIRED. AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE NOT THE EASIEST ENTITY TO ENGAGE OR INTERACT WITH. AND SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 11 MONTHS NOW, AND I'VE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF CALLS AND INQUIRIES FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO CALL MY OFFICE WANTING HELP WITH THE LEASING PROCESS AND HOW TO GET CIVIC PERMITS DONE AND APPLICATIONS. AND I KNOW QUITE A BIT IN A MONTH'S TIME. AND SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THIS WORK BECAUSE I KNOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT L-A-U-S-D WANTS TO BE THE BEST IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WANTS TO BE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY. AND WE WANT TO DO OUR BEST WITH OUR STAFF [03:45:01] AS WE ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE WANT THEM TO USE OUR FACILITIES. AND SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CIVIC PERMITS AND JUST WAYS IN WHICH, HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. I KNOW IT'S AN AREA FOR US TO GROW IN. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD GIVE OUR STAFF DIRECTION TO STREAMLINE, STANDARDIZE THE LEASING PROCESS, CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR OUR WEBSITE FOR ACCESSING THE APPLICATION, MAKING THE PROCESS FOR CUSTOMER ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS A WHOLE LOT EASIER, AND HOPEFULLY MAKING THE FIRST RESPONSE TO BE, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? VERSUS YOUR PERMIT IS NOT APPROVED AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE YOUR EVENT, IT'S POSSIBLY GOING TO BE CANCELED. AND SO, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE THESE ARE REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN WORK ACROSS THE BOARD WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE, OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, OUR PTAS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE THIS MUCH EASIER PROCESS. AND AS AN EDUCATIONAL ENTITY, WE MUST DO OUR BEST IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW IT IS TO WORK WITH US. UH, THE BURDEN HAS BEEN ON US TO MAKE L-A-U-S-D PROCESSES AND THE CIVIC PERMITS AND LEASING MORE USER FRIENDLY. AND I HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS A FIRST STEP IN THAT. THANK YOU. PERFECT. WITH THAT, I WILL, I GUESS TURN IT BACK TO MR. SCHON TO CHAIR AND YOU CAN CALL ON BOARD. OKAY, MS. EZ? YES. UH, WELL, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING IT. I, I THINK IT'S A, A COMMON COMPLAINT THAT WE HEAR, UNFORTUNATELY AS A SYSTEM THAT, UH, THESE PROCESSES ARE REALLY DIFFICULT AND THEY INHIBIT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY EVENTS FROM OCCURRING ON OUR CAMPUSES, UM, OR ESPECIALLY FROM SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FROM NAVIGATING A LARGE, A LARGE SYSTEM LIKE LUSD. UM, IT JUST DOESN'T PROVIDE THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN'T HOLD AS MANY EVENTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. UM, SO I THINK THESE INCLUDE A LOT OF MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS. I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND ONE SUGGESTION. UM, ONE, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THIRD TO LAST RESOLVE, WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT STREAMLINING RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESSES. UM, OUTSIDE OF THINKING ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, WE KNOW THAT THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESSES ALSO PLACE A LOT OF BURDENS ON SCHOOLS WHEN THEY WANT TO HOST EVENTS AT THEIR SITE. SO JUST CURIOUS IF THE VISION HERE IS THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL'S EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING ON EVENTS AS WELL. YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE INTENT. I THINK THIS RE THIS, UH, AMENDMENT WAS ALSO FROM MR. SCHON, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF, IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, UM, CONCERNS FROM THAT. SO YES, AND I'LL SAY OUT LOUD NOW, AND I KNOW OUR FOLKS ARE HERE WHO ARE GONNA WORK ON THIS PLANET IMPLEMENTING IT. THE IDEA HERE IS TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEARD A LOT FROM PTOS, PTAS, BOOSTER CLUBS, BUT ALSO THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, WHETHER THAT'S A FIELD TRIP OR JUST DO THEIR FALL FESTIVAL OR AN OPEN HOUSE OR A BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE FOR SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENTS AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL CLARIFICATION. UH, ANOTHER COMMON CONCERN I HEAR IS RELATED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS UTILIZING OUR, UH, DISTRICT SITES FOR THEIR MEETING LOCATIONS. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF I'M, AND MR. SCHON, I GUESS ALSO REPRESENTING THE VALLEY, HE HEARS THOSE SAME CONCERNS, , UM, IS THAT ENVISIONED TO BE INCLUDED AS, AS PART OF, UH, THESE IMPROVEMENTS, ET CETERA? AGAIN, YES. THAT WAS OUR VISION. AND I THINK THE, UH, RESOLVES RIGHT BEFORE THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH HAS KINDA THE TIERS CROSS THE TIERED COST STRUCTURE AND THE TIERED PRIORITIZATION. UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, WHETHER IT'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SERVING YOUTH OR NON-PROFIT FOR-PROFIT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE HAD IN, UH, ENVISIONED NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS TOO. 'CAUSE I, I HEAR IT TOO. AND I HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS WHO ARE MEETING AT, YOU KNOW, LIBRARIES OR SOMETIMES PRIVATE SPACES, AND THEN THE FEW TIMES THEY WANT TO DO A SCHOOL, IT'S LIKE, IT'S A LITTLE, WHAT MR. SCHON WAS SAYING EARLIER, EVEN IF THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS JUST TO GET A GYM ON A, A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO THE ANSWER IS YES TO THAT AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. AND, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT HAS BENEFITS NOT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE CIVICALLY, BUT ALSO I THINK IN BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS FOR OUR LESD SCHOOLS. UM, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, THE SUGGESTION I WANTED TO RAISE IS JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIERED COST STRUCTURE BULLET. UM, ONE TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ADDED IS EARLY CHILDHOOD, UM, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CHILDCARE PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THAT THEY DON'T ALWAYS SERVE L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS, BUT MY HOPE IS THEY'RE FUTURE L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE WHO MIGHT BE, UM, SERVICED IN THOSE PROGRAMS. SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST ADDING, UM, [03:50:01] EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN BIRTH TO AGE FIVE, UM, IN THAT LIST OF TYPE OF PROGRAMMING OR SERVICES PROVIDED. IF THAT PERFECT, I WOULD OKAY. IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY CO-SPONSORS, EXCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. AND MIKE, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST INCLUDE THAT. I'LL SAY TO MS. EZ THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD I THINK HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON UNDERUTILIZED ASSETS MORE BROADLY. AND SO IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT, UH, CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND EARLY ED ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING AT SPACE, I KNOW IN YOUR COMMITTEE THAT I SIT ON, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT REOPENING OUR, UM, EARLY, UH, EDUCATION CENTERS. AND I KNOW THAT IN MY DISTRICT WE'VE REOPENED KENTWOOD AND WE'RE ABOUT TO REOPEN WEST VALLEY OCCUPATIONAL CENTER. BUT FROM A LEASING STANDPOINT, AND I SEE OUR FACILITIES FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, I KNOW WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO IN BOARD DISTRICT FOUR THAT ARE STILL SHUTTERED. AND SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IF WE DON'T YET HAVE THE FUNDING TO RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. COULD WE LEAD, COULD WE, YOU KNOW, BE A TENANT TO SOME CHILDCARE OR EARLY EDUCATION PRESCHOOL SPACE? BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE TOILETS IN THE BATHROOMS IN THE, WE HAVE THESE CENTERS. SO IN ADDITION TO JUST USING SCHOOL, LIKE WHY NOT USE AN ENTIRE EARLY ED CENTER? I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED IN YOUR COMMITTEE, THERE ARE WELL OVER A DOZEN THAT ARE STILL CLOSED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT. AND YES, WE'LL ADD THAT LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ROIL FOLLOWED BY CARLA. UH, WELL THANK YOU, UM, FORMER MELVOIN FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AND JUST WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THEN ALSO SOME, SOME THINGS TO, UM, JUST TO FLAG AS WELL. SO, UM, TODAY THIS, WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION THAT IS, THAT ASK US, ASKS US TO LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS NOT ONLY AS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, BUT AS COMMUNITY ANCHORS, AS WAS WITH DISCUSSION RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, SPACES THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED TO STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS, EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP OF OUR DISTRICT. THIS RESOLUTION, UM, AS WE ALL HAVE HEARD, IS ROOTED IN A SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL IDEA. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELONG TO THE PUBLIC AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE FULL, EQUITABLE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE IMMENSE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRUSTED TO US WITH APPROXIMATELY OVER 1200 SCHOOLS AND 21,000 BUILDING, UH, BUILDINGS ACROSS LOS ANGELES. AT ITS CORE, THIS RESOLUTION AIMS TO MODERNIZE, STREAMLINE, AND EXPAND THE WAY AT A USD MANAGES PUBLIC USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES IN ORDER TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ACCESS REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT, CREATE MODERNIZED CENTRALIZED SYSTEM TO F FACILIT, UH, FOR FACILITY REQUESTS AND MANAGEMENT. AND I TOO HAVE HAD THOSE EMAILS AND CALLS AND, AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT SYSTEM, UM, AND ALSO REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE INEFFICIENCY, UH, BECAUSE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS OUTDATED, SLOW, DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AND UNDERSTAFFED, AND THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR REORGANIZATION, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE REAL ESTATE LEASING OPERATIONS TO FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY. WITH THAT SAID, BUT TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION RESPONSIBLY, I WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT AND MAKE SURE, UM, THAT OUR, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OR ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THIS, UM, ALSO ARE LOOKING AT TO THE RISKS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THIS MAY CALL AHEAD. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN IMPACT STATEMENT THAT WAS, UM, DISTRIBUTED TO US, AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, IT SAYS THAT, UM, THE COMBINED ESTIMATED IMPLEMENTATION COST FOR, FOR THESE, FOR BOTH SYSTEMS IS APPROXIMATELY 2.3, 2.8 MILLION WITH ADDITIONAL ONGOING ANNUAL COSTS. UM, SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THIS, WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM WILL NOT, YOU KNOW, IMPACT OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO, UM, REDUCING. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND ALSO, SORRY, ONE SECOND. GOING BACK TO MY SLIDE. UM, SO THE, YOU KNOW, SO IMPLEMENTING THIS RESOLUTION, UM, IS, IS COSTLY AND COM COMPLEX. THE CENTRALIZED PLATFORM STAFFING AND REORGANIZATION WILL REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, WHICH I MENTIONED THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE COSTS, STAFF TRAINING, UM, AND POSSIBLE UNION CONSIDERATIONS, LABOR AS WELL. WITHOUT PROPER BUDGETING, THE ROOF, THE REFORM COULD STALL OUT, WHICH IS, I HOPE IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO I JUST, THAT'S WHY I WANNA RAISE THESE ISSUES. THE RISK OF EQUITY VERSUS REVENUE TENSION, IT'S A KEY CHALLENGE. THE RESOLUTION PRIORITIZES UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO AIMS TO MAXIMIZE, MAXIMIZE REVENUE. SO THESE GOAL GOALS COULD SOMETIMES BE CONFLICT ONE ANOTHER, [03:55:01] BUT MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT IS, HAS A CAREFUL BALANCE, UM, IN ORDER TO AVOID INADVERTENTLY PRICING OUT THE VERY GROUPS WE AIMED TO HELP, WHICH IS WHY EQUITY IS SO IMPORTANT IN EMPHASIZE IN THIS RESOLUTION, UH, THE POTENTIAL BURDEN ON SCHOOL SITES, WHICH WAS, UM, BROUGHT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA HELP. BUT, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL PROVIDE A BURDEN, UH, LIKE SUPERVISORS ON SITE FOR SOME EVENTS, CUSTODIAL OVERTIME, SECURITY AND CALENDAR MANAGEMENT. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE COSTS DON'T BECOME A BURDEN ON THE SCHOOLS, BUT CAN FIND SOME, UM, SOME SOLUTIONS SO THAT IT WON'T COME UPON OUR SCHOOLS. UH, RISK MANAGEMENT COMPLEXITY, MORE FACILITY USE MEANS MORE LIABILITY, INSURANCE CONSIDERATIONS, SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THE STUDY WILL, UM, ADDRESS THESE AS WELL. AND LASTLY, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, THOSE WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE USE OF THE SCHOOLS. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS STUDY. A CLEAR COMMUNICATION PLAN IS ESSENTIAL. UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE FLAG THAT AND THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT OVERALL, THE RESOLUTION IS LOGICALLY SOUND EQUITY DRIVEN, FORWARD THINKING AND ADDRESSES A REAL OPERATIONAL GAP. UH, ITS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON STRONG IMPLEMENTATION, ADEQUATE FUNDING, AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH, AND MAKE OUR PUBLIC SPACES TRULY ACCESSIBLE. UH, SO LET'S MODERNIZE RESPONSIBLY AND ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS REMAIN VIBRANT CENTERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU DR. RIVAS. AND I APPRECIATE THE THINGS YOU RAISED. I MEAN, ONE, THE YES, WE WERE THINKING BOTH. THERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO THINK THROUGH THE REVENUE EQUITY TENSION. ONE IS AROUND PARTNERS. UM, AND I THINK WE CONTEMPLATE DIFFERENT THINGS. I HAVE A SCHOOL, UH, THAT, THAT'S RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE BEACH. AND ON WEEKENDS THE SCHOOL CHARGES A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY FOR BEACH PARKING. THEIR SCHOOL MAKES A LOT OF MONEY. THERE'S A 60 40 SPLIT WITH MOST OF THESE FOR SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE. AND SO IN THAT INSTANCE, LIKE WE SHOULD DO WITH THE MARKET BEARS. AND UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IF WE HAVE A MO AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNIZE THE SYSTEM, UM, TO, TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT. PARKING, UH, PAID FACILITIES. AND THEN THE GROUPS THAT WE HEARD FROM TODAY AND THAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING WILL ALSO HAVE LOWER COST STRUCTURE. ALSO, MAKING SURE THAT NOT EVERY SCHOOL IS NEAR THE BEACH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, BEACH PARKING WORKS FOR THE SCHOOLS IN VENICE THAT I HAVE, MAYBE DOWN IN SAN PEDRO AND TANYA'S DISTRICT, BUT, BUT NOT OTHERS. AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT SOME SCHOOLS AREN'T, UM, SEEING, UH, THE BENEFIT OF A MODERNIZED SYSTEM WHILE OTHERS THAT AREN'T GETTING THE SAME SYSTEM, UH, OR THE SAME USAGE ARE NOT. SO THAT'S ONE THING WE HOPE THEY CONTEMPLATE. AND THEN I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE IMPACT STATEMENT, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK THE DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE WE WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT AND WE SAID, PLEASE TELL US UPFRONT WHAT THIS MIGHT COST. WE DON'T, I THINK THE BOARD SOMETIMES GETS CONFLICTING INFORMATION AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE TOLD, OH, IT'S GONNA BE COST NEUTRAL. SO I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STARTUP COSTS FOR THE, WE'LL SEE THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THERE ARE SYSTEMS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES USE, AND WE SHOULD, WE WILL HAVE THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, AND I THINK GIVEN OUR SIZE, SHOULD GET A FAVORABLE RATE. THERE'S SOME STARTUP COSTS THAT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE THE REVENUE THAT WE'LL GENERATE. AND SO I THINK AT BEST THIS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, AT WORST COST NEUTRAL. AT BEST WE'LL GENERATE MORE REVENUE. BUT, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THEM BEING UPFRONT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD BY FACILITIES AND, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TEAM THAT PART OF THIS IS OVER THE YEARS WE'VE CUT STAFF AND YET THERE'S A LOT OF APPLICATIONS TO PROCESS AUTOMATION WILL HELP. BUT THIS DOES CONTEMPLATE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. AND JUST LIKE WITH OUR JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ON COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS, WE SHOULD INVEST STRATEGICALLY IN THE THINGS TO MAKE US A BETTER PARTNER. AND IF THAT MEANS THAT WE BRING IN A FEW MORE STAFF TO HELP PROCESS THESE APPLICATIONS, SO AN IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS GROUP OR A YOUTH SPORTS GROUP CAN USE THESE FACILITIES AT COST AND MORE FREQUENTLY, THEN I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD SUPPORTS. SO THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING BOTH OF THOSE CONCERNS, AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, CARLA, PLEASE. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING UP ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST DID RIGHT NOW AT THE END ABOUT THE USE OF IT AND HOW IT COULD BE AT COST FOR SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS. WE SAW THAT DRAIN THE, WHEN WE ORGANIZATIONS WERE TRYING TO DO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS, THAT IT WAS JUST SUCH A HASSLE TO GET THESE PERMITS GOING, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF URGENCY FOR THAT. UM, I TOO, WHEN I WAS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR GETTING PERMITS, UH, I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS HARD THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT OR, OR FOR FOLKS WHO DO THE FIELD TRIPS. YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE A CAP CHAMPION AND YOU HAVE TO ORGANIZE FIELD TRIPS, GETTING THOSE, UH, APPROVALS CAN TAKE A LONG TIME. SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, BUT THAT'S INTERNAL STUFF, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE [04:00:01] GETTING THIS. I JUST WANNA UPLIFT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS AND, UH, COMMUNITY ORGS IN MY DISTRICT, I ALSO REPRESENT, UM, INDEPENDENT CITIES, THE SOUTHEAST CITIES OF, OF LOS ANGELES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEIR COMMON COMPLAINTS IS HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BE ABLE, ABLE TO GET A PERMIT TO USE THE GROUNDS AND HOW THE SYSTEM IS, DOES NOT FEEL FAIR TO THEM IN, UM, EITHER BECAUSE OF THE COST OR BECAUSE OF JUST ALL THE, THE, THE RED TAPE THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD ADD JUST, YOU KNOW, IN OUR GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS, UM, TO THE LANGUAGE WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, NONPROFITS AND PTAS OR PERHAPS IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE RESOLVE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE ONE THAT KELLY WAS, OH, I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE. WHICH ONE WAS IT DONE? YES. MAYBE IN THE TIER. UH, IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE, BUT IF YOU COULD, I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS FEEL OKAY ADDING ALSO, UM, YEAH, WE COULD JUST PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS. YEAH. OR LIKE IN THE, UH, EEG NONPROFIT VERSUS FOR-PROFIT. UM, WE COULD ALSO SAY OR, UH, AND OR, UM, MUNICIPALITIES. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE, OR, OR OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS BROUGHT IT UP. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR A BIT. THANK YOU. YOU THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. OKAY, JERRY? YES. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOARD MEMBER MELVOIN, SCHON AND NUBA FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION UP. I THINK IT VERY ACCURATELY DISPLAYS OUR VALUES AND COMMITMENT TOWARDS ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I MEAN, THERE'S MANY, MANY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING LOCAL NONPROFITS, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT PROVIDE SO MANY RESOURCES AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AND THIS RESOLUTION DIRECTLY ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR COMMITMENT. AND LIKE RECIPROCATES IT SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY SEEN AS COMMUNITY HUBS AND THIRD SPACES FOR STUDENTS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PREEXISTING NOTION TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OPEN UP SCHOOLS TO MORE PROGRAMS AND MORE MEMORIES TO CREATE FAMILIARITY AND COMFORT IN THE SPACE. SO STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY MOTIVATED TO COME TO SCHOOL. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THIS RESOLUTION CONTINUES TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND WHAT SCHOOLS ARE. I THINK EMPHASIZING THE SERVICE OF UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. AND THE CREATION OF FREE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTES FACILITIES USE FAIRLY ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND USES SCHOOLS AS TOOLS FOR, SO, OH, FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY. I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE EFFORTS, UM, BEING TAKEN TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE OVERALL PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS ALIKE ARE ALWAYS TALKING TO ME ABOUT. UM, IN TERMS OF THE CREATE. AND THIS RESOLUTION REALLY ADDRESSES IT WITH THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC FACING ONLINE PLATFORM THAT MEETS THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE ADAPTING TOWARDS TRENDS, UH, THAT SHOW AN OVERWHELMING INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY USAGE. I'M GLAD TO SEE FURTHER ADVANCEMENTS TOWARDS COLLABORATION AND TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. THANKS, MR. Y JUST A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS. I ENJOYED LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING. THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY AT THE SCHOOL WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE CALENDAR SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT DOUBLE BOOKED. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN THE FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN THE AUDITORIUM IS AVAILABLE AND NOT AVAILABLE. SO SOMEONE AT SCHOOL HAS TO BE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR CALENDAR TO KNOW WHEN PEOPLE MAY USE FACILITIES AT YOUR SCHOOL. THAT'S MY FIRST COMMENT. ONE MORE, SECOND COMMENT IS, YOU CAN'T RUN THIS OR THIS OFFICE ON A SKELETON CREW. IT'S, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. NOW, ONCE WE MODERNIZE THINGS AND ONCE THINGS ARE SO SELF-EXPLANATORY THAT IT SHOULD BE SIMPLE, YOU WOULDN'T NEED THAT MANY PEOPLE. BUT RIGHT NOW YOU DO NEED MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WORKING IN THAT OFFICE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GONNA, I'LL CO-SIGN BOTH OF THOSE AND I'LL, AND I'LL SAY IN TALKING TO THE, THE, THE FOLKS IN THE OFFICE, ONE ON THE, ON THE NEED FOR MAYBE MORE SUPPORT, BUT ALSO I WILL APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE SCHOOL SITE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE NEED THE, UM, PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS WITH THE CALENDAR, BUT ALSO JUST THAT SEEMS TO BE WHEN I'VE ASKED AND INQUIRED ON, YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT TAKING A WHILE TO GET BACK TO APPLICANTS, WHETHER THAT'S A COMMUNITY GROUP OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER. SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE OUR FACILITIES DIVISION WILL HAVE REACHED OUT TO A SCHOOL TO SAY, IS THE GYM AVAILABLE NEXT SATURDAY? AND THEY DON'T HEAR. AND I'VE HEARD STORIES WHERE FOLKS HAVE PHYSICALLY HAD TO DRIVE TO SCHOOLS TO LIKE, ASK SOMEBODY, IS THIS AVAILABLE? SO I HOPE AS PART OF THIS, YES, WE'LL TRAIN OUR SCHOOL SITE STAFF WHO I KNOW HAVE SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATES, BUT TO BE RESPONSIVE, UH, AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING THAT. THANK YOU, KELLY. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. I FORGOT TO DO THAT. , PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY. THANK YOU MR. MCLEAN. [04:05:03] OKAY. AFTER HAVING BEEN MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN, SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. IS THAT RIGHT, NELSON? I THINK CLOSE. DO IT AGAIN. WHY I REPEAT IT. UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. DR. EVAS? YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. MS. REGO? YES. MS. EZ? YES. UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. BOARD PRESIDENT SEN? YES. AND STUDENT BOARD. BOARD MEMBER YANG? YES. UH, MR. MELVIN, CAN I RECORD YOUR VOTE ON TAB 23? UH, THE HEAT MITIGATION RESO? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. AND I WAS NOTED AS A CO-SPONSOR, I THINK, RIGHT? YES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, ITEMS FOR ACTION. AND NOW THERE ARE, UM, UNDER [Board President’s Reports (Part 2 of 2)] BOARD PRESENCE REPORTS. COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS. OKAY, HERE WE GO. LEMME SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SPECIAL ED COMMITTEE . SO I, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE COMMITTEES IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'RE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, SO IF YOU WANNA PREPARE YOURSELVES, HAVE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA. SORRY. SORRY, SORRY. . ALL RIGHT. UM, LET ME SEE HERE. OKAY, SO SPECIAL EDUCATION. SHOULD I GO NOW? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. SO ON OCTOBER 22ND, I CHAIR THE LAST SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE SEMESTER. AND AGAIN, MY GOAL FOR THE COMMITTEE IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AS THEY TAKE STEPS AND IMPLEMENTING THE ACTION ITEMS AND DELIVERABLES OUTLINED IN THE LISTEN AND LEARN CAMPAIGN. AT OUR LAST MEETING, THE PRINCIPALS, UM, AT OUR CAREER AND TRANSITION CENTERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTERS ELEVATED THE SPECIAL OFFERINGS OFFERED AT THEIR CENTERS, INCLUDING WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY-BASED INSTRUCTION AND THE VOCATIONAL STANDS THAT STRANDS, THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO. WE ALSO HEARD DIRECTLY FROM CURRENT STUDENTS AND PARENTS ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAMS HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR CHILD'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO HEARD FROM THE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATORS WHO COULD SPEAK TO THE IMPACT THESE CENTERS HAVE HAD ON THEIR STUDENTS. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTLY BENEFITING FROM THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU TO DR. SOTO, ALICIA HAAS, AND THE ENTIRE SPECIAL EDUCATION DIVISION TEAM FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THIS SEMESTER'S TOPICS AND PRESENTATION MATERIALS. I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEXT SEMESTER. OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR ON JANUARY 21ST AT 3:30 PM THANKS. THANK YOU, CARLA. NEXT WE HAVE THE FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MR. SCHON. UM, ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE HELD OUR FIRST FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR. WE STARTED WITH A GUEST SPEAKER, MS. IDA CLAIRE, WHO IS THE STATE ARCHITECT FOR CALIFORNIA. SHE LEADS DSA, THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT, WHICH IS THE ENTITY THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING HALL DISTRICT FACILITIES, PROJECTS. UM, AND WE THANK MS. CLARA FOR HER TEAM'S WORK TO EXPEDITE THEIR PROCESSES IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES LIKE THE PALISADES AND EATON FIRES. AND, UH, SHE SHARED SOME OF THE WORK SHE'S DOING TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN HER DIVISION. I'M SURE I'M NOT ALONE IN, IN ON THIS BOARD. AND HEARING FROM OUR FACILITIES DIVISION, WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT DELAYS THAT MANY TIMES, DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT IS WHERE THAT, UH, UM, LAYS. AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE HER HERE TO BUILD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO, UM, ENSURE SAFETY, BUT STREAMLINE PROJECTS. AND SO WE HOPE THAT IMPROVING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DSA WILL HELP MOVE PROJECTS ALONG MORE QUICKLY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH HER DIRECTLY, UM, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO EXPEDITE THOSE IMPORTANT FACILITIES, UH, UH, INITIATIVES. UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENTLY FINALIZED STUDY THAT THE DISTRICT CONDUCTED, UH, VIA MGT TO COMPARE DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION COSTS WITH OTHER ENTITIES, WE HEARD SOME COMMITMENTS FROM THE FACILITIES TEAM, INCLUDING WORK TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF BIDDERS TO KEEP COSTS DOWN AND QUALITY OF OUR PROJECTS HIGH, AND TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. SO THE DISTRICT ENDS UP WITH FEWER CHANGE ORDERS. UH, THE REPORT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR MATERIALS, AND IF OUR, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NOT TAKEN A LOOK, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. WE DID RECEIVE THE, UM, REPORT ITSELF WITH LITTLE TIME TO REVIEW, SO THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA TAKE UP THE DISCUSSION IN OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HEARD FROM THE PROCUREMENT TEAM ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR PROCESSES TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS A BETTER BUSINESS PARTNER. THEY SHARED EXPANDED OUTREACH TO PARTNERS IN THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS ON PROCUREMENTS IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT PURCHASE ORDERS ARE DEALT WITH PROMPTLY TIGHTENING UP THE AMOUNT ON CONTRACTS TO BE CLOSER TO ACTUAL SPEND AND ENHANCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT STAFF ARE UP TO DATE ON BEST PRACTICES. WE ALSO STARTED, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE ROLE OF THE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRICT CATALOGS AND ENSURING THAT SCHOOLS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. UM, BUT ALSO WE, I KNOW WE'VE ALL HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM LABOR PARTNERS ABOUT THAT, SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE COLLABORATIVELY ON THAT FRONT. UM, AND, UH, THE PUBLIC CAN TAKE A LOOK ON THE, UM, PROCUREMENT, UH, THE UPDATED WEBSITE [04:10:01] TO SEE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT PROCUREMENT HAS MADE. AND OUR NEXT COMMITTEE IS COMING UP SOON ON DECEMBER 2ND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE. YES, THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT. UM, THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE CONVENED ON OCTOBER 29TH FOR A FOCUS DISCUSSION ON TWO KEY TOPICS, INCLUDING LEVERAGING FEDERAL CLEAN ENERGY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND REVIEWING MAJOR UPDATES FROM THE E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE ON LEVERAGING FEDERAL CLEAN ENERGY CREDITS. UH, WE HAD, UH, KATIE THOMAS CARROLL PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE MILLIONS IN FEDERAL CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS BEFORE KEY DEADLINES AND EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR EARLY COMPLIANCE STEPS, INCLUDING VERIFYING MATERIALS SOURCING AND FOREIGN ENTITY RESTRICTIONS. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION CENTERED ON FINANCIAL SAFEGUARDS, RISK OF DELAYED REIMBURSEMENTS, AND ENSURING THAT SAVINGS ARE IN REINVESTED EQUITABLY IN SCHOOLS FACING THE HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS. UH, ON ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE UPDATES, MR. CRITO CLIO, OUR CHIEF ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, SHARED UPDATES ON ACCELERATING SOLAR INSTALLATIONS, SAFE HARBOR PROCUREMENT, AND ONGOING WORK WITH L-A-D-W-P AND SO-CALLED EDISON TO MEET REGIONAL CLEAN ENERGY TIMELINES. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE, TRANSPARENCY THROUGH PUBLIC DASHBOARDS, WORKFORCE READINESS, AND THE INTEGRATION OF THIRD PARTY GREEN PARTY GREENING PARTNERSHIPS AND STATE GRANTS INTO DISTRICT'S BROADER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. THE NEXT SCREENING, UH, SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RE COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD AT 3:00 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN EARLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN. ON OCTOBER 30TH, WE HELD OUR SECOND MEETING OF THE YEAR FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN EARLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING. WE LEARNED ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S WORK WITH OUR 2-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS BECAUSE WE ARE NOW SERVING TWO YEAR OLDS IN OUR EARLY EDUCATION CENTERS. HOW WE ARE RECRUITING FAMILIES TO OUR TWO YEAR OLDS PROGRAM, OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, AND HOW THEY HAVE GROWN FOR OUR TWO YEAR OLDS STAFF TRAINING TO ENSURE WE'RE MEETING THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF TWO YEAR OLDS AS COMPARED TO THREES AND FOURS. UM, AND HOW TO, HOW TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SIX, ENSURING THAT WE MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS AS, UM, AS TODDLERS, IT WAS GREAT TO LEARN THAT WE ARE EXCEEDING PRE PANDEMIC GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT FOR THIS AGE GROUP. UM, THE NUMBERS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE MAKING A, A LOT OF PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO SERVING OUR TWO YEAR OLDS. UM, WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT TOILETING PRACTICES AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING NOT A TOPIC WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT IN THIS BOARDROOM, BUT, UM, AN IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR OUR TWO YEAR OLDS ON HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR STAFF WITH TRAINING, UM, AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING FAMILIES WITH THE POTTY LEARNING PROCESS. UM, WE ALSO HAD A SECOND PRESENTATION ON OUR EARLY EDUCATION STEAM WORK, HIGHLIGHTING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNT PLAY EXPLORE, UM, WHICH IS A DISTRICT GRANT FUNDED INITIATIVE, ENGAGING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES TO PROMOTE EARLY MATH AND SCIENCE. AS ALWAYS, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE OUR EEC PRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR, UH, OUR ASSISTANTS AND THE EARLY EDUCATION TEAM PRESENT AND DISCUSS IN OUR COMMITTEE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, THE COMMITTEE OF OF THE WHOLE CONVENED ON NOVEMBER 4TH, THE MEETING FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES, IMPROVING BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND ELEVATING COMMUNITY VOICE THROUGH BOARD RULE 1 32 BOARD MEMBER TANYA T FRANKLIN LED A DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING COMMITTEE AND TASK FORCE STRUCTURES TO HELP BALANCE EFFICIENCY WITH INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION. THE BOARD EMPHASIZED PROTECTING DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER VOICES, AVOIDING OVER CONSOLIDATION AND ENSURING THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES REMAIN ACCESSIBLE AND MEANINGFUL. THIS ONGOING WORK WITH A REPORT BACK DUE AND SPRING OF 2026, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SIMON BRAVO KAMI, PRESENTED UPDATES ON S'S FISCAL OUTLOOK COMMUNITY FEED, UH, FEEDBACK FROM FALL TOWN HALLS AND THE STATUS OF THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION BUDGETING BASED ON EQUITY AND NEED IMPLEMENTATION. BOARD MEMBERS RAISED CONCERNS REGARDING LATE MATERIALS TRANSPARENCY AND THE NEED FOR CLEAR PUBLIC FACING EXPLANATIONS OF BUDGETS, BUDGET IMPACTS, AND COMMUNITY INPUT INTEGRATION. FINALLY, A COMMUNITY MEMBER, MS. MARIA LUISA PALMA, PRESENTED AN ITEM UNDER BOARD RULE 1 32 REGARDING LOCAL SCHOOL SITE CONTROL AND CAMPUS SAFETY. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LAST ONE IS THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE. YES. ON NOVEMBER 5TH, WE FOCUSED ON THE BIG QUESTION. HOW CAN L-A-U-S-D SUPPORT EDUCATORS IN SCHOOLS TO MEANINGFULLY IMPLEMENT THE FAIR ACT AND TO ENGAGE THE WHOLE SCHOOL IN A-L-G-B-T-Q-I-A [04:15:02] AFFIRMING CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND CULTURE? UM, THE FAIR ACT IS A LAW THAT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT IN 2012. IT REQUIRES THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF VARIOUS GROUPS BE RECOGNIZED IN THE TEACHING OF THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE US, INCLUDING, QUOTE, THE ROLE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, NATIVE AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, MEXICAN AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS, EUROPEAN AMERICANS, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER AMERICANS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND MEMBERS OF OTHER ETHNIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS TO THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PORTRAYING THE ROLE OF THESE GROUPS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE LAW. SO WE LEARNED A LOT. WE HEARD FROM MANY SPEAKERS AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK ALREADY, AND A CALL FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS TO ACCESS THIS TYPE OF CURRICULUM SO THAT THIS COULD BE, UM, TAUGHT EVERYWHERE AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. NOW, JUST A TEASER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE COUNT COMING OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE. WE WILL HAVE A FIRST OF TWO SETS OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED INCLUDE EXPANDED TRAINING FOR OUR EDUCATORS, STEERING COMMITTEE FOR LGBTQ PLUS MONIES. PEOPLE SPOKE TO MORE FUNDING, EXPANSION OF LIAISONS, TRAININGS, TRANSPARENCY FOR $2 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT, UM, L-G-B-T-Q-I-A OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO MAXIMIZE FUNDS FOR L-G-B-T-Q AND MORE LIAISONS, CLEAR TIMELINES AND OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MCLEAN. IF THAT IS THE END OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTS, NOW WE MOVE TO [General Public Comment (Approximately 3:30 P.M.)] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. TIME IS NOW 3 27. WE HAVE A FULL BOAT OF MEMBERS SIGNED UP, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON THOSE WHO HAVE LISTED THEMSELVES AS BEING REMOTE. BUT FIRST WE WILL TAKE A VOTE FROM, UH, MS. TANYA ORTIZ FRANKLIN ON TAB 24. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. AND CAN I BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING FROM YOUR FIELD OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. AND HERE WE GO. LAKEL WHITE. LAKEL WHITE OUTSIDE. OKAY. UH, I'LL JUST KEEP GOING AND I'LL I'LL RECALL NAMES. UH, KATE BRODY, ARE YOU HERE? KATE, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN SHE BEGIN. YOU BEGIN. HI. UM, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I'M A PARENT OF TWO LITTLE BOYS AND, UM, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I SEE AS THE EXCESSIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMS. INCREASINGLY EXCESSIVE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY PAYING FOR IT THIS YEAR. MY OLDER SON JUST STARTED FIRST GRADE RIGHT AWAY, UM, STARTED DISPLAYING LIKE SOME REGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS, ACTUALLY WETTING HIMSELF IN CLASS. AND I STARTED TO FIND OUT FROM HIS TEACHER THAT ALL OF THESE ACCIDENTS WERE OCCURRING DURING IPAD TIME, WHICH WAS AN HOUR OF THE DAY THAT THEY WERE SITTING DOING I-READY WITH THEIR HEADPHONES ON. AND HE LITERALLY COULDN'T TELL THAT HE HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM 'CAUSE HE WAS SO DYSREGULATED BY THESE GAMES. UM, AND THIS WAS GOING ON WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK. AND I MET WITH THE TEACHER WHO TOLD ME SHE DOESN'T LIKE THESE GAMES EITHER. SHE'S GETTING A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM HER BOSS. I MET WITH THE PRINCIPAL WHO TOLD ME THE EXACT SAME THING. HE DOESN'T LIKE THIS. HE'S GETTING A LOT OF PRESSURE. SO NOW I'M HERE HOPEFULLY TALKING TO THE FINAL BOSS OF IPAD GAMES. BUT THIS IS REALLY, UM, I COME AT THIS AS AN EDUCATOR TOO. MY, I THINK BASELINE GENEROUS POSITION WAS THAT THESE GAMES JUST REPRESENTED A KIND OF OPPORTUNITY COST. I THOUGHT THERE WERE SORT OF A WASTE OF TIME. UM, AND NOW I'M STARTING TO SEE THEM AS, AS POTENTIALLY REALLY HARMFUL. PICKING MY SON UP WEEK AFTER WEEK, AND HE'S CRYING AND SAYING WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME. AND THE SOLUTIONS I WAS GETTING FROM EVERYONE AT HIS SCHOOL WAS, UM, THAT WE COULD TALK TO HIM TOGETHER. I COULD BASICALLY LIKE YELL AT HIM WITH THEM. I COULD GIVE HIM MORE IPAD TIME AT HOME SO THAT MAYBE HE WOULD BECOME DESENSITIZED TO IT. JUST, UM, SO WHEN I START TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S ME, THERE'S THE SCHOOL, AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD PARTY, WHICH IS SOME PRIVATE TECH COMPANY IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THE ONLY OPTION WE WERE NOT CONSIDERING WAS THAT WE WOULD JUST NOT DO THE I-READY OR THE IPADS. UM, AND WE WOULD JUST REVERT TO NORMAL CLASSROOM LEARNING. AND IT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING, SO I JUST WOULD WANTED TO AT LEAST EXPLAIN MY CASE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BRIDE LEE, COME ON UP. YOU'D HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. [04:20:07] LAST YEAR, THE FORMER US SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY, CALLED FOR A WARNING LABEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. HE WROTE, THERE IS NO SEATBELT FOR PARENTS TO CLICK, NO HELMET TO SNAP IN PLACE, NO ASSURANCE THAT TRUSTED EXPERTS HAVE INVESTIGATED AND ENSURED THAT THESE PLATFORMS ARE SAFE FOR OUR KIDS. THERE ARE JUST PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN. PITTED AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST PRODUCT ENGINEERS AND MOST WELL-RESOURCED COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. THE SAME COULD EASILY APPLY TO EDTECH IF PARENTS WERE GIVEN FULL TRANSPARENCY OF THE SPECTRUM OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL ISSUED DEVICES AND APPS. WHAT WOULD THE WARNING LABEL READ? THE USE OF EDTECH MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR CHILD'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE LOWER TEST SCORES, LOWER GRADES, DISTRACTION, ADDICTION, CHEATING, SHORTEN ATTENTION SPANS, IMPAIRED VISION, INABILITY TO READ FULL LENGTH BOOKS, EXPOSURE TO PORNOGRAPHY, VIDEO GAMES, YOUTUBE, NETFLIX, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT THAT PROMOTES RACISM, SEXISM, VIOLENCE, POLITICAL RADICALIZATION, ANTI-IMMIGRANT BELIEFS, A ADVERTISEMENTS DISCLOSURE AND SALE OF YOUR CHILD'S PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTIES. DATA BREACHES HARM TO LONG-TERM BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, LONELINESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PSYCHOSIS, EATING DISORDERS, BULLYING, SEXUAL ABUSE, AND SUICIDE. WOULD YOU GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILD? THERE IS AN EVER-GROWING MOUNTAIN OF RESEARCH DOCUMENTING ED TECH'S HARMS THAT IS ONLY REFUTED BY A VAGUE UNSUPPORTED NOTION OF PREPARING CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE. THIS DIS THIS DEBATE IS OFTEN FRAMED AS A DIFFERENCE IN IDEOLOGY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FACT VERSUS FICTION SCIENCE VERSUS SCIENCE FICTION. LAST WEEK, THE GOOGLE PRODUCT MANAGER WHO OVERSEES CHROMEBOOKS IN SCHOOLS DESCRIBED THE NEW ERA OF EDUCATION AS ONE IN WHICH TEACHERS ARE SIDELINED AS MERE FACILITATORS FOR STUDENTS LEARNING ON COMPUTERS. AND THE CEO OF MICROSOFT AI JUST SAID THAT CLASSROOMS WON'T BE ABOUT ACQUIRING INFORMATION ANYMORE AND KIDS WILL TEACH THEMSELVES . PARENTS OF OLDER KIDS OFTEN SAY TO ME, WITH A DEEP SIGH OF DEFEAT, WAIT UNTIL MIDDLE SCHOOL. BUT I'M NOT WAITING. AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MAO MAYBE THAT'S TREJO. I DON'T, I DON'T. OKAY. UH, LAKEL WHITE, COME ON DOWN. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. UH, I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME TO TWO STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. MS. WHITE HAS YIELDED HER TIME TO TWO STUDENTS. YOU'LL BOTH HAVE TWO MINUTES TOTAL. SO HOWEVER YOU SPLIT IT, THE, THE TOTAL WILL BE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. COME ON UP, ADJUST THE MIC AND WE'LL START THE TIMER WHEN YOU BEGIN. THANK YOU. OH, WAIT. IS THIS GOOD? YEAH. YEAH. THIS. OKAY. OKAY, WE'RE READY. READY. HELLO, MY NAME IS ADA WALKER DEAN, AND MY NAME'S ESA. AND WE ARE LEADERS OF STUDENTS DESERVE FROM GEORGE C HIGH SCHOOL. TODAY WE HAVE COME TO CALL L-A-U-S-D TO PROTECT UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS WITHOUT, WITHOUT POLICE. I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT DUE TO RECENT EVENTS IN OUR COUNTRY, PEOPLE OF COLOR, MOST NOTABLY IMMIGRANTS, HAVE BEEN FACING SERIOUS ISSUES REGARDING ICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT. ICE HAS BEEN ON A VIOLENT RAMPAGE THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND THE US AS A WHOLE. FAMILIES ARE BEING RIPPED APART AND CHILDREN ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES JUST BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE BEING DETAINED BY ICE HAVE NOT COMMITTED CRIMES. THEY JUST WANT TO LIVE A COMFORTABLE LIFE. ICE IS NOT ONLY DETAINING IMMIGRANTS, BUT THEY NOW HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DETAIN PEOPLE BASED ON APPEARANCE ALONE. THIS IS CAUSING OBVIOUS FEAR AMONG THE CITY, ESPECIALLY ON STUDENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT INCIDENTS OF ICE PATROLLING AROUND MULTIPLE L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE ICE HAS BEEN INTIMIDATING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I'M FRIENDS WITH MANY WHO ARE BEING TARGETED BY ICE. AND LET ME SAY THIS, THEY ARE TERRIFIED. MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE ON EDGE. THEY'RE SCARED TO EVEN STEP OUTSIDE, LET ALONE COME TO SCHOOL. SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED OR WENT TO ONLINE SCHOOL, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A RISK JUST BY WALKING STUDENTS AT MY PREVIOUS SCHOOL, VENICE HIGH SCHOOL, HAVE EVEN ORGANIZED PROTESTS. YET, THESE PROBLEMS STILL PERSIST. SCHOOL SHOULD BE A SAFE LEARNING ZONE, NOT FEAR. WHEN I AROUND SCHOOL, IT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE AFRAID TO SHOW UP. THIS HAS BEEN DISRUPTING THE LEARNING PROCESS WHERE STUDENTS CANNOT FOCUS ON THEIR STUDY, BUT RATHER AFRAID OF BEING SUPPORTED FROM THEIR LOVED ONES. EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO LEARN WITHOUT FEAR OR DISCRIMINATION. THIS IS WHY SCHOOLS SHOULD REMAIN SAFE, ZONE FREE FROM ICE TO ENSURE STUDENTS CAN LEARN AND FEEL SECURE. SO WE CALL L-A-U-S-D AND ASK YOU TO PROTECT AND DOCUMENTED STUDENTS WITHOUT POLICE. WE ASK THAT YOU CREATE A RESPONSE TO ICE AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT [04:25:01] AGENCIES THAT EXCLUDES SCHOOL POLICE, AS WELL AS PUSHING CITY OR COUNCIL OFFICIALS TO LIMIT A A PD AND SHARIF SHERIFF COLLABORATION WITH ICE. WE ALSO DEMAND THAT L-A-U-S-D USES ITS RESOURCES TO DEFEND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DEPORTATIONS. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU GIVE UPDATES ABOUT ICE ACTIVITY TO STUDENTS. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU ENSURE THAT THERE'S MENTAL SUPPORT ON ALL SCHOOL CAMPUSES. WE SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU MAKE SURE SCHOOL CAN BE SAFE PLACE FOR STUDENTS WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROWING PEACE WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED JUST BECAUSE OF HOW THEY LOOK AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY USING OH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MAL TREJO, THERE'S A LONG LINE TO GET IN. OKAY. FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT HERE. YEAH. WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM FOR SURE. SO YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME SO I CAN YIELD MY TIME. OH, YOU PLAN TO YIELD YOUR TIME. OKAY. IAN KIRKSEY. I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO CALL THE NAMES. UH, LAURA LAUREN G HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA SHORN AND I'M THE PARENT OF AN L-A-U-S-D FIRST GRADER. I'M A PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH COLLEGE, MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL IS THE ULTIMATE PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC DUTY. THAT BY PUTTING IN OUR TIME AND RESOURCES AND CHILDREN, WE MAKE THEM BETTER AND THEY EXIST TO SERVE US. SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO SEND MY CHILD TO KINDERGARTEN, I ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENROLLED HIM IN A PUBLIC NON-CHARTER L-A-U-S-D SCHOOL, AND ASSUMED THIS WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR HIM AND FOR OUR FAMILY. AND SO MUCH HAS BEEN POSITIVE, THE TEACHERS AND STAFF, THE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, AND THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE WAY L-A-U-S-D HAS IMPLEMENTED TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE ME QUESTION MY HIGH REGARD FOR THIS INSTITUTION. AT BEST, L-A-U-S-D IS CARELESSLY LEAVING HAPHAZARD COVID TECH PRACTICES IN PLACE WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS. AT WORST, I BELIEVE LAOD MIGHT BE INFLUENCED BY CORPORATE TECH INTERESTS. WHY DOES THE DISTRICT NOT PROVIDE LIMITS AS TO HOW MUCH TIME A KID CAN SPEND ON A DEVICE AT SCHOOL? WHY IS IT ASSUMED THAT MY CHILD CAN COMPLETE IPAD WORK AT HOME? EVERY TIME I REQUEST ACCOMMODATIONS FROM THESE POLICIES WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR A PLACE TO LEAVE THE DEVICE AT SCHOOL, OR FINDING ALTERNATIVE WORK FOR MY CHILD TO DO AT HOME, I CREATE EXTRA WORK FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING SO HARD. MOREOVER, THERE IS NO DISTRICT TRANSPARENCY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. WHEN I LOOK ON MY CHILD'S SCHOOL ISSUED DEVICE TO CHECK HIS SCREEN TIME, USE THE METERS BLOCKED BY THE DISTRICT, MAKING IT SEEM LIKE THE PEOPLE IN POWER ARE WILLFULLY OBSCURING PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM, IS PLACING AN IPAD INTO HIS HAND AS A KINDERGARTNER AND ASKING HIM TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE HIM FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD, A PUBLIC SCHOOL CANNOT IMPOSE RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BELIEFS ONTO CHILDREN. AND YET ALLOWING A YOUNG CHILD TO USE AN IPAD IN SCHOOL AND FOR HOMEWORK SEEMS LIKE A VERY PERSONAL CHOICE A FAMILY MUST MAKE FOR ITSELF. HOW CAN LA OS D SHIFT TO BECOME A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR INTENTIONALLY LOW TECH FAMILIES? HOW CAN L-A-O-S-D ENSURE THAT SCHOOL TECH USAGE IS ACTUALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL STUDENTS? THANK YOU. HI, AMIR. KASIER. AMIR. OUTSIDE LUNCH. UH, NAOMI SMITH. WHERE SHE NAOMI SMITH. OKAY. I'LL, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, IF I CALL A NAME AND I, THEY'RE NOT HERE THE FIRST TIME, I, I CYCLE BACK THROUGH. I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYBODY. UH, LET'S SEE. UH, MARCELLA GARCIA. OH, THAT'S A REMOTE CALLER. MAYA GRANT, MAYA G PLEASE COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY DISCIPLINED AROUND SCREEN TIME FOR OUR KID WITH HIS A DHD. SCREENS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BAD FOR FOCUS AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION. OUR KID NEVER HAD A SMARTPHONE, BUT WHEN HE BEGAN AT JOHN BURROUGHS MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALL CLASSWORK WAS RUN THROUGH SCHOOLOGY ON AN IPAD AS IF WHATEVER SYSTEMS HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR REMOTE LEARNING WERE NOW PERMANENT. HE WAS IN A PHYSICAL CLASSROOM, BUT ON A SCREEN ALL DAY, WHICH WAS TERRIBLE. FOR MOOD MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS LEARNING. I DID NOT SEE TECHNOLOGY LEAD TO BETTER MASTERY OF MATERIAL OR MORE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZED CLASSROOMS. THE OPPOSITE. BY EIGHTH GRADE, CONSTANT UNMONITORED EXPOSURE TO SCREENS AT SCHOOL BALLOONED INTO FULL-BLOWN ADDICTION. MY KIDS' GRADES COLLAPSED. HE LOST INTEREST IN SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES HE LOVED. HIS ENTIRE PERSONALITY CHANGED. WE CAME TO DISCOVER HE WAS BEING SEXUALLY GROOMED AND ENCOURAGED TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME BY STRANGERS. ONE PERSON ON TUMBLR OFFERED TO COME HURT ME AND MY HUSBAND WHEN, WHEN WE TRIED TO CUT OFF ACCESS, [04:30:01] MY CHILD RAN AWAY WITH HIS SCHOOL IPAD, SWITCHING THE SETTINGS FOR ALL OF HIS ACCOUNTS TO TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION RUN THROUGH HIS SCHOOL IPAD. WHEN WE SECURED THAT DEVICE, BROKE THAT LAST LINK, OUR CHILD HAD A MAJOR BREAKDOWN AND LOST THE SECOND HALF OF EIGHTH GRADE TO INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. WE ARE AN EXTREME CASE, BUT WE'RE NOT AN OUTLIER. EVERY TEEN TREATMENT FACILITY I RESEARCHED HAS ONLINE ADDICTION ON ITS HOMEPAGE, A POPULAR SILICON VALLEY DESIGN BOOK IS CALLED HOOKED HOW TO CREATE HABIT FORMING PRODUCTS. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS NOT MAKING OUR KIDS' EDUCATION BETTER. IT'S MAKING THEM UNWELL. IT'S DESIGNED TO, SAN DIEGO IS SUING BIG TECH FOR ITS HARMS TO STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. L-A-U-S-D SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME, NOT OPENING THE FLOODGATES TO THESE PREDATORY COMPANIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JOSEPH WILLIAMS. JOSEPH WILLIAMS. UH, MARSHA DOSS. MARSHA. MARSHA. I'M MARSHA AND I YIELD MY TIME TO EZEKIEL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, MY NAME IS EKI GACHO. I'M A JUNIOR AT KING DREW HIGH SCHOOL AND A LEADER THROUGH STUDENTS DESERVE. I'VE COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MY COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS WHO LOOK JUST LIKE ME. WITH THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND POTENTIAL COST OF FUNDING, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CONCERNS OF ME AND MY PER PEERS ARE HEARD. I PROPOSE THAT PROGRAMS SUCH AS BSAP DREAM CENTERS, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND OTHER MINORITY SUPPORT SYSTEMS SHALL NOT BE REDUCED OR BE FUNDED. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT EXTRACURRICULARS OR OPTIONAL FOR SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL AND DETRIMENTAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. BSAP, IN PARTICULAR, IS ONE OF THE ONLY PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT DESIGNED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT BLACK STUDENTS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MISREPRESENTED AND DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY BARRIERS IN EDUCATION AND A CRIPPLING RECORD, LACK OF RESOURCES. BSAP CREATES A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENTS PROVIDING CULTURAL AFFIRMATION IN HELPING STUDENTS TO BUILD ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE. THIS IS THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT CAN CHANGE A GR BRING A GREAT CHANGE TO A STUDENT, NOT JUST FOR A SCHOOL YEAR, BUT FOR AN ENTIRE LIFETIME. AT THE SAME TIME, I WANNA RAISE A SERIOUS CONCERN. LUSD CONTINUES TO SPEND TENS OF MILLIONS OF EDUCATIONAL DOLLARS ON THE LA SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF CUTS MUST BE MADE, THEY SHOULD COME FROM POLICING, NOT FROM SUPPORT SYSTEMS. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO PUT SCHOOL POLICE BEFORE STUDENT NECESSITIES. LIKE MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, INVESTING IN SCHOOL POLICE DOES NOT CREATE SAFER SCHOOLS. INVESTING IN STUDENTS DOES. IF LUSD IS TRULY COMMITTED TO BLACK STUDENT SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY, THEN THESE NAME PROGRAMS MUST NOT BE EV MUST BE PROTECTED, NEVER TO BE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED. THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, AND THRIVING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS. I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES WHEN MAKING YOUR BUDGET DECISIONS. YOU MUST PROTECT THE PROGRAMS THAT HELP US LEARN, HELP US GROW, AND HELP US FEEL SAFE ON OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TODD GRABOWSKI. TODD G, COME ON UP AND AFTER, UH, MR. GRABOWSKI IS LILA, AND THEN MILEY FURLOUGH. HI, MY NAME IS TODD GSKI AND I'M A PARENT OF A FIRST GRADER. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT LAD'S RESPONSIBLE USE POLICY, WHICH IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT. THE DISTRICT REQUIRES ALL STUDENTS TO SIGN, INCLUDING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FOUR YEARS OLD, BEGINNING IN TK AND KINDERGARTEN. IT'S FOUR PAGES LONG, SINGLE SPACED, AND CONTAINS MORE THAN 30 TERMS. CHILDREN MUST AGREE TO SOME OF THE TERMS ARE LAUGHABLE, LIKE THE REQUIREMENT THAT CHILDREN FOLLOW ALL COPYRIGHT LAWS AND GUIDELINES. DOES L-A-U-S-D REALLY THINK A FOUR OR 5-YEAR-OLD CAN UNDERSTAND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, WHICH CONSISTENTLY B BAFFLES THE MOST SEASONED LAWYERS AND JUDGES. SOME TERMS ARE DISTURBING. FOR EXAMPLE, I WILL NOT MEET ANYONE IN PERSON WHO I'VE MET ONLY ON THE INTERNET. THIS LEADS ME TO THINK, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO MEET PEOPLE ONLINE USING SCHOOL ISSUED DEVICES? WHY DOESN'T THE DISTRICT BLOCK THIS CAPABILITY? AND WHAT HAPPENS IF A STUDENT DOES? HAS THE, HAS THE DISTRICT WAIVED ALL LIABILITY BECAUSE THE STUDENT SIGNED THIS WAIVER? AND SOME OF THE TERMS SEEM SIMPLY INEQUITABLE, SUCH AS THE REQUIREMENT THAT PARENTS, SHE OUT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE THESE FRAGILE DEVICES THAT ARE ACCIDENTALLY BROKEN BY THEIR CHILDREN. OR THE REQUIREMENT THAT PARENTS CONTINUALLY, CONTINUALLY MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN'S USE OF DEVICES AT HOME. OVERWORKED PARENTS WHO ARE BALANCING, MAKING DINNER, WORKING VARIOUS JOBS OR CARETAKING OTHER CHILDREN OR ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS. BUT MORE THAN ANY ONE TERM OF THIS DOCUMENT, I'D LIKE TO ASK, WHY DOES IT EXIST? YOUNG CHILDREN CAN GIVE MEANINGFUL CONSENT TO A LEGAL DOCUMENT LIKE THIS. WHY IS THE DISTRICT PUTTING THE BURDEN OF SETTING RULES, LIMITS, OR OVERSIGHT ENTIRELY ONTO STUDENTS AND THEIR OVERWORKED PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS? AND WHERE IS THE RESPONSIBLE USE POLICY [04:35:01] FOR THE DISTRICT? WHERE IS THE COMMITMENT FROM THE DISTRICT THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL BE SAFE FROM POTENTIAL HARM AND LEARNING DISTRACTION BY THESE EXTREMELY POWERFUL DEVICES? WHERE ARE THE MEANINGFUL LIMITS RULES AND GUIDELINES? LAUD IMPOSES ON THE WAY THESE DEVICES ARE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. WITHOUT THAT, PARENTS CANNOT GIVE ME, CANNOT MEANINGFULLY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO PARENTAL CHOICE OR GIVE INFORMED CONSENT FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE ON THESE DEVICES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, LILA B LILA. HI, UH, I'M LELA BOCK, FOUNDER OF SCHOOLS BEYOND SCREENS. AND I'VE APPEARED BEFORE THIS BOARD SEVERAL TIMES TO VOICE ALARM ABOUT THE OVER RELIANCE ON CLASSROOM TECH. BUT I'M HERE TODAY IN A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE. SINCE MY LAST VISIT TO THIS CHAMBER, THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN A SERIES OF SIGNIFICANT STEPS TOWARD ADOPTING OUR PROPOSALS. WE SUGGESTED THE FORMATION OF A NEW TECH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NOW HAPPENING. WE SUGGESTED A SURVEY AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON EDTECH. THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING, AND OSTENSIBLY, THIS FEEDBACK WILL BE USED TO CRAFT NEW GUIDELINES FOR HOW TECH IS USED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE THE SPRING. HOWEVER, WE REMAIN DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR CORPORATE INTERFERENCE. THE RECENT EDTECH SURVEY IS ALMOST COMICALLY BIASED AND DECEPTIVELY DESIGNED TO THE POINT WE CAN ONLY ASSUME IT WAS DRAFTED BY INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS. HOW WILL WE ENSURE THESE CONSULTANTS DON'T EXERT SIMILAR INFLUENCE OVER THE NEW TECH GUIDELINES? SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CAN PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENSURING THIS PROCESS REMAINS IMPARTIAL AND CENTERS THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS. AS A NEXT STEP, WE REQUEST THAT YOU CONVENE A SERIES OF SPECIAL MEETINGS ON ED TECH AND TO SOLICIT TESTIMONY FROM TRULY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS. WE'VE SPOKEN WITH PREEMINENT SCIENTISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, AND EDUCATION RESEARCHERS WHO WOULD BE THRILLED TO SHARE THEIR WORK WITH THE BOARD. WE ALSO URGE YOU TO WATCH LAST THURSDAY'S EDTECH LISTENING SESSION, AT WHICH SOME 70 PARENTS TOOK TIME FROM THEIR BUSY EVENINGS TO SHARE HOW DIGITAL LEARNING TOOLS HAVE DISRUPTED THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES. THE STORIES WERE AT TIMES PAINFUL TO HEAR, BUT YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM. NOT ONE PERSON IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE STATUS QUO. THE MOVEMENT TO EVICT BIG TECH FROM SCHOOLS IS GROWING QUICKLY. JUST IN THE PAST WEEK, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED TWO PIECES ON THE PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL ISSUED DEVICES. JONATHAN HET, WHO'S BLOCKBUSTER, THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE SMARTPHONE CRISIS, HAS SAID HE'S NOW TURNING HIS FOCUS TO EDTECH. EVENTUALLY WE'LL LOOK BACK ON THE ERA OF INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES ON CHILDREN'S DESKS. THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT SMOKING ON PLANES, OUR TRENDSETTING DISTRICT COULD BECOME THE NATIONAL LEADER IN EDTECH POLICY JUST AS WE WERE WITH THE CELL PHONE BAN. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO PUT KIDS BEFORE SHAREHOLDERS AND TAKE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BACK FROM PRIVATE EQUITY. YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MILEY FURLOUGH. COME ON DOWN. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO AND BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MILEY AND I GO TO HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS BEING A LEADER AT STUDENTS DESERVE. I STAND HERE TODAY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LAUS D'S RESPONSE TO ICE AND SCHOOL POLICE ON OUR CAMPUSES. FIRSTLY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO NAME MY SUPPORT FOR BOARD MEMBER CARLA GRIEGO AND HER RESOLUTION TOWARDS COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY. WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TIRELESSLY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY AND WE DEMAND THAT THE DISTRICT ACT NOW. WE ARE DEMANDING THAT L-A-U-S-D PROTECTS ITS UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS. WITHOUT L-A-S-P-D INVOLVEMENT, THE SITE ON AND NEAR OUR CAMPUSES DOESN'T MAKE STUDENTS FEEL PROTECTED. IF IT, IT MAKES STUDENTS FEEL MORE AFRAID. AND FOR MANY STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANT STUDENTS, THE PRESENCE OF ANY UNIFORM ADDS TO THAT FEAR. THE PURPOSE OF SAFE PASSAGE WAS TO GUARANTEE THAT STUDENTS CAN GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL WITHOUT DANGER. BUT IF ICE CAN APPEAR NEAR OUR CAMPUSES, THEN THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED REAL SAFE ZONES SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY SUPPORTS AND NOT SCHOOL POLICE ENFORCEMENT. WE NEED RESOURCES THAT'LL SUPPORT AND DEFEND OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY DEFUNDING L-A-S-P-D AND INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CARE FOR US, SHOW UP FOR US AND SUPPORT US. POLICE AND SCHOOL POLICE CANNOT BE A PART OF ANY SAFE ZONE OR IMMIGRATION RESPONSE BECAUSE IF STUDENTS ARE AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US, THEN THAT SYSTEM HAS FAILED US. ICE HAS ALREADY MADE IT AWARE THAT SCHOOL ZONES ARE NOT OFF LIMITS FROM TARGETING PARENTS AT SCHOOL DROP OFFS TO THE RECENT INCIDENT JUST OUTTA SAN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SOMEONE WAS SHOT BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. THE NEED TO TIGHTEN THESE POLICIES TO BECOME URGENT SAFETY DOESN'T COME FROM POLICE ENFORCEMENT. IT COMES FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU LISTEN TO US AND WHEN WE SAY WE NEED CARE [04:40:01] AND NOT COPS. ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE DEMANDING CONTINUED PROTECTION FOR BLACK, UNDOCUMENTED AND L-G-B-T-Q STUDENTS AND WE ARE DEMANDING CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY. WE ARE DEMANDING THATS D'S RESPONSE TO ICE RATES, NOT RELY ON SCHOOL POLICE. WE NEED L-A-U-S-D TO STAND WITH US AND NOT AGAINST US AS WE DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE COMING TO SCHOOL, BEING AT SCHOOL, AND RETURNING HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JAYLEN SIMS, JAYLEN, JAYLEN SIMS, UH, TRAINEES THOMAS PERIOD. AND THEN AFTER MS. THOMAS IS JAMIAH FIELDS. HELLO. UM, HELLO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I AM JANICE THOMAS, A SENIOR AT KING DREW. AND TODAY I AM HERE TO SHARE MY DEMANDS AND MY VERY STRONG OPINIONS TOWARDS L-A-U-S-D. BUT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOARD MEMBER CARLA GREGO FOR HER RESOLUTION ON COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR A WHILE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DEMANDING FOR YEARS. REAL, REAL SAFETY ROOTED IN CARE NOT POLICING. WE NEED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN DIS IN THE DISTRICT TO ACT ON THIS IMMEDIATELY. IT SHOULDN'T BE YEAR FIVE OF ASKING FOR THE SAME THINGS. OUR SCHOOLS MUST BE SAFE ZONES NOT INFILTRATED BY THE POLICE. NOW I DEMAND YOU TO PROTECT OUR PROGRAMS WITH THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROTECTION AND CUTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO FUNDING IS CUT FROM BSAP DREAM CENTERS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY HELP STUDENTS THRIVE AND PROVIDE US WITH VERY USEFUL RESOURCES, WITH VERY USEFUL RESOURCES. WHICH MATTER REMIND YOU IS YOUR JOB. THEREFORE, LUSD WILL DEFUND AND CUT LA SCHOOL POLICE INSTEAD OF PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS. LA POLICE HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO NOT KEEP US SAFE. THEY HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. SO THE FACT THAT YOU CONSTANTLY PUSH POLICE ONTO US REALLY SHOWS HOW WE ARE NOT BEING LISTENED TO. I'VE BEEN UP HERE TALKING FOR FOUR YEARS ABOUT COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY AND IT, AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED BAFFLES ME DURING L-A-U-S-D. PLEASE HEAR OUR VOICES. 'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE THE ONES LIVING IT IN THE CLASSROOMS, NOT YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE AN AMAZING DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MIAH FIELDS JAMIAH. HEY, MY NAME IS JAMIAH. I'M A SENIOR AT WASHINGTON PREP NOW AND I'M A YOUTH LEADER AT COMMUNITY COALITION. AND TODAY I'M HERE TO SAY PROTECT OUR FUNDING, OUR HIGH AND HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS AND PROTECT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHOUT POLICE. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SHARING AN INCIDENT THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED AT MY YOUNGER SISTER SCHOOL AND MIDDLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 26TH. A STUDENT TRIED TO CHOKE MY BEST FRIEND'S COUSIN OVER A SMALL DISAGREEMENT. OF COURSE, THE SCHOOL POLICE DIDN'T SEE THAT HAPPENED. UM, AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER LUSD STUDENT WAS FACED WITH ANTI-BLACK VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL. AND INSTEAD OF RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT, THIS SAME STUDENT IS NOW FACING CHARGES. EVEN MY OWN SISTER GOT JUMPED BY TWO GIRLS AS AN EXAMPLE AND OVERALL GOT HARASSED BY THEM FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT YET SHE GOT SUSPENDED FOR DEFENDING HERSELF. NOT ONLY THAT, THE DAY SHE HAD GOTTEN JUMPED, I WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE IN THIS BUILDING WHEN IT HAPPENED. SO I COULDN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY. OH, UM, IT'S OKAY. OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER, MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. MS. ORTIZ IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU TRANSLATION HEADSETS. THE, UH, TRANSLATIONS UNIT SHOULD BE COMING OUT WITH HEADSETS ANY SECOND NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [04:45:02] THEN AFTER MARIA DAISY ORTIZ IS MONICA RODRIGUEZ. AND THEN I WILL CYCLE THROUGH THE NAMES THAT I CALLED EARLIER AND WHO WEREN'T HERE. LIST OF, UH, NO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING TO ALL. MY NAME IS MARIA DECI ORTIZ. AND I AM HERE UPON YOU OR IN FRONT OF YOU, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE I WANT ANSWERS TO WHAT I PRESENTED IN REGARDS TO THE GUIDES, THE POLICIES, AND THE BULLETINS THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEY'RE NOT ALIGNED TO THE STATE LAWS, WHICH ARE THE COMPENSATION OF DLAC. I AM HERE BECAUSE EACH AND ONE OF YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL, BUT NONE OF YOU ANSWERED EXCEPT THE OFFICE OF MS. REVA'S OFFICE WHO ANSWERED, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE HERE WITHOUT HAVING AN ANSWER AS WHAT YOU'VE ALL DONE. KNOWING THAT WE'VE VERIFIED THAT THESE GUIDES ARE AGAINST THE STATE GUIDELINES. THEREFORE, WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DEMANDED THE REGION, THEY DEMANDED FOR THEM TO SELECT ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HOLD THE BUDGET. WHAT IS THIS ABOUT YOU? CORRECT. ONE ERROR COMMITTING ANOTHER ONE AND WITH LIES WHEN IN ALL TRUTH, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. ALSO THAT YOU HAVE MADE CHANGES. AND THE, THE PROGRAM FOR RECENT NEWCOMERS IS FOR, IT USED TO BE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. NOW IT'S FOR ONE YEAR. WHO MADE THE DECISION TO CHANGE THIS? JUST AS THE DUAL PROGRAMS. THE DUAL PROGRAMS DO NOT RECEIVE ELD. THIS IS WHY THESE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THE BILATERAL SEAL NOR RECLASSIFIED. AND PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU ENJOY LYING TO PARENTS. THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T WANT PARENTS WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS. AND MR. MCLEAN, I WANNA KNOW WHAT WHEN I CAN CREATE OR DO A PRESENTATION SO I CAN SHOW THIS AND SHOW YOU HOW TO REVISE AND READ AN ELPAC. SO STOP. SO YOU CAN STOP LYING AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROGRESSING. LET ME KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO BECAUSE I WANT PARENTS TO OPEN THEIR EYES SO THAT THEY CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE, THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND NOT CONTINUE LYING JUST THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. I ALSO WANT YOU TO CORRECT THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED THIS ASTROS WITH THE GUIDES. THIS PERSON CANNOT CONTINUE TO WORK HERE, JUST LIKE FROM THE REGION EAST. AND I WILL NOT LEAVE FROM HERE. THANK FOR, UH, MONICA RODRIGUEZ. MONICA RODRIGUEZ. MONICA. OKAY. UH, LAKEL WHITE. OH, YOU SPOKE MAO TREJO. I'M SORRY. I'M GONNA JUST CALL THROUGH THE NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT I CALLED MISSED THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN IF SOMEONE IS GIVING TIME, PLEASE LET US KNOW. YOU'RE GIVING TIME. SO, UH, MAO TREJO, I MISSED YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO SEED TIME. IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. MONICA, CAN WE HAVE MONICA GO FIRST? THAT'S GREAT. WHO'S MONICA SPEAKING FOR? OKAY. OH, MONICA RODRIGUEZ. I'M SORRY. NOW YOU'RE HERE. MY BAD. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE TWO MINUTES IS YOURS. HELLO FRIENDS AND LASD BOARD MEMBERS. I AM A STUDENT AT WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF INNER CITY STRUGGLE AS SOMEBODY DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE DECISIONS MADE BY THIS DISTRICT. I AM HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO ANY CUTS IN FUNDING FOR OUR CORE PROGRAMS. FROM BSAP DREAM CENTERS, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND OTHER FOCUS POSITIONS LIKE C THE PROPOSED PHYSICAL PLAN TO CUT FUNDS DE DESIGNED FOR ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS, [04:50:01] SCHOOL STAFF SALARIES AND VITAL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION. IT IS A QUICK FIX THAT PUTS BANDAID, A BANDAID ON A GROWING PROBLEM THAT WILL ONLY GET WORSE IF NOT TAKEN MY MORE SERIOUSLY BY THE PEOPLE WITH POWER AND IN NOT DOING SO, YOU ARE DAMAGING THE FOUNDATION OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM INSTEAD OF HELPING IT. THE ROLES OF OUR SCHOOL STAFF AND AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO THE HEALTH AND SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY, YET THEY'RE THE FIRST TO BE TARGETED AND THREATENED BY YOUR CUTS. OUR FAMILIES KNOW THE STRUGGLE OF A TIGHT BUDGET, BUT WE ARE ANGRY AND DISHEARTENED WHEN WE SEE A LACK OF DISCIPLINE THAT PRIORITIZES ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD OVER THE CLASSROOM. WE CONTINUE TO SEE YOU SPEND UNWISELY AND MAKE CUTS IN SCHOOLS FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OF 1.8 BILLION, SORRY, 18.8 BILLION. WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE PORTION OF FUNDS THAT YOU GAVE OUR SCHOOLS. WE DEMAND MORE FUNDS AND FOR THESE FUNDS TO BE PUT TOWARDS STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE EDUCATION THEY NEED. NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATORS, TAS, LIBRARIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER SCHOOL STAFF. THEY INSPIRE, SUPPORT, AND GUIDE US EVERY DAY. BY CUTTING THESE DEDICATED EDUCATORS, YOU ARE NOT ONLY HARMING THEIR CAREERS, BUT ALSO IMPACTING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, PROGRAMS IN ARTS, SPORTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACRYLIC AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE VITAL FOR DEVELOPING CREATIVITY, TEAMWORK, RESILIENCE AND QUALITIES THAT HELP STUDENTS THRIVE LATER IN LIFE. ONCE AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE BUDGETS ARE CHALLENGING, BUT INVESTING IN EDUCATION IS INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE TO PROTECT AND INVEST BACK IN OUR BLACK BROWN IMMIGRANT, QUEER AND TRANS STUDENTS DI DIVEST FROM SYSTEMS THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. BUT I'M GONNA KEEP GOING LIKE SCHOOL POLICE, PLEASE DO NOT LET SHORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, TREJO. I AM YIELDING MY TIME TO ELLENSON. THANK YOU. COME ON UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. OH, OKAY. IT'S OKAY. TIME HASN'T STARTED. YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALAN DELGADO AND I'M A LEADER WITH STUDENTS DESERVE AND A STUDENT AT AURORA LEARNING CENTER ACROSS LUSD. WE ARE WATCHING HATE AND DISCRIMINATION BECOME MORE OPEN RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND HOMOPHOBIA SHOWING UP IN CLASSROOMS AND HALLWAYS. THIS ISN'T JUST A NATIONAL ISSUE, IT'S HAPPENING HERE AND STUDENTS FEEL EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO CLEARLY CONDEMN ALL FORMS OF BIAS AND TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE PROTECTIONS FOR BLACK STUDENTS, UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, AND LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS. DREAM CENTERS MATTER, BUT WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHERE RESOURCES ARE GOING AND WHAT MORE WE CAN DO. I WANT TO LIFT UP THE STORY OF A FORMER LUSD STUDENT, NORA RAMOS. SHE WAS SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER AT AN IMMIGRATION APPOINTMENT, DEPORTED, AND LATER LEFT WITHOUT EITHER PARENT. HER LIFE CHANGED INSTANTLY AND STUDENTS LIKE HER STILL EXIST TODAY. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE DISTRICT TO CREATE A WAY FOR DEPORTED STUDENTS TO STAY ENROLLED ONLINE AND FINISH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. NO STUDENT SHOULD LOSE THEIR FUTURE BECAUSE OF EYES. FEAR OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T JUST HURT FAMILIES. IT HURTS OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL. SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO, YOU STATE SCHOOLS ARE NOT PLACES OF FEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT PROMISE DOES NOT MATCH OUR REALITY. YOU HAVE CALLED FOR SAFE ZONES AROUND CAMPUSES, BUT UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES FEAR EYES NEAR THEIR SCHOOLS. TEACHERS FEAR LOSING THEIR POSITIONS BECAUSE ENROLLMENT IS DROPPING WITHIN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. STUDENTS FACING FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION OF EYES AND LOSING THEIR TEACHERS. IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY SCHOOLS ARE NOT A PLACE OF FEAR, THEN WE NEED YOUR ACTIONS TO START REFLECTING YOUR PROMISES. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR REAL RESOURCES WITH THAT MEANS MORE FUNDING FOR BSAP PROGRAMS, MORE DREAM CENTERS, MORE LGBTQ PLUS SUPPORT AND LESS MONEY TOWARDS SCHOOL POLICE BECAUSE POLICE ON CAMPUS DO NOT KEEP US SAFE. COMMUNITY RESOURCES DO SO. DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE OUR DEMANDS ARE GOING AWAY NOW WHEN THIS DISTRICT KEEPS DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR. WE'RE HERE NOW AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP UNTIL THESE DEMANDS, UM, ARE BEING SHOWN AND DO YOUR JOB RIGHT OF SERVING THE DISTRICT YOU WORK FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IAN KIRKSEY ON THE I AM GONNA YIELD MY TIME TO DMI HERE. THANK YOU. PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU'LL [04:55:01] HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MY NAME IS ALU DMI OLE AND I'M A SENIOR AT KING JUNIOR MEDICAL MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL AND A LEADER IN STUDENT DESERVE. L-A-U-S-D SHOULD ENACT A CLEAR FIRM RESPONSE TOWARDS ICE AND ALL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT CAN COMPLETELY TAKE SCHOOL POLICE OUT OF THE EQUATION AND PRESERVES TRUST BETWEEN STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE DISTRICT. AS A DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT SINGLE MOTHER, I KNOW THE FEAR OF DEPORTATION. I KNOW THE FEAR OF THE DEPORTATION SHAPES DAILY LIFE. THIS IS NOT AN ABSTRACT ISSUE FOR ME. MY MOTHER FACED BURDENS OF RAISING FOUR CHILDREN ALONE, NAVIGATING SYSTEMS NOT BUILT TO SUPPORT IMMIGRATION FAMILIES. IN, IN THOSE MOMENTS OFTEN OUR SCHOOL WAS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE FOUND GUIDANCE AND STABILITY. FAMILIES LIKE MINE RELY ON SCHOOLS AS SAFE, STABLE PLACES WHERE THAT FEAR DOES NOT FOLLOW THEM. WHEN THERE IS CONFUSION OR COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ICE, THAT SAFETY DISAPPEARS. THAT IS WHY LESD NEEDS TO PUSH CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS TO LIMIT ALL COOPERATION BETWEEN LAPG, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ICE IN ORDER TO ENSURE OUR CAMPUSES REMAIN TRUE SANCTUARIES FOR IMMIGRANT AND MIXED STATUS FAMILIES. BECAUSE OF THAT, I BELIEVE L-A-U-S-D HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE ITS RESOURCES TO DEFEND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DEPORTATIONS, WHETHER OFFERING LEGAL INFORMATION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, OR SIMPLY A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE FAMILIES CAN CAN SEEK HELP WITHOUT FEAR. THERE'S A THREAT TO BUDGET CUTS LOOMING OVER OUR DISTRICT AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE ONE SINGLE DOLLAR AWAY FROM BSAP. THE DREAM CENTERS, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, OR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. THESE ARE NOT EXTRAS TO STUDENT SAFETY AND SUCCESS. AS A BLACK STUDENT IN A SCHOOL FULL OF BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS, BSAP HAS PERSONALLY IMPACTED MY LIFE. BSAP SUPPORTS PROVIDES CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE INSTRUCTION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND MENTORSHIP THAT DIRECTLY REFLECTS SYSTEMATIC DISPARITIES FACING BLACK STUDENTS. BSAP IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE PROGRAMS WHERE I ACTUALLY FEEL SEEN THE DREAM CENTERS ARE JUST AS CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY TO STUDENTS COMING FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. THEY PROVIDE RESOURCES ON LEGAL MATTERS, COLLEGE GUIDANCE, AND SAFE SPACES TO ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING DOCUMENTATION OR DEPORTATION CONSEQUENCES WITHOUT INTIMIDATION. FOR MANY OF US DREAM CENTERS ARE ONLY, ARE THE ONLY PLACES WHERE WE COULD GET THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO NAVIGATE OUR FUTURES. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO. YOU GET THAT ONE LAST THOUGHT OUT. UM, OKAY. AMIR KASIR, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. HELLO, I'M AMIR AND I LEAD, LEAD YIELD MY TIME TO LAYLA KING. ALL RIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, UH, ONCE YOU BEGIN. HELLO, MY NAME'S LAYLA KING AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO ACT NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO YOU TO RETURN EIGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION PSW THREE EDUCATIONALLY RELATED INTENSIVE COUNSELING SERVICES, PS, WS, AND EIGHT SCHOOL-BASED PS, WS FROM NON-PRIORITY SCHOOLS WHO HAS LESS THAN 600 STUDENTS AFTER NORM DAY, BACK TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS AND PROGRAMS. IMMEDIATELY, I URGE YOU TO HIRE NEW PS, WS FOR ALL SCHOOL PURCHASE AND VS. A FUNDED POSITIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR UNTIL NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR AND LASD BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE FINAL REVISED SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION RESOLUTION FROM THE LASD BOARD MEETING FROM SEPTEMBER 23RD, PRESENTED BY SCOTT SEN AND CARLY GRIEGO, LA OS D DID NOT IMMEDIATELY OPEN POSITIONS AND HIRE NEW PS WS, THAT'S A PROBLEM. INSTEAD, LASD AUTHORIZED UNNECESSARY FORCE ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS OF PSW TO FIELD SCHOOL-BASED AND PSW POSITIONS AND LASD ACTIONS HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND PROGRAMS THAT WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND LEADING TO ABRUPT TERMINATIONS, MAJOR GAPS IN SERVICES, LACK OF CONTINUITY AND CARE OF RISK AND NON-COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH FEDERALLY MANDATED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. MY NAME IS . I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PWS. IF MY PS W IS BLUNTLY TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, I'LL FEEL SO LOST AND KIND OF DESPERATE. A PSW CAN BE SOMEONE'S SUPERHERO THROUGH HARDSHIPS AND CHALLENGES ONE CAN FACE. NOT HAVING A PSW CAN LEAD TO DEPRESSIONAL BACKLASH OR IT COULD BRING YOU BACK INTO OLD TRAUMA YOU FACED BEFORE. MY PSW IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE SHE PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND INSPIRATION TO ME AND MY PEERS AND MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SAFE PLACE AT THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CALL ON NAOMI SMITH AGAIN. NAOMI SMITH, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. HELLO, MY NAME IS NAOMI SMITH. I'M A 10TH GRADER AT MANUEL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL AND A YOUTH LEADER WITH COMMUNITY COALITION. TODAY I AM HERE TO SAY PROTECT OUR FUNDING AT HIGH AND HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS AND PROTECT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHOUT POLICE EQUITY MUST BE PRIORITIZED, ESPECIALLY DURING CHALLENGING BUDGET TIMES. REDUCING SETTING MEANS CUTTING FUNDING FOR COUNSELORS, TUTORS, MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT. IT LIMITS STUDENTS SUCCESS [05:00:01] BOTH SIDE, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. IT ALSO TAKES AWAY FROM TEACHER TRAINING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER PROGRAMS OUR SCHOOLS RELY ON. WE UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT IS SPACING A DEFICIT AND WE UNDERSTAND THE DECISION DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE BY FISCAL YEAR 2027. BUT CUTTING SENDING IS NOT AN OPTION. DEFUNDING SENDING DIRECTLY HARMS STUDENTS IN HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS. IT MEANS FEWER COUNSELORS, FEWER TUTORS, FEWER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SUCCEED. THIS MATTERS TO ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE SCHOOLS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE WHERE I GO TO CLASS. IT'S A PLACE THAT HAS HELPED ME GROW. THE COUNSELORS AND STAFF I GO TO EVERY DAY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CHECK IN ON ME, WHO MAKE SURE I'M OKAY WHEN I'M STRESSED AND PUTS ME TO STAY ON TOP OF MY GOALS. I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WALK ON CAMPUS AND FEEL SEEN. I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN SUPPORT ISN'T THERE. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ANY STUDENT STUDENT DESERVE TO FAIL. IF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WERE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF BUDGET TESTS, MY SCHOOL WOULDN'T FEEL THE SAME. IT WOULDN'T FEEL AS SAFE AS SUPPORTIVE OR AS MOTIVATING. AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY STUDENT WHO FEELS THIS WAY. STUDENT DESERVE, STUDENTS DESERVE ADULTS ON CAMPUS WHO CARE ABOUT US, WHO GUIDE US, AND WHO HELP US NAVIGATE EVERYTHING WE DEAL WITH BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. SECOND, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING OF SCHOOL POLICE. WE DO NOT NEED SCHOOL POLICE ON OUR CAMPUSES. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW DISRUPTIVE AND DISRESPECTFUL SCHOOL POLICE CAN BE. I EVEN FOLLOWED WHILE SIMPLY TRYING TO WALK HOME. I WATCHED MY CA CLASSMATES BE DE DETAINED AND MAN HELD IN FRONT OF MY SCHOOL BY POLICE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. WE ALREADY FEEL WE ALREADY DEAL WITH SO MUCH PRESSURE AS STUDENTS FEELING CRIMINALIZED AT OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT BE ADDED. ON TOP OF THAT, OUR SCHOOLS DESERVE SUPPORT, NOT SURVEILLANCE. WE DESERVE INVESTMENT, NOT CRIMINALIZATION, AND WE DESERVE TO BE LISTENED TO WHEN, WHEN WE SAY WHAT WE NEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HEY, JOSEPH WILLIAMS. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, UH, JAYLEN SIMS. ONE MOMENT. I NEED TO CHECK ON A REPLACEMENT. EZEKIEL GETCHU. I THINK YOU ALREADY SPOKE EZEKIEL G. YEAH, YOU ALREADY SPOKE CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE ONE REMOTE CALLER NAMED MARCELLA GARCIA. MARCELLA GARCIA. I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MARCELA GARCIA VO. MARC GARCIA. MARC GARCIA, ARE YOU THERE? VO GOOD. A WHEN THERE'S ELECTIONS FOR ELECT, WHEN THERE'S ELECTIONS FOR ELECT, THERE'S, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PARENTS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS, BUT THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE ELECTED BY PARENTS TO ASSIST IN REPRESENTING IN THE ELECTIONS. FOR DELAC. IT IS ONE OF THOSE PARENTS FROM FRANKLIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED. WHY? IF THEY WENT, IT WAS THE PARENTS VOTED FOR THEM, FOR THE LADY, FOR DAISY ORTIZ TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE. AND THEY DID NOT ACCEPT HER. BUT SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHY. AND WITHIN THE 49% THAT PERSON FITS, WHY IS IT THEN WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTING HER? SO WHO IS, WHO DECIDES WHO DECIDES THERE FOR ELAC? WHY? OR IS IT, WHY IS SHE EXCLUDED? WHY IS A PERSON EXCLUDED FOR THAT? SOMEBODY WHO'S ELECTED BY THE PARENTS AND IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WHY DO THEY PUSH US ASIDE FOR THESE PARENTS? THEY HAVE THE TIME, THEY HAVE THE DEDICATION, AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT. WHY DON'T THEY ACCEPT IT? WELL, WHY ARE THEY REJECTED AND WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS IGNORED WHEN THEY ALSO PAY TAXES? THEY PAY TAXES. WHY IS, ARE WE ALSO IGNORED? WE NEED TO HAVE, IN EVERY SCHOOL INTERPRETATION, IN EVERY SCHOOL, THEY NEED TO ASSURE THAT IF THE COORDINATORS, IF THEY'RE GIVE, PROVIDING THE TRANSLATION FOR THE PARENTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES THAT NOT ALL OF US UNDERSTAND [05:05:01] WHAT'S BEING EXPLAINED IN ENGLISH. WE NEED IZATION. AND IT NEEDS TO BE, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PARENTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANNA PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T TRA TRANSLATION BECAUSE THEY FEEL EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE. SO THERE IS A LOT, THERE IS LOW PARTICIPATION FROM PARENTS. AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHY IN THE LAST PERSON HERE, IN PERSON, UH, MICHELLE REVA, COME ON IN. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. SOME DOCUMENTS REALLY QUICK. YEAH. JUST SET 'EM UP THERE AND THEN YOU CAN, I'LL OKAY. YEAH. TO YOUR RIGHT. I'LL COME GET 'EM. AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN BEGIN AND, UM MM-HMM . I WILL, I WILL DISTRIBUTE THAT STUFF. IT'S TWO SETS OF COPIES. OKAY. MY NAME IS MICHELLE RIVAS AND I'M HERE AS A MOTHER WHOSE LIFE CHANGED ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THE DAY MY 6-YEAR-OLD SON RO SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC AND ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE INJURY AT ALEXANDER SCIENCE CENTER SCHOOL, WHERE HE AND HIS CLASSMATES SHOULD FEEL SAFE. THAT DAY, A HEAVY METAL CLASSROOM DOOR CRUSHED MY SON'S FINGER. WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO NEARLY AMPUTATED HIS BONE WAS EXPOSED. HE SCREAMED FOR HOURS IN PAIN AND TERROR AS I STOOD BESIDE HIM. WHILE DOCTORS HAD TO SEDATE HIM AND PIECE HIS FINGER BACK TOGETHER, NO PARENTS SHOULD EVER WITNESS THIS. PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS SO SEVERE. WORDS ALONE CANNOT DO IT JUSTICE. DESPITE THE SEVERITY OF THIS INJURY, I EMAILED THE SCHOOL AND THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER MULTIPLE TIMES. I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE TO MY CONCERNS. NOT ONE. THERE WAS NO SCHOOL NURSE, NO MEDICAL SUPPORT, JUST A CALL FOR ME TO PICK UP MY BLEEDING CHILD AND RUSH HIM TO THE ER. THIS IS A COMPLETE FAILURE OF SAFETY OVERSIGHT. A DISTRICT THAT SAYS IT PUTS STUDENTS' WELLBEING FIRST, CANNOT IGNORE A CHILD'S MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR A PARENT'S PLEA. THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THIS WAS PREVENTABLE HARM CAUSED BY A UNSAFE INFRASTRUCTURE. L-A-U-S-D HAS A LEGAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN SAFE CONDITIONS. LEASE BUILDING OR NOT. PARENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BECOME INVESTIGATORS TO DETERMINE WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE FOR BASIC SAFETY NEEDS. TODAY, MY SON'S PHYSICAL INJURIES ARE SLOWLY HEALING, BUT HIS EMOTIONAL TRAUMA IS GETTING WORSE. HE'S BEEN OUTTA SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS, YET WE'RE STILL IN NAVIGATING A SYSTEM. WHERE ATTENDANCE AFFECTS FUNDING, PENALIZING FAMILIES FOR ABSENCES CAUSED BY THE DISTRICT'S OWN FAILURES, I WILL NOT ACCEPT BEING LABELED AS A PARENT WHO'S NEGLECTING EDUCATION. TODAY, I'M DEMANDING A FULL INVESTIGATION TO THE SAFETY FAILURE THAT CAUSED THIS INJURY. IMMEDIATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL HAZARDOUS STORES AND INFRASTRUCTURES ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND ALL LUD SITES. SIMILAR RISK CLEAR MEDICAL RESPONSE PROTOCOLS WHEN NO NURSES PRESENT. COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN FAMILIES REGARDING INCIDENTS THAT IMPACT STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY. I'M A MOTHER OF THREE BOYS. I DID NOT CHOOSE TO BECOME A LEGAL ADVOCATE OR A MEDICAL RESEARCHER, BUT WHEN L-A-U-S-D FAILED TO PROTECT MY CHILD, I WAS LEFT WITH NO CHOICE. MY SON CANNOT STAND HERE AND SPEAK FOR HIMSELF. I'M HIS VOICE AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE DISTRICT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY AND ENSURES THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN TO ANOTHER CHILD. PREVENTABLE INJURIES ARE UNACCEPTABLE. SILENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND ACTION IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WANT ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I'M DEMANDING URGENT ENFORCEABLE SAFETY MEASURES. THANK YOU YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TO CONDUCT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS NOW FOUR 19. * 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.