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          GOOD AFTERNOON 
          [Welcome and Opening Remarks]
EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S MEETING FOR THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, MS. HANDY NEWBELL, OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND ALSO, UH, MR. OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. SCHON. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE MS. ICK O'BRIEN FROM FACILITIES, MR. CRYSTAL LIO FROM, UH, ECOSYSTEM BUILDING OFFICE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE MS. LAUREN AKIM FROM LANE, AND MS. MCKAYLA RUDOLPH FROM, IT'S NOT GREEN SCHOOL. 
          GREEN SCHOOL YARDS AMERICA. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY THE OTHER ONE. 
          SORRY, I WAS SLIPPED THERE FOR A MINUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, AND ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR DISTRICT STAFF AND OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR JOINING US AS WE COME TOGETHER TODAY. 
          WE ARE ALSO APPROACHING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO WASTE, WHICH IS OBSERVED AT THE END OF MARCH. 
          AND IF Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW, UM, IT'S A REMINDER OF THE ROLE INSTITUTIONS LIKE OURS PLAYING, REDUCING WASTE, RETHINKING HOW WE USE RESOURCES AND MODELING MORE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          IN L-A-U-S-D, THIS SHOWS UP IN VERY REAL WAYS FROM WASTE DIVERSION TO COM COMPOSTING EFFORTS TO HOW WE DESIGN OUR SCHOOL YARDS, MANAGE MATERIALS, AND INVEST IN LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. 
          TODAY'S MEETING REFLECTS THAT BROADER COMMITMENT, AND WE'RE JOINED BY A STRONG GROUP OF PRESENTERS WHO ARE HELPING MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE FROM MS, UH, FROM THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, LED BY MR. CRYSTALS CLIO, OUR CHIEF ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH KEY INITIATIVES ACROSS ENERGY WASTE, GREENING TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, CLIMATE LITERACY, AND WILDFIRE RESILIENCE. 
          THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS AT GREEN SCHOOLYARDS AMERICA AND CAL FIRE, INCLUDING, UM, PRESENT. 
          THE PRESENTERS INCLUDE MS. MCKAYLA RANDOLPH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ALEJANDRA, UM, OH, HOW DO YOU SAY HER LAST NAME? KI CHIA. 
          OH, SEE, I WOULD'VE SAID SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 
          VICE PRESIDENT AND HENRY HERRERA REGIONAL URBAN FORESTER, WHO WILL PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS OF SCHOOLYARD, GREENING AND LUSD AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP DRIVEN PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          WE'LL BEGIN, 
          [II.1. Updates from the Eco Sustainability Office. ]
UH, WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          UM, MR. CHRISTUS CLIO WILL, UM, PROVIDE US AN UPDATE, AND HE IS HEADING DOWN TO THE PODIUM. 
          I KNOW HE HAS A LOT OF UPDATES FOR US, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LATEST FROM MY ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. 
          YEAH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          SURE. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER, UH, NEW BILL, AND TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR. MCLEAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE PRESENTING TO YOU AND PROVIDING YOUR UPDATES. 
          THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITING IN TERMS OF SEEING SOME OF THE PROGRESS. 
          UH, YESTERDAY I ATTENDED A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO ONE OF OUR GREEN SCHOOL YEARS. 
          THIS MORNING WE'RE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR RUN OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SITES. 
          SO IT'S EXCITING TO BE SHARING AND PROVIDING YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT OUR E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. 
          SO, TODAY I'M GONNA BE PROVIDING UPDATES AND I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC AREAS. 
          I'M GONNA GIVE YOU UPDATES ON THE L-A-D-W-P, THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER, AND THE L-A-U-S-D-M-O-U. 
          I'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENERGY SAVINGS AND MANAGEMENT THAT WE'RE APPLYING AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE MORE EFFICIENCY ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR RECYCLED WATER IRRIGATION PROGRAM, CAMPUS ECOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, CLIMATE LITERACY, WELFARE RESILIENCY, AND I'LL BE SHARING AND SHOWCASING SOME OF OUR RECENT PRESENTATIONS AND HOW WE'RE SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND LEARNING FROM THE INDUSTRY. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA BE CLOSING WITH SOME OF THE NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO LET'S JUST START, UH, FOCUSING ON THE PRIORITY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN DEVELOPMENT. 
          OUR FIRST, UH, PROGRAM, UH, IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY, UH, AND WHAT WE'RE PILOTING, WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE ENERGY AND WA WATER COMMAND CONTROL CENTER. 
          THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE, UH, WE ARE DEVELOPING. 
          WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING, EARLY STAGES, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS TO HELP US OUT. 
          WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN CENTRALIZE, LOOK AT ALL OF OUR UTILITIES THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, UM, IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE ANOMALIES IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE BEHAVING, IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY AND WATER. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO THEN WORK WITH OUR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TO DISPATCH, AND SO WE CAN CREATE, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I FORESEE THAT THIS PROGRAM ALONE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO SAVE THE SCHOOL 
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DISTRICT APPROXIMATELY 20% IN TERMS OF THE UTILITY BILLS. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT BIG INITIATIVE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING OR LOOKING AT IT IN GREAT DETAIL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING IT IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, I WOULD SAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR AT, AT THE LATEST. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS THE MICROGRIDS. 
          MICROGRIDS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE IMPLEMENTING ON SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW AT A SMALL SCALE, BUT I WANT TO GO BIGGER SCALE. 
          I WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE TO DEVELOP THESE MICROGRID CENTERS. 
          UM, WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING AT THE, UH, SUN VALLEY, UH, THE BUZZARD. 
          WE DO HAVE A MIC. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING A MICROGRID THERE. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FUNCTIONING, UH, WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, BUT I'M ALSO WANT TO DEVELOP THOSE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, HAVE IT IN SMALL SCALE, BUT WANNA BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE RESILIENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THEN WITHIN, WITHIN THE MOU, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING, IT'S OUR GREEN PROGRAMS. THE GREEN PROGRAMS. WE ALLOCATE ABOUT 2.25 BILLION ANNUALLY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE, UH, SHADE. 
          UH, DEFINITELY TO PLANT MORE, MORE TREES BY PLANTING MORE TREES, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE PERMEABILITY ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING INTO DEVELOPING NEW CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE, UH, FOUND VERY FAVORABLE AND THEY'RE WORKING WELL, LIKE THE MICRO FOREST, UH, CONCEPT. 
          AND, AND THE MOST RECENTLY THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED, UH, THE SCHOOL YEAR FOREST, THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA HELP US ACCELERATE GRID ON OUR SCHOOL SITES WITH VERY LITTLE COST. 
          AND WE, THAT CAN BE DONE VERY FAIRLY QUICKLY IN TERMS OF WATER CONSERVATION. 
          UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT LEAK DETECTION. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IF WE HAVE ON OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          UM, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE WATERING THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, THROUGH IRRIGATION. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE IS A LEAK SOMEWHERE, AT LEAST WE GET NOTIFIED AND WE CAN BE ABLE TO CORRECT IT IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO WE'RE DOING THAT BY ALSO ADDING SMART IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS, UM, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO AUTOMATE THE WATERING, UH, UH, ON THOSE SPECIFIC SITES. 
          AND THEREFORE, TO SAVE WATER. 
          WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT IDENTIFIED ABOUT 1.1 TO 5 MILLION FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, AND WE WE'RE HAVING MANY, MANY PROJECTS, UM, THAT WILL DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. 
          UM, THE, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE SOME OF THOSE COMPANIES TO HELP SUPPORT US IN THOSE EFFORTS. 
          AND THEN THE, THE BIGGEST, UH, PART OF THIS MOU IS THE DIRECT INSTALL, THE LIGHTING RETROFIT PROGRAM, AS WE CALL IT, THE REPLACEMENT WITH LED FIXTURES. 
          THAT'S A PROGRAM WE HAVE BEEN, IT'S BEEN ONGOING NOW FOR ALMOST A DECADE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER. 
          BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'RE ACCELERATING THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE PUT MORE MONEY. 
          THIS IS WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INVESTING 20 MILLION OUT OF BOND FUNDS. 
          AND, UH, $80 MILLION, UH, IS INVESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER. 
          AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU, SINCE WE STARTED THIS MOU SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAVE, UH, ADDED 41 SCHOOL SITES. 
          WE HAVE EIGHT PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED TO DATE. 
          AND, UH, AND THOSE PROJECTS ITSELF, UH, ONCE WE FINISH THE 41 THAT WE'VE, UH, ADDED IN THE EIGHT, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US ABOUT 4.9, CLOSE TO 5 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS, POTEN POTENTIAL SAVINGS. 
          THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, CLOSE TO 1.25 MILLION SAVINGS FROM OUR UTILITY ACCOUNTS. 
          SO ALL THESE ARE VERY GOOD PROGRAMS FOR US, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THE REAL BENEFIT. 
          WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN BE SAVING, UH, TOWARDS OUR UTILITIES, OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUNDS, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO PUT 'EM, UM, IN, IN, IN, IN, TO HELP BENEFIT OUR SCHOOLS IN OTHER WAYS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ENERGY SAVINGS AND MANAGEMENT HERE. 
          WHAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE WITH YOU IS THE, UH, AN ACTUAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, UH, EXECUTED RECENTLY, UH, THE, WITH THE CONSTELLATION. 
          AND THIS ONE IS GONNA HELP US, UM, SAVE APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION IN TERMS OF ANNUAL COST AVOIDANCE. 
          THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO LOG IN A FAVORABLE RATE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE CONTRACT AT 8 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PAYING TODAY AT 12 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR. 
          AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING THROUGH, UH, A PROGRAM WITH THE, WITH THE SO-CALLED GAS TO BE REPLACING, UH, AGING NATURAL GAS WATER HEATERS WITH MORE EFFICIENT ONES. 
          AND WE REPLACE 63, AND THAT'S GONNA GIVE US ABOUT 80,000, UH, ESTIMATED ANNUAL UTILITY COST SAVINGS. 
          SO, AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OTHER IDEAS AND CONCEPTS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SHARE, AND THAT TOOK A LOT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UM, OUR ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND OUR FACILITIES TEAM. 
          THAT IS THE, THE ACTUAL, UH, THE 21 SOLAR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          WE, UH, MADE SURE WE HAD MEETINGS WITH OUR DEVELOPERS, AND WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, SECURE THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF ESTIMATED $40 MILLION SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO REINVEST IN MORE SOLAR 
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ON OUR PROJECTS. 
          NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REALIZE THESE FUNDS, UM, UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE PROJECTS. 
          BUT THE, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE MADE SURE THAT WE PURCHASED THE, THE PANELS. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE A PHOTOGRAPH LATER ON THAT SHOWS WHERE THOSE ARE, UH, BEING, UM, LOCATED TO BE ABLE, AGAIN, TO BENEFIT BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE INVESTMENT TAX RATE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE, UH, PROPOSED TYPE PLAN, UH, AT, UH, JOHN, UH, SATURN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE INSTALLING SOME OF THOSE, UH, SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, SOLAR PANELS ON SHADE STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE SHADE FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE CARPORTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING WITHIN THE PARKING AREA, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, OR WE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS INITIALLY, UH, THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT TO PROVIDE SHADE ON OUR SCHOOLS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, BE ABLE TO, TO CREATE ENERGY OUT OF THOSE SYSTEMS. ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER EXCITING PILOT THAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE TO YOU, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE, QUITE EXCITING. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALIGNED WITH THE ENERGY AND WATER COMMAND CONTROL CENTER. 
          AND WHY THIS IS EXCITING IS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR SEVERAL YEARS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IT'S ONLY RECENTLY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, THAT THE ENERGY POWER RESOURCE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ERI. 
          UM, SO THE, HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE. 
          SO WE DID WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT. 
          IT WAS A $2.6 MILLION GRANT. 
          AND, AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA DIRECTLY BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BY IDENTIFYING TWO SITES. 
          WE IDENTIFY THE MAYWOOD CENTER FOR ENRICHED STUDIES AND THE MAYWOOD ACADEMY THAT HAD TO BE WITHIN SPECIFIC UTILITY AREA. 
          BUT WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS THAT WE ARE INSTALLING THIS GATEWAY, THIS EDO TECHNOLOGY. 
          THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GONNA TAKE ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, TAKE THE INFORMATION FROM THE SYSTEMS, LIKE THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, THE LIGHTING SYSTEMS, THE SOLAR SYSTEMS, THE EV CHARGING. 
          SO ANY TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE IS GONNA PUT 'EM WITHIN THAT BOX. 
          AND THAT BOX ITSELF IS GONNA HELP US TO DO ANALYTICS. 
          AND IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO DO REAL TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO UNDERSTAND OUR, HOW WE'RE USING OUR ENERGY, AND BEING ABLE TO, TO GIVE US COST SAVINGS BY DOING DEMAND FLEXIBILITY BY WORKING WITH THE GRID AND SUPPORTING THE GRID WHEN THEY HAVE, IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, BLACKOUTS OR ANY TIMES THAT THEY NEED MORE ENERGY. 
          BUT IN MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S GONNA HELP OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SAVE MONEY. 
          THIS IS GONNA ACT LIKE THE ENERGY AND WATER COMMAND CONTROL CENTER THAT I WAS SHARING. 
          SO AS WE'RE DOING THIS IN PARALLEL WITH THE ENERGY AND WATER COMMAND CONTROL CENTER, THIS TECHNOLOGY, ONCE WE PILOTED THE PLAN, IS TO START IMPLEMENTING THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS, IS TODAY LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS VERY SOPHISTICATED. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM WITH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. 
          WE'VE BEEN GOING TO THE SITE, IDENTIFYING ALL THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES, DOING THE ANALYSIS, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE, UH, IN THE POINT OF STARTING TO IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY OF GETTING ANALYTICS, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE BEHAVING, AND THEN START IMPLEMENTING, UH, SAVING, SAVING, UH, UH, SOLUTIONS. 
          THE, UH, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FINISH THIS WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, AND THEN IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT. 
          AND THEN, IN TERMS OF OUR RECYCLED WATER PROGRAM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH L-A-D-W-P NOW FOR, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST SIX TO EIGHT YEARS. 
          AND WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THE PROCESS, WE HAVE SOME RECYCLED WATER ON SOME OF OUR SITES. 
          YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE THE PURPLE PIPE INSTALLED, BUT WE'RE MOST RECENTLY, I INSTALL INSTALLED ONE AT THE EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAD THAT INSTALLATION. 
          IT WENT VERY WELL. 
          UM, WE FUNDED SOME OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS THROUGH OUR, UH, ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE COST AVOIDANCE AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RECYCLED WATER TODAY, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT A YEAR, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THINGS WILL BE CHANGING. 
          THE RECYCLED WATER IS NOT GONNA BE AS AVAILABLE, UM, TO, AS IT IS TODAY IN TERMS OF THE RATES THAT WE'RE PAYING TO L-A-D-W-P. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING AT FOUR ADDITIONAL SITES. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE SITES UP THERE THAT WE HAVE UP THERE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT TO INSTALL AT, AT GARDENA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FULTON COLLEGE PREP AT WESTCHESTER IN RICH, UH, SCIENCES MAGNET. 
          AND AT NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS GONNA HELP US, UM, SAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SAVINGS, ONCE WE FINISH THESE FIVE SITES, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A COST AVOIDANCE OF 840,000, UH, DOLLARS FROM OUR UTILITY ACCOUNT. 
          AND I THINK IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOTICE AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I WANTED TO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, JUST SHARE WITH YOU A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT SOMETIMES THEY'RE HAPPENING AND, AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. 
          BUT THIS IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR UTILITY BILLS AS LOW AS WE CAN. 
          AND THEN WE'VE, UH, WE'RE GONNA PROCEED INTO CAMPUS ECOLOGY. 
          WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED IN 2022 TO CONVERT 30% OF EVERY SCHOOL YARD IN THE DISTRICT TO PERMEABLE GREEN SPACES BY 2035. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A BASELINE HERE OF 2324 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT 672 SITES, AND WE'RE SEEING WHAT WE ARE IN 
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TERMS OF TO DATE. 
          SO ONLY 16% MEET THAT GOAL. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER 50% THAT, UM, THE CLOSER TO THAT GOAL IS THERE OVER 10% COVERAGE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER 34 TO GO. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US? THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE HAVE OVER 160 PROJECTS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, BETWEEN THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE, BETWEEN THE E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, OUR FACILITIES SERVICES DIVISION. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE WORKS. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, HOW INCREDIBLE THEY ARE. 
          ONCE WE REMOVE, UH, THE EXISTING ASPHALT AND WE, UH, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT REALLY PRO PROVIDE US BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND CERTAINLY ANYONE WHO USES OUR, OUR SCHOOL SITES. 
          SO OUR THIRD PARTY PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUING, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 52 PROJECTS THAT, UH, THEY HAVE A CURRENT VALUE OF $60 MILLION. 
          AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESSES BY DEVELOPING AND MEETING WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND REALLY HELPING OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN BASED ON, UH, THE INFORMATION OR AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, THE $3 MILLION FUNDING, THAT THE BOARD APPROVAL THAT THE BOARD APPROVED HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO OUR PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP, TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PROJECTS WE HAVE BUDGETED, HOW MANY WERE COMPLETED. 
          WE HAVE ONLY ONE COMPLETED. 
          UM, THERE'S ANOTHER SCHOOL YARD WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING LATER PROJECT THAT WAS, UH, FINISHED OUT OF THE CER, BUT A DIFFERENT CRA GRANT. 
          WE HAVE FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION AND ITIN PRE-CONSTRUCTION AND NINE PRODUCTS ON WHOLE. 
          AND THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES. 
          THERE'S SOME REAL CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          AND SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES ARE, AND WE'RE DISCUSSING INTERNALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CONDITIONS. 
          WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF, UH, THE COST AND THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          WE'RE SEEING, UH, THE DISTRICT FEES THAT, UH, OUR PARTNERS HAVE TO PAY OR DEAL WITH OUT OF THE GROUND THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND, UH, COST ESCALATION DURING CONSTRUCTION. 
          SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO, THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, FACING COST ESCALATION BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION KEEPS GOING UP, I'LL SAY FIVE, 10% AT LEAST THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          SO, UM, OUR PARTNERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE BON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO USE BOND FUNDS. 
          THEY'VE, UH, REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US, OBVIOUSLY, OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE DISCUSSING INTERNALLY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR THIRD PARTY GREENING PARTNERS, BECAUSE WE HIGHLY VALUE THE WORK THAT THEY DO WITH THEM. 
          WE CAN REALLY DO SO MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN DO BY OURSELVES. 
          SO REALLY VALUE THEIR WORK. 
          WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH THEM. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, THEIR CHALLENGES, THEY'RE REAL, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, TOGETHER WE CAN ADDRESS THEM AND MOVE TOWARDS GREENING PROJECTS. 
          LIKE YOU'RE SEEING UP HERE, THE 120 SECOND STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MICRO FOREST PROJECT, A PROJECT THAT WAS DISCUSSED A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT TOOK UP, IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY, UM, I WOULD SAY SEVEN, SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS IN, IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          IT WAS COMPLETED LAST NOVEMBER. 
          IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST WERE APPROACHED BY, UH, GREEN SCHOOL, YEARS OF AMERICA, IT, TO ME, IT WAS VERY DEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. 
          WE CALLED IT A PILOT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. 
          AND THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE HAD A FEW CHALLENGES. 
          THROUGH DISCUSSIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE THIS MICRO FOREST, WHICH WE HAVE 44 TREES. 
          UH, WE HAVE 1 24, UM, UNDERSTORY PLANTS, LOWER PLANTS. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO INPUT, UH, PUT THE DE COMPOST GRANITE WITH A MULCH, YOU CAN SEE, AND WITH SOME SEEDING AREAS. 
          BUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT COST, UM, IT WAS A $340,000 GRANT THROUGH THE KAFI GRANT. 
          AND THE DISTRICT PUT, UH, APPROXIMATELY 17,000 THROUGH THE 3 MILLION MARCHING SHARE THAT WE HAD. 
          SO, UH, A $357,000 PROJECT WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT OF AN AREA AND DEVELOPED THIS BEAUTIFUL, UM, I WILL SAY MOCK, UH, THIS FOREST THAT EVENTUALLY YOU SEE NOW THE SIZE OF THE TREES. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, AGAIN, THREE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL FOREST THAT OUR KIDS CAN BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE. 
          THEY CAN BE ABLE TO REALLY SPEND TIME OUTSIDE THE SPACES FOR 'EM TO SEE IT AND LEARN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN BY REALLY ELIMINATING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE HEADERS BETWEEN THE COMPOSED GROUND AND PLANTING AREAS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR STANDARDS REQUIRED, AND WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS UNNECESSARY. 
          WHEN YOU GO TO A FOREST, YOU DON'T SEE CONCRETE SEPARATIONS BETWEEN MATERIALS AND NATURAL MATERIALS. 
          THE, THE, THE PLANET ITSELF HAS THE BEST SOLUTIONS 
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FOR US. 
          SO THINKING OUT AND, AND COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND, AND SEEING HOW, HOW WILL NATURE REACT? WHAT'S, WHAT ARE THE BEST SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN DO ON THOSE PROJECT SITES TO AT LEAST TEST THEM AND PILOT THEM OUT OF THIS? AND WE DID. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, IT'S A SUCCESSFUL PILOT THAT WE DID, THAT WE IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN NOW, UM, THERE FOR AT LEAST I WOULD SAY ALMOST FIVE, SIX MONTHS, WE HAD SOME, UH, UH, EXTREME, UH, WEATHER, AS YOU CAN RECALL, THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MOSTLY WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE, THE RAINFALL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN CALIFORNIA, THE FLOODING THAT WE'VE SEEN, IT WAS ABLE TO WITHSTAND ALL THAT AND STILL STAY IMPACT LIKE THIS. 
          SO FOR US, WE ASK OUR DESIGN STANDARDS AND, AND OUR, OUR FRIENDS WITH THE, THE FACILITIES TEAM THAT WE NEED TO STANDARDIZE THESE DETAILS. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO AVOID UNNECESSARY COSTS AND PUT 'EM BACK INTO THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE CONTINUING WITH SOLUTIONS LIKE THIS. 
          UM, ALSO SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING, SEPARATION BETWEEN ASPHALT AND THE, UH, AND SOME OF THE PLANNING THAT WE HAVE, BUT THE USE OF LOTS INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CURVES. 
          SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, DIFFERENT DETAILS, UM, OF HOW TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST ACHIEVE, UM, I WOULD SAY EVEN A BETTER OUTCOME, UH, IN TERMS OF HAVING THIS, UH, TYPE OF A FOREST ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND I WAS, UH, REALLY, UH, IMPRESSED BY PRINCIPALS MEET AT THIS SCHOOL SITE WHEN SHE SHARED TO ME YESTERDAY, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, THE FOREST RANGER PROGRAM, WHERE SHE ENGAGED THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND CLEAN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. 
          NOW THIS COMES WITH AN AGREEMENT AND THE, UH, AND OUR TEAMS HERE, AS THEY WILL BE PRESENTING AFTER ME, THEY WILL SHARING HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS PROJECT. 
          'CAUSE IT COMES WITH THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          BUT THE GREAT THING IS THAT THE TEAM DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING, ENGAGING, LEARNING FROM THIS, AND THEN MAINTAINING. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL CONTINUE, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IN THIS FOR FEW YEARS, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, PROPER GROWTH TO OUR, UM, TO OUR FOREST. 
          SO A VERY EXCITING PROJECT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          NOW I'M GONNA SWITCH TO OUR TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION. 
          ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING, I WAS HONORED TO BE AT THE, AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR ME, A VISION THAT WE SHARED OVER THREE YEARS AGO. 
          A VISION THAT THIS BOARD, UM, AND BOARD PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT EVERYBODY SUPPORTED YOU, ALL OUR BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORTED IT TO CREATE, TO HAVE CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY 2030 AND CLEAN ENERGY IN ALL SECTORS BY 2040. 
          WELL, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT'S GONNA HELP US GET THERE WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS, THIS, I WILL SAY IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL BUSES IN, I WOULD SAY THE WEST COAST, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THIS IS GONNA SERVE, UM, US A MODEL, AND I WOULD SAY A NATIONAL MODEL FOR A LOT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
          I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS ABOUT THE WORK, LAZY, UH, THE CITY. 
          SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE WHAT WE LEARN OUT OF THIS SCHOOL SO WE CAN CONTINUE ADVANCING TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION. 
          'CAUSE THE BENEFITS ARE TREMENDOUS. 
          THE BENEFITS OUT OF THIS, ONCE WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY PURCHASED THE 200 BUSES, WHICH IS, UH, 180 BUSES, SORRY, OUT OF, FOR THIS ONE HERE, WE WE'RE ABLE TO DECOMMISSION 30 FOSSIL FUEL BUSES AND 150 CNG BUSES, A TOTAL OF 180. 
          WE'RE INSTALLING CLOSE TO 200 CHARGING STATIONS WITH THE, SOME OF THE, UH, CHARGING STATIONS. 
          WE ALSO INSTALLING THERE FOR A WIDE FLEET. 
          AND, AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IT COMBINES A SOLAR, UH, BATTERY STORAGE, A HALF A MEGAWATT OF A SOLAR, HALF A MEGAWATT OF BATTERY STORAGE INTO A MICROGRID. 
          OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THEY'LL BE BENEFITING BY ALL THIS. 
          WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE ENGAGEMENT. 
          WE'RE HAVING PROGRAMS. WE, BETWEEN OUR CONTRACTOR, OUR FACILITIES TEAM, THE SCHOOL WILL BE MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL SHARING, UM, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS. 
          'CAUSE THEY HAVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS IN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. 
          AND WE'RE ENGAGING 'EM TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THESE SYSTEMS OPERATE, HOW THEY CAN MANAGE, HOW THEY CAN MANAGE CHARGE MANAGEMENT, HOW THEY CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE VEHICLE TO GRID, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO GIVE POWER BACK TO THE GRID. 
          AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THESE ARE GREAT PROGRAMS, BUT THIS DOESN'T STOP HERE. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANOTHER $121 MILLION. 
          THIS IS WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THE EPA, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTION AGENCY, WORKING WITH THE ZEPI, THE ZERO EMISSION SCHOOL BASIN, UH, INCENTIVE TO BE ABLE TO SECURE, UM, ALL THOSE FUNDS. 
          ALSO WITH THE CARL MOYER PART TWO, AND WE ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING UP, BUT WE'RE COMING TO YOU TO ACCEPT, UM, THE FUNDING FOR THE EPA CLEAN HEAVY DUTY AT $20.4 MILLION. 
          AND ALSO, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES FOR 
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ZES B ONE AND TWO. 
          SO WE CAN GET THOSE APPROVED AS WELL. 
          AND, AND THEN BE ABLE TO REALIZE ALL THE MONEY, INCLUDING THE CARL MOYER, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO COME AND CONTINUE OUR WORK TO ELECTRIFY THE REMAINING OF OUR BUS FLEETS. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO ELECTRIFY ANOTHER 242, UH, UM, BUSES. 
          UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, PROVIDE INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 240 TO CHARGING, UH, STATIONS. 
          THIS IS BIG FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE BY THE TIME WHEN WE COMPLETE ALL THIS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE CLOSE TO, I WOULD SAY 45% OF OUR FLEET ELECTRIFIED. 
          WE, WE WILL BE ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE ONE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION THAT WILL BE HAVING, UM, AS AT LEAST 40 50 TO CLOSE TO 50% OF OUR TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFIED. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS, IT MEANS HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENTS. 
          IT MEANS THAT OUR STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS THAT TAKE THOSE BUSES, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RIDE ON CLEAN BUSES, YOU KNOW, BETTER AIR QUALITY. 
          SO LOWERING OUR EMISSIONS, BEING ABLE TO REALLY, UH, REMOVE ALL THESE, UH, EMISSIONS FROM OUR BUSES. 
          THAT, THAT'S HUGE. 
          I CAN SAY THAT, UM, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF JUST THIS ONE LOCATION HERE, 480 PASSES AND THE CHARGING STATIONS, IT'S LIKE REMOVING 1300 VEHICLES FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE CITY STREETS. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF EMISSIONS. 
          SO WE'RE CALCULATING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM IS VERY BENEFICIAL. 
          AND ALSO BE ABLE TO REALIZE ALL THESE GRANTS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO BETTER FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION PASSED A RESOLUTION IN 2003 THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BECOME HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE, AND WE DID THAT. 
          WE WERE ENGAGED FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS. 
          ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT I DID MYSELF, WHEN I FIRST JOINED LA UNIFIED IN 2002, I WAS ABLE TO FINISH ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS THAT WE COMPLETED APPLYING HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, APPLYING THE, THE CHIPS PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT WE LEARNED SO MUCH BY APPLYING THAT PROGRAM IN TERMS OF THEIR QUALITY FINISHES. 
          UM, LOOKING AT, UH, JUST PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE BUILDING STRUCTURE ITSELF, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SAVE MORE ENERGY, UH, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SAVE WATER, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SET OUR BUILDINGS BETTER. 
          SO WE LEARNED SO MUCH. 
          THAT PROGRAM CONTINUED. 
          AND TODAY WE HAVE 147 HIGH PERFORMER, HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE LARGEST HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION BY FAR. 
          SO, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE FINISHED THIS YEAR. 
          WE FINISH FIVE AND, UH, WE CONTINUE, UH, BY, UH, BY ALSO WHILE WE FINISH THIS PROJECT TO SEE SOME, SOME OF THE AVOIDED ENERGY COSTS, BECAUSE THIS PROJECTS ARE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          200, 2000 AVOIDED ENERGY COSTS IN FISCAL YEAR 24 25. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THE INCENTIVES THAT WE GET FROM PROGRAMS LIKE THE ZERO BY DESIGN PROGRAM, THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET MONEY BACK THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO INVEST IN MORE EFFICIENCY IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE HAVE 49 ACTIVE, UH, CHIPS PROJECTS. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE THE PROGRAM. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED THE LAST, UH, THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE CHIPS PROGRAM NOW IS TRANSITIONED TO LEAD TO THE LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING A STUDY ANALYSIS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO SEE THE BENEFITS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS TRANSITION FROM CHIPS TO LEAD SO WE CAN CONTINUE DEVELOPING HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, ANY ISSUES THAT, UH, PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND TRY TO MITIGATE 'EM BEFORE WE START APPLYING, UH, SOME OF THESE NEW CRITERIA THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          SO MORE TO COME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          I'LL BE PROBABLY PREPARING AND INFORMATIVE TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR FINDINGS, UM, SOON ONCE WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT WE'RE EXCITED CONTINUING THESE, UH, CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY AS WE SEE THE, THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF CLIMATE LITERACY. 
          CLIMATE LITERACY BECAME BIG, UM, BIGGER THAN, UH, REALLY ANYTHING FOR US, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THE, THE IMPORTANCE BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, UM, IT'S ONLY BENEFICIAL OR ACTUALLY MORE BENEFICIAL IF WE ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE, UH, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE OVER, OVER 900 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING JUST IN ONE CONTEST. 
          THE HEROES FOR ZERO CONTEST THAT WE HAVE. 
          BUT WE HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AND WE'RE USING, USING OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE 319 CLIMATE CHAMPIONS RIGHT NOW, WORKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE EMBRACING THIS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          THEY'RE EMBRACING CLIMATE LITERACY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE UP THERE, LIKE SUSTAINABILITY FOR CLIMATE LITERACY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE 
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ENERGY EDUCATION, EDIBLE AND NATIVE PLANS, STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT GRANTS, THE LEGACY EDUCATOR AND STAFF TRAININGS. 
          SO ALL THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, GET OUR FRIENDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER EMPOWER TO SUPPORT THROUGH THE MOU THAT WE HAVE, SO CAN KEEP ADVANCING CLIMATE LITERACY IN OUR SCHOOL. 
          SO THIS IS A WIN-WIN, UH, SCENARIO FOR ALL OF US. 
          SO, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND ALSO WE DO THIS THROUGH ALSO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD, UH, GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ENGAGING STUDENTS AND SEEING THE STUDENTS BEING THERE REALLY ENGAGED AND LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING ON OUR SOLAR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO ALL THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING NOW, THEY DO HAVE A WORK-BASED LEARNING. 
          THEY HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WE START THIS FROM THE DESIGN PHASE. 
          WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL WE FINISH THE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS DURING DESIGN, AND THEN WE CONTINUE IT, UH, DURING, UH, CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THEN WE'VE, UH, LIVING BEHIND WITH LESSONS LEARNED SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO APPLY 'EM ON THEIR CURRICULAR AS THEY, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ENGAGE 'EM AS WELL SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO REALLY, UM, LAUNCH, UH, OR AT LEAST REALIZE FUTURE JOBS, UM, IN THESE, UH, NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE, UH, SHOWCASING TO THEM. 
          AND THEN, SO WE CONTINUE THIS, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH L-L-D-W-P AND CONTINUE TO ADVANCING THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          THIS, I WANTED TO SHOWCASE THIS CLIMATE LEADERSHIP IN ACTION BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, UH, SPECIFICALLY MYSELF IN TERMS OF, UM, VISITING OUR SCHOOL SITES AND LEARNING MORE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB. 
          I HAPPEN TO BE AT THE CENTER FOR GREEN SCHOOLS PRESENTING, AND, UH, UH, MISS MALLORY BRIGHTON APPROACHED ME, AND WHEN SHE SAW THE WORK AND WHAT I WAS PRESENTING ON, SHE CAME TO SHARE WITH ME ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DOING AT, UH, AT HER SCHOOL, AT SHERMAN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WHEN I HEARD OF THE WORK THAT SHE DID, I, I DID MADE A PROMISE THAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW KIDS, WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE WORK. 
          WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING THIS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW, UM, TEACHERS, OR IN THIS CASE, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHAMPIONS THAT DESIGN TO THE PROGRAM, HOW THEY DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. THEY ENGAGE STUDENTS FOR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PLANT TREES, TO MAINTAIN GARDENS AND, AND REALLY TEACH, UM, UH, TEACH OUR STUDENTS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION. 
          AND, UH, SHE, UH, DEFINITELY SHE RECEIVED THE RECOGNITION. 
          SHE WAS, SHE WAS AWARDED THE GOLD, THE GOLD LEVEL OF, UH, CALIFORNIA GREEN REBORN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS THAT A SCHOOL CAN REACH IN CALIFORNIA. 
          AND, AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING. 
          SO I WANTED TO, UH, APPLAUD HER FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING. 
          AND I, I WANTED TO SHOWCASE THIS. 
          WE'RE SHOWCASING THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWCASING MORE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS, UM, OUR, I WOULD SAY AMBASSADORS ARE DRAWN THE FIELD, OUR, UH, OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS ARE DOING TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS WITH LACEY, THE LOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR, WERE ABLE TO, UH, TOUR, UH, OUR, UH, SITES THAT REALLY, THAT THEY WERE REALLY IMPACTED BY FIRE, BY OUR FIRES. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT, LACEY APPROACHED ME AND, AND ASKED ME IF, IF WE COULD BE ABLE TO, UM, VISIT ALL OF OUR THREE SITES THAT THEY WERE IMPACTED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HELP US BY PROMOTING THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          SO LACEY IS THE INCUBATOR THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WATER CONSERVATION, RESILIENCY. 
          SO WHAT I DID IN CO IN COORDINATION WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, I SET UP A TOUR AND I INVITED, UH, WE TOOK A BOSS FROM LACEY AND REALLY TOUR OUR THREE SITES. 
          AND, UM, WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH, UH, FROM THEM. 
          AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE, THERE WERE, THERE WERE TASK, AND THEY WERE GETTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THESE TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS ADVANCE IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY, IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO TO ME, IT WAS, UH, GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE AND CHEER AND ENGAGE, UH, AND PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS OF HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, TO HELP US ADVANCE SOME OF THE, UH, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND ADVANCE OUR SCHOOLS TO BECOME MORE RESILIENT. 
          SO IN THE FUTURE, AT LEAST, WE HAVE SOLUTIONS MADE READY. 
          AND SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS WE'RE APPLYING TODAY, SOME OF THEM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LONGER. 
          UH, BUT WHILST WE'RE BRINGING THESE COMPANIES IN WITH OUR SOLUTIONS, WE BE ENGAGING OUR FACILITIES TEAM SO WE CAN MAKE THIS PART OF OUR STANDARDS. 
          UH, SO ALSO WORKING WITH A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I MENTIONED LACEY, THE SAME WITH THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, WITH KAPHA, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THEOR PAIN FOUNDATION, AND A A, SOME OF THE OTHER COMPANIES OR ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT CAME AND APPROACHED US BY THEMSELVES AND SAID, WE WANT TO HELP YOU. 
          WE WANT TO BE 
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ABLE TO HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADVANCE IN THE WORKS THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE LISTENING. 
          WE'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION, AND WE, UH, WE'RE HELPING TO ADVANCE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO THIS IS ABOUT, UM, OUR WORK IN TERMS OF SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND, UH, HOW WE DO THIS AND HOW WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHARE SOLUTIONS, BUT ALSO LEARN FROM OTHERS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE PRESENTATION THAT I WAS, I WAS APPROACHED BY WRI TO DO A PRESENTATION EARLY IN JANUARY, AND NOW I'M SERVING ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS, UH, UM, A NATIONWIDE INSTITUTE THAT HELPS TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION. 
          SO WE SHARE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. 
          AND REALLY THEY WANTED TO, THEY WANT US TO BE A PART OF THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING AND ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION. 
          TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO I JOINED THEIR TEAM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK, AND I'VE SHARED HOW WE'VE, UH, OUR PLAN AND OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ELECTRIFYING OUR FLEET. 
          AND THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. 
          WE'RE LEARNING FROM THEM. 
          THEY'RE ENGAGING, UM, THEY'RE ENGAGING ACTUALLY IN, IN DEVELOPING EVEN SOLUTIONS AT THE, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO MAKE MORE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE THE, UM, UH, WE HAVE THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN TERMS OF THE US DEVELOPING THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, WITH THE CABINET, AND WE SHARED OUR PLAN. 
          AND NOW MEETING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, SHARING THE SECTORS BY DIVISION, AND HOW IT CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE OUR INTERNAL TEAMS. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA OUTREACH OUR EXTERNAL TEAMS, OUR STUDENTS, UM, OUR STAFF TO HELP US OUT, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          AND THEN THE CENTER FOR GREEN SCHOOLS CONFERENCE THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND WITH SYLVIA WALLACE FROM, UH, MY TEAM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THREE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS, UM, SYLVIA PRESENTED ON CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND SHARE, UM, THE THINGS THAT, THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS SHARING EARLIER AND HOW WE'RE COLLABORATING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER, UH, CLIMATE IMPACTS AND HOW WE CAN HELP OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH, UH, UH, LALT, UH, ON, UH, PRESENTING WHEN TRANSFORMING SCHOOL YEARS FOR STUDENT, HOW THEY'RE LEARNING AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY. 
          AND THEN, UH, PRESENTED ON CHIEFS, UH, HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS AND PRESENTED ON HOW WE'RE MEASURING THE IMPACT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS POST BOTH, NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT ALSO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          'CAUSE IT DOES IMPROVE STUDENT ATTENDANCE. 
          IT DOES HELP, UH, THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK, UH, TO SCHOOL ONCE WE DEVELOP HEALTHIER, BETTER ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEM. 
          AND THEN THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR SCHOOL YEAR FOREST, UM, THAT'S, WE HAD A, A MEETING, UM, OUT IN THE FIELD, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO I, I LEARNED THE TEAM SHARE MORE ABOUT THESE EXCITING PROJECTS ABOUT HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING MORE SCHOOL YEAR FORESTS. 
          IN CLOSING, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE WITH YOU. 
          UH, WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH MOU, WE'RE SEEING THIS GREAT IMPACT IN TERMS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS, ENERGY, WATER, WASTE, UH, GRID, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND, UH, UTILITIES. 
          WE CAN SEE THE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF OURS LOWERING, LOWERING OUR UTILITIES. 
          AND WE MEASURE THESE BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO CONTINUE A GREATER IMPACT ON OUR, UH, UTILITIES. 
          BUT ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST THE UTILITIES. 
          ANYTIME WE REPLACE A LIGHT FIXTURE, WE'RE PUTTING A NEW LIGHT FIXTURE IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS, 10, 15 YEARS. 
          SO IT'S A MAINTENANCE SAVINGS AT THE SAME TIMES IT'S ENERGY SAVINGS AND IT'S BETTER QUALITY IN TERMS OF THE, THE, OUR STUDENTS. 
          THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER LIGHTING ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          AND THEN TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION WE'RE, WE'LL BE CONTINUING WITH, UH, COMING UP WITH MORE ZERO EMISSION BUSES AND CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE UNTIL WE MEET OUR 2040 GOAL, WE'RE LOOKING TO GREENING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LEARN AND HEARING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. 
          WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA WORK THEM OUT. 
          WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO HELP SUPPORT THE GREENING ON OUR SCHOOLS, THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. 
          ANOTHER GREAT ONE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO REALIZE MONEY TO REINVEST ON OUR SCHOOLS, UM, IN TERMS OF CREATING MORE RESILIENCY ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD SAY MORE SOLAR PROJECTS, RECYCLED WATER, ANOTHER ONE THAT IS GREAT FOR US. 
          IT WILL CONTINUE TO ADD MORE RECYCLED WATER IN OUR SCHOOLS, CLIMATE LITERACY. 
          UM, MORE PROGRAMS TO COME IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION, NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          UM, THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE ENERGY AND WATER COMMAND CONTROL CENTER. 
          UM, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR PEAK LOADS AND, AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO SAVE MORE MONEY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND I WANTED TO, UM, SHARE SOME OF THEM, LIKE THE SOLAR REFLECTIVE COATING STUDY. 
          WE'RE DOING A, A STUDY WITH THE LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB THAT'S GONNA BE FINISHING UP IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
          I'LL BE SHARING THE FINDINGS TO YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, ANOTHER ONE WITH WORKING WITH UCLA. 
          UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH, 
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UH, UH, UC DAVIES AND WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR, HOW WE CAN DEVELOP, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL OF FOREST, BUT ALSO AT TREE RESEARCH. 
          WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT CAN MAKE IT BASED ON EXTREME HEAT WEATHER THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE UPGRADING OUR INVENTORY IN TERMS OF THE TREES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, UH, FOR A WHILE. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HEAT READY SCHOOLS, UM, LOOKING AT ATED SCHOOLS WITH THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WITH UCLA AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GETTING HOTTER. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF ANTICIPATE AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TEAM IS GONNA BE WORKING WITH US TO, UH, WHAT IDENTIFY FIVE SITES THAT WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS OF HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO AT LEAST COME UP WITH BETTER SCENARIOS, UH, IN TERMS OF HOT WEATHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THEN THE, THE, THE NEXT ONE THAT I HAVE IS THE PAP TUNE. 
          UM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S A GRANT THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, ABLE TO REALIZE THE NATIONAL GRANT. 
          AND IT'S, UH, THROUGH THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY. 
          AND, AND THIS GRANT HERE IS TO HELP US, UH, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTHIER AIR. 
          SO THERE THAT WE BREATHE, NOBODY'S MONITORING THERE THAT WE BREATHE. 
          THE IDEA IS TO, UM, UM, WE'RE IDENTIFYING A HANDFUL OF SITES THAT THEY'LL BE VISITING AND DOING THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, AND THEY WILL BE TELLING US WHAT SOLUTIONS WE'LL BE HAVING IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE HEALTHIER AIR IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO, AND THEN THE LA COUNTY, THE EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION, IT'S A NEW GRANT THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR. 
          WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT GRANT. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LA COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, THE COST AWARENESS THAT WE HAVE THERE AND THE E SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WHICH IS UNDERWAY, WHICH, AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT THE E SUSTAINABILITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S GONNA SET UP NEW GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE TO START PLANNING MOVING FORWARD. 
          AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT WITH YOU TODAY. 
          I KNOW I PRESENTED A LOT OF THINGS TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, HOPE IN THE WORK THAT WE DO AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE TO HELP DEVELOP HEALTHIER, SUSTAINABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE DEFINITELY SEE YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD AND COVERING ALL OF THE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, ENCOMPASS E SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE AND ALSO DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE GRANTS, THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN, AND ALSO THE SAVINGS. 
          SO AS, AS IT SHOULD BE. 
          SO I'M, I'M HOPING AND ASSUMING THAT THOSE SAVINGS WILL, UM, INCREASE AS THESE PROJECTS ARE, UM, SORT OF EXPANDED, RIGHT? THEY DO. 
          AND ACTUALLY, THE GOOD THING IS THAT SOME OF THESE SAVINGS I MAY SHARE YEARLY, BUT THEY ACCUMULATE EVERY YEAR. 
          WE'RE GONNA KEEP REALIZING THOSE AND MORE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          IT WOULD BE GREAT TO, AS YOU AS, UM, THE SAVINGS ARE INCREASING, MAYBE JUST TO HAVE LIKE A DASHBOARD, NOT TO CREATE MORE WORK FOR YOU, BUT JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, CHRONOLOGICALLY OR AT LEAST THROUGH, THROUGH THE YEARS OR MONTHS, HOW THOSE SAVINGS ARE OCCURRING SO WE CAN SEE IT AND, YOU KNOW, UM, VISUALLY SEE ALL OF THOSE SAVINGS, I THINK. 
          'CAUSE I THINK YOU, THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, BUT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT MAYBE IN YOUR WEBSITE OR SOMETHING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          I, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND I, I'M DOING THAT AT A CERTAIN SCALE, BUT THE SKILL THAT YOU'RE SAYING, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT AND SHOWCASE IT AND HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA, WELL INFORM EVERYONE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
          I THINK IT DEFINITELY WILL INFORM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE ALSO, UM, HAVE THE SAME SORT OF INITIATIVES AND PLANS, PARTICULARLY WITH ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SCHOOL YARD, SCHOOL BUSES, OR THE BUS FLEET, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S, UM, UH, A STATEWIDE MANDATE. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          AND SOMETHING I DIDN'T SHARE EARLIER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IS THAT, I MEAN, A LOT OF THE, LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LACEY AND THE CITY AND OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE PLANNING FORWARD IS TO HELP SUPPORT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE PARALYMPIC GAMES. 
          SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT, A LOT OF THESE GRANTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH, UH, CEC, THE ENERGY COMMISSION, THE A PA, ALL THESE, UH, THERE'S REPRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT, UH, NATIONWIDE AND STATEWIDE. 
          AND WE'RE DISCUSSING HOW WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          AND SOME OF THESE ARE MAKING MADE AVAILABLE TO US IN HELP OF TRANSFORMING OUR TRANSPORTATION TO OUR ELECTRIC, BUT ALSO, UH, CREATING, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 
          'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SHARE, OR A LEGACY THAT WE AS A, AS, UM, THE CITY OF LA PROVIDED ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN THE LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO BE A BIG, PLAY, A BIG PART ON THIS TO HELP SUPPORT THE, THE LA 28 GAMES. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, SO I WANNA OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YES, MS. UM, MCKAYLA, THANK YOU, CHRISTOS AGAIN FOR, UM, A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT UNDER YOUR PURVIEW, UM, WITH THE ECOS 
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SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, JUST GOING BACK TO YOUR POINT AROUND ELECTRIFICATION, AND I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, IT WASN'T YOU, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES PRESENTED AROUND, UH, THE FLEET ELECTRIFICATION, AND WE KIND OF TALKED, I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMEONE FROM THE CITY. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF BUSES, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOKED TOWARDS THE OLYMPICS. 
          UM, WERE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE, LIKE SHARED, UH, FACILITIES WHERE CITI AND L-O-U-S-D ARE SHARING FACILITIES FOR CHARGING AS, UM, KIND OF A COST SAVINGS IDEALLY, AND TO ILLUSTRATE COLLABORATION? YEAH, MICALA, YEAH, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EXPOUND ON THIS. 
          WE, WE DID, BECAUSE WE, UM, WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A GROUP AND AT THE SAME TIME WE DEVELOPED THIS GROUP TO, UH, COLLABORATE AND WE CALL IT GOING FOR GOLD. 
          AND IT WAS A GROUP THAT, UH, REPRESENTED, ACTUALLY MANAGED BY, UH, LACEY AND HAD THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER, UH, EDISON, AND PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING, UH, BUS MANUFACTURERS, UM, LA METRO, THE CITY. 
          I'VE APPROACHED EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND I SAID, AND ACTUALLY OUR FACILITIES, OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, OUR TEAMS HERE AND WE DISCUSS OF HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE'VE, UM, PLAN OF PUTTING AN RFPA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MORE OF ACTUALLY A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, LA METRO FOR NOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, LA METRO SHARED, UH, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. 
          AND WE AS LA UNIFIED ARE REVIEWING THOSE NEEDS TO SEE IF WE CAN SUPPORT 'EM FOR THE GAMES. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE OTHER BUS MANUFACTURERS OR SOMEONES THAT THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH LA 28 APPROACHES AND ASK FOR THE SAME. 
          SO WE ARE REVIEWING ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, DISCUSSING 'EM, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME, I WILL SAY, UH, UH, DECISIONS, BUSINESS DECISIONS, HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE BUILDING ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE READY FOR THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, IF IT'S OKAY, SORRY, UM, IS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PILOTS, UH, ENERGY DEMAND MANAGEMENT, THE PILOTS AT IN MAYWOOD. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT MADE THOSE TWO SITES KIND OF IDEAL FOR PILOTING, LIKE WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE? YEAH, SO THEY HAD TO BE WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY BECAUSE THEY SPONSORED THE GRANT. 
          SO IT HAD TO BE WITH THE EDISON CATEGORY. 
          AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAD TO HAVE, UM, FACILITIES THAT, THAT WERE FUNCTIONING AT LEAST MOSTLY FUNCTIONING. 
          'CAUSE PART OF THE GROUND, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAD, UM, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYSTEMS, ANYTHING FROM THE BMS, THE, THE, THE ENERGY SYSTEM, THE, UM, THE LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMS, THE EV EV CHARGING THE SOLAR SO IT CAN BE ABLE TO REALLY, UM, TEST THE TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO WE LEARNED THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO OPERATE SOME OF THE EXISTING SYSTEMS TO MAKE THEM OPERATIONAL A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE TESTING THEM TO SEE HOW THEY WORK, BUT THOSE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE GROUND REQUIREMENTS. 
          SURE. 
          GREAT. 
          I, ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          UM, SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CLIMATE LITERACY RFP. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT, UM, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NEEDED FOR MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS CREWS AS IT RELATES TO GREENING PROJECTS. 
          I'M WONDERING WHAT MIGHT BE KIND OF, UM, EXPLORED AND THEN I KNOW THIS PART OF MY QUESTION IS NOT REALLY UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT OUT LOUD REGARDLESS. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDED FOR TEACHERS TO, UM, SUPPORT THEM IN OUTDOOR LEARNING, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO LIKE THESE GREENER SPACES. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU COULD, I DON'T KNOW, ADDRESS ANY PARTS OF THAT, I'D BE, I'D BE MORE HAPPY TO EXPAND ON THAT. 
          SO, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND UH, WE'VE UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE SOLICITATION AND WE IDENTIFIED SOME AMAZING COMPANIES THAT, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, INCLUDING LIKE THREE PEOPLE, UH, STRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS, EQUAL RISE GRID FOR GREEN, UM, AND SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT, UH, THEY'VE, UH, THEY PRETTY MUCH, UM, THEY WERE MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THE IDEA IS FOR US TO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE, GET, OBTAIN APPROVALS, UM, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO, ONCE WE HAVE THEM IN PLACE, THEN START, UM, UTILIZING 'EM BASED ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE MENTIONED, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED OR WE HEARD FROM PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL, WILL HELP OUR SCHOOLS INCREASE AT LEAST, UM, UH, SUSTAINABILITY ON OUR SITES AND, AND, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY. 
          SO ALL THOSE, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE A PART OF IT. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE OR MORE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN IN, IN PARTNERSHIPS AND IT'S GONNA BE SPONSORED THROUGH THE L-D-W-P-M-O-U, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, CHRISTOS. 
          I NOTICED, UM, FIRST OF ALL, YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY ABOUT WHAT IS A VIRTUAL POWER PLANT, BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          NOT A PROBLEM. 
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UM, AND I READ ON SLIDE FOUR THAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS REPLACED AGING WATER HEATERS. 
          DID THEY REPLACE THEM WITH GAS? WELL, IT'S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEY REPLACED IT WITH GAS WATER HEATERS OR ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS, UH, WITH GAS. 
          AND I, AND I EXPLAIN THAT WHY? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, YES. 
          SO OUR RESOLUTION IS TO MOVE TO ALL ELECTRIC, BUT THE, THE, THE GAS COMPANY, UH, THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT THEY HAD IS TO CREATE MORE EFFICIENCY. 
          SO THEY'RE REPLACING AGING OLD ONES. 
          AND THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT THEY GAVE US, THEY MADE AVAILABLE TO US, IT WAS TO REPLACE THEM WITH MORE EFFICIENT GAS. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THERE IS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO KIND OF LOOK AT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT I CAN, WE CAN CREATE MORE EFFICIENCY. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE REPLACING EVERYTHING WITH, UH, ALL ELECTRIC. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL ELECTRIC, UH, WATER HEATERS AS WELL. 
          WE'VE, UH, CONTINUED TO, TO DO THAT, TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE WHAT OTHER, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS THE PURPLE PIPE RECYCLED WATER, WHERE DOES THAT WATER COME FROM? GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO WE HAVE THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, PLANTS THAT THEY, THEY, THE RECYCLED WATER GOES TO. 
          SO REP CLINICIAN PLANTS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S FEW OF THEM, UM, THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, IN THE VALLEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S A PLAN OVER THERE ON BALBOA AND, UH, BY THE FREEWAY IT'S A RECLAMATION PLAN AND OH, I'VE SEEN IT. 
          I I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU MEAN. 
          YEAH, SO, SO PRETTY MUCH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER CAN EXTEND THE LINE WITHIN A MILE RADIUS FROM THAT PLANT. 
          SO THEY'RE WILLING TO INVEST MONEY TO GO A MILE FURTHER OUT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE BIRMINGHAM AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL SITES ARE. 
          SO WE'RE IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS WITHIN THAT PROXIMITY, WITHIN, WITHIN ONE MILE RADIUS. 
          AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE'VE, UH, WE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO EXTEND THEIR LINE SO THEY, THEY PAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THEIR LINE AND WE'RE PAYING FOR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO INTERNALLY ON OUR SCHOOL SITE TO PUT A METER TO PUT A, A BACK FLASH, UM, UH, SYSTEM THERE. 
          AND THEN BEING ABLE TO CHANGE SOME OF THE PIPING TO PURPLE PIPE, SPECIFICALLY THE HEADS TO SHOWCASE THAT WE'RE PUTTING, WE HAVE PURPLE PIPE AND ONLY FOR IRRIGATION. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING THAT FOR POTABLE WATER THAT GOES INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND WE MAKE SURE WE PUT SIGNS SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THAT'S NOT DRINKABLE WATER , I HEAR YOU. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW ALONG THE ORANGE LINE NOW IT HAS A DIFFERENT NAME, THE JADE LINE OR SOMETHING, BUT IT USED TO BE THE ORANGE LINE IN THE VALLEY, THAT'S ALL PURPLE PIPE ALONG THE, THE ORANGE LINE TRACK. 
          SO NORTH HOLLYWOOD WAS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU MENTIONED? YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WHEN THEY DID THE RE MODERNIZATION, WHY DIDN'T THEY CONSIDER? GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO WE DID THAT ACTUALLY, WE ALIGNED THAT WORK. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          INITIALLY HAD THAT PROJECT EARLIER, BUT THEN WE, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT PROJECT WAS UNDER, UH, CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME WE ALIGNED THE PROJECT TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO WE KIND OF COLLABORATED AND WE DID THAT. 
          BUT THE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE, OBVIOUSLY WE WANTED TO SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT. 
          IT WAS SEPARATE FROM THE PROJECT THAT FACILITIES WAS MANAGING. 
          SO WE PAID FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST HAVE PURPLE PIPE OVER THERE ON THAT SCHOOL, WHICH GREAT. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS DON'T DRINK THAT WATER HUNDRED PERCENT WHEN THE SPRINKLERS GO ON. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DRINK THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHRIS. 
          YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TOO. 
          I, UM, ONE IS TO, UM, BOARD MEMBER EVA'S GREAT POINTS ABOUT THE, UH, DASHBOARD AND THE TRACKER. 
          I WAS CURIOUS SIMILARLY ABOUT IF SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED ON THE, UM, THE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE 30% GREEN SPACE RESOLUTION OF THE DISTRICT. 
          IF SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT I KNOW YOUR OFFICE IS TRACKING COULD ALSO BE EITHER SHARED, UM, ON THE ESO WEBSITE OR INTEGRATED INTO THE FACILITIES CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD IN TERMS OF WHEN THERE IS A PROJECT THAT'S COMPLETED, HOW THAT HAS, UM, HELPED TO INCREASE THE GREEN SPACE AT THE SCHOOL. 
          UH, OR I KNOW IN THE GREENING PLAN THERE'S A STATIC GREENING PLAN LIST THAT HAS THE SCHOOLYARD PERCENTAGES, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR THAT TO BE UP UPDATED PERIODICALLY. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          AND WE ARE DOING THAT. 
          SO THERE'S THE GREEN INDEX THAT WE FOLLOW AND WE UPDATE, WE WORK WITH A, A FACILITIES TEAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE AND EVEN ON THE ANNUAL REPORT, I'M GONNA BE PUBLISHING OUR ANNUAL REPORT. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING ALL THE UPDATES YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWCASING AND SHARING ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          AND ALSO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW, UH, SITES ON A, ON AN ACTUAL MAP THAT SHOWS THE EXACT LOCATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF GREEN. 
          SO AT LEAST PEOPLE CAN HAVE A VISUAL AS WELL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND ALSO WHERE THEIR BOND DOLLARS ARE GOING AND TO ALSO ABSOLUTELY. 
          JUST SEE THE, 
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THE PROGRESS BEING MADE. 
          UM, I WAS ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT THE CONSTELLATION ENERGY CONTRACT THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          IS THAT PART OF THE D-W-P-M-O-U OR IS THAT A SEPARATE, OR HOW, HOW DOES IT WORK THAT IT'S ABLE TO HELP STABILIZE THE ONGOING UTILITY COSTS QUESTION? SO, WITHIN L-A-D-W-P, WE DON'T HAVE A NEGOTIATED CONTRACT. 
          SO WE PAY THE RATES BASED ON THE COMMERCIAL RATES THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, SO THIS IS WITHIN EDISON TERRITORY. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO IN EDISON TERRITORY, WE CAN BE ABLE TO GO OUT FOR AN ACTION, AND WE DO A, A SOLICITATION. 
          WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO HELP US, UH, HELPS US OUT JUST LIKE THE STOCK MARKET THAT YOU SEE, THE PRICING. 
          AND WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE PRICING OF THE, UH, OF, UH, OF ACTUALLY, UM, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONSUMPTION THAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PURCHASE. 
          AND THEN WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, UH, ENGAGED AT A CERTAIN TIMING THAT WE FIND IS MORE FAVORABLE FOR US TO A LOWER, UH, A LOWER PRICE. 
          THESE CONTRACTS GO THREE TO FIVE YEARS, TYPICALLY, ONCE WE LOG A PRICE DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO KIND OF LOOK AT, WITHIN THAT TERRITORY, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT PRETTY MUCH ENERGY, UH, PROCUREMENT, ENERGY PURCHASING. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN THE, THE LAST QUESTION IS, UM, A LOT OF WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT TODAY IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          'CAUSE IT ALSO REMINDS ME OF A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE EXTREME HEAT RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED. 
          UM, THINGS LIKE THE, UM, INCREASED GREEN SPACE AT SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT CAN CONNECT TO SOME OF THE, UH, LOOKING AT REPLACING ASTROTURF MOVING FORWARD. 
          THE, UM, THE WAYS THAT GREEN SPACE AND, AND SHADE, EVEN INCLUDING FROM SOLAR CANOPY CAN HELP MITIGATE HEAT ON A CAMPUS. 
          THE, UM, HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS AND THE HVAC UPGRADES THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE ALL OBVIOUSLY, UM, A BIG PART OF IT. 
          SOME OF THE RESILIENCE WORK THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND HOW THAT CONNECTS TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, THAT WAS CALLED FOR IN THAT RESOLUTION. 
          UM, THE WAYS THAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES CAN HELP, UH, BE LINKED INTO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          SO ONE, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DIRECTLY TALKED ABOUT HEAT READY SCHOOLS. 
          SO ONE, I HAVE TWO PART QUESTION. 
          ONE IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR OFFICE IS PART OF THE EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT IN RESPONDING TO THAT RESOLUTION AND THE DIFFERENT, UM, PLANS AND STUDIES AND, UM, PREPARATIONS THAT IT CALLED FOR. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND IS, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US ARE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE WAY THAT EXTREME HEAT AND CLIMATE EMERGENCIES ARE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO KIDS AND THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN, WHICH YOU EXPLICITLY MENTIONED. 
          UM, SO I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT YOU THINK ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO EXTREME HEAT WITH THE KIND OF, AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT HELP MITIGATE EXTREME HEAT THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE IT EASIER TO DO THAT, UM, FOR IT TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE SAME KIND OF EMERGENCY THAT MAYBE SOME OTHER, UM, CONCERNS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT SEISMIC RISK IS REALLY RECOGNIZED AS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, RISK. 
          THANKS, LAUREN. 
          YEAH. 
          IN TERMS OF THE EXTREME HEAT RESOLUTION IN THE PASS, THE, THE BOARD RESOLUTION DID NAME ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE TO KIND OF SHARE THE FINDINGS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE CONTACTED, UH, THE TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING WITH, AND WE SAID, WE NEED TO BE ON THE TABLE. 
          WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSING SHARING SOLUTIONS, UH, GIVING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT. 
          IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, THE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED, YES. 
          SO ANYTHING, ANYTIME WE IDENTIFY, UH, A SOLUTION OR A NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, UH, IT IS VIABLE. 
          AND THEN WE DO SHARE WITH OUR DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES AS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CHANGING OR BEING ADOPTED TO. 
          SO, UM, ALL THOSE ARE, ARE IN WORKS AND WE'RE LEARNING A LOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE, FROM THE MOST RECENT FIRES. 
          AND FOR US, IT'S ALWAYS TO ANTICIPATE WHAT'S NEXT. 
          'CAUSE THE EXTREME HEAT IS NOT GOING AWAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAD THE HOTTEST MONTH FOR AGES RIGHT NOW, MARCH HOTTER THAN, UH, APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE. 
          AND, UH, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW JULY'S GONNA BE. 
          SO I, UH, IN AUGUST AND WHEN KIDS COME BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          SO WE WANT BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED, WANT TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP MORE SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR GREENING PROGRAMS, SHADE, PLANT MORE TREES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY FOR ME IT IS, UM, FOR OUR, FOR OUR, UH, I'LL SAY FOR OUR TEAM IS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY. 
          NOTHING. 
          THINGS THAT WILL TAKE FOUR, FIVE YEARS. 
          HOW CAN I COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT CAN BE ABLE TO DO JUST LIKE THIS GREEN SCHOOL YEAR, FOURS YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THAT CAN BE ABLE TO TURN A PROJECT WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS. 
          SO WE WE'RE THINKING ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND OUT THE BEST SOLUTIONS THAT, UH, WE CAN HELP BUILD ON. 
          SO THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, FOR THIS, UM, PRESENTATION AND JUST ALL THE INFORMATION, AND I THINK FOR ME, THE HIGHLIGHT QUESTION IS ON THE CLIMATE LITERACY AND THE STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT GRANTS. 
          CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW THAT WOULD WORK? 
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YES. 
          SO, UM, SO WE'RE ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS IN A LOT OF THE, UH, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE THE HEROES FOR ZERO. 
          IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN TAKE, UH, MONEY FROM THE MOU, THE W-P-M-O-M-O-U, WHICH THEY LOVE THE HEROES FOR ZERO BY, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE IT DOES SAVE ENERGY. 
          AND WE TEACH CLIMATE LITERACY ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, SO WE ADOPTED SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS, JUST THAT ONE ITSELF THAT WE, UH, WE CAME UP WITH SOLUTIONS LIKE USING THE BUILDING AS A TOOL TO LEARN ABOUT ENGINEERING, UH, LEARN ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL, UH, LEARN ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WATER CONSERVATION. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING 'EM TO FOLLOW A CERTAIN PATHWAYS TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING OUT OF IT SO THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT IS HAPPENING ON SOME OF THE CONTESTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE STIPENDS TO OUR STUDENTS OKAY. 
          TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THE IDEA IS, UH, IT COULD BE SMALL STIPENDS, IT COULD BE SEVEN $50. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING ON SOME OF THEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER IS ENTERTAINING DISCUSSING WITH US, AND THEY WANT BE ABLE TO HELP TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT SUSTAINABILITY CHAMPIONS TO KIND OF SHOWCASE THAT, UM, WE CAN BE A PART OF THE, OF THE SOLUTION IF WE HELP US ACHIEVE THIS. 
          AND, AND, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEY CAN LEARN, GET ENGAGED IN TERMS OF CLIMATE LITERACY, AND ALSO EVEN GIVE THEM SOME CERTIFICATIONS SO CAN BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER DEPENDING ON WHAT GRADE THEY ARE. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING THERE. 
          UM, A LOT OF THINKING HOW WE CAN REALLY ENGAGE MORE STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO OUTREACH MORE, UH, THROUGH THE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 
          UM, AS YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT, I SAW THAT THE L-A-D-W-P, THE PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTING THE STUDENT PATHWAYS, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, AND MAY NOT BE YOU TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT OUR PATHWAYS THROUGH CTE AND BUILD MORE, WHAT WOULD BE JUST THE BASIS FOR A SCHOOL THAT WANTED, THAT DID NOT HAVE A PATHWAY, BUT WANTED TO START AND HAVE A PATHWAY IN THIS AREA? YEAH, PLEASE CONTACT US, HAVE A CONTACT, THE E SUSTAINABILITY OF OFFICE, AND ALSO, UM, MAYBE WE, WE, WE HAD AN EARLIER MEETING DISCUSSION WITH PIA THAT SHE'S MANAGING PRETTY MUCH, UH, THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND THE, THE CTE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AT THE LAST MEETING, IF YOU RECALL, WE'RE DISCUSSING OUR COLLABORATION OF IDENTIFYING THESE PROGRAMS, UM, BEING ABLE TO HELP STRUCTURE PROGRAMS THAT REALLY, UM, EVEN OUR ADULT EDUCATION AND, AND YOUNGER STUDENTS CAN BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND REALLY HELP BENEFIT THEM IN THE LONG RUN AND BENEFIT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THE COST AVOIDANCE AND SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REALIZE. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD PRIOR WAS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS HAVING PRE-APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE A LARGE LIABILITY TO THE DISTRICT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN THIS AREA, THIS WOULD FIT INTO THAT PENDING IF THE SCHOOL HAD IT. 
          BUT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT, HOW COULD WE OPEN IT UP FOR THE STUDENT TO BE A PART OF A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP GOING INTO APPRENTICESHIP AND THEN INTO WORKFORCE LIKE THIS? I, I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE THAT WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE HAD PROGRAMS AND WE HAD STUDENTS GRADUATE THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          WE HAD THE, WHAT WE CALLED THE PROP 49 PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS, UH, MOSTLY ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND WE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE IDENTIFY TEACHERS AND THEY HAD THE WHOLE, UH, GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT THEY CAME AND PARTICIPATED THROUGH OUR ENERGY AUDITS, AND WE TAUGHT 'EM HOW TO DO ENERGY AUDITS, AND THEN THEY RECEIVED CERTIFICATIONS. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS WE WANT TO BRING BACK TO, TO, UM, GET OUR STUDENTS THROUGH A THREE MONTH OR SIX MONTH PROGRAM AND THEN GRADUATE WITH A, WITH A CERTIFICATION THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE, UH, THAT WORK, WORKING WITH SOME OF THE, UH, WORKING WITH OUR INDUSTRY, UH, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO LAUNCH JOBS IMMEDIATELY RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. 
          YES, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. 
          AND THEN WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING RIGHT NOW, HOW ARE WE, UM, ENGAGING THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT SCHOOL? I KNOW AT THE SITE THAT WE WERE TODAY, UH, THE TEACHER CAME OVER, HE, HE HAD ME ENGAGED. 
          UM, BUT HOW ARE WE CONNECTING AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL THOSE STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S JUST A FIELD TRIP TO THE SITE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE SEE THESE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS THAT YOU SHOWED US RIGHT HERE. 
          HOW ARE WE ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS IN THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, THE WAY THAT WE ARE ENGAGING THEM IS THROUGH THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS AND THE, AND THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND IN SOME CASES, WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE HAVE PROJECTS, WE ENGAGE 'EM, SO WE INFORM THE SCHOOL ITSELF, JUST THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT ITSELF. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGEMENT AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          I WAS AWARE OF THEIR ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM. 
          THEY HAVE THEIR ENGINEERING PROGRAM, AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT THE UPCOMING PROJECT. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT NOW WITH OUR FACILITIES THE SAME WAY. 
          SO ANY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING IN THE FUTURE, THAT THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF IT. 
          SO THE, THE, UM, THE SCHOOL, UH, GETS ENGAGED 
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OR THEY BECOME AWARE OF IT. 
          AND THEN THROUGH THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE IN THIS CASE, MORELO CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT TODAY, PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AS PART OF THE DELIVERABLE WAS TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND TO ENSURE THAT, UH, BRING THOSE STUDENTS AND HELP THEM EDUCATE 'EM IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THEY'RE INSTALLING. 
          AND WE'RE THERE ALONG THE WAY. 
          OUR TEAMS ARE THERE TO ENSURE I HAVE, UH, DEDICATED ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY STAFF JUST TO DO THAT. 
          THE, THE JOB THAT SHE HAS IS TO ENGAGE THE SCHOOLS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGE THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION, ENGAGE THE SCHOOL ITSELF, MAKE 'EM AWARE OF THE PROGRAM, AND THEN ENGAGE PARTICIPATION FROM THE SCHOOL, THE TEACHERS SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          IT'S WORKING VERY WELL. 
          I JUST, I HAD MORE STAFF TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM IN A GREATER SCALE BECAUSE WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS AND CENTERS, BUT WE'RE DOING IT AT A GRADE SCALE, THE 21 THAT I SHARED, THE ONES THAT FACILITIES IS DOING. 
          WE'RE GETTING MORE ENGAGED WITHIN THE FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THIS PROGRAM'S HAPPENING AT OUR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS HAPPENING, OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT. 
          SO AT LEAST, UH, STUDENTS GET ENGAGED BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST LEARNING TOOL AND OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S AMAZING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          I HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I, YOU MENTIONED IN THE CAMPUS GREENING PROJECTS, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THREE CHALLENGES, RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE FACING, RIGHT? SO OUT OF THESE THREE, OR MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, UH, WHAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU'RE FACING IN GREENING SCHOOL CAMPUSES TODAY? APART FROM FUNDING? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE FUNDING, BUT I KNOW THAT'S ONE. 
          UM, AND WHAT IS PREVENTING, UM, THE, AND ADDRESSING THE BARRIERS THAT PARTNERS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY RAISING OVER TIME? AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HEAR SOME, UH, SHORTLY, BUT, UM, THESE ARE NON NEW ISSUES. 
          SO WHAT'S KEEPING US FROM MO MOVING PAST THESE ISSUES? YEAH, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO ME, AND IT'S SURFACE, AND WE KIND OF WERE AWARE OF IT, IS ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF A SITE. 
          THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THAT WE, WHEN, WHEN A GRANTEE APPLIES FOR A GRANT, THEY CAN, UH, ALLOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONIES TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE CONDITIONS, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THEM UNTIL YOU REALLY TEST, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU NEED TO TEST THE ASPHALT FOR ASBESTOS. 
          NOW, WE WE'RE TELLING 'EM, YOU HAVE TO TEST THE MARKINGS FOR LEAD. 
          WE'RE FINDING OUT THIS MARKINGS, 90% OF THOSE MARKINGS, THEY DO HAVE TRACEABLE LEVELS OF LEAD, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY NEED REMEDIATION. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL SOIL, YOU HAVE TO TEST THE SOIL, WHICH IS UNDERNEATH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAN. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A GROUND, YOU, YOU'RE NOT APPLYING AND SAYING, I'M GONNA PUT 20% TOWARDS THAT. 
          THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IMPACT IS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE, WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE CAN, UM, DO A DUE DILIGENCE AHEAD OF TIME, SO WE KNOW WHAT THAT COSTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL WE SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZING A SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE SET ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT THEY CANNOT HAVE THE SAME SIZE OF A PROJECT THAT ANOTHER SCHOOL CAN HAVE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME CONDITIONS. 
          SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EQUITY THROUGHOUT AND BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE MONEY, I THINK WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO AT LEAST ANTICIPATE TESTS AND MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES. 
          SO WHEN THE PARTNERS ARE DOING THE, THE PROJECTS, AT LEAST THEY CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT AND DEVELOP THEIR PROJECTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE GRANT THAT THEY APPLIED FOR. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING, UH, FORWARD, UH, JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE HELPING, UH, WITH OUR RESPECT. 
          AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, I THINK, WITH OTHER MANAGEMENT AND SEE HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT, UM, THE PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE OUR GREEN ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SURE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, UH, MR. CILLO, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, FOR THAT UPDATE AND THE BREADTH OF WORK, UH, THAT YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE ADVANCING ACROSS MULTIPLE FRONTS, UH, REALLY DO APPRECIATE, PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS OFFICE IS RELATIVELY NEW. 
          IT'S LIKE ON THE SECOND YEAR. 
          YES. 
          SO YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH QUITE A LOT IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE ALL DO. 
          OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT APPRECIATES IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR SECOND 
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PRESENTATION. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA BE JOINED BY MS. RANDOLPH, MS. KIAA AND MS. HERRERA. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS WORK. 
          THIS PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS ONGOING BARRIERS AND, UH, OFFERS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE PROCESSES, REDUCE COSTS, AND BETTER SUPPORT GREENING PROJECTS AT SCALE, WHILE UNDERSCORING THE URGENCY WITH MANY CAMPUSES STILL DOMINATED BY HEAT ABSORBING ASPHALT. 
          SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVAS. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, ALWAYS, UH, AGAIN ON THIS OTHER SIDE OF, UH, THE, THE DAAS. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN 
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FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRESENT THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU. 
          MY NAME IS MIKAYLA RANDOLPH. 
          I'M THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL PROGRAMS WITH GREEN SCHOOLYARDS AMERICA, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES, ALEJANDRA KAYA, UM, WHO'S OUR VICE PRESIDENT WITH GREEN SCHOOLYARDS AMERICA, AND HEN HERRERA, WHO'S, UM, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UM, DIRECTOR OF URBAN FORESTRY. 
          SO, UM, THIS PRESENTATION, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, I CAN DO HARD THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, GREEN SCHOOLYARDS AMERICA, UM, PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TRANSFORM PAID SCHOOL GROUNDS INTO LIVING SCHOOLYARDS AT SCALE. 
          THAT'S HOW WE SHOW UP INTO THIS WORK. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL YARD FORESTRY PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION, 10 STRANDS, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THEN OURSELVES. 
          UM, AND SO THAT THIS, UM, INITIATIVE IS REALLY ABOUT INCREASING, UH, TREE CANOPY ON CAMPUSES TO 30%. 
          UM, SOME OTHER WORK THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF PARTNERING WITH THE DISTRICT IS WE RUN A LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH L-A-U-S-D HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THROUGH THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. 
          UM, AND IN THAT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK THROUGH BARRIERS, CHALLENGES, AND PROVIDE THEM THE DATA TO GET TO THAT 30% TREE CANOPY. 
          SO THE AIM OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION REALLY IS TO, UM, PROVIDE THE DISTRICT AND THIS COMMITTEE WITH INFORMATION. 
          SO AS OPPOSED TO BEING KIND OF REACTIVE, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTROSPECTIVE AND LOOK AT THE INTERNAL PROCESSES THAT ARE KIND OF CREATING BARRIERS. 
          AND I KNOW OFTEN IT'S SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH L-A-U-S-C, IT'S NOT LIKE COMPARING APPLES WITH APPLES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT ILLUSTRATES THERE ARE SOME COMPARABLE, UM, WAYS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE PROJECT LEVEL. 
          SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M HAPPY TO PASS THE MIC OVER TO, UM, CALIFORNIA URBAN FORESTRY SUPERVISOR, HENRY HERRA. 
          THANK YOU, MCKAYLA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, I'M HENRY HERRERA. 
          I'M THE, UH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION URBAN FORESTRY SUPERVISOR FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 
          AND THANK YOU TO GREEN SCHOOL YARDS OF AMERICA FOR INVITING ME. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CAL FIRE'S INVESTMENTS IN L-A-U-S-D GREEN SCHOOLYARD PROJECTS, AND SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE OBSERVED WHILE IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK L-A-U-S-D FOR ITS ONGOING SCHOOL YARD GREENING EFFORTS. 
          IT'S 2022 SCHOOLYARDS FOR ALL RESOLUTION. 
          IT'S GREEN SCHOOLYARDS FOR ALL PLAN AND LA USD'S COMMITMENT TO FUND SCHOOLYARD GREENING PROJECTS. 
          THESE INVESTMENTS TRANSFORM SCHOOL CAMPUSES INTO GREEN HEALTHY CAMPUSES WHERE CHILDREN CAN LEARN, PLAY, AND THRIVE. 
          CAL FIRE'S GREEN SCHOOLYARD INITIATIVE WAS DEVELOPED TO INCREASE TREE CANOPY COVER AND NATURE-BASED HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS WITH THE INTENT TO CREATE MORE NATURE IMMERSIVE SCHOOLS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, WELLBEING, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF CHILDREN MOST VULNERABLE TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND EXTREME HEAT ACROSS CALIFORNIA. 
          TREES PROVIDE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN SOIL. 
          THEY PROVIDE BENEFITS IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. 
          THEY REDUCE STRESS, AND IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT CHILDREN THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY TREES AND CAN SEE TREES FROM THEIR CLASSROOM PERFORM BETTER ACADEMICALLY. 
          PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY CAL FIRE ARE FUNDED WITH, UH, STATE FUNDS AND ALSO FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          UH, CAL FIRE HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $55 MILLION ACROSS 51 L-A-U-S-D CAMPUSES SINCE, UH, 2022. 
          CAL FIRE ALSO AWARDED TWO GRANTS TO L-A-U-S-D, UH, FOR CHILDCARE FACILITY PROJECTS. 
          ONE GRANT WAS FOR $3 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT GREEN SCHOOLYARD PROJECTS ON THREE CHILDCARE FACILITY CAMPUSES. 
          AND ANOTHER ONE WAS FOR $2.9 MILLION FOR THREE OTHER TO TREAT THREE OTHER CAMPUSES, CHILDCARE FACILITIES PROJECTS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX CAMPUSES. 
          WE ALSO AWARDED A GRANT IN 2023 TO THREE PEOPLE FOR $14.2 MILLION. 
          UH, THAT GRANT WAS TO REMOVE 425 SQUARE FEET OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT TO PLANT 928 TREES TO CONSTRUCT 68 OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS. AND THIS GRANT 
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INCLUDED A TOTAL 17 CAMPUSES. 
          12 OF THOSE CAMPUSES ARE L-A-U-S-D CAMPUSES TO OUR HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUSES AND THREE ARE LINWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUSES HERE ARE TWO CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE CEDAR LANE DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY AT HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THE ONE ON THE LEFT WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US TO REMOVE 19,200 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT, 4,600 SQUARE FEET OF HIGH WATER USED LAWN, AND TO INSTALL 23,800 SQUARE FEET OF NATIVE GARDEN AND OUTDOOR LEARNING AREAS, AND TO PLANT EIGHT 80 NATIVE AND CLIMATE RESILIENT TREES. 
          THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON THE RIGHT IS THE FINAL PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE REMOVING 18,500 SQUARE FEET, UH, REMOVING 6,500 SQUARE FEET OF HIGH WATER USE LAWN AREA, AND IT'LL INCLUDE A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT AREA OF NATIVE GARDEN AND OUTDOOR LEARNING. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO BE PLANTING, UH, 82 TREES. 
          SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK INCREASE IN SOME AREAS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS NEXT PROJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE NEXT CAMPUS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT LINWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          ORIGINALLY, IT PROPOSED TO REMOVE 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT, UH, 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF PLANTING OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA, AND TO PLANT 41 TREES. 
          THE FINAL CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE REMOVING 11,200 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT, 6,800 SQUARE FEET OF HIGH WATER USE LAWN. 
          18,000 SQUARE FEET OF PLANTING OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA WILL BE INCLUDED, AND IT'LL PLANT 46 TREES. 
          THE LAST CAMPUS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE MILES AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT, AT L-A-U-S-D. 
          ORIGINALLY, THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS TO REMOVE 33,900 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT. 
          20,570 SQUARE FEET OF GRASS PLAY FIELD WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED, A NATIVE PLANTING AREA OF 10,180 SQUARE FEET, 45 TREES, AND AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OF 3000 SQUARE FEET. 
          THE REVISED PLANTS CURRENTLY INCLUDE, UH, 16,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT REMOVAL, UM, A GRASS PLAY FIELD OF 15,530 SQUARE FEET, A NATIVE PLANTING AREA OF 1200 SQUARE FEET, 19 TREES. 
          AND THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACE HAS BEEN REMOVED. 
          SO THERE'S A, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE SCOPE OF WORK DUE TO, UH, INCREASED OR, OR PROJECT COSTS. 
          THIS IS THE, UH, BUDGET FOR EACH ONE OF THESE THREE CAMPUSES. 
          FOR CEDAR LANE, IT'S $709,000. 
          FOR LINDBERGH, IT'S 431,000. 
          AND FOR, UH, MILES AVENUE ELEMENTARY, IT'S 1 MILLION 487, 720 $5,000. 
          WE CAL FIRE RECOGNIZES THAT L-A-U-S-D HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN ADDRESSING MANY OF THE BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES THAT SCHOOLYARD GREENING PROJECTS HAVE, AND THAT OUR PARTNERS AT GRANTEES HAVE EXPERIENCE. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT L-A-U-S-D HAS APPOINTED AN E ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AS THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR GREEN SCHOOLYARD, UH, PARTNERS, UH, DESIGNATED $3 MILLION OF FUNDING VIA CREDITS AND REIMBURSEMENTS TO SUPPORT PROJECT RELATED COSTS. 
          UH, ESTABLISHED A TIGER TEAM TO WORK WITH GREENING PARTNERS ON SCHOOL YARD GREENING PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THE BARRIERS. 
          AND ALSO, UH, LUS D'S CURRENTLY UPDATING THE LEAD PAINT AND ASSOCIATED ASPHALT REMOVAL PROTOCOLS TO REDUCE COSTS. 
          WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING IN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR GREEN SCHOOLYARD PROJECTS. 
          UH, ON APRIL 1ST, WE WILL BE OPENING UP THE ELIS O CANYON GREEN SCHOOL YARD GRAND SOLICITATION PERIOD, UH, THROUGH AP THROUGH MAY 29TH. 
          IT'S FOR $13.5 MILLION FOR GREEN SQUARE YARD PROJECTS IN THE, UH, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AREA FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE ALISO CANYON GAS LEAK. 
          AND THIS FALL, WE WILL ALSO HAVE ABOUT $25 MILLION IN PRO POSITION FOR FUNDING FOR, UH, URBAN FORESTRY ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT INCLUDE GREEN SCHOOL YARD PROJECTS. 
          AND IN THE FALL OF 2027, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 25 MILLION, UH, FROM PROPOSITION FOUR FOR MORE URBAN FORESTRY ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING GREEN SCHOOL YARD PROJECTS. 
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CAL FIRE'S COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH L-A-U-S-D AND ITS SCHOOLYARD GREENING PARTNERS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS AND ENSURE THAT SCHOOLYARD GREENING PROJECTS CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE. 
          WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND MORE SCHOOLYARD GREENING PROJECTS ACROSS L-A-U-S-D, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, EVERYONE. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT LEADERS, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AND FOR ALL THE GREAT, UH, WORK YOU ARE DOING TO GREEN YOUR SCHOOLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SO MANY STUDENTS. 
          UM, UH, AND WE KNOW THAT L-A-U-S-D RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO GREEN SCHOOL YARDS. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT YOU PASSED A GROUNDBREAKING GREEN SCHOOLS FOR ALL RESOLUTION. 
          UH, WE WORK WITH MANY DISTRICTS, AND THIS IS A VERY GOOD ONE, , UH, AND YOU HAVE MADE UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOL YEAR GREENING. 
          UM, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. 
          AND WE FOCUS ON SYSTEMS CHANGE AND REDUCING BARRIERS TO GREENING. 
          UH, THIS INCLUDES, UM, POLICY RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND SOMETIMES BUILDING PROJECTS TO TEST APPROACHES LIKE SO, SO THE PILOT PROJECT WE BUILT HERE WAS WITH THAT GOAL. 
          UM, ONE, ONE EXAMPLE, OH, SORRY. 
          I, OKAY. 
          ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR WORK IS OUR SCHOOL YEAR TREE CANOPY STUDY, WHICH MEASURED TREE CANOPY COVER IN AREAS USED BY STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND PRIORITIZE INVESTMENT. 
          WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO INCREASE TREE CANOPY WHERE STUDENTS ARE HAVING TREES IN PARKING LOTS IS IMPORTANT TOO, BUT, UM, THE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES EXPOSED. 
          UM, AND IN THIS MAP, RED DIAMONDS, UH, MEAN THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LESS THAN 5% FREE CANOPY STUDENT ZONES, AND OVER 70%, UH, STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS. 
          AND THIS LINES UP WITH SOME OF THE ASSESSMENTS THAT THIS, UH, UH, DISTRICT HAS MADE. 
          UM, THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH SCHOOL AND SEE MORE DATA. 
          UM, WE KNOW YOU PROBABLY HEARD THIS A LOT, BUT  I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, WE KNOW THAT TREES ARE A VERY EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO REDUCE TEMPERATURES, UH, AND PROTECT STUDENTS FROM HEAT. 
          UH, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE ON AN 81 DEGREE, UM, DAY ASPHALT IN THE SHADE, UH, IS 33 DEGREES COOLER THAN IN THE SUN. 
          UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT LIVING SCHOOL YARDS ARE SCALABLE, NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT HEALTH, UH, LEARNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, AND THESE SPACES ARE NOT JUST A NICE TO HAVE, UH, THEY'RE BECOMING A NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT WILL BECOME CRITICAL AS WE EXPECT HOTTER TEMPERATURES. 
          AND THE DISTRICT HAS BUILT SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF LIVING SCHOOL YARDS. 
          THIS IS A PICTURE OF EAGLE ROCK, AND, UH, THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL GREENING PARTNERS YOU WORK WITH THAT, UM, ARE, UH, BUILDING GREAT, UH, PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          HOWEVER, UM, UH, SORRY. 
          MY, UH, UM, AS, UH, HENRY MENTIONED, UH, THERE, UH, THERE ARE STILL BARRIERS THAT NEED TO BE OVERCOME IN ORDER TO DO THIS FOR SO MANY CAMPUSES AND QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO GREENING, TEST, TEST SCALABLE APPROACHES TO CREATING SCHOOL YEAR FORESTS AND DEVELOP MODELS TO FOLLOW, WE IMPLEMENTED TWO SCHOOL YEAR FOREST PILOT PROJECTS IN CALIFORNIA, ONE WITH L-A-U-S-D, UH, UM, CHRISTO AND HIS OFFICE HELPED US SELECT THE SITE, AND ANOTHER ONE WITH SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND BOTH PROJECTS WERE FUNDED BY CAL FIRE AND, UM, AND HAD SIMILAR CONDITIONS. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUDGET TO GO THROUGH THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT TO REMOVE ASPHALT. 
          SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SELECTING A SITES THAT WERE UNPAVED. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE PILOTS, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UH, WE DID WITH L-A-U-S-D AND CHRIS MENTIONED, IS IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          IT'S 120 SECOND STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING YESTERDAY, ALTHOUGH THE, THE TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED FOR A WHILE NOW. 
          AND, UM, IT, UH, IT'S AN AREA ABOUT 12,000 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDES 44 TREES, SHRUBS, POLLINATOR, GARDEN LOG STUMPS, AND, UM, DE COMPOSED GRANDE PATHWAYS. 
          AND THIS IS, UH, THE ONE AT, UH, SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED DISTRICT IS PARKWAY. 
          IT'S A LITTLE LARGER. 
          IT'S, UM, 15,000 SQUARE FEET INSTEAD OF 12,000. 
          AND, UH, IT HAS 58 TREES IN 44 TREES, AND SIMILAR ELEMENTS 
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LIKE LOG STUMPS, UH, UH, BOULDERS AND, AND PATHWAYS. 
          SO THIS ALLOWED US TO COMPARE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PROCESSES WITH BOTH DISTRICTS AND BOTH PROJECTS WERE GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL, AND, UH, ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS. 
          HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PILOT AT LA UC TOOK 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, AND THE ONE IN SACRAMENTO TOOK 14 MONTHS. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE, THAT CREATES MORE COST IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME. 
          UM, SO THERE WERE, UM, ANYWAY, SO THE, THE OTHER THING WE WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE, THE LAST FEW YEARS IS LOOKING AT OTHER CASE STUDIES, UH, OTHER PROJECTS. 
          AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE CALLED CESAR CHAVEZ ANYMORE, BUT THIS IS THE NAME OF THE CAMPUS TO TODAY. 
          SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO WE, THIS IS ONE THAT I WORKED ON PERSONALLY WHEN I WAS AT TRUST REPUBLIC LAND IS A, A FULL RENOVATION OF A SCHOOLYARD. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DATA IS, YOU KNOW, SIX, UH, 620 STUDENTS PLANTED, 65 TREES REMOVED, 14,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASSAULT AND CREATED GARDEN PATHWAYS, OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, NATURAL MATERIALS. 
          AND, AND IT HAS A, A, A, A NATURAL, UM, A WOODEN PLAY STRUCTURE TOO. 
          AND THIS WAS OPEN IN 2021, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT COST ESCALATION RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 2.1 MILLION. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF COST DATA, AND WE, UH, JUST PUT OUT A REPORT, UH, WITH COLLABORATION FROM, UM, UH, UC, DAVIS, BEVIN NASH MILLER, WHO IS, UH, UM, WITH, UH, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE AND, UH, DISTRICT LEADERS AND, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT HELPED WITH THIS STUDY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE COSTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL YEAR, FOREST AND MAINTENANCE OVER 40 YEARS, UH, IN COMPARING SOME WITH ASPHALT, UH, ARTIFICIAL, UH, TURF AND GRASS. 
          SO, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THE STUDY, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS AT ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY OF PRACTICES, BUT I, I, I THINK WE SHARED THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S VERY, UM, EYE-OPENING. 
          BECAUSE IF, ONCE YOU ADD EVERYTHING, CA ASPHALT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED EVERY 20 YEARS, IT NEEDS TO BE RESEALED TO STAY  WITHOUT CRACKS AND ALL THAT. 
          SO ONCE YOU HAVE ALL THAT, UH, IT COSTS ALMOST THE SAME AS SCHOOL YEAR FOREST, ACTUALLY, SCHOOL YEAR FOREST ARE A LITTLE LESS. 
          THE, THE, THE CHALLENGE IS THE, WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM AND HOW THEIR FUNDING INSTEAD OF BEING IN, IN, UH, INCREMENTS IS LIKE, UH, REGULAR FUNDING. 
          SO, UM, AND SO WHY, SO WITH THIS INFORMATION, WE SEE THAT LAUC PROJECTS DO TAKE LONGER AND COST MORE. 
          UH, I THINK WE SAW AN ESTIMATE OF EIGHT TO $12 MILLION AT GREENING PROJECTS. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS WHY, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? I THINK, UM, THERE'S A LOT BEING DONE ALREADY, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          I THINK THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE IS WORKING ON REMOVING SOME OF THESE BARRIERS. 
          UH, I MEAN, WITH SUCH A BIG DISTRICT, UH, WITH SO MANY SCHOOLS, YOU NEED SYSTEMS. AND THE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO PERPETUATE ASPHALT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW HAS IT HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS. 
          SO CHANGING THAT, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER FOR A BIG DISTRICT, BUT IT, IT IS DOABLE. 
          SO, UM, AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GREAT, UH, NON-PROFIT GREENING PARTNERS AND A LOT OF GREAT FUNDERS LIKE CAL FIRE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, GONNA CHANGE, UH, VERY SOON. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, BARRIERS WE IDENTIFIED, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE AGREEMENT THAT IS USED FOR, UM, THIRD PARTY LED GREENING PROJECTS IS NOT APPROPRIATE. 
          SO, A DEVELOP, THE DEVELOPMENT I'M BRINGING IS MORE DESIGNED FOR, UH, DISTRICT LED PROJECTS WHERE THEY HIRE A CONTRACTOR, BUT IT'S NOT A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE, UM, CONTROL IS ON L-A-U-S-D AND THE PARTNER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BRINGING THE FUNDS, THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER TIMELINE AND FUNDING, AND THEN THEY GET CAUGHT INTO IN THAT SITUATION. 
          UM, THAT IS, AGAIN, THE, THE AGREEMENT TEMP PLAN LEADS TO WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE PARTNER AND WHAT'S THE AUTHORITY THAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL. 
          SO THAT, UH, CREATES A LOT OF FRICTION, UH, THE FEES, I'M GLAD THAT'S BEING WORKED ON AS WELL. 
          I SAW A PRESENTATION THE LAST MONTH PRESENTATION, SO I'M NOT GONNA TALK MUCH ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THAT WAS A BIG BARRIER TOO, UM, THAT THE APPROVALS ARE VERY BUREAUCRATIC AND FRAGMENTED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. 
          AND I THINK HAVING THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE BE THE CENTRAL POINT AND ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS, UH, WOULD SPEED UP, UH, THINGS TREMENDOUSLY, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THEY COULD BE CENTRAL POINT, BUT IF, IF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT SAYS NO TO SOMETHING THAT JUST TAKES LONGER, EVEN LIKE 
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SUBSTITUTING MATERIALS OR SOMETHING MORE SUSTAINABLE, UM, TAKES A LONG TIME, UM, UH, TESTING AND REMEDIATION, YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. 
          CHRISTO, UM, TALKED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I THINK THE, THE KEY IS TO CALIBRATE THE RISK, RIGHT? YOU CAN ALWAYS ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION TO THE POINT OF, UH, NOTHING GETS DONE. 
          UH, MAY, MAY, THE, THE DISTRICT COULD PROACTIVELY TEST. 
          I MEAN, IF THERE'S PAINT WITH LEAD, I WOULD SAY BEFORE A GREENING PARTNER TRIES TO DO A PROJECT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW. 
          AND, UH, THAT THAT COULD BE, UH, UM, A GREAT SOLUTION TO THAT. 
          I THINK, UM, THE TECHNICAL AND DESIGN STANDARDS, I RECOMMEND THAT THEY GET REVISITED FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKE EVERYTHING AS DURABLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO CONCRETE, MORE CONCRETE, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS BETTER. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK, AS CRYSTAL'S MENTIONED IN OUR PILOT, UH, SC FOREST, WE, WE SAID, WE DON'T WANNA PUT ALL CONCRETE EDGES. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN A, IN A FOREST. 
          IT'S JUST NOT, UM, NOT NECESSARY. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LABOR COMPLIANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE LAW IS FOLLOWED. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, BUT AGAIN, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS, UH, DESIGNED FOR LARGE DISTRICT LED PROJECTS LIKE BUILDING PROJECTS. 
          IT'S NOT, UH, TAILORED TO, UH, SCHOOL GREENING PROJECTS. 
          UH, AND THE LAST THING IS THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION ALONG THE SAME LINES. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, UM, HAVING, UH, INSPECTORS THAT ARE, UH, TRAINED TO, UM, INSPECT SCHOOL YARD GREENING PROJECTS IN, IN, IN NATURE, UH, IT'S NOT AN, AN ENGINEERING, UH, A LARGE ENGINEERING PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, MAYBE THINKING ABOUT MORE MILESTONE BASED INSPECTIONS AND NOT, UH, SOMETHING SO OPEN-ENDED AND CONTINUOUS BECAUSE, UH, THAT DEFINITELY, UH, INCREASED OUR TIMELINE. 
          SO, UM, IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AGAIN, I SAID MANY OF THESE THINGS, THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICES AND, AND THE DISTRICT, UH, LEADERS ARE WORKING ON. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK THE DISTRICT IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GREEN SO MANY CAMPUSES BY THEMSELVES. 
          SO HAVING A WAY OF, UH, PARTNERING WITH THIS AMAZING GREENING PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE IS IMPORTANT. 
          SO HAVING A MORE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT AND, UH, WITH DEFINED ROLES ON, UM, WHO, WHO DOES WHAT. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE AGREEMENT TEMPLATE, IMPROVING THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND, AND GUIDES, UM, SPECIFIC FOR GREENING PROJECTS, UH, IMPROVING THE DECISION MAKING AND APPROVALS, AND I KNOW THE TIGER TEAM WAS APPOINTED TO, TO DO THAT. 
          AND, AND THEN JUST THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, SOME PROJECTS LIKE OURS MAY NOT NEED AN INSPECTOR IF THEY'RE NOT DSA PROJECTS, AND THE LANDSCAPE TEAM WHO HAS BEEN REVIEWING ALL THE DRAWINGS COULD BE THE ONES DOING THE, THE INSPECTIONS. 
          UH, AND ALSO THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THAT DESIGNS THE PROJECT ALSO IS IN CHARGE OF, UM, ENSURING THAT, UM, UH, THAT THINGS ARE BUILT PER THE DRAWINGS AND, AND SPECIFICATIONS. 
          WITH THAT, UM, I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT AND SEEING ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT, UM, YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, THIS DEFINITELY IS, UM, PROVIDES THE DATA, THE INFORMATION THAT WE ALL FELT RIGHT, UM, THE INCREASE OF COST AND THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ADDED IN THERE TWO OTHER, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND JUST THE COMPARISON, I THINK, UM, THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP IN, IN CONTINUING ADVOCATING AND, AND STREAMLINING THE PROCESS. 
          AND ALSO, UM, HAVING A, YOU KNOW, BETTER COLLABORATIVE, YOU KNOW, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GREENING PARTNERS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND, AND THE RESEARCH. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO READING IT MORE IN DEPTH. 
          GREAT. 
          ON YOUR WEBSITE. 
          UM, SO I DO WANNA OPEN IT UP NOW TO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE? CHARLOTTE, DID YOU WANNA START OFF? UM, THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WORK THAT WE APPRECIATE AS WE CONTINUE TO FIND EFFICIENT WAYS TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THAT YOU FEEL LIKE PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. 
          UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK, AS YOU MENTIONED A NEW AGREEMENT TEMPLATE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN OFFER US AS AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU COULD SHARE? YEAH, WE HAVE ONE, UH, THAT WE SIGNED WITH THE SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. 
          YEAH, SO I MAKE, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, AND THEN, I MEAN, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU GAVE, OBVIOUSLY 
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FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT AS FAR AS CLARIFYING WHAT A ROLE IS, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE MORE, MOST EFFICIENT? AND THEN, UM, YOU MENTIONED AS THE IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS BASED ON THE LATEST BEST PRACTICES FOR SCHOOL YARD GREENING. 
          IS THERE, UM, SCHOOL YARD GREENING SPECIFIC? AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS WITH CONCRETE, WE'RE DOING THINGS. 
          AND WHAT PROCESS DOES THAT GO TO TO MAKE IT CERTIFIABLE, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT? UM, COULD PROBABLY ADD TO HOW THE PROCESS INTERNALLY TO THE DISTRICT IS. 
          BUT USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE, UM, BUILDING A LANDSCAPE PROJECT, UH, OR ANY PROJECT, UH, ENGINEERING OR  ARCHITECTURE, THERE'S A SET OF, UH, DRAWINGS AND, AND, AND SO THERE'S CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND DRAWINGS, AND THERE'S ALSO SPECIFICATIONS. 
          AND THE DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF SPECIFICATIONS AND A LOT OF, UM, STANDARD, UH, CONSTRUCTION DETAILS THAT I THINK MANY PROBABLY SHOULD BE REVISITED. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ALLOWING NO CONCRETE EDGE BETWEEN DECOMPOSED GRANITE AND A FOREST, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE REVIEWING THE DRAWINGS FROM THE DISTRICT SIDE, WHEN YOU SUBMIT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT THEIR STANDARDS ARE AND SAYING NO TO THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          SO I THINK IF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE COULD BE NEW, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, MORE, UH, NATURE BASED, UH, CONSTRUCTION DETAILS INCLUDED INTO THOSE STANDARD APPROVED DETAILS. 
          AND CHRISTOS MAYBE CAN SPEAK TO THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, AND ALEJANDRA, I'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE A CERTAIN APPROVAL PROCESS, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTED FOR DESIGN REVIEWS. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR LANDSCAPING TEAM THAT LOOK AT THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF. 
          AND, UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A, A DETAIL THAT IS NOT ON OUR STANDARDS REQUIRES, UM, FURTHER REVIEW. 
          AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE APPROVALS, WE HAVE TO ENGAGE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, FROM OUR DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, FROM OUR LANDSCAPE, UM, SUPERVISORS, AND THEN FROM OUR, UM, DESIGN REVIEWERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN AGREEABLE, UH, SOLUTION. 
          AND TYPICALLY THAT TAKES SOME TIME FOR US TO GET APPROVED. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE, UM, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO RESPOND TIMELY AND BEING ABLE TO SAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF. 
          SO IS THERE A, A STATE DESIGN STANDARDS COMMITTEE THAT GIVES US THE, WHAT WE KIND OF COMPARE IT TO? OR IS IT JUST ALL INTERNAL WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? SO WE HAVE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, WHICH RESIDES WITHIN OUR FACILITIES SERVICES DIVISION. 
          AND TYPICALLY WHEN WE GO FOR THOSE APPROVALS, UM, IF WE HAVE A NEW, INNOVATIVE NEW DESIGN, THAT'S WHY WE CALL THIS A PILOT, TO BE ABLE TO TEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR NEW SOLUTIONS. 
          WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND ASK FOR A, A, A VARIANCE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT APPROVED FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          AND THIS APPROVAL IS COMING FROM WHERE, IT'S COMING FROM OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS. 
          UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, UM, I WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY TO MAKE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS MYSELF, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FORWARD BY BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE, UH, THE LEADERSHIP AND MAKE THAT DECISION. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          I MEAN, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANNA WORK AND HELP US TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROGRESS MOVE. 
          I MEAN, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SIDE BY SIDE AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, THAT WAS 30 MONTHS, THAT WAS HOW MANY MONTHS. 
          I MEAN, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CREATING, BUT YET WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECTS KIND OF MOVE AS WE LEAD IN THIS WORK. 
          SO THANKS. 
          THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          ALSO, UH, I THINK KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES, UM, ONE IS JUST APPRECIATING THE, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND THE PROGRESS THAT THE BOARD AND STAFF ARE HELPING MAKE IN EXPLORING HOW THE BOND DOLLARS THAT WERE APPROVED MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS COULD BE ALLEVIATED IF WE CAN RESOURCE THEM ADDITIONALLY, RIGHT? IF WE CAN, IF THE DISTRICT'S BOND FUNDING CAN HELP COVER SOME OF THE MITIGATION COSTS 
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OR REMEDIATION COSTS OR FILL IN SOME OF THE, THE PROJECT GAPS THAT WERE UNANTICIPATED, THAT FILLS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE CONVERSATION, UH, CONTINUING AROUND THAT. 
          SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT YOU SPOKE TO, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND MORE. 
          UM, AND TO YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, HIN BIL AROUND THE, THE STANDARDS THAT MIGHT BE EITHER FROM THE STATE OR FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND WAYS THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER DR. 
          REVA'S RESOLUTION FROM AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR AROUND, UM, THIRD PARTY GREENING. 
          AND I JUST PULLED IT UP TO MAKE SURE, AND THE CALLING FOR THE HOW TO GUIDE FOR GREENING PROJECT REQUIREMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE PROJECT SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCE OVERSIGHT EXPENSES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL, GREENING SPECIFIC DESIGN GUIDELINES AND POTENTIAL MODIFICATION TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY BURDENS. 
          AND SO I'M, IT FEELS LIKE NOW WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE, UM, WHAT SOME OF THOSE OBSTACLES MIGHT BE THAT FOR REVA'S RESOLUTION ALREADY ANTICIPATED, KIND OF THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS AS TO HOW THIS COMMITTEE, OR HOW WE AS ADVOCATES CAN HELP SUPPORT A, SUPPORT THE NEXT STEPS IN, UM, HOW SOME OF THESE STANDARDS OR PRACTICES MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE, UM, REVISED OR UPDATED OR CLARIFIED ALSO FOR THEM TO BE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE MAYBE TO, TO EXTERNAL PARTNERS IN TERMS OF THE STEPS AND THE TIMELINES AND THE, UM, AND WHAT WOULD BE, UM, WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED SO THAT THE DESIGNS CAN BE HAVING SOME OF THAT IN MIND. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EXACTLY HOW THAT, I'M TRYING TO, I'M STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO MAKE IT INTO A QUESTION, BUT I GUESS I'M, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO HELP EITHER CLARIFY SOME OF THESE BUCKETS WHERE THE STANDARDS, UM, ARE, ARE FROM WITHIN LUSD STANDARDS AND HOW PEOPLE CAN UNDER, FROM THE OUTSIDE CAN UNDERSTAND THOSE BETTER. 
          AND THEN ALSO HOW, WHAT THE PROCESS MIGHT BE TO CONSIDER HOW THOSE STANDARDS MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVOLVE IN THE FACE OF LIKE, EVOLVING RISK THAT STUDENTS ARE FACING. 
          RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK, UM, YEAH, YOU HAVE, HAVE A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          THOSE STANDARDS, UM, OF COURSE THEY NEED TO BE STATE, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITY AND OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY DON'T COME FROM THE STATE. 
          SO THE DISTRICT HAS CONTROL OVER, UH, THOSE, AND IN OTHER PROJECTS WE WORK WITH, WITH DISTRICTS, UH, THEY WERE, THEY, THEY MAYBE, MAYBE HAD THE IRRIGATION STANDARDS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF STANDARDS AND THEY DID MORE LIKE A PROJECT BY PROJECT APPROVALS. 
          UH, SO THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL WOULD PROPOSE  AND THEY WOULD SAY, NO, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE STANDARDS, BUT SOMETIMES THE STANDARDS GET ON THE WAY, UH, OF CREATIVITY. 
          SO I WOULD SAY, I THINK THINKING ABOUT FUNDING A PROCESS WHERE, OF COURSE THE DISTRICT, UH, STAFF NEED TO BE PART OF THAT, BUT MAYBE BRINGING IN EXPERTISE FROM, UH, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO, UH, SCHOOL GREENING, YOU KNOW, CAL FIRE FOR TREE PLANTING, JUST TO UPDATE THAT, UH, IN A WAY THAT IS, UM, FOCUSED ON NATURE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          AND, UM, BECAUSE OF COURSE CHRISTO'S OFFICE IS, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR PEOPLE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN DO ALL THAT . 
          BUT, UH, ALSO I THINK, UM, IF YOU DO IT ONLY INTERNAL WITHOUT BRINGING IN EXTERNAL EXPERTISE, YOU MAY END UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE, WHERE YOU STARTED. 
          SO, AND IF I CAN ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOW TO GUIDE THAT CHRISTO'S OFFICE PROVIDED, I THINK IT'S MAYBE BEEN LIKE A YEAR AGO NOW. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL JUST SPEAK TO MY OWN FRUSTRATIONS. 
          I THINK SOMETIMES, UM, I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I'D LIKE PROCESSES, INTERNAL PROCESSES TO BE STREAMLINED. 
          AND I THINK WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER THING. 
          LIKE WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER RESOLUTION, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER GUIDE. 
          WE JUST, LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, YOU HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          YOU HAVE FUNDERS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO IT REALLY IS LIKE ASSESSING THOSE INTERNAL PROCESSES. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE CHRISTOS, YOU HAVE DECISION MAKING POWER ON MANY THINGS. 
          AND, AND, AND THE TRICKY PART IS, IS WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE STATUS QUO, WHICH IS LIKE MAINTAINING ASPHALT AND 
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REPAINTING OR RETRIP ASPHALT, RIGHT? AND REALLY TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S LIKE SOME LEARNING CURVES, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WITHIN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS A RESULT OF THAT. 
          BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF MOVING AWAY FROM THAT STATUS QUO IS LIKE TO HAVE SOME NIMBLENESS, SOME FLEXIBILITY, SOME LIKE, OH, WELL WE'RE DOING THINGS DIFFERENT. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THE SAME AND HAVING EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          SO I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF THE, UM, FACILITIES, UH, HANDS ON, ALL HANDS MEETING JUST TO LIKE BRING THEM INTO THE CONVERSATION AND BRING THEM ON BOARD BECAUSE THESE CAMPUSES ARE CHANGING AND WE WANT THE CAMPUSES TO CHANGE, AND WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE DUE TO THE RESOLUTION, UM, FOR 30% THE GREENING SCHOOLS FOR ALL RESOLUTION. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE, YOU KNOW, AS THOSE CAMPUSES CHANGE AND HAVE SOME NIMBLENESS AND BE OKAY WITH LIKE, THE LEARNING THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT. 
          SO YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE SOMETHING. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF US ALSO FEEL IN TERMS OF, AS BOTH A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT AND SOMEONE WHO IS, UM, WORKS WITH A LOT OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS IN THE DISTRICT, WE KNOW THE DISTRICT HAS LIMITS ON ITS RESOURCES, AND WE KNOW THOSE RESOURCES ARE REALLY CRITICAL AND HOW THEY'RE INVESTED. 
          AND SO THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE TAKING BEST ADVANTAGE OF THE EXTERNAL RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS IN OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE CREATING GOOD JOBS AND IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS AND THEIR LEARNING OUTCOMES, THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE, THAT ARE, THAT THOSE RESOURCES MIGHT NOT BE FULLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN HOW THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT THE DISTRICT'S RESOURCES AND HOW THAT, AND BE LENDING TO THAT INVESTMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I KNOW TO A LOT OF US. 
          AND SO, UM, AND, AND NOT JUST FOR THIS, BUT ALSO HOW THAT CAN HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS OR, OR BEING ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER KINDS OF, UM, UH, SHARED APPLICATIONS OR PROJECTS AND, AND FUNDING STREAMS. SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          SO OF THE, UH, 3 MILLION THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY, IF YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SPENT? FIRST PART, HOW MANY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED? SECOND PART, AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THOSE FUNDS TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS? I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR CHRISTUS . 
          ON OUR PROJECT, WE GOT 17,000 TO COVER SOME OF THE LAUC FEES WE COVERED, I THINK THE TOTAL WAS 34 AND UH, THAT HELPED WITH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HALF. 
          BUT YEAH, THANKS, I'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THAT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, ONE PROJECT OUT OF THE CAL FIRE, THIS LATEST GRANT THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, OUT OF THE 33 PROJECTS, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED. 
          WE HAVE FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, THE REST OF THEM IN DESIGN ON PLANNING, AND SOME OF THEM ON HOLD. 
          THE, UH, THE $3 BILLION THAT WERE ALLOCATED BY THE BOARD, UH, THEY WERE ALLOCATED TO ALL THE PROJECTS. 
          WE CAME UP WITH A METHODOLOGY THAT WE WORK WITH THE, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SEE WHAT'S GONNA BECOME MORE EQUITABLE. 
          AND THE BEST THING WAS TO TAKE THE ACTUAL GRANT AMOUNT THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CAL FIRE GRANT AND DO A DISTRIBUTION TO ALL THE PROJECTS BASED ON THE GRANT AMOUNT THAT THEY RECEIVED. 
          THAT CAME TO AN ESTIMATION OF ABOUT, OF ABOUT 5% OF WHAT THE DISTRICT, UH, UH, 5% OF THE DISTRICT FEES. 
          UH, A PROJECT ITSELF. 
          IF YOU TAKE A PROJECT, JUST ANY PROJECT, UM, THE TYPICAL, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE FEES ON THE PROJECT, AND WHEN I SAY FEES, I'M, I'M, UH, SHARING MOSTLY THAT ANYTHING FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSPECTION, THE TIGER TEAM THAT HAS TO WORK ON THE TEAM, THE, UM, UH, THOSE COSTS, THEY ESTIMATED ABOUT 10% OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT COSTS. 
          SO OUT OF THE 10%, 5% OF THAT NOW CAN BE COVERED OUT OF THE $3 MILLION, UH, FOR THE, UH, TOTAL OF $34 MILLION THAT SAY WERE RECEIVED OUT OF THE CAL FIRE GRANT. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S BECOMING CHALLENGING. 
          AS WE DISTRIBUTED THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE COMPLETED, WE'RE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY ON THE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS DESIGN PLANNING, THE MONEY IS THERE TO PAY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEES THAT'S GONNA BE IMPOSED ON THE PROJECT ITSELF. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PARTNERS, HOW THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE THEIR FUNDING SO THEY DON'T NOT HAVE TO BE SENDING CHECKS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO A DESIGN REVIEW OR TO ASSIGN AN OAR TO PAY FOR FOR THEIR TIME. 
          SO WE KIND OF KEEP 
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THAT ACCOUNTING AND WE USE IT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARTNER AS THE PROJECT MOVE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF ITS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, AND CRYSTAL DID ALLUDE TO THIS EARLIER, UM, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, YOU PRESENTED THAT YOU POST HERE, BUT, UM, FOR, FOR OUR PRESENTERS, IF WE WERE TO TRULY EMPOWER THE E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AS YOU SUGGEST, UH, WHAT SPECIFIC DECISIONS SHOULD SIT WITH THEM THAT CURRENTLY DO NOT, IF YOU CAN EXPAND ON THAT, UH, THAT WILL MAKE THIS WORK EASIER YEAR, THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE WE, UM, WE STARTED, UH, I DON'T KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE, UH, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, ALWAYS WENT TO, UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, YOU KNOW, RISK SMASH. 
          AND THE ANSWER WOULD ALWAYS BE NO . 
          UH, I THINK THAT WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SIT DOWN CONVERSATION AND, YOU KNOW, POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT A HUGE PROJECT. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST PLANTING TREES. 
          WE'RE NOT BUILDING A SKYSCRAPER. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, SO I THINK, UH, THE, THE, THE FACT THAT, UM, YEAH, THAT, I MEAN, IF, IF, IF, AND I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN DO THAT WITH THE STAFFING THEY HAVE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING OKAY DECISIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LEGAL TEAM, BUT IN TERMS OF, YEAH, THIS PROJECT DOES NOT POSE A FIRE RISK, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. 
          IT'S NOT A FIRE RISK. 
          WE CAN WAIVE THAT INSURANCE OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WAIVE THE BONDING, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING REQUIRED FROM, UM, CONTRACTORS TO, UM, ENSURE THAT IF THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS, THERE'S NO MONEY LOSS. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. 
          WE'RE PAYING THEM AFTER COMPLETED MILESTONES, SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE WAIVED. 
          AND I THINK, UM, THAT COULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF TIME IN THAT PROCESS. 
          I THINK DESIGN DECISIONS LIKE, OKAY, THE, THE, WE DID GET THE ANSWER TO NOT USE CON A LOT OF CONCRETE IN THE FOREST, BUT IT TOOK QUITE A WHILE. 
          AND I THINK HAVING THEM BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TRY IT IN THIS PROJECT, LET'S DO IT. 
          AND THAT, THAT WOULD'VE SAVED, I DON'T KNOW, MONTHS, MONTHS, UH, SO THOSE, THOSE THINGS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LEAD A PROCESS TO DEVELOP NEW, UM, DESIGN DETAILS AND, AND STANDARDS FOR GREENING PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. 
          YES. 
          MR. , I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UM, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND, AND THIS MAY HAVE MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT LOOKING AT THE INTENT OF SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND DETERMINING WHY THEY'RE REQUIRED, IS IT, IS THERE A SPECIFIC LAW OR, OR POLICY REGULATION, AND IS IT STILL APPLICABLE? UM, OR CAN THAT REQUIREMENT BE MET IN SOME OTHER MANNER? OR, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT L-A-U-S-D CAN, CAN ACHIEVE IN, IN SOME OTHER WAY SO THAT THE GRANTEE THAT THE PARTNER DOESN'T HAVE TO DO IT THEMSELVES OR INCUR THAT COST IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT L-A-U-S-D CAN TAKE ON AND COVER THE EXPENSE? ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT IS THAT, THAT ANY EXPENSE THAT L-A-U-S-D CAN COVER TOWARDS A CAL FIRE FUNDED PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN, CAN BE USED TO MEET THE 25% MATCH REQUIREMENT. 
          AND SO ANYTIME A GRANTEE APPLIES FOR ONE OF OUR GRANTS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT 25% MATCH REQUIREMENT, UH, IT INCREASES THEIR, THE LIKELIHOOD OF OF RECEIVING A GRANT, THEIR, THEIR COMPETITIVENESS. 
          SO ANY COST THAT L-A-U-S-D CAN, UH, COVER TOWARDS A, A PROJECT OR A SCHOOL CAMPUS SCREENING PROJECT, UM, SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN, IN THE GRANT APPLICATION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION, UM, AND YOU HAVE MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON THIS, IF THE DISTRICT DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR INTERNAL PROCESSES, WHAT IS THE REAL RISK TO L-A-U-S-D OR TO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF LOSING FUNDING, DELAYING PROJECTS OR MISSING OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT, UH, ONE OR TWO YEARS? WHAT IS THE REAL RISK? WELL, I'M GONNA SAY THIS AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UM, MR. HERRA TO LIKE, UH, TO, TO ADD THE KIND OF FUNDING PERSPECTIVE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS COMMITTEE, WE'VE HEARD PARENTS AND STUDENTS CALL IN TIME AND TIME AGAIN ABOUT DIFFERENT GREENING PROJECTS, UM, AT THEIR SCHOOLS AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY STARTED A PROCESS AND MAYBE STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED AND THEY HAVEN'T REAPED THE BENEFITS OF THAT PROJECT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING. 
          SO IN ON ONE END, IT'S THE RISK OF 
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NOT DOING THIS AND NOT MOVING FASTER, NOT ASSESSING THE INTERNAL PROCESSES AND BEING MORE EFFICIENT. 
          IT'S A DIRECT RISK TO STUDENTS, RIGHT? UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE A ENROLLMENT CRISIS IN TERMS OF THERE'S DECLINING ENROLLMENT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT AND OTHER DISTRICTS WITHIN THE REGION. 
          I THINK THERE'S A DUTY AS A, THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT BY OVER 600,000, DO OVER 600,000 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE EVERY DAY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND THOSE PARENTS THAT MAKE THE CHOICE TO PUT THEIR STUDENTS INTO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THO THAT, THAT'S A RISK RIGHT THERE, LIKE BY NOT, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF FUNDING AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR WORD AS IT RELATES TO THE RESOLUTION. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HENRY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT CAN ARISE ARE, ARE, IS THE DELAY IN FUNDING. 
          UM, THE ELIS O CAN GRANT SOLICITATION. 
          UM, WE WERE READY TO ROLL THAT OUT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT IT, IT WASN'T UNTIL WE STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT L-A-U-S-D HAS MADE IN WORKING WITH OUR GREEN PARTNERS, THAT WE FELT THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THAT MONEY IS, UH, WELL SPENT AND, AND, UH, THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN SPENDING IT. 
          UM, IT, IT CAN ALSO REDUCE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF PROJECTS IF, IF IT'S GONNA COST A LOT MORE TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF WORK IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANOTHER CAMPUS. 
          UM, ALL OF OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE, WE HAVE TO REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR. 
          UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO JUSTIFY, UH, HOW WE SPENT THE MONEY AND THE REASONS WHY. 
          NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT LUSD IS THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUS AND, AND THERE'S BUREAUCRACY. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH L-A-U-S-D AND WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH L-A-U-S-D, WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          WELL, YOU, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, AND FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE PERSISTENCE BEHIND, UM, ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          UM, IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THOSE THAT ARE STILL IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, A WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR A LOT OF OUR, OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LESS THAN 30% OR, YOU KNOW, VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TREES. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. 
          IT DOES MEAN A LOT. 
          UM, AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THIS, THIS, UM, THIS COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE THIS WORK AND EXPAND IT AND ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, UM, THAT HAVE PERSISTED FOR WAY TOO LONG. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE 
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TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL ASK MR. MCLEAN TO PLEASE HELP US THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. 
          WE HAVE 18 FOLKS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 
          I'LL CALL ON THOSE WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON THOSE WHO ARE REMOTE. 
          UM, MR. DAVID KOSKI, ARE YOU HERE IN THE ROOM? THERE YOU ARE, SIR. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AS WE SIT HERE, UH, ERNST AND YOUNG, WHO YOU'RE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS ON DOING STUDIES OF STRATEGIC VALUES HAS NOBODY FROM THE GREEN COMMUNITY IN ANY OF THOSE INTERVIEWS. 
          AND SO I SUGGEST THE KIND OF THINKING THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON HERE SHOULD INFILTRATE INTO THE EFFORTS DONE BY ERNST AND YOUNG IN WHATEVER WAY THE THREE OF YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS COULD DO. 
          SECONDLY, UM, GREENING IS NOT IN A SENSE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND YET IT COULD BE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CHRISTOS, PART OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, UH, LEARNING MEASUREMENTS, WHICH ARE STILL UN UNDEFINED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UH, ALSO CLIMATE, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION FROM MR. MOLSON, SHOULD BE INFUSED BOTH IN THE, UM, SCIENCE STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE, THE SCIENCE MEASUREMENT THAT YOU'RE DOING, AS WELL AS IN, UM, THE, UM, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL THAT FINALLY ON, UH, TWO OTHER AREAS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BEYOND THE GREENING, WHICH SHOULD BE IN ERNST AND YOUNG AND SHOULD BE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IN SOME WAYS, FACILITIES, UH, THE LARGEST BUCKET OF MONEY IN THE DISTRICT IS, UH, TO, IS THE FACILITIES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE GOALS AND METRICS OF THE DISTRICT. 
          IT USED TO BE PART OF IT. 
          UM, AS YOU, UH, DECIDE TO, AS YOU SAY, COMBINE 
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OR RESTRUCTURE OR CLOSE SCHOOLS, I WOULD SAY S REDESIGN THE CAMPUSES IN A WAY THAT BRINGS SOME OF THE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE HERE AND ENRICHES A COMMUNITY RATHER THAN SUBTRACTS FROM A COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND, AND FINALLY, PROPOSITION FOUR, UM, IS $10 BILLION RELATED TO THE TOPICS HERE. 
          AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION IN A WAY OF WHAT THAT MONEY IS BRINGING, UH, TO THIS, UH, TO THIS DISTRICT FROM THE STATE. 
          AND FINALLY, UH, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ABOUT THE GREENING, IF YOU READ ANY OF AMERICAN POETS AND HISTORIANS THAN CIVICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES. 
          AND SO THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONNECTION OF OUTDOOR LEARNING, GREENING AND CIVIC EDUCATION. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, ENOUGH FOR TODAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, LAURA WEISBECKER, ARE YOU HERE? LAURA? LAURA, OKAY. 
          NOT HERE. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE MANY FOLKS CALLING IN. 
          THE FIRST CALLER IS AKUR SINGH. 
          AKUR SINGH. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          UR SINGH. 
          I SEE YOU'RE WITH US. 
          HELLO. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE SURE CAN. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT MORNING. 
          UM, BOARD PRESIDENT SMLS AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT REVA AND, UH, BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL, AND OF COURSE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I'M IN THE LIBRARY, SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR ANY BACKGROUND NOISE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          UM, I'M HERE AGAIN, UH, TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE VIRTUAL ACADEMY, HAVING ITS OWN GRADUATION. 
          UM, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERS LIKE MS. BRANSTETTER, MS. CONNIE BRANSTETTER, AND MS. P AL HAVE TOLD US, UM, THAT IT'S AT THE PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS DECISION IS AT THE PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION. 
          WELL, UNDERSTANDABLY, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT ACTUALLY IT'S NOT UP TO THE PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION, UM, BECAUSE VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERSHIP HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN UNILATERAL CONTROL OVER THIS PROCESS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED. 
          I SPOKE WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND SHE TOLD ME THAT IF WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THEM, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          SO IT'S VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERSHIP THAT HAS TAKEN UNILATERAL CONTROL. 
          AND THIS WAS ALSO EVIDENT YESTERDAY, WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE AWARDS NIGHT SLASH DINNER, WHICH HAS TURNED INTO A MEET AND GREET SLASH LIGHT REFRESHMENT NIGHT STANDING AROUND INSTEAD OF A DINNER BECAUSE VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL AND DECIDED TO GET RID OF THE DINNER. 
          AND THERE WERE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, AND PEOPLE OFTEN COMPLAINED THAT THE, THE COMPROMISE LABOR LABEL WAS STUFFED DOWN THE THROATS OF OUR SCHOOL. 
          THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          I LEARNED THIS VERY RECENTLY. 
          SO THIS IS CLEARLY IMPROPER. 
          UM, AND IT'S TAKING CONTROL AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL SITES. 
          AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT SEEMS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WASN'T AWARE OF THIS. 
          UM, AND I'M NOT SURE, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THAT FAMILIES HAVE RECEIVED. 
          AND I DID SPEAK WITH DR. 
          BRIAN AND MS. AL MONDAY, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UM, OVERALL THIS HAS BEEN A, A, UM, A MURKY PROCESS. 
          AND WE ASK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD, PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT KEEP HAPPENING. 
          IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT THE PRINCIPAL HAS NO SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I SEE BRIANNA IS ON THE LINE. 
          BRIANNA, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          BRIANNA, BRIANNA, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          LAST CALL FOR BRIANNA. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE CAN JUST MAYBE SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SORRY. 
          WELL, PRESIDENT BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, DR. 
          REBE, AND BOARD MEMBER NBO. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS BRIANNA HERNANDEZ. 
          I'M BACK TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AN INDEPENDENT GRADUATION FOR LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE VIRTUAL ACADEMY STUDENT. 
          FOR THE PAST YEAR, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE CONSISTENTLY RAISED THAT THEY WISH TO SEE A GRADUATION THAT IS INTIMATE FOR US. 
          ALSO, CONSISTENTLY, WE WERE REDIRECTED TIME AND AGAIN. 
          FIRST, WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR PRINCIPAL HAD NO SAY. 
          THEN WE WERE TOLD THAT SHE DID HAVE A SAY AFTER THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT SHE HAD ALREADY MADE A DECISION ONLY TO HER, THAT SHE HAD NO CHOICE. 
          THE REALITY IS WE KNOW THAT OUR PRINCIPAL HAS NO CHOICE OVER THIS. 
          VIRTUAL ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN THE AND IS JUST PUPPET MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE FRUSTRATED. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR YOU AND REPORT BACK. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE GLAD TO REPORT THAT SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, THANKS TO PROPOSAL BY DR. BRYANT. 
          THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY STUDENTS FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH MY PEERS. 
          THAT SAID, WE DO FIND IT VERY STRANGE THAT OUR PRINCIPAL HAS NO POWER IN THE GRADUATION PROCESS. 
          WHY HAVE VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERS TAKEN ALL THE CONTROL TRAUMAS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL? IS THAT 
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RIGHT? WE ASK THAT THE BOARD, PLEASE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS ISSUE AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE INCLUDED IN THESE DECISIONS TO VOICE YOUR SUPPORT FOR SMALLER AND INTIMATE GRADUATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX NAVARRO. 
          ALEX NAVARRO, UH, YOU'RE NOT ON THE LINE. 
          ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, ALEX? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          UH, CHRIS, THERE'S SOMEONE LISTED AS CHRIS. 
          I SEE YOU'RE WITH US. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          CHRIS, I SEE YOU'RE ON WITH US. 
          CHRIS, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS CHRIS AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE VIRTUAL ACADEMY, HAVING A STRONG GRADUATION AFTER 12 YEARS OF HARD WORK, THOSE STUDENTS DESERVE A GRADUATION THAT IS INTIMATE AND MEANINGFUL BETWEEN THEM, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR TEACHERS. 
          INSTEAD, THEIR WISHES WERE IGNORED BY VIRTUAL ACADEMY. 
          LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP HAS CLAIMED THAT THE PRINCIPALS DECIDED AGAINST DOING INDEPENDENT GRADUATION FOR THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          THE FACULTY AT LEADERSHIP HAS ITSELF SAID THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE AND THAT THERE IS NO CHOICE. 
          THE LEADERSHIP VIRTUAL ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION IS READY TO GET THIS GOING. 
          I'M GLAD ABOUT THE POSITIVE NEWS THAT WE HEARD RECENTLY. 
          STUDENT AND FAMILY VOICES HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN AND IGNORED IN THE PAST. 
          BUT JUST ASK THAT YOU BOARD MEMBERS MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T FORGOTTEN AND THAT WE HAVE A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR LEADERSHIP VIRTUAL ACADEMY STUDENTS AND PARENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMILA JAMILA. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          JAMILA. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCH MEN BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, DR. DAVIS, AND BOARD MEMBER NEWBELL. 
          HAPPY WEDNESDAY. 
          THE STUDENTS FROM THE VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP, THE STUDENTS FROM LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE VIRTUAL ACADEMY ARE BACK AGAIN TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AN INDEPENDENT GRADUATION. 
          I'M JIM, A JUNIOR, WHO HAS JOINED THIS EFFORT TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF MY PEERS SCHOOLS. 
          WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WRONG. 
          FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THROUGHOUT OUR ADVOCACY, I AND THE STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED EXCUSES AND FALSE COMMUNICATION FROM VIRTUAL ACADEMY AT ADMINISTRATION. 
          THIS INCLUDES LEADERSHIP CLAIMING THAT OUR PRINCIPAL HAS A DECISION OVER, OVER GRADUATION ONLY TO THAT SHE HAS NO SAY OVER THIS LEAVES LIKE MISS BRAND. 
          AND, AND MISS MRS. BUCK HAS STATED, HAS STATED THIS, WHEN IN REALITY OUR PRINCIPAL HAS NO POWER, HOW IS IT RIGHT THAT LEADERSHIP FORTUNE ACADEMY STUDENTS CANNOT HAVE THEIR OWN GRADUATION CEREMONY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY KEEP RECEIVING FALSE INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT? THANKFULLY, DR. 
          BRA, DR. 
          BRAND, HAS DEDICATED HERSELF TO HEARING THE VOICES OF OUR, OF US, AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          WHILE THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE, IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE NOW ON. 
          IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE NOW ON THE PATH OF HAVING A SMALL AND INTIMATE GRADUATION AND A COMPROMISE SOLUTION. 
          BUT WE DO QUESTION WHY OUR PRINCIPAL HAD NO SAY OVER THIS. 
          WE ASK THE LSD, PLEASE KEEP US POSTED. 
          AND, AND DOES NOT LET THE SOLUTION SLIP AWAY, SLIP AWAY DUE TO IT BEING QUOTE, TOO LATE OR FALSE REASONS. 
          WE ALSO, WE ALSO ACCESS THE BOARD STATES OVER EARNEST MATTER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALEJANDRO TEEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? ALEJANDRO T PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO TEEZ. 
          I AM THE FATHER OF ISABELLA TEEZ, WHO IS A SENIOR AT THE LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE VIRTUAL ACADEMY. 
          MY DAUGHTER AND OTHER STUDENTS HAVE WORKED HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          NOW THEY'RE ALMOST AT THE FINISH LINE. 
          THEY DESERVE A GRADUATION THAT IS INTIMATE FOR THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, AND THE TEACHERS. 
          INSTEAD, THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE A GRADUATION WITH SIX SCHOOLS COMBINED INTO ONE GRADUATION. 
          GRADUATION LIKE THIS WILL LAST UP TO SIX HOURS FROM THE POINT THAT THE KIDS ARRIVE TO THE POINT THAT THEY LEAVE. 
          STUDENT SPEAKERS ARE ALSO INCREDIBLY LIMITED IN CURRENT OF OFFICIAL PLANS. 
          THIS IS CONTRARY TO WHAT THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WANT. 
          YET OUR THOUGHTS WERE NEVER CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY. 
          THE FAILURE TO INCLUDE STUDENT AND PARENT INPUT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. 
          THE LACK OF TRANSPARENT COMMUN COMMUNICATION SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED EITHER. 
          I AND OTHER PARENTS ALSO QUESTION WHY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE LEADERSHIP, UH, ACADEMY HAS NO POWER. 
          IT'S VERY STRANGE THAT THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERSHIP HAS TAKEN ALL THE CONTROL. 
          INSTEAD, IS THAT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN THE LA USD? IS THE PRINCIPAL SUPPOSED TO LOSE POWER? IS THE LEADERSHIP AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE SUPPOSED TO MAKE DECISIONS INSTEAD OF THE PRINCIPAL? 
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I AND OTHER PARENTS ARE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT MEANINGFUL TALKS HAVE OCCURRED TO RESOLVE THIS. 
          I KNOW THAT I AND OTHER PARENTS WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS CAN EITHER, CAN END THEIR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY WITH MEANINGFUL, SMALLER, INTIMATE GRADUATION. 
          WE JUST ASK THAT THE BOARD, WE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE POSTED AND THAT THIS PLAN IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED, NOT BURIED. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ISABELLA. 
          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. 
          ISAB. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, I'M ISABELLA TEEZ. 
          I AM A SENIOR AT THE LEADERSHIP VIRTUAL ACADEMY. 
          I RECENTLY SENT AN EMAIL TO YOU ALL SHARING MY REQUEST FOR AN INDEPENDENT GRADUATION CEREMONY. 
          NOW I AM, AGAIN SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT IT. 
          FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, VIRTUAL ACADEMY STUDENTS HAVE NEVER HAD A GRADUATION THAT IS PERSONAL, INVITING AND SPECIAL. 
          LAST YEAR, IT LASTED SIX HOURS, INCLUDING THE TIME IT TOOK THE STUDENTS TO PREPARE, AND THEN WAY ON THE FIELD FOR HOURS. 
          THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE. 
          STUDENTS HAVE STRONGLY INDICATED THAT WE WOULD LIKE AN INDEPENDENT GRADUATION, WHY OUR VOICE IS BEING IGNORED. 
          VIRTUAL ACADEMY LEADERSHIP SAYS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE AND IT'S TOO LATE, BUT IT'S NOT. 
          LAST YEAR, PROMPT FOR ALL SIX VIRTUAL ACADEMIES WAS PLANNED WAY LESS TIME. 
          THE SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT WILL ALSO BE PLANNED IN LESS TIME. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THE FOUNDATION READY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOCATION, STUDENT SUPPORT AND TEACHER SUPPORT. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          PLUS STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DISCUSSING THIS SINCE THE 2024 TO 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE KNEW THAT THE GRADUATING CLASSES IN THE PAST WERE CURRENT, WERE STRONGLY AGAINST THE CURRENT STRUCTURE WITH THE SIX SEPARATE SCHOOLS COMBINED, BUT WE KEPT GETTING UNCLEAR MESSAGING. 
          RITUAL ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION MIGHT APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, BUT WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? WE QUESTION WHY THIS IS AN ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          WHY IS OUR PRINCIPAL POWERLESS IN THIS? SHE SUPPORTS US. 
          WHY HAS RITUAL ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION TAKEN ALL THE POWER? WHY HAVE THEY MADE OUR PRINCIPAL JUST A PUPPET? WE HAVE A, WE ASK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PLEASE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS AND ENSURE THAT WE AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE A MEANINGFUL GRADUATION THAT WE DESERVE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I'M GONNA READ THE NAMES OFF JUST IN CASE I HAVE MISSED ANYTHING. 
          UH, SEBASTIAN NOT HERE. 
          ABIGAIL DEL TORE, NOT SIGNED IN. 
          UH, JOHANNA GOMEZ ALSO NOT SIGNED IN. 
          ISABELLA M NOT SIGNED IN. 
          UH, LILY ALSO NOT SIGNED IN. 
          AMIRA 50% NOT SIGNED IN. 
          IF I READ YOUR NAME AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE ROOM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE HERE WHO WILL BE MAKING COMMENT. 
          UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF, UM, YOU'RE MISLABELED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. 
          LESLIE, ALSO NOT HERE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S IT. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US TODAY, INCLUDING OUR PRESENTERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          TODAY'S PRESENTATION MADE CLEAR THAT WHILE WE HAVE STRONG GOALS AND PARTNERSHIPS, THE REAL WORK IS REMOVING THE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT US FROM DELIVERING RESULTS TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. 
          THE URGENCY IS CLEAR AND SO IS THE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US. 
          WHILE A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN, UM, COMPLETED AND ONGOING WITH OUR ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, THERE'S STILL SO MUCH MORE TO BE DONE AS WE RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO WASTE. 
          IT'S ALSO A REMINDER THAT THIS WORK IS ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR RESOURCES, HOW WE DESIGN OUR CAMPUSES, AND HOW WE MODEL SUSTAINABILITY AND CARE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. 
          UH, WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. 
          THANK YOU FOR EVERY, TO EVERYONE. 
          AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 29TH. 
          HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          10:00 AM.
* 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.