* 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. [00:00:03] OKAY, [Roll Call ] WELCOME EVERYONE. THE TIME IS NOW 10:07 AM ON AUGUST 19TH, 2026. IT'S A WEDNESDAY. WELCOME TO THIS, UH, FIRST WORKSHOP OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING GOVERNANCE. UH, MY NAME IS MIKE MCLEAN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD. UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND TAKE ROLE, THEN WE'RE GONNA PIVOT AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, AND WE'LL TAKE THE REMAINDER OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE GOVERNANCE WORKSHOP. AND THEN AFTER THIS INITIAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL GIVE SOME BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS AND GET RIGHT INTO IT. OKAY? UH, MS. NEWBELL, PRESENT. DR. REMA. PRESENT. PRESENT. MR. MELHORN? HERE. HERE, MS. REGO. UM, HERE, MS. EZ? UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. PRESENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. OKAY. WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT QUORUM. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MOVE [Public Comment (Part 1 of 2)] TO PUBLIC COMMENT. HELLO, MY FRIENDS IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AREA. I WILL BE GIVING YOU A TWO MINUTE TIMER. YOU'LL HEAR IT WHEN IT GOES OFF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. UM, BOTH OUR SPEAKERS WILL BE SPEAKING IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXPERIENCE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU TRANSLATION HEADSETS IF NECESSARY. UH, BERT IS GOING AROUND WITH THOSE RIGHT NOW. DOES ANYONE NEED TRANSLATION? HEADSET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LITOS, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE TIMER, OKAY? YEAH. UH, ENO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND ALL OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE DISTRICT, I AM DEANNA GUILLEN, AND I AM THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NET OF RED, UH, NETWORK OF PARENTS THAT WE CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE WITH YOU, I HAD MY NOTES, BUT I DUNNO WHERE I LEFT THEM, IS THAT YOU, TODAY, YOU ARE CREATING THIS WORKSHOP TO REMIND YOU WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS BOARD MEMBERS, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HAVE ETHICS. AND THAT IS WHAT THE LEAST YOU'VE HAD. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT THE SCHOOL FINANCING SHOULD BE A WAY IN WHICH YOU TAKE CARE OF. THAT IS YOUR ONLY JOB TO TAKE CARE OF THE FINANCIALS OF THE DISTRICT. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING. YOU ARE DOING THIS. WHY? BECAUSE LACO IS PUTTING A STOP TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB IN WHICH YOU SHOULD BE. AND WHO IS THE ONE BEING AFFECTED? OUR STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE SCHOOLS AND SAY, OH, LAST YEAR WE CELEBRATED 2%. WHY DID YOU ONLY GIVE, WHY DIDN'T YOU ONLY GIVE 2% RAISE TO THE TEACHERS? THAT IS WHAT THEY DESERVED, NOT 14, 24%. WHY? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH OUR CHILDREN. THEY'RE NOT DOING BETTER IN REALITY. AND WE KNOW THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GREAT, IN WHICH OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING VERY WELL. WE HAVE VERY GREAT PERSONNEL, BUT OTHERS AREN'T. I WILL TELL YOU, MACARTHUR PARK, RIGHT NOW, THE SCHOOL IN WHICH MY CHILDREN WERE, HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT. MS. DIVAS, THEY'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AS A PRINCIPAL, AND THE PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE AREAS IN WHICH IT MIGHT BE WORSE. THE PARENTS ARE COMMUNICATING THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY PUT A SUBSTITUTE THAT DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH. THOSE ARE THE SMALL OR BIG THINGS THAT YOU AREN'T DOING IN REGARDS TO FINANCIALS. LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. WE ARE HERE TO LOOK FOR RESULTS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN DO BETTER ACADEMICALLY. AND THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YOU ALWAYS BLAME THE PARENTS, BUT THAT IS YOUR JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR SECOND SPEAKER, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I AM MARIA DEI ORTIZ, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER QUALITY EDUCATION BECAUSE THE FACTS SHOW, AND THE RESULTS SHOW IN REALITY WITH THIS AGENDA THAT ISN'T VERY FRIENDLY FOR THE PARENTS BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN TRANSLATED. AND THESE ARE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR WHICH THEY SHOULD BE TRANSLATED. THEY SHOULD BE TRANSPARENCY. THAT IS WHERE I DIRECT MYSELF TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE GUIDES IS THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT AND GUARANTEE THAT EVERYTHING [00:05:01] IS BEING KEPT UP WITH AND BEING DONE. THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. IF YOU PAY ATTENTION, YOU PAY A MEMBERSHIP OF $200 EACH BOARD MEMBER, YOU DON'T PAY IT. WE PAY IT OUT OF OUR SALARY. SO THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TO DEMAND THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU LOOK AT US THE WRONG WAY, YOU SAY THAT WE ARE PROBLEMATIC PARENTS, BUT IN REALITY, YOU ARE NOT DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND YOU HAVE NO ETHICS HERE. IT SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A HEALTHY FINANCIALS. AND THAT IS NOT HOW YOU VOTE UNDER EMOTION, UNDER FEAR. BECAUSE WHEN YOU VOTED FOR A RACE TO PREVENT A STRIKE, NOW LACO IS DEMANDING ON HOW YOU SHOULD GET THINGS DONE. AND NOW, AS PARENTS WHO PAY TAXES AND HAVE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS, AND YOU ARE NOT GIVING RESULTS, WE COME TO ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY. WE COME TO ASK FOR YOU TO INCLUDE US WHEN YOU TAKE DECISIONS, MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU SHOWED THAT YOU ARE INCOMPETENT. YOU ARE RECEIVING TRAININGS OF SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO. AND THE PRIORITY IS THE CHILDREN. OUR MONEY SHOULD BE BEING USED IN THE NECESSITIES AND PRIORITIES OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SECURITY, NOT THE SECURITY THAT IS MEDIOCRE THAT YOU HAVE, BUT THAT YOU HAVE SECURITY HERE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THIS BUILDING. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? PRIVILEGE OR PARASITES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. NOW, WE WILL GET INTO THE [1. Workshop on Board Governance ] WORKSHOP PROPER. UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS MIKE MCLEAN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD. YOU ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. UM, TODAY YOU'LL BE GOING THROUGH A WORKSHOP, UH, RUN BY THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION THAT HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED BY THE AD HOC, UH, BOARD GOVERNANCE RULES COMMITTEE. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA HAND IT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO DR. CIO RIVAS TO JUST GIVE US A LITTLE HEADS UP ON WHAT, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TODAY, AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO, UH, TANYA. YES. SO GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UM, I'M GONNA STAND SO I CAN FACE EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. UM, SO WELCOME TO, I GUESS LIKE, UM, MR. MCLEAN MENTIONED THE FIRST RETREAT OF, UH, 20 26, 27, UH, ACADEMIC YEAR. UM, SO WHY ARE WE HERE? SO IT'S JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TO, UM, ADD MORE TO WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY AND HAVING THIS VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL REMEMBER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE VOTED FOR AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR BOARD RULES SOMETIME EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND, UM, THE PURPOSE WAS TO, FOR TANYA AND I, AND ALSO WITH, UH, MIKE MCLEAN TO GO OVER THE, THE RULES BOOK. THERE IS A BOARD RULES BOOK, AND IT'S CALLED THE BOARD POLICY MANUAL. AND IN THAT MANUAL ARE BYLAWS THAT GUIDE US AS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO THE SUPERINTENDENT ON, YOU KNOW, PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES, UH, THAT GOVERN. YOU KNOW, THE DAY IS HOW WE SELECT THE, A BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, UH, RESOLUTIONS. SO THERE'S A, A LOT IN THOSE BYLAWS, AKA BOARD RULE. SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE USING THAT INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT, UM, THAT NEEDED TO BE REVISED OR UPDATED. AND SO AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THESE BOARD RULES, WE REALIZED THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT CAN EASILY BE EDITED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AND VOTE ON THEM. BUT THEN THERE WERE OTHERS THAT WE FELT, UM, REQUIRED MORE DISCUSSION THAT REQUIRED FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE MORE OF A DISCUSSION AND A CONSENSUS PRIOR TO VOTE. I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING IT, YOU KNOW, UP IN, UM, EITHER AT A, A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OR A BOARD MEETING FOR TO DISCUSS THEM. BUT I FELT LIKE WE FELT THAT IN THOSE SITUATIONS IT COULD BE RUSHED, AND WE DON'T WANNA BE RUSHING A CONVERSATION THAT'S SO ESSENTIAL. SO WE FELT THAT THERE ARE SOME BOARD RULES THAT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE AND DISCUSS PRIOR TO VOTING SO THAT WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONSENSUS AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN NOW, ESPECIALLY THAT WE HAVE A, A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, THIS IS EVEN MORE IDEAL TO BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, ONCE WE VOTE ON THESE BOARD RULES, IT'S A, IT'S SET NOT SET IN STONE BECAUSE IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S, UM, A DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, OR ANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW THE PROCEDURE ON CERTAIN, UM, AREAS THAT, THAT, THAT REQUIRE US TO, UH, UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD. BUT ALSO A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, BEGIN THIS SCHOOL YEAR, UM, WITH RELATIVELY, YOU KNOW, MYSELF INCLUDED THROUGH NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AND HOW WE WANNA GOVERN, HAVE OUR STANDARDS OR REGULATIONS OR PROTOCOLS. SO IT'S ALL ESTABLISHED. AND QUITE FRANKLY, AS [00:10:01] WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BOARD RULES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO BE REVISED OR WERE PRETTY MUCH ANTIQUATED. IT WAS LIKE, NO, WE DON'T USE FAX MACHINES ANYMORE, SO LET'S TAKE THAT OUT. SO LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO UPDATE AND MODERNIZE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR BOARD RULES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING NOW. AND ALSO FOR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS, NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT COME IN, THERE'S THAT BOARD RULE, THE BOARD BOOKS RULE, AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO, TO ALSO HELP THEM GUIDE THEM AS WELL. SO THIS IS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. AND, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME THAT I KNOW MCLEAN IS GONNA INTRODUCE OUR WONDERFUL TWO FACILITATORS FROM THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, WHO ARE GONNA HELP GUIDE US IN THIS CONVERSATION. SO WITH THAT, I'LL, UM, ASK TANYA TO FILL IN WHAT I MISSED. THANK YOU TO MY PARTNER IN, UH, THE AD HOC, UH, RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH DR. RIVAS. UM, GOVERNANCE CAN SEEM A LITTLE BIT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, TRITE OR BORING OR LIKE, WHY ARE WE DIGGING INTO THIS, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE IN THIS ROOM WHERE WE SET OUR BIG GOALS, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS IS THE WAY THAT WE GOVERN AND THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM OF EIGHT. AND YOU'LL HEAR US SAY THAT A LOT TODAY. OUR SUPERINTENDENT SAYS A TEAM OF SEVEN PLUS ONE. AND SO FOLKS MIGHT WONDER WHY STEP BACK NOW, I THINK DR. RIVAS MENTIONED VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE OUR PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR AS THIS NEW UNIFIED TEAM, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE FACING SOME REALLY BIG DECISIONS OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS. AND YOU ALL CHECKED IN WITH CSBA ONE-ON-ONE BEFORE THIS MEETING TODAY. AND IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE ARE UNIFIED, THAT WE ARE CONNECTED, THAT WE ARE VALUES DRIVEN IN THOSE DECISIONS. AND SO TODAY'S RETREAT AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP IN SEPTEMBER, AND AGAIN IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, ARE REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER, TO BE UNIFIED, TO BE UNITED IN OUR VISION FOR HOW WE OPERATE TO REACH OUR BIG GOALS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME AMAZING, AMAZING PROGRESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS A DISTRICT WITH OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AND THIS TEAM IS GONNA CONTINUE TO STAY FOCUSED ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE WAY THAT WE GOVERN. AND SO OUR BOARD MEETINGS, IDEALLY ARE SUPER FOCUSED ON REACHING THOSE BIG GOALS AND THE WAY THAT WE SET OUR EXPECTATIONS, OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE GONNA LIKE, ACTUALIZE THE WAY THAT WE GET THERE. SO THIS IS THE HOW WE GET TO OUR BIG STUDENT GOALS, UM, BY 2030 AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO I JUST WANNA THANK, YOU KNOW, MY, MY COLLEAGUE HERE ON WORKING WITH THE, UM, BOARD RULES COMMITTEE FOR SO LONG. I WANNA THANK THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION FOR CRAFTING THE RETREAT TODAY. UM, AND I WANNA INVITE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO JUST BE REALLY OPEN-MINDED, TO BE REALLY SOLUTIONS ORIENTED, FUTURE-FOCUSED, KID-FOCUSED, UM, BECAUSE THE WORK THAT WE DO TODAY IS REALLY GONNA HELP US REACH OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GOALS, UM, BY 2030. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR KIDS DESERVE IT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT TO MR. MCLEAN TO INTRODUCE OUR AMAZING FRIENDS AT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. AND WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO SOME IMPORTANT DIALOGUE. OKAY? I'M VERY BAD AT INTRODUCTION, SO I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS DO THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT WORK TO ESTABLISH YOUR ETHOS HERE FOR US. BUT, UH, I'M BRINGING TO YOU, UH, MR. DARRELL CAMP, PLEASE COME ON UP AND CEPI, COME ON UP, PLEASE. THESE FOLKS ARE EXPERIENCED FACILITATORS, UH, FROM THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, WHO, UH, ARE REGULARLY ENGAGED IN THE VERY HARD WORK OF DEALING WITH GOVERNANCE TEAMS AND GETTING THEM TO HAVE THE, UM, THE VERY MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THAT A BOARD CAN HAVE, WHICH IS HOW ARE WE GONNA COLLABORATE TO MEET THE UNIFIED GOAL THAT YOU ALL SET TOGETHER TO BETTER EDUCATE AND TO BEST EDUCATE THE STUDENTS AT LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO, UM, I AM THE LEAST PROFESSIONAL PERSON HERE, SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO YOU RIGHT NOW TO GIVE US SOME OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND TO LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHAEL. HELLO EVERYONE. AND GOOD MORNING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I NEED A MIC, BUT I'LL USE IT. UH, I'M S YO, I GO BY CEPI, AND IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY, WE'LL GO BY FIRST NAME. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? IT MAKES IT LESS FORMAL, RIGHT? SO, AL AND I, WE ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THOSE BACK ON. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON THE PHONE, ONE-ON-ONES WITH DR. CAMP, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN SO NICE GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY, NEXT MONTH, AND THEN IN MARCH. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA GO OVER MY, MY BACKGROUND, MY BIO IS ON THE WEBSITE. I DON'T WANNA TAKE TIME WITH THAT. JUST, UM, KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN IN YOUR SEAT AS, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING IN OAK PARK, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WAS TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE THE BALANCE OF BEING A PARENT, WORKING AND BALANCING ALL THAT WITH SERVING ON THE BOARD. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, DARREL, AND YOU'RE GOOD WITH DARRYL TODAY. I'M GOOD WITH DARL. ALL RIGHT. . . YEAH, THEY CALL ME A LOT OF THINGS, SO I APPRECIATE DARL SOMETIMES. DEFINITELY. SO, YEAH, I'M ALSO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, [00:15:01] BEEN WORKING WITH SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION SINCE 2018. AND I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU. UH, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS ROLE AND I THINK SOMETIMES A LARGER COMMUNITY, YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT THAT MEANS, AND THE TREMENDOUS, YOU KNOW, BURDEN AND RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND HONOR TOO, TO SERVE A COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A LARGE COMMUNITY OR A SMALLER COMMUNITY, IT'S, IT'S STILL WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS THAT SO KIDS CAN, CAN ACCOMPLISH THOSE DREAMS THAT THE PARENTS WANT THEM TO HAVE. SO, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU. UH, UNLIKE EDA, I HAVE NEVER BEEN A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, BUT I DO HAVE OVER 35, ABOUT 35 YEARS PLUS AN EDUCATION. AND THEN THE LAST 15 I'VE SERVED, OR THIS IS MY 15TH YEAR SERVING AS A, AS A SUPERINTENDENT. SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK. I ACTUALLY GEEK OUT ON, ON GOVERNANCE, AND THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT BROUGHT MYSELF AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION TOGETHER. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION. I WON'T GO OVER THE, THE REST OF THE, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LAUNDRY LIST OF JUST TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR PARTICULARLY, BUT DEFINITELY THE LAST 15 AND, AND 30 YEARS. JUST SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES. I MIGHT BRING THOSE EXPERIENCES INTO THE ROOM IF I THINK THAT THEY'RE USEFUL. UH, BUT SOMETIMES I JUST THINK IT'S, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, , BUT THAT'S NOT THE INTENT. WE REALLY WANNA HAVE, CREATE THIS SPACE SO THIS TEAM CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE PROGRESS. AND PROBABLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME SPACE THAT A LOT OF GOVERNANCE TEAMS DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO DO. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I SAY THANK YOU. YOU'RE TAKING THE TIME TO, UH, CREATE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH SUCCESS WILL, WILL, WILL HAPPEN, GUARANTEE YOU. SO, SOME OF WHAT WE DO TODAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO AS A TEAM BEFORE. SO WE ASK YOU TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE. AND I'M SURE YOU'LL BE FULLY PRESENT. I I REALLY ALSO ENJOYED THE, THE PRE-WORKSHOP INTERVIEWS. THOSE ARE VERY, VERY ENLIGHTENING AND GAVE US A, A LOT OF CONTEXT ABOUT THE DISTRICTS AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUT OF, OF OUR TIME TOGETHER. SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO JUMP IN. YOU READY? UHHUH? MM-HMM . TODAY, WE'LL ASK YOU TO DO A LOT OF HARD WORK. YOU ARE USED TO DOING A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT TODAY IS A LOT OF HARD WORK. AND WITH THAT IS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR TEAM. AND SO WHAT WE LIKE TO START WITH IS IF YOU CAN REFLECT ON AND WRITE ABOUT GOD BLESS YOU, AND WRITE ABOUT PERHAPS SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY ON YOUR JOURNEY, WHO HAS INSPIRED YOU, WHO HAS ELEVATED YOU, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE TODAY GETTING TO THIS POINT. SO, REFLECT ON THAT JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN WE'LL ASK THAT YOU SHARE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO, THAT PERSON, OR MAYBE IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN ONE. MAYBE IT'S, IT'S A COUPLE OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS. JUST SHARE THE QUALITIES OF THAT PERSON. WHY IS IT THAT YOU FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU GETTING TO THIS POINT? OKAY. ANYTHING I CAN CLARIFY BEFORE WE BEGIN? WELL, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SAY, WHEN YOU'RE SHARING OUT ABOUT HOW MANY MINUTES, WE, WE DON'T WANNA SET A SET TIMETABLE. I KNOW DURING THE BOARD MEETINGS, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT I WAS READING ABOUT AND I'VE OBSERVED, AND THAT'S OKAY. JUST BE MINDFUL OF TIME AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL MODEL ONE. AND THEN, BUT IN GENERAL, YOU'RE THINKING TWO TO THREE MINUTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. PER PERSON. YEP. SO, AND WE'LL MODEL ONE, BUT YOU GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR REFLECTION FIRST. JUST THINK ABOUT IT FIRST. NO, INDIVIDUALLY FIRST. INDIVIDUALLY. MM-HMM . AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SHARE OUT AS A WHOLE GROUP. FEEL FREE TO JOT DOWN TO BULLETS IF IT HELPS YOU. [00:20:41] JUST A FEW MORE SECONDS. 30 SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE BEFORE WE SHARE OUT. UH, WELCOME. WELL, HEY, WELCOME, WELCOME. OH, HERE YOU GO. , . YOUR COLLEAGUES INSISTED, SO NO, NO, I'M KIDDING. NO. . YEAH. BEFORE WE, WE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUT, I JUST WANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS, MOST TIMES WHEN WE DO THE GOVERNANCE WORKSHOPS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IT'S NOT A CLOSED SESSION ITEM. IT'S AN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ITEM. AND WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S ATTENDANCE. UH, U USUALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT COME. I HAVE TO SAY THAT TO THAT. UH, IT TURNS OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND GOVERNANCE NOT EXACTLY THE MOST ACT, MOST EXCITING ACTIVITY TO ATTEND TO, RIGHT? UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS IN THE ROOM. JUST APOLOGIZE, WE'RE NOT IGNORING YOU, BUT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE GOVERNANCE TEAM, WHICH ARE THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO FEEL FREE, WE'LL, UH, JUST KIND OF ACT LIKE YOU'RE NOT THERE AND YOU CAN ACT LIKE WE'RE NOT THERE. HERE, IT'S UP TO YOU. BUT I DIDN'T WANNA IGNORE YOU AND LISA ADDRESS THAT. SO WELCOME AGAIN. UH, SO HERE'S A, A MODEL FOR ME. MY PERSON, LIKE I SAID, 35 YEARS IN EDUCATION. MY, MY MOM WAS IN EDUCATION AND SHE DEFINITELY INFLUENCED ME. UH, 'CAUSE I LIKED THOSE, THOSE SUMMERS OFF. AND, UH, . AND THEN I BECAME AN ADMINISTRATOR. NO SUMMERS OFF, BY THE WAY. UH, BUT MY, MY MOM, AND THEN I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, AND SOMEBODY, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MY AUNT, AUNT SARAH, AUNT SARAH'S FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, AND AUNT SARAH AT EVERY STAGE IN THIS EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY THAT I'VE HAD, AUNT SARAH WOULD ALWAYS SAY, OH, THAT'S DARRELL. I'M SO PROUD OF HIM. HE'S GONNA BE A TEACHER ONE DAY. AND WHEN I BECAME A TEACHER, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU, DARRELL. GOODNESS. YOU'RE GONNA BE AN ADMINISTRATION. SHE WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE NEW JERSEY AREA. AND THEN AFTER I GOT MY FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE JOB, I SAID, THAT'S DARRELL. YEP. YEAH, HE'S GONNA BE A SUPERINTENDENT. A, A AND I, I, I, BEFORE I KNEW IT, I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT, . AND I, I THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. THOSE, THAT VISION THAT SHE SET FOR MYSELF WAS WAY BEYOND THE DREAMS THAT I EVEN HAD FOR MYSELF. AND SHE, SHE INTRODUCED ME TO THAT, THAT THOUGHT PROCESS. SO THANK YOU TO AUNT SARAH. SHE'S 93 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW, 93 YEARS OLD IN SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA. SO I JUST REALLY THINK ABOUT HER EVERY, EVERY DAY. AND SHE'S THE ONLY CONNECTION RIGHT NOW. I HAVE FROM, WELL, NOT ONLY, BUT THE MAIN CONNECTION BETWEEN MY PARENTS AND, UH, 'CAUSE MY PARENTS HAVE BOTH PASSED ON AND, AND MOVED AWAY. SO THEY'RE LOOKING THOUGH. SO, ALL RIGHT. WHO MIGHT WANT TO SHARE NEXT? I'LL GO SINCE I HAVE THE MIC. UM, WELL, I SHARE IN, IN, I GUESS THE, THE PERSON, NOT THE SAME PERSON. BUT, UM, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE MATRIARCHS IN MY FAMILY AND MY MOTHER'S SIDE. SO IT'S MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY MOTHER. UH, FOR ME, THEY WERE THE ONES, UM, YEAH, THEY'RE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ME BEING EVEN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. UM, AND SO FOR ME, THEY, ALL OF THEM REPRESENT, UH, VERY STRONG WOMEN, UM, PERSEVERANCE, TENACITY, AND, UM, DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR TIMES, UM, HAD A BETTER LIFE. AND, UM, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE BECAUSE MY MOTHER DECIDED TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND, AND FACING A COUNTRY THAT SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT. BUT SHE KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED TO FIND A PLACE OF REFUGE AND, UM, A BETTER FUTURE FOR HER AND HER LITTLE GIRL WITH ME AND HER HERSELF. AND YEAH, SO MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER [00:25:01] ARE THE ONES WHO I LOOK UP TO. WE CAN GO AROUND A CIRCLE, IF THAT'S OKAY. UM, I LIKE TO GO IN, CIRCLE THE SIDE. YOUR HEART IS ON TO THE LEFT. UM, I'LL, I'LL MIMIC, UH, MY MOM. UM, I, I RESONATE A LOT WITH WHAT YOU SHARED, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING TO THIS COUNTRY AND HAVING A BIG PICTURE VISION FOR WHAT YOUR FAMILY CAN ACHIEVE HERE. UM, MY MOM RAISED ME TO BE, AND SHE WAS HERSELF VERY INDEPENDENT AND STRONG. AND, UH, I REMEMBER IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY LIKE, WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR MOM? AND I WAS LIKE, SEVEN. I WOULD SAY SHE'S INDEPENDENT. UM, AND PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE, WHY DOES, WHY DOES THAT STAND OUT TO YOU? AND IT'S BECAUSE I KNEW LIKE THAT'S WHAT, UM, WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY WERE CAPABLE OF DOING. AND SHE'S STILL A MODEL FOR, FOR THAT FOR ME TODAY. BUT SHE'S ALSO VERY SENSITIVE. WE WOULD WATCH LIFETIME MOVIES AND CRY ABOUT PEOPLE'S STORIES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO, YOU KNOW, HEARTFELT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT TODAY AS, AS HARD WORK, HARD WORK. UM, AND SO I THINK FOR ME, WHEN I THINK ABOUT LIKE A MODEL LEADER, I THINK BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE STRENGTH TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND TO STAND UP, UM, FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, BUT TO ALSO HAVE EMPATHY, UM, AND, AND HAVE FEELINGS IN THE WORK. UM, AND I CARRY THAT WITH ME TODAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO THE RIGHT. UM, AND I THINK IN THE SAME THEME, UM, MY MOTHER, UM, I ONLY HAD MY MOTHER FOR 17 YEARS. UM, SO SHE PASSED EARLY IN MY LIFE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS EXAMPLES AND SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEEN SHARED COMING TO AMERICA, UM, WAS FOR HER, YOU KNOW, FOR HER CHILDREN TO HAVE A BETTER WAY OF LIVING. AND I FELT THAT AS THE YOUNGEST BEING HERE AND ONE OF THE FIRST TO GO TO COLLEGE. AND I THINK MR. LOVE, WHO WAS ONE OF MY MENTORS FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME WHEN I LOST MY MOM, HE STEPPED IN AS A MENTOR AND WAS THERE FOR ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THROUGH MY BASKETBALL CAREER, THROUGH COLLEGE. UM, HE WAS A GRADUATE OF 59 FROM OUR ALMA MATER AT DORSEY, AND HAS NEVER LEFT A COMMUNITY AND INSPIRED ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND STILL DOES TODAY, UM, EVEN IN THE ROLE THAT I AM TODAY. SO I THANK MY MOM AND MR. LOVE. UM, WELL, I'LL, I'LL ECHO THE THEME AS WELL. I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF MY MOM, UM, JUST THINKING OF HER IMMIGRATING TO THE US AT A YOUNG AGE ALONE, UM, AND ALL OF THE BARRIERS THAT SHE FACED AT THAT TIME. UM, SHE IS INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING AND, UM, WAS VERY STRICT WITH ME. AND I DIDN'T ENJOY THAT AS MUCH AS A CHILD, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE, YOU CAN DO BETTER. AND, UM, AND I WILL INSIST ON NOTHING LESS THAN YOUR BEST. AND I THINK THAT THAT HAS REALLY DRIVEN ME. I THINK THAT SHE, EVEN AT THAT TIME, NEVER SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULDN'T DO AS A GIRL OR AS A WOMAN. AND THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I COULD BE AMBITIOUS, EVEN THOUGH IT, IT DIDN'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT WAS HOW WOMEN ARE PORTRAYED IN OUR SOCIETY. UM, AND THEN MY MOM, SHE'S VERY SMART, BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF HER PROFESSIONAL DREAMS IN HER HOME COUNTRY IN PERU. UM, SO SHE WENT BACK TO AN LUSD ADULT SCHOOL WHEN I WAS A KID, AND I GOT TO WATCH THAT MODEL OF HER, I THINK, CHOOSING TO DO SOMETHING FOR HERSELF, INVESTING IN HERSELF. AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED ME TO, TO BECOME AN EDUCATOR, WAS SEEING THAT IMPACT THAT THAT HAD ON HER ACHIEVING HER DREAMS. AND THEN HOW THAT OPENED DOORS FOR, FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. UM, I THINK FOR ME, IT'S BOTH MY PARENTS. UM, MY PARENTS CAME HERE IN 1978 FROM EL SALVADOR, RIGHT BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR REALLY TOOK OFF. AND, UM, MY DAD WAS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING TARGETED. AND SO I LEARNED VERY EARLY ON ABOUT THE WAR. I LEARNED WHY, UM, WE HAD TO LEAVE. I LEARNED ABOUT INJUSTICE. I LEARNED ABOUT, UM, ABOUT POOR PEOPLE HAVING TO FIGHT TO EXIST. AND, UM, AND THEN I ALSO LEARNED ONCE WE CAME HERE THAT, THAT WE WERE NOT WANTED HERE IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE WAR CONTINUED TO EXIST BECAUSE OF POLICIES THAT WERE PASSED IN THE US TO CONTINUE THAT WAR. AND SO, AT A VERY, VERY EARLY AGE, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT I ALSO LEARNED ABOUT FIGHTING BACK INJUSTICE AND ALSO HAVING HOPE THAT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT, UH, THINGS ARE HARD AND THINGS GET, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY, UH, YOU CAN GET VERY DISILLUSIONED, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POWER IN MOVEMENT AND IN PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT BACK THESE INJUSTICES. AND SO I THINK ABOUT HOW WHAT HAS LED ME TO WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK HAS, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT PASSION, THAT DESIRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, FOR, UM, TO FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, WHO, UM, WHO NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO STAND UP FOR THEM. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVITY THAT ALWAYS KEEPS ME GOING. 'CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN, IN THE POWER OF CHANGE, [00:30:01] AND I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. AND TO AFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE IN HUMANITY, TO ME IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE WAY FORWARD AND ALSO GOING TO BE VICTORIOUS. SO, UH, MY PARENTS LED ME THERE, UH, BOTH OF 'EM, MY DAD AND MY MOM. UM, AND SO I, I THANK THEM FOR, FOR THIS PASSION BECAUSE IT IS WHAT GROUNDS ME, AND IT IS MY GUIDING LIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT, UH, WORKING TOGETHER AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE IS IT'S THE WAY TO BE. YEAH. SO FOR ME, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE, UH, BOTH OF MY FOLKS. WE, WE CAME HERE, UH, LATE 83 FROM CHILE. UH, I'LL START WITH MY DAD AND THEN, AND WITH MY MOM, WITH MY DAD. UH, HE, HE IS AND WAS A HUSTLER, AND I MEAN THAT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. IN CASE, FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, MY DAD IS ACTUALLY WATCHING THIS. UM, HE, YOU KNOW, WE CAME HERE. HE WENT FROM JOB TO JOB TO JOB, WORKED AT RADIO SHACK, HAD A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP. ENDED UP STARTING HIS OWN BUSINESS. HE DID THAT ON HIS OWN. DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY OVER HERE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS OVER HERE. HE DID THAT ON HIS OWN AND HE HUSTLED. UM, AND THEN FOR MY MOM, IT WAS KINDA LIKE WHAT BOARD MEMBER EZ SAID, JUST LIKE THOSE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, DON'T COME HOME WITH AN A MINUS, DON'T COME HOME WITH A B PLUS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO, BUT STUDY AND, AND GET YOUR WORK DONE. UH, AND JUST HAVING THOSE HIGH EXPECTATIONS. AND THE FACT THAT WHEN MY, MY BROTHER AND I WERE IN SCHOOL, SHE STAYED HOME TO MAKE SURE THE TWO OF US, YOU KNOW, MADE GOOD CHOICES. AND THEN AS SOON AS HE GRADUATED, SHE STARTED A WHOLE SECOND LIFE AND WAS A NURSE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. DID YOU KNOW C-N-A-L-V-N BECAME AN RN AND, AND JUST DID HER OWN THING? UH, AFTER MY BROTHER AND I WERE, WERE, WERE OUTTA THE HOUSE. UH, SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE MY HEROES IF HIS PARENTS ARE WATCHING, THEY ARE CONSTITUENTS OF MINE. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I THOUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE, MY PARENTS THOUGHT OF TEACHERS, ACTUALLY MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CAME TO MIND, BUT DARRELL, YOUR BOW TIE REMINDED ME INSTANTLY OF MY GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS A PROLIFIC BOW TIE, WHERE IT TAUGHT ME HOW TO TIE A BOW TIE, WHICH IS A SKILL I SHOULD UTILIZE MORE, MAYBE AT BOARD MEETINGS COMING UP. BUT, UH, BUT SO I THINK OF HIM, HE WAS A LAWYER, BUT IT WAS REALLY, I KNEW HIM MOSTLY POST-RETIREMENT, AND HE WAS LIKE, JUST DID SO MUCH PRO BONO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYNAGOGUE. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. HE HAD, UH, LOVED TO FISH. AND SO WHEN HE SPENT SOME TIME OUT WEST FISHING, HE WAS ALWAYS LIKE WRITING UP THE POLICIES AROUND LIKE, RIPARIAN RIGHTS FOR LIKE FARMERS VERSUS, I MEAN, IT JUST, I, I NEVER KNEW, LIKE, THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE, I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS JUST NORMAL THAT YOU'RE ON, LIKE, YOU WERE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME IN THESE UNPAID VOLUNTEER ROLES, LIKE AS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ON BOARDS, AND, UH, JUST KIND OF TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A, A, UM, I THINK COMPASSIONATE AND THOUGHTFUL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND SO THINK OF HIM, HIS NAME WAS HUGO, HE IS MY SON'S NAMESAKE, A 1-YEAR-OLD NAMED HUGO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, GET TO THINK ABOUT KIND OF THAT, UH, HIS LEGACY AND HOPE THAT WE CAN RAISE, UH, OUR KIDS TO BE, UM, LIKE, LIKE HE AND MY GRANDMOTHER, UH, WHO WAS ALSO INCREDIBLE AND UNFORTUNATELY WAS TOO OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, BUT WAS REALLY KIND OF, AS I LEARNED LATER IN LIFE, THE ONE WHO KEPT KIND OF THE, THE, YOU KNOW, HELD THE FORT AS HE WAS DOING ALL THESE UNPAID VOLUNTEER THINGS. SO THINK OF BOTH MY GRANDPARENTS. WELL, I HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY FROM EVERYONE HERE BECAUSE, UM, I WAS THE ONE WHO DECIDED WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL. MY PARENTS, UH, WERE FIRST GENERATION, AND MY MOTHER AND FATHER ONLY WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY HAD TO GO LEAVE, GO TO WORK. AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS. YOU JUST, THAT'S HOW IT WAS. AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT MY MOTHER KNEW WHAT GRADE I WAS IN DURING MY CAREER IN EDUCATION. I KNOW SHE KNEW THAT I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE KNEW WHAT GRADE I WAS IN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO I WAS KIND OF SELF-SUFFICIENT IN, UM, DECIDING WHAT I WANTED TO DO. SO, UH, WHEN I FINALLY, UH, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, I JUST THOUGHT I WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE. NO COMMENT. OH, YES, NO, YOU OKAY? NO COMMENT. UH, WHAT DO YOU WANNA BE? UH, THE ONLY THING GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, GO AND BE ON TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OLD FASHIONED VALUES LIKE THAT. BUT I REMEMBER IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY SPANISH TEACHER, UH, MRS. JOAN LUCAS BOYER, SHE WAS THE BEST SPANISH TEACHER I EVER HAD. AND I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS SO TERRIFIC, AND SHE MADE ME WANT TO BECOME A SPANISH TEACHER IN SCHOOL. AND I JOINED THE, UM, FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA, FTA. WE ALSO HAD FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA. BUT I CHOSE FTA AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. BUT, UM, I GUESS MY MOTIVATION CAME FROM ME. [00:35:01] ALL MY MOTHER EVER SAID WAS, DON'T YOU EVER TALK BACK TO THE TEACHER? DON'T YOU EVER TALK BACK TO THE TEACHER? THAT WAS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY OF THINKING, BUT IT WORKED OUT WELL. AND I HAVE NO GRUDGES AGAINST THEIR NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING ABOUT EDUCATION. BUT, UH, I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF. SO THAT'S WHY MY STORY'S DIFFERENT. THANK YOU EARLIER. EXPECT TO DO THIS HARD WORK, RIGHT? GOOD GOVERNANCE IS, UH, BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF TRUST. TRUST AND RESPECT. AND TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT IS STRENGTHENED. ESTABLISH IT. IT'S, YOU FOSTER IT BY HAVING THESE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS, UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU HAVE COME FROM. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SHARING SO MUCH FROM YOURSELF. IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO, UM, REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE ALSO PEOPLE, RIGHT? I THINK WHEN YOU GET TO SOME LEVELS, WHEN YOU GET TO SOME, UH, TO BE IN A, IN PARTICULAR ROLES AND POSITIONS, THOSE AROUND YOU MAY VIEW YOU AS JUST THAT, RIGHT? THE TITLE. THEY MAY NOT REALIZE THAT YOUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND MAYBE GRANDPARENTS AND, AND YOU HAVE PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, OTHERS TO, TO TAKE CARE OF AND HOMES TO RUN AND ALL THAT. AND ALONG, UH, THOSE LINES, WE ARE ALSO GETTING WISER AND MORE SEASONED, SOME SAY OLDER. SO BE THAT COMES SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. SO WHAT I LIKE ALL OF YOU TO REALLY EMBRACE AT THIS SESSION, FUTURE SESSIONS, STARTING TOMORROW, IS SELF-CARE. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT, WELL, IF YOUR HOME IS NOT WELL, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ARRIVE AT THE DIE A HUNDRED PERCENT, RIGHT? SO SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. SO REALLY TAKING THE TIME. SO WITH THAT, DARREL, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR, UH, STORY ABOUT AUNT SARAH, THAT'S AMAZING IN OUR, IN HER NINETIES. DO YOU WANNA SHARE ? YOU SURE? OKAY. DON'T IT TAKE TIME TOO? YEAH. I GET CRITICIZED FOR TAKING TIME TOO. I WAS, UH, REFLECTED TOO. MY PARENTS WOULD'VE BEEN ECSTATIC IF I CAME HOME WITH ONE A, BY THE WAY. THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. OKAY. KIDDING. . UM, YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, AS I, I JUST KIND OF REFLECTING ON THE STORIES TOO. I THINK IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING HOW MANY TIMES TRUSTEES COME ON THE BOARD AND YOU GET THAT FIRST MEETING THAT YOU HAVE, AND YOU'RE GETTING RIGHT INTO BUSINESS THERE. THAT'S A TOUGH SPOT TO, TO START WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE TEAM AND MAKING SUCH CRITICAL DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY'S STUDENTS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S SCHOLARS, EVERYBODY'S KIDS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY THAT HAS A HUGO IN THE DISTRICT GOING THROUGH. SO, LIKE EDA SAID, THIS FOUNDATION, IT MIGHT SEEM TOUCHY FEELY, AND I'M NOT A TOUCHY FEELY PERSON. UM, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, I, I LEARNED A LOT FROM EDA BECAUSE SHE REMINDS ME OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, TO AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS TO BREATHE TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW PEOPLE. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE TECHNICAL AND THE HARD DECISIONS AHEAD OF YOU BY DOING THIS, WHEN YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVE, WHICH MIGHT REPRESENT THE PERSPECTIVE OF OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S ACTUALLY A FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT OF GOVERNANCE, BECAUSE I, I, I, I SEE IT SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL TO MAKING THE DECISION. SO AT THE VERY LEAST, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE, YOU KNOW WHY YOU DISAGREE. AND YOU, YOU CAN HEAR THE PERSPECTIVE THAT COMES THROUGH THE DISAGREEMENT, RIGHT? SO YOU STILL MIGHT DISAGREE, AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNDERSTANDING. AND I'M GONNA SAY TRUST. THE GOAL IS ABOUT WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE DISAGREEMENT, RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT'S CRITICAL. YEP. ALRIGHT. EE, YES. MEETING GUIDELINE. SO IN YOUR, OH, SORRY. IN YOUR FOLDER, IN YOUR FOLDERS, I THINK I BELIEVE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE VERY FIRST PAGE IS SAMPLE MEETING GUIDELINES. IF YOU WOULD TAKE JUST, JUST A COUPLE MINUTES, AND THERE ARE 17 OF THEM, UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND NUMBER THEM IF YOU LIKE TO, IF YOU CAN SELECT YOUR TOP CHOICE AS YOU THINK OF YOUR MEETINGS WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER, THINK OF THESE SESSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TOGETHER. WHICH ONE RESONATES WITH YOU THE MOST AS A GUIDELINE FOR HAVING MEETINGS, PEACEFUL, HARMONIOUS, PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS. IF YOU CAN JUST SELECT YOUR, YOUR FIRST CHOICE, AND YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT IT, PUT A CHECK MARK NEXT TO IT, PLEASE. [00:41:22] ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE READY? YOU HAVE SELECTED YOUR, OKAY. SO WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO SHARE WHAT YOU SELECTED. DARRYL IS GOING TO MARK IT DOWN. AND TODAY, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OUR, OUR, OUR GUIDELINES FOR OUR MEETING AND MOVING FORWARD. SO OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, AS WELL AS IN MARCH. THOSE WILL BE OUR MEETING GUIDELINES MOVING FORWARD. YOU MAY HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS FOR YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, UH, AND SOME OF THESE MAY REFLECT, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN BEFORE. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, UH, LET'S SEE. CAN I, UH, START WITH YOU, SCOTT, AND THEN WE'LL GO THIS WAY. ALL STUDENT, YEAH. SO MUCH. THAT'S TRUE. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED IS YOUR STUDENT, IS YOUR CHILD. THANK YOU. THANKS, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT, NICK. I WILL, I WOULD CO-SIGN THE FIRST ONE. I ALSO, I GUESS I'LL ADD, I LIKE THE PENULTIMATE ONE. THE, WE WILL ALL WORK TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO HIDDEN AGENDAS AND THAT ALL ISSUES AND CONCERNS CAN BE DEALT WITH OPENLY BY ALL MEMBERS. SO I WOULD ADD THAT ONE. THANK YOU, ANDRES. SO I SELECTED WE WILL BUILD UPON THE IDEAS OF OTHERS AND LOOK FOR COMMON GROUND. WE WILL PARAPHRASE FOR UNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU, CARLA. I ALSO SELECTED NUMBER ONE WONDERFUL. WHICH IS WE WILL KEEP OUR FOCUS ON THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS. OURS, AND I ADDED, WE ADDED ALL, SCOTT SAID ALL, SO WE'LL ADD ALL TO IT. BEAUTIFUL. KELLY? OH, SURE. I, I AGREE WITH NUMBER ONE, BUT I, IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ANOTHER ONE, WE WILL RESPECT DIFFERENCES. WE WILL SHOW RESPECT, NEVER DISMISS OR DEVALUE OTHERS, AND CHECKING OFF ALL THOSE. UM, I ALSO ADDED, WE WILL WAIT TO SPEAK UNTIL A TEAM MEMBER HAS FINISHED TALKING. WE WILL KEEP OUR REMARKS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT SO THAT ALL OPINIONS CAN BE EXPRESSED. AND I'LL ADD NUMBER 12, IT READS, EACH MEMBER WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF THE TEAM. WE WILL EACH BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE MEETING, PARTICIPATE EQUALLY, ADDRESS CONCERNS. NICE. UH, FOR ME, WE WILL COMMUNICATE OPENLY AND HONESTLY WITH EACH OTHER. UM, SO YEAH, I [00:45:52] CALL OR A TIME OUT. NO, I THINK WHAT WE DO IS WE STAND UP BEHIND THE CHAIR. NO, BUT I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, CALL IT OUT. YEAH, CALL IT OUT. YEAH. INTERESTING. YOU CAN CERTAINLY THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT THE IDEA IS TO, AND PART, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT. THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH BEHIND. WHEN YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST BREATHE AND REGULATE YOUR, YOUR READING, THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY ACCESSING THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT'S MORE RESPONSIVE AND NOT REACTIVE. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. MM-HMM . RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN CONVERSATIONS ARE CRUCIAL. THEY'RE CRITICAL. SOMETIMES, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMOTIONAL TRIGGER, AND WE MAY AND NOT RESPOND. WE WANNA, ALRIGHT, DARREN, WHERE ARE WE NOW? . WE'RE IN LOS ANGELES, RIGHT? SORRY, SORRY, . ANOTHER, UH, JUST CONSIDERATION WHEN, WHEN THERE'S A NEW MEMBER OF THE TEAM, THERE'S SOME BOARDS OUT THERE THAT THEY, THEY JUST CONTINUE AND THEY, THEY KIND OF JUST KEEP WITH THE ROUTINE. WHAT CSBA WE RECOMMEND IS THAT WHEN THERE'S A NEW MEMBER OF THE TEAM, THERE'S A TEAM, A WHOLE TEAM ORIENTATION, WHERE YOU GET TO DISCUSS THE NORMS, THE PATTERNS, THE EXPECT EXPECTATION, RECOGNIZING EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE AT THAT POINT ON THE GOVERNANCE TEAM, YOU WENT THROUGH AN ELECTION, BUT, AND, AND ONE, BUT WHAT ARE THE NORMS? I I THINK OF THE ANALOGY I UTILIZE IS, IS IN BASEBALL, ANY BASEBALL FANS HERE JUST SAY, OKAY, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK THIS. ANY BASKETBALL FANS HERE, OKAY? UM, I'M, UH, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. IN BASEBALL, IF A PLAYER HITS A HOME RUN AND THEY SHOWBOAT WHILE THEY'RE GOING AROUND THE BASIS, WHAT'S THE UNWRITTEN RULE IN BASEBALL? NEXT BATTER UP BY OR LATER DOWN, THERE'S GONNA BE A CONSEQUENCE, RIGHT? IT IS NOT WRITTEN ANYWHERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN THE CULTURE OF BASEBALL. IN BASKETBALL, YOUR TEAM'S UP 15, THERE'S 20 SECONDS LEFT. THE TEAM THAT'S UP 15 HAS THE BALL. THE TEAM, WHAT DOES THE TEAM DO? THEY DRIBBLE IT OUT. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY GO AND MAKE A BASKET? YEAH. , SOMEBODY WILL GET IRRITATED, RIGHT? , RIGHT? SO THESE, THESE RULES AND THESE, THESE CULTURAL THINGS THAT NEW MEMBERS ARE SOMETIMES, WELL, YOU CAN STILL DISREGARD IT, RIGHT? IT'S NOTHING AGAINST THE RULES OF GOAL SCORE, RIGHT? UH, BUT IT IS KIND OF A VIOLATION THAT KIND OF GETS PEOPLE UPSET. IT CAN DIMINISH TRUST. UH, AND JUST TO CONSIDER. SO IT'S KIND OF GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF THE TEAM TO JUST SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE SOME OF, OF OUR NORMS, OUR, OUR GUIDELINES, LIKE I SAID, IN THE ABSOLUTES. BUT AT LEAST IT, IT SETS UP A TIME FOR THE GOVERNANCE TEAM TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT IN A LOW STAKES ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? AT THE DIOCESE'S, PROBABLY NOT THE, THE BEST TIME. UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMEND HAVING WORKSHOPS LIKE THIS JUST TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION, SCOTT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NONVERBAL YOU, RIGHT? SO SOMETIMES WHEN I WORK WITH, UH, WITH DISTRICTS, I ASK THEM TO GO BACK AND WATCH SOME VIDEOS AND TO NOTICE BEHAVIORS, RIGHT? TO NOTICE NONVERBAL CUES. AND SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK AND SAY, CEPI, I DIDN'T REALIZE I FIDGET SO MUCH. OR I DIDN'T REALIZE I, I CROSS MY HAND. OR I ROLL MY EYES [00:50:01] AND EVERYONE ELSE SEES IT. WE ARE NOT, SOMETIMES, NOT, SOMETIMES, A LOT OF THE TIMES WE ARE NOT REALLY, UH, AWARE OF OUR REACTIONS. AND THOSE ARE JUST SUCH BIG PART OF WHO WE ARE. WE DON'T NOTICE THEM, BUT OTHERS DO. AND MAYBE IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL ON OUR PART, IT'S JUST A HABIT. SOMETIMES MY KIDS WILL TELL ME, MOM, WHY, WHY ARE YOU FRONING? LIKE, WHY ARE, WHY ARE YOU, ARE YOU ANGRY? I'M LIKE, I'M NOT, I'M JUST THINKING. RIGHT? SO REALLY BEING AWARE. VERY GOOD POINT, SCOTT. FANTASTIC. SO OUR, OUR ROADMAP FOR THE DAY, YOU KNOW, UH, MEETING GUIDELINES, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO REFLECT ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THE DISTRICT. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MORPH INTO SORT OF THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT HOW IT RELATES TO THE GROUP AND THE WAY YOU, YOU PROCESS AND YOU GO ABOUT THE WORK, YOUR WORK. UH, AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND GOVERNANCE STANDARDS. AND THEN WE'RE PROBABLY DO A WORKING LUNCH WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING. AND, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO, TO PROCESS, UH, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM EACH OTHER? OKAY? AND WE'LL, WE'LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THAT ACTIVITY. YOU WON'T BE HERE THE WHOLE TIME. YOU'RE GONNA BE MOVING AROUND THE ROOM, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE MOVING AROUND THE ROOM AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WORK IN PAIRS AND, UH, THREE OR GROUPS OF THREE OR FOUR WITH SOME OF THE PROCESSING THAT WE'LL DO. OKAY? SO THAT'S OUR ROADMAP. AND THEN, LIKE MICHAEL SAID, WE'LL, THEY'LL END WITH SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE, THE DAY. THAT'S OUR ROADMAP. WE'RE ALWAYS FLEXIBLE BECAUSE WE WANNA RESPOND TO THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ROOM IN REAL TIME. BUT THAT'S OUR ROADMAP. UH, THERE WILL BE SOME DEBRIEF OPPORTUNITIES THAT I KNOW S UH, CEPI AND I HAVE WITH, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE. AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK MORE, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT SEPTEMBER AND MARCH, UH, BUT WE WE'RE GONNA LEARN SOME THINGS TODAY, GUARANTEE YOU SO WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WANNA BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH IN ORDER TO, TO MEET THE NEEDS. AS WE SAID DURING THE INTERVIEWS, OUR GOAL IS TO ADD VALUE AND TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION YOU NEED TO HAVE, AND FOR OBVIOUSLY THE DISTRICT TO FLOURISH WAY BEYOND EVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. AND AS SOMEONE SAID THAT, RIGHT, UH, EARLIER, YEAH, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD, UH, AGGREGATE DATA OVER THE, THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND LA UNIFIED'S GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE ATTENTION, INTENTION, AND JUST REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS JUST REFRESHED. AND IT REALLY GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUITY OF EFFORT, I IMPROVE, MAKE THE NEEDED CHANGE, AND THEN FOR THE DISTRICT TO KEEP MOVING IN A, IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, SO EVEN MORE KIDS CAN FLOURISH, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S, ALL RIGHT. YES. SO, UM, WHAT WE ALMOST, I WOULD SAY, NOT ALMOST ALL OF YOU SHARED WITH US WHAT YOU'RE PROUD OF. WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF L-A-U-S-D? AND WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS TO THINK OF WHAT YOU SHARED AND HOW YOU FEEL, WHAT, WHAT IS, UH, OR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE SERVING? AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO THEN GATHER AS, AS DARRYL SAID, YOU'LL BE WALKING AROUND, WHICH WILL BE GOOD. WE GET SOME STEPS IN, AND YOU'LL BE WRITING ON THE CHART. MAYBE ONE OF YOU CAN BE DESCRIBER AND YOU, I DO APOLOGIZE. UH, YOU'LL BE WRITING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SHARING, WHAT YOU'RE REFLECTING ON, WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVING IN, UM, IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED. ALL RIGHT. SO MAYBE JUST A COUPLE MINUTES INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN COME ON OVER TO THE CHART BEHIND ME WHEN YOU'RE READY. [00:55:38] JUST SOME BULLET IT. YEAH. ANYONE? OH, I CAN START. UM, TANYA IS SURE. I CAN BE THIS GUY. UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WRITE, I'LL SAY WHAT I'M WRITING. OKAY. MAYBE A COMMON ONE IS LIKE OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. YEAH. OKAY. PROUD OF, BUT KEEP THROWING 'EM OUT. OH, HERE, SOMEBODY ELSE. OH, YOU WANT ME TO, ARE YOU GONNA BE THE PROUD? I MEAN, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO YEAH. NICE. PRETTY SOMETIMES I I WAS GONNA SAY, WE EMBRACE THE WHOLE CHILD. YEAH, I KNOW. SURE. OKAY. LET ME KNOW WHEN I DO THAT. UH, FOR ME, WE, UM, PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT, UH, STUDENTS AND ALSO THE PROTECTING STUDENTS IN, UH, BOW HEIGHTS AND, UM, EAST LA YEAH. PROTECTING STUDENTS. . I'M MOST PROUD OF THE LEGACY OF THIS DISTRICT. I AM PROUD OF THE LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT HONOR AND VALUE THE WORK OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND ADD TO OUR STUDENTS', UM, LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND JUST OVERALL EXPERIENCE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA TALK, UM, PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS WITH, UM, HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE. I'LL ECHO THAT. I WAS GONNA SAY THE BEING THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET OF THIS CITY. UM, BUT I'LL SAY KIND OF THE INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE SPIRIT OF LATE JUST COSIGNING THE PROTECTING VULNER, THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET. YEAH. I'M GONNA KIND OF ECHO A COUPLE THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, UP THERE. ONE, JUST THE REALLY DEDICATED FOCUS ON THE WHOLE CHILD. THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE YESTERDAY. THE, THE NEEDS THAT WE ADDRESS NOW VERSUS WHAT WE ADDRESSED IN 98 WHEN I STARTED ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THE OTHER IS THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT PIECE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD POCKETS OF EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE'VE HAD GOOD YEARS. THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE GOING ON THREE YEARS OF SUSTAINED SUCCESS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTS ALL STUDENTS IS AMAZING. AMAZING. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I'M PROUD OF LIKE, OUR UNITY. YEAH. OUR UNITY BOARD. UNITY. YEAH. WELL, GOOD DECISIONS BEGIN WITH THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU ARE NOT UNIFIED, NOT UNIFORM, IF YOU'RE NOT UNIFIED, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT YOU SET. THEN THERE'S SO MUCH TIME SPENT ON TRYING TO DEFEND YOUR POS POSITION, AND YOU'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSING ON THE STUDENTS YOU'RE SERVING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. YEAH, RIGHT. THAT'S A GREAT LIST. YOU SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT EASY. I HAVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO ARE PRODUCTS OF L-O-U-S-D, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY TELL ME STORIES, AND THEY'RE ALL DOING REALLY WELL. A FEW OF THEM ARE IN COLLEGE NOW. ONE JUST FINISHED NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, ONE IS GOING TO LAW SCHOOL. SO YOU ARE REALLY PRODUCING GREAT STUDENTS. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET THAT, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HEAR THAT, RIGHT? SOMETIMES WE HEAR ALL THE NEGATIVE, YOU DON'T HEAR ALL THE POSITIVES THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THIS A GREAT LIST. PERFECT REFUGEE PLAN. YES. YES. WE HAVE MORE. WHAT WE'LL DO AT THE END, UH, WE'LL TAKE PICTURES OF ALL YOUR WORK AND WE'LL SEND YOU A MEMO THAT HAS, UM, ALL OF YOUR SUMMARY OF YOUR CONVERSATION. JUST GONNA ADD THE, THE BREADTH OF PROGRAMS THAT WE SERVE BABIES, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY AS 12 WEEKS OLD, ALL THE WAY TO ADULTS, I THINK, I MEAN, IT GOES WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THERE, BUT WE PASSED SOME, UH, RESOLUTIONS AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF THAT, UM, NOT [01:00:01] ONLY EMBRACE THE WHOLE CHILD, BUT REALLY LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, REALLY SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UM, YOUNG CHILDREN, MENTAL HEALTH SAFETY. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, THAT WE'RE PASSING SOME PROGRESSIVE, UH, POLICY THAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT US TO, TO FOLLOW AS WELL. AND THE SCREEN, THE NO SCREEN OR SCREEN VALUE. RESO , I THINK, I THINK THAT MAKES ME THINK TOO OF JUST KIND OF THE, I I'M PROUD THAT THIS BOARD AND DISTRICT ARE VERY SOLUTIONS ORIENTED OUTSIDE OF EVEN OUR LOCUS OF CONTROL. I THINK OF THE EMPLOYEE HOUSING WE'RE DOING, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WORK WE DID BOTH IN THE PALISADES AND ELBO HEIGHTS AROUND KIND OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE TESTING ON AIR QUALITY THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AFFECTS ALL AND SOIL, IT GOES WELL BEYOND THE SCHOOL. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUST STAYING IN OUR LANE AS IT WILL, WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES WHEREVER THEY ARE. UH, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE MODERNIZATION WE'RE DOING AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE UPGRADES AT OUR SCHOOLS, UH, THAT STUDENTS CERTAINLY DESERVE ALL OVER THE DISTRICT. I ALWAYS REMEMBER VISITING YOUR SCHOOL, UH, IN KATHI, THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OH MY GOSH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. UP TO DATE. 21ST CENTURY. JUST FANTASTIC. I I WANNA ADD, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD AND OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AS WE, AS A DISTRICT HAS KEPT THE NAME BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH MANY DISTRICTS HAVE SHIED AWAY FROM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED IN THAT LEGACY TOO. I GUESS ON THE NOTE ON MODERNIZATION IS, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN TRANSFORMING OUR, OUR SCHOOL YARDS, RIGHT? WITH GREENING, WITH TREES AND WITH SHADE. AND I THINK THAT, UM, BEING RESPONSIBLE TO THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE WHOLE CHILD IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, BEING MINDFUL OF THE, THE SPACES OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS ARE IN, RIGHT? WHICH IS ESPECIALLY IN, IN OUR, IN OUR PLAYGROUNDS, IN OUR SCHOOL YARDS. AND CHANGING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE FACING NOW, YOU KNOW, FOR SUCCESS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THIS LIST, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES IT'S GOING OUTSIDE OF YOUR NAME, BUT YOU'RE CREATING THOSE CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS FOR EACH AND EVERY CHILD IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. I WANTED TO UPLIFT OUR CAREER PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE PREPARING STUDENTS, UM, NOT JUST FOR COLLEGE, BUT ALSO APPRENTICESHIPS. UM, AND, AND THAT THEY'RE TRULY CAREER READY. I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, ETHNICALLY AND KIND OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WE SERVE, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SCHOOLS NEXT TO THE WATTS TOWERS WHERE I TAUGHT. WE HAVE US HAVE A SCHOOL IN TOPANGA CANYON. WE HAVE A FARM SCHOOL, WE HAVE A CAMP NOW THAT SITS ON 88 ACRES. WE'VE GOT, I MEAN, IT KIND OF IS ECHOING WHAT KELLY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE BREADTH OF OUR PROGRAMS, BUT WE JUST HAVE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 721 SQUARE MILES AND NOW BEYOND WITH CANYON CREEK, BUT WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE RURAL, URBAN, UH, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS THAT ARE KIND OF EXPANSIVE IN TERMS OF THE NATURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SIT ON SCHOOLS THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CORINA'S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT ARE NOW KIND OF DOT THE SKYLINE OF LA. SO IT'S JUST WHEREVER YOU ARE, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT REMINDS YOU OF VALUE UNIFIED. I ALSO THINK, AND IT KIND OF GOES WITH THE LEGACY OF VALUE USD, BUT DESPITE BEING SUCH A BIG DISTRICT AND CAN BE BUREAUCRATIC AT TIMES TO PRIDE FOLKS HAVE IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES, UM, SOME OF THOSE LEGACY SCHOOLS LIKE, UH, OASIS OR, UH, FAIRFAX OR VENICE OR ROOSEVELT OR GARFIELD, BUT ALSO, OR NAUGH AND SAN FERNANDO. EXACTLY. BUT ALSO THE PRI THE, THE, THE FOLKS THAT, THAT PEOPLE FEEL. UM, JUST LIKE WHEREVER YOU'RE YOU, YOU FEEL THERE ARE, THERE ARE THESE KIND OF SMALL COMMUNITIES THAT FEEL LIKE YOU, LIKE YOU'RE IN SMALL DISTRICTS, EVEN IN THIS BIGGER BEHEMOTH. THANK YOU. UM, I KNOW, UM, I'M ALSO PROUD OF OUR WORKFORCE. I THINK THAT, UM, I WAS A TEACHER BEFORE AND, UH, NOW I'M ON THE BOARD AND I'VE HAD TO WORK WITH VARIOUS, UH, FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICE IS JUST THE OPENNESS, UH, FROM FOLKS, UM, WHO WORK WITH US ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT COME OUT FROM THE BOARD, THEIR, UM, WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AND COLLABORATE. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE SCHOOL SITE, UM, UH, FOLKS WHO WORK AT THE SCHOOL SITE WHO STEPPED UP, ESPECIALLY, UH, AROUND THE TIME OF THE ICE RAIDS, UH, A LOT OF OUR STAFF, UM, TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO PATROL THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAKE SURE OUR KIDS WERE SAFE WALKING INTO SCHOOL. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT OUR, OUR WORKFORCE ARE, ARE, [01:05:01] THEY'RE DEDICATED AND CARE, AND THEY'RE IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THAT. AND THEY'RE SO COMMITTED TO KEEPING OUR, OUR CHILDREN SAFE AND FELT LOVED AND SEEN. LET ME JUST ADD THE PTA AND OTHER PARENT GROUPS THAT DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT DO, EITHER THERE'S NO MONEY TO DO IT OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO IT, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US, KEEPING THE PROGRAMS GOING. AND I, I THANK THEM SO MUCH AND I'M PROUD OF THIS BOARD. I KNOW WE SAID UNITY, BUT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT INTO OUR SCHOOLS, 'CAUSE WE TRUST OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL WITH OUR OWN CHILDREN. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD ABOUT. I JUST WANNA ADD KIND OF A FLIP SIDE ON THE LEGACY IS THAT SOMETIMES THE LEGACIES OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE, THE REPUTATIONS OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE MOST POSITIVE. BUT I THINK THERE'S BEEN A NARRATIVE CHANGING AT A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS WHERE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATED WORK OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THOSE NARRATIVES ARE CHANGING AND COMMUNITY IS BELIEVING IN OUR SCHOOLS MORE. IT'S CHANGING THAT. IT'S UP TO YOU TO HAVE THE POWER AND THE INFLUENCE TO CHANGE. THIS IS A GREAT LIST. I AGREE. WE'RE ON A ROLL, RIGHT? SOUNDS LIKE TAKE UP REST OF THE DAY. STUDENT HAVE LEADERSHIP STUDENT VOICES. YEAH. YEAH. THE OTHER PART, YOU DON'T, DON'T ADD THIS TO THE LIST, BUT EVEN WITH THIS LIST, WHAT I HEARD IS A REALLY, A DESIRE THAT CREATE CONDITIONS FOR KIDS BROADLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND TO BE WILLING TO SAY, WHERE ARE OUR GAPS AT? UH, THAT EVP STUDY, UH, AND LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. THAT WAS A WILLINGNESS. OKAY. LET'S SEE. WHAT, HOW WE'RE SERVING PROGRAMS, UH, UH, EQUITY OF EQUITY OF OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHILE MAINTAINING THE UNIQUENESS OF VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SUCH A, I THINK IT'S A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. AND IF WE WILL, HEY, IF WE HAVE GAPS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET OF UNCERTAINTY, ALL THIS REINVESTING, LOOKING AT DOLLARS, AND TO CREATE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. ENVIRONMENTAL LINK. MM-HMM. IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING TODAY BEFORE WE LEAVE, FEEL FREE TO ASK BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE PHOTO OF THE CHART. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME, JOHN. THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SEGMENT. YEAH. YEAH. AROUND. YOU NEED A, A QUICK BREAK OR I DO NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM. SO HANG, LET'S TAKE, GRAB SOMETHING TO DRINK. HOW MANY? FIVE MINUTE. FIVE. FIVE MINUTE BREAK. FIVE, FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. AS WE GET BACK, I'M GONNA GO OVER THE DETAILS, RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE THERE. YOU OKAY. PUT AWAY YOUR NOTES. QUIZ TIME. QUIZ TIME. THAT'S RIGHT. REALLY RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUIZ, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S A QUESTIONNAIRE. THE YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. UH, THIS, BUT BEFORE YOU EVEN LOOK AT YOUR PACKET, LET ME SAY, GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTIONS, AND THEN EDA WILL FILL IN WHERE I HAVE NOT COVERED IT THOROUGHLY. ALRIGHT. SO YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A, A QUIZ THAT GETS A, IT'S ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT YOU. AND WITH THIS QUIZ, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FOR EACH QUESTION, SOME RESPONSES OF HOW YOU MIGHT RESPOND TO THE QUESTION OR THE CIRCUMSTANCE. UH, YOU'RE GONNA PUT A ONE INDICATING THE RESPONSE THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOU. SO WAIT BEFORE YOU LOOK AT IT. SO, SO ONE IS WHAT DESCRIBES YOU BEST, RIGHT? UM, HERE'S THE THING THOUGH. WITH EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, THEY SHOULD ALL HAVE A NUMBER NEXT TO THEM. SO BEFORE YOU EVEN LOOK AT YOURS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SHEET LIKE THIS. FOR QUESTION NUMBER ONE, WHAT I SHOULD SEE WHEN YOU FINISH THIS, THERE SHOULD BE A NUMBER NEXT TO EACH OF THESE LETTERS. SO IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, YOUR RANKING, YOUR RANKING. BUT ONE IS THE ONE THAT [01:10:01] BEST DESCRIBES YOU, RIGHT? SO ONE IS THE ONE THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOU, AND THEN YOU SHOULD GO THE FIVE TO THE ONE THAT LEAST DESCRIBES YOU. SO HERE I SHOULD SEE A ONE THROUGH FIVE. SOMEWHERE HERE I SHOULD SEE A ONE THROUGH FIVE, ONE THROUGH FIVE, ONE THROUGH FIVE, ONE THROUGH FIVE. UM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU NOT TO LOOK FORWARD. JUST GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE FIRST PAGE. DON'T LOOK AHEAD YET. OKAY. ED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED? I BELIEVE YOU COVERED IT ALL. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CLARIFY FOR YOU AND GO WITH YOUR GUT. DON'T OVERTHINK IT. YEAH, DON'T OVERTHINK IT. GO WITH YOUR GUT. UH, WHEN THERE'S A TIE, BREAK YOUR TIE AND JUST MAKE A CHOICE. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU JUST A FEW MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS FIRST PAGE OF THE ACTIVITY. DON'T MOVE FORWARD, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR NOT MOVING. JUST HOLD ON, HOLD TIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [01:15:34] I THINK WE'RE THERE. OKAY. HERE'S THE NEXT STEP I'M GONNA GIVE. DON'T LOOK. I'LL JUST LOOK UP HERE FIRST. JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. ON THE BACK OF THE SHEET THAT YOU JUST FILLED OUT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE YOUR NUMBERS AND CONVERT THOSE INTO THESE BOXES. SO FOR QUESTION ONE, YOU JUST LOOK AND SEE WHAT WAS YOUR A, WHAT WAS YOUR B, YOUR C, YOUR D AND E. AND JUST WRITE THOSE DOWN AFTER YOU. NOW, YEAH. THE CRITIQUE WE'VE HAD ON THIS IS TWO SEPARATE PAGES, RIGHT? THE THING I'VE LEARNED TOO, IS EITHER YOU'RE FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH, OR YOU TAKE A PICTURE AND JUST KIND OF DO IT THAT WAY. IT MAKES IT EASIER, BY THE WAY. SO WE DEFINITELY HEAR THAT. AFTER YOU FINISH THOUGH, WRITING ALL THE NUMBERS, GO AHEAD AND ADD STRAIGHT DOWN AND PUT YOUR TOTAL RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL, BUT YOU'RE GOING DOWN VERTICAL WITH THE ADDITIONS. OKAY? AND AFTER THAT, I JUST WANT YOU TO HOLD ON FOR A MOMENT. BUT YOU CAN TAKE A PEEK AT THE SHEET RIGHT NEXT TO IT. RIGHT NEXT TO IT. BY THE WAY, YOUR, YOUR TOTALS, YOUR LOWEST SCORE IS YOUR MOST DOMINANT WORKING STYLE. SO LET'S SEE, SEE IF THIS DESCRIBES YOU. AFTER YOU DO THAT, THAT ADDITION, AND THEN WE'LL HOLD ON FOR A MOMENT. GONNA TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH THE POST-ITS. ALL RIGHT. SO DOES EVERYONE HAVE YOU NEED, YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME? OKAY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. SO EACH OF YOU HAVE TWO PIECES OF POST-IT NOTE. YOU HAVE A LONG ONE, A, A SLIGHTLY LONGER ONE, AND A, AND A SMALLER ONE. IF YOU COULD PUT YOUR LOWEST NUMBER ON THE LONGER POST-IT, THE LOWEST NUMBER, AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER ON THE SMALLER PIECE. SO WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE. AND JUST THE NUMBER FOR NOW. PLEASE MAKE SURE ONCE YOU PUT THE NUMBER, YOU'LL ALSO ADD YOUR NAME TO EACH PIECES. JUST FIRST NAME EACH PIECE OF YOUR POST-IT NOTE. SO YOUR NAME ON EACH PIECE, YOUR LOWEST NUMBER ON THE LONGER, THE BIGGER POST-IT NOTE, AND THE HIGHEST ON THE SMALLER, JUST THE NUMBER, [01:20:01] JUST THE, JUST THE TOTAL, THE HIGHEST AND THE LOWEST. AND THEN AS YOU, UH, LOOK AT THE FIVE WORKING STYLES, ALSO WRITE DOWN THE WORKING STYLE THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE HIGHEST AND THE LOWEST. SO LET'S SAY, SO LET'S SAY MY LOWEST IS DATA DRIVEN. I WOULD PUT THE NUMBER THAT I GOT FOR THAT. I WOULD PUT MY NAME DATA DRIVEN, NUMBER EIGHT, IF THAT WAS OKAY. SO THE LOWEST NUMBER AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER, YOUR NAME AND THE WORKING STYLE. AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, COME ON OVER TO THE CHART RIGHT BY THE DOOR. AND YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE YOUR POST-IT NOTE IN THE APPROPRIATE, UM, ON THE APPROPRIATE SECTION. LOWEST AND THE HIGHEST? YES. THERE YOU GO. LET'S SEE. AH, VERY INTERESTING. WELL, SCOTT IS COMING. SCOTT IS COMING. LET'S SEE. ARE YOU, YEAH. ARE YOU GUESSING HOW MUCH THE HIGHEST OR THEY'RE LOWEST? ALL RIGHT, SO THIS PARTICULAR WORKING STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DESIGNED FOR GOVERNANCE TEAM MEMBERS, BY THE WAY. SO WE UTILIZE IT QUITE A BIT IN OUR WORK. WHAT ARE YOU, UH, A AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHAT'S THE FIRST IMPRESSION? ANYONE? THERE ARE PATTERNS. OKAY. , THERE ARE PATTERNS THERE WE'RE CLUSTERED IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND THEN NO ONE CARES ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. . YEAH. SO IF YOU THAT, THAT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION. YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN RELATIONSHIP. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU PROBABLY RANKED IT, IT WASN'T YOUR HIGHEST OR WASN'T YOUR HIGHEST OR, OR YOUR LOWEST Y YEAH. WE, WE SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT THESE ARE YOUR DOMINANT OR YOUR LEAST DOMINANT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GRADATIONS IN THERE, RIGHT? SO JUST RECOGNIZE THIS, THIS IS THAT ABSOLUTE. BUT IT IS A, A, IT IS A PATTERN, RIGHT? SAY, OH, THIS, NO ONE'S DOMINANT OR LEAST DOMINANT ONE. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THE QUESTION, RIGHT? OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY THE HIGHEST, THE LOWEST NUMBER IS YOUR PRIMARY WORKING STYLE. THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY, RIGHT? SO WHERE DO WE SEE THE LOWEST NUMBER? LOWEST NUMBER, RIGHT? MM-HMM . VISIONARY ONE BOTTOM LINE. SORRY. THREE VISIONARY. YEAH. OH YEAH. WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT IN THE VISIONARY AND THEN DATA DRIVEN, BUT HUH? WHO ARE THE THREES? JUST SO I CAN SEE? THREE BOYS. OH, THE THREE VISIONARY. OKAY. DO, DO YOU THINK, ESPECIALLY ON THIS, BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DESCRIPTORS ON VISIONARY, DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU BIG PICTURE IDEA? IT'S OUR, IT'S ALSO THERE. OH YEAH. BIG PICTURE IDEA. UH, THEY SERVE AS CATALYST FOR CHANGE. OKAY. , THEY CREATE THE VISION, INSPIRE OTHERS TO BELIEVE IN IT. YOU TRY? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. V VISIONARIES ARE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF A GOVERNANCE TEAM IS TO SET THE DIRECTION. SO, AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT, HAVE VISIONARIES, RIGHT? YEAH. SOMETIMES VISIONARIES HAVE A ISSUE OF GETTING THINGS DONE, BUT , BUT, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE A VISION. . YEAH. WHAT ELSE DO YOU NOTICE? YEAH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE LOWEST OR THE, THE, YEAH. THE HIGHEST NUMBER, BUT THE HIGHEST. WELL, FOR ONE OF YOU, FOR NICK, FOR NICK, NICK'S A BOT. HIS BOTTOM LINE. THE BOTTOM LINE. YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED THAT YOU'RE, THIS IS, THIS WAS, YOU THINK THIS ACTOR ACCURATELY DESCRIBES YOU GET IT DONE, OKAY. GET OR DONE. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT [01:25:01] TO HAVE ON ANY TEAM, RIGHT? TO HAVE A BOTTOM LINE PERSON. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE DATA DRIVEN INDIVIDUALS WANT MORE DATA. THEY WANT MORE GRAPHS, THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, AND THEY, THEY'RE NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION. BRING THAT BACK FOR SECOND READING. THIRD READING. SO I THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COMBINATION. YEAH. I'VE SEEN DATA DRIVEN PEOPLE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH BOTTOM LINE PEOPLE, THE DATA PERSON. I, I, I GOT A LITTLE MATH IN MY BACKGROUND, WANTING MORE DATA IS SOMETHING I WANT. BUT THEN THE BOTTOM LINE, PEOPLE WILL SOMETIMES SAY, MAKE COMMENTS LIKE, LOOK, WE ALREADY, WHAT'S THIS EXTRA PIECE OF DATA GONNA TELL YOU? WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT TO DO. RIGHT? . YEAH. YEAH. AND OF COURSE, THE HISTORIANS ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO ANY ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE TO MOVE ANY ORGANIZATION FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST, THE HISTORICAL OR, UH, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY. SO, AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE ONE, AT LEAST ONE, RIGHT? SHERETTE? YES. THAT'S YOU, THE HISTORIAN. YEAH. OH, OH, YOU SAID, UH, LEGACY. LEGACY. I THINK YOU UTILIZED THAT WORD A COUPLE TIMES, RIGHT? YEAH. RECOGNIZING, BOY, LA UNIFIED DIDN'T JUST START TODAY. IT HAS A LONG HISTORY. RIGHT? AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT HISTORY. YEAH. . YEAH. MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT THAN WE ARE LIKE, THERE'S NO FIVES OR SIX, LIKE IS A FAVORITE. YEAH. BUT THERE ARE SOME 20 FOURS, LIKE IT'S INTERESTING THAT ARE LOWER, ARE LIKE, ARE MORE IN THE NINE TO 10 RANGES MM-HMM . IN THE HIGH. SO WE'RE MORE CLEAR ON KIND OF WHAT WE'RE NOT MM-HMM . SO IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, THEY'RE MORE OF THESE, THE SMALLER POST-ITS OVER HERE. SO MORE CLEAR. YEAH. ONE AT EVERYTHING. LIKE YOU'D BE A FIVE, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE NO FIVES OR SIXES. LIKE I THINK OUR LOWEST IS A, AS A TOTAL NUMBER, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE SOME 20 FOURS AND UM, LIKE, I THINK I WAS A 24. YOU WERE, YEAH. SO IT'S JUST, WE'RE WE'RE, THERE'S MORE CERTAINTY ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IS OUR LEAST FAVORITE WORKING STYLE THAN, AND MAYBE MORE I COULD HAVE BEEN A, LIKE, I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS, WE WERE DATA DRIVEN, BUT THEN ALMOST THE BOTTOM LINE. YEAH. MM. SO I PURPOSELY AVOIDED A LOT OF THE HISTORIAN STUFF BECAUSE I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE AND NOT SAY, WELL, THIS IS HOW WE USED TO DO IT. MM-HMM . AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO DO THINGS TOO. BUT IF I GET STUCK IN THAT HISTORIAN THAT'S, I REMEMBER HOW WE DID THAT. REMEMBER? BUT GIVE A CHANCE. MODERN, BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFULLY SAID. NOW, THE RELATIONSHIP PART, AS YOU KNOW, LIFE IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES WE ARE AWARE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AND THE CONNECTIONS, AND SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT. BUT ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO, MAINTAINING, FOSTERING AND MAINTAINING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL. SOMETIMES WE CAN BE SO FOCUSED ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THAT WE FORGET ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE ARE CREATING, ESTABLISHING. SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT A GROUP OF EIGHT, MAYBE THAT'S NOT YOUR LOWEST OR THE HIGHEST, MAYBE YOU'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT? I'VE GOT SO MANY THOUGHTS. . UM, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE I THINK OF MYSELF AS A VERY RELATIONAL PERSON, AND I THINK RELATIONSHIPS WITH MY CONSTITUENTS AND MY STAKEHOLDERS AND MY DISTRICT IS REALLY, REALLY, LIKE, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND PARENTS. BUT I, I WAS REFLECTING ON IT. AND I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE THE GOVERNANCE TEAM, LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME JUST TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER OR TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S PEOPLE. LIKE WHENEVER WE ARE CONVENED, THERE'S A LOT TO DO. AND SO I THINK I FEEL COMPELLED TO JUST LIKE, GET TO THE WORK AND NOT NECESSARILY SPEND THE TIME CONNECTING AS, AS PEOPLE. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS THEN, BECAUSE I COMPLETELY GET IT. WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER, YOU HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF. YOU HAVE YOUR REGULARIZED, UH, MEETINGS, RIGHT? AND THERE'S NO TIME FOR THIS TYPE OF CONVERSATION. HOW DO YOU SEE THE VALUE OF DOING THIS WORK AND CONNECTING FOR ALL OF YOU WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THIS LEVEL? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE VALUE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY? RIGHT. UH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I MEAN, EVEN AS WE LOOK AT THESE WORKING STYLES, AS SCOTT WAS SHARING ABOUT HISTORIAN, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS LEARNING FROM THE HISTORY, NOT THAT I WANT TO BE IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S JUST HOW WE DO IT. AND NOT WANTING TO REPEAT HISTORICAL THINGS THAT AREN'T BENEFICIAL FOR THE DISTRICT. SO FOR ME, I GUESS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, THE TERMS ON HERE, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HEAR EACH OTHER OUT, KIND OF TO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? YOU KNOW, IT CAN SAY, YEAH, BIG PICTURE, BUT WHAT DOES BIG PICTURE REALLY MEAN? [01:30:01] RIGHT? DATA DRIVEN. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE DATA THAT DRIVES THE WORK? SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DIALOGUE BECAUSE IT GIVES MORE CONTEXT INTO THE DECISION MAKINGS THAT WE ARE MAKING AS A GROUP. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND I DO THINK THAT, I MEAN, I SEE MYSELF AS A RELATIONAL PERSON AS WELL, AND I THINK IT WAS MY SECOND ONE. AND I DO THINK THAT COMING ONTO THE BOARD, I THINK THAT WAS THE PART THAT I FELT WAS MISSING, WAS THIS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND I THINK IT'S VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE WORK THAT WE WANT TO MOVE IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, TO REALLY BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND, AND HAVING MORE ACCESS TO ONE ANOTHER, UM, SO THAT IT ISN'T JUST WHEN WE NEED TO. SO IT'S NOT TRANSACTIONAL, RIGHT? IT IS MORE TRULY RELATIONAL. I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD TRUST AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAN, UM, REALLY BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE AT THE WORK THAT YOU DO, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DRIVES YOU, IS BEING EFFECTIVE. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THIS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE REASONS, WHICH IS OUR STUDENTS. RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT WE ONLY GET STRONGER IF WE BUILD MORE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO I DO VALUE THIS, THIS SPACE THAT WE'RE CREATING RIGHT NOW. AND I WISH WE HAD DONE IT EARLIER, BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE DOING IT NOW. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF TRUSTEES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT CAME AROUND ON, JOINED THE TEAM IN 2020 AND 22. THEY WERE AT A DISADVANTAGE, I'LL SAY THAT. AND THE, THE DISADVANTAGES WE WERE TOLD ACROSS THE NATION TO STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, RIGHT? THE, THE NAT AND, AND WE HAD A MASK ON WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE MASK. IT, IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF COMMUNICATION IS, ARE THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND THE EYE, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD SOME BARRIERS TO FORMING RELATIONSHIPS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE OUT OF THAT TIME PERIOD, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO, GO THERE AGAIN. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD TIME. SO EVEN CONNECTING AS A TEAM HERE IS GREAT. OBVIOUSLY THE INDIVIDUAL, NOTHING PRECLUDES A COUPLE TRUSTEES FOR GETTING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALLY. UH, AND THAT'S OKAY TOO. ALL OUR RELATIONSHIPS, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE BOARDS THAT, UH, I'VE WORKED WITH WHERE I KNOW WHAT, WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED WITH THEM IS WHEN THEY HAVE A DISAGREEMENT AS A TEAM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE DAIS, THE BOARD, THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT MIGHT, YOU COULD FEEL THERE WAS SOME TENSION. THEY, THEY PRIORITIZE THE TIME TO SAY, LOOK, OKAY, LET'S DEBRIEF WHAT HAPPENED HERE. LET'S HAPPEN HERE. RIGHT? AND, AND THEY GO BACK AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT. SO IT DOESN'T LINGER OVER MULTIPLE MEETINGS OR, OR IF YEARS REALLY REALLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS. YEAH. UH, WHERE SOME TRUSTEES, THEY WON'T EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER AT ALL. SO I, I THINK THAT'S HEALTHY. 'CAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOOL FOR BUILDING TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS. YEAH. THERE WAS, YES. SO WHAT I NOTICED OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD, UH, ROOM EXACTLY, THE BOARDROOM PEOPLE TEND TO TALK TO THE SAME PEOPLE OVER. AND O I'M GUILTY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE DON'T KIND OF BROADEN OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR TALK PARTNERS. WE KIND OF STICK WITH THE SAME PEOPLE. I GUESS WE JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT KIND OF PERSON. SO I SEE THAT, I SEE THAT WITH OBSERVATION. RIGHT. LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION TOO. ANY, ANY OTHER OBSERVATIONS? I HAVE A A QUESTION TOO. DID IT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR, YOUR LOWEST SCORE AND YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, DID ANYBODY SAY, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ME. OR YOU THINK IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE? OKAY. GOSH. WOW. NAILED IT. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. WE HAVE TO THAT, THAT THAT MEANS YOU WERE HONEST IN YEAH. IN RESPONDING, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT ABOUT, UM, AND NOW YOU HAVEN'T HAD A REALLY TIME TO, TO THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD BE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR TEAM, THE GOVERNANCE TEAM, AND YOU LOOK AT HOW THE LOWEST SCORES WERE FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES, I WONDER IF THERE WERE ANY SURPRISES, LIKE IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS ACTIVITY AND TO PREDICT WHERE EACH OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WOULD FALL, WOULD IT, WOULD THEY FALL IN THESE CATEGORIES? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, I THOUGHT TANYA WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE BOTTOM LINE. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN YOUR LOWEST SCORE. THAT'S FUNNY. I, YEAH. . I DID, UM, SORRY, I'LL OH, SORRY, SORRY. WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO, WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING UP HERE, LIKE WHETHER I GUESSED THE RIGHT FIRST OR SECOND ONE, AND EVEN FOR MYSELF. SO WHEN YOU SAID, UM, WAS IT RIGHT? I WAS LIKE, YES, IT'S RIGHT. BUT ALSO, MAYBE I WAS KIND OF CLOSE FOR THE NEXT ONE. SO I I CAN TOTALLY SEE THAT . [01:35:01] YEAH. I THOUGHT TANYA, I WAS LIKE, NOT. YEAH. ONE THING TO KNOW ABOUT TANYA IS THAT SHE LOVES LIKE, SPREADSHEETS. SO I ACTUALLY WASN'T SURPRISED AT ALL ABOUT IT. . I'M SURPRISED IT WASN'T LIKE A FIVE OR SOMETHING. TANYA, WHERE, WHERE'S YOUR DATA DRIVEN? DATA DRIVEN SPREADSHEETS. OKAY. LIKE CHARTS, BUT, OKAY. SO HERE'S, HERE'S ONE AWKWARD THING ABOUT THE DATADRIVEN IS IT'S LIKE, IT, OH, YOU WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT ALL THE DATA. AND THAT'S WHERE MY TENSION IS, IS LIKE, I WANT THE DATA, BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME. SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY THERE'S THE CROSSOVER. YEAH. I STILL WANNA GET TO THE DECISION SOON. UHHUH, , YOU GONNA SAY, WELL, I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE AT, AT THE VERY INTERESTING POINT OF YOUR JOURNEY BEING PART OF YOUR GOVERNANCE TEAM, THAT YOU'RE REALIZING YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND YOU'RE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, BUT YOU'RE ALSO AT THE POINT THAT YOU'RE MOVING TO THAT MORE EFFECTIVE AS A GOVERNANCE TEAM LEVEL, RIGHT? AND IT HAS GOT TO FEEL GOOD TO, TO KNOW THAT, TO GO IN WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE OF UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER A BIT BETTER AND UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF, YOUR WORKING STYLE, WHAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON, RIGHT? A BIG PART OF TAKING SUCH INVENTORIES IS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR STRENGTH, WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT, HOW YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS, BUT ALSO BE VERY MINDFUL OF YOUR BIASES AND THE AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO WORK ON, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO'S A BOTTOM LINE, WHO NEEDS TO MOVE, MOVE ALONG THE DECISION AND THE MEETING AND ALL THAT, THEN YOU, YOU'RE NOT THINKING THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED OR THEY'RE NOT ENGAGED. THAT'S THE WORKING STYLE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE. SO IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF, UM, THESE TOOLS GIVE YOU A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE. AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOUNDATION OF TRUST AND RESPECT. ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS LEAD TO THAT FOUNDATION. AND EVERY TIME THAT WE GET TOGETHER, YOU CAN STRENGTHEN THAT FOUNDATION A BIT MORE. SO, MM-HMM. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WE'RE, IT LOOKS LIKE LUNCH IS HERE, BUT BEFORE WE DO LUNCH, LET'S GO BACK, GRAB YOUR SHEET AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, GIVING THIS ON THE BACK OF THIS SHEET, THERE'S SOME TIPS AND CONSIDERATIONS. AND IT SAYS THAT YOUR STYLE IS HERE AND THE PERSON YOU'RE WORKING WITH IS HERE. SO WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S YOUR, YOUR MAIN STYLE VISIONARY? SO YOU'RE A VISIONARY, AND IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH PICK ONE, UH, BOTTOM LINE. AND IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH A BOTTOM LINE PERSON, SO IF A VISIONARY IS WORKING WITH A BOTTOM LINE PERSON, IT SAYS ACKNOWLEDGE THE OBJECTIVES, ACTION, STEPS, AND TIMELINE AS THEY APPLY TO THE VISION OF THE DECISION BEFORE THE TEAM THAT IT GIVES YOU. YEAH. YES. YEAH. SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, OR AT LEAST CONSIDER THE OTHER PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES WHAT I, BIRD WALKED A LITTLE BIT, AND EXCUSE MY, MY WIFE, UM, FOR BRINGING IN THIS ANALOGY. I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR ABOUT 28 YEARS, I THINK. AND I KNOW THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, AND IT STILL FRUSTRATES US AT TIMES. AND IT'S JUST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT EVEN DEALING WITH TWO PEOPLE, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP. CANDIDLY, DEALING WITH ONE PERSON IS A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT? IT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE THERAPISTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, JOKINGLY, BUT SERIOUSLY, RIGHT? JUST DEALING WITH YOURSELF TAKES EFFORT, RIGHT? SO YOU BRING IN ANOTHER PERSON IN THE RELATIONSHIP, EVEN SOMEBODY YOU'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH FOR 28 PLUS YEARS, MINUS THE FOUR YEARS SHE REJECTED ME IN COLLEGE. UM, THAT'S COMPLEX. SO JUST IMAGINE THE COMPLEXITY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SEVEN OTHER COLLEAGUES. LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. SO LET'S GO AND LOOK AT THIS AND JUST KIND OF DO A CROSSCHECK TO SEE IF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE OR THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR. DOCTOR, REACH OUT. IT'S OKAY. I'M WHAT YOU WANT. I, I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD. YOU CAN, WHAT OPTIONS THINK YOU WANTED? OH, IT JUST LIKE, READ IT. A PROCESS RELATIONSHIP WAS PART. ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THIS SHEET. UH, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO THIS. I WOULD SAY, WHAT, WHAT PERSON MOST FRUSTRATES YOU? AND LET'S KIND OF, BUT LET'S NOT DO THAT. LET'S NOT DO THAT. LET, LET, LET'S NOT STAY AWAY FROM THAT. [01:40:01] . YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS ON YOUR ALONE TIME, . BUT LET'S TRY OUT A COUPLE. UH, HEY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UH, WE HAD A FEW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF DATA-DRIVEN PEOPLE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DATADRIVEN PERSON IS WORKING WITH OTHER DATA DRIVEN PERSON? YOU CAN FIND IT RIGHT? RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? YEAH. WHAT DID IT SAY? SOMEBODY GO AHEAD AND READ IT OUT. DATA-DRIVEN, DEALING WITH ANOTHER DATADRIVEN, FIND ONE ANOTHER AND DEMANDING SO MUCH DATA THAT IT DELAYS THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND FRUSTRATES TEAM MEMBERS. WATCH OUT. RIGHT? WATCH OUT. RIGHT? IT CAN HAPPEN. YOU GET, GET LOST. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DATA DRIVEN AND EQUAL NUMBER OF DATA DRIVEN AND VISIONARY. SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE. WHICH ONE? DATADRIVEN AND VISIONARY. A DATA-DRIVEN PERSON'S WORKING WITH A VISIONARY. THERE'S THREE DATA DRIVEN AND THERE'S THREE VISIONARIES. OH, YEAH. YEAH. SO CONSIDER THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. THE DATA-DRIVEN PERSON. OH, OKAY. WHEN THEY'RE TALKING WITH THE, THE VISIONARY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU, MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANNA START WITH COMMUNICATING THE BIG PICTURE BEFORE GETTING DOWN TO THE DETAILS. UH, THAT WOULD HELP OUT THE, THE VISIONARY PERSON. MM-HMM . OH, I, I, THAT WAS A GENEROUS ONE. RELATIONSHIP. I BOUGHT SOME LINE MAYBE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOTTOM LINE. UHHUH. . WHAT HAPPENS THERE? OH YEAH. EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN GETTING RESULTS IN SUPPORTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE WAYS THAT SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DISTRICT. OKAY. THAT'S THE KEY, RIGHT? SUPPORTIVE WAYS. OH, THIS IS THE KIND VERSION TOO. REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS ONE? , WE GOT RID OF THE UNKIND VERSION. I LIKE, I LIKE MINE WITH, I LIKE MINE WAS BECAUSE I JUST HAVE TO APPRECIATE THE PAST EXISTED AND GET THIS THING . AND THAT WAS THE BOTTOM LINE WITH HISTORIAN. THE BOTTOM LINE WITH HISTORIAN PAST EXPERIENCE, ENCOURAGING, MOVING FORWARD. YEAH, WE CAN GET YOU. SO IF YOU NEED SOME SENTENCE STARTERS, WE CAN GET YOU THOUGH, RIGHT? NEXT STEP THING. MM-HMM . AND THEN THE WHAT? THE VISIONARY? YEAH, THE CRITIQUE. NOT CRITIQUE, BUT A VISIONARY. TALKING TO ANOTHER VISIONARY. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE REST OF THE TEAM MEMBERS GET FRUSTRATED. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE TALKING WAY OUT THERE, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA GET IT DONE? UM, INTERESTING. ANYBODY WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT ANY OTHER ONES? OKAY. WELL I SEE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTING GOING, OKAY, , YOU'RE NOT RIGHT NAMES, RIGHT? NO. OKAY. YOU DID . THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. MM-HMM . THAT'S YEAH. TIPS. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL SUMMARIZE, UH, WE'LL SUMMARIZE THIS FOR YOU TOO. THE, THE CHART. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, SINA, I THINK THAT SINCE YOU HAVE YOUR LUNCH, WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY YOUR LUNCH, BUT ALSO GET, UM, DO SOME WORK. YOU ARE GOING TO, UM, AS YOU ENJOY YOUR LUNCH, YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO REVIEWING YOUR TWO BOARD BYLAWS. YOU HAVE A PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE BOARD BYLAW, UM, 9,000 ROLL OF THE BOARD AND 9,005 GOVERNANCE STANDARDS. SO WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE 9,000 I, UM, UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT THESE TWO BYLAWS, RIGHT? OR NO, YOU HAVEN'T. OKAY, ROSE, YOU AND I HAVE, AND MAYBE I COULD JUST ADD THAT, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF REPEAT HERE. SO IT'S BOTH THE CSBA MODEL POLICY, WHICH IS THE PLAIN TEXT. THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE FROM OUR CURRENT BOARD RULES. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE ONE AND TWO. AND THEN THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF CITATIONS, UM, THAT REFERENCE OTHER PARTS OF THE GAMUT SYSTEM WHERE POLICIES ARE BEING REVISED. YOU CAN BASICALLY SKIP OVER THAT. UM, BUT THEN YOU'LL SEE AFTER ALL OF THAT, IT'S A REPEAT OF BYLAW 9,000 WHERE THERE'S GREEN AND RED. THAT'S WHERE ROCIO, I AND MIKE HAVE MADE SOME SUGGESTED EDITS. UM, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT MIGHT STILL BE MAINTAINED FROM THE, THE CURRENT BOARD RULES. SO AS YOU START TO READ IT, YOU'LL SAY LIKE, OH, WHY DOES THIS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER ONE? THE FIRST IS THE MODEL POLICY. THE SECOND ONE IS US ATTEMPTING TO MAKE SOME EDITS TO THE MODEL POLICY. AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL WANNA COME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ADOPT IT TOGETHER. UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE, AGAIN, [01:45:01] THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT BOARD RULES. WE TRY TO INTEGRATE THEM IN THERE TOO. SO, TANYA, WHAT, OR, OR FOR BOTH OF YOU, UH, WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THIS SEGMENT? WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES, WHAT FEEDBACK OR WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE TO GET? UM, WELL, THE REASON WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE WE WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL TEXT AND HOW WE EDITED AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH ALL THOSE REVISIONS. AND THEN JUST TO READ OVER IT, DO YOU AGREE? DO YOU DISAGREE? ARE THERE SOME EDITS, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST REDUNDANT? IT'S LIKE, WELL, THIS IS THE SAME AS THAT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, IN THE YELLOW THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT, RIGHT? THERE WAS A LOT THAT WAS THERE. SO WE WANT REALLY WANTED TO SYNTHESIZE BUT KEEP THE, UM, THE ESSENTIAL OR MOST IMPORTANT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SO JUST WANTED TO YOU READ IT. DO YOU AGREE? DO YOU DISAGREE? UM, ANY EDITS? YEAH. YEAH, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WILL BE VOTING ON THESE, BUT NOT TODAY. SO I THINK PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A PLACE TO DISCUSS, LIKE ROCIO SAID, AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING, UM, SOME THAT WE THOUGHT REQUIRED A BIT MORE BOARD DISCUSSION, UM, QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AT, YOU KNOW, THINGS YOU WANNA ADD. AND THEN AT A FUTURE MEETING WE'LL ADOPT IT ONCE WE GET TO A GOOD PLACE WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IT'S COMMON LANGUAGE. AND I THINK IN THE AGENDA WE HAD THREE BOARD RULES, BUT THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A TOO MUCH. SO IT'S JUST ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IS THE FIRST ONE. AND THEN GOVERNANCE STANDARDS IS THE SECOND ONE. AND SO NO DECISIONS TODAY, JUST FEEDBACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THAT CLEAR? ANY CLARIFICATION THAT NEED TO BE MADE OR? YOU ARE ALL GOOD. UM, HOW MUCH TIME DID WE ALLOW ON THE AGENDA? LET ME SEE. WE KINDA BLENDED THIS WITH THE WORKING LUNCH AND, AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK? YEAH, HOW MUCH TIME? KNOWING THE COLLEAGUES AND FEEDBACK. OKAY. SO MAYBE 30 TO 40 MINUTES CUMULATIVELY. OKAY. YEAH. WITH LUNCH, YEAH. AND THEN WE'LL, OH, GO AHEAD. IF IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE KEEP IT SO LIKE IN THIS SECTION, THIS PART IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED? YEAH. SO IF IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED, THAT'S THE CSBA MODEL POLICY THAT YEAH. WE WOULD SUGGEST KEEPING. UM, AND A LOT OF IT DOES SUBSUME, THE HIGHLIGHTED PART FROM OUR CURRENT BOARD RULES. OKAY. SO, GOT IT. SO DURING LUNCH REVIEW, DURING LUNCH CASUAL CONVERSATION, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, BRING IT BACK TO THE WHOLE GROUP THEN FOR THE WHOLE GROUP CONVERSATION. THAT SOUND RIGHT, TANYA? OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. AND WE'RE DOING GREAT ON TIME, SO WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. GREAT JOB. EVERYONE ENJOY LUNCH. YES. AND THE GOVERNANCE TEAM OF EIGHT, BECAUSE THE POWER REALLY IS WITHIN ALL OF US, RIGHT? THE SEVEN OF US WILL SET THE VISION, BUT WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING IT. UM, YOU ARE SO THANK YOU . UM, AND SO IT'S OUR, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION THAT GETS IT DONE. ANY OTHER RESONATING OR QUESTIONS EDITS ON ROLE OF THE BOARD? I WAS THE ONE THAT EDITED. OH YEAH. AND IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE TO GOVERNANCE STANDARDS. IT'S A LITTLE CHOPPIER THAN THE OTHER ONE I MUST HAVE. YEAH, I THINK I DID. SO SIMILAR, UM, THINGS THAT RESONATE AND QUESTIONS OR EDITS, I CAN SHARE THAT FOR ME. UM, SORRY, THIS IS ON THE SECOND PAGE OF IT, BUT THE, I LIKE THE STRUCTURE IN THAT, UM, THE BOARD, THE FIRST SECTION IS THE BOARD EXPECTS ITSELF TO HAVE UNITY OF PURPOSE. AND THEN THE FIRST IS LIKE KIND OF WHAT WE DO, UH, TO DO TO REALIZE THAT. AND THEN IT HAS TWO SEPARATE PARTS, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER IS EXPECTED TO. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR IS NUMBER 11, IT KIND OF CONNECTS BACK, WHICH IS THAT THE AUTHORITY RESTS WITH THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND NOT WITH INDIVIDUALS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS GOVERNANCE WORK IS THAT, UM, AGAINST THAT UNITY OF PURPOSE, IT'S THE COLLABORATION THAT, UM, MAKES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. AND FOR ME, JUST LIKE IN PRACTICALITY, I WAS THINKING SOMETIMES WE, WE HAVE FIVE TWO VOTES, OR THREE, FOUR VOTES. UM, AND YET ONCE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISION GETS ENACTED. AND I'LL SAY THAT AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE MINORITY SOMETIMES. [01:50:09] AND FOR THIS ONE, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT, UM, AS YOU SEE THE YELLOW WITH THE, UM, WITH THE STRIKETHROUGHS. SO HERE WE, UM, THE YELLOW OBVIOUSLY WAS OUR ORIGINAL, THE DISTRICT'S ORIGINAL BOARD, UM, BYLAW. AND THEN WE TOOK THAT AND ADDED INTO, UM, C SBAS. 'CAUSE THEY HAD A LOT MORE EXTENSIVE, THEY REALLY DELINEATED LIKE, LIKE, UM, UH, TANYA MENTIONED US AS A WHOLE, AN INDIVIDUAL. SO I THOUGHT WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE LIKE HOW THEY HAVE IT, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA INSERT SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE INTO, UM, CSBA. SO WE, THAT'S WHERE WE MERGED, WHICH IS REALLY LONG. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE FELT THAT IT REALLY ENCOMPASSED, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE PART OF OUR ROLE AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. UM, SO YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE IN WHY IT'S SO CHOPPED UP, BUT BECAUSE WE ADDED IN THERE. SO IF YOU ALL ARE YEAH, I, I WAS LOOKING AT NUMBER FOUR UNDER THE FIRST SECTION. UM, I THINK THE SHALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF DEMEANOR AND BEHAVIOR IS JUST AN INTERESTING PHRASE. UM, SO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. UM, PEOPLE'S CONDUCT IS, UH, MONITORED AND CRITIQUE IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE. AND THERE ARE LIKE HISTORICAL BIASES THAT CAN, UM, IMPACT HOW CERTAIN PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR AND RESPONSES ARE MONITORED. SO I JUST, IT SEEMS WEIRD AND UNNECESSARY MAYBE. SO I, I WOULD, I THINK JUST LIKE GOVERN IN A DIGNIFIED AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER ARE TREATING EVERYONE WITH CIVILITY AND RESPECT PROBABLY IS ALL YOU NEED. IT WAS IN OUR PREVIOUS BOARD RULES, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING EDITS SO WE CAN TAKE IT OUT. GO AHEAD, NICK. I THINK THE, I SUPPORT WHAT'S IN HERE IN THE, THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I THINK THAT THE TENSION THROUGH SOME OF THESE, AND THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS, THAT WE'LL GET TO THAT I THINK IS JUST THE ONE THAT I FOUND IN MY NINE YEARS ON THE BOARD IS AROUND KIND OF THE ROLE CLARITY, BUT THE BOARD STAYING IN A LANE, BUT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN WHAT IS OUR FUNCTION, HAVING THE INFORMATION, UM, AND DATA TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT LANE. AND SO I LOOK AT LIKE, YOU KNOW, NUMBER THREE IN FULFILLING THE BOARD ITS ROLE, THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STUDENT LEARNING BY ADOPTING CURRICULUM MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESS. WE'VE HAD TENSIONS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT WHAT STUDENT DATA WE HAVE ACCESS TO, LIKE DASHBOARDS. AND SO, AND I THINK THE REASON I SAY THAT THAT'S A TENSION THROUGHOUT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE THEN ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF FOR DATA REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR DATA-DRIVEN FOLKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETIMES SEEN AS OVERSTEPPING. BUT IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR, OUR GOAL OR OUR ROLE, WE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT I'VE SEEN GO BACK AND FORTH IS THE MORE THAT THE BOARD HAS ACCESS TO BUDGET INFORMATION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INFORMATION, THE MORE WE'RE ABLE TO STAY IN THE LANE WITH NOT ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TEAM ALL THE TIME TO GIVE US STUFF. BUT THE MORE THAT THAT IS RESTRICTED FROM THE BOARD IS WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR SPECIFIC THINGS AND ASKING A LOT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TEAM BECAUSE WE NEED IT TO, TO FULFILL THE, UM, TO FULFILL OUR ROLE. SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE, I ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS UNIQUE TO LA UNIFIED WHERE WE HAVE A FULL-TIME BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, SO, SO NOTING THAT IS, THAT IS THE TENSION THAT I THINK THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE SHOULD ADDRESS IS HOW DO WE STAY IN THAT GOVERNANCE LANE? UM, BUT WHILE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO DO OUR JOBS, UH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT IS MAYBE THE NEXT ROLE WE'RE DISCUSSING MORE WHEN IT COMES TO SOLVING CONSTITUENT PROBLEMS. AND I THINK WE FIND THAT A LOT TOO, WHICH IS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT AS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR THE FOLKS PEOPLE REACH OUT TO, AND WE DO KNOW THAT THEN THAT'S IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PURVIEW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT BEING SOLVED, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE KNOW IS OUR OURSELVES WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA SIT BACK AND SAY LIKE, WE'RE GONNA LEAN IN. AND SO FIGURING THAT OUT. BUT SO HERE I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT IT'S JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO, TO STAY IN OUR LANE AND DO OUR JOBS. UM, THIS WAS THE, IN FILLING ITS ROLE, THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. UM, I WAS NUMBER THREE, MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STUDENT LEARNING BY ADOPTING CURRICULUM MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESS. THE ONE I WAS PREVIEWING WAS A, A DIFFERENT ONE. UM, AROUND THE, UH, I THINK IT'S 9 90, 200 AROUND THE LIMITS OF BOARD MEMBER AUTHORITY, WHICH WE CAN GET TO LATER. YEAH. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, NICK. UM, BECAUSE YEAH, AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, AS BOARD MEMBERS WANNA [01:55:01] COLLABORATE, RIGHT? WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DIS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN WE'RE ASKED TO, UM, VOTE ON SOMETHING OR, UM, SAY THAT'S OKAY, BUT YOU NEED THAT DATA. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, UM, SUPERINTENDENT PROVIDED A BOARD INFORMATIVE ON THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS. 'CAUSE I SAID, OKAY, I HAVE NOT SEEN YET. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE BRIEFINGS, BUT THE ACTUAL DATA, SHOW ME THE DATA AND IF, AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN I WILL, I OBVIOUSLY BE VERY SUPPORTIVE, BUT I WANNA KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF AND I WANNA SEE THAT DATA. SO I APPRECIATE WHEN I ASKED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT DELIVERED RIGHT AWAY. AND I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU, . WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. AND WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, NOW I HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FULL BREADTH OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, NOT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EARLIER, BUT HAVING THAT JUST ON PAPER AND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO AND SEE ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AND BE ABLE TO HELP UPHOLD THE DECISIONS THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND TEAM ARE MAKING. UM, THAT BRINGS US INTO THE LOOP OF ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE OTHER, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE ONE I DO, UM, LIKE HERE IS IN NUMBER SEVEN, IN THE FIRST SORT OF SET OF, UM, THE NUMBERED IS, UM, PERIODICALLY EVALUATE ITS OWN EFFECTIVENESS, MEANING US. AND I DON'T THINK, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY EVALUATE OUR WORK, RIGHT? WE EVALUATE OTHERS, BUT WHAT ARE ABOUT OURSELVES? AND I THINK THIS IS THE OTHER AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, TANYA AND I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO NOT ONLY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON, ON OUR GOVERNOR'S STANDARDS AND POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS, BUT IN THE END WE NEED TO EVALUATE AT THE END OF EACH YEAR OR WHATEVER, UH, HOW WE ACTUALLY ALSO PERFORMED. SO YEAH, JUST, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY, UH, VICE PRESIDENT REVIS AND, AND, AND MR. MALVO. AND, UH, AND NICK CALLED IT ATTENTION. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A FAIR, FAIR WAY TO, TO ASSESS IT. UM, YOU ALL ARE, ARE ASKED YOU, YOU'RE PUT IN A VERY PUBLIC POSITION AND ARE ASKED TO VOTE ON THINGS WHERE OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MOST INFORMED DECISION. SO THE, THE DIRECTION THAT I PROVIDED TO THE TEAM IS TO DO EXACTLY THAT. YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, UH, I HOPE EVERYONE HERE GOT, UH, LAST WEEK THE, THE FIRST WEEKLY BOARD UPDATE THAT WE'LL BE PROVIDING. AND IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO DO EXACTLY THAT TO, TO PROVIDE ONGOING INFORMATION. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS CALENDAR ELEMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT A CALENDAR PIECE. IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS ITEM? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PROGRAM, THIS RESOLUTION? AND SO ON MY SIDE OF THE, OF THE TENSION, IF YOU WILL, IS THE, THE MANAGEMENT PIECE. AND, AND SO AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT STUDENT DATA AND HAVING THE SPACE TO MAKE WHATEVER PIVOTS WE NEED TO MAKE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHETHER IT'S RESPONDING TO INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENT CONCERNS, HOW DO WE ESTABLISH SORT OF THE PROTOCOL OF INTERVENTION, RIGHT? WHERE FOR ME, WHAT, WHAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, LET, LET'S TAKE A CONSTITUENT CONCERN. FOR ME, IT WOULD BE GIVE THE RELEVANT OFFICE, THE RELEVANT REGION, THAT FIRST GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO OPPORTUNITY RATHER TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN. BUT IF THE CONSTITUENT COMES BACK AND SAYS, HEY, I'VE TALKED TO X, Y, Z, AND I'M STILL NOT GETTING WHERE I NEED TO GET, THEN IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER PATHWAY TAKEN. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, SO I LIKE, UM, TO START WITH THE POSITIVE, WHAT I LIKE IS THE NUMBER NINE AS WELL. I THINK KELLY MENTIONED THAT ONE, PROVIDING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ON EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. UM, AND THEN I JUST HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE DETAILS. AND I, I THINK YOU SAID THAT THERE'S OTHER BYLAWS THAT GIVE DETAILS AS TO HOW THE WORK HAPPENS. I'M NOT SURE, BUT REGARDING THE HIRING AND SUPPORTING THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESSES FOR THAT, UM, THE EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, I THINK WHERE DO WE HAVE THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT IS CONDUCTED? SO I'M, I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW, THE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TWO, 9,000, 9,005. AND THEN IT GOES INTO PUBLIC STATEMENT DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY CLERK, ATTORNEY COMMITTEES, UH, BOARD ELECTIONS, UH, LIMITS ON OUR AUTHORITY, FILLING VACANCIES, UH, RESIGNATION. LIKE, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS IN HERE, AND THAT'S MAYBE LIKE A THIRD OF IT. UM, THERE'S STILL SO MANY MORE. SO I ACTUALLY THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT EVAL MIGHT NOT BE IN THE NINE THOUSANDS. IT'S IN ANOTHER SECTION, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT IT IS ONE THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO AS A GROUP THOUGH. UM, [02:00:01] YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT IS CLOSED SESSION WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY THE CONTENT OF, BUT HOW WE DO IT YEAH. IS IN OUR POLICIES. SO, UM, THIS GOES FROM THE ZEROS TO THE NINE THOUSANDS, WHICH IS THE BOARD BYLAWS. THE REST OF THE STAFF IS ENGAGING IN REVISING THE ZEROS THROUGH THE SEVEN THOUSANDS ON FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, INSTRUCTION, UM, ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE THAT'S WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING. AND THEN AT SOME POINT THAT WILL COME BACK TO US TO APPROVE AS BOARD POLICY SEPARATING OUT DISTRICT PRACTICE AND LIKE PROTOCOLS FROM LIKE, WHAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY NEEDS TO ADOPT AS LIKE THE, THE VISION AND THE GUIDANCE. UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL KIND OF A BIT A WAYS FROM THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. THIS MIGHT BE WHAT A TWO YEAR PROJECT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT IN TOTALITY. YEAH. SO WE'VE STILL GOT SOME STEPS. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE TO ME THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS FOR HIRING AND THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE OF THAT FOR HIRING AND THE EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT WILL, YEAH, THAT'S WITHIN OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. AND IF YOU WANNA DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, MAYBE THIS HELPS US AGENDIZE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS SOONER THAN LATER THAN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW. I'D RATHER OH YEAH. TACKLE THAT SOON. AND THEN, UM, JUST TO CONTINUE WITH THE TOPIC THAT, UM, NICK BROUGHT UP ABOUT ACCESSING INFORMATION. AND THEN, SO AGAIN, THE DETAILS OF THE PROCESSES FOR THAT, UM, IS TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT AND TO HAVE CLARITY AS TO, UM, THE HOW WE ACCESS INFORMATION AND TIMELINESS OF, OF RECEIVING INFORMATION ON VARIOUS THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UM, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, BUT OTHER AREAS AS WELL. YEAH. AND THAT IS, UM, I THINK NOT EXACTLY IN THE MODEL, UM, POLICIES LIKE A TIMELINE, BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ADD. I THINK THE NEXT SECTION THAT YOU ALL WILL LEAD US THROUGH TO IS LIKE, WHAT DO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT NEED FROM EACH OTHER? AND IF TIMELINES ARE SOMETHING WE WANNA ADD AND THEN CODIFY IN THE BYLAWS, LIKE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE CAN BE DOING DURING THIS PROCESS IS ADDING TO IT FOR WHAT WORKS FOR US. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL GREAT. UM, MAYBE ONE MORE THAT I'LL LIFT UP. UM, IT'S ON THAT LONGER SECTION, THE, EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER IS EXPECTED TO NUMBER FIVE, BE PROPERLY PREPARED FOR BOARD DELIBERATION. IT KIND OF BUILDS ON WHAT YOU ALL ARE SHARING ABOUT THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION. UM, WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE A NEW PROCESS OF A ONE-WAY BOARD BRIEFING THIS CYCLE WHERE WE SENT OUR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE. AND, UM, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF PROCESSING HOW THAT GOES. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL, UM, GIVE US SOME INDICATION OF LIKE HOW WELL WE'RE PREPARED THIS GO AROUND IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE IN SEPARATE SECTIONS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A TWO-WAY DIALOGUE. NOW IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WE SEND OUR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE AND THEN WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION IN A, UM, BRIEFING TO TOMORROW IS OUR BRIEFING , UM, FOR NEXT TUESDAY. SO IT'D BE A GREAT FIRST ROUND TO MAYBE GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO THE TEAM TOO, ON JUST, YOU KNOW, BOTH WAYS, RIGHT? BOTH FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S TEAM, HOW THAT NEW PREPARATION GOES FOR THE NEXT MEETING. DID YOU WANNA SHARE? YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, AND THANKS FOR SHARING THAT, UM, ADOPTING, UM, NUMBER TWO ON THE FULFILLING ITS ROLE, THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADOPTING AND UPDATING POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH LAW AND THE DISTRICT'S VISION AND GOALS. AND I KNOW AS WE, UH, LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE GOALS AND SEEING WHERE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW AND MAKING SURE WE'RE UPDATING THAT. UM, BECAUSE I THINK OFTEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY UPDATE ALONGSIDE WITH OUR POLICIES THAT WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED. SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT MATCHED. SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S BEING HIGHLIGHTED THERE. AND ONE THING I THINK THAT'S A PERK ABOUT THE CSBA POLICY, AND MIKE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG OR CEPI, BUT, UM, AS LAW CHANGES, THE CSBA MODEL POLICIES ARE GONNA BE UPDATED WITH NEW ED CODE. UM, ALL THE CITATIONS HERE ARE WHAT'S CURRENT. AND THAT'S ONE, UM, MISSED OPPORTUNITY FROM OUR CURRENT BOARD RULES IS THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC UPDATE, BUT HERE WE'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CSBA TO MAKE IT CURRENT WITH LAW. YEAH. YEAH. SO TO CLARIFY, THE PROCESS, CSBA PROVIDES THE AUTOMATIC UPDATES AND THEN THE ONUS SHIFTS TO THE BOARD TO PUT IT IN AN OPEN SESSION AND APPROVE THE CHANGES. AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'S VERY EASY JUST TO MAKE THE CHANGES WITHIN, WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. BUT EVERYTHING THAT IS ENACTED HAS TO GET APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, WHILE IT IS AUTOMATIC THAT WE GET THE, WE GET THE NEW, UH, THE UPDATED LAWS, UM, IT DOESN'T JUST DROP RIGHT IN, BUT IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF YOU EACH WEIGHING IN AND VOTING OR GOING ON CONSENT IN THE USUAL MANNER. UM, WELL I, I CO-SIGNED MOST OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY. UM, ONE QUESTION I APPRECIATE DR. RIVAS, YOU LIFTING UP THE EVALUATING OUR OWN EFFECTIVENESS. I WAS CURIOUS IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL [02:05:01] TO, IT SAYS PERIODICALLY, BUT LIKE, SHOULD THERE BE AN, AN LIKE, WOULD A TIGHTER TIME EXPECTATION MAYBE BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE? ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. SO I BELIEVE ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT WE'LL DO MARCH IN MARCH, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE BSE BOARD SELF EVALUATION. AS WE GET CLOSER, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH TO GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THAT'S DONE. BUT BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOOD PRACTICE TO DO A BSE BOARD SELF EVALUATION, IF NOT ONCE A YEAR, ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT HAVE THAT AS ONE OF YOUR BYLAWS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO EVALUATE YOURSELVES ON A BIANNUAL OR ANNUAL BASIS. THE TOOL IS VERY SIMPLE, AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT. UH, IT'S PRIVATE, AND YOU'LL EACH GET A PRIVATE LINK. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE TOOL, TO THE INSTRUMENT. THERE ARE 11 CATEGORIES THAT ALL HAVE TO DO WITH THE ROLE OF THE BOARD. ONLY THE BOARD MEMBERS TAKE IT, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND THEN, UH, A REPORT IS GENERATED ONCE EVERYONE HAS RESPONDED. AND WHEN WE HAVE THIS SESSION IN MARCH, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT REPORT AND ANALYZE IT AND LOOK AT THE AREAS YOU'RE STRONG AT AS A BOARD AND AREAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON. BUT IT'S GOOD PRACTICE TO DO THAT ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND, AND NEXT MONTH, WHEN WE LOOK INTO YOUR, UM, YOUR GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK, THAT IS ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT CAN BE LISTED IN YOUR GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK IS THAT THE BOARD IS DEDICATED TO A BOARD SELF-EVALUATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. YOU CAN GIVE IT A MONTH, SOME MONTHS, I DON'T KNOW, WHEN YOU DO YOUR, UH, YOUR BOARD EVALUATION. FOR MY BOARD, WE ALWAYS DID THAT IN JULY, WHICH WAS OUR DARK MONTH. SO WE DID JULY, WE, UH, REVISED, REVIEWED, AND REVISED OUR GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK AND WE DID OUR BOARD SELF-EVALUATION ADD. ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH CSBA, THEY DO IT ANNUALLY. AND I'VE SEEN THE CONVERSATION. IT'S FABULOUS. 'CAUSE IF THEY HAVE, JUST IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE MULTI-YEAR WORTH OF DATA, JUST LIKE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA. YOU'RE LOOKING AT TRENDS AND PATTERNS, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OVER TIME. YOU SAID, BOY, BACK IN 2003 OR 23, THIS IS WHERE WE WERE WITH THIS ITEM. AND NOW LOOK WHAT WE, WHAT WHERE WE ARE. AND THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO LEAD TO THE SHIFT, RIGHT? OR WHEN THERE'S SLIPPAGE, LET'S SAY, AND YOU SEE YOUR D YOUR TREND DATA GOING THE OTHER WAY THAT'S BENEFICIAL. AND IT, AND THE OTHER BENEFIT IS IT FINDS, UH, A DIFFERENCE OF PERCEPTION. IT FINDS IT EARLY AND IT DOESN'T LET IT LINGER, UH, WITHOUT IT BEING ADDRESSED AS A TEAM. IT'S WHEN THINGS LINGER SIMILAR, LIKE MANY RELATIONSHIPS, WHEN IT LINGERS, THAT'S WHERE THE HARM REALLY ACCELERATES. MM-HMM . AND ALSO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION, THAT'S 2140 BOARD POLICY. 2140. YEP. I SEE IT NOW. AND REALLY QUICKLY ON NUMBER EIGHT, ON THE SECOND PAGE, ON THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER EXPECTED TO NUMBER EIGHT, PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMIT THE TIME AND ENERGY NECESSARY TO BE AN INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE LEADER. UM, I DON'T KNOW, FOR ALL OF YOU, I FEEL LIKE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN AN THE CSBA UM, CONFERENCE, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS. SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO UPLIFT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE COME FROM ALL AREAS OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, OR EXPERIENCES. WE COME AS BOARD MEMBERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, APART FROM THESE BOARD RULES, THERE ISN'T REALLY ANY TRAINING OR, UM, ANY GUIDANCE IN, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DO OUR WORK. SO WE USUALLY, LIKE FOR MYSELF, AS I WAS SHARING IN, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH I CAME FROM A BOARD OFFICE, BEING A BOARD MEMBER IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM BEING, YOU KNOW, A POLICY DEPUTY OR, OR BEING A, A, UM, A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE. YOU KNOW, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO AND PERSPECTIVE AND RESPONSIBILITIES. AND SO YOU KIND OF JUST JUMP IN AND THEN JUST DO THE WORK, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM AND YOU HAVE TO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAVE WE BEEN, UM, UH, PROVIDED TO MAKE OUR JOBS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT, UM, EASIER OR AT LEAST MORE INFORMED. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UM, MAYBE A LIST OF WHAT, WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APART FROM THE C-A-S-B-A. 'CAUSE I KNOW ALL OF US CAN GO TO ALL OF THOSE, UM, UM, THE WORKSHOPS AND THEN SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT WORKSHOP, BUT I NEED SOMETHING MORE. RIGHT? SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A LIST, UM, SO THAT WE [02:10:01] CAN ADHERE TO THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE ARE WORKING, DOING OUR BEST, MORE INFORMED, UM, AND THAT WE'RE ELEVATING OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP AS BOARD MEMBERS. I LOVE THAT. I'M SO GLAD YOU RAISED THAT. UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS TEAM, I DON'T DUNNO IF YOU ALL HAVE READ THIS BOOK, UM, BUT WHEN I FIRST BECAME A BOARD MEMBER, I READ IT, AND I HAVE NOT COME BACK TO IT, BUT I NEED TO, IT'S LIKE BOOKMARKED AND STARRED AND UNDERLINED ALL OVER, BUT IT'S THE GOVERNANCE CORE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER BY DAVIS CAMPBELL AND MICHAEL FOLAND. AND MICHAEL FOLAND DONE A LOT OF THE COHERENCE WORK THAT THE DISTRICT TEAM HAS, UM, TAKEN ON. AND THAT REMINDED ME, I THINK IT ACTUALLY WHERE POSSIBLE WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO JOIN THE SUPERINTENDENTS TEAM ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, PIA, OUR NEW CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER GAVE ME, UM, RIGOR BY DESIGN, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FOCI THAT I THINK A LOT OF OUR LEADERS ARE, UM, TAKING ON. SO WHETHER IT'S BOOKS OR IN PERSON WHERE THERE ARE COMMON MESSAGES, LIKE PLI, THE PRINCIPAL'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, RIGHT? WHERE THERE ARE MESSAGES THAT THE ENTIRE FIELD IS GETTING, IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE INVITED AND PARTICIPATE, LIKE I'D LOVE TO BE INCLUDED. UM, AND JUST INVITED TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, I, I LOVE THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING IS, IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE. BY THE WAY, MY, UM, DAVIS CAMPBELL, UH, IS A FORMER, UH, CEO OF, OF CSPA. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM, BUT HE IS REALLY THE FOUNDER OF A LOT OF OUR GOVERNANCE WORK THAT WE DO AND, AND THE PILLARS AND ALL THAT. UM, IT, IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE. UH, IT, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A LIST. UM, JUST KNOW THAT AT CSP, YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT ELSE CAN WE OFFER. SO IF YOU HAVE DONE MASTERS IN GOVERNANCE, WHICH IS OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE DONE BOARD PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, ETHICS TRAINING AND THEN BROWN ACT AND ALL THAT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE OFFER AT A EC FOR THE SECOND YEAR? NOW WE ARE GOING TO OFFER ADVANCED GOVERNANCE FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL SKILLS. AND I WOULD SAY ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THEIR ROLE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENTS FOR A COUPLE YEARS WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT SESSION. IT'S A PRE-CON, SO IT HAPPENS ON WEDNESDAY. UH, IT'S ALL DAY. AND THE FOCUS IS COMMUNICATIONS, UM, UH, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, WHICH ARE THREE COMPONENTS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT LEVEL GOVERNANCE. SO, UM, I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. , SPEAKING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, I ENJOY GOING TO MY, UH, REGION, BUT FOR SOME REASON CALENDAR PROHIBITS US FROM EVER GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S DESIGNED. EVERY DAY, EVERY SINGLE TIME THERE'S A PRINCIPAL'S MEETING, WE HAVE EITHER A A YEAH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T GET TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LOVE AND HOW DO YOU GO TO THREE AT ONE TIME? I DON'T KNOW. BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME DAY, RIGHT? SAME DAY AND SAME TIME. SO WE HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT 'CAUSE WE GET A LOT, I GET A LOT AND I'M SURE YOU DO FROM ATTENDING YOUR OWN REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TOO. YEAH, I, I WANNA ECHO THAT BECAUSE I'M THINKING WE PASSED A LOT OF POLICY AROUND PROFESSIONAL. I MEAN, I KNOW I CERTAINLY CARE A LOT ABOUT THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE PART OF THOSE PDS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING AND TRYING TO, TO GROW ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WILL BE ON THE MASTER CALENDAR THAT WE ALL JUST GOT INVITED TO US OR SOMEBODY FROM OUR OFFICE. BUT IF THEY COULD BE ADDED TO THE MASTER CALENDAR, THEN WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHERE WE CAN JUST GO BE OB OBSERVERS. I UNDERSTAND THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE NERVES SOMETIMES IF BOARD MEMBERS COME. SO WE MIGHT ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO? ARE WE FLIES ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW, ARE WE JUST LISTENERS? UM, WHATEVER MAKES SENSE SO THAT STAFF CAN ALSO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT. SO I DUNNO IF THAT REQUIRES A FOLLOW UP, BUT I CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME FEELINGS THERE. YEAH. AND I ALSO THINK, UM, WE GET TO KNOW THE POSITIONS AS WELL. I THINK ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES IN OUR DISTRICT, WE GET TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, LIKE, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT PARTICULAR POSITION THAT A LOT OF FOLKS DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S, THEY'RE ONLY IN THE REGION AND THEY SUPPORT ONLY WHEN THEY'RE CALLED UPON TO SUPPORT. THEY'RE NOT, UM, WE HAVE SO FEW OF 'EM THAT THEY JUST CAN'T, UH, MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL. SO ANYWAY, I, I THINK [02:15:01] THAT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE, WE DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. SO HAVING THAT UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND MASTER CALENDAR IS ROCKET SCIENCE. IT ABSOLUTELY IS ROCKET SCIENCE, BECAUSE, UH, THEY CAN GET A ROCKET TO THE MOON, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET MASTER CALENDAR TO INCORPORATE ALL THESE THINGS. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER POSSIBLE WE TRY TO LOOK FOR LOW HANGING FRUIT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AROUND SOLVING FOR THE, THE PRINCIPAL MEETING CHALLENGES, USUALLY THE, THE CALENDAR OF PRINCIPAL MEETINGS AND, AND THEY'RE DONE VERY THOUGHTFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY WHERE EVERY REGION IS GETTING IT THE SAME DAY. BECAUSE IT, THERE USED TO BE A TIME, OBVIOUSLY WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL AND, AND EVEN AFTER WHERE IT WAS DONE KIND OF ALL OVER THE MAP. SO THERE, IT'S ALL IN THE SPIRIT OF COHERENCE, YOU GET THE SAME CONTENT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN DOING THAT. BUT THE, THE SIMPLE FIX IS THAT WHEN WE FINALIZE THE CALENDAR FOR PRINCIPAL MEETINGS FOR THE COMING YEAR, I CAN PROVIDE THAT. MY TEAM CAN PROVIDE THAT TO MIKE, YOU KNOW, AND TO HIS TEAM SO THAT WHEN YOU ALL FINALIZE THE CALENDAR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR FOR BOARD MEETINGS, YOU CAN FACTOR THAT IN AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PRINCIPAL MEETINGS. NOT, RIGHT. NOT THAT FAR. OKAY. GOOD. OTHER PARTS, JUST TO, JUST TO ADD A CONSIDERATION, UH, SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE BEING HAD IN SOME DISTRICTS, THEY, THEY, OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD POLICIES ARE CRITICAL, AND THE BOARD RULES HERE. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOVERNANCE TEAMS. THEY, THEY DEVELOP THEIR PROTOCOLS. I HEARD THAT WORD COME UP A FEW TIMES. AND THE PROTOCOLS AREN'T, IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE, I WON'T SAY FLEXIBLE, TO ADD GREATER CLARITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA DO BUSINESS. GOING BACK TO THAT SPORT ANALOGY, AGAIN, JUST WRITING DOWN, THIS IS THE WAY WE WANNA OPERATE AS A, AS A SYSTEM, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BOARD POLICY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I SHARE THAT PART OF DEVELOPING PROTOCOLS IS, EVEN THE DISCUSSION IS, IS CRITICAL. LIKE, I'M SURE, WELL, I'M NOT SURE, BUT IF THERE'S A PROTOCOL RELATED TO LET'S SAY, BOARD MEMBERS GOING TO SCHOOL SITES, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF JUST HAVING THE DISCUSSION IS EVERYBODY CAN BE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING. AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE TRUSTEES. NOW HERE'S THE CATCH. IT'S FOR THE STAFF, BECAUSE PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS, WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION WHEN A BOARD MEMBER COMES TO A SCHOOL SITE AND NOW THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF AND THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS CAN SAY, LOOK, WHEN A BOARD MEMBER COME, THIS IS WHAT THE TEAM, THE GOVERNANCE TEAM, YOU KNOW, HAVE AGREED TO. AND THAT WAY THE, THE PRINCIPAL KNOWS HOW TO REACT. THERE'S SOME PRINCIPALS, YOU, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS STORY. THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD LIKE AN ALL DAY IEP SCHEDULED AND A BOARD MEMBER DROPS IN, AND THE PRINCIPAL WHO IS PLANNING ON BEING AT THOSE IEPS DROPS, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING TO ATTEND TO THE BOARD. AND, AND YOU, YOU DID NOT HAVE A, THE INTENT OF DISRUPTING THE SCHOOL BUSINESS, BUT BECAUSE OF LACK OF PROTOCOL, YOU'VE KIND OF DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL BUSINESS, RIGHT? , UH, THAT PARENT AND THE FAMILY HAVE AN IEP SCHEDULED AND, YOU KNOW, SO JUST COMMUNICATING. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, JUST TO CONSIDER, UM, I'VE COME TO THE ACCEPTANCE AS A, AS A SUPERINTENDENT THAT SOMETIMES I NEED NOT BE IN THE ROOM. I INHIBIT CONVERSATION. OR WHEN I'M IN THE ROOM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL LOOK TO ME AND BYPASS ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PAID TO MAKE DECISIONS. , RIGHT? . UH, SO SOMETIMES I, I KNOW I STRATEGICALLY ARE JUST NOT IN THE ROOM. IT'S KINDA THE SAME PHILOSOPHY ABOUT NEGOTIATION. SOMETIME, UH, INVARIABLY PEOPLE GO TO THE HIGHEST RANKING PERSON IN THE ROOM, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES THAT INHIBITS THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE PLACE. SO THAT'S JUST A, A CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? MOST IMPORTANT PART, CONSIDER, HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THAT ALLOWS THE, THE SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE, RIGHT? AND, AND SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE, IN FACT, I SAW IT IN SOME OF THE BOARD RULES. UM, SOME OF THE COMMITTEES BOARD CAN ATTEND DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT YOU'RE AN OBSERVER, SOMETIMES THAT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE. I'M ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOM, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VERBALLY PARTICIPATE. RIGHT? SO THE CONVERSATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. SPEAKING OF, OH YEAH, MAYBE THE LAST COMMENT AND THEN, 'CAUSE I THINK THE NEXT ACTIVITY WILL ALSO KIND OF DEEPEN OUR, UM, CONNECTIONS TO THIS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THIS TODAY, BUT, UH, WOULD APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OR IDEAS THAT COME AFTER THE NEXT SECTION TOO. BUT GO AHEAD. SORRY. NOT TO, UH, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. I, I THINK, UH, NUMBER 13, IN THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH I THINK IS FROM THE PREVIOUS BOARD RULES, [02:20:01] UM, I ALSO THINK IS ODD. UM, NOT THAT, NOT THAT COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF PUBLIC, LIKE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WHAT WE WANT TO BE A SHALL FOR BOARD MEMBERS IS LIKE, SHALL HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND GET INPUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE AS LIKE THE HIGHEST LEVEL EXPECTATION THAT I'M GOING TO GO AND TALK TO SCOTT AND TALK TO NICK ABOUT LIKE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY DON'T LIKE THIS THING THAT YOU DID. UM, I JUST, I THINK IT'S KIND OF AN ODD ONE. SO THAT I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE SOME REVISIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER IS HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. DUNNO, WE SHOULD GO BACK TO 2003 AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT . THAT'S WHY THESE DOCUMENTS ARE LIVING DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ORIGINATE AT THE TIME THAT THERE IS A NEED. AND THEN NEW GROUPS COME IN, NEW TEAMS, NEW GOVERNANCE TEAMS, AND, AND YOU NEED TO ALWAYS BE REVIEWING AND REVISING. IT'S ALSO A GREAT ONBOARDING TOOL. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK, THE COLLECTION OF YOUR AGREEMENTS, YOUR PROTOCOLS, YOUR NORMS, THAT'S A GREAT ONBOARDING TOOL WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL VALID. I, I'M, I'M SORRY, I JUST, I'M A LITTLE STUCK ON THAT ONE BECAUSE I JUST WONDER WHAT, UM, I'M NOT SO OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I WONDER WHAT THE, WHAT CAUSED IT TO, TO EXIST. AND IF THERE IS, IS THAT THE ONLY INTERPRETATION, RIGHT? THAT WE ONLY GO AND SHARE SOMETHING THAT I HEARD ABOUT SCOTT'S DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA TELL HIM THAT I DON'T KNOW. I, OR IS IT THAT WE ARE IN THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR CONS, FROM ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, FROM OUR DISTRICT REGARDING POLICIES THAT WE'RE PASSING. THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT, THAT WE'RE JUST IN COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO, UH, ABOUT WHAT WE HEAR ON THE FIELD FROM OR ON THE GROUND FROM FOLKS REGARDING OUR POLICIES. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. UM, NOT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA CHANGE THINGS IMMEDIATELY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS GAUGE HOW OUR POLICIES ARE IMPACTING PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY OUR POLICIES. I, I APPRECIATE YOU LIFTING UP A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, BECAUSE THIS JUST MADE ME THINK ABOUT AN EXAMPLE AS WE TAKE ON THE VERY CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS AROUND SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS OR RECONFIGURATIONS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR FROM OUR VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES AND TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER WHAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, RECONFIGURING SCHOOLS AND, AND, UM, SO I HEAR THE SPIRIT OF LIKE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR FOLKS AND ALSO WHEN DECISIONS BEING ARE BEING MADE, THAT WE'RE LIFTING UP THE VOICES OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS. BOTH, YOU KNOW, TOUGH AND EASY DECISIONS. GREAT. ARE WE READY TO MOVE? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OF COURSE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. SO MAYBE JUST A QUICK, IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, YOU NEED TO GET RESTROOM, GET SOMETHING TO DRINK, OR YOU'RE ALL GOOD? YOU'RE ALL GOOD? ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO MOVE AROUND AND COLLABORATE AND HAVE CON AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS. SO I BELIEVE THAT, UM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BEHIND SCOTT. WE HAVE A CHART PAPER FOR YOU AND THERE'S A MARKER. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CHART IS BULLET POINTS. WHAT IS IT YOU NEED FROM YOUR SEVEN, UH, BOARD FOR SEVEN MEMBER BOARD? UH, THINK OF ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE IN YOUR ROLE TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? OKAY, SO NOW THE BOARD IS GOING, YOU ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER. THE SEVEN OF YOU, WE ARE GOING TO DIVIDE YOU UP INTO TWO GROUPS BECAUSE SEVEN MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO MANY OF YOU TO WORK ON ONE, BUT THE, THE PROMPT IS THE SAME. OR THE QUESTION, WHAT IS IT YOU NEED FROM YOUR SUPERINTENDENT TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE WITHIN YOUR ROLE? OKAY, SO WHEN THE TWO GROUPS, THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE TWO GROUPS, YOU CAN MEET UP, LOOK AT YOUR CHART, YOU MAY HAVE SOME DUPLICATIONS. WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU'LL BE PRESENTING TO EACH OTHER AND THEN YOUR SUPERINTENDENT CAN ASK QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, YOU CAN DO THE SAME. THERE'S ONE MORE CHART FOR THE BOARD, AND THAT IS WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED FROM EACH OTHER TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE? SO THE BOARD HAS TWO, TWO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES. AND, UM, ANDRES, YOU HAVE THE ONE THAT I JUST EXPLAINED. AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE NEED TO CLARIFY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THAT IS OUR LAST ACTIVITY FOR THE AFTERNOON, FOR TODAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, PLEASE GATHER AROUND YOUR CHART. OH, AND THEN THE TWO GROUPS. YEAH, THE TWO GROUPS. [02:25:02] UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2. OKAY. SO, UM, ONE, SO THE ONES ARE GONNA GO OVER THERE TO THAT CHART TO, TO THE, THE RIGHT OF THE MONITOR. I'M GONNA ADD ONE MORE, ONE MORE, UH, ONE POSTER PAPER THERE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE EACH OTHER. AND THEN THE TWOS ARE GONNA COME OVER HERE. AND THEN YOU'LL DO THE SAME THING RIGHT OVER HERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GREAT. WHAT DO WE NEED? OH GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD DOWN. OH, GOOD. GOING BACK. I GET IT. AND THEN WHEN YOU START DOING IT, YOU'RE LIKE, DRIVE. OKAY, HERE IS THIS MIKE. OKAY. FIVE, EIGHT, I MEAN LIKE A FIVE, EIGHT REFRIGERATOR . [02:30:25] BETTER. BETTER. OH, YOU MEAN HOW WE DO STUFF? YEAH. YEAH. THEY GOT IT. THEY TECHNICALLY GOT DRIVING AROUND ALL THAT. IT'S ACTUALLY BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF , BUT AS, I THINK IT'S A BRILLIANT, I THINK HE'S WORKING, GETTING HIM TO SIT, STUFF LIKE THIS. WE GOT, I BELIEVE YEAH. SIGNED UP AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, YEAH. OH, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT? [02:35:33] THE ACCENT ON. OKAY. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU MUCH AND YOU ACTUALLY CAN HELP VIRTUAL WHATEVER. AND, AND YOU KNOW, S THEY CAN, I MEAN, NOT IN THE LAW, THEY SIGN DURING, WE CAN'T SIGN UP FOR ITEM THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN, BUT WE HAVE TO. BUT IF IT'S, IT'S FUNNY, THE DATA THING, I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT. I KNOW LET SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT WE GET SO CAUGHT UP. I MEAN DEMAND, DEMAND A LOT OF, HOW DO YOU WAIT, JUST GO TO, YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THIS SESSION. I CHANNEL RIGHT OVER THERE. [02:40:01] OH YEAH. TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S WHAT THEY, YEAH, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. ALRIGHT, WHAT'S UP? GOVERNANCE, SPEED. I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT. OH, ONE MINUTE. ONE MINUTE. ONE MINUTE. THEN WE'RE GONNA GATHER RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. WE'RE STANDING UP RIGHT HERE. STANDING UP. YEAH. YEAH, OVER TWO. OKAY. CHOCOLATE ONE CAN LEAVE THAT. EVERYBODY OVER HERE WHAT THE BOARD NEEDS. GO AGAIN. DID A GOOD ONE. WE'LL GET THERE. SOMETHING OVER HERE [02:45:59] AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COURT, NOT A PROBLEM. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU ALL KNOW IS GREAT. I MEAN, NOT ALL OF THEM BEEN WHILE. CAN WE MOVE ON TO THIS THAT YOU CREATED BEFORE? WE UM, SORRY, JUST, JUST SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT HEARING FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S GONNA DO? WE'RE GONNA GO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID HE NEEDS TO DO, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA SPACE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS? I THINK HE'D SAY HANDLE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCAL AND I, YEAH. AND I FIND THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. LOCAL SUPERINTENDENT WHO YOU'RE, I DON'T GO RIGHT? YEAH. UM, YEAH. I BEING LIKE HONESTLY LIKE YEAH. IF SAY CONSIDER EVERYONE ELSE'S YOU AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING YOUR, YOUR VIEW [02:50:03] BASICALLY FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE PROGRAM. SO OH YEAH, SHE CAME HOME . UM, THE, THE, THE GOOD NEWS, VERY GOOD NEWS IS THAT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HERE IS ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED. I GET, UM, THIS IS ALL ALREADY ING. UM, SO AGAIN, THE TIME AGAIN, THAT IS VERY MUCH THAT WHEN, WHEN YOU ARE OUT WITH CONSTITUENTS OR STAFF, YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S FRONT OF MIND THAT THIS IS KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF RESOLUTION. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT , HEY, I LIKE DO THIS. LET'S TALK IT THROUGH PRO KONG, YAY, MAY, WHATEVER IT BE SET WITH CONSISTENCY OF PROCESS. AGAIN, THIS IS MORE JUST IN GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT'S A SEVEN PLUS ONE DYNAMIC AND MAINTAIN CHECK ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF WORK. UM, THIS ONE IS MORE ABOUT, PARTICULARLY JUST ASKED ABOUT OUR MATURE PERSPECTIVES. THAT WAS OUR ARTICULATION OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT JUST HAVING MATURITY AS BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE EACH ISSUE INDIVIDUALLY. LIKE IF I DON'T VOTE FOR SURE, LET ON SOMETHING NOT RETALIATING ON THE NEXT ISSUE OR NOT. LIKE KEEP, LIKE BASICALLY SAYING WE [02:55:01] CAN HAVE AN HOUR, UM, OF LIKE PROGRESS, A CONSTRUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT, VOTE DIFFERENTLY. AND THEN THE NEXT ISSUE WE HAD BROUGHT A RESOLUTION TOGETHER AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. AND LIKE, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, SOME THINGS I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY NINE YEARS WHERE LIKE, YOU DON'T DO THIS, THEN I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. UH, OR WE, WE VOTED SEPARATELY ON THIS ITEM, SO THE REST OF THE MEETING I'M NOT GONNA TALK TO YOU. UH, SO THAT WAS OUR MATURE PERSPECTIVES, NOT GONNA BE YOUR FRIEND. I'LL SHARE FOR THIS ONE, YOU WERE SAYING WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS, UM, AND WE DON'T WANNA DELAY VOTES, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH OUR NO. OR OUR YES. LIKE IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT OR YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT YOU'RE READY TO DO IT, LIKE, LET'S BE READY TO DO IT. UM, BUT IF WE NEED TO DELAY VOTES OR RECESS THE MEETING BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, UM, AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WOULD ACTUALLY GET US TO A BETTER PLACE AS A COLLECTIVE. LIKE, LET'S BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? ANY CLARIFICATION ON ANY OF THE ALL GOOD? MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO WE ARE TAKING PICTURES FROM ALL GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SO IF THIS IS WHAT THE TEAM NEEDS FROM EACH OTHER, FAMILY MEETING, , I COME ON THE RIGHT? YEAH. OR, OR JUST INDIVIDUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE LIKE SCHOOL SITE TRY TO GET TO THE STUDENTS TO WORK WELL BEFORE THEY TELL THE TEACHER IDEALLY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, GET OLDER, THEY'LL TALK TO THE PERSON, RIGHT? YEAH. BEFORE YOU TAKE IT TO THE TEACHER. [03:04:25] OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR THE, THE FEEDBACK, OBVIOUSLY. WE'LL, LIKE S PETER SAID, WE'LL LOOK AT THIS AS WE, WE CONSTRUCT OUR, OUR USE OF TIME FOR SEPTEMBER. UH, SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. SO THANKS IN ADVANCE AND THANKS FOR THE WHOLE FOR THINK, YOU KNOW, DEDICATING YOUR, YOUR TIME TO BEING HERE. I, I, I STARTED WITH THAT AND I'LL, I'LL END WITH THAT. AS WE TRANSITION TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THOUGH, UH, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY BRIEFLY ONE WORD OR PHRASE THAT KIND OF CAPTURES [03:05:01] WHAT, WHERE YOUR MINDSET IS RIGHT NOW AS RE AS IT RELATES TO GOVERNANCE AND THIS WORKSHOP. MM-HMM . JUST ONE WORD OR PHRASE, WHERE ARE YOU? AND WE CAN JUST, NO PARTICULAR ORDER, JUST GO FOR IT AS THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU. UNITY OF PURPOSE AND JUST WE'LL SAY INSIGHTFUL. CLEAR. CLEAR. PROMISING, VALUABLE, HOPEFUL. THE SAME. YEAH. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. I'M EXCITED. . THANK YOU. UH, JUST HAPPEN ONCE. I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING IN SEPTEMBER. [Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)] OKAY, NOW IT'S TIME FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT. DAVID KOVSKI, YOU'RE ON THE LIST. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. LET ME GET A TIMER FOR YOU. OKAY. MR. KOSKI LEFT TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. YEAH. DAVID KOSKI, FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, MEMBER OF THE, UH, DELEGATE ASSEMBLY OF CSBA MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL SEVEN OF YOU ARE ON THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. IT MEETS TWICE A YEAR. THE ABSENCE RATE OF LA UNIFIED AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN NEARLY 90% OF THE TIME. NOBODY'S THERE. I APPLAUD A COUPLE OF YOU FOR BEING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BEING THERE FOR, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS. THE POLICIES THAT YOU WORKED ON TODAY. THOSE TWO BOARD POLICIES DEVELOPED OUT OF A TRAINING, I THINK IN 1997 UNDER THEN, UH, UH, CEO OR, UH, SCOTT PLOTKIN. WE WORKED ON THOSE RULES AND WE DEVELOPED THEM IN A LENGTHY RETREAT. UM, THOSE ARE ALSO LOOKED AT AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. SO IF YOU ALL SHOW UP AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, YOU CAN WORK ON REFINING ANY OF THE POLICIES AND ADDING THINGS TO THEM, BUT THE ABSENCE RATE HAS BEEN PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. UM, AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR SPENDING THE NECESSARY MONEY ON GAMUT ONLINE. I APPLAUD YOU FOR HAVING THIS TRAINING AFTER THE, THE, UH, THE EVENTS OF RECENT PAST. BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE AT THE CONFERENCE FOR ALL OF THE DAYS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS TO DO THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL THROUGH YOUR, YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF IN WHICH IF YOU GO TO THE CASBO, YOU CAN NEVER FIND VERY MANY PEOPLE FROM LA UNIFIED'S, UH, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT GROUP THERE. UH, THE AXA GROUP, I KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE AND MANY PEOPLE GO THERE. AND OF COURSE MANY SUPERINTENDENTS AT THE CONFERENCE GO WITH THEIR ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, AT THAT CONFERENCE. AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY OUR TWO LEADERS TODAY FROM CSBA HAVE ALSO BROUGHT THAT UP TO YOUR ATTENTION. UM, AND I WORKED OF COURSE WITH DAVID P*****K AND ABOUT SEVEN OTHER PRESIDENTS OF CSBA IN WHAT WE DO. THE ADVOCACY OF CSBA IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BRING THE URBAN AND INNER CITY BOYS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT C-S-B-A-C-T-A ACTS A ALL THE STATE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUB URBAN IN THE BAY AREA AND SUBURBAN IN LA BUT THEY ARE NOT THE INNER CITY AND THE URBAN VOICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THERE ARE NO OTHER FOLKS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, THE TIME IS NOW TWO. NO, IT'S ONE 50. OH MY GOODNESS. UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, THE MEETING CAN ADJOURN AND THE MEETING IS SO ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * 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.