* 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. HI EVERYBODY. [Roll Call of Members] GOOD MORNING. THE TIME IS NOW 10:04 AM ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. AUGUST 26. 2026. WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. UH, ROLL CALL MS. NEW BILL PRESENT DR. RIVAS. PRESENT MR. MELVIN? HERE. MS. REGO. HERE. MS. CONEZ, I BELIEVE MS. CONEZ WILL BE JOINING US REMOTELY. SO IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. I WANNA SEE IF SHE'S WITH US JUST YET. AND IN THE MEANTIME, UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN AND BOARD PRESIDENT SHAMON PRESENT. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM TODAY. WE WILL BE HEARING THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION. FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL TAKE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND SPECIFIC ITEMS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO UNDER TAB ONE, PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION OF 5 4 9 5 7 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND THE EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICER WILL BE HEARD AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION UNDER TAB TWO CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL UNDER ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 9 D FOUR, THERE ARE TWO CASES UNDER PENDING LITIGATION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 9 D 1 17 76 PROJECT FOUNDATION RE, ALBERTO M CARVALLO, ET AL, AND GABRIELA CHARTER SCHOOLS V, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ETAL GREEN DOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, V-L-A-U-S-D, ETAL. AND TODAY'S FRESH START, V-L-A-U-S-D ET AL. ALL THE CASE NUMBERS ARE LISTED ON OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE RESPECTIVE COURT WEBSITES AND LOOK UP THE CASES INDIVIDUALLY UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.6. THE NEGOTIATOR IS DR. MURPHY AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED. ADMINISTRATORS OF LOS ANGELES TEAMSTERS 2010, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU, LOCAL 99 TEAMSTERS, UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT, UH, REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT, UH, MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. UH, THE NEGOTIATOR FOR, UM, THE DISTRICT FOR UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES IS MS. NAVARRA REED, AND UNDER THAT ITEM, THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND THE EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICER WILL BE HEARD. ALRIGHT, [Public Comment] MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT UNDER TAB ONE, UH, WE HAVE BOB B IN PERSON. BOB, ARE YOU HERE? NOT HERE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO TAB THREE. TAB THREE. MR. DAVID TOSKI. COME ON DOWN. MR. TOSKI. MR. TOSKI WILL BE SPEAKING UNDER THE ITEM, UH, CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NUMBER OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ITEMIZED. FIRST OF ALL, ON THE LAWSUITS, AGAIN, GABRIELA AND GREEN DOT BOTH HAVE HAD COURT DOCUMENTS AND THE BOARDED MISSED THE DEADLINES, THEREFORE ALLOWING THOSE CHARTERS TO PROCEED IF THEY CHOSE TO. AND IN THE CASE OF GABRIELA, THE JUDGE HAS ALSO RULED THAT THE FOUR TO THREE VOTE WAS BASED ON FALSE STANDARDS. UH, TODAY YOU'LL ALSO BE, UH, HEARING ABOUT THE, UH, BRANDEIS CASE IN SACRAMENTO. AND UH, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CASE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SUPERINTENDENT IS ARE THE ACCUSATIONS IN THE CASE ABOUT A UNIFIED, TRUE OR NOT ABOUT ANTISEMITISM AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE BEEN REMEDIED. THE CASE ITSELF IS A BIT DI DIFFERENT THING AND, AND WE ARE NOT AS A DISTRICT PART OF THAT. THE 1776 CASE, AS YOU KNOW YESTERDAY, YOU ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH PCG, UH, TO RUN, UH, THE BSAP EVALUATION. PCG HAS HIRED, UH, 1776 IN TEXAS TO BE PART OF THE CURRICULUM WRITING. THEY'VE ALSO ENGAGED OTHER RIGHT WING, UH, ORGANIZATIONS TO WRITE A CHRISTIAN BASED, UH, ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. SO YOU'LL BE IN N 1776. YOU COULD ASK, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCLOSURES IN THEIR PROCUREMENT. I CAN'T SEE THE TIME. I, UH, BY THE WAY, UM, AND POTENTIAL LITIGATION, UH, HAS A STANDARD IN CODE. AND SO YOU SHOULD, AS A BOARD MEMBER ASK EXACTLY SPECIFICALLY AS GENERAL COUNSEL 'CAUSE IT, I DON'T THINK IT HAPPENED VERY OFTEN TO WHAT IS, WHAT STANDARD IS THE TWO ITEMS COMING IN THERE? AND FINALLY, UH, YOU NEED TO BE WORKING ON THE, UH, DO WHAT DUE [00:05:01] DILIGENCE WAS DONE ON THE IT SELECTION. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT CLEAR, UH, WHAT DUE DILIGENCE. AND FINALLY, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS BASED ON REVENUE. YOU NEED A LOT OF REVENUE AND WE MISSED THE SALES TAX. THE 1% INCREASE WENT TO HEALTH WORKERS ONLY IN THE COUNTY, BUT NOT INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THAT IS A BIG MISS. 200,000 HEALTH WORKERS WORK IN SCHOOLS. MS. GRIEGO KNOWS HOW MANY THERE ARE THAT SUPPORT US, BUT EVEN IN, IN THE BILLIONAIRES TAX, THIS MONEY IS NOT GOING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FOCUSING ON THE EDUCATION. AGAIN, MIKE, THIS IS NOT WORKING. YES, THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND DELAY THIS MORNING AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE GET THAT SCREEN TURNED ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH BUR. ALL RIGHT, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, ANGELICA , ARE YOU HERE? ANGELICA EZ COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MY NAME IS ANGELICA EZ. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TO REPRESENT THE EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA'S 29TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. I AM A PRODUCT OF L-A-U-S-D AND A MOTHER OF FIVE L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS. TWO ALREADY GRADUATED. I AM ASKING THIS BOARD TO CALL ON GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA NOT TO SETTLE THE BRAND CENTER LAWSUIT ON ITS TERMS. REAL ANTISEMITISM DESERVES A REAL RESPONSE, BUT THIS LAW LAWSUIT IS NOT THAT. IT SEEKS TO HAND A PRIVATE ADVOCACY GROUP BACKED BY ISRAEL LOBBY DIRECT CONTROL OVER HOW OUR TEACHERS ARE TRAINED. THE LAWSUIT DEMANDS TRAINING DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH THE BRANDIS CENTER, A GROUP THAT TREATS CRITICISM OF ISRAEL AS ANTI ANTISEMITISM ITSELF. THAT CONFLATION DOES NOT PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. IT WEAPONIZES THEIR SAFETY TO SHUT DOWN THE DEBATE AT THE EXACT MOMENT THAT OUR CHILDREN NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO LEARN THIS HISTORY NOT TO HAVE IT ERASED. THIS BOARD MUST REJECT THAT CONFLATION CRITICISM OF ISRAELI POLICY IS FREE SPEECH, NOT HATE SPEECH. JUST AS ALARMING. THE LAWSUIT DEMANDS A COMMITTEE TO CONTROL WHAT IS TAUGHT IN ETHNIC STUDIES. ETHNIC STUDIES TEACHES OUR CHILDREN ABOUT POWER, RACE, AND HISTORY, INCLUDING ANTISEMITISM. HANDING THAT CONTROL TO ONE ADVOCACY GROUP IS CENSORSHIP FUND ETHNIC STUDIES, FULLY FUN INDEPENDENT TEACHER TRAINING AND REJECT THIS SETTLEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. MARCY WINOGRAD, ARE YOU HERE? MARCY W COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. GOOD MORNING. GREAT TO BE HERE. I'M MARCY WINTER GRAD. I'M A RETIRED L-A-U-S-D ENGLISH AND GOVERNMENT TEACHER ELECTED TO THE UTLA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I AM WITH, UH, CODE PINK AND JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE UNDER PROTECTIONS OF LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGE AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I URGE YOU PROUD BOARD MEMBERS OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO USE YOUR VOICE TO TELL GOVERNOR NEWSOM AG BANTA THURMAN. YOU DO NOT WANT TO SETTLE THIS LAWSUIT TO GIVE THE BRANDEIS CENTER THE KEYS TO OUR CLASSROOM. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. READ THAT LAWSUIT. THEY WANT THE BRANDEIS CENTER AND ITS ISRAEL PROPAGANDA IN ITS ECOSYSTEM TO COME INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND TEACH OUR STUDENTS THE BIG LIE. WHAT IS THE BIG LIE? THE BIG LIE IS THAT JUDAISM EQUALS ISRAELISM. I'M JEWISH. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ISRAEL AND ITS GENOCIDE AND GAZA. AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY JEWISH STUDENTS AND JEWISH TEACHERS WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY. SO ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS THE TRUTH IN EDUCATION. WE CAN HAVE RIGOROUS DEBATE, BUT NO INDOCTRINATION. AND PLEASE, I ASK THAT THE DISTRICT NOT HARASS ANY TEACHERS WHO ARE ACTING AS SUPERVISORS FOR STUDENTS IN JUSTICE IN PALESTINE, A STUDENT IN STUDENT LED GROUP, UH, THAT WANTS TO VOICE THEIR OBJECTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, A LIVESTREAM GENOCIDE. PLEASE DO NOT HARASS ANY TEACHERS OF ETHNIC STUDIES WHO HAVE POSTERS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. STOP THE WAR, PEACE STOP THE GENOCIDE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GO FORWARD FREE SPEECH FREE PALESTINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, RAY LYLE, COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. RAY LYLE REPRESENTING CRENSHAW STEM MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL S-T-E-M-M, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH MEDICINE. I'M ASKING YOU TO FUND THE [00:10:01] COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM AT CRENSHAW CUTTING ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. SOON THE OWNER ONLY LETTERS LEFT WILL BE ME. USCS NAI COHORT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN CRENSHAW AND DORSEY. HERE'S THE INEQUALITY. DORSEY HAS A STEAM ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM, BUT DUE TO BUDGET CUTS, CRENSHAW HAS NONE. 500 CRENSHAW STUDENTS ARE DISENFRANCHISED. L-A-U-S-D IS PRACTICING DISCRIMINATORY BUDGETING AT CRENSHAW DISALLOWING A COMPLETE STEM PROGRAM, BUT BUDGETING FOR OTHER STEM CHARTER AND HIGH SCHOOLS. CRENSHAW STUDENTS ARE BEHIND THEIR L-A-U-S-D PEERS NOT HAVING EXPOSURE TO C SHARP PYTHON AND ROBOTICS. WE HAVE SELF-DRIVING CARS, ROBOTIC SURGERIES, AND SPACEX. THESE ARE STANDARD TECHNOLOGIES FOR GEN Z AND ALPHA SAM. TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ARE STANDARD AT NON-PRIORITY L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS. CRENSHAW IS TREATED SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION 1954. ONLY WHEN L-A-U-S-D FULFILLS THE DIRECTIVES OF WILL WILLIAMS VERSUS STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND HONORS GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S MANDATE TO DELETE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WILL PRIORITY SCHOOLS THRIVE? ONLY THEN WILL OUR L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS HAVE AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION IN STEM FOR THE AI WORLD THAT IS ALREADY THEIRS. PLEASE FUND THE COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM AT CRENSHAW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ESTEE CHANDLER, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN AFTER MS. CHANDLER, IT WILL BE RICK CHERTOFF AND THEN COLIN HERNANDEZ. GOOD MORNING. AS OTHERS HAVE ALLUDED TO, STAND WITH US AND THE BRANDEIS CENTER WANT CALIFORNIA LIT. WANT THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS AND ARM OF THE PRO-ISRAEL ZIONIST LOBBY TO EFFECTIVELY BE PUT IN CHARGE OF TEACHER TRAINING ON ANTISEMITISM AS THEY THEMSELVES PURPOSELY CONTINUE TO CONFLATE OPPOSITION TO GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING, AND OTHER POLICIES OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL WITH HATRED OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN ORDER TO SHIELD THE STATE FROM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR CRIMES AGAINST PALESTINIANS. GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND AG BONTA MUST NOT SETTLE WITH THE BRANDEIS CENTER IN ANOTHER CORPORATE MEGA FUNDED LOBBYIST GIVEAWAY LIKE THE ONE OFFERED TO META TODAY THAT GREATLY HARMS OUR YOUTH. THIS IS A MATTER OF FREE SPEECH, THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. I URGE THIS BOARD TO REJECT BRANDEIS CENTER'S CONFLATION OF CRITICISM OF ISRAEL WITH ANTISEMITISM AND REJECT THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE OR IHRA DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES OF ANTISEMITISM THAT WERE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE STATE OF ISRAEL FROM ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I URGE THIS BOARD TO FUND ETHNIC STUDIES AND RESIST THE BRANDEIS CENTER'S DEMAND TO CENSOR OUR ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAMS BY APPOINTING A COMMITTEE THAT MUST APPROVE ALL TEXTS. LET'S LET THE EXPERTS, THE ETHNIC STUDIES TEACHERS DO WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO. THESE EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITIONS OF WORDS INCLUDING ANTISEMITISM, AND DENY OUR STUDENTS FROM BEING TAUGHT THE TRUTH, HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, MR. RICK CHERTOFF, COME ON UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU. MY NAME IS RICK SCHOFF. I LIVE IN SHERMAN OAKS. UM, I WOULD ENDORSE WHAT THE LAST SPEAKER SAID IN FULL. SECONDLY, I WANNA PUT A TIGHTER FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL CONTEXT. TWOFOLD. THE ACTUAL CONTEXT OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DECIDING ON IS BEST EPITOMIZED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTUAL QUOTE, PUBLISHED WORLDWIDE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2023. ON THAT DATE, THE DEFENSE, ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YU GALLANT SAID, AND I QUOTE, I HAVE ORDERED, I SHOULD HAVE, I SHOULD HAVE PRECIOUSLY [00:15:01] PROCEEDED THAT BY. LISTEN PLEASE TO HIS CHOICE OF WORDS. QUOTE, I HAVE ORDERED A COMPLETE SIEGE ON THE GAZA STRIP. THERE WILL BE NO ELECTRICITY, NO FOOD, NO FUEL. EVERYTHING IS CLOSED. WE ARE FIGHTING HUMAN ANIMALS AND WE WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY. ON OCTOBER 10TH, TWO DAYS, LA THREE DAYS LATER, THE HEAD OF ISRAELI, THE ISRAEL ARMY'S COORDINATING, UH, GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES ON IN THE TERRITORIES, KOGA MAJOR GENERAL GAZA, IAN ADDRESSED A MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO GAZA RESIDENTS. AND NOTE THE PRI PREVIOUS QUOTE I GAVE YOU DID NOT ADDRESS COMBATANTS, TERRORISTS, HAMAS, OR ANYTHING. THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF GAZA WAS ADDRESSED AND IT'S HE'S THIS OTHER MAN IS DOING AGAIN, QUOTE, HUMAN ANIMALS AGAIN MUST BE TREATED AS SUCH. THERE WILL BE NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER. THERE WILL ONLY BE DESTRUCTION YOU WANTED. HELL, YOU, YOU'LL GET HELL IF YOU ENDORSE THIS CONFLATION OF JEWS AND ISRAEL, YOU'RE OPENING THE DOOR TO CONFLICT IN YOUR SCHOOLS BETWEEN A REPRESSION OF SPEECH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PEOPLE WHO WOULD OBJECT TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS COLIN HERNANDEZ. COLIN HERNANDEZ, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? AND I'M JUST CHECKING ONLINE. MR. HERNANDEZ IS NOT HERE. UH, LEIA YANTON LEIA Y COME ON UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, WON'T YOU BEGIN? AND AFTER MS Y IS LAUREN KUSHNER. AND THEN BA JAM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LEAH JANIN. I'M FROM LOS ANGELES AND I'M HERE ALSO TO URGE YOU, PLEASE TO URGE GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND AG BONTA TO RESIST THE SETTLEMENT WITH BRANDEIS CENTER IN THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UM, AND THE PLAINTIFFS WANT TO PUT ISRAEL PROXIES IN CHARGE OF TEACHER TRAINING ON ANTISEMITISM AND CENSOR ETHNIC STUDIES WITH A COMMITTEE THAT MUST APPROVE ALL READING MATERIAL AND SAY NO TO BRANDEIS. UM, I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SPOKE. UM, CHILDREN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA IS BEING LIVE STREAMED. THIS IS A GENOCIDE THAT'S BEING FUNDED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS. UM, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED AND SAD, UH, REALITY THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO FACE. AND TO, UM, TO HAVE A, UH, NONPROFIT LIKE BRANDEIS WHO'S FUNDED BY ISRAEL PROXIES BE IN CHARGE OF TEACHING OUR STUDENTS IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE AND, AND QUITE WASTEFUL. IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. IT'S NOT, UH, BENEFICIAL NOR ECONOMIC. SO, UM, I URGE YOU PLEASE TO STAND WITH US AND, AND, UM, YEAH. AND, AND DO NOT CONFLATE ANTISEMITISM WITH CRITICIZING THE STATE OF ISRAEL. UH, ISRAEL NEEDS TO BE . WE NEED TO STOP FUNDING THEIR WEAPONS AND THESE THINGS SO WE CAN TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE TRUTH AND HAVE AN EMPOWERED YOUTH FOR A JUST WORLD THAT WE ALL WANT TO BUILD. WE CAN ENVISION A JUST AND EQUAL WORLD TOGETHER. UM, AND THE FIRST STEP IS, IS TO REJECT THIS SETTLEMENT. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND, UH, YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY SAD THAT A NONPROFIT WOULD EVEN SUE THE STATE AND UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH LIKE THIS. NO ISRAELI PROXIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, LAUREN KUSHNER. LAUREN KAY. COME ON UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. AND AFTER MS. KUSHNER, IT'S PAAL BAJA JAMIL. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LAUREN KUSHNER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF ATWATER VILLAGE, A MOTHER AND A JEWISH AMERICAN. I'M HERE TODAY URGING THE BOARD NOT TO CONFLATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL AND ANTISEMITISM AND TO PUSH OUR STATE LEADERS NOT TO SETTLE WITH THE BRANDEIS CENTER. IN THE LAWSUIT, BRANDEIS CLAIMS THAT PEOPLE WHO REJECT ISRAEL AS A JEWISH ETHNOSTATE ARE ANTI-SEMITIC BY THIS FRAMEWORK. IT MEANS THAT I A FIERCELY PROUD AND PRACTICING JEW WHO ATTENDS SHABBAT AND HOLIDAY SERVICES AT MY TEMPLE, IBA MITZVA, A KHE SOMEONE WHO LIVES BY JEWISH VALUES. EVERY DAY THAT I AM ANTI-SEMITIC, IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO ERASE MY IDENTITY AND SILENCE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS OF CONSCIENCE. IT HARMS OUR RELIGIOUS VALUES AND PRACTICES FOR THE SAKE OF FOREIGN NATIONALISM. IS THAT NOT IN ITSELF? ANTISEMITISM, NOT ONLY IS THIS DEFINITION IMMORAL AND INCORRECT, BUT IT CAUSES MORE HARMS TO JEWS LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY BY WATERING DOWN A DANGEROUS [00:20:01] FORM OF BIGOTRY. WHAT GOOD DOES TRACKING INSTANCES OF ANTISEMITISM DO WHEN A HATEFUL SLUR COULD BE SEEN THE SAME AS SOMEBODY SIMPLY STATING THE FACT, THE FACT THAT AT LEAST 90% OF SCHOOLS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY ISRAEL. WHEN WE LET A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND ITS SUPPORTERS CONTROL OUR STUDENTS' FREE SPEECH, WE UNDERMINE OUR OWN COUNTRY'S LAWS AND VALUES. BY DENYING OUR CHILDREN ACCESS TO THE TRUTH, WE ARE ROBBING THEM OF THE CRITICAL THINKING THEY DESPERATELY NEED TO CONFIDENTLY NAVIGATE AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX WORLD. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH MY SON WHO HAS LEARNED TO BOTH LOVE HIS JEWISH IDENTITY AND RESPECT PALESTINIAN FREEDOM TO FORCE A BINARY TO CLAIM THAT WE CAN ONLY KEEP SOME STUDENTS SAFE BY MARGINALIZING OTHERS IS WRONG. IT'S AGAINST AMERICAN VALUES AND IT'S AGAINST JEWISH VALUES. IT HARMS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. PLEASE DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO NOT ALLOW THIS CORROSIVE SUIT TO BE SETTLED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BASHA JAMIL. AND THEN AFTER BASHA IS BNA SHAMA, AND THEN DEANNA GUILLEN. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BASHA JAMIL AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA CHAPTER. WE ARE THE LARGEST MUSLIM CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY. UM, I, LIKE OTHERS, AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE BRANDEIS CENTER LAWSUIT THAT SEEKS TO PUT THE BRANDEIS, UH, AND THE ISRAEL LOBBY IN CHARGE OF CALIFORNIA'S TEACHER TRAININGS ON ANTISEMITISM. THIS IS DEEPLY CONCERNING FOR US AND PART OF A BROADER TREND OF ATTACKS ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND CENSORSHIP AND PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE REJECT THE IHRA DEFINITION AND ALL DEFINITIONS OF ANTISEMITISM THAT INCLUDE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL. THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT ACCORDING TO THE ICJ, THE UNITED NATIONS AND EVERY MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD STATES IS ACTIVELY COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA. NOT TO MENTION LEADING THE UNITED STATES INTO AN ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL WAR ON IRAN. WE CANNOT SILENCE HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PALESTINIAN HISTORY, PALESTINIAN IDENTITY, AND THE ONGOING GENOCIDE IN GAZA. SOMETHING THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS AND CALIFORNIANS AND ANGELENOS ARE IN OPPOSITION TO, YET ARE FACING INCREASED REPRESSION IN THE FORM OF LAWFARE LIKE THIS LAWSUIT. WE HOPE THAT YOU IN YOUR LEADERSHIP POSITION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD REJECT THE BRANDEIS CENTER'S ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE ALSO URGE YOU TO FUND ETHNIC STUDIES AND RESIST THESE DEMANDS BY THE BRANDEIS CENTER TO, UH, CENSOR ETHNIC STUDIES WITH A COMMITTEE THAT HAS TO APPROVE ALL TEXTS. UM, THANK YOU. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. UH, BOB NAMAS, ARE YOU HERE? BNA? I DO NOT KNOW. BNA IS STANDING UP AND THAT PERSON IS NOT ONLINE. ALL RIGHT. DEANNA GUILLEN, YOU'RE OUT THERE. THERE YOU ARE. MS. GUILLEN'S GONNA COME ON UP AND SHE'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH AS SHE'S SPEAKING IN SPANISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS AND YOU CAN EXPERIENCE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION AND FOLLOWING MS. GUILLEN IS THAT WILL BE MARIA LUISA PALMER. OKAY. CIA. GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DEANNA GUILLEN AND I REPRESENT THE PARENT NETWORK FOR THE SCHOOL SAFETY. AND I'M VERY SURPRISED THE TOPIC IN WHICH YOU ARE TAKING. NOW IN REGARD TO ANTISEMITISM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT YOU USE THE ETHNIC STUDIES CLASS TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS AND RICARD ABOUT THE TEACHER'S UNION. WE WANT YOU TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS HISTORY, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE TEACHING THEM WHAT TO THINK, NOT INSTEAD HOW TO THINK. YOU NEED TO PUT THIS STORY ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THE CHILDREN CAN SAY WHO'S GOOD AND WHO'S BAD. YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THIS IS THE BAD BECAUSE THAT IS NOT TEACHING. THAT IS TO INDOCTRINATE. THAT IS ALSO WHERE DIFFERENT POLITICS LIKE L-G-B-T-Q ARE PUT INTO AS PARENTS. WE HAVE SAID TEACH THEM THE HISTORY ABOUT L-G-B-T-Q. SURE, BUT DON'T TEACH THEM OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T GO IN THE CURRICULUM AND THAT YOU HIDE FROM US. ANOTHER THING, MR. CHA, YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT THAN MR. CARVALLO. WE WANT TRANSPARENCY. WE WANT THE COMMITTEES, [00:25:01] THE PARENT COMMITTEES ARE BEING FORMED AT A CENTRAL LEVEL. YOU WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO US IN REGARDS TO WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE DONE, THE BUDGET CUTS THAT WILL BE DONE, THE POLITICS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE CHANGED. AND WE ALSO WANT TO SEE THE BUDGET. WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WILL BE CUTTING? WHAT ARE THE PROJECTIONS? WE DON'T WANT MR. EDWARD TO COME BACK TO BRING US ANOTHER REPETITION OF THE REPETITION FROM FIVE YEARS AGO IN REGARD TO THE LCAP PLAN. SO MR. CHA, PLEASE, WE WANT THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IS GIVEN HERE TO THE BOARD. WE WANTED TO BE GIVEN TO THE PARENTS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY SURPRISED. WHY ARE YOU NOT HAVING MEETINGS IN WHICH YOU SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DONE IN REGARD TO THE FISCAL PLAN? YOU ARE NOT HAVING ANY TYPE OF MEETING. WHERE ARE THOSE LETTERS THAT LAGO HAS BEEN SENDING YOU? WHY AREN'T YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THIS? THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE'LL BE AFFECTING ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, MARIA LUISA PALMER, AND THEN MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARIA ALMA AND I AM HERE TO ASK YOU A FEW VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TELL PARENTS CLEARLY THE SITUATION AND THE STATUS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE WITH LAKO AND THE ACTIONS THAT YOU MUST TAKE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO TAKE BY LAGO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LACO ORDERED YOU IN THE JU THE JULY LETTER THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BY THE JANUARY 20, 27 BOARD MEETING. WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCESS, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DESCRIBING HOW YOU WILL MITIGATE DISRUPTIONS TO STUDENT SERVICES RESULTING FROM THE REDUCTION IN FORCE WHILE CONTINUING TO MEET ALL APPLICABLE INSTRUCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. HAVE WE STARTED ON THAT? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE US PARENTS OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THAT, AND OF COURSE, JUST LIKE MS. GUILLEN SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND THAT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PARENTS AT THE PARENT COMMITTEES. THE LCAP HAS TO, THE LCAP PLANNING AND REVISION HAS TO INCLUDE THOSE CUTS. HOW WILL OPERATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS BE MET NOW, YESTERDAY, UH, ON ITEM TWO, THE POSITIONS, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THESE, WITH THESE ATTACHMENTS? I MEAN, I TRIED TO DECIPHER THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE OTHER DOCUMENTS HERE THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN YOUR, UM, BOARD INFORMATIVE. WE NEED TO SEE THEM OUT HERE IN THE PUBLIC. WHEN I HAVE THIS CHART HERE THAT GOES OVER THE POSITIONS, I CANNOT RECONCILE ANY OF THESE NUMBERS WITH THE ATTACHMENTS. I HAD TO RE UM, ADD UP SOME OF THE ATTACHMENTS HERE, THIS ATTACHMENT, UH, FOR NEW HIRES. I REDID THE NUMBERS HERE TO SHOW YOU THE TOTALS. DON'T FOOT ON THIS CHART THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS YESTERDAY IN ATTACHMENT B PAGES SIX TO SEVEN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. PLEASE MAKE COPIES OF THIS FOR THE BOARD. MR. MCLEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN APPROVE THESE ITEMS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON CERTIFICATED POSITIONS. ONLY CLASSIFIED MUCH INFORMATION IS MISSING FROM THAT. PLEASE, PLEASE, MS. MURPHY, PLEASE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. IT IS A DISASTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA DE ORTIZ. MS. ORTIZ IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH. SO IF YOU HAVE A HEADSET, YOU MAY WISH TO USE IT NOW OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE NEED ONE, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND UP. OKAY, BUENO. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MARIA DEI ORTIZ AND I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME. UH, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE, UH, PRESENTED HERE, AND IT'S NOT, UH, STRANGE TO ME BECAUSE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. CARAVALO. IT WAS SOMETHING YOU APPROVED THAT PROGRAM THAT COST $3 MILLION AND THAT YOU WERE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. BECAUSE IT HOW IT IS. YOU ONLY VOTE BY MOTION, LIKE I SAID, AND BECAUSE OF FEAR, BUT NOT, YOU DO NOT MONITOR OR YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHY. AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T DEBATE. YOU JUST APPROVE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE CHAIR. AND MR. CH, THE CHAIR, WHEN HE GOT HIS POSITION, HE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE INCLUSIVITY, TRANSPARENCY, EVERYTHING. WELL, MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THOSE POSITIONS THAT YOU PAY FOR PARENT ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE POSITION OF ANTONIO PLACENCIA, IT IS LACKING BECAUSE THE MEETINGS, THE CONVENINGS IN THE REGIONS, IT IS A DELO. THEY'RE DEPLORABLE. IT IS 70 PEOPLE THAT ATTEND AND 16 OF THEM ARE ADMINISTRATORS. AND 12 ARE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WITH 45 YEAR DOING [00:30:01] ELECTIONS. I ASK THIS BOARD THAT IF YOU WANT TRANSPARENCY, JUST LIKE MR. CHASE HAS SAID, INCLUDING YOU, MR. UH, CHAIR TO SEND TO DO THOSE ELECTIONS AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE ILLEGAL. YESTERDAY IN THE NORTH IN ENGLISH LEARNER, THERE WAS ONLY TWO PEOPLE AND THEY HAD TO CALL OTHER PEOPLE, STOP IT FOR 10 MINUTES SO THAT THEY CAN COME ONLY TO VOTE. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHO IS MONITORING ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU PAY FOR PARENT ENGAGEMENT. MANY PARENTS DO NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THOSE ELECTIONS. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE, MR. CH, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT TRANSPARENCY MEANS AND WHAT ARE THE CHANGES BECAUSE I WANNA SEE IT IN WRITING. AND ONE THING IS PARENT INCLUSIVITY AND ALSO PARENT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING REMOTELY. UH, LET'S SEE, UH, DAVID KLEIN. DAVID KLEIN, YOU'RE LISTED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, MR. KLEIN? NO. MR. KLEIN IS NOT HERE. KARINA LO HE IS NOT. I I'M LOOKING, I HAVE A LIST, BUT THANK YOU. IF HE POPS UP, WE'LL GET TO HIM. I PROMISE. UH, RIGHT. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KARINA LOPEZ. I SEE YOU ARE ONLINE. MS. LOPEZ IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THE HEADSETS AND HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING, PLEASE PUT THEM ON NOW. UH, MS. LOPEZ, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MY NAME IS MINA LOPEZ AND I AM SPEAKING ABOUT IF THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT TRULY WANTS TO WORK AND RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF WHAT IS PRIORITY OVER THE REASON WHY YOU ARE ALL THERE. AND ALSO WE ARE, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE STUDENTS. IT IS OUR CHILDREN AND AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW IS IT THAT THE DISTRICT IS TRULY DOING THEIR WORK SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE YOUTH, UH, YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE TRULY, THAT STUDENTS HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY ARE, THEY CAN FUNCTION AND THAT THEY'RE INDEPENDENT, BUT MOST OF ALL, THAT THEY, THAT IT'S IN A PRODUCTIVE WAY SO THAT ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME IN A WAY THAT WITHOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, MANY, UH, KIDS ARE ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU GRADUATE. THAT THEY GRADUATE WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO READ OR MULTIPLY. AND THAT IS A CRIME. IT IS, IT IS A CRIME. IT, IT IS EMBARRASSING AND THERE'S NO WORDS. AND THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS BECAUSE THE LAST SUPER OR BE COMPARED TO THE OTHER SUPERINTENDENT, IS TO REALLY ENGAGE PARENTS AND RESPECT PARENTS RIGHTS. IF NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA WORK. WE NEED TO BE WORKING. WE NEED TO BE WORKING SO THAT WE NEED TO REACH THE SAME GOAL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AS WELL FOR OUR CHILDREN. REMEMBER, WHAT ARE THE RE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU HAVE? UH, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLICE, THE, UH, OFFICERS ALSO INTERPRETERS WITH THE LICENSE WITH IT FOR THE IEPS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICES THAT ARE NOT ON TIME. MANY STUDENTS DO NOT GET THE TRAINING. THANK YOU. SPEAKER IS MARCELLA GARCIA. MS. GARCIA, I SEE YOU ARE ON THE LINE WITH US. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MARCELLA GARCIA MARCELLA GARCIA, I SEE YOU'RE WITH US. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. MARC GARCIA. OH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MARCELLA GARCIA AND I AM HERE TO, I WAS AT THE MEETING ON THE SEVEN AUGUST 17 MEETING THAT YOU CONVENED TO GIVE UPDATE ABOUT THE FIRE THAT HAPPENED IN BOYLE HEIGHTS. AND THE UPDATE SUPPOSEDLY WAS THAT HOW WAS IT, HOW THEY WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE CLEANING, I WOULD IMAGINE. AND MS. ROCIO REBA SAID THAT SHE WAS VISITING A LOT IN THAT AREA. MY SISTER LIVES 1,500 YARDS FROM THERE. AND SHE HAS NOT SEEN HER. I SHOWED HER THE PICTURE AND I SAID, [00:35:01] DID SHE SEE THIS WOMAN HERE? AND SHE SAID, NO, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING MS. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT SHE HAS NOT COME. AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT SHE'S IN A MEETING AND WHY DON'T YOU TRY GOING SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? BECAUSE FOR ME, I THINK IT'S A LIES BECAUSE THEY SAID, OH, DURING THE, IN THE MORNING, IT SMELLS A LOT. THERE'S AN ODOR. BUT AT THE MIDDAY POINT, NO. BUT THE, UH, THE ODOR IS THERE ALL THE TIME. A HUNDRED PERCENT. PLEASE PROTECT THOSE CHILDREN IN THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS AROUND THE, WHERE THAT FIRE HAPPENED BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST NOW. IT'S NOT SMOKE, IT'S THE ODOR AND THE LARGE FLIES THAT, UH, ARE ABOUND. AND WE, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR THOSE, UH, FLIES NOT TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS PLEASE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT FOR HELPING. YOU NEED TO HELP A LOT WITH MS. KAREN BASS. YOU NEED HAVE THE POWER TO SAY, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW, NOT TO WAIT AND TO WASTE TIME SO THAT THE ODOR IS REMOVED SO THAT, UH, ROTTING MEATS SO STINKY THAT YOU CAN FIX IT. PLEASE FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS THE FUTURE OF THOSE SCHOOLS. IT IS THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. IT IS THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. PLEASE DO NOT, UH, PUT IN DANGER OF THE HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK, UH, ADA PISTOL. ARE YOU HERE? A TO P YOUR HONOR? SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU ONLINE IN FRONT OF ME. ALL RIGHT. UH, JODY DALALA, I DO HAVE YOU ONLINE. JODY DALALA. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. JODY D HI. UH, I'M A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY AND A MEMBER OF VETERANS FOR PEACE. INNOCENT CHILDREN IN PALESTINE ARE DYING AS A RESULT OF OUR TAX MONEY. HIDING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GENOCIDE IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. I'M HERE TO URGE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOT TO SETTLE WITH BRANDEIS AND TO STOP HARASSING TEACHERS WHO ARE TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GENOCIDE. AND SINCE YOU ARE AN EDUCATION BOARD, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SEMI MEANS A PERSON THAT SPEAKS A SEMITIC LANGUAGE, WHICH INCLUDES ARABIC. SO IF A PERSON IS ANTI-SEMITIC, THEY ARE AGAINST ARABS AS WELL AS JEWS. STOP LYING TO YOUR STUDENTS. ISRAEL NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. FREE PALESTINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE CONCERNED PARENT ON THE LINE, CONCERNED PARENT. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN CONCERNED. PARENT. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH THAT. UM, THE ANTI SCHOOL POLICE AND DEFUND SCHOOL POLICE TOUR HAS STARTED. SO BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU FAIL TO LISTEN TO OTHER PERSPECTIVES, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOU MINE TODAY. LAST WEEK, COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL WAS HELD AT MY CHILD'S SCHOOL IN WHICH THE PRINCIPAL, UM, SHARED WITH US THAT A NEW SMOKE SHOP OPENED IN OUR CITY, A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL. AND WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR PAYING ATTENTION, BY THE WAY, WRITING IN YOUR LITTLE NOTEBOOKS. UM, WITH THAT, UNFORTUNATELY IT BRINGS, UM, UNSAFE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WE WERE ADVISED TO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT ON OUR KIDS BECAUSE THEY ARE, AGAIN, A BLOCK AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOL. SO I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU VISIT SCHOOLS, BUT HOW MANY ARE YOU VISITING THE COMMUNITIES? HOW MANY ARE YOU ACTUALLY ARE? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING AROUND THE COMMUNITIES TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE? BECAUSE MANY OF YOU ARE GOING BY THIS RHETORIC THAT THERE'S NO CRIME THERE, NOTHING'S GOING ON, AND YOU FAILED TO BRING BACK SCHOOL POLICE. NOW, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BRING BACK SCHOOL POLICE IN SCHOOLS, COULD YOU AT LEAST CONSIDER BRINGING BACK SCHOOL POLICE SO THAT THEY COULD PATROL OUR SCHOOLS? MY CITY CONTRACTS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO THEY CONTRACT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA CA I'VE CALLED. THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO AND PATROL THE SCHOOL. SO WHERE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? HOW COME UTLA GETS TO SAY WE, UH, S-E-I-U-U-T-L-A? NO OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, THEY DO ALLOW OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS. YOU, WE ARE, OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING SCHOOL POLICE AND YOU FAIL TO PER TO LET US USE THAT SERVICE. SO COULD THIS BE A POTENTIAL FRAUD INVESTIGATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE [00:40:01] YOU REFUSE TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. AND IF NOT, THEN AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE CALLED FOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, WE HAD A SPEAKER. JUST SHOW UP ONLINE. UH, DAVID KLEIN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. DAVID KLEIN. THANK YOU. UM, MY NAME IS DAVID KLEIN. I'M A RETIRED MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR WHO PROVIDED TEACHER IN-SERVICE TRAININGS AND TEXTBOOK SELECTION FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY. I'M HERE TODAY TO AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND TO STRONGLY URGE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD COLIN GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA DID NOT SETTLE WITH THE BRANDEIS CENTER OVER ITS LAWSUIT, BUT ATTEMPTS TO PUT BRANDEIS IN THE ISRAEL LOBBY IN CHARGE OF, UM, TEACHER TRAINING ON ANTISEMITISM. I ALSO STRONGLY URGE THE BOARD TO REJECT ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR K THROUGH 12 ETHNIC STUDIES COURSES AND TO REJECT THE USE OF THE IHRA, UH, DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM BECAUSE IT FALSELY CONFLATES CRITICISM OF ISRAEL WITH ANTISEMITISM EVEN WITHOUT THE BRANDEIS LAWSUIT. L-A-U-S-D IS ALREADY ENGAGED IN ANTI PALESTINIAN RACISM AND SUPPORT OF THE GENOCIDE LOBBY. A CASE IN POINT IS THE ONGOING SUSPENSION AND INVESTIGATION OF AN L-A-U-S-D HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEACHER BECAUSE SHE TAUGHT PALESTINIAN DANCE STEPS TO STUDENTS WHO REQUEST LEARNING THAT SHE ALSO TAUGHT OTHER CULTURAL DANCE FORMS THAT OTHER STUDENTS REQUESTED. INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING RACISM AND GENOCIDE BY PRO PERSECUTING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, L-A-U-S-D SHOULD SUPPORT AND COMMEND THEM. WHEN YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ASK YOU WHAT YOU DID IN RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT HOLOCAUST CARRIED OUT BY ISRAEL, THE ANSWER IS YOU'RE DOING IT NOW. PLEASE STOP SUPPORTING ANTI PALESTINIAN RACISM AND GENOCIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, THE BOARD [Recess into Closed Session] WILL NOW RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 10:46 AM THANK YOU. OKAY, WELCOME BACK. [Reconvene to Open Session] THE TIME IS NOW 4:06 PM ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, AND THE BOARD WILL BE REPORTING OUT ON TAB ONE. BUT FIRST I'LL TAKE ROLL. UH, MS. NEWBELL PRESENT DR. RIVAS PRESENT. MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, PRESENT BOARD PRESIDENT PRESENT. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM PLUS THE SUPERINTENDENT. UNDER TAB ONE, PERSONNEL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED JEROME KALANICK TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE TERM BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2028. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED MICHELLE A RAPINO TO THE POSITION OF EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE TERM BEGINNING ON AUGUST 27TH, 2026, AND ENDING ON JUNE 30TH, 2027. TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON A FINALIZATION OF THE AGREEMENTS, THE VOTE WITH SIX AYES AND ONE ABSENT BOARD MEMBER CONEZ. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORTING OUT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADJOURN? ADJOURN. NO OBJECTIONS. THE TIME IS NOW 4 0 7. THANK YOU. * 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.