* 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. [Roll Call of Members] [00:00:04] GOOD MORNING, WELCOME. THE TIME IS NOW 10:00 AM ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026. WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLE DOC, UH, MS. NEWBELL. PRESENT DR. RIVAS. PRESENT. MR. MELVIN? HERE. MS. GALLEGO? HERE. MS. EZ. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON PRESENT. ALRIGHT, THAT'S FIVE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. UH, TODAY WE'LL READ THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY FOR THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. UH, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, SPECIFIC ITEM COMMENT, AND THEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AFTER WHICH, UH, WHEN THEY COME BACK, I'LL REPORT OUT ON ANY ACTION TAKEN. ALRIGHT, CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. TAB ONE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE UNDER EDUCATION CODE SECTION 4 8 9 1 8 CF TAB TWO. PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7, UH, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S EVALUATION UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 56 0.9 D FOUR, UH, THERE ARE TWO CASES UNDER PENDING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION OF 5 4 9 5 6 0.91. UH, JACQUELINE MARTIN AND DEMON NORRIS, LAUD, ETAL, L-A-U-S-D-V, ACE PROPERTY INSURANCE, ET AL L-A-U-S-D-V, ALLIED WORLD ETAL, AND L-A-U-S-D-V-A-I-U INSURANCE COMPANY AT ALL. THESE CASE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO GO LOOK THEM UP AT THE LA SUPERIOR COURT WEBSITE. ALRIGHT, UNDER TAB FOUR CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6, THE NEGOTIATORS, DR. MURPHY AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED OUR ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATORS OF LOS ANGELES TEAMSTERS, 2010, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU, LOCAL 99 TEAMSTERS, UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. ALRIGHT, [Public Comment] WE'LL GO DIRECTLY INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. SPEAKERS HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE THEY BEGIN AND THEY COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE, RIGHT UP FRONT. UH, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS UNDER TAB ONE, UNDER TAB TWO. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MR. DAVID TOSKI. COME ON UP, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. NICE TO MEET YOU AGAIN AFTER THE BEARDED PEOPLES, UH, CONFERENCE THAT WE WERE AT. OKAY? UM, I'M SORRY I LOST THE ELECTION TO YOU. YOU'RE NOW THE PRESIDENT. UH, UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL KEEP TRIMMING. SO, UH, A NUMBER OF ITEMS QUICKLY ON THE LITIGATION. MAKE SURE YOU ALSO ASK, UH, UH, ON THE, UM, THREE CASES HOW WE'RE DOING, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING IN ORDER TO GET THE 20 MILLION, WHETHER WE GOT THE 20 MILLION FROM THOSE THREE INSURANCE COMPANIES WHO DROPPED US, UH, EARLY ON IN THE, UH, CHILD MOLESTATION, UH, INSURANCE ISSUES ON THE EVALUATION OF THE OIG. CONGRATULATIONS IN DOING, DOING AN EVALUATION SO QUICKLY. HE JUST GOT THE JOB AND YOU'RE EVALUATOR. SO MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH SUE STENGEL AS SHE DEPARTED AND WHAT THE, WHAT, UH, DID SHE TELL YOU THAT HE'S FINDING AS WELL. NUMBER THREE, THE EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT. CONGRATULATIONS MR. CHA ON YOUR SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY AS YOU COME UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO BEING HERE FOR SIX MONTHS. AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK ON THE EAST SIDE TO MAKE THE SCHOOL SAFE. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY. THERE'S A DISTINCTION THERE. AND, AND DO NOT EVER SAY THAT THEY'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT SAFE. YOU CANNOT SAY STATISTICALLY. I'M SURE OUR BERKELEY STATISTICS CLASS HAS TAUGHT US THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH PUBLIC HEALTH THERE. IT'S NOT THE DISTRICT'S ISSUE, BUT WE NEED TO BE INTERVIEWING ALL OF THE FAMILIES THE WAY WE DID MR. SCHON AND MR. CH OUT AT PORTER RANCH. UM, AND, UH, THEN I ALSO WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE JUNE 1ST, UH, QUASI SECRET MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, UH, PRIOR TO THE LETTERS THAT YOU AS A BOARD GOT. YOU WILL NOW KNOW THAT ON JUNE 1ST, THAT THAT MEETING WAS HELD IN WHICH THE COUNTY, UH, SUPERINTENDENT DECLARED THAT THEY WOULD BE A, AN OVERSEER OF THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC SEEING IT AT A LATER TIME. AND FINALLY ON NEGOTIATIONS. UM, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PURSUE THE REVENUE. MS UH, TANYA HAS, HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE THAT YOU SHOULD ALL BE PARTICIPATING IN. ADAM SMITH AT ADAM SCHIFF, NOT ADAM SMITH, BUT IT IS AN ADAM SMITH AND AN ADAM SCHIFF LETTER THIS MORNING TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN PLACE FOR NOVEMBER AND JANUARY ON THE STATE BUDGET, NEW GOVERNOR AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THE TWO HOUSES TURNED DEMOCRAT. YOU NEED AN AGENDA WITH ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND [00:05:01] URBAN SCHOOLS IN, IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS TO TABS THREE OR FOUR. WE'LL NOW GO DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARIA LUIS LIP PALMA ON NOT MS. PALMA. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. AND THEN FOLLOWING MS. PALMA IS DEANNA GUILLEN. AND THEN WENDY, AS A HEADS UP, MS. GUILLEN IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH WHEN IT'S HER TURN, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOUR HEADSETS. BUT FOR NOW, MS. PALMA, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. YOUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES LEARN TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE ADULTS. YOUR JOB IS NOT CHECK MARKS. AND THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT A JOBS PROGRAM. ON TOP OF THAT, THE LAW SAYS THAT CHILDREN MUST BE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES, FROM THEIR PARENTS FOR 180 DAYS A YEAR INTO YOUR CARE. AND YET, PREDICTABLY, TODAY, THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, HERE WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION. SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? CHECK WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. CHECK WITH THE UNIONS. WHAT MESSAGING ARE YOU SENDING? THAT TRANSPARENCY IS NOT YOUR PRIORITY. ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE SIDE CONVERSATIONS IN THE BACK. WE MUST HEAR YOUR DISCUSSIONS. NOW, WE FIND OUT THIS MORNING IN THE LA TIMES THAT THERE WAS A LETTER SENT OUT BY MR. SEN AND MS. RIVAS, WHOSE AUTHORITY WAS THAT LETTER SENT OUT ON? DO ALL THE REST OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS AGREE WITH THAT? MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN IS NOT HERE. SHE'S BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE RECENT EVENTS WITH FISCAL ISSUES. IS SHE IN AGREEMENT? WAS THIS, UH, IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT, WOULDN'T THAT BE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION? THAT THAT WAS NOT HANDLED HERE IN PUBLIC? AND THERE'S MORE MESSAGING HERE THAT APPARENTLY UNIONS ARE RUNNING THE SHOW. SIX UNIONS SIGNED ON TOGETHER WITH MR. SCH MESEN AND DR. RIVAS ON THAT LETTER. SO IS EVERYONE SPEAKING? IS, DOES THAT LETTER SPEAK FOR ALL OF YOU? WE MUST SEE ALL OF THOSE SECRET LETTERS. NOW TO HEAR THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SECRET MEETING THAT HAPPENED HERE, MY GOODNESS, SECRETS ARE EVERYWHERE. THE PUBLIC MUST BE ABLE TO READ THE LETTERS FROM LACO JULY 17TH. WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS APPROVED. WE NEED TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE LETTER. SOME OF US OUT HERE THAT UNDERSTAND FINANCE, ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND EVERY LAST DETAIL IN THERE. JUST A CLUE. WE MUST BE ABLE TO DECIPHER THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE APPARENTLY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WE GET ZERO TRANSPARENCY. SO REMEMBER THAT YOU WORK AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS BUILDING WORKS FOR THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES AND THEIR PARENTS. AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN SECRECY IS AGAINST THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEANNA GUILLEN. COME ON UP, MS. GUILLEN, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MS. GUILLEN IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT ON THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND UP AND WE'LL GET YOU ONE. OKAY, WHAT A DISASTER, RIGHT? I REMEMBER WHEN MR. MELBOURNE HAD HIS SLOGAN, KIDS FIRST, BUT NO, NOW IS UNIONS FIRST. RIGHT? I LOVE YOUR DECISIONS BECAUSE NOW YOU WILL BE REMI REMEMBERED AS THE ONES WHO DESTROYED LUSD AND MS. RIVAS, I CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN BECAUSE GOOD THAT MS. AMODA LOST BECAUSE IF NOT, SHE'D BE HERE IN THIS, IN THIS PLACE FULL OF SNAKES. AND YOU ARE THE ONES WHO DESTROYED THE DISTRICT. THE SECOND DISTRICT LARGEST. THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT, MS. EDUARDO SAYS IS A BAD WORK OF THE COLLECTIVE WORK. IT'S BAD, RIGHT? HONESTLY, I WOULD SAY IT'S IT'S REALLY BAD. UNACCEPTABLE. AND YOU ARE FAILING OUR STUDENTS, PUTTING YOUR POLITICAL AGENDAS FIRST. AND THERE'S NO TRUST. IMAGINE LAKO DOESN'T EVEN TRUST YOU. HONESTLY. YOU WILL SACRIFICE THE CHILDREN BE FOR $450,000 TO GIVE IT TO THE EMPLOYEES AND SACRIFICE 6,000 OF THEM. AND WHAT MATTERS HERE IS TO HAVE MORE POWER, MORE POWER FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, FOR YOUR PRIORITIES, NOT FOR THE CHILDREN. BECAUSE MR. MELVIN ONCE SAID, WHAT I THINK, IT'S WHAT I THINK, NOT WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS. I WILL DO WHAT I WANT. JUST LIKE MS. GREGO SAID, SHE COMES HERE, SHE DOES WHAT SHE WANTS, NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR WITH YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. NO POLICE, AND FIRST THE COUNSELORS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? MS. GRIEGO, YOUR [00:10:01] POLITIC, YOUR POLITICS OF PUTTING EMPLOYEES FIRST AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ALLOWING OUR CHILDREN TO FAIL. AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING, OH, WE NEED TO ASK MORE TAXES, UH, SACRAMENTO TO SACRAMENTO SO THAT THEY CAN CHARGE US. AND YOU NEED TO DO THIS FOR WHAT? SO THAT WE CAN PAY, SO THAT WE CAN BA PAY FOR YOUR BAD DECISIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN YOU. THEY BELIEVE, THEY HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO MONEY. NO THERE IS FUNDS THAT WE DO HAVE MONEY. IT'S JUST THAT YOU ARE NOT USING, USING THEM ACCORDINGLY WITH THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS FOR THE STUDENTS. AND YOU'RE DA DAMAGING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDRENS CAN'T EVEN READ HOW EMBARRASSING. I AM EMBARRASSED FOR YOU ALL. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS WENDY. ARE YOU, ARE YOU HERE, WENDY? I'M RIGHT HERE. ALRIGHT, COME ON UP WENDY. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. YEAH. MORNING. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. SO THE SCHOOL, UM, SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW. UM, I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN. THEY'VE ALL BEEN PART OF L-A-U-S-D. I HAVE THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF L-A-U-S-D. THE OLDEST OF THOSE THREE HAS HAD AN IEP SINCE SHE WAS IN FIRST GRADE. SHE'S GOING INTO 10TH GRADE NOW. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HER MULTIPLICATION. HOW DID MY DAUGHTER FALL IN THE CRACKS? MIA'S MOTHER, I FEEL LIKE I FAILED HER, BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. BUT MY DAUGHTER, LIKE I SAID, HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE TRACKS LIKE MANY OTHER CHILDREN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WITH ALL THESE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT SHE HAS RECEIVED THROUGHOUT HER SCHOOL, THROUGHOUT HER EDUCATION, HOW IT IS THAT MY DAUGHTER IS GOING INTO 10TH GRADE WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO, SHE'S AT A FIRST GRADE READING LEVEL AND SECOND GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO JUST READING NOVELS AND BOOKS. FIRST GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, I FORGOT WHAT, UH, UH, THE COUNSELOR TOLD ME, BUT SHE'S FIRST, SECOND GRADE READING LEVEL. HOW IS IT THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS MADE IT TO 10TH GRADE WITHOUT KNOWING HOW, HOW TO READ AT HER LEVEL, HER GRADE LEVEL, AND KNOWING MULTIPLICATION? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY HOPING THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANOTHER CHILD EVER AGAIN, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS, IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR. I JUST ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, UH, BOARD PLEASE LOOK INTO IN, LOOK INTO IT, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR JOB PROPERLY SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO THAT FUNDS GET ALLOCATED CORRECTLY FOR THE CHILDREN LIKE MY DAUGHTER THAT NEED THE HELP. UH, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD IS DOING, I DIDN'T KNOW FROM YOU GUYS PERSONALLY. I I HAD TO READ IT FROM NEWSPAPERS. HOW IS IT THAT A MOTHER LIKE ME THAT HAS HAD FIVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT FOR YEARS IS NOT INFORMED? PLEASE INFORM US PARENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE, UH, MR. SINGH IS HERE IN PERSON. COME ON UP MR. SINGH. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. GOOD MORNING. UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALTHOUGH IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I HAVE TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN. UM, YOU WILL RECALL A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN I, UH, RETURNED TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS TO HEAR AS A WHISTLEBLOWER. I CAME HERE AS A WHISTLEBLOWER REPORTING WHAT HAD OCCURRED WITHIN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE SSAC OF COURSE MAKES LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ON THE LCAP. AND WHEN I HAD, WHEN I HAD SUGGESTED CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE PERFORMANCE BASED PAY FOR TEACHERS, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT, IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY FALSE. THAT THAT IS NOT, THAT, THAT IS NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. MR. PLACENCIA AND DR. ERIC WARD CLAIM THAT WE COULD NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUCH AN ITEM DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE AUDITORS I REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY OFFICIALS ALL CONTRADICTED THIS PLACENCIA AND WARD LIED. I HAD TO DO THE OUTREACH TO ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION. NOBODY HERE REACHED OUT TO ME. NOBODY EVER REACHED OUT TO ME TO ASK DESPITE ME GIVING YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCANDALS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO STUDENTS. UM, OF COURSE WE HEAR IT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME TO PARENTS AND NOW IT'S HAPPENED TO STUDENTS WHO PUSH BACK. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, DR. JOHNSTON AND, UH, UM, DR. L EDWARD'S, SUPERVISOR, HIS NAME ESCAPES ME AT THE MOMENT, INVESTIGATED THEMSELVES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND NOW REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY NOTES RELATED TO THIS MATTER. UM, THIS IS CORRUPTION WITHOUT A DOUBT. AND ALSO LAST TIME I CAME HERE, I REPORTED TO YOU AND I ALSO SHARED THIS WITH, UM, MR. PLACENCIA SUPERVISOR, UH, MS. CARTER, THAT STUDENTS WERE INTIMIDATED BY PLACENCIA DURING THE, THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ELECTION. NOBODY REACHED OUT TO ME. STUDENTS WERE INTIMIDATED BY MR. PLACENCIA. THIS IS WHAT MR. PLACENCIA DOES, AND NOBODY HERE REACHED OUT TO ME. WHEN WILL YOU REACH OUT TO ME? WHEN WILL YOU ASK [00:15:01] ME FOR MY TESTIMONY FOR MY EVIDENCE AGAINST THESE CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS WHO LIE ABOUT THE L CAP TO STUDENTS WHO LIE ABOUT THE L CAP TO PARENTS AND WHO INTIMIDATE STUDENTS WHO PUSH BACK, WHO RUN FOR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. I WAIT TO SEE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKERS WILL BE REMOTE. UH, LET'S SEE WHO'S ONLINE WITH US. WE'VE GOT ISABEL GONZALEZ. UH, MS. GONZALEZ, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. IS GONZALEZ, WHAT A SHAME THAT MS. EZ IS AND MS. ORTIZ AREN'T HERE. WE SEE THE LACK OF INTEREST THAT THEY HAVE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR THEM TO HEAR THIS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU TO YOUR BAD DECISIONS. THE WE STILL HAVE LOW ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE DUE TO THE BAD DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE. NOW YOU HAVE LESS STUDENTS. BUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE NARRATIVE NOW, MS. GRIEGO? OH, I KNOW FIVE TO 10 STUDENTS OF REDUCTION PER CLASS SO THEY CAN LEARN BETTER AND WE CAN CONTINUE HIRING MORE SCHOOL PERSONNEL. YES, THAT SOUNDS MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU TO YOUR TERRIBLE DECISIONS. THE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING SCHOOL BECAUSE OF LACK OF SCHOOL SECURITY, BECAUSE OF LACK OF SCHOOL POLICE THAT ARE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED TO GUARANTEE THE SECURITY THAT OUR STUDENTS REQUIRE. THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT. AND I AM ALSO SURE WITH REAL POLICE OFFICERS, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE SAYING IN WHICH BULLYING FIGHTS AND MASSIVE DESTRUCTION, ARMS, FIREARMS, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES, DEATHS, THANKS TO THOSE BAD DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE FOR PUTTING AN AGENDA THAT IS AGAINST THE STUDENTS. NOW THERE IS LESS STUDENTS AND AGENDA THAT IS PERVASIVE LIKE LGBTQIA PLUS. THAT IS WHY PARENTS POOL THEIR CHILDREN FROM THESE SCHOOLS THINKS TO THE BAD DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE. YOU ARE LIKE A, THAT ARE LIKE A PLAGUE. AND EVERY CLASSROOM IN THE DISTRICT, THANKS TO THE BAD DECISIONS, THERE ARE MORE DEATHS BECAUSE OF SEX. CONTAGIOUS THINGS LIKE HIV TODAY OR THE SOONEST POSSIBLE. I WANT TO KNOW MY RIGHTS FOR THE PARENT MEETING ON HOW TO EXCLUDE MY CHILD FROM PERVERSE CLASSES LIKE LGBTQIA PLUS. THANK YOU TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KARINA LOPEZ. MS. LOPEZ, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. KARINA LOPEZ. KARINA LOPEZ, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. KARINA LOPEZ, YOU'RE ONLINE WITH US. MS. LOPEZ? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KARINA LOPEZ. I AM CALLING TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL SECURITY IN WHICH HAS BEEN AFFECTING US, NOT ONLY ALL STUDENTS, BUT FAMILIES IN REGARD TO THE CRIME THAT EXISTS AND THE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN REGARDS TO INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS. WE NEED MORE OFFICERS AT OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN GUARANTEE THE WELLBEING, INTEGRITY, AND SECURITY OF THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT IS A PRIORITY. THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS. WE NEED TO UP THE FUNDS. YOU NEED TO SHOW THE INTEREST THAT YOU ARE TRULY WORRIED, NOT JUST SAYING IT, BUT DOING IT. WORRIED ABOUT THE SECURITY AND WELLBEING OF THE STUDENTS IS HAVING MORE OFFICERS. AND THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE ELEMENT TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SECURITY AS WELL AS SHOWING THAT YOU HAVE THE INTEREST OF INVOLVING IN REALITY THE PARENTS AS SAME R AS PARENTS OF THE SAME RANGE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ISABEL AGUIRE. SHE'S, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE, BUT I DON'T HAVE HER IN FRONT OF ME AND I DON'T SEE MS. AGUIRE IN THE ROOM. UH, RALPH [00:20:01] ARZA SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE, UH, BUT IS NOT SIGNED IN RALPH. MR. ARZA, ARE YOU HERE? I DO NOT SEE HIM. UH, AND THEN LET'S SEE. LETICIA RODARTE, YOU'RE SIGNED UP AS CALLING IN, BUT I DON'T HAVE YOU SIGNED IN AND I DO NOT SEE YOU IN THE ROOM. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. UH, LET'S SEE. MARIA, DAISY ORTIZ, ARE YOU HERE IN THE ROOM ALSO? NOT, ALSO NOT ONLINE. UM, THAT'S EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL SPECIFIC COMMENT AND GENERAL COMMENT. THE TIME IS [Recess into Closed Session] 10:20 AM AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. THANKS EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND [Reconvene to Open Session] WELCOME BACK. THE TIME IS NOW 3:09 PM ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026. UH, THE BOARD IS RECONVENING CLOSED SESSION. I'LL TAKE A QUICK ROLL. UH, MS. NEWBELL PRESENT. DR. REVA? PRESENT. MR. MELVOIN? HERE. MS. GALLEGO? HERE. MS. EZ. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A FORUM. I WILL READ OUT. ACTION TAKEN. ALL RIGHT, UNDER TAB ONE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE EXPULSION OF STUDENTS IN CASE NUMBERS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE WITH THE RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION. THE VOTE WAS FIVE AYES AND TWO ABSENT BOARD MEMBERS, EZ AND ORTIZ FRANKLIN, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DENIED THE ENROLLMENT IN STUDENT IN CASE NUMBER 0 0 1 A. THE VOTE WAS FIVE A'S TWO ABSENT WITH BOARD MEMBER UH, EZ AND ORTIZ FRANKLIN. UH, TAB TWO. PERSONNEL, EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE DISMISSAL OF FIVE CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES. THE VOTE WAS FIVE AYES AND TWO ABSENT BOARD MEMBERS, EZ AND ORTIZ FRANKLIN. AND UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PENDING LITIGATION, UH, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE OF JACQUELINE MARTIN AND DAMANI NORRIS. V-L-A-S-D. TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON THE FINALIZATION OF THE AGREEMENT. THE VOTE WAS FIVE A, NO, FOUR A'S I'M SORRY. CORRECTION, THE VOTE WAS FOUR A'S ONE. NO. UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON AND TWO ABSENT BOARD MEMBERS, EZ AND ORTIZ. FRANKLIN THIS CONCLUDES REPORTING OUT AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, UH, THE MEETING CAN BE ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 3:11 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH. * 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.