* 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.
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          OKAY, WELCOME BACK. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 10:18 AM ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026. 
          WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          I WILL TAKE ROLE MS. NEWBELL. 
          PRESENT DR. RIVAS. 
          PRESENT. 
          MR. MELVIN? HERE. 
          MS. REGO. 
          HERE, MS. EZ. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          PRESENT BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          PRESENT. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, WELCOME. 
          WE'LL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FROM BD TWO'S LOS VILLA STEM MAGNET SCHOOL. 
          THEY SHOULD BE PULLING UP THAT VIDEO RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. 
          HOLD ON. 
          LET'S GO. 
          READY, BEGIN. 
          I PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          AND THEY'RE GOING TO QUEUE UP AND PLAY THE LAND. 
          ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND TEXT WILL BE DISPLAYED TOO. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG. 
          WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATES ON LAND ORIGINALLY AND STILL INHABITED AND CARED FOR BY THE GABRIELINO AND FERANDO TIAN PEOPLES WHO HAVE STEWARDED THIS LAND FOR GENERATIONS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THESE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ONGOING PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS, AND HONOR THEIR CONNECTION TO THIS REGION. 
          WE RECOGNIZE GABRIELINO PEOPLE AS THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF LOS ANGELES BASIN AND THE NEARBY COASTAL LANDS AND THE FERNAND AS PROTECTORS OF THE NORTHERN VALLEYS. 
          THESE LANDS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HOLD DEEP, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THEIR PEOPLE AND HAVE SHAPED THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN TODAY. 
          WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE HANUK ANCESTORS, A ELDERS AND KIN OUR RELATIVES AND RELATIONS PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING, AND COMMIT TO SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, ENSURING THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THEIR LEGACIES ARE RESPECTED. 
          WE COMMIT TO DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORIES AND CULTURES OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES OF THIS LAND. 
          THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEMONSTRATES OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO HEALING AND RECONCILIATION. 
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF L-A-U-S-D. 
          SO BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REMEMBER THAT LAST FRIDAY WAS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001. 
          THAT DAY BROUGHT FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY TO MANY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY AND ACROSS THE NATION. 
          MANY OF US HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, A TOTAL OF 2,977 PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING 441 FIRST RESPONDERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, PARAMEDICS, AND OTHERS. 
          OTHERS INCLUDE PASSENGERS ON AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11 AND FLIGHT 77, AND UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1 75 AND UNITED AIRLINES 93, AS WELL AS THOSE INSIDE THE PENTAGON. 
          THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AFTERMATH OF SURVIVORS CONTACTING ILLNESSES DUE TO TOXIC DEBRIS, AND SOME ARE STILL BATTLING THAT TO THIS DAY. 
          SO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED THAT DAY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE. 
          I REMEMBER I WAS GETTING READY, GETTING DRESSED TO GO TO LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE PRINCIPAL, AND I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS. 
          IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN PEOPLE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. 
          AND I WOULD RECALL THE WORDS OF, UH, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. 
          SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN HOLDING JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHOM THE NATION LOST, BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET. 
          SO LET'S HAVE JUST 10 MINUTES. 
          10 MINUTES. 
          SORRY. 
          10 SECONDS OF SILENCE. 
          10 SECONDS OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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OKAY. 
          SO WILL WE GO ON NOW TO LABOR PARTNERS? OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE LABOR PARTNERS IN THE FIELD? LET'S SEE. 
          A-U-T-L-A, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          MY NAME'S JULIE VAN WINKLE. 
          I AM THE A FT VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES. 
          I'M SURE MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, UH, MANY OF US SAW THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE YESTERDAY. 
          UM, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT UTLA IS OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'RE ALSO SKEPTICAL THAT RESTRUCTURING AND CONSOLIDATIONS WILL ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY, AND WE QUESTION WHETHER THEY'RE ACTUALLY NECESSARY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT HAS A HISTORY OF OVER PROJECTING DEFICITS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS IS GROUNDED IN A COUPLE THINGS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, EDUCATOR AND STAFF JOBS MUST, MUST BE PROTECTED. 
          CONSOLIDATIONS MUST CENTER STUDENTS, COMMUNITIES MUST BE RESPECTED AND LISTENED TO, ESPECIALLY TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND ANY SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION MUST MAKE OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES STRONGER. 
          THIS TALK OF CONSOLIDATION IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME THAT MANY SITES ARE BEING HIT WITH DISPLACEMENT. 
          DISPLACEMENT IN SCHOOL. 
          CONSOLIDATIONS ARE SYMPTOMS OF A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT THE STATE UNDERFUNDS OUR SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO US THAT THIS BOARD WAS CONTEMPLATING SPENDING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ON A CONTRACT TO PLAN THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS WITH THE ALVAREZ COMPANY, WHO SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN TO IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS. 
          UM, THIS COMPANY HAD NOTORIOUSLY WORKED WITH OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY SCHOOL CLOSURES LIKE WASHINGTON DC ST. 
          LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS, AND THAT YOU WERE GONNA CONSIDER THIS CONTRACT AND THEN IN THE SAME MEETING YOU WOULD BE VOTING ON POTENTIALLY, UM, POTENTIAL FURLOUGH DAYS FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE UPDATED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UTILITIES RE RELIEVED THAT YOU REMOVED THIS CONTRACT FROM TODAY'S AGENDA, BUT WE FULLY EXPECT THIS OR SOMETHING LIKE IT TO COME UP AGAIN. 
          AND WE JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE AGAINST IT. 
          IT'S HARD FOR US TO SERIOUSLY WORK WITH THIS DISTRICT TO FIGHT FOR MORE STATE FUNDING WHEN YOU SQUANDER THE LIMITED FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE ON CONTRACTS WITH VULTURES AND PRIVATIZES LIKE THE ALVAREZ COMPANY. 
          AND I WANNA TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY MANY OF YOU HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT. 
          UM, THE IDEA OF DEFICIT MINDSET VERSUS GROWTH MINDSET. 
          I'M SURE ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN A TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED HOURS OF PD ABOUT THIS. 
          WE SHOULD NOT JUST ACCEPT DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS A FATE, A COMPLETE, WE AS THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE, THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, NEED TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY, THE, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE TO DO THINGS TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO STAY HERE IN LA AND SEND THEIR KIDS TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH ALL THESE GROUPS IN THE CITY, COUNTY, AND CITY TO, UH, CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND CHILDCARE AND INFANT CENTERS THAT ARE FREE TO EVERYONE WITH NO MEANS TESTING. 
          THEY'VE DONE IT IN NEW MEXICO, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT IN NEW YORK. 
          WHY CAN'T WE DO IT HERE? UM, COMMUNITY OWNED GROCERY STORES, MORE GREEN SPACE CLINICS. 
          UM, THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT TO, TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY AND TO ATTRACT PEOPLE BACK TO OUR DISTRICT. 
          WE SHOULD BE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR TODAY'S ECONOMY. 
          WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON CTE PATHWAYS IN AI RESISTANT FIELDS LIKE EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, OR SORRY, EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRAITS. 
          UTLA WANTS TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK. 
          UM, AND LA USD SHOULD WANT TO PARTNER WITH US TO MITIGATE THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          THESE TWO THINGS ARE SO CONNECTED. 
          THE DISTRICT LITERALLY CHANGED THE GAME WHEN COVID HAPPENED, WHEN WE BECAME THE LEADING FOOD DISTRIBUTOR. 
          WE HAVE PROVEN THAT WE CAN BE A MAJOR CHANGING FORCE IN THIS DISTRICT AND IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL DO THAT TODAY. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT UTLA IS INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO DO A GROWTH MINDSET OF HOW WE CAN BRING STUDENTS BACK TO THIS DISTRICT AND HOW WE CAN BECOME A DISTRICT THAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO INSTEAD OF JUST PROJECTING LIKE, WE'RE BROKE, BUT WE'RE GONNA HIRE THIS MILLION DOLLAR, UM, HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR PREDATORY COMPANY TO, TO THINK ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES. 
          LIKE THAT IS A DEFICIT MINDSET AND WE NEED TO STOP DOING THAT. 
          SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE A PARTNER WITH YOU TO TRY TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO GROW OUR DISTRICT, HOW TO MAKE THINGS MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT WE REJECT JUST TRYING TO CUT AND CONTRACTING OUT THE WORK OF HOW TO CUT TO A PREDATORY VULTURE PRIVATE COMPANY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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GIL GOMEZ, WOULD YOU COME DOWN PLEASE? GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME'S GIL GOMEZ. 
          I'M THE SCHOOL POLICE UNION PRESIDENT. 
          AND, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE ACTING AS A UNION PRESIDENT. 
          I'M GONNA BE ACTING AS A A DEES ESCALATOR, UM, PROBLEM SOLVER. 
          UM, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SOLVE A PROBLEM. 
          I, I TOOK MY, MY YOUNGEST TO GO FINANCE A CAR, A USED CAR. 
          UM, I WENT TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP, IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO. 
          I WENT TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP AND HE THREW A LOT OF PAPERWORK IN FRONT OF ME, THE, THE GUY WHO WAS SELLING ME THE CAR. 
          AND ON THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL'S FIRST CREDIT UNION, I TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF THE PICTURE AND PUT IT INTO MY CHAT, GPT, AND IT TOLD ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO. 
          UM, THE KIDS WOULD CALL IT CLUTCH, RIGHT? RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          AND I, AND I LOOKED AT IT AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE COOLING OFF PERIOD FOR CALIFORNIA, AND THAT I PAID AN EXTRA A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET THE CAR RETURNED IN THREE DAYS. 
          SO I WAS VERY HAPPY. 
          I I DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO READ THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, I STARTED OFF MY, MY CAREER, UH, WORKING AS AN EMT. 
          SO I, I WORKED WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY ASSAULT ADULTS WITH AUTISM. 
          UM, THAT'S PART OF PUBLIC SERVICE AS WELL. 
          AND WHEN I WAS AN EMT, I WOULD REALIZE WHEN WE WOULD GO TO THE, THE YOUNG LATINO, UM, HOUSEHOLDS, WHEN THE PARENTS DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH, THE CHILD WOULD COME IN AND TRANSLATE ENGLISH, SPANISH, ENGLISH, SPANISH. 
          WHAT A GREAT THING THAT DID TO A YOUNG MIND. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S A SUPERPOWER THAT, THAT LATINOS DON'T TALK ABOUT PUBLICLY, BUT THEY RAISE THAT LITTLE CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT IF, IF WITH GUARDRAILS, SOMETHING AS, AS POWERFUL AS AI BEING INTRODUCED TO CHILDREN TO LEARN HOW TO DO EVERYTHING FROM, UH, READ A DOCUMENT FOR THEIR PARENTS OR TO SOLVE MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THERE WAS A, UM, LAST STORY. 
          THERE WAS A, UM, A, A FAMILY, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD, UH, UM, THEIR CHILD WAS NOT FOLLOWING, NOT HITTING THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT MILESTONES. 
          SHE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD. 
          THEY TOOK HER TO THE MAYO CLINIC. 
          THE MAYO CLINIC DREW HER BLOOD, AND THEY PUT IT IN AN AI BASED MACHINE. 
          THE BLOOD SAYS YOUR DAUGHTER HAS A RARE GENETIC PROBLEM THAT SHE'S NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK EVER. 
          UM, THEY SAID, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW AI PROGRAM THAT HAS ALL 4,000 APPROVED DRUGS, AND MAYBE WE COULD FIND SOMETHING. 
          THEY PUT HER BLOOD IN THAT PROGRAM, AND IT FOUND OUT OF THE 4,000 AI FOUND IT, THE 4,000 DIFFERENT DRUGS, ONE INEXPENSIVE DRUG. 
          AND TWO YEARS LATER, THAT DAUGHTER'S UP TO PAR WALKING, HIDDEN HER MILESTONES. 
          THIS IS THE POWER OF SOMETHING AS POWERFUL AS AI. 
          NOW, I'M NOT AN ACTIVIST EITHER WAY. 
          I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL, AND I KNOW THAT GUARDRAILS ARE A HUGE ISSUE. 
          FAST FORWARD FOR ME, AI IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. 
          I HAVE A VERY SMALL UNION. 
          I DON'T HAVE, UH, A HUGE STAFF TO RUN NUMBERS FOR ME. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT IT DOES HAVE IS, UM, WHEN I WAS DRIVING, WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TODAY. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT, UM, MY LITTLE AI TOLD ME. 
          HMM. 
          SO I SAID, HOW DO SCHOOL DISTRICTS SOLVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS LIKE THIS? AND IT POINTED ME TO THE A B, C SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT GOLDEN HANDSHAKES. 
          THIS IS NOT, THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, A PROBLEM SOLVER RIGHT HERE. 
          I'M TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. MY MEMBERS WILL BE FINE. 
          MY MEMBERS ARE WANTED ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          ELLIOT, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? MT A'S GONNA HAVE A 600 PERSON DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO POACH MY MEMBERS AS I SPEAK. 
          BUT AS I SIT IN, IN BEHIND ME AND I SEE ALL THE PURPLE SHIRTS IN SOME RED SHIRTS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE JOBS BASED ON THE FISCAL STABILIZATION. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE JOBS. 
          UNLESS YOU GUYS, YOU ALL DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT GOLDEN HANDSHAKES, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A CALPERS, UM, TWO YEARS SERVICE CREDIT. 
          YES. 
          THOSE, THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          BUT A BBC SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS GIVEN IN A PERCENTAGE OF, OF YOU, YOU MAKE $50,000 A YEAR. 
          WE'LL GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE. 
          THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE, IN OUR CASE, OUR, OUR, OUR RULE OF 80, RULE OF 87, OUR, OUR LIFETIME MEDICAL AS YOU CALL IT, UM, THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THEIR FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL. 
          SO WE DON'T LOSE ANY JOBS, PERIOD. 
          NO JOBS. 
          I WOULD, I'M FINE. 
          I'M 56 YEARS OLD. 
          I'M IF ONE OF MY MEMBERS ARE GONNA LOSE THEIR JOBS, NOT AS A PRESIDENT, AS A, AS A, AS A FELLOW BROTHER AND SISTER, I WILL GIVE THEM MY POSITION AND I WILL BE FINE. 
          BUT WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS. 
          WE, WE DON'T NEED TO. 
          I'M SURE MEGAN RUNS A, A GREAT PROGRAM OVER THERE AT THICK MAP. 
          WE DON'T NEED MEGAN. 
          WE, WE, WE NEED, WE NEEDED SOME LA UNIFIED PEOPLE AS THE COLOR SUGGESTED, AND WE COULD FIX OUR OWN PROBLEMS. IF, IF, IF YOUR JOB IS TO SIT THERE AND TALK TO EACH DIFFERENT BARGAINING UNIT, EACH DIFFERENT PRESIDENT OF THEIR BARGAINING UNIT AND SAY, HEY, HOW COULD WE NOT LOSE? HOW COULD WE NOT PINK SLIP ANY ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS? AND YOU, YOU CAN DO IT. 
          AND YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE THIRD LARGEST BUDGET IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          YOU HAVE THE, THE POWER TO DO THAT WITH A GOLDEN TYPE HANDSHAKE. 
          OR YOU COULD JUST ASK DAVE KOSKY 
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AND HE COULD FIGURE IT OUT. 
          THANK YOU, LESTER. 
          ARE YOU READY? SEIU. 
          OKAY. 
          COME ON UP OR COME ON DOWN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. 
          WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS BE SPEAKING. 
          UH, THEY'LL REQUIRE TRANSLATION. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE MIGHT REQUIRE MR. MELVIN. 
          MIGHT WANNA GET YOUR HEADSET ON. 
          ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE SOLA FIRST. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          JASON. 
          JASON, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS JASON PORTER. 
          I WAS A SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE AT MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN L-A-U-S-D. 
          I FIRST STARTED WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT IN 2017 AS A CAMPUS AIDE AND ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH. 
          DID THAT FOR A YEAR, LEFT THE DISTRICT. 
          THEN IN 2022, I RETURNED BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE DISTRICT I GREW UP IN. 
          LAST YEAR, MY LIFE CHANGED COMPLETELY IN 2025, AUGUST OF, IN 2025, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE TWO COLON CANCER. 
          I HAD SURGERY IN OCTOBER, BUT THERE WERE COMPLICATIONS. 
          I SPENT THREE WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THOSE THREE WEEKS. 
          I COULDN'T EAT SOLID FOOD OR COULDN'T EVEN DRINK LIQUIDS. 
          I SURVIVED THROUGH IV. 
          WHEN I FINALLY LEFT THE HOSPITAL IN NOVEMBER, I LOST WEIGHT. 
          I WAS WEAK, AND I COULDN'T JUST GO BACK TO LIFE AS NORMAL. 
          I, I HAD TO STAY WITH MY PARENTS WHILE I SLOWLY TRIED TO GET, REGAIN MY STRENGTH. 
          AND WHILE I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT COULD HELP LIFT ME UP WHEN I WAS LOW, NOT EVERYONE DOES. 
          THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER RESTRICTED WORKERS WHO YOU THREW TO THE SIDE WHO MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. 
          TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT WHERE THOSE FOLKS ARE AND WHAT SITUATIONS THEY MAY BE FACING RIGHT NOW. 
          WHILE I WAS RECOVERING, THERE WAS ONE THING I KEPT THINKING ABOUT, GETTING BACK TO MY KIDS, WHICH ARE MY STUDENTS. 
          WHILE I WAS OUT, MY STUDENTS SENT ME NOTES, CARDS AND POSTERS. 
          THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT ME. 
          THEY MISSED ME, AND THEY WANTED ME TO COME BACK. 
          I DON'T THINK I FULLY UNDERSTOOD UNTIL THEN HOW MUCH WE MEAN TO THESE KIDS. 
          WE AREN'T JUST EMPLOYEES THAT THEY SEE AT SCHOOL. 
          WE ARE PART OF THEIR LIVES. 
          WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR NAMES, WHO NOTICE WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG, WHO ENCOURAGE THEM, WHO PROTECT THEM, AND WHO SHOW UP FOR THEM EVERY DAY. 
          THOSE KIDS GAVE ME SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR. 
          SO I FOUGHT TO GET BETTER. 
          AFTER MONTHS OF RECOVERY, I FINALLY RETURNED THIS PAST MARCH. 
          I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANT TO ME TO WALK BACK ONTO THAT CAMPUS AFTER EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN THROUGH AND I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING MY LIFE BACK. 
          SHORTLY AFTER I RETURNED IN MARCH, I RECEIVED MY REASONABLE ASSURANCE LETTER TELLING ME I WOULD RETURN TO MY POSITION IN THE FALL. 
          WE HAD JUST FOUGHT FOR A NEW CONTRACT THAT WAS FINALLY GOING TO BRING WORKERS LIKE MY, LIKE ME, CLOSER TO A LIVABLE WAGE HERE IN CALIFORNIA. 
          AND THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, I COULD START THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE AGAIN. 
          THEN IN MAY, I GOT A LAYOFF LETTER. 
          AND JUST LIKE THAT, THAT FUTURE I THOUGHT I HAD WAS GONE AFTER FIGHTING CANCER. 
          AFTER FIGHTING THROUGH SURGERY, AFTER THREE WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL, AFTER MONTHS OF TRYING TO GET STRONG ENOUGH TO RETURN TO THE STUDENTS, I LOVE, L-A-U-S-D LAID ME OFF. 
          AND YOU DIDN'T JUST TAKE AWAY MY PAYCHECK, YOU TOOK AWAY MY HEALTHCARE KAISER OUTSIDE OF MY PARENTS. 
          KAISER WAS THERE THROUGH ONE OF THE SCARIEST PERIODS OF MY LIFE. 
          THAT METAL COVER, THAT MEDICAL COVERAGE WASN'T JUST AN EXTRA BENEFIT, IT WAS PART OF WHAT ALLOWED ME TO SURVIVE AND RECOVER. 
          NOW, I DON'T HAVE IT. 
          WHEN I RECEIVED A COBRA PACKAGE, IT SAID HEALTHCARE FOR ME WOULD BE $800 A MONTH TO MAINTAIN. 
          HERE I AM NOW WITH NO JOB HAVING TO PAY $800 A MONTH. 
          HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? AND ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE? THE DISTRICT WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE TWO MONTHS OF COBRA COVERAGE. 
          I NEVER RECEIVED THAT. 
          THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR WHO FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK TO WORK. 
          AND THE DISTRICT THAT 
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I CAME BACK TO SERVE LEFT ME WITHOUT JOB, WITHOUT A JOB, AND WITHOUT HEALTHCARE. 
          NO SEVERANCE, NO REAL SUPPORT, NOTHING. 
          JUST A LETTER. 
          THAT'S WHAT I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND TODAY. 
          YOU CALL THESE LAYOFFS. 
          WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THOSE CONSEQUENCES. 
          WE HAVE FAMILIES, WE HAVE BILLS, WE HAVE MEDICAL NEEDS. 
          WE HAD PLANNED FOR OUR LIVES. 
          WE HAD PLANS FOR OUR LIVES THAT WE WERE FORCED TO PUT ON HOLD OVERNIGHT. 
          AND OUR STUDENTS LOST PEOPLE TOO. 
          I FELT LIKE HELL TO GET HEALTHY ENOUGH TO COME BACK FOR TO THOSE KIDS. 
          I NEVER IMAGINED THAT ONCE I MADE IT BACK, I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT THE DISTRICT JUST TO STAY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SIT IN THIS ROOM MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS, OUR KIDS, I NEED YOU TO SEE MORE THAN JUST A LINE ITEM ON A BUDGET. 
          SEE ME, SEE THOSE STUDENTS WHO SENT ME THOSE NOTES? SEE THE WORKERS WHOSE LIVES ARE NOW TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS DISTRICT DID WAS NOT JUST CODE, IT CAUSED REAL HARM. 
          YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. 
          BRING US BACK AND FIND PLACEMENT FOR RESTRICTED WORKERS. 
          BECAUSE AFTER EVERYTHING WE'VE GIVEN THIS DISTRICT AND THESE KIDS, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEG L-A-U-S-D TO RECOGNIZE OUR LIVES. 
          OUR WORK HAS VALUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT LESTER IS, WHICH SPEAKER IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH? OKAY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA PASS OUT HEADSETS IF YOU NEED THEM TO EXPERIENCE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION. 
          MY COLLEAGUE BERT, IS WAITING IN THE WINGS AND HE'S PASSING OUT TRANSLATION HEADSETS. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE ONE, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND UP AND WE'LL GET YOU ONE SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, EXPERIENCE A LIVE TRANSLATION. 
          BERT, WE NEED TWO IN THE, UM, IN THE SEIU CREW HERE, PLEASE. 
          OKAY, ENO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. 
          MY NAME IS SOLA CASTILLO. 
          FOR NINE YEARS, I WORKED AS A SUPERVISING. 
          UH, AT JUNE OF THIS YEAR, I RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO WORK FOR ME. 
          I FELT AS IF, AS IF AS IF I WOULD'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG DURING ALL THESE YEARS. 
          I NEVER MISSED A DAY. 
          I WAS NEVER THERE LATE. 
          EVEN DURING COVID, I WORKED HELPING PARENTS THAT WOULD PICK UP THEIR WHOLE, THE STUDENTS' HOMEWORK AND FOOD. 
          AND WHEN I RECEIVED THE LETTER, THERE WAS NOT ONE SINGLE DAY DAY THAT I DIDN'T SHOW UP AT WORK. 
          WORK WAS MY PRIORITY. 
          THE CHILDREN MOTIVATE ME TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I TOOK CARE OF SOME CHILDREN SINCE KINDER. 
          THEY WOULD CALL ME GRANDMA. 
          I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE KIDS. 
          I WOULD TIE THEIR SHOES. 
          I WOULD HELP THEM OPEN THEIR MILK IN THE LUNCH AREAS, AND I WOULD HELP THEM C GET OFF THE CARS IN THE BATHROOM. 
          I WOULD SU SUPERVISE DURING RECESS, SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY BULLYING. 
          SOME CHILDREN ARE EMBARRASSED TO TALK, BUT I WOULD GIVE THEM THE TRUST SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          MY DAUGHTERS WERE PART OF THAT SCHOOL, AND I WOULD HELP WITH ANY PAY. 
          MY DAU, MY DAUGHTERS WERE NO LONGER THERE. 
          THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY WOULD TELL ME, MOM, DON'T GO ANYMORE. 
          BUT I WOULD STILL SHOW UP WHEN IT WAS HOT AND WHEN IT WAS COLD, I WAS ALWAYS THERE. 
          I ENJOYED MY WORK. 
          CHILDREN TRUST IN ME. 
          ONE DAY A CHILD LEANED ON MY SHOULDER AND SAID, MISS SOLIA, I LOVE YOU. 
          AND I SAID TO MYSELF, IF THEY ONLY KNEW THAT I WAS NO LONG, WOULD NO LONGER BE HERE, BUT I SAID NOTHING, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE SAD. 
          AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ASKED ME IN THE, IN THE PLAY AREA, THEY SAID, GRANDMA, WILL YOU COME TO OUR GRADUATION? AND I ANSWERED, YES. 
          I WAS THERE. 
          AND THAT DAY, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PROGRAM SAID, MS. SOLIA, TOMORROW IS YOUR LAST DAY OF WORK. 
          AND IT WAS JUNE 9TH. 
          THEY CUT MY BENEFITS AND THEY SAID, AND I SAID, HOW WILL I GO TO THE DOCTOR? AND MY, EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A PAY. 
          I HELP, UH, PUEBLO AND JCO AND I HELP MY MOM. 
          SHE'S 82 YEARS OLD. 
          I WOULD SEND THEM MONEY AND I CANNOT, I 
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COULD NO LONGER DO THAT. 
          IT AFFECTED ME. 
          IT WAS, IT AFFECTED ME TO LOSE MY JOB FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER. 
          I COULDN'T SLEEP. 
          YES, I DID CRY. 
          IT WAS MANY YEARS THAT I DEDICATED TO THE SCHOOL. 
          IT HURT ME. 
          AND IT CONTINUES TO HURT ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE AT FERUS. 
          IT'S 12 OF US THAT WERE RELEASED FROM OUR JOBS. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK. 
          THEY'RE, IT'S ABOUT 90 STUDENTS. 
          FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE JOBS. 
          YOU CAN'T HAVE THESE KIDS SITTING DOWN. 
          THEY NEED TO PLAY, AND THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. 
          SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE DECISIONS AFFECT MANY FAMILIES, AFFECT MANY WORKERS, AND AFFECTED MANY CHILDREN. 
          THEY SHOULD PUT A STOP TO THE LAYOFFS. 
          CHILDRENS DON'T NEED. 
          AND IF CHILDREN ARE THEIR PRIORITY, PLEASE GIVE OUR JOBS BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ROSA CASTILLO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS ROSALINA CASTILLO. 
          I WORKED AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PARENT CENTER AT THE SCHOOL. 
          AND MONT DUAL LANGUAGE, I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS THERE FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS. 
          MY WORK AT L-A-U-S-D BEGAN MUCH BEFORE I BEGAN AS A VOLUNTEER. 
          WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE AT PRESCHOOL, I WAS PART OF ELAC. 
          AND BESIDE, I WAS INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM THAT WAS CALLED RE READING FOR PARENTS AS PIONEER PARENTS, THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR PARENTS. 
          AND THIS PARENT GAVE TOOLS NOT JUST TO TEACH PARENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE, BUT ALSO TO SHOW THEM THAT IT COULD BE FUN, IT COULD BE DYNAMIC FOR PARENTS. 
          AND THROUGHOUT THESE EXPERIENCE, THIS IS HOW I FOUND OUT THAT I ENJOYED HELPING THE COMMUNITY. 
          AT THE SCHOOL WHERE I WORKED, THIS PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THE, THE PRINCIPAL SAID SHE NEEDED A REPRESENTATIVE, A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE, THEREFORE THE COMMUNITY OF THIS PROGRAM TO HIM ABOUT ME. 
          WHEN I BEGAN TO WORK AT THE PARENT CENTER, I WAS ONLY GIVEN FIVE HOURS. 
          I WAS HAPPY THIS WAS OKAY WITH ME, THEREFORE, I BEGAN TO WORK AND I WOULD ALWAYS DONATE ADDITIONAL TIME. 
          THERE WAS ALWAYS THINGS TO DO. 
          I ASKED THE PRINCIPAL, DO YOU HAVE FUNDS FOR WORKSHOPS? SHE WOULD SAY, NO, WE HAVE NO FUNDS. 
          I SAID, OKAY. 
          I BEGAN TO LOOK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I WENT TO MISSION COLLEGE. 
          I GAVE THEM ENGLISH CLASSES BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP PARENTS SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO HELP THEIR STUDENTS WITH THEIR HOMEWORK. 
          I ALSO HELPED THEM WITH LEGAL RESOURCES. 
          AS YOU, WE ALL KNOW, THE IMMIGRATION SITUATION. 
          I HELPED HIM WITH LAWYERS AT LOW COST. 
          ONCE AGAIN, I ASKED THE PRINCIPAL, I SAID, BECAUSE I ALSO, I HAD 30 VOLUNTEER PARENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          I, I ASKED HER IF WE CAN OFFER THEM LUNCH TO GIVE THEM THANKS. 
          SHE SAID, WE HAVE NO FUNDS. 
          I WENT TO THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO AND I OBTAINED LUNCH FOR THE PARENTS. 
          MY HUSBAND GAVE ME DONATIONS FROM HIS JOB TO OFFER THEM A SMALL GIFT AS GRATITUDE TO ALL VOLUNTEERS. 
          ON MAY 10TH, I RECEIVED A LETTER ON MAY 10TH THAT, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 
          I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS READING. 
          I ASKED MY DAUGHTER TO READ IT, AND THE LOOK THAT I SAW IN HER FACE, I DIDN'T ENJOY. 
          SHE SAID, YES, IT IS THAT THERE, I HAD NO LONGER I HAD, I I DIDN'T HAVE A JOB. 
          I LEARNED A DIFFERENT FACE OF THE DISTRICT, A BETRAYAL PHASE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          AND I FELT SO MUCH SADNESS AND DECEPTION. 
          AND I, IT TOOK ME A WHILE. 
          I WAS THINKING, WHAT DID I DO WRONG? I KNEW I DID A GOOD JOB. 
          THE COMMUNITY LOVED ME. 
          THE PRINCIPAL DEFENDED ME, CALLED THE PRINCIPAL THOUSANDS OF TIMES BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T REALIZE, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH ME. 
          AND WE COULDN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THIS. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF CALLS OF EVERYONE THAT WAS CALLING AND COMPLAINING IT WAS AN INJUSTICE. 
          I THOUGHT I WAS RESTRICTED, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT. 
          AND THIS IS WHY I WAS LAID OFF. 
          I NEVER SIGNED A COMMENT, UH, A DOCUMENT OR ANY CONTRACT THAT WOULD SAY I WOULD GET LAID OFF OR RESTRICTED FROM MANY JOBS. 
          I SPOKE TO A PARENT AND HE SAID, WELL, BESIDES THAT, THEY SAID, YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT, HOW THIS AFFECTS THE CHILDREN. 
          AND HONESTLY, I HELP MANY PARENTS. 
          PARENTS ARE, IF PARENTS ARE GOOD, SO ARE STUDENTS. 
          AND I WOULD FIGHT SO HARD TO HELP PARENTS. 
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A MOTHER CALLED AND SHE SAID, WHERE ARE YOU? I DON'T HAVEN'T SEEN YOU. 
          I SAID, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO. 
          NO ONE AT THE SCHOOL KNOWS THAT I WAS NOT, I WASN'T THERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO FIGHT FOR ME. 
          AND, AND SHE SAID, I WON'T BE BACK AT THAT SCHOOL TILL YOU COME BACK. 
          MY NAME IS ROSALINA CASTILLO. 
          AND I WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT YESTERDAY. 
          I SPOKE WITH THE VICE PRINCIPAL AND I TOLD HER I WAS COMING HERE. 
          I RECEIVED A LETTER, A CALL THAT SAID, DO YOU WANT YOUR EMPLOYMENT ONCE AGAIN, TWO DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN? I SAID, YES. 
          WE, I GOT EXCITED. 
          WE FORMED, UH, WE SCHEDULED A MEETING TO BE A NEW EMPLOYEE. 
          TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING, THEY SAID, I APOLOGIZE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT POSITION. 
          AND THEY CANCELED MY WORK AGAIN. 
          THEREFORE, I CALLED THE VICE PRESIDENT, UH, THE VICE PRINCIPAL YESTERDAY, AND SHE SAID, GOOD, YOU HAVE A RIGHT, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PARENT CENTER. 
          AND YOU ARE NOT HERE. 
          IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HOW THE DISTRICT IS WORKING IN A VERY DIS, UNORGANIZED WAY. 
          AND MYSELF AND OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OFF, WE'RE NOT JUST A NUMBER, WE'RE PEOPLE. 
          PEOPLE WHO FEEL AND HAVE NECESSITIES, JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAVE NECESSITIES. 
          AND THIS IS ALL, THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AS YOU CAN HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN SAY ANYTHING COMPELLING ENOUGH TO GET BOARD MEMBER MELVIN, TO LOOK UP FROM THE SCREEN. 
          UM, BUT, UH, AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR, FROM OUR MEMBERS HERE, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS HERE ARE RESTRICTED EMPLOYEES. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT AS A RESTRICTED EMPLOYEE. 
          AS WE MENTIONED, LAST TIME YOU'RE WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. 
          AFTER THAT, YOU'RE RECEIVING VALUATION AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MOVE OVER TO PERMANENT STATUS. 
          WE HAVE, AS OF TODAY, OVER 2000 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR EVALUATION. 
          THESE PEOPLE WERE LET GO BECAUSE OF THEIR RESTRICTED STATUS. 
          THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU APPROVE BACK IN MARCH FOR THE MARCH 15TH LETTERS. 
          THESE ARE 600 WORKERS OUTSIDE OF THAT PROCESS. 
          THESE ARE 600 PEOPLE WHO YOU DID NOT APPROVE TO BE LET GO. 
          BUT NEVERTHELESS, THIS DISTRICT FOUND A WAY TO LET THEM GO. 
          MEANWHILE, THERE ARE 2100 VACANCIES AS OF TODAY, 2100 VACANCIES IN OUR UNITS ALONE. 
          THE DISTRICT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, DOES NOT HAVE A PROPOSAL, DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN TO TRANSITION ANY OF THESE FOLKS INTO THESE JOBS. 
          NOW, I WANNA CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING LONG ENOUGH WITH THIS DISTRICT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. 
          IRONICALLY, 20 YEARS AGO, OUR PROBLEM WAS OVERCROWDING. 
          AND WHAT DID WE DO? WE EMBARKED ON THE LARGEST PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THESE UNITED STATES. 
          WE BUILT THE SIZE OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IN JUST NEW SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES. 
          WE GOT THE BOND DOLLARS TOGETHER. 
          WE CAME UP WITH PLAS TOGETHER. 
          WE GOT THOSE SCHOOLS BUILT. 
          WE GOT THOSE SCHOOLS STAFFED. 
          OUR MEMBERS PROVIDED SERVICES AT THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          IT SEEMED INSURMOUNTABLE AT THE TIME, BUT WE MADE IT HAPPEN. 
          AND AS A RESULT, WE LITERALLY CREATED THE SPACE TO ALLOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT TO FLOURISH. 
          WE HAVE HIGHER GRADUATION RATES, HIGHER COLLEGE GOING RATES THAN WE EVER HAD AT ANY OTHER TIME. 
          WE CAN DO VERY DIFFICULT THINGS, BUT ALL WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW ARE THE CUTS. 
          WE'RE FOCUSED ON LETTING GO OF PERSONNEL. 
          IF WE TOOK THIS SAME DRIVE, THIS SAME VISION, THIS SAME COURAGE, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE WORKED WITH SUPERINTENDENT CORTINA WHEN HE SENT A ONE YEAR BUDGET TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SAID, THIS IS ALL YOU'RE GETTING BECAUSE THIS IS ALL YOU'RE GIVING ME. 
          THAT'S THE TYPE OF BOLD LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE THAT IT TAKES. 
          YOU ALL TALK ABOUT DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 
          THE DIFFICULT DECISION IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHERE TO CUT. 
          THE DIFFICULT DECISION IS TO SAY, I AM COMMITTED TO THESE WORKERS. 
          I AM COMMITTED TO THESE CHILDREN ENOUGH TO SAY I WILL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES WITH LACO. 
          I WILL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES WITH THE STATE. 
          I WILL STAND UP AND TELL WHOEVER NEEDS TO HEAR IT, THAT WE WILL NOT CUT OUR PEOPLE. 
          WE WILL NOT CLOSE OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE GREAT CITY OF LOS ANGELES. 
          AND WE WILL BE A SHINING BEACON OF EDUCATION FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED. 
          AND TOGETHER WE'VE MADE IT HAPPEN. 
          WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          WE COULD LEAD WITH VISION, 
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WE COULD LEAD WITH COURAGE, AND WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          'CAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. 
          WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER LABOR PARTNERS PRESENT WHO WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
          UH, CARLA GRIEGO, ED SPECIAL EDUCATION, KELLY HERE BY 11. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD ITS FIRST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF EDUCATORS, PARAPROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALS, LABOR REPRESENTATIVES, PARENTS, AND A PSA COUNSELOR. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF TRANSITION SERVICES PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRANSITION SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS THEY PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SUCH AS TRANSITION ACTIVITIES, EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION, TRANSITION ASSESSMENT, AND COLLABORATION WITH AGENCIES AND FAMILIES. 
          WE ALSO TOOK A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL DEAF AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY THE DEAF COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO REMINDING US THAT INCLUSION BEGINS WITH A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. 
          FINALLY, THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE GOALS IS TO ADDRESS SOME SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERNS RAISED DURING LAST YEAR'S COMMITTEE MEETINGS VIA A DISTRICT POLICY OR RECOMMENDATION, AS WELL AS FOLLOW UP ON PAST BOARD MEMBER RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, YOU'RE UP AGAIN, CARLA, FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE CONVENED FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST WEEK. 
          LAST YEAR, WE FOCUSED ON BUILDING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO HONOR THE WHOLE CHILD AND THE FULL DIMENSIONS OF THEIR IDENTITY. 
          THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE EXPANDING OUR FOCUS TO LOOK AT HOW OUR COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SCHOOLS SIT IN OUR VISION OF HOW TO HONOR THE WHOLE CHILD IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          WE STARTED BY DISCUSSING HOW TEACHING TOPICALLY IN THE CLASSROOM MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW KIDS FEEL IN THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS THEIR ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESS. 
          WHEN THE LESSON PLAN IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, CONNECTED TO THE STANDARDS AND DONE WITH RIGOR, OUR STUDENTS ARE MORE ENGAGED AS LEARNERS, BUT ALSO AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          WE LOOKED AT TEACHING TOPICALLY THROUGH THE LENS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY THE LINEAGE FIRE. 
          IT WAS POWERFUL HEARING ABOUT HOW SECONDARY EDUCATORS ARE INCORPORATING RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS INTO THEIR YPAR WORK. 
          AND AMAZING TO HEAR HOW ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE HELPING STUDENTS DREAM ABOUT THE CITY THEY WANT WHILE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HAPPENING RIGHT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          WHEN KIDS LOOK AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE ISSUES, AND THEN GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN ABOUT THEM, THAT IS A KIND OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WE WANT TO BUILD MORE OF. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS THEME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU MS. GRIEGO, FOR THE TWO REPORTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND NOW MY PLEASURE TO TURN 
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THE AGENDA OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSEN. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING US OVER ZOOM. 
          UH, TODAY I DO HAVE TWO SUPERINTENDENT REPORT PRESENTATIONS, BUT BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS AND THEN OUR CFO, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME BRIEF REMARKS WITH YOU. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS. 
          OF COURSE, THIS PAST FRIDAY, WE COMMEMORATED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001 ATTACKS. 
          UH, 25 YEARS AGO, OUR COUNTRY EXPERIENCED A TRAGEDY THAT FRANKLY CHANGED US FOREVER. 
          ON THAT MORNING, NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN ACT OF TERROR IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, DC AND PENNSYLVANIA. 
          IT SHOOK EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THROUGHOUT LA LIKE SCOTT. 
          I REMEMBER THAT MORNING CLEARLY. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY MY LAST YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM OVER AT QUEEN ANNE ELEMENTARY AND LIKE TEACHERS EVERYWHERE, I HAD TO WALK INTO MY CLASSROOM, KIND OF PULL MYSELF TOGETHER WITH THE MINIMAL INFORMATION THAT WE HAD AT THAT TIME, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND TEACH MY STUDENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          NOW, SEPTEMBER 11TH ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY REMEMBER. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL, UH, THE SAME WAY THAT THEY LEARN ABOUT ANY MOMENT IN HISTORY THROUGH TEACHERS, FAMILIES, AND COMMEMORATIONS LIKE THOSE THAT WE HAD ACROSS THE DISTRICT LAST WEEK. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. 
          SOME THINGS, FRANKLY, ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO FORGET, EVEN WHEN THEY HAPPEN BEFORE OUR STUDENTS WERE BORN. 
          WHAT I MOST REMEMBER ABOUT THAT DAY, UH, BEYOND JUST THE HORRIFIC ATTACKS AND THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED, IS THAT FOR AT LEAST A BRIEF MOMENT, IT REALLY DID BRING FOLKS TOGETHER UNDER JUST 
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THE MOST HORRIFIC OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          BUT WHETHER IT WAS AT OUR SCHOOL SITE WHEN TEACHERS, UH, I STILL REMEMBER THIS WAS BEFORE THE DAYS OF, OF INTERNET OR EVEN, WELL, INTERNET WAS THERE, BUT NOT STREAMING THE WAY WE HAVE IT NOW. 
          SO WE ALL HAD TO GATHER IN THE ONE CLASSROOM OF THE ONE TEACHER THAT HAD AN ANTENNA FOR HER TV AND SO THAT WE COULD WATCH THE NEWS DURING RECESS AND LUNCH SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT TO TELL OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND THAT'S JUST A VERY SMALL EXAMPLE OF HOW FOLKS CAME TOGETHER ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. 
          MY HOPE IS THAT, AGAIN, IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THE ANNIVERSARY, IT'S THAT, IS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO COME TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OTHERS, UH, SHIFTING TOPICS. 
          AND, AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF OUR, OUR SPEAKERS THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY REFERENCED THIS. 
          UH, YESTERDAY I DID SEND OUT, UH, A MESSAGE TO OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT COMMUNITY AROUND OUR INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TITLING STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER. 
          AND, AND I WANNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          HOPEFULLY FOLKS DID GET A CHANCE TO, TO WATCH THE, THE PRESENTATION, THE BRIEF VIDEO THAT I SENT OUT YESTERDAY. 
          ONE OF THE REALITIES THAT WE HAVE TO FACE IS THAT FEWER CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT FUNDING AND ADVOCACY AND, AND NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE OFF THE TABLE. 
          WE WILL ABSOLUTELY FIGHT FOR THE DOLLARS THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE FOR THE RESOURCES THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          BUT IT IS A SIMPLE, IF PAINFUL REALITY THAT WE USED TO HAVE 700,000 STUDENTS AND NOW WE HAVE FEWER THAN 400,000. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS A TREND THAT CERTAINLY IS LOCAL, BUT ALSO IS SEEN ACROSS DISTRICTS, UH, ACROSS THE NATION. 
          WE SEE TRENDS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          AND WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE FEWER STUDENTS, IT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR STUDENTS. 
          AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WHAT IT TRANSLATES TO ARE WHAT WE SOMETIMES CALL COMBO OR SPLIT CLASSES, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A CLASSROOM THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, I HAD A TWO THREE SPLIT. 
          YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR THE BEST OF OUR TEACHERS, THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. 
          AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHAT THAT MEANS IS A MASTER SCHEDULE THAT IS NOT RIGOROUS OR BROAD. 
          FEWER ELECTIVES, FEWER ADVANCED COURSES, FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTION. 
          SO IN TAKING THIS ON AND STARTING THIS DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND IT IS A DIALOGUE, I WANNA BE CLEAR, OUR GOAL IS NOT SIMPLY TO HAVE FEWER SCHOOLS. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE STRONGER SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS THAT ARE BETTER RESOURCED, SCHOOLS THAT OFFER MORE PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          BUT IN DOING THAT WORK, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT AS A COMMUNITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BRING FOLKS ALONG WITH US AND BRING IN THEIR VOICES, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING, UH, FROM OUR, OUR VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR 710 SQUARE MILES. 
          UH, LIKE I SAID IN THE VIDEO YESTERDAY, WE, WE HAVE THREE COMMITMENTS THAT WILL GUIDE OUR WORK HERE. 
          ONE IS STUDENTS FIRST. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A PLATITUDE THAT WE OFTEN SAY, BUT I WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          WE ARE A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO SERVE STUDENTS AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE LIVES AHEAD OF THEM. 
          WE ARE A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO SERVES STUDENTS. 
          THAT WILL BE OUR CORE PRINCIPLE. 
          ALONG WITH THAT IS AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO INVITE FOLKS TO A MEETING. 
          I DON'T WANT TO INVITE FOLKS UNDER THE TENT, IF YOU WILL, WHERE TO USE A PHRASE THAT ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES EARLIER USED. 
          IT'S ESSENTIALLY A FETA. 
          COMPLETE DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOLKS TO COME IN SO THAT WE CAN CHECK A PROVERBIAL BOX. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          AND LASTLY, TRANSPARENCY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AS A DISTRICT, AND, AND I'LL PUT MYSELF, THAT I NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, IS WE HAVE TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO AGREE ON THE FACTS. 
          WE CAN DISAGREE ON WHAT WE DO ABOUT THEM. 
          WE CAN DISAGREE ABOUT WHERE WE GO WITH IT, BUT WE HAVE TO AT LEAST HAVE A GENERAL SIMILAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH. 
          AND THAT TAKES TRANSPARENCY. 
          THAT TAKES FOLKS BEING WILLING TO BE VULNERABLE AND PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          NOW, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING NOW? IT IT, IT'S HAPPENING NOW AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE, THE FACTS. 
          I ALREADY CALLED OUT THE SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN ENROLLMENT, THE SCHOOLS THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AS IF WE STILL HAD 700,000 STUDENTS. 
          BUT AGAIN, IN THAT SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THE FISCAL TIMES THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S THOSE KINDS OF MOMENTS IN TIME. 
          IT'S THOSE MOMENTS OF CRISIS THAT CALL US TO ACTION, AS WE ALL KNOW. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT SOME OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID EARLIER TODAY, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR DOLLARS. 
          OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING. 
          BUT RESPECTFULLY, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY FUNDING FORMULA CHANGE IN FUNDING WHAT HAVE YOU, 
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THAT WILL BRING 200 TO 300,000 STUDENTS BACK TO L-A-U-S-D RESPECTFULLY. 
          OKAY? NOW, OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HEARD FROM A BROAD RANGE OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS AND LEADERS REGARDING, UH, THIS WORK AND A CONTRACT THAT I HAD INTENDED ON BRINGING TO THE BOARD TODAY FOR DISTRICT CAMPUS UTILIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION REVIEW SERVICES. 
          THIS CONTRACT ITEM IS NO LONGER BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY. 
          ONE OF THE CORE LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES THAT I'VE ALWAYS REALLY TRIED TO LIVE BY IS TO LISTEN TO FOLKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DISAGREE. 
          IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO LISTEN TO FOLKS WHEN THEY'RE CO-SIGNING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT'S A HECK OF A LOT HARDER WHEN THEY'RE DISAGREEING. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE, AND I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED EXTERNAL SUPPORT IN THIS CRITICAL WORK. 
          WE HAVE AMAZING LEADERS, WE HAVE AMAZING STAFF IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT THIS IS ARGUABLY THE MOST COMPLEX, THE MOST DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR WE WILL EVER TAKE ON. 
          BUILDING SCHOOLS WAS INCREDIBLY HARD. 
          BRINGING STUDENTS BACK ON APRIL 21ST, 2021 WAS INCREDIBLY HARD. 
          THIS IS HARDER BECAUSE IT WILL RESET THE FOOTPRINT OF OUR DISTRICT FOR YEARS TO COME. 
          THE ROLE OF AN EXTERNAL PARTY IN THIS IS CLEARLY DEFINED. 
          THEY ARE NOT THE DRIVER. 
          THEY ARE NOT THE LEADER. 
          THEY ARE NOT TELLING US WHAT TO DO OR EVEN HOW TO DO IT. 
          THEY ARE SOMEONE WHO ASSISTS WITH THE CONVENING. 
          THEY PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT IN COMPILING INFORMATION, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          AND THEY ARE TASKED WITH SUPPORTING THE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THIS WORK. 
          NOT, AGAIN, NOT GUIDING, NOT LEADING, NOT EVEN DIRECTLY FACILITATING, BUT HELPING US WITH THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX ENDEAVOR. 
          ONE THING THAT I HOPE, IF THERE'S ANY HALLMARKS TO THE WAY THAT I CHOOSE TO LEAD, I HOPE THAT IT IS THAT I WILL ALWAYS SPEAK PLAINLY, FRANKLY, AND TRUTHFULLY AS OFTEN AS I CAN. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE SPIRIT THAT WITHIN WHICH I, I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. 
          IN CLOSING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND TRANSPARENT UPDATES ON OUR STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER CAMPAIGN, BEGINNING WITH A PRESENTATION AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NEXT WEEK, WHICH WILL INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AROUND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL BEGIN OVER THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME ON THIS. 
          NOW, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR LA UNIFIED SCHOOLS THAT HAVE RECEIVED AN INCREDIBLE HONOR FROM US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. 
          THE 26 27 BEST HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS RECOGNIZED THE VERY BEST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND TWO OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE RIGHT HERE IN LA UNIFIED. 
          FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO SCIENCE ACADEMY STEM MAGNET, WHICH WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE AMONG HIGH SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA, AND NUMBER 10 IN THE NATION. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. 
          SCIENCE ACADEMY HAS BUILT A CULTURE AROUND RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION, CURIOSITY, AND EXCELLENCE, PARTICULARLY IN STEM. 
          BUT RANKINGS LIKE THIS DON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF A TEST SCORE OR A SINGLE PROGRAM. 
          THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT OF AN ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, STUDENTS WHO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES, EDUCATORS WHO PUSH AND SUPPORT THEM, FAMILIES WHO BELIEVE IN THEM, AND LEADERS WHO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS TO THRIVE. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE DR. RICHARD, A VLADE HARBOR TEACHER PREPARATION ACADEMY RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN CALIFORNIA AND NUMBER 24 NATIONALLY. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND HARBOR. 
          TEACHER PREP HAS EARNED THIS RECOGNITION THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF THEM TO BOTH OF THESE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. 
          AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THESE TWO RANKINGS, UH, THESE RANKINGS, EXCUSE ME, EVALUATED NEARLY 27,000 ELIGIBLE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE. 
          SO HAVING TWO LA UNIFIED SCHOOLS AMONG THE TOP 25 IN CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF. 
          BUT WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST IS WHAT THESE SCHOOLS REPRESENT. 
          THEY SHOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE GIVE STUDENTS ACCESS TO RIGOROUS HIGH QUALITY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND SURROUND THEM WITH EDUCATORS AND STAFF WHO BELIEVE DEEPLY IN WHAT OUR STUDENTS CAN ACCOMPLISH. 
          SO TO THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, FAMILIES, AND SCHOOL LEADERS AT SCIENCE ACADEMY AND HARBOR TEACHER PREP, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY. 
          AND TO OUR PRINCIPALS, JOSHUA ROSENTHAL OF SCIENCE STEM ACADEMY, AND DESIREE DOUGLAS MONTOYA, 
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WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND INVITE PRINCIPALS ROSENTHAL AND PRINCIPAL DOUGLAS MONTOYA, UP TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE A FEW BRIEF SLIDES HIGHLIGHTING THEIR SCHOOL'S, AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COME ON UP, FOLKS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          IS THERE SOME SORT OF CLICKER ? OH, THIS THING. 
          THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE GOT IT. 
          COUPLE OF, OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR INVITING SCIENCE ACADEMY TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESS. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND AS, UH, MR. CHA SO KINDLY MENTIONED, WE HAVE THESE, UH, NEW ACCOLADES, UH, BUT SCIENCE ACADEMY IS NOT NEW. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FOUNDED BY CARLOS CHU AND JODY HUFF, WHO'S SITTING, CARLOS IS RIGHT OVER HERE WITH LOTS OF HELP FROM PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, MR. SCHUREN, MR. CHA, AND OTHERS THAT AREN'T HERE. 
          UH, AND OUR DIRECTOR, GABRIEL ORTEGA. 
          UH, BUT IT, IT WAS FOUNDED FOR THE REASON THAT KIDS CAN DO WHAT MR. CHA WAS MENTIONING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, REACH THIS POTENTIAL THAT IS MAYBE NOT SEEN, UM, IN JUST THE STANDARDS ALONE. 
          SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HIGH EXPECTATIONS, EXTREME RIGOR, BUT, UM, NOT IN ITSELF. 
          THE, THE STANDARDS TO US, WE CONSIDER A FLOOR. 
          UH, WE REALLY WANT TO GET OUR KIDS AS CLOSE TO WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AS WE CAN GET THEM. 
          IF THAT MEANS, UM, GETTING UP AND WORKING WITH A DOCTOR, UH, WORKING WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS IN RESEARCH. 
          UH, WE HAVE KIDS WITH AN OFFICE, UH, AT UCLA ON THEIR CAMPUS WORKING ON QUANTUM MATERIAL SCIENCE. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT'S BRINGING THE REAL WORLD, ACTUALLY TO THE SCHOOL. 
          UH, AND AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET THEM AS POSSIBLE, UH, THAT IS WHAT OUR AIM IS. 
          SO, UH, WE FEEL THAT JUST LOOKING AT THE STANDARDS ALONE, UH, CAN BE ISOLATING, UH, IN THOSE TOPICS. 
          WHEREAS IF YOU PROVIDE REAL CONTEXT IN THE CURRICULUM, IN THESE ADVANCED LEARNING PATHWAYS, UH, SOME OF WHICH NOW, AND WE'RE ALWAYS ADDING MORE, IT NEVER ENDS. 
          UH, WE JUST ADDED MULTI-VARIABLE CALCULUS AND, UH, HONORS, UH, LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, WHICH AREN'T CLASSES YOU FIND AT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          UH, BUT OUR KIDS CAN DO IT. 
          AND WHY WOULD WE NOT HELP THEM REACH THAT POTENTIAL IF WE CAN? WE WANT THESE KIDS TO, UM, LEARN HOW TO USE THESE SUPERPOWERS. 
          WE REFER TO THEM AS, UH, TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE MENTION, UM, LIKE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, EAST VALLEY, WE CANNOT, AS A, AS A SMALL SCHOOL, UH, WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THE THINGS ON OUR OWN. 
          WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP. 
          UH, WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR DISTRICT HOW THERE ARE CO-LOCATED SCHOOLS, AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG. 
          WE HAVE, WE DEPEND ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, PRINCIPALS ATE, AND THAT COMMUNITY. 
          WE SEE OUR FUTURE AS, UM, TOGETHER. 
          WE CAN'T GO FORWARD WITHOUT THEM. 
          OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO THRIVE TOGETHER. 
          WE'RE GONNA BRING THEM UP SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN THAT WHAT THIS IS ALL FOR IS TO HELP GREATER LOS ANGELES, THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE WANNA WORK ON PROJECTS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO, TO OUR WORLD. 
          UM, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. 
          UH, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, THAT ARE SPECIAL TO OUR SCHOOL, BEING A SPAN SCHOOL, WE START IN SIXTH GRADE AND GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12TH. 
          WE HAVE MANY TEACHERS THAT TEACH SIXTH GRADERS, SEVENTH GRADERS, THAT ALSO TEACH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          SO THAT ABILITY TO VERTICALLY PLAN, UH, IS SO TIGHT, UH, THAT, THAT SMALL LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE MARGINS THAT YOU FIND THERE IN THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANNING. 
          UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INSTITUTE EVERY DAY WHEN WE'RE THERE, IS TEACHERS THAT TEACH THE HIGHER LEVELS ARE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED AT THE LOWER LEVELS, UH, SO THAT THEY, IT IS A NICE GEL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SEVEN YEAR PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN WE SURROUND THE KIDS WITH CONTEXT FOR THE LEARNING. 
          EVERYTHING IS AROUND PHENOMENON. 
          THINGS ARE NOT TAUGHT ISOLATED. 
          THEY'RE TAUGHT TO EXPLAIN PHENOMENON. 
          AND THEN ALL OF THE ENRICHMENT THAT WE PROVIDE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THESE SLIDES, UM, SURROUNDED OUR, WE HAVE OUR KIDS HERE BEHIND US. 
          THEY'RE VEX WORLD CHAMPIONS. 
          WE STARTED, UH, FIRST ROBOTICS. 
          THEY WENT INTO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ALREADY IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. 
          UH, STELLAR EXPLORERS. 
          THEY'RE DESIGNING, UH, SATELLITES, UH, TO COVER GROUND TARGETS, REAL CONTEXT 
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TO WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          SO IF IT WAS JUST THE CURRICULUM ALONE, THAT WOULDN'T REALLY PAINT THE PICTURE. 
          UH, SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE TIME HERE, UH, BUT HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH OUR, OUR WONDERFUL KIDS. 
          WE ALWAYS SAY IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A SCIENCE ACADEMY STUDENT. 
          SO IT, IF YOU, IF YOU REMOVED ANY ONE OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS FROM OUR SCHOOL, IT WOULDN'T STAND. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE SO STABLE, BUT WE'RE ONLY STABLE BECAUSE OF EVERY STAKEHOLDER THAT THAT PUTS THIS TOGETHER. 
          ALL, ALL OF THEM. 
          WE TELL THEM, YOU CAN'T DROP YOUR KIDS OFF AT OUR SCHOOL AND JUST SAY, GO AHEAD AND TEACH THEM. 
          YOU CAN'T, WHETHER THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. 
          WE, WE EMBRACE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WE DO IT TOGETHER. 
          SO HERE ARE, HERE ARE SOME OF THE ENRICHMENTS, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE EAST VALLEY WITH US, OUR PARTNERS, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER UCLA PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAKE US GREAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          SHORTER. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          HAPPY TUESDAY. 
          , I CAN'T SAY I'M NOT NERVOUS. 
          I'M SO EXCITED TO REPRESENT MY STUDENTS AND MY FAMILIES, AND THEY'RE ALL HERE. 
          UM, SO I'M REALLY THRILLED TO, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF US. 
          UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF LA HARBOR COLLEGE. 
          AND MY PARTNERS ARE HERE WITH ME, DR. 
          DORADO, THE PRESIDENT, VP BIAS, UH, DEAN SYLVIA. 
          IT JUST SHOWS YOU, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS, I, I REALLY NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE THINGS. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, WE'RE VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION, RIGHT? WE ARE THERE TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH THEIR AA DEGREE WHILE THEY'RE COMPLETING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE. 
          SO, AND WE'RE BEING HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AT IT. 
          SO I'LL SHOW YOU SOME SLIDES REAL QUICK. 
          THIS IS JUST A QUICK CAPTURE OF LAST YEAR'S DATA FOR OUR SCHOOL. 
          UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCEPTANCE RATE TO UNIVERSITIES. 
          BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S WHAT MAKES THAT DATA POSSIBLE, RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO I'M GONNA SHARE THREE SIMPLE THINGS. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT SIMPLE AT ALL. 
          THEY'RE VERY COMPLEX, I CAN'T LIE. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE REALLY WHAT MAKE US, OR OR OUR FOUNDATION, I GUESS, OF WHO WE ARE, RIGHT? IT'S PARTNERSHIPS, PERSONALIZATION, AND PREPARATION. 
          SO FIRST, WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, UH, NOTHING COULD HAPPEN AT OUR SCHOOL WITHOUT OUR FACULTY AND STAFF. 
          THEY CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE UP THINGS LIKE THEIR CALENDAR AND THEIR BELL SCHEDULE, JUST TO ALIGN IT WITH OUR VISION AND MISSION, RIGHT? THEY ARE MAKING THOSE SACRIFICES, COLLEGE LIAISONS, DOING ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO GET OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
          SECONDLY, OUR COLLEGE PARTNERS WHO I SAID ARE HERE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THEIR COLLEGE PARTNER ON IN THE BOARDROOM WITH THEM, BUT I APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH. 
          UM, THEY GIVE UP FACILITIES FOR US. 
          THEY MAKE SURE ALL OF THE CLASSES OUR STUDENTS NEED, UM, ARE THERE AND READY FOR THEM. 
          IF THERE'S NOT A CLASS, THEY'RE GONNA FIND IT. 
          IF A COLLEGE PROFESSOR'S GONE, DON'T WORRY. 
          WE GOT YOU. 
          WE'RE LITERALLY IN A TEXT THREAD ALL THE TIME. 
          SO CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          UH, AND THEN DEFINITELY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO, UH, I JUST HAVE TO GET IT UP TO YOU GUYS. 
          SO I'M TURNING AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE, THEY'RE MY HEART. 
          THEY ARE. 
          WHY I SHOW UP EVERY DAY. 
          I'M A CRIER. 
          SORRY, . 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE DO IS NOT, IT'S NOT AN ADD-ON. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          IT IS WHAT WE DO THROUGH AND THROUGH PERSONALIZATION. 
          IT REALLY STARTS WITH THE STUDENT. 
          EVERY STUDENT THAT COMES IN IS KNOWN BY NAME, ACTUALLY BY MY SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE, WHO'S ALSO IN THE ROOM WITH US. 
          SHE KNOWS ALL 466 STUDENTS. 
          AND EVERY MORNING WHEN THEY WALK IN, THEY GREETED BY NAME. 
          IF IT'S THEIR BIRTHDAY, THEY'RE GIVEN SOMETHING. 
          WE REALLY GET TO KNOW OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE WANNA KNOW WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE. 
          WE WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          NOT ONLY DO WE INVEST IN OUR STAFF, I HAVE THREE COUNSELORS THAT WE INVEST WITH BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING. 
          AND THEN THE COLLEGE SUPPORTS US ON THE OTHER END BY MAKING SURE WE HAVE A COLLEGE COUNSELOR THAT JUST WORKS WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO THEY'RE CREATING THAT IGP, THEY ARE CREATING THEIR ED PLANS AND THEIR PERSONALIZED, WE HAVE AN OPEN PATHWAY. 
          OUR PATHWAY IS NOT JUST FOR ONE WAY. 
          OUR STUDENTS CAN COME IN AND THEY MEET WITH A COUNSELOR AND THEY GO, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? WHAT DO YOU WANNA BE? WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? AND THEN THEY CREATE THAT PATHWAY. 
          AND THEN WE WORK ON MONITORING IT AND HELPING SUPPORT IT AND DOING TIMELY INTERVENTIONS. 
          SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTING EVERY SINGLE STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY IN WHAT THEIR GOALS AND WHERE THEY WANNA BE AT THE END OF ALL THIS. 
          RIGHT? UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SUPERPOWERS IS JUST REALLY KNOWING 
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THOSE STUDENTS. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE TO GIVE IT UP TO OUR PREPARATION. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OFTEN ASKED, WHY ARE YOU AN AVID SCHOOL, RIGHT? WHY DO YOU GUYS HAVE AVID? ALL FOUR YEARS ARE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN AVID AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE PREPARATION THAT HAPPENS THERE. 
          WE'RE NOT PREPARING THEM FOR COLLEGE. 
          THEY'RE IN COLLEGE. 
          THESE AREN'T STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND LEARNING A SKILL THAT THEY'RE GONNA APPLY IN FOUR YEARS. 
          THEY'RE APPLYING IT IN REAL TIME. 
          THEY GO INTO CLASSROOMS WITH THEIR PROFESSORS AND THEY ARE DOING THE WORK. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT KINDS OF COLLEGES THEY WANNA GO TO, WHAT KIND OF CAREERS. 
          WE HAVE CAREER DAYS COMING IN. 
          THESE STUDENTS ARE APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THEIR AVID PROGRAM. 
          WE DO A LOT OF PUSH IN WITH THE COUNSELING INTO AVID. 
          WE DON'T INTERRUPT THE RIGOR THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS. FOR OUR CORE, THAT IS A NO. 
          WE DON'T DO THAT. 
          WE DON'T INTERRUPT THEIR COLLEGE TIME. 
          WE PUSH IN AND SUPPORT COLLEGE THROUGH OUR AVID PROGRAM. 
          IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL. 
          TWO OF MY AVID TEACHERS AND ONE OF MY SENIOR SEMINAR TEACHERS IS HERE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT STUDENTS WOULD DO IF SHE WASN'T THERE TO SUPPORT THEM ON THAT SENIOR YEAR WITH ALL THE DIRECT FEEDBACK SHE GIVES THEM. 
          AND THAT WAS BUILT OVER TIME. 
          THIS IS 24 YEARS OF THE MAKING. 
          WE ALWAYS GET BETTER. 
          I CAN GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU NOW AND TELL YOU THAT IT MIGHT CHANGE IN ANOTHER TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY INVOLVING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IMPROVING WITH EVERY STEP. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA SETTLE FOR ANYTHING. 
          SO REALLY, IF I HAD TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THREE THINGS, WHAT'S MY 1, 2, 3? IT'S BUILDING THAT ECOSYSTEM, RIGHT? LOOKING AT THAT PARTNERSHIP, PERSONALIZING IT FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THEN THE PREPARATION WE DO BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY OUR STUDENTS. 
          THAT IS OUR STAFF, OUR FACULTY. 
          IT IS STUDENT CENTERED, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE NO MATTER WHAT. 
          SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME GET NERVOUS. 
          , THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          BY BOTH OF OUR PRINCIPAL MY HAND. 
          DO. 
          I DO WANT TO OPEN UP AN OPPORTUNITY IF ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR EITHER OF OUR AMAZING LEADERS. 
          SO DON'T COME, DON'T, DON'T GO AWAY AS THEY SAY. 
          ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS? BOARD MEMBER FRANKLIN? WELL, OF COURSE I HAVE TO GIVE IT UP FOR HT PA. 
          CAN I JUST INVITE YOU ALL TO STAND UP PLEASE? WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE. 
          LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS. 
          HUNDRED PERCENT GRADUATION. 
          MOST WITH AN AA, SOME OF THEM WITH MULTIPLE AAS. 
          UM, EVERY YEAR WHEN I GO TO GRADUATION, I ALWAYS TELL YOU, YOU'RE THE DREAM. 
          WE HAVE THESE BIG GOALS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          YOU CAN SIT IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LOT . 
          WE HAVE THESE REALLY AMBITIOUS GOALS IN THE DISTRICT, AND YOU HAVE BEEN KNOCKING THEM OUT OF THE PARK FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND YOU EXEMPLIFY, I THINK, NOT JUST THROUGH YOUR STATS, BUT THROUGH YOUR WHOLE HUMAN SELVES OF THE KIND OF GRADUATES WE'RE TRYING TO PRODUCE IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          UM, MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCILS GIVING ME FEEDBACK. 
          UM, AND YOU ARE DEDICATED TO YOUR COMMUNITY IN SO MANY POWERFUL, IMPORTANT WAYS. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          IT IS WELL DESERVED, AND IT IS A CHALLENGE TO US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN REPLICATE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE SEEING AT YOUR SCHOOL. 
          SO KUDOS TO YOUR STAFF, YOUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU, HARVARD COLLEGE. 
          YOU'RE THE BEST FRIENDS WE COULD EVER HOPE FOR IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. 
          AND JUST SO MUCH MAD LOVE FOR HGPA. 
          THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. 
          . 
          CARLA, GO AHEAD. 
          OH, ALRIGHT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS. 
          UM, AND TO ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT ARE HERE SUPPORTING, AND, UH, WHAT QUESTION I HAVE IS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP? AND I APPRECIATE, NOW COME ON UP. 
          COME ON UP. 
          COME ON UP. 
          COME ON, DR. 
          GUDO. 
          I WANNA HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND THAT, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO BE HERE AND SUPPORT THIS. 
          AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO THE CAMPUS AS WELL TOO. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR TO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF BEST PRACTICES AND SURE. 
          LET'S ASKING BECAUSE SHE HAS A SCHOOL AT SOUTHWEST COLLEGE EXACTLY. 
          JUST RENAMED DR. 
          THAT IS SO WE'RE LEARNING. 
          YES. 
          I, I I GUESS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS HAVING THE SAME VISION, BEING THERE TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT IS OUR ROLE. 
          WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S UPLIFTED, THAT WHERE THERE'S GAPS, THAT WE HELP CLOSE THOSE GAPS AND WORK TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATE, UH, AND TO GET IT DONE. 
          AND AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THEY NEED, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANKS TO OUR VP, UH, VICE PRESIDENT BIAS AND THE DEAN FILES, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE WORK. 
          I GET TO COME UP HERE AND SAY WE, BECAUSE I SPEAK FRENCH ONCE IN A WHILE. 
          RIGHT? . 
          SO, BUT IT IS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY, UH, DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP IN REGARDS TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUOUSLY EMPOWERING AND EDUCATING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S WHO WE ARE AND THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW THAT THE PARTNERS 
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THAT WE HAVE IN B-H-T-P-A. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT WORKS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO HOPEFULLY I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, . 
          YES. 
          YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT COMMUNICATION. 
          HOW FREQUENTLY DO YOU GUYS COMMUNICATE? YOU WANNA SEE MY TEST EVERY DAY? . 
          WE HONESTLY COMMUNICATE EVERY DAY. 
          LIKE THERE'S NOT A MOMENT THAT IF WE NEED, IT'S A DROP OF THE HAT. 
          IT'S A TEXT, UM, THIS MORNING OR YESTERDAY MORNING OR, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS THING. 
          SO IT'S JUST CONSTANT COMMUNICATION. 
          I THINK. 
          UM, DEAN FILES AND VB BAEZ ARE PROBABLY TIRED OF THE TEXT CHAIN THAT THEY HAVE FOR ME, BUT THEY ALWAYS ANSWER. 
          THEY'RE ALWAYS SUPER GRACIOUS. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, DR. 
          DORADO SAID IT PERFECTLY. 
          LIKE, IT'S ALL ABOUT STUDENTS. 
          IT'S ALL ABOUT US BEING ON THE SAME VISION. 
          WE KNOW WHAT OUR END GAME IS. 
          WE HAVE THAT SAME MISSION AT THE END OF IT, AND IT'S STUDENT CENTERED. 
          AND SO THAT'S HOW WE LEAD. 
          WELL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND AS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A CAMPUS ON, NOW WE HAVE DR. GEORGE MCKENNA, THE THIRD SCHOOL. 
          I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT FORMER BOARD MEMBERS ON THESE CAMPUSES OF COLLEGES, , BUT , UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL TO THE STEAM ACADEMY TOO. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS, DIEGO. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. 
          I THINK YOU BOTH SPOKE TO THE CORE OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS WHAT, UH, MAKES OUR SCHOOL SUCCESSFUL, MAKES IT INTERESTING FOR STUDENTS TO WANNA GO TO SCHOOL, STAY IN SCHOOL. 
          I WANNA RECOMMEND YOU FOR SAYING THAT IT'S STUDENT CENTERED AND THAT YOU BEGIN WITH MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW EVERY STUDENT, RIGHT? WE'VE HEARD IT FROM PARENTS WHO COME HERE WHO, WHO SAY THAT FROM OTHER PRINCIPALS WHO RUN SCHOOLS THAT ARE VERY, UH, POSITIVE AND HAVE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEAMS AT THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THEY SAY THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING IS KNOWING THE STUDENT, GREETING STUDENTS KNOWING THEIR NAMES. 
          VERY SIMPLE. 
          AND YET IT GOES SUCH A LONG WAY, RIGHT? SO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO TO THE STEM UH, THE SCIENCE ACADEMY YOU TALKED ABOUT, IT DOESN'T END WITH THE CURRICULUM, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST THAT. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE, KIDS BEING OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. 
          AND, UM, I RUN THE I CHAIR THE COM, UH, THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BRING OUT ALL THE TIME. 
          AND MY QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU IS HOW DO WE SCALE THIS OUT? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE A CHOICE OF OVER 50 CLUBS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIGHT? WHEN KIDS ARE, ARE WANTING TO DO MORE, THAT THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN GET THEM, UH, CURIOUS ABOUT THINGS AND GET THEM STUCK IN SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVE. 
          YOU HAVE OVER 50 CLUBS, IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S A LOT. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE THIS POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE? AND I WOULD DARE ASK, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, IN OUR SCHOOLS, THAT RIGHT NOW ARE PRIORITY SCHOOLS, WHO I WOULD SAY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AMAZING THING THAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR CAMPUSES. 
          SO HOW DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? OKAY. 
          I CAN RECOMMEND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW WITH EAST VALLEY. 
          UH, IT INCLUDES DUAL ENROLLMENT. 
          OUR, OUR, UH, VALLEY COLLEGE PARTNER, UH, RIGHT NOW, WE WANT MORE OF THAT ENRICHMENT. 
          WE CAN'T EVER STAY STAGNANT. 
          IT. 
          THERE HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS GROWTH. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUILDING, UH, ENGINEERING PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WILL ALLOW STUDENTS AS A, STARTING AS A CLUB THAT WILL TURN INTO COURSEWORK, ALLOW STUDENTS TO GO INTO A LAB SPACE AND THEN BUILD WHAT THEY WANT TO BUILD. 
          NOT BECAUSE OF A GRADE OR A GPA, WHICH IS A CULTURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING, BUT FOR THEIR OWN CURIOSITY AND INTEREST. 
          I HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS HERE THAT ARE GONNA BE HELPING WITH THAT. 
          AND THAT COULD LEAD TO, IN BIOTECH, IT COULD LEAD TO WET LAB SPACES WHERE WE TRY TO RECREATE WITH PARTNERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY, THINGS THAT REAL RESEARCHERS HAVE DONE IN THEIR LABS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BRING ONTO OUR CAMPUS AND HAVE THEM WORK ON. 
          SO WE LOOK TO THESE PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE COURSEWORK THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT. 
          THERE AREN'T A LOT OF WOOD SHOPS ANYMORE OR ENGINEERING SHOPS, BUT I, I SEE IT AS A NECESSITY FOR MY SCHOOL AND FOR EAST VALLEY AS WELL. 
          SO PRINCIPAL ATE AND MYSELF ARE NOW WORKING TO PROVIDE SPACES. 
          WE, WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RESOURCE WE HAVE TO GO WITH, WHAT WE HAVE AND WHATEVER IT IS WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THAT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA CREATE THESE SPACES SO THAT KIDS NOT JUST AS TO GET THEIR GRADE IN THEIR CLASS, NOT EVEN FOR THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY'RE IN, BUT THAT THEY GET TO GO AND MAKE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT. 
          WE WANNA, WE, WE BUILT GO-KARTS OVER THE SUMMER WITH UCLA AS UCLA CLASS, BUT THAT'S THEIR ENGINEERING PROJECT. 
          WHY CAN'T WE GO BEYOND WHAT UCLA WAS DOING? WHY DON'T WE MAKE 'EM WAYMO'S? WHY DON'T WE MAKE THEM SELF-DRIVING? THE KIDS BEHIND ME ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM ROBOTS. 
          THAT'S EASY FOR THEM. 
          SO THIS IS HOW YOU GOTTA KEEP PUSHING FORWARD WITH THESE, THESE ITEMS. 
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AND THEN WHEN THEY GO INTO THEIR CLASSES, IT MAKES THE CLASSES ALL THAT MORE RELEVANT. 
          YOU KNOW, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS GONNA, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I, I ALREADY SPOKEN LIKE A MILLION TIMES. 
          I FEEL LIKE, SO , I WAS JUST GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF, THEY REALLY SHOW UP EVERY DAY. 
          I, I TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY, UM, THEY PUSH THEMSELVES TO BE BETTER AND THEY GO OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THEY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. 
          UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT A BOX KIND OF SCHOOL, RIGHT? OUR KIDS HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES. 
          THEY DO SO MUCH. 
          AND I WOULD REALLY SAY THAT IT STARTS WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING HERE IN THE FRONT ROW AND RIGHT BEHIND ME. 
          THEY WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO STARTING WITH A STAFF THAT IS ALIGNED WITH YOUR VISION KNOWS WHERE YOU WANNA GO AND KEEPS THAT PATHWAY GOING THERE, I THINK IS PROBABLY MY BEST PIECE OF ADVICE. 
          AND I'M NOT BY ANY MEANS, UH, AT THE LEVEL YOU GUYS ARE. 
          SO YOU SEE IT A MUCH BIGGER, BUT THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WE DO. 
          I THINK IT REALLY COMES BACK TO MY COUNSELORS AND MY FACULTY AND TEACHERS AND STAFF AND LIKE I SAID, EVERYONE THAT'S THERE SUPPORTING KIDS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU ALSO INVEST IN A COLLEGE COUNSELOR, RIGHT? SO YOU MAKE DECISIONS AT YOUR SCHOOL THAT WILL ALSO, UH, SUPPORT THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S, IT CAN BE A LUXURY FOR SOME TO HAVE COUNSELOR. 
          WE HAVE, SO I HAVE THREE COUNSELORS AND I CAN'T SPEAK ANY, OH MY GOSH. 
          MY COUNSELING TEAM IS AMAZING. 
          MS. MCELROY'S HERE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SHE'S ONE OF THE THREE JUST ON MY CAMPUS. 
          SO WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE OUR COUNSELORS. 
          AND THEN I HAVE ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY WORKS ALONG WITH THE COLLEGE COUNSELOR AND THAT SECOND. 
          AND I HAVE A FOURTH COLLEGE COUNSELOR THAT'S AN ACTUAL COLLEGE COUNSELOR THAT HARBOR ACTUALLY SUPPORTS AND FINANCES. 
          I DON'T FINANCE HER, THANK GOODNESS 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MONEY. 
          BUT, UM, THE FOUR OF THEM TOGETHER, THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE. 
          THEY ALIGN, THEY COMMUNICATE ALL THE TIME. 
          LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE DO CHECKS AND BALANCES, I GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT REALLY MAKE US WHO WE ARE. 
          BUT I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE ONE, EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE FOR STUDENTS. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT OUR END GAME IS, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL WILLING TO DO THE WORK. 
          THEY STAY LATE, THEY DO THINGS AFTER THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE STUDENTS AS MUCH AS I DO. 
          SO. 
          WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN TO BOTH OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND I'M HOPING THAT YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORDS TODAY CAN HELP US BOARD MEMBERS MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT CURRICULUM, ABOUT INSTRUCTION, ABOUT INVESTMENTS, ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE. 
          AND I THINK YOUR SCHOOLS ARE MODELS OF WHAT WE WANT TO, I'M ASSUMING HAVE IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MINISTER CHASE. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST TO VERY QUICKLY PIGGYBACK ON WHAT BOARD MEMBER GU DIEGO SAID, THESE ARE EXACTLY THE KINDS OF SCHOOLS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE BRING, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE SCIENCE ACADEMY, LIKE HARBOR COLLEGE, TPA TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE MODEL? WHAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF IS YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY BRAND A SCHOOL AND SAY, THIS IS NOW SCIENCE ACADEMY, FOR EXAMPLE, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN FIDELITY TO THE MODEL. 
          BUT ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. 
          OKAY. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FIRST I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THE SCHOOLS. 
          AND MY QUESTION MAINLY EMPHASIZES ON THE AVID PROGRAM. 
          I, IN MY MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS IN THE AVID PROGRAM, AND I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY BEING A SEVENTH GRADER, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT COLLEGE. 
          SO I THINK MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE AVID PROGRAM IN MORE SCHOOLS, JUST BECAUSE MY HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T HAVE THE AVID PROGRAM. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR MORE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO HAVE MORE AVID PROGRAMS. SO, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU MR. MELVOIN. 
          THANK YOU, GEORGE. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. 
          I WAS AN AVID TEACHER, SO I AGREE . 
          UM, MY, UH, JUST ECHOING THE, THE, THE PRAISE OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          MY TWO QUESTIONS, AND I, I APOLOGIZE IF THESE WERE ASKED BECAUSE I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A SECOND. 
          BUT WHAT ARE, DO YOU HAVE A WAIT LIST AT? YES. 
          WHAT, HOW MANY STUDENTS ON THE WAIT LIST THAT ARE LEFT ON THE WAIT LIST OR YEAH, THAT ARE LEFT ON THE WAIT LIST? UM, A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED. 
          AND WHAT ABOUT SCIENCE ACADEMY? ABOUT 200. 
          ABOUT 200. 
          BECAUSE I JUST SAY THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT KIND OF PREEMPTED ME A BIT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEING PART OF THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, BUT I THINK SCHOOLS LIKE SCIENCE ACADEMY AND HARBOR NOW, LATITUDE, HARVARD TEACHER PREP, ARE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR YEARS. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN, OR SCHOOLS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND L UNIFIED THAT HAVE WAIT LISTS. 
          SOME OF A HUNDRED, 200, SOME OF 800. 
          I ALSO ASSUME, I THINK SOME OF YOURS ARE PROBABLY ARTIFICIALLY LOW BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET IN, AND SO THEY DON'T BOTHER. 
          BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME, I HAVE A COUPLE IN MY 
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DISTRICT THAT HAVE FIVE, 600 STUDENTS, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE SUGGESTED FOR NOW GOING ON NINE YEARS THAT WHY DON'T WE REPLICATE? WHY DON'T WE ASK, UH, THESE GREAT LEADERS TO COME AND, UH, TAKE SOME SORT OF SABBATICAL OR HELP US START THE SCHOOL NEARBY WHEN WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS ALMOST IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WITHIN A MILE ARE SIMILAR, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF LIKE, UH, SPAN, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT ARE UNDER, UNDER-ENROLLED. 
          UM, AND I REALLY HOPE FINALLY, UH, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO GET US TO DO THIS, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE HONORING AT THE BOARD EVERY MONTH OR EVERY FEW MONTHS, UH, WE SHOULD REALLY BE, UM, IN A PERIOD OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          UH, NOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, THERE'S FAMILIES ON MULTIPLE WAIT LISTS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IN SOME INSTANCES THEY'D BE LEAVING OTHER DISTRICT SCHOOLS, BUT WE KNOW THAT, UH, THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GETTING PEOPLE IN FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, FROM INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, FROM SOME OF OUR GREAT INDEPENDENT CHARTER PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          I'M A COMPETITIVE PERSON. 
          WE WANT, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE TO KIND OF WORK FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT. 
          SO I REALLY JUST ENCOURAGE US TO, BESIDES JUST HAVING THESE GREAT CONVERSATIONS, TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN WITH EACH OF YOU, UM, AND YOUR, YOUR PREDECESSORS AND THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND SAY LIKE, WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE TO ACTUALLY CREATE SCIENCE ACADEMY TWO OR VLADE? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET RICHARD TWO SCHOOLS, MAYBE WE'LL SAY V HARVARD, UH, TEACHER PREP, UH, TOO, OR, UH, OR I SEE THERE'S ANOTHER VLADI IN THE EYE. 
          IT'LL BE VVI JUNIOR TOO. 
          BUT, UM, TO SEE ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY DO THIS. 
          UM, AND I, SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THINK ABOUT THAT WORK AND NOT JUST AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MOVING ON TO OTHER THINGS, BUT LIKE, LET'S SIT DOWN. 
          IF WE OPEN A SCIENCE ACADEMY TOO, OR A HARBOR OF VLADI HARBOR TEACHER PREP TWO IN BOARD DISTRICT FOUR, I GUARANTEE YOU WE COULD FILL IT. 
          SO THAT'S MY CHARGE TO YOU. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON VERY WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION, MS. EZ. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, APOLOGIES FOR MISSING PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          I WAS LISTENING IN. 
          APOLOGIES. 
          I HAVE A SICK CHILD, BUT, UM, JUST WANNA GIVE HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH SCHOOLS. 
          UM, I WAS REALLY INSPIRED, UM, BY HARBOR TEACHER PREP, THE COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU'VE BUILT AT HARBOR COLLEGE. 
          WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING AN AA PATHWAY IN THE EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. 
          SO I, YOU'VE REALLY INSPIRED ME. 
          UM, AND I, I ALSO JUST LOVE THE PASSION THAT YOU EXEMPLIFY FOR YOUR STUDENTS THAT CARE. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM AS A LEADER, IS REALLY HAVING YOUR HEART WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILY. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY I'M SO PROUD, UM, THAT THE SCIENCE ACADEMY STEM MAGNET IS IN BOARD DISTRICT SIX AND IS SERVING OUR FAMILIES. 
          UM, IT ORIGINATED IN SCOTT'S DISTRICT IN SHERMAN OAKS, AND, UH, TRANSITIONED OVER TO NORTH HOLLYWOOD, UM, DURING MY TENURE. 
          AND I THINK THEY BUILT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND PRINCIPAL ROSENTHAL. 
          YOU, YOU'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. 
          I KNOW YOU STEPPED INTO BIG SHOES, UM, FROM PRINCIPAL LOUD YOU, BUT YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          UM, AND A LOT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT WHY YOUR SCHOOL IS SO AMAZING. 
          BUT SOME OF MY REFLECTIONS JUST IN VISITING THE SCHOOL, UM, YOUR STUDENTS ARE SUPER BRIGHT AND INSPIRING. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO DO A, A STUDENT CABINET WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE SCIENCE ACADEMY AND AT EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND I THINK THEY REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY FELT LIKE THE EDUCATORS THERE BELIEVED IN THEM SO MUCH. 
          LIKE THEY FELT THAT BELIEF AND THAT CONFIDENCE. 
          AND I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR WORLDS, A LOT OF YOUTH HAVE THEIR SELF-WORK DOUBTED OR QUESTIONED, UM, AND WHAT THEY FELT LIKE IN THE CLASSROOMS, THERE WAS BELIEF THAT THEY COULD DO ANYTHING AND ACTUALLY ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY ANYTHING. 
          UM, AND I, I FIND THAT AS A FORMER SCIENCE TEACHER, JUST SO INSPIRING. 
          I THINK THAT YOUR EDUCATORS ALSO ARE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT COLLABORATION. 
          AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SO MANY STUDENTS ARE GIFTED AND BRIGHT. 
          THERE CAN BE AN ATMOSPHERE OF COMPETITION THAT DEVELOPS, BUT I THINK THAT THE STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE SO INTENTIONAL ABOUT BUILDING EACH OTHER UP. 
          AND ALSO, AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AT EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BUILT UP. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WHAT, UM, WHAT I'VE ALSO GATHERED IS IT'S NOT JUST A FOCUS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH AS AN INTELLECTUAL PURSUIT, BUT IT IS REALLY A VIEW OF SCIENCE AS ABOUT PROGRESS AND SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S ABOUT APPLYING THAT LEARNING TO MAKE THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE BETTER. 
          UM, AND THAT IS WHAT ACADE ACADEMIA SHOULD BE ABOUT, IS ABOUT APPLYING OUR KNOWLEDGE TO HELP OTHERS. 
          AND WHAT I OBSERVE IS THAT YOU ALL ARE NOT JUST BUILDING SCHOLARS, BUT YOU'RE REALLY BUILDING LEADERS. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE TRULY SO PROUD OF. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FAMILIES AS WELL. 
          I THINK OUR FAMILIES ARE SUCH A BIG PART OF THIS WORK. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT PTA AT THE SCIENCE ACADEMY, AND YES, THE FAMILIES AT HARVARD TEACHER PREP AS WELL. 
          UM, WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS COULD NOT EXIST. 
          UM, BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS ARE SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE STRUCTURES, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT TODAY JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          IT SHOWS HOW WE HAVE A MODEL OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EXCELLENCE IN L-A-U-S-D, 
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AND THAT SOME OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY ARE NOT. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS THEY'RE CALLED INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. 
          I WOULD CALL THEM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, CHARGING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF TUITION. 
          THEY'RE PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF LOS ANGELES. 
          AND WE SHOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF THAT BEING THE CASE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S ALL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, . 
          OKAY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST. 
          I HEARD LOTS OF WONDERFUL ACCOLADES. 
          I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW, THESE ARE TWO WONDERFUL SCHOOLS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE WORLD. 
          , THE SAN EASTERN, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, AND THE HARBOR. 
          I'VE BEEN TO THE HARBOR FOR A PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK WE HAD A STUDENT WHO HAD FOUR, UH, AA DEGREES WHEN HE WAS GRADUATING JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. 
          AND, UH, PRESIDENT DORADO, WE HAVE SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU. 
          WE HAVE SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU AT VALLEY COLLEGE, AND THAT'S PRESIDENT GRINS, AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW HIM, AND HE IS AS INSTRUMENTAL WITH US AS YOU ARE WITH THEM. 
          AND WE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT, THAT COME EVERYTHING. 
          , YOU CAUGHT HIM. 
          EVERYTHING. 
          I WILL ASK HIM THAT QUESTION. 
          I WILL CERTAINLY ASK HIM THAT QUESTION. 
          THE GOOD THING IS, YOU ARE ON THE CAMPUS OF HARBOR COLLEGE AND WE HAVE TO TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S SO CLOSE. 
          IT'S WELL, WELL WORTH IT. 
          UM, GOSH. 
          SCIENCE ACADEMY, WHAT, WHAT IMPRESSED ME SO MUCH IS YOU ARE ON THE CAMPUS OF EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN IT'S NUTRITION OR LUNCH OR PE AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS WORKING TOGETHER. 
          I COULDN'T TELL WHO WAS WHO AT THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU GET ALONG SO WELL WITH YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS, AND THAT'S REALLY REMARKABLE. 
          REALLY REMARKABLE. 
          AND I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          TAKE A PICTURE OF THE PRINCIPLES RIGHT IN THE FRONT. 
          YEP. 
          LET'S DO IT FOR OUR SCRAPBOOK. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU WERE THE RIGHT COLOR. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          WHERE'S THE CAMERA? I DON'T KNOW. 
          RIGHT HERE. 
          . 
          RIGHT HERE. 
          I'M READY. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          I LOVE, AND I FEEL LIKE I ONLY PHRASE HD K, BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NICE TO MEET YOU. 
          I WE SHOULD VISIT EACH OTHER. 
          WE'LL LET, OKAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          HI. 
          THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, BACK THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, BACK THERE, . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          1, 2, 3. 
          YEAH. 
          OVER HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          COME ON. 
          GET IN. 
          COME ON. 
          OH, I, I WOULD LOVE FOR MY FA YES. 
          CAN WE SQUEEZE THE GLASSES OF THIS? OKAY. 
          COME ON. 
          THERE WE COME ON STUDENTS. 
          COME ON. 
          COME ON. 
          YES. 
          OH, YOU'RE NOT SHY. 
          I KNOW. 
          BETTER MAKE ME CALL YOU OUT BY ME RIGHT NOW. 
          COME ON, GET UP HERE. 
          COME ON. 
          19TH. 
          OH, THEY'RE GONNA GO UPSTAIRS. 
          OH, GOOD. 
          OH, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          SO NERVOUS. 
          LIKE YOU GUYS THEY'RE DOING. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          YOU GUYS. 
          IS THAT A REAL YES, I THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
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IT'S GOTTA BE LIKE A REAL . 
          MS. BECK, YOU'RE SO, SO CUTE. 
          IF YOU GUYS ARE HEADING OUT, WE CAN ALSO STILL DO ONE OUT THERE. 
          OFFICE OF STUDENT INTEGRATION. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE ALL GONNA, DID GOTTA WORK ON I LIKE IT. 
          YES. 
          I JUST, YEAH. 
          DO YOU LIKE THAT? THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          HE AGREED TO IT. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, JOSH, YOU AND YOUR GO. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          SEE, HERE WE GO. 
          NO, YOU WERE TRYING TO MY CAMERA IN HERE AND YOU GO, OH, YES. 
          IT'LL BEEN ME AND YOU BEEN HERE TODAY, RIGHT ON THE FLOOR. 
          WE HAVE TIME. 
          BIG, BIG. 
          WE HAVE A NOON, UM, FRIEND. 
          HE'S HERE PERSON. 
          WE DO TAP. 
          NICE. 
          YEAH. 
          VERY NICE. 
          VERY, VERY NICE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          AS THE STUDENTS AND STAFF EXIT THE ROOM, MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SOON AS WE HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE NOW GONNA 
          [Consent Items (Part 1 of 2)]
GO THROUGH THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS A PROCEDURAL MECHANISM THE BOARD BOARD USES TO DISPOSE OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN A SINGLE VOTE. 
          UM, I READ THROUGH THIS, UH, LONG LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ACTION TODAY. 
          AND WE NOTE WHETHER IT WILL BE, UH, CONSENT, UH, OR FOR, UH, DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. 
          IF THERE IS DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. 
          IT COMES OFF OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OR IT DOES NOT GO ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN IS DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY, UH, AS THE DAY GOES ON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          DONATIONS OF MONEY TO THE DISTRICT. 
          CONSENT, UH, REPORT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS, CONSENT, CONSENT, UH, APPROVAL OF ROUTINE PERSONNEL ACTIONS. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          QUESTION. 
          UH, TAB FOUR, PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP PERMITS CONSENT TAB FIVE, RATIFICATION OF NON-FORMAL GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
          CONSENT TAB SIX HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          UH, TAB SEVEN, APPROVAL OF THE DEFINITION OF FOUR SEISMIC MODERNIZATION PROJECTS. 
          YES, SIR. 
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QUESTION, WHO HAS THE QUESTION? I HAVE MR. MELVOIN AND DR. RIVAS FOR QUESTIONS. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          UH, TAB EIGHT, APPROVAL OF THE USE OF BOND PROGRAM FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF 50 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES. 
          YES. 
          AND A QUESTION. 
          QUESTION. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A SPEAKER TO THE ITEM. 
          UH, THE CHAIR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          MICHAEL HAMNER WILL BE HERE AND IS HERE AND IS PREPARED TO SPEAK AT AROUND NOON. 
          SO WHEN WE FINISH THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE TAB EIGHT AND HEAR THE, HEAR THE COMMENT FROM THE SPEAKER. 
          UH, TAB NINE, APPROVAL OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS. 
          QUESTION? YES. 
          SO THE QUESTIONS WERE FROM DR. 
          VOSS. 
          MR. MELVIN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TAB 10, APPROVAL OF FACILITIES, CONTRACTS, ACTIONS, DISCUSSION QUESTION REGO, MS. REGO? YES. 
          TAB 11, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE L-A-U-S-D DISTRICT. 
          PROP 28 CONSENT. 
          TAB 12, ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT OF THE L-A-U-S-D DISTRICT AFFILIATED CHARTER PROP 28 REPORT. 
          CONSENT. 
          CONSENT TAB 13, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR STATE LOCATION. 
          CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          QUESTION, UH, MELVOIN. 
          OKAY. 
          TAB 14, TEAMSTER'S, UH, LOCAL 5 72 UNIT S EFFECTS OF IDENTIFIED WAGE COMPRESSION. 
          MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          UH, TAB 15. 
          WE CANNOT TAKE ANY EARLIER THAN 4:00 PM SO I WOULD, UH, PUT THIS ON, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TAB 16, UH, UNAUDITED ACTUAL FINANCIAL REPORT OF FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. 
          QUESTION. 
          UH, SO UNDER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION JUST, JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE TIME RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'LL SAVE IT. 
          AND MY SUGGESTION MIGHT BE TO DO IT RIGHT BEFORE THE, THE DISCUSSION AND ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT. 
          SO LET'S  THAT MAKES GREAT SENSE. 
          SO IT'LL BE ON DISCUSSION. 
          AND SHALL I TAKE THE, JUST LET'S GET THE QUEUE UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          WAS THAT OH, WE'LL. 
          OKAY. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, TAB 17, REQUEST FOR INCREASED AGGREGATE CONTRACT CAPACITY QUESTION. 
          SO, UH, RIVAS DIEGO, UH, TAB 18 DISTRICT'S INITIAL BARGAINING PROPOSALS FOR THE 20 26, 20 31 SUCCESSOR AGREEMENTS. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          SO WE'VE GOT, UH, MS. GREGGO, WHO DID I  FRANKLIN AND MR. MELVOIN? YES. 
          TAB 19 RESOLUTION 0 0 3. 
          WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN OF TWO 30. 
          ARE WE STICKING WITH THAT TIME? CERTAIN? NO, I THINK IF THE BOARD, UM, APPROVES, WE'LL JUST MOVE IT TO THE CONSENT UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL IT OUT, BECAUSE YEAH, WE CAN DO CONSENT. 
          BUT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY, OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A FAIR POINT. 
          I GUESS I DO. 
          YEAH, LET'S DO DISCUSSION JUST SO PEOPLE CAN ADD AND WE CAN SAY, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT TIME CERTAIN, WE CAN JUST DO IT AS, AS IT COMES UP. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          SO TAB QUESTION 19 WILL BE DISCUSSION QUESTION FROM GOT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          UH, TAB 20 STATEMENT. 
          STATEMENT CONSENT FOR THE STATEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          TOO FAST. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TAB 21, SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. 
          MONTH STATEMENT, SAME THING. 
          CONSENT WITH A STATEMENT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SCOTT. 
          SCOTT, ARE YOU TAKING CO-SPONSORS ON THOSE TWO RESOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW? IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADD ME. 
          SAME HERE. 
          ME TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE ADDED AT THAT TIME OF THE DISCUSSION OR, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A PRE AGREEMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY CO-SPONSORS, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? YES, PLEASE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          20 AND 22. 
          UH, AND I MEAN 21. 
          20 AND 21. 
          NOW WE'RE ON 22. 
          UH, CELEBRATING LATINO AE HERITAGE MONTH TIME CERTAIN OF 3:00 PM YEAH, STUDENTS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO THAT WILL BE NOT ON CONSENT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TAB 23 IS FOR INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AS IS TAB 24, TAB 25. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE AS SOON AS WE CAN GET TO THEM. 
          MY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE WAITING, WAITING TO GO. 
          THAT'S ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, TAB, UH, 26 REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE, CONSENT. 
          CONSENT TAB 27 7 MINUTES FOR APPROVAL. 
          CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LET ME READ THROUGH THE, 
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THE WORK WE'VE DONE. 
          TABS ONE AND TWO ARE CONSENT TABS THREE IS A QUESTION. 
          TAB FOUR AND FIVE IS CONSENT TABS 7, 8, 9, AND 10 ARE QUESTIONS. 
          TABS 11 AND 12 ARE CONSENT. 
          TAB 13, QUESTION TABS FOUR. 
          TAB 14 IS QUE UH, CONSENT. 
          UH, TAB 1516. 
          DISCUSSION TAB 17, QUESTION TAB 18, DISCUSSION TAB 19. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          UH, TAB 20 AND 21 ARE CONSENT WITH STATEMENTS. 
          TAB 20 TWOS DISCUSSION. 
          UH, TABS 26 AND 27 ARE CONSENT. 
          CAN I CLARIFY WHEN YOU A, WHEN YOU SAID QUESTION, DOES THAT MEAN DISCUSSION? IT'S THE SAME THING, EXCEPT I THINK THAT WHEN WE SAY QUESTION, IT FLAGS FOR STAFF THAT THEY WILL NEED TO BE READY TO A ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT DISCUSSION IS AND MAYBE SHORTER THAN DISCUSSION. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE JUST DEFINED THAT , IT'S A SEPARATE VOTE. 
          I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          YES, THOSE ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, IT'S BEING PULLED OFF THE CONSENT. 
          YEAH. 
          IF IT SAYS DISCUSSION OR QUESTION BOTH PULLED OFF OF CONSENT FOR SEPARATE VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND 17 WAS OFF. 
          I'M JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          IT IS NOW 1154. 
          MR. HAMNER, ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, HE'S OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THE POOR GUY. 
          CAN I HAVE A MOVE AND A SECOND FOR TAB EIGHT? MOVE? IT WAS THAT MOVED BY YOU MS. EZ? YES, IT WAS SECOND MURSON. 
          [8. Rep-030-26/27 Approval of the Use of Bond Program Funds to Support the Purchase of 50 Electric School  Buses, and Amend the Transportation Services Branch’s Strategic Execution Plan to  Incorporate Therein Transportation Services Branch]
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. 
          UH, I'M LOOKING, I HAVE TO RESTART MY, MY MACHINE HERE. 
          ONE MOMENT. 
          OKAY, PLEASE GO AHEAD MR. HAMMER. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE, THERE'S ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO RAISE THEM ON THE RADIO RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, NOON. 
          IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, PRESIDENT SCH MESEN, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE INVITATION AND TO THE REST OF THE, UH, BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          IT'S, UH, ALOHA TUESDAY, UH, SUPERINTENDENT SHAKE, UM, UH, MICHAEL HAMNER. 
          I'M THE, UH, CHAIR OF THE, UH, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, FIRST THING IS THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO COME AND ADDRESS YOU. 
          I DON'T, I THINK IN, I'M GOING ON MY SIXTH YEAR AND, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER COME TO THE BOARD. 
          UM, SO NUMBER ONE PERSONALLY AND NUMBER TWO, REPRESENTING THE REST OF THE BOC. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE SEE SOME 40 PROJECTS A YEAR. 
          UH, AND THE ONLY TIME YOU EVER GET A LETTER FROM US IS WHEN WE EVER, UM, DENY OR NOT RECOMMEND, DENY IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. 
          A UH, A PROJECT, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          AND LAST YEAR, THAT WAS, UH, ONE OUT OF ABOUT 40. 
          AND SO THIS YEAR MAYBE WE'RE STARTING OFF, UH, OUR FIRST MEETING WITH ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS. 
          UM, MIND ME IF I, UH, IF I PUT MY EYES ON HERE, SO I CAN JUST GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF NOTES HERE. 
          UM, THE, THE REASON FOR COMING AND SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, THE SCHOOL BUS PROJECT, IT, IT SEEMS A LITTLE, UM, POSSIBLY IN APRIL, WE, UH, VOTED OR RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE SOME 79 BUSES AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, TIME PROVIDES, UH, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE AND SO FORTH. 
          AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION WITH MR. KANG, UH, THE, THE AGGREGATE OF THE MEMBERS DEVELOPED A SERIES OF CONCERNS. 
          UH, ONE WAS A NEW ONE, WHICH I CAN'T GET INTO DETAIL, THAT'S UP TO YOU TO YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL, BUT IT WAS IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN TERMS OF LEGAL PERMISSIBILITY. 
          AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE USEFUL LIFE OF, UH, THESE BUSES, WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED NOW, THE BUS, THE ELECTRIC BUSES, WE'RE LOOKING AT 15, 10 TO 15 YEARS. 
          AND THE PERMISSIBILITY UNDER THE EDUCATION CODE, UH, IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE AREA OF ABOUT 20. 
          SO IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE ASKED AND, AND IT WAS A CONCERN THAT WE PUT IN, IN, IN ADDITION TO, UH, FOUR OTHERS THAT WE HAD, UM, PUT TOGETHER. 
          AND ONE OF 'EM HAS TO DO WITH THE RANGE OF BUSES. 
          SO A LOT OF DIALOGUE, AND I KNOW WE'RE IN THE EMERGING STAGES IN, IN PLACE IN PLACES HERE WITH, UH, ELECTRIC BUSES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 300 MILES WITH YOUR INTERNAL COMBUSTION BUSES, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE 100 ON THE BEST DAY, AND THESE ARE NOT EVEN ADVERTISED. 
          THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY WITHOUT CONSIDERING LOADING OF THE BUS, WEATHER, TERRAIN, AND SO FORTH, AND TERRAIN, I MEAN, HILLS AND SO FORTH, UM, THESE NUMBERS CAN BE LESS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ISSUE OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO THEN RECHARGE THESE BUSES DURING THE DAY. 
          AND THE CONCERN WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT. 
          AND THESE ARE LARGER VEHICLES AND NORMAL VEHICLES, COMMERCIAL CHARGING STATIONS 
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AREN'T NECESSARILY THE SOLUTION. 
          AND SO WE WENT THEN LOOKED AT COST, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR US. 
          I REALIZED THAT THIS PROJECT IS 25 MILLION, 80% OF IT'S SUBSIDIZED BY THE EPA, AS I STATED TO COLLEAGUES AND OTHER PEOPLE, THAT'S STILL TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          AND WHILE WE'RE GETTING THIS DEAL AT 5.5 MILLION, WE'RE GETTING IT AT A BETA TIME AND WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT THE BUS'S ABILITIES. 
          AND, AND THERE'S A SAFETY COMPONENT TO IT, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE LAST ITEM. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN STATED. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE THIRD THE DISTANCE AND YOU'RE PAYING THREE TIMES THE COST, EACH BUS IS NEARLY $500,000 VERSUS $150,000. 
          WE FELT. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE OUR ADVICE TO YOU AS A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS MANDATED BY THE STATE EDUCATION CODE TO GIVE YOU OUR OPINION ON THIS. 
          AND SO WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING THE REST OF THE PUBLIC, IDENTIFYING THAT TO YOU, THAT THIS MAY NOT, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT AGAINST THE IDEA, I'M PERSONALLY NOT AGAINST THE IDEA OF ELECTRIFIED BUSES, BUT WE'RE NOT AGAINST THE IDEA. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO JUST LOOKING AT MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PRUDENT TIME. 
          MAYBE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE IN FIRST BEFORE WE LOOK AT THE BUSES AND SO FORTH. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO REPRESENT US AND, AND, AND SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THERE IS, THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, I'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER 'EM. 
          ANY BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS BEFORE MR. HAMNER LEAVES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGNED UP FOR IT. 
          THAT'S DEANNA GUILLEN. 
          I DO NOT HAVE MS. GUILLEN ONLINE FOR THIS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. 
          AND NOW IT IS TIME TO VOTE ON TAB EIGHT, UNLESS THERE'S DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. 
          I, I JUST HAD A DISCUSSION OR A QUESTION? A QUESTION. 
          YEAH, OFFICIALLY, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I KNOW AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE BOARD OVERSIGHT COMING TO, UM, TO JUST SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT TRANSITION AND CHANGE IN OUR, IN OUR WHOLE MAKEUP, RIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO GO GREENER. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT. 
          AND I DID WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CHARGING STATION. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PLAN FOR CHARGING STATIONS IN THE NORTH, AND WE DO HAVE SOME STATIONS HERE IN THE SOUTH AND WANTING TO KNOW IF THERE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH OTHER CHARGING STATIONS THROUGH THE MIN MUNICIPALITY OF LA COUNTY, MAYBE WITH METRO OR OTHER BUS TRANSITS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          IT'S A GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MATT FRIEDMAN, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER. 
          UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S NO AGREEMENT OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, LA METRO OR, OR OTHERWISE, BUT THERE'S THESE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, UM, PARTICULARLY AROUND AS EVERYBODY'S BUILDING OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'LL BE MORE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE MORE. 
          AND AS SUCH, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT EVERYBODY'S STILL KIND OF THAT INFANCY STAGE OF REALLY BUILDING OUT THAT NETWORK IN LA AND, AND, AND I CAN ADD A LITTLE HERE TOO, AND IN THE EARLY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH METRO IS FINDING COMMON YARDS AND COMMON TECHNOLOGY. 
          METRO ACTUALLY USES A ABOVE VEHICLE CHARGING, MEANING BUS PULLS UP AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY CHARGE FROM ON TOP. 
          IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL YOU, YOU KIND OF BACK IN AND CHARGE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IS LIKE, WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE? AND THEN THINKING ABOUT WHERE ARE THE PODS OF ELECTRIFIED SITES TO ALLOW US TO DO MIDDAY CHARGING AND ACCESS. 
          I WOULD SAY THE NETWORK THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS OUT THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT IS, THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE PLANNING AND KIND OF ONGOING CORONATION WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES. 
          IT'S NOT JUST METRO. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOTHILL TRANSIT, OTHER, UM, UH, ENTITIES THAT ACTUALLY SERVE THE BROADER REGION BECAUSE WE HAVE FIELD TRIPS THAT GO OUT TO BIG BEAR, RIGHT? AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY ENSURE THAT THOSE VEHICLES HAVE A CHARGE POINT, UH, ON THOSE LONGER TRIPS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CHARGE STATION, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN THE SOUTH? BECAUSE NOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS NOT SO MUCH TO THIS VOTE, BUT TO THE FACT THAT IN TWO YEARS, WHAT WOULD THE NUMBER OF CHARGING STATIONS BE IN THE SOUTH VERSUS THE NORTH? UM, 
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SO, SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S UNDER 50 IN THE SOUTH, SO WE'RE TALKING GARDENA, SAN JULIAN, UM, UH, THOSE, THOSE SITES. 
          UH, CURRENTLY THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A PROJECT FOR 79 BUSES AT SAN JULIAN, AND THAT INCLUDES THE, THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          SO IF YOU ADD, YOU KNOW, THAT UNDER 50 AND THE 79, IT'S ROUGHLY A HUNDRED, UM, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ONGOING, WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO, TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO BUILD OUT MORE. 
          AND THAT PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH IN SAN JULIAN IS SLATED TO BE COMPLETED END OF 28. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU, MELVOIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS GONNA MAKE THESE COMMENTS WHEN WE GOT TO THE PROCUREMENT ITEM AROUND THIS, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, UM, I JUST, UH, AND THIS IS GONNA BE MY NEW THING, SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO PROCUREMENT AND ALSO FACILITIES. 
          AND I APPRECIATE MR. FRIEDMAN AND, AND OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND MR. KING, UH, DISCUSSING THIS WITH ME LAST WEEK. 
          BUT I'M REALLY, UM, GONNA BE DIGGING INTO KIND OF WHAT I ALWAYS CALL LUSD EXCEPTIONALISM WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE STATE REQUIRES X AND WE ARE GONNA DO X PLUS BOO BOO BOO BOOO BECAUSE WE'RE LUSD AND WE DON'T REALLY EVEN KNOW WHY WE'RE DOING IT. 
          MAYBE IN SOME INSTANCES OR WE DO HAVE GOOD REASONS WHY WE'RE DOING IT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S JUST BECOME PRACTICE AND IT ADDS A LOT OF COST AND COMPLEXITY. 
          AND SO I SAY THIS ON THIS ITEM, WHICH I, I'LL SUPPORT TODAY, BUT, UM, OUR PROCUREMENT SPECS FOR BUS PURCHASING GO WELL BEYOND STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND I SAY, AND CALIFORNIA HAS PROBABLY THE MOST ROBUST SAFETY STANDARDS OUTTA THE 50 STATES. 
          UM, AND SO I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH THE TEAM THIS LAST WEEK ON THINGS LIKE THE CHASSIS, UM, AND, UH, WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS PAINTED ON ONE SIDE AND NOT THE OTHER, AND CERTAIN ALARMS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BUSES THAT AREN'T REQUIRED THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T USED. 
          AND I SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT TO HOLD UP THIS ITEM 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR WHERE I THINK I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO THIS, BUT AT A TIME OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. 
          BUT ALSO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REALLY BEING TRANSPARENT IN OUR PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, I THINK IT, IT WAS NEWS TO ME, AND I'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE NOW, THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE THAT GO WELL BEYOND ANYONE ELSE TELLING US TO REQUIRE. 
          AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEND TIME, AND I KNOW, AND I SAY THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MR. FRIEDMAN, OUR PROCUREMENT, OUR BUSINESS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR TITLE THESE DAYS, BUT IT'S WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THIS BECAUSE MATT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN THINKING THROUGH THIS, UM, UH, AS HAS PEDRO AND, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          BUT REALLY THINKING THROUGH LIKE WHY DO THESE EXIST? UM, ARE THERE THINGS THAT THIS BOARD MIGHT STILL WANT TO DO, EVEN THOUGH THEY ADD COST AND LIMIT PRODUCT? UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE ABLE TO COMPLY, UM, I THINK IN MANY INSTANCES, INCLUDING SOME OF THE THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT, UM, JUST IN THE LAST WEEK, THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES FOR SOME NO FOR OTHERS. 
          UH, AND SO I, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I, I, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE BOARD FOR RATIFICATION, WE ARE, UH, UNDER THE IMPRESSION, WELL, NOT THAT'S TOO NEFARIOUS. 
          WE, WE GET TOLD LIKE WE DID A PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THIS IS THE BEST OPTION. 
          BUT WHAT WE DON'T SEE, UM, IS WELL, WHAT ARE THE SPECS THAT WE REQUIRE? WHY ARE WE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY THAT REQUIRES THIS? WHY DOESN'T SAN FRANCISCO REQUIRE THAT? AND SAN FRANCISCO IS AN EXAMPLE WITH BUSES THAT MATT AND I TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE LONGER ROUTES, HAVE MORE FREEWAYS, SO THERE ARE THINGS WHERE WE MIGHT WANT DIFFERENT SAFETY STANDARDS. 
          AND I KNOW OUR BOC CHAIR WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS TOO WHEN IT COMES TO THE RANGE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS JUST IN THIS ONE EXAMPLE OF BUS PROCUREMENT THAT I THINK WE COULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULD SAVE US, UH, MONEY AND ALSO JUST OPEN UP A MORE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS BECAUSE NOT EVERY COMPANY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE BUSES THAT L-A-U-S-D AND ONLY L-A-U-S-D REQUIRES. 
          SO I'LL BE ON THE SOAP BOX FOR A WHILE. 
          UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, AND, AND JUST HEALTHY FOR US TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH THESE. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED ON OUR FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE AND FACILITIES WITH OUR PAINTING STANDARDS. 
          AND REALLY JUST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW HERE'S WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE DISTRICT AND THEN HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          AND WE MIGHT DECIDE, AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT WE WANT TO KEEP EITHER FOR SAFETY STANDARDS OR QUALITY CONTROL. 
          BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT THIS BOARD, UH, KNOWING OUR INTEREST IN EFFICIENCIES AND COST SAVINGS RIGHT NOW MIGHT SAY, NO, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. 
          I MEAN, 30 YEARS AGO THAT MIGHT'VE MADE SENSE, BUT NOW LET'S JUST, CALIFORNIA'S GOT GREAT SAFETY STANDARDS ON THIS, LET'S FOLLOW THEM. 
          AND IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ENABLE US TO PIGGYBACK ON CONTRACTS AND DO MUCH MORE. 
          SO JUST PREVIEWING THAT ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE SUPERINTENDENT YOUR TEAM KIND OF HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS IS JUST TRYING TO BRING A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY AND THEN HOPEFULLY SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT FOR THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE, MS. EZ? YEAH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, I, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE RANGE LIMITATIONS OF ELECTRIC BUSES, AND I KNOW THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING. 
          UM, APPRECIATE MR. MELVIN'S PO I MEAN, CERTAINLY WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE COST OF, OF WORK IN THE DISTRICT AND, UM, AND, AND WHEN IT COMES TO BOND FUNDS, OBVIOUSLY WHILE WE ARE LESS CONSTRAINED, I WOULD SAY GENERALLY SPEAKING THAN IN OUR GENERAL FUND OUTLOOK, WE KNOW THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED 
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IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF NEED THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND DEPENDING ON HOW WE SPEND THOSE BOND FUNDS, THAT MEANS LESS FOR OTHER IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY PRIORITIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR ME, WORKING HVAC SYSTEMS IN THE EAST, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, ET CETERA. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE ALL VALID CONCERNS. 
          UM, WHAT I WANTED TO RAISE IS JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, WE KNOW THE CLIMATE, THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS EXISTING RIGHT NOW AROUND US. 
          UM, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE, UM, AND I KNOW THE IMPACTS IN SOME OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN LA OR THE, THE PROLONGED HEAT THAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED AND HOW THAT IS HAVING, UH, A PROFOUND IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, UM, AND CONTINUE TO RELIANCE ON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES IS BOTH A, BE A LARGE CONTRIBUTOR TO, UM, GREENHOUSE GASES IN OUR ATMOSPHERE. 
          BUT IT ALSO HAS, UH, I THINK VERY RELEVANT HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACTS ON STUDENTS AND DRIVERS RIGHT NOW AND ON OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH ALREADY EXPERIENCE REALLY HIGH LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND I SEE THAT IN ASTHMA RATES IN MY COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO I DO THINK THAT WHILE THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN IT, I DON'T WANNA DISCOUNT THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE RELATED INVESTMENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, SAME URGENCY AROUND GETTING THOSE CHARGERS AND REPLACING OUR BUS YARDS WITH CLEANER TECHNOLOGY THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE HEALTH OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE TO THAT, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY A SAVINGS WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 
          UM, SO I JUST, I, I WANNA UPLIFT THAT AS AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WELL. 
          AND IT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO POINT OUT AS WELL, PART OF THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH OF THE GRANTS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON, UH, TAB NINE AND, AND THE BUS PURCHASES IS THAT WE ACTUALLY DECOMMISSION DIESEL BUSES. 
          SO PART OF THAT IS ALSO REMOVING, UH, POLLUTION CAUSING BUSES OUTTA THE, UH, THE FLEET. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT, IT ACTUALLY SPECIFIES THAT THE, THIS PURCHASE WILL REDUCE NEARLY 500 METRIC TONS OF CO2 ANNUALLY ALONG THE SCHOOL BUS ROUTES. 
          AND THAT'S NOT, IS THERE A QUESTION AROUND LIKE THE COST OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUSES OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE RANGE? OF COURSE, I THINK THAT'S TRUE, BUT THERE'S A HUGE VALUE TO TO REMOVING THAT CO2 IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD CHARLOTTE. 
          AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO LIGHT, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THE SOUTH VERSUS THE NORTH BECAUSE MANY OF THE EFFICIENT BUSES WOULD BE IN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH WOULD BE NEGLECTED IN THAT WAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AS A PARENT WHO HAD TWO ASTHMATIC STUDENTS CHILDREN, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE IN SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LOS ANGELES AND TO SEE HOW IT HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, UM, TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING OUR BEST EFFORTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 
          SO, AND JUST TO FOLLOW, I I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WELL, ACTUALLY YOU VISITED THE SUN VALLEY BUS YARD. 
          SO THE BUS YARD THAT EXISTS IN IN MY DISTRICT IS IN A SUPER POLLUTED AREA, HEAVY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BURDENS. 
          SO I THINK SOME PARTS OF THE NORTH HAVE A LITTLE MORE GREEN AND A LITTLE LESS AIR POLLUTION. 
          THE COMMUNITY'S MOST IMPACTED BY THESE, THESE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS ARE, ARE MOST, UM, EJ COMMUNITIES. 
          SO ROCIO, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          I, I DO APPRECIATE LIFTING UP THE, UM, OTHER REASONS WHY WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD FOR OTHER THAN COST. 
          UH, I THINK SEIU LIFTED UP EARLIER THAT WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN BIG PROBLEMS, LA UNIFIED HAS BEEN A PART OF SOLUTIONS. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE I THINK WE DIFFER FROM CSVA, THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. 
          I DUNNO IF IT'S STILL THE CASE, DR. 
          REBUS, BUT WHEN I WAS THE, UH, REP, I WOULD HEAR FROM OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STREET WHO WERE LESS INTERESTED IN MOVING TO ELECTRIC BECAUSE OF THE COST, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS ON HOW FAR THESE BUSES COULD GO. 
          BUT FOR THE LONG TERM, THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND I, AND I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT I'M ALSO VERY CURIOUS ABOUT OUR BIGGER, UH, LONG-TERM REVISION OF TRANSPORTATION, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE EXPRESSED CONCERN WE SPEND ABOUT $9,000 PER STUDENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REACHING THE BREADTH OF, UH, WHAT I THINK COULD BE OUR FULL CAPACITY. 
          WE DO SPEND, UM, YOU KNOW, AN EXUBERANT AMOUNT, UH, IN A DISTRICT THAT I, I RECOGNIZE IS LARGE, BUT I DON'T THINK IS COMMON, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE SPENDING ON THEIR TRANSPORTATION PER PUPIL COSTS. 
          SO NO, YOU KNOW, TOTAL RESPONSE NEEDED FROM THE TEAM. 
          BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US MAYBE LIKE A QUICK TIMELINE ON WHEN WE'RE GONNA REVISE OR COME BACK TO THE BIGGER QUESTION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IN LA UNIFIED. 
          SURE. 
          APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          AND, AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S, THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, EVEN PRIOR TO THIS POSITION. 
          UM, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE AN, AN UPDATE AROUND THE LARGER STRATEGY FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE EARLY SPRING. 
          UM, I, I WANT TO CALL OUT THINGS THAT, UH, OF COURSE OUR BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, BUT MAYBE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY NOT KNOW IS AS FAR AS THE SORT OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS, NO PUN INTENDED, AROUND OUR TRANSPORTATION COSTS, UH, OF, OF COURSE WE'RE 
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ALWAYS GONNA PROVIDE ANY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT ARE CALLED OUT IN AN IEP. 
          THAT'S THE GIVEN, BUT THAT'S ONE, UH, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ALREADY MADE. 
          THE OTHER, OF COURSE, IS OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS AND, AND THE, THE RIDE TIMES, THE RIDE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE UNPACKED THERE. 
          SOME OF IT GOES BACK TO THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS IMPLEMENTATION. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IF I'M A STUDENT, DO I HAVE TO GET ON A BUS FOR AN HOUR PLUS TO GO TO A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM? WHY CAN'T THAT PROGRAM BE OFFERED IN MY PROVERBIAL BACKYARD? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST PIECES. 
          THE THE LAST ELEMENT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL. 
          UM, AND THIS IS SORT OF IN MY LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A PARENT, AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO COMMIT TO TFA, IF WE TELL A PARENT THAT YES, WE HAVE A ROUTE FOR THEM, BUT THAT REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE THEIR KIDDO IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL THAT'S IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL THEY'RE GOING TO AT A VERY EARLY TIME, MOST PARENTS ARE GOING TO POLITELY AND SOMETIMES MAYBE NOT SO POLITELY DECLINE THAT OFFER. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF THE PIECES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          BUT YES, EARLY SPRING. 
          ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, THAT FRONT. 
          THANK, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT ONE TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ELEVATING THE, THE, THE SUPPORT THAT THE SPORTS HAD FOR OUR ELECTRIFICATION AND CLIMATE GOALS. 
          AND TWO, ASKING WAS A QUESTION I HAD TO, UM, UH, AROUND, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE PURCHASES, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. 
          ARE THESE PURCHASES PART OF THE BROADER PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO UTILIZATION? BECAUSE NOT ONLY AS MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN SAID, DO WE HAVE REALLY HIGH COST PER STUDENT? I THINK WE ARE ONLY AT ABOUT 10% UTILIZATION OF THE SEATS ON OUR BUSES. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UH, WHY WE PURCHASED NEW BUSES AS OPPOSED TO, WE'VE DISCUSSED SMALLER BUSES OR EVEN VANS AND WAS TOLD, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE'RE BEING CLEAR WAS TOLD THAT YES, THESE ARE PART OF THE GOALS WITH, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BROADER STRATEGY, WE STILL NEED THESE AS PART OF OUR FLEET. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, MR. MCLEAN. 
          ALRIGHT, TIME TO VOTE. 
          IT WAS MOVED BY MS. EZ, SECONDED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          THIS IS ON TAB EIGHT AS A REMINDER FOR OUR FRIENDS. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          MS. CONEZ? YES. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUS FOR TAB EIGHT. 
          UH, WE WILL NOW BE GOING TO 
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TAB 25, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ FOR THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC HEARING ON NEW LOS ANGELES CHARTER ELEMENTARY, TEACH TECH CHARTER HIGH, UH, LA LEADERSHIP PRIMARY ACADEMY ACCELERATED ANIMO, JACKIE ROBINSON HIGH, UH, BURT CORONA CENTER, FENTON STEAM ACADEMY, UH, GIRLS ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES FENTON, CHARTER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, ANIMO, FLORENCE FIRESTONE CHARTER MIDDLE ASPIRE, JUANITA TATE ACADEMY CHARTER, ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INVICTUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          A MAXIMUM OF 15 IN INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE ITEM WILL BE HEARD. 
          THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK SHOULD SIGN UP ONLINE AND I BELIEVE THEY ALREADY HAVE AND THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          I'LL CALL ON THE FIRST THREE FOLKS TO SPEAK AND IF THE SECOND FOLKS COULD BE READY TO GO AFTER THE FIRST PERSON AHEAD OF THEM, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          JOSHUA HARTFORD, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THEN AFTER MR. HARTFORD IS DAVID RICHARDSON AND THEN KRISTEN BOTELLO. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          SUPERINTENDENT CHA. 
          MY NAME IS JOSHUA HARTFORD AND I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL OF ANIMO FLORENCE FIRESTONE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOL. 
          OUR STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE, UM, AND OUTCOME STRONGLY SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF OUR CHARTER. 
          WE KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF OUR DATA POINTS REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMITMENTS OF THE TEACHERS AND THE FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT THEM. 
          AS A CDE DESIGNATED MIDDLE TRACK SCHOOL, WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FIVE YEAR CHARTER RENEWAL. 
          WE OUTPERFORM THE STATE AND RESIDENT SCHOOLS. 
          OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          WE'VE DEMONSTRATED A FULL YEAR OF GROWTH IN BOTH LITERACY AND MATH. 
          UH, BASED ON VERIFIED DATA IN LITERACY. 
          OUR STUDENTS HAVE IMPROVED BY DOUBLE DIGIT DFS STANDARD POINTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR SIGNIFICANT STUDENTS SUBGROUPS ARE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE. 
          WE ARE SEEING THE SAME MOMENTUM IN MATH WHERE 67% OF OUR STUDENTS INCREASE THEIR SCORES ACHIEVING ACCELERATED GROWTH PER THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD. 
          I'M ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRESS OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS ARE MAKING. 
          IN JUST THIS LAST YEAR, OUR LP PERFORMANCE INCREASED BY 32 PERCENTAGE POINTS REACHING 70%. 
          BOTH OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND OUR LONG-TERM ENGLISH LEARNERS ARE OUTPERFORMING THE STATE. 
          WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED OUR 
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ATTENDANCE AND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM INDICATORS AND 97% OF FAMILIES SAY THEY WOULD RECOMMEND OUR SCHOOL. 
          THE COMMUNITY OF FLORENCE FIRESTONE COUNTS ON A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, FOR COLLEGE, FOR CAREERS AND BEYOND. 
          WITH YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR RENEWAL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD ON OUR 10 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          DAVID RICHARDSON, LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO ADA GALINDO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          L-A-U-S-D BOARD MEMBERS. 
          CAN I, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          COULD YOU LOWER THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THAT GOOD? THAT'S PERFECT. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          L-A-U-S-D BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ADA GALINDO AND I AM HERE TODAY. 
          I SAY PARA ASPIRE PARENT. 
          MY FAMILY HAS BEEN PART OF ASPIRE FOR MANY MORE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 
          I HAVE TWO ASPIRE ALUMNI, VALERIE PEREZ, PABLO VELOZ, WHO ARE NOW YOUNG ADULTS. 
          MY DAUGHTER DANA VELOZ, GRADUATED IN 2024 AND I CURRENTLY HAVE A 11-YEAR-OLD NEW EL HUIA ATTENDING ASPIRE T ACADEMY. 
          OVER THE YEARS, ASPIRE SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME LIKE A SECOND HOME FOR MY FAMILY. 
          ONE THING I TRULY APPRECIATE IS THE STRONG COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND PARENTS. 
          WHENEVER THERE ARE CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, OR STUDENT NEEDS, THE STAFF COMMUNICATES DIRECTLY WITH THE FAMILIES AND WORK WITH US TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE HOW SERIOUSLY THE SCHOOL TAKES STUDENT SAFETY AND BULLYING. 
          WHEN SITUATION HAPPENS, THEY ADDRESS THEM QUICKLY AND THOUGHTFULLY. 
          AS A PARENT, THAT GIVES ME A PEACE OF MIND AND CONFIDENCE WHEN SENDING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 
          I AM ALSO A VERY DEDICATED PARENT, VOLUNTEER, AND I HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS SUPPORTING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN BEING INVOLVED IN MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO MAKE IT LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          I REMAIN A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED TO ASPIRE SCHOOLS AS, AS ASPIRE HAS SUPPORTED MY FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE CARE AND DEDICATION THAT STAFF CONTINUES SHOW TO SHOW OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILY. 
          LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALWAYS TREATED ME KIND WITH KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING, EVEN WHEN I MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING TO MY VOICE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ONE MORE THING, I LIVE IN GARDENA AND I DRIVE TO TATE ACADEMY AND I USED TO DRIVE TO ALENE, SO THAT'S A VERY LONG WAY FOR ME TO DRIVE, BUT I LOVE THE SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, KRISTEN BOTELLO. 
          KRISTEN BOTELLO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT CHA. 
          MY NAME IS KRISTEN EO AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF ANIMO JACKIE ROBINSON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN A LEADER AT A JR SINCE WE OPENED OUR DOORS IN 2006. 
          WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AT JACKIE ROBINSON, I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HOW MUCH THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE DETERMINATION THEY BRING TO THEIR LEARNING EACH DAY. 
          AS A CDE DESIGNATED MIDDLE TRACK SCHOOL AND A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL, A JR QUALIFIES FOR A RENEWAL. 
          OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUR PERFORMANCE HAS CONSISTENTLY COMPARED FAVORABLY TO STATEWIDE OUTCOMES. 
          WHILE OUR VERIFIED DATA SHOWS STUDENTS ACHIEVING A FULL YEAR OF GROWTH IN LITERACY AND MATH IN LITERACY, OUR STUDENTS HAVE IMPROVED BY 31 DISTANCE FROM STANDARD POINTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, EARNING A GREEN RATING ON THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD. 
          OUR ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRESS ALSO EXCEEDED THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. 
          MATH HAS BEEN ANOTHER AREA OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. 
          STUDENTS GAINED 32 DISTANCE FROM STANDARD POINTS IN JUST THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WHILE EACH STUDENT SUBGROUP IMPROVED BY DOUBLE DIGITS. 
          WE ARE FOCUSED ON ENSURING OUR STUDENTS LEAVE JACKIE ROBINSON READY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER. 
          OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATOR INCREASED BY 23 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 69% WHILE OUR GRADUATION RATE REACHED 96%. 
          WE ALSO DO THIS AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COMMITTED TO SERVING EVERYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, INTERESTED IN OUR PROGRAMMING, OUR AMAZING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ALSO RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE CREATED TOGETHER 97% OF OUR PARENTS AND 89% OF STUDENTS SAY THEY WOULD RECOMMEND OUR SCHOOL TO A FRIEND. 
          I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE ACADEMIC PROGRESS OF OUR STUDENTS TODAY. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THESE RESULTS IN THE YEARS AHEAD. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND CONSIDERATION FOR OUR RENEWAL. 
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE ANNETTE GONZALEZ, ANNETTE GONZALEZ, AND TAYLOR RANIER AND UH, ANNABEL MOSKOWITZ. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT CHASE. 
          MY NAME IS ANNETTE GONZALEZ AND I'M THE CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER AT GREEN DOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE RENEWALS FOR ANIMO JACKIE ROBINSON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND ANIMO FLORENCE FIRESTONE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          ACROSS BOTH SCHOOLS, WE SERVE MORE THAN 1000 SCHOLARS, MANY OF WHOM WILL BE THEIR FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE. 
          MOST OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL EAST, LA AND BEYOND THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED ACROSS LOS ANGELES FOR OVER 24 YEARS. 
          AS A GREEN DOT EDUCATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR, I HAVE SEEN WHAT STUDENTS CAN ACHIEVE WITH DEDICATED TEACHERS, HIGH EXPECTATIONS, AND A COMMUNITY THAT EQUIPS EQUIPS THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE LIFE BEYOND THEIR STUDIES. 
          BOTH JACKIE ROBINSON AND FLORENCE FIRESTONE EMBODY THAT COMMITMENT, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH RIGOROUS ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND THE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT THEY NEED TO LEARN, GROW, AND THRIVE. 
          OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, OUR STUDENTS HAVE OUTPERFORMED THE STATE IN THE MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIA STATE SCHOOL DASHBOARD INDICATORS. 
          WHILE VERIFIED DATA CONSISTENTLY SHOWS A FULL YEAR OF GROWTH IN LITERACY AND MATH, TOGETHER THESE RESULTS SUPPORT OUR QUALIFICATION FOR A FIVE YEAR CHARTER RENEWAL. 
          THROUGH A CDE MIDDLE TRACK DESIGNATION, OUR SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATE STRONG ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HIGH ATTENDANCE PARENT PARTICIPATION, AND 30 PLUS COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. 
          WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON BUILDING UPON STRONG ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, HIGH GRADUATION RATES, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, WHILE STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS THAT ADDRESS EVERY SCHOLAR'S DIVERSE, ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS. 
          THE IMPACT OF THIS WORK IS REFLECTED IN THE TRUST PLACED IN US BY OUR FAMILIES. 
          WITH MORE THAN 90% RECOMMENDING OUR SCHOOL TO OTHER FAMILIES RENEWING THESE SCHOOLS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE DELIVERING THE RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS' NEED TO SUCCEED IN THEIR CURRENT STUDIES, COLLEGE LEADERSHIP AND LIFE. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT SO BOTH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES CAN CONTINUE BUILDING UPON THEIR STRONG RECORDS OF SUCCESS AND SERVING ALL STUDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'LL BE YIELDING MY TIME TO DR. 
          D. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, UM, PRESIDENT SMI, SUPERINTENDENT CHA AND I CANNOT FORGET SHE MISS NEW BILL BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I'M DR. 
          D OR DURNEY FROM INVICTUS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY READ THE UM, ITEM SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GROWING AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE BOARD BECAUSE YOUR PERMISSION ALLOWED US TO ACTUALLY COMPETE AND WIN PROP TWO FUNDING FOR A NEW BUILDING WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GET A NEW BUILDING. 
          UM, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL OUR NUMBERS 'CAUSE YOU WON'T REMEMBER 'EM ANYWAY, BUT , UM, WE ARE RUNNING OUTTA SPACE AND WE NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO RENT A BUILDING, LITERALLY LIKE TWO BLOCKS FROM OUR SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE PROP TWO FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, ANNABEL MOSKOWITZ. 
          HELLO, I'M ANNABEL MOSCOWITZ AND I SEED MY TIME TO JIM CORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS JAMES CORDERO AND I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF TEACH TECH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UH, VERY SOON THIS BOARD AND THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ARE GONNA BE, UH, LOOKING THROUGH OUR, UH, AS PART OF OUR RENEWAL. 
          YOU'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC DATA COMPARISONS, LOOKING AT, UH, CURRICULUM CHOICES, ELLS, SUBGROUPS, UH, ALL THE ADVANCES, STAFFING AND MORE. 
          I WELCOME THAT REVIEW. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT TEACH TECH HAS ON OUR COMMUNITY OF INGLEWOOD AND LOS ANGELES AND ALSO WHAT THAT COMMUNITY DOES FOR TEACH AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. 
          TEACH, UH, TECH EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN USING, UH, AND TEACHING, UH, ESL AND TECHNOLOGY ADULT CLASSES FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          WE ALSO HOST MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER AND LED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 
          LAST YEAR AT THE ASSISTANCE OF STUDENTS, UH, WE OPENED TEACH TECHS INAUGURAL CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. 
          THEY VOLUNTEER FOR CHARITY DRIVES, HANDING OUT FOOD SUPPLIES AND THOSE THINGS DURING THE HOLIDAYS THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF PEPPERDINE. 
          OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW YEARS, SEVEN YEARS, THE GRANDMA MENTOR PROGRAM HAS BROUGHT THE WISDOM OF RETIRED EDUCATORS ON BOARD AS VOLUNTEER AIDS ASSISTING OUR STUDENTS WITH THEIR ACADEMIC STUDIES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. 
          PROJECT LEAD IS A NEURO UH, PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH MANY YEARS AT TEACH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CURRICULUM AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS LEADERSHIP, COLLEGE AND CAREER FINANCIAL LITERACY AND RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING. 
          ON THAT NOTE, MANY OF OUR YOUNGER 
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STUDENTS, FRESHMEN ESPECIALLY, COME TO US IN GREAT NEED OF DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE IN ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL AREAS. 
          THE NATIONAL CARES ORGANIZATION WILL BEGIN THEIR SECOND YEAR WITH TEACH, UH, TO DO A POSITIVE WORK ON CAUSA CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ALL OF THESE KEY, UH, GROUPS WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY SO THAT TEACH TECH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN IS NOW AND WILL BE THEIR PARTNER ALONG THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY TOWARDS SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU TO GREEN DOT FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE CARMEN, LORA, CARMEN, ARE YOU HERE? AND THEN AFTER MS. LOA IS LUCY HIL HIL, I'M SORRY, LUCY H AND THEN KATE O'BRIEN. 
          HI, I AM CARMEN LORA AND I'M YIELDING MY TIME TO ERICA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT SHAPE. 
          I'M ERICA YON, THE PRINCIPAL AT GIRLS ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES OR GALS LA AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC ALL GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. 
          THIS YEAR, GALS LA CELEBRATES OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY FOR A DECADE. 
          WE PROVIDED GIRLS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT WITH SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY DIDN'T EXIST FOR FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          A TUITION FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY AROUND HOW GIRLS LEARN, GROW, AND DEVELOP THROUGH THEIR CRITICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS. 
          TODAY WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 200 STUDENTS AT OUR VAN NUYS CAMPUS. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY ARE GIRLS OF COLOR. 
          MANY COME FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD THAT OUR STUDENTS OUTPERFORM THEIR RESIDENT SCHOOLS IN BOTH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH. 
          BUT WHAT MAKES GAL ZALE SPECIAL IS HOW WE ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS. 
          OUR GIRLS BEGIN EACH MORNING BY MOVING TOGETHER AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          THIS REFLECTS OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT AND OUR BELIEF AND THE STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN A HEALTHY MIND AND A HEALTHY BODY. 
          MOVEMENT CONTINUES IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH KINESTHETIC LEARNING. 
          WHETHER STUDENTS ARE MAPPING COORDINATE PLANES WITH THEIR BODIES IN MATH OR LEARNING THE WATER CYCLE THROUGH MOVEMENT IN SCIENCE, JUST LIKE A RUNNER WORKOUT IN THE MORNING HELPS US ADULTS FOCUS AND BOOST OUR ENDORPHINS. 
          WE APPLY THAT LEARNING INTO OUR CURRICULUM, KNOWING THAT MOVEMENT HELPS CONCENTRATION FOR RETENTION AND BOOST MOOD. 
          AND THROUGH THE GAL SERIES CLASS, A CHARACTER AND LIFE SKILLS BUILDING COURSE THAT ALL STUDENTS TAKE. 
          WE PROVIDE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS AND HELP GIRLS DEVELOP NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY BUT PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. 
          WE ALSO WORK HARD TO MAKE OPPORTUNITIES TRULY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON OUR ALL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS, UH, AS WELL AS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING, HOMEWORK SUPPORT IN ENRICHMENT AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING. 
          WE EVEN OFFER DUAL ENROLLMENT COLLEGE COURSE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ADDED. 
          UM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO GROW WHAT WE OFFER AND HAVE BEEN RECENTLY LA NAMED AN LA PEOPLE WORLD CUP COMMUNITY CHAMPION. 
          WE'RE ASKING TO APPROVE OUR RENEWAL SO WE CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SCHOOL OPTIONS TO GIRLS AND FAMILIES FOR YEARS TO COME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LUCY H COME ON UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS LUCY HEES OR MISS H AS MANY OF MY STUDENTS CALL ME. 
          AND I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF THE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS SERVING TK THROUGH EIGHT STUDENTS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. 
          TAZ, WE GO BY FOR SHORT. 
          THIS AUGUST, WE BEGAN OUR 32ND YEAR AS A SCHOOL SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN HISTORIC SOUTH CENTRAL. 
          OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE L-A-U-S-D BOARD HAS BEEN STRONG AND POSITIVE THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD CON TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          THERE ARE A GREAT MANY THINGS THAT MAKE TS A SPECIAL PLACE. 
          WHEN I ASKED OUR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHAT I SHOULD TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY, TWO THINGS ROSE TO THE TOP COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT MS. BENITEZ, ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY RSTS. 
          PUT IT THIS WAY. 
          OVER THE YEARS, MANY FORMER TS STUDENTS HAVE GROWN UP, GRADUATED, RETURNED AS PARENTS CHOOSING TO ENROLL THEIR OWN CHILDREN. 
          AT TAZ. 
          FAMILIES HAVE BUILT LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND TAZ HAS BECOME A PLACE THAT GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES TRUST AND RELY ON FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. 
          WE'VE ALSO BEEN LUCKY TO WELCOME FORMER STUDENTS BACK AS TEACHERS AND STAFF LIKE MS. JUAREZ, ONE OF OUR THIRD GRADE TEACHERS WHO SHARED. 
          I HAD SUCH FOND MEMORIES OF BEING A STUDENT HERE AND FELT SO CARED FOR THAT I WANTED TO AGAIN BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND NOW I GET TO GIVE THAT CARE TO MY STUDENTS. 
          SIMILARLY, AT TAZ, STUDENTS ARE KNOWN AND SUPPORTED. 
          WHEN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY NEED HELP, WE RALLY AROUND THEM WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          TAKE ONE OF OUR FAMILIES WITH FIVE CHILDREN BETWEEN TK AND EIGHTH GRADE. 
          TWO YEARS AGO, THEY WERE SEVERELY CHRONICALLY ABSENT. 
          THIS YEAR THEY STARTED THE SCHOOL WITH, UH, PERFECT ATTENDANCE. 
          THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP 
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WITH FAMILIES AND THE WORK OF OUR COORDINATION OF SERVICES TEAM RENEWING, UH, TA'S CHARTER WOULD MEAN PRESERVING AN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT FAMILIES HAVE RELIED ON FOR GENERATIONS. 
          A COMMUNITY WITH A PROVEN COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN OUR CITY, AND ONE THAT CONTINUES TO SHOW STEADY ACADEMIC, ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES. 
          I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE CHARTER PETITION FOR TAZ FOR FIVE YEARS AS A MIDDLE PERFORMING SCHOOL AND EXTEND THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN L-A-U-S-D AND ACCELERATED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE SOUTH LA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          KATE O'BRIEN. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          I'M KATE O'BRIEN, THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS FOR NEW LOS ANGELES CHARTER, ELE FOR NEW LOS ANGELES CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN PART OF THE NEW LA ORGANIZATION FOR 17 YEARS AND THIS YEAR I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW LOS ANGELES CHARTER ELEMENTARY AND ITS RENEWAL BID. 
          OUR PETITION CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT WE MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A STRONG RENEWAL OVER OUR CURRENT CHARTER TERM. 
          WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN OVERALL ACADEMIC SCORES, INCLUDING DISTANCE FROM STANDARD INCREASES IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS. 
          EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR SIGNIFICANT STUDENT GROUPS, SPECIFICALLY ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATED GROWTH, BUT IN MANY CASES HAVE BOTH OUTPACED AND OUTPERFORMED THE STATE. 
          THIS SHOWS THAT NEW LA HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR MOST MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE WHEN WE ARE RENEWED FOR THE FULL FIVE YEAR TERM. 
          ADDITIONALLY, OUR PETITION DEMONSTRATES CLEAR SUPPORTS FOR ALL STUDENTS THROUGH A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MODEL, STRONG SCHOOL CULTURE, AND A FOCUS ON SCHOOL SAFETY. 
          WE'VE CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED STATE RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN PBIS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES REGULARLY REPORT HIGH SATISFACTION WITH OUR SCHOOL. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THE RENEWAL PROCESS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND URGE YOU TO VOTE TO RENEW US FOR THE FULL CHARTER TERM OF FIVE YEARS AS A MIDDLE PERFORMING SCHOOL. 
          UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN NOVEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE TRISTAN BRAVO, TRISTAN B UH, THEN JENNIFER MILLER, AND THEN MICHAEL GARNER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS TRISTAN BRAVO AND I AM A PRODUCT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          MY JOURNEY BEGAN IN FENTON AVENUE. 
          BEHIND ME, I NOW WORK AT BUR CORONA MIDDLE, AND THEN I ALSO WENT TO GRANADA HILLS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, I HAVE A LOT OF FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THE BEAUTY A CHARTER SCHOOL CAN PROVIDE FOR A STUDENT. 
          I HAVE AN IMMIGRANT MOTHER WHO CAME HERE WITH VERY, VERY LITTLE BURKE CORONA, MY CURRENT EMPLOYER, MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE. 
          THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US OUR FIRST COMPUTER AND THEY WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO TELL ME I COULD GO TO COLLEGE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING I HOLD VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND IS EVEN AS I SPEAK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, TO ME, I FEEL THE NERVES COURSING THROUGH MY VEINS BECAUSE RENEWAL TO ME IS MORE THAN JUST HAVING A SCHOOL OPEN. 
          IT'S HAVING THE LEGACY THAT I WAS GIVEN TO ME FROM THE SHOULDERS BEHIND ME, OR SORRY FROM THE GIANTS BEHIND ME. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M VERY NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY. 
          UM, THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR ME. 
          I CAN'T HONESTLY EVEN BEGIN TO GIVE BACK. 
          I'M A TEACHER NOW BECAUSE THEY LET ME SURVIVE. 
          THEY LET ME THRIVE. 
          THEY GAVE MY MOM, THEY GAVE ME EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT NOW. 
          AS I WAS WRITING THIS YESTERDAY, I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT NOW. 
          I WAS GETTING VERY EMOTIONAL JUST AS I AM NOW, AND I WAS THINKING, LET ME KEEP IT LOGICAL. 
          LET ME KEEP IT ABOUT THE FACTS. 
          LET ME KEEP IT ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE ON PAPER. 
          BUT WHAT I IMPLORE YOU TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK DEEP DOWN INSIDE AND KNOW THAT FOR EVERY CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S HERE PETITIONING, THEY HAVE STUDENTS LIKE ME THAT GROW UP INTO FULL ADULTS LOOKING TO GIVE BACK. 
          THAT IS THE POWER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER MILLER. 
          HELLO, I'M JENNIFER MILLER. 
          I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME TO ONE OF OUR AMAZING PARENTS. 
          THIS IS JASMINE, DIRECTOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. 
          LIKE SHE SAID, MY NAME IS JASMINE GONZALEZ AND DIRECTOR. 
          UM, I AM A PROUD MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND FENTON. 
          AS A PARENT, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I WANT FOR MY CHILDREN ARE FOR THEM TO FEEL SUPPORTED, SAFE, AND SURROUNDED BY GREAT TEACHERS. 
          I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW FENTON HAS HELPED MY CHILDREN GROW NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO GAIN CONFIDENCE, BECOME STRONGER AND INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS. 
          WHAT HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME IS KNOWING THAT THE STAFF HAVE MEANT TO KNOW MY CHILDREN AND UNDERSTAND THEIR STRENGTHS, THEIR CHALLENGES, AND GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FUTURE. 
          AS A PARENT, WE KNOW THAT EVERY FAMILY IS DIFFERENT. 
          FAMILIES FACE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES, HEALTHCARE CONCERNS, CHANGES AT HOME, 
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HOUSING INSTABILITY, WORK SCHEDULES, AND SOME FAMILIES. 
          CONCERNS RELATE TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EVEN WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE US CITIZENS. 
          THESE REALITIES MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR SOME STUDENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY TO SUCCEED IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING. 
          THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT FENTON IS IMPORTANT. 
          FON PROVIDES FAMILY WITH HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION WHILE ALSO OFFERING SUPPORT FLEXIBILITIES STRONG TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE IN BOTH THE CLASSROOM AND ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES. 
          I BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES AN EDUCATION, AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN FEEL SUCCESSFUL, SUPPORTED, AND VALUED. 
          I'M A PROUD, I'M PROUD TO BE A FENTON PARENT, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT FENTON HAS MADE TO THE CHILDREN AND TO THE FAMILIES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF FENTON AND RECOGNIZE THE EXTENT THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES. 
          FENTON GIVES STUDENTS ANOTHER PATHWAY TO SUCCESS, AND I BELIEVE THE OPPORTUNITY SHOULD COME AND CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION FOR OUR RENEWAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, MICHAEL GARNER. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL GARNER. 
          I YIELD MY TIME TO REBECCA. 
          HI SINI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT SHADE. 
          MY NAME IS REBECCA HINI AND I AM AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT AT ANIMA JACKIE ROBINSON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WHAT MAKES OUR SCHOOL SPECIAL IS HOW PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND WANT TO SEE YOU SUCCEED. 
          OUR TEACHERS ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORT WHETHER AFTER SCHOOL OR DURING OUR OFFICE HOURS. 
          THAT SUPPORT HAS HELPED ME BECOME MORE CONFIDENT, ASKING QUESTIONS, TAKING ACADEMIC RISKS, AND SHARING MY IDEAS. 
          I'VE ALSO GROWN OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM THROUGH A SB AND LINK CREW. 
          I'VE PUSHED MYSELF OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WORK AT AS PART OF A TEAM AND BECOME SOMEONE MY COMMUNITY CAN DEPEND ON. 
          SPORTS CLUBS AND SCHOOL EVENTS HAVE ALSO MADE ME, HELPED ME FEEL LIKE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SCHOOL. 
          THOSE EXPERIENCES HAVE HELPED ME THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE I WANT FOR MYSELF. 
          I HOPE TO ATTEND UCLA AND PURSUE A CAREER IN MEDICINE. 
          AS A PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER GROWING UP, I HAVE SEEN HOW MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES AFFECT PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND HOW OFTEN THOSE STRUGGLES GO UNRE, SORRY, UNADDRESSED. 
          ONE DAY I HOPE TO OPEN A NONPROFIT OR CLINIC IN A LOW INCOME COMMUNITY WHERE I CAN PROVIDE CARE AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES WHO NEED IT THE MOST. 
          JACKIE ROBINSON HAS GIVEN ME THE SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE TO PURSUE THAT FUTURE. 
          I'VE LEARNED THAT GROWTH HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASK FOR HELP, TAKE ON A LEADERSHIP ROLE OR SIMPLY TRY SOMETHING NEW. 
          I WANT TO THANK EVERY TEACHER, COACH, COUNSELOR, AND STAFF MEMBER WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          I'M PROUD OF WHO I'M BECOMING AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT ANANI MO JACKIE ROBINSON IS PART OF MY JOURNEY. 
          FOR THESE REASONS, I'M ASKING YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND OUR SCHOOL'S RENEWAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS ARE CHRISTINA DE JESUS, UH, RICHARD PARRA, AND THEN VALERIA VALERIA AMAYA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I YIELD MY TIME TO ASA UNA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT SHADE. 
          MY NAME IS UNA AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AT ANIMA FLORENCE FIRESTONE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SINCE I STARTED SCHOOL HERE, THIS SCHOOL HAS GIVEN ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO CHALLENGE MYSELF, TRY NEW THINGS, AND PROVE WHAT I CAN DO. 
          I'M PROUD TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF MY SCHOOL. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST ABOUT ANIMAL FLORENCE FIRESTONE IS OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE AN ENERGETIC, FRIENDLY, AND WELCOMING SCHOOL. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY CLUBS, CLASSES, ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WORK TO INCLUDE EVERYONE. 
          AN EXPERIENCE THAT HELPED ME GROW WAS MY LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE CLASS. 
          WE HAD TO PERFORM MONOLOGUES IN FRONT OF OUR ENTIRE CLASS AT FIRST. 
          SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN BE INTIMIDATING, BUT EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT HAVE HELPED ME BECOME MORE CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING MYSELF. 
          I KNOW THAT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS IS A SKILL I WILL USE FAR BEYOND MIDDLE SCHOOL ANIMAL FRIENDS. 
          FIRESTONE HAS HELPED ME GROW ACADEMICALLY. 
          OUR TEACHERS OFFER AFTERSCHOOL HOURS WHERE STUDENTS CAN GET ONE-ON-ONE HELP WITH ASSIGNMENTS OR LESSONS. 
          THESE SESSIONS HAVE HELPED ME UNDERSTAND, UM, WORK, UNDERSTAND, WORK BETTER, AND KEEP MY GRADE UP. 
          I'M ALSO 
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PART OF THE ESCALANTE MATH PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED SEVENTH GRADERS, WHICH HAS CHALLENGED ME TO KEEP PUSHING MYSELF. 
          MY MOM WORKS HARD TO GIVE ME AND MY SIBLINGS THE LIFE SHE WANTS FOR US, AND I KNOW THAT SHE APPRECIATES HAVING A SCHOOL WHERE TEACHERS ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT ME AND HELP ME SUCCEED. 
          I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN ANIMAL SCIENCE. 
          FIRESTONES STAYING OPEN SO WE CAN CONTINUE GROWING TOGETHER. 
          THIS SCHOOL HAS GIVEN ME FRIENDS, OPPORTUNITIES, CONFIDENCE, AND A PLACE WHERE I CAN BE MYSELF. 
          I'M PROUD TO BE ANIMA FRIENDS FOR STUDENT AND EXCITED TO KEEP GROWING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD PARRA. 
          RICHARD P COME ON UP. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I YIELD MY TIME TO MARIA CARDENAS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA VEIL CARDENAS. 
          I STAND HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE FENTON SCHOOLS AND ALSO TO L-A-U-S-D DISTRICT FOR, UM, AUTHORIZING AND PARTNERING WITH US TO SERVICE OUR STUDENTS THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 
          I SPEAK HERE AS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER, A COMMUNITY MEMBER. 
          MOST IMPORTANT, UH, UH, AS A PARENT, I WAS BORN IN LAKEVIEW TERRACE AND GREW UP IN SUN VALLEY. 
          DURING MY YOUTH, THERE WAS VERY LIMITED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE HAD TO GO TO MAGNET SCHOOLS FOR ANYTHING DIFFERENT. 
          FORTUNATELY, NOW BOTH OF MY KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND FENTON SCHOOLS AND, UH, FENTON PRIMARY, FENTON, FENTON PRIMARY PRIMARY CENTER, FENTON, STEM, AND FENTON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HAVE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THEIR LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE. 
          ONE OF MY KIDS, UM, CAME IN WITH A IEP AND LEFT ON A 5 0 4 PLAN. 
          THEY BOTH HAVE LEARNED TO, UM, THINK TO LEARN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A, A CRITICAL WAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE ENJOYED VARIOUS, UH, SCIENCE EXPERIENCE EXPERIMENTS, UH, WITH OUR MONTHLY FENTON STEM CHALLENGES, ELOP OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, WHICH, UH, CELEBRATE MATH NIGHTS, WINTER WONDERLAND, DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, SCIENCE AND SO FORTH. 
          UM, MY LITTLE ONES, UM, HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING WITH TEACHERS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, HAVE LIVED THERE AND HAVE SPENT MOST OF, MOST OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE AT FENTON SCHOOLS, WE BELIEVE THIS IS OUR TIME OR MOMENT TO WORK TOGETHER TO LEARN TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS. 
          UH, FENTON IS A BEACON OF LIGHT. 
          UM, WE HAVE IMPACTED, UM, SUN VALLEY AND PACOIMA. 
          ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 
          WE, UH, ATTRACT MORE FAMILIES AND WE ARE HERE. 
          WE ARE A TAPESTRY OF D DIVERSITY AND ABILITIES. 
          WE BELONG HERE, WE BELONG TOGETHER, AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SERVICE OUR KIDS SO THEY CAN LEARN AT HIGH LEVELS AND WE CAN, UM, HELP OUR NEW GENERATION OF, UM, LIFELONG LEARNERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I COME TO YOU ALL TODAY TO POSE THE QUESTION WHY LOS ANGELES LEADERSHIP PRIMARY ACADEMY? MY NAME IS VALERIA AND I LIKE MANY OF THESE STUDENTS, I TOO COME FROM IMMIGRANT PARENTS FROM LOW ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS WITH ONLY A DREAM AND A BACKPACK TO CARRY IT. 
          ONCE A STUDENT AT LALA AND A UC, BERKELEY GRADUATE, THANKS TO LALA'S HELP, I NOW SUPPORT PRIMARY STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR SCHOOL'S PRESENCE IN THE NORTHEAST LA COMMUNITY. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE HER WHOLE LIFE, LOS ANGELES PRIMARY ACADEMY IS A SMALL, YET MIGHTY SCHOOL WHO MEETS THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS THROUGH ART CLASSES. 
          OUR YOUNG CREATORS HAVE AN OUTLET FOR SELF-EXPRESSION THROUGH OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS. OUR FUTURE MESSIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELF-IMPROVEMENT EVERY DAY. 
          THROUGH OUR MUSIC CLASSES, OUR LITTLE MOZARTS CAN WITNESS SELF CREATIVITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          OUR DO. 
          OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR SELF-IDENTITY TO TRANSCEND THEIR NOTEBOOKS. 
          OUR STUDENTS CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORM THE STATE AND MATH AND ELPI AND THEY STRIVE IN THE DUAL IMMERSION PROGRAM. 
          LOS ANGELES LEADERSHIP PRIMARY IS A, A PLACE OF SELF RECOGNITION WHERE EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOTICED, GUIDED, AND UPLIFTED TO BE BETTER THAN WHEN THEY ARRIVED. 
          A FUNNY STORY THAT HAPPENED TO ME, A NEW STUDENT APPROACHED ME ON THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL AND SAID, MISS VAL, I LOVE IT HERE SO MUCH. 
          AND I SAID, REALLY? YOU DO? AND SHE SAID, SO MUCH MISS. 
          I LITERALLY COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF HOW EXCITED I WAS TO COME BACK. 
          THIS PROVED TO ME AND THAT MYSELF AND LOS ANGELES LEADERSHIP PRIMARY ARE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN WHAT I HAD IMAGINED. 
          LALA'S PRIMARY NEEDS, LA LALA'S PRIMARY CHARTER NEEDS TO BE RENEWED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SERVING THE NORTHEAST LA COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL STRIVES TO CREATE CHANGE AT THE FEET OF ITS VALUED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          ONE CHILD'S EDUCATION AT A TIME. 
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EVERY SINGLE SECOND IT CAN GET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TAB 25 CHARTER PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, THE BOARD WILL BE TAKING ACTION ON THESE CHARTER PETITIONS AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING, UH, ONTO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE 
          [16. Rep-045-26/27 Unaudited Actuals Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2025-26, Multi-Year Projections and  Gann Limit Resolution - PUBLIC HEARING (Part 1 of 2)]
TAB 16 UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION COMING FROM MR. BRAVO CREAMY. 
          WE DO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MCLEAN. 
          I I'LL BRIEFLY TEE IT UP FOR MR. BRAVO KARIMI. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTATION ON THE DISTRICT'S UNAUDITED ACTUALS FOR THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THE UNAUDITED, ACTUALS, OR UAS GIVE US AN IMPORTANT YEAR END LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POSITION. 
          THEY ALLOW US TO COMPARE OUR ACTUAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AGAINST WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED AND PROVIDE US WITH A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE WE ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          AS WE BEGIN PLANNING FOR YEARS AHEAD. 
          THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          OUR EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO OUTPACE OUR REVENUES. 
          THAT IS A CHALLENGE WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT, AND IT REINFORCES THE NEED FOR US TO CONTINUE THE WORK ALREADY UNDERWAY THROUGH OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THE FSP IS OUR ROADMAP FOR ADDRESSING THESE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES, BRINGING OUR EXPENDITURES IN LINE WITH OUR ONGOING REVENUES AND PUTTING THE DISTRICT ON A MORE SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL PATH. 
          TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON WHERE WE ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR, WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL US, AND HOW THAT INFORMS THE WORK AHEAD. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CFO BRAVO CREAMY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          SO THE AGENDA FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION IS, OF COURSE, TO PROVIDE UPDATES SINCE JUNE, SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, OF COURSE, TO LOOK AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUAL FIGURES FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT IS ALL ABOUT. 
          UM, PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, UH, BACK IN JUNE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, NEXT STEPS SHOWING KIND OF THE, THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, AND DIFFERENT MILESTONES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES. 
          SO EVERY SEPTEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO GET THE BOARD TO APPROVE ITS UNAUDITED FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THIS IS A, A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, AND IT'S ALWAYS IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CLOSING OF THE BOOKS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, OR PUT ANOTHER WAY FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THESE CAN BE CONSIDERED THE FINAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FIGURES FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS, UH, THOSE UNAUDITED ACTUAL FIGURES. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE'RE BEING, WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE IS THE APPROVAL OF THAT FINANCIAL REPORT, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF THAT FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE COUNTY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ADOPTION OF THE GAN LIMIT, UH, RESOLUTION. 
          SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE IN OUR FISCAL TIMELINE. 
          YOU'LL, WE'RE NOW IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND SO THE BIG THING THAT HAPPENS EVERY SEPTEMBER IS THE UNAUDITED ACTUAL REPORT. 
          AND ALSO WHAT HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER, ALWAYS IN SEPTEMBER BY THE 15TH, IS WE RECEIVE A LETTER THAT EITHER APPROVES, CONDITIONALLY, APPROVES, OR DISAPPROVES OUR BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHILE THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT IS, IS BACKWARDS LOOKING, IT'S ABOUT LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          ALSO IN SEPTEMBER AND ALSO ON THE 15TH, WE RECEIVE, UH, THE APPROVAL LETTER FROM LACO. 
          AND WE'VE JUST RECEIVED THIS LETTER. 
          THE BOARD JUST RECEIVED IT. 
          UM, AND SO OF COURSE WE'RE REVIEWING AND, AND CAN CERTAINLY, UH, PROVIDE SOME VERY PRELIMINARY, UH, SUMMARIES OF THE LETTER. 
          BUT AS EXPECTED, LACO HAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED OUR BUDGET AND CONDITIONALLY APPROVED JUST MEANS THAT THERE ARE CONDITIONS AND THE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO MOSTLY WHAT WE'VE EXPECTED, WHICH IS REQUESTING DATA AND INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT RELATED TO ITS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN STATUTORY DATES BY WHICH THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDED, UM, AND TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR PROGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, THAT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO NO BIG SURPRISES IN IN, IN THE LETTER. 
          IT, AGAIN, IT'S A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, WHICH IS WHAT WE EXPECTED GIVEN THE VERY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING, EVEN WHEN ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A BOARD APPROVED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THE NEXT BIG FINANCIAL REPORTS COMING UP IN DECEMBER. 
          THAT'S EVERY DECEMBER WE HAVE OUR FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT THAT IS AN UPDATE TO THIS YEAR'S FINANCES AND TWO ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEARS. 
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THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THEN IN JANUARY IMPORTANTLY, WE GET THE FIRST LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE STATE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          BUDGET DEVELOPMENT IS COMING TO AN END AT OUR SCHOOLS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UH, WE COMPLETE THE AUDIT FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO ANYTIME DURING THE 12 MONTH PERIOD OF A FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE UPDATES TO LAST YEAR'S FINANCES, UPDATES TO THIS YEAR'S FINANCES AND UPDATES TO NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND FINANCES. 
          AND SO THEY ALWAYS HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN SOMETIMES, AGAIN, THEY'RE BACKWARDS LOOKING AND FORWARDS LOOKING. 
          AND THE AUDIT FOR NEXT, FOR LAST YEAR WILL BE THE FINAL, FINAL NUMBERS FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THE ONLY THING THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE BETWEEN THESE UNAUDITED ACTUAL FIGURES THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE TODAY AND THAT ARE PART OF THAT LONG REPORT IN THE BOARD MATERIALS, THE ONLY THING THAT WILL CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINAL AUDIT REPORT ARE IF THERE ARE ANY AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. 
          NOW, AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS DO HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S STILL THOUGH WHY I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY THINK OF THESE UNAUDITED ACTUALS FIGURES FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS THE FINAL NUMBERS FOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, BARRING ANY, ANY AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY HAPPEN THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS. 
          SO YOU'LL ALSO SEE HERE, UM, IN FEBRUARY, THE BOARD IS, WILL BE ASKED TO AUTHORIZE REDUCTION IN FORCE NOTICES. 
          THOSE NOTICES HAVE TO GO OUT THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH BY MARCH 15TH. 
          AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN JUNE INCLUDED VERY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS THAT WILL RESULT IN THE NEED FOR A REDUCTION IN FORCE TO BE AUTHORIZED. 
          WE ALWAYS TRY TO STRESS THAT THE, THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE CLOSED DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN DO NOT EQUATE TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT MAY BE SEPARATED FROM THE DISTRICT THAT MAY LOSE EMPLOYMENT FROM THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, THAT NUMBER IS GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN THOSE THAT ARE ULTIMATELY SEPARATED FROM THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO WE ALWAYS DO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT CLARIFICATION, UH, TO THE BOARD AND, AND THE PUBLIC IN MARCH. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THOSE REDUCTION IN FORCE NOTICES GO OUT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EVERY MARCH 2ND INTERIM, WHICH IS AGAIN, AN UPDATE TO THE CURRENT YEAR, FINANCIALS 26, 27 AND TWO ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEARS. 
          THEN IN MAY WE GET THE MAY REVISION, UH, WHICH IS AN UPDATED PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT STILL NOT THE FINAL BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR FROM THE STATE. 
          AND WE DO ALSO EXPECT IN MAY TO GET FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD ON THE FINAL, THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE FINAL, UM, REDUCTION IN FORCE NOTICES. 
          AND THEN IN JUNE, AS ALWAYS, WE ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO FIRST I WANNA GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON CURRENT YEAR ENROLLMENT AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO WHAT WAS PROJECTED OR FORECAST FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE STARTING WITH THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS COULD HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES. 
          AND THIS IS NOT REFLECTED IN ANY OF THE FINANCIAL FIGURES THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED TO REFLECT, UH, BY DECEMBER AT OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT. 
          SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE TABLE, YOU'LL SEE THE CURRENT YEAR NUMBERS. 
          THE FIRST ROW SCHOOL YEAR TARGET, THAT 375,890 STUDENTS IS WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING, WHAT WE WERE FORECASTING OUR TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT WOULD BE IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          AND THAT ENROLLMENT PROJECTION IS WHAT WE BASE OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS ON. 
          AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES, OUR REVENUE IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY OUR ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE THE RATES THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO WE WERE PROJECTING 375, ALMOST 376,000 STUDENTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL THE PROGRESSION FROM WEEK ONE ALL TO WEEK FIVE. 
          WEEK FIVE WAS LAST WEEK, THE END OF LAST WEEK. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN WEEK ONE WE HAD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN PROJECTED AND THAT NUMBER HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED SINCE WEEK ONE. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE TABLE, A PRETTY SIMILAR PATTERN WHERE ENROLLMENT WAS QUITE A BIT LOWER IN WEEK ONE AND WEEK TWO AND THEN SLIGHTLY REBOUNDED. 
          BUT THEN FINALLY THE NORM DAY ENROLLMENT IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. 
          AND THAT'S THE LOST ROW YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TABLE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR NUMBERS THAT NORM DAY ENROLLMENT IS STILL TBD. 
          UM, AS OF WEEK FIVE LAST WEEK, OUR TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT, WHICH INCLUDES OUR SPECIAL DAY CLASS ENROLLMENT AS WELL, UH, WAS ABOUT 2300 STUDENTS SMALLER, LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT A 0.63 PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER THAN WHAT WAS FORECAST. 
          THIS IS NOT HOW MUCH LOWER IT IS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S LOWER COMPARED TO WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          NOW NORM DAY, THE TBD THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, THE REASON WHY THE WEEK FIVE NUMBER IS NOT FINAL IS THERE'S STILL ALL THIS DATA VALIDATION THAT HAPPENS. 
          THERE'S STILL STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT COME TO SCHOOL FOR LET'S SAY UP TO TWO WEEKS THAT STILL NEED TO BE 
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ADJUSTED. 
          AND SO WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN FROM WEEK FIVE TO THOSE FINAL NORM DAY FIGURES IS FOR THE ENROLLMENT COUNT TO BE LOWER THAN IN WEEK FIVE. 
          AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR REVENUE IS THAT ONE, OUR REVENUE WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING WHAT'S REFLECTED CURRENTLY IN OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          AND FOR EVERY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT, THE VALUE IN TERMS OF OUR LCFF REVENUE OR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA REVENUE, IT'S ABOUT $60 MILLION. 
          AND SO MORE TO COME ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR, FOR, FOR OUR, OUR OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, THE REVENUES IN OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, BUT CERTAINLY IT WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED. 
          AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT IS BUILT INTO OUR FINANCIALS THAT WAS NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. 
          OKAY? I THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCOURSE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU TODAY IS OUR 25 26 NUMBERS, WHICH ARE NOT PROJECTIONS, THEY'RE ACTUAL RESULTS. 
          BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT WAS NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH AND THAT THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH WILL RESULT IN A DOWNWARD REVISION IN OUR REVENUES. 
          OKAY? AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ASSUMING A PRETTY LARGE YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OF ALMOST 3.4%, THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR, THE ACTUAL YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINE IS, IS EVEN WORSE THAN THAT OVER, OVER A 4% YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINE. 
          ALRIGHT? SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHTS ON UNAUDITED ACTUAL. 
          SOME OF THE SLIDES HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THEM. 
          I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THEM RATHER QUICKLY, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED THEM IN THE SLIDES 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT THEY WERE BENEFICIAL FOR THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FINANCES. 
          SO AS OF AN AUDITED ACTUALS, THE LAST YEAR'S FINANCIALS REMAIN LARGELY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING BACK IN JUNE. 
          IN JUNE, WE REFER TO THEM AS OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS. 
          ESTIMATED ACTUALS ARE JUST THE PROJECTIONS FOR EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND NOW OF COURSE, WE HAVE A FEW MONTHS MORE OF DATA. 
          WE HAVE ALL OF THE DATA FOR, FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND AS A PERCENTAGE, THE CHANGES ARE RELATIVELY SMALL, OKAY? THE CHANGES AS A PERCENTAGE, THOSE VARIANCES ARE RELATIVELY SMALL. 
          AND SO THE BIG PICTURE ABOUT HOW LAST YEAR WENT IS, IS LARGELY UNCHANGED. 
          AND SO OUR TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES DECREASED SLIGHTLY WITHIN OUR OPERATING FUNDS. 
          THE 25 26 EXPENDITURES HAVE DECREASED BUT REMAINED HIGHER THAN THE REVENUES, MEANING THAT WE STILL HAVE THOSE OPERATING DEFICITS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED. 
          AND OVERALL, IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT OF THOSE CHANGES, THOSE FINAL ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, OUR UNASSIGNED UNRESTRICTED ENDING BALANCES FOR LAST YEAR ARE $62 MILLION LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING IN JUNE. 
          SO JUST LIKE I SAID FOR THE ENROLLMENT, THIS IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE THOSE PROJECTIONS TURNED OUT TO BE NOT CONSERVATIVE. 
          AND WHERE THE FINAL RESULT IS A LITTLE BIT WORSE AS A PERCENTAGE, $62 MILLION IS NOT A HUGE PERCENTAGE WHEN WE HAVE A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. 
          BUT THIS IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE, WHERE THINGS HAVE NOT TURNED OUT BETTER SINCE THE LAST TIME WE REVIEWED THESE FINANCES. 
          AND SO I JUST NEED TO STRESS OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS, LARGELY BECAUSE OF, UH, INCREDIBLE INFLUX OF COVID RELATED FUNDS, RECORD HIGH LEVELS OF STATE FUNDING, WE SAW IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT'S FORECASTED NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE SAW THEM GET BETTER FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, DECEMBER TO MARCH. 
          AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THAT PATTERN DID NOT HOLD. 
          OKAY? SO THE NUMBERS HAVE SLIGHTLY DETERIORATED SINCE JUNE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT WARNING THAT WE SHOULDN'T COUNT ON THE NUMBERS IMPROVING EVERY TIME WE UPDATE THEM MOVING FORWARD, OKAY? WHILE THAT'S BEEN OUR RECENT HISTORY, AND THERE WERE REALLY SPECIFIC REASONS WHY THAT HAPPENED, WE CANNOT COUNT ON THAT HAPPENING EACH TIME WE UPDATE THESE FIGURES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, OUR, OUR CEA CALCULATION, THAT DIRECT CLASSROOM EXPENDITURE, UH, CALCULATION, THAT 55% REQUIREMENT IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 24 25. 
          AND IT DOES STILL REMAIN JUST BELOW THE 55% REQUIREMENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          I DID MENTION BACK IN JUNE WHEN THE LABOR AGREEMENTS WERE BEING APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THAT THE DETAILS OF THOSE LABOR AGREEMENTS WERE GOING TO ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO COMPLY WITH THE DIRECT CLASSROOM EXPENDITURES. 
          THE TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THAT ARE, UH, THE LABOR AGREEMENTS INCLUDED A LOT OF CLASS, UH, POSITIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PROVIDING VERY IMPORTANT SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS. 
          AND THE OTHER REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENTIATED SALARY INCREASES FOR CLASSIFIED VERSUS CERTIFICATED. 
          UM, THOSE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE, ARE LARGELY OUT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM 
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OUTSIDE OF THIS 55%. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO QUICK OVERVIEW. 
          WE'VE SHOWN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. 
          THESE ARE THE FINAL REVENUE NUMBERS FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS IN YELLOW THERE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE OPERATING FUNDS. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR, WE HIGHLIGHT GENERAL FUND. 
          HERE'S A PIE CHART, JUST SHOWING THOSE TOTAL REVENUES BY FUND, TOTAL REVENUES BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $16.7 BILLION ACROSS ALL OF THESE FUNDS AND TOTAL EXPENDITURES ACROSS THESE SAME FUNDS. 
          UH, ALMOST $18.4 BILLION. 
          SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE FUNDS, THE LARGEST OF COURSE BEING GENERAL FUND, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER EXPENDITURES THAN WE HAD IN REVENUES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THAT OPERATING DEFICIT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          SO THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES, I WANNA PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT GENERAL FUND, TOTAL GENERAL FUND, GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED. 
          WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME OF THE OPERATING FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON, UH, AS A RESULT OF VERY CHALLENGING FINANCIAL OUTLOOKS FOR THOSE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS AS WELL. 
          STARTING WITH UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE SINCE JUNE TO NOW ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, INCREASED SALARY AND BENEFIT UTILITY AND STIPEND EXPENDITURES THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING BACK IN JUNE. 
          AND THEN SLIGHTLY LOWER SPENDING ON CONTRACTS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS COMPARED TO JUNE IN TERMS OF OUR RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, UH, LOWER SPENDING ON ELOP THAN PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED, AS WELL AS LOWER SPENDING ON KITCHEN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THOSE ARE FUNDED BY CERTAIN RESTRICTED GRANTS FOR THAT EXPRESS PURPOSE. 
          UM, AND INCREASED EXPENDITURES IN OTHER VARIOUS RESTRICTED PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE AGAIN FUNDED BY, BY SPECIFIC GRANTS IN THE ADULT ED FUND. 
          INCREASED SALARY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL EXPENDITURES AND SLIGHTLY LOWER CONTRACT EXPENDITURES, AS WELL AS LOWER HEALTH AND WELFARE RELATED EXPENDITURES IN THE ADULT FUND. 
          AND THEN FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CAFETERIA FUND, UH, DECREASED, UH, SPENDING ON HEALTH AND WELFARE. 
          AND THEN THE CAFETERIA FUND DECREASED FOOD AND CONTRACT EXPENDITURES. 
          I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A LOT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO THIS SHOWS A GRAPH THAT WE'VE SHOWN A FEW TIMES BEFORE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO STAY CONSISTENT IN THE COLORING OF THESE GRAPHS. 
          WE HAVE OUR REVENUES IN BLUE AND OUR EXPENDITURES IN ORANGE. 
          AND IN THAT KIND OF DOTTED GREEN LINE, YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS. 
          AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT THIS IS VERY LITTLE UNCHANGED. 
          THIS IS THESE, THIS PHENOMENON OF OPERATING DEFICITS WHERE WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN IS NOT CHANGED FROM JUNE TO NOW. 
          IT'S NOT CHANGED FROM SECOND INTERIM TO NOW. 
          IT'S NOT CHANGED FROM FIRST INTERIM TO NOW. 
          THIS IS THE RESULT THAT WE'VE BEEN PROJECTING, AND THIS IS THE RESULT THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE, THESE FINAL FIGURES. 
          SO IN OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AGAIN, NOT A PROJECTION, THESE ARE BASED ON THE ACTUAL REVENUES AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR IN THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, OVER $1.1 BILLION OPERATING DEFICIT. 
          PUT ANOTHER WAY. 
          WE SPENT OVER $1.1 BILLION, $1.1 BILLION MORE THAN WE HAD IN REVENUES. 
          THAT DEFICIT SPENDING IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHILE WE HAVE RESERVES. 
          AND THE VERY SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING AS A DISTRICT IS THAT THOSE RESERVES ARE BEING DEPLETED VERY QUICKLY. 
          AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY BEING DEPLETED, BUT THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA GO NEGATIVE. 
          AND WE CAN'T HAVE NEGATIVE BALANCES AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT IS WHY WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS, TWO DIFFERENT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLANS, RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN OPERATING DEFICIT OF OVER $200 MILLION, THE ADULT EDUCATION FUND, CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, AND CAFETERIA FUND. 
          ALL THREE OF THOSE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS ALSO HAD OPERATING DEFICITS SPENT MORE THAN WE BROUGHT IN. 
          AND JUST LIKE IN THE GENERAL FUND, THAT'S ONLY POSSIBLE WHILE WE HAVE, UH, RESERVES. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT THIS IS JUST TRYING TO SHOW HOW PROJECTIONS FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR CHANGED FROM WHEN THE BUDGET FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR WAS ADOPTED LAST JUNE TO THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR IN DECEMBER TO THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT IN MARCH TO THE ESTIMATED ACTUALS IN JUNE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN SEPTEMBER WITH THOSE, UH, FINAL NUMBERS, THE UNAUDITED ACTUAL FIGURES. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE THE EXPENDITURES FOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          YOU'LL SEE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, KIND OF HOW IT CHANGED FROM, UH, THE ADOPTION OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET ALL THE WAY TO TODAY. 
          YOU'LL SEE OBVIOUSLY ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF, OF THOSE LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED. 
          UM, IN, UH, JUNE. 
          NEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, 
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AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIMILAR KIND OF PROGRESSION OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME FROM WHEN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, THE PREVIOUS JUNE, ALL THE WAY TO TODAY. 
          BUT HERE YOU'LL SEE OUR BEGINNING BALANCES, REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, UH, ALL OTHER ENDING BALANCES, AND THEN FINALLY, OUR UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCES. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A SIMILAR PROJECTION, UH, NOT IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES, NOT HUGE VARIANCES FROM WHAT THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED TO, ESTIMATED ACTUALS, UH, SORRY, FROM, FROM THIS PROGRESSION IN TIME. 
          UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE A HUGE INCREASE OBVIOUSLY IN THE EXPENDITURES, UH, NOT AS, UH, AND THEN ALSO CHANGES IN REVENUES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON OUR ENDING BALANCES. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOT LOOK AT HOW LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ALSO HOW THE BEGINNING BALANCE RESULTED IN A LOWER ENDING BALANCE. 
          AND THAT'S THE OPERATING DEFICIT. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE BE WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED. 
          WE STARTED THAT SCHOOL YEAR, THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH $3.4 BILLION OF BEGINNING BALANCES. 
          BY THE END, UH, IT WAS, UH, THE UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCES ALONE WERE ONLY, UH, 1.6 UH, BILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF A EVIDENCE OF THAT DEFICIT SPENDING THAT I MENTIONED A FEW TIMES. 
          NEXT ARE SIMILAR FIGURES, BUT SHOWING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, THE ONE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN JUNE FSP TWO IS INCORPORATED IN OUR GENERAL FUNDS. 
          THIS IS TOTAL GENERAL FUND. 
          AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ESPECIALLY WHAT THOSE RED NUMBERS MEAN. 
          THOSE RED NUMBERS ARE THE OPERATING DEFICITS IN EACH OF THESE FISCAL YEARS FOR THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THE FIRST COLUMN, 25 26, YOU'LL SEE WE WITH THOSE FINAL NUMBERS FOR LAST YEAR, A LITTLE BIT OVER A $1.3 BILLION DEFICIT, MEANING WE SPENT $1.3 BILLION MORE THAN WE HAD IN REVENUE FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE'RE PROJECTING AN ALMOST $1.4 BILLION DEFICIT. 
          AND THEN WHEN THE SECOND FSP, THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED AND AMEND, AMENDED AND APPROVED BACK IN JUNE, UM, WAS LARGELY IDENTIFYING REDUCTIONS FOR 27, 28, 28, 29. 
          SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE FOR BOTH 27, 28, 28, 8 29, AND THAT RED FIGURE, THOSE RED FIGURES, AGAIN, IS A MUCH SMALLER DEFICIT THAN WHAT WE HAD IN THE ACTUAL FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR. 
          WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, SO MUCH SMALLER DEFICITS, MEANING WE ARE STILL DEFICIT SPENDING, WE'RE STILL PROJECTED TO DEFICIT SPEND, BUT BY A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT. 
          UM, NOW THIS EVEN THIS IS, IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. 
          THIS SLOWS THE DEPLETION OF OUR RESERVES IF WE DID, COMPARED TO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN FSP. 
          BUT IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THAT TREND. 
          COME JUNE AT THE LATEST, WE'LL BE INTRODUCING THE 29 30 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT VERY MATERIALLY CHANGES IN THESE PROJECTIONS, WE WILL HAVE A PROJECTED NEGATIVE RESERVE, A NEGATIVE BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE IN THE 29 30 YEAR. 
          AND SO EVENTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE FSP WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN SIZE, VERY SIGNIFICANT IN THE REDUCTIONS THAT, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN, UM, THEY MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. 
          ONCE WE GET PAST, UH, THIS CURRENT THREE YEAR PERIOD, THE FSP WAS SUFFICIENT ONLY TO PREVENT A NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE IN THAT THIRD YEAR, BUT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL SPENDING MORE, UH, THAN WE BRING IN. 
          OKAY? SO THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UH, IN JUNE, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN WAS APPROVED. 
          UH, IT WAS AMENDED. 
          THERE WERE TWO AMENDMENTS AND IT WAS APPROVED, UH, BACK IN JUNE. 
          A COUPLE IMPORTANT UPDATES FROM JUNE TO TODAY. 
          FIRST IS THE, THERE WERE REVENUES INCLUDED IN THAT, IN THAT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IN THAT FSP. 
          AND WE WERE INCLUDING ESTIMATES BEFORE THE STATE HAD ENACTED ITS FINAL BUDGET. 
          SO WE HAD INFORMATION, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, WHEN WE WERE PROJECTING REVENUES THAT WERE GONNA BE HIGHER THAN BEFORE FOR THE, FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THE, THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION WAS GOING TO ULTIMATELY INCLUDE ONCE THESE REVENUES WERE FINALIZED, A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER REVENUE THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND WHILE THAT'S STILL THE CASE, WHILE IT'S STILL THE CASE THAT THE FINAL STATE BUDGET RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE REVENUE THAN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATING, ONCE WE DO THE FINAL CALCULATIONS WITH ALL THE LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE THAT'S RELEASED BY THE STATE, UM, WE DO UPDATE, WE DO HAVE TO UPDATE THOSE ESTIMATES, AND THEY ARE LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING BACK IN JUNE. 
          AND IN TOTAL ACROSS THE THREE YEARS CUMULATIVELY, UH, THOSE REVENUE ESTIMATES ARE $128 MILLION LOWER THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED BACK IN IN JUNE. 
          SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN UPDATED, BUT, BUT A MUCH SMALLER FINANCIAL IMPACT IS THE, THE SAVINGS FROM CONTRIBUTING 
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ZERO INTO OUR OPE TRUST. 
          THIS IS THE TRUST TO, FOR OUR RETIREE HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS. 
          UM, BACK IN, IN JUNE, WE HAD ESTIMATES ON HOW MUCH THAT WOULD SAVE THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, NOW WITH UPDATED FINANCIAL FIGURES, WE HAVE UPDATED THOSE ESTIMATED SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, AND THEY'RE IN TOTAL OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD, ABOUT $10 MILLION LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING BACK IN JUNE. 
          SO TAKEN TOGETHER THOSE TWO CHANGES RESULT IN $138 MILLION, UH, REDUCED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO THE FSP IS $138 MILLION SMALLER THAN WE WERE PROJECTING BACK IN JUNE, JUST BY VIRTUE OF UPDATED CALCULATIONS. 
          OKAY? NO CHANGE IN BOARD ACTION. 
          UH, NO CHANGE REQUIRED BY BY COUNTY OVERSIGHT JUST BASED ON UPDATED ESTIMATES WITH UPDATED INFORMATION. 
          THE FSP IS IS SMALLER. 
          AND SO HERE YOU'LL SEE AS WE OFTEN SHOW THE UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCES, THE MOST IMPORTANT ENDING BALANCES. 
          UH, THE REASON WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT'S THE, THEY'RE THE RESERVES THAT CAN BE SPENT ON ANY EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. 
          THEY'RE THE ENDING BALANCES THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN MEET OUR LEGAL RESERVE REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, THEY ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THE ENDING BALANCES THAT, THAT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE PAY, UH, VERY, VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO. 
          SO AS YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN JUNE BEFORE THE UP THE SECOND FSP WAS, WAS APPROVED, WE WERE PROJECTING A NEGATIVE $3.6 BILLION NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR, AND ALSO A $1.3 BILLION PROJECTED NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE BY THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          IN THE GREEN, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE JUNE FSP, AGAIN, WE JUST SHOWED YOU HOW IT'S BEEN UPDATED, BUT BACK IN JUNE BEFORE THAT UPDATE, THAT FSP WOULD'VE RESULTED IN BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR, THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR, A POSITIVE UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCE OF $64 MILLION. 
          NOW, AS OF TODAY, AS OF SEPTEMBER, WITH ALL OF THE UPDATES TO LAST YEAR'S, UH, NUMBERS, WHICH I MENTIONED ARE, ARE WORSE THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING BACK IN JUNE, AS WELL AS THE FSP BEING SMALLER, UM, WE ARE STILL POSITIVE BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT BY JUST $5 MILLION. 
          OKAY? SO WHEN I TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THE FSP IS SMALLER BECAUSE OF THOSE UPDATED ESTIMATES, I TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THEIR CHANGES AS A RESULT OF UPDATED FIGURES WE GOT FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE STILL POSITIVE $5 MILLION, BUT THAT IS A RAZOR THIN MARGIN. 
          NOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE REVENUE IMPACT, THE NEGATIVE REVENUE IMPACT OF ENROLLMENT BEING LOWER THIS YEAR THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING PREVIOUSLY IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THESE FIGURES. 
          AND ONCE THEY ARE, UH, THEY WOULD, UH, VERY LIKELY PUT US INTO A NEGATIVE PROJECTED ENDING BALANCE BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO I'M GONNA COVER, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE FIGURES HERE, BUT I'LL JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS. 
          NOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS GO INTO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO. 
          AND THE REASON WHY IS BACK IN JUNE, WE, WE SHARED THAT TWO OF THE THREE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS, SO THE OTHER THREE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS MEAN INCLUDE THE ADULT EDUCATION FUND, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, THE CAFETERIA FUND, THAT THE CAFETERIA FUND AND THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND WERE PROJECTED TO GO NEGATIVE BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR. 
          AND THAT WAS LARGELY BECAUSE ONCE WE REFLECTED THE, THE COST OF THE BOARD APPROVED LABOR AGREEMENTS, UH, THE PROJECTED EXPENDITURES ROSE VERY SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          SO ON THE ADULT ED FUND, THE PROJECTED BALANCES ARE STILL, UH, PROJECTED TO BE POSITIVE BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR. 
          OKAY? SO EVEN THOUGH THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE KNOWN INFORMATION ABOUT ADULT EDUCATION FUND ON BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, JUST LIKE IN JUNE, WE ARE STILL PROJECTED TO BE, UH, ENDING THE THIRD YEAR, THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR WITH POSITIVE, UH, ENDING BALANCES. 
          THE CAFETERIA FUND, UH, SIMILARLY IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO HAVE POSITIVE ENDING BALANCES BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR. 
          THIS IS A, AN IMPROVEMENT FROM JUNE. 
          IN JUNE, WE WERE PROJECTING THAT THE CAFETERIA FUND WOULD BE NEGATIVE BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE. 
          SO THAT'S SOME MODEST GOOD NEWS FOR THE CAFETERIA FUND. 
          NOW, IT'S STILL GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT WE IDENTIFY, UH, REDUCTIONS AND ALSO INCREASED REVENUES, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH HIGHER PARTICIPATION IN NOT JUST ALL OF OUR MEAL PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          UM, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE NO LONGER PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR. 
          NOW, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND IS STILL PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE DURING THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION PERIOD. 
          SO NOT JUST NEGATIVE BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR, BUT ALSO NEGATIVE BY THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR, THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          NOW, LIKE THE CAFETERIA FUND, 
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THERE IS ALL A MODEST IMPROVEMENT. 
          UH, I THINK BACK IN JUNE WE WERE, UH, PROJECTING, UH, ABOUT $136 MILLION NEGATIVE ENDING BALANCE BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UH, NOW IT'S $125 MILLION IN THOSE, UH, RESTRICTED ENDING BALANCES HERE. 
          UH, SO A MODEST IMPROVEMENT, BUT, UH, STILL SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THIS CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH ARE OUR PRE-K UH, PROGRAMS. SO I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, THE CEA CALCULATION, AGAIN, THE 55% DIRECT CLASSROOM EXPENDITURE CALCULATION YOU'LL SEE THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM. 
          UH, BASED ON THE UNAUDITED ACTUAL FIGURES, UH, WE ARE ESTIMATING, UH, ABOUT 54.5% PRELIMINARY RATIO. 
          UM, AND IT'S ABOUT 0.02% PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN THE CEA RATIO FOR THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OKAY? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN A RECURRING CHALLENGE FOR NOT JUST LUSD, BUT ABOUT A THIRD OF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS STATEWIDE ARE ALSO BELOW THE 55% PERCENTAGE. 
          DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS, IT WAS LARGELY BECAUSE OF SUCH A LARGE SHARE OF PANDEMIC FUNDING WAS BEING USED TO PAY FOR INTERVENTIONS AND THE SAFE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS. 
          THAT'S ALL HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. 
          UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN DISTRICTS LIKE OURS MAINTAIN MANY OF THOSE SAME PROGRAMS AND, AND, AND INVESTMENTS, THEN WE SEE THAT HAVING, UH, AN IMPACT ON THIS, THIS 55% CALCULATION. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AGAIN, THOSE LABOR AGREEMENTS ALSO, ALL THINGS EQUAL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO, TO COMPLY WITH THIS CALCULATION. 
          SO AS WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH WE SUBMIT A WAIVER REQUEST TO THE COUNTY. 
          SO MORE, MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE ON, ON THAT. 
          OKAY, SO I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE FSP WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD IN JUNE. 
          AND AS YOU REMEMBER, THERE WERE TWO AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE APPROVAL OF THAT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS KIND OF SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE. 
          UH, SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO CHANGES TO THE FSP THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT AMENDMENT, UH, THIS WAS THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED, UH, BY BOARD MEMBER EZ, OF COURSE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY INCLUDED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IN ADDITION TO MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ITSELF. 
          IT ALSO ASKS STAFF IN THAT KIND OF MIDDLE SUB-BULLET TO COME FORWARD BACK IN SEPTEMBER WITH A PLAN TO RESTORE AN ADDITIONAL $25 MILLION TO THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN TO BSAP, UH, BASED ON ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE AS WELL AS FINAL SPEND DATA FOR 25 26. 
          AND DOING SO WOULD BRING THE BSAP BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR FOR 27 28 FROM A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO JUST TO REMIND FOLKS, THE AMENDMENT FROM JUNE, THIS AMENDMENT FROM JUNE, UH, RESTORED ABOUT $50 MILLION IN BSAP FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN THE, UH, FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, BRINGING THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO $75 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THE AMENDMENT INCLUDED THIS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. 
          AND SO THE REASON WHY YOU SEE THAT BOLDED LANGUAGE THERE, THE BASED ON ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE AND FINAL SPEND DATA, IS BECAUSE I THINK AS WE'VE SHOWN OVER THE PREVIOUS, UH, SEVERAL SLIDES, THAT NOT ONLY DID WE NOT UNFORTUNATELY GET ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE, BUT IN FACT THE UPDATED ESTIMATES FOR HOW MUCH MORE REVENUE WE WERE, WERE GETTING FROM THE FINAL STATE BUDGET IS, IS QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING BACK IN, IN MAY AND IN JUNE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE FINAL SPEND DATA FOR 25 26 ALSO DID NOT RESULT IN ANY GOOD NEWS, DID NOT RESULT IN BALANCES BEING HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING BACK IN JUNE. 
          AND IN FACT, THOSE ENDING BALANCES ARE PROJECTED OR NOT PROJECTED. 
          THOSE FINAL ENDING BALANCES ARE, ARE IN FACT LOWER. 
          SO THAT FISCAL, THE, THE GRAPH THAT I SHOWED EARLIER, THAT MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION GRAPH THAT SHOWED THE POSITIVE $5 MILLION, UH, BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR, UH, DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF $25 MILLION. 
          IF AN ADDITIONAL $25 MILLION WERE TO BE ALLOCATED FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, UH, THAT WOULD RESULT IN THAT THIRD YEAR ENDING BALANCE GOING FROM A BARELY POSITIVE $5 MILLION TO A NEGATIVE $20 MILLION ONCE THE IMPACT OF ENROLLMENT BEING LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED IS, IS ALSO REFLECTED, UH, THAN THAT NEGATIVE BALANCE WOULD GO NEGATIVE. 
          EVEN, UH, FURTHER IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, I, I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH UPDATED FINANCIALS IN DECEMBER. 
          UM, THERE MAY BE OTHER UPDATES AS A RESULT OF THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE JUST GOT THAT LETTER TODAY, THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          UH, WE MAY BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOLS ENDS IN, IN THE END OF JANUARY, BUT EVEN THE END OF JANUARY IS NOT THE LAST TIME WHERE POTENTIAL CHANGES COULD BE MADE TO ALLOCATION LEVELS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UM, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IS ULTIMATELY APPROVED IN, IN IN JUNE. 
          UM, NOW I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO CHANGE WHAT'S IN THE FSP, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF, OF THAT TIMELINE THAT NOW IS NOT WHEN WE'RE MAKING FINAL DECISIONS ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT I MENTION THAT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT WE JUST SHOWED, THE UPDATED NUMBERS, RIGHT, WE JUST SHOWED THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF UPDATED ESTIMATES. 
          BUT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ALSO INCLUDES ITEMS THAT ARE NOT 100% WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S CONTROL. 
          THEY'RE NOT THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN, CAN UNILATERALLY IMPLEMENT, AND THEY REQUIRE NEGOTIATION WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS. 
          AND IF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE, ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN, IN NEGOTIATING THOSE SAVINGS, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY, UH, ALTERNATIVE REDUCTIONS, CONTINGENCY REDUCTIONS, BACKUP REDUCTIONS. 
          AND SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT NOT ONLY WILL WE NOT BE IN THE FINANCIAL POSITION TO RESTORE FUNDING, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE'LL INSTEAD HAVE TO IDENTIFY DEEPER REDUCTIONS THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SOME ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CONTEXT. 
          I MENTIONED A LOT OF THIS BEFORE, BUT AS I MENTIONED, IF A ONE PERCENTAGE, IF ENROLLMENT ENDS UP BEING ONE PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER THAN WHAT WAS FORECAST, THAT WILL HAVE OVER, OVER THE MYP PERIOD, UH, UP TO $60 MILLION OF NEGATIVE REVENUE IMPACT. 
          I MENTIONED EARLIER, LAST YEAR'S ENDING, UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCES $62 MILLION LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING BACK IN JUNE. 
          UM, THE FSP WAS LOWER BECAUSE STATE REVENUES ENDED UP BEING LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING BACK IN MAY AND JUNE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE, UH, COST INCREASES TO LEGALLY MANDATED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, NOT JUST TO NON-PUBLIC AGENCY AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO DUE PROCESS RELATED EXPENSES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE, THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NOT ONLY LAST YEAR'S SPENDING LEVELS, BUT ALSO, UH, SPENDING LEVELS THIS YEAR AND AND BEYOND. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          ALWAYS WHEN WE UPDATE OUR FINANCIALS, THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CHANGE. 
          THESE ARE THE MOST MATERIAL, THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND IT'S ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER ALSO THAT MANY OF THESE SAME THINGS COULD HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR FINANCES THAN WHAT WE'RE ALREADY REFLECTING IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          OKAY, SO THE, THE, THAT SAME AMENDMENT, UH, THAT FIRST FSP AMENDMENT, NOT ONLY DID IT, UH, UPDATE THE FSP AND ASK UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT BSAP B BE ALLOCATED INTO SHORT $25 MILLION, IT ALSO ASKS FOR, UH, AN ANALYSIS OR REVIEW OF LCFF SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION FUNDING. 
          OKAY, SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK, VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW. 
          LCFF, WE GET A BASE GRANT, WHICH IS FOR ALL STUDENTS. 
          WE GET A SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT, WHICH IS FOR ALL UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS. 
          THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE, UH, EITHER SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH LEARNERS OR FOSTER YOUTH. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO GET A CONCENTRATION GRANT THAT IS FOR ALL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MORE THAN A 55% UNDUPLICATED STUDENT POPULATION. 
          SO THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR, OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION, UH, THAT ARE UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS THAT ARE AGAIN, ARE EITHER SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, UH, ENGLISH LEARNERS OR FOSTER YOUTH, UM, AND WE'RE, AND WE ARE WELL ABOVE 55%, THEN WE GET THAT CONCENTRATION GRANT. 
          AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE OFTEN DISCUSSED TOGETHER IS BECAUSE THEY'RE MEANT TO BENEFIT, UH, IMPROVES, THEY'RE MEANT TO BE USED FOR IMPROVED SERVICES FOR THAT SAME GROUP OF STUDENTS. 
          AND AT LUSD, BECAUSE WE SERVE A VERY HIGH NEED POPULATION, UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR, OF OUR STUDENTS QUALIFY, UH, UNDER THAT CRITERIA. 
          AND SO HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          I'M GONNA, UH, GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY, BUT THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENTS ARE TO INCREASE OR IMPROVE SERVICES FOR THOSE UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THAT, THAT THAT MEANS MOST, MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE, ARE IDENTIFIED UNDER THAT CRITERIA. 
          UH, IT'S AN EQUITY BASED WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA. 
          AND I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO HOW THAT CALCULATION WORKS. 
          OVER 86% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE UNDUPLICATED. 
          SO THEY'RE EITHER ENGLISH LEARNERS OR, OR SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR ARE IN FOSTER CARE. 
          AND SO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LCFF REVENUE, HOW MUCH IS KIND OF BASE, WHICH IS FOR EVERY KIND OF, EVERY, EVERY STUDENT. 
          AND HOW MUCH IS SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION, ABOUT 4.36 BILLION IS, UH, FOR THE BASE REVENUE. 
          AND 1.56 BILLION IS, IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION 
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GRANT FUNDING, UH, COMBINED. 
          AND SO FOR, FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, OUR PROPORTIONALITY PERCENTAGE, THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, WE HAVE, IN TERMS OF THOSE IMPROVED SERVICES, UH, THE REQUIRED PERCENTAGE IS 35.8%. 
          RIGHT NOW, AS OF THE BUDGET, UH, WE ARE PLANNING TO SPEND 44%. 
          SO WHILE IN, IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIREMENT, AND FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THE REQUIRED PERCENTAGE, 50 35 0.5, WITH, UH, THE DISTRICT SPENDING BEING AT 43.4. 
          SO JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE 26, 27, THE PLANNED CONTRIBUTING SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION GRANT EXPENDITURES, CONTRIBUTING MEANING THOSE THAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING THAT ARE OUR, FOR THOSE IMPROVED SERVICES IN TOTAL IS $1.92 BILLION. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU FROM THE LCAP AND FROM OUR BUDGET DOCUMENTS. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THAT LCAP DOCUMENT. 
          AND THE FIRST QUESTION MIGHT BE, WELL, IF WE ONLY HAVE 1.56 BILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION, AGAIN, REVENUES, HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED $1.92 BILLION IN SPENDING? AND IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DEFICIT SPENDING. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PRIOR YEAR BALANCES OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION GRANT FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE TO, TO KEEP SPENDING LEVELS AT THE LEVELS THEY'VE BEEN AT. 
          UM, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THAT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT 1.92 BILLION IN EXPENDITURES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AS COMPARED TO THE 1.56 BILLION IN REVENUES, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT EVENTUALLY, UM, OVER TIME, THAT THAT WON'T, THAT WON'T, THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IS SPENT ON PERSONNEL VERSUS NON-PERSONNEL. 
          ALMOST 95% IS ON PERSONNEL, ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER 5% ON NON-PERSONNEL. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LCAP IN TOTAL, LCAP IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE CALL THOSE CONTRIBUTING GOALS AND ACTIONS, MEANING THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE PROVIDING IMPROVED SERVICES FOR UNDER UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS. 
          UH, THERE ARE OTHER GOALS AND ACTIONS IN THE LCAP AS WELL. 
          BUT 35 OF THE 84 LCAP GOAL ACTIONS ARE THOSE THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING, MEANING THOSE WHERE WE'RE DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING IMPROVED SERVICES FOR UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS. 
          OKAY? SO THIS IS, I THINK, INFORMATION THAT, THAT FOLKS ARE LARGELY AWARE OF. 
          THERE ARE THOSE FIVE GOALS, UH, WITHIN THE LCAP GOAL. 
          ONE, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE GOAL TWO, JOIN WELLNESS GOAL THREE, ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION. 
          GOAL SIX, ENGLISH LEARNER SUPPORTS. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE LCAP, AND THAT'S BY DESIGN. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE KIND OF FOR, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS, UH, A SIGNIFICANT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS THE LCAP, WHICH IS A STATE REQUIRED, UH, REPORT. 
          AND SO THAT, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF DISTRICT-WIDE PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, EARLY ED AND UT AND UNIVERSAL TK ALMOST $140 MILLION. 
          ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A SCHOOL OR REGION RESOURCE, A SCHOOL LEVEL SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING, ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A VERY SPECIFIC LCAP GOAL IN ACTION ARE PROGRAMS FOR, FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OVER $40 MILLION. 
          UM, THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES, THERE'S A LOT IN THE LCAP, OKAY? AND FOLKS ARE, ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT. 
          THE BOARD APPROVES THE LCAP EVERY, EVERY JUNE. 
          AND SO HERE WE'VE DONE A, A SUMMARY OF THE LCAP GOALS AND ACTIONS. 
          THESE ARE THOSE THAT ARE USING SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION GRANT FUNDS SPECIFICALLY, AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT EACH OF THEM ARE. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE FROM KIND OF TOP TO BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE. 
          THIS IS INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, FACILITATORS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL ARTS EDUCATION. 
          THESE ARE ITINERANT ELEMENTARY ART TEACHERS THAT ARE PROVIDED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, THEN I'M GONNA KIND OF GO TO SOME OF THE BIG ONES. 
          YOU'LL SEE SCHOOL LEVEL SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING. 
          THESE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL LITERACY AND MATH, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL AID, SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO, TO SCHOOLS. 
          THAT'S ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND EARLY ED. 
          AND, AND UTK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, $140 MILLION. 
          UH, I MENTIONED ALSO BEFORE, UH, SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THAT'S THE LAST ROW HERE, ABOUT $41.1 MILLION. 
          HERE, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, SEVERAL OTHER CONTRIBUTING, UH, GOAL AND ACTIONS IN THE CORRESPONDING BUDGET EXPENDITURES. 
          YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL ITEMS RELATED TO SE THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, UM, THAT ARE PART OF THE LCAP AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION GRANT FUNDS. 
          AND THEN ON THE LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE HERE SOME OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, $87 MILLION ADDITIONAL SE ALLOCATION HERE, UH, AND THEN THE $49 MILLION. 
          SO THE SEMI TOTAL ALLOCATION YOU'LL REMEMBER FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WAS $601 MILLION. 
          AND THE WAY IT SHOWS UP IN THE LCAP IS THEY'RE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DIFFERENT, THAT AMOUNT IN TOTAL IS, IS, UH, WITHIN THESE DIFFERENT GOALS AND ACTIONS, UH, IN THE LCAP AND FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
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SO ONE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY IS YOU'LL SEE THAT MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PROVIDING IMPROVED SERVICES FOR UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS ARE ALSO THINGS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS BY RULE. 
          AND SO, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS MANY OF THE CLASS SIZE REDUCTION TEACHERS THAT ARE IN OUR, MANY OF OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A A BIT IN JUNE, NOT SO MUCH IN THE CONTEXT OF SUPPLEMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION GRANT FUNDINGS, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED THAT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, ABOUT 40% OF GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED IS USED FOR POSITIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS. 
          MEANING THAT THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED WITHOUT NEGOTIATIONS, WITHOUT SETTLING NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S 40% ARE IN OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS. 
          AND THERE'S A SIMILAR PHENOMENON EVEN IN MANY OF THE THINGS HERE. 
          SO THINGS CAN BE BOTH SUPPLEMENTAL AND PROVIDING, UH, IMPROVED SERVICES FOR UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS, AND ALSO BE THINGS THAT ARE CAPTURED IN, IN MANY OF OUR LABOR AGREEMENTS, WHICH IS WHY THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ENDED UP MAKING REDUCTIONS TO MOSTLY THINGS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE NEGOTIATION WITH THOSE TWO BIG EXCEPTIONS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          UM, THERE JUST ARE NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE THE KIND OF REDUCTIONS IN SIZE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. 
          THERE AREN'T A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          THIS IS FSP TWO, FSP ONE ALREADY MADE VERY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS. 
          AND EVEN FSP ONE INCLUDED SOME VERY DIFFICULT REDUCTIONS THAT HAD IMPACTS ON SCHOOLS. 
          SO THE REASON WHY FSP TWO INCLUDED SUCH VERY DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL REDUCTIONS IS BECAUSE, AND WHY IT'S SUCH A KITCHEN SINK APPROACH, WHY BASICALLY EVERY ASPECT OF THE DISTRICT BUDGET IS INCLUDED IN THAT FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, IS BECAUSE THE OPTIONS ARE, ARE SO LIMITED. 
          OKAY? SO IN, IN CONCLUSION, AGAIN, THE THING THAT IS, UH, BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY FOR ITS APPROVAL IS THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT, AUTHORIZATION OF SUBMISSION OF THAT REPORT TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN, UH, IS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE ADOPTION OF, UH, THE GA LIMIT, UH, RESOLUTION. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE TIMELINE AGAIN, AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT TO COME IN IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          AND I'LL STOP THERE. 
          SO SINCE THE DISCUSSION IS RELATIVE TO THIS AND THE TAB THAT IS BEFORE US, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO BRING ITEM MOVED BY SECOND MURSEN, SECOND BY DR. 
          EVAS? EVAS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTIONS. 
          WHERE DO WE START? , SHALL WE START WITH YOU? NO, DON'T START WITH YOU. 
          , KELLY'S, WHOEVER'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          KELLY, TAKING THE MINT OUT OF MY MOUTH. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MR. BRAVO. 
          CREAMY. 
          I, YOU, UH, YOU HAVE A CHALLENGING JOB IN THAT YOU ARE OFTEN DELIVERING, UH, DIFFICULT NEWS. 
          SO, UH, JUST APPRECIATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT IN FOLLOWING UP ON THE AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT TO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS FOLLOWED THROUGH ON, AND THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR SUPPLEMENTAL AND CONCENTRATION FUNDS. 
          I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES AROUND, YOU KNOW, FUNDS IN CALIFORNIA ARE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR OUR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS, I THINK TO, TO SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT CAN LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS LATEST ROUND OF THE FSP THAT SUPPORTS FOR OUR HIGHEST NEEDS, STUDENTS ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. 
          AND HOW CAN THOSE TWO REALITIES COEXIST? SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UM, JUST TAKE A MAGNIFYING GLASS, UH, TO THOSE EXPENDITURES AND REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW, HOW ARE WE SERVING OUR STUDENTS WITH THOSE, THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE GENERATED. 
          UM, I, SO I WANTED TO MOVE TO THE ENROLLMENT UPDATE PIECE. 
          DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S DATA VALIDATION THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE ARE FUNDED BASED ON ATTENDANCE, UM, WHICH IS DRIVEN BY ENROLLMENT. 
          AND SO THIS IS VERY CONSEQUENTIAL YEAH. 
          FOR NOT JUST THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT HAS A MULTI-YEAR IMPACT. 
          UM, SO I, I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SHARE WHEN WE WILL HAVE A SENSE OF THOSE FINAL NUMBERS. 
          THAT VALIDATION TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THE, THE ESTIMATE FOR ENROLLMENT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WERE WE ANTICIPATING AN EQUIVALENT DROP THAT WE SAW LAST SCHOOL YEAR? YES. 
          YES, ROUGHLY. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO IT WAS FROM, FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE SAW YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINE. 
          SO 
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FROM 24, 25 TO 25, 26 OF, I THINK IT WAS 3.37%. 
          AND THIS IS FOR TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE SPECIFICALLY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THAT'S THE SAME PERCENTAGE DECLINE WE ASSUMED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IS 3.37. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND I THINK JUST OBVIOUSLY THIS, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS WITHIN L-A-U-S-D. 
          THERE'S ALSO A RELATED CONVERSATION AROUND ADVOCACY IN SACRAMENTO THAT I, I APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT REITERATING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK LIKE THIS. 
          THESE, AGAIN, ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO UPLIFT TO OUR LEADERS IN SACRAMENTO THAT, UM, THERE, THAT INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT DECLINE LAST SCHOOL YEAR WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE. 
          THAT SOMETHING CHANGED BETWEEN SCHOOL YEAR 2024 AND SCHOOL YEAR 2025. 
          AND THAT IS THE PRESENCE OF A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS ATTACKING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, UM, AND MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER INTENTIONAL ATTACK. 
          UM, AND I KNOW EVEN IN LOOKING IN THE DATA AT MY DISTRICT, UH, THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST TARGETED BY ICE HAVE ROUGHLY DOUBLED THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE OF OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THAT IT IS NOT A SURPRISE, IT IS INTENTIONAL HARM ON OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND TO THE EXTENT THAT SACRAMENTO HAS ANY POWER TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE FUND SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL POINT FOR THEM TO BE AWARE OF. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXTREMELY CONSEQUENTIAL, SO I APPRECIATE YOU UPLIFTING. 
          UM, JUST THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT TREND CONTINUES FOR US THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO TURN TO THE, UH, 55% REQUIREMENT. 
          SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE NUMBER IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE JUST YET. 
          21. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE RECENTLY APPROVED LABOR CONTRACTS MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO ACHIEVE THAT, UM, THAT REQUIREMENT, AND I FOUND THAT TO BE SOMEWHERE COUNTERINTUITIVE. 
          CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? YEAH. 
          SO I'M GONNA OVERSIMPLIFY A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE 55% ARE DIRECT CLASSROOM EXPENDITURES. 
          THAT'S LARGELY OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THERE ARE SOME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES LIKE TAS AND THINGS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. 
          BUT THE, THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF MEETING, THE 55% REQUIREMENT ARE, ARE THOSE CLASSROOM TEACHER, UH, COSTS. 
          AND THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ARE BASICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE 55% IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          NOW, THE CALCULATION ITSELF IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN I'M DESCRIBING. 
          THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS, OR THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTED GRANTS THAT IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR ANY DIRECT CLASSROOM EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN EXCLUDE. 
          THIS IS ALL OUTLINED IN, UH, THE STATUTE MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO EXACTLY HOW IT'S CALCULATED IS ALL OUTLINED IN STATUTE, ANY, INCLUDING ANY OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE, THAT DISTRICTS ARE, ARE INCLUDING IN THEIR CALCULATION IS ALL IN STATUTE. 
          AND SO THE REASON WHY THE LABOR AGREEMENTS, UH, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO COMPLY IS BECAUSE EVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE UTLA AGREEMENT, WHICH IS FOR OUR CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, LARGELY THE FOLKS THAT ARE THE COSTS FOR WHOM ARE MAKING UP THE 55%, THERE WERE, UH, CHANGES TO THE RATIOS BY WHICH WE'RE PROVIDING CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          EXAMPLES ARE COUNSELORS, PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS, ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF VERY IMPORTANT SERVICES, YOU KNOW, POSITIONS THAT PROVIDE VERY IMPORTANT SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE 55%, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE, THE NUMERATOR IN THE CALCULATION IF THEY'RE MAKES SENSE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PART OF THE BARGAIN UNIT THAT REPRESENTS CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER BIG FACTOR IS, UH, DIFFERENTIATED SALARY INCREASES FOR CERTAIN UNIONS, LARGELY OUR CLASSIFIED UNIONS AS COMPARED TO OUR, OUR CERTIFICATED UNIONS. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE THE LAST TWO ROUNDS OF NEGOTIATIONS WHERE THERE WAS THAT DIFFERENTIATED SALARY INCREASE. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE WERE TRYING TO REACH CERTAIN IMPORTANT EQUITY GOALS IN TERMS OF VALUING OUR EMPLOYEES AND ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          BUT IT DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO MEET THE CALCULATION, BECAUSE THOSE COSTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE 55% ARE GONNA BE INCREASING AT A HIGHER RATE MM-HMM . 
          THAN THOSE LARGELY THAT ARE WITHIN THE 55%, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN, IN THE SALARIES OR, UH, DIFFERENT. 
          YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, I, I THINK, UH, I, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL CONTEXT. 
          I DO THINK IT, IT'S A, IT'S A TROUBLING TREND EXTERNALLY TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, I THINK THE TAKEAWAY CAN BE THAT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT INVESTING ENOUGH IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          SURE. 
          BUT IF THERE IS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE IN THAT THE STATUTE ASSUMES THAT SCHOOLS ARE NOT PROVIDING EXPANSIVE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PHYSICAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, YOU KNOW, HAVING NURSES AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVING MORE PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE ESSENTIAL. 
          AND IF THE STATUTE AND THE FORMULA, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT ORIGINATED, BUT IF, IF IT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS THE CURRENT NEED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEN THAT JUST 
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MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO, TO PURSUE, TO ADVOCATE FOR ET CETERA. 
          UM, BECAUSE I WORRY ABOUT THE CONTINUED MESSAGE OF SEEING WE'RE CONTINUALLY NOT MEETING THIS EVEN AS WE'RE INVESTING MORE IN OUR TEACHERS, BUT IF IT IS SOME SORT OF FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE WITH, WITH THE WAY IT'S CALCULATED, I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, FOR US TO ALL DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          UM, CAN I ASK TWO MORE QUESTIONS, SCOTT? OR YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL LATER? YOU CAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHO DECIDES WHAT'S PART OF THE 55% STATUTE? SO IT'S, IT'S DELINEATED IN, IN STATE LAW AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CALCULATED? WELL, THE STATUTE'S NOT A PERSON THOUGH. 
          WHO, WHO, WHO DECIDES, WHO DECIDES THAT THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT IS WHEN WE KNOW THIS IS NOT HOW IT IS. 
          OH. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN STATE LEGISLATURES THAT APPROVED LAWS. 
          AND I, I, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY ON KIND OF WHAT STARTED. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          I DON'T LIKE THE ANSWER, BUT THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PSAS AND PSW AT A SCHOOL SITE IF THEY WANNA, THEY WANNA BE SO DIFFICULT. 
          WELL COUNT THEM. 
          YOU DON'T WANNA COUNT THE ONES AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          DON'T COUNT THEM. 
          BUT WE CAN HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT TO STUDENTS EXACTLY. 
          AT SCHOOL MM-HMM . 
          AT SCHOOL. 
          AT SCHOOL. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I CAN SHARE THAT. 
          WE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE, LIKE, THINK THE 1930S, RIGHT? AND SO IT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          NO, NO. 
          SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS AS, YOU KNOW, CENTERS OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND STUDENTS, IT HAS EVOLVED. 
          RIGHT? AND SO I THINK IT, IT BEGS THE QUESTION ON HOW WE ENGAGE FROM AN ADVOCACY STANDPOINT ON LIKE BROADENING THAT DEFINITION OF THE EDUCATOR AND THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT WE PROVIDE AT A SCHOOL SITE. 
          UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S THE REALITY. 
          YOU LOOK AT OUR LCAP AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 10 STATE PRIORITIES, NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES, UM, THAT ARE EXPECTED OF DISTRICTS AND THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO YET, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE A REFLECTION OF WHERE OUR PRIORITIES LIE. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETIMES, UH, A MISALIGNMENT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN STATUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          FINISH KELLY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND JUST, THIS WASN'T ONE OF THE TWO QUESTIONS, BUT COULD YOU ALL RUN THE NUMBERS WITH SCHOOL-BASED STAFF? LIKE IF, IF THOSE TYPES OF PSAS, PS, W'S NURSES WERE PART OF THE CALCULATION, WHAT WOULD THE PERCENTAGE BE THAT WE'RE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANNA ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I LOVE AND RESPECT THE PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING, WE DON'T WANT FOLKS HERE TO BE INCLUDED NECESSARILY. 
          BUT IF THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT SCHOOL SITES WHO ARE DIRECTLY SERVING STUDENTS AND WE COULD COUNT THEM, WHAT WOULD THAT PERCENTAGE BE? BECAUSE I, I THINK IT, IT'S PERPETUATING A BIT OF A MISUNDERSTANDING AROUND WHERE OUR INVESTMENTS REALLY ARE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          SO THAT'S A REQUEST. 
          UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AROUND THE, THE REVENUE, UM, THE, UH, THE REDUCTION IN, IN REVENUE AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE ASSUMED FROM THE STATE BUDGET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT'S REALLY DISA WHILE WE, WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE HIGHER REVENUE THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD, DUE TO, I THINK, TO, UM, AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY FROM THIS BOARD, FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT, FROM LABOR PARTNERS, IT WAS NOT AS MUCH AS WE WERE EXPECTING. 
          CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE REASONS FOR THAT DIVERGENCE? JUST FROM THE JUNE ESTIMATE TO TODAY? UH, YES. 
          YES. 
          AND IF, IF THERE'S SMALLER ONES THAT, THAT DON'T MERIT RAISING, THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY TOO. 
          IT'S BASICALLY EXCLUSIVELY BECAUSE OF THE UPDATED CALCULATIONS FOR THE SPECIAL ED BASE RATE. 
          AND SO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE RATE WAS INCREASED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY, UH, IN THE STATE BUDGET. 
          AND THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE LEGALLY MANDATED SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          UM, THIS DOESN'T CHANGE, DOESN'T SOLVE ALL OF IT, BUT IT, IT GOES TOWARDS CLOSING THAT GAP. 
          UM, AND ALSO IT WAS AN ONGOING SOURCE OF REVENUE, SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          IT WAS, UH, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF ONE-TIME REVENUES THAT WERE PRETTY BIG, BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT WAS ONGOING. 
          THE OTHER ONE WAS THE SUPER COLA THAT WE GOT. 
          UM, AND SO THE UPDATED ESTIMATES WITH KIND OF ALL THE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, ALL THE LEGISLATIVE TEXTS FROM THE STATE ENACTED BUDGET RESULTED IN RECALCULATION OF THOSE SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          THE BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT, TO THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND OF THOSE REVENUES ENDED UP BEING LOWER AND HAS AN ONGOING IMPACT. 
          SO ALMOST ALL OF THAT IMPACT IS AS A RESULT, ONLY OF THE UPDATED CALCULATIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUE. 
          THERE WERE OTHER SMALLER CHANGES THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. 
          UH, THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING IN JUNE. 
          THE LOADING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING IN JUNE, BUT THOSE WERE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED BY THE FACT THAT THE SPED, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE RATES WERE LOWER THAN JUNE NOW, STILL HIGHER THAN BEFORE JUNE, RIGHT? HIGHER, HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY, BUT, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING BACK IN JUNE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, INCREASED SPECIAL EDUCATION INVESTMENT IS, HAS BEEN A PRIORITY AREA FOR OUR ADVOCACY IN THE PAST. 
          AND WE DO, EVEN AS OUR OVERALL ENROLLMENT DECLINES, WE KNOW THAT OUR ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HAS, HAS INCREASED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE DISABILITIES. 
          SO IT'S, UM, IT'S 
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SURPRISING THAT, THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH, UM, BENEFIT IN TERMS OF MORE RESOURCES COMING TO LA UNIFIED. 
          IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE AROUND WHAT WAS THE CALCULATION CHANGE? 'CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S INFORMATION THAT OUR LEGISLATORS SHOULD KNOW. 
          PERHAPS THEY'RE ENACTING A CHANGE THINKING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE BENEFITING CONSTITUENTS AND SCHOOLS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING MAYBE SEEMING TECHNICAL, THERE IS A HUGE IMPACT IN, IN, IN FUTURE YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          I CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT IT'S NOT A RESULT OF ANY CHANGES IN THE STATE'S BUDGET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT'S BASED ON UPDATED CALCULATIONS, INTERNAL CALCULATIONS WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO FINALIZE THOSE. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE IN MAY AND JUNE, I MEAN, WE, THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK AND WE WANT TO GET INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION. 
          THE MAYOR REVISE IS NOT THE FINAL BUDGET. 
          AND EVEN IF THE MAYOR REVISE DOESN'T CHANGE FROM MAY TO THE FINAL ENACTED BUDGET, WE GET ALL THE FINAL INFORMATION THAT WE NEED LATER IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA STOP PROVIDING ESTIMATES AS SOON AS WE CAN. 
          WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS CAUTION THAT THOSE ARE NOT FINAL. 
          AND THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO CAVEAT THAT THESE ARE ESTIMATES THEY'RE NOT FINAL IS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST SAW IN THE UPDATED REVENUE REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR SPED. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN LAST QUESTION FOR RIGHT NOW, UM, ON THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UH, FUND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I CHAIR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN EARLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE, SO OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNING TO SEE, UH, THE NEGATIVE OUTLOOK IN THAT FUND. 
          I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DROP DROP IN REVENUE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHEN YOU COMPARE FY 25, 26 TO 26, 27, ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, 70 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS LESS, WHAT, WHAT DROVE THAT REVENUE DROP? SO WE HAD BEEN, HAD BEEN HELD HARMLESS ON, IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE, WHERE WE WERE PROVIDED REVENUE BASED ON KIND OF OUR CAPACITY AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT. 
          THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU POINTED OUT, WHICH IS CHANGES TO REVENUE. 
          SO EVEN HERE ON THE SIDE, YOU'LL SEE A VERY SIGNIFICANT DECLINE FROM 25, 26 TO THIS YEAR, UH, IN THE REVENUE YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT KIND OF, FROM THAT $308 MILLION TO THE $234 MILLION IS FOR THAT REASON. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF OB THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY THE EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, 334 MILLION, BUT IN FY 27, 28, IF, IF WE WERE AT THAT $308 MILLION REVENUE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE IN THE POSITIVE FOR THAT YEAR. 
          SO, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AGAIN, SOMETHING SUPER CONSEQUENTIAL. 
          DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT DROVE THE REMOVAL OF THAT HOLD HARMLESS? I DON'T KNOW THE, THE WHOLE BACKGROUND. 
          I JUST KNOW THAT GENERALLY THE STATE BUDGET IS UNDER A TON OF PRESSURE. 
          UM, AND THAT EVERY PRIORITY THAT THEY MAY FUND BASED ON OUR ADVOCACY COULD MEAN LESS FUNDING FOR A DIFFERENT VERY IMPORTANT PRIORITY. 
          UM, EVEN THE COLA EVEN SEPARATE, SEPARATE FROM THE WHOLE HARMLESS, EVEN THE COLA, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR EARLY ED WAS LOWER THAN THE SUPER COLA DIDN'T GET THE SUPER COLA MM-HMM . 
          AND OBVIOUSLY WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR US TO GET THE SAME LEVEL OF THE, THAT REALLY HIGH SUPER COLA ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          BUT THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 
          AND SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO LIKE ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE JUST VERY SIGNIFICANT COMPETING PRIORITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND THEY ARE THEMSELVES, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A RELATIVELY GOOD BUDGET YEAR IN TERMS OF THE SUPER COLA, BUNCH OF ONE-TIME MONEY MM-HMM . 
          UM, UH, THE TYPE OF YEAR WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, THE STATE IS STILL FACING THEIR OWN VERY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          UM, WELL, I, I THINK, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO DIG INTO THAT DETAIL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT CHILDCARE FOR FAMILIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE PROVIDE IN OUR PROGRAMS, UM, FREE OR LOW COST CHILDCARE AND THAT HIT TO REVENUE WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          SO CUTTING TO, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN SACRAMENTO MEANS LESS ACCESS TO CARE FOR FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THAT CLEAR IN OUR ADVOCACY. 
          AGREE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL GET YOU FOR ROUND TWO. 
          GO AHEAD, CHARLOTTE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY A MUCH AS MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND BRINGING LIGHT TO THIS, THIS WORK, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS MENTIONED, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BEFORE. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE AS, UM, KELLY, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RATIO. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TRADITIONALLY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WE'VE, UM, WORDS IN TERMS WE'VE USED THE FISCAL CLIFF, THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING WITH THE THREE YEAR PROJECTION. 
          WHY IS THAT? IS THAT STATUTE, HOW DO WE ALWAYS, I'M GONNA USE THAT WORD VERY LOOSELY HERE, BUT ALWAYS HAVE THE FISCAL CLIFF BEFORE US, AND WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN? SO THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, WHY DO WE DO THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION? 
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IT, IT'S, IT'S A REQUIREMENT. 
          SO IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT. 
          ALL ALL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, UH, PROVIDE IT. 
          AND THEY USE THE SAME FORMS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD MATERIALS FOR LIKE FIRST INTERIM OR SECOND INTERIM, THERE'S LIKE ALL THOSE HUNDREDS OF PAGES AND THEY'RE IN A VERY SPECIFIC FORMAT. 
          SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY EVERY, EVERY, NOT BASICALLY ALL DISTRICTS USE THOSE SAME FORM THEY'RE REQUIRED TO. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO AT FIRST INTERIM, SECOND INTERIM, AS WELL AS THE JUNE ADOPTED BUDGET, IS PROVIDE THAT, THAT THREE YEAR PROJECTION. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF WHY DISTRICTS WERE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO BEGIN DOING THIS IS BECAUSE OF SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL FAILURES AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          AND SO THERE WERE SOME DISTRICTS THAT BEFORE THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT TO DO THE THREE YEAR PROJECTION, THAT THERE WERE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL FAILURES. 
          TECHNICALLY, THEY'RE NOT BANKRUPTCIES BECAUSE THAT'S NOT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T GO THROUGH A BANKRUPTCY PROCESS. 
          BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, YOU COULD THINK OF IT AS, AS A, AS A DISTRICT GOING BANKRUPT. 
          AND SO THE STATE LAWS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE SIGNIFICANT FAILURES TO HAVE MORE, UH, FINANCIAL, TO HAVE THESE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, LIKE A EARLY WARNING SIGN SO THAT DISTRICTS CAN TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE REASON WHY THE, THE POLICY REASON WHY THE PROJECTIONS ARE REQUIRED, BUT, BUT THEY ARE REQUIRED. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHY ARE WE ALWAYS FACING A CLIFF? PART OF IT IS, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ALMOST, ALMOST ALWAYS ARE FACING A VERY SIMILAR, UH, MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, MEANING WE'RE FACING A MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING, WE'RE PROJECTED TO SPEND DOWN OUR RESERVES AND THEN POTENTIALLY GO, GO NEGATIVE. 
          NOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME BIG EXCEPTIONS. 
          AND THE BIGGEST RECENT EXCEPTION TO THAT PATTERN, THAT TREND WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC, DURING THE PANDEMIC YEAR, WE ACTUALLY, NOT ONLY DID WE NOT HAVE OPERATING DEFICITS, WE HAD SURPLUSES, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE, WHERE THE REVENUES WERE HIGHER THAN THE EXPENDITURES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY OVER TIME OUR RESERVES GOT SO HIGH BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING MORE REVENUE THAN WE WERE SPENDING. 
          SO THOSE, THAT MONEY DOESN'T DISAPPEAR. 
          WE GET TO KEEP IT, WE GET TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          WE'RE USING THAT MONEY. 
          THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE USING THAT MONEY AND SOME MEANING WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA USE ALL OF IT AND THEN GO NEGATIVE. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE MACRO REASONS WHY, NOT JUST LUSD, BUT DISTRICTS ARE, ARE PERENNIALLY FACING, THAT KIND OF A CLIFF IS 'CAUSE DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS NOT UNIQUE TO L-A-U-S-D. 
          IT'S A STATEWIDE TREND. 
          SO IT'S DEFINITELY AN LA COUNTY TREND. 
          AND WHILE WE'VE BEEN SUFFERING DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR LONGER THAN MOST, YOU KNOW, OVER TWO DECADES NOW, IT'S A STATEWIDE TREND. 
          IT'S, IT'S LARGELY IN, IN OUR LARGER, UH, URBAN DISTRICTS. 
          BUT IT'S, IT'S A STATEWIDE TREND, MEANING ON AVERAGE EVERY DISTRICT IS, IS HAS DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          SO THAT'S A HUGE FACTOR. 
          AND THEN INCREASING COSTS IS ANOTHER FACTOR. 
          WE HAVE COSTS THAT INCREASE AT A PERCENTAGE RATE HIGHER THAN OUR REVENUES ARE INCREASING. 
          SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          EVEN IN THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GETTING THIS SUPER COLA, RIGHT? THAT'S 4.31, I THINK PERCENT COLA FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS HISTORICALLY HIGH. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE NOT AS HIGH AS THE PANDEMIC YEARS, WHICH WERE KIND OF LIKE A, AN ANOMALY, UH, UNCOMMON. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF GOING BACK 20 YEARS, LIKE 4.31 IS, IS, IS HIGH, BUT WE HAVE CERTAIN COSTS THAT ARE GOING UP BY MUCH MORE THAN 4.31%. 
          THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE IS HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          THE HEALTH BENEFITS WE PROVIDE TO OUR, OUR, OUR WORKFORCE TO OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES IN MOST YEARS IS GOING UP BY MUCH MORE THAN 4.31%. 
          IT CAN BE 8%, IT CAN BE 9%, IT CAN BE 10%. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE, WE'VE, WE ARE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE LEVEL OF BENEFITS THAT WE PROVIDE OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, IN FACT, AS PART OF RECENT LABOR AGREEMENTS, MORE EMPLOYEES HAVE BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          NOW, THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. 
          THAT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR WORKFORCE. 
          BUT NOT ONLY ARE THE COSTS OF HEALTHCARE GOING UP BY A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN OUR REVENUES, WHICH IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN WITHOUT CUTTING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT THERE ARE MORE EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE BENEFITS. 
          SO, SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT I, AGAIN, IT'S NOT, UH, UNIQUE TO LA UNIFIED THAT HEALTHCARE INFLATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING EXPERIENCED NATIONWIDE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IT'S EVERYBODY. 
          UH, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MACRO REASONS WHY WE ARE OFTEN FACING THAT CLIFF. 
          NOW YOU MENTIONED ON SLIDE 19, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT ANALOGY AND I, AND, AND I JUST BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I HEAR IT. 
          MY CONSTITUENTS ASK, WHY ARE WE ALWAYS AT THE CLIFF? SO I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT IN DEPTH, UM, OVERVIEW ON THE CAFETERIA FUND. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE ORIGINALLY PROJECTED NEGATIVE, BUT WE SAW AN INCREASE. 
          AND WAS THAT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US? YEAH, SO WE UPDATE THIS. 
          SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO DO A MULTI-YEAR 
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PROJECTION IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'RE DOING IT ANYWAYS BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          UM, BUT BASICALLY THE BIG THING THAT'S CHANGED FROM JUNE TO TODAY, SO IN JUNE IS WHEN WE WERE, THIS WAS PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE. 
          NOW NOT AS BADLY AS THE THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUND, BUT STILL NEGATIVE. 
          WHAT'S ALL THAT'S CHANGED IS UPDATED FORECAST. 
          SO LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS ARE FINAL, RIGHT? SO LAST YEAR'S EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES ARE FINAL. 
          AND EVEN THOSE NUMBERS, IF NOTHING ELSE CHANGES, AFFECTS THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          SO LEMME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          LET'S SAY THAT LAST YEAR WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA END THE YEAR WITH, JUST TO MAKE THE NUMBERS ROUND 10 MILLION OF ENDING BALANCE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. 
          AND INSTEAD WE END UP WITH 15 MILLION OF ENDING BALANCES LAST YEAR. 
          THAT $5 MILLION DIFFERENCE. 
          AND IF NOTHING ELSE CHANGES IN THESE OTHER SCHOOL YEARS, RIGHT? NOTHING ELSE CHANGES. 
          THAT EXTRA $5 MILLION CARRIES FORWARD ALL THE WAY IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S A RUNNING TOTAL. 
          THESE ENDING BALANCES ARE THE RUNNING TOTAL. 
          YOU START THE YEAR WITH AN AMOUNT, YOU END THE YEAR WITH AN AMOUNT. 
          THAT ENDING BALANCE IS THEN THE BEGINNING BALANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND THEN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          AND SO LARGELY JUST UPDATED PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE NUMBERS FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH ARE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, UH, FINAL LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, UM, FIVE 55%. 
          YES. 
          HOW MANY ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT THAT ARE NOT GETTING WAIVERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE? SO LAST, THE STATEWIDE NUMBERS WERE UPDATED, IT WAS ABOUT TWO THIRDS THAT WERE MEETING OF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO I'M JUST COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. 
          THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY DISTRICTS AND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT UNIFIED DISTRICTS LIKE OURS, IT WAS ABOUT TWO THIRDS THAT WERE MEETING IT AND ONE THIRD NOT MEETING IT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S BEYOND JUST THE LABOR AGREEMENTS. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S LARGELY WHAT BOARD MEMBER GON HAS MENTIONED, WHICH IS WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN STUDENT SUPPORTS THAT ARE TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NOT JUST STUDENT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO STUDENT LEARNING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 
          AND THOSE AREN'T CAPTURED BY THIS LAW BECAUSE THIS LAW IS MANY, MANY DECADES OLD. 
          AND SO WHEN DISTRICTS LIKE OURS WHO ARE SERVING A VERY HIGH NEED POPULATION, UM, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT WE MIGHT BE BELOW THE 55% THRESHOLD, EVEN IF JUST BARELY RIGHT BY HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT IS BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING SUCH SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND SO I KNOW YOU ARE NOT THE PERSON TO ANSWER THIS, BUT IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS, IS IT JUST CHANGING THE STATUTE? IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS PERMANENTLY? YES. 
          THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          THERE IS A WAIVER PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A RECURRING ISSUE AND SO MANY DISTRICTS ARE BELOW IT. 
          UH, THERE'S A WAIVER PROCESS, BUT THE PERMANENT SOLUTION IS WHAT YOU SAID IT WOULD BE. 
          IT WOULD NEED TO BE A, A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE. 
          SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A REOCCURRING THEME. 
          'CAUSE EVEN WITH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES EARLIER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING STATUTES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE LONGER THAN SOME OF US ON THIS BOARD BEEN ALIVE. 
          BUT, UM, OKAY. 
          UH, WHAT OTHER QUESTION DID I HAVE? WE TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT GOING DOWN IN, AGAIN, CHANGING, AND AGAIN, THIS IS LEGISLATIVELY, IF WE CHANGE THE MODEL TO, UH, ENROLLMENT BASE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT OUR BUDGET OR CHANGE OUR BUDGET? SO THAT CHANGE WOULD BENEFIT L-A-U-S-D-A LOT. 
          SO IF WE MOVE FROM THE CURRENT MODEL, WHICH IS FUNDING BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS JUST TO OVERSIMPLIFY ENROLLMENT TIMES THE ATTENDANCE RATE. 
          AND IF WE WEREN'T INSTEAD TO BE FUNDED BASED ON ENROLLMENT, THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO LUSD BECAUSE WE DO ON AVERAGE, HAVE LOWER ATTENDANCE THAN OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE SERVING A MUCH HIGHER NEED POPULATION. 
          AND SO THAT CHANGE WOULD HELP L-A-U-S-D AS COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE HAVE RELATIVELY LOWER, UH, ATTENDANCE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE MADE HUGE GAINS IN OUR ATTENDANCE RATE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE, THE REASON WHY IT WOULD BENEFIT US IS BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE, UM, DISADVANTAGED BY HAVING LOWER RELATIVE ATTENDANCE AS OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          IT WOULDN'T THOUGH ADDRESS ALONE THE, THE IMPACT OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          SO WE'D GET KIND OF LIKE A, IF THAT WERE TO, AND, AND THEN WE, WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT AND LIKE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO. 
          UM, AND IT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL CHANGE. 
          UH, BUT THERE WOULD STILL EVENTUALLY WE WOULD, THAT WOULD PROVIDE KIND OF A ONE TIME LEVEL UP AND THEN WE'D STILL GO SEE YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINES IN ENROLLMENT JUST BECAUSE THE, THE, THE FACTORS THAT IMPACT DECLINING ENROLLMENT ARE NOT JUST COST OF LIVING, IT'S ALSO PEOPLE HAVING FEWER KIDS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S NOT MUCH AS A DISTRICT THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THOSE MAJOR FACTORS THAT IMPACT DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          NOW OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS PROMOTING OUR SCHOOLS OR PROMOTING 
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THE INCREDIBLE ACADEMIC GAINS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND I THINK THAT RESONATES WITH A LOT OF PARENTS. 
          BUT THERE ARE THESE MACRO TRENDS THAT, THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO, TO CHANGE. 
          PEOPLE AREN'T MOVING TO CALIFORNIA TO LOS ANGELES. 
          WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER HUGE IMPACT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S IN ADDITION TO PEOPLE HAVING FEWER KIDS. 
          THERE'S PEOPLE ARE ARE LEAVING LOS ANGELES, PEOPLE ARE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FEWER CHILDREN HAVING FEWER CHILDREN THERE, MANY OF THEM ARE DECIDING TO DO IT SOMEWHERE LESS EXPENSIVE. 
          CAN I JUST JUMP IN ON THAT QUESTION? 'CAUSE I THINK WHEN WE WERE ADVOCATING THIS AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL, AND WE USUALLY SAY 1% IS LIKE $60 MILLION, IF WE WERE FUNDED ON ENROLLMENT, WE COULD ANTICIPATE GETTING WHAT, $200 MILLION, $300 MILLION AT LEAST IN LIKE A FIRST BUMP. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S CONCRETE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          I DUNNO IF YOU KNOW THE EXACT HUGE, I DON'T HAVE THE LATEST FIGURE OFFS TOP MY HEAD, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS HUGE. 
          IT WAS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          THE JUST THE ONE CHANGE THAT YOU MENTIONED WOULD BE, UH, WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU WERE GONNA ADD TO THAT. 
          OH NO. 
          OH, AND THE PRIOR PROJECTIONS WERE OVER $300 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          KINDA LIKE WHAT WE'RE MISSING NOW WITH NOT GETTING ALL OF PROP 98, IS THAT SIMILAR? YEAH, ACTUALLY, UM, YEAH. 
          THE, THE, THE $3.9 BILLION, JUST BRIEFLY, THE $3.9 BILLION IF IT WERE TO BE ALLOCATED AS A DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT, OUR SHARE OF IT, OUR CUT WOULD BE ABOUT $235 MILLION. 
          SO MATERIAL AMOUNT, NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS OUR VERY SIGNIFICANT AND DEEP FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, BUT IT IS A MATERIAL AMOUNT. 
          GOT IT. 
          I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE SHERETTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SINCE WE HAD THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE 55%. 
          MARTHA, WOULD YOU MIND COMING IN? I KNOW YOU CAME IN AFTER WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND I, I GRILLED POOR MR. UH,  ASKING WHO IS THIS PERSON WHO WON'T LET US MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN L-A-U-S-D? WHY PSAS AND PSW WHO ARE WORKING AT A SCHOOL WORKING WITH KIDS DON'T COUNT TOWARDS THE 55. 
          SO HOW DO WE FIX SOMETHING LIKE THAT? HOW DO WE ATTEMPT? GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AND I'VE BEEN TUNING FROM MY BOARD, MY MEETING UPSTAIRS, MY MY OFFICE. 
          BUT BY I HEARD THE WHOLE CONVERSATION, UH, MARTHA ALVERS, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. 
          SO THIS HAS BEEN TRIED IN THE PAST. 
          UM, THERE WAS IN FACT A BILL BY CSBA ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR, UM, SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, WHO ALSO HAVE, THEY, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR, UM, THE, WE'RE UNIFIED, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE 55%, BUT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, STATE, UH, LABOR GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE, UM, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS, UH, CERTIFICATE EMPLOYEES MOSTLY CLASSROOM OR, UM, IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          UM, AS AMMAN MENTIONED BEFOREHAND, THIS PERCENTAGE CAME OUT, UM, FROM THE 1970S, 60 70. 
          SO IT'S BEEN LONG STANDING PRACTICE. 
          UM, IT ALSO HAS AN IMPACT, UM, AS PEDRO MENTIONED BEFORE, ANDAL MENTIONED BEFOREHAND, UM, CALIFORNIA HAS CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE SCHOOLS AND SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH A MORE WHOLE CHILD APPROACH. 
          UM, WE OURSELVES HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE COULD CHANGE THE, THE STATUTE. 
          SO IT'S A CHANGE TO THE LAW, THE CHALLENGES, GETTING OUR LABOR PARTNERS BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS THAT WOULD BE, UM, WILLING TO ALSO ADVOCATE, UM, FOR A MORE REASONABLE CALCULATION. 
          UH, WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED FROM THE CALCULATION, WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION. 
          BUT AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, THE CALCULATION DEFINES THE KIND OF POSITIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PERCENTAGE, UM, THE 55% THRESHOLD. 
          SO THERE'S COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATORS, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STAFF THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE OR TEACHERS OUT ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT, THEY DON'T COUNT BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE. 
          UM, ELOPE, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR AFTER SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL IN INTERMISSION PROGRAMMING. 
          THOSE POSITIONS DO NOT COUNT INTO THE RATIO. 
          UM, SO ANY POSITION THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, UM, IS NOT PERCEIVED TO BE PART OF IT. 
          UM, DURING COVID WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE WAS THE INFLUX OF ONE TIME FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ALLOWED US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT STUDENTS IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY. 
          AND SINCE THEN WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, THE LEGISLATURE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING MODIFICATIONS WITH THE STATUTE BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, THERE'S GROUPS IN SACRAMENTO THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MODIFYING WHAT'S BEEN LAW, UM, SUPPORTING A PARTICULAR, UM, KNOW CLASSROOM STAFF. 
          OKAY, PEDRO WENT BACK TO 1930, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          YOU ONLY WENT TO 1970. 
          SO MARTHA, THEY REALIZED THAT, UH, THESE, UH, LABOR GROUPS REALIZED THEY'RE THEIR OWN MEMBERS WHO ARE IN PART OF THE DEAL OF BEING IN SCHOOL, BUT NOT IN A CLASSROOM. 
          IT'S THEIR OWN, IT'S THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 
          BUT IN THE CLASSROOM WOULD BE, UH, CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, WELL PSAS OR PWS SCHOOL NURSES. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THOSE PERSONNEL THAT ARE NOT PART OF THAT CALCULATION. 
          SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THAT CALCULATION. 
          SO, SO WE FEEL WE HAVE A STRONG COMPELLING CASE TO MAKE FOR WHY THE WHOLE CHILD APPROACH, UM, SHOULD BE 
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INCLUSIVE OF THOSE, UH, PERSONNEL. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, BEEN EFFORTS IN SACRAMENTO THAT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, AS AMMAN MENTIONED, UH, I ECHO THE DATA POINT HE MENTIONED, UM, IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF CALIFORNIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MEETING THIS RATIO DATING TO, AT LEAST 10 YEARS AGO, THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ACT OUT. 
          THEY'VE TRIED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, AND AGAIN, UNSUCCESSFULLY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF HOW THE CALCULATION WAS PUT IN LAW MANY, MANY DECADES AGO. 
          SO THAT MEANS WE DO NOTHING WE COULD ADVOCATE, BUT AGAIN, WE NEED SUPPORT FROM OUR LABOR PARTNERS TO HELP. 
          UM, WELL, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A RATIONALE. 
          WE HAVE TO IN SACRAMENTO, I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO ASK FOR MONEY IN SACRAMENTO. 
          WE ALWAYS GO AS A GROUP AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THAT. 
          WELL, LET'S GO UP THERE AND, AND, AND, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE RATIOS. 
          YES, I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LARGE SCHOOL, URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS WHAT IT IS. 
          I MEAN, SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY HAD GET LOTS OF, UM, UH, PERMISSION AND LOTS OF WAIVERS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME THING. 
          SO COUNT ME IN ON YOUR GROUP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SURE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ACTUALLY I WOULD ARGUE AGAINST THAT. 
          I THINK THERE'S AN INTENT. 
          THERE WAS AN INTENT WITH THIS 55% CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          IF ANYTHING, WE COULD SAY THAT WE ADD ANOTHER PERCENTAGE FOR OUTTA CLASSROOM TO MEET THAT WHOLE CHILD. 
          UH, NEED THAT WE HAVE. 
          I MEAN, THE REALITY IS THAT WE DO NEED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          WE WANT SMALLER CLASS SIZES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING WHY WE ALSO REDUCED CLASS SIZE IN THIS LAST CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT DOES NOT BALANCE OUT IF WE ARE ALSO REDUCING CLASS SIZE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE. 
          BUT TWO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE INTENT OF THIS STATUTE OR LAW OR WHATEVER IT IS, POLICY, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND THAT THE INVESTMENTS WERE MADE IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          NOW WE KNOW THAT THE REALITIES ARE DIFFERENT AND ESPECIALLY IN L-A-U-S-D. 
          AND IF ANYTHING, WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED NOT TO REDUCE THE GOAL OF MEETING 55% CLASSROOM. 
          WE SHOULD, I THINK IT SHOULD BE THAT AND ADD MORE SUPPORT FOR THE, THE CLASSROOM, THE OUT CLASSROOM STAFF, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THOSE COORDINATORS ARE VERY HIGHLY NEEDED IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE KNOW PSW AND PSAS ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN CLASS IN THE SCHOOLS, AND WE STILL NEED SOME SUPPORT AT THE, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL OF SOME OF THOSE, UH, OUTTA CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR REGION. 
          SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO, TO STEP INTO THIS NEW REALITY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LESS STUDENTS, THEIR NEEDS ARE MUCH GREATER. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, KELLY POINTED OUT HOW THE, UH, IMMIGRATION RAIDS IMPACTED OUR ENROLLMENT. 
          WE CAN'T DENY THAT, AND NOBODY IN SACRAMENTO SHOULD DENY THAT AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING FOR, IS ADDING MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR ADULT CLASSROOM NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          NICK, SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK WHEN MARTHA WAS UP THERE, BUT I, I KNOW SHERETTE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF QUESTION, SO I CAN WAIT AND HAVE HER, I, MARTHA, I GUESS JUST BECAUSE SIMON AND OTHERS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS WITH ENROLLMENT FUNDING. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. 
          IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          WE HAD A, A GOVERNOR WHO'D BEEN IN OFFICE FOR YEARS, WHO'S VISITED MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE A BUDGET CHAIR IN THE ASSEMBLY WHO'S AN LUSD PARENT. 
          WE HAD A SENATE ED CHAIR WHO'S IN LA, THE GREATER LA AREA. 
          WE HAD A SET ASSEMBLY ED CHAIR WHO I THINK MARIACHI SHARE SOME OF TANYA'S DISTRICT. 
          AND DESPITE EVERY EFFORTS, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT DONE. 
          WE HAVE A GOVERNOR LIKELY WHO'S COMING IN WHO HASN'T SAID ONE WORD ABOUT EDUCATION. 
          AND SO I'M JUST WANT US, YES, WE WANT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ENROLLMENT, BUT JUST REALISTICALLY WHERE, WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY? AND MAYBE IT INVOLVES KIND OF ACTIVATING PARENTS IN A WAY, BUT CAN YOU JUST, JUST WHILE YOU WERE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, OF COURSE $300 MILLION WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WITH ALL THOSE THINGS LINED UP, WHAT MAKES US THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY SUCCESS IN THE NEXT FEW? SO WE HAD A BILL THAT WE CO-SPONSORED WITH CSCA STATE COUNCIL IN 2023. 
          UM, IT WAS SENATE BILL 98 WAS AN PORTANTINO THAT BILL CREATED A STUDY BILL. 
          UH, THAT WAS ALL THAT WE COULD GET. 
          UH, SINCE THE STATE WAS NOT WILLING TO PUT, UH, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO ENROLL BASED FUNDING, UM, THAT, UH, BILL RESULTED IN A REPORT THAT THE LEO PUBLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY OF 2026. 
          SO OUR STILL STILL FRESH ONLY NINE MONTHS AGO, UM, THE L LEO'S REPORT ESTIMATED IT WOULD BE BETWEEN 5.7 BILLION AND SEVEN, 5.7 AND $7 BILLION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE TO MOVE THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING. 
          UM, THE LAO IN THAT REPORT ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER, UH, WAYS FOR THAT THE STATE TO STILL GET TO SUPPORTING KIDS WITH HIGHER NEEDS AND, UH, UNDERSCORE THE LCFF MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO. 
          SO, UH, INCREASING SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION FUNDING, WHICH 
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WE BENEFIT SIGNIFICANTLY, AS AMMAN POINTED OUT IN THE PRIOR SLIDE, OVER $1.5 BILLION OF ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WE GET IN SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION DOLLARS. 
          SO THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT, THAT BOTH THE LAO, THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA PPIC PAYS OUTTA STANFORD. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW REPORTS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, UH, INCH INTO THE LAO REPORT THAT INDICATED, UM, YOU CAN GET TO MORE EQUITY DRIVEN INVESTMENTS BEYOND JUST ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING. 
          TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT AND IN OUR ADVOCACY APPROACH, UM, SO IN THE POLICY AGENDA THAT, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD FOR THE FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD NEXT WEEK AND ADOPTION HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN EARLY OCTOBER. 
          UM, WE HAVE ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING AS AN AREA. 
          WE HAVE LCFF AS AN AREA, UM, THAT WHAT WE WILL BE EXAMINING IS HOW CAN WE, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY BIFURCATE, BUT HOW CAN WE HAVE COEXIST, LCFF INVESTMENTS, ALONG WITH ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING BECAUSE LCFF CHANGES WOULD ALSO BE IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND ELLIE UNIFIED, GIVEN OUR HIGH NEED POPULATION THAT WE SERVE, WE WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM CHANGES TO THE LCF FORMULA LIKE DUPLICATING STUDENTS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE, UH, WE ONLY GET FUNDED ONCE. 
          IF YOU'RE IN EL OR LOW INCOME, YOU DON'T GET FUNDED TWICE. 
          PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AID, PRIOR TO LCFF DISTRICTS GOT FUNDED TWICE FOR THE SAME STUDENT THAT HAD MULTIPLE NEEDS. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T COUNT, UH, FOSTER YOUTH, THEY'LL ONLY HOMELESS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, CHANGES THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE LCFF. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS ANOTHER BIG, UM, MODERATE DISABILITY STUDENTS THAT WE DON'T GET PROPERLY FUNDED. 
          SO WE, UM, WILL BE, UM, AGAIN, HOW DO WE COEXIST THE VARIOUS FUNDING, UH, PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE SO WE'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER, EACH PRIORITY. 
          WITH THAT SAID, SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, I ATE ABOUT AS WELL, UM, IN OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, THE POLICY MAKING IS INCREMENTAL AND HEAR ME FOR A MINUTE. 
          UM, WE COULD GO FOR ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING AND TRY TO GET $300 MILLION KNOWING IT COSTS $7 BILLION FOR THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT. 
          UM, WHAT I'M LOOKING TO POSSIBLY, UM, EXPLORING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR DATA IS ASKING THE STATE, HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO REIMBURSING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE EXCUSED ABSENCES. 
          SINCE 1999 WHEN THE STATE STOPPED PAYING FOR, FOR, UM, UH, EXCUSE FOR, UM, ENROLLMENT, THEY WILL MOVE TO ATTENDANCE BASED FUNDING. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER A DOZEN LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED MORE RECENTLY, THERE WAS A FEW SENATOR, UH, FORMER SENATOR LEBA, SENATOR PORTANTINO, ALLOWING KIDS TO HAVE POLITICAL ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY, UH, RALLIES ONCE PER YEAR, BUT SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO DO IT ONCE PER YEAR AS AN EXCUSE ABSENCE, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO COUNT MENTAL HEALTH DAYS FOR AS ILLNESS DAYS. 
          WE DON'T GET FUNDED FOR THOSE, UM, KIDS NOT BEING IN SCHOOL DESPITE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALLOWING THEM TO BE ABSENT. 
          WE HAVE DATA THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY AND ALSO FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT CLOSE TO 50% OF OUR ABSENCES THAT ARE CONSIDERED EXCUSED ABSENCES ARE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW THAT THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCUSED. 
          SO INCREMENTAL. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS PERHAPS HOLDING THE STATE ACCOUNTABLE, MORE TARGETED BY SAYING IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH KIDS THAT ARE EXCUSE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL AT A MINIMUM, UM, EXPECT THEM TO, UH, PAY US, REIMBURSE US, UM, WHETHER A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THOSE ABSENCES THAT ARE EXCUSED OR A PORTION OF THOSE ABSENCES. 
          UM, THIS YEAR WE SUPPORTED A BILL THAT DIDN'T GO FORWARD, UM, BY SCHULTZ AND SCHULTZ, UH, PART OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT WOULD HAVE REDUCED THE LOWER, THE LOWEST FIVE DAYS OF THE ABSENCES FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S, UM, UH, A DA FUNDING, UM, CALCULATION. 
          SO THERE'S SOME INTEREST AND EFFORTS IN SACRAMENTO. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE BIG QUESTION IS, UM, HOW DO YOU PUT $7 BILLION WHEN THE STATE'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WITHHOLDING MONEY BACK FROM WHAT THEY OWE US? YEAH. 
          AND THAT APPRECIATE YOUR SPECIFICITY. 
          SPECIFICITY. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S A REVENUE TASK FORCE MEETING THAT'S LOOKING INTO THIS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO HONE IN ON BECAUSE I THINK THIS IDEA, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THAT GIVEN THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND THE NEW GOVERNOR WHO AGAIN, HAS BEEN VERY MO WHO WE ASSUME WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A, A A, A BESSER ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WOULD, HAS LIKELY HAS SAID NOTHING ABOUT EDUCATION, IT'S GONNA BE UNLIKELY TO GET A $7 BILLION INVESTMENT, BUT TO GET TARGETED THINGS LIKE EXCUSE ABSENCES MAKES SENSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THAT'S THE LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY WE COULDN'T PURSUE TO GET, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED IT BACKWARDS, BUT FO IT IS FOSTER YOUTH THAT WE GET THROUGH LCF F NOT HOMELESS YOUTH, BUT AS WE GET HOMELESS YOUTH WHEN WE HAVE 22,000 BY LAST COUNT, LA UNIFIED MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT SPED, UM, I ALSO THINK GIVEN, AND THEN I'LL TURN BACK TO MS. , BUT GIVEN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HARDER ASK TO GIVE THE STATE TO GIVE NEW REVENUE THAN IT IS TO LIKE, TAKE AWAY PENALTIES OR REMOVE BARRIERS TO EXISTING REVENUE, WHICH IS WHY MY ADVOCACY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MS. GRIEGOS, WHICH IS I THINK THAT, THAT WE SHOULD STRIKE, THERE SHOULD BE NO REQUIREMENT AT ALL. 
          YOU HAVE LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS TO DECIDE HOW WE SHOULD ALLOCATE MONEY. 
          AND IF WE ARE GONNA DO 80% OR 20%, LIKE THAT'S OUR DECISION, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY A FINE AT ALL. 
          SO SHE WANTS TO KEEP IT, I WANT TO GO 0%, BUT WE CAN HAVE THOSE DEBATES. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN KIND OF REMOVE COSTS TO THE STATE, THAT SEEMS LIKE A MORE REALISTIC PATHWAY. 
          AND THEN I THINK THOSE DISCREET ASKS SHOULD REALLY BE WHAT WE, IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, AS OPPOSED TO SITTING HERE SAYING EVERY FEW WEEKS, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA GET 400 MILLION, IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. 
          BUT MAYBE THAT 80 MILLION IS, AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL BUILD IT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
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I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          IN REGARDS TO PROJECTIONS AND HOW WE PROJECT CERTAIN FUNDS AND WHAT FUNDS, UH, THAT WE KNOW THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE THAT ARE NOT OFTEN PUT ON PROJECTIONS. 
          EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW WILL RECEIVE ARE INCLUDED. 
          AND SO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE RELEASES THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, NOT JUST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE REVENUE, THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE IS LCFF, OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, WHICH IS WE ALWAYS SHOW THE ENDING BALANCES AND WE CALL THAT THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          MULTI PROJECTIONS LIKE THE REVENUES FOR ALL THREE YEARS, THE EXPENDITURES FOR ALL THREE YEARS, AND THEN THE ENDING BALANCES AND THE REVENUE PART. 
          WE ALREADY ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE A INCREASE, PERCENTAGE INCREASE EACH OF THOSE YEARS. 
          SO FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, WE ALREADY KNOW IT'S SO SUPER COLA FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE THAT RATE AND IT'S FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, BUT THEIR ESTIMATES. 
          AND SO THOSE CAN CHANGE, THEY CAN EITHER END UP BEING HIGHER OR LOWER THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY PROJECTED. 
          SO THOSE ARE I NOT KNOWN BECAUSE THEY CAN CHANGE, BUT THEY'RE PUBLISHED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEY, AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T COME UP WITH OUR OWN RATES. 
          LIKE EVEN FOR THOSE FUTURE YEARS, WE DON'T. 
          AND THEN ALL THE OTHER ONE-TIME GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, BASED ON WHAT'S PASSED IN THE STATE LAW. 
          SO THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED, ARE NOT REFLECTED 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. 
          THERE COULD BE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR INSURANCE OR FEMA OR THINGS, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT IS UNPREDICTABLE. 
          AND THAT BY ACCOUNTING RULE, WE CANNOT REFLECT UNTIL WE GET SOME KIND OF A CONFIRMATION. 
          NOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO WAIT FOR LITERALLY THE CASH TO BE IN OUR ACCOUNT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A DOCUMENTATION THAT TELLS US YOU ARE GETTING THIS $1 MILLION, THIS $5 MILLION, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW, HOW IT, HOW, HOW THE, THE RULES WORK. 
          SO THERE'S THE ACCOUNTING RULES ABOUT WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE REVENUE, AND THERE'S ALSO GUIDANCE RELEASE FROM THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE AND WHAT WE SHOULDN'T INCLUDE. 
          BUT BROADLY SPEAKING, ANYTHING THAT'S HYPOTHETICAL THAT HAS NO EITHER DOCUMENTATION OR, OR A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS FOR INCLUDING WE, WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO, TO INCLUDE. 
          TO THAT POINT, AND THIS IS A FINAL PIECE ON THAT, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS PROP 98 AND THE REVENUE, AND NOW THERE'S A LAWSUIT NOW. 
          AND SO WOULD WE HAVE PROJECTED THE ENTIRE AMOUNT? IS THAT SEEN BAKED IN ANYWHERE IN ANY OF OUR NUMBERS? NO. 
          SO VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO WE PROJECT USING LCFF AS A BEST, BEST EXAMPLE. 
          WE PROJECT REVENUES IN EACH SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR BASED ON THE CURRENT YEAR BASE RATES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE, I TALKED ABOUT THERE'S LIKE THE BASE RATE, THEN THERE'S THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION. 
          BUT THE BIG ONE, EVERYTHING FLOWS FROM THE BASE RATE. 
          SO THE BASE RATE GOES UP BY 4%. 
          LET'S SAY THE OTHER GRANT SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION ALSO GO UP BY 4%, JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S BASED ON THE BASE RATE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE, THE, THE, THE, THE DATA POINTS THAT ARE USED FOR THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE THIS YEAR'S BASE RATE FOR LCFF, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN A PER STUDENT REVENUE AMOUNT. 
          THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 
          RIGHT? THEY, THEY, AND EVERY DISTRICT USES THE SAME ONES. 
          WHAT WE INPUT IS THE ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE ASSUMPTIONS. 
          NOW THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING THAT THAT ASSUMPTION WAS, WAS WRONG AND IT WAS MAYBE WRONG IS PUTTING IT TOO STRONG, BUT IT WAS, IT'S WORSE THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN, THOSE ARE LIKE BASICALLY THE, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE PLUGGED IN TO DO THE CALCULATION. 
          NOW, THE PROP 98, IT, IT IS KIND OF SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT, NOW THEY'RE HIGHLY RELATED, RIGHT? THE PROP 98 MONEY IS WHAT'S USED TO FUND LCFF AND INCLUDING THAT COLA. 
          AND SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE $3.9 BILLION IS ANOTHER A, A GOOD, THIS IS ANOTHER GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TO MENTION THAT LIKE THE $3.9 BILLION, THE STATE BY LAW, BY THE ENACTED BUDGET DID NOT ALLOCATE IT TO SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT IT, THAT IT BE RELEASED AS IT SHOULD BE. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE STATE LAW, WE, WE WILL NOT INCLUDE IT ANY OUR SHARE OF IT IN THE REVENUE. 
          BECAUSE IF, IF WHAT HAPPENS, AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME THERE WAS WITHHOLDING, THERE WAS LIKE A $1.9 BILLION. 
          IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT SETTLE UP WAS JUST INCLUDED IN THE, THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          IT WAS PART OF ALL OF THE REVENUES. 
          IT WASN'T LIKE A SEPARATE POT MM-HMM . 
          IT WAS USED TO FUND EDUCATION THE, THE FOLLOWING, THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S THE BIG CONNECTION. 
          THE PROP 98, AND SORRY TO GO ON SO LONG ABOUT THIS, PROP 98 DETERMINES HOW MUCH OF THE STATE'S BUDGET 
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IS GONNA GO TOWARDS K 14 EDUCATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, TK THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
          AND THEN THE COLA, THE LCFF PLUS THE COLA COMES OUT OF THAT. 
          SO THE REASON WE HAVE YEARS, LIKE THIS YEAR BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE THESE ONE-TIME FUNDS IS BECAUSE THE PROP 98 GUARANTEE, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE THEIR NUMBERS REAL EASY. 
          I, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 130 BILLION, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IT'S A HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND LET'S SAY THE COST OF LCFF PLUS THE COLA RIGHT, IS 90 BILLION OF THE A HUNDRED BILLION. 
          THE, THE STATE HAS MORE MONEY THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GIVE. 
          OUR PREFERENCE IS THAT THEY GIVE IT TO US IN L CFF IN A HIGHER COLA BECAUSE THAT'S ONGOING. 
          BUT INSTEAD, WHAT THE STATE HAS BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS NOW IS THEY PROVIDE THAT DIFFERENCE IN THE FORM OF ONE-TIME MONEY. 
          THE COLA IS ALSO, THERE'S A BY STATUTE, LIKE THERE'S A FORMULA THAT DETERMINES THE, EVEN THE COLA, THE COLA, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC INDICATORS THAT ARE USED TO CALCULATE, IS THE STATUTORY COLA 1%, IS IT 2%, IS IT 3%, ET CETERA. 
          IT'S A SEPARATE CALCULATION. 
          AND THEN IT'S KIND OF, IS THERE ENOUGH PROP 98 TO FUND THAT PLUS MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S KINDA THE SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS THE STATE HAS HAD MORE THAN THEY'VE NEEDED TO FUND JUST THE COLA AND HAVE PROVIDED A LOT OF IT IN THE FORM OF ONETIME MONEY. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE WHO DIDN'T GO FIRST ROUND? CARLA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SIMONE KING. 
          UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 16 AND, UM, OF THE, THE SLIDES, I MEAN, UM, SO I SEE IN THE REVENUE SECTION, RIGHT? FSP 26 27, 580 3 MILLION. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, THAT'S BASED ON THE ACTUALS, RIGHT? THIS IS BASED ON THE FINAL ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE. 
          AND INCLUDED IN THAT IS NOT JUST LIKE THE SPED BASE RATE AND THE SU AND, AND, UH, SOME OF THE SMALLER ONE-TIME GRANTS LEARNING RECOVERY. 
          BUT THERE WAS A VERY LARGE ONE-TIME DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT. 
          I THINK THE UPDATED ESTIMATE IS I THINK 335. 
          HOW MUCH WAS IT AGAIN? $335 MILLION. 
          OH, SO IT WAS MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN THE, IN THE, WHAT WE APPROVED IN JUNE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR UPDATED ESTIMATES ARE ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OKAY. 
          THAN JUNE. 
          BUT THE SPED RATE ENDED UP BEING SO MUCH LOWER THAT IT COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED ANY OF THE GOOD NEWS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THEN MY QUESTION IS AGAIN ABOUT THE LCFF. 
          YOU SAID THERE'S THE LCF BASE, THEN THERE'S THE SUPPLEMENTARY GRANT. 
          YEP. 
          AND THE CONCENTRATION GRANT, ARE THOSE TWO GRANTS, UM, LIKE THE ONETIME FUNDS, ARE THEY INTERCHANGEABLE? NO. 
          OR THAT, OKAY. 
          SO IT'S THAT, AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE'VE HAD THESE OTHER ONETIME GRANTS. 
          EXACTLY. 
          THE, THE, THE FACT THAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION FUNDING ARE CALLED GRANTS MAKES IT A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY GRANTS, THEY'RE ONGOING SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
          AND IN TERMS OF THE WAY WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT THEM IN OUR FINANCIALS, IT'S UNRESTRICTED, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE, UH, UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED IN A WAY. 
          IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A RESTRICTED GRANT, MEANING WE'RE NOT REPORTING IT AS PART OF GENERAL FUND RESTRICTED, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH RESPECT TO THOSE FUNDS. 
          THERE'S LCAP THAT HAS TO BE PREPARED. 
          THERE'S THAT PROPORTIONALITY PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET OR EXCEED, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CALLED GRANTS, I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER. 
          THEY ARE NOT ONE TIME THEY'RE ONGOING. 
          WE GET THEM, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2014, WE'VE GOTTEN THEM EVERY EVERY YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN IN 27, 28 WE HAVE 167 MILLION AND THEN TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY NINE, A HUNDRED SIXTY 8 MILLION. 
          RIGHT ON, ON IN THAT ONE, THE REVENUES, THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF A 416 IN 27 28, 415 IN 28, 29. 
          SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS MISSING FROM THOSE PROJECTIONS? WELL, NOTHING'S MISSING. 
          UH, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING AS I DESCRIBED TO BOARD MEMBER HEN NEWBLE. 
          IT DESCRIBED, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT, THAT IS THE PROJECTIONS OF LCFF, THE BASE. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT INCLUDES. 
          I MEAN, THE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE, THIS TABLE ONLY INCLUDED THE EXTRA REVENUE, THE INCREMENTALLY HIGHER REVENUE THAT WASN'T ALREADY IN OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, THIS IS NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT. 
          NO, NO. 
          THIS IS JUST LIKE THE, OH, THE DIFFERENCE. 
          GOOD NEWS, SO TO SPEAK FROM THE STATE'S BUDGET AND THE GOOD NEWS AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT THE STATE BUDGET WAS GONNA BE, WHICH ALWAYS GETS UPDATED, IT'S THE EXTRA. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ONE THEN. 
          UM, THE ONE THAT WE APPROVED IN 27, 28, SO, UM, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          REVENUE, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SUB. 
          IT SAYS YOUR SUBTOTAL MAY REVISION REVENUE, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE THERE. 
          IT'S 628 MILLION. 
          YES. 
          WHICH I KNOW NOW IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY. 
          BUT THEN 27 28 WE HAVE 2200 9 MILLION. 
          AND THEN 28 29 WE HAVE 210 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT WERE THOSE 209 
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AND 210 REPRESENTING? SO THAT WAS IN JUNE ARE ESTIMATES FOR HOW MUCH EXTRA REVENUE WE WERE GETTING AS A RESULT OF THE STATE'S BUDGET. 
          AT THAT TIME, THE STATE BUDGET WASN'T FINAL YET, BUT WE HAD THE MAY REVISE AND WE WERE BASING ESTIMATES BASED ON THE MAY REVISE. 
          AND THE MAY REVISE DID A FEW THINGS. 
          IT INCLUDED HIGHER SPECIAL EDUCATION BASED RATE, IT INCLUDED DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT, IT INCLUDED LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT. 
          AND IT ALSO INCLUDED HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR SOME WAS ONE TIME, SOME WAS ONGOING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DID ESTIMATES AS SOON AS WE GOT THE MAY REVISE. 
          I THINK THERE WAS A CAL LIKE SOON THEREAFTER, WE CAME WITH ESTIMATES AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD TO UPDATE THE ESTIMATES WITH ALL THE FINAL INFORMATION FROM THE STATE ENACTED BUDGET, WHICH JUST RESULTED IN SMALLER NUMBERS. 
          NOW IT'S STILL MORE, IT'S STILL A POSITIVE NUMBER, RIGHT? IT'S STILL MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING BEFORE THE STATE PASSED ITS BUDGET, BUT IT'S NOT MORE BY AS MUCH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          BUT DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ONETIME FUNDS OR YOU DID NOT INCLUDE THE ONETIME FUNDS? IT INCLUDES ONE-TIME FUNDS IN 26 27, WHICH IS 335 MILLION OF THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT. 
          IT HAS A MUCH LONGER NAME. 
          IT'S LIKE THE STUDENT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT. 
          WE JUST CALL IT THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT. 
          AND THE LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT. 
          I THINK THE FINAL NUMBER WAS LIKE 71 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT 26, 27, BUT NOT IN 27, 28 AND 28, 29. 
          AND THEN YOU SAID THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT'S AN ACCOUNTING PRACTICE NOT TO INCLUDE ONE TIME FUNDS. 
          RIGHT? WELL, THE FACT THAT WE DON'T INCLUDE IT IN THE OUT YEARS IS BECAUSE THERE'S GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN YOUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION AND WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT INCLUDE. 
          WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DID? UH, IT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE THAT OUR INTERIM REPORT WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
          THAT THE CERTIFICATION COULD NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
          RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION IN SEPTEMBER. 
          WE'RE JUST PREPARE SHOWING THEM TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 
          BUT LET'S SAY AT, I CAN, I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH WITH LACO, BUT MY GUESS IS IF WE WERE TO INCLUDE REVENUES IN THE OUT YEARS IN OUR PROJECTION THAT THEY DON'T ACCEPT THAT THEY COULD, UM, NOT LIKE IN JANUARY APPROVE OUR CERTIFICATION. 
          IT WOULD BE IN DECEMBER. 
          IN JANUARY. 
          IN DECEMBER. 
          WHEN WE GET THAT, THAT PROJECTION THAT WE MAY BE GETTING THIS RIGHT. 
          AND WE ALL ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE GETTING THIS IN ONE TIME. 
          FUNDS THE WAY WE'VE THREADED THE NEEDLE IS INCLUDING IT NOT IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, WHICH ARE LIKE OUR OFFICIAL NUMBERS, BUT INSTEAD IN THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE THREADED THE NEEDLE. 
          HOW WE THREAD THE NEEDLE IN, IN JUNE. 
          AND HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY IN JANUARY, THERE'S A PROPOSAL, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR INCLUDES ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME FUNDING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE IF IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO INCLUDE IT AT LEAST IN AN FSP. 
          MAYBE NOT, NOT IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          'CAUSE IT'S NOT REAL YET. 
          YEAH. 
          JANUARY IS NOT FINAL YET. 
          BUT, BUT WE COULD TRY TO THREAD THE NEEDLE THE WAY WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY IN AN FSP. 
          AT LEAST IT SHOWS THAT IT SHOWS A DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE SECOND, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL DEFICIT. 
          I I HEAR YOU. 
          I KNOW IT'S JUST NOT AS HUGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT I KNOW THERE'S STILL A DEFICIT. 
          UM, , LET ME, UH, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UM, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, NORM DAY, I WANNA ASK ABOUT NORM DAY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE TIME, IT'S AFTER NORM DAY. 
          A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHY NORM DAY. 
          IS IT A STATE LAW? IS IT A DISTRICT POLICY? WHAT IS IT? WHY DO WE, WHY DOES IT HAPPEN WHEN IT IT CREATES SO MUCH, UH, CHAOS AT SCHOOL SITES? SO IT'S NOT A STATE LAW, IT'S JUST A, IT'S A DISTRICT PRACTICE THAT IS EXTREMELY COMMON ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS, WHICH IS THAT DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT WILL BE THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND SO WE DO PROJECTIONS, YOU KNOW, AND OUR PROJECTIONS, UH, IN THE AGGREGATE LEVEL SOMETIMES ARE, ARE NOT EXACTLY RIGHT AND ESPECIALLY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          'CAUSE IT'S A REALLY HARD THING TO DO. 
          IT'S A REALLY HARD THING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL'S ENROLLMENT WILL BE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT I IMPACT ONE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL'S ENROLLMENT. 
          AND SO THE COMMON PRACTICE, AGAIN, STATEWIDE AT DISTRICTS IS YOU ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES BASED ON WHAT YOU THINK ENROLLMENT'S GONNA BE, THAT PROJECTION. 
          AND THEN WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT IS. 
          AND, BUT YOU HAVE TO PICK A, A, A SNAPSHOT DATE. 
          LIKE A CUTOFF DATE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THAT WAY YOU CAN ADJUST THE ACTUAL ALLOCATION OF THE RESOURCES. 
          AND THE REASON WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT IS THAT NOT EVERY SCHOOL HAS LOWER ENROLLMENT THAN PROJECTED. 
          SOME SCHOOLS HAVE HIGHER ENROLLMENT THAN PROJECTED AND THEY NEED THE BEST. 
          THE, THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE IS MORE TEACHERS, RIGHT? WE HAVE THESE CLASS SIZES THAT ARE NOT JUST ED CODE. 
          WE HAVE LOWER, MUCH LOWER CLASS SIZES AS A RESULT OF OUR, OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH UTLA. 
          AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEM. 
          WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THEM. 
          AND SO WHEN A SCHOOL STARTS THE YEAR WITH 50 MORE STUDENTS THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED, THEY NEED MORE TEACHERS. 
          AND SO THE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 
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WE ARE ABLE TO ALLOCATE TEACHERS AND WE ALREADY HAVE TEACHERS ON HAND. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER SCHOOL, LET'S SAY, THAT HAS ENROLLMENT OF 50 STUDENTS LESS THAN PROJECTED. 
          SO IN THIS VERY SIMPLIFIED EXAMPLE, THE TEACHERS THAT ARE NO LONGER AT SCHOOL A GO TO SCHOOL B. 
          NOW I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WHY, WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO WHY IT'S SUCH A, A COMMON PRACTICE STATEWIDE. 
          I SEE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST GOING BACK TO THE 55%, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I MEAN, 'CAUSE HONESTLY MY GOAL IS THAT WE REACH 55% SURE. 
          AND I'M WONDERING, UM, I MEAN WE REDUCED CLASS SIZE. 
          SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE, YOU SHARED ALL THE AUDIT CLASSROOM AND THE FORMULA, BUT BEYOND THAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET TO 55% PER THE CURRENT LAW? IF WE, IF THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE LAW, NOT EVEN GETTING RID OF THE LAW. 
          LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY WE EVEN JUST CHANGED THE DEFINITION. 
          I THINK YOU WERE KIND OF ALLUDING TO THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WHERE, HEY, THERE ARE CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO STUDENTS. 
          AND THAT SHOULD COUNT, LET'S SAY, IF WE DID, THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO IMPROVE, NOT A ELIMINATION OF THE RULE, BUT A, A TWEAK. 
          BUT IF THE RULE STAYS AS IS RIGHT WITH NO MODIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER, THE ONLY WAY TO COMPLY WOULD BE TO SPEND MORE FOR THE THINGS THAT COUNT. 
          AND BECAUSE OF OUR FISCAL SITUATION, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO SPEND LESS FOR THE THINGS THAT DON'T COUNT. 
          NOW WE'RE ALREADY IN THE FSP SPENDING A LOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROJECTED TO SPEND A LOT LESS ON A LOT OF THINGS. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY PER THE CURRENT LAW TO, TO COMPLY TO HAVE MORE THAN 55% WOULD BE TO SPEND MORE ON THE THINGS THAT COUNT. 
          UH, NOW. 
          BUT WE'D HAVE A CORRESPONDING CUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          AND WHEN WE HAD A SURPLUS, DID WE MEET THE 55%? NO. 
          DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS WHERE WE WERE MUCH LOWER BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR COVID WAS SPENT, WHAT WAS CONSIDERED OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, THERE WERE A LOT OF LIKE OPERATING EXPENSES, TESTING EXPENSES. 
          THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY LIKE INTERVENTION EXPENSES. 
          THERE WERE, UM, PSW EXPENSES. 
          THERE WERE ALL, AND YOU KNOW, A-P-E-I-S EXPENSES, THERE WERE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE CONSIDERED OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, BUT THAT WE KNEW WERE ESSENTIAL BECAUSE OF THE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS DURING THAT VERY UNIQUE TIME PERIOD. 
          YEAH. 
          IT JUST SEEMS CONTRADICTORY THOUGH BECAUSE WE HAD A SURPLUS. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY COULD HAVE DONE BOTH, WE COULD HAVE MET ALL OF THOSE OTHER EXTRA NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD DURING COVID AND WE COULD HAVE ALSO SPENT THE MONEY WHERE IT COUNTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I'M SAYING WHERE IT COUNTS BECAUSE OF THE FORMULA. 
          YEAH, I MEAN CERTAINLY THAT COULD, THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. 
          THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. 
          YEAH. 
          THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS VAUNTED $5 BILLION RESERVE AND YEAH. 
          AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF, IF THAT WERE, IF WE HAD DONE THAT, YEAH, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE 5 BILLION RESERVE THAT EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN ANCIENT HISTORY. 
          NOW OUR RESERVE IS MUCH SMALLER, GOING NEGATIVE OR MAKING VERY DEEP CUTS. 
          BUT YEAH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF WE HAD SPENT IT INSTEAD OF USING IT NOW TO, YEAH. 
          KEEP THINGS GOING A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          I, YEAH, I JUST, I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND THAT IT, IT SHOULD BE A GOAL. 
          THERE'S A REASON WHY THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED, NOT JUST, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEET 55% OF CLASSROOM EXPENDITURES SHOULD BE ON OUR STUDENTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I TOTALLY AGREE ON THAT. 
          AND I ALSO AGREE, I WASN'T SAYING TO ADD THE OTHERS TO THE 55. 
          I'M SAYING ACTUALLY NO, KEEP ADDING THOSE OTHER EXTRA BECAUSE THOSE ARE REAL NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE. 
          AND WE DIDN'T DO THAT DURING A TIME OF SURPLUS WHEN WE COULD HAVE DONE IT. 
          THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PRIORITY OF OURS TO MEET THAT. 
          AND SO JUST BEING AWARE AS I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT IN THIS MOMENT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE WHAT WE SHOULD TRY TO MEET IS THAT GOAL. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, TANYA. 
          THANKS. 
          CONSIDERING WE'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR 90 MINUTES, I'LL BE, KEEP MINE SHORT. 
          ONE IS A REQUEST AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING REQUEST, UM, TO PRESENT NUMBERS AS PER PUPIL. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY COMPELLING TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          IF FOR EXAMPLE, WE GET $30,000 PER STUDENT, BUT WE SPEND $34,000 PER STUDENT, THAT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T KEEP SPENDING $4,000 MORE PER STUDENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE, BUT LIKE, LET'S GET THOSE NUMBERS PUBLIC AND USE THOSE OVER THE NEXT SEMESTER. 
          UM, SLIDE 24 IS CONCERNING FOR ME. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GENERALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WORST SITUATION. 
          DO WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER $300 MILLION TO ADD TO A REVISED FSP? SORRY, WHICH SIDE NUMBER? SORRY, 24. 
          IT'S JUST THE, YOU KNOW, 60 MILLION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF ENROLLMENT. 
          60 MILLION BECAUSE OF ENDING BALANCES. 
          YES. 
          THIS ONE IS THE WORST SITUATION. 
          IT'S ROUGHLY $300 MILLION. 
          DO WE NEED TO FIND IT AND PUT IT IN A REVISED FSP? RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL POSITIVE IN OUR UNASSIGNED ENDING BALANCES BY THE END OF THE 28 29 SQUARE. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GO TO THE OTHER, THE GRAPH, WHICH IS HERE ON SITE 17. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THIS ALREADY REFLECTS THAT 
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KNOWN INFORMATION. 
          THE ONLY THING IT DOESN'T REFLECT AND THERE COULD BE OTHER IMPACTS, BUT RIGHT NOW THE ENROLLMENT BEING LOWER IS NOT YET REFLECTED. 
          BUT THE FSP BEING SMALLER IS ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR HERE. 
          AND WE'RE POSITIVE $5 MILLION AND, AND THE, UH, THE SPENDING, THE HIGHER LEVEL OF SPENDING FOR NPS AND DUE PROCESS IS ALREADY REFLECTED HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW THE PROJECTIONS COULD STILL BE OFF, RIGHT? IT COULD BE THAT THOSE LEGALLY REQUIRED SERVICES WE END UP SPENDING EVEN MORE THAN AS ACCOUNTANT THAN, THAN WHAT IS ASSUMED HERE. 
          YOU'VE GOT AN ITEM LATER THAT WILL REFLECT THAT. 
          YEAH, . 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THOSE TRENDS ARE JUST LIKE STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE. 
          THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO LUSD. 
          BUT IN APPROVING TODAY'S UNAUDITED ACTUALS, WE DON'T NEED TO ALSO BE THINKING WE HAVE TO SAVE ANOTHER $300 MILLION IS BASICALLY MY QUESTION. 
          NOT YET. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, WE JUST GOT ANOTHER LETTER FROM LACO. 
          YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN IT 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR 90 MINUTES. 
          IT'S A LOOK. 
          IT'S . 
          OKAY, SO WE, YEAH, WE HAVE A TIMELINE COMING UP THAT WE'LL NEED TO SUBMIT SOME DETAILS. 
          UM, AND SO I GUESS JUST FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, LIKE WHEN WILL THE BOARD COME BACK TOGETHER TO SEE THAT? AND WILL IT BE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION BEFORE WE SUBMIT TO LACO? OR WE JUST SUBMIT IT TO THEM? YEAH, I ANTICIPATE AS, AS WE GET NEAR THAT DEADLINE, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH. 
          UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THAT TIME. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S A ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHECKPOINTS. 
          REMEMBER THERE'S THE OCTOBER DEADLINE IS A REQUIREMENT BY LAW, RIGHT? UH, COUNTIES ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE BUDGETS BY OCTOBER 8TH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ASKED FOR THE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROGRESSING AND IMPLEMENTING THE FSP AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A BOARD RETREAT ON THE BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK IF MEMORY SERVES, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A GENERAL FOCUS, EXCUSE ME, THAT YOU AND DR. RIVAS HAVE HAD FOR THOSE RETREATS. 
          THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE ALSO TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF BOARD ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE, THE LATEST LAKO CORRESPONDENCE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING TEST CASE. 
          THE VISION FOR THOSE RETREATS IS AROUND ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE UNITY, UM, NEXT WEEK. 
          AND, AND THIS MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC TO LIFT UP WITH THAT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          LAST THING AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, REFLECTIVE OF THAT, BUT MAYBE ALSO TODAY, LIKE, I'M ASSUMING LAKOS PROBABLY WATCHING THIS MEETING AND I KNOW THEY'RE COMING WEEKLY. 
          LIKE WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR FROM US AT THIS POINT? UM, AND MAYBE THAT HELPS US TOO, IN OUR PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KIND OF FRAME WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY. 
          LIKE WHAT DOES THE BOARD NEED TO BE INDICATING, UM, TO SHOW THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF GETTING AN ADVISOR APPOINTED. 
          I MEAN, IF I CAN KICK IT OFF, TO PUT IT VERY SUCCINCTLY, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FSP. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. 
          IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH METHODICALLY AND FRANKLY, PAINFULLY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS BEING IMPACTED BY THIS, BUT IMPLEMENTING THE FSP WITH SOME DEGREE OF FIDELITY. 
          GREAT. 
          YEP. 
          FIRST TIMERS. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          FIRST TIME, FIRST TIMER RIGHT HERE. 
          , AT LEAST ON THIS ROUND. 
          UM, NO, I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I'M LISTENING SO I CAN CHECK OFF. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY ALREADY ANSWERED. 
          I DON'T WANNA REPEAT IT. 
          UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO LOOK BACK AT OTHER UNAD UNAUDITED ACTUALS FROM PREVIOUS TWO YEARS JUST TO SEE WHAT, WHAT SHOWS UP IN SOME YEARS AND WHAT DOESN'T. 
          SO I WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO, YOU KNOW, 24, 23 I THINK IT IS. 
          AND UM, IN THE REVENUE SECTION, UM, AT LEAST IN 23, 24, IT SAID, UM, I KNOW YOU DON'T, I'M JUST GONNA READ IT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT ON YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT THERE WAS IN REVENUES FOR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, THERE WAS A HIGHER NET AMOUNT OF 36.4 MILLION REPRESENTING OF VARIANCE. 
          AND THERE WERE DIFFERENT REASONS, RIGHT? WE HAD THE JEWEL LEGAL SETTLEMENT, WE HAD SOME PROP 28 FUNDS. 
          WE HAD SOME LCFF HIGHER THAN PROJECTED A DA FOR AFFILIATED CHARTERS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHY. 
          BUT THERE IS ONE HERE THAT ALSO SHOWED UP IN 24 25 THAT IS NOT SHOWING UP IN THIS YEAR, WHICH IS, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY, UM, THE FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TREASURY POOL, THE COUNTY POOL. 
          SO IN 23, 24, UM, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 27.2. 
          AND THEN IN 24 25 IN THAT THE SAME COUNTY POOL, THERE WAS A $66 MILLION INCREASE THAT WENT INTO THE REVENUES. 
          WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR? I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IS THAT HIGHER INTEREST INCOME OR WAS IT A REVERSAL OF THE UNREALIZED LOSS? 'CAUSE IT COULD HAVE, IF IT WAS ABOUT THE COUNTY TREASURY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS. 
          IT SAID, UH, DUE TO HIGHER UNREALIZED GAIN IN CASH DEPOSITED. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          SO QUICK BACKGROUND ON THAT. 
          WE, I FORGET WHEN, BUT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REFLECT. 
          WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MARK TO MARKET OUR CASH BALANCES. 
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SO BY LAW, OUR CASH HAS TO BE AT THE COUNTY TREASURY, RIGHT? WE GET INTEREST INCOME ON IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BANK ACCOUNT BASICALLY. 
          BUT IT'S VERY SAFE AND IT'S INVESTED BASICALLY IN GOVERNMENT BONDS AND TREASURIES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT, VERY SAFE INSTRUMENTS. 
          AND I, AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS, BUT THERE WAS A ACCOUNTING RULE CHANGE THAT REQUIRED US TO MARKET, TO MARKET. 
          ALL THAT MEANS IS WHEN THE VALUE OF THAT INVESTMENT CHANGES, WE HAD TO EITHER REFLECT AN UNREALIZED LOSS OR GAIN. 
          OKAY? AND MANY YEARS AGO, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE AN UNREALIZED LOSS. 
          THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE DROPPED OR GOING UP AND THE UNDER, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO IN THE WEEDS, BUT LIKE THE UNDERLYING PRICE OF THE BONDS WENT DOWN. 
          AND SO IF YOU WERE JUST TO, IF WE WOULD'VE SOLD THAT INVESTMENT, WE WOULD'VE LOST MONEY. 
          WHAT I REALLY NEED TO STRESS IS LIKE THE VALUE OF OUR CASH IS THE VALUE OF OUR CASH, RIGHT? ANY MOMENT WE WANTED TO WITHDRAW THE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY AS WE DO EVERY MONTH WHERE WE'RE PAYING OUR BILLS, IT IS UNCHANGED. 
          BUT FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE VALUE OF THE CASH WAS LOWER. 
          NOW OVER TIME, THAT UNREALIZED LOSS IS UNWOUND, MEANING IT WAS, I FORGET WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY BIG. 
          I THINK IT WAS 130, 130 MILLION, A COUPLE A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          I DUNNO IF THEY REMEMBER IT WAS ABOUT 110 MILLION. 
          IT WAS IN 2022 WHEN THE NEW GASB ROLL, GS B THERE, 1 31 WAS A NEW REQUIREMENT TO, TO SHIFT THAT. 
          SO THEN, BUT THAT'S NOT PERMANENT. 
          WE HAVE TO REFLECT IT IN OUR FINANCIALS AS A HIT TO OUR ENDING BALANCES. 
          EVEN AGAIN, THE CASH BALANCE IS THE CASH BALANCE. 
          WE CAN TAKE IT OUT, WE CAN USE THE MONEY THAT'S IN THERE. 
          UM, BUT EVENTUALLY, IF INTEREST RATES GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND THE VALUE CHANGES OR AS WHAT WE'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING, OUR CASH BALANCE IS SMALLER, THEN THAT UNREALIZED LOSS GOES AWAY. 
          AND SO, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HOW MUCH, IF ANY OF THAT WE HAD AT UNAUDITED ACTUALS THAT WE WEREN'T ALREADY REFLECTING IN JUNE. 
          WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 
          UM, BUT THE REASON WHY IT WAS PROBABLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PAST WAS BECAUSE THAT REVERSAL, THE UNREALIZED LOSS GOING AWAY, GOING BACK TO ZERO, WERE LIKE IN BIG CHUNKS. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE DETAILS. 
          I, I DIDN'T, I DON'T, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ALSO HERE, UM, FOR 24, 25 MM-HMM. 
          SORRY, GOING BACK, UH, FOR THE, A GENERAL FUND RESTRICTED, THERE WAS A REVENUE INCREASE OF 112 MILLION. 
          UM, PART OF IT WAS FROM THE FEDERAL REVENUES FROM TITLE ONE, UM, THIS YEAR WERE, CAN YOU CALCULATE OR DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH LESS WE RECEIVED IN FEDERAL FUNDING? I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          YOU'RE JUST ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TITLE ONE, IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGE FROM JUNE TO TODAY, BUT ANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS? YEAH, I, I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP. 
          UM, THERE WERE CHANGES IN THE RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND THAT ARE PART OF THE BOARD MATERIALS, BUT I'D HAVE TO, YOU DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT, HOW MUCH WE LOST, BUT IT'S ALL, BUT IT'S ALL ACCOUNTED FOR. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALL IN THE NUMBERS AND THE TOTALS. 
          AND ALSO, WHICH IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT IN THIS, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE WAS, UH, 94 MILLION IN OTHER STATE REVENUES PRIMARILY AS ATTRIBUTED TO STIRS ON BEHALF OF PENSION CONTRIBUTION OF 69 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS NOTHING OF THAT THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH, I'M DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY SUCH CONTRIBUTION FROM THE STATE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE 24 25 IN FRONT OF ME. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES, OF COURSE. 
          'CAUSE IN THE LAST, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT THE PAST TWO, UNDER ACTUALS, WE HAD AN INCREASE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND THEN THIS YEAR WE HAD A DECREASE OF 62. 
          AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT, WHICH IS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT, THAT'S BEEN THE PATTERN UNTIL NOW. 
          IS THAT EVEN JUST FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER? NOT THIS TIME, BUT LAST TIME WE SAW IMPROVEMENTS EVEN IN THAT SHORT TIME PERIOD. 
          THIS TIME WE HAVEN'T. 
          BUT AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS ARE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THE FINAL NUMBERS, RIGHT? THERE'S NO JUDGMENT CALLS BEING MADE BY MYSELF OR MY TEAM ABOUT WHAT'S INCLUDED OR WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED. 
          AND THE ONLY THING THAT CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINAL AUDIT IS AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED BY THE AUDIT AND THE AUDITOR AUDITOR. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, THERE ARE NO PROJECTIONS. 
          THERE ARE NO JUDGMENT CALLS. 
          THESE ARE THE, THE FINAL NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DID WE REACH OUT TO THE STATE TO HOLD US HARMLESS FOR THE LOSS OF STUDENTS DUE TO THE ICE DETENTION RATES? I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT. 
          I WASN'T SURE IF WE ACTUALLY DID THAT. 
          DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WE DIDN'T ASK THE STATE TO KEEP US HOLD ARMLESS. 
          MAYBE MS. ALVAREZ MAY KNOW. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. 
          UH, YES, WE DID, WE SENT SEVERAL LETTERS, UM, WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS IN MAY, WE HAD THREE LOBBY DAYS IN MAY. 
          WE HAD SENT LETTERS WITH 
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THE URBAN DISTRICT COLLEAGUES, SUPERINTENDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UM, THE STATE'S REACTION, UH, TO THAT REQUEST WAS THEY INCREASED THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT TO OVER $5.2 BILLION, UH, FROM WHAT WAS IN THE PRIOR, UH, JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM THE GOVERNOR. 
          AND IN THE BUDGET LANGUAGE, IT INDICATES THAT THE SUPPORT, UM, STUDENT SUPPORT AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT THAT IT IS TO HELP DISTRICTS OFFSET ANY LOCAL NEEDS INCLUDING, UM, UH, COST ASSOCIATED WITH IMMIGRATION ATTENDANCE IMPACTS IN OTHER AREAS. 
          SO THE STATE'S RESPONSE WAS BASICALLY, WE'RE GIVING YOU A LOT OF NEW, A LOT ON NEW ONGOING, UH, ONE TIME MONEY FOR YOU TO DETERMINE HOW TO USE IT BASED ON YOUR LOCAL NEEDS. 
          OKAY, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION, UM, IS ON THE ADULT ED, UM, FUND AND NYP. 
          SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS FUND IS NOT IN RED. 
          YEAH. 
          AT LEAST NOT YET. 
          BUT, UM, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE, IT'S ON PAGE 18. 
          UM, IT, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CHANGES. 
          SO FOR I, IT'S REDUCING. 
          SO BASICALLY I WANNA KNOW WHAT ARE THE ACTION STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, DOESN'T GO IN RED AND THERE'S FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN. 
          SO THE REVENUE FOR ADULT ED IS, IS THAT'S MAINLY BASED ON GRANTS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE, OR ACTUALLY WE DO, WE GET PERKINS, RIGHT? PERKINS GRANT. 
          UM, JUST WANNA KNOW HOW WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON MAKING SURE THAT THIS 12 MILLION FOR 28, 29 FOR 29 28 IS NOT GONNA BE ZERO. 
          SO I JUST WANT US, HOW PROACTIVELY ARE WE IN SECURING FUNDS OR ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND JUST THE GRANTS WE'VE BEEN, UM, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE ADULT ED TEAM, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE. 
          WE AS A FINANCE DEPARTMENT ARE VERY PROACTIVE. 
          UM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS FUND IS NOT PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN, THAT WE DON'T NEED TO STILL TAKE A CONSISTENTLY MONITOR AND FIND PRODUCTIONS AND EFFICIENCIES. 
          UH, THE MOST COMMON TYPICAL STRATEGY, AND THIS APPLIES TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, IS JUST TO ENSURING THAT WE'RE RESOURCING AND STAFFING SCHOOLS AT THE LEVELS NECESSARY BASED ON ACTUAL ENROLLMENT. 
          NOW THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR OUR TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE SCHOOLS AS WELL, RIGHT? LIKE WE JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NORM DAY AND WHY THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN AND WHY THEY HAPPEN WHEN THEY HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS GONNA BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN IT ALREADY IS WHEN WE'RE FACING THE, THE VERY MUCH TIGHTER FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT WE ARE IS, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY WANTING VERY SUCCESSFUL AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, BUT ENSURING THAT THEY'RE RESOURCE AND STAFFED AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS. 
          WELL, I I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS IN NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR ADULT ED AND, YOU KNOW, UM, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE, THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I WOULD ALSO, LIKE, I KNOW I SEE MR. MATTHEW OVER THERE AND PS HERE JUST AN ACTION PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT ADDITIONAL REVENUES, UM, ARE BEING SOUGHT, UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE EXPANDING MY PARTNERSHIPS WITH A LOT OF, UM, IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT ARE BRINGING IN REVENUE. 
          SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT IN RED NOW AND I HOPE WE KEEP IT THAT WAY, BUT WANNA BE MORE PROACTIVE IN LOOKING FOR FUNDS FOR REVENUES. 
          WILL DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          ROUND ONE PEOPLE. 
          IS THAT ANYONE LEFT, MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          JUST A FEW QUICK ONES. 
          AND I KNOW, I MEAN, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN MENTIONED THE, THE LACO LETTER, AND I'LL JUST PUT A FINER POINT ON IT, WHICH IS THAT THEY DO REQUIRE BY OCTOBER 8TH US TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, WHICH IS THE RE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS AND EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS. 
          BUT LIKE WITH SPECIFICITY, RIGHT? SO NOT JUST THE WHOLE, WE'RE GONNA GET $400 MILLION FROM ENROLLMENT, THE, UM, ANY CONTINGENCY ACTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED, UM, AND SUMMARY CHARTS AROUND VERIZON ENROLLMENT IN A DA. 
          SO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE. 
          BUT JUST TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT, UM, THESE AREN'T ABSTRACT ITEMS ANYMORE. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THE BOARD'S DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY KIND OF IS CONTINGENT ON IT. 
          UM, I WILL SAY ONE THING, AND I KNOW MS. GREGOR ASKED THIS TOO, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSISTENCY AND SOME CREDIBILITY WITH NUMBERS TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT COMPETITIVE GRANTS, LIKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THAT ARE BOTH RESTRICTED, BUT WOULD BE PART OF A TOTAL ENDING BALANCE. 
          IF THERE'S A WAY TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM, PROJECT THOSE OR TALK ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE IN THE PAST TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE AVERAGE OVER THREE TO FOUR YEARS, UM, OR THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          BUT I THINK IT WAS CARLA, WHAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, WHICH IS LIKE ON THOSE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REVENUE THAT'S, THAT'S CAP IN THE FSP AS ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE ONE TIME GRANTS, BUT IF THEY'RE ONE TIME EVERY YEAR, HOW DO WE SHOW, YOU KNOW, JUST SO WE'RE, UM, NOT BEING TOO CONSERVATIVE IN OUR PROJECTION. 
          SO I THINK, YEAH, SO I MEAN WE STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE 
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GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN INCLUDE AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN NOT INCLUDE. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT'S ILLUSTRATIVE OF HOW WE'VE RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD CHANCE TO MENTION THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FLEXIBLE NON COVID FUNDS EVERY YEAR. 
          NOW WE GOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, BUT NONE IN 24, 25, NOT THAT LONG AGO. 
          THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, NONE IN 23, 24, WE DID RECEIVE THESE KIND OF FLEXIBLE NON COVID ONE-TIME GRANTS IN 2223. 
          BUT THEN IN THE PANDEMIC YEAR, THE ONE-TIME GRANTS WERE ALL COVID RELATED AND RESTRICTED. 
          THAT'S 19 20, 20, 21, 21, 22, NO FLEXIBLE STATE, NON COVID RELATED GRANTS. 
          AND SO THE VERY RECENT HISTORY, WE'VE GOTTEN ONE TIME GRANTS, BUT EVEN 24, 25, 23, 24, WE, WE DID NOT. 
          AND SO WE CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE INFORMATION AND, AND IT'S FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES, BUT WE CANNOT, IT'S NOT AT OUR DISCRETION TO DECIDE WHAT REVENUES IN THE OUT YEARS WE CAN INCLUDE THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED BY OUR OVERSIGHT BODIES. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S THIS POSSIBILITY THAT THE LEVEL OF INTERVENTION FROM THE COUNTY WILL ESCALATE, RIGHT? WE HAVE A FISCAL EXPERT THAT IS AN ADVISORY ROLE AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STAY IN RESCIND OR VETO AUTHORITY OVER THE BOARD. 
          THE NEXT LEVEL OF, OF OVERSIGHT OF INTERVENTION WOULD BE AN FISCAL ADVISOR THAT WOULD HAVE SUCH VETO POWER. 
          AND SO TO ANSWER A QUESTION, I THINK OF A BOARD MEMBER OR CHIEF FRANKLIN ASKED LIKE, YEAH, LACO IS CERTAINLY WATCHING THESE BOARD MEETINGS. 
          THE, TO REPEAT WHAT SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FSP. 
          AND TO TAKE ANOTHER CRACK AT YOUR ANSWER ABOUT DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY $300 MILLION OF CUTS TODAY, MY ANSWER WAS JUST VERY LITERAL. 
          LIKE, NO, TODAY THAT'S NOT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. 
          BUT AS A RESULT OF THIS LETTER, AS A RESULT OF FIRST INTERIM, AS A RESULT OF SECOND INTERIM, WE'RE ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH MORE REDUCTIONS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA BE UPFRONT ABOUT THAT, THAT WHILE IT MIGHT NOT BE LITERALLY TODAY, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE FACING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN TO BE CLEAR, I MEANT KIND OF AS EXEMPLARS OR ILLUSTRATIVE SURE. 
          UM, UH, TO HELP US, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SURPRISING OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE STARTED THIS MORNING WITH SOME VERY COMPELLING TESTIMONY ABOUT NO MORE CUTS AND THERE'S MORE MONEY OUT THERE AND SUBMIT A ONE YEAR BUDGET AND WE'RE ALL GONNA MARCH TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN NOW WE GET A LETTER, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR LATER THAT'S LIKE, WELL ACTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOUR DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY IF YOU DON'T ACT WITH FIDELITY. 
          AND SO PUT LIKE, JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ARE THE NARRATIVE THAT THE COMPETING NARRATIVES, UM, AND THERE ARE MORE AND SOME IN, IN IN BETWEEN THAT WE'RE ALL GRAPPLING WITH. 
          AND SO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO JUST MAKING, GIVEN THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THESE THINGS LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS GET THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GRANT AND INCLUDE THAT. 
          WELL, YOU'RE MAKING THE CASE THAT, WELL WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PUT THAT IN LEGALLY FOR LACOSS OVERSIGHT, BUT WE MIGHT FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES, ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES HAVE IT UP SO WE CAN SAY LIKE, IF THIS COMES IN, THIS IS HOW WE'VE USED IT FOR AND JUST, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY GONNA GET HARDER FROM HERE. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I GUESS ANOTHER THING, WHEN WE'RE COMING TO CREDIT THE, AROUND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE BUDGET ON SLIDE 13 AND 14, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF THE PERCENTAGE AND ADOPTED BUDGET VERSUS, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST INTERIM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS STAGES OF REPORTS THAT WE MAKE. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WE WANNA GET CLOSER TO ZERO ANY, UM, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S BUDGETED AND WHAT'S SPENT, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE, OH, YOU'RE PADDING THE BOOKS AND SUPPLIES OR, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN LIKE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE 49% AND ALL UNDER OTHER, ALL OTHER ENDING BALANCES MEANS THAT LIKE WE'RE OFF BY ALMOST 50% IN TERMS OF, SO I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED SOME OF IT WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH, BUT JUST THIS IS THE SLIDE WHERE SOMEONE COULD LOOK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE WHERE IT'S NOT ZERO YOU'RE PADDING OR YOU'RE WRONG, OR HOW, WHY SHOULD WE TRUST THE DISTRICT? AND SO CAN YOU JUST TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I MEAN THEY, THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANCES. 
          I THINK THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO HOW THINGS CHANGE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA BE VERY UPFRONT. 
          WE WILL NEVER HAVE 0% VARIANCE. 
          IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THINGS CHANGE, THE REVENUE CHANGES THE EXPENDITURES AS A RESULT OF LABOR AGREEMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES. 
          SO JUST, I JUST WANT TO SET EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WILL NOT SHOW A REPORT LIKE THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS FROM NOW OR EVER WHERE EVERY VARIANCE IS ZERO FROM POINT A TO POINT E. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, AND FOR ENDING BALANCES, IT'S ABOUT LIKE THE CATEGORIZATION LARGELY OF FUNDS AS COMMITTED OR ASSIGNED. 
          WE'VE COMMITTED BALANCES TO COVER THE COST OF PENDING LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD BE IN THAT CATEGORY OF ALL OTHER ENDING BALANCES. 
          UM, AND SO THE POINT OF SHOWING THIS SLIDE IS TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND IN SOME CASES 
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IN LARGE PERCENTAGES, BUT I DON'T THINK THE INFORMATION I'VE PROVIDED IS EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF COMMENTS MADE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THINGS ALWAYS ARE BETTER THAN WHAT'S PROJECTED. 
          I REALLY HOPE IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT, I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT I'M JUST ASKING. 
          NO, I KNOW YOU'RE 49%. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, I MEAN THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THAT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, I JUST, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S WORTH REPEATING AGAIN THAT IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS REPORT IN ISOLATION, RIGHT? YOU IGNORED ALL PAST PATTERNS. 
          YOU WOULD SEE ENDING BALANCES FOR LAST YEAR ARE WORSE THAN TWO, THAN JUNE, ENROLLMENT IS WORSE THAN PROJECTED. 
          THE REVENUE ESTIMATES THAT WE PROVIDED IN MAY AND JUNE ARE NOW WORSE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOKED ONLY AT THIS REPORT, YOU MIGHT SAY THESE ASSUMPTIONS ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH, LIKE SOMETHING'S WRONG IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. 
          THAT'S WHAT'S WORRYING ME IS, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BETTER, NOT ALWAYS, BUT HAVE BEEN BETTER IS NOT GUARANTEED. 
          AND NOW I'VE TRIED TO STRESS THAT BEFORE, BUT TO ME, THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE MAIN TAKEAWAY TO BE IS THAT THAT IS NOT GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN. 
          NOW I HOPE IN DECEMBER 1ST INTERIM THAT I'M WRONG, THAT THIS IS A ONE-OFF AND THAT THINGS ARE GONNA LOOK A LITTLE JUST ON THE NATURAL THINGS ARE GONNA LOOK BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TODAY. 
          BUT THAT IS NOT GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN. 
          AND THE INDIVIDUAL VARIANCE OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS I DON'T THINK TELL THAT BIGGER STORY, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS, WHICH IS THAT SOMETIMES OUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          I GUESS MY TWO, TWO DISCREET QUESTIONS JUST THAT AREN'T HUGE SUMS OF MONEY, BUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THESE UNAIDED ACTUALS THINGS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, RAISE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED MORE PENSION FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAN EXPECTED. 
          UM, AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT WHY AND HOW THAT HAPPENS AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL EXPECT IN THE FUTURE? OR LIKE, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 
          I THINK IT WAS ABOUT LIKE, UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 40 OR SO MILLION IN, UM, 30 MILLION POSITIVE REVENUE VARIANTS IN OTHER STATE REVENUES, HIGHER, UH, STIRS ON BEHALF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT THE BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUE VERSUS ATTENDANCE FORMULA, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THAT WAS, IF ANYONE CAN EXPLAIN THAT. 
          SO THE STATE HAS DONE, UM, PROVIDED ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND IN PRIOR YEARS, AT LEAST TWICE IN MY RECOLLECTION AND OVER THE LAST DECADE. 
          UM, BUT THAT COMES NOT PROP FROM PROP 98, BUT RATHER FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO IT WAS DONE I BELIEVE, ONCE UNDER GOVERNOR BROWN, AT LEAST ONCE UNDER GOVERNOR NEWSOM. 
          BUT IT'S, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S, UM, NOT USUAL FOR THEM TO DO SO BECAUSE I WAS TAKING AWAY MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING AND PRIOR BUDGET LETTERS WITH URBAN SUPERINTENDENTS AT THE STATE DO A CONTRIBUTION LIKE THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          UM, AND THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE THE STATE'S, UM, BUY DOWN THE PENSION RATE, UM, ESSENTIALLY FOR, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT USUAL FOR THEM TO DO SO. 
          UM, AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP OFFSET COST TO THE HEALTHCARE AND OTHER, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS MY EXPECTATION, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS WORTH I THOUGHT RAISING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THE OTHER ONE, I GUESS FOR BOTH OF YOU TOO, IS IT NOTES IN THE UNITED ACTUALS A $1 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA FOR THE 2023 STORM. 
          CAN YOU SHARE WHAT OTHER FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS WERE SEEKING EITHER FOR THE PALISADES OR EATON? I GUESS PROBABLY MORE OF THE PALISADES FIRE GIVEN OUR, UM, BOUNDARIES AND, UH, WHETHER THAT WOULD THEN, HOW THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN OUR FINANCIALS. 
          IT'S REFLECTED ONCE WE GET CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING THE FUNDS. 
          UM, THAT'S THE PRACTICE. 
          SO THERE'S TYPICALLY LIKE AN OBLIGATION LETTER THAT WE GET FOR CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENTS AND UH, THAT'S HOW WE REFLECT IT. 
          THAT'S WHEN WE KNOW, EVEN IF WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE CASH YET, THAT'S GENERALLY ENOUGH FOR US TO REFLECT THE REVENUE, BUT ONLY, ONLY AT THAT TIME. 
          AND HOW MUCH ARE WE SEEKING FOR THE FIRES? UM, I, IT'S BASICALLY WHATEVER IS NOT GONNA BE COVERED BY OUR, OUR INSURANCE POLICIES. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE WRONG NUMBER. 
          UH, IT'S NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          IT'S TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ONCE WE GET THAT OB OBLIGATION LETTER, DOES THAT JUST GO TO GENERAL FUND OR HOW DOES THAT, WHERE DO WE REALIZE THAT REIMBURSEMENT, I GUESS IS MY, SO FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, IT'S REFLECTED AS UNRESTRICTED REVENUE. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. 
          SO WE HAVE STUDENTS ON ZOOM. 
          QUICK QUESTION THEN WE'RE GONNA GET STUDENTS ON ZOOM. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ON THAT LINE OF REIMBURSEMENT, ARE THERE ANY REIMBURSEMENTS WE'RE SEEKING FROM THE LINEAGE FIRE? ANY ACTIONS WERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT SPENT ON THAT. 
          DO WE KNOW ANY REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THAT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON? I ANTICIPATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER CURRENT EXPENDITURES AROUND THE LINEAGE FIRE. 
          THE INTENTION WILL BE WHETHER 
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THE STATE, UH, ACTUALLY HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN THAT SITUATION. 
          FEMA LOOKS AT A DECLARED INCIDENT AS A POINT OF, UM, A POINT OF REIMBURSEMENT, RIGHT? SO THIS IS WHY ADVOCATES HAVE SAID THIS NEEDS TO BE, UH, DECLARED AS A DISASTER ZONE BECAUSE THEN THAT OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, COUNSEL TO LOOK AT OTHER METHODS OF REIMBURSEMENT, WHETHER DIRECTLY WITH THE COMPANY OR OTHER AVENUES, RIGHT? AND THEN IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, TO THE EXTENT IT'S, UH, COVERED UNDER ANY OF OUR INSURANCE POLICIES AND WE ALWAYS COLLECT, GET THAT COVERED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY, MR. MCLEAN, OUR STUDENTS ARE WAITING. 
          YES. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE ON TAB 16. 
          YOU CAN TAKE A BREATHER, MR. , MR. CREAMY, GRAB SOME WATER, SOME ELECTROLYTES, MAYBE . 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO HAPPILY MOVE TO, 
          [22. Res-007-26/27 Ms. Gonez, Ms. Ortiz Franklin, Ms. Griego - Celebrating Latino/a/e Heritage Month in the Los Angeles Unified School District (Res-007-26/27) (Waiver of Board Rule 72)]
UH, TAB 22, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A WAIVER OF BOARD RULE 72, MOVE IT MOVED BECKETT. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHO CAUGHT THAT SECOND. 
          WAS THAT MS. ORTIZ? FRANKLIN? OKAY. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          BONUS, YES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I AM PROUD TO BRING FORWARD OUR ANNUAL LATINA HERITAGE MONTH RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES, BOARD MEMBERS, GRIEGO AND NORTHEAST FRANKLIN, UM, LATINA STUDENTS MAKE UP NEARLY 78% OF OUR DISTRICT AND THE HISTORY CULTURE, LANGUAGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE INSEPARABLE FROM THE STORY OF LOS ANGELES AND LOS ANGELES UNIFIED. 
          THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT CELEBRATING THE HISTORY, UM, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN REFLECTED IN THEIR EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO ETHNIC STUDIES, A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM, SPANISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND DEDICATED SUPPORT FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND NEWCOMER STUDENTS. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESS THAT OUR LATINA STUDENTS CONTINUE TO MAKE. 
          BETWEEN 20 22, 23 AND 20 24, 25 LATINA STUDENTS IMPROVE MORE THAN 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MORE THAN 12 POINTS IN MATH ON THE SMARTER BALANCE ASSESSMENTS. 
          WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT PROGRESS WHILE CONTINUING TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE OPPORTUNITY GAPS THAT PERSIST FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          UM, AND THIS YEAR, LIKE LAST YEAR, THIS RECOGNITION CARRIES PARTICULAR WEIGHT. 
          UM, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, OUR LATINO COMMUNITIES, OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES CONTINUE TO BE UNDER HEIGHTENED FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OF THE ICE RAIDS, UM, AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO BE THOSE SAFE HAVENS WHERE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAFE, WELCOMED, VALUED, AND SUPPORTED BY OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF. 
          UM, SO WE CELEBRATE OUR IDENTITIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN AN ACT IN A TIME OF ATTEMPTED ERASURE, UM, AND ATTACKING OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, THAT CELEBRATION IS AN ACT OF PROTEST AND RESISTANCE AND CARRIES PARTICULAR WEIGHT. 
          UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK MY, UH, CO-AUTHORS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BOARD MEMBER GGO FIRST, UM, TO, TO SHARE ANY REMARKS SHE MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THIS, UH, RESOLUTION. 
          L-A-U-S-D IS A SAFE HOME FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR LATINA STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN TARGETED UNDER THE CURRENT FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. 
          I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF OUR LATINA FAMILIES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE LINEAGE WAREHOUSE FIRE IN BOYLE HEIGHTS THAT IMPACTED RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OF EAST LA, SOUTH LOS ANGELES CITIES, AND SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES CITIES AND THE LA RIVER. 
          THIS MONTH'S CELEBRATION IS NOT ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE CULTURE, THE FOOD, THE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF THE LATINA COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO SERVE AS A SHOW OF RESISTANCE. 
          OUR LATINA STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF WHAT MAKES LAU IS THE, THE DIVERSE, CULTURALLY RICH AND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT THAT IT IS. 
          AND I'M SO PROUD TO STAND WITH AND BE PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THE INVITATION TO CO-SPONSOR, AND WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF CELEBRATIONS OVER THE YEARS. 
          UM, BUT THIS YEAR I'M PARTICULARLY HONORED TO BRING TOGETHER OR TO BRING TO THE BOARD SOME STUDENTS, UM, WHO MOVED ONE OF MY TEAMMATES SO DEEPLY WITH THEIR POETRY. 
          UM, SOME 11TH GRADE STUDENTS, EVELYN AND SANTIAGO, FROM MAYA ANGELOU COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, ARE GONNA JOIN US TODAY TO SHARE BILINGUAL AND TRILINGUAL, UH, POETRY FROM, UH, THAT REALLY UPLIFTS THEIR IDENTITY AND HONORS, UH, THIS MONTH AND WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PRINCIPAL JOSE MESA AT MAYA. 
          I SEE YOU THERE IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BOARD MEMBER ORTIZ. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          L-A-U-S-D-F. 
          IT 
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IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT THE MAYA FAC. 
          THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING OUR AMAZING STUDENTS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS, THEIR SKILLS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEIR CULTURE, THEIR TRADITION AND, AND THEIR JOURNEY AND THEIR STORIES. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANT TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO OUR AMAZING JUNTOS COUNSELOR, OUR FORMERLY NEWCOMER COUNSELOR, MS. RIZ NUNEZ, WHO HIS VISION IS WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE. 
          THIS IS NOW GONNA BE OUR FOURTH YEAR COMING UP, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE FOREVER UNITED NEWCOMERS POETRY CLUB NIGHT. 
          UM, BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE FLOOR IS FOR THEM. 
          UH, PLEASE LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES. 
          THEY'VE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY HARD IN THESE PARTICULAR, UH, PIECES OF LITERATURE. 
          IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH Y'ALL. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, IT'S A PLEASURE MS. ORTIZ. 
          I MEAN, MS. UH, NUNEZ. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT AS A JUNTOS COUNSELOR HERE AT MAYA, AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS' WORK. 
          LIKE MR. MENSA MENTIONED. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FOURTH YEAR RUNNING OF OUR KOSA STOIA POETRY NIGHT, WHERE I CREATED A SPACE FOR OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS AND OUR ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR MULTICULTURALISM, THEIR MULTILINGUALISM, AND JUST PROVIDE A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN, UM, SPEAK ON THEIR, THEIR CULTURE, THEIR PRIDE, THEIR THEIR EXPERIENCE, UH, COMING AS, UH, INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMERS, UH, STUDENTS HERE TO THE US. 
          AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL BE PRESENTING MS. EVELYN JUAN MARTINEZ, 11TH GRADE STUDENT READING HER POEM, SAN MHE THAT FOCUSES ON HER INDIGENOUS ROOTS AS WELL AS HER STUDENT, SANTIAGO QUIN RE 11TH GRADE STUDENT WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON, UH, HIS POEM, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM. 
          TAKE IT AWAY, EVELYN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARTINEZ. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND I'M GOING TO READ MY POEM, AM FROM THE MOUNTAIN MICHE, WHERE THE COLD DAYS THERE IS THE HEAT, WHERE THE HIGH MOUNTAINS ARE HOUSES OF OUR GODS. 
          AND THROUGH MY VEINS, THERE'S BLOOD OF MY ANCESTORS IN EACH, UM, ACHIEVEMENT. 
          THERE'S A MYSTERY THAT, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE, UM, DIFFICULTIES I HAVE THE, UH, BLOODS OF THE NEVER CONQUERED. 
          AND BECAUSE I AM AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN AND I, UH, TAKE THAT TITLE WITH ALL THE LOVE, AND EVEN THOUGH MY DIFFICULTIES, I AM LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGES BEFORE FORGETTING ME. 
          I AM FROM THE SIERRA  WHERE THE TRADITIONS AND SONGS, UH, THEY BEAUTIFY OUR DAY. 
          AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY ARE THERE IS. 
          AND IN EACH PARTY WE ARE HONORING THEM. 
          I AM FROM A SMALL COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S NOTHING MORE LOVELY THAN TO FOLLOW OUR BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS, BECAUSE EVERY TRADITIONAL DANCE REMINDS US OF WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE COME TO BE HERE. 
          EVERY SINGLE TRADITION IS A REMEMBRANCE THAT WE MUST NEVER FORGET WHO WE ARE, AND IT IS WHAT MAKES US US. 
          I AM FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MKE AND WITH PRIDE, I SAY THAT I'M INDIGENOUS AND I HAVE MY LANGUAGE BECAUSE I EMBRACE MY TRADITIONS IN MY PAST. 
          BECAUSE ALL THIS HAS LED ME HERE BECAUSE WITH MUCH HONOR AND PRIDE, I SAY I AM, HAVE UKAI BLOOD. 
          AND NOW MY PARTNER, HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS SANQUIN. 
          TODAY I AM GOING TO PRESENT YOU MY POEM. 
          TITLE, NO ONE IS ILLEGAL IN THEIR DREAMS, THEY CROSS, UH, BORDERS WITH, UH, BONES, WITH BONES CONQUESTED IN THEIR, UH, CHEST DUE TO A MAYBE THAT WAS WORTHWHILE. 
          AND THEY WORK FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN WITHOUT ANY, THEY LIFT A COUNTRY THAT SOMETIMES ERASES THEM EVEN THOUGH THEIR FEAR, UH, AFTER THEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S THOSE BREAKS, IT IS NOT CALLED NUMBERS. 
          IT'S NOT, UM, SHADOWS WITHOUT NAME. 
          THEY ARE AFTER THEIR LOGO STRUGGLES. 
          THEY ARE CHILDREN, THEY ARE FATHERS, AND IT IS VIVID HISTORIES THAT THE WORLD DOES NOT HIDE, EVEN THOUGH THEY TREAT THEM AS EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T EXIST. 
          AND THEN THERE'S LIGHTS, THEN THERE'S SOUNDS AND THERE'S ICE TAKING OUR DREAMS THAT DON'T DO NO HARM. 
          AND HOW IS THE VALUE OF A HUMAN BEING, UH, MEASURED WITH A DOCUMENT OR WHAT THEY'RE GIVING? I HAVE A PAPER, SURE, I KNOW THAT WELL, BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. 
          WHAT WE ARE WITHIN. 
          IT IS, IT DOESN'T MAKE ME STRONGER OR MORE DIGNIFIED. 
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IT DOES NOT ERASE THE PATH THAT THEY HAVE SEARCH, BECAUSE NO ONE IS IN LEGAL, IN SEARCH OF LIFE FOR EFFORT KNOWS NO BORDERS, BECAUSE HUMAN BEINGS DO NOT HAVE A MEASURE, A SEAL OR A WHOLE NATIONALITY. 
          TODAY, I RAISED MY VOICE FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT SPEAK, FOR THOSE THAT HIDE, FOR THOSE THAT RESIST, BECAUSE THEIR STORY ALSO BELONGS TO ME BECAUSE THEIR STRUGGLE IS ALSO BUILDING ME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVAN AND SANTIAGO. 
          MS. NUNEZ, MR. MESA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. 
          MAYBE YOU'D BE WILLING TO SHARE A COPY OF THE WRITING AND WE COULD PUBLISH IT ON OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA OR OUR WEBSITES. 
          UM, SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INSPIRING US ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND GROUNDING US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL. 
          UM, MR. MOLSEN, WE'RE ALL DONE WITH OUR PRESENTATION. 
          IF YOU, I I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. 
          THIS IS TAB 22. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          UH, UNA OLO, ARE YOU HERE? IS THAT NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, KATE, CALL BUGGER KATE C TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THIS RESOLUTION. 
          AND THEN NYLA BANKS AND GIOVANNI CRUZ, COME ON UP AND LET'S HEAR ABOUT, UM, THE RESOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M A STUDENT AT EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AND PART OF STUDENTS DESERVE, AND I'M ALSO BRINGING UP BOARD RESOLUTION 17 FOR RESILIENT SCHOOLS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
          'CAUSE THIS APPLIES TO ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          WE ARE A MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT USES THE FIELDS, AND I DEMAND THAT YOU REVIEW THE CONTRACT THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE WITH ONO CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS JUST RATIFIED TODAY. 
          UM, THEY'RE CONTINUING WITH THE ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          DESPITE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SAFETY HAZARDS, I DEMAND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RESOLUTION. 
          MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND BY CONTINUING THE CONTRACT, YOU ARE PUTTING STUDENT LIVES AT RISK. 
          ON THE TOPIC OF STUDENT SAFETY, THERE IS THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT THAT CAN HEAT UP MORE THAN CONCRETE AND ASPHALT. 
          ON THE TOPIC OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, THERE ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH STUDY ABOUT ARTIFICIAL TURF AND IT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS INCREDIBLY HARMFUL. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TEACHERS, MAJORS AND OTHER, UH, CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ALSO VOICED THEIR CONCERNS AND FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE TURF. 
          I'M ACTIVELY TAKING A CLASS THAT SPEAKS ABOUT THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND HOW IT IS A GLOBAL ISSUE THAT DEMANDS PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONCERN. 
          THIS PROJECT COSTS 13.6 MILLION, BUT OUR CLASSES LACK BASIC NECESSITIES THAT MUCH MONEY. 
          YET THERE THERE ARE MANY OTHER ISSUES TO BE FIXED IN OUR SCHOOLS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF L-U-S-D-U MUST PROTECT AND PRIORITIZE STUDENTS' VOICES AND SAFETY. 
          AGAIN, WE ARE HERE WITH THE TOPIC OF THE MISUSE OF L-A-U-S-D FUNDING. 
          THE SCHOOL POLICE DOES NOT LAY IN THE HANDS OF WHERE FUNDING SHOULD GO TOWARDS WHAT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT IS OF WORLDWIDE INTEREST AND CONCERN. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE TEACHERS PAY AND BENEFITS, THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AS WE GROW UP IN SCHOOLS? WHAT ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT SHOULD GO TOWARDS THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN? FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE CONTINUOUSLY AND SYSTEMICALLY BEEN DENIED OF SUPPORT, IF THIS BOARD'S NEEDS TO MAKE DECISION AND CUTS, CUT THE SCHOOL POLICE BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AS A GENTLE REMINDER, THIS IS TAB 22 CELEBRATING LATINA LATIN A HERITAGE MONTH. 
          THIS IS A GENTLE REMINDER. 
          KATE C, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'RE KATE. 
          KATE C OH, THAT WAS KATE C OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          NYLA BANKS AND GIOVANNI CRUZ, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB 22, CELEBRATING LATIN A HERITAGE MONTH. 
          ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY BOARD DISCUSSION? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION AND RECOGNIZING LATINO HERITAGE MONTH. 
          UM, AS I SIT HERE AS A BELIZEAN WOMAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BELIZE IS NOT OVERLOOKED IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          AND AS WE KNOW, BELIZE IS A CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AND ITS HISTORY, GEO GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING 
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COUNTRIES, UH, CONNECTED TO A BROADER LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGION. 
          AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSION WHETHER BELIZEAN IDENTIFY AS LATINO, BUT THE RESOLUTION ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGES A DIVERSITY WITHIN THE LATINO LATINA COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES INDIGENOUS AND AFRO DESCENDANTS COMMUNITIES. 
          BELIZE HAS A UNIQUE IDENTITY SHAPED BY INDIGENOUS AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICAN, AND EUROPEAN INFLUENCES. 
          ADDING BELIZE TO THIS RESOLUTION REINFORCES THAT MESSAGE BY RECOGNIZING THAT THE HISTORIES AND CULTURES OF THIS REGION ARE INTERCONNECTED AND CANNOT ALWAYS BE PLACED INTO A NEAT CATEGORY. 
          SO THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT ABOUT ASSIGNING AN IDENTITY TO BELIZE IN, IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT BELIZE'S PLACE WITHIN THE INTERCONNECTED HISTORY AND CULTURE IN OUR REGION. 
          AS AN EDUCATOR, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR STUDENTS SEE THE FULL DIVERSITY OF THOSE HISTORIES REFLECTED IN THE RESOLUTION AND CURATION THAT WE ADOPT. 
          AS BELIZE, WHO REPRESENTS A DIVERSE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS SHOULD SEE THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR COUNTRIES REFLECTED IN THE HISTORIES AS WE RECOGNIZE. 
          THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SLIGHT AMENDMENT THAT I HOPE CAN BE ACCEPTED AS FRIENDLY TO BE ADDED TO THE SECOND WHERE, AS IT WOULD SAY, WHEREAS BELIZE, A CULTURAL DIVERSE NATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA, SHARES DEEP, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND GEOGRAPHIC TIES WITH THE BROADER LATIN AMERICAN CARIBBEAN REGION, AND RECOGNIZES THAT BELIZEAN HERITAGE DURING THE LATIN LATINO AS WELL. 
          HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE DIVERSE HISTORIES, CULTURES, LANGUAGE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SHAPE THE BROADER LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. 
          AND AS MANY MAY KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW, UM, LOS ANGELES ACTUALLY HOLDS THE LARGEST POPULATION OUTSIDE OF BELIZE HERE IN LA UM, WITHIN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH I SERVE IN BOARD DISTRICT ONE. 
          SO OF COURSE, WE ACCEPT IT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          MR. MCLEAN, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE THAT THE, THE REST OF THE BOARD HAS THE LANGUAGE. 
          YES. 
          I'M MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE IT RIGHT NOW. 
          JUST GIMME ONE SECOND UNTIL I CAN PARSE OUT WHICH, WHICH EXACT WORDS CHANGE. 
          SO THE PROPOSED ADMIN AMENDMENT IS, UM, RESOLVED FURTHER THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD OF LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 BALLOT AND ADVOCATE THAT THE CITY NO, YOU ON SOMETHING ELSE. 
          I'M SO SORRY. 
          . 
          I'M SO LOST. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S 19. 
          YOU ANOTHER RESOLUTION. 
          I ACTUALLY, OKAY, LET ME MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT. 
          HOLD ON A SECOND. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, DOES ANYONE ELSE WANNA JOIN AS A CO-SPONSOR? ? SURE. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. CO CO-SPONSOR, PLEASE DO YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE LANGUAGE, DO YOU WANNA READ IT ONTO THE RECORD? I CAN READ IT AGAIN. 
          HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          OH, THAT WAS YOU, THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE. 
          YES, THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN GO BACK TO IT NOW. 
          I'LL GET THAT PRINTED UP AND POSTED. 
          BUT YES, WE, WE ACCEPT IT AS FRIENDLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CO-SPONSORS TO THANK YOU. 
          I'M LIKE, YOU'RE READING SOMETHING ELSE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, WHEREAS THAT I HAD IN A SECOND, UM, SLIDE DOWN, WHEREAS BELIZE, A CULTURALLY DIVERSE NATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA SHARES DEEP, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND GEOGRAPHIC TIES WITH THE BROADER LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGION. 
          AND RECOGNIZING BELIZE'S HERITAGE DURING LATINO HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE DIVERSE HISTORIES, CULTURES, LANGUAGE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SHAPE THE BROADER LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA GO NEXT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS MEANINGFUL RESOLUTION. 
          I WOULD BE HONORED, UH, TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          UM, AS AN IMMIGRANT AND THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, THIS RECOGNITION IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME AND MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF US. 
          UM, OUR DISTRICT REFLECTS OUR DIVERSITY AND OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO SEE THEIR HISTORIES, LANGUAGES, CULTURES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS REFLECTED AND CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATION AND THEIR LIFETIME. 
          ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK, AND WHEN THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN AND THE LANGUAGES WE SPEAK ARE TOO OFTEN TREATED AS LESS THAN WE STAND TOGETHER WITH PRIDE AND RESILIENCE. 
          WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE NOT A MONOLITH, AND THAT OUR EXPERIENCES WITH MIGRATION, 
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CITIZENSHIP, AND BELONGING ARE NOT ALL THE SAME. 
          AND THE REASON, UM, SEPTEMBER 15TH, UM, IS THE BEGINNING OR THE START OF THE, UH, LATINO HERITAGE MONTH IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE MONTH WHERE A LOT OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES GAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM IMPERIALIST POWERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE COSTA RICA ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE HAVE COSTA RICA, SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, AND AFTER THAT IS SEPTEMBER 16TH, WHICH IS MEXICO, UM, CHILE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 18TH AND BELIZE, SEPTEMBER 20, SEPTEMBER 21ST. 
          SO WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR, UH, LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND SOUTH AMERICAN CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT, YOU KNOW, GAINED, UM, INDEPENDENCE DURING THESE TIMES. 
          AND IT'S A, IT'S A HISTORY THAT IS RICH AND IS A CULTURE THAT IS RICHES THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY HARDWORKING AND IS, YOU KNOW, I I BELIEVE THERE'S 68 MILLION LATINOS IN OTHER UNITED STATES, AND EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAVE CONTRIBUTED AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED FOR GENERATIONS AND, AND, AND DECADES AND CENTURIES, I WOULD SAY. 
          AND, UM, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. 
          I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AND YES, VIVA LATIN AMERICA. 
           SEPTEMBER WAS A VERY GOOD MONTH IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY, AND I, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS FANTASTIC RESOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          SHOULD WE TAKE THE RULE 72 WAIVER AND THE VOTE AT THE SAME TIME? WHY NOT? YEAH, LET'S DO IT LIKE A PLAN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. 
          REVA? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN. 
          MR. GALLEGO? YES. 
          MS. GOMEZ? YES. 
          MR. T FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCH YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALL, WE'LL COME BACK FOR MR. MEL'S VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO, WE CAN DO A CLAP MIGHT AS WELL. 
          I HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC 
          [General Public Comment (Approximately 3:30 P.M.)]
COMMENT IN THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN, UH, WE HAVE TAB, UH, 16 
          [16. Rep-045-26/27 Unaudited Actuals Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2025-26, Multi-Year Projections and  Gann Limit Resolution - PUBLIC HEARING (Part 2 of 2)]
TO COMPLETE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRAVO KARIMI, AS WELL AS A FEW FOLKS WHO ARE STILL WAITING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, I'M GONNA JUST HOP IN WITH A SECOND ROUND, UM, NOTE. 
          UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHARED WITH US, MR. BRAVO CREAMY, IS THAT STATE REVENUES BACK IN JUNE WHEN WE LAST LOOKED AT THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION AND, UH, THE BUDGET, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE HOPEFUL ABOUT WAS THAT THE STATE BUDGET BEING ADOPTED WOULD LEAD TO MORE REVENUE. 
          AND THAT WAS PART OF THE, UM, AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT AROUND RESTORING FUNDING TO BSAP. 
          AND WHAT THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS HAVE RESULTED IN IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UM, BUT ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. 
          NOT, NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE ENROLLMENT, UM, THE CONTINUED ENROLLMENT DECLINE AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO SAY, AND I, I THINK YOU NOTED IT AS WELL THAT THIS IS NOT, THIS IS AN UPDATE. 
          UM, BUT FOR ME, THIS IS NOT THE, THE FINAL DECISION POINT ON THAT. 
          I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BE FIGHTING AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND FUND BSAP. 
          AND, UM, EVEN AS WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS THE BOARD DOES AROUND THE FSP AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS NOT BEING REALIZED, WHAT I WANT US ALL TO BE THINKING ABOUT AND HAVING AT THE FRONT OF OUR MIND IS THE FUNDING FOR OUR HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          THAT MEANS SUNNY, THAT MEANS BSAP AND, UH, ENSURING THAT WE ARE PROTECTING THOSE FUNDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND, UM, PRIORITIZING THEM WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS, UM, INCLUDING PAINFUL ONES. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTIVE OF BSAP, THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED CONVERSATION. 
          THIS IS NOT THE END OF THAT. 
          AND WE WILL BE REVISITING THIS ISSUE IN, IN OUR COMING MEETINGS. 
          ANYONE ELSE? WE DID ALL ROUND TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, BEFORE THE VOTE, I HAVE THE PUBLIC STATEMENT AND THEN A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WISH TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON TAB 16. 
          UH, BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN ON BOARD REPORT 45, UH, 26 SLASH 27, A PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE HELD. 
          THIS CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC HEARING ON BOARD ON THAT BOARD REPORT, UNAUDITED ACTUALS FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26 MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS AND BEGAN LIMIT RESOLUTION. 
          A MAXIMUM OF 15 INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BOARD ITEM, UH, WILL BE HEARD. 
          THOSE WHO WISH TO SHOULD SIGN UP ONLINE TO SPEAK. 
          THOSE FOLKS 
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ACTUALLY ALREADY DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK. 
          AND IN PERSON, WE HAVE TWO FOLKS AND THEN THREE REMOTE CALLERS. 
          SO STEVEN RAHI, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP. 
          THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY. 
          UH, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AFTER YOU BEGIN. 
          AND THEN FOLLOWING MR. MIZRAHI IS MR. TOSKI, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS STEVEN MIZRAHI AND MY CHILDREN ATTEND ENCINO CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ONE OF THE 42 AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOLS OPERATING BEFORE 2013 2014 FISCAL YEAR, AND AFFECTED BY YOUR JUNE 16TH FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THAT PLAN INCLUDED A $10 MILLION REDUCTION TO THE AFFILIATED CHARTER BLOCK GRANT. 
          WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RECONSIDER. 
          WE HEAR THAT IT'S OPEN FOR AN AMENDED BUDGET AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO SO NOW. 
          BUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT STATUTES AND BUDGETS, I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ACTUALLY REPRESENT. 
          THEY REPRESENT THE TEACHER WHO NOTICES WHEN A CHILD WHO NORMALLY RAISES THEIR HAND SUDDENLY STOPS THE AIDE WHO SITS BESIDE A STRUGGLING STUDENT UNTIL SOMETHING FINALLY CLICKS THE COUNSELORS COORDINATORS TSP PROGRAMS THAT TURNS CLASSROOMS INTO A SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          A CHILD DOES NOT UNDERSTAND A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          A CHILD UNDERSTANDS THAT THEIR AID IS GONE OR THAT THE PROGRAM THAT THEY LOVE DISAPPEARED. 
          THAT IS THE FABRIC OF A SCHOOL. 
          THAT IS WHAT THIS BOARD IS CUTTING. 
          HERE'S A SECOND REASON THAT THIS SHOULD CONCERN YOU. 
          THERE IS A SPECIFIC CARVE OUT THAT THE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED A FUNDING FLOOR FOR THESE SCHOOLS. 
          CALIFORNIA ELECTION CODE SECTION 4 2 2 3 8 0.02. 
          SUBDIVISION L THREE SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE EACH CHARTER SCHOOL SCHOOL SITE NO LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THE SCHOOL SITE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL BLOCK RAN IN THE 2012, 2013 FISCAL YEAR. 
          THOSE WORDS MATTER SHALL PROVIDE IS MANDATORY. 
          EACH SCHOOL SITE MAKES ITS SCHOOL SPECIFIC, NO LESS THAN ESTABLISHES A FLOOR. 
          SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHAT PROVISION OF LAW OR WHAT AUTHORITY AUTHORIZES L-A-U-S-D TO REDUCE THE SCHOOLS BELOW THAT STATUTORY FLOOR? WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY FROM THE TESTIMONY HERE IS THAT WE ABIDE BY STATUTE. 
          THIS IS A STATUTE THAT FUNDING SHOULD NOT BE CUT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, DAVID TOSKI, COME ON UP. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN HARD TO, UH, IN TWO MINUTES COUNTER TWO HOURS OF MASSAGING. 
          BUT I CONGRATULATE YOUR, UH, CFO FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE GOVERNOR HILTON TRANSITION TEAM. 
          HE WILL NOW BE WORKING THERE FOR GOVERNOR HILTON TOMORROW. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR, UH, CLOSED SESSION POSTED EITHER NOW TAKE AN EMERGENCY MEETING. 
          YOU CAN JOIN THE LAWSUIT BY BECOMING AN AMICUS, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS AGENDIZE IT. 
          IN FACT, I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU SEND A LETTER TO LACO AND ASK THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF ED TO JOIN THAT LAWSUIT TOO. 
          AS LONG AS THEY'RE HOLDING PEOPLE TO ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY SHOULD BE JOINING THE LAWSUIT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BROUGHT IN BY THE PAST SUPERINTENDENT AND THE TEAM HERE, FMA, WHICH IS 83% WHITES FROM KERN COUNTY, OVERSEEING AND RECOMMENDING THINGS TO YOU THAT HAVE NO SENSE. 
          IN FACT, KERN COUNTY, IF YOU KNOW ANY HISTORY, VOTED TO ENTER THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE SOUTH. 
          YOU ALSO BROUGHT IN SCHOOL FISCAL SERVICES. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE SAME. 
          THAT'S WHERE ALL THIS DATA COMES FROM FOR SIMONE. 
          HE JUST READS OFF THEIR NEWSLETTERS. 
          IT'S THE SAME THING. 
          SUBSCRIBE TO HIM. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING. 
          I HAVE FORWARDED THIS COMMENT TODAY ON SPECIAL ED. 
          THE GOVERNOR PUTS $2.5 BILLION IN, AND IN THIS HEARING WE'RE TOLD THAT THERE'S NO MONEY. 
          SO I SENT THAT CLIP ALREADY TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR HIM TO SEE THAT WE'RE CALLING HIM A LIAR HERE AT THE BOARD OF ED. 
          I SENT THE SUPER COLA COMMENTS TODAY TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND TO THE SENATE PRO TEM THAT SUPER COLA IS REMARKABLY GOOD AND IT SHOULD BE CHERISHED AND SUPPORTED. 
          AND FINALLY, THERE'S A GREAT RISK OF LCFF GOING AWAY ENTIRELY. 
          THIS WAS GOVERNOR BROWN'S AND IT SURVIVED. 
          GOVERNOR NEWSOM. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR, THERE'S ALWAYS RISK, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MS. GRIEGO AND MS. NEW BILL WERE SAYING, THEY COULD BE PUT INTO YOUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE SO THAT THE, THE POOREST TO POOR DISTRICTS, 85% OR ABOVE GET MORE MONEY THAN AND TO SERVE THE NEEDS AS MR. MELVOIN POINTED OUT OF THINGS THAT NOT COVERED IN LC. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER REMOTE CALLER, DAVID MELMAN. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          DAVID MELMAN. 
          [05:15:07]
GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERINTENDENT CH AND BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID MELMAN AND I'M A PARENT AT CANYON CHARTER SCHOOL. 
          ALSO ONE OF THE 42 AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT BEGAN OPERATIONS BEFORE 20 13 14. 
          MY COMMENT IS REALLY MORE OF A REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION. 
          ATTACHMENT A ON PAGE EIGHT SHOWS THE NET CHANGES IN GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED SLASH UNASSIGNED BALANCES FOR THE FOUR YEARS FROM 20 25, 26 THROUGH 20 28, 29, AND STATES THAT THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS ASSUME FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 20 26, 20 27 FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          A PLAN THAT REDUCES THE AFFILIATED CHARTER BLOCK GRANT BY $10 MILLION IN 20 27, 28, AND $10 MILLION AGAIN IN 20 28, 29. 
          APPENDIX ONE TO THIS SAME REPORT ON PAGE TWO OF TWO PROJECTS, THE ASSIGNED BALANCE IN PROGRAM 1 3 7 2 3, THE CHARTER SCHOOL CATEGORICAL BLOCK GRANT AT 12.6 MILLION, 8.1 MILLION, 10.8 MILLION, AND 13.5 MILLION RESPECTIVELY ACROSS THOSE SAME FOUR YEARS. 
          MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE LAST TWO COLUMNS IN THAT REPORT. 
          THE BALANCE RISES IN BOTH OF THOSE YEARS. 
          WELL, THOSE ARE THE TWO YEARS IN WHICH THE PLAN TAKES THE ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO ZERO. 
          THIS IS CONFUSING BECAUSE A BALANCE THAT IS ONLY BEING DRAWN DOWN AND RECEIVES NO ALLOCATION MATHEMATICALLY CANNOT GROW. 
          THERE MAY BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD EXPLANATION SUCH AS APPENDIX ONE MAY CARRY OVER, BALANCES FORWARD WITHOUT NETTING THEM AGAINST THE PLAN. 
          IF THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN THE PROJECTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY DO NOT YET REFLECT THE REDUCTION. 
          BEFORE THE BOARD APPROVES THIS REPORT, I AM ASKING THE STAFF BE ASKED TO STATE ON THE RECORD HOW THE BLOCK GRANT REDUCTION IS REFLECTED IN THESE PROJECTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MARIA LUISA PALMA, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE WITH US. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          MARIA LUISA PALMA, WHAT DO PARENTS KNOW ABOUT DISTRICT FINANCES? WELL, IT'S CLOSE TO NOTHING, BUT WHY? WELL, BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TOLD THEM PARENTS NEED THE FACTS. 
          MR. CHASE, THANKS FOR THE INVITE YOUR VIDEO TALKING ABOUT MAKING THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR RESOURCES AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS TOGETHER. 
          I'M HERE, I'M HERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION. 
          DECISION NUMBER ONE, PUBLISH THE LACO LETTER ON THE CONDITIONAL BUDGET APPROVAL AND ALL THE FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATIONS FROM THEM. 
          WE NEED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT STANDARDS YOU'RE BEING HELD TO AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          DECISION NUMBER TWO, EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT TO PARENTS AND WHY THESE FINANCES ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE. 
          WE NEED THE FACTS. 
          WE NEED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO SLIDE 15 AT A MINIMUM. 
          THIS PRESENTATION, THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION HAS NEVER BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PARENT COMMITTEE TO PAC CLAC OR CAC IN GENERAL. 
          DISTRICT FINANCING IS A MYSTERY COMPLETELY TO PARENTS. 
          DECISION NUMBER THREE, CONNECT THE USE OF FUNDS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS. 
          LET'S HAVE AN EFFECTIVENESS MINDSET AND ACADEMIC IMPACT. 
          MIND MINDSET, NOT JUST SUSPENDING MINDSET. 
          MINDSET. 
          THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN HAS WHOLE ENTIRE SECTIONS ABOUT DISCUSSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EVERY ACTION. 
          YOU HAVE NEVER, NOT ONCE EVEN TOUCHED UPON THAT. 
          I CHALLENGE THE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          DO YOU EVEN KNOW THAT THAT'S IN THE LCAP WHEN SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE CLOSED? PLEASE SHOW US THE POOR ACADEMIC LEVEL OF THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          TELL PARENTS CLEARLY WHEN THEIR OWN CHILDREN'S ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL IS IN THE DUMP. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA LUIS  AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE TO SAY, PLEASE STOP LYING TO PARENTS. 
          STOP TELLING THEM THEIR KIDS ARE ACADEMICALLY OKAY. 
          IT'S A LIE. 
          YOU ARE ROBBING THESE CHILDREN IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THEIR FUTURE. 
          KNOCK IT OFF. 
          THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT. 
          IMAGINE THAT. 
          WOULDN'T THAT BE A MIRACLE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DION GUILLEN. 
          MS. GUILLEN IS 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 WILL GET YOU THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS. 
          SO THE SPEAKER IS GONNA SPEAK. 
          SHE'S SPEAKING REMOTELY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR HER IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR HER IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE WILL GET YOU THESE TRANSLATION HEADSETS. 
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OKAY, MS DEANNA GUI, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          DEANNA GUI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I WAS OBSERVING ONLINE THE PRESENTATION AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT THE VOLUME IS HARD TO HEAR EVERYTHING. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT UM, BOTHERS ME IS THAT MS. REGO AND NEXT, AND THE PERSON NEXT TO HER LEFT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT US PARENTS WANT TO SAY. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IS NOT BEING PROVIDED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. 
          ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS LIKE PROPOSITION 55% THAT YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANNA JUSTIFY YOUR, UH, ANSWERS WITH THE UNIONS, BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS WITH EDUCATION. 
          BUT ALSO YOU NEED TO TELL US THE TRUTH. 
          STOP LYING TO US. 
          TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          IF YOU NEED TO DO BUDGET CUPS, THE THE MENTAL HEALTH THINGS, IF THAT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN EVALUATED THEM AND YOU ARE JUST GOING ON AND ON ABOUT THESE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. 
          IF THEY'VE HELPED TO TRULY IMPROVE EDUCATION, IF THESE THINGS AND RESOURCES ARE THIS IMPORTANT, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THESE INCREASES IN SALARIES TO THE TEACHERS OR THE OTHER MEMBERS. 
          SO WHAT YOU NEED TO CALL LEGISLATURE NOW TO TRY AND GET MORE TAXES BEING PAID FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, MISLEADING EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC SAYING THAT IT'S ONLY GONNA AFFECT THE BIG CORPORATIONS WHEN THOSE CORPORATIONS CHARGE US TOO. 
          SO YOU NEED TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS BECAUSE L-A-U-S-D IS NOT TO GET PROVIDE SERVICES, IT'S TO EDUCATE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING. 
          YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE HERE TO PROVIDE FOOD AND EMPLOYMENT? NO. 
          YOU'RE HERE TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND US PARENTS NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE REAL INFORMATION IS SO THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF THESE CHANGES AND SO THAT IT NOT BE SO HARSH ON OUR KIDS. 
          WE NEED THAT. 
          THESE KIDS PROOF HAVE 16. 
          UH, IT'S NOW TIME FOR THE VOTE. 
          UH, VOTING ON TAB 16. 
          UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO. 
          MS. EZ. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. MCLEAN, CAN I RECORD A VOTE ON TAB 22? YES, YOU MAY. 
          IN THE, IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          AND I KNOW MS. EZ HAS STEPPED OUT, BUT I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL IF THEY'LL HAVE ME. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL HAVE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL NOW GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE A FULL LIST OF SPEAKERS AS USUAL. 
          I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED AS, UH, SPEAKING IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN IF YOU SIGNED UP AND LISTED YOURSELF AS SPEAKING REMOTELY, WE'LL GET TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS AFTER THAT. 
          UM, AND HERE'S THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. 
          THE FIRST PERSON, PLEASE COME ON AFTER THE PODIUM AND THE OTHER TWO, JUST KIND OF KNOW THAT IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 
          UH, JOSHUA TESS FAMA. 
          JOSHUA, ARE YOU HERE AFTER JOSHUA, CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON AND THEN BRIANNA SHAZA. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          JOSHUA WOO. 
          HI, MY NAME IS JOSHUA TE FROM RM I'M AN 11TH GRADER AT MANUEL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I AM A YOUTH LEADER WITH COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          MY SCHOOL HAS OVER 800 STUDENTS. 
          MOST OF US ARE HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS STUDENTS. 
          INSTEAD OF SEEING MORE SUPPORT AND MORE RESOURCES, WE ARE, WE ARE SEEING STAFF WHO CARE ABOUT US LEAVE BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS. 
          WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS FOR SUBJECTS WE NEED. 
          I HATE THAT YOU SAY YOU WANT STUDENTS TO GROW AND WANT TO CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, BUT STUDENTS ARE FEELING THE GAPS. 
          ARE FEELING THE GAPS, AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR BASIC RESOURCES. 
          THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTROLS BILLIONS, YET WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO PUT TOWARD HYGIENE PRODUCTS, FIXING OUR BATHROOMS, OR EVEN FIXING UP THE TRACK. 
          AT MY SCHOOL, MY SCHOOL HAS TO MAKE HARD 
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DECISIONS BETWEEN FUNDING STAFF, MAKING SURE BATHROOM STALLS HAVE LOCKS. 
          STUDENTS STILL HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS AT SCHOOL AND BSAP STILL ISN'T GETTING THE FUNDING IT NEEDS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. 
          IF LSUS, IF L-A-U-S-D NEEDS TO CUT BUDGETS FROM ANYWHERE, CUT FROM THE SCHOOL POLICE BUDGET AND USE THAT MONEY TO INVEST IN THE STUDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON. 
          CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          BRIANNA SHAZA, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS BRIANNA SHAMSA AND I'M A PROUD JEWISH L-A-U-S-D STUDENT. 
          I AM ASKING L-A-U-S-D TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AB SEVEN 15 AND BY ANTISEMITISM BOTH PROACTIVELY AND REACTIVELY, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL, THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. ACCORDING TO THE A DL ANTI SEM, ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS HAVE INCREASED BY 434% SINCE 2020. 
          THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT ABSTRACT TO ME. 
          I SEE THE IGNORANCE BEHIND THEM IN MY OWN CLASSROOMS. I HAVE SAT IN AP CLASSES AND HEARD MY OWN PEERS CLAIM THAT THE TRAGEDIES AND TERROR OF OCTOBER 7TH NEVER HAPPENED WHILE ALSO MAKING HORRIBLE GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE. 
          YET WHEN I HAVE ASKED MANY OF THOSE SAME STUDENTS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD OR EVEN THE HOLOCAUST, THEIR RESPONSE WAS, WHAT IS THAT? THINK ABOUT THAT STUDENTS CAN KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT JEWISH HISTORY AND STILL FEEL INFORMED ENOUGH TO SPEAK ABOUT US. 
          WITH HATRED, WE CAN SHOW STUDENTS A HOLOCAUST MOVIE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACCOMPLISH IF STUDENTS ARE SLEEPING THROUGH IT OR ROLLING THEIR EYES? EDUCATION CANNOT JUST MEAN PLAYING PRE PLAY, PRESSING PLAY ON A MOVIE AND SAYING THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS TAUGHT. 
          I HAVE SEEN SWASTIKAS DRAWN ON RULERS IN MATH CLASSROOMS, AND I HAVE WATCHED THOSE RULERS SIMPLY GET THROWN AWAY. 
          BUT YOU CAN THROW AWAY THE RULER, BUT YOU CANNOT THROW AWAY THE PROBLEM BECAUSE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, A STUDENT LEARNED THAT DRAWING A SWASTIKA WAS ACCEPTABLE OR NEVER LEARNED WHY IT WASN'T. 
          I AM PROUD TO BE JEWISH. 
          MY JEWISH STUDENT UNION AND MY JEWISH COMMUNITY ARE SOME OF THE GREATEST SOURCES OF PRIDE IN MY LIFE. 
          I WILL NEVER MAKE MYSELF LESS JEWISH BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE WAS NEVER TAUGHT TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE. 
          BUT JEWISH STUDENTS CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO EDUCATE EVERYONE AROUND US WHILE ALSO DEFENDING OURSELVES FROM THE HATRED THAT IGNORANCE CAN CREATE. 
          WE NEED OUR SCHOOLS TO DO THEIR PART. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THIS BOARD HAS RECENTLY FACED PRESSURE FROM A VERY SMALL MINORITY OF THE LA JEWISH COMMUNITY WHOSE AGENDA IS DEEPLY HARMFUL TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF US. 
          ACCORDING TO PEW, OVER 80% OF AMERICAN JEWS SAY CARING ABOUT ISRAEL IS AN ESSENTIAL OR IMPORTANT PART OF JEWISH IDENTITY. 
          PLEASE MEANINGFULLY IMPLEMENT AB SEVEN 15 AND THE DISTRICT'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES TO FULLY PROTECT YOUR JEWISH STUDENTS ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, MA TREJO, I SEE YOU'RE OUT THERE. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS LYNDON ARMSTRONG AND I AM A SENIOR AT KING DREW ON LAD'S WEBSITE. 
          YOU IDENTIFY THAT BSAP WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF BLACK STUDENTS AND THE LONGSTANDING DISPARITIES IN EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. 
          SO IF YOU CUT FUNDING FROM BSAP, YOU'RE CUTTING. 
          YOU'RE NOT JUST CUTTING A PROGRAM, YOU'RE CUTTING THE RESOURCES THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO ADDRESS THOSE DISPARITIES. 
          YOU ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGE, ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THESE DISPARITIES EXIST. 
          SO WHY WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY THE SUPPORT MEANT TO ADDRESS THEM? BSAP, COUNSELOR, PWS AND SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES ARE NOT JUST POSITIONS ON A BUDGET SHEET. 
          THERE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT STUDENTS DEPEND ON. 
          I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN ABLE TO USE THAT SUPPORT FROM MY COUNSELOR AND PS WS, AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY STUDENT WHO HAS, THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE YOU CAN JUST CUT AND REPLACE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR EDUCATION THAN I-READY HAS EVER BEEN. 
          I HAVE NEVER MET A STUDENT WHO TOLD ME I-READY WAS THE REASON THEY FELT SUPPORTED, THAT THEY COULD TALK TO I-READY WHEN THEY WERE HAVING A BAD DAY, OR THAT I-READY, UNDERSTOOD THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES OF BEING A BLACK STUDENT. 
          THAT DIFFERENT WEIGHT THAT CAME WITH SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 
          SO IF LUSD IS SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THESE DISPARITIES, IT IS ALREADY, THAT IS ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED, THEN FULLY FUND AND PROTECT BSAP, NO CUTS TO ITS POSITION, PROGRAM OR SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I YIELD MY TIME TO ZEKE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS EZEKIEL TCHO. 
          I'M A SENIOR AT KING DREW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL AND A LEADER WITH STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN DEFENSE OF THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN. 
          IN MY FOUR YEARS AT KING DREW, I'VE SEEN THE IMPACT OF OUR BSAP STAFF ON THE STUDENTS WHO DEPEND ON THEM. 
          PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, BLACK STUDENTS WHO HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF AN HBCU BEFORE STEPPING FOOT ON CAMPUS NOW FIND THEMSELVES EDUCATED, IMMERSED, AND PROUD OF THEIR BLACK CULTURE. 
          THE LOSS OF THESE POSITIONS WOULD MEAN STOPPING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' SELF-WORTH AND IDENTITY. 
          THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN PROVIDES CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS A HELPING HAND IN THIS CLIMATE. 
          CUTTING THIS PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME LIKE THIS, WOULD SHOW WHERE 
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USD'S PRIORITIES LIE. 
          DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS EQUALLY? OR DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THE BLACK STUDENTS IN ALL YOUR SCHOOLS? OR DO YOU ONLY CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM WHEN CONVENIENT TO YOU? THIS IS WHY WE AS STUDENTS DESERVE, ARE DEMANDING THAT THE DISTRICT STAY TRUE TO THEIR PROMISE TO DIVIDE, PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS, NOT ONLY ON PAPER, BUT IN PRACTICE. 
          L-E-U-S-D MUST PROMISE TO STAY COMMITTED TO NOT CUTTING THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN TO STAY COMMITTED TO ITS BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH, TO PROTECTING THE PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTION WHICH HELP THEM SUCCEED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HELLO BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UH, I'M GOING TO BE YIELDING MY TIME TO IHA. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS ROHA RASHID. 
          I AM A STUDENT AT I ROCK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M ALSO LEADER OF STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          TODAY I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT MEANS FUNDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR MAR MOST MARGINALIZED STUDENTS. 
          YOU ARE PRAISING BSAP COUNSELORS TONIGHT, BUT THEIR FUNDING IS STILL UNDER THREAD FROM LACO FUND MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, NOT POLICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON DEAR STU. 
          UH, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS Y I'M A STUDENT LEADER WITH, UH, STUDENTS DESERVE ADMIN, UCLA COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOU GUYS FUNDING VISA. 
          A YOU GUYS NEED TO KEEP FUNDING VISA. 
          A PUT THE MONEY WHERE IT BELONGS, PUT THE MONEY WHERE BA PUT THE MONEY IN OUR STUDENT COUNSELORS, PUT THAT BACK IN THE PWS THAT WE NEED. 
          WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. 
          YOU GUYS BEEN TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING US. 
          YOU GUYS ARE NOT, YOU GUYS ALSO ARE NOT PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS. 
          YOU GUYS ARE KEEP TALKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT. 
          OUR ENROLLMENT STOOD DOWN. 
          WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GIVING US THE CRITICAL IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE NEED, LIKE WATER. 
          MY SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS STRUGGLING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE NO CLEAN WATER. 
          TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOU GUYS DID A STUDY IN 2020 AND ALL L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS ABOUT WATER FOUNTAINS. 
          SO CENTRAL SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW ARE NOT HAVING WATER FOUNTAINS. 
          MY SCHOOL, WE DON'T HAVE NO WATER FOUNTAINS AND OUR AC IS NOT WORKING IN THE THIRD FLOOR. 
          IF YOU GUYS WANT ATTENDANCE TO GO UP, FOCUS ON WATER FOUNTAINS ON AC RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE UNDER A HEAT WAVE. 
          ARE YOU GUYS GONNA FIX THE RAC? ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GIVE US WATER? COME ON. 
          KEEP WORKING. 
          DO YOUR JOB. 
          YOU GUYS ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB. 
          YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE IT SHOULD GO. 
          CUT SCHOOL POLICE AND PUT THAT MONEY IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. 
          PUT THAT MONEY WHERE IT BELONGS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, DAMANI TURNER, COME ON UP. 
          DAMANI T AND THEN AFTER DAMANI IS GIOVANNI AND THEN ARAYA. 
          DAMANI. 
          COME ON DOWN PLEASE. 
          DAMANI GIOVANNI. 
          UH, WHO? DAMANI. 
          OKAY. 
          GIOVANNI, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND THEN WHILE DAMANI MAKES THEIR WAY HERE, YOU CAN TAKE THE TIME. 
          IS MR. GETCHU GETTING, UM, DAMANI? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP. 
          COME ON UP, DAMANI, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS DAMANI AND I'M A JUNIOR AT HORSEMAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 
          HI, MY NAME IS SARAH. 
          I'M A SENIOR HORSEMAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND WE ARE YOUTH LEADERS FROM COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CAMPUS CLIMATE OF LUSD AS QUEER, AS BLACK QUEER STUDENTS. 
          I WANNA START OFF WITH THESE ARTICLES THAT SHOW HOW YOU ALL SNEAKILY APPROVED OF A POLICY FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO NOT AFFIRM QUEER STUDENTS ON OUR IDENTITIES IN JUNE BECAUSE A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION FROM FLORIDA TOLD Y'ALL TO FLORIDA IS 3000 MILES AWAY FROM US. 
          WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO A GROUP FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, BUT NOT TO YOUR STUDENTS WHO COME EVERY MONTH DEMANDING PROTECTION FROM FEN BSAP UNDOCUMENTED AND QUEER STUDENTS? AS A QUEER STUDENT, I COME TO SCHOOL EXPECTING IT TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR ME AND MY PEERS. 
          NOT HATEFUL BEFORE I'M QUEER. 
          I'M A BLACK YOUNG MAN FROM SOUTH CENTRAL. 
          YOU HAVE THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT FOR THREE MONTHS AND HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          AND ALL THE WORK. 
          AND YOU HAVE ALLOWED ALL THE WORK FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO BE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO BE UNDONE LIKE Y'ALL TRIED DOING THE SAME BEFORE. 
          SUMMER BY DEFUNDING BSAP. 
          Y'ALL LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T 
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EVEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT AFFECTS THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH. 
          NOT Y'ALL. 
          TWO THIRDS OF L-G-B-T-Q STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE. 
          FOR BLACK, QUEER, TRANS, AND NON-BINARY STUDENTS IS THE CHALLENGES MULTIPLY. 
          WE NAVIGATE HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA ON TOP OF RACIAL BIAS. 
          OFTEN IN CLASSROOMS WHERE TEACHERS HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE EITHER. 
          THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          A STUDENT WHO LIVES IN FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT SAT SCORES. 
          THE THING ABOUT HOW TO GET THROUGH THE DAY WHEN SCHOOLS FEEL HOSTILE, STUDENTS STRUGGLE ACADEMICALLY AND THEY STAY HOME. 
          THEY DROP OUT, THEY LOSE THE FUTURES THEY WORK SO HARD FOR. 
          THIS IS A JUSTICE ACHIEVEMENT ISSUE, WHICH IS WHY WE USE THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO TRAIN EVERY SINGLE TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR TO RECOGNIZE AND INTERRUPT HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE THE SUPPORT IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. 
          CREATOR, CULTURAL ABILITY, RESPONSIVE PROGRAMS THAT REFLECT THE REAL LIVES OF QUEER BLACK STUDENTS AND MAKE CLEAR DISTRICT WIDE THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS WELCOME IN EVERY CLASSROOM. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY, GIOVANNI, COME ON UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS GIOVANNI PIO. 
          I AM A 12TH GRADER AT MAN HEIGHT MAN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, AND A YOUTH LEADER WITH THE COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT BE, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT YET. 
          I COULDN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT STAFF MEMBERS WILL LOOK LIKE ME ASKING IF I WAS OKAY EVERY SINGLE DAY WHILE THEY VIEWED ME AS A BLACK STUDENT, I VIEWED MYSELF AS AN AFRICAN IMMIGRANT WHO HAD NOTHING TO SHARE OR RELATE TO COMING FROM WHERE I COME FROM. 
          I HAD NEVER INTERNALIZED MY SKIN COLOR AS SOMETHING THAT DEFINED ME. 
          BSAP HAS HELPED ME REALIZE THAT THE SYSTEMATIC BARRIERS PLACED UPON OUR SOCIETY DON'T CHOOSE BLACK STUDENTS. 
          RATHER, IT SHAPES US ALL. 
          BE SUB UNITES AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AFRO-CARIBBEAN, AFRO-LATINOS, AND AFRICANS AS ONE ENTITY. 
          BE SUB. 
          LET US EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE THE IDENTITIES THAT ENCOMPASS BEING BLACK. 
          YOU AND I KNOW THAT BLACK STUDENTS CONTINUE TO FACE PROFOUND EDUCATIONAL SEPARATIONS. 
          THESE STRUCTURAL, THESE STRUCTURAL SOCIAL INEQUALITY IS ROOTED FROM THE HISTORY THAT IS CONCEALED AND TOLD IN SECTIONS. 
          DIVERSE FROM BSAP WILL ENCOURAGE BLACK STUDENTS AND STAFF TO LOOK TO EACH OTHER THROUGH A STEREOTYPICAL LENS. 
          IT WOULD, IT DISCOURAGE US FROM UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER'S HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVES. 
          FOR THESE REASONS, YOU NEED TO KEEP BSA BECAUSE IT EMPOWERS BLACK STUDENTS TO DEFY THE RACIAL BLACKS PLACED UPON US. 
          YOU NEED TO KEEP BSAP BECAUSE IT PROMOTES BLACK EXCELLENCE BY ALLOWING BLACK STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS TO SIT ON THE SAME TABLE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, A A Z MADE A COMMITMENT TO BLACK STUDENTS THROUGH BSAP. 
          THAT COMMITMENT MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ARIA BLAKELY ALLIAH AND AFTER MS. BLAKELY IS SADE AND THEN CHERYL KONO. 
          HI, I AM ARAYA. 
          I AM YIELDING TO FELIX AND LEO. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS FELIX TO MAXWELL, UH, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENTS DESERVE CHAPTER AT JOHN MARSHALL SENIOR HIGH. 
          I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS. 
          PWS HELP CREATE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. 
          IN ORDER TO HELP STRENGTHEN TRUST WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF, WE MUST KEEP FUNDING FOR MARGINALIZED STUDENTS. 
          YOU'RE PRAISING BSAP COUNSELORS WHILE CUTTING THEIR FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, NOT POLICE. 
          I WANTED TO COME HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTREME WEIGHT OF THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET CRISIS, AND THE NECESSITY OF BRINGING ALL VOICES INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING CUTS. 
          IT IS ALWAYS THE FUNDS TO BSAP AND C THAT ARE LOOKED AT FIRST WHEN MAKING CUTS. 
          THIS SUMMER, YOU ALL ALMOST APPROVED AN AN FSP THAT WOULD'VE REMOVED ALL $500 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM C AND REDUCED BSAP BY 80%. 
          HOW IS IT RIGHT TO WEIGH THE WORTH OF MARGINALIZED STUDENTS AT EVERY BUDGET DISCUSSION? BY DOING THIS, YOU CREATE A DISPARITY IN BOTH FACILITIES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR TRUST IN THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT SHOULD BE WORKING FOR US. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THE HARD TASK OF CUTTING FUNDING, BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT AT EVERY CORNER FOR FACILITIES THAT WERE PROMISED TO US. 
          I ALSO COME HERE TO UPLIFT. 
          MY FELLOW STUDENTS DESERVE MEMBERS AND STUDENTS AT EAGLE ROCK JUNIOR HIGH JUNIOR, SENIOR HIGH, 13 MILLION. 
          $13.6 MILLION ARE GOING INTO TURNING EAGLE ROCK'S GRASS FIELD INTO SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          AS AN ATHLETE MYSELF AT A SCHOOL THAT HAS TURF, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEIR FIELD GRASS. 
          DURING MY LAST TRACKING FIELD SEASON, OUR FIELD REACHED 
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OVER 120 DEGREES, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR RUNNERS TO WARM UP, UH, IN THE PEAK OF HEAT. 
          PLEASE REVIEW THE RISKS OF TURF AND UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR FUNDING IS GOING. 
          LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GIVING YOU AREAS OF YOUR BUDGET TO CUT DEFUND SCHOOL. 
          POLICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, HI, MY NAME IS LEO. 
          I'M A JUNIOR AT, UM, IGOR ROCK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M A LEADER OF STUDENT SERVE AND I'M DEMANDING THAT YOU CUT THE SCHOOL POLICE FROM L-A-U-S-D WITH BUDGET SHORTAGES AND CUTS TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS IN SCHOOL. 
          HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SCHOOL POLICE FUNDS ARE NOT BEING CUT ENTIRELY? THE SCHOOL POLICE ARE NOTHING BUT HARMFUL TO STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. 
          BSAP PWS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS L-G-B-T-Q RESOURCES AND SAFE SPACES AT SCHOOL ARE VITAL TO OUR LEARNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          STUDENTS DEMAND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FROM L-A-U-S-D. 
          WE DEMAND TO KNOW HOW. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, SADE. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS SADE AND I'M A SENIOR AT NAUGH HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M STANDING HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ACROSS L-A-U-S-D, AND I SEE THE IMPACT ON MY CLASSMATES EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          WE ARE CARRYING HEAVY LOADS TRAUMA, ANXIETY, AND PRESSURES THAT DON'T CA THAT DON'T PAUSE WHEN THE SCHOOL BELL RINGS. 
          FOR SO MANY OF US, SCHOOL IS THE PRIMARY SAFE SPACE WHERE WE CAN FIND REAL SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND ROOM TO HEAL. 
          THAT SAFETY IS DIRECTLY MADE POSSIBLE BY BSAP SE AND OUR FSP PROGRAM. 
          THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT OPTIONAL ADD-ONS. 
          THEY'RE ESSENTIAL LIFELINES TO DELIVER EQUITY RESOURCES AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE THAT ALLOW HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH TO ACTUALLY THRIVE INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE. 
          WE CANNOT ALLOW L-A-U-S-D TO DEDUCT OR SLASH FUNDING FROM BSAP C OR FSP. 
          REDUCING THESE BUDGETS DIRECTLY HARMS THE STUDENTS WHO NEED CARE THE MOST. 
          IF THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING TO BALANCE BUDGETS, LOOK WHERE RESOURCES BELONG. 
          DO NOT DEDUCT FUNDS FROM PROGRAMS THAT NURTURE AND HEAL US. 
          REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS FROM SCHOOL POLICE INSTEAD, INVEST IN CARE, NOT CRIMINALIZATION. 
          AT THE CORE OF THESE CRITICAL PROGRAMS ARE OUR PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS. 
          OUR PWS DO NOT HAND OUT PASSES OR FILE PAPERWORK. 
          THEY'RE LITERALLY SAVING STUDENTS' LIVES. 
          THEY DEESCALATE CRISES. 
          HOLD SPACE FOR KIDS IN DISTRESS AND KEEP US GROUNDED WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FEELS OVERWHELMING. 
          WHEN A STUDENT REACHES A BREAKING POINT, A PSW IS OFTEN THE ONLY PERSON STANDING BETWEEN THEM AND A TRAGIC OUTCOME. 
          YOU COULD NOT EXPECT US TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY. 
          IF YOU STRIP AWAY THE RESOURCES KEEPING US SAFE EMOTIONALLY, I URGE YOU TO PROTECT OUR PSW PERTER PRESERVE. 
          FSP. 
          DO NOT ALLOW LACO TO PRESSURE YOU ALL AND SHIFT FUNDS AWAY FROM SCHOOL POLICING AND INTO STUDENT CARE. 
          STAND WITH US, INVEST IN OUR WELLBEING AND PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TO SAVE OUR LIVES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CHERYL KONO, THEN EMILY RAMOS, AND THEN ANGEL CARILLO. 
          I DEFER MY TIME TO CHRIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, HELLO. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I'M READING A STATEMENT FROM A STUDENT WHO WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY. 
          UH, THEIR PRONOUNS ARE THEY AND THEM. 
          SUICIDE PREVENTION IS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT OFTEN DISCUSSED, ALTHOUGH IT IS IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES TO COVER IN SCHOOLS. 
          STUDENTS ALL OF ALL AGES FROM EARLY EDUCATION TO ADULT SCHOOLS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND MULTITUDES OF REASONS. 
          THE SUBJECT HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME LAST YEAR. 
          THE THOUGHTS PLAGUED ME GREATLY. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IT IS TO FEEL UNWANTED, DISCARDED, UN USELESS, YET VERY LITTLE KNOW WHAT IT IS TO FEEL LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND UTILIZE THE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS FOR WHAT IS, UH, ARE TEMPORARY PROBLEMS. I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE THE STATISTIC OF TEEN SUICIDE TO NOT GROW IN ANY WAY YET. 
          AS THE MONTHS PASSED, THE NUMBER OF TEENS DYING BY SUICIDE RISES ONE BY ONE, ONE DAUGHTER GONE. 
          ANOTHER BROTHER BURIED ONE CHILD, SIMPLY REMEMBERED AS A MEMORY. 
          MULTIPLE NIGHTS I STAYED UP AND COERCED, UM, MY FRIENDS NOT TO DO THE PERMANENT RITUAL. 
          NOT UNTHINKABLE BECAUSE IT IS AN ESCAPE ROUTE THAT MANY STUDENTS CHOOSE NOT HAVING PS, WS AT, UH, AT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS IS NOT AN EVERYDAY WILL ONLY INCREASE THE NUMBER. 
          THE REPORTS WILL GO UNTOLD AND THEY'LL BE LIABLE LABELED AS ANOTHER SENSITIVE MENTALLY ILL STUDENT, NOT SOMEBODY DESERVING OF ACCEPTANCE AND A PLACE TO SHARE THEIR STORY WITHOUT JUDGMENT LESS. 
          PSW MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS MEANS MORE STUDENTS' DEATH, STUDENT 
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INJURIES, AND LOWER STUDENTS' SATISFACTIONS. 
          WE NEED PS WS ON EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS. 
          UH, AND THIS IS PERTAINING TO AN ITEM THAT MR. SCH MORSON, UH, CREATED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          EMILY RAMOS, COME ON UP. 
          AND AFTER MS. RAMOS IS ANGEL CARILLO AND THEN AMIR KAMIR. 
          HI, MY NAME IS EMILY RAMOS. 
          I'M AN 11TH GRADER AT MANU ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M A YOUTH LEADER WITH COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          THIS SCHOOL YEAR, MY SCHOOL LOST A COUNSELOR WHO WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DUE TO BUDGET CUTS. 
          THIS IS A COUNSELOR WHO I FOUND COMFORT IN AND WHO WAS A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL AND FOR ME. 
          WHEN YOU MAKE BUDGET CUTS, YOU CUT STAFF WHO ARE IMPORTANT TO US. 
          YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CLASSROOMS ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT'S RESOURCES WE FEEL WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WHEN YOU MAKE BUDGET CUTS, THE THINGS THAT WE NEED THE MOST ARE THE FIRST THINGS TO GET CUT FROM OUR SCHOOLS. 
          L-A-U-S-D SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB PROTECTING COUNSELORS. 
          THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ARE CLOSEST TO. 
          THEY HELP US AND HEAR US OUT. 
          THEY MAKE US FEEL CONFIDENT IN OURSELVES, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE FIND IN STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE THE ONES IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE. 
          SO WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF A SAY IN BUDGET PRIORITIES. 
          L-A-L-A-C-O-E SHOULD NOT BE PUSHING OR FORCING L-A-U-S-D TO MAKE CUTS THAT IMPACT BLACK STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES. 
          OUR VOICES SHOULD BE THE ONES HEARD, NOT THEIRS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ANGEL CARILLO AND THEN AMIR KASMIR. 
          AND THEN, UH, VICENTE RUBIO. 
          MY NAME IS ANGEL. 
          I'M A 11TH GRADER AT JOHN C FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M YOUTH LEADER WITH COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          MY DEMAND IS TO FULLY DEFUND SCHOOL POLICE. 
          THE FUNDS THAT GO TOWARDS INTIMIDATING AND CRIMINALIZING STUDENTS MUST BE PUT TOWARDS UPLIFTING THEIR WELLBEING. 
          OUR SCHOOL'S BUDGET IS ABOUT ME AND MY PEERS VALUES, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE. 
          WE ARE FACING POTENTIAL CUTS TO THE RESOURCES WE NEED TO SUCCEED. 
          WHILE THE LASD CONTINUES TO SPEND MILLIONS ON SCHOOL POLICE, WE ARE CUTTING FUNDS. 
          BSAP MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, OR OUR TEACHERS PAY WHILE FUNDING US POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT PATROLS OUR HALLWAYS. 
          EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON POLICING IS A DOLLAR TAKEN AWAY FROM A STUDENT'S FUTURE. 
          WE ARE CHOOSING SURVEILLANCE OVER SUPPORT, AND THAT IS A MISTAKE EVERY DAY. 
          MY PEERS AND I WALK INTO SCHOOLS THAT FEEL MORE LIKE A DETENTION CENTERS THAN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. 
          SEEING POLICE ON CAMPUSES DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL SAFE. 
          INSTEAD, IT MAKES ME FEEL AS IF SCHOOL VIEWED PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME AS A PROBLEM. 
          RECENT DATA SHOWS THAT WHEN STUDENTS SHIFT THAT MONEY TOWARDS COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS, STUDENTS ATTENDANCE AND GRADES IMPROVE BY KEEPING POLICES ON CAMPUSES, THE DISTRICT IGNORES THE DATA THAT PROVES STUDENTS NEED MORE MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTHCARE, NOT MORE OFFICERS. 
          I URGE THE BOARD TO STOP CHOOSING PUNISHMENT OVER PROGRESS. 
          LISTEN TO STUDENTS LIKE ME WHO ARE LIVING IN THIS EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. 
          LET'S INVEST IN OUR POTENTIAL BY FUNDING THE RESOURCES THAT HELP US RATHER THAN THE ONES THAT WATCH US. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AMIR. 
          KASIR. 
          AMIR. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS AMIR, AND I'LL BE YIELDING MY TIME TO DIEGO. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UH, MIND IS DIEGO. 
          UH, DIEGO. 
          I'M A SENIOR AT MAYWOOD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UH, MY SCHOOL AND MANY OTHER SCHOOLS, THE L-L-A-U-S-D ARE, ARE REQUIRED TO BUY, UH, TO WEAR, UM, A POLO EVERY DAY OF SCHOOL. 
          UM, THESE UNIFORMS AREN'T PROVIDED WITH US AND WE OFTEN HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. 
          WE DON'T PAY FOR ONE, WE PAY FOR MULTIPLE. 
          IT MIGHT NOT SOUND A LOT, BUT FOR STUDENTS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO, THAT AREN'T ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THEM, IT'S A LOT. 
          UM, WE, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BRING THE UNIFORMS, WE ARE PUNISHED. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AT MY SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT BRINGING UNIFORMS DAILY, YOU AREN'T ALLOWED IN BATHROOMS AND YOU'RE OFTEN PULLED OUTTA CLASS. 
          DURING THE RECENT HEAT WAVES, STUDENTS STYLE UNIFORMS WEREN'T ALLOWED IN AUDITORIUM. 
          THIS MEANT THEY WERE FORCED TO STAY OUTSIDE IN 90 DEGREE HEAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THEY CHOSE NOT TO WEAR UNIFORMS OR THEY WEREN'T, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO UNIFORMS. UM, MANY OF MY CLASSMATES WHO ARE SENIORS AREN'T ALLOWED TO GO TO SENIOR ACTIVITIES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BRING UNIFORMS TO SCHOOL. 
          THIS MEANS THAT WE'RE MISSING 
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OUT IN KEY EVENTS FOR OUR SENIOR YEAR JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WEAR UNIFORMS. I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO CHARGE US WITH, UH, CHARGES US FOR UNIFORMS AND FORCE US TO PAY PAY FOR THEM. 
          ALL THIS WHILE YOU GUYS ARE DE UH, DEFUNDING BSAP PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP AND ARE CURRENTLY FUNDING SCHOOL POLICE, I DON'T, IF YOU'RE FORCING US TO BUY UNIFORMS, YOU SHOULD PUT THAT MONEY INTO SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT US AS STUDENTS SEE ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          WE NEED COUNSELORS THAT SUPPORT US. 
          PS WS, WE NEED THIS. 
          WE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT. 
          WE NEED THIS. 
          IT'S OUR COUNSELORS AREN'T JUST GONNA HELP US THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THEY'RE GONNA HELP US PAY THE PATHWAY THROUGH LIFE. 
          WITHOUT THESE SUPPORTS, WE AREN'T ABLE TO BECOME ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITHOUT THESE PROGRAMS, LIKE WITHOUT COUNSELORS, WE AREN'T ABLE TO NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT SUPPORT. 
          WE NEED SUPPORT AS STUDENTS. 
          WE NEED THIS. 
          LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST A WANT, IT'S A NEED. 
          WE NEED. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, VICENTE. 
          RUBIO. 
          VICENTE. 
          HE'S ONLINE. 
          OH, VICENTE IS REMOTE. 
          UH, WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A MOMENT THEN. 
          VICENTE, UH, LILY Y YOU LILY, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          ONCE YOU BEGIN AND AFTER LILY IS IAN KIRKSEY. 
          AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE REMOTE. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          HI. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          HI, MY NAME IS LILY AGAR AND I'M A JEWISH L-A-U-S-D STUDENT LEADER. 
          I'M HERE TO ECHO THE REQUEST THAT YOU HEARD TODAY. 
          FULLY IMPLEMENT AB SEVEN 15 AND MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM BOTH PROACTIVELY AND REACTIVELY. 
          IN DECEMBER, 2024, THE A DL CENTER FOR ANTISEMITISM RESEARCH SURVEYED JEWISH PARENTS AND FOUND THAT 71% REPORTED THEIR CHILD HAD WITNESSED OR EXPERIENCED ANTISEMITISM IN THE CLASSROOM OR THROUGH COURSE MATERIALS. 
          A SEPARATE ACADEMIC STUDY FOUND THAT OVER 60% OF JEWISH EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ANTISEMITISM IN THE WORKPLACE. 
          THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT ABSTRACT. 
          THEY REFLECT WHAT JEWISH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE LIVING THROUGH IN OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. 
          I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED ANTISEMITISM AND I KNOW THAT I'M NOT ALONE. 
          I WANT TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          AT A TIME OF RISING ANTISEMITISM, UTLA DEMANDED THAT L-A-U-S-D STOPPED USING MATERIALS FROM ECHOES AND REFLECTIONS. 
          ONE OF THE LEADING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THIS PAST SPRING, UTLA ENCOURAGED TEACHERS TO ATTEND AN EVENT AT A BOOKSTORE THAT GLORIFIES GENOCIDAL EXTREMISTS LIKE AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, THE FOUNDER OF THE BRUTAL IRANIAN REGIME THAT PUSHED MY FAMILY AND MANY OTHER IRANIANS TO FLEE THEIR COUNTRY AND COME TO THIS CITY SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGION. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, AN EXTREMIST GROUP IS URGING LA YOUTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO WALK OUT OF SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 7TH IN SUPPORT OF THE AXIS OF RESISTANCE, MEANING IRAN'S REGIME, HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AND OTHER GENOCIDAL TERRORIST GROUPS. 
          THIS BOARD HAS ALSO FACED PRESSURE FROM GROUPS LIKE JVP AND CODE PINK WHO CLAIM TO SPEAK FOR LA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY. 
          THEY DON'T. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF JEWS, INCLUDING JEWISH STUDENTS, CONSIDER DENYING ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST, TO BE FORM OF ANTISEMITISM. 
          ACCORDING TO STUDIES BY A JC AND BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY. 
          I'M NOT HERE ON BEHALF OF ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OR POLITICAL PARTY. 
          I'M AN L-A-U-S-D STUDENT WHO SIMPLY WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT FACING HARASSMENT OR HOSTILITY SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MY IDENTITY. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING L-A-U-S-D TO ACT NOW, NOT AFTER THE NEXT INCIDENT. 
          EXPAND MEANINGFUL ANTISEMITISM EDUCATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          TRAIN ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO IT AND KEEP HATEFUL AND EXTREMIST MATERIALS OUT OF OUR CLASSROOMS. JEWISH STUDENTS DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE AND RESPECTED IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, IAN KIRKSEY, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HEY Y'ALL, AS ALWAYS, DEFUND THE SCHOOL POLICE AND FUND BSAP FUND SE PROTECT 'EM BOTH FOREVER. 
          I'M GONNA PASS MY TIME TO AINSLEY HERE. 
          THANKS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, HELLO BOARD. 
          UM, MY NAME IS AINSLEY DRAKE. 
          I'M A SENIOR FROM EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, SPEAKING ALONGSIDE MY FELLOW STUDENT YOUTH LEADERS FROM STUDENTS DESERVE AND THE ANGELINA STUDENT UNION, UM, FROM EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          TODAY IS A MONTH AND A HALF SINCE THE LA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION SENT THIS LETTER TO YOU ALL, UH, ONCE AGAIN CONFIRMING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ECONOMIC SHORTCOMINGS FOR US ALL TO SEE. 
          UM, THOUGH THIS TIME THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT MADE SURE TO LET US KNOW ON THE FIRST PAGE THAT L-A-U-S-D ONE OF THE HIGHEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, WELL THE HIGHEST BUDGET SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY, MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A LACK OF GROWING CONCERN DESIGNATION. 
          THIS MEANS THAT, UM, THE COUNTY IS POISED TO VETO THE BOARD'S DECISION MAKING POWER OVER THE BUDGET AND HAND IT OFF TO THEIR OWN APPOINTED ADVISOR. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, UM, THE 
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COUNTY HAS, UH, HAS DETERMINED THAT THE LUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOT FIT TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR BUDGET OR TO DRAFT NEW BUDGETS TO FIX THEM. 
          AND I WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD THINK THAT. 
          I MEAN, I AND ALL OF, UH, THE OTHER, UH, STUDENTS FROM STUDENTS DESERVED WHO ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY HAVE PRESENTED MULTIPLE TIMES IN FRONT OF THIS VERY SAME COMMITTEE, UM, UH, DA DA DA, UM, ASKING YOU TO MAKE CUTS TO, UM, DISTRICT WASTE. 
          LIKE, UH, THE $70 MILLION THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS, UH, SCHOOL POLICE AND, UM, UNUSED LAND DEEDS AND PHANTOM CONTRACTS AND THE IREADY TESTING SYSTEM, UM, AND MORE. 
          THE POINT IS, WE'RE IN A BAD PLACE FINANCIALLY, AND LET'S NOT FORGET OIL TOPPING A HUNDRED DOLLARS A BARREL THE OTHER DAY. 
          AND WHAT WE, THE STUDENTS REALLY WANT TO SEE IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO CUT OUT SCHOOL POLICE, CUT OUT USELESS CONTRACTS, CUT OUT ALL THESE POLICIES THAT DON'T SERVE STUDENT NEEDS EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND THAT WAY YOU CAN PUT RESOURCES INTO GOOD PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP, UH, AND MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPOSE OUR STUDENTS TO DANGEROUS ASTROTURF. 
          AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LAY OFF OUR TEACHERS ANYMORE EITHER. 
          I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNTY GOALS CAN BE MET WITHOUT CUTTING MORE CORE STUDENT PROGRAMS. UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          YEAH, YOU THAT WAS YOUR WHOLE TWO MINUTES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, ARE YOU ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WELL, YEAH, OR MY TIME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YIELDED FROM HIM AND HE, HE DIDN'T GIVE IT TO YOU. 
          HE YIELDED HIS TIME. 
          NOW YIELDED, USE ZERO TIME. 
          CAN I JUST STILL SKIM MY COMMENT? BETTER SPEAK, SPEAK, SPEAK, ELOISA. 
          SAY IT. 
          I'M GONNA SPEAK. 
          I'M GONNA SPEAK. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S GO GIRL. 
          UM, MY NAME IS ELOISA AND I, UM, AM A SENIOR AT EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, AT YEAR ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WE'RE, WE'RE RECEIVING AN ATHLETIC FIELD UPGRADE WITH ONE OF THE MAIN UPGRADES BEING INSTALLING ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          UM, I KNOW BY NOW YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, AND HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF POSES. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH MY LIST OF THEM 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T. 
          WELL, I GUESS I HAVE TIME NOW. 
          UM,  WELL, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. 
          BUT ANYWAYS, THE REASON BEHIND THE ARTIFICIAL TURF SIGNS, UH, SHINES A BROADER LIGHT ON THE DEEP MISUSE OF FUNDS WITHIN THE LUSD AS WELL AS THE, UH, ITS BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM THAT SUFFOCATES THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO ARE ACTIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THERE'S STUDENTS COME HERE EVERY SINGLE MEETING TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THEY WANT, AND THAT, AND OUR VOICES ARE NOT ALWAYS HEARD WITHIN IN THE LUSD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LUSD IS DISTRIBUTING BOND MONEY TO TOXIC, UH, TOXIC MATERIAL THAT THAT PUTS OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, IN OUR ENVIRONMENT IN A SERIOUS RISK. 
          UM, L-A-U-S-D ALSO STRUGGLES TO FUND BSAP, UM, AND INSTEAD FUNDS THE SCHOOL POLICE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A SAFE SPACE FOR ME TO GROW, NOT A, A PRISON. 
          WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE POLICE AT OUR SCHOOLS? IT'S NOT A PRISON. 
          UM, SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE FOR ME TO PLAY SPORTS AND TO ENGAGE WITH NATURE AND NOT JUST, UH, A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT RIDDLED WITH PLASTIC. 
          UM, SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH PSW BSAP PROGRAMS AND AN EMPHASIS ON UPLIFTING STUDENT VOICES, NOT SHUTTING THEM DOWN. 
          THIS IS WHAT SCHOOL'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, OVER NUMEROUS MONTHS, UH, TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, COUNTLESS L-A-U-S-D PUBLIC COMMENTS AND 600 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION. 
          UM, THE LUSD HASN'T RECOGNIZED THE RISK OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IN FACT, TODAY THE CONTRACT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO, UM, DO, CAUSE ALL THESE ISSUES IS LIKELY GONNA BE RATIFIED. 
          WHY DO WE HAVE TO SUFFER THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL TURF, WHICH LUSD HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED AS HAZARDOUS? HENCE WHY THEY HAVE A MORATORIUM ON THE TURF AND WHY A, A CURRENT INVESTIGATION, THE TURF STUDY, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. 
          UM, WHY IS OUR SCHOOL, WHY, WHY DOES THAT NOT APPLY TO OUR SCHOOL? JUST BECAUSE OUR CONTRACT WAS RATIFIED OR, OR WAS, UM, APPROVED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          SO JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE WAY THAT WHEN YOUR TIME'S UP, OKAY, THE WAY THAT SEATING TIME WORKS IS, UH, YOUNG, MR. AINSLEY DID LIKE A MINUTE AND THEN IS LIKE, I'M GONNA PASS THE, MY REMAINING MINUTE OFF TO MY PARTNER HERE. 
          IT'S NOT, I'M GONNA GIVE HER AN EXTRA SLOT. 
          SO AS YOU, AS WE'VE SEEN IT OPERATE, YOU SEE THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, YOU WANNA SEED IT THE REMAINING TIME. 
          WE DON'T TYPICALLY JUST GIVE MORE TIME. 
          SO THAT WAS AN ANOMALY AND I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY WHO DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND SIGNED UP RIGHT OR MAY HAVE MISSED THE SIGN UP TIME. 
          UH, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UM, NOW WE WILL, UH, HEAR FROM THE REMOTE SPEAKERS. 
          ANYA MEEN. 
          ANYA MEEN. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS ANYA MAXON AND I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS BEYOND SCREEN. 
          IN MAY, THIS BOARD APPROVED THE USING TECHNOLOGY WITH INTENTION RESOLUTION, WHICH CALLS FOR THE DISTRICT TO PRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE ITEMIZED REPORT OF ALL CONTRACTS RELATED TO CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY. 
          THIS AUDIT OF TECH CONTRACTS 
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WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE PUBLIC BY JUNE, BUT IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER AND WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN IT. 
          SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW JUST HOW MANY MILLIONS, IF NOT BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE GOING TO FOR PROFIT TECH COMPANIES AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM TODAY. 
          IN LIGHT OF THIS PROFOUNDLY UNDEMOCRATIC LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, HOW CAN THE BOARD EVEN CONSIDER APPROVING NEARLY $8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL TECH CONTRACT SPENDING? HOW CAN THE BOARD EVEN CONSIDER GIVING MORE MONEY TO CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES? THE MAKERS OF IREADY, WHICH HAS NO INDEPENDENT DATA TO BACK UP ITS CLAIMS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING OR ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT, AND WHICH IS CURRENTLY FACING NOT ONE, BUT TWO LAWSUITS IN FEDERAL COURT. 
          ONE FOR SELLING CHILDREN'S PRIVATE DATA TO THIRD PARTIES, AND THE OTHER FOR MAKING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF ITS ASSESSMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS. 
          THE SCREEN TIME RESOLUTION ALSO CALLED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF I-READY. 
          AND WHETHER IT'S A VALID AND RELIABLE TOOL THAT JUSTIFIES ITS ENORMOUS COST TO THIS DISTRICT. 
          WITHOUT THIS REVIEW, HOW CAN THE BOARD EVEN CONSIDER SPENDING MILLIONS MORE ON I-READY? BUT IF THIS WASN'T EGREGIOUS ENOUGH, HOW CAN THE BOARD EVEN CONSIDER PULLING THE MONEY FOR THESE TECH CONTRACTS FROM TITLE ONE, TITLE IV AND ELOP FUNDS, WHICH ARE MEANT TO INCREASE EQUITY IN THIS DISTRICT? IT IS NOW WELL KNOWN THAT EDTECH PRODUCTS, RATHER THAN CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, ACTUALLY DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM CHILDREN FROM LOWER INCOME AND IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS. 
          SO TO PULL MONEY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HELP THESE POPULATIONS AND USE IT FOR PRODUCTS THAT WILL HARM THEM INSTEAD IS DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE. 
          ELLIE PARENTS ARE TIRED OF OUR DISTRICT MONEY GOING TO PROFIT HUNGRY TECH CORPORATIONS INSTEAD OF THE THINGS WE KNOW WILL HELP OUR CHILDREN THRIVE. 
          FACILITIES, HUMAN TEACHERS, HUMAN TUTORS AND HUMAN COUNSELORS NEED BOARD DEMAND ON IN THIS DISTRICT, THE ARE MADE PUBLIC. 
          THANK. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AKUR AKUR. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN AKUR. 
          MR. CHIT, YOUR RECENT EMAIL MENTIONS FAMILY COLLABORATION AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          SO WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE ANYTHING YET ABOUT MR. PLACENCIA OR DR. ALBERT OR MS. CHEN TUR RASHIR WHO LIED TO STUDENTS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND IN FACT, MR. PLACENCIA EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO INTIMIDATE STUDENTS WHO WERE RUNNING FOR THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ELECTION. 
          WHERE'S THE, WHERE WHERE'S THE RESPONSE TO THAT? UM, ALTHOUGH BY THE WAY, I DID LEARN FROM SOURCES THAT MR. PLACENCIA IS NO LONGER IN CHARGE OF THESE VARIOUS STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCILS. 
          I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY, BUT OF COURSE, THE BOARD HASN'T SAID ANYTHING. 
          WELL, YOU SAY SOMETHING. 
          UM, I ALSO SPOKE RECENTLY WITH A UNITED STATES SENATOR, AND WHEN I EXPLAINED TO THE SENATOR THE ISSUE, HE TOLD ME TO REPORT YOU TO THE FBI AND THE CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER FBI RAID? IF NOT, THEN HOW ABOUT YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT MR. ANTONIO PLACENCIA, DR. 
          DR. 
          ERIC EL EDWARD AND MS. HIR WHO LIED TO STUDENTS WHO LIED ABOUT THE BUDGET TO STUDENTS. 
          LET'S ALSO TALK, UM, ABOUT LATASHA BUCK AND HIS SUSAN ULLO GUO, UM, LATASHA BUCK, UM, AND SUSAN GLO, OF COURSE WORKED FOR LASD. 
          THEY'RE PAID ON THE, THE DIME OF ALL THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS ROOM TODAY. 
          THEY WORKED FOR THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND HAD GLO IN 2008, COVERED UP THE RAPE OF A STUDENT AND LASD DID NOTHING. 
          AND IN FACT, I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT, UM, LATASHA BUCK, WHO JUSTIFIED HIS ACTIONS SAYING THAT IT WAS OKAY SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, I LEARNED THAT SHE IN 2008, WORKED AT THE SAME EXACT SCHOOL THAT ANANGULA WORKED AT. 
          UM, EVERYONE I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MISS AL. 
          SHE'S IN THE BACK. 
          SHE KNOWS ABOUT THIS. 
          SHE KNEW THAT AS ULA AND LATASHA BUCK HAD THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I'VE TOLD HER MANY TIMES ABOUT WHAT JESUS SINAH DID AND WHAT LATASHA BUCK DID, SAYING THAT RAPE IS OKAY SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. 
          MS. AL, HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THIS MAN DID SUCH A HEINOUS CRIME? AND YOU'VE DONE NOTHING? I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE ACTION AND STOP BEING HYPOCRITE, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          I PROMISE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIDEY LEE. 
          BRIDEY LEE, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN BRIDEY LEE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, YES. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, THE TWO LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTING A MILLION PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK CITY MADE HISTORY BY ANNOUNCING AI MORATORIUMS. ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, CALIFORNIA LED THE NATION AND REGULATING TECH COMPANIES AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED ONLINE CHILD SAFETY PILL BILLS, INCLUDING INCREASED AI PROTECTIONS. 
          TODAY, THE L-A-U-S-D CALIFORNIA EDUCATION POLICY AGENDA INCLUDED IN THE BOARD MATERIALS STATES THE RISKS OF PROLONGED CHATBOT INTERACTIONS BY CHILDREN THREATEN THE PHYSICAL 
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AND MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND POLICY GUARDRAILS ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE DANGERS OF THESE POWERFUL, THE DANGERS OF THESE POWERFUL TOOLS ARE REIGNED IN L-A-U-S-C AND CALIFORNIA HAVE DEMONSTRATED HISTORIC LEADERSHIP AND PROTECTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN FROM EXPLOITATIVE TECH PRODUCTS. 
          BUT OUR WORK HERE IS NOT DONE IN THE LABOR PARTNER SUMMARY. 
          IN TODAY'S BOARD, MATERIALS CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT THE $6 MILLION ALL HERE ED CHATBOT AND ISSUES SURROUNDING TRANSPARENCY ON MAY 19TH, BOARD MEMBER MELBOURNE REQUESTED THE REQUIRED AUDIT OF TECH CONTRACTS AND FRANCES BAEZ REPLIED, YOU'LL BE GETTING THAT IN JUNE, BUT THREE MONTHS LATER, THIS HAS STILL NOT BEEN PUBLICLY RELEASED. 
          ON AUGUST 31ST, AN AUDIT OF A SINGLE TECH VENDOR BY THE L-A-U-S-C OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REVEALED A MULTIMILLION MILLION DOLLAR MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS, INCLUDING AN UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASE OF OVER $12 MILLION THAT WAS NOT COMPETITIVELY BID OR APPROVED BY THE BOARD. 
          NOW, L-A-U-S-D PLANS TO TAKE NEARLY $8 MILLION FROM LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND GIVE IT TO TECH COMPANIES FOR UNPROVEN PRODUCTS LIKE IREADY. 
          WHILE TENS OF MILLIONS ENDLESSLY FLOW INTO HIGHLY CONTESTED TECH EXPENSES, TEACHERS ARE ALSO BEING TOLD THERE'S NOT EVEN LITERAL PENNIES FOR PAPER AND PENCILS. 
          THERE'S A CLEAR PATTERN HERE. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT MONEY, IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIES. 
          IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, IT'S ABOUT OVERSIGHT. 
          IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO MAKE LOW INCOME STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF RECKLESS TECH SPENDING. 
          LET'S PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR VALUES ARE, NO MORE BLANK CHECKS FOR TAX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, ESTHER, ESTHER A PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ESTHER, I SEE YOU'RE WITH US. 
          ESTHER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ESTHER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN WE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, BUT YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT MUFFLED. 
          IS THERE SOME WAY TO CLEAR THAT UP? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THAT'S MUCH BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR. 
          MY NAME IS ESTHER  FROM, UM, I'M FROM . 
          I'M A FROM, I'M A STUDENT WITH STUDENT DESERVE. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT CLOSING THE JAILS AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE NEED SUPPORT THAT HELPS US FEEL SAFE AND GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO THAT INCLUDE HAVING ACCESS TO PSW OR PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER WHERE STUDENTS CAN RECEIVE SUPPORT AND CONNECT RESOURCES WHEN THEY NEED THEM. 
          I'M ALSO INVOLVED WITH MHA, WHICH IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS BECAUSE BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF BEING SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. 
          SO THEY SHOULD ASK PEOPLE THEY CAN TALK TO AND RESOURCE THEY CAN RELY ON INSTEAD OF BEING PUSHED TOWARDS PUNISHMENT OR IN INCARCERATION. 
          WE SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE IN TEENS THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSING, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION AND YOUNG PROGRAMS. THIS RESOURCES CAN ABSTINENCE STAY CONNECTED TO SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          CLOSING THE JAIL IS NOT JUST ABOUT CLOSING THE BUILDING, IT'S ABOUT ASKING WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES BEFORE THEY REACH A POINT WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE PUSHED INTO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          YOUNG PEOPLE DID HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORT, AND A CHANCE TO BE THE BETTER FUTURE. 
          AS A SECRETARY FOR MHA, I WANT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. 
          I HAVE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE AND MENTOR HEALTH RESOURCES AND CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS CLOSING THE JAIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          VICENTE RUBIO, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          VICENTE RUBIO. 
          HELLO. 
          HI. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS VICENTE RUBIO AND I AM A JUNIOR AS SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL AND A YOUTH LEADER WITH STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG LUSC STUDENT AND MORE RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT STUDENTS HAVE WITH LESC MOSTLY IN PART THAT STUDENTS DESERVE, WHICH I'M THANKFUL FOR BECAUSE I SEE A FUTURE WHERE US AS STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH L-A-U-S-D ON EVERY ISSUE THAT COMES TO THE TABLE AND A FUTURE WHERE WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THEM. 
          I CAN EVEN SEE A FUTURE WHERE WE BEGIN THE FORGIVENESS PROCESS PROCESS FOR THE MANY DECISIONS THAT LUSD HAS MADE AGAINST OUR STUDENTS. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO BEGIN THIS FORGIVENESS PROCESS, 
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LUSD HAS TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          ONE OF THEM BEING A FOCUS ON THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          79% OF OUR STUDENTS AT SAN PEDRO ARE LOW INCOME. 
          THIS IS WHY WE NEED SEMI FUNDS FOR OUR COUNSELORS. 
          LOW INCOME STUDENTS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND RE ATTRIBUTING THE FUNDS TO SENDING IS A NECESSITY FOR THESE STUDENTS. 
          THESE STUDENTS GIVE THESE FUNDS, GIVE STUDENTS ACTUAL PATHWAYS FOR THEMSELVES. 
          WITHOUT MY COUNSELORS PUSHING ME TO PURSUE COLLEGE, I WOULD'VE FIZZLED OUT. 
          PUSHING ME TO COLLEGE WITH A HEALTHY MIND IS THE ONE GOAL OF THIS DISTRICT. 
          SO ONCE LUSD PROVES IT'S LOOKING OUT FOR STUDENTS, EVEN WHEN THE MONEY'S TIGHT, THEN WE CAN START BEGINNING, THEN WE CAN START FORGIVING L-A-U-S-D. 
          AND IF THE QUESTION IS WHERE WE NEED, WHERE WE CAN GET MORE MONEY, I KNOW WHERE THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THAT'S SCHOOL POLICE. 
          SCHOOL POLICE HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN PROVEN NOT HELP BEFORE OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LESLIE BAJO. 
          LESLIE V YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, REMOTELY, BUT I DON'T HAVE YOU ONLINE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          LESLIE V OKAY. 
          THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO COLLECT TWO VOTES FOR TAB 16 IF I COULD. 
          THAT'S, UM, UH, MS. GREGO AND MS. EZ. 
          MS. MS UH, GREGO, HOW DO YOU VOTE ON TAB 16? THAT WAS THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS. 
          OH, YES. 
          AND MS. GO? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE NOW HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION. 
          THAT'S TABS 3 7 9 10 13 17, 18, 19. 
          SO, UM, GOING, MOVING TO TAB THREE, UH, WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN CONVINCED TO GO WITH, UH, 
          [3. Rep-025-26/27 Approval of Routine Personnel Actions]
TAB THREE, APPROVAL OF ROUTINE PERSONNEL ACTIONS. 
          MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE IT. 
          OH BOY. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON SECONDED, UH, BY BOARD MEMBER MELVOIN. 
          UM, THIS IS APPROVAL OF ROUTINE PERSONNEL, UH, ACTIONS. 
          UH, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. 
          UH, THERE IS NONE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSION. 
          I'LL READ THE, OR ACTUALLY I'LL THE, UM, SCRIPT AFTER DISCUSSION. 
          SO PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THIS IS S YES, I HAD A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO I, UM, REGARDING THE, EARLIER TODAY WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 2100 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN. 
          AND IT WAS STATED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. 
          DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA FILL THESE POSITIONS? AND WHAT IS THAT PLAN? THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR THE SITES OR THE DIVISION HEADS TO ASK FOR US TO HIRE. 
          SO THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          IF THERE ARE VACANCIES THAT AREN'T BEING FILLED, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO FILL THEM. 
          OH. 
          SO WHO DO WE, UM, TALK TO ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, WHO, SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND YOU'RE TALKING TO PRINCIPALS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM THAT IF THEY HAVE CAMPUS AID VACANCIES, THAT THEY ASK PC TO FILL THEM. 
          INTERESTING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I THOUGHT WE DID HAVE A PLAN , I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE PC DID HOLD A HIRING FAIR IN REGION SOUTH. 
          CORRECT. 
          WE FOR, UH, THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO FILL THEIR VACANCIES. 
          SO WE HELD A, IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGION SOUTH, THE PC SET UP A CAMPUS FAIR, UH, IN, IN-PERSON INTERVIEW DAY. 
          AND WE HAD, UH, 33 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE. 
          WE HAD 77 APPLICANTS COME FOR 47 VACANCIES. 
          NINE PEOPLE WERE MADE OFFERS. 
          AND THERE'S SOME OTHER PENDING OFFERS THAT ARE WAITING FOR REFERENCE CHECKS. 
          SO THERE WAS A FAIR, AND THEN NOW IT'S UP TO THE SCHOOL SITES WHO HAVE VACANCIES TO CALL, CALL THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION AND SAY, WE WANNA HIRE SOMEBODY. 
          YEAH. 
          AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE CAMPUS AIDS, INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS, WHICH ARE OUR LARGEST AREA OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THE 2100 ARE SCHOOL BASED HIRED. 
          SO IF THEY HAVE A VACANCY, 
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WE HAVE AN INTEREST LIST, THEY CAN HIRE OFF THE INTEREST LIST WITHOUT ANY, WITHOUT ANY LIST FROM AN ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION. 
          SO THEY JUST NEED TO CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE READY TO HIRE SOMEBODY. 
          IF THEY NEED THE INTEREST LIST, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH THEM. 
          THEY CAN ALSO HIRE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND THEN, BUT HAVING A VACANCY DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT, RIGHT? NO. 
          IF THERE IS A VACANCY, IT MEANS THAT IT IS A FULLY FUNDED POSITION. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN IT'S, I ALSO SAW THAT THERE WERE 67 NEW HIRES. 
          ARE ANY OF THESE NEW HIRES, UH, SOME OF THE RESTRICTED POSITIONS THAT, UM, WERE RELEASED IN MAY IN JUNE? SO IF YOU SEE NEW HIRES ON THE BOARD ACTION REPORT, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY NEW HIRES, NEW TO THE DISTRICT. 
          ANY REHIRE POSITIONS WILL BE ANYBODY WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY HELD AN EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT AT ONE POINT. 
          SO WHEN YOU SEE TODAY'S BOARD REPORT, THERE ARE 25 REHIRES. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE AT ONE POINT WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          AND WITH REGARD TO RESTRICTED STATUS IN THIS BOARD REPORT, WHICH IS FROM JULY 22ND TO AUGUST 5TH, 2006, 2026, THERE IS A SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE THAT WAS ONE OF THE RESTRICTED POSITIONS, UM, THAT WAS IMPACTED. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO EARLY EDUCATION CENTER ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS ALSO RESTRICTED SAAS, UH, CLASSIFICATION. 
          HOWEVER, THAT WAS NOT IMPACTED IN THE SEPARATIONS. 
          SO FOR REHIRES, FOR THIS BOARD REPORT, THERE'S JUST ONE OF THE 25 IS THOSE, IS OF THOSE RESTRICTED STATUS EMPLOYEES. 
          BUT I HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR THE NEXT BOARD REPORT, AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. 
          THE REHIRE TOTAL IS 150, UH, 23 OF THOSE ARE SCHOOL SUPERVISION AID RESTRICTED, UH, THIR, 15 OF THEM ARE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES STUDENT, UH, AND AN AND IATK, WHICH WAS NOT A IMPACTED CLASS, BUT IT'S ALSO RESTRICTED. 
          THERE WERE FOUR OF THOSE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S OTHER PHYSICIANS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES THAT WERE IMPACTED. 
          ADDITIONALLY IN THE LARGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT'S IN THE BEYOND THE BELL PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT'S ALSO PENDING BECAUSE THE, THE OPENING OF THE CAMPS. 
          SO WE ARE FILLING THOSE RAPIDLY. 
          UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS COME TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE BOARD MEETINGS, THEY'LL BE FILLED. 
          OKAY. 
          WHY WOULD A PRINCIPAL, UM, NOT HIRE ANYBODY IF THEY HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT AND THE VACANCY IS THERE AND IT'S ALREADY, WHAT, SIX WEEKS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR? DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU EVER HEAR BACK WHY SOME FOLKS MIGHT JUST NOT DO THE HIRING? LIKE, UH, SO WHEN I ATTEND DATA DIGS AND OVER THE LAST COURSE OF THE YEAR, UH, I WOULD TOUCH BASE WITH THE PRINCIPALS WHO HAD SHOW VACANCIES AND SOME OF THEM WOULD ASK FOR ASSISTANCE AND WE WOULD GET THEM THE ASSISTANCE NEEDED AND OTHERS WOULD TELL THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED ANY ASSISTANCE OR THEY WEREN'T GOING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. 
          OH, THAT'S INTERESTING. 
          YEAH. 
          I'LL, I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP BECAUSE A, A SCHOOL SPECIFIC EXAMPLE CAME UP EARLIER TODAY. 
          THERE WAS A RESTRICTED, UM, COMMUNITY REP FROM GRIDLEY MONTANEZ, WHICH IS A SCHOOL IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND I KNOW THEY HAVE AN OPENING, BUT THEY WANT TO HIRE BACK THE PERSON WHO WAS THEIR COMMUNITY REP, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, BELOVED MEMBER OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE'S SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE CAUSING THESE, THESE VACANCIES NOT TO BE FILLED BECAUSE I, I AGREE. 
          I'M ALSO SURPRISED AND CONFUSED BY PRINCIPALS WOULDN'T FILL VACANCIES THAT EXIST LIKE THERE HAS TO BE. 
          SO I WILL REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE THE HIGH NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM. 
          BUT MOST OF THE TIME THAT WE DO FOLLOW UP, THE, THE RESPONSE IS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT ON THEIR OWN. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE SITE RECRUITED, LIKE I SAID. 
          SO THEY DO, THEY'RE NOT IN A RUSH TO FILL THEM FROM, FROM PC'S PERSPECTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          PRIOR TO THE VOTE, I HAVE A SCRIPT TO READ OUT ABOUT SENIOR MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS UNDER ROUTINE PERSONNEL ACTIONS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AS PART OF THE ROUTINE AGENDA ITEM ARE THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS FOR CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES OR DEPARTMENT HEAD APPOINTED ON AUGUST 26TH, 2026. 
          GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3 REQUIRES THE BOARD PRIOR TO TAKING FINAL ACTION TO PROVIDE AN ORAL SUMMARY OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR A FINAL ACTION ON THE SALARY, SALARY SCHEDULE, OR COMPENSATION PAID IN THE FORM OF FRINGE BENEFITS OF A LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVE, INCLUDING CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES OR A DEPARTMENT HEAD DURING AN OPEN MEETING, WHICH IS THIS, IN WHICH THE FINAL ACTION IS TO BE TAKEN. 
          THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING WILL RECEIVE ONE REGULAR HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS ACCORDED TO 12 MONTH CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TWO STANDARD SENIOR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT VACATION AND ILLNESS DAYS, WHICH ARE 24 VACATION DAYS, 13 FULL PAY ILLNESS DAYS, AND 87 HALF PAY ILLNESS DAYS. 
          A TERM COMMENCING ON AUGUST 26TH, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027 WITH AN 
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ANNUAL SALARY AS FOLLOWS, MICHELLE RAPINOE AS EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICER WILL RECEIVE A SALARY OF $275,400 AND JEROME NIK AS CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, WILL RECEIVE A SALARY OF $280,377 AND 36 CENTS. 
          WE TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION AND IT IS NOW APPROPRIATE TO VOTE ON TAB THREE. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MEL? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          MS. EZ? YES. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROEN? YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ABILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT WAS TAB THREE. 
          NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM 
          [7. Rep-018-26/27 Approve the Definition of Four Seismic Modernization Projects and Amend the Facilities  Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein Facilities Services Division]
IS TAB SEVEN. 
          THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM MR. VO AND DR. 
          RIVA, MOVE THE ITEM. 
          MOVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVED BY MS. EZ. 
          SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. 
          THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, SO IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          GO FOR IT. 
          UH, TWO QUESTIONS. 
          HELLO MS. TOS. 
          UM, THE FIRST QUESTION, HOW ARE THESE MAJOR SEISMIC MODERNIZATION INVESTMENTS BEING CONSIDERED WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BROADER ASSESSMENT OF ENROLLMENT, CAMPUS UTILIZATION, PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION, AND LONG-TERM FACILITIES NEEDS? GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          CHRISTINA TOS, CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE. 
          UH, SO ALL FOUR OF THESE SCHOOLS, UM, EXCEED THE AVERAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL SIZE, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE COMFORTABLE BRINGING THEM FORWARD. 
          AVERAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIZE RANGES FROM JUST UNDER 400. 
          THESE SCHOOLS, THE ENROLLMENT RANGES FROM 500 TO OVER 700. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE CLOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REGIONS, WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATION, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE BUILDING PROJECTS HERE, THAT WE ARE INCLUSIVE OF WHATEVER THE PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS ARE OF THAT SCHOOL FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, THEIR ENROLLMENTS. 
          SO IF THAT MEANS WE'RE INCLUDING SPECIAL ED, IF WE'RE INCLUDING SPECIALTY CLASSROOMS, THAT THAT'S INCORPORATED AS PART OF OUR PLANNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE NEXT QUESTION. 
          WHAT ASSURANCES CAN WE PROVIDE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY MAKING INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS SAFER, BUT ALSO STRENGTHENING A SUSTAINABLE NETWORK OF SCHOOLS THAT WILL CONTINUE SERVING STUDENTS FOR COMMUNITY, UH, SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES? SO TWOFOLD. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, UM, STRENGTHENING, UM, SEISMIC, UM, RESILIENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ENSURING THAT WE HAVE, UM, STRENGTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT ONLY JUST PLACES OF LEARNING, BUT THEY SERVE FOR MULTITUDE OF COMMUNITY USES. 
          AND AS WE SAW FROM THE PALISADES, OFTENTIMES THEY'RE PLACES OF REFUGES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE, UM, OUR MOST SIZEABLY STRONG BUILDINGS AS PART OF OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN ALSO IN ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT ADJACENT SCHOOLS. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INCREASED SCREENING OR OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE GO TOWARDS STRENGTHENING THE OVERALL SCHOOL CAMPUS. 
          THE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING ARE NOT MADE JUST BY YOURSELF IN A SILO, BUT YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH OTHER, OBVIOUSLY THE REGIONS, THE SCHOOLS, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, CORRECT. 
          WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, BUT WHEN WE DID A FACILITIES OR A BOARD RETREAT, WE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE LIFTS LAB AND YOU APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AND KINDA ANTICIPATING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE WOULD HAVE. 
          I GUESS MINE, UM, ARE TWOFOLD. 
          ONE IS SIMILAR TO DR. 
          REVA'S, BUT I I'M CURIOUS ON THE TIMING. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW ON A DIFFERENT ITEM WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS AROUND THE STATE, UH, GRANT PROGRAMS. THERE'S A SEISMIC MITIGATION PROGRAM AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SAYING, WELL, AFTER WE APPROVE THESE, WE WILL SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AHEAD OF TIME. 
          LIKE, ISN'T THERE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE SAY THAT THESE ARE SEISMICALLY VULNERABLE? THEY SAY, YES, YOU CAN MITIGATE OR REPLACE AND THEN WE GET MONEY. 
          LIKE WHY AREN'T WE DOING THAT? SO, UM, YOU CANNOT APPLY FOR THOSE UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR DESIGN. 
          AND UM, OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE DSA APPROVAL. 
          SO OUR APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE COME AFTER WE HAVE OUR BOARD APPROVAL OF THESE PROJECTS AND AFTER WE HAVE DESIGN UNDERWAY. 
          AND THEN THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA BASED ON, UM, THE CAMPUS, THE TYPE OF BUILDING, UM, THEY DO APPROVE, UM, IF WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW THEM, UM, THAT IT WAS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO REPLACE THE BUILDING RATHER THAN RETROFIT. 
          UM, WE DO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT. 
          IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE FOR RETROFIT, BUT IS A VERY SPECIFIC 
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PROGRAM WHERE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, A NUMBER OF DATA POINTS, INFORMATION APPLICATIONS, AND ALL OF THAT REQUIRES THIS DESIGNED TO BE UNDERWAY. 
          YOU CANNOT, AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE APPLICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO APPLY TO THE STATE FOR REIMBURSEMENT, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL THIS GETS APPROVED, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          AND UNTIL THE DESIGN IS FURTHER ALONG, COMPLETED AND MAYBE EVEN ALREADY SUBMITTED TO DSA, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIVING FUNDING IS THAT YOU HAVE DSA APPROVAL. 
          HOW DO DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE OUR BOND PROGRAM GO ABOUT THIS? UM, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IT IS, IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. 
          THE STATE DOES NOT PROVIDE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUNDING YOU NEED TO HAVE A MATCH. 
          UM, AND TYPICALLY THAT STATE REIMBURSEMENT, UM, CAN COVER 40, 30% OF THE COSTS. 
          SO IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT MAY MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW THAT MARTHA'S DOWN HERE, BUT SHE WAS EARLIER, BUT THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. 
          'CAUSE IF THE, I MEAN, YEAH, IT SEEMS UNTENABLE FOR OTHER DISTRICTS TO EVEN APPLY, BUT POTENTIALLY THEN MORE MONEY FOR LA UNIFIED, BUT SEEMS KIND OF CONVOLUTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND DO THE DESIGN AND BE TOLD WHETHER OR NOT WE GET REIMBURSED. 
          SO BE CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN TO DR. 
          REVA'S POINT, UM, WHAT, UH, FLEXIBILITY DOES THE BOARD RETAIN AFTER TODAY'S APPROVAL TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TOLD WE'RE NOT GONNA GET REIMBURSED AND THEN MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT PATH, OR IF, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DOING THE LARGER LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, LIKE WHAT KIND OF, WHAT ARE THE STEPS AFTERWARDS APPROVAL TODAY? UM, SO THESE ASSUME THAT THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE ENTIRELY BOND FUNDED IF WE DO GET REIMBURSEMENT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE STATE'S SEISMIC PROGRAM IS PROBABLY OVERSUBSCRIBED. 
          UM, AS I THINK I MENTIONED IN MY BRIEFING THAT THE STATE BOND PROGRAM THAT PASSED IN 2024 WAS FOR $10 BILLION FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. 
          UM, OUR BOND PROGRAM ALONE IS $9 BILLION. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE BOND PROGRAMS, UM, AND THAT WE ARE ALL COMPETING FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS, UM, AND A MUCH LARGER NEED. 
          UM, AT ANY, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, SUBSEQUENT BOARD ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD WOULD BE FOR, UM, IF THERE IS A CQA PROJECT APPROVAL, A CQA ACTION WHERE YOU REVIEW WHAT THE PROJECT SCOPE IS, IF THERE'S ANY MITIGATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED, WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS ARE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WOULD EITHER BE BROUGHT FOR RATIFICATION OR FOR APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GUESS, I MEAN IT'S, I THINK THAT THESE TOTAL AROUND 323 MILLION IN BOND DOLLARS AND THEN WE WILL GET BRIEFED ON THE REIMBURSEMENT APPLICATION IN THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT YOUR, THE CHANCES YOU THINK WE'LL GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT AMOUNT CORRECT. 
          ARE SLIM. 
          CORRECT. 
          UH, THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON SEVEN? TAB SEVEN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE VOTE ON TAB SEVEN. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVOIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          MS. CONEZ? YES. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD OF PRESIDENT SCHOR? YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          TAKES US TO TAB NINE. 
          WE HAVE EIGHT. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          TAB EIGHT. 
          WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF, ALREADY DID EIGHT. 
          WE GOT TO IT. 
          ALRIGHT, TAB NINE. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF CHANGES WERE MADE TO TAB NINE. 
          I JUST WANNA 
          [9. Rep-012-26/27 Approval of Procurement Actions]
REMIND FOLKS, UH, IT'S WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE YESTERDAY. 
          ITEM G WAS AMENDED AND ITEM H WERE, WAS AMENDED A FEW NUMBERS. 
          THOSE REPORTS WERE CHANGED. 
          UM, IT'S RIGHT. 
          IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN POSTED AND WE HAVE COPIES FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AND TO REITERATE ITEM I, THE ALVAREZ AND MARSAL CONTRACT HAS BEEN TOTALLY WITHDRAWN. 
          AND THEN AS TO ITEM G UNDER, UH, TAB NINE BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON RECUSES HIMSELF, DUE TO STOCK INTEREST IN A METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HE CAN'T DISCUSS OR VOTE ON THAT PARTICULAR, THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM DR. 
          VOS AND MR. MELVIN. 
          AND LET'S, UH, MOVE IN SECOND THIS ONE ALSO WHILE WE'RE HERE. 
          MOVE IT. 
          MOVE I, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE, UM, YES, LET'S SEE, I THINK ON ITEM WE'RE GOING IN ORDER. 
          SO I GUESS ON ITEM E, UM, AND THIS WAS RAISED IN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          I MEAN, I I, THE SCREEN TIME RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD PASSED LAST YEAR DID ASK FOR THE, I GUESS LAST SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ITEMIZED REPORT OF THE CONTRACTS RELATED TO CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY. 
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AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IT LOOKS LIKE MR. FRIEDMAN, WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET THAT REPORT THAT IS DELAYED BECAUSE I DO, UM, I I MAY REQUEST THAT THIS ITEM IS POSTPONED UNTIL WE SEE IT. 
          I KNOW MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, AND FOR THE PUBLIC, 7.8 MILLION HAVE ADDED CAPACITY AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN TOOLS LIKE SOUND TRAP FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IS A DISTRICT-WIDE PROGRAM THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO, TO CREATE MUSICAL TOOLS. 
          AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR SCREEN TIME LIMITS, UM, UH, DISABLED KIDS FROM THAT ACCESS. 
          BUT I, IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CAN THE INVERSE ORDER TO APPROVE THIS AND THEN GET THAT ITEMIZED REPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A FEW MONTHS. 
          SO COULD YOU JUST UPDATE US ON THAT? SURE. 
          THAT, THAT REPORT'S GONNA BE WITH THE BOARD BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          UM, AND INCLUSIVE AS THAT IS ALSO BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, SO IT MAY BE BE MADE PUBLIC FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I GUESS, UM, I MEAN MY REQUEST, AND MAYBE AS I'M ASKING SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN CHECK WITH THE TEAM, BUT IF THERE'S, IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT MONTH WHILE THE BOARD OR IF THERE, IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT WHILE THE BOARD WAITS TO GET THIS AUDIT AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY? UM, NOT BECAUSE I HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE SPECIFIC CONTRACTS THAT ARE HERE. 
          UM, AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY, I MEAN SOUND TRAP IS THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE, SO THAT'S ON E UM, I'M DELAYING IT. 
          BASICALLY WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL TOOLS THAT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ACTION ACTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'LL WAIT. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD DO THAT. 
          I, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT ITEMIZED AUDIT, UM, AND KIND OF DO THESE PIECEMEAL, UH, DOES IT MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO ME, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE KINDA INDEPENDENTLY DO, DO SUPPORT WHAT'S ON THIS ITEM? SO, UM, I CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AS I ASK OUR OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I JUST WANT TO NOTE THIS IS REALLY AS MUCH OF, OF A QUESTION AS IT IS A STATEMENT, BUT I AM, UM, FOR ITEMS, UM, G AND H I'M GONNA VOTE NO. 
          UM, BECAUSE YESTERDAY AT 8:00 PM WE RECEIVED NEW MATERIALS SHOWING A, A NEARLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MORE EXPENSIVE, UM, CONTRACTS, UH, FROM OUR HBC THAN, UH, WAS IN THE POSTED MATERIALS. 
          AND SO AS A MATTER OF PROCESS, AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME JUSTIFICATION, IT WAS NOT, IT WAS A SPLIT VOTE OF OUR HEALTH BENEFITS COMMITTEE. 
          BUT, UM, GIVEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THE NEED WITHIN THE HEALTH AND WELFARE SPENDING TO KIND OF BE LIMITED WITHIN ITS MEANS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COVER EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO'S ELIGIBLE OF COVERAGE, IT JUST STRIKES ME AS IRRESPONSIBLE TO GO FROM $351 MILLION FOR THAT CONTRACT TO 447, UM, LITERALLY AT THE 11TH HOUR. 
          SO I SEE MR. UM, PROP ME UP IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT ONE. 
          THE ITEM H IS A LITTLE LESS DRAMATIC. 
          IT'S JUST AN INCREASE OF LIKE A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT IT JUST SEEMS FROM A, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT, UH, THAT FIRST ONE IN PARTICULAR JUST STRUCK ME AS ODD. 
          UM, SO MAYBE YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON IT. 
          SURE. 
          THERE WAS A HEALTH BENEFIT COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY. 
          UH, THE COMMITTEE, A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE VOTED, UH, FOR THESE CHANGES. 
          UH, THE CHANGES TO THE TWO PLANS, UM, ONE A VISION PLAN, ONE A DENTAL PLAN, UM, THE CHANGE TO THE DENTAL PLAN WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MORE MATERIAL IN TERMS OF DOLLAR VALUE AT THE PREVIOUS MONTHS HEALTH BENEFIT COMMITTEE, THEY HAD APPROVED WHAT WAS IN THE VERSION OF THE BOARD REPORTS BEFORE THE REVISION. 
          UH, THEY WERE LOWER TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE CAPACITY. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE DID DISCUSS AT THE MEETING THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES WITH, UH, SUCH A LATE CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT UM, ULTIMATELY IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THAT IS WHY THE BOARD REPORTS WERE REVISED TO CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO I GUESS BEFORE TURNING OVER TO DR RES, I JUST GIVEN THE LATE NOTICE ON THAT AND THE KIND OF LACK OF JUSTIFICATION IN MY MIND FOR THE INCREASED COST THAT IS SIGNIFICANT WHEN THAT HEALTH WILL WILL HAVE BROADER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, WHEN THAT FUND IS, UM, UH, UH, NOT A TIME TO KIND OF SPEND UNNECESSARILY IN MY MIND AS WE'RE AGAIN FACING TOUGH FINANCIAL TIMES, I WANT TO KEEP ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES COVERED. 
          UM, I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON ITEMS G AND H AND I GUESS ON ITEM EI WOULD MOVE TO POSTPONE THE TECH BENCH, UH, IF THERE'S A SECOND ON THAT SPECIFIC ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          DR. 
          GRIEGO A SECOND. 
          SO CARLA, SORRY, I SAID WELL, I SAID DR. 
          GRIEGO, YOU'RE NOT MISS GRIEGO, BOARD MEMBER GRIEGO, CARLA . 
          UM, SO MIKE, I'LL DR. MCLEAN, CAN I JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF, UM, THE TIMING OF THIS CHANGE, 
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THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHANGE, UM, AND WITHOUT MAKING ANY VALUE JUDGMENTS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF THE CHANGE, UH, GIVEN THE TIMELINE, UH, WERE IT NOT TO BE APPROVED AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING YOUR POSITION ON IT, UH, WERE IT NOT TO BE APPROVED, IT WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH RESPECT TO OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND OUR ABILITY TO INCLUDE THOSE PLANS, UH, WITHIN THAT OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD. 
          AND SO WHILE I HEAR YOU HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU AND THE REST OF THE BOARD ARE AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT APPROVING IT, UM, FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT AND, AND FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          THAT'S FOR G AND H TO BE CLEAR, NOT FOR E. 
          YES. 
          G AND H, EXCUSE ME, G AND HI WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE GOING FORWARD, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HBC MEETINGS ON THE EVE OF BOARD MEETINGS WHEN THERE ARE GONNA BE CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS THIS BOARD CAN MEET AT ANY TIME. 
          WE CAN HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS AS BEEN SUGGESTED, AS CAN THEY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND YEAH, IT WAS A DIFFERENT DECISION THAN LAST MONTH, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE TIMELINE OF THIS, OF TODAY'S BOARD MEETING. 
          BUT I, I I HEAR YOU. 
          CAN I JUST CONFIRM ON ITEM H? SORRY. 
          'CAUSE NICK YOU SAID IT WAS AN INCREASE, BUT THE MATERIALS THAT I HAVE, UNLESS I HAVE THE WRONG ONE, SAYS THAT FOR IMED, THE, UH, NEW AGREEMENT HAS THE SAME VISION COVERAGE AS THE CURRENT OFFERING AND IS A REDUCTION OF 9.4% TO THE MONTHLY RATE OR THE VISION PLAN. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON, BUT THE CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED LAST MONTH TO NOW JUST COMPARING THAT TO, TO TODAY IS MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          UH, BUT IT'S STILL LESS YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THAT VISION PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE WAS LAST NIGHT'S VERSUS LAST MONTH'S? I THINK IT WAS LIKE 260,000 APPROXIMATELY OVER FOR THE I OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, UH, WITHIN TAB NINE TO POSTPONE ITEM E, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          MADE BY ME. 
          SECONDED BY CARLA. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A MAYBE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT. 
          UM, WHAT IF THE CONTRACT WAS NOT A THREE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION, BUT, BUT WE JUST WENT FORWARD WITH THIS YEAR GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALREADY USING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THEN WE POSTPONED, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THAT? I DUNNO IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO SPLIT THE CONTRACTS LIKE THAT. 
          I, I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR, UM, MS. AL IS, OR FOR MR. FRIEDMAN IS JUST, I'M OPEN, LIKE I DON'T, FOR SCHOOLS THAT ARE USING THE, THE TOOLS, UM, IF, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE DIFFERENCE, UH, IN THE NEXT MONTH IF THE BOARD WAITS ON THIS? LIKE WOULD ACCESS BE TURNED OFF OR IS IT NOT YET TURNED ON? UM, TO THAT, TO TANYA'S POINT, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE AMOUNT THAT IS BEING ASKED FOR TODAY IS SPECIFIC TO THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO ONLY FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UM, IF THIS DIDN'T GET APPROVED TODAY, WE DEFINITELY RUN THE RISK OF SERVICES BEING TURNED OFF. 
          UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S A GRACE OF AN EXTENSION BEING GIVEN BY THESE, THESE FIRMS. UM, AND UH, THE, THE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO BE TURNED OFF WELL THE MATERIALS SAY 6 24 TO 6 29, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          LIKE WHAT IF IT JUST WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 27 VERSUS THROUGH 29? SO THESE CONTRACTS ARE, ARE ALREADY EXECUTED. 
          THE, THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 24. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUT, BUT SPECIFIC TO THE CAPACITY AMOUNT, WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT I THINK A FEW MONTHS BACK, THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVED US, UM, GOING OVER THAT AGGREGATE AGGREGATE AMOUNT BY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS AMOUNT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE ALLOCATED TO FIRMS VERY SPECIFICALLY. 
          I THINK IT'S FOUR INDIVIDUAL FIRMS. UH, SO THE $8 MILLION IS JUST FOR 26, 27. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THE FIVE YEAR IS THE $30 MILLION THE, THE, CORRECT. 
          SO WE'VE ALREADY EXHAUSTED THAT $30 MILLION, SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO COME BACK TO US TO FINISH OUT THE FIVE YEAR. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS AND BENCHES, EXERCISING THE YEAR BY YEAR SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE EYES ON THE YEAR BY YEAR EXPENDITURES AROUND SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS. 
          I THINK THAT WAS THE REQUEST, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, INSTEAD OF COMING TO YOU WITH A THREE YEAR $21 MILLION ASK TO INCREASE CAPACITY, WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH A ONE YEAR CAPACITY INCREASE TO, UM, CONTINUE THESE SERVICES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH TRANSPO AT THE LAST MONTH. 
          SO IT JUST KIND OF BUILDS IN THAT ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YEAR BY YEAR WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING APPROVAL AND THAT WE'RE BEING AS JUDICIOUS AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT CONTRACT SPEND AS WE CAN BE. 
          AND THIS IS FOR THE FOUR COMPANIES, RIGHT? CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES, GENERATION, ESPORTS, IXL AND 
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SOUND TRAP. 
          CORRECT. 
          IT'S ONLY FOR THOSE FOUR. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE HERE? JUST TO CLARIFY THOUGH. 
          YEAH, THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF AMOUNT THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE, WHICH ALLOWS SCHOOL SITES TO INDIVIDUALLY PURCHASE DIGITAL TOOLS AS THEY SEE FIT. 
          UM, SO IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS THROUGH UM, PS TEAM. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S AN AMOUNT THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE THAT ALLOWS FOR SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE, UM, AT THEIR DISCRETION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT THESE ARE THE CENTRALLY FUNDED ONES, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT GOING WITH THIS IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT REPORT AND THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR THAT REPORT AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM FOLKS WHO WERE LIKE, YEAH, WELL WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, WE ASKED FOR, UH, AN ITEMIZATION OF ALL THE CONTRACTS, ALL THE TECH CONTRACTS, BUT NOW WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE IT. 
          AND THEN WE JUST LEARNED IT'S GONNA COME LATER THIS MONTH, THIS WEEK. 
          I'M WONDERING, COULD WE GO BACK TO THESE COMPANIES IF THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR, SO, FOR SINCE 24, WHY CAN'T THEY WAIT A MONTH? GIVE US THE, THE MONTH LONG, YOU KNOW, UH, ACCESS TO IT. 
          WE MEET AGAIN NEXT MONTH, WE'VE REVIEWED THE REPORT THAT YOU PRODUCED FOR US. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY THEY, WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO DO THAT. 
          WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, I'LL STAND BY MY MOTION. 
          I APPRECIATE, UM, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN'S ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE. 
          I'LL JUST SAY THIS WILL SOUND MORE DEFENSIVE THAN I MEAN IT, BUT IN BOTH OF THESE INSTANCES, LIKE THE BOARD'S PUT IN A TOUGH POSITION. 
          THE RESOLUTION CALLED FOR THAT AUDIT LIST IN JUNE, WE DON'T HAVE IT. 
          IT'S SEPTEMBER 15TH AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS WEIRD DELAY WITH THE HBC. 
          THEY VOTE, WE, WE GOT THAT MATERIAL AT 8:00 PM THE NIGHT BEFORE ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE. 
          SO THAT'S NOT A, UM, IN ANY WAY A KNOCK AT THE FOLKS HERE. 
          I MEAN, EVERYONE'S WORKING VERY HARD, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST AN UNFAIR POSITION TO, TO PUT US IN. 
          AND I, I'M KIND OF STANDING ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THOSE, SO I'LL KEEP THAT MOTION UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THERE'S THAT WEIRD GAP WHERE SCHOOLS MIGHT BE IN A LIMBO IF WE CAN'T GET THE COMPANIES TO COMPLY. 
          UM, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THE MOTION WILL PASS. 
          AND THEN SIMILARLY WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH GH. 
          ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ROIL? SO, WELL, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAS JUST BEEN ANSWERED BY THE DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT THE, UM, THE VENDORS AND WHETHER YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR 7 MILLION, SO 7.8. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED. 
          SO MY OTHER QUESTION, UM, HAS ALSO BEEN AN RECENTLY ANSWERED IN THE MORNING, BUT SINCE I PULLED IT, I'M GONNA ASK IT AGAIN. 
          I MIGHT AS WELL ASK IT BEYOND MAKING THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU, MR. FREEMAN. 
          I THINK THIS IS MORE FOR, UM, I CAN RESPOND. 
          THIS IS, ILL JUST SAY YOU CAN ANSWER IT. 
          OKAY. 
          BEYOND MAKING USE OF THE BENCH MORE FOCUSED AND INTENTIONAL, WHAT CONCRETE CHANGES WILL RESULT FROM THE BOARD SCREEN TIME POLICY? SO JUST A FEW THINGS FROM THE SCREEN TIME POLICY. 
          THE MOST CONCRETE CHANGE IS THAT SCHOOLS NOW OPERATE WITHIN THE DAILY AND WEEKLY SCREEN TIME LIMITS AND DEVICE USE FOR STUDENTS FROM GRADES TWO AND UP. 
          WE ALSO CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE DIGITAL TOOLS TO USAGE DATA AND ONLY FUNDING THOSE CENTRALLY FUNDING TOOLS THAT WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE USING. 
          ANOTHER PIECE IS THE POLICY REALLY EMPHASIZED HOW DIGITAL TOOLS ARE USED AS A BROADER TEACHER LED INSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH WITH LOOKING AT BOTH DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL EXPERIENCES. 
          AND ALSO SCHOOLS NOW HAVE A VERY FINITE SCREEN TIME USAGE AND MUST BE DELIBERATE IN HOW THEY USE THAT SCREEN TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DIGITAL TOOLS ARE ALIGNED TO INSTRUCTIONAL VALUE AND HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR SCHOOL PLANS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED ALREADY. 
          ARE WE, ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE SPENDING, REMOVE DUPLICATIVE OR LOW USE TOOLS, ESTABLISH LIMITS ON WHEN DIGITAL TOOLS MAY BE USED, OR PRIORITIZE RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT TEACHER LED AND NON-SCREEN INSTRUCTION? ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE REALLY BEING STRATEGIC TO MAKE SURE THAT USAGE RATES, UM, DRIVE OUR DECISION MAKING. 
          AS UH, MATT JUST SHARED EARLIER, WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VENDORS FROM PRIOR YEAR FROM SIX TO FOUR THAT'S CENTRALLY FUNDED, WHICH REFLECTS, UM, THE $2 MILLION SAVINGS FROM THE FOUR VENDORS. 
          BUT OVERALL 58% REDUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. FREEMAN. 
          WE STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YES. 
          UM, YEAH, THE, THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE ITEM E, TAB NINE, ITEM E THE, UH, TECH BENCH, UM, UH, TILL OCTOBER PENDING THE RECEIPT OF THE TECH AUDIT. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH WAS SECONDED BY NOT DR. 
          GREGGO . 
          THERE'S STILL TIME CARLA. 
          WELL, AND CAN I JUST ASK, SO POSTPONE TO OCTOBER POTENTIALLY OR POSTPONE UNTIL WE GET THE FULL REPORT AND THEN THE BOARD CAN WEIGH IN ON WHETHER OR NOT WE YEAH, I MEAN THE BOARD'S MEETING, WE HAVE A RETREAT NEXT WEEK. 
          WE HAVE, THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD BRING A VOTING ITEM, BUT I JUST, MY THE RESOLUTION CALLED FOR 
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THE IT IN JUNE, WE'VE BEEN ASKING, IT'S BEEN DELAYED AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD JUST NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING IT NEXT WEEK. 
          SO BY OCTOBER IS THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING. 
          BUT, AND SO STAFF WOULD NEED TO ASK THESE FEW VENDORS IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTINUE AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE CONTRACT IN PLACE OR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          AND THEN IF NOT, THEY WOULD BE PAUSED. 
          JUST THESE FOUR VENDORS WOULD BE PAUSED. 
          UH, YES. 
          UM, MATT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR VENDORS, UM, TO LOOK AT THAT OPTION. 
          I THINK THE, THE OTHER GENERAL QUESTION WE NEED TO ANSWER IS WHETHER THERE'S SUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN THE CURRENT, UM, UNIVERSE FOR SCHOOLS THAT MAY HAVE A DESIRE TO PURCHASE RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          OR EXERCISE THEIR OWN ABILITY TO, TO PURCHASE SERVICES. 
          AND I THINK WE CAN GET A RESPONSE ON THAT TOO. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. 
          UH, I KNOW WE MENTIONED THE FOUR, THE OTHER TWO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. 
          IT'S JUST IN THIS REPORT NEWS, UH, NEWS LAW AND DISCOVERY LEARNING, THOSE ARE NOT A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. 
          SO, SO ALL THE CONTRACTS ARE STILL VALID, BUT THE DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY FUNDING THOSE FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND WE'VE ALSO ALLOWED, I, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS 1.3 MILLION, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ANY SCHOOL SITE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO PURCHASE THESE TOOLS AS THEY SEE FIT. 
          YEP. 
          ON, GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THIS WOULD BE IREADY, I XL, SOUND TRAP AND ESPORTS. 
          AND THE ESPORTS. 
          YEAH, I GUESS I JUST, I I AM SUPPORTIVE OF WANTING TO GET THE INFORMATION AND, UM, SETTING US UP FOR MAKING BETTER DECISIONS. 
          I DO WORRY 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH SCHOOLS ARE USING I-READY AND IEXCEL, UM, I MEAN WE'RE HEARING PUSHBACK ON THEM OF COURSE, BUT, UM, JUST IF WE HAVE TO PAUSE SERVICE HOW THAT WILL IMPACT INSTRUCTION. 
          SO I'M JUST, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE VOTE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE, THE PUSH FOR BETTER PROCESSES. 
          IT'S APPROPRIATE TO VOTE NOW. 
          I, I, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THIS IS THE VOTE ON, UH, NICK'S AMENDMENT TO TAB NINE, ITEM E TO POSTPONE UNTIL RECEIPT OF THE AUDIT OF THE TECH BENCH. 
          UH, MS. NEWBELL, THIS IS THE MOST, YES. 
          UH, DR. 
          REVA? YES. 
          MR. MELVOIN? YES. 
          UH, MS. CREGO? YES. 
          UH, MS. EZ, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          I'M DOING A NICK PAUSE. 
          UM, YEAH, WE COME BACK IN THREE WEEKS. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S A YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO POSTPONE ITEM E HAS, UH, PASSED. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT'S A PIECE OF TAB NINE, BECOMES A PIECE OF TAB NINE OVERALL. 
          NOW, UM, ARE THERE FURTHER QUESTIONS AS TO OTHER ITEMS ON TAB NINE? YEAH, WE CAN, I HAVE ONE MORE NINE, SORRY. 
          YEAH, GO. 
          IT'S YOUR, YEAH, SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM L, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, SECT SECURITY. 
          UH, JUST WANNA KNOW, UM, HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN USING THIS, UH, SERVICE TO TRANSPORT, UM, FUNDS? AND THEN ALSO, UM, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR US TO JUST DIGITIZE PURCHASES AT SCHOOL SITES OR HAVE WE BEGUN THAT PROCESS? AND WHAT ARE SOME BARRIERS TO DOING THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT? I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'VE USED SECTION SPECIFICALLY. 
          LONG TIME. 
          A LONG TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          I DUNNO, VERY LONG TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          2016 IS THE, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, I A LONG TIME, I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF DIGITIZING, MEANING NOT ACCEPTING CASH. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THERE ARE CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO ACCEPT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT, BUT MANY STUDENTS PREFER TO USE CASH AT THE STUDENT STORE. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT IS WHY IT'S SO COMMONPLACE THAT SOME SCHOOLS HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT VOLUMES OF CASH, UH, AS PART OF THE STUDENT STORES. 
          THESE ARE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
          AND THIS SERVICE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S SAFER WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION OF, OF A SIGNIFICANT SUM, VOLUMES OF CASH. 
          UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE REASON WHY IT EXISTS IS MORE OF, OF A, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY REASONS. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, CHANGING OUR POLICIES TO NOT ALLOW FOR CASH PURCHASES AT, AT STUDENT STORES. 
          THERE COULD BE AN, SOME, SOME NEGATIVE IMPACT ON, ON THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS TO BUY THINGS, ET CETERA, ON THE ABILITY OF SCHOOLS TO RAISE THAT MONEY. 
          UH, IT COULD HAVE AN, AN IMPACT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW, UH, WE HAVEN'T, CARLA, IF I, IF I COULD JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FORGETTING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THOSE CAFETERIA MANAGERS TAKE IT OVER THEMSELVES TO THE BANK. 
          I'VE SEEN THEM IN LINE AT THE BANK. 
          THEY'RE MAKING DEPOSITS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, UM, BUT IT'S STILL MONEY. 
          IT'S 
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STILL MONEY. 
          THE VOLUME OF, OF CASH IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF UNIVERSAL FREE MEAL PROGRAM IN, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UH, IT'S REALLY ONLY WHEN, WHEN EMPLOYEES PURCHASE MEALS WHERE THERE'S CASH COLLECTED. 
          AND DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL, THAT'S EITHER NOT HAPPENING AT ALL OR HAPPENING IN SMALL QUANTITIES. 
          BUT, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT, UH, FOR THOSE SCHOOLS, UH, IT'S, UH, OFTEN EITHER THE SAA OR SOMETIMES THE, THE CAFETERIA FOLKS THAT, THAT ARE, UH, DEPOSITING THE CASH. 
          I'D JUST BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, UH, WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO JUST GO FULLY DIGITAL WITH PURCHASES. 
          MOST YOUNG PEOPLE USE THEIR PHONE TO PURCHASE THINGS, SO I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD DO IT AT SCHOOL AS WELL. 
          THEY'RE LOCKED UP. 
          THEY'RE, OH, SHOOT, . 
          THE PHONES ARE TYPICALLY, UH OH, NOT ALLOWED. 
          THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP THE PHONE DURING LUNCH. 
          NO. 
          UM, OKAY, FINE. 
          THEY CAN BRING A CARD, BUT SERIOUSLY, THEY DO USE THEIR PHONE. 
          OH MY GOSH. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, THOUGH, IF IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE TO GO DIGITAL VERSUS THIS A SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO, UM, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, MS. NOBEL, JUST CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          WITH, UH, SECTION, HOW MUCH ARE THEY COLLECTING? IS IT MONTHLY? IS IT, WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING VERSUS HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR THE SERVICE? SO EACH SCHOOL SITE, UH, HAS A, A DEDICATED SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. 
          SO SOME SCHOOL SITES HAVE UP TO THREE DAYS A WEEK. 
          UH, SOME MAY HAVE ONCE A WEEK. 
          UM, AND THE NUMBERS WE HAVE FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR IS ABOUT $30 MILLION OF CASH. 
          AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE OPTION IS NOT THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW AS A SECONDARY, THEY PREFER TO HAVE USED A DIGITAL OR CARD A POS, BUT THAT OPTION WAS NEVER GIVEN. 
          WE NEVER HAD THE OPTION TO DO A POS. 
          SO IF WE HAVEN'T EXPLORED THAT AS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HONESTLY SAY WHAT THE SAVINGS WOULD BE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT OPTION. 
          GOOD. 
          UH, MAYBE I CAN JUST, I SPEAK FOR, UH, FOOD SERVICES. 
          UM, FOOD SERVICES IMPLEMENTED A, A NEW CAFETERIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THAT CAPABILITY IS THERE AND IT'S BEGINNING TO ROLL OUT. 
          UM, AND SO THE ANTICIPATION OR THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY ONTO THAT SYSTEM RATHER THAN HANDLING CASH. 
          AND, AND WE'VE EXPANDED THAT POINT OF SALE, UH, THE POS S SYSTEM TO 16 SCHOOLS, 14 OF WHICH HAVE CONTINUED TO UTILIZE JUST A PILOT TO LEARN WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES, THIS, THAT WAS PART OF THIS LAST YEAR, GOING FROM FOOD SERVICES, THEN BRINGING ON A SET OF SCHOOLS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE AT THE SCHOOL SITES. 
          NOW IT'S REALLY THINKING ABOUT LIKE, HOW DO YOU SCALE BECAUSE THERE IS CHANGE MANAGEMENT, LIKE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU RUN THE STUDENT STORE, RUNNING A STUDENT ONLINE STUDENT STORE, OR A SCHOOL STORE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRACKING EXPENDITURE. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S ONBOARDING THAT COMES WITH THAT. 
          UM, SO THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITY THERE, UM, WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN A FEEDBACK FROM THOSE SCHOOLS NOW IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE SCALE THAT? YEAH. 
          YOU SAID 16, LIKE ONE SIX. 
          ONE SIX. 
          IT'S A PILOT. 
          SO IT'S, WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE A SET OF HIGH SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WOULD, WERE WILLING PARTNERS TO ACTUALLY TEST THIS OUT WITH THEIR STUDENT STORES. 
          21ST CENTURY. 
          I'M JUST SAYING Y'ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK. 
          OKAY, TANYA? SURE. 
          SORRY, I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE G AND H. 
          UM, I, I, SIMILAR TO NICK, I, I THINK I'M A NO ON BOTH OF THESE BECAUSE OF THE LAST MINUTE DECISION AND THE INCREASE IN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WHEN WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND HOW THE SITUATION IS WORSE NOW THAN IT WAS IN JUNE. 
          AND SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS LIKE, IF IT PASSES, DO WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? AND THIS DOESN'T CONTEMPLATE THE $350 MILLION WE NEED TO COST SHARE THROUGH OUR, UM, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, RIGHT? THROUGH FURLOUGHS AND HEALTH BENEFITS COST SHARING. 
          SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS LIKE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          IF WE, UM, DO APPROVE THIS, WHERE DO WE FIND THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND HOW DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LACO LOOKING AT IT WITH A LOT OF SCRUTINY. 
          AND THEN B, IF WE DON'T PASS IT, EMPLOYEES STILL DO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. 
          EYE COVERAGE, I BELIEVE IT'S VSP AND FOR DE DENTAL THEY HAVE THE DELTA HMO. 
          MAYBE THERE ARE MORE THAN THAT, BUT THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS. 
          SO ON THE FIRST QUESTION, UM, COST OF PLANS FOR PREMIUMS. THE PREMIUMS FOR THE MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND VISION ALL COME OUT OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS A SET CONTRIBUTION INTO THE FUND THAT IS WHAT'S 
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IN THE HEALTH BENEFIT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND ITS LABOR PARTNERS. 
          THE CHANGE OF THIS PLAN TO MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE VERSUS THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE, UH, DO NOT CHANGE THE DISTRICT'S REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION RATE, WHICH IS SET IN THE AGREEMENT. 
          BUT WHAT THIS WILL DO, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL IS MEAN THAT MORE OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT IN THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND. 
          AND TO THE EXTENT IT'S ALREADY PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE, THEN IT'LL GO NEGATIVE FURTHER, UH, PER THE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, IT'S WITHIN THE HBC, THE HEALTH BENEFIT COMMITTEE'S PURVIEW TO DECIDE PLAN DESIGN, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CHANGES ARE REALLY BETWEEN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED LAST MONTH AND NOW, WHICH ARE DETAILS OF WHAT'S COVERED AND BY HOW MUCH. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE DENTAL WAS ABOUT OUT OF NETWORK REIMBURSEMENT LEVELS AND ON THE VISION IT WAS ABOUT THE COPAY FOR PROGRESSIVE LENSES, WHICH IS WHY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS SO, SO MUCH SMALLER FOR THAT 'CAUSE IT WAS REALLY JUST ONE CHANGE. 
          UM, PER THE HEALTH BENEFIT AGREEMENT, THE IN, IN, IN LAY PEOPLE'S TERMS, THE COMMITTEE HAS TO LIVE WITHIN THAT BUDGET, RIGHT? THE REVENUE IS SET BY THE CON, THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, THIS MUCH PER ACTIVE EMPLOYEE, THIS MUCH PER PRE-MEDICARE RETIREE, THIS MUCH PER POST MEDICARE RETIREE, THAT IS WHAT GOES INTO THE FUND. 
          AND THEN WHAT GOES OUT ARE THE, ALL THE COSTS. 
          AND SO EVENTUALLY THEY'LL HAVE TO, IF THEY DON'T LIVE WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD OF THE AGREEMENT, THEN IT'S IN A SUBSEQUENT YEAR THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE THE DISTRICT WHOLE. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, THE CONTEXT FOR THIS, WHICH IS THAT ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, THIS DECISION AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS MADE A MONTH AGO, IS GOING TO MEAN MORE OF THOSE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, UM, AND LIKELIER TO EITHER MAKE IT NEGATIVE OR MAKE IT MORE NEGATIVE THAN IT ALREADY MIGHT BE. 
          THE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND. 
          CAN I JUST, SORRY, CAN I CLARIFY? SO MY UNDERSTANDING TOO IS THAT THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WERE ON THE TABLE, THE OPTION THAT WAS INITIALLY VOTED ON THE PER EMPLOYEE COST FOR, LET'S, I MEAN LIKE CO A COPAY OR SOMETHING WOULD'VE BEEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER OR THERE WOULD'VE BEEN MORE OPTIONS THAT WERE OUT OF NETWORK. 
          BUT, AND, AND SO I GET, I UNDERSTAND IF COST IS NOT AN OPTION AND YOU'RE VOTING ON THIS, LIKE THE EMPLOYEE COST OF THIS OPTION THAT THEY CHOSE IS SLIGHTLY LOWER. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT I THINK TO MS. ORTIZ, FRANKLIN'S POINT OF MIND AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BROADER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LITTLE COST SHARING, UM, AS WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE COVERED, THE IDEA THAT AN EMPLOYEE WOULD PAY AN EXTRA $50 OUTTA POCKET IS NOT NOTHING, BUT IF THAT SAVES THE DISTRICT $89 MILLION, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS I'M TRYING TO PUSH OUR HEALTH BENEFITS COMMITTEE TO MAKE AND HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO OPTIONS. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE, AND, AND SO TO YOUR POINT, LIKE, YES, THIS DOESN'T CHANGE. 
          WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED OUR 1.3 BILLION FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR, UM, THE, THE FUND WILL GO NEGATIVE. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BOARD TO DO MORE TO SAVE IT. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE TOLD WE'RE CUTTING HEALTHCARE. 
          AND ONE OPTION TO KEEP IT A LITTLE LESS NEGATIVE WAS TO HAVE A LITTLE COST SHARING TO THE TUNE OF LIKE $50, UM, SPREAD OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES IN RETIREES. 
          SO THAT IS WHERE I'M SAYING, AND I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT VOTED FOR THE CHEAPER OPTION, AS DID A FEW OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS. 
          AND SO I GET, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT ANYONE OUT, BUT I'M, I'M, AS I THINK THIS IS HELPFUL 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW AND WELFARE FUND, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT FORCING A LITTLE PLANNED DESIGN, WHICH IS IN THEIR PURVIEW, THE BOARD BARGAINED THAT AWAY BEFORE ANYBODY HERE WAS ON THE BOARD, UM, LET ALONE WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT TO, TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TINY LITTLE AMOUNT OF PAIN NOW TO LIKE PREVENT MORE PAIN DOWN THE LINE. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M FRUSTRATED. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS JUST HOW MANY OPTIONS DO WE HAVE FOR VISION AND DENTAL RIGHT NOW? I'M GONNA, THIS IS DR. 
          BAYWAY TO OUR CHIEF RISK OFFICER. 
          WELL, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, FOR, UH, FOR DENTAL PLAN, UM, WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS. 
          UM, THE DENTAL PPO IS, UH, THE ONE, UH, WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TWO DENTAL HMO PLAN, WHICH IS DELTA HMO AND WESTERN DENTAL AND THE PPO PLAN, THE, UH, WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY IS THE MOST POPULAR PLAN AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES. 
          WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TWO THIRD OF EMPLOYEES CHOOSE THE PPO PLAN AND UM, THE TWO HMO PLAN COM COMBINED TOGETHER IS ABOUT ONE THIRD, UH, WITH DELTA, UM, UH, WITH THE, UH, DELTA DENTAL HMO BECOME, UH, MORE DOMINANT THAN THE WESTERN DENTAL. 
          WHEN IT COME TO 
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VISION PLAN, WE HAVE TWO VISION PLAN VSP AND IMAD AND VSP ACTUALLY IS THE MORE POPULAR PLAN, UH, AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES. 
          NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATE IN VSP. 
          AND, UH, I AMAD IS UH, ABOUT 50 50. 
          HOWEVER, VSP RETIREES IS ABOUT 80% OF THE RETIREES, ABOUT 20% OF RETIREES IN IMAD. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND I THINK JUST AS WE ARE FISCAL STEWARDS AND RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIMMING $150 MILLION IN HEALTHCARE, THAT'S WHAT'S ON OUR FSP RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND THEN THIS IS ASKING US TO INCREASE IT BY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          LIKE I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT ASK. 
          UM, AND I AGREE THAT THE TIMING IS NOT IDEAL. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, A NO VOTE ON THIS DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO VISION AND DENTAL. 
          THEY STILL HAVE TWO OPTIONS, UM, FOR DENTAL AND TWO AND ONE OPTION FOR VISION IF IT DIDN'T PASS. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, BEFORE WE VOTE, WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ISSUE. 
          ALWAYS PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I THINK I SAW SANDRA ROW HERE AND SHE, SHE LEFT. 
          LET ME SEE IF, UH, THEY SIGNED IN ONLINE. 
          NOT HERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE REMOTE CALLERS, CARMEL LEVITTON CARMEL, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          CARMEL LEVITTON THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR PULLING OVER AS A MARCAL CONTRACT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. 
          AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BOTH CARLA AND SCOTT FOR RESPONDING TO ME OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          ALL OF YOU, I THINK YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM US, BUT WHEN YOU RESPOND EVEN A REALLY SIMPLE, LIKE GOT IT, IT HELPS US FEEL LIKE YOU CARE AND ARE LISTENING AND HEARING WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN. 
          'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE I'M SENDING MY EMAILS IN INTO A BLACK HOLE. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECENT DECISION TO DELAY THE TECH CONTRACT PENDING THE TECH AUDIT. 
          WHEN YOU DO GO BACK TO THAT ITEM, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER IS IT APPROPRIATE TO USE FUNDS FROM TITLE ONE AND TITLE FOUR FOR TECH CONTRACTS WHEN THERE'S NOT EVIDENCE THAT THESE CONTRACTS WILL BETTER SERVE THE TARGETED POPULATIONS. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE AWAITING NOT ONLY THE DATABASE OF THE TECH CONTRACTS, BUT ALSO THE DATABASE OF ALL CONTRACTS. 
          ON MARCH 10TH, YOU UNANIMOUSLY PASSED RESOLUTION 0 4 4 25 26, LEVERAGING DISTRICT PURCHASING POWER TO DEFEND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND HUMAN DIGNITY. 
          ACCORDINGLY, THIS RESOLUTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE WOULD HAVE 180 DAYS TO PRESENT A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING VENDORS, CREATE A COMPLETE LIST OF THE DISTRICT'S CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS AND START DEVELOPING A PUBLIC DATABASE. 
          IT HAS NOW BEEN 189 DAYS. 
          WE ARE AWAITING THIS DATABASE. 
          THIS DATABASE WILL BE CRUCIAL TO MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          STUDENTS SPOKE POWERFULLY TODAY AT PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THEIR IDEAS FOR WHICH PROGRAMS TO SAVE AND WHICH ARE LESS EFFECTIVE OR EVEN PERHAPS HARMFUL. 
          I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS FROM THE STUDENTS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE USING OUR LIMITED FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR TOXIC ARTIFICIAL TURF AT INFLATED PRICES. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE GOING ARTIFICIAL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR OWN STAFF TO MAINTAIN GRASS PROPERLY IN A TIME OF BUDGET CRISIS. 
          WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DOUBLE DOWN AND SUPPORT CONTRACTS THAT BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WHO LEARN WORK VISIT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS NEED TO BE REVIEWED IN THESE TERMS. AND I APPRECIATE SEEING THE SCRUTINY YOU'VE GIVEN TO ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THIS, UM, TOPIC. 
          AND I HOPE THAT'S THE KIND OF LASER FOCUS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING FROM HERE ON OUT AND ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS INVOLVED IN HELPING YOU MAKE THOSE REALLY HARD DECISIONS COMING UP THIS YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          CHELSEA MOZER, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UN UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          CHELSEA. 
          HI, UH, THIS IS CHELSEA. 
          AND UM, I JUST WANNA SECOND, UM, ONE THE CALL FOR THE TECH AUDIT THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS, UM, TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING CUT AND TO HEAR ABOUT FI UH, FISCAL STABILIZATION AND NOT SEE THAT KIND OF SCRUTINY APPLIED TO A LOT OF THESE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR TECH CONTRACT. 
          SO I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DELAY THAT VOTE UNTIL WE GOT MORE INFORMATION. 
          AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT I-READY AND CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES. 
          UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR KEEPING THESE IS USAGE AT SCHOOLS AND CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES HAVE, UH, A PRODUCT SUCCESS MANAGERS, PARTNER SUCCESS MANAGERS THAT WE PAY FOR WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO THIS PRIVATELY OWNED PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY THAT MAKE SURE THAT, UH, SCHOOLS ARE USING, UH, THOSE MINUTES SO THAT THEY CAN IN TURN JUSTIFY THEIR USE. 
          SO TALK TO ANY PRINCIPAL AT ANY SCHOOL AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO SORT OF POSE AS, UH, FROM THE DISTRICT WILL BE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM TO, TO GET THEIR I-READY MINUTES UP. 
          SO 
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WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING SCREEN TIME, THE FIRST THING WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING ARE PROGRAMS LIKE I-READY, WHICH ARE EXPENSIVE AND HAVE NO, UH, EDUCATIONAL VALUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDRA ROW. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE WITH US. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          SANDRA ROW. 
          HI, MY NAME IS SANDRA MARTINEZ ROWE. 
          I WAS THERE IN PERSON BUT HAD TO LEAVE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I'M A PARENT AT A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, THE SAME TITLE ONE SCHOOL WITH MOS ON OUR NPR FLOORS AND THE PORTABLE, THE SAME SCHOOL THAT IS IN LIMBO WITH THEIR FUNDING. 
          WHILE THE AGENDA IN QUESTION IS SCHEDULED TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL 8 MILLION TO ED TECH COMPANIES LIKE CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES UNDER THE GUISE OF EQUITY. 
          IRONICALLY, I'M GLAD YOU'RE POSTPONING IT, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT AFTER SEEING ALL THOSE CHILDREN ASKING FOR YOU TO HELP CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE EDUCATORS AND THE COUNSELORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. 
          THIS IS, I MEAN, THE AUDACITY FOR THESE CONTRACT, THESE TECH COMPANIES TO ASK FOR MORE IS BEYOND INSULTING AT THIS POINT. 
          WE REALLY HOPE THAT THIS TECH AUDIT THAT WAS DUE IN JUNE CAN COME BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND WE WILL BE CHECKING, WE WILL BE REFRESHING THAT PAGE AND WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THOSE KIDS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE MORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DR. 
          DEANNA ECHSTEIN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OH, I DO NOT HAVE YOU IN FRONT OF ME ONLINE. 
          ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? DR. 
          DEANNA STEIN? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NICOLETTE SANTOS, I SEE YOU ARE ONLINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          NICOLETTE SANTOS. 
          HI, UM, I TO WITH SANDRA AND WE JUST LEFT. 
          I, SO WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT TATTOO WOULD BE, THERE'S JUST BEEN SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS. 
          I WITH GOBSMACKED, UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE COMPLETELY PAST THIS POINT OF SPENDING AN EXTRA $8 MILLION. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE TAKING IT FROM TITLE ONE 42%. 
          I THINK THAT'S LIKE WHAT, $3 MILLION ACROSS, I THINK 500 TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, SIX K EACH. 
          I KNOW I SIT ON ELAC AND SFC AT MY SCHOOL AND I KNOW WHAT OUR VARIANCE IS. 
          THAT'S HALF OF OUR VARIANCE THAT WE NEED, WE DESPERATELY NEED. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, I WAS READING IT FOR REASONING. 
          YOU LIST, LIKE IT WILL GREATLY HELP THESE KIDS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY SYSTEMIC BARRIERS. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC BARRIERS, WE I WAS THERE LISTENING TO THOSE KIDS. 
          YOU WERE THERE. 
          THOSE ARE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HELP. 
          NO ONE'S ASKING FOR AN EXTRA $8 MILLION TO BE SPENT ON THIS, ON TECH. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REGROUP AND REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AS A HUMAN, AS A PERSON AND AS PEOPLE THIS COMMUNITY AND HELP THESE KIDS GROW. 
          THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER. 
          WE NEED THE TITLE ONE FUNDING BACK INTO THE HANDS OF THE SSC AND FOR THEM WHO KNOW THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND NOW ON TURF. 
          RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON CRAIG. 
          AARON CRAIG, I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          AARON CRAIG, I, HI. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO YOU ALL FOR HOLDING THE LINE THERE AND ASKING TO HAVE PROPER INFORMATION FURNISHED TO YOU BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS IMPORTANT VOTE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WAY I CALCULATE THIS IS OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND, UH, THE MATH I'M DOING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THESE TECH, UH, PROGRAMS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SOMETHING LIKE 60 FULL-TIME TEACHER ROLES. 
          AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT THE KIDS WERE THROWING AROUND EARLIER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THAT SAME RANGE. 
          SO PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 
          I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, BALANCING A BUDGET IS ABOUT BALANCING PRIORITIES. 
          AND THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT NONE OF THE TECH THAT'S IN THESE CONTRACTS HAS BEEN PROVEN YET TO BE SAFE, LEGAL AND EFFECTIVE. 
          THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR ME, IS WE'RE JUST THROWING MONEY AT VENDORS THAT HAVEN'T YET PROVEN THAT THEIR PRODUCTS ACTUALLY MOVE ANY BARS THAT WE'RE, WE CARE ABOUT. 
          WHEN I WENT ON THROUGH AND I LOOKED, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE VENDORS, EXCEPT FOR ONE, RELIES ON SELF-FUNDED EVIDENCE AND STUDIES TO SHOW THAT THEIR WORK IS, THAT 
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THEIR PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE. 
          THE ONLY ONE, UH, CARNEGIE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD A FEDERALLY FUNDED STUDY THAT WAS INDEPENDENT AND GOLD STANDARD. 
          THE REST OF 'EM, IT'S ALL JUST THEM TELLING US, TRUST US THIS WORKS. 
          AND THAT FOR ME IS THE REAL TRAVESTY HERE BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS ARE FINITE AND THEY CAN GO TO SOME THINGS THAT WE REALLY KNOW MOVE NEEDLES OR WE CAN THROW THEM AT THIS VAPORWARE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN PROVEN TO WORK. 
          SO I DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU STAND ON, LIKE, SHOULD MY KID HAVE SCREEN TIME OR NOT? IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SCREEN TIME, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE. 
          AND THESE PROGRAMS HAVE NOT PROVEN THAT YET, SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING THEM ANY MONEY. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NINE. 
          UH, SO WE NOW ARE TAKING THE AMENDED TAB NINE, WHICH INCLUDES MR. MELVIN'S, UM, AMENDMENT TO POSTPONE ITEM E UNTIL AUDIT OF TECH CONTRACTS. 
          UM, NOW FOR THE VOTE, MS. NEWBELL? YES, WE'VE TAKEN OUT E OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DR. 
          REBA? YES. 
          UH, MR. MEL? NO ON G AND H BUT UH, YES. 
          ON THE BALANCE, NO ON G AND H, YES ON THE BALANCE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, MS. REGO? YES. 
          RIGHT MS. EZ, MS. ORTIZ, FRANKLIN ALSO A NO ON G AND H AND YES ON THE BALANCE, NO ON G AND H, SO, ALRIGHT. 
          UM, MR. SCHON? UH, YES ON ALL EXCEPT ITEM G FOR WHICH I RECUSED MYSELF. 
          ITEM G. 
          SO, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO TALK OUT LOUD HERE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT JUST HAPPENED. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A BALANCE OF VOTES. 
          WE HAVE SIX VOTES YESES FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR G AND H. 
          UH, ITEM G HAS ONE, UH, TWO NOS, UH, AND BASICALLY TWO ABSTENTIONS. 
          SO, UH, ITEM G DOES NOT PASS. 
          ITEM H ITSELF HAS, UH, TWO NOS AND FOUR EYES. 
          SO IT DOES, IT DOES PASS. 
          OKAY. 
          EVERYBODY CLEAR? YES. 
          ALRIGHT, TAB 10. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOVE IT. 
          MOVE BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY. 
          WAS THAT DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO 
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TWO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB 10 THAT WE'LL TAKE. 
          I MISS RE RIGHT? YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. 
          YES. 
          ELISA SCHITZ, ARE YOU HERE? I THINK, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE LEFT. 
          SHE'S SPOKEN. 
          OH, AND YOU HAD ALREADY SPOKEN. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CALLERS. 
          LET'S DO, UM, THE FIRST CALLER WILL BE, UH, FELD MARI, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          MARI, I MAY, MAY BE MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. 
          I AM HERE. 
          UM, THIS IS MARI TO FEL. 
          I'M AN LUSD PARENT. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THREE POINTS ABOUT THE RATIFICATION OF THE TURF CONTRACT AT EAGLE ROCK JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          MY FIRST POINT IS ABOUT LEGAL ERRORS. 
          THE BOARD MEETING MATERIALS TODAY, SAY THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, BUT AMID THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL IS ALSO A JUNIOR HIGH, THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACTS REQUIREMENT THAT THE BOARD POST ACCURATE AGENDAS IN ADVANCE AND THE PROJECT ITSELF VIOLATES LAD'S 2025 HEAT RESILIENCY RESOLUTION, WHICH PROHIBITS INSTALLING TURF FOR GRADES EIGHT AND LOWER. 
          MY SECOND POINT IS THAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE COSTS, WHICH I THINK WILL ULTIMATELY JUST SHIFT THE COST ONTO THE STUDENTS. 
          90% OF NFL PLAYERS PREFER GRASS BECAUSE OF A LESSER RISK OF INJURY THAN A MONICA SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          JUST DID A STUDY FINDING MORE LEG INJURIES WITH TURF. 
          YET L-E-U-S-D IS MOVING FORWARD WITH TURF ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT REQUIRES LESS MAINTENANCE AND CAN WITHSTAND MORE FREQUENT USE. 
          BUT THESE ARE TURF INDUSTRY TALKING POINTS UNSUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT STUDY, WHICH HAS NOT YET, UM, COME OUT. 
          SO, AND THIS ENDS UP BOILING DOWN TO LASD, SAVING MONEY ON FACILITIES COSTS BY SHIFTING COSTS TO STUDENTS IN ADDITION TO MORE FREQUENT INJURIES, THERE'S GONNA BE THEN TANGIBLE COSTS OF EXPOSING THESE KIDS TO CARCINOGENS AND INCREASED HEAT FROM THIS FIELD. 
          WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY THIRD POINT THAT THIS IS MOVING GREENING BACKWARDS. 
          YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A COOL GREEN SPACE FROM THESE KIDS AND PUTTING IN A PLASTIC 
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FIELD THAT WILL CREATE A HEAT ISLAND EFFECT FOR THE WHOLE CAMPUS FOR THESE REASONS, UM, I'M ASKING THAT YOU DON'T RATIFY THE EAGLE ROCK JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TURF CONTRACT TODAY, BUT INSTEAD MODIFY IT TO INSTALL GRASS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICIA MAURICE. 
          PATRICIA MAURICE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HELLO. 
          I ALSO WISH TO COMMENT ON THE REIFICATION OF A CONTRACT, UM, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AT THE EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL UNDER ATTACHMENT A, ITEM B, I'D ASK THAT YOU DECLINE RATIFICATION OF THAT CONTRACT AS IT STANDS AND RECONSIDER THE DECISION TO INSTALL ARTIFICIAL TURF INSTEAD OF NATURAL TURF. 
          DUE TO THE DAMAGING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY KNOW THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF EMITS AND RELEASES TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR, SKIN, AND WATER AS IT ABSORBS SOLAR HEAT, QUITE POTENTLY, IT REACHES VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES UP TO 200 DEGREES, AND THE EXTREME HEAT ACCELERATES THE RELEASE OF TOXIC GASES INTO THE AIR. 
          THESE PFAS, WHICH WE KNOW AS FOREVER CHEMICALS, THEY DON'T BREAK DOWN AND THUS ACCUMULATING THE BODY FOR LIFE. 
          AND WE ARE STILL LEARNING HOW DAMAGING THE PFAS CAN BE, ESPECIALLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL PUBLISHED A 63 PAGE TECHNICAL DOCUMENT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR ABOUT THESE SUBSTANCES IN ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          AND THEY STATED, QUOTE, PEOPLE WHO USE OR PLAY ON ARTIFICIAL TURF CAN BE DIRECTLY EXPOSED TO PFAS THROUGH INHALATION INGESTION AND DERMAL ABSORPTION. 
          YOUNG CHILDREN AND OTHER SENSITIVE SUBPOPULATIONS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS CLASS OF CHEMICALS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICANTS. 
          IN ADDITION TO ITS POTENTIAL TO EXPOSE USERS TO PFAS, ARTIFICIAL TURF CAN ALSO RELEASE THEM INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND LEACH INTO THE WATER. 
          SO I PRESUMED THE DECISION TO USE ARTIFICIAL TURF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS MADE IN 2023 WHEN WE WERE IN A DROUGHT, WAS TO DO WITH A WATER SAVING MEASURE. 
          BUT THINGS HAVE MOVED ON. 
          WE NOW KNOW THAT ACTUALLY THE, UM, THE COOLING NECESSARY FOR ARTIFICIAL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME BECAUSE IT GETS SO HOT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB 10. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I BELIEVE THERE IS. 
          YES, CARLA? YEAH. 
          HI. 
          UM, CHRISTINA, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, UM, SO WE RECEIVED A LOT OF ADVOCACY FOR A PAUSE TO THIS PROJECT, UM, THOUGH WE, THIS CONTRACT WAS APPROVED, I BELIEVE THREE YEARS AGO. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PAUSE A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED THREE YEARS AGO AND THE IMPACTS ON OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO FIRST, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE, UM, TO DECIDE WHETHER EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL OR EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD GET TURF OR GRASS? SURE. 
          SO CHRISTINA CHOKES, CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE, THE BOARD APPROVED THE $14.7 MILLION EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UPGRADE PROJECT BACK IN AUGUST OF 2023, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW SYNTHETIC FOOTBALL SOCCER FIELD, RUBBERIZED RUNNING TRACK, SCOREBOARD, FIELD GOAL, AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THAT PROJECT WAS SELECTED BY THE BOARD OFFICE AT THAT TIME WITH FUNDING FOR ATHLETIC UPGRADES FROM THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND THE DECISION TO USE SYNTHETIC TURF WAS MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION COACHES, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND BOARD OFFICE FOLLOWING BOARD APPROVAL. 
          THE PROJECT COMPLETED DESIGN, THE REGULATORY APPROVALS, UM, WAS COMPETITIVELY BID IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE AND L-A-U-S-D PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES. 
          THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN JULY OF 2026, UM, AND THE CONTRACTOR HAS MOBILIZED ON THAT SITE AND THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED AND A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR BY FALL OF 2027. 
          AND EAGLE ROCK IS A SPAN SCHOOL SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE. 
          UM, AND OUR RESOLUTION IN 2025 CALLED FOR A BAN ON TURF AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          WHY WAS EAGLE ROCK, UM, STILL SELECTED? 
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WHY IS EAGLE ROCK CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT WHEN IT HAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE? SO WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAID WAS THAT THE BOARD WOULD NOT PROVIDE NEW SYNTHETIC TURFS, UM, AT PRIMARY CENTERS, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EARLY ED CENTERS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, AT HIGH SCHOOLS WE SEE OUR GREATEST USE OF FIELDS. 
          THEY'RE COMPETITIVE, UM, ATHLETIC FIELDS, THEY'RE USED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY'RE ALSO USED BY PE UM, UNLIKE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT ROBUST ATHLETIC COMPONENT IN OUR FIELDS. 
          SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ATHLETIC, UM, OF THE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD STUDY IS REALLY TO LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY ATHLETIC FIELDS WHICH SEE THE MOST USE, UM, HAVE THE MOST WEAR AND TEAR, UM, AND ALSO, UM, REQUIRE KIND OF THE MOST MAINTENANCE WHEN THEY'RE NATURAL GRASS. 
          EAGLE ROCK HAS A SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE TO IT, BUT BY ALL PURPOSES IT IS A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS WITH HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS OCCURRING ON IT ON A ATHLETIC FIELD. 
          UM, AND THEREFORE, UM, IT'S NOT KIND OF EXEMPT FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRIMARY. 
          IN ADDITION, THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THAT RESOLUTION AND THE RESOLUTION ASSUMES THAT ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP IS WHY ARE WE RATIFYING THE CONTRACT WHEN THE CONTRACTORS ARE ALREADY THERE DOING THE WORK? SO, SO THE BOARD HAS, UM, APPROVED DELEGATED AUTHORITY FOR CONTRACTS UNDER A CERTAIN AMOUNT SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BID AND THEN AWARD CONTRACTS. 
          THIS ONE FOLLOWS THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, IT FOLLOWS UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY. 
          THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN JULY AND UM, THE NEXT AVAILABLE BOARD DATE THAT FACILITIES CONTRACTS WAS ABLE TO BRING IT WAS TO THIS SEPTEMBER BOARD DATE. 
          AND I'LL ASK MATT FREEMAN IF HE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK WE GOT IT COVERED. 
          AND ANOTHER ASK FROM A, THE COMMUNITY AND SOME STUDENTS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS OR THIS COMPANY, THIS CONTRACTOR IS ALSO DOING A PROJECT IN, UH, BD FOUR AND THEY'RE DOING GRASS THERE, SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST ASK THEM TO GIVE US A BID FOR GRASS AT I ROCK HIGH SCHOOL? SO THIS COMPANY, ONO CONSTRUCTION, DOES BOTH NATURAL TURF AND SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS BID, WELL, LET ME BACK UP. 
          IT WAS DESIGNED FOR NATURAL TURF. 
          UM, THE APPROVALS THAT WE RECEIVED WERE FOR A NATURAL TURF FIELD. 
          UM, AND THEN IT WAS BID WITH THE DESIGNS FOR, I'M SORRY, FOR SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          UM, THE DESIGN OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC IS NOT AS EASY AS JUST REPLACE ONE FOR THE OTHER. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REDESIGN THE PROJECT. 
          THE UM, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR NATURAL TURF FIELDS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          NATURAL TURF. 
          YOU HAVE TO COLLECT THAT RAINWATER, IT HAS TO HAVE A SLOPE. 
          SYNTHETIC TURF IS FLAT, IT HAS A DIFFERENT DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 
          YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ARE SEPARATE AS WELL. 
          SO WE WOULD NEED TO REDESIGN THIS FIELD FOR NATURAL TURF. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AND GET, UM, AN AMENDED DSA APPROVAL AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REBID THIS PROJECT, UM, PER CALIFORNIA CONTRACTING CODE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT. 
          UM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN'T JUST TELL THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR TO SWITCH OUT THIS DESIGN. 
          THERE IS NO DESIGN RIGHT NOW FOR NATURAL TURF. 
          I SEE. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES IF WE WERE TO PAUSE THIS, UH, PROJECT RIGHT NOW? SO THE ANALYSIS THAT, UM, OUR TEAM DID IS IF WE WERE TO CANCEL THE PROJECT NOW, GO BACK AND REDESIGN USING EVERY, UM, OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO EXPEDITE THE SCHEDULE. 
          WE TRY TO USE THE EXISTING ARCHITECT THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE SOME DSA APPROVALS FOR SCOREBOARD, ET CETERA. 
          SO IT WOULD, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO START COMPLETELY FROM SCRATCH. 
          UM, WITH THAT AMENDED APPROVALS, GOING BACK TO DSA AND REBIDDING, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF DELAY. 
          SO THE PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY STOP CONSTRUCTION NOW. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT ON HOLD. 
          AND THEN AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW, WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL TURF, WHICH MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF BEING DONE IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE SPRING OF 2029. 
          AND THAT WOULD IMPACT HOW MANY CLASSES? HOW MANY GRADUATING CLASSES OR TWO AND A HALF? ALMOST THREE CLASSES. 
          SO IT'S OUR CURRENT SENIORS MM-HMM . 
          OUR 11TH GRADERS AND OUR 10TH GRADERS YES. 
          WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS FIELD? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, REGARDING THE REPORT THAT 
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WE ARE ANTICIPATING, WE'RE ALL EXCITED. 
          WHEN, WHEN WILL WE SEE THAT REPORT? WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT TO YOU BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ONCE THAT REPORT COMES IN, SO IF IT'S, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S OCTOBER, UM, WE WOULD, UH, THEN HAVE A PROPOSED POLICY BASED ON THE REPORT. 
          AND THEN ARE THEY GONNA COME TOGETHER LIKE THE REPORT AND THE POLICY? OR IS IT REPORT SOMETIME LATER? THE POLICY TIME TO DISCUSS AND THE, DEFINITELY THE BOARD WILL HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE REPORT AS WELL AS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER INPUT OR CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE TO STAFF, WE'RE OPEN TO TAKING THOSE UNDER CONSIDERATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN AT THAT POINT, WILL COMMITTEE COMMUNITY ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT ON THE REPORT? AND WE CAN TAKE THAT UNDER, UNDER CONSIDERATION IF NEEDED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, LET ME SEE. 
          ANY COSTS. 
          WHAT WOULD BE LIKE THE, IF WE WERE TO DELAY THIS PROJECT DEPOSIT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO WITH GRASS, WHAT WOULD BE THE COST IF THAT IS THE WAY WE WOULD GO? IT'S NOT GUARANTEED, BUT IF THAT IS THE WAY, SO THERE WOULD BE THE COST IMPLICATIONS OF TERMINATING THE EXISTING CONTRACT. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO DATE AND ANY DELAYS OR, UM, CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS AS WELL AS PAYING FOR NOW THE NEW REDESIGN PERMIT APPLICATIONS, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL TURF FIELD. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ? I DON'T. 
          OF HOW MANY MILLIONS ? I KNOW IT'S IN THE MILLIONS PROBABLY. 
          UM, OKAY, SO AT FIRST THIS WAS EXPECTED TO COST 13 MILLION AND NOW I BELIEVE IT'S 10 MILLION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. 
          UM, WELL THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WAS 14.7 MILLION. 
          WHAT YOU'RE RATIFYING TODAY IS JUST THE CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR. 
          OH. 
          SO THAT'S JUST THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMOUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE ON SITE CORRECT. 
          DOING THIS WORK? CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          AND IF I, YEAH, SO, UM, ECO ROCK IS NOT MY SCHOOL, BUT I FEEL, UH, VERY STRONGLY ABOUT NATURAL TURF AND THAT'S HOW IT IS AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S GONNA COST MONEY, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO VOTE NO. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA HURT THE SCHOOL. 
          I DON'T WANT TO HURT THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING, BUT I COULD NOT VOTE FOR, UM, ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I LOVE THE SCHOOL, BUT I HAVE MY PRINCIPLES TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I SHOULD ADD FOR CONTEXT TO THE BOARD, THERE ARE 10 PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO EAGLE ROCK THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          THAT INCLUDES MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, TORRES HIGH SCHOOL, CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL, TAF CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTINGTON PARK HIGH SCHOOL, RFK SOUTHGATE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ASPIRE TATE ACADEMY. 
          SO ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT TOXIC FIELDS, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          TOXIC FIELDS NOT TOXIC. 
          I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN ARTIFICIAL TURF VERSUS NATURAL TURF. 
          WHAT, WHEN DID ALL THIS COME TO LIGHT? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR OR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS? I DON'T KNOW. 
          WELL, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRY OF ARTIFICIAL TURF HAS EVOLVED SINCE ARTIFICIAL TURF KIND OF FIRST CAME ON THE MARKETPLACE AS BEING MAJORLY ADOPTED BY PARKS AND RECS AND SCHOOLS APPROXIMATELY 20, 25 YEARS AGO. 
          UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN AN EVOLUTION OF THE PRODUCTS AND THE MATERIALS USED, AND WITH EACH EVOLUTION THERE HAVE BEEN CONSERVES RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT THE SUBSTANCES ARE IN THOSE AS WELL AS WHAT IS THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN PLAYING ON THAT. 
          I WILL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, WHAT OUR REPORT INDICATES IS, UM, THROUGH KIND OF AN EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH OF, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, PUBLICATIONS AND KIND OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS. 
          WE DO NOT SEE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF STUDENT SAFETY ON REGARDS TO PLAYING ON THESE FIELDS. 
          BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE LARGER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SUCH AS THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IT CREATES, AND THE, UM, UH, INABILITY AT THIS POINT TO NECESSARILY RECYCLE SYNTHETIC TURF THAT CREATES THOSE LARGER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST IN THE PROCESS THAT GOT THEM TO THIS POINT, CARLA WAS ASKING, SO THE COMMUNITY HAD BOUGHT INTO THIS EARLIER OR DID THEY NOT HAVE THE CONVERSATION? DID I MISS THAT PART? I'M SORRY IF I DID, BUT DID THEY HAVE A YES. 
          COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AND THEY HAD 
          [07:30:01]
AGREED ON SYNTHETIC AND NOW THEY FORGOT? OR WHAT HAPPENED? YEAH, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND THE ATHLETIC COMMUNITY WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN 2023. 
          UM, MOST OF, UM, THE PROJECTS I LISTED WERE PART OF THE ATHLETIC UPGRADE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, WITH BOARD MEMBERS IN CONSULTATION TO FACILITIES AND ATHLETICS AND SCHOOL SITES. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, AS WE ARE NOW CONSTRUCTING IT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED ADVOCACY FROM, UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES REGARDING THE USE OF SYNTHETIC TURF AT EAGLE ROCK. 
          AND SO THE ATHLETIC COMMUNITY WERE IN FAVOR OF THE SYNTHETIC TURF? YES. 
          AND DO WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THE DIALOGUES THAT WERE HAD OR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF? YES, OUR STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          QUICK, SO QUICK QUESTION. 
          SO JUST, UM, ON MS. NEW BILL HEDY, MS. HEDY NEW BILL'S QUESTION. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY WANTED TURF, BUT ISN'T THERE A REPLACEMENT, LIKE FOR, LIKE, IF THEY HAD GRASS, THEY WOULD GET GRASS, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS DISCUSSION, THE COMMUNITY WANTED THE TURF? UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, FORMER BOARD MEMBER GOLDBERG SELECTED AS THEIR ATHLETIC UPGRADE PROJECTS ALONG WITH, UM, TWO OTHER PROJECTS IN THAT AREA. 
          RIGHT. 
          THIS SCHOOL HAD NATURAL GRASS TURF, AND BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD, OFFICE, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, UM, SHE SELECTED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER ONES WERE ALSO RECEIVING SYNTHETIC TURF IN BD FIVE, OUR HUNTINGTON PARK HIGH SCHOOL, UM, RFK, AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A FOURTH SOUTHGATE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          YEAH. 
          I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY HARD FOR ME, UH, BECAUSE LIKE YOU, I, I ALSO SUPPORT GRASS, AND YET I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND I MET WITH STUDENTS AND I HEARD FROM BOTH SIDES. 
          AND FRANKLY, IT WAS ALMOST EVEN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE KIDS WHO PLAY SPORTS AND WHO WERE SAYING, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR ME TO PLAY ON THIS GRASS. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY GOLFER HOLES. 
          I EVEN HEARD FROM PARENTS WHO SAID THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR KIDS GETTING INJURED. 
          IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP IT UP BECAUSE OF THE GOLFERS. 
          THERE'S JUST A LOT. 
          AND, UM, SO THE STUDENTS WERE, UH, STUDENTS AND SOME PARENTS WERE SAYING, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME FOR THIS FIX, SO WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANT YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          UM, WHEN I HEARD THAT IT WAS GONNA BE THREE CLASSES THAT COULD BE IMPACTED, UM, IT REALLY CONCERNED ME BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE, THREE GROUPS OF KIDS WHO WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A FIELD. 
          AND, UM, SO I'M REALLY, UM, STRUGGLING. 
          PLUS, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I CHOSE NOT TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD TO MAKE A SHIFT OR A CHANGE BECAUSE, UH, ONE, THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 
          UH, TWO, IT WOULD COST US, AND I, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST US, UM, BUT IT WOULD COST US, UM, SOME FUNDS TO, TO STOP THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEN THREE, WE REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW IF, BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE AGAIN TO SEE IF PEOPLE WANT GRASS OR, OR TURF. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IT'S DOING THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA YIELD AT THE END. 
          WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS WHO DO NOT WANT TURF, BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD AND NOT HEAR AT THE BOARD MEETING, BUT AT THE SCHOOL, I HAVE HEARD FROM STUDENTS WHO DO WANT TURF. 
          AND IT IS GENERALLY IN LINE WITH WHO USES THE TURF AS AN ATHLETE VERSUS, UM, NOT, I MEAN, GENERALLY THERE ARE SOME RUNNERS WHO, UH, DO NOT LIKE THE RUBBER, UM, TRACK. 
          UM, SO YEAH, SO I'M REALLY TORN ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DID NOT BRING IT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE, UM, THESE CONSEQUENCES TO THE STUDENTS. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF, UH, WHEN GOLD MEMBER, UH, BOARD MEMBER GOLDBERG, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED THIS, WAS THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO STRETCH HER FUNDS, AND SO SHE SELECTED THREE SCHOOLS WHERE SHE COULD DO SOME UPGRADES AND, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST SELECTING ONE AND PUT ALL THE FUNDS INTO ONE. 
          AND SO I, I WANT TO, UH, HONOR THAT SPIRIT OF A ACCESSIBILITY. 
          UM, AND LIKE I SHARED WITH THE KIDS, THERE ARE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, THE SCHOOL MAY BE THE ONLY ACCESS TO ANY FIELD WHERE THEY CAN GO PLAY. 
          AND SO TO ME THAT IS, UH, I DON'T WANNA PUT A HOLD FOR STUDENTS, UM, FOR THREE, POSSIBLY THREE YEARS. 
          UM, SO 
          [07:35:03]
YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE VOTE ON TAB 10, HAVING BEEN MOVED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON SECONDED BY DR. 
          REBA. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. 
          REBA? YES. 
          MR. MEL? YES. 
          DR. 
          I MEAN, MS. REGO. 
          YES. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW, UH, MS. CONEZ, UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS NOT HERE. 
          SO THAT IS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 EYES. 
          UH, ONE ABSENT, AND ONE NO. 
          SO TAB 10 PASSES. 
          UM, IN THE INTERESTS OF TIME, UH, I, I THINK WE SHOULD DO TAB 15, WHICH 
          [15. Rep-010-26/27 Textbooks and Instructional Materials Certification Resolution - PUBLIC HEARING]
MUST BE DONE NO EARLIER THAN 4:00 PM IT'S 5 53, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT MEANS WE QUALIFY FOR THAT. 
          UM, TAB 15 IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN ON BOARD REPORT NUMBER 10, A PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE HELD. 
          THIS CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC HEARING ON BOARD REPORT. 
          10, UH, 26 SLASH 27 TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION, A MAXIMUM OF 15 INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND THE ITEM WILL BE HEARD. 
          THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK SHOULD SIGN UP ONLINE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED BY NAME. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE, FOR TAB 15. 
          MOVED BY BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSON SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY MS. NEW BILL. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TO THIS ITEM. 
          TAB 15. 
          DAVID TOSKI. 
          ARE YOU HERE? DAVID TOSKI. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, UH, IS THERE A BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? TAB 15. 
          UH, MISS TAKING THE VOTE NOW, MS. NEW BILL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS, THIS IS FOR THE TEXTBOOK? THAT'S CORRECT? YES. 
          UH, MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. GRIEGO? YES. 
          MS. EZ, MS. OR FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SIX AYES. 
          ONE ABSENT. 
          AND LET US MOVE TO, OH, SORRY, THAT WAS 15, UH, TAB 17. 
          [17. Rep-065-26/27 Request for Increased Aggregate Contract Capacity for Nonpublic School/Agency (NPS/A)  Master Contracts (Part 1 of 2)]
THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, TAKING A SLIGHTLY OUT OF SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER, TAB 17, WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, REVA IN GRIEGO. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND MOVE MOVED BY? UM, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON, SECONDED BY SECOND, UH, MS. NEW BILL. 
          SO THIS IS TAB 17, REQUESTED REQUEST FOR INCREASED AGGREGATE CONTRACT CAPACITY QUESTIONS FROM DR. RIVAS IN. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE MAYBE SHE HAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO TWO QUESTIONS. 
          SO A 34 MILLION INCREASE IS SIGNIFICANT, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING A PERIOD OF SERIOUS FINANCIAL PRESSURE. 
          WERE THERE EARLIER WARNING SIGNS THAT COST WOULD EXCEED THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE BOARD? AND IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THE DISTRICTS HAS EXCEEDED EXPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THESE CONTRACTS? SO I'LL START WITH THE SECOND ONE. 
          THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EXCEEDED WHAT WE'RE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR. 
          ASK FOR AN INCREASE. 
          FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WE TEND TO HAVE SAFEGUARDS, MEANING THAT WE CHECK IN WITH OUR FISCAL TEAM, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN THE SPRING, WE DID COME BACK WITH THE PROJECTION TO, WE HAD AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF OUR NURSING CONTRACT. 
          AT THAT TIME, WE WERE PRETTY, WE, WE FELT WE WERE IN PRETTY SOLID FOOTING THAT THE PROJECTIONS WERE ACCURATE. 
          SUBSEQUENTLY, ONCE INVOICES CAME IN AND EVERYTHING KIND OF PILED UP THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE, WE WERE ONCE PREDICTING ON, FAR EXCEEDED THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR MYSELF AND THE DIVISION AS WELL AS OUR, OUR FISCAL TEAM, WE'RE KIND OF LOCKSTEP NOW WITH SIMON AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING INVOICES, MAKING SURE WE'RE PUTTING KIND OF STOPGAPS IN PLACE BEFORE THESE KIND OF PROJECTIONS FAR EXCEED OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, ANYTIME WE SEE SOMETHING OFF, WE WILL BE MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO, UH, COMMUNICATE ANY UPDATES TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          GOOD TO KNOW. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION, WHAT I, WELL, I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THIS ONE. 
          IN THAT ANSWER, WHAT SAFEGUARDS WILL HELP US IDENTIFY RISING COSTS SOONER AND AVOID ANOTHER UNEXPECTED INCREASE LATER THIS YEAR? AND YOU TOUCHED AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA, WE, WE, WE'LL BE BACK, UM, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. 
          UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING MEDIATION, SO BEING THAT WE MAY SEE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE. 
          SO WE'LL COME BACK TO GET SOME MORE ACCURATE FIGURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACT YEAR FOR AGGREGATE IS AC ACCURATELY REFLECTS WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE THE TREND. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL THAT ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL NOW VOTE ON TAB 17. 
          MS. NEWBELL? 
          [07:40:01]
YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVOIN? YES. 
          THAT'S A YES FOR MR. MALVO ON TAB 17. 
          HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          UH, MS. GGO? YES. 
          MS. CONEZ? UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          UH, BOARD, PRE BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          MOLSEN BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO HIM. 
          THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4. 
          THAT'S FIVE. 
          I, SO THE ITEM PASSES, WE'LL COME BACK TO BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSEN FOR HIS VOTE. 
          THAT WAS TAB 1717. 
          WE'LL NOW GO BACK UP TO TAB 
          [13. Rep-055-26/27 Adoption of Resolutions Authorizing Filing of Applications for State Allocation  Board-Administered Programs and Acknowledging Requirement to Submit Five-Year  School Facilities Master Plan]
13. 
          MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR TAB 13. 
          MOVE MOVED BY DR. 
          VOSS. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA NEED A SECOND? YES. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. MELVOIN VOTED ON TAB 17. 
          CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, YES, TAB 13. 
          THANK, UH, LEMME SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          NOT, UH, TAB 13. 
          UH, MR. MELVIN, YOU HAD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, SIMILAR TO WHAT I MENTIONED IN THE SEISMIC, UM, CONVERSATION, THE SEISMIC UPGRADES. 
          BUT, UH, I GUESS THE, UM, ITEM IS AN AUTHORIZATION TO SEEK STATE FUNDING PENDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN THAT WE DON'T GET, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMING OF BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLAN AND THEN ALSO GIVEN THAT THE BOARD'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED, UM, PROJECTS WITH MEASURE, I THINK IT'S R RR IN THIS CASE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET REIMBURSED? LIKE KIND OF TO MY EARLIER QUESTION, UH, AROUND SEISMIC, BUT MORE BROADLY, LIKE DO YOU COME BACK FOR THE BOARD? LIKE, SO I GUESS WHAT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THE PLAN? UM, NOW THAT WE'RE SAYING WE WERE GONNA SUBMIT BEFORE WE HAVE THE PLAN, AND THEN ALSO IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING STATE ALLOCATIONS, DO YOU THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND TELL US WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE ANOTHER 20 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE OR WHAT'S THAT PROCESS AFTER REIMBURSEMENT? SURE. 
          UH, CHRISTINA TOKS, CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE, SO THE STATE, UM, PROVIDED GUIDANCE, UM, ON WHAT A, UH, MASTER PLAN NEEDS TO INCLUDE, UM, IN JUST MAY OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO PREVIOUSLY, UM, A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN WAS NOT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAKE APPLICATIONS. 
          AT SOME POINT THE STATE SAID YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE, UM, A MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THEN IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, THEY LISTED WHAT THOSE, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE. 
          EVERYTHING FROM UM, PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, UM, GROWTH, EXISTING CLASSROOM CAPACITY, VERIFICATION OF DISTRICT'S CURRENT ASSESSED VALUE, UM, CERTIFICATION OF THE DISTRICT'S DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PLAN. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD BRING A PLAN TO THE BOARD VERY SIMILAR TO ALREADY THE DISTRICT'S, UH, FACILITY STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN, WHICH YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE BOND SCHOOL UPGRADE PROGRAM AND THE ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THOSE IN THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2027. 
          UM, AND THEN THE WAY THAT THE, UM, FACILITIES BOND PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS WORKED IS WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF MAKING APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING, PRIMARILY FROM THE STATE BOND PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST KIND OF SOURCE OF FUNDING. 
          I THINK SINCE THE HISTORY OF THE BOND PROGRAM, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT $6 BILLION IN STATE FUNDING. 
          THAT FUNDING GOES BACK TO THE ALLOCATION FROM WHICH THAT PROJECT WAS DESIGNATED. 
          SO IF WE ARE, UM, GETTING STATE FUNDS, IF WE DO RECEIVE, UM, AN AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDS FOR A SEISMIC MODERNIZATION PRO PROJECT, THAT WILL GO BACK INTO THE ALLOCATION FOR SEISMIC MODERNIZATIONS. 
          UM, IF IT'S FOR EARLY EDUCATION, IT GOES BACK TO EARLY EDUCATION. 
          IF IT'S FOR GREENING, IT GOES BACK TO GREENING. 
          AND THEN WILL THE BOARD REALLOCATE IT TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITHIN THAT BUCKET? AND DO WE THEN HAVE THE DISCRETION TO CHANGE BUCKETS? YES. 
          SO, UM, THE BOARD ALWAYS CAN CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE FURTHER PROJECTS. 
          AS I'VE EXPLAINED, WE OFTEN HAVE MORE NEED THAN WE HAVE FUNDING FOR. 
          UM, AND TYPICALLY, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, OUR PROJECTS OFTEN GO OVER, AS WE'VE SEEN WITH ESCALATION AT 24%, WE PULL OUT FROM RESERVE WHEN WE NEED IT. 
          UM, BUT IT WILL GO BACK TO THOSE FUNDING CATEGORIES. 
          AND YES, THE BOARD CAN REALLOCATE, UM, BASED ON EMERGING PRIORITIES OR NEW SET OF PRIORITIES IF YOU WANT TO REALLOCATE AND PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR SOMETHING NEW OR MOVE FROM ONE, UM, FUNDING CATEGORY INTO ANOTHER. 
          UM, LIKE SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING REIMBURSEMENTS LIKE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          YOU'VE BEEN GETTING, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THE HISTORY OF THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO I GUESS WHEN, WHEN IS THE BOARD, LIKE WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING EITHER FACILITIES WORKSHOPS OR BOARD MEETINGS, WHEN DO WE SEE, I DON'T RECALL AND I COULD JUST BE FORGETTING THAT MM-HMM . 
          SEEING LIKE, HEY, AND BY THE WAY, WE GOT $12 MILLION FROM THE STATE FOR EARLY ED, SO HERE'S A NEW $12 MILLION. 
          AND WE'RE IDENTIFYING LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER EVER HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          [07:45:01]
SO WE, WE BRING IT EVERY TIME THAT WE BRING A PROJECT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING WE'RE FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S PRIORITIZATION THAT WE'VE OUTLAID OF HOW MANY PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO GET TO. 
          AND WHEN WE BRING PROJECTS, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS FUNDING ADEQUATE ENOUGH STILL TO BE ABLE TO BRING PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF PROJECT SAVINGS, IT COULD BE FROM THE RESERVE, OR IT CAN BE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR FROM OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS. 
          PRIMARILY IT'S THE STATE TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, IN THE STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN, WE DO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW WE CAN BE MORE TRANSPARENT AROUND, LIKE, THIS IS THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND THEN THE BOARD, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S, YEAH, I'VE BEEN AWARE. 
          AND SO THAT'S BOARD POLICY THAT WE DELEGATE THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT GOES BACK INTO THE SAME BUCKET. 
          I WOULDN'T NEED TO FROM WHAT YOU CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO, SO MAYBE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT I WOULD, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, SO SURE. 
          CAN SHARE THAT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON 13? OKAY. 
          LET'S VOTE. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. CREGO? YES. 
          MS. EZ? UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROEN? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND CAN I COLLECT YOUR VOTE ON OH BOY, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROEN ON TAB THE SPECIAL ED? UH, NO. 
          I THINK IT WAS TAB 17. 
          YES. 
          TAB 17. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          Q NOW MOVE TO, WE DID TAB 16 ALREADY. 
          OKAY. 
          SHOULD WE DO TAB 19? UH, OKAY, SO THAT'S ON CONSENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO NOW LET'S GO TO CONSENT. 
          LET'S CHECK. 
          SO TAB ONE, CONSENT. 
          THERE'S ONE PUBLIC TAB 19. 
          WE DID PULL 'CAUSE THERE WERE SOME NEW VERSIONS THAT CAME IN WITH SOME FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE'S A VERSION TWO, BUT NOW THERE'S A VERSION. 
          SORRY. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT DO WE YEAH, THAT'S ALSO TRUE. 
          ONE OF OUR CO-SPONSORS IS NOT HERE. 
          I GUESS WHAT'S OUR TIME? BUT LET'S TAKE CONSENT. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S TAKE CONSENT. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I, I FEAR MANY FOLKS HAVE HAVE LEFT WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, UNDER TAB ONE, WE HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, DAVID TOSKI, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ANY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER KNOWS THE STORY ABOUT THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF. 
          YOU CRY WOLF ENOUGH TIMES. 
          THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T BELIEVE WHEN A WOLF IS REALLY THERE. 
          AND IF YOU KEEP SAYING EVERY THREE YEARS THERE'S GONNA BE A FISCAL CLIFF, AT SOME POINT THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          BUT THIS TIME THERE MAY BE A WOLF, THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM. 
          BUT ON CLOSER EXAMINATION, IT TURNS OUT TO ONLY BE A COYOTE, NOT A WOLF. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU SHOULD BE FILING A LAWSUIT AFTER THIS MEETING OR TOMORROW MORNING WITH RESPECT TO THE 3.9 BILLION. 
          IF YOU DO NOT CALENDAR THAT, IT WILL SHOW EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN THAT YOU'RE A BUNCH OF. 
          I WENT TO SACRAMENTO, I TRIED, BUT NOW CTA AND CSBA AND SOON THE LA COUNTY OFFICE OF ED. 
          'CAUSE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT WILL WRITE HIM A LETTER AND SAY, THIS IS TRUE OF MANY DISTRICTS. 
          PROPOSITION NINE D EIGHT WAS TWO HOURS OF SIMON TALKING, AND I COUNTED IT ONE TIME. 
          PROPOSITION 98 WAS MENTIONED. 
          THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL OF ALL SCHOOL FINANCE. 
          40% OF EVERY DOLLAR COMES, IT IS NOT ENROLLMENT. 
          ENROLLMENT CAN GO DOWN AND THE STATE BUDGET GOES UP AND YOU GET MORE MONEY. 
          EVERY ONE OF THE THOUSAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE IS DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          THEY'RE ALL DECLINING BETWEEN 1% AND FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          SO ANY DISTRICT ABOVE TWO AND A HALF IS IN TROUBLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 
          BUT AGAIN, TORRANCE UNIFIED OPENS UP AN AFFILIATED ONLINE CAMPUS, 2000 KIDS, THEY ANTICIPATE IN ONE YEAR YOU HAVE 6,000 DOING FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOLS AS YOUR CONTRACT. 
          WHY FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOLS? AND WHY DON'T YOU MAKE IT AT LEAST AFFILIATED? SO KIDS FROM PLACES THAT ARE GONNA GO INTO TORRANCE WOULD GO 
          [07:50:01]
TO YOU TO CONTINUE THE FSP AS FEAR AND SCARCITY WHILE YOU WASTE MONEY ON COOPS AND JBS. 
          YOU ARE NOT PURSUING A BALANCED APPROACH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB ONE, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR TAB 21. 
          THERE'S 10 FOLKS SIGNED UP ALL IN PERSON, AND I ONLY SEE TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          SO THERE'S NO ONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB 21. 
          UM, SO IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I WILL MOVE IT. 
          MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN. 
          SECOND, SECONDED BY MR. SCHUREN. 
          UM, AND I'M, I'M VERY SORRY. 
          ACTUALLY, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. 
          I CAN DO. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GOING TO YOUR, YOUR RESOLUTION IS ON THE, SO IT'S TIME TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT READY FOR 20, TAB 20. 
          SO I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION. 
          RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF OUR PUPIL SERVICES AND ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS AND PSAS CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL SUCCESS. 
          AND WE HAVE SEEN THEM GO ABOVE AND BEYOND BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENT SAFETY AND WELLBEING. 
          THEY SEND EMAILS, THEY MAKE PHONE CALLS, THEY DO HOME VISITS TO ENSURE THAT FIRST THE STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE SAFE. 
          SECOND, THEY MAKE SURE FAMILIES HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. 
          BY HAVING THEM IN THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE SEEN THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO REDUCING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ATTENDANCE, AND SUPPORTING OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. 
          I ESPECIALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MY LAST POINT ABOUT HELPING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THE FACE OF INTENSE PRESSURE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          OUR PSAS HELP STUDENTS TO FEEL SAFE, REMINDING THEM THAT L-A-U-S-D CARES FOR THEM. 
          AND TRUTHFULLY, OUR PSAS ALSO BRING IN REVENUE WHEN THEY BRING STUDENTS BACK, WHICH IS CRUCIAL TO FUNDING ALL OF L-A-U-S-D PROGRAMS. I HOPE ALL OF L-A-U-S-D WILL JOIN ME IN THANKING OUR PSAS THIS MONTH AND REMEMBERING THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO, I LIKE TO INVITE MY CO-SPONSORS BOARD MEMBER CARLA GRIEGO, TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          AND GO AHEAD, CARLA. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION. 
          STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
          IT IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD. 
          WE MUST CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE ROLE OF OUR PS, WS, OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSAS, AND OTHER STAFF ON THE VARIOUS TEAMS AT OUR SCHOOL SITES LIKE OUR CRISIS TEAMS, OUR PBIS, OUR, UM, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TEAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THESE TEAMS ALL SUPPORT IN-PERSON SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENHANCING THE OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND, OH MY GOSH. 
          SORRY. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SPEAKING TO THE SUICIDE AWARENESS ONE, NOT TO THE ONE ON, UM, IT SOUNDED PRETTY GOOD IN THE BEGINNING. 
          , I KNOW YOU GUYS. 
          IT'S SIX 11 . 
          ALL RIGHT, LET ME START AGAIN. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS, UH, CHILD WELFARE ATTENDANCE MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SML SAID IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO ATTENDANCE. 
          AS PART OF OUR, OUR I ATTENDANCE EFFORTS, I HOPE THAT WE ARE ANALYZING WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES ARE HELPFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, LET US RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS OUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND STAFF THAT ARE THE KEY TO BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILIES TO ULTIMATELY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          YOU BRING THIS, UH, TO US TODAY, AND I'M VERY, I'M A VERY PROUD CO-SPONSOR. 
          OH, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK? AND GO AHEAD, MS. NEW BILL. 
          AND ALSO, CAN I BE A CO-SPONSOR? I'D LOVE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR. 
          UM, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY, I'M APPRECIATING, APPRECIATING THAT YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT, UM, AND HAVE PLACED OUR STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE IS THE FIRST STEP IN INCREASING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          AND MY SON, THIS IS ONE OF HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS, IS MAKING PERFECT ATTENDANCE. 
          SO, ALL RIGHT, , UM, ATTENDANCE IS OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST STEP IN INCREASING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN MANY OF OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR DISTRICT, WE OVERCOME GREAT 
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CHALLENGES, AS WE MENTIONED TODAY. 
          UM, FOSTER CARE, WHICH WE KNOW NEEDS TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT, UM, FOOD INSTABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, AND OTHER OBSTACLES PRIOR TO ARRIVING TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THESE CONCERNS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND LET US CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS AND INCREASE OUR EXPECTATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU TO THE BOTH OF YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YES. 
          I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. 
          AND WHEN I SAY THAT OUR PUPIL SERVICES AND ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS DO CRITICAL WORK TO REMOVE BARRIERS, WE CONNECT STUDENTS WITH THEIR SCHOOLS SUPPORT, FOSTER AND HOMELESS YOUTH, BUILD TRUST IN FAMILIES, UM, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, EXPERIENCING FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY WHILE ATTENDANCE IS IMPROVING. 
          CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM REMAINS TOO HIGH. 
          AND THIS RESOLUTION STRENGTHENS OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENT GOALS, TARGETED SUPPORT, AND RELATIONSHIP BASED OUTREACH, SO EVERY STUDENT FEELS SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANYONE ELSE? I WOULD JUST LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          PLEASE CO-SPONSOR TANYA. 
          ANYONE ELSE CO-SPONSOR? NICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME AGO, THEY USED TO BE CALLED PUPIL SERVICES AND ATTENDANCE WORKERS. 
          THEY WEREN'T CALLED COUNSELORS. 
          THEY WERE CALLED WORKERS. 
          AND, UH, I'M GLAD THEY HAVE THE CORRECT TITLE OF COUNSELOR. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M ON A ROLL. 
          21. 
          YEAH, THIS IS CONSENT. 
          THIS RESOLUTION ON SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IS IMPORTANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY RECOGNIZES SEPTEMBER AS SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, BUT ALSO HOLDS US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION FOR MANY. 
          AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE BRING THIS UP, WE MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO REACT IN THE MOMENT. 
          HOWEVER, THESE CONVERSATIONS MATTER. 
          SO WE CAN WORK TO DESTIGMATIZE AND NORMALIZE PEOPLE ASKING FOR HELP. 
          WE WANT OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE AND FEEL HEARD. 
          WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WE CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE WHEN THEY FEEL DEPRESSED, FRUSTRATED, OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE EMOTION. 
          SO THIS RESOLUTION WILL CALL FOR ENHANCING OUR APPROACHES IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SPACE. 
          L-A-U-S-D HAS INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING RESOURCES SUCH AS COUNSELORS, CALMING ROOMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND MORE. 
          BUT WE WANNA HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK BEING DONE ACTUALLY YIELDS RESULTS. 
          AND THAT IS WHY THE RESOLUTION ALSO CALLS FOR AN UPDATE ON STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH FROM DISTRICT STAFF. 
          I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS PORTION JUST FOR A MOMENT. 
          LAST YEAR, I RECEIVED EMAILS REGARDING THE MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE IN SPRING 2026. 
          AND IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT MANY STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES WANTED TO ALSO KNOW ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OPTIONS AND THE ESTABLISHED METRICS. 
          SO BECAUSE OF ONGOING BUDGET UPDATES AND DISCUSSIONS, THE SCHOOL YEAR DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO INCLUDE A PRESENTATION SHOWCASING OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE BUDGET IS IMPORTANT, BUT TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BUDGET IS ALSO IMPORTANT. 
          THAT IS WHY THIS YEAR, UH, MID ALL THE BUDGET UPDATES TALKS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER TOPICS. 
          I INSIST WE INCLUDE THIS UPDATE IN SPRING 2027. 
          WE NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE METRICS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED. 
          WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD, BUT ALSO FACE WHERE WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT, AND THEN WE COMMIT TO IMPROVING. 
          BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PERFECT SOLUTIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH, ALL WE CAN DO IS IMPROVE. 
          I'D LIKE TO NOW PASS IT OFF TO MY CO-SPONSOR, CARLA GRIEGO, TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          THE RIGHT ONE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOW I'M GONNA SPEAK FROM THE HEART, 'CAUSE I ALREADY SAID MY PRE-WRITTEN STATEMENT. 
          BUT YES, I JUST WANNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS FROM, UM, SCOTT, BUT ALSO JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING TEAMS AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PSW, BUT TEAMS AT OUR SCHOOL, OUR PBIS, OUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TEACHERS, OUR SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES, WE HEARD TODAY FROM STUDENTS WHO NAMED ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO SUPPORT THEM. 
          UM, AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN AT A SCHOOL, YOU'VE SPOKEN TO, UH, ANY PERSONNEL, IF YOU'VE WORKED AT A SCHOOL, YOU KNOW THAT HAVING A TRUSTED ADULT IS CRITICAL TO ANY PREVENTED, PREVENTED PREVENTION THAT WE WANNA HAVE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. 
          AND SO, I'M GLAD, AND I'M VERY GLAD 
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THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA COMMEND THAT OUR DISTRICT DOES, UM, THE ANNUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TRAINING. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB, AND I KNOW OUR, OUR PSW WORK ON THAT TRAINING. 
          BUT I THINK IT REALLY, AS WHEN I TOOK IT AS A TEACHER, IT ALWAYS JUST, UH, REALLY MADE ME UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH AND, AND OUR OWN STAFF. 
          RIGHT? WE ALL GO THROUGH SO MANY THINGS. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORTH. 
          YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. 
          AND I JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE PRINCIPAL INFORM EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL WHO ARE THE PSAS BY NAME AND WHO ARE THE PSW THE TEACHER SHOULD KNOW. 
          EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW IN THAT SCHOOL WHO THE HELPFUL PEOPLE ARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. 
          ROCIO. 
          YES. 
          PLEASE ALSO ADD ME, UM, AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO EVERY STUDENT. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHO FEELS THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE STRUGGLING, THAT YOU'RE ALONE, UM, THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS. 
          PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 
          AND WE DO UNDERSTAND. 
          WE ALL GO THROUGH A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES AND UPS AND DOWNS, AND THINGS CHANGE. 
          AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT IN THE WORLD. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY HARD TO COPE. 
          BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 
          YOUR LIFE HAS VALUE. 
          YOU ARE LOVED. 
          AND, UM, HERE IN L-A-U-S-D, WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT KNOWS THAT YOU KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO, THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORT WITHOUT JUDGMENT, AND THAT YOU ARE SEEN, HEARD, AND CARED FOR. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? MS. NEWVILLE? AND AGAIN, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE DO AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. 
          AND WE KNOW THE STATISTICS WENT OUT EVERY FIVE, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE THIRD LEADING CAUSES WITH LOSS OF LIFE FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND AS A COACH, I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS, UM, A COUPLE TIMES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT HAVE DIED BY SUICIDE. 
          AND SO THIS WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TO OUR SCHOOLS, TO OUR FAMILIES, AND TO MANY FAMILIES WHO HAVE PULLED AWAY FROM THE HELP AND ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE, WE ARE REACHING OUT, AND TO KNOW THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO FEEL SEEN, VALUED, AND SAFE. 
          BUT HAVING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ON PAPER ISN'T ENOUGH. 
          AND BY STRENGTHENING OUR OUTREACH AND MAKING SUPPORT EASY TO FIND, WE ENSURE THAT NO STUDENT EVER FEELS ALONE. 
          AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THE WORK THAT WE PROTECT OUR STUDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I KNOW YOU TOOK THE CORRECT, UM, UH, COURSE BECAUSE WE LEARNED TO SAY DIED BY SUICIDE. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE THE CORRECT WORDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AND JUST WANTED TO PUT ON RECORD, UM, THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS PREVENTION HOTLINE. 
          9 8 8. 
          IT'S VERY EASY TO REMEMBER. 
          UM, SIMILAR TO A 9 1 1. 
          YOU CAN TEXT IT, YOU CAN CALL IT. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE, UH, PUTTING THAT RE RESOURCE OUT THERE. 
          9 8 8 CO-SPONSOR? YES, PLEASE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELCOME MR. MELVOIN CO-SPONSOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR HAVING BEEN MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN AND SECONDED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          MS. EZ. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. 
          AND THAT'S SIX EYES IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS LEFT AND HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO RECESS THE MEETING, UH, UNTIL TOMORROW AT 9:00 AM UH, THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS TO RESING THE MEETING, UH, UNTIL 9:00 AM TOMORROW? SAME. 
          SAME ROOM. 
          OKAY. 
          SAME STATION? UM, NO. 
          AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, FOR THE PUBLIC WHO ARE STILL WATCHING, THE, THE TWO ITEMS REMAINING ARE TAB 18 AND TAB 19. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          TABS 18 AND 19 ARE UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT WE WILL CONCLUDE TOMORROW, UH, PRIOR TO THE CLOSED SESSION, THAT IF YOU'RE PAYING IT'S CLOSE ATTENTION, YOU ALSO KNOW WE HAVE THAT MEETING TOMORROW AS WELL. 
          9:00 AM TOMORROW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE TIME IS NOW 6 22. 
          AND THIS MEETING WILL BE RECESSED UNTIL 9:00 AM TOMORROW. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          EXACTLY. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 9 0 5. 
          WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THE MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT ORIGINALLY CONVENED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. 
          THE DATE TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLE, UH, MS. NEW PRESENT. 
          DR. RIVAS PRESENT. 
          MS. MELVOIN, DEAR, UH, MS. GRIEGO IS HERE, BUT, UH, NOT AT THIS VERY SECOND. 
          UH, MS. EZ HERE. 
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UH, MS. GO. 
          CAN YOU CHIME IN AGAIN? WE, I DON'T, I EITHER NEED TO TURN UP THE VOLUME OR WE CAN'T HEAR YOU VERY WELL HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HEARD THAT SLIGHTLY. 
          WE'LL KEEP TURNING UP THE VOLUME. 
          LET'S SEE WHERE THAT GOES. 
          UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN PRESENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON PRESENT. 
          OUTSTANDING. 
          WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO COMPLETE, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I'M GOING TO COLLECT, UH, MS. EZS VOTES. 
          AND MS. UH, EZ IS ATTENDING REMOTELY FROM HER FIELD OFFICE. 
          UH, TODAY. 
          I, THERE WE ARE. 
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UM, MS. EZ, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH, UH, THE CONSENT TABS 9, 10, 13, AND 15 TO COLLECT YOUR VOTES. 
          IS THAT OKAY? YES, THAT'S OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, HOW DO YOU VOTE? AND I'LL GIVE YOU A, A REMINDER ON EACH ONE ON TAB NINE APPROVAL OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS. 
          MAYBE, MAYBE IT'LL JUST ALLOW ME TO SAY A QUICK SOMETHING. 
          UM, BECAUSE I DID FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION, UM, REMOTELY LAST NIGHT, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A, A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT AROUND THE DENTAL PPO CONTRACT THAT, UM, DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS AT THAT TIME. 
          I AM GOING TO SUPPORT TODAY, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE LEFT IN THE LURCH, GIVEN HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO OPEN ENROLLMENT. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT THE PROCEDURAL AND TIMING ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED AROUND THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT ARE, ARE VERY VALID. 
          AND, SORRY. 
          SO FOR OUR FOLKS LISTENING, THIS IS AS THIS IS TAB NINE SPECIFIC TO ITEM G, WHICH WAS AMENDED IN WHICH EVERYBODY HAD COPIES OF. 
          UM, AND, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBER EZ IS SPEAKING AT, AT TO TAB G RIGHT NOW. 
          YES. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, SO I, I DO THINK THOSE CONCERNS ARE VERY VALID AND JUST THAT I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AROUND HOW DO WE, UH, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR HEALTH COVERAGE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING DENTAL AND VISION, BUT WORK TOGETHER ON, ON CONTAINING COSTS THAT CONTINUE TO INCREASE AT A REALLY HIGH RATE. 
          SO I WILL, I WILL BE VOTING YES ON, ON TAB NINE. 
          OKAY. 
          OUTSTANDING. 
          AND JUST, I'M GONNA CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. 
          UM, ITEM G NOW HAS, UM, A NOSE FROM MR. MELVOIN, UH, BOARD MEMBER ORTIZ FRANKLIN AND BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN AND YESES. 
          HE HAS A RECUSAL, OH, AND A RECUSAL FROM, I'M SORRY, RECUSAL FROM, UH, BOARD MEMBER SCHUREN AND YESES FROM, UH, NEW BILL REVA, MALVO, AND EZ. 
          SO THAT ITEM G NOW PASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          REGO, NOT MALVO ON THE, YES. 
          I'M SORRY, I'M READING MY NOTES WRONG. 
          THAT'S REGO . 
          I'M SO SORRY. 
          THIS WILL ALL BE VERY CLEAR IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT WE POST, UH, FOLLOWING THE MEETING CALLED THE STAMPED ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
          IF ANYONE CAN'T GET THROUGH MY MUMBLING. 
          ALRIGHT, TAB 10. 
          UH, MS. EZ, HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES, THANK YOU. 
          AND LET'S SEE, TAB 13 IS THE, UH, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATIONS. 
          UH, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE LAST TAB TO CATCH UP ON IS TAB 15, TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU THAT WE'VE NOW COLLECTED ALL THE VOTES AND WE WILL GO 
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TO TAB, UH, LET'S SEE, 19, THAT IS, UH, BOARD MEMBER MELVIN'S, UH, RESOLUTION. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOVE AND A SECOND? I WILL MOVE IT. 
          SECOND. 
          MOVED BY MR. MELVOIN, SECONDED BY BOARD PRESIDENT MIR. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I ASSUME WE DON'T HAVE SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE RECESS MEETING, BUT I'LL CONFIRM, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK IN THIS VERY MOMENT. 
          YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          WELL, AND THERE'S ALSO A THANK YOU TO MR. MCLEAN WHO JUST POINT PASSED OUT OR VERSION THREE, UM, WHICH IS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VERSION OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
          AND THERE ARE COPIES FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT, UH, APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT, UH, UH, A CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER. 
          LA RANKS 93RD AMONG A HUNDRED LARGEST CITIES IN PARK SPACE, OR 93 OUT OF A HUNDRED, UH, IN PARK SPACE. 
          AND TOO MANY FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT L UNIFIED, STILL DON'T HAVE A SAFE PLAYGROUND OR OUTDOOR SPACE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. 
          THE JPA, THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, UM, THAT THE CITY HAS WITH LA UNIFIED THAT THIS BOARD HAS LED ON OFFERS A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION, WHICH IS TO OPEN EXISTING LA UNIFIED PLAYGROUNDS, UM, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS. 
          IT IS BY FAR THE LOWEST COST OPTION FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, WE'RE LITERALLY TALKING, YOU KNOW, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING NEW, NEW PARKS OR, UM, OR EVEN RETROFITTING PARKS. 
          UH, THANKS TO THE DISTRICT'S PARTNERSHIP AND SHARED LIABILITY. 
          UM, WE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE CSP PROGRAM, 
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WE SHARE LIABILITY. 
          WE BASICALLY TURN OVER THE KEYS TO THE CITY AND WE JUST ASK FOR COSTS TO BE COVERED BY THE CITY, THOSE MAINTENANCE THAT WEAR AND TEAR, UH, AND THEN THE SECURITY TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE GATES SO THAT THAT DOESN'T FALL ON SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY OVERBURDENED, UM, AND PRINCIPALS AND M AND O STAFF WHO THEN COME BACK MONDAY MORNING AND HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME CLEANING UP AFTER THE WEEKEND. 
          UH, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE IDEA. 
          UH, YEARS AGO, UM, UNDER THE PRIOR MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION AT THE CITY, THEY COMMITTED TO DOING FIVE A YEAR, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN AT THIS POINT NOW, LIKE MAYBE CLOSE TO 40, UH, THE CITY I THINK WE HAVE, UH, WE JUST OPENED OUR 11TH WITH THE CITY, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FUNDED IN MY DISTRICT, UH, THROUGH A KIND OF A, A CIVIC CENTER PERMIT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS, UH, ASKS THE BOARD TO DO TWO THINGS. 
          ONE IS TO SUPPORT, SO I SHOULD SAY THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT PRK, WHICH WILL BE ON THE BALLOT, WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, UM, REQUIRES A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY OF LA'S BUDGET TO GO TO REC PARKS. 
          UM, AND SO THE FIRST THING THIS DOES IS PUT US ON THE RECORD SUPPORTING THAT INITIATIVE, ASKING VOTERS TO SUPPORT THAT SO THAT THERE'S MORE, UM, RECREATION AND PARK FUNDING AT THE CITY OF LA. 
          BUT IT ALSO ASKS US TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THAT FUNDING GOES TO THIS DEDICATED COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS PROGRAM WITH A PATHWAY TO OPEN MORE PARKS. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, WE COULD DO THIS FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS THAT THE CITY IS SPENDING TO OPEN NEW PARKS WHEN THEY COULD JUST SAY TO, UH, LA UNIFIED. 
          WE WANT TO OPEN A FEW MORE IN EVERY COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, UM, 12, I THINK NOW 11 THROUGH THE CITY, UH, A 12TH, UH, FUNDED SEPARATELY. 
          WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, NEARLY A THOUSAND SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND WE SHOULD NOT JUST BE SETTING OUR SIGHTS ON DOUBLING, BUT WE SHOULD SET OUR SIGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, I THINK A HUNDRED BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS DOABLE AND ALL WITHIN THE CITY'S BUDGET IF THEY LOOK AT THIS AS THEIR SOLUTION TO THE GREEN SPACE PROBLEM. 
          SO, UM, APPRECIATE MY CO-SPONSOR ON THIS. 
          DR. RIVAS AND SCONES WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM NOW, BUT I HOPE WE HAVE THE BOARD SUPPORT AGAIN TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT AND, UM, THAT OUR CITY PARTNERS ARE PUTTING ON THE BALLOT, UH, BUT REALLY ENCOURAGING THEM TO LOOK AT THE CSP PROGRAM AS THE REAL SOLUTION THAT IS NOT GETTING NEARLY ENOUGH SUPPORT, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAYBE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. RIVAS OR MS. KEZ. 
          MS, WOULD YOU MIND GOING FIRST? I'M LOOKING FOR MY NOTES. 
          OH, SURE. 
          YEAH, I DON'T MIND. 
          , HAPPY TO BUY YOU SOME TIME. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THANK YOU MR. MALVO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS RESOLUTION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT ACCESS TO PARKS AND GREEN SPACE IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS PROGRAM IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AS MR. MELVOIN STATED IN A LOWCOST WAY TO, TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL, SAFE RECREATIONAL SPACE FOR OUR YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN PROUD TO OPEN UP A FEW SITES IN BOARD DISTRICT SIX, INCLUDING RECENTLY AT CARLOS SANTANA, UM, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. 
          SO IT'S A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND A COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARK, WHICH I THINK IS EXACTLY THE VISION THAT WE WANNA STRIVE FOR, THAT OUR SCHOOLS, UM, ARE THE HEART OF OUR LARGER COMMUNITIES. 
          AND OPENING THEM UP FOR THIS PURPOSE IS SUPER VALUABLE. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO WANNA SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDING FOR OUR PARKS IN LOS ANGELES BECAUSE THAT IS, IN GENERAL A HUGE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES LIKE THOSE I REPRESENT IN THE EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. 
          SO PROUD TO SIGN ON TO THIS RESOLUTION, AND I URGE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT AND TO VOTE FOR THE BALLOT MEASURE COME NOVEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT, UM, YEAH, IN MY BOARD DISTRICT, I HAVE TWO, UM, COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS AND LEO POLTI AND RECENTLY AT MALI BAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I WENT TO LEO PITI AND I ON A SATURDAY. 
          UM, AND IT WAS JUST A JOY TO SEE FAMILIES THERE ENJOYING THEIR SCHOOL ON A WEEKEND, FINDING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT. 
          SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. 
          SCHOOL PARKS IS REALLY, IS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES, STUDENTS TO ENJOY THEIR SCHOOL IN A DIFFERENT SETTING. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE AREN'T ANY CLASSROOMS OR TEACHERS AREN'T THERE, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO SHARE THE SPACE THAT THEY, THAT STUDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEND THEIR DAYS THERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SO IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 
          AND AS MR. MELVIN SAID, WE HAVE A THOUSAND SCHOOLS AND WE ONLY HAVE 12 COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS. 
          AND THIS IS, UM, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY TO PARTNER EVEN MORE, EXPANDING THAT PARTNERSHIP, UH, BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS ARE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR HUBS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO ENJOY, UM, THOSE SPACES, OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND GREEN SPACES IN PARTICULAR AS WE'RE INVESTING SO MUCH MONEY IN GREEN SPACE, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO ENJOY THAT, PARTICULARLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE, ARE VERY, VERY MUCH DISTANCED AWAY FROM PARKS OR ANY GREEN SPACE. 
          AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE THOSE SPACES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED. 
          AND THANK YOU MR. VIN, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FOR HAVING 
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ME AS A CONS SPONSOR WITH, UM, MS. EZ AS WELL. 
          SO WE NEED THIS ADVOCACY BECAUSE IT TAKES ALL OF US, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TO REALLY PUSH FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND YEAH, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO MR AS, UM, A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS IN LOS ANGELES. 
          I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING THIS VERY MUCH SO. 
          I BELIEVE IN, IN VAN NUYS, WHICH IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. 
          WE JUST HAVE ONE SCHOOL THAT HAS A COMMUNITY, UH, THAT HAS A PARK. 
          AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S QUITE SHOCKING. 
          I WAS SO HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE ONE AND THEY WAS JUST ONE. 
          SO, UH, WE DO NEED, WE DO NEED. 
          I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. 
          ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COMMENT? CARLA? YEAH, I WANNA BE AT IT AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          I, UM, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS FORTH. 
          I, WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY PARKS IN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, I WENT, I ATTENDED THIS EVENT WHERE THERE WERE SOME FOLKS ABOUT COMMUNITIES, UH, SCHOOL PARKS, AND ALMOST ALL THE FOLKS WHO WORK ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN ALL COME FROM AREAS WHERE THEY GREW UP, WHERE THERE WERE NO PARKS AND EVERYONE SHARED, INCLUDING MYSELF, HOW THEY WOULD JUST SOMEHOW GET INTO A SCHOOL ON A WEEKEND AND BRING THEIR BALLS TO TRY TO PLAY THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER PARK. 
          UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S STILL THE CASE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. 
          LIKE, UM, KELLY SHARED IN HER DISTRICT. 
          MY DISTRICT IS THE SAME. 
          I'M SURE WE ALL HAVE SPACES OR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE NO PARKS NEARBY. 
          AND SO TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR, UM, OUR CITY ON THIS IS, IS A GREAT, UM, WAY TO PARTNER AND TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND SPREAD ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND SHARE OUR RESOURCES WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          UH, SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE, UM, RESOLUTION THAT SAID ABOUT, UM, SHIFTING SOME FUNDS SO THAT THEY COULD LIKE EXPAND MORE. 
          AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS REFERRING TO. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS GONNA MAKE. 
          I KNOW MS. ORTIZ FRANKLY WANTED TO SPEAK TOO. 
          AND THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR CO-SPONSORSHIP. 
          YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME RAILING THE DISTRICT WHEN THINGS COST TOO MUCH, WHICH THEY OFTEN DO AT ALL UNIFIED. 
          BUT THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO KEEP THE COST DOWN, UM, TO DO THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO THERE ARE NUMBERS ON THE RESOLUTION, IT'S THE BACK, IT'S ON THE BACKSIDE, UM, TO OPERATE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS, IF LA UNIFIED, WE'RE OPERATING AT JUST KIND OF THE COST THAT WE ASK THE CITY TO COVER IS ABOUT $195 A DAY TO KEEP A, A SCHOOL OPEN ON A WEEKEND DAY. 
          THE CITY, UM, WHEN WE TURN THIS OVER TO THE CITY THROUGH THE CSP PROGRAM, THEIR COST IS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY BECAUSE THEY BRING IN EXTRA STAFF AND PROGRAMMING. 
          AND WE'VE HAD MANY CON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY, DR. RIVAS, MISS SCONES AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN TIMES OF BUDGET, UH, EXCESS, THAT'S GREAT, BRING A LOT OF PROGRAMMING. 
          BUT WHEN WE'RE JUST TRYING TO OPEN UP MORE PARKS AND JUST OPEN THE GATES, WHY DON'T YOU JUST EITHER KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAND THIS PROGRAM OVER TO ALL UNIFIED OR JUST HAVE WHAT THEY'RE NOW CALLING PASSIVE PARKS, WHICH I FIND FUNNY 'CAUSE A PARK IS PASSIVE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL LIKE, YOU JUST BRING A BALL OR, YOU KNOW, GO, UH, RUN AROUND, UH, GO ON THE PLAY EQUIPMENT. 
          SO THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE, THAT ADVOCACY, WHICH IS ONE WAY THAT THEY COULD DRAMATICALLY EXPAND EVEN WITH THE EXISTING BUDGET, EVEN BEFORE MEASURE PRK, IS BY, YOU KNOW, UM, EITHER GIVING THE MONEY TO THE DISTRICT TO OPERATE OR OPERATE THESE PASSIVE PARKS. 
          AND SO THAT IS ONE AREA WHERE IT USED TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE, I THINK. 
          THANKS, OUR ADVOCACY, THE CITY COSTS HAS COME DOWN, BUT EVEN RIGHT HERE, IT'S FIVE TIMES AS EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY TO OPERATE THESE AS THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. 
          CAN I JUST RESPOND TO THAT REAL QUICK? OF COURSE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED IS THESE PROGRAMS ARE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'LL HAVE EGG HUNTS OR THEY'LL DO HALLOWEEN STUFF, THINGS THAT MAYBE THE KIDS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO AT HOME FOR WHATEVER REASONS, RIGHT? SOMETIMES, UM, THESE THINGS ARE A LUXURY FOR SOME FAMILIES. 
          AND SO TO HAVE IT AT, IN THIS SPACE, WHICH IS NOW LIKE THE LOCAL PARK, IT REALLY DOES GIVE KIDS MORE ACCESS TO JUST A VARIETY OF ENJOYMENT. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE COST, BUT I THOUGHT, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I, THAT WORRIES ME, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING BACK ON THOSE, THOSE THINGS THAT GIVE KIDS ACCESS TO THINGS THAT THEY WOULD WOULDN'T OTHERWISE EXPERIENCE WHERE NOT FOR THAT SPACE. 
          YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY FAIR. 
          I MEAN, WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED IS GIVEN THE LACK OF PARK SPACE, AGAIN, 93RD OUT OF A HUNDRED CITIES, UM, THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IN THE SHORT TERM SHOULD BE KIND OF BREADTH OF THE PARK OPTIONS. 
          AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FOUNDATIONS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO WOULD LOVE TO FUND SOME OF THOSE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, HALLOWEEN EVENT OR THE EASTER EGG HUNT OR WHATEVER IT IS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'VE KIND OF DISAGREED, IS THAT THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IN THESE 10 PARKS REALLY LEAN INTO PROGRAMMING. 
          AND OUR ADVOCACY HAS BEEN WHY DON'T YOU WITH THAT SAME BUDGET OPEN 
          [08:20:01]
50 PARKS, WHICH YOU COULD DO, AND THEN USE THE EXCESS MONEY FROM PRK OR USE SOME OF THE FOUNDATION MONIES, UM, LA LAND TRUST, YOU KNOW, PHILANTHROPISTS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS FOR THAT PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING. 
          BUT I JUST THINK GIVEN THE DEARTH OF PARK SPACE, LET'S TRY TO OPEN MORE OF IT. 
          AND THEN ONCE WE PROVE THE CONCEPT, I THINK WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THE PROGRAMMING. 
          MAYBE HAVE CHERYL FOLLOWED BY TANYA, UH, HAD WE, WHOA, HAD WE GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK ON THE ONES THAT WE HAD? HOW THERE BEEN RUNNING THUS FAR? YEAH. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S FOLKS FROM THE DISTRICT TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE BROADLY, BUT YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANCES OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE MONTHS. 
          I, I ATTENDED THE, THE RIBBON CUTTING AT MALI BAR AND THEN ALSO AT SANTANA. 
          SO I TOUCHED BASE WITH JIMMY KIM, WHO'S FROM REC AND PARKS. 
          AND WHAT HE SHARED WITH ME IS THAT AT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO HAVE, THEY'RE AT FULL CAPACITY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW HOW BOARD MEMBER MELVOIN WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTIVE VERSUS PASSIVE? SO WHEN THEY DO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY SIGN UP AND REGISTER FOR A PROGRAM ON A SATURDAY, THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY AT MAX CAPACITY. 
          THE PROGRAM RUNS, IF MEMORY SERVES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10 TO TWO. 
          YEAH. 
          I'LL ALSO SAY, JUST 'CAUSE I SEE, AND I, I ASSUME SHE'LL BE SPEAKING IN A BIT, BUT ADRIANA SALAZAR HERE, OUR TEAMSTERS LEADER, THE OTHER BENEFIT WITH KIND OF THE, THE DISTRICT OPERATION OF THIS IS IT DOES ENABLE US TO KEEP FOLKS EMPLOYED AND MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY ON THE WEEKENDS, RIGHT? IF THE CITY'S FUNDING OUR BG, OUR, YOU KNOW, PLANT MANAGERS AND BE BUILDING GROUNDS WORKERS TO KIND OF JUST OPEN THE GATES AND DO THE MAINTENANCE, THAT'S ALSO A BENEFIT FOR OUR WORKERS TO GET SOME MORE HOURS. 
          SO KIND OF MULTIPLE BENEFITS THERE AS WELL. 
          UM, THANKS. 
          OH, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR, 'CAUSE I DO HAVE ONE IN OUR AREA AND I'M DEFINITELY A PROPONENT FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN BECAUSE AS A PARENT, AS A COACH, I KNOW THAT THESE SPACES ARE, YOU KNOW, HARD TO FIND. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, FINDING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM YOUR HOME, IT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS INITIATIVE IS A GREAT WAY TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARKS IN SPACES AND USING OUR CAMPUSES OUTSIDE OF INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS AND TO MEET THE UNMET NEED. 
          AND SO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP THAT AS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, SO I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ADVOCACY FOR OUR MEASURE, UH, PRK. 
          UM, BUT I DID WANNA PROPOSE, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE LAST RESOLVE, UM, IT IT, IT MADE IT SEEM LIKE WE WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO,  AND I, I WANT IT TO BE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS. 
          UM, AND SO THE LANGUAGE SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO VERSUS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS TOGETHER, UM, JUST IN, IF THE MEASURE PASS SHOULD THIS MEASURE ENACT TO DEVELOP A PROCESS AND I GUESS TOGETHER WOULD BE, OR COLLABORATE, UM, AND EXPAND THE NUMBER OF CSP ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          SO IT'S JUST ONE LITTLE THING JUST TO COLLABORATE TO WORK IF WHATEVER THAT ADJECTIVE THERE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS TOGETHER, UM, SO THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE TELLING THE CITY THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO THOUGH, THE MEASURE PASSES, BUT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER 'CAUSE IT IS OUR SCHOOLS. 
          YES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I WILL SAY, AND, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED WORKING WITH JIMMY KIM OVER AT REC PARKS, WHO'S ALSO A DISTRICT PARENT. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF COLLABORATION, BUT I YEAH, I THINK MAYBE AFTER THAT IT'S JUST TO COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP A PROCESS AND EXPAND THE NUMBER OF CSPS. 
          YES. 
          SO I'LL JUST, IF MY CO-SPONSORS AGREE, WE'LL JUST THROW THAT IN THERE AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          SO, SO MR. MCLEAN IN THAT, THE GREEN PARAGRAPH THERE TO COLLABORATIVELY AFTER THE M DASH TO COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP A PROCESS AND EXPAND THE NUMBER. 
          SO JUST INSERTING THE ONE WORD COLLABORATIVELY AFTER TWO MIN FOUR DEVELOP AFTER THE M DASH? YES. 
          YES. 
          UH, NO. 
          I, WE'LL ACCEPT HIS FRIENDLY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, SO FOR OUR LISTENING AUDIENCE, BECAUSE IT WAS OFFERED AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, AND MR. MELVOIN, UH, IT'S HIS RESOLUTION. 
          HE SAYS, YEAH, GREAT, I'LL ACCEPT IT. 
          THERE'S NO NEED TO VOTE ON IT OR TAKE A, TAKE A MOTION TO, TO AMEND. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I WILL SAY TOO, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS AND, AND MS. EZ, DR. RIVAS, OTHERS HAVE BEEN JOINING ME IN A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS TOO. 
          I THINK THE, THE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY. 
          I ALSO THINK, AND PART OF THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT LITTLE GENTLE NUDGE TO OUR PARTNERS TO SAY LIKE, WE HAVE A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO SOMETHING GREAT FOR OUR JOINT CONSTITUENCIES. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE IN, IN MANY JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE THE SAME THING, THEY JUST KEEP THE GATES OPEN. 
          WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO FUND IT BECAUSE OF OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES. 
          AND THAT THIS IS REALLY, WE'RE USING THE PROPERTIES AS RECREATION ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          SO WE ARE, UM, WE'LL COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP THE PROCESS. 
          I THINK WE'VE JUST BEEN WORKING AT THIS FOR YEARS AND WE'RE ONLY AT 11 OR 12 AND WE WANNA BE AT A HUNDRED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S THIS, THIS NUDGE GENTLE NUDGE I TO DO MORE. 
          I'M WITH YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          BUT DEFINITELY 
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SUPPORT, WANNA BE A CO-SPONSOR AND I WANT TO SEE MORE OF OUR SCHOOLS BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. 
          AND FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT CAN WALK, THEY WALK TO SCHOOL SO THEY CAN WALK TO THESE AREAS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. 
          YEAH, AND I'LL SAY TO YOUR QUESTION TOO ABOUT THE SUCCESS, THE, THE, I HAVE A COUPLE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT ONE OF THEM THAT WE DID COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY, IT'S THE FARMER'S MARKET, IS ON SUNDAY, PEOPLE GO AND GET THEIR FOOD AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. 
          THEY GO ON A CAMPUS MANY OF TIME FOR MANY OF THE FOLKS, IT WAS A CAMPUS THEY WERE NEVER WALKING ONTO BEFORE. 
          UM, AND SO THEY SEE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT REALLY, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE EVERY WEEKEND IN THE, AT THE SCHOOL PARK. 
          SO, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, PROOF OF CONCEPT AND MORE TO DO. 
          SO I KNOW MISS, UH, ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          YEAH. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, UH, ARE YOU READY? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AND SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE PROGRAMMING AT OUR SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, SO PLEASE JUST ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, CARLA. 
          YEAH, AND IT'S ALSO AN EXTENSION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, RIGHT? SCHOOLS AS THE HUBS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND NOW WE'RE OPENING THEM UP AS PARK SPACES. 
          SO ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, TIME TO TAKE THE VOTE ON TAB 19. 
          MS. NEWVILLE? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          MS. CONEZ? YES. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YEP. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT TRAMON? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND 
          [17. Rep-065-26/27 Request for Increased Aggregate Contract Capacity for Nonpublic School/Agency (NPS/A)  Master Contracts (Part 2 of 2)]
I HAVE TO SAY THAT MS. EZS EAGLE EYE STAFF NOTED THAT I MISSED COLLECTING HER VOTE ON TAB 17. 
          SO, UH, MS. EZ, HOW DO YOU VOTE ON TAB 17? REQUEST FOR INCREASED AGGREGATE CONTRACT CAPACITY? UH, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          [18. Rep-115-26/27 District’s Initial Bargaining Proposals for the 2026-2031 Successor Agreements with AALA/Teamsters 2010, UTLA, Health Benefits Committee, and Units A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, and S Office of Labor Relations]
THAT BRINGS US TO TAB 18. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE IT, MOVE BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY MS. NEW BILL. 
          WE HAVE, UH, ONE MOMENT. 
          HMM. 
          UH, TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          MARIA LUISA PALMER IS SIGNED UP. 
          LET ME SEE IF WE HAVE HER ON THE LINE WITH US. 
          YES. 
          MARIA LUISA PALMA, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          MARIA LUISA PALMA, TAB 18. 
          WHAT DO PARENTS KNOW ABOUT LABOR CONTRACTS? WELL, THEY ONLY KNOW WHAT THE UNION'S BROADCAST. 
          THEY ONLY KNOW WHAT THEIR CHILD'S TEACHER TELLS THEM. 
          SO THAT LEAVES A GREAT BIG GAPING HOLE. 
          YOU MUST, IT IS YOUR DUTY AS YOU REPRESENT THE TAXPAYERS TO DISCLOSE SOME OF THESE FACTS ON HOW ALL OF THIS WORKS. 
          SO NUMBER ONE, TELL PARENTS EVERYWHERE WHERE YOUR HANDS ARE TIED BY THE LABOR CONTRACTS. 
          AGAIN, THESE WOULD JUST BE FACTS. 
          TELL PARENTS THAT IN THE LABOR CONTRACTS YOU'VE NEGOTIATED, THEY PROHIBIT YOU, THE EMPLOYER FROM HOLDING TEACHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR STUDENTS' ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. 
          NOW THAT YOU ARE BACK TO NEGOTIATING WITH THEM ON THE TWO POINTS IN THE F EXPLAIN FIRST TO THE TAXPAYERS, TO THE PARENTS, HOW THE FURLOUGHS WOULD WORK, HOW THE HEALTH BENEFITS COMMITTEE WORKS CURRENTLY EXPLAIN THE FABULOUS MEDICAL COVERAGE THAT ALL LA UNIFIED EMPLOYEES HAVE, THAT THEY PAY ZERO FOR THEIR FULL FAMILY BEING COVERED. 
          SO IF YOU NEGOTIATE THIS POINT AWAY, EXPLAIN WHERE THOSE CUTS WILL HAVE TO COME FROM ELSEWHERE FROM OTHER STUDENT SERVICES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO LACO EITHER WAY BY OCTOBER 8TH, RIGHT? THAT'S IN THAT CONDITIONAL APPROVAL. 
          AND BY THE WAY, SO THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT YOU HONORED YESTERDAY, SCIENCE ACADEMY AND HARVARD TEACHER PREP, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY MENTION THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH HAVE ADMISSIONS EXAMS. ISN'T THAT PART OF THE SECRET ON HOW THEY GET THE ACADEMIC RESULTS THEY HAVE? WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO SCHOOLS WITH SUPER LOW ENROLLMENT, THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING CLOSING, THOSE HAVE THE LOWEST ACADEMIC RESULTS. 
          SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          ENROLLMENT, MAINTAINING ENROLLMENT OR GROWING ENROLLMENT COMES FROM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. 
          REMEMBER THAT YOUR PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO SERVE STUDENTS. 
          JUST LIKE MR. CHASE SAID IN THIS VIDEO, YOU'RE NOT A JOBS PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS MARIAMA. 
          AND I'M REMINDING YOU AGAIN, HELP THE PARENTS, GIVE THE PARENTS THE FACTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND WE HAVE ADRIANA SALAZAR IN THE AUDIENCE WAITING TO SPEAK AS A LABOR PARTNER. 
          COME ON UP. 
          HEALTH BENEFIT BENEFITS COMMITTEE. 
          AND 
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I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE SINCE AT LEAST, UH, 2005. 
          IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO, THE HEALTH BENEFITS COMMITTEE SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED A PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN THAT CAME WITH EGG WHIP REBATES. 
          AND THOSE ARE EMPLOYEE GROUP WAIVER PLAN REBATES, AS WELL AS REBATES FROM THE COMPANY ITSELF. 
          AND FOR OVER A DECADE, OR ALMOST TWO DECADES AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE LOOKED TO THESE REBATES AS SAVINGS THAT ARE THEN RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT. 
          SO WHAT WE GET IN THE REBATES AND SAVINGS, IT GOES BACK TO THE DISTRICT, BUT BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO THE DISTRICT, IT IS CREDITED TO THE HEALTH BENEFITS COMMITTEE AS PART OF OUR OVERALL COST, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, WE EXPEND SO MUCH, WE GET THESE REBATES BACK, OUR ACCOUNT IS THEN DEDUCTED, AND THEN THOSE SAVINGS ARE PLANNED HANDED OFF TO THE DISTRICT TO DATE. 
          WE HAVE SAVED, I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH SOME NUMBERS, THROUGH THESE EGG WHIP SAVINGS IN 2023, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER $128 MILLION. 
          2024 WAS $130 MILLION, AND 2025 WAS A HUNDRED, ABOUT $188 MILLION. 
          THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T IN DISPUTE BETWEEN THE, THE PARTIES. 
          UM, WHAT'S BEING DISPUTED IS HOW THEY'RE BEING CREDITED, RIGHT? OR HOW THEY'RE BEING ACCOUNTED FOR BY, BY THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S SOMETHING FROM YOUR CURRENT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
          WE ACTUALLY SAW THIS CHANGE OCCUR ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND ONCE WE SAW IT, WE SAID THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 
          WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO INFLATE THE COST OF HEALTH BENEFITS BY NOT INCLUDING THESE REBATES? UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL COST, REBATES SHOULD BE TREATED AS A RETROSPECTIVE PRICE CONCESSION THAT LOWER THE NET COST RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE LIST PRICES OR RAW REBATE VOLUME TO TREAT THEM ANY DIFFERENTLY IS TO CREATE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW, WHICH IS SEEMS TO BE THIS DISINGENUOUS REPORT OF, OF ACTUAL COSTS FOR HEALTH BENEFITS WITHOUT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THESE REBATES AND THESE EGG WHIP SAVINGS. 
          THIS ISN'T AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESSED AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD FINALIZED IN OUR BENEFITS THAT WE, UM, AND OUR HEALTH BENEFIT NEGOTIATIONS LAST YEAR WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE USED TO HAVE, WHICH IS A FULL FULLY COSTED WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE PRESCRIPTIONS UPFRONT, WHERE THERE ARE NO EGG WHIP SAVINGS, WHERE THERE ARE NO REBATES, AND A FULLY INSURED PLAN WOULD COST THE DISTRICT A LOT MORE. 
          SO WE ARE, WE ARE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW AND TO HOPEFULLY TO SIT HERE AND SAY, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAVINGS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL COST OF HEALTH BENEFITS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING PLACED IN FRONT OF US THAT ACTUALLY REDUCE, UH, SERVICES TO OVER 33,000 EMPLOYEES AND IT'S BEING TOUTED AS MORE SAVINGS, BUT IN FACT THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY NOT. 
          I MEAN, THOSE DENTAL PLANS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VOTES ON THAT. 
          UM, THAT WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, IT WAS AN, AN ANOMALY WHERE WE HAD BEEN PAYING LESS FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. 
          WE KNEW WE WERE PAYING LESS. 
          WE KNEW WE WERE UNDER, UNDER PAYING. 
          WE KNEW THAT WE HAD BACKED THEM INTO A CORNER AND WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA BE PAYING MORE COME THIS CONTRACT. 
          SO FOR THE DISTRICT TO TRY AND THEN SAY THERE'S THIS EVEN BETTER PLAN, WHAT THEY FAILED TO SAY IS THAT THIS BETTER PLAN COMES AT A COST FOR 33,000 MEMBERS. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          YOU HAVE OUR NUMBERS, YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO JOIN US AT OUR HEALTH BENEFIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS THE FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 
          IT'S OPEN TO YOU BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          TAB 18 IS BEFORE THE BOARD READY FOR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT ON. 
          AND I HAVE, UM, THE COPIES HERE IF YOU CAN TAKE ONE AND PASS IT DOWN. 
          AND MY MOTION IS TO STRIKE ON SECTION THREE UNDER TLAS PROPOSALS TO STRIKE K, WHICH IS ALLOW FOR VARIANCE OF CLASS SIZES AND NORM POSITIONS TEMPORARILY DURING FISCAL CRISIS. 
          AND 
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DO I SPEAK TO IT NOW? UH, WHAT YOU WOULD NEED IS A, SO THAT'S AN EXPLANATION OF THE AMENDMENT. 
          AND NOW, UH, SHE'S MADE THE MOTION SHE WILL NEED A SECOND TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVED BY MS. GRIEGO, SECOND BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          IT IS NOW APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, UNDERLYING ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS FORTH IS BECAUSE IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WE SHOULD NOT, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE LEANING ON THE THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS THE MOST, RIGHT? WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT ANY CUTS, UM, ARE GONNA BE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE CLASS SIZE REDUCTION PIECE IS VERY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS, NOT ONLY FOR EDUCATORS, IT'S IN THE, IN THE, UH, CONTRACT FOR THEM. 
          BUT FOR FAMILIES, IT IS THE NUMBER ONE ASK AND THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT BY FAMILIES AND BY STUDENTS. 
          WHEN YOU ASK THEM WHAT DO THEY WANT? WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WANT, UH, FROM THEIR SCHOOLS, FROM THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS? AND THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT ALWAYS COMES UP IS CLASS SIZE REDUCTION. 
          AND WE'VE MADE LOTS OF HEADWAY ON THAT, AND I'M PROUD THAT WE HAVE MADE LOTS OF HEADWAY ON THAT. 
          SO BY PUTTING THIS AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, IT IS NOW OPENING THE DOOR TO BE ABLE TO LEAN ON THAT, TO INCREASE CLASS SIZE. 
          THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS IS THAT PRIOR TO 2019, THERE WAS A CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT DID ALLOW FOR, UH, CLASS SIZE TO BE INCREASED ABOVE THE NORMS IN THE CONTRACT WHEN THERE WAS SOME FISCAL, UH, CRISIS. 
          WELL, FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS ALWAYS USED. 
          IT WAS A THING THAT THE DISTRICT ALWAYS WENT TO. 
          AND SO CLASS SIZE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD NORMS IN THE CONTRACT, IT DID NOT MATTER BECAUSE AS SOON AS THE DISTRICT CLAIMED FINANCIAL CRISIS, THAT'S WHAT WAS IMPACTED. 
          SO TO ME, THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE EDUCATORS, IT'S ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE GONNA BE HIGHLY IMPACTED. 
          AND BY PUTTING IT HERE, IT IS SAYING THAT WE ARE WILLING TO INCREASE CLASS SIZE IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. 
          AND THAT GOES AGAINST OUR COMMITMENT TO NOT HURTING OUR STUDENTS DIRECTLY WHEN IT COMES TO BALANCING THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS IS, THIS GOES, I THINK PUTTING THIS IN THE CONTRACT AS WELL AS A PROPOSAL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO ONLY STALL NEGOTIATIONS. 
          AND I THINK IT IS SENDING THE MESSAGE TO COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE WILLING TO, TO SACRIFICE ALL THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AROUND CLASS SIZE AND, UM, WILLING TO OPEN THAT DOOR TO INCREASE IT. 
          WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THE LOWEST CLASS SIZE YET. 
          UH, SO THAT'S MY RATIONALE FOR PUTTING THIS PROPOSAL, THIS MOTION FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I SEE MS. TANYA ORTIZ FRANKLIN AS HER HAND RAISED. 
          GO AHEAD TANYA. 
          UM, THANKS. 
          UH, I DON'T WANNA DERAIL IF, IF PEOPLE WANNA VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD THIS, BUT, UM, THE BOARD RETREAT NEXT WEEK IS ACTUALLY ABOUT UNITY OF PURPOSE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THE TIMING OF THIS IS A LITTLE PREMATURE, GIVEN THAT WE, UM, ARE GONNA DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK NEXT WEEK ABOUT HOW WE ALIGN ON A VARIETY OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING GIVING DIRECTION FOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. 
          UM, SO I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA PROPOSE THAT WE POSTPONE UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND OUR UNITY OF PURPOSE, BECAUSE I THINK MS. GREGO BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. 
          THIS EDIT IS ONE THAT IN MY OPINION, WE MIGHT NEED MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT IN THE BIG PICTURE OF WHERE THE SEVEN OF US PLUS ONE WITH THE, THE FULL GOVERNANCE TEAM, INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT, LIKE WHERE WE REALLY LAND IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM PLANNING. 
          UH, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO SPEND SOME TIME DIGGING IN ON IT NOW, BUT I JUST THINK WE WOULD BE MORE UNIFIED AND PRODUCTIVE IF WE WAITED UNTIL NEXT WEEK'S RETREAT. 
          UM, AND MAYBE WE COULD EVEN LIKE INCORPORATE SOME OF THIS IN THERE. 
          I KNOW THERE IS SOME QUESTION OF TIMING FOR OUR FSP AND WHAT WE NEED TO, UM, START INDICATING FOCO ON, UH, SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT ARE INCLUDED HERE. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL. 
          AND MR. MCLEAN, YOU CAN HELP ME, UH, ON THE BROWN ACT IF WE NEED TO FIRST VOTE ON MS. REGO'S PROPOSAL. 
          UM, BUT MINE WOULD BE TO POSTPONE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO FOR CLARITY, UH, WHAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED NOW, AND NOTWITHSTANDING YOUR YOUR WORDS, UM, MS. FRANKLIN IS FIRST THIS, 
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UH, AMENDMENT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED, HOWEVER THAT GOES. 
          THE NEXT THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS SOMEONE COULD, UH, MOVE TO, UH, POSTPONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THIS, THIS HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST FOR THE DISCUSSION. 
          MR. MELVIN? YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, GIVEN THIS WASN'T IN THE, THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSALS, I MEAN MY, UM, WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT FOLKS HAVE WORKED HARD FOR CLASS SIZE, THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO TOUT AS WE DRAW PEOPLE BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I JUST THINK THAT WE, I GUESS MY TWO THOUGHTS ARE ONE THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE NEGOTIATING AGAINST OURSELVES. 
          THESE ARE ALL PROPOSALS THAT THE UNIONS WILL ACCEPT OR REJECT OR WE'RE GO BACK AND FORTH. 
          AND SO TO KIND OF LIMIT WHAT WE'RE GOING IN WITH JUST MAKES THESE OTHER THINGS MUCH MORE HEIGHTENED. 
          SO, SO I WOULD SAY THAT WITH THE CAVEAT FROM MS. GRIEGO THAT LIKE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTED, THAT, UH, TAKING IT OUT BEFORE WE EVEN GET THERE IS JUST, AGAIN, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TYING A HAND BEHIND OUR BACK, BUT ALSO MORE BROADLY THAN THE ACTUAL NEGOTIATION STRATEGY, WHICH WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT IN PUBLIC, IS MORE AROUND THE, UH, NEED TO HAVE EVERY OPTION ON THE TABLE, GIVEN WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY WITH OUR FISCAL REALITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT CLASS SIZES AND THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE THE LAST RESORT. 
          BUT WE'RE ALREADY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF, OF WHEN MANY OF US WERE IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT CAME OUTTA NOWHERE. 
          LIKE WE ALL TOOK THE STEPS TO THE CONTRACT LAST TIME, KNOWING WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE. 
          AND AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, A $3 BILLION COST THROUGH THOSE AB 12 HUNDREDS AND THE $3 BILLION FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME. 
          AND SO AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT, UM, FEW YEARS OF BUDGET REALITIES, UH, IF IT'S BETWEEN, UM, OTHER SCHOOL SITE LAYOFFS AND RAISING CLASS SIZE BY ONE OR TWO, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD AND THAT SCHOOLS MIGHT WANT TO, TO DECIDE AT THE TIME AS OPPOSED TO LIMITING OUR OPTIONS. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THE FICTION OF WE CAN JUST CUT OUR WAY FROM CENTRAL OFFICE OUT OF A $3 BILLION HOLE IS GONNA QUICKLY BECOME EXPOSED. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA NEED ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 
          AND SO TO BE VERY CLEAR, IT'S NOT MY INTEREST IN RAISING CLASS SIZE OR DOING ANY OF THIS. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LIMITING OURSELVES WHEN THE TIME COMES. 
          SO THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          YEAH, I I THINK ACTUALLY FUNDAMENTALLY IN YOUR REMARKS, YOU ENDED UP PRETTY MUCH, UH, CAPTURING MY RESPONSE. 
          YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHEN IT COMES TO CLASS SIZE, ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT OUR PRIORITY SHOULD ALWAYS BE TO HAVE THE SMALLEST CLASS SIZE POSSIBLE POSSIBLE. 
          WHEN I GO OUT AND WHEN I SPEAK WITH FAMILIES, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY EXPRESS THE MOST GRATITUDE FOR, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN SMALLER SETTINGS, GET MORE DIRECT ATTENTION FROM THEIR TEACHERS AND SO ON. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY THERE, THERE'S VALUE THERE. 
          FOR ME, HERE AGAIN, IT'S GIVEN THE, THE SCALE AND THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH IN TERMS OF OUR FISCAL REALITIES, IT IS ABOUT, AND, AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS COLD AND CLINICAL, BUT IT'S ABOUT OPTIONALITY. 
          AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT LEVERS THAT, AGAIN, IN DIALOGUE WITH, WITH LABOR, BECAUSE NONE OF THESE THINGS CAN OR WOULD HAPPEN UNILATERALLY HAVE A POINT DISCUSSION THERE. 
          UH, IS IT POSSIBLE, UH, MAYBE EVEN LIKELY THAT FOLKS WOULD ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OUT OF HAND SAY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE EVEN WANT TO BROACH? CERTAINLY. 
          BUT AGAIN, IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH YES, WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT NOT TO IMPACT THE CLASSROOM, BUT AGAIN, GIVEN WHAT WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH, AND GIVEN THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WHAT WE SPEND GOES TO THE CLASSROOM, UH, THERE, THERE ISN'T A SCENARIO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SOME LEVEL OF IMPACT. 
          UH, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WANNA COMMENT? DR. RIVAS? YEAH. 
          UM, NO, THANK YOU, MS. GREGO. 
          YOU, YOU RAISE A, A, A GOOD POINT IN TERMS OF CLASS SIZE AND IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          UM, BUT I, I, I KNOW THAT IN, YOU KNOW, IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEEP DISCUSSIONS AS YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND WITHIN, UM, I OURSELVES, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT I THINK THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UM, REALLY IN THE, AND THIS THEY TAKE LONG, BUT I THINK IN THE END IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE AND I THINK WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND, UM, AND ALSO OURSELVES MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, CLASS SIZES, DEPENDING ON WHAT LEVEL, IF IT'S IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED. 
          SO, I DON'T KNOW, I, I WANT, I SEE YOUR POINT, BUT I ALSO UNDER, YOU KNOW, WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, PARTICULARLY, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON NORM POSITIONS, AND I THINK WE CAN, WE NEED TO CONTINUE HAVING THOSE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING, WHAT, WHERE YOU'RE POINTING TO, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA LEAN TOWARDS, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, MS. MS, UH, TANYA ORTIZ, FRANKLIN, JUST TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY RETREAT. 
          AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST, UM, OR IF 
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WE CAN POSTPONE IT, POSTPONE THIS AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION, THEN BRING IT BACK OUT TO IN OCTOBER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UM, MS. UH, DR. MURPHY WOULD, UM, IF THAT WOULD IMPACT ANYTHING. 
          BUT I THINK, UM, I DON'T THINK DELAYING IT, YOU KNOW, TILL OCTOBER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE SO, SO HARD, PARTICULARLY IF, UM, NEGOTIATIONS DON'T START TILL MAYBE JANUARY OR SOMETHING. 
          RIGHT? SO THE OVERALL CBA NEGOTIATIONS START IN JA AS EARLY AS JANUARY FOR OUR BARGAINING UNITS. 
          BUT WE ARE ON A TIME SCHEDULE TO LOOK AT COST, UH, SOME OF THE COST REDUCTIONS THAT ARE IN THE FSP. 
          SO, UM, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME, UH, BUT IF WE DELAY IT INITIAL PROPOSAL OCTOBER, IF WE WERE TO DELAY IT, UM, IT WOULD JUST DELAY THE BEGINNING OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, UNTIL OCTOBER IS OCTOBER 6TH, IS THAT THE BOARD MEETING IS SOUND, RIGHT? SO THE, THE INTERSECTION HERE OBVIOUSLY IS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TIME FOR THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AROUND THE, THE PROPOSALS AND ALSO LOOKING AT, OBVIOUSLY THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO US, UH, BY LACO AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY. 
          UH, IF MEMORY SERVES, I BELIEVE BY OCTOBER 8TH, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES. 
          UH, BASICALLY A CONTINGENCY PLAN. 
          IF SOME OF THE NEGOTIATED ITEMS WERE NOT EXECUTED, DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO NECESSARILY HAVE THEM IN PLACE. 
          I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          THEY'RE JUST ASKING US TO HAVE A BACKSTOP. 
          UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DESIRE FOR MORE DIALOGUE HERE. 
          I, IF I'M BEING VERY TRANSPARENT, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR US TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO DEFER TO THE BOARD AND HAVE THE DIALOGUE BEGIN AT THE RETREAT NEXT WEEK, AS LONG AS IT COMES TO A CONCLUSION AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH. 
          NO LATER THAN THAT, PLEASE. 
          WELL, I, I DO APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE TODAY. 
          AND I TOO, I THINK IT'S, IT, IT'S IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S VERY TIMELY AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO, TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          AND IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN STILL COMMIT TO THE NEED, UM, AND IT BE OCTOBER, I THINK IT'S WORTH THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF LIE WITH IT. 
          I UNDERSTAND, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED FOR, TRUST ME, I'M MORE OF A CLASSROOM TEACHER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN, BUT I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORK AND THIS TYPE OF DECISIONS ARE MADE THOUGHTFULLY. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE I LIE, GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          MS. DOES, I MEAN, ALLOW FOR VIOLENCE OF CLASS SIZES, DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN INCREASE OF NO CLASSROOMS? IT DOESN'T, RIGHT? SO THIS, THIS PULL, THIS IS, UH, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE UTLA CONTRACT UNDER THE CLASS SIZE ARTICLE, SECTION 1.5, WHICH GAVE THE DISTRICT THE ABILITY TO UNILATERALLY RAISE CLASS SIZE DURING TIMES OF FISCAL CRISIS. 
          AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          I BELIEVE THE CLASS SIZE WAS RAISED FROM ABOUT 2008 OR 2009 THROUGH 2019, UH, UNILATERALLY WHEN WE, UM, UH, MADE THAT AGREEMENT IN 2019 TO BEGIN LOWERING CLASS SIZE. 
          SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT CLASS SIZES DOWN BELOW WHERE THEY WERE IN THE CONTRACT PRIOR TO THOSE INCREASES. 
          UH, THIS IS REALLY CONTEMPLATING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN AGREED UPON TEMPORARY CHANGE IN CLASS SIZE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE OR PRESENT ALTERNATIVES TO OTHER RESOLUTIONS OF SOME OF THE FISCAL CONCERNS. 
          SO THIS, UH, WOULD NEVER BE CONTEMPLATED TO SAY WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE CLASS SIZE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES, UH, AND GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTRACT COSTS IN THE NEXT ROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE STILL ON FIRST ROUND, SO LET ME GO. 
          UM, I AGREE WITH YOUR WORDS EXACTLY, AND YOU, DR. RIVAS AND, UH, YOU MS. UH, NEWVILLE. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO THINK THIS OUT. 
          NO RUSHING. 
          AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE MS. ORTIZ'S IDEA OF WAITING TILL WE DISCUSS THIS AT OUR MEETING COMING UP, AND I THINK IT REALLY NEEDS DEEP DISCUSSION. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. 
          SO YES, I'M OPEN TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS IS BECAUSE WE WERE VOTING ON IT. 
          SO IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE FOR US TO VOTE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY AND MAKE A MOTION ON THE THINGS THAT 
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I FEEL NEED TO BE CHANGED. 
          SO, UM, BUT I AM CERTAINLY OPEN TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          I DO THINK THAT IT IS THOUGHTFUL AND THAT IS WHERE I'M COMING FROM. 
          I'M COMING FROM A THOUGHTFUL PLACE THAT IF WE START PUTTING THINGS, PROPOSALS OUT THERE THAT CONTRADICT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROPOSALS HERE THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH US BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. 
          IN FACT, B SAYS ADDRESS CLASS SIZE AND STAFFING NORMS USING AN EQUITY MODEL AND STRATEGIC AND IN STRATEGIC SETTINGS. 
          I DIDN'T ASK TO STRIKE THAT ONE. 
          THAT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY, UM, I BROUGHT IT FORTH TODAY. 
          I AM OPEN TO, UH, STALLING THIS UNTIL WE HAVE THE RETREAT AND THEN CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION AND VOTING IN OCTOBER. 
          THAT IS, I'M OPEN TO THAT. 
          TANYA, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ALSO ROUND TWO? I DID. 
          I WAS GONNA HAVE A SPECIFIC EDIT, UM, FOR MS. REGOS, BUT IF IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S BOARD SUPPORT FOR POSTPONING, THEN I'LL, I'LL PAUSE UNTIL WE DISCUSS THE RETREAT. 
          WELL, WE, YEAH, WE VOTE ON THE, ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          THAT'S ON THE TABLE. 
          UH, OR CAN I WITHDRAW OR IT GETS PULLED BACK, RIGHT? WITHDRAWN. 
          I CAN WITHDRAW IT AND THEN, AND THEN I CAN MOVE TO POSTPONE. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, I, I THINK ONCE A MOTION IS ON THE TABLE, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GETS WITHDRAWN LIKE THAT, BUT I'M, I'M LEARNING. 
          I THINK IT'S A NO. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S BOTH. 
          I THINK PROCEDURALLY IT'S A, IT'S A NO VOTE. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN WE GO TO THE UNDERLYING, BUT THE NO VOTE IS NOT PERSONAL, I THINK. 
          UH, SO, UH, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, THE MOTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD RIGHT NOW, UM, TO STRIKE LINE. 
          K, UH, I'M GONNA TAKE THE VOTE NOW. 
          SO, UM, MS. NEWBELL? NO. 
          DR. RIVAS? NO. 
          MR. MALVO? NO. 
          MS. GRIEGO? YES. 
          UH, MS. GOMEZ? UM, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? NO. 
          A BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROON? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO NOW WE ARE TO THE UNDERLYING ITEM. 
          TAB 18, UNCHANGED. 
          AND NOW IT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND? YES. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN MOVED TO POSTPONE BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL SECONDED THE MOTION TO POSTPONE. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          NO DISCUSSION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. 
          GO CARLA, FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE WE POSTPONING IT TO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THE RETREAT, AND THEN ARE WE ALL BRINGING IT BACK TO THE OCTOBER 6TH MEETING? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF THAT HELPS TO PUT IT IN THE MOTION, WE CAN SAY IT JUST LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD NOW BEING VOTED ON IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL DISCUSSION AT THE UPCOMING BOARD WORKSHOP AND SUBSEQUENT VOTE AT THE OCTOBER MEETING, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT, EVERYBODY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MEL? YES. 
          MS. GRIEGO? YES. 
          UH, MS. CONEZ, UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SHAMON? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT, I'LL LOOK OVER MY NOTES. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS TODAY. 
          FOR THE MOST PART. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISS ANY FURTHER VOTES BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEN IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO ADJOURN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE TIME IS NOW 9 55. 
          ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ADJOURNING THE MEETING? NO OBJECTIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:55 AM ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.
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