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[Roll Call]
THE TIME IS NOW 11:02 AM ON MARCH 16TH, 2026.WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. UM, GOING TO TAKE ROLE MS. NEWBELL PRESENT DR. RIVAS, MR. MELVOIN.
PRESENT BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN PRESENT.
WE'LL READ THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY FOR TODAY'S MEETING AND THEN WE, THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TAB ONE, PERSONNEL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
THERE IS INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTING GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7.
UNDER TAB TWO CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 9 D FOUR ONE CASE UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, UH, UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6.
UH, THE NEGOTIATOR IS DR. MURPHY AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATORS OF LOS ANGELES TEAMSTERS 2010, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION.
LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU LOCAL 99 TEAMSTERS, UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.
TODAY'S GENERAL COMMENT WILL BE ITEM SPECIFIC ONLY AND MS. REGO IS ALSO HERE.
[Public Comment]
DIRECTLY TO THE ITEM SPECIFIC COMMENT.AND THE FIRST PERSON IS ISABEL GONZALEZ.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
ISABEL GONZALEZ, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
MS. GONZALEZ IS GOING TO SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE WILL GET YOU A TRANSLATION HEADSET IMMEDIATELY.
CIA, BUT THEN IT'S GONNA, I BELONG TO ELAC COMMITTEE FROM MY SCHOOL AND ALSO WITH SSE COMMITTEE.
I ALSO SUPPORT THE PARENT LIAISON FOR SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE OBTAINED THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES TO BRING BACK TO SCHOOL POLICE FOR THIS REASON IS WHY I'VE HEARD THE VOICES OF MANY PARENTS THAT ARE WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN FOR THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS.
NOW IN THIS EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, MORE SO WE WANT AN EVALUATION AND RESULTS FROM YOU ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS, EACH AND ONE OF YOU FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD OF L-A-U-S-D, A PHYSICAL EXAM.
SO WE KNOW IF YOU HAVE A HEART OR IF YOU'RE JUST ROBOTS THAT ARE BEING MANIPULATED.
WE WANT RESULTS FROM THE DETECTION OF DRUGS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALLOWING THE CONS FOR THEM TO USE DRUGS AND ARMS, FIREARMS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
AND THIS IS THE PROOF, UH, THE MA THE MA THE PARENT THAT CAME LAST TIME AND SHE DEMONSTRATED THAT TO YOU.
WE WANT RESULTS OF A VISION EXAM AND AUDIOLOGY EXAM TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, THAT THEY ARE SUPERVISING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOLS AND IF IN REALITY THEY LISTEN TO THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE THE SAME PROBLEMS EVERY YEAR WE TALK ABOUT OR WE TALK AND TALK AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE, HEAR US OR TALK TO US.
OKAY, THE NEXT SPEAKER ON TAB ONE IS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ.
SHE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE HER ON THE LINE IN FRONT OF ME.
ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, MISS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ? NOPE.
WE HAVE MARIA LUISA PALMA CALLING IN.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THE ANTICIPATED LITIGATION YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS RELATED TO THE TRAGIC DEATH OF KIMBERLY VALLETTA.
AS WE KNOW THEIR FAMILY'S ATTORNEY HAS BROUGHT FORTH TO YOU A CALL FOR ACTION ON ANTI-BULLYING, INCREASING SUPERVISION ON CAMPUS, AND CLEAR REPORTING ON THREATS AND VIOLENCE AMONG OTHER THINGS.
SO WE ASK YOU HERE ONCE AGAIN, HOW MANY MORE, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT TAKE BEFORE YOU ACCEPT
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YOUR MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE? YOU CONTINUE TO PAY OUT VERY EXPENSIVE SETTLEMENTS WITH EDUCATION DOLLARS THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE FOR OTHER CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, BUT IN SOME CASES, PERHAPS IN THE CASE OF KIMBERLY, THAT THOSE SETTLEMENTS WILL BE MERITED, BUT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO BRING THAT CHILD BACK TO THEIR FAMILY.THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS IN WHICH YOUR POLICIES HURT CHILDREN.
WE HAVE THE PRACTICES OF PBIS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO TELL YOU ARE NOT WORKING.
THE TIERED FIDELITY INDEX IS THE SHAM PROCESS IN WHICH SCHOOLS SELF-RATE THEMSELVES.
THE CHANGES TO, UH, STATE LAW AND WILLFUL DEFIANCE.
UTLA DIRECTED THE CLOSURES OF ALL OUR SCHOOLS DURING THE PANDEMIC, CAUSING IMPRESSIVELY HUGE AMOUNTS OF HARM TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEY, OF COURSE REQUESTED AND ASKED YOU BOARD MEMBERS TO REMOVE SCHOOL POLICE FROM CAMPUSES AND YOU COMPLIED.
WE PRESENTED TO YOUR PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS.
SO WHO DO YOU REALLY WORK FOR? WHO DO YOUR POLICIES BENEFIT IN 2022? MS. KELLY GEZ SAID ON THE RECORD ON DEFUNDING SCHOOL POLICE QUOTE, IF YOU'RE CAUSING HARM TO A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS, THAT IS ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE ACTION THAT IS CAUSING HARM, EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY CAUSING HARM.
SO WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FIX IT? THIS IS ON YOU.
UH, DEANNA GUILLEN IN THE AUDIENCE.
COME ON DOWN MS. GUILLEN, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN SHE BEGIN.
AND THEN AFTER MS. GUILLEN IS MR. JUAN MA GANDHI MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS DIANA GUILLEN AND I REPRESENT, I REPRESENT PARENTS LISEN FOR THE SCHOOL, FOR THE SCHOOLS.
WELL, WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER DAY OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL THE UNIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE TEACHER'S UNION.
WHAT TYPE OF DECISION MAKINGS WILL YOU MAKE? BECAUSE FIVE OF YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA THAT'S COMPROMISED ALONG WITH THEIRS.
YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY AGENDA.
YOU HAVE THE AGENDA THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TEACHER'S UNIONS AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY WANNA HAVE MORE PERSONNEL SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE CHARGING THEIR TARIFFS.
AND ALSO THEY WANT THE PERSONNEL TO, WELL, FOR THEM NOT TO BE RECTIFIED OR BE CALLED UPON WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG.
THEY WANNA HAVE, THEY WANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LONG TIME AT WORKING AT THE DISTRICT FOR IT TO BE BECAUSE OF THE TIME, NOT BECAUSE OF THE RESULTS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE WANT RESULTS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE WANT BETTER ACADEMIC RESULTS BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEREFORE, PEOPLE, THE ONES WE KNOW, BECAUSE HONESTLY, YOU DON'T GIVE THE INFORMATION AND THOSE BLACK, BLACK MASSES THAT OTHER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, YOU DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING NEGOTIATED IN THERE.
YOU DON'T BRING TO LIGHT TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THE TEACHERS UNION ARE SAYING, WELL, THEY MAKE A LITTLE NOT TO NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
AND THIS IS A PROFESSION WHERE IF TEACHERS DON'T LIKE IT, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEIR PROFESSION.
THEY SHOULD BE NEGOTIATORS, THEY SHOULD BE ENGINEERS.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER THING THAT MAYBE PAYS THEM MORE BECAUSE SCHOOL IS NOT FOR IT TO, IT'S NOT SO YOU CAN MAKE MONEY.
IT'S FOR OUR CHILDREN CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE AND, AND, UH, THE WAY WE'RE DOING THINGS NOW, IF YOU DON'T AS RESULTS FROM THE TEACHER AND YOU DON'T RENEW THE, AND YOU DON'T ENFORCE RESULTS, THEN THEY WILL WASTE MONEY.
AS ALWAYS, CHILDREN WILL BE LOW ACADEMICALLY AND THE COMMUNITY AND THERE WILL BE, WILL BE MORE CRIME OR, AND YOU'RE SAYING WE WILL DEFEND THE CHILDREN SO THEY DON'T GET CRIMINALIZED AND YOU'RE TAKING THEM TO CRIME BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GIVING THEM THE EDUCATION THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MR. MA GANDHI, COME ON UP.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
ALRIGHT, MR. MA GANDHI, WE'RE READY FOR YOU.
TWO MINUTES ONCE YOU BEGIN, UH, I'M COUNTING TO SEE HOW MANY PERSONNEL IS AND HOW MANY PARENTS COME TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENS AT THE PARENT COMMITTEES.
EVERY EVERYONE IS PERSONNEL AND YOU TWO, RIGHT? OH, OH, IT'S FUNNY TO CELEBRATE A NEGOTIATION THAT'S IN A PACT BLACK, IN A BLACK MASS WHERE EVERYTHING IS AG AGREED UPON.
AND THE PROBLEM IS HOW ARE WE GONNA SHARE THE CAKE? RIGHT? IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE
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THEY'RE CANDIDATES THAT DON'T HAVE RIVALS IN THEIR CAMPAIGNS.AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY SH THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD THE DECENCY TO PAY A RIVAL FOR AT LEAST TO, TO, TO BE THE BACKUP AND TO JUST, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THERE'S A COMPETITION.
DO AT LEAST DO THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A BAD JOB AND YOU STILL HAVE THE DECENCY TO SAY THAT YOU ARE DOING THE JOB TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, THE POOR, THE STUDENTS.
YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OF THAT.
IT'S A DISGRACE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIOCRITY AND YOU DON'T HAVE RIVALS.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING FINANCED BY THOSE GROUPS, MAFIA GROUPS THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING PAID BY THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND THEY DON'T ALLOW, ALLOW TO DEMO THE DEMA DEMOCRACY TO BE INVOLVED.
THEY DON'T ALLOW A PARENT TO COME AND FIX THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THIS DISTRICT.
WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE? WELL, I WORKED AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR, OR A PRINCIPAL.
YOU'VE HAVE, YOU'VE WORKED IN, WHEN HAVE YOU WORKED AS TO WHEN HAVE YOU CLEANED HOMES? WHEN HAVE YOU WORKED IN THE FARMS? WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN PERSECUTED BY IMMIGRATION? IT'S NICE TO COME HERE AND SAY, YES, I COME FROM A POOR FAMILY AND MY MOM WOULD SELL HERE AND SHE RECEIVED WELFARE.
BUT THANKS TO L-A-U-S-D, I'M A MILLIONAIRE NOW AND I HAVE A GOOD POSITION NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S A LAUGH.
YOU'RE LAUGHING AT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FIGHTING AND MAKING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MAKING A LIVING.
THIS CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
[Recess into Closed Session (Part 1 of 3)]
AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS AND DO CLOSED SESSION.[Reconvene to Open Session (Part 1 of 3)]
WELCOME BACK.THE TIME IS NOW 4:39 PM ON MARCH 16TH, 2020 SIXTH.
I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT OUT AT THIS TIME.
AND THE MEETING IS GOING TO RECESS UNTIL MARCH 24TH AT 1:30 PM AGAIN, THIS MEETING IS GOING TO RECESS UNTIL MARCH 24TH AT 1:30 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[Recess into Closed Session (Part 2 of 3)]
TIME IS NOW 1:32 PM ON MARCH 24TH, 2026.UH, THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECONVENE.
THE CLOSED SESSION THAT BEGAN ON MARCH 16TH, 2026, TIME IS NOW 1 32 AND THE BOARD IS RECONVENING NOW.
[Reconvene to Open Session (Part 2 of 3)]
THE TIME IS NOW 4:36 PM ON MARCH 24TH, 2026.THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS AGAIN UNTIL THURSDAY THE 26TH AT 10:30 AM AGAIN, THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS THIS MEETING UNTIL THURSDAY 26TH AT 10:30 AM THANK YOU.
[Recess into Closed Session (Part 3 of 3)]
GOOD MORNING.THE TIME IS NOW 10:32 AM ON MARCH 26TH, 2026.
THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECONVENE CLOSED SESSION AND I WILL BE OUT IN A PERIOD OF TIME TO REPORT OUT, UM, ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IF INDEED ACTIONS TAKEN.
[Reconvene to Open Session (Part 3 of 3)]
THE TIME IS NOW 3:15 PM ON MARCH 26TH, 2026.I'LL NOTE THAT, UM, MS. NEW BILL, DR. RIVAS, BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSEN AND MR. MELVOIN ARE HERE.
UM, AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, THE MEETING SHALL ADJOURN.
THE TIME IS, UH, NOW 3:16 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.