* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY. WELCOME [Special Board of Education (Spanish) on March 24, 2026. ] LOS ANGELES. S DR. SVA. MEL. HERE. SENIOR MEL. SENIOR MS. GO. SENIOR. GO. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, SENIOR ORTIZ. FRANKLIN. I PREMIER PERSON. YES. RIGHT IN HERE. THANK YOU. TWO MINUTES HAS BEGUN. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, KELLY. OKAY. [00:05:20] PERSON PERMIT EDUCATIONAL MODELS THAT IF THEY HAD WORKED, WE WOULD BE IN PARADISE, BUT YOU'RE CULPABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR US BEING WORSE AND WORSE. I HOPE YOU FORGET ABOUT YOUR SALARIES AND THINK ABOUT EDUCATION. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. COME ON IN. UH, PLEASE. UH, ALI. OKAY, MS. GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO USE THE HEADSETS. AND I HAVE A TIMER. NAME IS MONICA OLA. I'M A MOM OF TWO STUDENTS. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UM, NOT INCREASE THE TEACHER SALARIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT DEMONSTRATED ANYTHING ACADEMICALLY. SINCE 2% IS NOTHING AND OUR KIDS MEAN MORE. I WAS A MOM WHO SUPPORTED TEACHERS IN THE RAIN IN 2013. I WAS DISILLUSIONED BECAUSE THEY JUST LEFT AND NOW I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT FOR THEIR INCREASE IN, IN MONEY SINCE THEY CAN BE PROVIDING BETTER RESULTS FOR OUR KIDS. AND IF THEY DID, I WOULD. SO IN THIS MOMENT, I PLEASE ASK THAT YOU NOT INCREASE THEIR SALARIES. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS WITH OTHER PARENTS TO TELL THEM WE'RE IN FAVOR OF THE DISTRICT AND NOT THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE NEEDS ONE? PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP. OKAY. SO, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DEANA YEN. I REPRESENT THE PARENT NETWORK FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. I'M GLAD TO SEE MR. SALCITO BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S POST SINCE HE WAS THE SECONDARY THERE, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY HE'S NOT THERE. BUT THEN I SAW AN ARTICLE WHERE VERY CLEARLY IT DESCRIBES WHY MR. CHE WAS CHOSEN. HE HAS A LOT OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS BECAUSE HIS WIFE IS A TEACHER. HIS, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS, ONE OF THE UTLA LEADERS, MR. OROZCO, AND ALSO THE WIFE OF MR. OROZCO IS A LEADER OF U IN UTLA. SO HERE, SUPPOSEDLY IT SAYS THAT THE ETHICS CODE OF THE EMPLOYEES ESTABLISHES THAT THEY HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM MAKING DECISIONS THAT COULD PROVIDE A BENEFIT, A DIRECT BENEFIT TO A RELATIVE. AND HERE HIS MR. CHA'S WIFE WILL BE, UM, GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THESE SALARY INCREASES. AND US PARENTS ARE WILLING TO HAVE OUR KIDS SEVEN DAYS AT HOME, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE INCREASES WITH SUCH LOW RESULTS. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MEDIOCRE BASED RESULTS. SO THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN CAHOOTS WITH UTLA BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PAID FOR WITH THESE CAMPAIGNS. IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS ALSO ROPED IN. AND MR. SALCITO, WHO IS MORE INDEPENDENT, WOULD NOT BE TAKING THE PLACE. SO IT MAKES SENSE. SO MR. CARVALLO NOW LOOKS LIKE A SAINT BECAUSE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, YOU'RE COMPROMISING OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE AS PARENTS ARE HERE TO DEFEND THEM. AND AT THE VERY LEAST, SPEAK OUT LOUD TO WHAT ALL THIS IS ALL THAT'S HAPPENING. AND YOU KNOW THAT MR. CH [00:10:01] HAS CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND EVEN THEN YOU'RE CONTINUING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS TO THIS ITEM. IS ROMAN HERE? ROMAN? I DO NOT SEE ROMAN. IS KIANA SELENA HERE? KIANA C? NO. UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT IN ITEM ONE. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM TWO. THIS WOULD BRING US TO THE RESOLUTION. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOVE AND A SECOND FOR THE RULE 72 WAIVER. MOVE IT. MOVE BY MS. GOMEZ. SECOND. SECONDED BY DR. EVAS. OKAY, SO A VOTE ON THE RULE 72 ON MS. NEW BILL. YES. DR. EVAS? YES. MR. MELVIN? YES. UH, MS. REGO. MS. EZ? YES. UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. OKAY. SO THE RULE 72 HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND NOW WE GO TO THE RESOLUTION. CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RESOLUTION? I'M GONNA MOVE AN AMENDED VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEING CIRCULATED TO BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY. MOVING. SO CAN WE CALL THIS VERSION TWO? YES. OKAY. SO MOVING VERSION TWO AND SECOND. SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. OKAY, I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, GOOD MORNING. AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION ON AN URGENT MATTER THAT IS AFFECTING OUR FAMILIES, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR BROADER COMMUNITY. UM, LIKE MANY THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION, I WAS HORRIFIED TO READ THE NEW YORK TIMES INVESTIGATION, PUBLISHED LAST WEEK, AND LEARN OF THE REPEATED ABUSE OF GIRLS AND WOMEN BY CESAR CHAVEZ. UM, JUST LAST APRIL, WE HONORED DOLORES HUERTA IN OUR BOARDROOM. AND TO LEARN OF THE BURDEN THAT SHE HAS CARRIED, UM, IN SILENCE FOR SIX DECADES HAS BEEN DEVASTATING. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE BRAVERY OF THE SURVIVORS. I'M SORRY, . I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE BRAVERY OF SURVIVORS WHO HAVE OPENLY SHARED THEIR STORIES, DESPITE THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT THEY MAY FACE. THESE HEART WRENCHING STORIES REPRESENT A BETRAYAL FOR SO MANY OF US. AND, AND YET THEY RESONATE WITH MANY SURVIVORS AND MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AS GIRLS. AND IN OUR ADULTHOOD, INCLUDING MYSELF. THIS RESOLUTION HAS RIGHTLY PROMPT A RECKONING AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND ACROSS OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. AND THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE, THAT WE STAND WITH SURVIVORS AND WE CONDEMN ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. THAT WE SPEAK OUT AGAINST A CYCLE THAT CONSISTENTLY LEADS TO THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND OF WOMEN, WHICH WE READ IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY WITH THE EPSTEIN FILES. AND NOW WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A HERO FOR SO MANY OF US, THIS IS ABOUT DEMANDING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE SERVE. WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AND CHAMPION THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE, WORKING PEOPLE TO ADVANCE WORKERS' RIGHTS, LABOR RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR FARM WORKERS AND MANY OTHERS, NOT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL. NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN A PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR, THE NAMES OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE MURALS ON OUR WALLS, REFLECT OUR VALUES AS A SYSTEM OF SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND TRUTH FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE THE SWIFT ACTION THAT DISTRICT HAS ALREADY TAKEN TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND LESSONS THAT FOCUS ON THE BROADER FARM WORKER MOVEMENT AND JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS RESOLUTION WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK TO TURN A NEW PAGE AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO RECAST OUR SCHOOLS TOWARDS OUR CONTINUED GOAL OF A SAFE, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO TURN TO MY CO-SPONSORS, DR. RIVAS AND BOARD MEMBER OR THI FRANKLIN FOR ANY WORDS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. THANK YOU, MS. EZ. SURE. SO I AM, UM, HONORED TO BE INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, MY COLLEAGUES, AND HOPING THAT, UM, THE REST OF THE BOARD JOINS US AS WELL. I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY MOMENT, BUT IT'S A NECESSARY ONE. WE BEGIN WHERE WE MUST WITH SURVIVORS, GIRLS AND WOMEN WHO WERE HARMED, SILENCED, AND MADE TO CARRY THE, THAT PAIN, PAIN FOR DECADES. SURVIVORS LIKE DOLORES HUTA, ANNA MUG DE ROJA LOPEZ, WHOSE COURAGE AND [00:15:01] COMING FORWARD DEMANDS NOT JUST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, BUT ACTION. LET ME SAY THIS PLAINLY. WE BELIEVE YOU AND ALL OF THE SURVIVORS, WE STAND WITH YOU, AND WE WILL NOT LOOK AWAY. NOT ANYMORE. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR MANY IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES, THIS MO MOMENT MAY BE DEEPLY TRIGGERING. IT MAY BRING UP PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, FEAR OR PAIN THAT IS REAL. AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND WITH CARE, WITH URGENCY, AND WITH SUPPORT. BECAUSE WHAT THIS MOMENT REVEALS IS NOT ISOLATED. IT HAPPENS TOO MANY TIMES. IT IS ABOUT POWER, ABOUT SYSTEMS THAT PROTECT IN INDIVIDUALS, OVER PEOPLE, AND ABOUT THE WAYS ABUSE IS TOO OFTEN ENABLED BY TRUST AND PROXIMITY. AND IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEN OUR RESPONSE MUST GO BEYOND WORDS. THIS RESOLUTION COMMITS US TO THAT, TO ENSURING REAL TRAUMA, INFOR INFORMED SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS TO CLEAR AND CONFIDENTIAL REPORTING PATHWAYS AT EVERY SCHOOL SITE, TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS ON CONSENT BOUNDARIES AND RECOGNIZING GROOMING BEHAVIORS AND TO MAKING SURE EVERY STUDENT KNOWS THEY ARE NOT ALONE, OR ANY WOMAN OR GIRL THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AT. AND THAT HELP IS AVAILABLE. WE CAN, AND WE MUST HOLD TRUTH. THE FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT IS A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE ROOTED IN COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE AND DIGNITY. AND LEADERS LIKE DORES HUTA REPRESENT THE VALUES. WE UPLIFT COURAGE, JUSTICE, AND COMMUNITY POWER. BUT WE WILL NOT PROTECT A NARRATIVE AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE. WE WILL NOT CELEBRATE HARM BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS ARE WATCHING. THEY'RE LEARNING NOT JUST FROM WHAT WE SAY, BUT FROM WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO. SO TODAY, THE BOARD IS MAKING A CHOICE, A CHOICE TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH, A CHOICE TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A CHOICE TO SAY WITHOUT HESITATION OR CONDITION IN THIS DISTRICT, WE WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE SURVIVORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THE RESOLUTION. AND THANK YOU, MS. EZ, FOR YOUR BRAVERY TODAY. AND ALWAYS. WHEN WE HEARD OF THE NEWS LAST WEEK, MY SMALL TEAM OF SEVEN WOMEN, THE MAJORITY OF US HAD STORIES TO TELL. AND I KNOW IN ROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ROOMS ACROSS OUR CLASSROOMS, GIRLS AND WOMEN WERE TELLING THEIR STORIES TOO. DR. REBUS IS RIGHT. WE CANNOT UPHOLD A SYSTEM THAT PERPETUATES SILENCE, THAT ELEVATES MEN AND LEADERS WHO COMMIT THESE VIOLATIONS AGAINST GIRLS AND WOMEN. AND TODAY, THIS DISTRICT SAYS NO MORE BY CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SCHOOLS, BY CHANGING MURALS AND LIKENESSES OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND ANY OTHERS. WE ARE STANDING UP FOR SURVIVORS ALWAYS. WE WALKED BY A SCHOOL YESTERDAY WHERE HIS FACE WAS ON THE WALL, AND I THOUGHT, HOW MANY GIRLS, HOW MANY WOMEN ARE WALKING AROUND HOLDING THEIR STORIES? I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND TOGETHER, TO BE WITH SURVIVORS, ALWAYS. AS WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN OCTOBER THAT WE HAVE THESE TRAININGS, DR. RIVAS LIFTED UP JUST THIS MONTH. STAFF WILL BE ENGAGING IN TRAINING AND FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ABOUT GROOMING BEHAVIORS THAT WE LEARNED DECADES AGO THROUGH THIS NEW YORK TIMES INVESTIGATION. WE'RE ALREADY SHOWING IN GIRLS AS YOUNG AS EIGHT AND NINE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR STANDING WITH US TODAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN ALL FORMS. WE INVITE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION. MAY WE SPEAK? YEAH. OH, GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS, UM, RESOLUTION SO QUICKLY. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY HARD. IT'S A VERY HARD AND SAD MOMENT. UM, AND FRANKLY, IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL VERY ICKY, RIGHT? BUT IT IS A REMINDER THAT MONUMENTAL FIGHTS, SUCH AS THE FARM WORKERS, FIGHTS THE FIGHT TO HAVE RESTROOMS, THE FIGHT TO HAVE WATER, SIMPLE, BASIC THINGS. THE FIGHT FOR HEALTHCARE AND PENSIONS ARE DRIVEN BY A MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SUFFERING. AND YES, SOMETIMES A MOVEMENT HAS A FACE, BUT WE MUST REMEMBER [00:20:01] THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THAT DRIVE THAT THIS IS A REMINDER THAT MOVEMENTS OF ALL MOVEMENTS HAVE TO MAKE SPACE FOR ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT THEIR MEMBERS CAN FEEL SAFE. AND ULTIMATELY, THE SAFETY OF THEIR MEMBERS WHO PRECEDES ANY MOVEMENT. YOU CANNOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FIGHT IF THE FIGHTERS IN THE MOVEMENT ARE NOT FEELING SAFE. AND YOU CANNOT BE A GOOD LEADER IF YOU ARE CAUSING HARM AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE. AND WE'RE ALSO REMINDED THAT WHENEVER WE'RE TRYING TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION AND CHANGING SYSTEMS, YOU DO IT FROM A PLACE OF LOVE. AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE FEELING THAT LOVE. THE WAY THAT THIS HAS UNFOLDED WITH CESAR CHAVEZ DEMONSTRATES AND REMINDS US THAT WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT OR SIT IDLE WHEN WE WITNESS, WHEN WE HEAR, OR EVEN WHEN WE JUST FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE TO SPEAK UP AND STAND UP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT, TO CALL OUT WHEN INJUSTICE IS DONE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BELIEVE PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM SPACE TO SHARE THEIR SUFFERING. PEOPLE RIGHT NOW COME TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE ARE HERE. WE ARE ELECTED LEADERS. PEOPLE ELECTED US BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO. THEY BELIEVED IN OUR PROMISES. AND SO, TO ME, THIS IS A CALL OUT FOR US. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US TO GROW AND TO LEARN THAT EVEN US AS PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERED LEADERS AND HELD UP, BUT WE MUST CHECK OURSELVES ON A REGULAR BASIS. WHAT ARE WE MOVING? WHO IS BEHIND THIS? WHO ARE WE CENTERING? WHO DO WE UPHOLD? WHO DO WE PRIORITIZE? AND IT'S GOT TO BE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES, AND FRANKLY, OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. AND SO I SEE THIS AS A MOMENT FOR US TO, TO MODEL REFLECTION, TO MODEL SELF-ASSESSMENT, AND TO BRING THIS FORTH TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, TO INVEST, LIKE DR. REBA SAID, IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR L-A-U-S-D STAFF IS TRAINED AND HAS SPACE TO BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS, TO GROW FROM THIS, BECAUSE WE NEED EVERY SINGLE SPACE IN OUR DISTRICT TO BE A SAFE SPACE. THE CAFETERIA, THE BATHROOMS, THE PLAYING FIELDS, THE CLASSROOM. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IF WE INVEST IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THIS AWARENESS, WE SHOULD BECOME THE LEADER AND THE MODEL IN THIS. AND SO I SEE THIS AS A MOMENT OF RECKONING, AS A MOMENT OF AWAKENING, AS A REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT THERE ISN'T ONE PERSON WHO MATTERS IN ANY MOVEMENT. THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE, IT IS THE STUDENTS WHO COME AND SPEAK UP. IT IS THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILIES. THEY ARE THE ONES DRIVING IT. AND JUST AS A FARM WORKERS UNION, IT WAS A FARM WORKERS WHO LED FIGHT. AND CESAR CHAVEZ HAS NOW ADDED TO THAT HISTORY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ERASE HIM. THIS IS NOW PART OF THE HISTORY, AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LEARN FROM AND WE SHOULD GROW FROM, AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY, I HAVE A COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE. I HAVE A COMMENT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UM, SO I, I WANT TO COMMEND THE BRAVERY OF DOLORES HUERTA, DEBRA ROJAS AND ANNA MUG, AND SO SOLIDIFY THAT LOS ANGELES UNIFIED STANDS WITH THEM. WHILE THE NEWS CONCERNING CESAR CHAVEZ MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR MANY, THE MOVEMENT GOES BEYOND ANY ONE PERSON, AS YOU SAID, ABSOLUTELY TRUE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTED, BOYCOTTED, AND MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS. [00:25:01] I THINK THAT IS MORE THAN FITTING THAT WE TAKE THIS STAGE TO REFLECT ON THEIR WORK AND RECOGNIZE THE COLLECTIVE CONTRIBUTION OF FARM WORKERS. I ALSO SUPPORT RENAMING ANY L-A-U-S-D BUILDING THAT BEARS CESAR CHAVEZ'S NAME, ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY BETTER WITH A DISTRICT THAT SERVES THEM. AND LET THIS ALSO SERVE AS A MESSAGE THAT SURVIVORS WORDS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IF YOU ARE A SURVIVOR OF ASSAULT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO A TRUSTED ADULT AT A USD AND WE WILL HAVE RESOURCES READY FOR YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MELVOIN. THANK YOU. AND, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT CHARLES, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING SOMETHING AS WELL, BECAUSE I WANT OUR COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T JUST THEIR BURDEN TO BEAR, AND THIS IS NOT JUST THEIR ISSUE AND THAT THE, THE, UH, THE, THE MEN OF THIS BOARD AND OF THIS DISTRICT STAND WITH THE WOMEN OF LA UNIFIED, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, UH, BEING UNITED IN THIS EFFORT TO END, UM, THIS CULTURE, UH, SYSTEMIC CULTURE, NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT INTERNATIONALLY OF ABUSE AND WORK, UH, WORK WITH YOU. I, I, UNFORTUNATELY, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. UM, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES BRINGING THIS SO QUICKLY, AND I DO, UH, APOLOGIZE THAT THIS ALWAYS FALLS ON WOMEN TO HAVE TO COME FORWARD. AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES AND I KNOW ARE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MEN OF VALLEY UNIFIED WHO ARE STANDING UNITED IN THIS EFFORT. I APPRECIATE HOW SWIFTLY THE DISTRICT ACTED. UM, I APPRECIATE HOW SWIFTLY LEGISLATIVE LEADERS HAVE ACTED, BUT AS MS. GEZ ALLUDED TO IN MENTIONING THE EPSTEIN FILES, THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY POWERFUL MEN IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE WALKING UNAFFECTED BY A CULTURE OF ABUSE. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT TAKES PEOPLE DECADES TO COME AND BE VOCAL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. AND SO I APPRECIATE NOT ONLY THE QUICK ACTION TO RENAME SCHOOLS AND MURALS AND, UH, PUT THIS CONTEXT AS MS. GRIEGO SAID IN THE BROADER CONSTELLATION OF WHAT HAPPENS, UM, BUT ALSO HOPE THAT THE, THE DISTRICT'S EFFORTS AROUND OUR TRAININGS CAN ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME, UH, OUT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, NOT ONLY TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TRAUMA IS NOT COMPOUNDED, UH, AND THAT WE DO HAVE TO HOLD THOSE POWER ACCOUNTABLE. SO THANK YOU. I'D, I'D APPRECIATE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. UM, AND, UH, I WANT YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM, AND AGAIN, THE GIRLS AND FAMILIES, UH, AVE UNIFIED TO KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE. AND WE STAND A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU. AND NEXT, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM, UH, BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL, FOLLOWED BY, UH, SUPERINTENDENT CHT. CAN YOU ACTIVATE YOUR MICROPHONE? I DON'T THINK WE CAN. UM, WANTING TO SAY THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS VERY TRIGGERING. SO THE FACT THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN SO PRONOUNCED IN PROTECTING AND BEING A SAFE SPACE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE IT THROUGH EXAMPLE, UM, I AM SO PROUD TO BE HERE, TO BE A PART OF THIS BECAUSE AS WE TRANSITION AND TO BE THAT, THAT DISTRICT THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, TO CONTINUES TO BE THE EXAMPLE FOR SO MANY, UM, I AM SO PROUD, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A HARD THING. AND I THINK OF DECADES OF HOW WOMEN HAVE CARRIED, UH, SELF INCLUDED OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU HAD NO CONTROL OVER OR FELT YOU HAD NO CONTROL OVER AND COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING IN FEAR OF SOME RETALIATION IN FEAR OF SOMETHING HAPPENING TO YOUR FAMILY. EMILY. AND I HOPE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE LEADERS IN SPACES THAT, AS MENTIONED, EVERY SPACE WHEN IN OUR SCHOOLS IS SAFE, THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN TRUST SOMEONE IN OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP. THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AT A TIME TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM HOW THINGS WERE, TO HOW THINGS CAN BE. AND SO I TOO WOULD LIKE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR AS WE HAVE, HAVE DONE THIS WORK IN OCTOBER. UM, AND THAT IT CONTINUES TO SHED LIGHT FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT HERE IN L-A-U-S-D, WE SEE YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, I DIDN'T SAY, BUT CAN I BE A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL, AND I ALSO PLEASE [00:30:02] MR. CHIATE, I'D LIKE TO START, OBVIOUSLY BY, BY THANKING COMMENDING AND PRAISING THE BOARD, FRANKLY, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR SWIFT ACTION IN THIS SPACE. UH, I WANT TO BUILD ON A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE BY BOARD MEMBER DIEGO AND BY BOARD MEMBER ORTIZ FRANKLIN. UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE TRAINING AND THE SUPPORTS THAT WE OFFER AT SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE OFFERED TRAINING FOR THE ADULTS ON CAMPUS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AROUND GROOMING AWARENESS. AND, AND, AND WHAT THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT WE TOOK ON A FEW YEARS AGO IS OFFERING THAT SAME LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR OUR STUDENTS. UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REALLY DONE AT LEAST SYSTEMICALLY UP UNTIL ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. BUT WE NEEDED STUDENTS, AND I HATE TO PUT IT THIS WAY, BUT FRANKLY, PARTICULARLY GIRLS, TO BE AWARE OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT ARE NOT OKAY, THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE, THAT FROM FOLKS THAT SOMETIMES THEY MAY LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT AND, AND TRUST. WHERE, WHERE THIS MOST HITS HOME FOR ME THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, I, I, I TALK ABOUT MY, MY GIRLS PROBABLY WAY TOO MUCH , YOU KNOW, I'M A DAD OF 11-YEAR-OLD TWIN GIRLS. I DON'T WANT THEM TO GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE THEY HAVE TO CONSTANTLY KIND OF HAVE THIS PERVASIVE FEAR, APPREHENSION AWARENESS THAT, AGAIN, FOLKS THAT THEY LOOK TO AS, AS FIGURES OF TRUST, UH, COULD ONE DAY NOT ACT IN A WAY THAT THAT BUILDS ON THAT TRUST. I THINK WE CAN DO, WE CAN AND WILL DO BETTER. UM, I'LL CLOSE THERE, BUT AGAIN, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. EZ. I, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE RE REMARKS. I, I JUST APPRECIATE, UM, THE ENTIRE BOARD. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE BEAR RESPONSIBILITY IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE PROTECTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. AND I, I TRUST AND BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND MAKING SPACE FOR SURVIVORS ON OUR SITES, PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UH, VOTED ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION. WE HAVE ALL YOUR CO-SPONSORS WHO HAVE WISHED TO BE CO-SPONSORS, AND NOW WE'D LIKE TO VOTE. UH, ALL RIGHT. UH, MS. GALLEGO, CAN I RETURN TO YOU FOR YOUR RULE 72 VOTE? THAT'S THE RULE 72 WAIVER. YES, THAT'S A YES. OKAY. HAVING BEEN MOVED BY MS. EZ AND SECONDED BY DR. REVA, NOW THE VOTE ON VERSION TWO OF THE RESOLUTION, MS. NEW BILL? YES. DR. RIVAS? YES. MR. MELVOIN? YES. MS. REGO? YES. MS. CONEZ? YES. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. OKAY, THAT'S SEVEN EYES. ALRIGHT, NOW MOVING ON TO THE BOARD RETREAT SECTION OF TODAY'S PROGRAM. UH, WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO THE DISTRICT TO TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. JUST CREATING A LITTLE SPACE FOR OUR TRANSITION HERE. YOU COLOR FOLDERS? OH, I KNOW. GOOD MORNING. AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING AGAIN, TO ALL STAFF THAT, UH, THAT, UH, ARE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE AGAIN, UH, HERE TODAY TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT, THAT BEGAN IN JANUARY. OBVIOUSLY, I, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY WELL BEFORE JANUARY, BUT REALLY CAME TOGETHER COALESCED IN JANUARY, UH, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT OUR DISTRICT GOALS, UH, FOR OUR NEXT ITERATION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, A AS, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A PRACTITIONER OF THE PILLARS, THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE CAPTURED IN THE LAST PLAN. UH, I'VE SEEN THE GUIDANCE THAT THE GOALS CAN CREATE FOR ALL OF US AS STAFF AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. AND HOW, AGAIN, THAT CAN LEAD TO OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS. BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF A STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE OUTCOMES THAT IT CREATES FOR STUDENTS. I WANNA MARK THAT PLANS ARE EXCELLENT, BUT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO EXECUTION PLANS THOUGH ARE DRIVEN BY GOALS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE BOARD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP SO FAR. AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT TODAY THE HOPE IS THAT WE WILL FINALIZE OUR GOALS. LITERACY, NUMERACY, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, GRADUATION, SOCIO-EMOTIONAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, WHICH I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, IS SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE TO HEART. I LOOK TO US TO HAVE HONEST, VULNERABLE, AND ENGAGING DIALOGUE TODAY THAT LEADS US TO A PLACE WHERE WE CREATE [00:35:01] NORTH STARS THAT WILL SERVE US WELL FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO COME. WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO BOARD PRESIDENT SCHMERIN FOR SOME OPENING REMARKS AS WELL. AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHASE. SO, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME COLLEAGUES TO OUR SECOND BOARD RETREAT OF 2026. IF YOU REMEMBER, AT OUR FIRST RETREAT IN JANUARY, WE BEGAN OUR WORK TO DEVELOP THE DISTRICT'S NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2026 TO 2030. WE UPDATED THE DISTRICT'S CORE BELIEFS, VISION, AND MISSION STATEMENTS, AND, AND DISCUSS DISTRICT-WIDE GOALS AND TARGETS. TODAY OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE WORK WE BEGAN IN JANUARY. AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL FOCUS ON FINALIZING THE TARGETS FOR THE DISTRICT GOALS, WHICH WILL BE THE ANCHOR FOR THE REST OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. ONCE WE HAVE AGREED ON THESE IMPORTANT TENETS, MR. CH AND HIS TEAM WILL DRAFT THE UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN AND DEVELOP OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. I AM EXCITED FOR TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE AND ENGAGING DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF YOU. AND NOW, MS. MS. SPATE, GOOD MORNING. UM, SO I WILL JUST SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES GROUNDING US IN WHAT WE DID LAST TIME, WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE LAST TIME, WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO AFTER TODAY. SO, UM, AS MR. CHA AND MR. MOLSEN MENTIONED LAST TIME WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. I MEAN, IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THIS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND IT WAS IN THE TOP, PROBABLY 5% OF SUCCESSFUL RETREATS BECAUSE YOU ALL CAME, YOU LEFT THE DAY WITH A FINALIZED VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES, AND, UH, TWO OUT OF THE FIVE GOALS WERE ALMOST COMPLETED IN TERMS OF TARGET. SO THE ELA AND MATH GOAL, UM, HAD, UM, ALMOST AGREEMENT. SO WE WILL TOUCH ON THOSE BRIEFLY THIS TIME. AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED SCIENCE LAST TIME, IF YOU RECALL, AND THEN HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON SEL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ON POST-SECONDARY. UM, AND THEN WE AS STAFF HAD A LOT OF TO-DOS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT THOSE THREE LEFT GOALS LEFT. SO SCIENCE, SEL AND POST-SECONDARY. SO SINCE LAST TIME, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THE, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD, THE DEPARTMENT'S CROSS DEPARTMENT, SO, UM, INSTRUCTION, OPERATIONS, DATA, WE HAVE ALL STRATEGIC PLANNING, WE HAVE ALL BEEN MEETING TO DO THE WORK ON THE SCIENCE SEL AND POST-SECONDARY GOALS TO BRING YOU ALL OPTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE DATA FOR THAT WE THINK WOULD BE, UM, GOOD GOALS FOR THIS BOARD GIVEN WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE'VE STARTED, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO IN GROUPS, BUT WE, UM, HAVE STARTED GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL. SO TODAY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE HAD MORE ACTIVITIES, UM, BOARD MEMBER ORTIZ FRANKLIN, WE HAD A FEW ACTIVITIES PLANNED, BUT NOW WE HAVE ONE. SO WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVITY AFTER LUNCH, UH, BOARD MEMBER, NEW BILL. WE HAD MORE BREAKS BUILT IN, BUT THOSE KIND OF GOT SQUEEZED OUT TOO. BUT PLEASE TAKE THE BREAKS AS NEEDED. UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA FOCUS ON PRIMARILY SEL POST-SECONDARY AND SCIENCE. WE'LL HAVE BREAKOUT GROUPS SO THAT WE CAN GET, SO, AND WE'LL HAVE THE DATA AT THE TABLE SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GONE. UM, AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE HAVE CERTAIN TARGETS BETWEEN NOW AND 2030. AND WE'RE HOPING, SO THAT'S WHAT, WHAT THIS IS, WE'LL TOUCH ON THE LITERACY AND NUMERACY QUICKLY. WE'LL REVIEW THE TARGETS BEFORE LUNCH, AND THEN WE WILL AFTER LUNCH, UM, FINALIZE THEM HOPEFULLY. AND BEFORE LUNCH IS WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE BREAKOUT GROUPS. AND WE DID MIX THE BOARD MEMBERS UP A BIT SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP. UM, AND THEN AFTER TODAY, THE STAFF WILL BEGIN THE VERY HARD WORK OF USING THE GOALS THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED, CASCADING DOWN AND CREATING OPERATIONS PLANS AROUND ALL OF THOSE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE THINGS LIKE THE ARTS AND WE'LL HAVE ALL THE OPERATION AND THE BUDGET AND ALL THE PIECES THAT WILL THEN, YOU KNOW, ROLL UP TO WHAT IS AS BOARD MEMBER GREGGO SAID, WHAT IS OUR CENTER? AND OUR CENTER? AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THE GOALS ARE TRULY OUR, OUR STUDENTS. UM, SO I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER, UM, TO, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME TELL YOU REAL QUICKLY, I KNOW YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS, UM, SLIDE AND I KNOW WE MET WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY SINCE OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT I JUST, I'VE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. SO I WANTED TO MENTION ONE MORE TIME ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. SO YOU'LL SEE, I MEAN THIS IS, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BREAK OUT THE, THE FOCUS GROUPS FOR STAFF IN A MOMENT. BUT WE ARE TRULY TOUCHING ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE. UM, SO, AND THEN THIS IS BREAKING OUT THE BY REGION. WE'LL BE TALKING TO PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, CLASSIFIED STAFF ADMINISTRATORS, AND UM, AND THEN THE REGION LEADERSHIP. SO YOU WILL SEE THIS IS ABOUT AS EXTENSIVE AS I HAVE EVER SEEN. AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH THIS INFORMATION IS TAKING IT AND INCORPORATE IT, PARTICULARLY IN OUR OPERATIONS PLANS. WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY [00:40:01] GROUPS IS WHAT'S WORKING VERY SIMPLY, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY. AND WE WANNA PUT THAT AS WE CREATE THE OPERATIONS PLANS AS A BASE, UM, FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FINALIZE THE GOALS FOR TODAY. SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DR. JOHN, JOHN FULLERTON FROM USC. HE HELPED US LAST TIME AND WAS VERY EXCITED TO COME BACK AND HELP US AGAIN. SO, UM, THANK YOU DR. FOLD. OKAY, WELL IT'S, IT'S, UM, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN. AND, UH, UH, AS MS. SPOT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, UH, FINALIZING THE FIVE GOALS, UH, TODAY, UH, IN TERMS OF THE TARGET. SO YOU SELECTED THE FIVE GOALS LAST TIME, BUT, UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FINALIZE THE LITERACY, NUMERACY SCIENCE, POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND SEL UH, TARGETS. FOUR OF THOSE WILL ACTUALLY AIM TO, UM, END UP WITH, UH, SORT OF SPECIFIC NUMBERS ON, UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, WILL BE MORE OF A AGREEMENT ON AN APPROACH, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD. 'CAUSE WE DON'T QUITE HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS YET. UM, WITH THAT YOU HAVE THE CLICKER. THAT'S WHAT, YEAH. UH, SO THIS IS, UH, THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS THAT ARE COMING, UH, TO AN END THIS YEAR. UH, AND THESE ARE THE, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN DRAFT GOALS FOR, UH, THE NEXT PLAN, UH, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. UM, STAFF HAS, UH, PULLED TOGETHER, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH OF THESE, UH, GOALS. YOU ARE OF COURSE THE BOARD, YOU COULD DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT, UH, THE GOALS TO BE, BUT SORT OF, THESE ARE SORT OF A POLICE PRELIMINARY, UH, PRELIMINARY STARTS AND PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, AS NOTED, UH, WE WERE VERY CLOSE LAST TIME ON LITERACY AND NUMERACY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO BEGIN. UH, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE, UM, UH, UH, AFTER THAT TO SORT OF DISCUSS, UH, IN SMALLER GROUPS, UH, THE LAST THREE GOALS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYONE. AND PLEASE ALSO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ANY STOP ME. SO, OKAY. SO, UH, IN LITERACY, UH, WE, THE, THE ORIGINAL, UH, GOAL WAS 30 POINTS, UH, DIS MOVING UP 30 POINTS DISTANCE FROM STANDARD. UM, OR THAT WAS THE 22 TO 26 GOAL. THE PROPOSALS AND THE JANUARY 14TH DISCUSSION. UH, BASICALLY THE THOUGHT WAS TO GET TO STANDARD, GET ON, UH, STUDENTS ON AVERAGE TO STANDARD BY THE END OF THE NEXT, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, UH, BUT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD GO ABOVE STANDARD, UM, FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH LITERACY AS WELL. UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS AT THIS POINT IS TO SORT OF TRY TO GET BOTH GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE AND SIX THROUGH EIGHT, TWO STANDARD, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM, ONE BEING ABOVE STANDARD AND ONE BEING BELOW. UH, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO, UH, TO GET TWO STANDARD, THAT WOULD MEAN GROWING ABOUT THREE POINTS A YEAR, UH, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, AND GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE. AND, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE TARGET. SO I THINK WHAT'S THE, YES, SO WHAT, WHAT WE DID HERE WAS WE LOOKED AT OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE, ANY DISTRICT THAT, EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, ANY DISTRICT THAT HAD AT LEAST A THOUSAND THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS TESTING OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND, UH, TO SEE HOW MANY DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE HAVE DONE THAT LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT IN A, IN ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS RUNNING. 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT HERE IS 2.9 POINTS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS CONSECUTIVE TO GET TO THIS GOAL OF, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL STUDENTS AT STANDARD ON AVERAGE. AND THERE WERE ONLY 11 DISTRICTS OUT OF 290 SOME THAT HAVE DONE THIS. AND SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING PUTS US IN THE TOP SINGLE DIGITS, PERCENTILES AND, AND RATE OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, STATEWIDE AND IN FACT, UM, DOING SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. SO, SO WE DO SEE THIS AS, YOU KNOW, THIS BLUE OPTION, THIS, THIS MIDDLE, MIDDLE OPTION IN THE CURRENT PLOT AS AS BEING TRULY AMBITIOUS. UM, UH, SIMILAR TO THE GRADE SIX THROUGH EIGHT. AND THEN FOR GRADE SIX THROUGH EIGHT, UH, THE PROPOSALS AGAIN TO GET AT STANDARD. UH, AND THE, THE, UH, NUMBER OF DISTRICTS WHO HAVE GONE UP AT THIS RATE FOR THE, FOR THREE, UH, YEARS IN A ROW IS EVEN FEWER. UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE LIKE THIS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THREE HAVE GONE UP AT THAT, AT THAT LEVEL OF, AT THAT LEVEL FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW. SO THOSE ARE BOTH, THOSE ARE BOTH AMBITIOUS TARGETS. UH, BUT, UH, BUT ALSO I THINK THEY GET YOU SORT OF IN A GOOD PLACE IN FIVE YEARS. SO, SO, UH, AND A PLACE TO GROW FROM. UH, THERE AGAIN. SO, UH, SO WITH THAT, [00:45:01] THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LITERACY GOAL. LET ME ASK THE BOARD. IS THIS, IS, THIS IS THE LITERACY GOAL OF GETTING ON STANDARD IN BOTH THREE THROUGH FIVE AND SIX THROUGH EIGHT SEEM RIGHT? ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE. MOVING ON TO NUMERACY. UH, SO HERE, UH, SAME, IT WAS THE SAME ISSUE, UH, AS BEFORE. UH, THE, THE THOUGHT WAS TO SORT OF MOVE TOWARDS GETTING TO, UH, AT STANDARD, UH, AN AVERAGE AT STANDARD, UH, IN BOTH THIRD THROUGH FIFTH AND SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH. AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTION OF COULD WE GO ABOVE ADD STANDARD IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH? THE, UH, AGAIN, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS GOING TO ADD STANDARD, UH, THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 4.6 POINTS PER YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. UH, AND, UH, ABOUT 13 DISTRICTS HAVE DONE THREE YEARS IN A ROW OF THAT LEVEL OF GROWTH SO FAR. UH, AND THEN IN TERMS OF SIX THROUGH EIGHT, ADMIT THAT THEY START S TO [00:50:45] TI FRANKLIN, ES E [01:32:54] PEDRO. [01:36:50] OKAY, [01:36:50] WE'RE [01:36:50] ALMOST [01:36:50] THERE. [01:36:51] CA [01:36:53] SICK [01:36:53] NUMBER. [01:37:47] OKAY. JUST LIKE ANY CLASSROOM [01:45:06] OT [01:50:04] DIFFICULTY [01:50:05] IN, IN OPINION KNOWN AS, [01:59:29] OKAY. [02:02:46] OKAY. LOS ANGELES, [02:08:30] CIA, [02:16:28] I [02:16:29] AM [02:27:14] WHEN [02:28:22] FULLER. . * 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.