* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD AFTERNOON [I. Welcome and Opening Remarks] EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE, OUR FINAL COMMITTEE OF THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR. I CAN'T BELIEVE RIGHT AT THE LAST ONE, BUT, SO IT IS. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THOSE WHO ARE HERE PRESENT, THANK YOU. AND THOSE WATCHING US, UH, REMOTELY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US. UM, SO AS WE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR, TODAY'S MEETING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT NOT ONLY ON PROJECTS COMPLETED, BUT ON THE BROADER MOVEMENT WE CONTINUE BUILDING TOGETHER ACROSS LOS ANGELES UNIFIED. THIS WORK IS A, IS IS FAR MORE THAN SUSTAINABILITY IS. IT IS, IT IS ABOUT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD, EVERY STUDENT, HAS ACCESS TO HEALTHY, INSPIRING, AND JOYFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE CONTINUED ADVANCING IMPORTANT WORK AROUND CLIMATE LITERACY, CAMPUS ECOLOGY, DECARBONIZATION, GREENING, SCHOOL YARDS, WATER STEWARDSHIP, AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO SCALE THIS WORK FASTER ACROSS L-A-U-S-D, MAKING IT MORE EQUITABLE AND WITH STRONGER COORDINATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS WILL HELP GROUND THAT VISION AND REAL EXAMPLES. WE WILL HEAR UPDATES FROM THE ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE ON DISTRICTWIDE PROGRESS AND PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THE ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 24 25. WE'LL ALSO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHOSE YEARS LONG JOURNEY TOWARD, TOWARD BECOMING A GREEN SCHOOL YARD REFLECTS WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN, WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND DISTRICT STAFF, ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITH PERSISTENCE AND A SHARED PURPOSE. I'LL ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF, COMM, SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATES, LABOR PARTNERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND STUDENTS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT GREENING SCHOOLS IS NOT OPTIONAL. IT IS CORE EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. BEFORE WE MOVE INTO [III. Public Comment (Part 1 of 2)] OUR TWO PRESENTATIONS, UH, WE WILL FIRST TAKE A LOOK. WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE HAVE SOME, UH, COMMITTEE, UM, SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. SO, UM, MR. MCLEAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE? ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED AS BEING IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON THOSE WHO ARE LISTED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. UH, MR. ERIC WHITE, I THINK I SAW YOU OUT THERE, SIR, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. ERIC WHITE. AND THEN AFTER MR. WHITE IS STEPHANIE GALLEGOS, AND THEN A ADRIAN LUNA NAAMA. ALL RIGHT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS ERIC WHITE. I'M RECLAIM OUR SCHOOLS LA I'M ALSO A PARENT AND, UH, DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M, UH, WELL, AS AN ORGANIZER, I'VE BEEN BLESSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH, UH, A LOT OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN L-A-U-S-D, UM, ESPECIALLY AT 93RD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LAND TRUST, WHO'S BEEN A VERY GOOD, UM, PARTNER AND ADVOCATING THIS. SO, UM, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED LOTS OF, UH, DELAYS AND BARRIERS, RIGHT? AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING ABLE TO BREAK GROUND. AND SO WE ARE HERE, UH, PRESENTING TO YOU ALL LOTS OF STUDENTS, UM, DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THE TYPE OF PLAYGROUND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD. AND SO WE ARE HERE TO IMPLORE YOU ALL, ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE STUDENTS' NEEDS, WE PRIORITIZE THEIR EXPERIENCES. THEY DESERVE TO BE IN A THRIVING PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE THRIVING, UM, NOT WITH BARE BONES, BARE MINIMUM. UM, 93RD HAS, UH, ISSUES WITH WATER FOUNTAINS. THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A LEAD ABATEMENT. UM, THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE, THE ASPHALT [00:05:01] AND THE BLACKTOP. AND, UM, I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF TO WITNESS AND SEE THESE THINGS. AND, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THERE. AND, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DEEPLY DESIRE AND ARE COMMITTED TO. IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, SOME DISTRICT PERSONNEL HAVE THE IDEA OF LIKE, PROTECTING LADS FROM LIABILITIES OR FROM POLICIES, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF PROTECTING THE STUDENTS FROM THE LIABILITIES OF THEIR HEALTH AND THE LIABILITIES OF NOT HAVING A GOOD SCHOOL EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENCING EXTREME HEAT ON THOSE BLACKTOPS. SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS AND GIVE THOSE BABIES A CHANCE TO HAVE A GOOD CAMPUS. OKAY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE GALLEGOS. STEPHANIE G IS, UH, STEPHANIE COMING? I'M COMING HERE. OKAY. THERE YOU ARE. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, . HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO SPEAK. UH, THIS IS SAMUEL LORETO STUDENT AND SAMANTHA OVER THERE. THEY BOTH ATTEND LORETTO. HELLO. MIC CHECK. ONE, TWO. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO, FOR MANY YEARS OUR CHILDREN PLAYED ON A PLAYGROUND NEXT TO TWO FREEWAYS, THE FIVE AND THE 10. OUR SURFACES THAT BECOME, THEY BECOME DANGEROUS, DANGEROUSLY HOT. DURING A SCIENCE ACTIVITY, STUDENTS MEASURE THE PLAYGROUND TEMPERATURE AT OVER 130 DEGREES ON A DAY. THAT WAS NOT EVEN CONSIDERED EXTREME HEAT. THIS WAS EARLY SPRING. MY OWN CHILDREN HAVE COME HOME OVERHEATED DI DIZZY, NAUSEOUS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. REESE'S SHOULD HELP CHILDREN RECHARGE AND FEEL HEALTHY, NOT MAKE THEM SICK. I HAVE A LOT OF, UM, NOTES FROM THE NURSE, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE THEY DO COME HOME LIKE OVERHEATED. WE ARE GRATEFUL. THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY APPROVED PLANTING TREES. WE'RE, UM, WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THAT THIS MOVE FORWARD WITH URGENCY. OUR CHILDREN CANNOT KEEP WAITING YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR BASIC SHADE AND SAFER SPACES TO PLAY. MY OLDEST SON LEFT FROM LORETTO WAITING ON THE TREES. HE'S NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL. MY DAUGHTER SAMANTHA OVER THERE, SHE'S LEAVING LORETTO. SHE'S NOW GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE'S BEEN WAITING SINCE SHE WAS LIKE IN FIRST GRADE. UM, AND SHE'S VERY SAD ABOUT IT. AND NOW SHE WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR HER LITTLE BROTHER THAT STILL HAS THREE MORE YEARS TO GO IN LORETTO. UM, OKAY, I GOT LOST , SO, OKAY. BASICALLY, YEAH, THAT'S IT. UM, WE NEED THOSE TREES. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I VOLUNTEER AT SCHOOL AND I ALSO FEEL THE HEAT, THE HEAT THAT BOUNCES BACK FROM THE GROUND. IT'S, IT'S A LOT, ESPECIALLY ON A HOT DAY, WHAT WE CONSIDER. IT'S NOT SUCH A HOT DAY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE HEAT THAT REFLECTS BACK, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HOT. UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. WANNA SAY ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. GOOD TIME. ADRIAN. LUNA NAAMA. ADRIAN. ADRIAN. DEAR BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS ADRIAN THEORE, LUNA NAAMA, AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AT LATONA AVENUE ELEMENTARY. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE HEAT PROBLEMS AT LAONA. UPSTAIRS ON THE PLAYGROUND, ESPECIALLY THE HANDBALL AND BASKETBALL COURTS ARE VERY HOT. WHEN THE HANDBALL AREA WAS MEASURED WITH A SPECIAL THERMOMETER, IT WAS 139 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AROUND MIDDAY, WHICH IS VERY HOT AND DANGEROUS FOR STUDENTS. AM I RIGHT, ? I WANT TO SHARE ONE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. WHEN A FELLOW STUDENT WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE BASKETBALL COURT WHEN HE HAD A HEAT STROKE AND HE COULDN'T BREATHE, THEREFORE, MANY STUDENTS DON'T GET TO HAVE THEIR RECESS AND EXERCISE FOR THE DAY. I OFTEN GET HEADACHES BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY, BUT THAT ENERGY GOES TO WASTE WHEN IT'S HOT AND I GET TIRED AND SEE IT IS ALSO VERY HARD TO SEE WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH ZE. MY EYES. IF WE HAD SHADE, IT WOULD BE EASIER. JUST THE STOVE. SO I THINK WE HEAR YOU BETTER SO YOU CAN PICK, COULD HEAR YOU BETTER. SORRY, DID YOU KNOW OUR TETHER BALL WAS A HUNDRED, WAS 98 DEGREES. SO, BOARD NUMBERS, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO GIVE US THE GRANT TO GIVE US THE GRANT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER MY REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ELIZABETH GARCIA, ELIZABETH GARCIA. [00:10:11] HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH GARCIA. I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AT LAONA ELEMENTARY. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY OUR SCHOOL NEEDS MORE TREES. OUR SCHOOL NEEDS MORE TREES TO PROVIDE SHADE DURING HOT, SUNNY DAYS, I WANT A COOL PLACE TO RELAX DURING RECESS AND A SHADY AREA TO COOL DOWN. AFTER PLAYING THE HOTTEST IT HAS EVER BEEN IS 139.5 DEGREES. WHEN WE HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS TAKING A TEMPERATURE AT THE PLAYGROUND AREA DURING THE DAY. THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE THE LATON STUDENTS A GRANT AND A OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TREES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TABITHA SANCHEZ. TABITHA SANCHEZ TAB. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE'RE GONNA RESTART THAT TIME, JUST SO, OH, NO, . THERE'S NO RUSH. THERE WE GO. A LITTLE BIT OF COMEDY. HELLO, MY NAME IS TAB SANCHEZ. I'M A VOLUNTEER PARENT AT GARVANS ELEMENTARY. , GO AHEAD. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? HELLO, MY NAME IS ESMERALDA. I GO TO GZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU. I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT MORE TREES, PLANTING MORE TREES IN MY SCHOOL BECAUSE WE NEED THEM FOR SHADE WHEN IT'S HOT. I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO, I AM LEAVING THIS ONE TWO YEARS. I AM LEAVING THE SCHOOL IN TWO YEARS AND I'D LIKE THE TREES TO BE THERE BEFORE I LEAVE. I WOULD LIKE THE, THE TREES TO BE PLANTED BEFORE IT'S THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE I LEAVE, BEFORE I LEAVE THE SCHOOL. DON'T THAT BE MY CLASSMATES GONNA ENJOY THE PLANS SO ME AND MY CLASSMATES CAN ENJOY THE TREES. , GO AHEAD. SO I AM CLASSMATES. MY CLASSMATES CAN ENJOY THE TREES, CAN ENJOY THE TREES. I AM ALSO THERE ON CAMPUS AND KNOW THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TREES 'CAUSE IT'S VERY HOT FOR THE STUDENTS. UM, THEY HAVE NO SHADE AND THEY GET OVERHEATED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LAKE S ARE YOU HERE? LAKE S HELLO. HELLO. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'M LAKE. I'M A PARENT AT LATONA. UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THESE CARDS BEHIND YOU. THIS, THIS WAS, UH, SPEARHEADED BY THE LATONA LIGHTHOUSE CLUB. IT'S A LEADERSHIP CLUB. THIS WAS A STUDENT LED PROJECT. ALL OF THESE KIDS CARE DEEPLY. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THEIR CAMPUSES EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CAN'T GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY AND PREFER TO JUST SIT UNDERNEATH THE SHADE NEXT TO THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE MORE, WE COORDINATED WITH HOW MANY SCHOOLS? AT LEAST 5, 6, 7 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. ALL OF US ARE IN SOME STATE OF WAITING. WE'VE BEEN AWARDED MONEY, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BEAUTIFUL PLANS. WE'VE GONE TO MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THESE GREENING GRANTS WILL BE. AND THEY'RE ALL BEHIND SCHEDULE. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE BACK ON SCHEDULE. AND IT, AND IT FALLS ON THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS TO BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND REACHING OUT. AND MANY OF US DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT. AND SO I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS. WE ALL KNOW THE WELL-DOCUMENTED, UH, HEALTH ISSUES WITH HEAT AND HOW IT AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE MENTAL HEALTH, HOW IT AFFECTS LEARNING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. LUSD SAYS THAT IT'S A PRIORITY TO DO THIS SCHOOL GREENING, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED [00:15:01] AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT'S UP TO PARENTS TO FILL THE GAPS. IT'S UP TO PARENTS TO COME, COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN TWO YEARS AGO. DATES PASS. NO ONE TELLS US ANYTHING. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE L-A-U-S-D FULFILL THEIR C COMMITMENTS AND TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, ONE OTHER THING, ONE OTHER THING. THE DATA, THE TEMPERATURE DATA THAT THE KIDS COLLECTED HAS BEEN SENT TO DR. RIVAS. SO IT HAS, UH, SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN SHADE AND, UH, OUT OF SHADE. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THANK FOR YOUR TIME, HOW THAT AFFECTS THEM. YOUR THANK YOU ROSTON. W ROS W COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN SHOULD BEGIN? NO NEED TO RUN, PLEASE. I HAVE THOSE RULES IN THE HALLWAYS HERE. THANK YOU, SIR. SORRY. UM, I DON'T HAVE A TON OF NEW INFORMATION TO ADD. I'M JUST ANOTHER PARENT , UM, WHO'S IN A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, UH, AT LATONA. WE, UM, I ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR A SEEDS GRANT, I THINK LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO KNOW SOMEONE WHO WORKED FOR JACKIE GOLDBERG'S OFFICE WHO TOLD ME THAT IT EXISTED. AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO HELP GREEN THE SCHOOL. UM, SO EVEN THAT, JUST SORT OF HAVING TO FIND OUT THROUGH LIKE A FRIEND OF A FRIEND THAT SUCH A PROGRAM EXISTED IS SORT OF NOT HOW I IMAGINED YOU WOULD WANT TO RUN A SCHOOL GREENING PROGRAM. UM, WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT. I WAS REALLY EXCITED. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A BUNCH OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REALLY INVESTED IN THE IDEA THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE THIS SCREENING. UM, AND THEN WE'VE JUST SORT OF WAITED FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOW GRADUATING FROM THE SCHOOL. THEY'LL NEVER SEE ANY RESULTS OF, OF THIS GRANT, THESE GRANTS THAT WE GOT. UM, AND IT CAN JUST FEEL VERY FRUSTRATING. UM, I'M SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, WANTS TO SEND MY KIDS TO L-A-U-S-D PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WANTS THESE SCHOOLS TO SUCCEED. AND WHEN YOU'RE HERE AS A PARENT, WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND SEE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE GETTING KIND OF LIKE, NOT EVEN NOS, YOU'RE JUST GETTING NO RESPONSE AT ALL. IT CAN FEEL VERY FRUSTRATING IN OTHER PARTS OF MY LIFE IF, IF , IF I JUST GET NO RESPONSE FROM SOMETHING, I JUST MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND I JUST FIGURE THIS ISN'T GONNA EVER HAPPEN. AND I DON'T WANT TO FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEVADA S NEVADA S ARE YOU HERE? HELLO? BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NEVADA SHARP AND I'M A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT LATONIA ELEMENTARY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE AND A PROMISE IT WAS MADE TO ME THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN I WAS IN SECOND GRADE, I WAS TOLD THAT TREES WOULD BE PLANTED ON OUR PLAYGROUND AND BLACKTOP AREA TO PROVIDE SHADE FROM THE INTENSE HEAT. I WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE I KNEW HOW MUCH WE NEEDED THAT RELIEF. IT'S BLACKTOP RADIATES HEAT THAT MAKES IT ALMOST UNBEARABLE TO PLAY OUTSIDE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS AND THOSE TREES HAVE NEVER BEEN PLANTED BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT. I SPEND MOST OF MY RECESSES DOWNSTAIRS IN THE SHADE PAVILION INSTEAD OF PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS ON THE PLAYGROUND. AND I SOMETIMES GET STOMACH ACHES FROM THE HEAT EXPOSURE, EVEN THOUGH I'M LEAVING LATONA ELEMENTARY THIS YEAR. I'M ASKING OUR SCHOOL LEADERS TO PLEASE KEEP THE PROMISE THAT WAS MADE AND PLANT TREES IN OUR OUTDOOR AREAS. THE STUDENTS WHO COME AFTER ME DESERVE TO HAVE A SAFE, COMFORTABLE PLACE TO PLAY AND ENJOY RECESS WITHOUT SUFFERING FROM THE HEAT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR CONSIDERING THIS IMPORTANT REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND L ADRIAN LI THINK YOU WERE LISTED TWICE. I JUST DOUBLE CHECKING 'CAUSE THIS ONE JUST SAYS ADRIAN L. ALRIGHT. ELIZABETH GI THINK YOU ALREADY WENT TOO. YEAH. FOLKS ARE JUST LISTED TWICE HERE. UH, VALERIE G. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VALERIE GARCIA AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT LATON ELEMENTARY. EVERY DAY WHEN I GO UPSTAIRS TO RECESS, I DREAD IT BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE HATE. WHEN I WALK UP THE STAIRS, MY HEAD STARTS TO HURT AND I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE INSTEAD OF EXCITED. RECESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TIME TO HAVE FUN, ENJOY TIME WITH MY FRIENDS AND PLAY GAMES TOGETHER. BUT THE EXTREME HEAT TEMP, BUT THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE, SOMETIMES OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES ON SUNNY DAYS, MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANY OF THAT. I END UP LOOKING FOR SHADY SPOTS JUST TO REST AND FEEL BETTER. INSTEAD OF PLAYING AND LAUGHING WITH MY CLASSMATES, I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO PLEASE CONSIDER [00:20:01] PLANTING TREES AND CREATING GREEN AREAS IN OUR PLAYGROUND WHERE STUDENTS CAN FIND SHADE AND COOL RELIEF WITH COOL SPACES. REESE'S COULD ACTUALLY BE FUN AGAIN. WE COULD PLAY GAMES AND SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS AND STAY HEALTHY WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE HEAT MAKING US SICK. I BELIEVE TREES AND GREEN AREAS WOULD MAKE RECESS SOMETHING WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO INSTEAD OF SOMETHING WE ALL WANT TO AVOID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UH, GEORGE S. GEORGE S GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GEORGE SHIFFLETT. I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT LATTON ELEMENTARY, AND TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR SOME HELP WITH THE PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. AT OUR SCHOOL ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS, OUR PLAYGROUND BECOMES A BOILING POT WITH TEMPERATURES OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES, ESPECIALLY ON THE BLACKTOP WHERE WE PLAY THE INTENSE HEAT CAN MAKE STUDENTS TIRED, UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EVEN SICK. I'M ASKING IF WE CAN CREATE A SHADY AREA OUTSIDE WHERE STUDENTS CAN PLAY SAFELY DURING RECESS. ON THE SCORCHING DAYS, THIS COULD BE A GREEN SPACE, SOME LARGE UMBRELLAS, AND EVEN TREES THAT PROVIDE SHADE. A SHADY SPOT WOULD LET US ENJOY OUTDOOR TIME WITHOUT RISKING HEAT, EXHAUSTION, AND WOULD KEEP US HEALTHY AND HAPPY. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE. SADLY, I WILL BE LEAVING LATONA, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT MY SISTER AND BROTHER WILL HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE RECESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, LET'S SEE. IS, UH, ANOTHER IN PERSON INDIVIDUAL? UH, DAVID TOSKI, ARE YOU HERE? TY FOREMAN? ARE YOU HERE? TY, COME ON UP. ARE THERE MORE? ARE THERE MORE, UH, KIDS AND FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP FROM THAT GROUP? I CAN'T, I'VE GONE THROUGH THE LIST. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, THE COME ON UP, SIR, THE TIME IS YOUR, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. OH MY GOODNESS. I HAVE A SERIOUS THROAT CONGESTION. UH, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. UM, YOUR FOCUS ON, UH, WHAT IS AN INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE, UH, APPROACH TO ENGAGING CHILDREN, YOUTH, UH, AND COMMUNITIES. UH, I COMMEND YOU. UM, I REALLY, REALLY, UH, WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH YOU GUYS AND FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, EXPANDING, UH, FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE. UH, FOCUS ON HAVING STRUCTURE AND NETWORK OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, TO THE SPACES THAT MAKE UP THE GROUNDS WHERE WE DEVELOP OUR IDENTITIES. AND TO HAVE CHILDREN BE ABLE TO USE THESE SPACES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ONE ANOTHER. AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP TO PROVIDE A MORE SOUND ECONOMIC TOPOLOGY, UH, ESPECIALLY IN STEM FIELDS, SCIENCES, UH, THINGS SUCH AS THAT NATURE WHERE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT CAN CREATE A STRONGER FIBER, UH, OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND A HEALTHY AND ACCOUNTABLE TRAJECTORY. UH, THAT'S IT. UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING HERE AGAIN, HONORED. I'M SUPER SORRY. I I DIDN'T REALIZE MY VOICE WAS, UH, SO STRAPPED. UH, BUT GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. UM, AND YOU ALL, UH, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOME REMOTE CALLERS TODAY. LET'S SEE. WE'VE GOT CARLA GONZALEZ CALLING IN. CARLA GONZALEZ, I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THE LINE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT MAYBE YOU WILL SHOW UP SHORTLY. INGRID VIEIRA, I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. INGRID V, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. INGRID VEDA. I SEE YOU'VE UNMUTED YOURSELF. MS. VEDA, IF YOU BEGIN TALKING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU. OKAY. WE WILL COME BACK TO MS, UH, VIETA IN A MOMENT. LET'S SEE. ANGELA POLK, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. ANGELA POLK, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. ANGELA POLK, [00:25:02] I AM GONNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. MY NAME IS ANGELA POLK. I'M A GRANDMOTHER OF STUDENTS AT 93RD ELEMENTARY AND OVERRIDE. I AM ALSO A PTA PRESIDENT OF 93RD AND A VOLUNTEER AND A MEMBER OF RECLAIMING THE SCHOOLS OF LA A LOT OF THE TIME I'M AT THIS SCHOOL. I NEED A NEW PLAYGROUND IN THE DISTRICT MOST SUPPORT THESE PUBLIC, THESE PROJECT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T DESERVE A PLAYGROUND THAT TO BE PROUD OF AND BE HAPPY TO PLAY ON. L-A-U-S-D MUST MAKE 93RD PRIORITY IN APPROACHING AND DESIGNING AND REMOVING BARRIERS THAT MAKE IT HARD FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GET A PLAYGROUND THAT DESERVE A DIFFERENT FEES AND DIFFERENT POLICIES PREVENTING STUDENTS, MY GRAND BABIES, FROM HAVING A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. I'VE HAD, I HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY ALL ARE AT L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS. I HAVE BEEN, UM, A VOLUNTEER FOR OVER MAYBE 10 YEARS. AND OUR CHILDREN AND MY CHILDREN WERE HEART BROKE FROM THEIR DREAMS AND THEIR NEW PLAYGROUNDS TO BE SHATTERED BY THE DISTRICT THEY ATTEND. BECAUSE YOU ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH PROTECTING YOUR POLICIES, PROTECT THAN PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. WE HAVE A BLACK ASPHALT ALSO AT 93RD STREET SCHOOL. IT GETS ENORMOUSLY HOT. WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS FROM SCRATCHED KNEES, SCRATCHED ARMS, THEM HURTING THEIRSELVES. WE NEED SHADE. IT'S SO HOT. I'D APPRECIATE IF WE CAN MOVE THIS ON FURTHER AND GET THIS PROJECT GOING FASTER. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS UR SINGH. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN WITH THAKUR SINGH. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, SURE I CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, DR. REBA, UM, BOARD PRESIDENT, UM, SCHON, BOARD MEMBER BIL AND EVERYONE ELSE. UM, HAPPY WEDNESDAY. UM, I'M JUST CALLING IN AGAIN TO EXPRESS CONCERNS REGARDING JESUS AND ULLO, MARIA SOTO MEOR AND LATASHA BUCK. UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS, UM, WHICH, UH, WE APPRECIATE. WE WOULD, UH, LIKE TO HEAR SOME MORE UPDATES THOUGH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS WHO ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS. AS A REMINDER, UM, JESUS AND GLO AND MARIA SOOR WERE, UM, THE PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PREVIOUSLY AT SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL WHEN A STUDENT CAME TO THEM REPORTING THAT SHE WAS RAPED BY A MEMBER OF FACULTY. AND INSTEAD OF HELPING THE STUDENT, THEY LOCKED HER IN A ROOM FOR HOURS AND YELLED AT HER UNTIL SHE RECANTED. AND ACTUALLY, THE ONLY REASON THIS WAS EXPOSED WAS DUE TO A SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER. UM, THEY WERE THEN, THEY PLED NO CONTEST AND HAVE SINCE BEEN PROMOTED, AND BOTH NOW MAKE OVER $200,000 OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS, UM, WITH JESUS AND GOLO AT VIRTUAL ACADEMY ADMIN AND MARIA. SO AT HR, UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE FIRED. ASAP. WHY DID THE BOARD REACT SO QUICKLY TO SO CHAVEZ, WHICH WAS APPROPRIATE, BUT NOT AS QUICKLY TO THESE PREDATORS. AND THEN OF COURSE, LATASHA BUCK, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION, WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS. UM, AND SHE SAID, IT'S NOT HER CONCERN SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. WHY IS RAPE NOT AN ISSUE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES ZERO SENSE. SO THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY. AND I, I THINK THE, I THINK YOU GUYS, UM, AGREE WITH OUR CONCERNS. WE JUST ASK, PLEASE PROVIDE US TIMELY UPDATES AND ENSURE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS GET JUSTICE FOR THESE VICTIMS. BECAUSE WHAT IF THIS WAS A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY? WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, WANT THIS TO BE THE REACTION BY THE DISTRICT TO PROMOTE THEM? I THINK NOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. INGRID VI SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. INGRID VI SEE YOU ARE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? AH, WE CAN PLEASE GO AHEAD. YAY. THANK YOU. UM, HELLO BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS INGRID EVA AND I'M THE PROUD COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR AT 93RD STREET ELEMENTARY. YOU HEARD ONE OF OUR GREAT VOLUNTEERS, AN AMAZING PARENT AND GRANDMOTHER THAT IS ALWAYS HERE AT 93RD WITH US SUPPORTING OUR WORK. I'M HERE TODAY NOT TO ASK YOU TO, UH, GIVE US A A GRANT MONEY OR TO ALLOW US, UM, [00:30:01] TO PARTICIPATE IN GREENING, BUT TO BEG THAT YOU INVESTIGATE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE GRANT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM CAL FIRE AND WHY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER FIVE YEARS TO GET THE WORK APPROVED AND DONE BY L-A-U-S-D FACILITIES UNIT. SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS MOVE FASTER. I APPLAUD THE CHILDREN AND THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE THERE ADVOCATING FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. I'M HERE ON THE PHONE ADVOCATING FOR MY WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS THAT I SERVE. WHEN I BECAME A A COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR, MY FIRST JOB WAS TO HEAR, UH, LISTEN TO THE KIDS. AND THE KIDS CAME UP WITH MANY DIFFERENT DREAMS ABOUT THE KIND OF PLAYGROUND THEY WANTED. MY JOB WAS TO GO AND FIND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD WORK WITH ME. I FOUND LA LAND TRUST AND ALSO, UM, THE, UH, OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS US GET PARENTS AND STUDENT SUPPORT. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. WE GOT THE CAL FIRE GRANT AWARDED AWARD. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND ANYONE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH BUILDINGS AND NOTHING HAS GOTTEN DONE. AND IT, I'M BEING TOLD THAT NOW L-A-U-S-D FACILITIES HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR 93RD AND THEY'RE ASKING US TO NOT COMPLETE OUR PROJECT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN MIND. I DUNNO WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS UPSET. OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE WAITING. AND I'M JUST HERE BOARD MEMBERS TO REALLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU AND TIME. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ONE MORE CALLER WHO I'M GONNA CALL ON AGAIN. UH, CARLA GONZALEZ. I THINK YOU WERE SIGNED ON FOR A MOMENT, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU SIGNED ON ANYMORE. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, CARLA? OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE. STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, KNOW THAT, UM, WE HEAR YOU AND I SHARE IN YOUR FRUSTRATION. AND, UM, DEFINITELY, UM, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. AND, UH, I, WE USUALLY DON'T PROVIDE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT PROVIDE ANY SORT OF INFORMATION. BUT, UM, MS. CHRISTINA TOS ASKED IF SHE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR Y'ALL. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA TOS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES. I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE OF PARENTS FROM LATONA HERE THAT IS A FACILITIES PROJECT. UM, I KNOW WE WENT TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER TO APPROVE $300,000 FOR SEEDS PROJECTS. MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, IN THE QUICK TEXT I HAD WITH MY TEAM IS THAT THE DESIGN IS BEING FINALIZED AND WE'RE DOING SOILS TESTING. NOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL MY OFFICE. THAT NUMBER IS 2 1 3 2 4 1 4 3 1 2. I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU AFTER THE MEETING, OR I CAN SLIDE YOU MY BUSINESS CARD. UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE PERSON WHO CAN KEEP YOU, UM, UP TO DATE ON THE PROJECT AS WE, UH, LOOK TO START CONSTRUCTION. I THINK IT WAS SOMETIME IN THE FALL. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND FOR OTHER SCHOOLS, LORETTO GARZA, 93RD STREET, AM I MISSING ANY OTHER SCHOOLS ARE HERE. , MALI BAR. WE'LL, WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO GET MORE INFORM OR AN UPDATE ON YOUR PROJECT. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL. HEAR FROM OUR STUDENTS. UM, SO WITH [II.1. Updates from the Eco-Sustainability Office.] THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, UH, FROM THE ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, WHICH CONTINUES LEADING AND COORDINATING CRITICAL WORK ACROSS THE DISTRICT RELATED TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, DECARBONIZATION, GREENING, ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY, AND SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN THIS WORK EXPAND SIGNIFICANTLY FROM TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, CLIMATE LITERACY INITIATIVES TO SCHOOL YARD GREENING, WATER STEWARDSHIP, AND STUDENT LED SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS ACROSS CAMPUSES. TODAY, MR. CRYSTALS CLIO WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE 24 25 ECOS SUSTAINABILITY ANNUAL REPORT AND SHARE UPDATES ON KEY INITIATIVES AND MILESTONES, UM, FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SO CRYSTALS THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP. AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER, NEW BILL, AND OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY PRESENTING ON [00:35:01] THE, UH, UPDATES. I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU A SPECIFICALLY ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT. AND MY HOPE IS THAT AS I PRESENT HERE TODAY TO ALL OF OUR LISTENERS AND EVERYONE WHO GATHER HERE TODAY, WILL BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, AND THEY CAN BE ABLE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT STATUS ON THEIR PROJECTS AND HOW THEY CAN CONTACT US WITHIN THE E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE WITH ANYTHING THAT RELATED TO ANY GREENING PROJECTS. SO IT CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ANY UPDATES, BUT ANY OTHER SUSTAINABILITY OR RESILIENCY RELATED PROJECTS. SO TODAY I'M, I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON THE ANNUAL REPORT, AND I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING ON SEVEN AREAS THAT, UH, IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON, TO RESPOND SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE BOARD, UH, SUSTAINABILITY GOALS THAT WERE SET UP FORWARD, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND ALIGN OUR WORK WITHIN THE, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN, THE L-A-U-S-D PLAN, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO, UM, ACHIEVE THE COMMITMENTS AND ALSO RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT TO HELP SUPPORT EVERY STUDENT, STAFF MEMBER AND COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. SO I'LL BE FOCUSING ON CLIMATE RESILIENCY, HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, DECARBONIZATION, CLIMATE LITERACY, CAMPUS ECOLOGY, WATER STEWARDSHIP, AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY. UH, THEN I'LL SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON OUR UPCOMING CELEBRATION THAT WE'RE SETTING UP FOR THE HEROES FOR ZERO CEREMONY. UH, WE'RE IS GONNA CUR IT, UM, NEXT WEEK ON JUNE 5TH, AND I'LL BE SHARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO YOU CAN ACCESS THE ANNUAL REPORT THROUGH, UH, THE CODE THAT WE HAVE, THE BARCODE THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND I'LL WELCOME EVERYONE TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE WE DEVELOPED THIS REPORT TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, TRANSPARENCY TO THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND COMMUNITIES. AND, UH, THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT DOES, SHOWS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND HOW IT CAN HELP SUPPORT THE WORK, UH, THAT WAS AT LEAST IDENTIFIED OR, UM, UM, IS PLANNED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS IS, UH, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, UH, THAT CAN SERVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMATIC RESOURCE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND OUR DISTRICT, UH, CLIMATE CHAMPIONS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND IT EXTREMELY HELPFUL AS I, AS I GO THROUGH. SO, UM, WE'LL JUMP TO THAT RIGHT NOW WHILE THE, THIS IS, UH, THE SECOND REPORT THAT WE RELEASED BACK TO BACK SINCE, UH, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE OFFICE, I'VE, UM, WE DEVELOPED THE, THE REPORT IN SUCH A WAY THAT, UM, THAT IS FOLLOWING A CERTAIN, UH, PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE UPDATES. THERE'S ABOUT 55 PAGES IN THE REPORT. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PRINT OUT AND HAND, UH, UH, PAGES THROUGHOUT BECAUSE IT CAN BE ACCESSED ONLINE. YOU CAN DON DOWNLOAD IT, UH, TO YOUR LEISURE SO YOU CAN BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THERE. SO WE START THE REPORT WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. WE ALWAYS INCLUDE A LOT TO HONOR AND ENSURE RESPECT FOR THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHO STEWARD IT AND CARE FOR THE LAND LONG BEFORE US. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. WE APPRECIATE THE LAND THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND HOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO CARE ABOUT THE LAND THAT WE HAVE. AS I WAS SHARING, UM, EARLIER, THE REPORT AND THE CONTENTS OF, OF THE REPORT IS IDENTIFIED IN SEVEN AREAS. AND WE'RE GONNA GET INTO EACH SPECIFIC AREA. WE'RE GONNA SEE THE, WHAT WE CALL THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND HOW WE MEASURE AGAINST THAT SO WE CAN SHOWCASE PROGRESS. BUT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING AND DISCUSSING TODAY THE CLIMATE, UH, RESILIENCY. YOU CAN SEE UNDER CLIMATE RE RESILIENCY, A LOT OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE COVERING. LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA BE COVERING SOME OF THOSE AS I GO THROUGH JUST, UH, BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST OF TIME. AND I'LL LET THE, THE VIEWERS TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME. AND IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US. BETWEEN ALL THOSE SEVEN AREAS THAT I'M, I'M SHARING, UH, ON THE REPORT ITSELF, THE MESSAGE THAT I SHARE IS VERY SIMPLE, IS THAT WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE, UM, OUR ACHIEVEMENTS. BUT, UH, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO EXPANDING SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. AND, UH, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS REPORT AND, UH, AND SHOWING SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, FEATURING SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE, EVEN FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS, UH, HELPING OUT, UH, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING 'EM IN THIS REPORT. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE REPORT SHOWS [00:40:01] THE OVERALL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IT SHOWS THE, THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, NOT JUST ON OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE FOR US, UM, IN SUSTAINABILITY, WE REALIZE THAT WHILE YOU CAN SEE THE, THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND WE ARE SMALL, UH, PIN ON THAT MAP, THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE IS MASSIVE WITHIN OUR REGION, IS MASSIVE BECAUSE WE EDUCATE, UM, OUR STUDENTS, WHICH TO BECOME THE FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS. AND, UH, AND FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, AT LEAST AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, UM, AND DEVELOP HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL OF THEM. AS WE SHARE, OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE. OUR MISSION IS, IS TO BECOME THE MOST SUSTAINABLE AND EX ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, LARGE EUROPEAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION. AND WE DO THAT BY WORKING WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNERS. I WAS SHARING EARLIER BY IDENTIFYING, UH, UH, THE GOALS, ESTABLISHING THE GOALS. AND THEN AS WE IDENTIFY THESE GOALS AS SOME, SOME OF THE EXEMPLARY GOALS THAT WE SET UP BEFORE, A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND A HUNDRED PERCENT ELECTRIFICATION IN ALL SECTORS. UH, 50% GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION BY 2030. UH, CLIMATE LITERACY FOR ALL, UH, 30% CAMPUS GREENING AND 20% ENERGY AND WATER, UH, USED REDUCTION, ALL THOSE WERE ALIGNED INTO THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'RE SHARING THERE. AND THEN WE JUST, UM, HAVE A, A, A HISTORY OF WHEN THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AGAINST THOSE. THIS IS, THIS DASHBOARD IS QUITE, UH, IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW IT GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE'RE MEASURING AGAINST ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, EIGHT AREAS. SO THE FIRST ONE BEING OUR HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. LEMME SHARE THAT. WE ARE THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH, WITH THE MOST HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS. AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS. AS WE, AS WE, UH, GET INTO THE SPECIFIC SECTORS WITHIN, UH, NATIONWIDE, WE THEN LOOKING AT DECARBONIZATION. WE'RE SEEING THE EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ACROSS ALL SECTORS AND HOW WE'RE TRACKING THOSE. AND WE'RE ACHIEVING 23% REDUCTION AS OF NOW. THEN IN TERMS OF OUR CLEAN ENERGY, WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THAT. WE HAVE 45% OF OUR, OF OUR ENERGY THAT WE USE. THAT COMES FROM, IT COMES FROM CLEAN RENEWABLE SOURCES. IN TERMS OF ELECTRIFICATION, UH, WE'RE TRACKING OUR BASE ELECTRIFICATION, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE SHOWING 16% WHEN NOW 20% OF OUR BUSES ARE ELECTRIC, OVER 250 BUSES ARE NOW ELECTRIC BUSES WITH ZERO EMISSIONS. UM, AND THEN WE CONTINUING TO INSTALL CHARGING STATIONS TO SUPPORT THOSE 250 BUSES. UH, CLIMATE LITERACY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEASURE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY, UM, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM CLIMATE LITERACY AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 29% OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT DO HAVE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS THAT HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE CURRICULA THAT, UH, HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THEM THAT SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESILIENCE, RESILIENCY STRATEGIES. CAMPUS ECOLOGY, WE HAVE 27% TODAY OF ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE MEETING OUR GRIEVING GOALS. THAT'S, THAT IS OUR 30% GOAL BY 2035. WE STILL HAVE WAYS TO GO, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE MANY PROJECTS IN PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IN TERMS OF WATER STEWARDSHIP, WE, UM, WE MARKED, UH, A 2014 GOAL, A 10 YEAR GOAL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. AND I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE A 20% REDUCTION IN OUR PORTABLE WATER USE. THAT'S A HUGE REDUCTION. UH, SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SAVINGS OR THE COST OF WOMENS ON NIGERIAN FUND AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING NOW. WE INTRODUCE THIS EIGHTH, UM, SECTOR THAT WE, WE ARE FOCUSING AND WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE WAYS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE SOME PLANNING IN PLACE, AND I'LL BE SHARING AND TALKING ABOUT THAT PLANNING AS WELL. SO, CLIMATE RESILIENCY, CLIMATE RESILIENCY, IT'S, UH, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I THINK, UM, FOR ALL OF US RIGHT NOW, AS WE SEE THE EXTREME FIRES, THE, UH, THE FLATS, UM, THE HIGH WINDS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IMPACTING US, WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AT SEVERAL, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, METHODOLOGIES TO HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOLS. AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. WE'RE LOOKING ON IDENTIFYING, UM, SOLUTIONS TO HELP US TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE'RE DOING THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING THAT NOT JUST BY OURSELVES. WE'RE DOING IT. WE'RE DOING THIS WITH PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKING WITH, UH, BESIDES OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY, UH, WITH THE FIRES THAT WE'RE ABLE, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE, UM, LAST YEAR THAT REALLY IMPACTED THREE OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE, UH, WE IDENTIFIED AND WE'VE, UH, PARTNERED UP WITH SEVERAL [00:45:01] AGENCIES TO GET THEIR SUPPORT TOO, OF HOW WE CAN COME UP WITH MEASURES, UH, TO MINIMIZE THAT, THAT EXTREME, UH, EXTREME FIRES OR EXTREME HEAT IN OUR SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, UCLA AND, AND THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ON A RESEARCH STUDY AS WELL, UH, WHICH THEY WILL BE VISITING OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEY WILL, THEY'LL BE SHARING SOLUTIONS, AT LEAST WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING FROM US AND WHAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THEM OF HOW WE CAN REDUCE A LOT OF THE EXTREME HEAT IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL SHORT, SHORT-TERM STRATEGIES, BUT ALSO LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF OUR PLANNING AS WE CONTINUE TO PLAN OUR SCHOOLS MOVING FORWARD. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AT LEAST WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR MICROCLIMATES AND WE TRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS ON THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS. SO WE CONTINUE TO MODERNIZE OUR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND, UM, BY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAN AIR. UH, WE DO INSTALL M RPH 13 FILTERS ON ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT, UM, AT LEAST THE, THE, THE AIR QUALITY ON OUR SCHOOLS ARE HEALTHY TO HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY EVEN PUTTING, UH, MONITORS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE MEASURE THE, THE, THE AMOUNT, THE TYPE OF AIR THAT WE HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE MORE FRESH AIR SO WE CAN INCREASE THE, THE, THE QUALITY OF OUR AIR WITHIN OUR, OUR SPACES WITH THE INDOOR SPACES THAT WE HAVE. UM, IN TERMS OF THE HYDRATION STATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE FACILITIES IS MANAGING. AND WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE, UM, UH, HYDRATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND ALSO THE WATER QUALITY DRINKING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE'VE, UH, WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND ACTUALLY EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THE WATER QUALITY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO, UH, FIGHT A LOT OF THE EXTREME HEAT ISSUES WITH SHEA STRUCTURES. UM, FACILITIES HAVE A, A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT THEY CONTINUE WITH, UH, IT'S A $50 MILLION PROGRAM TO HELP US ACHIEVE MORE SHEA STRUCTURES ON OUR SCHOOLS. UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WE INCREASING OUR ECONOMIES BY, UH, BY ADDING MORE TREES AND MORE SHADE ON OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING THE CAL FIRE BEING ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. BUT THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPORTING US THROUGH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO HELP US OUT, INCREASE AT LEAST, UH, SHARED ON OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR SOLAR REFLECTIVE COATINGS. AND WE'RE DOING A STUDY RIGHT NOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF REFLECTIVE COATINGS ON OUR SCHOOL. THAT STUDY WILL, IS BEEN IN PROGRESS NOW FOR OVER A YEAR, AND IT'S GONNA BE FINISHING UP IN THE NEXT QUARTER SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHARE THE DATA WITH EVERYONE, AND WE DECIDE HOW WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. WE PARTNER WITH THE LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE CONDUCTING OUR STUDY THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS WITH, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND THEY'RE HELPING US OUT, UM, BY SHARING THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THROUGHOUT TIME. SO ALSO, OUR FACILITY SERVICES DIVISION IS GOING THROUGH A SYNTHETIC TURF ASSESSMENT. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AND STUDY SO THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE, UH, THE DIFF, THE TURFS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR COMPETITIVE FIELDS, AND THEY'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION TOO, AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND THEN, UH, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE. UM, WE, YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM SOME OF THE PHOTOS, WE'VE, UH, HAVE BEEN VISITING, UM, A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES IN PALISADES WITH, UH, LACY, THE LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES CLINIC INCUBATOR, AND SOME OF THE STARTUP COMPANIES TO DRIVE INNOVATION, TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, UH, NEWER SOLUTIONS OF HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO AT LEAST MANAGE EXTREME HEAT ON OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEY'RE DESIGNING NEW PRODUCTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE. A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE FUNDED ACTUALLY THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATIONS. AND WE ARE, UH, THE BENEFACTORS, A LOT OF THESE FOR A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PUTTING, THEY'RE PUTTING, THEY'RE GETTING PUT IN PLACE. SO, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, AIR QUALITY, IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, HIGHLY IMPORTANT, UM, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, WE HAVE THE LA UNIFIED KNOW YOUR AIR NETWORK. AND, UH, WE HAVE OVER 230 OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY SENSORS RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE LOCATED, UH, THROUGHOUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. SO AT LEAST, UH, SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE ACCESS WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF OF THOSE SENSORS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THEIR AIR QUALITY AND TAKE ACTION AS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE, UM, OPERATIONS DIRECTIONS THAT THEY RECEIVE IN TERMS OF HAVING THE KIDS PLAY OUT OUTSIDE OUTDOORS OR NOT. SO THIS IS VERY HELPFUL, AND, UH, AND WE CONTINUE TO ALSO BECOME MORE RESILIENT BY MANAGING, UH, STORM WATER. THIS IS ACTUALLY, IT'S GONNA BECOME MORE INCREASING IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, AS WE DESIGNING 'EM, WE'RE COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE PERMEABILITY. YOU CAN [00:50:01] SEE SOME OF THE BIO SWELL PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWCASED. WE KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE NEED TO BE CAPTURING MORE WATER WITHIN THE REGION. UH, IT'S GONNA BE NEW INITIATIVES AND NEW FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT, TO CAPTURE MORE WATER WITHIN THE BASIN HERE, INSTEAD OF JUST IMPORTING WATER FROM OTHER LOCATIONS. SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ALSO WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER AND OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP US TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST MORE IN TERMS OF US GREEN, OUR SCHOOLS, AND BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE WATER ON OUR SCHOOL SITES. AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING COMMUNITY RESILIENCY HOPS. THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR A WHILE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING FUNDING AND APPLYING FOR FUNDING. SO WE CAN HAVE OUR SCHOOLS THAT CAN SERVE AS COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY RESILIENCY HOPS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEED TO EQUIP OUR SCHOOLS WITH, UH, WITH SOLAR, SO THEY CAN BE MORE, UH, EQUIPPED WITH BATTERY STORAGE AND MICRO GRIDS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE INTO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IN TERMS OF OUR HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN TERMS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE TO DATE, WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY OVER 145. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ABOUT 46 ACTIVE PROJECTS. NOW, THESE, THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DO MANY THINGS TO OUR STUDENTS. THEY DEVELOP A, A, A GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE LOOK AT, WHEN YOU HAVE A, WHAT WE CALL HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS, YOU LOOK AT THE AIR QUALITY WITHIN THE SPACE, YOU LOOK AT THE CONDITION SPACE, HOW WE CONDITION THE SPACE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AT LIGHTING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL MATERIALS THAT WE SELECT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T RELEASE ANY HARMFUL CHEMICALS TO, TO, TO THE SPACE. SO WE ENSURE WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AS MOVING FORWARD, THEY'RE DESIGNED WITH THESE STANDARDS. AND, UM, AND, AND THE NEAR FUTURE, AS NOW CHIPS WAS ACQUIRED BY, BY THE U-S-G-B-C BY LEAD, WE, THE PLAN IS TO TRANSITION INTO, UH, LEAD, BUT WE'RE DOING THE ANALYSIS NOW WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO COST IMPACT, UH, TO, AS WE DO THIS TRANSITION. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH U-S-G-B-C ON THE BACKGROUND TO ENSURE THAT, UH, AT LEAST WE CAN MAKE THAT TRANSITION SMOOTHLY. AND, UH, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE REPORT RIGHT NOW WITH ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT WAS HIRED BY OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY IMPACTS, BUT ONLY BENEFIT TO THE PRO TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE, UH, HIGH PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTS TO OUR SCHOOLS, BOTH FOR THE CLASSROOM SPACE, BUT ALSO OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS AT THE SAME TIME. UM, WE'VE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE SAVINGS BY DESIGN, WHICH GIVES US FUNDING ONCE WE CREATE A STERNUM OR EXCEED SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT WERE SET UP BY TITLE 24, THAT WILL, CAN THEN TAKE THAT FUNDING AND PUT IT BACK INTO, UH, FUTURE WORK. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HIGH PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND, UH, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOME OF THE NEW FACILITIES, PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AND COMPLETING. NOW, I'M SURE YOU HAVE BEEN INTO A LOT OF, UH, REBORN CUTTING CEREMONIES TO SEE THE QUALITY OF SPACE THAT WE PROVIDE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE'RE VERY PR PROUD TO BE CELEBRATING THESE ENVIRONMENTS. AND WE'RE ALSO, UH, WHILE WE DO THIS, WE, WE CREATE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN LEARN WHAT A HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOL IS SO THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOP THESE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY CAN BETTER APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE, THE SPACES THAT WE DEVELOP, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE DIRECT INSTALLED LIGHTING RETROFIT PROGRAM. THIS IS A PROGRAM, UM, THAT HELP US EVEN ON EXISTING SCHOOLS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE THE LIGHTING AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY LIGHTING. UH, THIS IS THE $120 MILLION MOU THAT WE BROUGHT LAST YEAR. WE CONTINUE, UM, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, UH, WE CHANGED LIGHTING TO, UH, BETTER LIGHTING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND AT THE SAME TIME, MINIMIZE, UM, COSTS FROM OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, FROM THEM HAVING TO DO THE WORK TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FLUORESCENT LINES THAT WE HAVE. IN TERMS OF DECARBONIZATION, WE HAVE A 23, 3 20 3% REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE, UH, EMISSIONS ACROSS ALL SECTORS. WE START LOOKING AT ALL THE SECTORS AND WE BASELINE THEM. UM, AND BASED ON THAT BASELINE THAT WE HAD IN 2223, WE'RE MEASURING TO SEE THE EMISSIONS AND, AND SEE WHAT THE REDUCTIONS ARE. OUR PLAN IS TO TRANSITION L-A-U-S-D ELECTRICITY TO BE CLEAN ELECTRICITY A HUNDRED PERCENT BY 2030. THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT. WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AGAINST THAT. UM, AND, UH, AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE BESIDES WORKING WITH OUR, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO TRANSITIONING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY 2035, IS TO ENSURE THAT WE, AT THE SAME TIME, WE CONTINUE OUR SOLAR PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE MORE, UH, RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS ON OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN, UH, OUR PLAN IS TO TRANSITION L-A-U-S-T [00:55:01] ALL SECTORS, MEANING LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY FOSSIL FUELS ON OUR, ON OUR SCHOOLS BY 2040. AND THERE'S SOME KEY CONCEPTS. THERE IS MOSTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS. SO, UH, OUR READERS CAN READ WHAT CLEAN ENERGY MEANS, WHAT, UH, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND ALSO SOME THE ELECTRIFICATION CONCEPTS ARE. AND THEN WE'RE MEASURING THIS IN DIFFERENT, UH, SECTORS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE YELLOW FLEET, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING PORTFOLIO. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE EMISSIONS IN TERMS OF OUR FOOD WASTE. AND THEN, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT RENEWABLE, NON-RENEWABLE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SECTORS, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMISSIONS, LIKE WE CALL SCOPE ONE, EMISSIONS, SCOPE TWO AND SCOPE THREE. AND WE'RE HAVING AN EXPLANATION THERE OF WHAT THAT IS. BUT THING ABOUT SCOPE ONE IS THE DIRECT IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT OURSELVES. SCOPE TWO IS COMING FROM THE UTILITY, UH, THE POWER THAT WE PURCHASE. AND SCOPE THREE WILL BE THE EMISSIONS THAT COME FROM ANOTHER SOURCE OUTSIDE THE UTILITY TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THE ELECTRICITY THAT THEY NEED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE EMISSIONS. WE'RE FOCUSING ON SCOPE ONE AND TWO RIGHT NOW, AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS. AND THEN, SO YOU'RE SEEING HERE THE, HOW WE WE'RE MEASURING IN TERMS OF OUR ENERGY, UH, USE IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING CLEAN ENERGY. WE'RE AT 45% CONSIDERING, UH, THE, UH, LA 100 PLAN THAT WORKING WITH BOTH, UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, THE LA DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH EDISON TO ENSURE THAT THE POWER THAT THEY'RE GIVING US, IT COMES FROM A CLEAN RENEWABLE SOURCE AND THEY HAVE GOALS, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. AND IN LINE WITH OUR SOLAR PRODUCTION, WE CAN SAY THAT WHAT, 43% PLUS THE 2% CLOSE TO 45% OF BUILDING ENERGY THAT WE USE, IT COMES FROM A CLEAN ENERGY WITH A GOAL TO ELECTRIFY TO A HUNDRED PERCENT BY 2040. UM, SO WE CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE ABOUT 19 MEGAWATTS OF EXISTING SOLAR CAPACITY ON OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE CONTINUE BY ADDING ANOTHER 15 MEGAWATTS. THAT'S A CON. THAT'S THE PRETTY MUCH THE CONTRACT THAT WE'VE EXECUTED ABOUT, UM, ALMOST A YEAR AGO TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY BY ANOTHER 50 MEGAWATTS. SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE ABOUT, UM, 33 MEGAWATTS OF POWER IN THE, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE. MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THAT TO 80 MEGAWATT BY 2030. SO IN TERMS OF, UH, DECARBONIZATION OUR BUS FLEET, WE CONTINUE OUR FLEET. UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 251 ELECTRIC BUSES. WE HAVE ABOUT 52 EV CHARGING STATION WITH THE COMING UP OF THE SUN VALLEY BUZZARD. EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 250 CHARGING STATIONS AS WELL. SO WE CAN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BALANCE OUR CHARGING STATIONS WITH THE BUSES. AND WE, YOU JUST APPROVE ANOTHER CONTRACT TO GO OUT, UM, WITH 79, UM, CHARGING STATIONS AND BUSES AT THE ST. JULIAN BUS YARD. AND THEN WE HAVE PLANS TO ELECTRIFY THE REST OF THE, UH, THE FLEET. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH GRANTS. AND, UH, AS THOSE GRANTS BECOME AVAILABLE, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO ELECTRIFY OUR FLEET. SO THIS SHOWS, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UH, MEASUREMENTS OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT. AND IT SHOWS THE, UH, OUR EMISSIONS IN TERMS OF, UH, A PORTFOLIO. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE, UH, THE EMISSIONS HERE, HOW WE COMPARE 'EM IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT, UH, THE NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION. AND ALSO, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE TRACKING BETWEEN THE EARS, THE DIFFERENT EARS, AND WE SEE WHAT THE, AN NORMALITIES ARE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE AND LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND WEATHER IMPACTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, MAKE MORE PROGRESS AS WE DO THOSE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE, UH, LOOKING AT, TAKING CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CLIMATE AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT, UM, UM, ON OUR PORTFOLIO. IN TERMS OF OUR CLIMATE LITERACY, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND WE'VE, UH, WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT BY EVEN HAVING OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS ON OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE REALLY, UH, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THROUGH THEM, WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER THE WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS. BUT BESIDES THAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE DO ANY KIND OF CONTRACTING, THAT WE HAVE COMPONENTS THAT, THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN ENGAGE FROM THE PLANNING PHASE ALL THE WAY TO THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AND THEN EVEN AFTER THAT, TO ENSURE THAT THEY, WE CAN DEVELOP CAREER PATHWAYS FOR THEM SO THEY CAN BE, UH, AT LEAST SUCCESSFUL, UH, OR BEING ABLE TO HAVE TRACES IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THEIR FUTURE. AND, UH, AND THE CLIMATE LITERACY TASK FORCE WAS ABLE TO HELP DEVELOP THE, OR RELEASE THE, THE ACTUAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON A REPORT THAT WE'VE, UH, PUBLICIZED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AND THEN, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING WITH, UH, ENHANCING CLIMATE, UH, ACTION [01:00:01] CLUBS IN, IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND, UH, ALSO WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE MORE STUDENTS, UM, EMPOWERING SCHOOLS THROUGH EMPOWERING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND THROUGH DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES TO, TO DEVELOP MORE SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND RESILIENCY, UM, SOLUTIONS. AND, UM, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IREM AND COMING UP WITH, UH, SOME NEW IDEAS THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO, UH, AT LEAST INCORPORATE INTO THE IREM PROGRAM. SO OUR, UH, STUDENTS THAT GOING TO THIS PROGRAM, THEY CAN BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, AND THEN WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SO-CALLED GAS AND A FEW OTHERS, SO CAN BE ABLE TO, UH, ADVANCE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. UM, THE, UH, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION EARTH MONTH THAT WE HAVE, AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS INTO THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. AND, UH, THE, UH, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE CELEBRATING NEXT WEEK IS IT'S GONNA BE THE HEROES FOR ZERO CONTEST, WHICH WE'RE ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP SUPPORT IN SUSTAINABLE, UM, SOLUTIONS IN CAMPUS ECOLOGY. UM, A SECTION THAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT A LOT, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN BE MAKING MORE PROGRESS ON, ON THIS, BUT WE ARE MAKING ALSO, I WANT TO SAY GREAT PROGRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 150 PROJECTS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. UM, SOMETIMES WHEN WE GEAR INTO SOMETHING, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, PLANNING AND IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER, FORTUNATELY, BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE DEVELOP ARE HEALTHY, WORKING WITH THE, UH, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY TO ENSURE THAT WE MITIGATE ISSUES ON THE SIDE, THAT WE HAVE CLEAN SOIL, CLEAN SITES, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO HELP DEVELOP THOSE SCHOOLS. SO WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WE'RE OVERCOMING THOSE PROCESSES AND WE'RE DEVELOPING A, A BETTER PROCESS FROM LESSONS LEARNED SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO AT LEAST INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE, COLLABORATING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WE HAVE WITHIN, UH, LA UNIFIED. SO WE HAVE MORE PROGRESS TO MAKE ON THOSE, BUT AT LEAST BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, THERE, LIKE THE OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, THE PLAYGROUND ENCOMPASS EXTERIOR UPGRADE PROGRAM, THE GREEN SCHOOL JERSEY PREMIUM PROGRAM, ALL THOSE ARE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT'S GONNA HELP US REALLY ACHIEVE, UM, OUR GOALS BY 2035. SO HERE WE'RE SHOWING HOW WE PROGRESSING AGAINST THE GOAL AND, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, UM, IN COMPARISON TO SEE WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE TO BE DOING TO ACHIEVE 2035. AND AS I WAS MENTIONING, THOSE, UM, 150 PROJECTS, ONCE THEY COME INTO COMPLETION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE'RE MEETING AT LEAST THAT STRAIGHT PATH THAT WE'RE SHOWING TO, THAT WE TO ACHIEVE BY 2035. UM, AND THAT'S WHY, UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ALL THE SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT. 'CAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE GREEN CAMPUSES. I ALWAYS SAY THAT, UH, OUTDOOR SPACES, UM, OUR CLASSROOMS WITHOUT WALLS, OUR CLASSROOMS THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, ENGAGE, LEARN ABOUT NATURE. THERE'S SO, SO MANY, SO MANY, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE TODAY. AND I, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UH, REALLY BUILDING MORE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACCELERATE THE PROGRAM TO BUILD THEM FASTER. UM, CERTAINLY YOU CAN SEE THE, THE IMPACT OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS HERE. WE, YOU'RE SHOWING A LEGEND OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, LIKE THE E LAB PROGRAM, THE, UM, ENHANCED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, THIRD PARTY GREENING PAYS UP PROGRAM, THE OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, THE GREEN SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS, THE COM COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS, THE MAJOR MODERNIZATION, THE CLASSROOM REPLACEMENTS, UM, THE POLICY FIRE, UH, IMPACTED PROJECTS IN THE SEEDS. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. AND LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF SEE THIS, HOPEFULLY EVEN RAMP UP EVEN MORE. BUT, UM, REALLY, UH, IT'S NICE TODAY, I WAS, I, I WAS AT A REBORN CUTTING CEREMONY. I HAD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CELEBRATING ONE OF THE KAFI PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE, UH, UM, I WOULD SAY QUICKLY COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE, UH, REALLY EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM ON OUR, ON OUR STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO HAVE A, A GREEN FIELD, UH, WITH SHADE TREES AND, UH, AND LIFE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS NICE TO SEE DIFFERENT SPECIES COMING AND REVISIT THE TREES AND, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT HOW, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO REMOVE, UM, THE COLD AND HOT ASPHALT THAT WE HAVE IN, IN OUR PLAYGROUNDS WITH, UH, WARM SPACES LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE OUR TREE INVENTORIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE'RE KNOWING THAT IT'S GONNA GET HOTTER IN THE FUTURE, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WE INSTALL TREES AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPECIES THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT. SO WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT RESEARCH, WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES TO HELP US, [01:05:01] UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT SPECIFICALLY ON HOT CLIMATES, LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN ARIZONA AND WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, WHICH IS HOTTER OVER THERE. WE TRY TO TAKE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED. I MENTIONED UCLA AND, UH, ALSO WE'RE WORKING WITH UC, UCLA TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE PLANNING OUR SCHOOLS MOVING FORWARD. AND ALSO WE'RE LEARNING FROM OUR GREEN PARTNERS. THEY'RE REALLY OUR ADVOCACY IN THE FIELD. AND WE'LL CONTINUE BY ALSO LOOKING AT VERTICAL GARDENS LIKE THE ARE POINTING TOWER GARDENS, WHICH ARE SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM TO LEARN ABOUT GREENING AND, UH, AND REALLY, UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLANTS, UH, MATERIALS, SPICES IN THIS CASE, UH, FRUITS TO, UH, FRUIT TREES OR FRUITS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, AT LEAST, UH, UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AND HOW WE CAN GROW 'EM, AND HOW WE CAN REALLY, UH, PRODUCE, UH, HEALTHIER HABITS. AND, UH, AND I CAN SAY THAT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS TO LEARN AND THEY CREATE, UH, A LOT OF THE VEGETABLES THAT THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GROW OUT OF THIS. THEY CAN USE THEM IN THE CLASSROOM, UH, WHICH IS GREAT IN TERMS OF WATER STEWARDSHIP. UM, REALLY, REALLY QUICK CRYSTALS. I, I KNOW, UM, THE REPORT IS LONG, BUT JUST LOOKING AT TIME, I WANNA HAVE MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME FOR A SECOND PRESENTATION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, YEAH, I FINISH IN FIVE MINUTES. OKAY, PERFECT. THANKS. WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP? THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT SECTOR, ABOUT 20% REDUCTION. THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR, UH, USAGE, WE USE ABOUT 2.5 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER WITHIN THAT UNIFIED, THAT'S HALF A BILLION GALLONS LESS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR WATER BILL, WE'RE SAVING ABOUT, I WOULD SAY, CLOSE TO, UM, EIGHT, SEVEN, $8 MILLION PER YEAR ON GENERAL FUND FROM WATER REDUCTION THROUGH RECYCLED WATER AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO HELP US DO THAT. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING AS THAT WE'RE TRACKING AND WE'RE FINDING SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION SOLUTIONS, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF WATER USE THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY, THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST CHAPTERS THAT WE HAVE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MANAGE WASTE BY SHARING THAT CIRCULAR ECONOMY. IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S BETTER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECYCLE, REMAKE, REUSE, REPURPOSE, REPAIR, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING A LINEAR ECONOMY. WE EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT THERE, AND THAT'S, UH, THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE APPLYING. WE'RE GONNA BE APPLYING ON OUR SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF, OF ALL THE WASTE THAT WE HAVE. YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WE HAVE, UH, HOW MANY TONS OF FOOD THAT WE ARE WASTING. AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, UM, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED MILLION, UH, POUNDS. AND, UH, WE ARE NOW INCREASING OUR RECYCLING AND WE'RE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE RECYCLING COMPARED TO WHEN WE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO. SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE, UH, WASTE THROUGHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS A, A PICTURE THAT SHOWS THE BUS, IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH LOAD THE BUS IS AND HOW MUCH WASTE WE HAVE AT THE UNIFIED. THIS IS AN EYE-OPENING FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE WASTE THAT WE HAVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THE WASTE THROUGHOUT. SO, UM, WE'RE ENGAGING, UH, SCHOOLS AND THERE'S SCHOOLS THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE. THEY'RE HELPING US OUT TO ACHIEVE THIS. AND, UH, WE ARE HAVING PROGRAM PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS NOW PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM TO HELP US WITH FOOD SERVICES TO MINIMIZE WASTE ON, ON THOSE SCHOOLS. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTE, INCLUDING E-WASTE, ELECTRONIC WASTE STUDIES, AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE, UM, OUR WASTE THROUGHOUT. UM, I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS. HONESTLY, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, OUR OFFICE, IT'S SUPPORTED THROUGH REBATES AND INCENTIVES. I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS DUE TO PARTNERSHIPS, IS DUE TO GRANTS THAT WE APPLY FOR. SO WE CAN REALLY, UH, UH, EXPAND AND EXTEND THE WORK THROUGHOUT BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS I WILL DEVELOP. SO THEY'RE HELPING US ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO, TO SHOWCASE THIS SLIDE WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE. AND I WANTED TO SHARE A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE VISION, YOU SET UP THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND IN SUPPORT, THE SUPERINTENDENT, OUR SENIOR ADVISOR, MR. TORRANCE, I, UH, REALLY HIGH REGARDS TO HIM AS WELL, BECAUSE HE ALLOWED US TO EXPAND AND DO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TODAY. SO, SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, AND, UM, UH, IN CLOSING, WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS THAT IT'S OUR HEROES FOR ZERO CEREMONY, WHICH COMING UP, UH, ON JUNE 5TH. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE NINE FINALIST TEAMS THAT WE HAVE SELECTED. UH, THEY'LL BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH US, AND, UH, I'LL BE MORE THAN, UH, HAPPY IF YOU CAN SPEND SOME TIME TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR STUDENTS, UH, WILL BE SHARING. THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH SOME, WITH SOME REAL WORLD, UM, CHALLENGES, AND THEY CAME UP WITH SOME GREAT SOLUTIONS. WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWCASING THEIR VIDEOS, WE'RE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE SELECTED THAT TIME SO WE [01:10:01] CAN BE ABLE TO FEATURE THEIR WORK, SHOWCASING ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY, UH, TODAY HEROES FOR HELPING DEVELOPING A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND, AND HELPING IMPROVING THEIR SCHOOLS. SO WITH THAT, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. AS I SHARED EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT THERE, AND I'LL INVITE OUR, UH, LISTENERS TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE, READ IT, AND, UM, AND PROVIDE US COMMENTS. AND, AND AT LEAST YOU CAN, YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTACT US IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRISTOS. YOU CERTAINLY HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PAST, WHAT, TWO YEARS NOW SINCE YOUR OFFICE OPENED AND THE EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU ALSO DEMONSTRATED. THIS TAKES A LOT, A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF DEDICATION, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE, RIGHT? GETTING FROM 23 TO PERCENT TO 30% TO JUST INCREASING, UM, EACH YEAR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, LOWERING, UM, GAS EMISSIONS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING WATER AND ECOLOGY IS JUST, IT GOES, IT'S A LOT THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO I DO APPRECIATE NOT ONLY YOU, BUT YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR WORKING VERY, VERY HARD AND ALSO KEEPING THE DISTRICT ALL OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE PASSED AROUND ENVIRONMENT AND, AND, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, YOU'RE ALL OF THAT IS UNDER YOUR, YOU KNOW, UNDER YOUR, YOUR, UM, UM, DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP. AND, AND I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU A LOT. 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I KNOW EACH ONE OF US AS BOARD MEMBERS, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DISTRICT IS, UM, LEADING THE WAY IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. AND SO OUR STUDENTS CAN ALSO ALSO BE THE ONES WHO ARE ALSO LEADING THE WAY AS THEY SEE THEIR DISTRICT IS LEADING THE WAY IN SO MANY, IN SO MANY DIRECTIONS. RIGHT. SO, UM, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, TWO QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN UP TO MY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS, UM, ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING IN THE NEWS ABOUT EL NINO, THE EL NINO THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY TOUGH AND REALLY STRONG. ARE YOU, IS, IS THE DISTRICT, UM, PREPARING FOR THAT, OR HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT'S GONNA IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER AND ALSO THE WINTER? AS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT EL NINO? HOW, WHAT WOULD THE IMPACT BE IF YOU KNOW? YEAH. THE IMPACTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IMPACTS IN THE PAST OF EL NINO, AND WE'VE SEEN THEM, UM, WHEN WE HAD, UM, UM, UH, FLOODING IN THE PAST, AND THIS IS THE WARMING OF THE, OF THE OCEANS RIGHT NOW. AND PRETTY MUCH YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME OF THE, UH, UH, UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS MOVING TOWARDS, IN THIS CASE, TOWARDS, UH, CALIFORNIA AND IMPACTING US. UM, AND IT HAS TO DO ALSO WITH THE WARMING OF THE WATERS AND OBVIOUSLY THE PRECIPITATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET. UH, BUT IT ALSO, UM, THERE'S TWO ASPECTS OF IT. THERE'S ONE IS IN TERMS OF THE FLOODING, AND THEN ONE IS THE EXTREME, THE OTHER ONE IS EXTREME HEAT. AND WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR BOTH. SO, UM, YES, WE ARE, WE ARE TAKING ACTIVE STEPS, WE'RE ACTUALLY STUDYING AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH UCLA, WE'RE A MISSION ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UM, EXTREME HEAT AS WELL, AND HOW WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES, UH, ON OUR SCHOOLS AND, AND AT LEAST IF WE HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS. BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS AND, AND, UH, HIGH, I WOULD SAY, UM, INCREASING OF WATER WITHIN A, A SPECIFIC TIME TO PROTECT OUR OURSELVES, AT LEAST HOW WE'VE DONE BEFORE WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, AND BE BETTER PREPARED FOR IT. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT THOSE RUN, UH, IT COULD BE, UH, IN SPECIFIC AREAS AND, UH, IT'S HARD TO PROJECT AND PREDICT WHICH AREA IS GONNA BE THE MOST IMPACTED. UH, THIS IS WHY WE TRY TO DESIGN SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE MORE, UM, AT LEAST, UH, AREAS THAT ARE MORE PERMEABLE SURFACES, IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO CAPTURE MORE WATER AND THEN MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF THAT CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER AREAS. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK, UM, WITH THE STATE AS WELL TO HELP US DEVELOP MORE PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE MORE WATER WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I'M GLAD. AND DID YOU ASK, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAY SOMETHING. UM, I WAS GOING TO ADD, UM, FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS DO TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING, THAT INCLUDES, UM, CLEANING ALL THE ROOFTOPS FROM LEAF DEBRIS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THAT STARTS TO CLOG GUTTERS. AND THAT'S WHEN WE SEE, UM, ROOF LEAKAGE, UM, LOOKING AT JUST THE HEALTH OF OUR TREES. IF THERE'S WIND HEAVY RAINS, SOMETIMES WE GET BRANCHES THAT ARE FALLING. IT'S A SAFETY RISK, UM, LOOKING AT WHERE OUR DRAINS ARE THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS TO ENSURE THOSE AREN'T BLOCKED. SO WE DON'T GET DRAINAGE, UM, PROBLEMS AT OUR, JUST ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CAMPUS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY [01:15:01] WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IS PROTECTED AND ALSO NOT DAMAGED. SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF PROTOCOLS THE DISTRICT HAS BEFORE HEAVY RAIN OF BITS. YEAH, I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD 'CAUSE I WAS, AS I WAS HEARING THIS IN THE NEWS AND THE NEWSPAPER, UM, I'M QUITE CONCERNED IS LIKE, HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPACT NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITIES, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? ALL OF US, BUT ALSO OUR SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS GONNA BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT. SO I'M GLAD THAT, UM, PRO ACTION IS TAKING PLACE. AND I LOVE, UM, THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. I LOVE THAT YOU ADDED THAT TO YOUR LINE OF WORK, BECAUSE THROUGHOUT MY SCHOOLS, I HEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM A LOT OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND STUDENTS AS WELL ABOUT ALL THE FOOD THAT GOES WASTED, RIGHT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RECYCLING AND, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS DOING THEIR OWN PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS AND, AND PROJECTS AS WELL TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT IS PART OF UNDER YOUR PURVIEW. SO I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO HOW THE DISTRICT CAN MOVE AWAY FROM SINGLE, UM, UH, USE PLASTICS OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR YEAH, LIKE THE PLASTICS IS THEY'RE LOOKING INTO HOW TO REPLACE THAT? WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WITH OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT. SO WE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL BE THE BEST USE. I MEAN, WE EVEN LOOKED AT, UH, AND THERE WERE STUDIES IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE SILVERWARE AND WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO WASH INSTEAD OF JUST USING PLASTICS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE COST AND, AND LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF THAT. SO YEAH, THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR FOOD SERVICES. AND, UM, WHAT WILL BE THE BEST SOLUTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD? ANY, UM, ANY ACT NEXT STEPS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING INTO? NEXT STEPS IS FOR US TO KIND OF, UH, COME UP WITH THE ACTUAL COST AND SEE HOW WE CAN FUND THOSE PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD. 'CAUSE THE, THE BEST SOLUTION IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, REALLY, REALLY CLEAN, UH, THE, THE UTENSILS THAT YOU USE, IF YOU CAN OR NOT, DON'T USE ANYTHING THAT IS REALLY BECOMES PART OF A, UH, A LANDFILL OR ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, THE PAPER IS ITSELF, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IS. UM, IT, DEPENDING WHAT, HOW YOU USE IT, IT MAY NOT LAST AS LONG. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT SOLUTIONS THAT REALLY, THAT ARE LONG TERM AND NOT SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME. GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, ANY OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHO WANTS TO GO? LAUREN? GO FOR IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND HOW THOROUGH IT IS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE REPORT AS WELL IN DEPTH. AND, UM, ALSO JUST WANNA, UH, AS YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU, UM, SPOKE TO AND REALLY EXCITED FOR THE PROGRESS THE DISTRICT IS MAKING. UM, I HAD, UM, WAS, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF THE AMAZING PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HEARD EARLIER. UM, THE VALUE OF OUTDOOR SPACES IS CLASSROOMS WITHOUT WALLS AND ALSO THE VALUE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE OFF, THAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR OFFICE IS DOING IN, UM, HELPING TO BUILD ON AND EXPAND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND WITH, UH, BE ABLE TO HELP BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE DISTRICT. WE KNOW IT'S A TIGHT BUDGET, AND SO THE MORE WE CAN GET RESOURCES FROM OTHER SOURCES, THE MORE WE CAN, UM, HELP, UH, EXPEDITE THE PROGRESS, UH, THAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED AND THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED. UM, IT'S, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE TAKING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE URGENCY TO ADDRESS FLOODING AND EXTREME HEAT AND THE WAYS THAT THESE GREENING PROJECTS LIKE THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENTER SPOKE TO ARE ABLE TO HELP ALSO ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE, UM, CORE CONCERNS THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO LEARN. UM, AND I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE WATER QUALITY. I, I THINK, AND IT MIGHT BE AN OEHS QUESTION, BUT I KNOW THE, UM, THAT WE, I USED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP LIKE BY, LIKE, I USED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP MY KIDS' SCHOOL AND LOOK UP LIKE WHEN THE WATER WAS LAST TESTED AND WHAT THE TEST RESULTS WERE AND IF THERE WERE ANY, UH, MAINTENANCE REQUESTS FOR THE, UM, FOR THAT WATER FOUNTAIN. BUT I KNOW THAT I THINK THAT THAT GOT TAKEN OFF WHEN THERE WAS THE BIG SHAKEUP IN THE WEBSITE A FEW YEARS BACK FROM THE EXTERNAL ISSUE . UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO BE SHARED ONLINE AGAIN, OR, OR ANY OF THE RESULTS THAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THE, EITHER THIS ANNUAL STUDY OR THE LARGER, UM, UM, MASTER PLAN THAT YOUR OFFICE IS WORKING ON IN TERMS OF, UM, RECENT, ANY, THE MOST [01:20:01] RECENT LIKE WATER QUALITY TESTING AT SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT, UH, PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN KNOW HOW, UH, DO YOU KNOW, HAVE CONFIDENCE OR, OR INFORMATION FOR, AT THEIR SCHOOL LEVEL? YEAH, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY TO FIND OUT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY STILL HAVE THAT REPORT ACCESS AND SHARE THAT ACCESS WITH YOU. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY COMPLETED THE, THE TRANSITION AND, AND THEY TESTED ALL THE, UH, FOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND NOW WE MET THE 15 PARTS PER MILLION REQUIREMENT, AND NOW WE'RE DRIVING TOWARDS THE FIVE PARTS PER MILLION. AND THERE'S, ON THE, ON THE REPORT ITSELF, IT SHOWS AN UPDATE TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PROGRAM ITSELF. UH, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK IN TERMS OF THE LINK AND IF THEY STILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE AND SHARE, WE, UH, SHARE THAT WITH YOU. BUT THE GREAT THING IS THAT WE'VE, ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN TESTED AND THEY MET AND WE'RE MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE STATE REQUIREMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW. THANKS. YOU MENTIONED ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE TARGET FOR HAVING A HUNDRED PER, UH, I'M TELLING YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS A POSSIBILITY WHEN IT IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY? OUR GOAL IS 2040, BUT, UH, MY HOPE AND, AND, AND WE'VE BEEN DRIVING WITH SOME OF THE GRANTS AND EVEN WITH LA 28, UM, UH, I WAS IN THE MEETING TODAY DISCUSSING LA 28, AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A, A TRANSIT THAT IS ALL ELECTRIC IN TERMS OF PASSES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION HOW IT CAN HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD. AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY MADE GREAT PROGRESS. WE ARE AT 20% AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 79, WE'RE GONNA BE AT 25%. SO A QUARTER OF OUR FLEET WILL BE ONLY ELECTRIC IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND THEN IF WE CONTINUE WITH THAT, UH, I'M PRETTY SURE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT BY 2040. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. LAST QUESTION. UM, MANY SCHOOLS HAVE, UM, PARKING LOTS WITH SOLAR PANELS ON THE TOP AND SOLAR PANELS EVERYWHERE. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO TELL HOW MUCH ENERGY THEY'RE GENERATING BY THESE PANELS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAVING OR WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING, I THINK THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN, IN CONTINUING THAT ANY WAY FOR A SCHOOL. ABSOLUTELY. LET'S SAY CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW THEY HAVE A PARKING LOT COVERED WITH, UH, SOLAR PANELS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE, IT, IT IS POSSIBLE. AND SO WE PURCHASE A NEW SOFTWARE CALLED ENERGY MANAGER, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE THE ACTUAL, UM, USAGE, ELECTRICITY USAGE, AND WATER USAGE. WE'RE ABLE TO SEE PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF THE USAGES ON BY CAMPUS. WE MADE THAT AVAILABLE TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. THAT'S GREAT. SO THEY HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. THAT IS GREAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE DEVELOPING NOW NEW SOFTWARE THAT CAN HELP US, UM, SHOWCASE THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN TERMS OF THE, UH, UM, SOLAR ON ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. THE SAME WITH EV CHARGING AS WELL. UH, SO WE'VE, UH, WE'RE IN THAT STEP RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO, IF ANY SCHOOL, ANY OF THE SCHOOLS WANTED TO GET ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM WITHIN A DAY OR TWO. THAT'S GREAT. 'CAUSE I KNOW THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITIES WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE ACTUALLY GENERATING FROM THESE PANELS. MAYBE THEY'LL PUT 'EM ON THEIR OWN ROOFS, WHO KNOWS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, AND THE HEROES FOR ZERO PROGRAM. THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE HERE, UM, NEXT WEEK. THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY, THEY WERE GIVEN ALL THAT INFORMATION. THEY ASKED FOR IT, AND THEY USED THAT TO SEE HOW THEY CAN BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE ENERGY ON THEIR SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE, UH, OUR STUDENTS REALLY GETTING TO THE DETAILS OF ENERGY USAGE, UH, CONSUMPTION AND REDUCTION. SO IT'S EXCITING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, FOR THE THOROUGH, UH, REPORT, AND AS I'M LOOKING AND DIGGING INTO SOME OF IT HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE LITERACY. UM, I KNOW SOME SCHOOLS HAVE LITERACY CHAMPIONS, AND I KNOW IT'S THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE SELECTING THOSE TEACHERS TO, HOW DOES THE TEACHERS KNOW THAT THERE CAN BE A LITERACY CHAMPION? HOW DO THEY GET THAT INFORMATION? YEAH, SO WE WORK WITH THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION. UH, DR. BIAS IDENTIFIED A CONTACT PERSON WITH US, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH, UH, JOEY SON. AND JOEY, HE'S OUR LIAISON TO WHO MANAGES THE SCHOOL SITES, WHO SELECT THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS. AND THE INFORMATION IS, IS GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND IS GOING THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATORS AND ASKING 'EM IF THEY CAN IDENTIFY A CLIMATE CHAMPION. AND THE SCHOOLS THAT, UH, SHOW INTEREST, THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND GET SELECTED TO HAVE A CLIMATE CHAMPION, AND THEY IDENTIFY THE CLIMATE CHAMPION THAT THEY CAN BEST SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOL BASED ON THE PROGRAM THAT THEY SET UP IN PLACE, THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO BE MAKING TO, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS OF THAT SCHOOL. AND JUST OFF TOP, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE COMMITMENTS? IF THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, IS IT MORE ON THE, ON THE [01:25:01] HELM OF THE LEADER, THE PRINCIPAL SAYING NO, OR THEM BEING ABLE TO OFFER IT AND GET THAT FEEDBACK TO SAY, NO, I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY AS A PRINCIPAL, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE STAFF THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED, BUT THE PRINCIPAL SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. WOULD THAT POSSIBLY BE A, A, A, A OBSTACLE THAT COULD BE AN OBSTACLE? I, I, THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH, UH, THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION, TYPICALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST SAID ADMINISTRATORS TO SUPPORT TO HAVE A CLIMATE CHAMPION ON THEIR SCHOOL SO THEY CAN HAVE THE COMMITMENT THAT IS REQUIRED OF SO MANY HOURS PER MONTH, BECAUSE THEY DO GET A STIPEND OUT OF THIS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITMENT IS THERE. AND THEY DO WORK WITH SCHOOLOGY. THEY'RE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD PROGRAMS AND, AND BE, AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS, UM, AFTER OUR MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST, UH, SUPPORT, UH, THEIR, THEIR COMMITMENT THAT THEY, THEY'RE GIVING. SO, BUT I CAN, I CAN TALK TO, UH, JERRY ANG AND GET BACK TO YOU IN TERMS OF IF SOMEONE HAS AN INTEREST AND THE ADMINISTRATOR SAYING NO AND SEE WHAT, HOW THAT GETS RESOLVED. AND THEN AT THE END, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A SURVEY. DO WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE? WE DO. AND I CAN ASK A DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ONE TO GET US ONE. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO SEE HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN THE SURVEY, HOW MUCH OF THE RESULTS THAT WE SEE THAT WE USE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE WORK. UM, AND THEN WITH THE CLIMATE LITERACY, THE CURRICULA, ARE THERE MULTIPLE CURRICULARS? THERE'S JUST ONE FOR THE DISTRICT THAT IS USED ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS. HOW IS THAT WORKING? IT'S MULTIPLE CURRICULA, AND WE LEAVE IT, UH, BACK TO THE SCHOOL SET ADMINISTRATORS TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THAT CURRICULUM. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES, AND THEY CAN SELECT THE CHOICES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE BASED ON, THEY WILL GO ON SCHOOLOGY AND THEY WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. THEY WILL MAKE 'EM AWARE OF THE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THEN THEY, THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY LIKE TO USE AS INSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS. GOT IT. AND IS IT IN THE CLASSROOM IF IT'S, UH, SECONDARY, COULD IT BE AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL? IT WOULD BE AN AFTERSCHOOL. IT'S JUST A COMMITMENT THAT HAS TO BE MADE, UM, IN TERMS OF WHO'S WILL BE ATTENDING AND HOW THAT, HOW THEY CAN GET SUPPORT OUT OF THAT. YEAH. AND THEN WITH THE BUSES, I KNOW WE MENTIONED THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 208 BUSES. WHAT IS THE GOAL BY 2040? SO WE HAVE 250 BUSES, 250, 250, UM, BUSES TO DATE. AND, UH, THE GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT. NOW OUR BUS FLEET HAS, UM, 1,297 BUSES, APPROXIMATELY 1300 BUSES, SCHOOL BUSES FOR OUR YELLOW FLEET. SO THE PLAN IS TO ELECTRIFY ALL OF THEM. NOW, THE QUESTION IS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW TRANSPORTATION IS DOING THE ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS, DO WE NEED ALL THOSE 1300 BUSES? SO AN ANALYSIS BEING MADE, AND BASED ON THE OUTCOME AND ANALYSIS, THEY'LL LET US KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER WILL BE, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT SO MANY YEARS. BUT FOR NOW, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1300. AND OUR PLAN IS TO ELECTRIFY ALL OF THEM. AND IF, WHEN IS THE RESULTS OF THAT TO HELP US GUIDE THAT WORK? BECAUSE IF, I MEAN, WE'RE AT 16% NOW, AND IF THE BUS FLEET IS TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, SAY 10,000, SAY 5,000 BUSES, UM, BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING FOLKS CLOSER TO HOME AS OUR FOOTPRINT SHRINKS, WOULD THAT CHANGE OUR PERCENTAGE? RIGHT. WE WOULDN'T BE AT 16% TODAY. WE'D PROBABLY BE AT MORE, YEAH, I WOULD SEE ACTUALLY MORE OF A REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF BUSES AND THE TYPE OF BUSES, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TYPE OF C OR D OR, OR A A S. SO I SEE MORE OF A REDUCTION IN TERMS OF, UH, MORE OF AN ADDITION AS WIND FORWARD. BUT, UM, THOSE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL AT SUCH A LOW PERCENTAGE THAT WE HAVE STILL ROOM TO KIND OF REVISIT THAT AS WE MOVE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND SEE IF THAT'S GONNA GET INCREASE OR DECREASE. I PROJECT MORE OF A DECREASE OF AMOUNT OF BUSES THAT NEEDED. BUT, UH, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AS WE ELECTRIFY, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER BUSES THAT CAN OPERATE AND GIVE US A LONGER RANGE FOR FIELD TRIPS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO THE ELECTRIFICATION HAPPENS WITH CAUTION IN TERMS OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IS THERE A SET, UM, GOAL DATE FOR THAT ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO BACKWARDS PLAN TO SEE WHERE WE ARE? YEAH, SO THAT ANALYSIS, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, NOW OPERATIONS IS LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE NEED OF THE BUSES AND THE NUMBER OF BUSES. AND WE'RE GONNA BE REVISITING THAT, THAT, UM, ANALYSIS, I WILL SAY ALMOST EVERY YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, SPECIFICALLY, UM, LOOKING ATTENDANCE AND LOOKING AT EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, THAT HAPPENS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. GOT IT. AND THEN H ELECTRIC HVACS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW DOES THAT OPERATE? GOOD QUESTION. SO THE, WHEN WE DISCUSS ABOUT HVAC, UH, THAT'S OUR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND MECHANICAL UNITS [01:30:01] AND THE ELECTRIC, THAT MEANS THAT THEY, THEY HAVE A HEAT PUMP, A HEAT PUMP, UM, A HEAT PUMP ITSELF CAN, UH, RUN BOTH, UH, HOT AND COLD. SO BEFORE WE USED TO USE GAS SYSTEM OR GAS AND ELECTRIC SYSTEM, MORE OF OUR, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE GAS ELECTRIC, SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT, UH, UH, HEAT BY USING, UH, THE, THE FURNACE OR GAS. BUT NOW WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING THESE IN OUR HOMES AS WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING, UH, A HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO REVERT THE SYSTEM AND GIVE YOU BOTH A HEAT, UH, AND, UH, COOL SPACES, UH, WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT'S, UH, MORE EFFICIENT, IT'S BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT WAS COSTING A LITTLE MORE, WE'RE FINDING R NINE NOW BECAUSE OF THE NEED THAT THOSE COSTS ARE COMING DOWN, AND IT'S VERY COMPARABLE TO THE ACTUAL COST OF A, UH, ALL, UH, GAS OR GAS ELECTRIC, UH, UH, MECHANICAL SYSTEM. AND SO IT SAYS WE'RE AT 53%. NOW. IS THAT AS A AS NEED BASIS THAT THEY'RE BEING REPLACED OR SHIFTED OUT? OR HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE REPLACEMENT? SO WE, WE MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT AS WE GO OUT AND PROCURE NEW SYSTEMS, WE PROCURE ALL ELECTRIC. WE'VE DONE THE ANALYSIS AND WE SAW THAT THE ANALYSIS THAT THE AND, AND PLUS TITLE 24 OF WHAT WE HAVE TO MEET, THAT THOSE SYSTEMS, UH, CAN TURN TO ALL ELECTRIC, UH, WITH A VERY SIMILAR COST. SO, UH, AND THE SYSTEMS ARE PROVEN TO BE ABLE TO LAST AS LONG AS THE OLDER SYSTEMS, THEY'RE JUST MORE EFFICIENT AND THEY'RE BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. SO, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO HAVE, UM, THROUGH OUR GAS COMPANY, WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT THEY DO SUPPORT, UH, BOTH DUAL, UH, FUELS, WHICH THEY WILL SUPPORT GAS AND ELECTRIC. AND, AND DEPENDING ON LOCATION, WE MAY CHOOSE TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE IT WILL BE A NO COST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT OUR VISION IS THAT, UM, BY 2040 WE'RE GONNA ELIMINATE ALL FOSSIL FUELS AND GET ALL TO ALL ELECTRIC. THAT'S HOW WE'RE MARCHING FORWARD. GOT IT. UM, AND THEN JUST WITH, UM, I GUESS WITH SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING THEIR OWN, UM, SORTING OF FOOD TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MINIMIZE THE WASTE, IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE MAXIMIZED, UM, COST OR THE MAXIMIZE EFFECT OF THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT? THERE IS A PROGRAM, WE HAVE, UH, SOME PILOTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH OUR FOOD SERVICES AT, AT EIGHT SCHOOL SITES. WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER, SOME INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT WE FOUND OUT. UM, BUT ACTUALLY YESTERDAY I HAD A MEETING WITH OUR MINTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AS THEY'RE DESCRIBING. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS NOW THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE PASSION OF OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE MANAGING THEM, ORGANIZING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO THAT EXTRA EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH WASTE AND MINIMIZE WASTE IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEN USE A LOT OF THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT, I WOULD SAY, FOOD ITEMS THAT THEY CAN REALLY GO THROUGH THAT CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND, AND COMPOSE THEM AND USE THEM, UM, WITHIN THE, UH, JUST TO HELP SUPPORT LANDSCAPING ON OUR SCHOOLS. YEAH. UM, AND THEN LAST QUESTION. AS WE DO THESE BUSES, AS WE SHIFT AND TALK ABOUT RECYCLE, REPURPOSE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE BUSES THAT WE ARE NOW SHIFTING OUT OF EXISTENCE? SO A LOT OF THE BUSES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE TO GET DE COMMISSIONED JUST BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF THEM, UH, A LOT OF THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED, THEY COME UP WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GONNA DECOMMISSION THOSE BUSES AND TAKE 'EM OFF THE ROAD. THAT'S WHY THE, THE GRAND TOURS ARE GIVING US GRANTS. UM, SOMETIMES IT COULD BE CLOSE TO 90% OF THE COST OF THE BUS TO GO ELECTRIC. SO OUR INVESTMENT IS VERY SMALL, BUT UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GONNA DECOMMISSION THAT BUS AND TAKE IT OFF THE STREET. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRISTOS AGAIN, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ALSO FOR YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU FOR TODAY'S UPDATE AND THE WORK THAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN ADVANCING CLIMATE RESILIENCE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEROES FOR ZERO, UH, THE NINE FINALISTS ON JUNE 5TH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT TIME IS, WHAT TIME IS THE HEROES FOR? YEAH. WHAT TIME IS THAT THAT GONNA TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY? WE ARE GONNA START THE PROGRAM AT, UH, 11 O'CLOCK, AND MY GOAL IS TO FINISH BY ONE. OKAY. SO WE, WE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ARRIVING AROUND 10, 10 30. THEY'LL BE HERE IN THE BOARDROOM. IN THE BOARDROOM, YEAH. AND WHILE, WHILE YOU ARE IN CLOSE SESSION, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSS AND THEN OH, OKAY. . HOPEFULLY WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK. WE'LL COME A BREAK AND COME BACK. OKAY, THANKS. OH, GREAT. THAT'LL BE NICE. YES. UM, [01:35:01] SO NOW [II.2. School Greening Highlight: Esperanza Elementary School.] WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION, UM, AS WE HAVE PRINCIPAL RUMBLE AND SOME SPECIAL GUESTS, KA, WHO ARE GONNA BE JOINING US IN THIS PRESENTATION. UM, THIS PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY TOWARD BECOMING A GREEN SCHOOLYARD OVER THE PAST DECADE. IT'S A DECADE, RIGHT? I SAID THAT, UM, WHAT MAKES THIS PRESENTATION ESPECIALLY POWERFUL IS THAT IT REFLECTS THE KIND OF LONG-TERM COMMUNITY ROOTED TRANSFORMATION THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR. THE STORY OF ESPER ELEMENTARY DEMONSTRATES HOW GREENING WORK EVOLVES OVER TIME, THROUGH COLLABORATION, STEWARDSHIP, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND SUSTAINED PARTNERSHIP ACROSS BETWEEN SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND DISTRICT STAFF. TODAY'S PRESENTERS WILL WALK US THROUGH THAT JOURNEY, UH, FROM RECOGNIZING THE, THE NEED FOR GREENER AND HEALTHIER OUTDOOR SPACES TO BUILDING A CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS ECOLOGY, STUDENT LEARNING, PLAY, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOINING US TODAY FOR THEIR EXPERIENCE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES DIRECTLY. WE HAVE, UH, BRAD RUMBLE, PRINCIPAL ADRIANA GARCIA FROM LOS ANGELES LAND TRUST, CYNTHIA BARU, UH, TK K, UM, TEACHER, AND BRIANNA ES GRANADOS, KINDERGARTEN STUDENT, ISAIAH HERNANDEZ, FIFTH GRADE STUDENT, AND BINA HERNANDEZ, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE AND PARENTS. SO PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, WE'RE EAGERLY WAITING TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MADAME VICE PRESIDENT, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCH MESON, BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL AND ESTEEM MEMBERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT ESPERANZA. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS FIRST SLIDE, UM, UH, THE SCHOOL HAS TRANSFORMED REALLY OVER THIS PAST DECADE IN WAYS, UH, THAT I THINK MIGHT BE AN EXAMPLE, AN ESPERANZA EXAMPLE FOR OTHER SCHOOLS, SCHOOL'S, A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ON WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LESS THAN A MILE SOUTHWEST OF US. AND, UM, IT'S ON LITTLE STREET. AND I LIKE TO SAY BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING ON LITTLE STREET . UH, THE NEED IS OVERWHELMING. AND THE ELOQUENT STUDENTS WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME REALLY SPOKE TO THAT NEED. UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, DECLINING BIODIVERSITY, A LACK OF SHADE, UH, NATURE DEFICIT AMONG OUR STUDENTS, UM, THE STORM DRAIN RUNOFF, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE HEAT, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, JUST TO NAME SOME OF THE NEEDS. BUT ULTIMATELY, I THINK THE BEST PHOTO TO DESCRIBE IT, I TOOK THAT PHOTO, UH, ON THE LEFT FROM MY CAMPUS. AND THINK ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS LIVING IN THAT BUILDING WITH NO YARD. THEY WALK ACROSS A CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND ASPHALT STREET, A CONCRETE SIDEWALK, AND ENTER ONTO OUR CAMPUS. AND FOR A LONG TIME, THEY REALLY WERE ON ASPHALT. UH, THAT'S THE NEED. AND SO WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL AS PRINCIPAL IN 2014, WHERE TO BEGIN, WE HAD ALL THAT ASPHALT, BUT I KNEW THAT SCHOOL CULTURE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING. WHERE COULD WE START TO GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT, START TO AFFECT THOSE CHANGES? WELL, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IS MACARTHUR PARK, AND THERE'S A BIG LAKE THERE. I SELECTED THIRD GRADE. I'M A BIRDER NEED TO TELL YOU. AND SO THOSE, UH, STUDENTS BECAME EXPERTS ON TWO SPECIES OF DUCKS, THE DABBLING DUCK, THE MALLARD, AND THEN A MIGRATORY DUCK CALLED THE RING NECK DUCK. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR, WE DID THREE FIELD TRIPS, ALL OF THIRD GRADE TO MACARTHUR PARK. AND IT WAS FASCINATING BECAUSE OF COURSE, UH, OUR FIRST TRIP, THERE WERE LOTS OF MALLARDS THERE AND NO RING NECK DUCKS. UM, AS WE GOT INTO THE WINTER TRIP, THERE WERE MORE RING NECK DUCKS AND NO MALLARDS. THAT BEGAN A HUGE EXPLORATION FOR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEN WHEN WE WENT BACK IN SPRINGTIME, ALL THOSE RING NECK DUCKS WERE GONE. OKAY? AND SUDDENLY THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL STARTED TO CHANGE. NOW, IN TERMS OF THE, OF THE PLANT, WHERE WE REALLY GOT INTO THIS WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS. THERE WERE SEVEN TREE WELLS THAT WERE EMPTY. THAT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. WE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT WAS A COMPANY FROM DOWNTOWN THAT WAS CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY. AND WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WERE ABLE TO PLANT NATIVE PALO VERDE AND ONE COAST LIVE OAK IN THOSE, UH, BEAUTIFUL TREE WELLS THAT ARE NOW [01:40:01] STILL FLOURISHING THERE. AND THEN ALONG OUR NORTH PARKING LOT BORDER, UM, THERE IS A PARKING LOT THAT ENDS THE CURBS END. AND YET THE ASPHALT CONTINUED ON OUR CAMPUS FOR 12 MORE FEET, FROM 122 FEET BY 12 FEET. THAT ASPHALT STRIP, IT REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE. AND SO WE DID A PROJECT AGAIN WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNER. UM, WE BROUGHT IN, UH, BOTANISTS FROM THE CALIFORNIA, UH, UM, BOTANIC GARDENS, AND WE PLANTED NATIVE TREES ALONG THAT STRIP. WE CALLED IT THE REWILDING OF WILSHIRE BOULEVARD. AND WHEN OUR, UH, WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS COME ONTO CAMPUS AND THEY PARK UP THERE, INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT ASPHALT, THEY HAVE A STRIP OF HABITAT. UM, BOARD PRESIDENT SCH MESON, YOU'RE A FORMER PRI PRINCIPAL, AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, WE NEED TO ANSWER. AND I GOT THAT CALL FROM SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SERVICES AROUND 2014 THAT A BUNGALOW CLASSROOM NEEDED TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR CAMPUS, AND IT WASN'T GOING TO BE REPLACED. I WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WORKED WITH FACILITIES DIVISION. MIGHT IT BE POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE ASPHALT UNDER IT AS WELL? AND AGAIN, ENGAGING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH FACILITIES, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNER, NATURE NEXUS INSTITUTE. UM, WE WORKED, AND I SHOULD SAY AT THAT TIME, IT WAS LOS ANGELES AUDUBON SOCIETY. THEIR EDUCATION ARM IS NOW NATURE NEXUS INSTITUTE. WE ENGAGED OUR STUDENTS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, LARGELY FROM DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, WHO BECAME EXPERTS ON REIMAGINING WHAT THIS SPACE COULD BE. HOW COULD WE MAKE IT LOOK LIKE LOS ANGELES 600 YEARS AGO BY, UH, PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS? WE DID THAT, BRINGING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH THOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND CONVERT THAT SPACE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PROCESS THERE, INCLUDING A PHOTO OF THE PLANT DAY. AND HERE IT IS TODAY, ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE THIS INCREDIBLE HABITAT, NATIVE CALIFORNIA HABITAT, WHICH IS A LIVING LABORATORY, UH, WITH A SEA KEY. ANY CLASS CAN GO IN THERE AND EXPLORE IT, AND THEY DO. YOU'LL HEAR FROM CYNTHIA BARLOW IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, WHO WILL GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF HOW SHE USES THAT. THERE'S MR. EZ RELEASING THE PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLIES. I COULD GO ON. BUT, UM, IT NOT ONLY, UH, PROVIDES A SPACE FOR THAT SCIENTIFIC LEARNING, IT ALSO INFORMS LOCAL BIODIVERSITY. AND I NEED TO TELL YOU, WE'RE A HOTSPOT FOR EBIRD WITH 89 SPECIES OF BIRDS OBSERVED BY THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES, INCLUDING OUR BURROWING OWL THAT LASTED THERE FOR 31 DAYS DURING ITS MIGRATION. UM, THE STUDENT COUNCIL CAME TO ME AND SAID, MR. RUMBLE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA SEE A DRAGON. WE'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE THE ESPERANZA DRAGONS. SO WE ARE NOW THE ESPERANZA OWLS. AND ON YOUR RIGHT, YOU SEE THERE'S SOME BEAUTIFUL, UH, OBSERVATIONS. AND THOSE ARE SENTENCES, UH, WRITTEN BY STUDENTS, UM, JUST POSTING WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IN THE HABITAT AND AROUND THE CAMPUS, MORE THAN 40 SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES AS WELL. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS AS THE SCHOOL YEAR GOES ON, THOSE OBSERVATIONS GET MORE DETAILED, AND THAT VOCABULARY GETS MORE COMPLEX. IT'S A CULTURE OF SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE LISTENING TO STEAL THIS IDEA, IS THE YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER CONTEST. THIS LITTLE TINY CREATURE, LESS THAN AN OUNCE, THOUSANDS OF THEM WILL ARRIVE IN LOS ANGELES FROM THE NORTH EVERY LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER. WHY NOT HAVE YOUR STUDENT COUNCIL BECOME EXPERTS ON THE SPECIES TO STUDY THE SPECIES, AND THEN TEACH DURING RECESS, TEACH THE OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT THE SPECIES, AND HAVE A PREDICTION CONTRACT CONTEST. WHEN WILL THE FIRST ONE FOR THE SEASON ARRIVE? THAT'S WHAT WE DID. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT EVERY YEAR. I THINK THIS YEAR, ISAIAH, YOU CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER 4TH, THEN THOSE STUDENTS GET A PICNIC AND A BIRD WALK. UM, THE SEEDS PROJECT THAT WE DID, UM, THIS HAPPENED, UH, THE GENESIS OF THIS WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THIS WAS, I WANNA SAY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE SEEDS PROJECT IS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. TAKING A CONCRETE COURTYARD AND TURNING IT INTO A VERDANT CAMPUS THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A PLAZA AT A UNIVERSITY. AND IF YOU WERE TO BE THERE TODAY DURING RECESS, YOU WOULD SEE STUDENTS SELF-SELECTED IN ENGAGING IN A SHADED SAFE PLACE, PLAYING BOARD GAMES, GRABBING A BOOK FROM THE MOBILE LIBRARY, JUST BEING WITH THEIR FRIENDS. YOU MIGHT ALSO SEE IN THAT SPACE, TEACHERS OUT AT A TABLE HAVING THEIR LUNCH. 2021, BROUGHT [01:45:01] A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNER, THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST, WHICH IS DOING MARVELOUS WORK AROUND THE CITY. UM, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A COMPREHENSIVE CHANGE ON A CAMPUS. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT IN 2021, THEY RECEIVED A GRANT AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING PARTNERS, UM, TO REALLY, UH, JUST TAKE THE WHOLE CAMPUS AND WHATEVER WAS LEFT OF THAT ASPHALT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND, UM, TODAY, I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE, UM, A LOT TO REPORT ON THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN BIG CHANGES ON LITTLE STREET, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE, THE PROJECT REALLY BROKE GROUND JUST AS SUMMER WAS ENDING. UM, AND IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF A LITTLE BIT OF SACRIFICE, AND ISAIAH CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT REALLY OF GRACE AS ALL STAKEHOLDERS KEPT IN MIND WHAT WAS AHEAD. IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL THING. UH, AND SO THAT OCEAN OF ASPHALT, WHICH WAS OUR LARGE PLAYGROUND, HAS BECOME THIS INCREDIBLE SPACE. UM, WE WERE EAGER TO SHARE ABOUT THIS, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME, UM, BY, UH, FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, MY REFLECTION ON MORE THAN A DECADE OF DOING THIS WORK AT THIS CAMPUS, VERY QUICKLY, UM, IT'S ITERATIVE WORK. I DIDN'T COME IN HERE TO THIS CAMPUS WITH A MEGAPHONE AND SAY, OKAY, EVERYTHING GOES. IT WAS ONE THING LEADING ANOTHER SAYING, OH, DO WE REALLY NEED ASPHALT THERE? WHAT MIGHT WE DO ABOUT THAT? OKAY. UM, AND IT'S BEEN A PROCESS, ONE PROJECT AFTER ANOTHER, AND ALWAYS JUST MAKING PROGRESS. AND AS WE MADE THAT PROGRESS, IT BECAME AN INCREDIBLE SCHOOL CULTURE. UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN WITH US EVERY WAY, AND IN EVERY PROJECT THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE CAMPUS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED DEEPLY. AND FINALLY, THE COHERENCE. UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK AT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH EMBRACES INNOVATION AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FACILITIES GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE A WEDNESDAY 11:00 AM MEETING ONCE A WEEK. IT'S BEEN COHERENCE OKAY? AND STEWARDSHIP. IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IT CAN START ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS. SO LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM SOME OTHER FOLKS. ADRIANA GARCIA HAS BEEN THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE CURRENT TRANSFORMATION. SHE'S FROM LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST. GOOD EVENING, WONDERFUL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ADRIANA GARCIA, SO, AND I AM A PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE DE UM, SO YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH LA NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY OUR MISSION, IT'S ROOTED IN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. AND OUR GOAL IS TO ADDRESS PARK EQUITY. AND WE DO THAT BY, UM, BUILDING PARKS AND GREEN SPACES THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY AND GREEN SCHOOL YARDS LIKE ESPANZA ELEMENTARY. UM, I'VE HAD THE HONOR, WE'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH, UM, L-A-U-S-D AND PRINCIPAL RUMBLE AND HIS SCHOOL COMMUNITY OVER ME ONLY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WITH THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS. THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE GREENING. AND, UM, WE THROW AROUND THAT TERM COMPREHENSIVE GREENING AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, RIGHT? BUT FOR US, IT HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE, UM, AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO NATURE BY REMOVING OVER 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT AND ADDING 32 NEW SHADE TREES. WE'VE ALSO ADDED 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF, UM, CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS THAT SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECOLOGY. UM, THESE PROJECTS ALSO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING BY PROMOTING, BY PROVIDING A SHADED GARDEN RESPITE FOR STUDENTS, WHICH SUPPORT PHYSICAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED PROGRAM PLAY AREAS WHERE THE HEART OF THE SQUARE YARD IS SHADED, AND WE'VE ADDED SOFT MATERIALS LIKE MULCH AND NATURAL FALL, NATURAL LAWN THAT CAN ATTENUATE FALLS, MITIGATE EXTREME HEAT, AND PREVENT, UM, STUDENTS FROM SCRAPED KNEES. LASTLY, THE SCREENING PROJECT INCREASES, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS BY REDUCING THINGS LIKE GHG, UM, GAS EMISSIONS THAT WE'VE TOUCHED ON IN CHRIS'S PRESENTATION, MITIGATING URBAN HEAT ISLAND THROUGH URBAN RESTORATION OF SHADE TREES AND ADDED PLANTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND LET'S HEAR FROM ALBINA HERNANDEZ. FIRST AND FOREMOST, SHE'S A PARENT, AN L-A-U-S-D PARENT, AND AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE, OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT ESPERANZA HERNANDEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VIN HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU FOR, UM, GIVING US SOME TIME WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. UM, AS A PARENT, I ARRIVED PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO AT ESPERANZA. I PARTICIPATED IN COMMITTEES AND THAT'S [01:50:01] HOW WE, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS NEW PROJECT. IT WAS AMAZING. HOWEVER, WE DID WAIT IT A LONG TIME. BUT, UM, MY CHILDREN IS IN SEVENTH GRADE NOW, AND THEN HE WISH HE WOULD ENJOY THIS, UH, NEW PROJECT. MY LAST BABY IS LEAVING THIS YEAR, ESPERANZA, SO HE'S ENJOYING THIS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. UM, IF THIS ONE, THIS NEW PROJECT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER BY, UH, VISITING THE SCHOOL AND WE WATER PLANTS, WE HELP MR. RUMBLE SOMETIMES CLEANING UP THE GARDENS. UM, WE KNOW WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH HOMELESS ON WILSHER BOULEVARD. SO WE DID FINALLY CLEAN UP A COUPLE TIMES LAST TIME, AND I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS KIND OF SOLVED. UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. UH, OUR PARENTS NOW, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GARDEN AS WELL. THEY HAVE, WE HAVE EATING STRAWBERRIES FROM SOME PARENTS THAT THEY'RE PLANTED BY NEARBY THE PARENT CENTER. WE ARE ENJOYING OUR NEW PLAYGROUND WITH OUR KIDS BECAUSE OUR KIDS NOW ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY. I LOVE IT. I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF HOW THEY WERE ENJOYING THIS RUNNING AROUND AND HOW THEY THROW THEMSELVES. AND THEY, THEY WERE SO HAPPY YOU WOULD HEAR THIS LAUGHING ALOUD. AND PARENTS THIS MORNING WERE SAYING, OH, FINALLY WE'RE GONNA END UP NOT SEWING THOSE PANTS WHEN THEY FALL. AND THEY RIP ON THE CONCRETE. SO THEY WERE VERY HAPPY. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW KIDS NOW ARE GONNA BE LESS INJURED, OR MAYBE LESS PARENTS ARE GONNA BE CALLED JUST FOR A SCRAPE BY THE NURSE. SO KIDS WILL BE MORE SAFE. AND LIKE I SAY, I, I LOVE IT BECAUSE WE COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. I COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE IT'S A LOT OF NATURE AND IT'S VERY SAD TO SEE HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS TAKING OVER OUR NATURE AND OUR KIDS. AND THIS TAKES OUR KIDS AWAY FROM SCREEN TIME AND REPLACE IT FOR NATURE AND ENJOYING, AND ALSO MAKES THEM, UM, EMPATHY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EMPATHY FOR LIVING THINGS TO RESPECT LIVING THINGS AND OBSERVE MORE NATURE, OBSERVE BIRDS, OBSERVE ANIMALS, OBSERVE INSECTS. MY KID LOVES BRINGING WORMS AND SNAILS HOME SOMETIMES, SO I KNOW HE LOVES NATURE. SO I LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL HEART. HE TAKES CARE OF NATURE. HE'S CARING FOR THAT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR FUTURE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUR FUTURE TO BE TAKING CARE OF OUR NATURE. AND NOT TO END UP LIKE THIS. AS WE WE'RE TALKING, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS LX MOVIE THAT WE WATCH, AND IT MAKES ME SO SAD THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS WORLD TO BE LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR PARENTS ARE VERY HAPPY. THEY'RE SOCIALIZING WITH THIS NEW PROJECT. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, IN OUR, OUR NEW, UH, PROJECT, PLAYGROUND OR CAMPING SITE. I DUNNO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR NOW FROM CYNTHIA BARLOW, THAT TK KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, NBC TEACHER, PLEASE COME ON UP AND IF WE MIGHT GET THE FOOTSTOOL, SHE'S BRINGING A STUDENT TO SPEAK. IF YOU HAVE AN NBC TEACHER MEANS NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED. SO WE HAVE A NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE SO MANY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT ONE RIGHT HERE, YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, MR. RUMBLE. UM, I WANTED TO SHARE TODAY A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN EDUCATOR. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE DATA AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT AS AN EDUCATOR, WHY, WHY IS THAT? AND HOW DO I INTEGRATE NATURE INTO LESSONS IN THE CLASSROOM? THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF NEED THAT REALLY STAND OUT TO ME, AND THAT'S THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEED OF STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE RETENTION OF LEARNING. RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT CHILDREN WITH STRONG CONNECTIONS TO NATURE OFTEN DEMONSTRATE STRONGER SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, AND DECREASED LEVELS OF STRESS. THIS MAKES ME THINK OF AN ACTIVITY THAT EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN A PRIMARY GRADE TEACHER, I HAVE DONE EVERY SINGLE YEAR EXPLAINING TO A FOUR AND 5-YEAR-OLD WHAT A SCIENTIST IS. IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING. SO WE, I EXPLAIN IT AS SOMEONE THAT OBSERVES THE WORLD TO LEARN ABOUT IT. HOW DO WE DO THAT? WITH OUR FIVE SENSES, WE HEAR, WE SEE, WE SMELL, WE TASTE, WE TOUCH, AND I TAKE THEM TO OUR BEAUTIFUL HABITAT. AND WE GO OUT THERE WITH A, WITH A BUBBLE MAP, INDIVIDUAL BUBBLE MAPS, AND WE RECORD, WE LEARN ABOUT THE HABITAT THROUGH OUR SENSES, AND IMMEDIATELY THEY'RE ENGAGED IN THESE SKILLS AND THE SKILLS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT. WHAT, WHAT IS OUR INTENTION HERE? HOW DO WE MANAGE OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN BE IN THIS SPACE PRODUCTIVELY? WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. DID YOU SEE THIS? DID YOU, DID YOU SMELL THAT PLANT? COME, COME TOUCH IT. AND THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS SUPPORTING [01:55:01] ONE ANOTHER AND SELF-AWARENESS SKILLS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TO, WHAT DO YOU HEAR IN THE HABITAT RIGHT AWAY I HEAR CARS, I HEAR BUSES, I HEAR HELICOPTERS, THINGS THAT THEY TYPICALLY HEAR. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT. LET'S REALLY LISTEN. THEY START TO IDENTIFY. I HEAR BIRDS, I HEAR KIDS, I HEAR THE ROCKS UNDER MY SHOES. AND INEVITABLY SOMEONE'S GONNA SAY, MS. BARLOW, I HEAR YOUR VOICE TALKING. YES, YOU DO. . YES, YOU CERTAINLY DO. UM, ALL OF THESE SKILLS ARE PRACTICED IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL, IMMEDIATELY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEY START TO BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR, THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, CLASSROOM, PLAYGROUND, LIBRARY, NPR, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE ON CAMPUS. AND IT'S THE FOUNDATION FOR THEM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. HOW DO WE GET STUDENTS TO RETAIN INFORMATION INTO THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY? AND THAT'S CONNECTING IT THROUGH PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND THE WORLD AROUND US. WHEN WE ELABORATE ON AN IDEA, OUR BRAIN CREATES MULTIPLE PATHS OF RETRIEVAL AND BUILDS ON KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STORED. AND THIS IS PREFERABLE TO ROTE MEMORIZATION, WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PATH TO RETRIEVE THAT INFORMATION. SO THERE'S BEEN MANY LESSONS THAT I'VE DONE THROUGHOUT MY CAREER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHERE I AM USING NATURE TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING. ONE OF WHICH MY STUDENT, BRIANNA, WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU. HER FAVORITE LESSON THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY. WE DID A GEOMETRY LESSON WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON SOLID SHAPES IN THE CLASSROOM. WE'RE BUILDING VOCABULARY, WE'RE COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THESE SOLID SHAPES. WE'RE CLASSIFYING THEM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. BUT NOW IT'S CONNECTED. IT'S CONNECTED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE AND ARE EXPOSED TO ON A DAILY BASIS, THINGS THAT YOU INTERACT WITH. AND WE WENT TO OUR COURTYARD AND WENT OUT WITH A PAPER TO RECORD WHAT THEY CAN FIND. WE'RE LOOKING AROUND AND LET'S FIND A CYLINDER FIRST. WHAT IS A CYLINDER? AND THEY DESCRIBE IT TO ME. LET'S LOOK AROUND. OH, THE POLE FOR THE UMBRELLA. ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS A CYLINDER. THE TRASH CAN. YEP, THAT'S RIGHT. THEY LOOK AROUND THE TREE TRUNK AND THEY GO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO TOUCH IT. IT'S ROUND. SEE? AND THEY DESCRIBE IT TO ME. THEY START LOOKING CAREFUL. EVEN THE BRANCHES ARE THESE CYLINDERS. AND THEY TALK ABOUT, IT'S A DISCUSSION. THEY CONTINUE LOOKING FOR THESE SHAPES. CUBE WAS HARD TO FIND MY STUDENTS, THEY'RE VERY, UM, DEVOTED TO OUR SCHOOL AND KEEPING IT CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL. AND ONE STUDENT, SOMEONE DROPPED THEIR MILK BOX AND THEY GO TO PICK IT UP, NO PROMPTING. AND THEY HELD IT AND SAID, IS THIS A CUBE? THE BOTTOM OF THE MILK BOX? YES. AB YOU FOUND A CUBE. AND THEY, HE HAD TO GO AROUND, SHOW EVERYONE, LOOK, I FOUND A CUBE. I FOUND A CUBE. WE'RE INTERACTING WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY. A SPHERE. FIFTH GRADE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ENDING RECESS AT THAT TIME. OH, THERE'S A BALL. THE SUN. ONE OF MY STUDENTS, HIS SISTER WITH HER BEST FRIEND, WAS PASSING BY HER HEAD. HER HEAD'S A SPHERE. THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS A SPHERE. AND THEY'RE DOCUMENTING THIS. AN INTERESTING ONE THAT WE HAD WAS THE TREE TRUNK SEATS THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE. AND THERE WAS THIS DEBATE. IS THAT A SPHERE? IS THAT A CYLINDER? GREAT QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, IT'S ROUND. THERE'S, THERE'S A CIRCLE HERE. ANOTHER, BUT IT DOESN'T ROLL, BUT IT'S ROUND. LOOK, FEEL IT. AND THEY'RE FEELING IT. THEY'RE SITTING ON IT. WHAT IS IT? AND THESE RICH CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SPACE. WE GET TO GO OUTSIDE AND EXPERIENCE AND SEE IT AND FEEL IT. AND THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THEY'RE BUILDING THOSE PATHWAYS IN THEIR BRAIN. SOMETHING THAT THEY ONCE SAW IS JUST SOMETHING I SIT ON NOW. THIS IS A SOLID SHAPE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IT IS. AND THIS IS ALL BUILT GOING INTO THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY AND GOING TO SHOW AND CARRY IN THEIR FUTURE EDUCATION. SO I'M CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE I CAN TAKE LEARNING OUTSIDE AND INTO NATURE, KNOWING THE BENEFITS OF IT, SOCIAL, EMOTIONALLY, AND YOU KNOW, IN THEIR LONG-TERM MEMORY. OFTEN, YOU KNOW, TAKING LEARNING OUTSIDE IS SEEN AS A CULMINATING ACTIVITY. BUT I TRIED TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW CAN I DO THIS DAILY, IF NOT DAILY, TWO TIMES A WEEK. LET ME GIVE MYSELF THAT GOAL KNOWING IT'S IMPORTANCE. AND I WOULDN'T HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IF WE DIDN'T THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS GREEN SPACE. ALL THESE GREEN SPACES AROUND ESPERANZA. UM, SO I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS TRANSFORMATION. AND MR. RUMBLE'S, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT WITH ALL OF THIS. HE, AS HE SAID, IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY. IT'S BEEN A DECADE, BUT EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPOSE MY STUDENTS [02:00:01] AND ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING, UM, BY HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MY STUDENT, BRIANNA, IS GOING TO COME UP TO SHARE WITH YOU HER FAVORITE LESSON THAT WE DID THIS YEAR. BRIANNA IS A KINDER STUDENT WHO JUST RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED. AND SHE'S GONNA BE GIVING, SPEAKING TO YOU IN ENGLISH TODAY. YOU CAN PUT IT RIGHT HERE. YEAH. FIRST WE READ STORIES ABOUT THE SEA TREE FOR THE S FED. WE WENT O OUTSIDE TO, AND THE FIRE TREE TREES. AND WE WROTE ABOUT FA NEXT, THE SCHOOL GOT NEW TREES AND WE, AND THE FIVE FA FA I TOLD MY MOM ABOUT HOW THE TREES ARE DIFFERENT. LAST WE PAINT A DECI TREE. I LIKE LEARNING, LEARNING OUTSIDE, BECAUSE INSIDE WE ONLY SEE PICTURES OUTSIDE. WE SEE REAL TREES. I AM EXCITED FOR MY NEW PLAYGROUND. I AM MOST EXCITED FOR THE GRASS. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US HAVE, UH, A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. THE PAINTING. GO AHEAD. STAND UP, MAAM. STAND UP. SHE WANTED TO SHOW YOU HER, HER PAINTING OF HER DECIDUOUS TREE. GABRIELA. BRIANNA. SO WHEN WE ALL SAY, WHY DO WE DO, WHY WE DO BRIANNA. WOW. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF BRIANNA'S. AND TO FINISH TODAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM A FIFTH GRADER. UH, THIS IS ISAIAH, WHO IS A STUDENT LEADER. A MEMBER OF STUDENT. HE'S ACTUALLY PRESIDENT OF STUDENT COUNCIL WITH AN EXTREMELY BRIGHT FUTURE. UH, COME ON UP. ISAIAH. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THIS. IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT. OKAY. LEMME GET THAT. I'LL GET IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. WHOOPS. WE ARE OKAY. SORRY, LISTENERS. . GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S ISAIAH. I HAVE ATTENDED ESPERANZA SINCE I WAS IN FIRST GRADE. NOW I'M IN FIFTH GRADE. SADLY, MY LAST YEAR IN ELEMENTARY, HAVING A SCHOOL YARD HABITAT ON CAMPUS, IT WAS LIKE A NEW WORLD OPEN TO ME. BIRDS, LIKE THE YELLOW WORLD WARBLER. AND GETTING TO UNDERSTAND ITS MIGRATION AND STUDYING NATIVE PLANTS AND INSECTS LIKE THE LONGHORN BEE HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE NATURAL WORLD MUCH BETTER. WHEN I WAS IN FIRST GRADE AT ESPERANZA, I NEVER IMAGINED THE PLAYGROUND COULD CHANGE THIS MUCH AS ASPHALT ALWAYS FELT SOMETHING PERMANENT THAT YOU COULD NEVER TAKE OFF OR CHANGE. BUT NOW THE SCHOOL CHANGED FROM AN ASPHALT PLAYGROUND TO BASICALLY A PARK THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAD SOME SACRIFICE FOR EVERY KID BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PLAY ON THIS BIG FIELD FOR MANY MONTHS WHILE IT WAS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING BETTER THAN ONE WAS BE BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. BUT THE SACRIFICE WAS WORTH IT BECAUSE NOW ESPANZA STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE A MUCH BETTER PLAYGROUND AND CAMPUS ONE THEY REALLY DESERVE. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS WHEN I SAY HOW HAPPY WE ARE TO KNOW THAT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WILL NOW ENJOY THIS AMAZING CAMPUS FULL OF NATURE, SHADE, AND HAPPINESS. I AM THANKFUL THAT MY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECOGNIZES HOW IMPORTANT THIS WORK IS. AND I'M GRATEFUL THERE ARE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU Y'ALL. AND I JOINED ISAIAH AND THANKING YOU. THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION. UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER. WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, EVEN BRIANNA. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERY SINGLE [02:05:01] ONE OF YOU, OUR BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS, OUR TEACHER, OUR COMMUNITY REP, OUR PARENTS, AND ALSO OUR NONPROFIT. RIGHT? UM, WHO HAS BEEN YAY. WHO'S BEEN WORKING SO DILIGENTLY, UM, WITH, AND WE HAVE SO MANY, I MEAN, APART FROM LOS ANGELES LAND TRUST, WE HAVE TREE PEOPLE, WE HAVE NORTHEAST TREES, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING US HELP HELPING THE DISTRICT DO THIS WORK. AND, AND WE SEE WHY. I WAS JUST THERE YESTERDAY AT ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY. AND, AND YES, I SAW THE STUDENTS RUNNING. THEY WERE SO HAPPY. MAY I MAKE A, ALL YOUR PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL, WHETHER THEY BE PARENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE CHILDREN, THE TEACHER. BUT THIS CANNOT HAPPEN UNLESS THEY HAVE A MR. RUMBLE IN THAT. RIGHT? YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE A MR. RUMBLE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THE SCHOOL. THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S A, IT'S, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE. THANK YOU. YEAH. PRINCIPAL RAMBLE. I, I SHARED THIS BEFORE AND I'M GONNA SHARE THAT AGAIN. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, STARTING FROM THE SEEDS AND THE OTHER GARDENS THAT WHEN WE DEVELOPED THOSE AT THAT TIME, AND, AND I, UH, BACK WITH WHAT OUR BOARD PRESIDENT IS SHARING, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND MY HOPE IS THAT, UH, OTHER SCHOOLS CAN BE ABLE TO TAKE THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. WE CAN CREATE, UH, SIMILAR PRODUCTS IN OTHER SCHOOLS. BUT AGAIN, UM, YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND YOU ALWAYS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU HAVE A, A CERTAIN GIFT WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT GREENING AND, AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT YOUR SCHOOL. SO THE TRANSFORMATION WAS INCREDIBLE. I CAN'T WAIT, UH, ADRIANA TO COME AND CELEBRATE WITH A-A-L-N-T AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. UH, THE WONDERFUL PROJECT. AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT TRANSFORMATION FROM AN ASPHALT CORRIDOR WITH THE DOWNTOWN IN THE BACKGROUND, AND NOW YOU SEE THE GREEN SPACE YEAH. AS A FRONT DROP TO, UM, UH, DOWNTOWN. SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE THAT PROJECT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. AND TO BOTH OF YOU, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ANY OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS WORK. THANK YOU. UM, I SAID THIS TO YOU PRIVATELY, PRINCIPAL RUMBLE, AND I'LL SAY THIS TO YOU PUBLICLY, THAT, UM, WE DO NEED MORE CHAMPIONS LIKE YOU. UM, AND I'M JUST SO ALWAYS INSPIRED BY YOUR LEADERSHIP AT ESPERANZA. UM, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN DESERVE SOFT LANDING. SO THE FACT THAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RUN AND FALL IN DIRT OR ON, ON GRASS AND HAVE THESE SOFT LANDINGS, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT ALL CHILDREN ACTUALLY IN OUR DISTRICT DESERVE. RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S SUCH A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND, UH, THE CONTRAST BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO AND WHAT THE CAMPUS IS SHAPING UP TO LOOK LIKE NOW IN THE BACKDROP OF THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE IS JUST SO EXCITING. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND I AM SADDENED ALSO. I THINK THAT IT TOOK SO LONG FROM IDEATION TO ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTATION. AND I REALLY HOPE, YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT WE CAN JUST FIND THE WAYS TO EXPEDITE THESE PROJECTS. WELL, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UM, AS WE HEARD EARLIER, THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE HERE, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DREAMING FOR, THE DREAM TO HAVE THIS SCHOOL YEAR, JUST LIKE ESPERANZA. SO EVERY, EVERY CHILD IN L-A-U-S-D DESERVES TO HAVE THAT, THAT SCHOOL YARD. AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING AT IT, BUT, UM, EVENTUALLY THE DREAM IS TO EVERY ELEMENTARY AT LEAST STARTING WITH ELEMENTARY, HAS THE EXACT SCHOOL YARD THAT YOU, THAT ESPERANZA HAS. BUT GO AHEAD. DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? LAUREN? JUST WANNA ECHO THE APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF YOU THAT CAME TODAY AND YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED AND THE BEAUTIFUL WAY THAT YOU WERE, UM, SAYING IT, I WROTE DOWN A LOT OF WHAT YOU SHARED, UM, MS. HERNANDEZ, IT WAS REALLY MOVING AND I'VE HEARD IT FROM OTHER PARENTS AS WELL. THE, AND THE KIND OF, UM, PARALLEL BETWEEN LESS SCREENS AND SKINNED KNEES AND MORE OF THAT INTERACTION AND EMPATHY WITH LIVING CREATURES. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND EVERYONE FOR STAYING AND FOR SHARING. UM, I HAD, UH, AND I'D LOVE TO, UH, HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OTHER SCHOOLS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THESE SAME PROJECTS TO CONNECT WITH YOUR SCHOOL AND HEAR ABOUT YOUR STORY. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THAT. UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION, WHICH IS JUST HOW, UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THE, SOMETIMES WE, IT'S EASIER FOR SCHOOLS TO FIND GRANT FUNDING FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, BUT [02:10:01] THAT THEN THE MAINTENANCE CAN BE, IS A SEPARATE THING THAT HAS ITS OWN FUNDING CONSTRAINTS. AND I'M SO AMAZED BY THE DIVERSITY OF PLANT LIFE THAT YOU HAVE AND IN YOUR PHOTOS. AND HOW HAS THAT GONE IN TERMS OF THE MAINTAINING THE PROJECTS. SO WE WORK WITH NA, UH, NATURE NEXUS INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS THE PARTNER ON THE ORIGINAL HABITAT. AND, UH, WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO HAVE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE DAYS WHERE THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME OUT AND WE GET INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. UM, WATER IS AN INTERESTING THING. UM, BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL, I THINK YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT WATER. I, I DEFINITELY HEARD THAT COME UP A LOT DURING YOUR TALK. AND I THINK ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT NATIVE PLANTS, ONCE THEY'RE ESTABLISHED, THEY'RE REALLY JUST ACCLIMATED TO CALIFORNIA AND THE WATER BILL GOES WAY DOWN, AND YET IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. SO, AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER QUESTION. HOW MIGHT NATIVE PLANTS BECOME MORE, UM, EXTENSIVELY USED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT? UM, BUT MAINTENANCE IN ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE. AND ONE OTHER THING I'LL JUST ADD IS, UM, I'VE TRIED TO, WITH OUR, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IS TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG. I'VE NEVER DONE SOMETHING AND THEN ASKED PERMISSION. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, AND IF THERE'S A QUESTION, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A DIALOGUE AROUND MAYBE WHERE THE WORK NEEDS TO GO. SO IN THAT WAY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AT SCHOOL SITES TO TELL OUR STORY AND TO EDUCATE. OKAY. AND I THINK THIS, UM, PROJECT THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THIS DECADE NOW HAS EDUCATED, UM, A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS. UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US AND TO OUR STUDENT SPEAKERS. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, ISAIAH, YOU NAILED IT. JUST BEING ABLE JUST TO GIVE US ON BEHALF OF ALL THE FIFTH GRADERS. UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT TRANSITION AND ABLE TO APPRECIATE IT AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE I THINK OFTEN NOT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS MAY NOT BE ENGAGED IN IT. AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT TO US TO HELP US JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH IT WITH YOU, HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO SACRIFICE. BUT YET NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO RUN AND ENJOY. AND AS A MOM OF TWO BOYS AND ONE NAMED ISAIAH, I KNOW THE RUNNING AND, UM, THE HOLES IN THE PANTS THAT, UM, NOW, YOU KNOW, THE SOFT LANDING IS SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. AND, AND BRIANNA, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND EVEN SHARING YOUR ARTWORK WITH US TODAY. UM, AND TO THE PARENTS, UM, WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO THIS WORK AND TO OUR EDUCATORS AND APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FULL CIRCLE AND MAKING IT UNDERSTANDABLE TO OUR STUDENTS AND ENGAGING THEM. AND SO IT IS DEFINITELY A MODEL TO BE IMITATED THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. AND PRINCIPAL RUMBLE. THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE YOU ANYMORE. . UH, UM, AND I MEAN, I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN WE, WE DON'T SEE THAT LONGEVITY WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SO EVEN FOR THE 10 YEAR PROCESS TO BE AT ONE SCHOOL SITE, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS COME FROM BEGINNING TO END AND TO HOLD IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING OFTEN WE DON'T SEE. AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM BEGINNING TO END, FROM VISION, UM, TO CREATE THIS OASIS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN SKYLINE BEHIND YOU, I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE THERE TO BE THAT EXAMPLE AND TO BE THAT FOR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT MAY WANT TO AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE. MM-HMM . THE ITERATIVE WORK, WHICH I WAS LIKE, IT'S ITERATIVE. YEAH. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU CHAMPIONING FOR OUR DISTRICT AND BEING TO BE THAT VOICE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH US AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING THINGS THAT I THINK REALLY BRINGS US JOY ON OUR CAMPUSES. WELL, THANK YOU THAT ALL OF THIS MEANS A LOT. AND IF I MAY, I JUST WANNA SAY TO YOU, IN 35 YEARS, I'VE ONLY WORKED 35 YEARS WITH LA UNIFIED. I HAVE SERVED ON THREE CAMPUSES. THAT'S MY ENTIRE CAREER. BUT THAT HAS SERVED ME WELL BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO DEEPLY INTO A COMMUNITY, YOU FIGURE IT OUT. RIGHT? WHERE DOES THE WORK NEED TO GO? SO, AND, AND EVEN BRIDGING COMMUNITIES. 'CAUSE I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT STUDENTS FROM DORSEY, WHICH IS MY MOM OH, ABSOLUTELY. WAS ABLE TO CONNECT THERE TOO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YEP. YEAH. THE GREENHOUSE PROGRAM THAT NATURE NEXUS INSTITUTE HAS AT BALDWIN HILLS SCENIC OVER OVERLOOK HAS BEEN AMAZING. AND COUNT ON, COUNT ME FOR ANY SCHOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO LEARN FROM THIS EXAMPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SURE. THE FIRST ONE IS, THE LAST TIME I VISITED YOUR SCHOOL, THERE WAS A BIRD NESTING IN ONE OF THE SEEDS [02:15:01] IN THE TREES THAT IN THE SEEDS COURTYARDS. SO WANTED TO KNOW IF IT'S STILL NESTING THERE. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, GIVEN THAT WE CANNOT CLONE YOU , UM, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE FOR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP BESIDES THE GREAT ADVICE YOU ALREADY GAVE OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO, UM, REPLICATE THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'VE CREATED FOR THE STUDENTS, UM, AT YOUR SCHOOL, AT OTHER SCHOOLS? THAT'S A COMPLEX QUESTION. THE FIRST QUESTION WAS A LOT EASIER. . SO I'LL ANSWER THAT ONE FIRST. THE NEST. UH, THERE WAS A MOCKINGBIRD NEST WHEN YOU WERE THERE, AND THE MOCKINGBIRDS BUILT ANOTHER NEST. I, I DON'T THINK I SHARED THIS. THEY CONSTRUCTED THEIR NEST IN ONE OF THE NEWLY PLANTED TREES. UH, I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT NEST RIGHT NOW. UH, AND ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD BUILT A NEST WITHIN THE COURTYARD, BUT I DON'T THINK THE EGGS WERE LAID. THAT'S YOUR UPDATE . BUT, UM, I THINK THAT BIGGER QUESTION, UM, AGAIN, THAT WORD ITERATIVE IS SUCH A POWERFUL WORD. IT REALLY, UM, IS, UH, UH, I THINK OF LOW HANGING FRUIT AND SOME OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR US WAS LOOKING WHERE THERE MIGHT BE AN ASPHALT CUT. UM, WHERE MIGHT THERE BE EMPTY TREE WELLS BEGGING FOR SOME LIFE? UM, AND THEN HOW CAN THAT WORK ALWAYS INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD THAT SCHOOL CULTURE. TOMORROW AT 8:00 AM MS. HERNANDEZ KNOWS THIS, I'LL BE GIVING A TOUR. I WANT OUR PARENT COMMUNITY TO BECOME EXPERTS. LIKE WE'RE, WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN FIELD GUIDE TO THE NEW TREES THAT WERE PLANTED ON OUR CAMPUS. SO WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THAT WITH A WALKING TOUR WITH OUR PARENT COMMUNITY TOMORROW. UM, SO I WOULD SAY AS, UH, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO FOSTER THAT INVOLVEMENT OF THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AS YOU TELL YOUR STORY, AND, AND I LOVE THAT YOU BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THIS EXPERIENCE, THIS GREEN EXPERIENCE, RIGHT, THE TRANSFORMATION THAT ESPANZA WENT THROUGH DOES NOT ONLY TRANSFORMS THE CLASSROOM OR THE STUDENTS, IT ALSO TRANSFORMS THE ENTIRE FAMILY. YEAH. BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO JOIN TOGETHER AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY PROBABLY NEVER WOULD'VE HAD IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS EXPOSURE. RIGHT. TUTORING ABOUT TREES AND DIFFERENT BIRDS AND DIFFERENT INSECTS AND, AND TRYING TO CALCULATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS INSECT IS GONNA COME. RIGHT. I FORGET THE NAME OF IT. UM, AND, AND THEN JUST SEEING AN OWL THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE, THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD THIS IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, GREENERY AND NATIVE PLANTS IN THEIR, IN THEIR SCHOOL. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, AND THEN, SO NOW KNOWING THAT THE PARENTS ARE ENGAGED, IMAGINE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING, RIGHT? WHEN THEY GO OUT FOR A WALK, IT'S THE CONVERSATIONS LIKE, OH, DID YOU HEAR THAT BIRD? DID YOU SEE THAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR DID YOU SEE THAT BUTTERFLY? I MEAN, THAT IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT I, UH, AS A CHILD NEVER HAD. RIGHT. LIVING IN THIS URBAN JUNGLE OF, OF LA NOW IT'S, NOW IT'S NOW BECOMING A CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT JUNGLE, RIGHT. THAT WE ALL WANNA CONNECT WITH. SO IT'S TRANSFORMATIONAL ALL AROUND, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH YOUR SELF-ESTEEM, YOUR CONFIDENCE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR EXPOSURE, YOUR, AND ALSO THE CONNECTEDNESS WITH THE FAMILY. IT'S JUST, IT, IT TRANSFORMS EVERYTHING. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO MACARTHUR PARK TO SEE THE DUCKS. WE COULD STILL DO THAT, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE NATURE RIGHT ON CAMPUS. EXACTLY. WE, EVERY CAMPUS HAS ITS OWN NATURAL HISTORY THAT'S JUST WAITING TO BE EXPLORED. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR ISAIAH. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, ISAIAH? SO, YOU KNOW, MANY STUDENTS OR SOME OF YOUR CLASSMATES MAY FEEL SHY, NERVOUS, OR SCARED TO SPEAK UP OR GET INVOLVED, BUT YOU DID IT WONDERFULLY TODAY. AND SO WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO OTHER STUDENTS WHO MIGHT FEEL SHY, UH, OR NERVOUS, BUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GREETING THEIR SCHOOLS AND SPEAKING UP? WHAT, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? UM, BEING SHY IS NERVOUS IS OKAY. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF SOMEONE, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GONNA GET JUDGED A LOT. SO, UM, I I, I ALWAYS GET NERVOUS AND SHY TOO, BUT I ALWAYS SPEAK UP BECAUSE I WANNA SHOW WHO I REALLY AM AND I HOPE OTHER KIDS COULD DO THE SAME. JUST SHOW WHO YOU ARE AND THEN JUST BREAK THROUGH THAT SHYNESS AND NERVOUS, AND THEN JUST SHOW YOUR, WELL, YOU DEFINITELY SHOWED US WHO YOU ARE TODAY AND IT ESPECIALLY ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL. AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT TOOK A LOT OF BRAVERY TO BE HERE AND, AND REPRESENT THE VOICE OF, OF YOUR CLASSMATES, PARTICULARLY THE FIFTH GRADE, UH, CULMINATING CLASS. SO THANK YOU ISAIAH. I APPRECIATE IT'S GREAT FOR, UM, A WONDERFUL TEACHER OR [02:20:01] NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER, MS. CYNTHIA BARLOW. AND THEN I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED HER NAME. UH, SO YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS JOURNEY FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE SEEN STUDENTS IN YOUR CLASSROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THESE SPACES OVER TIME. LOOKING BACK, WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF AND WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE EDUCATORS WHO WANNA CREATE SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR STUDENTS? WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS WHEN I SEE THAT THE LEARNING IS BEING TRANSFERRED HOME. WHEN PARENTS COME TO ME AND SHARE THEIR STORIES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THIS AND THIS. I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, GOING BASED OFF OF, UH, BRIANNA'S STORY OF HER TELLING HER MOM ABOUT DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN TREES. I ACTUALLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL PARENTS WHERE HE WAS LIKE, NO, I HAD A FATHER THAT HAD TOLD ME DURING PARENT CONFERENCE, LIKE, YEAH, SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE TREES AND I WAS TELLING HER, NO, THIS IS A CHRISTMAS TREE. AND SHE SAID, NO, DAD, IT'S AN EVERGREEN TREE, BUT THE OTHER ONES OUTSIDE ARE DECIDUOUS TREAT. AND HE'S LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. MM-HMM . BUT THEY'RE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND TRANSFERRING IT HOME AND THE LEARNING'S GOING HOME AND THEY'RE LEARNING AS A FAMILY, AND THAT IS GONNA CARRY WITH THEM, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE BUILDING. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M MOST PROUD OF WHEN THE LEARNING CAN BE TRANSFERRED HOME AND IT BECOMES, UM, A FAMILY LEARNING EXPERIENCE. MY ADVICE FOR OTHERS EDUCATORS, UM, IS TO DIVE RIGHT IN. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE, I, I MENTOR, UM, FOR ICAP AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALSO, MR. RUMBLE HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO PDS AT OUR SCHOOL AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALWAYS MY ADVICE. DON'T HESITATE. YOU HAVE AN IDEA, YOU HAVE TO JUMP RIGHT IN BECAUSE THAT HESITATION THAT WHAT IF IT DOESN'T COME OUT PERFECT IS GONNA HOLD YOU BACK. YOU HAVE TO DIVE RIGHT IN AND THEN YOU REFINE IT FOR NEXT TIME. AND THAT'S HOW YOU CONTINUE TO GROW. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT AND THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE THAT THEY HAVE IS GONNA LOOK DIFFERENT. USE WHAT YOU HAVE, USE WHAT YOU HAVE. IF YOU HAVE TO BRING IN NATURE, YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR A LITTLE MONEY, PLANT SOME SEEDS, MAKE YOUR OWN LITTLE GARDEN. DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE GONNA COME UP. OPPORTUNITIES WILL COME UP. BUT JUST DIVE RIGHT IN AND TRY IT OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MISKA, I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL THIS, THE END OF THE SERIES OF ALL OF OUR GREENING MEETINGS, AND I, IT JUST CAME TO ME NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT GREENING ALSO MAKES YOU A KINDER PERSON. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT PLAYING WITH THE WORMS AND THE SNAILS AND BIRDS AND THE TREES, IT MAKES YOU A, IT MAKES YOU A KINDER PERSON. AND I THINK THAT, UH, I NEVER REALIZED HOW GREENING MADE YOU A KINDER PERSON, BUT I BELIEVE IT DOES. AND TO THE, AND TO THAT ALSO BRAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABSTRACT FOR THEM. THE INSECTS, THE BIRDS, THE NATURE. AND WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU BECOME HESITANT. YOU BECOME AFRAID. BUT WHEN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO IT AND OH, THAT'S ALL THAT IT IS, IT'S JUST A WORM. IT'S NOT GONNA CHASE ME. IT'S JUST GONNA WIGGLE AROUND RIGHT THERE. . YEAH. THAT'S ALL IT. OH, OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A PART OF IT. ALSO, I WAS JUST INTRIGUED THAT YOU GUYS EVEN CHANGED YOUR SCHOOL MASCOT. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT'S THE OWL. AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THE OWL? RIGHT? YOU TALKING ABOUT INTRIGUE, MEANING, SO IT WAS SAYING THAT IT'S REPRESENTING WISDOM, INTUITION, AND HIDDEN TRUTHS. AND SO YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY DONE THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT PRIOR TO MAKING THAT, BUT YEAH, SO I WAS LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE NOW HIDDEN TRUTHS. SO YOU GUYS ARE A GEM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL, SO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, OUR LAST PRESENTATION OF THIS COMMITTEE IS ENDING HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT, THIS, AND I GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ALL ABOUT, OF TRANSFORMING NOT ONLY CLIMATE RESILIENCE, BUT IT'S ABOUT TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS AND TRANSFORMING, TRANSFORMING OUR LIVES. SO I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU AND I WANNA THANK ALL MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, DIVING, DIVING INTO THIS, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AND, UM, JUST LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER. AND WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT? AND THAT'S BEEN MY GOAL, MY OBJECTIVE WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND BRINGING ALL OF US TOGETHER TO, TO DO THIS WORK. AND YES, IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING, UM, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE ALL JUST KIND WORK TOGETHER A SIDE BY SIDE, WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND WE, THIS IS, AND UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF HOW, HOW THAT WORKED, YES, IT TOOK A DECADE, BUT WE GOT IT RIGHT. AND NOW THE GOAL IS TO [02:25:01] MAKE IT NOT A DECADE AND MAKE IT SHORTER OR HALF. BUT THAT'S THE GOAL IN TRANSFORMING. AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE, THE STUDENTS AS ESPERANZA AND ISAIAH AND HIS CLASSMATES ARE GONNA BE JUST BETTER HUMAN BEINGS BECAUSE OF THIS EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW THEY'RE NEVER GONNA FORGET IT BECAUSE IT GIVES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK IN MY LIFE WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I REMEMBER THE GARDEN THAT WE HAD AT HOBART ELEMENTARY, AND IT WAS IN THE BACK OF ONE OF, UM, BUILDINGS AND WE JUST HAD BEDS. AND I LOVED IT. AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT. I REMEMBER, I HAVE VIVID MEMORIES OF HOW WE WOULD GO AND WE PLANTED AND WE SAW IT GROW AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S STILL WITH ME TO THIS DAY. UM, SO IT DID HAVE JUST THAT IMPACT, THAT ONE I WAS IN FIRST GRADE AND THAT WHEN WE DID THAT, AND I NEVER FORGOT IT. SO I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE STUDENTS HERE AT ESPERANZA AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE VERY IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCES WHEN THEY SEE THEIR, THEIR SCHOOL INTO A BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, LIVING SCHOOLYARD BASICALLY. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO ALL, ALL OF THIS IS VERY MOTIVATING, SO THANK YOU. YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. BIG APPLAUSE, JESSICA. SO, UM, SO AS WE CLOSE, AS I SAID, THIS IS OUR, OUR LAST PRESENTATION, OUR LAST MEETING. AND, UM, I WANNA THANK ESPERANZA AND, UM, AND THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD LAND TRUST FOR JOINING US TODAY AND SHARING YOUR JOURNEY. AND ALSO FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT, UH, THE ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE IS DOING, CHRISTOS AND ALSO FACILITIES WORKING HAND IN HAND AND, AND MAKING ALL OF THIS A REALITY FOR L-A-U-S-D AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL, UH, BUT THE MEETING'S NOT OVER BECAUSE [III. Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)] WE HAVE ONE MORE THAT'S CORRECT. PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS IN HERE. HE WANTS TO, UH, UM, HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN AFTER THIS. WE HAVE A SINGLE PUBLIC COMMENTER, UM, MR. DAVID TOSKI, I SEE YOU ON THE LINE. MR. T, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. DAVID TOSKI, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UM, I APPLAUD YOU FOR HAVING BRAD THERE AND PERHAPS HE CAN BE ON YOUR SELECTION COMMITTEE SINCE YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR HEADS OF INSTRUCTION. HE CLEARLY, UH, IS THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO COULD RECOGNIZE LEADERS IN INSTRUCTION, WHICH THE BOARD OF BED WILL BE WORKING ON IN THE NEXT DAYS OR WEEKS. I'D LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT, UM, YOU SHOULD BRING, UH, CARLOS TORRES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SAFETY BRANCH AND, AND THE DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES THAT DO SIMILAR WORK TO A PRESENTATION AS WELL, UM, IN YOUR NEXT YEAR'S COMMITTEE. AND FINALLY, UH, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO REALLY GET AN AUDIT GOING ON THE BUS, UM, COSTS, UH, THAT BEFORE THAT BECOMES A FRONT PAGE STORY, IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD TO LEARN WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT FUNDS ARE BEING USED, HOW MUCH FUNDS. AND SIMILARLY, THE EOP MONIES, THE $2 BILLION ALSO OUGHT TO BE, UH, A BOARD INITIATED AUDIT BEFORE THE STATE DOES THAT. AND FINALLY, AGAIN, UH, THE BOARD SHOULD BE CONCENTRATING ON THE BUDGET AND THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. THE ITEMS IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, UH, ARE EITHER VERY, UH, ROUGH DRAFTS OR UN INCOMPLETE. UH, THE BOARD SHOULD BE FOCUSING NOT JUST ON THE $3.9 BILLION THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL RETURN, BUT THE $2 BILLION OVER INPUTTED INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND FOR EDUCATION. AND THE NOW $3 BILLION MORE THAT HAS COME UP, UH, AS GROWN FROM JANUARY TO MAY. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S DRAMATIC REVENUES FOR 2026 TAX THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, WHICH ARE NOT PUT IN YOUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. THERE'S UNDER REPORTING OF THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS, 93%, EXACTLY WHAT LA UNIFIED IS. NOW, YOU OUGHT TO PUSH THAT HIGHER. THERE'S LOW EXPECTATIONS THERE. AND, UH, THERE OUGHT TO BE EFFORTS TO NOT PUT THE CHARTER SCHOOL BLOCK GRANT, WHICH IS ONLY $7 BILLION ROUGHLY TO THE AMOUNT OF THE ALL HERE CONTRACT, THAT THAT IS PENNYWISE AND POUND FOOLISH IF 1, 2, 3, OR FIVE OF THE AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CONVERT TO INDEPENDENT CHARTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND, UM, THOSE THAT HELPED MAKE THIS MEETING POSSIBLE. AND, UH, FOR MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU SEE SOME, WELL, THESE WONDERFUL POTTED SUCCULENTS. THESE WERE MADE FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY BY OUR PEREZ, UM, SPECIAL EDUCATION CTC CENTER. SO THEY MADE THESE FOR YOU. SO THESE ARE MADE FROM [02:30:01] OUR CTC STUDENTS AT PEREZ. AND, UM, I WANNA THANK OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MY COLLEAGUES, BOARD PRESIDENT SCOTT SEN, AND BOARD MEMBER HANDY, NEW BILL FOR, UH, BEING A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE. ALSO, CHRISTINA TOS, A CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE, CHRISTOS LIO, CHIEF ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, JAY GODA FROM ASSOCIATE, UH, GENERAL COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, A BOARD SECRETARY AND MR. MIKE MCLEAN AND EBONY IN THE BACK. WILSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP AND OUR EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIVES. WE HAVE, UM, MICHAELA RANDOLPH FOR GREEN SCHOOL, YARDS AMERICA, LAUREN AKIM FROM LANE LOS ANGELES, ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY. AND, UH, TWO, OR NOT PRESENT, BUT THEY WERE VERY, UM, I IMPORTANT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, EDDIE ALVAREZ FROM LAOC BUILDING TRADES AND GLORIA MEDINA FROM STRATEGIC CONCEPTS OF IN ORGANIZING AND POLICY EDUCATION SCOPE. SHE'S NO LONGER THERE, BUT SHE WAS THE HERE AND REPRESENTATION OF SCOPE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US IN THIS COMMITTEE AND THEN LEARNING ABOUT, UM, GREETING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND ALSO, UM, DISCUSSIONS. I WANNA THANK ALSO WANNA THANK OUR STUDENTS SCHOOL COMMUNITIES FOR REMINDING US OF WHY WE DO THIS WORK. SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGE IN EN AS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS, STEWARDS, AND ADVOCATES, GIVES US ALL HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. WHILE THIS MIGHT BE OUR FINAL COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE WORK CONTINUES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THIS MOMENTUM AND THE YEAR AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP. MAKE COMMITMENT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOO. * 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.