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          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 10:04 AM ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2026. 
          WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLE, UH, MS. NEWBELL. 
          PRESENT DR. RIVAS PRESENT. 
          MR. MELVOIN. 
          MS. REGO. 
          HERE, MS. EZ. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON PRESENT AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA. 
          PRESENT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FEATURING A BD THREE SCHOOL. 
          THEY SHOULD BE QUEUING IT UP AND TELLING US WHAT TO DO. 
          WELL, I CAN GIVE YOU A HINT. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? THANK YOU. 
          HI, I'M RILEY EZ AND I ATTEND LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          TODAY I WILL LEAD YOU TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. 
          READY? BEGIN I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          NOW WE'LL GO TO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, WHICH WILL BE PROJECTED AND THEN PLAYED FOR US. 
          WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATES ON LAND ORIGINALLY AND STILL INHABITED AND CARED FOR BY THE GABRIELINO AND FERNANDIO 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 AKIN OUR RELATIVES AND RELATIONS PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING AND COMMIT TO SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND 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. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I SEE MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, YOU HAVE JOINED US REMOTELY. 
          ARE YOU GOING? ARE YOU ON? THERE YOU ARE. 
          PERFECT. 
          UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN IS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY 
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LABOR PARTNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING? LABOR PARTNERS. 
          NONE PRESENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, COME ON DOWN. 
          COME ON DOWN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, I'M JULIE VAN WINKLE, A FT VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          JESSICA RODARTE AND A VP ISN'T TIGHT. 
          WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH THE NARRATIVE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS THAT IS BEING IMPOSED ON US BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SOLELY FOCUSED ON LAYOFFS AND CLOSURES AND HAVE NO COMMITMENT TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. 
          THE F MAT, THE FISCAL CRISIS, CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE TEAM, UM, RISK ANALYSIS BEING PRESENTED TODAY OFFERS NO SOLUTIONS. 
          IT'S DESIGNED TO PENALIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LAY THE BLAME ON SOME OF OUR MOST DISENFRANCHISED STUDENTS. 
          INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE HISTORIC UNDERFUNDING OF IDEA BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT'S DESIGNED TO COMPARE US TO THE PAST A MODEL OF EDUCATION THAT FAILS OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ONE, WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS LIMITS ON CLASS SIZE. 
          THE BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN, EARLY EDUCATION CENTERS A NURSE IN EVERY SCHOOL AND MORE. 
          THIS FAKE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS DISPARAGES THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR RIGHTFULLY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF WORKING PEOPLE WHO FACE SOME OF THE WORST HOUSING AND CHILDCARE COSTS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          FMA HAS A RIGGED SCORING SYSTEM THAT 
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ENSURES HIGH RISK SCORES. 
          THAT IS NOT OUR OPINION. 
          IT'S EVIDENT IN THEIR SPREADSHEET. 
          AND I WANNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. 
          UM, THE FMA NEGATIVELY SCORES YOU IF THE DISTRICT AGREES TO A CONTRACT THAT EXCEEDS THE STATEWIDE COLA. 
          SO LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT HOW ANTI-WORKER THAT IS IN A CITY LIKE LA WHERE OUR TEACHERS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THEY TEACH. 
          WE HEAR ABOUT MORE AND MORE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO LIVE ONE OR TWO MILES AWAY 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD RENT. 
          AND THIS DISTRICT IS BEING PENALIZED BY THE FAC QUESTIONING BECAUSE THEY DARE TO OFFER US A COLA THAT THAT IS MORE THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IN ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THAT'S JUST IT'S BRAZENLY ANTI-WORKER. 
          UM, F MAT STAFF TRIED TO HIDE THE SCORING SYSTEM FROM US WHEN WE ASKED FOR IT, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO SEE HOW WE WERE BEING EVALUATED. 
           WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH LAD'S FINANCES, THIS BAD FAITH ASSESSMENT IS HARMFUL TO ANY CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT ABOUT REAL SOLUTIONS FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. 
          FIGMA AND THE LACO SUPERINTENDENT ARE NOT ELECTED OR ACCOUNTABLE, BUT THE COMMUNITIES OF LA UNIFIED, THE FISCAL CRISIS AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM IS BASED IN KERN COUNTY. 
          THEY ARE NOMINATED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION. 
          TWO LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS THAT RUN A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. 
          UH, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS RECENTLY LOBBIED THE LEGISLATOR TO LEGISLATION TO WEAKEN OVERSIGHT OF COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
          IT RECENTLY HELD ITS GOVERNING BOARD MEETING IN NAPA, WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LAKO WAS ELECTED BOARD CHAIR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF MEETINGS IN SACRAMENTO. 
          VIC MAT PREFERS WINE COUNTRY AND RESORT TOWNS TO URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS HOLDING ITS BOARD MEETINGS THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN PALM SPRINGS, NAPA, MONTEREY, PASO, ROBLES, AND SONOMA. 
          AT THIS TIME OF RECORD PROFITS FOR CORPORATIONS AND RECORD GROWTH IN THE COST OF LIVING. 
          L-A-U-S-D LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO FOCUS ON LISTENING TO THE DIVERSE, TALENTED, AND COMMITTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE A STAKE IN WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOLS, NOT OUTSIDE CONS, CONSULTANTS AND AUSTERITY POLICE FROM KERN COUNTY. 
          WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE INVESTMENTS AND STAFFING THAT WE ARE MAKING. 
          WE SHOULD ALSO BE PROUD OF THE INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING IN STUDENTS. 
          EDUCATION CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED BY HUMAN BEINGS. 
          THE ONE THING THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A CHILD'S LIFE IS A CARING ADULT. 
          THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD REJECT THIS PRE-BAKED COOKIE CUTTER ANALYSIS AND GET TO WORK ON PARTNERING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING THE FUTURE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UTLA. 
          ANY OTHER LABOR PARTNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO, WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR 
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COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS, AND I WILL, UM, START AS THE, UM, SUBSTITUTE FOR MS. DR. RIVAS AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH I, I I DID ENJOY THAT, REALLY, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ROCIO. 
          SO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MET ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026. 
          AND THE FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM WAS UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF LEVERAGING DISTRICT PURCHASING POWER RESOLUTION. 
          AND THAT WAS SCHEDULED WITH DIANA GREER AND MATTHEW FRIEDMAN. 
          BUT IT WAS POSTPONED TO ALLOW DR. RIVAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HER RESOLUTION. 
          MARTHA ALVAREZ PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S CALIFORNIA EDUCATION POLICY AGENDA, FOCUSING ON ADEQUATE STATE FUNDING, SPECIAL EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT, AND ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING. 
          BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS UPDATES SUCH AS STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND EXPANDING PRIORITIES AROUND MATHEMATICS, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND STUDENT WELLNESS. 
          PEDRO SALCIDO AND CAROLYN SPATE GONZALEZ PRESENTED STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER, INCLUDING POTENTIAL SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM CHANGES AND CAMPUS REUSE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS EMPHASIZE EQUITY, MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT, TRANSPARENT DATA, AND A FULL ACCOUNTING OF COSTS AND POTENTIAL ENROLLMENT LOSSES. 
          TO INTRODUCE THIS PLANNING PROCESS TO COMMUNITIES, THE DISTRICT IS HOLDING REGIONAL INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS FROM OCTOBER 5TH TO THE 12TH. 
          FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER WEBSITE. 
          AND THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2026. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND NEXT WE HAVE MR. MELVOIN WITH FACILITIES 
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AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE. 
          YES. 
          AND MR. MCLEAN? I AM PRESENT. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, MR. ROLL CALL. 
          NOTED. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. HAMILTON. 
          SO ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, THE FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE HAD ITS FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, LAST YEAR THE COMMITTEE BUILT CONSENSUS, UH, AROUND EIGHT ONGOING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOLLOW UP THIS YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC. 
          WE HEARD BRIEF UPDATES ON ALL EIGHT OF THESE COMMITMENTS, INCLUDING THE ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF UTILIZING PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDINGS, DECREASING THE COST OF SHADE MOVING FORWARD, THE DISTRICT'S HOUSING INITIATIVE, DECREASING THE LENGTH OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UPDATING ATHLETIC FIELDS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING FACILITIES MAINTENANCE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE A REDUCED BUDGET WITH AN EXPANDING SET OF NEEDS IN AGING FACILITIES, HOUSING AND SHADE ARE BOTH ISSUES REFLECTED IN ITEMS BEFORE US TODAY ON SHADE. 
          I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO BUNDLE OUR PURCHASES, WHICH WE, UM, WHICH WILL BE FURTHER ENHANCED BY LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM LAST WEEK. 
          WE ALSO HEARD UPDATES FROM PROCUREMENT ABOUT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE BENCH PROCESSES FOR SERVICES AND INCREASE THE POOL OF BIDDERS ON BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND NON-CONSTRUCTION SOLICITATIONS. 
          AND WE THEN, UH, MOVED TO TWO IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS. 
          THE FIRST REVIEWED IN DETAIL THE PROCUREMENT OF DEVICES FROM START TO FINISH TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT GO INTO CONTRACTS THAT COME TO US FOR APPROVAL, RAISING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO DECIDES WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW TO MAKE THAT PROCESS BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS. 
          AND FINALLY, WE HEARD AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY USE OF DISTRICT SPACES FOLLOWING MY RESOLUTION, BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES, LEVERAGING SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          THE DISTRICT WILL BE ROLLING OUT A NEW TIERED STRUCTURE FOR FEES FOR FACILITIES AND SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHEN IN-HOUSE SPACE IS MADE AVAILABLE. 
          DISTRICT STAFF IS CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN IN-HOUSE ONLINE SYSTEM RATHER THAN UTILIZING ANY VENDOR, UM, BY WHICH MOST OTHER ENTITIES MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE AND TO LIMIT, UH, THE AVAIL AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE SCHEDULES. 
          SO THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED WHETHER THAT APPROACH WILL BEST SERVE THE DISTRICT AND THE PUBLIC, UH, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS THERE AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, AND OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS DECEMBER 1ST. 
          WE HOPE FOLKS WILL TUNE IN. 
          IN ADDITION TO SHADE ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA TODAY, WE ALSO ARE EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE, UH, VOTING ON TWO, UH, EMPLOYEE HOUSING PROJECTS AND BOARD DISTRICT FOUR THAT COME, UH, IN PART FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE, UM, THE, UM, THE, UH, PRIORITIES OF THIS BOARD. 
          SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MR. MELVOIN. 
          NEXT WE HAVE A SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE WITH MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I'M HOME FOR, UH, CHILDCARE JUST CAUSE EXCEPTION. 
          UM, SO THE SAFETY AND THE SCHOOL CLIMATE COMMITTEE MET LAST WEEK, AND THE DISTRICT PRESENTED HOW WE ARE WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL WITH OPEN ARMS. UM, WE GOT A DEEP INSIGHT INTO PBIS AND TRANSPORTATION AND ISTAR DATA FROM LAST YEAR. 
          IT'S A REALLY ROBUST PRESENTATION. 
          DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CHECK IT OUT. 
          ONE HIGHLIGHT I WANNA LIFT UP IS THE EVERY SCHOOL SAFE MODULES THIS MONTH INCORPORATES HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIPS AS A RESULT OF OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOLUTION LAST YEAR, OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. 
          SO THIS IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES WILL DEEP DIVE INTO HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WE ALSO HEARD FROM TWO SCHOOLS THAT SHOWED REALLY GREAT GAINS ON THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY, UPWARDS OF 10 POINTS GROWTH IN ONE YEAR, 99TH STREET ELEMENTARY AND HEART PREP MIDDLE, UM, AROUND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEELING SAFE ON CAMPUS. 
          UM, WE HEARD AN AHA MOMENT WHEN 99TH STREET REMINDED US TO, UH, USE THE VOCABULARY OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP STUDENTS REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO REFLECT ON WHEN THEY TAKE THAT SURVEY. 
          UM, AND HART HAD AN INCREDIBLE SUPERVISION PLAN WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING DEEP RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE NON-INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES. 
          UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 21ST. 
          THANKS, MR. SCHILL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ORTIZ. 
          FRANKLIN AND NICKS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH DR. RIVAS. 
          UH, THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR ITS FIRST MEETING OF THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, FOCUSING ON SCHOOL GREENING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 
          CHIEF E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER CHRISTO CLIO PRESENTED, UH, SCHOOL GREENING PROGRESS AND PRIORITIES, INCLUDING ADDRESSING UNEQUAL EXPOSURE TO HEAT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, ACCELERATING CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. 
          DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. DANIEL KANG PRESENTED THE DISTRICT'S CLEAN TRANSPORTATION TRANSITION, HIGHLIGHTING FLEET CONVERSION, CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND WORKFORCE READINESS, ALONGSIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE POLLUTION AROUND SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          MISS ANTONIO MONTE OF EAST PAD SHARED COMMUNITY CONCERNS FOLLOWING THE LINEAGE WAREHOUSE FIRE 
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IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, HIGHLIGHTING THE DISRUPTION FAMILIES EXPERIENCE LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTIONS FOR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS. 
          THE MEETING EMPHASIZED SUPPORTING AFFECTED FAMILIES, STRENGTHENING THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER RESPONSE AT GREATER PROTECTIONS FOR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND THE FAMILIES AFFECTED. 
          THE NEXT GREEN COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SCH, AND THANK YOU DR. RIVAS. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GO ON, I'D LIKE TO PASS THE MIC OVER TO YOU, DR. RIVAS FOR A FEW WORDS. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SCHMILL. 
          UM, BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON WITH THIS BOARD MEETING, I ASK THAT WE HOLD, I ASK THAT WE HOLD THE FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN OUR HEARTS AS WE MOURN THE TRAGIC LOSS OF A STUDENT'S LIFE TO THE STUDENT'S, FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND TEACHERS, AND LOVED ONES, MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. 
          THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN EASE A LOSS LIKE THIS, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE AS A FRANKLIN PARENT, THIS LOSS TOUCHES ME DEEPLY. 
          I KNOW OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATOR, STAFF, AND FAMILIES ARE HURTING AND MOMENTS LIKE THIS, WE MUST CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, GIVE EACH OTHER GRACE, AND ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING THE SPACE AND PRIVACY THEY DESERVE. 
          THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR OUR FRANKEN COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT IN THE DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS AHEAD. 
          IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING, PLEASE REACH OUT. 
          YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CARRY THIS PAIN ALONE. 
          STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CAN CONTACT THE DISTRICT, STUDENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS RESOURCE LINE AT 2 1 3 2 4 1 3 8 4 0 WEEKDAYS FROM 8 2 4 30 FOR IMMEDIATE EMOTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SUPPORT CALL OR TEXT NINE EIGHT EIGHT, WHICH IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS NOT ALONE. 
          OUR BOARD DISTRICT TO OFFICE, THIS BOARD AND ALL OF LUSD STAND WITH THIS COMMUNITY HOLDING ITS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF CLOSE IN OUR HEARTS. 
          AND NOW LET US PAUSE NOT SIMPLY TO REMEMBER A STUDENT WE HAVE LOST, BUT HONOR A LIFE THAT MATTERED, A FAMILY THAT IS GRIEVING AND A COMMUNITY THAT IS HURTING. 
          LET US TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HOLD THE MEMORY AND LOVE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND SOUL FOR THEIR LOVED ONES AND THE ENTIRE FRANK FRANKLIN COMMUNITY AND OUR HEARTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, YOUR BOARD IS WITH YOU. 
          YOU KNOW THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BEFORE WE GET DOWN TO BUSINESS, I'D LIKE TO START WITH A FEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR OCTOBER, BESIDES HALLOWEEN. 
          OF COURSE, OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH, AND I HOPE THAT OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT TAKES TIME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE OUR PRINCIPLES. 
          IT IS ALSO DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH, AND L-A-U-S-D IS WORKING TO HELP STUDENTS WITH READING DIFFICULTIES. 
          WHILE NOT EVERY STUDENT WHO HAS READING DIFFICULTIES HAS DYSLEXIA, THE DISTRICT IS PUSHING MORE RESOURCES TO ASSIST SCREENING ALL STUDENTS FOR THESE DIFFICULTIES AND TO DE-STIGMATIZE THEM, INCLUDING DYSLEXIA. 
          FINALLY, TODAY IS WORLD CEREBRAL PALSY DAY, AND TODAY'S THEME IS HASHTAG UNIQUE AND UNITED HASHTAG UNIQUE AND UNITED. 
          LET US IN THE DISTRICT ALSO UNITE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY AND CONTINUE COMMITTING TO HAVE ALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS BE COMMUNITIES OF ACCEPTANCE AND RESPECT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA PLAY A VIDEO BEFORE WE INTRODUCE OUR PAMS PROGRAM SO WE CAN HAVE THAT VIDEO. 
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OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, WHAT ARE POLICE MAGNET SCHOOLS? AND LET ME EXPLAIN HOW THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS WELL WITH PREPARING TO SERVE AS THEIR MOTTO. 
          POLICE ACADEMY MAGNET SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC SAFETY THEMED COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RELATED FIELDS. 
          THE PROGRAM ARE AC ACADEMY STRUCTURED WITH STUDENTS WEARING A LAW ENFORCEMENT STYLE UNIFORM ONCE A WEEK, AND PARTICIPATING IN FORMAL UNIFORM INSPECTIONS THAT REINFORCE DISCIPLINE, PROFESSIONALISM, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH CAREER PATHWAYS AND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THEMATIC INSTRUCTION, SPECIALIZED ELECTIVES, HONORS COURSES, GRADE LEVEL CAREER, TECH, ED, CTE CLASSES, COLLEGE COURSEWORK, PHYSICAL TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          SO WHAT MAKES THE POLICE ACADEMY'S MAGNET TRULY UNIQUE IS THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF FULL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE ACADEMY MAGNET TO SERVE THE PROGRAM AND ITS STUDENTS. 
          THESE DEDICATED OFFICERS TEACH, TRAIN, MENTOR AND GUIDE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. 
          THEY CO-TEACH PHYSICAL TRAINING CLASSES, OVERSEE THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP CADRE, COACH COMPETITIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAMS, LEAD SUMMER LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CAMPS, AND SUPPORT LEADERSHIP AND CAREER READINESS OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THEIR FULL-TIME PRESENCE PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH CONSTANT CONSISTENT MEMBERSHIP, HANDS-ON TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND AUTHENTIC EXPOSURE TO CAREERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE A FEW STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE FROM THE POLICE, UH, ACADEMY MAGNET, SIDA POLICE ACADEMY MAGNET, AS WELL AS THEIR COORDINATORS. 
          BY THE WAY, THIS MAGNET HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA. 
          VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          SO, UH, SERGEANT RUBIO, WOULD YOU COME DOWN PLEASE? OFFICER MARTINEZ AND COORDINATOR MS. CAEN, COME DOWN PLEASE. 
          UH, WITH STUDENTS. 
          CAPTAIN ALVARADO A 12TH GRADER. 
          WHERE ARE YOU? CAPTAIN ALVARADO IN 12TH GRADE. 
          ALL RIGHT, LIEUTENANT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LIEUTENANT TWO MEDINA 12TH GRADER, ONE ORTIZ 12TH GRADER, SERGEANT ONE SAD COVA, 10TH GRADE. 
          SO PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US ABOUT THE ACADEMY. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START. 
          THE STUDENTS HAVE THINGS THAT THEY WANNA SHARE WITH YOU DIRECTLY. 
          UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ELISE KAY, AND I'M THE PROUD COORDINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES ARE APPROACHING, UH, 31 YEARS, UM, IN EXISTENCE. 
          RECEDA HIGH SCHOOL'S POLICE ACADEMY MAGNET IS, IT'S IN, IN ITS 29TH YEAR. 
          UH, THEY WERE THE BRAINCHILD OF FORMER SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AND MEMBER ROBERTA WEINTRAUB, WHO DESPERATELY 
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WANTED TO SEE RELATIONSHIPS WITH POLICE AND THE TEENS THEY SERVED, DEVELOPED, UH, INTO POSITIVE, UH, FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIPS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, UH, HELPING TO INTEREST AND RECRUIT STUDENTS INTO A WORLD OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, THE STRUCTURE OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE ACADEMIC RIGOR AND THE PHYSICAL RIGOR, UM, ARE QUITE AN EXPERIENCE FOR A STUDENT. 
          UH, MANY OF THEM ARE INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT A LOT OF THEM WILL TELL YOU THE STRUCTURE IS GONNA MAKE ME A BETTER PERSON. 
          AND FOR THAT, I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN A SEVEN YEAR MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AWARDEE THE LAST TWO YEARS, A TOP SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, AND THIS YEAR WE WERE ONE OF TWO SCHOOLS TO BE NATIONALLY CERTIFIED. 
          UH, I'M GOING TO NOW TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO MY CADET CAPTAIN. 
          UH, SHE WILL GO AHEAD, UH, CAPTAIN ALVAREZ AND INTRODUCE HERSELF AND SO ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          I'M SE RADO AND I AM THE CAPTAIN OF OUR POLICE ACADEMY HERE, A RECITA. 
          TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND AN IMPACT IT HAS ON MANY STUDENTS, INCLUDING MINES FOR THE GREATER GOOD. 
          THROUGHOUT MY THREE YEARS IN THE PROGRAM, I HAVE BECOME MORE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY STRONGER THAN I EVER WAS. 
          THAT IS THANKS TO THE OFFICERS WHO CHOOSE TO WORK ALONGSIDE US AS MENTORS. 
          BEING MENTORS BY OUR OFFICERS IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT THE MAJORITY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT OFFICERS WILL DO ANYTHING FOR US NO MATTER WHAT, AND THEY MAY BE HARD ON US SOMETIMES, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THEY TRULY CARE AND WANT US TO SUCCEED. 
          THAT IS THEIR REASON. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO SEE A CONTINUOUS GROWTH FROM FRESHMAN YEAR TO OUR LAST DAY OF SENIOR YEAR, TO LEAVE AN IMPACT ON EVERY STUDENT LEAVING US BETTER THAN OFF, BETTER OFF THAN WE CAME. 
          THEY'RE THE ANCHOR OF OUR PROGRAM, AND WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE A TRULY A POLICE ACADEMY BECAUSE WE WOULD BE MISSING THE IMPORTANT PART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          I'M ISABEL MEDINA. 
          I'M THE LIEUTENANT TWO OF CIOS POLICE COUNTY MAGNET. 
          NOW, I REALIZE THAT, THAT MANY OF YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS. 
          SO ALLOW ME TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN. 
          LIEUTENANT TWO IS A SECOND IN OUR CHAIN OF COMMAND, MEANING THAT I GET TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CAPTAIN. 
          I'M IN CHARGE OF RECEIVING PAPERWORK DONE BY GRADES NINE THROUGH 12, AND THOROUGHLY REVIEWING IT BEFORE PRINTING IT OUT AND HANDING IT TO THE OFFICERS. 
          EVEN. 
          I STILL FIND MYSELF STRONGLY TO GRASP THE IDEA THAT THIS IS NOW MY POSITION IN OUR MAGNET. 
          I STILL REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST DAY I WALKED INTO OUR POLICE ACADEMY CLASSROOM. 
          I FELT EXTREMELY UNFIT TO BE IN THE MAGNET, LET ALONE TO BE IN A CLASSROOM WITH OFFICERS. 
          HOWEVER, I WAS TRULY MISTAKEN FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY, OUR OFFICERS HAVE GIVEN THE MAXIMUM EFFORT IN ENSURING THAT EVERY CADET HAS FELT UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          I USE THE WORD UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I, ALONGSIDE OTHER CADETS, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEAVE OUR COMFORT ZONE AND DISCOVER THE CONFIDENT LEADERS WITHIN OURSELVES, THE CONFIDENT LEADERS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE OFFICER'S SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. 
          THROUGHOUT THE MY YEARS IN THE POLICE COUNTY MAGNET, THE OFFICERS HAVE PROVIDED COUNTLESS CHALLENGES THAT AT THE MOMENT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME ONE OF THEM BEING SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOM. 
          I DESCRIBED THIS AS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, MY BIGGEST FEAR AND STRUGGLE WAS SPEAKING IN FRONT OF EVEN A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          IF YOU COULDN'T TELL, I'VE NOW OVERCOME WHAT WAS MOST OF MY BIGGEST STRUGGLE. 
          AND FOR THIS ALONGSIDE OTHER PERSONAL GROWTH, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT I JOINED THE POLICE COUNTY MAGNET. 
          HOWEVER, I'M EVEN MORE GRATEFUL FOR OUR REMARKABLE OFFICERS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE WISDOM AND GROWTH THAT I DID. 
          AND FORTUNATELY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE EVEN AFTER MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          GOOD MORNING, LADIES. 
          GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          ONCE AGAIN, I AM LIEUTENANT JUAN ORTIZ FROM EDA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M HERE TO, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY I'VE BEEN GIVEN IN JOINING RECITA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL POLICE ACADEMY. 
          I HAD JOINED MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, AND I HAD JOINED MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. 
          AND EVER SINCE I HAD JOINED, I'VE ALWAYS, UM, I HAVE ALWAYS CONTINUED TO GROW UPON THOSE YEARS, MEETING TWO WONDERFUL OFFICERS AND A WONDERFUL COACH, THAT, THAT WILL ALWAYS PUSH ME FURTHER THAN WHAT I HAVE EXPECTED TO, UM, OBTAIN. 
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THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IN THIS, UH, ACADEMY, I HAVE GROWN MORE AS AN INDIVIDUAL. 
          I HAVE BECAME MORE DISCIPLINED. 
          I'VE BECAME MORE MATURE, AND HAD GROWN MORE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF MY OFFICERS OR ALL OF MY OFFICERS THAT HAVE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THE COACH THAT HAD COACHED US WITH THIS AMAZING PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          I'M SERGEANT JUAN, THE GOLD MEDINA IN UNIVERSITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S MY SECOND YEAR IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          TO BE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST JOINED IT, I CAME THERE AS A FIGHTER BECAUSE I WEAR HIJAB, AND I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN POLICE ACADEMY WHO WEARS HIJAB. 
          SO I THOUGHT I HAD TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT, UH, I'M NOTHING LESS THAN ANYONE ELSE. 
          AND TURNS OUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT BECAUSE I GOT ACCEPTED RIGHT AWAY BY OUR WONDERFUL OFFICERS IN OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. 
          UM, OUR COMMUNITY IS SMALL ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. 
          WE'RE CONNECTING AND WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN PA I MET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, OFFICERS, WHENEVER I FEEL DOWN OR I NEED AN ADVICE, I ALWAYS GO TO OUR, UH, POLICE ACADEMY AREA, AND I ASK OFFICERS FOR ADVICE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY CARE AND THEY WANT TO HELP ME BECOME A BETTER HUMAN AND A BETTER PERSON FOR SOCIETY. 
          UM, THEY'RE MAKING RECEIVE THE PA SPECIAL, CARING AND WARM. 
          AFTER ALL, UH, I'M NOT IN THE END OF MY JOURNEY. 
          I'M NOT A SENIOR. 
          I'M NOT A JUNIOR. 
          I'M STILL A SOPHOMORE. 
          AND I, I HOPE I'LL MEET, I'LL MEET MORE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AND I'LL MAKE MORE MEMORIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA CONCLUDE BY TELLING YOU ALL THAT RECEDA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL'S POLICE ACADEMY HAS HAD 15 YEARS OF 100% GRADUATION AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS THAT THEY WISH, AND SO OF YOU JUST REMAIN, WOULD LIKE TO START WITH SOMEBODY YOUR SCHOOL . 
          WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, ALTHOUGH I FEEL LIKE A FEW OF US TAKE CREDIT BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUE, DR. 
          REVA, IS AN ALUM OF EDA. 
          UM, AND, UH, MS. EZ, UH, REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL EARLIER IN HER TENURE BEFORE REDISTRICTING. 
          BUT I WAS GONNA SAY, I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THIS SCHOOL AND THIS PROGRAM. 
          I'VE BEEN, UH, UH, UH, AND SENIOR YOU ALL IN ACTION FOR SOME OF THE ROLL CALL. 
          UM, AND, UH, JUST APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONIES OF, UH, KIND OF THE, THE PROGRAM. 
          I THINK HEARING FROM YOU ALSO ABOUT KINDA THE INCLUSIVITY THAT IT'S FOSTERED IS REALLY, UH, APPRECIATED. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU TO THE ADVISORS AND, UH, THE OFFICERS, UH, AND, UM, LIEUTENANTS WHO HELP MAKE IT POSSIBLE. 
          I ENCOURAGE FOLKS, UH, TO CHECK IT OUT IF THEY HAVEN'T. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ONE AT FAIRFAX IN BOARD DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, SO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE MONOPOLY HERE, BUT HAPPY TO TAKE IT. 
          UM, BUT SO NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME MY COLLEAGUES WANNA COME JOIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. 
          SO, THANKS, MR. SCH WILSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MEL. 
          OTHER COMMENTS? DR. RIVAS? JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY GO REGENTS. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES AND HOW MUCH THIS PROGRAM HAS CHANGED YOU, UM, AND WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, PLAN ON GIVING BACK. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE PROGRAM. 
          AND YEAH, AND, AND BOARD DISTRICT TOO. 
          WE HAVE, UM, BURBANK MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          WE HAVE, UH, A PROGRAM THERE. 
          AND ALSO, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ONE, I WANNA SAY WILSON, BUT I THINK WILSON'S A FIREFIGHTER. 
          BUT, UM, YES. 
          SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR OUR SENIORS IN SUCCESS. 
          AND THEN ONES WHO ARE CONTINUING, I WISH YOU SUCCESS IN, IN YOUR PROGRAM. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          EVAS. 
          WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING BRAVE AND OVERCOMING SOME OF YOUR FEARS BY EVEN SPEAKING TO THIS AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          UM, AS A FORMER PHYSICAL EDUCATOR, I ONCE SPONSORED OUR POLICE ACADEMY. 
          SO REMEMBER ALL THE, UH, PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE AND, UH, THE COMPETITIONS, UH, AS WELL. 
          BUT WANTED TO ASK AS YOU ASPIRE AND COMPLETE, AND, UH, FOR OUR SOPHOMORES IS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NEW AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE YEARS. 
          WHAT DO YOU ASPIRE IN THE PROGRAM WHILE YOU'RE AT THE SCHOOL? AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE FOOT OUT ALMOST 
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AS WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF ALMOST THIS SEMESTER, IT'S GOING REALLY FAST. 
          BUT WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR YOU? UM, AND WHAT IS YOUR ASPIRATIONS AS YOU TRANSITION AND AS YOU'RE AT THE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE TRANSITIONING? SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION AGAIN? SO, AS YOU, AS A SENIOR, AS YOU'VE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM, WHAT IS YOUR ASPIRATION AS YOU TRANSITION OUT OF THE PROGRAM? I MEAN, ONE OF THEM IS THAT I REALLY WANNA BE A SOCIAL WORKER. 
          AND ONE THING I GOT RELEASED BEING A CAPTAIN IS THAT I'M IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM. 
          AND ONE OF MY MAIN JOB IS REALLY MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S WELLBEING IS OKAY. 
          SO I THINK I REALLY WANNA CARRY THAT, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY, MAKE SURE OUR CAMARADERIE IS FINE, AND ALSO IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HANDLE IT PROPERLY INSTEAD OF HAVING SOME CADETS FEELING LIKE I WAS FEELING UNJUSTLY OR UNNECESSARY DRAMA HAPPENING. 
          SO I THINK IT'S REALLY KEEPING THAT DILIGENCE, THAT DISCIPLINE, THAT I CAN STILL TAKE CARE OF OTHERS EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT THE CAPTAIN ANYMORE, NEXT, NEXT YEAR, I CAN STILL TAKE OTHERS, TAKE CARE OF OTHERS IN CERTAIN WAYS, BUT YEAH. 
          AWESOME. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT, AND SENIOR. 
          SENIOR, COME ON. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COME ON. 
          SENIOR. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          I ASPIRE TO BE A DENTIST, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY PROVIDED ME SO MUCH DISCIPLINE, AND IT'S MADE ME REALIZE THAT NOT NOTHING IS REALLY EASY. 
          YOU REALLY HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK. 
          AND I KNOW BEING A DENTIST IS NOT GONNA BE EASY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF YEARS OF SCHOOLING AND HARD WORK WITH STUDYING. 
          SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED ME WITH AT LEAST A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT IT IS TO LIKE, GO TO COLLEGE AND WORK HARD. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          LOVE IT. 
          LOVE IT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          NEW BILL. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UH, MS. RIE? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ALL. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE, UH, THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED YOU WELL AND YOU SEEM TO BE VERY PROUD AND CONNECTED AND, UM, APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AROUND YOUR FUTURE CHOICES. 
          AND THAT ALSO YOU FELT VERY INCLUDED. 
          YOU WENT INTO THE SPACE THINKING THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND YOURSELF. 
          I'M SPEAKING TO OF THE YOUNG, ARE YOU THE YOUNGEST, THE 10TH GRADER? YES. 
          10TH GRADE STUDENT. 
          AND THAT, UH, ONCE YOU WERE IN THAT SPACE, YOU ACTUALLY FELT INCLUDED. 
          SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL VERY GOOD THAT YOU, YOU FELT SAFE AND YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO THE YOUNG MAN. 
          ARE YOU A JUNIOR, A SENIOR AS WELL? DO YOU WANNA RESPOND? I'M CURIOUS, WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS? UM, WELL, CURRENTLY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I AM GOING TO BE DOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WITHIN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, AND WITHIN MORE PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOL, I AM PRETTY, I AM PRETTY SURE THAT I'M HEADING TOWARDS THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WILL BE HEADED, BUT I'LL TAKE EVERYTHING I HAVE LEARNED WITHIN THIS PROGRAM, WITHIN REEDA WITH ME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GRIEGO. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, I BET THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE IN THE POLICE ACADEMY MAGNET WAS GOING TO BE A POLICEMAN OR A POLICE WOMAN. 
          I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A NATURAL THOUGHT. 
          BUT WE CAN SEE HERE THAT ALL OF THESE CAREERS ARE ALL CONNECTED WITH DISCIPLINE, WITH BELONGING, WITH BELONGING TO A GROUP. 
          AND I THINK IT'S SO WONDERFUL. 
          WE HAVE A FUTURE DENTIST AND A FUTURE SOCIAL WORKER, AND WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS SOMETHING GOOD, LOTS OF KIDS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY MAGNET, BECAUSE THEY MAY BE, THEY MAY FEEL A LITTLE LOST. 
          THEY MAY NOT KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHAT DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING. 
          AND THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO BELONG TO SOCIETY AND HOW TO FOCUS. 
          AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF YOU. 
          THE CLOSEST I GET IS THE MULHOLLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT'S MY POLICE MAGNET. 
          BUT IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL TOO, AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE ARE SO, SO PROUD OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOW WE'RE 
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GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          UH, BEFORE I BEGIN MY REMARKS, I DO WANT TO VERY QUICKLY CONGRATULATE AND THANK OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM RECEDA HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. 
          UH, AGAIN, TO ME, THIS IS LIVING PROOF OF OUR COMMITMENT TO PRESENT OUR STUDENTS WITH AS MANY DIVERSE CHOICES AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. 
          SO, KUDOS TO OUR REGIONS THAT JOINED US TODAY. 
          WITH THAT, I WANT TO TAKE A VERY QUICK MOMENT TO, TO BUILD ON THE REMARKS THAT DR. 
          RIVA SHARED EARLIER ABOUT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I I WAS AT FRANKLIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, UM, SUPPORTING TO THE EXTENT THAT ANYONE CAN SUPPORT IN THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS. 
          AND, AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, 
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THANK, RECOGNIZE IS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN TOUGH TIMES. 
          THAT'S WHEN WE MOST NEED TO COME TOGETHER. 
          AND WHAT I SAW THAT AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WAS STAFF BOTH AT THE SCHOOL, FROM THE REGION, FROM CENTRAL OFFICE, THAT CAME TOGETHER AROUND BASICALLY A, A SINGULAR FOCUS. 
          AND THAT WAS SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS DURING THAT TIME OF NEED. 
          I, I SAW A PRINCIPAL WHO STEPPED UP, UH, INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT HONESTLY, NONE OF US AS PRINCIPALS ARE REALLY READY FOR. 
          UM, AND, AND SHE TOOK THAT ON. 
          I, I SAW A STAFF WHO, AGAIN, REMAINED FOCUSED ON STUDENTS, EVEN AS THEY, FRANKLY WERE, OF COURSE, DEALING WITH THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN TRAUMA TO THIS AWFUL, AWFUL SITUATION. 
          UH, WHAT I WANNA SAY TO THE FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS WHAT I SAID TO STAFF DIRECTLY THAT AFTERNOON, OUR, OUR DISTRICT WILL STAND WITH YOU. 
          WHATEVER YOU NEED, YOU WILL HAVE, WHATEVER SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY REQUIRES, YOU WILL HAVE NO QUESTIONS ASKED. 
          WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. 
          THAT IS, FRANKLY, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY REGIONAL OFFICES, CENTRAL OFFICES EXIST, IS TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY IN THESE KINDS OF CRISIS. 
          SO, TO OUR COMMUNITY AT FRANKLIN, PLEASE KNOW THAT, THAT WE ARE WITH YOU. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITH YOU. 
          UH, AND PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT SHOULD YOU NEED SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND NOW I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION TO OUR REPORTS OR, OR OUR SHARE OUTS FOR TODAY. 
          AND, AND I WANNA START WITH SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO VERY, VERY NEAR AND DEAR, UH, TO MY HEART. 
          AND THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO MY TIME AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND ALSO AS A PRINCIPAL. 
          I HAVE ALWAYS SINCERELY BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF PBIS, OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IMPLEMENTATION AND, AND SUPPORT. 
          MANY TIMES, AS A DISTRICT, UH, WE, WE, I, I THINK WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE DEALING WITH WHAT WE SOMETIMES, AS EDUCATORS MAY CALL TIER TWO OR TIER THREE CHALLENGES, WHERE THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID, THE MTSS PYRAMID, WHERE I THINK WE ALWAYS NEED TO KIND OF HAVE THE ABILITY TO REFLECT AND LOOK BACK AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER, IS HONESTLY IN THAT TIER ONE, IN THAT FOUNDATIONAL PIECE. 
          AND SO, WHEN I SEE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF PBIS, INCLUDING OUR THREE AMAZING SCHOOLS THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT I'LL, I'LL INTRODUCE IN JUST A SECOND. 
          IT, IT, IT REALLY HEARTENS ME TO SEE THAT, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS RELY ON THAT. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SHARE A VERY QUICK ANECDOTE. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN A PRINCIPAL, SO MY STORIES ARE A LITTLE DATED, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IN ADVANCE, BUT WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL, WHAT I, WHAT I NOTICED WAS THAT ON MONDAY MORNINGS WHEN THE KIDS WOULD COME BACK FROM THE WEEKEND, AND SOME KIDS HAD AMAZING WEEKENDS, WENT TO DISNEYLAND, WENT TO A PICNIC, WHATEVER, WHATEVER. 
          BUT AS WE KNOW, MANY OF OUR KIDS ALSO EXPERIENCED TRAUMA OVER THE WEEKEND FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS. 
          SO BY THE TIME I GOT BACK FROM YARD DUTY INTO MY OFFICE AT LIKE 8 15, 8 20, I WOULD ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF REFERRALS FROM TEACHERS. 
          YOU KNOW, JOHNNY'S HAVING A HARD TIME TALK TO HIM, SALLY'S ACTING OUT, TALK TO HER. 
          AND I WOULD ALWAYS THINK TO MYSELF, MY GOODNESS, HOW IS IT THAT AT EIGHT 15 AND EIGHT 20, A STUDENT NEEDS THIS LEVEL OF INTERVENTION WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PRINCIPAL GOING TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE? AND SO, WHEN I TALKED TO MY STAFF ABOUT IT, UH, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A DIALOGUE, IT WAS NOT A DECISION FROM THE TOP DOWN. 
          WHAT WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO DO IS EVERY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE WE EVEN TOUCHED A TEXTBOOK, BEFORE WE EVEN GOT INTO INSTRUCTION, WE WOULD START EVERY MONDAY MORNING WITH A SECOND STEP LESSON. 
          SO FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH SECOND STEP, IT'S A PROGRAM FOR BASICALLY SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AWARENESS, SORT OF THE TOOLS THAT KIDS CAN USE TO RESOLVE THEIR OWN CONFLICTS AND SO ON. 
          VERY SIMPLE, VERY QUICK, 15 TO 20 MINUTE INVESTMENTS. 
          SO NOT A LOT OF TIME GIVEN TO THAT, BUT WE IMMEDIATELY SAW A DECLINE IN THOSE REFERRALS BECAUSE WE WERE TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST VERY QUICKLY RECOGNIZE WHAT OUR KIDS WERE BRINGING TO US FROM HOME, GOOD, BAD, AND IN BETWEEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE POWER OF PBIS. 
          WHEN WE DO THAT, WHEN WE LAY THAT FOUNDATION, WE BUILD A COMMUNITY AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND IT, IT EVEN GOES BACK TO THE REMARKS I MADE ABOUT FRANKLIN, WE BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TRUST IN AND CAN RELY ON. 
          SO WITH THAT, I, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THREE OF OUR AMAZING SCHOOLS AND, AND I BELIEVE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TODAY. 
          I WANNA DOUBLE CHECK. 
          WE'RE ALL PLATINUM AWARD WINNERS, RIGHT? VERY GOOD. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE CHER MOYA ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          YES. 
          LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND. 
          AND AS BOARD PRESIDENT REFERENCED, IT IS ALSO PRINCIPALS MONTH. 
          SO I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, ONE WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR MORE YEARS THAN PROBABLY EITHER ONE OF US WOULD CARE TO ADMIT, UM, FROM CHER MOYA ELEMENTARY. 
          DO I SEE IS PRINCIPAL LUCAS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY? ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE 
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HER A HAND. 
          FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DIANNA RAMIREZ, CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, NIDIA CASTRO. 
          I'LL, I'LL INVITE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, ANDRE SPICER, TO BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THE SUPERINTENDENT DID A GREAT JOB OF DESCRIBING, UH, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, UH, TO DISCUSS. 
          I WANNA SAY A GOOD MORNING TO OUR BOARD, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, SUPERINTENDENT CHE, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORT, PBIS 304 SCHOOLS FROM LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WERE RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR. 
          JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT IS APPLAUSE WORTHY. 
          AND, AND TO ALLUDE TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, PBIS IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED TIERED FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT POSITIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR. 
          IT IS BUILT TO INCREASE OR IMPROVE SCHOOL, SCHOOL CULTURE TO MAKE STUDENTS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THEMSELVES WHERE THEY'RE NOT, UH, BEING PUNISHED, BUT WERE THEY ABLE TO USE THEIR WORDS? WERE THEY ABLE TO REFLECT? AND IT EMPHASIZES ON SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND BUILDING, AGAIN, PROMOTING, UH, REFLECTIVE THINKING, COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, EMPHASIZING COMMUNITY BUILDING AND REPAIRING HARM, FOSTERS RESILIENCE THROUGH AUTHENTIC, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          UH, IT WAS MENTIONED MTSS, AS YOU KNOW, MTSS IS TWOFOLD. 
          ACADEMICS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TODAY IS THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          THE THREE TIERS OF CON, THE CONTINUITY OF SUPPORTS AND STRATEGIES. 
          WHAT WE WANT TO SEE MOST FROM OUR STUDENTS, WE WANT TO SEE THEM RESPONDING TO TIER ONE SUPPORTS WHAT THEY HAVE EVERY DAY. 
          WE WANT TO SEE THEM, UH, IN COMMUNITY BUILDING CIRCLES, RESTORATIVE LANGUAGE BEING USED, CHECK-INS. 
          THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT ADULT, UH, TO STUDENT INTERACTION. 
          WHEN OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONNECTED WITH AN ADULT, THEY TEND TO DO BETTER. 
          WE WANNA SEE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS RESPONDING THERE. 
          ALSO, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE, UH, CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT BE DEEMED OR TIER TWO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE HAVING THOSE RESTORATIVE CONFERENCES, HAVING THOSE, UH, REPAIRING HARM CIRCLES, TARGETED SMALL GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS. 
          WE WANNA SEE VERY LITTLE TIER THREE INTERVENTIONS. 
          JUST LIKE IN ACADEMICS, WE CANNOT OVER INTERVENE OUR WAY INTO A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO START AT THE FOUNDATION. 
          SO THE CALIFORNIA PBIS RECOGNITION FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DONE REALLY WELL, AND THERE ARE EXEMPLARS AROUND CREATING THIS CULTURE AND CLIMATE. 
          THERE'S THE BRONZE, THE SILVER, THE GOLD, AND WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CHASE SAID TODAY, WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING IS, ARE SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE THE PLATINUM DISTINCTION. 
          NOW, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS RECOGNITION FOR THE BRONZE? OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO SHOW, YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL-WIDE SUPPORTS IN PLACE, CLEAR BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS. 
          I GUESS THAT'S THE FLOOR. 
          BUT THEN IN SILVER, STRONGER SCHOOLWIDE IMPLEMENTATION, GOING ON TO GOAL, WHERE WE HAVE TIER ONE AND TIER TWO SCHOOLWIDE TARGETED SUPPORTS, AND OF COURSE, PLATINUM, WHERE THEY HAVE IT ALL. 
          TIER ONE, TWO, AND THREE, THAT IS VISIBLE, SCHOOLWIDE, TARGET, AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS. 
          THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION BY OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THE FIDELITY, THE DATA USE ACTION, STUDENT SUPPORTS, CLASSROOM PRACTICES, ACADEMIC IMPACT, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, ALL ELEMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA PBIS RECOGNITION. 
          AND AGAIN, THE BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, AND THE PLATINUM. 
          WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS HOW MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE RECOGNIZED 304 SCHOOLS THIS YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO 162 LAST YEAR. 
          I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, TWO YEARS AGO, ALMOST DOUBLING. 
          NOW, THAT MIGHT BE APPLAUSE WORTHY AGAIN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 43, 43 PLATINUM SCHOOLS VERSUS TWO, TWO YEARS AGO, THAT MEANS THAT LA UNIFIED IS DOING IT RIGHT. 
          LA UNIFIED, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAS MADE, UH, BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL AROUND OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CULTURE. 
          AGAIN, 304 DISTRICT-WIDE, UH, SCHOOLS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AND THREE SCHOOLS FEATURED. 
          TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM CHAR MOYA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          PLEASE WELCOME CHAR MOYA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          GOOD MORNING, SUPERINTENDENT. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, COLLEAGUES. 
          MY NAME IS SARAH LUCAS, AND I'M THE VERY PROUD PRINCIPAL OF CHERM WAY ELEMENTARY. 
          ALSO, AS YOU NOW KNOW, A PLATINUM PBIS 
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SCHOOL. 
          UM, I WANNA START BY SHARING A QUOTE WITH YOU THAT HAS ALWAYS GUIDED MY WORK, AND I THINK REALLY APPLIES TO THE WORK WE DO IN PBIS. 
          AND THAT'S A QUOTE BY JOHN DEWEY. 
          AND HE SAYS THAT WHAT THE BEST AND WISEST PARENTS WANT FOR THEIR OWN CHILD. 
          THAT MUST BE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS FOR ALL OF ITS CHILDREN. 
          AND I'M GONNA SAY MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT IDEA REALLY CAPTURES WHAT PBIS MEANS TO US AT CHER MOYA. 
          SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PBIS, WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT, UM, POSTERS ON THE WALLS, SCHOOLWIDE EXPECTATIONS, INCENTIVES, ASSEMBLIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THOSE THINGS ALL DO HAVE A PLACE IN OUR SYSTEMS, BUT TO US, PBIS IS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU CAN SEE. 
          IT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL WHEN YOU WALK ONTO A CAMPUS. 
          YOU FEEL IT IN THE WAY AN ADULT GREET A STUDENT IN THE MORNING, OR HOW A STAFF RESPONDS WHEN A STUDENT IS STRUGGLING. 
          YOU FEEL IT IN CLASSROOMS WHERE EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR. 
          RELATIONSHIPS ARE STRONG. 
          STUDENTS KNOW THAT THE ADULTS AROUND THEM WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          NONE OF THAT HAPPENS WITHOUT OUR STAFF AND THE ADULTS ON OUR CAMPUS. 
          AT CHAIR MOYA, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS OF FOCUS HAS BEEN MAKING SURE THAT PBIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE SIMPLY EXPECT STAFF TO IMPLEMENT. 
          WE HAVE TO TEACH IT, MODEL IT, PRACTICE IT, AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN DOING IT WELL. 
          SO IF WE WANT ADULTS TO EXPLICITLY TEACH EXPECTATIONS TO STUDENTS, WE HAVE TO BE EXPLICIT WITH ADULTS ABOUT WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS LOOK AND SOUND LIKE. 
          IF WE WANT CONSISTENCY ACROSS OUR CAMPUS, WE HAVE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TO LEARN TOGETHER, TALK THROUGH CHALLENGES, AND REFLECT ON OUR PRACTICES. 
          AND SO THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY ON OUR CAMPUS, TEACHERS AIDES, OFFICE STAFF, SUPERVISION STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF, ANYONE WHO INTERACTS WITH OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          EVERYBODY ON OUR CAMPUS CONTRIBUTES TO THAT CULTURE. 
          THAT EXTENDS TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL. 
          SO WE MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND OUR LANGUAGE, THE WAY WE SUPPORT STUDENTS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE TRUE PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. 
          WE WANT FAMILIES TO KNOW NOT WHAT, JUST WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, BUT WHY THEY MATTER, AND HOW WE RESPOND TO STUDENTS WHO NEED SUPPORT. 
          WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A ROBUST GROUP OF DEDICATED PARENT AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER MEMBERS. 
          AND TO ME, THEIR PRESENCE ON OUR CAMPUS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY WE'VE CREATED BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE, THERE AT OUR SCHOOL. 
          UM, THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND BE PART OF LIFE AT THE SCHOOL. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 
          IT GROWS FROM TRUST, RELATIONSHIPS, AND A SHARED BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 
          BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT PLATINUM DOES NOT MEAN PERFECT. 
          WE ARE NOT PERFECT. 
          UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THINGS WORK BEAUTIFULLY. 
          THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE REALIZE SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING THE WAY THAT WE, WE HAD HOPED. 
          AND SO OUR NEEDS CHANGE AND OUR STUDENTS CHANGE, OUR STAFF CHANGES, AND WE EBB AND WE FLOW WITH THOSE CHANGES. 
          BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT WE PAY ATTENTION. 
          WE LOOK AT OUR DATA, WE LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, WE IDENTIFY A NEED, PROVIDE SUPPORT, TRY SOMETHING, REFLECT AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN WE DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          SO FOR US, IT'S A CONSTANT CYCLE OF IMPLEMENTATION, REFLECTION, IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND SO THAT BRINGS ME BACK TO THAT QUOTE THAT I SHARED AT THE BEGINNING BY JOHN DEWEY. 
          IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT FOR OUR OWN CHILD SAFETY, RESPECT, ENCOURAGEMENT, PATIENCE, A FEELING OF BELONGING, THEN WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE THAT FOR EVERY CHILD WHO WALKS ONTO OUR CAMPUS. 
          THAT RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 
          SO WHILE WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF THIS PLATINUM RECOGNITION, WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS NOT THE RECOGNITION ITSELF. 
          I'M PROUD OF OUR STAFF, OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY WHO SHOW UP AND REFLECT AND WORK WITH US TO CREATE A SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, RESPECTED, AND SUPPORTED. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT PBIS LOOKS LIKE AT CHER MOYA. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. 
          UM, I WANT TO ALSO SHARE THAT I'M HERE WITH OUR PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER, STACY KOBO, WHO WE HAVE, UM, FOUGHT FOR ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UM, THROUGH FUNDING AND THROUGH CONVERSATIONS FOR SIX YEARS. 
          AND, UM, LUCY BOGEN, SHE IS OUR PBIS AND SAFETY CHAIR MEMBER AT OUR SCHOOL, HELPING TO GUIDE THIS WORK. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. 
          THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL LUCAS, AND NOW FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL, DR. RAMIREZ. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT CH AND, UH, MR. SPICER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND OF COURSE, THE PBIS UNIT. 
          UH, MY NAME IS DIANNA RAMIREZ. 
          I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TODAY TO REALLY SHARE THE STORY ON BEHALF OF THE FLEMING TEAM. 
          AND I MADE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. 
          THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          UH, TODAY I AM HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR JOURNEY. 
          OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT FLEMING, WE HAVE REALLY SHIFTED OUR CULTURE. 
          UM, 
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I WILL BE SHARING ABOUT TWO KEY PRACTICES THAT HAVE REALLY HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR SCHOOL CULTURE AND HOW THE SCHOOL FEELS WHEN YOU JUST WALK ONTO THE CAMPUS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS SCHOOL-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES WITH FIDELITY SCHOOL-WIDE. 
          UM, AS A CALIFORNIA PBIS PLATINUM AWARD RECIPIENT, YES, WE LOVE TO SEE THE BANNER HANGING IN OUR, IN OUR BUILDING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          IT'S REALLY A VALIDATION OF THE THOUSANDS INTERACTIONS THAT HAPPEN THE MOMENT THE KIDS WALK TO THAT FRONT LAWN. 
          IT REALLY IS, IT'S A VALIDATION OF ALL MY TEACHERS WHO BEGIN EVERY SINGLE LESSON WITH A QUICK CHECK-IN TO SEE HOW KIDS ARE DOING. 
          BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE BOOKS, JUST LIKE SUPERINTENDENT SHANE SAID, THAT TOOK A MIND SHIFT FROM STAFF TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW ARE KIDS DOING AS HUMANS BEFORE WE REALLY ENGAGE IN STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION AND TO ALSO RECOGNIZE WHO IS A STUDENT THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA LOVE AND SUPPORT BEFORE WE BEGIN LEARNING. 
          IT'S A VALIDATION OF MY STUDENTS, MY FALCONS, WHO SIT IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CIRCLES. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RJ CIRCLES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, SUPPORTED BY OUR RJ TEACHER, MR. POE, OR COUNSELORS, PSW AND ADMIN. 
          UM, WE, UH, THERE'S A VALIDATION OF MY STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE COURAGE TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATIONS, TO DEESCALATE PEER CONFLICT AND REPAIR HARM, AND TAKE OWNERSHIP WHEN THEY MAKE MISTAKES. 
          IT'S A VALIDATION OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO FACILITATE, UH, THOSE RESTORATIVE CONVERSATIONS, BUT ALSO MAKE REFERRALS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS FOR KIDS WHO MIGHT NEED THAT ADDITIONAL HELP OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. 
          AND IT'S A VALIDATION OF EVERY FLEMING STAFF MEMBER WHO CHOOSES CONNECTION OVER CORRECTION AND ASKING QUESTIONS, HOW DO I SUPPORT? THE SECOND, UM, OF FLEMING CULTURE IS FOUNDED ON THREE GOLDEN RULES, AND THEY ARE POSTED EVERYWHERE ON OUR CAMPUS, AND THEY'RE THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE AS A FLEMING COMMUNITY, AND THAT THAT IS, THAT WE ARE SAFE, WE ARE KIND, AND WE ARE SCHOLARS. 
          THE SECOND STRATEGY THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS OUR DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS. AND I MEAN THAT SYSTEM SCHOOL-WIDE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, OUR TEAM OF FACULTY, ADMIN, DEAN COORDINATORS, EVERYONE COMES TO THE TABLE AND WE LOOK AT DISCIPLINE DATA WITH A VERY OPEN, TRANSPARENT MIND TO REALLY ASK QUESTIONS, WHERE IS IT HAPPENING? WHAT IS HAPPENING? AND THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION, WHY IS IT HAPPENING? AND HOW DO WE RE REALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE IN DECREASING INCIDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS? THE HEART OF OUR, THE CHANGE IN OUR APPROACH HAS REALLY BEEN IN THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA AND MOVING AWAY FROM WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE STUDENT, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES TO ASKING QUESTIONS? LIKE, WHAT DOES, WHAT SUPPORTS DOES THIS CHILD NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON OUR CAMPUS? AND WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO SUPPORT THEM? THAT IS REALLY THE HEART OF OUR TRANSFORMATION IN SUPPORTING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE FROM PUNITIVE TO RESTORATIVE. 
          AT FLEMING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, THEY FEEL SEEN, THEY FEEL SUPPORTED, AND THEY FEEL CONNECTED, THEY ARE BETTER PREPARED TO ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS. 
          WE KNOW THAT AND WE BELIEVE THAT, AND OUR DATA SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT BY COINCIDENCE THAT FLEMING IS A 2026 CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL FOR OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC GROWTH AND A 2026 PBIS PLATINUM SCHOOL. 
          THAT DID NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE. 
          IT HAPPENED BY VERY INTENTIONAL SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES AND WHOLE SCHOOL BUY-IN INTO THOSE SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES. 
          UH, I WANT TO GET, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, UH, THE FLEMING TEAMS' JOURNEY TOWARDS PRO, UH, REALLY CULTIVATING A POSITIVE CULTURE THAT REALLY, UH, SHOWCASES THAT FLEMING EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS. 
          I'M HERE JOINED BY MY DEAN AND MY, UH, UH, PBIS SUPPORT PAUL MURILLO, AND OF COURSE, THE WHOLE TEAM WHO'S AT SCHOOL DATA SHOWS THAT OCTOBER IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SPICY MONTH. 
          I WAS LIKE, I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE OFF CAMPUS. 
          BUT I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MR. DIAZ, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OVER DISCIPLINE AND MR. POE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TEACHER, UH, PSW MIRANDA, AND ALSO AP AND CARIO, WHO ARE LEADS IN THIS WORK. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND NOW, DEFINITELY. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL 
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LADY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, SHE AND BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S AN HONORED FOR US TO BE HERE TO SHARE THE WORK THAT HASN'T BEEN VERY EASY, BUT HAS BEEN VERY REWARDING AT CANOGA PARK WHEN IT COMES TO THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. 
          SO, UM, THE TWO SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, AH, WE DO THAT, WE DO THAT. 
          SO IT REALLY SHOWS THAT IF YOU REALLY WORK ON THOSE STRATEGIES THAT ACTUALLY PUT STUDENTS AT THE CENTER, SOMETHING THAT IS GROUNDED ON RESPECT. 
          AND FOR ME, STUDENT VOICE, I USED TO, UM, HAVE A, A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COLIA INSTITUTE ON STUDENT VOICE WHEN I WAS AT MY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO WHEN I ARRIVED TO CANOGA TWO YEARS AGO, I DECIDED THAT STUDENTS NEEDED TO HAVE A VOICER IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED. 
          TOO MANY TIMES WE EDUCATORS SAID, THIS IS WHAT STUDENTS NEED. 
          AND THEN I WOULD ASK SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD TELL ME THAT, WELL, HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE YOU ASKED? AND THEY WOULD SAY, WELL, NO ONE, I JUST KNOW BECAUSE I'M OLDER AND MORE EXPERIENCED. 
          RIGHT? SO WE DECIDED AT CANOGA THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT STUDENTS AT THE CENTER, NOT JUST AS THERE ARE CLIENTELE AND WE ARE HERE WORKING FOR THEM, BUT WE WERE GOING TO TREAT THEM FOR REAL, AS THEY SAID, AS UH, EQUAL PARTNERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. 
          SO STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN IN TELLING US WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED. 
          UH, I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, THE SSC COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR AND THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ARE STUDENTS. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. 
          WE ALSO, UM, LAST YEAR, WE, UM, ADAPTED THE, UM, LEADER IN ME SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. 
          AND THAT I HAVE SEEN HAS DONE GREAT, GREAT, UM, DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE SEVEN HABITS OF EFFECTIVE PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 
          NOT JUST AT SCHOOL, BUT WHEN THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD. 
          SO I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING. 
          BUT THIS WORK CANNOT BE DONE ALONE, RIGHT? I AM THE PRINCIPAL AND I AM IN CHARGE OF DISCIPLINE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE OF DISCIPLINE, SOMETIMES IT'S A JOKE. 
          SO I HAVE THIS AMAZING PEOPLE BEHIND ME THAT HELPED ME REALLY DO THE WORK. 
          I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR WITHOUT THEM. 
          SO I AM GOING TO GIVE THEM THE MIC SO THEY COULD SHARE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OUR WONDERFUL DEAN, ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE POSITIVE INTERVENTION BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST. 
          SHE DOES NOT LIKE THAT TITLE, BUT I THINK IT SOUNDS SO AWESOME. 
          SO HERE SHE IS, MS. HIGGINS. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS. 
          . 
          HI, I AM SHANNON HIGGINS SILVAR, AND I'M THE VERY PROUD DEAN AT CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AS DEAN, AND I WAS A SPECIAL EDUCATOR FOR 29 YEARS. 
          UH, SO NEW POSITION, BUT LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. 
          UM, HUNTERS HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PBIS STRATEGIES AND EFFORTS AT CANOGA. 
          UM, WHAT MAKES THIS WORK IS THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS ON OUR CAMPUS AND OUR FAMILY, UM, PARTICIPATED IN CREATING THESE HUNTER'S VALUES. 
          OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR CAMPUS AIDES, OUR OUT OF CLASSROOM STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMIN, EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AND WE COLLABORATED TO CREATE THESE, UM, ATTRIBUTES. 
          AND, UM, THE SCHOOL WIDE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS REALLY STARTED WITH OUR STUDENT VOICE. 
          WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY EXPECTED FROM THE SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY EXPECTED FROM EACH OTHER. 
          UM, WE CREATED MINI LESSONS IN THE CLASSROOM, SO WE DIDN'T JUST GIVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT NOBLE MEANT OR, UM, UNITED MEANT, BUT WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, SCENARIOS AND SITUATIONS IN REAL LIFE SO THEY COULD LEARN WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, NOT JUST WHAT THE DEFINITION WAS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE HONORABLE. 
          THEY'RE UNITED, THEY'RE NOBLE, THEY'RE THOUGHTFUL, THEY'RE EMPATHETIC, THEY'RE RESILIENT, AND THEY'RE SCHOLARLY, AND THEY PRACTICE THOSE STRATEGIES EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO TAKEN IT A FURTHER STEP WITH OUR TWO, TIER TWO AND TIER THREE STUDENTS. 
          WE'VE CREATED GROUPS, UM, SMALL GROUPS OF WITH, UM, GIRLS AND BOYS. 
          WE MEET WEEKLY. 
          UM, ELIA AND I GREW WITH ONE AND POOKY WITH ANOTHER, OR CONNOR WITH ANOTHER. 
          UM, AND OUR ACE GROUP, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, UM, PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, WE WORK WITH THESE KIDS TO HELP THEM THROUGH THEIR TRAUMA AND LEARN TO FIND A TRUSTED ADULT ON CAMPUS, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT 'CAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS A PERSON. 
          UM, BY DOING THESE THINGS, WE REALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE 
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POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE SCHOOL, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE A FAMILY AND IT, IT'S AN AWESOME PLACE TO BE. 
          AND THE KIDS ARE AMAZING AND WE LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND THEY DRIVE US TO BE THERE EVERY DAY AND BE BETTER EVERY DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS, OR CABRERA. 
          I'M A SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATE AT CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, OUR STAFF EMBRACES PBIS AS A COLLABORATIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY TO REINFORCE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR THROUGH RECOGNITION AND INCENTIVES. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED A IMPLEMENTED AND CREATIVE PROGRAM SUCH AS HUNTER'S BINGO CARD, UH, COSTCO MONDAYS, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CELEBRATE STUDENT SUCCESS. 
          THESE EFFORTS HELP BUILD ENTHUSIASM, CONSISTENCY, AND A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY WHILE REINFORCING OUR SHARED EXPECTATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UH, I'M COACH CONNOR, OR AS SHE REFERRED TO ME AS COACH POOKY. 
          THAT'S WHAT MY MAMA CALLS ME, . 
          AND, UH, AND THE KIDS HEARD IT, SO THEY, IT KIND OF STUCK. 
          UM, GLAD TO BE HERE WITH THIS TEAM. 
          WE WORK WELL TOGETHER. 
          AND I LOVE WHAT MS. CASTRO HAS DONE. 
          AND I CALL HER THE ROSE OF CANOGA BECAUSE SHE CAME IN AND SHE CHANGED THE ENVIRONMENT BY GIVING THE STUDENTS A VOICE. 
          AND THAT MADE A BIG DEAL. 
          AND WHEN THE STUDENTS HAVE A VOICE, WE CAN HEAR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IT SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY FOR THEM. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE. 
          AND MY PARTNER, MS. ELIA AND I, WE GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WE MAKE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS. 
          AND WE CONNECTED WITH, UH, 'CAUSE IF YOU KNOW WHERE CANOGA PARK IS, WE HAVE THE MALL ON OUR LEFT WOODING HILLS MALL TO OUR LEFT. 
          AND WE HAVE LANDMARK PARK TO OUR RIGHT. 
          POLAR OPPOSITES OF THE TYPE OF INCOME LEVEL AND SOCIAL LEVEL. 
          BUT WE IN THE MIDDLE, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE. 
          SO WE ARE THE HEART OF THAT AREA, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PARENTS AND ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE INVOLVED IN THE THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          AND, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS IMPLEMENTED, UH, MS. CASTRO ALLOWED ACE TO COME IN, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY BASED PRO, UH, PROGRAM THAT HAS BROUGHT SAFE PASSAGE. 
          WE WERE ONE OF THE PILOT SCHOOLS, CORRECT. 
          UH, TWO OF THE POLICY SCHOOLS DO SAFE PASSAGES. 
          AND WE HELP THEM, AND THEY HELP US. 
          AND 47 PLUS BUSINESSES AROUND OUR SCHOOL HAVE LOGOS IN THE WINDOWS TO LET THE CHILDREN KNOW IF THEY'RE EVER, UH, THREATENED BY ANYONE COMING DOWN THE STREET. 
          BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BOTHER THE STUDENTS. 
          LET'S JUST BE HONEST THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO. 
          AND THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE A SEAL TO SAY, WE WILL HELP PROTECT YOU. 
          AND OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT HAS BROUGHT IN SO MANY INCENTIVES, AND IT KEEPS THE STUDENTS INVOLVED, ENGAGED, AND WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED. 
          SO I THINK MS. CASTRO, AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE, UH, MS. JAY, SHE, SHE HELPED US GET OUR YEAH. 
          TOO, JULIE, I CALL HER MS. JAY. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR TEAM. 
          SHE, MOYA, FLEMING, AND CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR EXAMPLES. 
          GIVE US JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN LA UNIFIED. 
          AGAIN, 304 SCHOOLS AND THREE SCHOOLS FEATURED TODAY. 
          SO NOW I WANT TO SHOW A SHORT VIDEO ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT DISPLAYS THE NAMES OF ALL 304 RECOGNIZED SCHOOLS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
           
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WELL, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I COULD, I COULD SING ? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, WE, WE WON'T HAVE ANY SINGING MR. MCLEAN. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE GENEROUS OFFER. 
          UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE FOR OUR THREE AMAZING SCHOOLS. 
          UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          YES. 
          COMMENTS? WELL, I'LL START. 
          GOOD. 
          YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          SO MY SCHOOL OF THE THREE IS, UH, CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL. 
          JUST SO PROUD OF THAT SCHOOL. 
          AND I'M ALSO VERY PROUD, AS I SAY, CONTINUALLY, THAT SCHOOLS ARE NOT JUST MADE UP OF CERTIFICATED PEOPLE, ADMINISTRATORS, AND TEACHERS. 
          WE HAVE ARALIA AND IS IT COACH POOKIE? YEAH. 
          I MEAN, A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS, OR, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CANOGA. 
          SO PROUD OF YOU. 
          SO PROUD. 
          WELL, I DON'T SEE THAT MUCH OF YOU, MR. POOKY, BUT I SEE ORELIA EVERY TIME I COME TO CANOGA PARK. 
          SHE'S RIGHT IN THE FRONT, SO I SEE HER ALL THE TIME. 
          NEXT. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD, SHERETTE. 
          UH, AGAIN, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT THAT YOU REPRESENT US WELL, AND, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SET, UM, FOR OUR DISTRICT AND, UH, BEING PLATINUM AND, UH, CP ON YOUR SHIRT, GONNA MEAN SOMETHING ELSE AFTER TODAY. 
          'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW COACH POOKIE, SO , YOU KNOW, IT WON'T BE CANOGA PARK ANYMORE, , UH, BUT I WANNA JUST DO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY DEANS OUT THERE. 
          AS A FELLOW DEAN. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND YOUR SPECIALISTS AND CLAIM IT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS. 
          YES. 
          I WANNA, UH, CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND NOT ONLY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE HERE, UM, CHER MOYA FLEMING, AND ALSO CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN HONORED WITH A DIFFERENT LEVEL, RIGHT? FROM PLATINUM ALL THE WAY TO BRONX. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          IT'S WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH FIDELITY, WITH INTENTION, UM, AND IT TAKES AN ENTIRE TEAM, OUR CLIMATE SCHOOL ADVOCATES, OUR DEANS, OUR PSAS, OUR PSW, OUR PRINCIPALS, IT'S, IT OUR TEACHERS, IT'S IT'S WORK THAT AN ENTIRE SCHOOL HAS TO REALLY, UM, WORK DILIGENTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND IT TAKES A, A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND I KNOW THAT PBIS LOOKS DIFFERENT IN ELEMENTARY THAN IT DOES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT DEFINITELY THESE ARE A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY, IDEALLY, WE WANT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND TO BE IMPLEMENTING THIS WITH FIDELITY. 
          I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK, BUT, UM, BUT WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP AND A WONDERFUL TEAM, IT, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED. 
          HELLO. 
          WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          REVO IS MY SCHOOL. 
          YAY. 
          AND I ALSO ATTENDED CANOGA PARK FOR A YEAR WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          YAY. 
          UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. 
          AND YOU ALL JUST SHARED THE ESSENCE OF WHAT MAKES YOU A PLATINUM SCHOOL, RIGHT? UM, I HEARD, UH, THAT RE THE DISCIPLINE OR BEHAVIOR, OR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE ON CAMPUS. 
          AND I THINK THAT ALL THREE OF YOU SHARED HOW THAT IS HOW YOU FUNCTION. 
          IT'S EVERYBODY'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I LOVED THAT CANOGA PARK SHARED HOW IT'S NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE AFFECTED BY THEIR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO, KUDOS TO YOU FOR BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, IN OUR SCHOOL, AND SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT I HEARD. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, UH, PBIS OFFICE. 
          I'M WEARING. 
          THEY'RE WONDERFUL. 
          IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THESE, THEY HAVE CREATED THESE, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, YES, PLEASE GIVE 'EM A HAND, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE SOSA ARE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING SCHOOLS WHEN THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THESE, UH, FOR THIS RECOGNITION, RIGHT? SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, YOU ARE VERY CRITICAL, AND I AGREE WITH DR. 
          RES WHEN SHE SAYS THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE, BECAUSE WE WANT A WHOLE DISTRICT THAT IS NOT, THAT IS NOT ONLY AT THE BRONZE LEVEL, BUT AT THE PLATINUM. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO PLATINUM, WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND OUR HIGHEST NEED STUDENTS ARE, I ARE AT THE CENTER, RIGHT? AND SO, TO ME, WE WANNA BE ALL PLATINUM SO THAT WE CAN WORK 
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WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          I HAVE OTHER STUDENT, OTHER SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE ALSO PLATINUM, AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE HIGH NEED, HIGHEST NEEDS POPULATION. 
          UM, SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM FLEMING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION, OVERCORRECTION, REPAIRING HARM. 
          NOT ONLY THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN, BUT EVEN US AS ADULTS. 
          AND SO, WHAT A GIFT THAT YOU ARE GIVING NOT ONLY TO THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO THERE YOU ARE, BUT ALSO TO THE ADULTS AT THE SCHOOL SITE, RIGHT? WHEN WE LEARN, WE'VE ALL GROWN UP WITH, WITH PUNISHMENT AND MAKING FEEL, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL BAD FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND SHAMING AND GUILT. 
          YOU ARE REVERSING THAT IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND, AND YOU'RE REVERSING IT, UH, FOR THE ADULTS WHO ARE, WHO ARE THERE. 
          BUT ALSO, MOST IMPOR IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW GOING TO BE FUNCTIONING IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THAT THEY WILL BE BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY FOR US IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THANK YOU AND I COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK FOR OUR LEADERS, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SHARE THAT LEADERSHIP WITH EVERYONE, AND YOU SEE EVERYONE IN YOUR CAMPUS AS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MS. RIEGEL. 
          WE'LL HAVE MR. MELVOIN FOLLOWED BY MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          YES, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          WHERE I WAS MY SCHOOL. 
          SO I WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU. 
          IT'S SUCH A GEM. 
          UM, AND, UH, UM, APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE AND, UH, REPORTING ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          I'LL SAY THE PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE AFTER YOURS, NO OFFENSE TO OUR FMA TEAM, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS NICE AS THE PRESENTATION WE JUST HAD. 
          BUT THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS 'CAUSE THEY'RE CONNECTED. 
          BECAUSE SCHOOLS, UM, THAT KIDS WANNA ATTEND ARE SCHOOLS THAT WILL GET NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES BACK. 
          AND NOT ONLY WITH OUR ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO WITH OUR ATTENDANCE. 
          LIKE THE COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES THAT YOU'VE CULTIVATED ARE ONES THAT KIDS WANNA SHOW UP TO SCHOOL. 
          UM, AND THAT HELPS OUR ATTENDANCE, WHICH DOES HELP OUR, OUR BOTTOM LINE, WHICH IS THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, I MEAN, I THINK THIS BOARD AND DISTRICT ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING NOT JUST GOOD STUDENTS, BUT GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD HUMANS, UM, AND, UH, UM, WE REALLY WANNA, UM, COMMEND YOU ALL FOR, FOR DOING THAT. 
          I'M, I'M CURIOUS TOO, FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, KNOW ONE OF THE, UH, I WAS AT A CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND AND I HEARD SOMEONE, UM, TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD DO AS SYSTEMS IS MAKE THE, THE RIGHT THING, THE EASY THING. 
          UM, AND I'M CURIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, HOW WE MAKE THIS PROCESS IN OTHER SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 300 OR SO SCHOOLS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED. 
          UM, BUT WE'D LOVE TO, UH, HELP, UH, SUPPORT OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING GOOD WORK. 
          SO, THINKING THROUGH, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NOT ONLY GOES INTO CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ACTUALLY TO APPLY FOR THIS AWARD AND TO GET RECOGNIZED. 
          AND SO HOW WE CAN SUPPORT SCHOOLS WITH THAT SAME, SAME WITH OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AND BLUE RIBBONS AND ALL THAT. 
          JUST, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO ELEVATE THAT WITHOUT TAKING MORE TIME AWAY FROM THE WORK TO CELEBRATE THE WORK WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          SO, CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR, UH, SHARING, UM, AND, UH, REMINDING US KIND OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS, UM, BEYOND JUST THE, THE, THE NUMBERS AND ACADEMICS, UH, BUT ABOUT HOW WE'RE CULTIVATING GOOD PEOPLE. 
          SO, THANK YOU ALL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO TH UH, THREE QUICK THINGS IN THAT REGARD. 
          UH, ONE, THE, THE SMALL BUT MIGHTY PBIS TEAM, LAURA, JULIE, PAUL, WHERE'S PAUL? YOU CAN'T HAVE, YOU CAN'T HAVE LAURA WITHOUT PAUL, UH, ARE ARE OUT THERE WORKING WITH AND THROUGH OUR, OUR SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ADVISORS TO, TO ELEVATE THESE BEST PRACTICES THAT OUR SCHOOLS COME IN, LEAN IN AND DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SO ON. 
          WE ALSO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AT MONTHLY PRINCIPAL MEETINGS. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE REALLY SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THAT HONESTLY, SUCCESS BEGETS SUCCESS. 
          SO AS PRINCIPALS SEE THEIR COLLEAGUES GET RECOGNIZED AND GET PLATINUM STATUS, GOLD STATUS, THEY WILL ACTUALLY PROACTIVELY INQUIRE OF THE PBIS TEAM AND SAY, HOW DO I DO THIS? HOW DO I GET THIS RECOGNITION FOR OUR SCHOOL? SO WE'RE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT WORK, BUT IT ALSO HAPPENS ORGANICALLY IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ARTIS FRANKLIN. 
          THANKS. 
          I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL 304 SCHOOLS, BUT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S IN MY BOARD DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO MY ALMA MATER. 
          AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST 20 SOMETHING YEARS. 
          UM, BUT WE DID A BUS TOUR, UH, LAST FRIDAY, A SOUTH BAY BUS TOUR OF A SCHOOL IN GARDENA, CARSON, AND LATA AND FLEMING WAS ONE VISITED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BY SOME NONPROFIT LEADERS AND THE CHAMBER. 
          AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE, UM, THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          STUDENTS LET US AT FLEMING, UM, THROUGH THEIR RJ ROOM, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ROOM, THE LIBRARY, AND THEIR, THEIR SCHOLAR ATHLETES AVID PROGRAM. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW WHEN A SCHOOL IS REALLY FOCUSED AND I THINK WORKS ALL TOGETHER, THEIR STAFF, FAMILIES, THEIR, THEIR STUDENT LEADERS, UM, IT JUST FITS IT LIKE MERGES ALL TOGETHER, ACADEMIC GROWTH ALONG WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GROWTH. 
          AND SO, JUST SUPER SHOUT OUT FOR MAKING IT ALL WORK, MAKING IT ALL FIT, AND IN MY MIND, REALLY BEING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, I WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE 
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OF THESE BUS TOURS, AND HAPPY TO CHAT WITH ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW IT WENT. 
          AND THANK YOU TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR DOING THAT, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR JOINING US. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ORTIZ. 
          FRANKLIN, UH, SUPERINTENDENT. 
          ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE, UH, IF WE COULD ALL JUST GIVE ONE MORE BIG HAND TO ALL OF OUR PBIS ON RE AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR SCHOOL TEAMS FOR JOINING US. 
          WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE KNOW HOW BUSY EVERYONE IS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE FISCAL CRISIS AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM, ALSO KNOWN AS FIGMA. 
          FIGMA IS AN INDEPENDENT AND EXTERNAL STATE AGENCY IN CALIFORNIA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991 BY AB 1200. 
          IT HELPS SCHOOL DISTRICTS IDENTIFY, PREVENT, AND RESOLVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES. 
          AS YOU'RE AWARE, IN JULY, LACO DESIGNATED L-A-U-S-D AS A LACK OF GOING CONCERN. 
          THIS DESIGNATION TRIGGERED A COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT UNDER CURRENT LAW FOR FIGMA TO CONDUCT A FISCAL HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE DISTRICT'S, EXCUSE ME, THE DISTRICT'S RISK OF FISCAL INSOLVENCY. 
          WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY ARE FIGMA S FINDINGS FROM ITS INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL HEALTH AND RISK. 
          THE ANALYSIS REINFORCES MANY OF THE FISCAL CHALLENGES WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING PUBLICLY, INCLUDING OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FULLY IMPLEMENTING OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AS WE CONSIDER THE REPORT TODAY, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ANALYSIS IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. 
          AS FIGMA NOTES, ITS ANALYSIS IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF FISCAL RISK AND PROCESSES THAT MAY NEED IMPROVEMENT. 
          AREAS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING EFFECTIVELY ARE GENERALLY NOT DISCUSSED. 
          OUR RESPONSIBILITY NOW IS TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE WORK AHEAD, IMPLEMENTING THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, MONITORING OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND RESULTS, AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS WHEN NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL STABILITY. 
          IN JUST A SECOND, I'M GONNA INVITE THE FIGMA TEAM TO COME AND GIVE US A REPORT. 
          BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE AN OLD FRIEND WHO IS WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, AND THAT'S MEGAN RILEY. 
          I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE WORKED WITH MEGAN YES. 
          OVER THE YEARS, AND SHE IS SOMEONE WHO I KNOW IS LUSD THROUGH AND THROUGH. 
          SO THANK YOU MEGAN, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 
          WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MICHAEL FINE, JENNIFER NOGA AND MARCUS WICK TO JOIN US AT THE DICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I AM, UH, MIKE FINE. 
          UM, THROUGH LAST FRIDAY, THE PROUD, UH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FMA, UM, AND I DELAYED THROWING OUT ALL MY TIES AND SUITS OVER THE WEEKEND TO COME JOIN YOU SINCE THIS WAS, OR IT WAS, WAS ISSUED LAST WEEK, UH, IN MY TENURE. 
          BUT APPRECIATE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, UH, LA USD'S, MEGAN RILEY. 
          UH, WE BROUGHT MEGAN ON BOARD, UM, JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AS PART OF THE TRANSITION, UM, IN LEADERSHIP AT FMA. 
          AND SO SHE IS TODAY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, UM, OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          I WANT TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE AND THEN, UH, JEN AND MARCUS ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH IT, AND I'LL RETURN AT THE END TO KIND OF CLOSE IT OUT. 
          AND I, I FIRST WANNA SAY THIS IS A POSITIVE REPORT. 
          UH, THIS ISN'T A NEGATIVE REPORT. 
          THIS IS A POSITIVE REPORT. 
          UM, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE END. 
          UM, UH, THERE'S NO SCHOOL DISTRICT OUT THERE IN CALIFORNIA OR ANY PLACE THAT'S PERFECT. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, RIGHT? UM, AND SO, UH, WE POINT OUT A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT PROBABLY COULD BE DONE BETTER. 
          THIS IS, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, DESPITE SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS, STARTS WITH ACTUALLY STATE ADOPTED CRITERION STANDARDS FOR FISCAL SOLVENCY. 
          THESE ARE NOT MADE UP BY FMA, UM, THE START WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPTED CRITERION STANDARDS. 
          WE SIMPLY TAKE AND DEVELOP QUESTIONS THAT TAKE US TO A DEEPER DIVE OF EACH OF THOSE STANDARDS. 
          THEY'RE YES AND NO QUESTIONS. 
          JEN'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THAT, UM, PIECE. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO STEAL IT FROM HER. 
          UM, BUT, UH, IT STARTS FIRST WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN THE FHRA, THE FISCAL HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS, JUST TO DEEPER DIVE, TO GET TO THE LAYERS UNDERNEATH THOSE, YOU SEE THOSE STATE STANDARDS. 
          UM, EVERY TIME YOU ADOPT A BUDGET OR AN INTERIM REPORT, UH, THEY ARE PART OF THAT GREAT BIG PACKAGE THAT YOU ALL WANT TO AVOID READING. 
          UM, THOSE HUNDREDS OF PAGES IN VERY TECHNICAL FORMAT. 
          BUT 26 OF THOSE PAGES ARE THE STATE CRITERIA. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE ANSWERED YES OR NO, OR MET OR NOT MET. 
          UH, WE'RE 
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JUST SIMPLY TAKING A SLIGHTLY DEEPER DIVE. 
          THEY ARE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF BEST PRACTICES IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AROUND FISCAL OPERATIONS. 
          AND THIS REPORT DOESN'T LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR NUMBERS. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. 
          AS THE SUPERINTENDENT INTRODUCED IT. 
          IT IS LOOKING AT YOUR PRACTICES, IT'S LOOKING AT YOUR POLICIES SO THAT WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY, YOU'RE IN THE BEST POSITION TO WORK YOURSELF OUT OF THAT DIFFICULTY. 
          AND AGAIN, I WILL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY, UM, ACTUALLY, I'LL WAIT AND DO THAT AT THE END. 
          JEN, UH, MARCUS OR MARCUS, I APOLOGIZE, STARTING . 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS MARCUS WARWICK. 
          I'M ONE OF THE, UH, THREE, UH, TEAM MEMBERS THAT CAME AND VISITED WITH THE DISTRICT AND CONDUCTED THE ANALYSIS, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, AND SO WE'LL KIND OF, I THINK, INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT, UM, UH, ADD ON A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT MIKE HAS ALREADY ALLUDED TO AND, AND SO ON. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING. 
          UH, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO ALSO COME HERE AND SEE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT STUDENTS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS OUR JOB, WE'RE SOMEWHAT REMOVED SOME FROM THAT SOMETIME, ACTUALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR ME, NO LONGER BEING IN A DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF FUN TO SEE THOSE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOUR DISTRICT STAFF, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP BOARD MEMBERS, UM, LABOR PARTNERS, AS WELL AS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR THAT. 
          DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS. 
          UH, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE REQUESTED. 
          UM, IT'S, IT TAKES A LOT OF MAN HOURS FOR THAT. 
          UH, YOUR STAFF, UH, HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL. 
          ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED, OR QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD REGARDING DOCUMENTS, THEY WERE QUICK TO RESPOND TO US AND, AND SO ON. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETIMES HALF THE BATTLE IS JUST GETTING THE DOCUMENTS FROM, FROM THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO, TONIGHT, WE'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT F MET. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT WAS DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK GOING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, UH, THE FHRA OR FISCAL HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS, UH, I'M GONNA SAY FMA AND FHRA. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THE ACRONYMS DON'T, UH, GET TOO HEAVY FROM THERE. 
          UH, AND THEN FOCUS ON SOME OF THE GREATEST AREAS OF RISK AS TO WHAT WE CAME ACROSS. 
          UM, AND THEN HOW THOSE RISKS CONNECT, AND THEN WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE DISTRICT, UH, MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR AGENDA. 
          I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT FIC MAT, UH, THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT PROCESS, AND THE CAL SOMEWHAT OF CALIFORNIA'S FRAMEWORK FOR THAT. 
          UH, WE'LL THEN SPECIFICALLY REVIEW, UH, AD'S, UH, REPORT AND, AND SO ON. 
          I KIND OF, I THINK TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR YOU. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT BECAME AVAILABLE AFTER OUR FIELD WORK. 
          UM, UH, UH, WHICH, WHICH WOULD, I THINK SUPPORT SOME OF OUR REPORTS. 
          SO ABOUT FIC MATS. 
          UM, MUCH TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT STATED, WE WERE CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN 1991 BY ASSEMBLY BILLER AB 1200. 
          UM, AT THAT TIME, OUR WORK ORIGINALLY JUST CENTERED ON DISTRICTS THAT HAD ALREADY BECOME FISCALLY, UH, INSOLVENT. 
          SO OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES, THOUGH, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR ROLE, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARDS PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION. 
          UH, THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE IS. 
          UH, IN FACT, I THINK A MEETING WITH THE LABOR PARTNERS SAID, COULD YOU LEAD WITH THAT NAME INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, FISCAL CRISIS AND MANAGEMENT, MAYBE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          AND, AND ED, I ALREADY THREW THAT OUT TO MEGAN AND MIKE, AND THEY, THEY SHOT ME DOWN QUICK, QUICKLY. 
          SO, UM, BUT MOST OF OUR WORK TODAY ACTUALLY SURROUNDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, TRAINING ON VARIOUS TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, JUST TO ASSIST THEM IN THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, HOWEVER, ALSO OUR ROLE HAS EXPANDED, AGAIN, OVER THE LAST, UH, UH, THREE DECADES TO ASSISTING COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, CHARTER SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND SO ON. 
          UH, MUCH OF OUR WORK TODAY IS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY FISCAL RISK EARLY, WHILE THE DISTRICT STILL HAS OPTIONS IN PLACE TO TAKE TIME, UH, TO, TO TAKE TIME AND CORRECTIVE ACTION TO FIX THOSE, UH, THE FHA IS ONE OF THOSE TOOLS THAT WE USE, UH, FOR THIS PROCESS. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FISCAL OVERSIGHT PROCESS. 
          SO, AB 1200 ESTABLISHED CALIFORNIA'S SYSTEM OF FISCAL OVERSIGHT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION NOW HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW DISTRICT BUDGETS, INTERIM REPORTS, AND THEN MAY TAKE PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER ACTIONS WHEN FISCAL CONCERNS EITHER ARISE OR, OR INCREASE. 
          UM, A LACK OF GOING CONCERN IS ONE OF THOSE DESIGNATIONS, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT STATED, THAT WAS THE TRIGGERING EVENT FOR OUR FISCAL HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS FOR YOU. 
          SO REALLY, THE GOAL FOR THIS THOUGH, IS NOT SIMPLY JUST COMPLIANCE, BUT JUST EARLY IDENTIFICATION INTERVENTION. 
          SO A DISTRICT CAN MAINTAIN FISCAL SOLVENCY AND THEN ULTIMATELY, LOCAL CONTROL IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. 
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SO SPECIFIC TO THE TOOL, UH, THE FHRA, IT WAS DESIGNED TO ASSESS A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY'S RISK OF FISCAL INSOLVENCY IN THE CURRENT AND TWO SUBSEQUENT YEARS. 
          THE QUESTION STEM FROM FMAS 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH DISTRICTS IN FISCAL DISTRESS, AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON DENOMINATORS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS AS WELL. 
          UH, AS MIKE ALLUDED TO, THE QUESTIONS ARE DERIVED FROM THE CRITERIA AND STANDARDS, THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ACCOUNTING MANUAL, OR CSAM, THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD, GASB, RELEVANT EDUCATION CODE, GOVERNMENT CODE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, BEST PRACTICES. 
          THE FHA IS INTENDED TO BE PROACTIVE. 
          IT LOOKS BEYOND WHETHER CURRENT, IF THE CURRENT BUDGET BALANCES AND CONSIDERS THE SYSTEMS, ASSUMPTIONS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES THAT IMPACT A LONG-TERM FISCAL HEALTH. 
          AGAIN, THIS KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT MIKE SAID, IT'S A PROCESS AND PROCEDURE DRIVEN DOCUMENT. 
          UH, SO WHEN SITUATIONS COME UP WHERE THE DISTRICT MAY NEED TO PIVOT, UH, YOU CAN REFER BACK TO THOSE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE TIMELY AND DONE APPROPRIATELY. 
          UH, AGAIN, THE ANALYSIS REFLECTS CONDITIONS. 
          FIGMA HAS REPEATEDLY OBSERVED IN DI OBSERVED IN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED FISCAL DISTRESS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE BOTTOM THERE, THE LACK OF GOING CONCERN DESIGNATION IS BOLDED. 
          AND THAT WAS THE TRIGGERING EVENT FOR US TO COME IN AND REVIEW AND WORK WITH THE DISTRICT ON THIS. 
          SO THE TOOL ITSELF, UH, THERE'S 138 YES NO QUESTIONS. 
          UH, IT COVERS 20 AREAS OF FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL RISKS, SUCH AS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, FACILITIES, LEADERSHIP, STABILITY, AUDITS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND SO ON. 
          UM, MUCH LIKE A GOLF SCORE, UH, THE MORE YESES ARE A GOOD THING. 
          A NO RESPONSE IDENTIFIES A CONDITION THAT COULD, MAY OR COULD INCREASE, UH, FISCAL RISK. 
          UH, HOWEVER, NOT EVERY QUESTION CARRIES THE SAME WEIGHT. 
          THE PERCENTAGE OF SCORE PROVIDES ONE INDICATOR OF RISK, BUT FMMA ALSO CONSIDERS OTHER FISCAL CONDITIONS THAT CAN SUPERSEDE THAT SCORE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM THREE BULLETS, THE, THE HIGH RISK, THE MODERATE RISK, AND THEN THE LOW RISK IN THAT SCORE. 
          ACCOMPANYING THAT THE NARRATIVE IN THE REPORT EXPLAINS WHY AN ITEM RECEIVED A NO, UH, RESPONSE. 
          AND WHAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE FOR THAT CONDITION TO IMPROVE. 
          IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE AS, UH, POLICY COMMU, BOARD POLICY COMMUNICATION, OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, WHEN THE DIRECTION IS MADE AT THE BOARD LEVEL, OUR STAFF THEN REALIZING AND HEARING THAT INFORMATION SO THEY KNOW THEN TO FULFILL, UH, UH, FOLLOW THE POLICY APPROPRIATELY. 
          THE TRIGGERED FHRA, WHICH THIS, IN THIS EVENT, THIS WAS A, TRIGGERED FHRA, THESE, THESE ARE NO COST TO THE DISTRICT. 
          UH, SO FIGMA RECEIVES AN ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE TO PROVIDE THIS. 
          AGAIN, THIS KIND OF FALLS INTO THAT EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION, UH, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO WHY, WHY DID WE COME? WELL, THE, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION DESIGNATED L-A-U-S-D-A LACK OF GOING CONCERN BASED OFF OF THE 26TH 27 ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH THEN TRIGGERED THIS FHRA, UH, BECAUSE COLLECTIVE BAR AGREEMENTS HAD BEEN APPROVED AND INCORPORATED IN THE DISTRICT'S 26 27 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          FMA USED THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN ITS MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION AS THE BASIS, UH, UH, FOR THE ANALYSIS. 
          UH, LIKE I SAID, UH, FIELD WORK. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT THE DISTRICT AUGUST 18TH THROUGH AUGUST 20TH TO INTERVIEW STAFF, UM, LATER ON AND LATER ON THE MONTH. 
          WE ALSO INTERVIEWED, UH, LABOR PARTNERS AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS, ANSWERS TO SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SOMEWHAT, MIKE MADE MENTION THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A POSITIVE THING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROBLEMS. WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT OCCURRING OR NOT HAPPENING, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          WE'RE NOT REPORTING OUT WHAT'S GOING WELL, OR THIS REPORT WOULD BE QUITE A BIT LONGER, AND WE WOULD BE HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          SO, TO THE ACTUAL SCORE, THE, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED A SCORE OF 37.9%. 
          AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT, THAT LOW, MODERATE, AND HIGH, IT'S MORE ON THE, THE HIGHER END. 
          AND WITHIN MODERATE LEVEL, UM, THE NUMERICAL SCORED, ALTHOUGH DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. 
          SO UNDER THE FHRA METHOD METHODOLOGY CONDITIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET AND FISCAL STATUS, UH, SECTION, UM, AND OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES SUPERSEDE THIS NUMERICAL SCORE AND ELEVATE THAT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT RECEIVED THAT LACK OF GOING CONCERN, IT AUTOMATICALLY REPLACED IT AT THAT, AT THE HIGHER LEVEL, UH, DUE TO THAT LACK OF GOING CONCERN DESIGNATION. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE FHRA, THE ASSUMPTIONS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE, THERE'S YOUR NUMERICAL SCORE. 
          THE HIGHER RISK IS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF GOING CONCERN, WHICH INCREASED THAT, UH, CONDITIONS IDENTIFIED IN THESE, UH, IN THESE SECTIONS, IDENTIFY OR SUPERSEDE THE MODERATE NUMERICAL SCORE RESULTING IN OVERALL FISCAL LEVEL OF, OF HIGH. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT. 
          SO MY COLLEAGUE, JEN, UH, WILL, UH, WHO'S ALSO PART OF THE TEAM, THERE WERE TWO JENS, AND THEY'RE BOTH GEN N AND I THINK WE SOMETIMES CONFUSE STAFF DON'T ASK ABOUT THEIR BIRTHDAY OR THEIR MIDDLE NAME, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMILAR OR THE SAME. 
          UH, AND SO SHE WILL KIND OF TIE IN THE OTHER AREAS OF RISK AND KIND OF 
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WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          'CAUSE ALL THESE AREAS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED TOGETHER. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU, MARCUS. 
          UM, SO NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE FHRA AND HOW IT WORKS, UM, AND THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL RISK LEVEL, I WANNA SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO L-A-U-S-D AND THE AREAS WE IDEA IDENTIFIED AS THE HIGHEST RISK. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S SIX AREAS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, DEFICIT SPENDING, CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS, ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE FUND BALANCE, ECONOMIC RESERVE FOR UNCERTAINTIES, AND THEN POSITION CONTROL. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE, UM, AREAS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          THE REPORT PROVIDES THAT DETAIL, AND HONESTLY, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THE BOARD, YOUR LABOR PARTNERS, UM, YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE, UM, THAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING SIGNIFICANT FISCAL CHALLENGES. 
          SO INSTEAD, I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON HOW THESE CONNECT. 
          SO, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SIX INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS, UM, TOGETHER THEY DESCRIBE THE DISTRICT STRUCTURAL FISCAL CHALLENGE. 
          SO THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE FACING THE DISTRICT. 
          SO THE DISTRICTS EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT DECLINE, WHICH AFFECTS REVENUES AND THE SCALE OF OPERATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN SUSTAINABLY SUPPORT. 
          SO AT THE SAME TIME, ONGOING EXPENDITURES HAVE NOT DECLINED AT THE SAME PACE, AND COMPENSATION AND OTHER ONGOING COSTS HAVE INCREASED. 
          SO THAT IMBALANCE PRODUCES YOUR ONGOING DEFICIT SPENDING, WHICH THEN DRAWS DOWN THE FUND BALANCE AND THE RESERVES FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES. 
          SO, LONG-TERM FISCAL STABILITY REALLY DEPENDS ON ALIGNING THE DISTRICT'S LONG-TERM EXPENDITURES WITH SUSTAINABLE ONGOING REVENUES, INCLUDING THE CURRENT AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR THE OUT YEARS. 
          SO, AS FUND BALANCE RESERVES DECLINE AND RESERVES DECLINE, THERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT CON COM COMPONENT OF FISCAL SOLVENCY THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, AND THAT IS CASH. 
          SO LET'S TRY, FUND BALANCE AND CASH ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. 
          SO WHILE A DISTRICT MAY HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE, THEY CAN STILL EXPERIENCE CASH PROBLEMS, UM, IF IT DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT CASH FOR WHEN TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS WHEN THE BILL BECOMES DUE. 
          SO ACCURATE AND COMPLETE CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS ARE THEREFORE IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFYING CASH SHORTFALLS EARLY AND DETERMINING WHETHER THERE'S, UM, CASH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MAY BE NECESSARY. 
          SO IF YOU SHOW A SHORTFALL, YOU NEED TO HAVE TIME TO PLAN AND TO POSSIBLY GO OUT AND, UM, GET SOME OF THE LOANS. 
          SO AGAIN, TIMING IS IMPORTANT. 
          SO IDENTIFYING FISCAL PRESSURES EARLY AND TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS GIVES THE DISTRICT MORE OPTIONS TO ADDRESS BOTH THE BUDGET AND CASH NEEDS. 
          SO ONE OF THE, UM, MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN ADDRESSING FISCAL DISTRESS IS, UM, TIMING. 
          SO RECOGNIZING STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP. 
          SO THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS TO RESPOND EARLY ENOUGH FOR ITS ACTIONS TO HAVE THE INTENDED EFFECT. 
          SO THE EARLIER CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED, THE MORE THE DISTRICT WILL GENERALLY HAVE. 
          SO THE ACTIONS, WHEN ACTIONS ARE DELAYED, FUND BALANCE CONTINUES TO DECLINE, AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PROJECTED MAY NEED TO INCREASE. 
          SO THAT CAN LEAVE THE DISTRICT WITH FEWER CHOICES AND LESS TIME TO MANAGE THEM. 
          SO THE IMPLE IMPLEMENTING A PLAN IS NOT THE END OF THE PROCESS. 
          THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE SAVINGS IN THE PLAN, AND THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY OCCURRING, AND WHETHER THE SAVINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROJECTIONS. 
          SO IF THEY'RE NOT, THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THIS EARLY AND ADJUST. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA REPEAT THOSE CONDITIONS, THAT PROCESS OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND ALL OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS TAKE PLACE. 
          SO THIS CYCLE, RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM, ACTING MONITORING ADJUSTMENTS, UM, IS CRITICAL TO RESTORING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL STABILITY. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OOPS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          UM, RATHER THAN DISCUSSING EACH OF THE SIX HIGHEST, UM, RISK AREAS SEPARATELY, I WANNA SHOW HOW THE, HOW THEY'RE CONNECTED. 
          SEVERAL OF THESE CONDITIONS COME TOGETHER HERE, UM, AND HELP EXPLAIN THE 
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DISTRICT DISTRICT STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE. 
          SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ENROLLMENT AFFECTS BOTH REVENUES AND THE LEVEL OF STAFFING FACILITIES AND OTHER OPERATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN SUSTAINABLY SUPPORT. 
          COMPENSATION AND STAFFING ARE PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE SALARIES AND BENEFITS ACCOUNT FOR 90.8% OF THE DISTRICT'S UNRESTRICTED, UM, GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 26, 27. 
          SO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMMITMENTS AND STAFFING LEVELS, THEREFORE HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO BRING EXPENDITURES INTO ALIGNMENT. 
          SO, WHILE CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS ALSO PLACE PRESSURES ON THE UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL ED, AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE, PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IS NOT OPTIONAL. 
          SO STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO THE SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP WITH THESE COSTS, UM, AND WE DID FIND THAT THE DISTRICT IS USING DECISION MAKING TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE SERVICE NEEDS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS. 
          SO GOING FORWARD, IT WILL NEED TO IMP IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE ASSESSING THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED AND MONITORING THE ASSOCIATED COSTS TO ENSURE THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS REMAIN REASONABLE, REASONABLE, AND ANY ANTICIPATED SAVINGS ARE ACTUALLY BEING REALIZED. 
          SO, ANOTHER PRESSURE THAT ALTHOUGH THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT BUDGET IS NOT PROJECTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ITS UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND TO OTHER OPERATIONAL FUNDS, UM, THERE ARE OPERATIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO DEFICIT SPEND. 
          AND SO THIS COULD CREATE ADDITIONAL PRESSURES ON THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND IF THOSE FUNDS ARE UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR ONGOING EXPENDITURES. 
          SO THESE ISSUES ARE INTERCONNECTED, AND YOU CAN SEE TOGETHER THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT'S ONGOING STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. 
          AGAIN, THE PATH TO FISCAL STABILITY. 
          SO THE DISTRICTS DEVELOPED A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, SO THE FOCUS GOING FORWARD IS ON TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION, CONTINUE TO ALIGNMENT AND ONGOING MONITORING. 
          SO FIRST, THE ACTIONS AND THE REDUCTIONS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN NEED TO BE SPECIFIC, ACHIEVABLE, AND IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE TIMELINES ASSUMED IN THE PROJECTIONS. 
          SECOND, STAFFING FACILITIES AND OTHER ONGOING EXPENDITURES NEED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS ALIGNMENT WITH ENROLLMENT AND SUSTAINABLE ONGOING REVENUE. 
          THIRD, THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO MONITOR RESULTS FREQUENTLY, INCLUDING FUND BALANCE AND CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS AND ADJUST WHEN ASSUMPTIONS DO NOT MATERIALIZE. 
          AND AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, TIMING MATTERS. 
          SO AS THE REPORT NOTES, DELAYS IN CORRECTIVE ACTIONS REDUCE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN LATER YEARS AND MAY REQUIRE MORE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS OVER A SHORTER PERIOD. 
          UM, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, AS MARCUS TALKED ABOUT, WE DID BASE OUR ANALYSIS ON THE 26 27 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          AND SINCE THEN, UM, THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL PICTURE HAS CHANGED. 
          UM, THE DISTRICT COMPLETED THE 25, 26 UNAUDITED ACTUALS AND SUBSEQUENTLY UPDATED BOTH ITS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS TO REFLECT THOSE RESULTS AND OTHER KIND OF UPDATED ASSUMPTIONS FROM THE, UM, GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FINAL SIGNING. 
          SO THE UPDATED PROJECTIONS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND FORM THE BASIS THAT WE FORMED OUR, THE BASIS OF OUR REVIEW. 
          HOWEVER, THE UPDATED AND UNASSIGNED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, FROM 1.61 BILLION IN 25 26 TO 986 MILLION IN 26, 27, AND 728, AND 27 29, AND JUST OVER 5,000,020 8 29. 
          SO EVEN WITH THE MEASURES INCLUDED IN THE UPDATED FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, THE DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO DEFICIT SPEND THROUGHOUT THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION PERIOD. 
          SO, MOVING FORWARD, UM, AGAIN, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT FMAS ROLE IS NOT TO DETERMINE THE, WHICH PROGRAMS AND THE DIS WHICH PROGRAMS THE DISTRICT SHOULD PRESERVE, WHICH REDUCTIONS IT SHOULD MAKE, OR WHAT AGREEMENTS IT SHOULD REACH WITH THE LABOR DEPARTMENTS, THAT IS 100% A LOCAL DECISION. 
          UM, OUR ROLE IS TO IDENTIFY THE FISCAL RISK AND HELP THE DISTRICT UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO RESTORE FISCAL STABILITY. 
          SO RESTORING FISCAL STABILITY WILL, WILL REQUIRE CONTINUED COLLABORATION AMONG THE GOVERNING BOARD, THE 
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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, LOCAL PARTNERS, THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS YOUR OTHER EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS. 
          IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION, TRANSPARENT AND ONGOING MONITORING AND PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WHEN ASSUMPTIONS DO NOT MATERIALIZE. 
          SO THE DISTRICT STILL HAS OPTIONS, BUT TIME DOES MATTER. 
          DELAYS DARROW THOSE OPTIONS AND MAY REQUIRE MORE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST, BUT WE ASK FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, JEN. 
          THANK YOU, MARCUS. 
          JUST A COUPLE, UM, OBSERVATIONS. 
          UH, I WAS LAST HERE BEFORE YOU WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, JOHN GRAY IN FEBRUARY OF 25, UH, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TRENDS JOHN FROM SCHOOL SERVICES AND FMA WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE, HOW LA REFLECTED THOSE VERY SIMILAR TRENDS. 
          UH, UM, AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          YOU ARE, IN SOME RESPECTS THE POSTER CHILD, UH, FOR DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, STAFFING GROWTH EVEN DURING A PERIOD OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          NORMALLY THOSE TWO THINGS FLOW TOGETHER. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHEN THEY, UM, DIVERGE FROM EACH OTHER FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT SEPARATION. 
          UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IDEAS COMING OUT OF, UM, A VERY, UM, ROBUST ONE, ONE-TIME FUNDING ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          UH, SO WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS AND, AND, AND SO YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT. 
          YOU LISTENED TO, JOHN AND I, YOU HAD ALREADY BEGUN THAT CONVERSATION, UM, HERE, UM, WITH THE BOARD, CERTAINLY STAFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME, AND, AND THE, AND THE STAFF AROUND THE DISTRICT, UM, HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THIS TOPICS AND YOU CONTINUED TO DO SO. 
          THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN MAKING POSITIVE PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WITH REGARD TO CLIMATE. 
          YOU JUST CELEBRATED CLIMATE THIS MORNING WITH PBIS. 
          IT'S NOT, YOU GUYS KNOW THIS. 
          THAT'S NOT EASY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTING PBIS. 
          UM, AND SO, AND YET YOU'RE HAVING DRAMATIC SUCCESS WITH THAT. 
          THOSE THINGS TOGETHER OBVIOUSLY WILL CONTRIBUTE, UH, IMMENSELY TO ANY NEGATIVE ASPECTS THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 
          FISCAL STABILITY DOES THE SAME THING, FRANKLY. 
          FISCAL STABLE, FISCALLY STABLE DISTRICTS ATTRACT STUDENTS. 
          UM, THE OPPOSITE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, IS PARENTS DON'T WANT THEIR DIS THEIR KIDS IN DISTRICTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, UM, UH, FINANCIALLY, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT PROGRAM WILL BE THERE TOMORROW. 
          UM, AND SO ON. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. 
          I THINK, UM, AND JEN SAID THIS, IT'S, I, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT OUTSIDE FOLKS LIKE US, THE STATE, EVEN THE COUNTY, HAVE NO SAY IN YOUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS AT THE TABLE. 
          WE HAVE A STRUCTURE FOR THAT. 
          YOU'RE VERY SKILLED AT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, OUR POINT WITH REGARD TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WOULD BE KNOW WHAT IT COSTS FOR WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND ALIGN YOUR DECISION ABOUT SUPPORTING A DECISION AT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TABLE WITH BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY BE NEEDED. 
          DON'T SEPARATE THOSE BY MONTHS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S DISINGENUOUS TO EVERYBODY TO REACH A POSITIVE DEAL WITH EMPLOYEES AND THEN COME BACK MONTHS LATER WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. 
          THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE EVIDENT RIGHT UPFRONT AT THE, AT, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES. 
          AB 27 56 FROM 2004, LYNN DASHER BILL, UM, THAT, UH, WAS THE FIRST MAJOR CHANGES TO AB 1200, UM, REQUIRES THAT YOU DO THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER. 
          UM, I APPLAUD NOT TOO MANY BUSINESS FOLKS THAT WILL GET UP HERE AND SAY, I APPLAUD ACTUALLY YOUR FOCUS ON A FAIR WAGE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY YOUR TEACHERS. 
          UH, WE ASK THEM TODAY TO DO FAR MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE EVER ASKED THEM TO DO, AND THEY'RE JOINED BY OTHERS THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT TOGETHER, UM, THE GROUP THAT SUPPORT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS 
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KIDS. 
          WE KNOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, MY WIFE RETIRED A SHORT TIME AGO AFTER TEACHING 40 YEARS. 
          OUR SON IS A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER. 
          UM, I THINK HE'S ON YEAR 10 ACTUALLY THIS YEAR. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY GAVE HIM A COPY OF YOUR CONTRACT AND SAID HE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIS LOCAL UNIT, UH, ABOUT IT. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR THAT FROM TOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME, RIGHT? UM, I THINK WE UNDERPAY OUR EDUCATORS, UM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE STRIDES, UM, IN SMALL INCREMENTS, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WHERE WE, UM, ARE NOT, UM, PUTTING THE DISTRICT AT FINANCIAL RISK. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THE LAW REQUIRES YOU CONSIDER BOTH THE DOLLARS AND THE, THE DEAL. 
          WHATEVER THE DEAL POINTS ARE, UM, TOGETHER, I OFTEN POINT OUT TO BOARDS, UM, UH, KIND OF A THREE, FOUR STEP, UM, UH, CONCLUSION, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, AND IT STARTS WITH ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM. 
          STEP ONE OF ANY 12 STEP PROCESS, DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE AUTHOR, THE 12 STEP PROCESS, STEP ONE IS CONSISTENT. 
          AND THAT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM. 
          YOU'VE DONE THAT, YOU, YOU DO THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK, UH, YOU'VE CONTINUED TO KEEP IT IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, AND SO YOU CHECK THAT OFF. 
          THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW THAT, AND THINGS WILL CHANGE AND YOU'LL ADJUST ALONG THE WAY TO THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND SO ON. 
          DON'T MASK THE PROBLEM. 
          YOU'RE NOT MASKING THE PROBLEM, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, HIS OPENING COMMENTS. 
          YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, YOU'VE BEEN UPFRONT ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, YOU SET AN EXAMPLE, UM, FOR OTHERS, SEEK THE ASSISTANCE WHERE YOU NEED IT. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THIS MAY SEEM A LITTLE STRANGE, BUT YOUR COUNTY OFFICE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, THEY'RE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU. 
          UM, DOESN'T MEAN YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO AGREE IN YOUR PARTICULAR COUNTY'S CASE. 
          YOU HAVE, JUST LIKE NOW AT FMA WITH MEGAN, YOU HAVE L-A-U-S-D ALUM IN KEY POSITIONS WHO ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS DISTRICT, UM, WHO GREW UP HERE AND WHO ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE HERE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN, UH, ULTIMATELY IN THEIR DAILY JOB AND FOR THE BOARD. 
          AND YOU ARE DOING THIS BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          SO I OFTEN LEAVE BOARDS WITH THOSE BULLETS, UM, FOR YOU. 
          THERE'S CHECK MARKS NEXT TO THOSE BULLETS. 
          YOU'RE DOING THOSE THINGS AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. 
          WE ARE HAPPY TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE REPORT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MELVOIN? SURE. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT AND, AND THE TIME. 
          UM, I GUESS A FEW KIND OF HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS AND THEN SOME MORE SPECIFICS THAT I JUST HAD WANTED SOME CLARITY ON IN THE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY THE PRESENTATION, BUT IN THE REPORT, THE FIRST, UM, AND, AND THIS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, IS THE, WHAT SOME SEE IS THE CIRCULAR REASONING, BUT YOU KNOW, AROUND, YOU PUT US IN A MODERATE RISK OF INSOLVENCY, BUT WE'RE LABELED HIGH BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF OWN CONCERN. 
          AND SO KIND OF HOW THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH 22. 
          UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, KIND OF, UH, HOW THAT WORKS? HOW WE END UP HIGH RISK GIVING THE MODERATE SCORE, LIKE KIND OF HAD THE LACO ANALYSIS AND THE FIGMA ANALYSIS WORK TOGETHER, . 
          ALRIGHT, SO GREAT OBSERVATION. 
          UM, AND IN THE REPORT WE, UM, TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS. 
          THERE ARE, WITHIN THE SCORING RUBRIC, THERE'S THE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS ACROSS THE 20 DOMAINS, THE 20 RISK AREAS. 
          UM, THOSE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS ARE, UM, CARRY A WEIGHT TO THEM. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THEIR SCORES COME FROM. 
          SO IF WE ANSWER YES TO IT, SCORE IS ZERO TO ONE OF THEIR COMMENTS. 
          IT'S A GOLF GAME, LOW SCORE WINS. 
          UM, IF YOU ANSWER NO TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, IT DEPENDS ON THE QUESTION AND THE DOMAIN THAT IT'S IN. 
          IF IT'S CASH, I CAN TELL YOU EVERY QUESTION IN THE CASH SECTION IS HIGH RISK. 
          SO THEY'RE WEIGHTED THAT WAY. 
          AND THAT SHOULD, I THINK GENERALLY MAKE SENSE TO YOU. 
          UM, THAT CASH WOULD BE ITSELF AS HIGH RISK THAN EACH OF THE QUESTIONS WITHIN CASH ARE HIGH RISK. 
          THAT GENERATES A SCORE. 
          WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FIVE DESIGNATIONS THAT TRIGGER, UM, ON AUTOMATIC FISCAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT THAT THE STATE PAYS FOR. 
          AND THAT'S YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE FOR LA UNIFIED, THE TRIGGER WAS THE LACK OF GOING CONCERN. 
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AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACTUAL RATING THAT WE ASSIGN. 
          THERE'S ONE OTHER GROUP OF ITEMS, AND THAT'S THE MATERIAL WEAKNESS LIST. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER, ARE THERE 16 QUESTIONS ISH? ISH? 14 TO 16 QUESTIONS IN THE MATERIAL WEAKNESS SECTION. 
          SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE REPORT. 
          WE BRING, UM, THOSE THAT WE CATEGORIZE AS, UM, HIGH RISK, UH, THAT'S NOT FAIR AS MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. 
          A TERM YOU OFTEN HEAR FROM YOUR AUDITORS AS OPPOSED TO, UM, BUDGET FOLKS. 
          UM, AND THOSE CONTRIBUTE TO THAT ULTIMATE ASSIGNMENT OF HIGH, MODERATE AND LOW RISK. 
          THE EDUCATION CODE REFERS TO THIS TOOL, REFERS TO THAT HIGH, MODERATE AND LOW DESIGNATION. 
          UH, BUT THE CODE IS, UH, LEAVES IT TO US TO IDENTIFY THAT THE, UM, THE RANKINGS, THE KIND OF CUT SCORE, UM, COMPONENTS OF IT AND THOSE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DESIGNATION. 
          SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU FROM A IMPROVEMENT STANDPOINT, IDENTIFYING THOSE QUESTIONS WITHIN THE DOMAINS THAT GENERATED A NO ANSWER. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON. 
          UM, AND YOUR, YOU HAVE A, A BIT OF A I IN MY TIME DOING THIS, I'M NOT SURE I'VE EVER SEEN A LACK OF GOING CONCERN ON THE 2ND OF JULY OR EVEN IN THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          YOUR LACK OF GOING CONCERN DESIGNATION BY THE COUNTY STAYS IN PLACE UNTIL YOUR SUBSEQUENT YEAR'S BUDGET IS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. 
          SO YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH THAT DESIGNATION FOR THIS ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR UP THROUGH NEXT SEPTEMBER 15TH WHEN THE COUNTY WOULD BE APPROVING YOUR 27 28 BUDGET. 
          THAT'S A HEALTH VACCINATION. 
          I THINK THE CIRCULARITY IS THAT, LIKE, IT'S THE, IT'S THE LACK OF GOING INTO CONCERN THAT TRIGGERS YOUR REPORT. 
          YES, YOUR REPORT FLAGS US AS MODERATE, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO BE HIGH BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A CONCERN. 
          YES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S LIKE TO THE EXTENT THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO ARGUE, IT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. 
          AND THEN LIKE THAT'S, BUT SO I GET WHERE YOU'RE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE YOU YEAH. 
          BUT FROM A NEXT STEP STANDPOINT, I WOULD FOCUS ON THOSE. 
          NO, UM, THERE'S A SUMMARY PAGE IN THERE. 
          UM, IT'S ABOUT PAGE EIGHT OR SO OF THE REPORT, PAGE 12, THANK YOU, OF THE REPORT, UM, THAT LISTS EACH OF THE 20 DOMAINS AND WHAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCORES ARE. 
          UM, LOOK FOR THE HIGH SCORES, TACKLE THOSE FIRST. 
          UM, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUAL SCORES OR QUESTIONS. 
          BUT MY, MY SECOND KIND OF BROAD QUESTION THAT WE DISCUSS A LOT HERE IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS A DISTRICT IS THE BUDGET TIMING. 
          WHEN WE HAVE TO SEND OUT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BEFORE WE KNOW HOW MUCH REVENUE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THREE YEARS WHEN THE STATE HASN'T EVEN TOLD US OUR FINAL REVENUE FOR ONE YEAR. 
          UM, SO ON THE ONE HAND, WE CAN'T BUDGET MORE THAN WE HAVE, THAT'S IRRESPONSIBLE ON THE OTHER. 
          WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE. 
          UM, IT'S HARD FOR FOLKS TO SPEND MONEY LATE. 
          IT OFTEN IS SPENT POORLY. 
          BUT ALSO THE IDEA OF THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD'S GONNA HAVE TO ACT ON RIFS AND THEN CIN RIFS IS TOUGH. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND OF HOW FIGMA SUPPORTS OTHER DISTRICTS AND THAT CHALLENGE AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING SCHOOL BUDGETS GO OUT IN DECEMBER, WE WON'T YET HAVE STATE FUNDING SOLIDIFIED. 
          UM, SO THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, CAN WE PUT, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS? CAN WE PUT, UH, ONE TIME GRANTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OFTEN GET EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED? AND SO KIND OF CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT TIMING ISSUE? SURE. 
          SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BEST PRACTICES HERE BECAUSE OF THAT TIMING. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE ADOPTED ITS BUDGET BY JUNE 15TH, ALTHOUGH THERE'S WORKAROUNDS TO THAT. 
          WE'VE SEEN THOSE WORKAROUNDS PLAY OUT, UH, SINCE PROP 25 WAS PASSED. 
          UM, IT IS THOUGH, AS I KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, MUCH IMPROVED FROM A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN THE STATE DIDN'T ADOPT ITS BUDGET TILL OCTOBER ONE YEAR. 
          UM, SO AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING IT, UM, IN JUNE. 
          BUT YES, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE MOST PART IS ADOPTING ITS BUDGET BEFORE IT KNOWS THE FINAL, UM, STATE, UM, BUDGET. 
          THAT'S WHY THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN CODE TO DO A 45 DAY REVISION, 45 DAYS FROM THE POINT THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE STATE BUDGET. 
          YOU ARE TO NOT NECESSARILY REVISE YOUR BUDGET, BUT DISCLOSE STAFF WOULD BE DISCLOSING TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC WHAT THE FINAL STATE BUDGET CHANGES WOULD BRING ABOUT. 
          UM, SO THIS YEAR, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE CASE, DID YOU BUDGET FOR THE 
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ONE TIME BLOCK GRANT? WE HAD PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATES GOING INTO JUNE. 
          UH, SO MANY DISTRICTS BUDGETED FOR IT AND THEN JUST FINE TUNED DOWN TO THAT FINAL SINCE PER STUDENT, RIGHT? UM, IN OTHER CASES THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE, UM, ITEMS AND THAT BECOMES A LOCAL DECISION. 
          UM, WE WOULD GUIDE, UM, DISTRICTS TO GENERALLY ALWAYS INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE CONTINUOUS APPROPRIATION. 
          SO COLA, WE KNOW COLA FROM THE MAY REVISED IN MID-MAY, USUALLY PLENTY OF TIME TO INFLUENCE YOUR FINAL BUDGET. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IN THAT CASE, WE WOULD ADVISE OFTEN, DEPENDING ON OTHER STATE BUDGET COMPONENTS, WHERE WE BELIEVE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT IS AND IS IT GENERALLY AGREED TO, UM, BOTH THE OR ALL THREE, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE SENATE, AND THE ASSEMBLY. 
          AND WE CAN GET PRETTY GOOD READS ON THAT. 
          UM, AND YOU SEE THAT, UH, YOUR STAFF CERTAINLY SEES THAT WHEN THEY LOOK AT, UH, REPORTS ISSUED BY SCHOOL SERVICES AND OTHERS THAT GIVE THEM, UM, SOME DART BOARDS OR SOME PROJECTIONS. 
          I DON'T MEAN THROW A DART AT A BOARD, BUT IT'S, THEY HAPPEN TO CALL IT THEIR DART BOARD OF OF FACTORS. 
          UM, BUT THE 45 DAY REVISION BECOMES CRITICAL IN THAT, IN THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, SO, UM, OUR ADVICE WOULD BE, UM, DON'T TAKE EXTRAORDINARY RISKS WITH SOME OF THAT. 
          UM, SO I, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          SOME ADVICE I SPECIFICALLY GAVE DISTRICTS THIS SPRING. 
          UM, ON THE BLOCK GRANT, WE WERE CERTAIN ABOUT THE BLOCK GRANT, WE WERE FAIRLY CERTAIN ABOUT THE RANGE OF TOTAL DOLLARS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND 5 BILLION. 
          THERE WAS DEBATE ABOUT THE ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY. 
          WOULD IT BE P TWO 80 A OR WOULD IT BE L-C-F-F-A-D-A, WHICH MEANS IT'S INFLUENCED BY, UM, YOUR UNDUPLICATED COUNTS, RIGHT? SO WE KNEW WHAT KIND OF THE RANGE WOULD BE OF HIGH TO LOW. 
          WE SAID, INCLUDE THE LOW NUMBER, DON'T GO, DON'T TAKE A RISK AND INCLUDE THE HIGH NUMBER, INCLUDE THE LOW NUMBER. 
          SO THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE ADJUSTING THAT IS NEW TO YOU WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE, NOT THE FULL IMPACT OF THE 5 BILLION, YOUR SHARE OF THE 5 BILLION. 
          UM, AND SO ON WITH RESPECT TO ONE TIME. 
          UH, ONE TIME IS MEANT TO BE ONE TIME. 
          SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IN RECENT WEEKS BECAUSE OF A DISTRICT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, UM, THAT THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT HAS ENCOURAGED. 
          THEY PUT ONE TIME IN EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON OUT. 
          BAD ADVICE, ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE ADVICE BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I'VE SAID THAT WHY I WAS STILL EMPLOYED. 
          I DIDN'T WAIT TILL TODAY TO SAY THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND HERE'S THE DEAL. 
          PROP 98 IS ONGOING. 
          WE KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET TO A CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL, IT CREATES A NEW, IT CREATES A NEW FLOOR. 
          AND SO THAT 5 BILLION IS, IS PROP 98, IT'S IN THE FLOOR. 
          WILL IT CONTINUE? YES. 
          BUT THIS PARTICULAR 5 BILLION IS NOT THIS YEAR'S MONEY. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY LAST YEAR'S MONEY, NOT CURRENT YEAR MONEY, BUT UNTIL THEY TRUED IT UP, WE DIDN'T KNOW THE AMOUNT. 
          SO IT'S, IN THIS YEAR'S, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ONGOING COMPONENTS OF THAT 5 BILLION ARE ALREADY IN THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS. 
          THEY IN PART FUNDED THE SUPER COLA. 
          AND SO ADDING THE 5 BILLION AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER WOULD BE HIGH RISK MANEUVER IN THAT YOU'RE NOW COUNTING THE SAME DOLLAR TWICE AS REVENUE. 
          I'LL NOTE THAT IF A SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, EVEN THE 45 DAY REVISION IS TOO LATE, UM, GIVEN THAT WE START SCHOOL SO EARLY. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ALSO JUST, WELL, AND THINKING TOO, JUST AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE DECEMBER FOR OUR TIMELINE THIS YEAR IS WHEN BUDGETS WILL GO TO SCHOOLS AND THEY'LL HAVE TO START FIGURING OUT PERSONNEL. 
          UM, AND SO THEN WAITING UNTIL JUNE EVEN TO SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE THE, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THIS, IT'S HELPFUL AROUND YEAR ONE. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE GET, OR THAT ONE OF THE DEBATES OUT THERE IS, WELL, SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN THE BLACK AFTER THE, AT THE END OF ONE YEAR, SO KICK THE, KICK THE CAN FIGURE OUT THE, THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, THE CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN YOU COME TO IT, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO I GUESS HOW DOES YOUR, WHAT'S THE GUIDANCE? YOU KNOW, OR WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? WHICH IS SAYING, OKAY, WELL THIS IS HELPFUL, HELPFUL IN TERMS OF THAT NEXT YEAR, WHICH PROC GRANTS WE INCLUDE, WHICH WE CAN INCLUDE. 
          BUT IF SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, AFTER, AT THE END OF THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU'RE IN THE BLACK. 
          UM, AND THEN NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A, A SUPER AI BOOM AND THE DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL COULD, THE STATE COULD HAVE EVEN MORE REVENUE. 
          SO WHY LAY OUT? LIKE, THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE ONE YEAR, THREE YEAR TIMING ALSO IS PROBLEMATIC. 
          SO LET'S, 
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LET'S TALK ABOUT TWO PIECES. 
          UM, UH, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THREE YEAR, UM, THE THREE YEARS OF BEST PRACTICE. 
          UM, I THINK YOU AS A DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE COMPLEXITIES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THIS DISTRICT, YOU WOULD BE DOING A THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE YEAR FORECAST NO MATTER WHAT. 
          YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR ENROLLMENT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, OR PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE IT'S TRENDING, UM, FOR YEAR THREE. 
          UH, BUT TO JUST BE CLEAR FOR THE, IT IS A BEST PRACTICE, BUT IT'S ALSO STATUTORILY REQUIRED. 
          SO IT IS, I'M I'M GETTING THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO MY, MY POINT WOULD IS THAT THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE, WHETHER IT WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OR NOT. 
          LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE, UM, ITEMS. BEFORE WE HAD THE THREE YEAR, IN A 10 YEAR PERIOD, WE HAD 19 DISTRICTS REQUIRE EMERGENCY LOANS FROM THE STATE, 2% IN A 10 YEAR PERIOD. 
          SINCE WE'VE REQUIRED THE THREE YEARS IN 1991, WE'VE HAD 10 DISTRICTS OVER 35 YEARS. 
          SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CREATING A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          BEST PRACTICE, WE WOULD, YOU WOULD BE DOING THOSE MULTI-YEAR FORECASTS ANYWAY. 
          A COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE FULL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE YOUR BUDGET IN THOSE, WELL, LET ME REWORD THIS A LITTLE BIT. 
          THE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF A BUDGET IS BASED ON THE CURRENT YEAR ONLY. 
          WE DON'T, WE DON'T DISAPPROVE A BUDGET BASED ON A THIRD YEAR ISSUE. 
          OKAY? DO A LACK GOING CONCERN BASED ON A THIRD YEAR ISSUE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE, RIGHT? BUT YOU WOULD ONLY DISAPPROVE A BUDGET IF THERE'S A PROBLEM IN THE IMMEDIATE SEA OF THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          OTHERWISE, BUDGET WOULD BE APPROVED. 
          NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME REASONS IN THE FALL FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, BUT THOSE CONDITIONS ALL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED BY EARLY NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 8TH. 
          UM, THE STATE DOES A FIVE YEAR FORECAST. 
          STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET HAS A FIVE YEAR MULTI-YEAR FORECAST, UH, PROJECTION TO IT. 
          UM, SCHOOLS DO THE MINIMUM OF THREE, MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO A FOUR AND A FIVE YEAR. 
          UM, THE NUMBERS ARE MOST DEFINITELY WEAKER IN YEAR FOUR. 
          IN YEAR FIVE. 
          PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE NUMBERS IN YEAR TWO AND PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE NUMBERS IN YEAR THREE. 
          UM, THE DATA THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, THE, THE MAJOR DATA THAT'S OUT THERE THAT INFLUENCES YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR REVENUE OR ACTUALLY PRETTY SOLID NUMBERS, WE DO GET SURPRISES. 
          THE EQUITY MARKETS CAN GO UP, THEY CAN GO DOWN, HAVE AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT, UM, IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT HAS TO BE TRUED UP, UM, AND INFLUENCES NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE SEEN THOSE BE MORE POSITIVE THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN NEGATIVE IF WE LOOK AT HISTORY. 
          UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPONENT TO YOUR QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING MENTION, AND I'VE, SORRY, I'VE, UH, NO, THAT THAT'S HELPFUL AND I WAS GONNA SAY, MR, I HAVE SOME DISCREET QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL DO IT FOR ROUND TWO, SO I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW TANYA IS WAITING. 
          GO AHEAD, MS. UH, ORTIZ FRANKLIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MAYBE ON SLIDE NINE. 
          UM, WHEN YOU SORT OF HIGHLIGHT THE VARIOUS REASONS WHY WE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CONCERN, CAN YOU SAY A BIT MORE ABOUT POSITION CONTROL? AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN SAY THERE. 
          OH, AND THANKS FOR PUTTING IT BACK UP, , . 
          SO AS FAR AS THE POSITION CONTROL, UM, I'M ACTUALLY IN THE REPORT ON PAGE 19. 
          UM, IT'S THE NUMBER OF NOS IN THE SECTION. 
          SO THERE WERE THREE NOS. 
          UM, BASICALLY THE DISTRICT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR EVERY POSITION IN THEIR POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM. 
          SO THIS INCLUDES STIPENDS OVER TIME AND, UM, SUBSTITUTES. 
          SO THAT'S, WE REALLY WANT EVERYTHING IN THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING BLANK BULK LINES BY SITE, BY WHATEVER THE POSSIBILITY IS THAT A LINE IS MISSED. 
          AND SO IT'S BEST PRACTICE TO INCLUDE ALL OF THAT REALLY, SPECIFICALLY WITH, UM, THE STIPENDS. 
          IS IT ONE OF THEIRS? OH, YOURS IS MO MAINLY THE SUBSTITUTE AND THE OVERTIME. 
          SO YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR 
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TRENDS ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN PAYING FOR OVERTIME, AND YOU CAN BOOK ALL OF THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, AS YOUR STAFF BRINGS FORWARD THEIR INTERIMS AT FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM, THOSE CAN BE ADJUSTED. 
          BUT AGAIN, THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR POSITION, CONTROLLED DA DATA, AND THEN ANALYZING THE STAFF, UM, STAFFING BASED ON, BASED ON, UM, RATIOS AND ENROLLMENT. 
          SO IT'S VERY STANDARD TO DO THAT WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHING STAFF, RIGHT? BECAUSE HOW MANY TEACHERS DO YOU NEED FOR THEM? STUDENTS? BUT WE DON'T HAVE RATIOS KIND OF THROUGHOUT EVERY SINGLE KIND OF DIVISION DEPARTMENT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE KIND OF THE NO CAME IN FOR THE POSITION CONTROL SECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          AND, AND WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS? OH, BESIDES FED, SO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS, UM, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT SECTION. 
          I WANT TO, I BELIEVE I KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANNA HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME IN CASE I MISS SOMETHING. 
          UM, SO YOU HAD A PLAN TO, UM, REDUCE THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND, BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE OTHER FUNDS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR CONCERN WAS. 
          THE OTHER FUNDS HAD SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT SPENDING AND THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THAT. 
          SO IN YOUR MULTI-YEAR, FOR YEAR, CURRENT YEAR, THEY ONLY DO A ONE YEAR PROJECTION FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDS. 
          AND SO IF YOU HAVE THAT SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT SPENDING, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR TWO AND THREE LOOK LIKE. 
          AND SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT'S MULTI-YEAR AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF DEFICIT SPENDING, THE FUND BALANCE IN THOSE OTHER FUNDS WE'RE ALMOST DEPLETED. 
          THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CARRY IT OUT FOR ONE MORE YEAR, BUT IT WAS THE THIRD YEAR. 
          AND SO THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE BUDGET JUST DIDN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE SITUATION IN THOSE OTHER FUNDS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE OTHER FUNDS, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOUR FUND 11 IS ADULT ED. 
          ADULT ED, UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE FUND 12, WHICH IS THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND THEN FOOD SERVICES. 
          AND WHILE YOU MAY HAVE TRANSFERS INTO FOR FOOD SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE NORM RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU JUST REALLY NEED TO WATCH THEIR, THEIR ONGOING EXPENDITURES AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KIND OF SELF-SUSTAINING AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          KINDA SELF-SUSTAINING, JUST LIKE THE FUND ONE IS. 
          YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THOSE FUNDS CAN SELF-SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTARY, UM, TO MR. MELVIN'S QUESTION AROUND LIKE HOW THE THREE YEAR HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN, UM, KIND OF SAVING SOME DISTRICTS OR LIKE PREVENTING THEM FROM, UM, GOING INTO INSOLVENCY, UM, SINCE IT'S BEEN INSTITUTED. 
          I GUESS I HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT, UM, OTHER DISTRICTS EITHER RECENTLY OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE NOT TOO FAR PAST, UM, WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN OUR SIMILAR POSITION. 
          LIKE CAN YOU GIVE US SOME HOPE OF LIKE WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO GET OUT OF THIS HIGHEST RISK? OBVIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE A FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, BUT LET'S JUST SAY WE ARE UNABLE TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF WHAT WE'VE PUT IN THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS ELSEWHERE, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES OR YOUR EXPERIENCE OF LIKE WHAT HELPS MOVE DISTRICTS FROM THE HIGHEST RISK DOWN, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SOUGHT OUT TO DO? GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, PROBABLY GIVING YOU SOME BAD EXAMPLES,  IS, IS EASIER. 
          BUT LET ME, LET ME POINT OUT ONE. 
          SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOLS, UH, AN ELEMENTARY DISTRICT AND A HIGH DIS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, IN SONOMA COUNTY, UH, COMMON ADMINISTRATION, COMMON BOARD, BUT TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. 
          UH, THEY WERE, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN REPORTS I GAVE THE LEGISLATURE, I, I TOLD THE LEGISLATURE, I REMEMBER SAYING THIS VERY SPECIFICALLY FROM DAY TO DAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IN WORSE CONDITION OR SAC CITY IS IN WORSE CONDITION. 
          THEY KIND OF TRADE SPACES, UH, POSITIONS FROM DAY TO DAY. 
          THE DIFFERENCE IS SANTA ROSA CITY, UM, SCHOOLS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR BOARD, UM, AND AN INTERIM CBO, UM, THAT WAS VERY, VERY SKILLED, UH, TACKLED, UM, THEIR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          THEY PUT ONE IN PLACE, THEY WORKED THROUGH IT. 
          UM, I SAT THROUGH, UH, ONE BOARD MEETING WHERE THEY WERE DEBATING, UH, THINGS LIKE STIPENDS FOR IB PROGRAMS AND TEACHERS AND AP CLASSES AND SO ON. 
          VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL, UM, CONVERSATION. 
          BUT THE BOARD WAS FOCUSED ON, UH, SOLVING THE PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR, KNOWING IT WAS A MULTIPLE MULTI-YEAR PROBLEM THAT THEY NEEDED TO TACKLE. 
          THEY WENT FROM A LACK OF GOING CONCERN, UM, AGAIN, FROM DAY TO 
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DAY, EITHER THE, THE, THE, THE MOST DISTRESSED DISTRICT OR OR THE SECOND DISTRESSED DISTRICT IN THE STATE TO AN APPROVED BUDGET WITH POSITIVE CERTIFICATION, UM, IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. 
          AND THAT WAS THEIR BOARD LEADERSHIP, UH, UH, DEVELOPING THE PLAN, STICKING TO THE PLAN. 
          IF THEY TOOK SOMETHING OUT OF THE PLAN, THEY KNEW THEIR TASK. 
          THAT SAME BOARD MEETING WAS TO PUT A REPLACEMENT BACK IN IT. 
          IF, IF THEY FELT STRONGLY THAT THEY HAD THE WRONG ITEM ON THE LIST AND THEY WERE GOING TO NEEDED TO BACK UP, THEY, THEY BACKED UP, BUT THEY DIDN'T CONCLUDE THE BOARD MEETING WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT ITEM AND THEY STAYED FOCUSED ON THAT. 
          THEY'VE STILL GOT A CHALLENGE. 
          SOME OF THEIR CURRENT YEAR SOLUTIONS ARE ONE TIME, SO THEY'LL BE BACK AT IT THIS SPRING, MAKING UP THOSE ONE, THOSE ONE TIME SOLUTIONS FOR THIS YEAR THAT CAN'T CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, AND SO ON. 
          SO THEY WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE I WOULD GIVE, I WOULD GIVE AN EXAMPLE, UM, VERY SIMILAR, UH, ANTIOCH UNIFIED IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, UM, TOOK A VERY SIMILAR APPROACH, HOWEVER, AFTER THE BOARD ADOPTION AND THINGS SETTLED DOWN AND THEY KNEW THEY WOULD HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR OVER THE SUMMER, THEY ULTIMATELY DID NOT IMPLEMENT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE BACK IN PRETTY SERIOUS TROUBLE. 
          UM, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          THEY WENT THROUGH THE VERY PAINFUL PROCESS, UH, VERY PUBLIC SAUSAGE MAKING, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, RIGHT IN PUBLIC, RIGHT AT BOARD MEETING, AFTER BOARD MEETING, UM, BEING SCREAMED AT, UM, FROM THE AUDIENCE AND OTHERS. 
          UM, THEY WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN, UH, THEY STUMBLED OVER THE SUMMER AND DID NOT FULLY IMPLEMENT. 
          UM, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM. 
          UH, SO A, A START BY AGAIN, BOARD LEADERSHIP AND SOME POSITIVE MOVEMENT, BUT THEN HAD SOME STUMBLES AND THEY NOW HAVE SOME STAFF, UH, TURNOVER AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS A RESULT OF THAT. 
          UM, UH, THOSE WOULD BE TWO EXAMPLES FROM JUST THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT I COULD GIVE YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, THIS IS, I'M GOING INTO MY SIXTH YEAR, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LIKE DISCUSSING REAL TRADE-OFFS AND, UM, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT DISCUSSED AT THE SAME MEETING. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TIP TO HAVE THE TRADE OFF CONVERSATION, UM, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE ACTUAL MEETING. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A NOTE FOR OURSELVES. 
          UM, CAN YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SAC CITY? JUST 'CAUSE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, SOMETIMES IT'S SHARED WITH US AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE POSITIVE, LIKE A MODEL OF WHAT LA UNIFIED SHOULD BE CONSIDERING IN TERMS OF BEING BOLD OR DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH US, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON SAC CITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? MAYBE THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MEGAN TO COME UP HERE. 
          NO, I'M JUST GIVING HER A HARD TIME. 
          UM, SAC CITY HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION FOR A WHILE UNTIL, IF I CAN BACK UP TO 2018, WAS THE LAST TIME WE WERE FULLY ENGAGED WITH SAC CITY. 
          UM, NUMBER OF ISSUES DECLINING ENROLLMENT, HIGH HEALTH COSTS. 
          THEY HAD ONE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN, UH, THAT WHOSE PREMIUMS WERE T WERE TWICE WHAT EVERY OTHER PLAN WAS. 
          THEY WERE UNWILLING TO LIMIT THAT. 
          UM, IT WAS A, A IT WAS, IF I RECALL RIGHT, ABOUT 500 OF THEIR SEVERAL THOUSAND CERTIFICATE EMPLOYEES WERE ON THAT PLAN. 
          UM, A A BOARD THAT WAS FRANKLY UNWILLING TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          AND WHAT GAVE THEM REPRIEVE, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THE ONE-TIME MONEY. 
          AND THEY USED THAT FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS. 
          SO AS THEY EXITED, UH, THAT THOSE ONE-TIME RESOURCES, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN EXACTLY THE SAME CONDITION EXACTLY FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT THEY DID IN 2018. 
          UM, THEY HAVE NOT MADE PROGRESS. 
          THEY, I I WOULD JUST TELL YOU, THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN IT SERIOUS AS A BOARD, UM, EVEN THOUGH THAT WOULD NOT BE HOW THEY WOULD DESCRIBE IT. 
          UM, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY'VE, IN ESSENCE DONE IS KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR SO MANY YEARS WITHOUT EVER TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT THE NUMBER HAS GOTTEN SO LARGE THAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT THAT MUCH WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT CUTTING INTO CORE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. 
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AND WHEN I SAY CORE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM WITH 24 OR 30 STUDENTS. 
          I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT KIDS NEED TODAY AND THE SERVICES THAT WE, UM, UH, SHOULD BE PROVIDING, THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR THEM. 
          UM, AND I GET IT, THEY, THEY CAN'T SEE THEIR WAY OUT OF THAT LARGE NUMBER. 
          AND THAT'S A RESULT OF SIMPLY PUTTING IT OFF, PUTTING IT OFF, PUTTING IT OFF. 
          WHAT IS IN FRONT OF THEM TODAY THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE PRIOR YEARS IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY RUNNING OUTTA CASH. 
          UM, THUS THEY CAN'T MEET PAYROLL AT SOME POINT. 
          AND THAT WAS OUR FORECAST, UM, BACK IN APRIL THAT WE DELIVERED TO THEM IN MAY. 
          THEY WOULDN'T MEET, UM, PAYROLL IN FEBRUARY OF 27. 
          UM, THEY HAVE SINCE TAKEN SOME ACTION, SOME OF IT SHORT TERM, SOME OF IT PERMANENT. 
          UM, THE SHORT TERM, WE'LL BUY THEM ABOUT THREE MONTHS OF CASH. 
          SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY STILL FORECASTED TO BE CASH NEGATIVE IN MAY AND JUNE. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE IT'S WITHIN THEIR REACH FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION THEY COULD TAKE AND GET TO JUNE. 
          BUT WE'VE HAD TO DO THINGS LIKE ADVANCE PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, PROP, YOU'RE REALLY PROBABLY AWARE OF THIS MORE 'CAUSE YOU PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IN DECEMBER AND APRIL. 
          WELL, WITHIN DAYS OF YOU PAYING THOSE FUNDS FLOW TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO IN THE CASE OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, THE TREASURER AND AUDITOR CONTROLLER OF THE COUNTY HAS ADVANCED THOSE ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAXES ALL ON JULY 1ST. 
          OTHERWISE, THE DISTRICT WOULDN'T HAVE MET PAYROLL IN JULY. 
          UM, WE'RE DOING SOME INTERNAL BORROWING FROM OTHER FUNDS. 
          UM, AS YOU'VE READ, THEY HAVE ALSO BORROWED FROM THEIR OPE, UH, TRUST ACCOUNT, UH, WHICH CALPERS MANAGES FOR THEM, UM, ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, THEY HAVE HAD SOME COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS, UM, THAT THEY PROBABLY COULDN'T AFFORD. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S NOT FROM MY STANDPOINT, A JUDGMENT CALL. 
          UM, I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE, IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, UH, IN THEIR DISTRICT, IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEN I WANNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT THEY'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILL AND THEY WERE ALREADY NEGATIVE. 
          THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM, AND THE EXAMPLE I GAVE YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO THOUGH ON, UM, SANTA ROSA, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IS THE SANTA ROSA BOARD MADE THIS THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY AND MET WEEK AFTER WEEK SPECIAL MEETINGS, EVERYTHING TO TACKLE IT. 
          SAC CITY'S HAD JUST AS MANY MEETINGS, BUT HAS NOT NECESSARILY TACKLED IT IN THE SAME WAY. 
          UM, THIS, IN THEIR CASE, THE OVERSIGHT BY THEIR COUNTY OFFICE HAS BEEN, UM, APPROPRIATE, UH, IN, UM, LONG DELAYED A LOT OF PATIENTS BY THAT COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, A LOT OF PATIENTS OVER THE YEARS OF NOT TAKING STRONG, UM, ACTION, BUT FINALLY WAS FACED WITH THE NEED TO, UM, UH, RESCIND A SIDE MOU WITH THEIR, UM, TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, THAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO IN MY MIND, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE SOME SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS IN THAT AGREEMENT, UM, THERE WERE ALSO SOME NEGATIVE THINGS IN THAT AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO IT WAS A BALANCING OF THE GOOD AND THE BAD. 
          TANYA, MAY WE COME BACK TO YOU? IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          CARLA, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR THESE PRESENTATIONS, WE HEAR ABOUT THE NUMBERS, WE HEAR THE WORDS LIKE STABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY CONNECTED TO THE NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND YOU, AS WE ARE IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE LED BY HUMANS, SUPPORT HUMANS, AND EVERYTHING AROUND THAT IS ABOUT THE STUDENTS, RIGHT? A DISTRICT LIKE OURS THAT HAS HISTORICALLY, UM, UH, TAUGHT STUDENTS WHO ARE HIGH NEEDS, MAJORITY HIGH NEEDS, WHO HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          IN THE EIGHTIES, IN THE NINETIES, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, WE HAD OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS, TRACK SYSTEM KIDS BEING BUSED 30 MILES AWAY. 
          AND WE MADE DECISIONS AT THAT TIME TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? AND THERE WERE ALSO DECISIONS MADE IN THE TWO THOUSANDS WHEN WE WERE HAVING, UM, 
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UH, AN INCREASE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          THERE WERE DECISIONS MADE TO MAKE SMALLER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE RESEARCH SHOWED THAT SMALLER SCHOOLS AND SMALL CLASS SIZES SUPPORT HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. 
          SO WE MADE THOSE DECISIONS TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE PILOT PROGRAMS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED IN THEMATIC TO SUPPORT STUDENTS' UNIQUE NEEDS AND INTERESTS, RIGHT? UM, WE WERE ALSO UNDERPAYING OUR WORKFORCE FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL 2019 THAT WE STARTED INCREASING, UH, THE, THE PAY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND, UH, WE MADE DECISIONS BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM ARE PARENTS OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE ON THE VERGE OF BEING UNHOUSED. 
          AND SO WE PRIORITIZED MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE GOT THE PAYS THAT THEY DESERVE. 
          UM, WHAT YOU SAW TODAY, THE PBIS, NOTHING WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE TEAMS, THE TWO PEOPLE FROM CANOGA PARK, HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES, NEW POSITIONS THAT WE INVESTED IN DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE WE SAW A HIGH NEED OF OUR STUDENTS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS. 
          SO IN YOUR REPORT, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE EX WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHILE ENROLLMENT WAS GOING DOWN AND HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DISCREPANCY IN THAT. 
          AND IF YOU JUST READ IT, IT FEELS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, BUT I SEE IT AS BEING, BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE IN LIGHT OF, OF THE, OF THE STORY. 
          AND, UH, THAT WAS, THAT'S BEHIND THAT DECISION. 
          AND SO I WANNA COMMENT THAT I THINK SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT THESE REPORTS, WE HEAR THE REPORTS, AND WE HEAR THINGS THAT, UM, THAT ARE PUSHING A DISTRICT LIKE US, A DISTRICT WITH HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS, A DISTRICT THAT HAS MADE VERY BOLD DECISIONS TO CENTER OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, UM, TO BE MORE STABLE. 
          WHEN IN REALITY WHAT THAT MEANS IS DESTABILIZING THE CLASSROOMS. BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THE PARENTS TELL US THAT WITH THE CUTS THAT ARE COMING BECAUSE OF OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, THAT'S GONNA HURT A LOT. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THAT ALOUD BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THAT FSP BECAUSE THERE IS THIS SITUATION WE'RE IN. 
          AND YET THE REALITY IS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GONNA HURT THAT A LOT OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE GONNA BE GONE, THE, THE POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS' WELLBEING. 
          AND SO, TO ME, ALL OF THIS, WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS MORE FRANKLY, IN SAC CITY TOO. 
          AND I WANNA RESPECT COLLEAGUES UP THERE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE MAKING, BECAUSE I FEEL, AND I TRUST THAT THEY'RE CENTERING THEIR STUDENTS. 
          AND SAC CITY IS A DISTRICT SMALLER THAN OURS, BUT THE POPULATION IS SIMILAR. 
          A LOT OF IMMIGRANT STUDENTS, A LOT OF TITLE ONE STUDENTS. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE DO, WE, WE KEEP PUSHING FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH HUMANS AND WE KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GONNA BE FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO I WANNA SAY ALL OF THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND TO TALK ABOUT THE STORY BECAUSE WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE BEHOLDEN TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN BE SOLVENT. 
          SO WE CAN CONTINUE EXISTING, BUT WE'RE ALSO BEHOLDEN TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE TASK HERE, IS HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT, NOT JUST THE NUMBERS, HOW DO WE BALANCE THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS? AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, I, MY QUESTION IS, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PIECES IN THE REPORT WHERE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMES UP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THERE'S A NO, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A FEDERAL MANDATE. 
          AND SO THE COSTS SOMETIMES ARE NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL. 
          AND YET, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MARKING A NO MEANS THAT IT'S LIKE A, A, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A DING AGAINST US, RIGHT? AND SO I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE WEIGHT OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION QUESTIONS? AND THEN TWO, WHY ARE THERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS? AND IF THE WEIGHT IS HIGH, THEN WHY DOES IT APPEAR SO MANY TIMES? BECAUSE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW, LOWER AND LOWER IN THAT, UH, OR HIGHER AND HIGHER, I SHOULD SAY, IN THE RISK, UH, PERCENTAGE. 
          SO I THINK THE BIGGEST FOCUS FOR THE SPECIAL ED, UM, SECTION IS THE DISTRICT'S DOING THE RIGHT THING AND HAVING THE DECISION TOOLS AND ALL OF THAT IMPLEMENTED, IT REALLY CAME 
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DOWN TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT TWO YEARS. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE TRENDS FROM THE CURRENT AND THE PRIOR TWO YEARS, RIGHT? SO WE KIND OF LOOK AT CURRENT PRIOR TO AND THEN CURRENT AND, UM, TO SUBSEQUENT. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRENDS ON THAT SPECIAL ED CONTRIBUTION AND HOW IT'S INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE TWO YEARS GOING FORWARD, IT WAS AN, IT WAS A REDUCTION, RIGHT? SO WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE DISTRICT? WHAT REDUCTIONS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED? AND WHEN WE WERE ASKING THE QUESTIONS, THERE ARE NO REDUCTIONS. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A NUMBER THAT YOU'RE KIND OF PLUGGING INTO THE TWO OUT YEARS. 
          IT NEEDS TO HAVE, IT SHOULD BE DATA DRIVEN. 
          IT SHOULD BE BASED ON YOUR TRENDS. 
          IT SHOULD BE BASED ON YOUR SERVICES, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LOSE STUDENTS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE REDUCING SERVICES. 
          IT'S IN THEIR IEPS. 
          SO WHY SUDDENLY IN THE OUT YEARS IS THERE KIND OF A VARIANCE? AND SO WE LOOK AT TRENDS TO SAY, THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY THE NOSE HAD TO DO WITH FOR SPECIAL ED, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS LOWER. 
          IT IS TRENDING LOWER, IT'S TRENDING LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS, AND WE HAD NO RESPONSES CORRECT TO THOSE QUESTIONS YOU HAD RESPONSES. 
          UM, IT'S JUST THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SAVINGS. 
          THEY'RE ANTICIPATING SAVINGS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME CHANGES IN HOW THEY HANDLE VARIOUS SERVICES, SERVICE MODELS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          BUT AGAIN, IF YOU PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE AND IT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION, THEN YOUR PICTURE RIGHT IS WORSE THAN IT REALLY IS. 
          AND SO, I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S IN THE FUTURE YEARS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE NUMBERS YOU ARE IS THE CONCERN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA REACH THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE YOU'RE BUT BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE TRENDS. 
          CORRECT. 
          INTERESTING. 
          SO WE ARE GETTING DINGED ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS ABOUT, UM, THE OPEP QUESTION. 
          SO I BELIEVE THAT IN THE REPORT YOU SAY THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE, AGAIN, WE GOTTA KNOW BECAUSE OUR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PAY AS YOU GO ARE ABOVE 2%. 
          IS THAT, DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH. 
          AND SO WHERE DOES THE 2% COME FROM? IS THAT LIKE WHY, WHERE IS IT WRITTEN OR MANDATED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE 2%? IT'S NOT MANDATED. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S SIMPLY A DATA POINT, UM, TO LOOK AT. 
          SO 2%, UM, IS ACTUALLY DRIVEN IN PART BY, UM, OTHER LONG-TERM DISABILITY STANDARDS. 
          I'M SORRY, UM, NOT DISABILITY STANDARDS, OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITY STANDARDS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO WE USE THE SAME 2% WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, UH, LONG-TERM LIABILITIES RELATED TO, UM, WHY AM I DRAWING A BLANK? DEBT? DEBT. 
          DEBT DEBT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, OR PARCEL TAXES, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A STANDARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND, AND WE CONSIDER OPEP IN THAT SAME CATEGORY AS LONG-TERM DEBT. 
          YOUR, YOUR AUDITOR'S DOING THE SAME THING. 
          IT'S BEING LISTED AS A LIABILITY RIGHT ON, ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW IS THAT LIABILITY, UM, POSITIONED OR GROWING OR DECREASING WITH RESPECT TO YOUR RESOURCES, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR REVENUE. 
          AND SO TWO PERCENT'S WHAT WE USE, UM, AGAINST ASSESS VALUATION, UH, FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. 
          IT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT WITH REGARD TO OTHER LONG-TERM DEBT. 
          IT'S SIMPLY A METRIC, UH, A STANDARD METRIC OUT THERE. 
          UM, WE DO YOU MEAN AFIC MAT OR WE, UH, ACCOUNTANTS OR SO IN, SO I'LL SPEAK TO FMA, WE ADOPTED THAT 2%. 
          IT IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD THOUGH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD, I WOULD ATTRIBUTE IT TO, UM, ACCOUNTANTS PER SE. 
          UM, BUT LOOKING AT FINANCIAL METRICS, UH, VARIOUS RATIOS THAT GOVERNMENT USES AND ALSO, UM, PRIVATE INDUSTRY USES IN, IN OUR CASE, WE'D BE LOOKING AT, AT A GOVERNMENT SETTING. 
          AND, UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMING YEAR AND THE OUT YEARS, WE'RE GONNA BE BELOW THE 2%, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ARE, JUST TO CONFIRM, DON'T REMEMBER, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH TO THE TRUST, I BELIEVE. 
          SO HOW DOES THAT, BUT IT'S THE LIABILITY GROWING, RIGHT? YEAH. 
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YEAH. 
          SO THAT ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE NO ANSWER IN THAT YOU'RE NOT MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRUST. 
          YOU'RE SKIPPING THAT CONTRIBUTION AS PART OF ONE OF YOUR BUDGET SOLUTIONS MM-HMM . 
          FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          RIGHT? SO YOUR LIABILITY'S ACTUALLY GROWING AND YOU'RE NOT MITIGATING IT IN PART. 
          AND SO IT'S PROBABLY INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE, NOT DECREASING IT. 
          UM, WE, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL AGAIN, UM, TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ALSO GOTTA KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALLOWED, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY ALLOWED, THERE'S NO MANDATE OF 2%. 
          AND IN YOUR DISTRICT, I, I UNDERSTAND THE DRAMATIC CHANGES, YOUR, YOUR ENROLLMENT'S DROPPING CONSIDERABLY, THUS YOUR REVENUE'S DROPPING, BUT YOUR OPE LIABILITY'S GONNA CONTINUE BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING GUARANTEED TO EMPLOYEES AS PART OF A, A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATION WAY BACK WHEN. 
          RIGHT. 
          IN LIEU, IN LIEU OF OTHER THINGS, I SUSPECT WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY IN LIEU OF A SALARY INCREASE OR THIS, OR THAT YOU CHOSE TO EXTEND HEALTH BENEFITS PROBABLY IN DIFFERENT INCREMENTS OVER TIME. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY LOOKING AT THOSE FACTORS, THE DIFFERENCE IS WITH REGARD TO OPEP, IT'S ACTUALLY A LIABILITY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO IT'S DEBT, SO WE TREAT IT IN THE DEBT CATEGORY OF THE REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, NOW THAT I'M REMEMBERING IT'S, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND IT AND MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT I THINK IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAY AS YOU GO CONTRIBUTION. 
          SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY CONFUSION WAS, THAT IT WAS IN THE, YEAH, I THINK IT'S 9.29. 
          THE DISTRICT'S 26, UH, INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 303 FOR PAY AS YOU GO  PREMIUMS EQUIVALENT TO 4.5, 4.4 OF UNRESTRICTED FUND REVENUES. 
          SO IT'S, IT, IT, THE WAY I'M READING IT IS THAT WE'RE BEING, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, YOU UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC HERE, THAT YOU ARE TAKING CURRENT YEAR MONEY FOR CURRENT YEAR KIDS AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR COSTS OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE COSTS, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT, THAT'S NOT A CRITICAL STATEMENT, IT'S JUST THE FACTS OF IT, RIGHT? YOU ENTERED INTO THOSE ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, YOU COMMITTED TO THOSE, BUT IT IS GROWING. 
          IT'S, IT'S YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          IT'S TAKING MORE OF YOUR CURRENT YEAR RESOURCES TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS FROM PRIOR YEARS. 
          THAT'S THE DYNAMIC FOR YOU. 
          UM, SO AS THAT CONTINUES TO INCREASE, AND, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE BECAUSE OPE IS GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW WHILE YOUR REVENUE IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND YOUR CURRENT YEAR RESOURCES ARE DROPPING IF, IF ONLY BECAUSE OF ENROLLMENT DECREASES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL PAUSE AND THEN I'LL COME BACK. 
          THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS. 
          UM, HELLO. 
          SO MY QUESTION, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL START IN, UM, IN REGARDS TO ON YOUR, IN YOUR REPORT ON PAGE, UH, THE QUESTIONS ON PAGE 22, QUESTION 6.7, 6.8, AND 6.9, WHERE, UM, I GUESS THE WORD IS WE GOT DINGED FOR, FOR, FOR NO ON THAT. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, DOES THE LAW REQUIRE THAT THE CFO AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CERTIFY THE COST OF CBAS BEFORE PRESENTATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BASED ON THOSE, UM, GOVERNMENT CODES AND IT, SO YEAH, I'LL START WITH THAT FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION. 
          SO THE CERTIFICATION IS ABOUT STAFF TELLING YOU THIS IS AFFORDABLE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? UM, SO YES, WE EXPECT THAT BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THAT TENTATIVE AGREEMENT, AND WITH THE DISCLOSURE, THE COSTS IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT STAFF IS TELLING YOU THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE SIGNATURES REPRESENT. 
          AND THERE WAS AN EXPLANATION AS TO GIVING TO YOU AS TO WHY THAT WAS. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE ABSOLUTELY WAS. 
          AND, AND WE UNDERSTOOD AND WE UNDERSTOOD THE EXPLANATION, BUT OUR STANDARD IS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED WHEN IT CAME TO THE BOARD. 
          SO IS IT REASONABLE THAT THIS ONE TIMING MISMATCH CONTRIBUTED TO A HEAVILY, SO HEAVILY TO THE OVERALL SCORE? UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT WAS AN EXPLAN THAT WAS EXPLAINED, OR HOW, WHAT WAS THE WEIGHT ON THAT? THOSE THREE QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE WEIGHT ON THAT ONE QUESTION BECAUSE I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IT. 
          UM, AND WE CONSIDER THE WEIGHTS ON THE QUESTIONS TO BE PROPRIETARY, BUT, 
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UM, THE CATEGORY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A HIGH RISK AREA BECAUSE IT'S YOUR PREDOMINANT COST, RIGHT? IN THIS DISTRICT'S CASE, IT'S OVER 90% OF YOUR UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURES. 
          DOES THE, JUST GOING BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE, DOES THE CODE SAY THAT IT SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE DISCLOSED, BUT DOES IT SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SIGNED? OR IS THAT ONE OF YOUR STANDARDS? YEAH, I'D, I'D HAVE TO GET THE CODE BACK IN FRONT OF ME TO SEE WHAT VERB IT ACTUALLY USES, BUT I BELIEVE IT SAYS CERTIFIED, AND THAT IS WHAT THE SIGNATURE'S DOING, IF I REMEMBER. 
          BUT I, I'M SPEAKING WITHOUT THE CODE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          BUT I BELIEVE THE VERB THAT'S USED IN THAT PARTICULAR SECTION IS CERTIFY. 
          TALK ABOUT THIS REAL QUICK. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          MARCUS, WE HAD, WE HAD SOME ACTUAL LIVELY INTERNAL DIAL, UH, DIALOGUE WITH THIS QUESTION. 
          UH, 'CAUSE ALL THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS WERE SIGNED, UH, AT THE TIME OF BOARD PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT CERTIFICATION SO ON. 
          AND SO THIS ONE IS A, A NO, BUT RIGHT, THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT THEY WERE WAITING ON THE FSP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS OCCURRING WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT TIME. 
          SO I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU APPLY THIS IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? IF YOU USE THIS TOOL IN THE FUTURE, THOSE, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT IN TERMS OF SWITCHING A, A, A NO TO A YES. 
          RIGHT? IF THE PRACTICE IS ALWAYS TO HAVE THOSE SIGNED BEFORE THEY GO PRIOR TO BOARD APPROVAL, THAT'S A EASY YES. 
          RIGHT? BUT AT THAT TIME, AGAIN, GIVEN OUR, OUR SNAPSHOT AND TIME, RIGHT? WE FOUND THAT THEY WEREN'T SIGNED AT, AT THE TIME OF IT, WE EVEN HAD INTERNAL DIALOGUE OF, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT, WHAT DATE DID THEY SIGN IT? HOW CLOSE WAS AT THE BOARD MEETING? UH, DO WE WATCH THE BOARD MEETING AND SEE THEM SIGN IT AT THE BOARD MEETING? DOES THAT COUNT? AND, AND SO ON, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ROOTING FOR YOU, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE NO, BUT RIGHT. 
          IT DIDN'T OCCUR AT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. 
          BUT IF YOU APPLY THE TOOL LATER ON, I, I IMAGINE THESE WILL BE YES. 
          DOES THAT HELP? YES, IT DOES. 
          SO GIVEN IN A, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO WHERE THERE WERE SIGNS WE WOULD'VE, OUR SCHOOL WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT LOWER THAN BECAUSE OF THIS. 
          JUST ONE MISMATCH. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT. 
          A LOT. 
          YEAH. 
          I I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POINT OR TWO, 3% LOWER, AT LEAST IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LOWER. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, NO ARGUMENT. 
          UM, ON PAGE 19, UM, IT STATES THAT THE COMPENSATION INCREASES, EXCEEDING FUNDED COLA CONTRIBUTED TO THE RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          DOES EXCEEDING COLA ESTABLISH THAT RAISES ARE UNAFFORDABLE? OR HOW DID YOU DISTINGUISH INSUFFICIENT STATE FUNDING FROM UNSUSTAINABLE LABOR COSTS? AND DID YOU ASSESS OTHER RECURRING SAVINGS THAT COULD SUSTAIN THESE RAISES? SO, SO THIS, THIS SOMEWHAT IS A COUPLE THINGS. 
          IT'S IN THE CRITERION STANDARDS, AND ALSO THERE'S A BEST PRACTICE, RIGHT? WE KNOW OPERATIONAL COSTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR ARE GOING TO INCREASE NO MATTER WHAT, RIGHT? UH, COST OF FOOD, GAS, UTILITIES, AND SO ON. 
          THAT'S GONNA INCREASE. 
          UH, YOU, YOU COUPLE THAT WITH STEPPING COLUMN, RIGHT? UM, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE WAY SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED, RIGHT? TYPICALLY COLA DOES NOT FUND THE TRUE COST INCREASES, THE COST PRESSURES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE YEAR OVER YEAR, RIGHT? WE, WE KNOW THAT TO BE IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES WHEN DISTRICTS START PROVIDING INCREASES THAT INCREASE OR PROVIDE INCREASES THAT EXCEED COLA, THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A RED FLAG BECAUSE, HEY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO AFFORD THAT? RIGHT? UM, MY FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, WE CAN DO ANYTHING. 
          WE JUST CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN, UH, IF THAT OCCURS, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, A HORRIBLE THING. 
          BUT AGAIN, IF IT'S OVER TIME AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND, AND GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT WITH, WITH, UH, THIS DISTRICT, THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, HOW ARE YOU GOING, WHERE'S THE REVENUE GONNA COME FROM TO AFFORD THOSE, THOSE, THOSE AGREEMENTS? DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND REMEMBER, THIS IS A RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          SO THESE ARE AREAS HISTORICALLY WHERE RISKS HAVE, WHERE THE GENESIS OF RISKS COME FROM, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHY THERE'S THAT QUESTION. 
          AND IT'S IN THE STATE CRITERION STANDARDS FOR CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, I, I THANK, UH, BOARD MEMBER GREGO FOR RAISING THE QUESTION ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION. 
          AND, UM, GIVEN YOUR EXPLANATION AS TO, YOU KNOW, THE TREND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT TO, UM, PRESENT AT LEAST TO THE BOARD, UM, THE CRITERIA BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY MADE THAT ASSESSMENT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY RECTIFY THAT AND, AND IMPROVE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          SO MY, UM, OTHER QUESTION, UM, BASED ON YOUR REVIEW, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, IS THIS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN SUFFICIENT TO RESTORE SUSTAINABLE FISCAL STABILITY? OR DOES IT PRIMARILY, 
          [02:45:01]
PRIMARILY DELAY RE UH, RESERVE EXHAUSTION? OR WHAT EVIDENCE WOULD YOU NEED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ADDRESSED ITS, UH, STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WITH THE FSB? SO, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT, RIGHT? THESE, THESE WILL BE MOVING TARGETS, RIGHT? UM, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE FHA IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE. 
          SO WHEN THINGS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RIGHT, UM, YOU CAN HAVE NECESSARY MEASURES TO MAKE CHANGES TO ENSURE SOLVENCY OF THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THE FSP ONE AND FSP TWO, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT THEY STAY SOLVENT, NOT, NOT, UH, HOW THIS PLAN POTENTIALLY IMPACTS IT. 
          UNDERSTAND FROM OUR EXPERIENCE TOO, WE HAVE SEEN SOME GREAT PLANS IN PLACE, UH, AT TIMES WHEN WE DO OUR FHRA, BUT THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, WE FIND OUT THAT THE, THESE PLANS AREN'T FULLY IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE, NOTICE THAT IN A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS TOO, OF, HEY, IS THIS A BOARD ADOPTED PLAN? BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED IT, BUT IT DOESN'T FALL THROUGH WITH DID IT ACT, DID IT ACTUALLY OCCUR, RIGHT? AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS TOOL IS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROCESS PROCEDURES IN PLACE. 
          THE BOARD HAS TO MAKE THAT MIDSHIP CHANGE, IF YOU WILL, WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, NOW WE NEED TO PIVOT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. 
          UM, AND, AND SO ON. 
          DID I EXPLAIN THAT CORRECTLY? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND SO MY LAST QUESTION IS AFTER THIS REPORT, WHAT, SO THIS REPORT IS GIVEN TO US RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IS THERE A FOLLOW UP WITH THAT THIS, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO CONDUCT WITH YOU? IS THIS JUST A PRESENTATION? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY. 
          THAT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          SURE. 
          UM, LOOK, LET ME SAY THIS. 
          WE DO DO FOLLOW UPS AT YOUR REQUEST. 
          UM, ACTUALLY WE DON'T, FOR TRIGGERED YOU'RE A TRIGGERED FHRA OR THE STATE PAID FOR IT. 
          SO WE WOULD NOT NORMALLY DO A FOLLOW UP UNLESS YOU WANTED ONE. 
          AND THEN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, IN THOSE CASES, LET ME TELL YOU THE RISK ASSOCIATED TO THE FOLLOW UP. 
          WE WOULD ONLY BE COMING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE NOS. 
          OTHER THINGS COULD HAVE CHANGED, AND A YES COULD BECOME A NO SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, RIGHT? WE WOULD ONLY BE LOOKING AT TODAY'S NOS TO DO THAT FOLLOW UP FOR YOU. 
          AND, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, A RISK THERE AND THAT IT COULD BE SLIGHTLY MISLEADING. 
          AND I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          THE GOVERNMENT CODE SAYS, UM, SHALL CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER THE AGREEMENT, UH, CAN BE MET BY THE DISTRICT DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, CERTIFY CERTIFIED IN WRITING. 
          IN WRITING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE SIGNATURE, AND THAT'S WITH THE SIGNATURE. 
          AND, AND THAT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT, ON THE FORMS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND SO ON, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT THE DISTRICT OR, OR, UM, UM, OUR CBO OR MR. SIMON, UH, BRAVO, KAMI IS AWARE OF THAT. 
          SO I MEAN, IF IT WAS DONE BEFORE IS JUST THE ONE TIME BECAUSE OF THE FSP AND THEY HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE ARE ALL REASONS TO DO THAT. 
          SO IT'S, WE, WE UNDERSTOOD THE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          I DON'T FOCUS YOUR TIME ON OTHER THINGS. 
          NOT ON THAT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TIME IS NOW 1:32 PM ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2026. 
          THE BOARD IS COMING BACK FROM A RECESS THAT TOOK PLACE AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 1255. 
          UM, AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN THE QUESTIONING WHERE WE LEFT OFF WITH THE THICK MAT FOLKS, AND IT'S TO THE BOARD IN GENERAL. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND WE LEFT OFF WITH, UH, MS. NEWBELL, HAVE YOU CONTINUE. 
          YES. 
          UM, I DID WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT AND SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND ANSWERED IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THE OTHER WAS, UM, TIMELINE. 
          AND YOU DID ANSWER ABOUT FOLLOW UP AND WANTING TO KNOW WITH THE NO ANSWERS. 
          IS THERE, UM, YOU SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO INVITE BACK IN ORDER TO SPEAK ON THOSE NOS, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY TO GET THE NOS TO YES. 
          UM, TO SEE OURSELVES IN A DIFFERENT SPACE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I THINK NICK HAD ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT TRIGGERED US TO BE IN THIS HIGH SPACE, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALREADY BEEN TRIGGERED FROM, UH, LAKO, AND THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF GOT HERE, BUT THE INVITE BACK FOR THE NOS. 
          UM, AS WE LOOK AT THOSE WITHIN THERE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON TO GET TO? YES. 
          AND I KNOW YOU DID MENTION THAT SOME OF THE YESES COULD TURN NO, BUT TO, 
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TO HELP US KIND OF GUIDE THE WAY OF THE WORK NEXT FOR US, LOOKING AT THOSE NOS, IS THAT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING? WHAT IS THE ADVICE AT FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SECTION OF THE REPORT? WELL, THIS IS EASY FOR ME TO ANSWER SINCE I, FRIDAY WAS MY LAST DAY. 
          BUT, UM, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE YOUR STAFF KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH THE NOSE. 
          UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STRAIGHTFORWARD IDEAS. 
          UM, YOU AS A BOARD CAN CERTAINLY, UM, IN CONCERT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, LAY OUT A SCHEDULE THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA TACKLE, UM, THE HIGHEST, UM, CATEGORY BETWEEN NOW AND I'M, I'M MAKING THIS UP FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          WE'RE GONNA TACKLE THE NEXT CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, BY APRIL 1ST AND SO ON, AND HAVE STAFF JUST REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          INSTEAD OF US FORMALLY ENGAGING TO COME BACK AND DO A REVIEW, WE WILL SUPPORT YOUR STAFF. 
          JUST GET ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, TALK THROUGH WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, THIS TOOL IS ON OUR WEBPAGE ACTUALLY, FOR, SO YOU CAN DO SELF-ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WOULD, WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR, WHAT DOCUMENTS GO WITH WHAT QUESTIONS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED TO DO SELF-ASSESSMENTS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, LET'S JUST BE HONEST. 
          UH, SELF-ASSESSMENTS DON'T GIVE THE SAME SCORES WHEN A THIRD PARTY, UM, SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, COMES IN, BUT TO MOVE A NO TO A YES, WE, WE WILL, UH, THE, THE TEAM WILL SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR STAFF IN THAT REGARD AND SAVE YOU EXPENSE AND, AND SCHEDULING AND ALL THAT TO, TO COME BACK TYPE OF THING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO. 
          PICK YOUR, PICK YOUR HIGHEST PERCENTAGES OFF, WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LAY OUT A, A CORRECT KIND OF A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, IF YOU WILL, AND JUST WORK THROUGH THAT IN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD. 
          AND I THINK YOU'LL BE IN, IN, IN, IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND YOU MENTIONED, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S ALSO HAPPENING IN THE STATE WITH SAC AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED KIND OF LED THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW. 
          AND IT WASN'T JUST OVERNIGHT, THIS IS AND SHEDDING LIGHT ON FROM 2018 UNTIL NOW. 
          WELL, AND I WOULD, IN, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO THEM, IT'S A GENERATIONAL ISSUE IN THAT DISTRICT. 
          SO IT GOES BACK EVEN BEFORE OUR LAST OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM LEADING UP TO THIS PAST YEAR WAS IN 2018. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS UNCORRECTED, SAME, SAME DRIVERS OF, UM, UH, THAT ARE CAUSING SOME OF THE DISTRESS. 
          SO, BUT FOR THEM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT GOES BACK SEVERAL DECADES. 
          UM, I THINK I'M GOOD ON THE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT SPECIAL ED. 
          YOU KNOW, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT DOING ITS PART, UH, AND, UH, THINGS GETTING SO COSTLY, IF A SMALL DISTRICT RECEIVES STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT ARE VERY, VERY COSTLY MM-HMM . 
          WHAT DOES THAT DISTRICT DO IN ORDER TO NOT WIND UP IN DEBT? GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 
          ONE STUDENT COULD TURN THEIR BUDGET FROM BEING VERY POSITIVE TO ABSOLUTELY FISCAL DISTRESS. 
          ONE, ONE STUDENT, UM, THAT IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, SEVERE, UM, MAYBE OUTTA DISTRICT PLACEMENT, EVEN EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED THAT NEEDS TO BE IN A, IN A MEDICAL OR, UM, SOME OTHER FORM OF FACILITY THAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T OPERATE CAN ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEIR BUDGET OFF THE DEEP END. 
          THAT'S WHY RESERVES, UM, BECOMES SO IMPORTANT. 
          UM, BUT A DISTRICT LIKE THAT WILL HAVE TO, UM, COME UP WITH THEIR OWN FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN FOR THAT ONE DRIVER. 
          I HEAR YOU. 
          AND THEY MAY, THEY MAY BE, THEY, THEY COULD LITERALLY HAVE PERFECT SCORES ON AN ASSESSMENT LIKE THIS, RIGHT? UM, BUT THEY, THEY WOULD BE IN FISCAL DISTRESS. 
          THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. 
          NOW, AS YOU'RE AWARE, OR CERTAINLY YOUR SPECIAL ED FOLKS AND AND STAFF ARE AWARE THERE'S A STATE EXCESS COST POOL, UH, FOR VERY HIGH COSTS. 
          UH, WE USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE POOLS. 
          UM, TRYING TO REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK MAYBE IT'S THREE BUDGETS AGO, TWO OR THREE BUDGETS AGO, WE COMBINE THE POOLS TO GIVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO LEAS. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, THAT BECOMES, UH, A BIT OF A LIFE'S LIFE PRESERVER FOR A, A SINGLE STUDENT SITUATION IN A DIS IN A SMALLER DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW WE STARTED WITH YOU, NICK, SO ROUND TWO FOR YOU. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM, BUT I JUST, 
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UM, WE HOPE JENNIFER'S OKAY. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M THINKING ABOUT HER. 
          UM, EXCUSE ME, I HADN'T MIN, BUT JUST A FEW DISCRETE QUESTIONS FROM THE REPORT, UM, PAGE. 
          AND AGAIN, THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASKING A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD AS WELL. 
          BUT PAGE 15, UM, CITES AN AUDIT FINDING OF REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, REVENUE RECOGNITION WEAKNESS. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AND WHY IT MATTERS? IT'S THE, UM, THE 1.3 OR 1.4. 
          IT IS, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE AUDIT, IT'S THE, UM, LEMME PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IT'S THE GRANT. 
          IT'S, UH, ACTUALLY CURRENT. 
          IT SAYS, YEAH, GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, IT'S ON PAGE 15. 
          IT IS 1.3. 
          IT SAID THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUTO REPORTS IDENTIFIED AND MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN TWO OF THE THREE FISCAL FISCALLY IS REVIEWED. 
          20 22, 23 AUDIT IDENTIFIED A MATERIAL WEAKNESS RELATED TO REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, REVENUE RECOGNITION, 24 25 AUDIT IDENTIFIED MATERIAL WEAKNESSES RELATED TO FEDERAL PROGRAM COMPLIANCE. 
          I JUST WAS UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MEANT. 
          SO THE QUESTION OF COURSE WRITTEN, UM, IS, IS TO SUPPORT THE, THE YES NO, UM, ANSWER. 
          AND BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR AUDIT AND DID YOUR, UM, INDEPENDENT AUDITOR HAVE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN YOUR AUDIT? AND YES, THEY DID IN THOSE, UM, IN AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE PRIOR TWO YEARS. 
          SO WOULD BE, I WOULD LOOK AT THE SOURCE, I WOULD LOOK AT THE AUDIT. 
          YOU WOULD LOOK AT YOUR AUDIT REPORT, UM, WHEN THEY WERE HERE PROBABLY IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND PRESENTED TO YOU, THEY WOULD'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, UH, WHAT THAT WAS. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT PAGE TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED NEGATIVE EXPENDITURE OR CONTRA EXPENDITURE. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHY THAT IS A PROBLEM? SO LET'S JUST TAKE A SUPPLY BUDGET. 
          SIMPLE SCHOOL SUPPLY BUDGET, UM, $10,000 FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES ON A BUDGET. 
          IT'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, IN, AND THE DISTRICT IS PART OF ITS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IMPLEMENTS A 10% CUT INSTEAD OF TAKING THE 10% OUT OF THAT, I FORGOT WHAT NUMBER I USED, 10,000, I THINK IT WAS 10,000, TAKING THAT 10% OUT OF THE 10,000. 
          THEY PUT A NEGATIVE BUDGET ENTRY IN FOR THE NEGATIVE. 
          SO THEY LEAVE THE 10,000. 
          IF YOUR PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS ARE CHECKING AGAINST THAT, THAT EXPENDITURE WILL STILL GO THROUGH, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HOLD THAT PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSPENDING. 
          AND YET IT'S, IT'S KIND OF CIRCUMVENTING THE NATURAL CONTROLS THAT ARE IN PLACE. 
          WE SEE THIS A LOT WITH SALARIES, PROBABLY MORE THAN WE DO SUPPLIES. 
          UM, WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AN UNDEN, YOU HAVE ESTIMATED AN UNIDENTIFIED SALARY SAVINGS OF, I'M MAKING THIS UP A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          YOU JUST STICK A NEGATIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO A POSITIVE MILLION. 
          UM, BUT YOU DON'T BREAK IT DOWN BY INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS. SO YOU DON'T PREEMPTIVELY PUT A CONTROL IN THAT WOULD DISA LIKE DISALLOW A BUDGET HOLDER FROM MAKING THAT EXPENSE. 
          LIKE SO THAT'S, GOT IT. 
          IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A PROCUREMENT TYPE OF THING, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH SALARIES, IT WOULD MISLEAD IN YOUR POSITION, CONTROL YOU, YOUR POSITION CONTROL WOULD HAVE A VALID POSITION IN MONEY SITTING THERE THAT'S DRIVING THE BUDGET FOR THAT POSITION. 
          BUT YOU PUT IN SAVINGS BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR INTENT POTENTIALLY TO LEAVE IT VACANT FOR A WHILE TO HAVE SALARY SAVINGS, BUT THAT WASN'T PROPERLY COMMUNICATED. 
          SO IT'LL HR WILL PROCESS THROUGH POSITION CONTROL THAT HIRING WHEN IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY YOUR INTENT TO HIRE. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          PAGE 25, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE DISTRICT ENSURING THAT ONE-TIME REVENUES DO NOT PAY FOR ONGOING EXPEN EXPENDITURES. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY GOT A YES CHECK MARK THERE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IS THAT WE ARE USING ONE TIME. 
          SO IS IT JUST ABOUT TECHNICALLY LIKE CURRENT YEAR? IT'S JUST CURRENT YEAR THIS, SO SECTION 13, UM, IS ABOUT CURRENT YEAR GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, YOU, YOU'RE CORRECT, YOU HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF, OF USING ONE-TIME MONEY, BUT IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THAT WASN'T, WASN'T EVIDENT TO US. 
          I GOT IT. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION ON THAT SAME PAGE IS NUMBER 13, NOTES AS A POTENTIAL CONCERN THAT THE DISTRICT'S PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE GOING TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS OVER 90%. 
          YES. 
          AND YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO WE, WE HAD COMMENTARY HERE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR PERCENTAGE OF SALARIES FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS IS TOO LOW. 
          AND SO IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE WANNA SPEND MONEY AS A DISTRICT IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS A PROBLEM? DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS. 
          SO THIS IS LOOKING AT YOUR, YOUR UNRESTRICTED, UM, GENERAL FUND, UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURE 
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BUDGET THAT'S ALLOCATED SALARIES AND BENEFITS. 
          UM, GENERALLY 85% IS A BIT OF THE SWEET SPOT TO BE. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, THAT LEAVES YOU 15 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR FOR NON SALARIES AND BENEFITS, SUPPLIES, TECHNOLOGY, UM, FUEL FOR YOUR BUSES, ALL THOSE BUS CONTRACTS, NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL, NON-PUBLIC AGENCY CONTRACTS. 
          WHEN YOU TAKE UTILITIES, NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL, NON-PUBLIC AGENCIES. 
          AND IF TRANSPORTATION IS IN-HOUSE AND YOU, YOU HAVE A, I THINK YOU STILL HAVE A MIX OF IN-HOUSE AND CONTRACTED, RIGHT? SO THE, IN THE, THE CONTRACTED PORTION, THOSE THREE THINGS ARE PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO EIGHT TO 9 CENTS OF THE 15 CENTS THAT'S LEFT, DOESN'T LEAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT, UM, TO, UM, EXPERIENCE BUDGET SAVINGS FROM. 
          AND SO WHAT IT'S DOING, WHAT THE CONCERN IS, IS IT FORCES ANY BUDGET MITIGATION MEASURE TO BE IN PEOPLE. 
          YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA REDUCE SALARIES AND BENEFITS, UM, TO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, CUTTING TRAVEL BY 10% ISN'T GOING TO DO IT. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA BALANCE A BUDGET. 
          CUTTING SUPPLIES BY 10% ISN'T GOING TO BALANCE A BUDGET. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S THE DYNAMIC I WOULD GUESS. 
          THE OTHER REFERENCE YOU MADE THAT YOU HEARD RECENTLY FROM IS THAT, UH, CEA CURRENT COST OF EDUCATION, THAT YOU ARE BELOW THE THRESHOLD AND YOU NEEDED A, A COUNTY WAIVER, CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? YEAH. 
          SO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CALCULATION. 
          IT IS LOOKING AT TEACHERS AND AIDE, CLASSROOM AIDES, UM, AND DO THEY TOGETHER, DO THEIR SALARIES AND BENEFITS TOGETHER, MAKE UP UM, 60 FOR UNIFIED 55%? YEAH. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, I, I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN CALCULATION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I THINK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AS THE BOARD'S GRAPPLING WITH TOUGH DECISIONS, IT'S LIKE WE GET SQUEEZED EITHER WAY. 
          LIKE EITHER WE DON'T. 
          SO I WANNA GO BACK TO PREVIOUS COMMENTS AND, AND QUESTIONS WHY THAT DYNAMIC IS IMPORTANT. 
          THE CURRENT EXPENSE OF EDUCATION IS LOOKING AT THE TEACHER AND THE AIDE TODAY. 
          HOW WE DELIVER INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS INCLUDES A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST, THE PSYCH, THE, I'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR ACRONYM. 
          UH, SW SOCIAL WORKER, YEAH. 
          PSW, OTHER SOCIAL WORKERS TOGETHER AS A TEAM OR WHO ARE SUPPORTING OUR KIDS BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY TODAY, WE SIMPLY DELIVER INSTRUCTION DIFFERENT THAN WE USED TO IN THE OLD DAYS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS. 
          THOSE OTHER SERVICES ARE NOT PART OF THE CEA CALCULATION. 
          YES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A POINT THAT WE'VE MADE AND WE WOULD LIKE SOME LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY TO HELP US THERE. 
          I ALSO THINK IT'S JUST THAT ON ONE HAND WE ARE OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR NOT SPENDING ENOUGH ON SALARIES AND BENEFITS. 
          WE GET A LOT OF CRITICISM FOR SPENDING A LOT ON CONTRACTS. 
          UM, I'VE POINTED OUT MANY TIMES THAT MOST OF THAT IS ON CHICKEN, UM, AND DEVICES. 
          BUT, UM, NOW THIS IS SAYING THAT 90% OF OUR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND IS GONNA SALARIES AND BENEFITS. 
          IT'S, AND IT, AND REALLY THE MESSAGE THERE IS, IT'S LIMITING YOUR ABILITY TO TRIM BUDGET WITHOUT IMPACTING PEOPLE. 
          IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S BACK TO THE BALANCING THAT THEY, YOU FINISHED MY SENTENCE THERE, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, AXA IS PURSUING SOME IDEAS AROUND, UH, THAT ARE VERY POSITIVE IDEAS. 
          THEY'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO ELIMINATE CEA OR, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS, I THINK , UM, UH, AND, AND DO THAT, BUT ACTUALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DO WE PROVIDE STUDENTS TO SUPPORT THEM IN BOTH A TIER ONE, TIER TWO, OR IN ALL THE TIERS, TIER ONE, TWO, AND THREE ENVIRONMENTS, BOTH FROM AN ACADEMIC THROUGH MTSS AND A BEHAVIOR, UM, SUPPORT. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT BROADENING THOSE DEFINITIONS AND GONNA TRY THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME TRACTION. 
          AND THEN THE LAST POINT I'LL JUST MAKE, JUST 'CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK JUST LIKE THE 90%, THERE'S SOME INTERESTING DATA POINTS HERE FOR BROADER WORK THAT THE DISTRICT IS UNDERTAKING. 
          AND ONE OF 'EM THAT STUCK OUT FOR ME WAS THE OVERALL UTILIZATION RATE OF 49.1% OF OUR, UM, UH, FACILITIES OF OUR AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND 400, UM, 481 OF 738 SCHOOLS OPERATE AT BELOW 60% CAPACITY. 
          I KNOW THIS IS NOT NEWS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENT 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. 
          AND IN A FEW MINUTES OR A FEW HOURS, DEPENDING ON HOW THE BOARD GOES, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING. 
          BUT, UH, 49.1%, YOU KNOW, LESS, LESS THAN HALF OF OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE. 
          AND I ENCOURAGE YOU, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE FOOTNOTE RELATED TO THAT BECAUSE WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF YOUR FACILITIES HAVE CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, STUDENTS IN 'EM AND THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT FACTORED INTO THE 49. 
          SO YOU, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY UNDERSTATING YOUR, YOUR UTILIZATION WHEN YOU FACTOR CHARTER STUDENTS INTO THE PICTURE. 
          UM, BUT YES, AND, 
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AND AGAIN, UH, TO THE EARLIER COMMENTS, THIS IS A DISTRICT TO GET OUT OF MULTITRACK TO GET OUT OF, UM, WHAT DO WE USED TO CALL IT? UM, SOMETHING SIX, UM, SCHEDULE CONCEPT SIX. 
          CONCEPT SIX, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THOSE ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE KNOW ARE NOT GOOD FOR KIDS YOU BUILT AND YOUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED THAT THROUGH, UM, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND SO ON. 
          AND NOW YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH DRAMATICALLY DROPPING BIRTH RATES, RIGHT? THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THE DECLINE ENROLLMENT. 
          IT'S NOT THAT KIDS ARE LEAVING YOU AND RUNNING NEXT DOOR, THEY, IT'S A BIRTH RATE ISSUE THAT IT PUTS YOU IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN YOUR FACILITY AND UM, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT SOME UNDER UTILIZATION ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, TANYA SAID SHE HAS NO MORE QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL GO TO UH, CARLA. 
          DOCTOR, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, JUST CARLA. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          NO, DOCTOR. 
          JUST I KEEP GETTING ELEVATED. 
          . 
          I DID, I DON'T DESERVE IT WORTH, I DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL THAT LONG. 
           DID NOT WRITE A DISSERTATION. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, UM, JUST WONDERING, EARLIER YOU STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION WITH SAYING THAT, UM, YOU CAME HERE TO DO THIS REPORT FOR FREE OR PAID BY THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY'S LACK OF GOING CONCERN. 
          RIGHT? AND SO JUST TO, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT, UM, THAT RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN THE COUNTY? LIKE HOW IS THE COUNTY GOING TO USE THIS REPORT IF THEY ARE GOING TO USE THIS REPORT? OR IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION, ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES, IF YOU CAN ELABORATE ON THAT? SO WE WILL, NUMBER ONE AF WE WILL POST THIS REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE MORNING. 
          UM, WHILE IT'S BEEN PUBLIC FOR A WEEK OR SO, WE DON'T POST IT UNTIL AFTER WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU. 
          UM, THE COUNTY WILL GET A COPY AS WELL. 
          ALL OF OUR REPORTS THAT WE PERFORM IN WITHIN A COUNTY, THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT GETS A COPY OF THOSE. 
          UM, I, I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION HOW THEY WOULD USE IT. 
          UM, IT, IT AFFIRMS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. 
          IT MAY INTRODUCE A COUPLE NEW CONCERNS. 
          IT MAY TAKE AWAY SOME CONCERNS AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU THERE. 
          THIS REPORT'S FOR YOU, IT'S NOT FOR, UM, PER SE, THE COUNTY, UH, ITSELF, IT CAN INFORM THE COUNTY'S INTERVENTION WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          SO ONCE YOU'RE A LACK OF GOING CONCERN, UM, THAT BEGINS WHAT WE THINK OF AS A PROGRESSIVE INTERVENTION PROCESS, REALLY A-M-T-S-S PROCESS. 
          BUT FOR ON THE FINANCE SIDE AND THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT INTERVENTION, UM, TO THE DISTRICT, UM, STARTING WITH THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF INTERVENTION NEEDED TO GET YOU BACK ON TRACK FROM A FISCAL STABILITY STANDPOINT, THROWING THAT TERM OUT AGAIN. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, THEY MAY CHOOSE TO DO THAT AND USE THE REPORT TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, AS I STARTED OUT, I I VIEW THIS AS A RELAT A PRETTY POSITIVE REPORT. 
          UM, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND COUNT TO REMIND MYSELF, BUT MOST OF OUR REPORTS ARE IN THE HIGH PERCENTAGE WISE, NOT BUMPED UP HIGH BECAUSE OF OTHER FACTORS. 
          THE, THE ACTUAL SCORES ARE HIGH. 
          UH, WE PROBABLY IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE HAD ONE LOW. 
          UM, GENERALLY WE DON'T DO THESE UNLESS THERE'S SIGNS OF AN ISSUE, RIGHT? AND, UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, TOWARDS THIS. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME DANGERS IN ALL THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THAT HOW FAST YOU WORK, YOU'RE CHOOSING NOT TO FRONT LOAD SOME OF THE CUTS, BUT PUSH 'EM TOWARDS THE, THE BACKSIDE HOPING ATTRITION WILL DEAL WITH IT. 
          I I APPLAUD THAT APPROACH. 
          JUST DON'T GET YOUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL WHERE YOU HAVE NO, YOU WAITED FOR ATTRITION, YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 
          UM, YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET THAT THE COUNTY RESPONDED TO ACTUALLY HAD NEGATIVE CASH IN IT NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, AND WELL THIS IS PROBABLY A DISTRICT THAT'S BETTER POSITIONED TO MANAGE ITS CASH THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 
          UM, UH, THAT YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE YOUR WAY OUT OF THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, BUT NONETHELESS, YOUR CASH FLOW FOR INCLUDED A NEGATIVE, UM, IN IT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET YOUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL AND KICK THE CAN TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UM, UH, SO OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS FOR YOU. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ALL THE HARD WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT, IT'S THE, THE SCORE PERCENTAGE WISE IS NOT AS HIGH AS SOME OTHER DISTRICTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN. 
          SO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OH, YOU ARE, YOU ARE HALF SOME OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          OKAY, WELL GREATS TO KNOW, JUST PUT IN PERSPECTIVE , NOT THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THEIR PROBLEM. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT NO, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. 
          WE WANNA SUPPORT AS MANY 
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AS WE CAN THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I JUST WISH THAT MAYBE A REPORT LIKE THIS COULD ALSO, I THINK JUSTIFIES WHY WE NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR, FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IF, IF WE WERE ALL KING AND QUEEN. 
          OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          SORRY. 
          BAD EXAMPLE. 
          WELL, UH, THAT ASSUMES LA SURVIVES. 
          WHATEVER WAS DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT. 
          I'LL LET THAT GO. 
          THANK YOU CARLA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE REAL DOCTOR. 
          DR. 
          ROCIO RIVAS. 
          , YOU'RE GOOD. 
          YOU'RE GOOD. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, WANTED CLARIFICATION. 
          YOU BROUGHT UP AGAIN, UM, CASH MANAGEMENT AND FISCAL SOLVENCY. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE NOS. 
          CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST THE DIFFERENCE, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED AS A BOARD LIKE LA UNIFIED, YOU CAN SEE US WITH, YOU KNOW, MOVING OUT OF A SITUATION FROM NOT HAVING ENOUGH CASH. 
          COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT? AND I READ HERE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT IT MATTERS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO HAVE BOTH IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO CASH AND BUDGET ARE RELATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT ONE IN THE SAME. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT RECENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS HERE IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I DID THAT SOME TIME AGO. 
          UH, BUT, BUT HAVEN'T DONE IT RECENTLY. 
          SO WITH CHANGE IN STAFF, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WHEN STAFF PRESENTS BUDGET TO YOU, DO THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT CASH FLOW? UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT, TO BE INFORMED ABOUT YOUR CASH FLOW. 
          UM, WHY CASH IS IMPORTANT IS THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO ACTUALLY MEET PAYROLL. 
          AND THAT'S OUR INTEREST, RIGHT? IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PUTTING EMPLOYEES ABOVE KIDS. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE DON'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING WITH KIDS WITHOUT OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS THE CONTINUITY OF INSTRUCTION. 
          IF WE MISS A PAYROLL, INSTRUCTION STOPS, LET'S JUST BE HONEST. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONTINUITY OF INSTRUCTION. 
          THAT'S WHY CASH BECOMES SO IMPORTANT. 
          THE DEFINITION OF INSOLVENCY FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA IS THAT YOU'VE RUN OUTTA CASH AND YOU CANNOT MEET YOUR PAYROLL OBLIGATIONS. 
          NOT THAT YOU CAN'T PAY DWP FOR THE ELECTRIC BILL. 
          UM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? BY JUST FLIPPING THE SWITCH OFF. 
          BUT, UM, OR, OR WHOEVER. 
          BUT, BUT PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES IS, UM, OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE DIRECT CONNECTION TO CONTINUITY OF INSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF INSOLVENCY. 
          SO CASH MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL. 
          YOU ARE A LARGE DISTRICT WITH, UM, THE MEANS TO TURN TO THE MARKETPLACE, UNLIKE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS, TO EVEN BORROW CASH IF YOU NEEDED TO DO SO, AND TO MANAGE YOUR CASH, UM, INTERNALLY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY EVEN THOUGH YOUR FORECAST ON THE ON, ON THE GENERAL FUND HAD A NEGATIVE CASH IN IT, UH, FOR IN 27, 28, UM, I, UM, YOU HAVE LOTS OF, UM, TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A VERY LARGE DISTRICT, UM, THAT YOU COULD USE TO MANAGE THAT, THAT THAT EASILY 70% OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME TOOLS AVAILABLE TO 'EM. 
          AND THEN CAN YOU JUST TOUCH ON THE FUN ENDING BALANCE AS IT IS NOT THE SAME, IT IS NOT THE SAME. 
          FUND BALANCE, UM, IS A TECHNICAL, UM, WELL-DEFINED, UM, CONCEPT IN GSB, GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          IT'S PART OF YOUR, YOUR BALANCE SHEET, UM, AND YOUR BUDGET. 
          UH, FUND BALANCE IS, UH, THE MONEY YOU HAVE LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, YOU CAN HAVE THAT AS UNRESTRICT, OR I'M SORRY, AS UNASSIGNED AND AVAILABLE AS ASSIGNED, AS COMMITTED AS RESTRICTED OR AS WHAT GSB CALLS NONS SPENDABLE. 
          THOSE ARE THE CATEGORIES. 
          AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE, IF I REMEMBER LOOKING AT YOUR, YOUR PAPERWORK, AT YOUR FINANCIALS. 
          UM, AND THE ED CODE PROVIDES SOME DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, UM, RESPONSIBILITY AND INTERVENTION. 
          IF YOU GO NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE. 
          AND WE WOULD BE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT A NEGATIVE UNRESTRICTED BUDGET FUND BALANCE AND UNRESTRICTED AS OPPOSED TO RESTRICTED. 
          WE CARE ABOUT 'EM BOTH. 
          WE CARE ABOUT THE COMBINED, BUT UNRESTRICTED NEGATIVE WOULD BE, UM, WHAT THE ED CODE LOOKS SPECIFICALLY AT BECAUSE, WELL, IF IT'S NEGATIVE, THEN YOU DON'T, UH, THE FIRST DOLLAR IN, IN THE NEW YEAR'S REVENUE HAS TO GO TO MAKE THAT UP. 
          THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, A NEGATIVE OR A ZERO WOULD TELL US YOU HAVE NO RESERVES, BECAUSE THE RESERVES ARE A COMPONENT OF THE FUND BALANCE. 
          SO A ZERO FUND BALANCE OR A NEGATIVE FUND BALANCE WOULD TELL US YOU HAVE NO RESERVES, WHICH MEANS ONE MINOR HICCUP 
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IN YOUR PLAN. 
          YOU HAVE NO BACKUP TO TURN TO RESERVES. 
          AND YOU KNOW THIS, YOU'RE ALL EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UM, RESERVES ARE NOT A SOLUTION. 
          THEY ARE, THEY BUY YOU TIME FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, AND THEY DON'T BUY YOU A LOT OF TIME. 
          THE STATE MINIMUM RESERVES, UM, ON AVERAGE BY ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF TIME, THE NATIONAL STANDARD IS, IS 17% COMPARED TO 1%, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ARE. 
          UM, 17% COVERS ABOUT TWO MONTHS IN THE WAY WE, UM, OUR FISCAL YEAR LOOKS, EVEN TWO MONTHS COULD BE VIEWED BY SOME AS INSUFFICIENT BECAUSE WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A DISTRICT TO SHED EXPENSES IN TWO MONTHS? I, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AT 90% LABOR AND YOU OWE THOSE EMPLOYEES A MARCH 15TH NOTICE WITH FINAL ACTION BY JULY ONE, RIGHT? YOU, YOU CAN'T, NOT TOO MUCH. 
          YOU JUST DON'T HAVE. 
          THAT'S WHY RESERVES BECOME SO IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW IT'S TIME FOR SUPERINTENDENT. 
          UH, AS WE TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS VERY RELEVANT TO, TO THE REPORT THAT FIGMA JUST BROUGHT US. 
          UH, I WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF GRATITUDE, UH, TO MIKE, TO THE TEAM. 
          OF COURSE, WISHING YOUR COLLEAGUE THE BEST. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED. 
          UH, I THINK IT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO OUR, OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS GOING TO BE OUR, OUR CFO, UH, SIMON BRAVO KAMI. 
          AND HIS PRESENTATION IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT FIGMA JUST BROUGHT US. 
          UH, ONE OF THE POINTS OF EMPHASIS WITHIN THE REPORT AND WITHIN THEIR PRESENTATION IS FIDELITY TO THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY BEING NIMBLE AS CONDITIONS CHANGE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ADHERING TO, TO WHAT WAS PUT FORTH, UH, BACK IN JUNE, UH, SPECIFIC TO THAT, UH, WE'RE, GOD BLESS YOU . 
          SPECIFIC TO THAT, UH, TODAY, UH, SIMON'S GONNA SPEND A BIT OF TIME, UH, A ADDRESSING THE CONTINGENCIES PUT INTO THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF OUR BUDGET BY LACO AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO. 
          IF MEMORY SERVES, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO PIECES THAT NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH LABOR, UH, AND THE, ESSENTIALLY THE BACKUP PLAN. 
          IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH OUR VALUED LABOR PARTNERS. 
          SO SIMON WILL TOUCH ON THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT HIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE END, SIMON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          SO SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED WE'RE GONNA, TYPICALLY IN THESE FINANCE PRESENTATIONS, WE ALWAYS SHOW THE BUDGET TIMELINE WHERE WE ARE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FROM LACO, WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE, WHAT OUR RESPONSES TO THOSE CONDITIONS WILL BE. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL, WE WILL, AS ALWAYS DO END ON, UH, NEXT STEP. 
          SO HERE WE ARE IN OCTOBER. 
          UH, THERE'S THAT STATUTORY DEADLINE FOR REPLYING TO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WHENEVER THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET WAS CONDITIONAL. 
          UM, AS A REMINDER, SO WE'RE SHARING HERE WITH YOU, THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, THE RESPONSES TO THOSE CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE DUE TO LACO ON THURSDAY, ON OCTOBER 8TH. 
          THE NEXT BIG THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP ARE, AS ALWAYS, FIRST INTERIM IN DECEMBER. 
          AND JUST LIKE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, UH, NOT ONLY WILL WE DO ALL THE NORMAL THINGS THAT WE DO AT FIRST, INTERIM UPDATED MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS, UH, BUT WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO I, WE GOT THE LETTER, UH, THE CONDITIONAL BUDGET APPROVAL LETTER ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, AND THERE WERE TWO CONDITIONS, UH, CONDITION. 
          ONE HAD, UH, A FEW COMPONENTS, THREE COMPONENTS. 
          THE FIRST WAS A TIMELINE FOR EACH OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN ACTIONS, UH, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENTAL OWNER AND IRRELEVANT PERFORMANCE METRICS. 
          UM, SUB CONDITION B UNCONDITION ONE WAS CONTINGENCIES FOR THE FSP ACTIONS THAT REQUIRE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          AS A REMINDER, THOSE TWO ACTIONS IN THE FSP THAT REQUIRE NEGOTIATIONS WERE FURLOUGH DAYS AND HEALTH BENEFIT COST SHARING. 
          AND THEN CONDITION ONE C IS DATA ON ENROLLMENT AND A DA PROJECTIONS. 
          UM, AND AS YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE PRESENTED, UH, IN SEPTEMBER ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS REPORT FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID GIVE A PREVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT. 
          AND TODAY, IN THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE SHOWING THOSE FINAL VALIDATED NORM DAY, UH, ENROLLMENT FIGURES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          THEN CONDITION TWO WAS UPDATED CASH FORECAST SHOWING THE IMPACT OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, UH, AS YOU HEARD MR. FINE, UM, AND HIS COLLEAGUES MENTION, UH, WHEN DISTRICTS FIND THEMSELVES IN VERY CHALLENGING FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S 
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IMPORTANT, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR STAFF AND THE DISTRICT TO MONITOR CASH BALANCES. 
          UH, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY, WHICH IS WHY YOU'LL SEE IT IN, UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS HERE, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY MILESTONES RELATED TO ACTIONS WITHIN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO THE ROWS ARE DIFFERENT ACTIONS FROM THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMNS, YOU'LL SEE THE TIMELINE FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AND, AND NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND AT A HIGH LEVEL, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. 
          THE REASON WHY YOU SEE SO MANY OF THOSE BOXES YELLOW BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER IS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOLS AND CENTRAL OFFICES BEGINS IN DECEMBER. 
          MEANING THAT'S WHEN THE SYSTEM OPENS THE BUDGET SYSTEM. 
          THAT'S WHEN THE CHANGES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE SYSTEM. 
          AND FOR SCHOOLS, IT ENDS IN, UH, IN JANUARY AS IT DOES FOR, FOR CENTRAL OFFICES. 
          NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE WORK FOR EACH OF THESE WORK STREAMS BEGINS IN DECEMBER, UH, FOR MANY OF THESE ACTIONS, A LOT OF THE WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MAY, SINCE JUNE, UH, OVER THE SUMMER. 
          UM, THE EXECUTIVE CABINET, THE CABINET SENIOR LEADERSHIP, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING ON THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS FOR, FOR SOME TIME. 
          BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION, SO MUCH OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW BECAUSE OF OUR, OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE. 
          AND AS YOU HEARD MR. FINE MENTION, AND AS WAS POINTED OUT BY BOARD MEMBER MELVOIN, THERE'S, THERE'S THIS KIND OF FRUSTRATING MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE STATE'S BUDGET TIMELINE AND OUR BUDGET TIMELINE. 
          AND A LOT OF THAT IS AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAVE RELATED TO REDUCTION IN FORCE NOTICES BY, BY MARCH 15TH. 
          SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE BALANCE OF THE ACTIONS THAT WEREN'T ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          AGAIN, A LOT OF THOSE YELLOW, UH, BOXES IN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. 
          UM, AND THEN SOME THAT ARE KIND OF MULTI-YEAR PROCESSES, UH, HAVE EXTEND BEYOND NOT ONLY THE, THE, THE BALANCE OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO INTO, UH, NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OKAY? SO CONDITION ONE B WHERE, UH, LACO IS REQUIRING THAT WE IDENTIFY CONTINGENCY OR ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS FOR THE TWO ITEMS IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT REQUIRE NEGOTIATION. 
          AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE FURLOUGHS AND THE HEALTH INSURANCE COST SHARING. 
          YOU'LL SEE THOSE TWO ITEMS CIRCLED FOR IN, IN THAT ORANGE. 
          AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE CIRCLED FOR THE, THE SAVINGS, THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS, THE PROPOSED SAVINGS FOR THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN THAT, THAT ORANGE BOX ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT IN TOTAL FOR THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR, THE PROPOSED SAVINGS FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS WAS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND WHAT LACO HAS ASKED IS THAT WE IDENTIFY NOW ALTERNATIVE OR CONTINGENCY REDUCTIONS OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT THOSE CONTINGENCY REDUCTIONS ARE THAT WILL BE SUBMITTING FORMALLY TO LACO THIS WEEK. 
          AND IT IS TO MAXIMIZE RESTRICTED GRANTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELATED DISTRICT EXPENSES IF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS DON'T PROGRESS BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, I DO NEED TO STRESS THAT WHENEVER WE USE RESTRICTED GRANTS, NOT ONLY OF COURSE DO THEY, CAN THEY ONLY BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES, UM, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED OR WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT, THAT THEY, THAT THEY PAY FOR. 
          AND SO NO SOLUTION IS, IS PAINLESS, NO SOLUTION, UH, HAS NO IMPACT. 
          UM, SO I DO NEED TO STRESS THAT. 
          BUT THIS IS, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE, A CONTINGENCY REDUCTION THAT WE WOULD PUT FORWARD. 
          YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, $50 MILLION IN 27, 28, $50 MILLION IN 28, 29, THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN THE NEEDED AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING FURLOUGHS AND HEALTH BENEFIT SAVINGS FOR THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE WOULD BE BY AT THE LATEST JANUARY, 2027, WHICH IS OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, UH, THE END OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, NEXT FISCAL YEAR HERE IS AN UPDATE ON OUR TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT. 
          YOU'LL SEE THIS IS FROM 20 18 19 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TODAY, AND ALL THE WAY ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE 26TH, 27TH SCHOOL YEAR, YEAR, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT FINAL TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT. 
          OKAY? SO THIS INCLUDES, OF COURSE, UH, ALL OF OUR TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE, UH, SCHOOLS AND, AND AND GRADE LEVELS, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING SPECIAL DAY CLASSES. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ENROLLMENT FIGURE AFTER THE FINAL NORM 
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DAY FIGURES WERE, WERE VALIDATED OF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 371,000 STUDENTS. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THOSE PERCENTAGES BELOW IN PURPLE ARE THE YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINE. 
          SO THE DECLINE FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR AT NORM DAY TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT NORM DAY WAS 4.47, UH, PERCENT. 
          THAT IS A DECLINE OF, UH, MORE, IT'S A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT WORSE DECLINE THAN WE EXPERIENCED FROM THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR TO THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          NOW, WHAT WE HAD FORECAST FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WAS A DECLINE OF 3.37% MATCHING WHAT WE HAD SEEN, UH, A YEAR PRIOR. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IS A MORE ACCELERATED DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT, A DECLINE THAT IS A FULL 1.1 PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER THAN WHAT HAD BEEN FORECAST IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          AND AS WE HAD DISCUSSED AT, UH, THE SEPTEMBER 15TH BOARD MEETING IS THAT WE BASE OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS ON PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND, UH, ATTENDANCE. 
          AND THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE IS, UM, OVERSIMPLIFYING, BUT IT IS OUR AVERAGE, OUR UNITS OF AVERAGE DAILY, UH, ATTENDANCE. 
          AND SO WE ALSO DISCUSSED THIS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. 
          A A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT CHANGE, UH, IS THE EQUIVALENT ON IN TERMS OF LCF FOR REVENUE OF, OF ABOUT ABOUT $60 MILLION. 
          AND SO THE REVENUE IMPACT, THE NEGATIVE REVENUE IMPACT OF THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT HAVING BEEN LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED, WILL BE REFLECTED IN DECEMBER AT OUR, AT OUR FIRST INTERIM REPORT. 
          NOW, GIVEN THAT THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT WAS LOWER THAN PROJECTED, IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY THE CASE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO UPDATE OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER. 
          UH, WE WILL UPDATE THOSE AT SECOND INTERIM, AND I JUST WANNA FLAG THAT THERE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE A, A FURTHER NEGATIVE REVENUE IMPACT ONCE THOSE OUT YEAR OUT SCHOOL YEAR, UH, ENROLLMENT ASSUMPTIONS ARE, ARE UPDATED. 
          THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ALL ENROLLMENT. 
          YOU'LL SEE WE INCLUDE HERE AS, AS WELL AS THAT TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE WITH OUR SPECIAL DAY PROGRAM STUDENTS. 
          ALSO OUR PRE-K STUDENTS, YOU'LL SEE FROM NORM DAY LAST YEAR IN THAT FIRST COLUMN TO WHAT WE WERE FORECASTING THIS YEAR TO WHAT THE NORM DAY ENROLLMENT IS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE CHANGES, UH, FROM EACH. 
          AND SO THE REASON WHY ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I LOOKED ONLY AT TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT GENERATE OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE, WHICH IS OF COURSE, THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA LCFF, OKAY? ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT CONDITION ONE C. 
          UH, HERE IS OUR ATTENDANCE COMPARING LAST SCHOOL YEAR TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME, OKAY? SO THIS IS SHOWING LAST SCHOOL YEAR IN THAT BLUE LINE, THE CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE RATE, MEANING THAT RUNNING TALLY WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE RATE IS, UH, LAST SCHOOL YEAR ON DAY 29 OF SCHOOL COMPARED TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, DAY 29, THAT'S THE GREEN LINE. 
          THAT IS THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THE REASON WHY LAKE O IS REQUESTING THIS INFORMATION AND WHY WE'RE PRESENTING IT TO YOU TODAY IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE IN, IN NORMAL TIMES EVERY YEAR, IT IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF OUR REVENUE, BUT OUR FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN INCLUDES AN ASSUMPTION THAT ATTENDANCE WOULD BE A FULL ONE PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER THAN LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT THAT ONE PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER WOULD BE NOT ONLY THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THAT WOULD EXTEND INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ARE NOT TRACKING ONE PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER YEAR TO DATE COMPARED TO LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WERE IN FACT, A, A A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE ABOUT 0.09 PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE YEAR TO DATE. 
          NOW, THIS IS, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN VERY CONSIDERABLE, UH, STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED AND, UH, SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON THE PART OF NOT JUST, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT OUR SCHOOLS ON ATTENDANCE, UH, WE'VE NOT YET SEEN, UH, THAT GAIN THAT, THAT WE DID INCLUDE IN THE, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS, CONTINUE TO SHOW HOW WE'RE TRACKING THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, ALWAYS DOING APPLES TO APPLES, SAME POINT IN TIME FOR EACH. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, IF, IF WE DO NOT, UH, END UP WITH HIGHER ATTENDANCE, 
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UH, THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, THEN WE WILL NOT REALIZE THE SAVINGS IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN RELATED TO, UH, HIGHER ATTENDANCE. 
          OKAY? FINALLY, CONDITION TWO, THESE ARE OUR CASH FLOWS. 
          UH, YOU'LL REMEMBER MR. FINE HAD MENTIONED THAT AS PART OF OUR JUNE PROJECTIONS, AND THAT'S THE BLUE LINE. 
          OKAY? THAT WAS OUR NET ENDING CASH BALANCES BEFORE THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UH, AND THIS WAS OF ALSO, OF COURSE, NOTED IN THE JULY 2ND LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM LACO THAT LACK OF GOING CONCERN LETTER, UH, BEFORE THE SECOND FSP WAS, WAS REFLECTED. 
          WE WERE PROJECTED TO HAVE NEGATIVE GENERAL FUND CASH BALANCES IN NOVEMBER OF 2027. 
          OKAY? SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE MONTHLY PROJECTIONS. 
          THE REASON WHY CASH BALANCES HAVE TO BE PROJECTED IN A MUCH, UH, SMALLER TIME INCREMENTS IS BECAUSE OF WHAT, WHAT MIKE MR. FINE HAD DESCRIBED, WHICH IS IT REALLY MATTERS WHETHER YOU HAVE MONEY EACH MONTH, CASH EACH MONTH TO PAY ALLY OUR, OUR PAYROLL, UH, OUR, OUR OUR SALARIES AND AND BENEFITS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING SUCH A DETAILED CASH FLOW IS BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT A REQUIREMENT WHEN WE SUBMIT THESE, THESE FIGURES TO, TO LACO, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY CRUCIAL FOR OUR, OUR PLANNING. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THE GREEN LINE, WHICH SHOWS WHAT OUR CASH BALANCES ARE PROJECTED TO BE, OUR MONTHLY CASH BALANCES ARE PROJECTED TO BE, UH, ONCE THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS, IS INCLUDED, UH, WE ARE NO LONGER PROJECTED TO BE NEGATIVE, UH, IN NOVEMBER, 2027 OR AT ALL THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. 
          SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS, BUT IT DOES, AGAIN, ASSUME THAT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN IS, UH, FULLY IMPLEMENTED. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO DRAW THE DISTINCTION THAT THAT F MAT DID BETWEEN OUR ENDING BALANCES, OUR FUND BALANCES, OUR RESERVES, AND OUR, OUR CASH BALANCES. 
          BOTH ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE DO TRACK THEM, UH, SEPARATELY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, NEXT STEPS. 
          AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON OCTOBER 8TH, WE'LL SUBMIT, UH, THE RESPONSES THAT YOU JUST SAW HERE TODAY, UH, TO LACO AS REQUIRED THEN BY NOVEMBER 9TH, LACO WILL MAKE IN TURN THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON THE APPROVAL FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 
          AS I MENTIONED IN THOSE TIMELINES THAT I COVERED BRIEFLY, A LOT OF WORK IS GONNA GO INTO FINALIZING THE REDUCTIONS, THE DETAILS OF THE REDUCTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, UH, FIRST INTERIM AS ALWAYS, UH, IN, UH, DECEMBER THAT I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST. 
          GO AHEAD, NICK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, FEW QUESTIONS. 
          ONE, MAYBE AROUND REVENUE, ONE OR TWO ABOUT CUTS, AND THEN, UM, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. 
          BUT, UH, ON SLIDE SEVEN, WHICH HAS THE FSP, SO WE CONTINUE TO HEAR SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE INCORPORATING ONE TIME DOLLARS INTO OUR EXPECTED SOURCES OF REVENUE, HAS LISTED UP THERE IN COLUMN, UH, ROW ONE. 
          UM, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT DOLLARS ARE THERE? LIKE WHAT ARE WE PREDICTING IN THE OUT YEARS? AND THEN ALSO KNOWING THAT THERE'S SOME, THERE ARE SOMETIMES ONE TIME, OR THERE MAY BE ONE TIME GRANTS REALIZE THAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, AND NEXT, THE NEXT YEAR, BUT THAT WE'RE, WE CAN'T PUT IN. 
          LIKE, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT IS INCLUDED AND WHAT ISN'T INCLUDED IN OUR EXPECTED REVENUE? YES. 
          SO THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF ONE TIME REVENUE THAT YOU SEE IN THAT 26 27 COLUMN, THAT ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT THAT HAS A LONGER NAME. 
          IT'S THE STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT. 
          WE, THE SHORTHAND IS THE DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT, AND THE AMOUNT OF THAT GRANT FOR 26 27 IS ABOUT $335 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S THE LARGEST COMPONENT THAT YOU SEE IN THAT $583 MILLION. 
          THE NEXT LARGEST IS $71 MILLION FOR THE LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT. 
          NOW, THE LEARNING RECOVERY EMERGENCY BLOCK GRANT DOESN'T HAVE THE WORD DISCRETIONARY IN IT. 
          IT DOES COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED. 
          IT IS TECHNICALLY RESTRICTED, BUT WE'VE INCLUDED IT HERE IN ANY CASE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RESTRICTED, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ELIGIBLE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED EXPENDITURES THAT CAN BE PAID FOR WITH THAT GRANT. 
          AND SO 
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THE MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH WOULD BE NOT TO INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT'S RESTRICTED HERE, BUT WE WERE COMFORTABLE INCLUDING IT IN ANY CASE, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES THAT CAN BE PAID FOR WITH THAT FUNDING SOURCE. 
          UM, AND THEN A SMALLER AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME FUNDING RELATED TO HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION IN, IN 26, 27, EVERYTHING ELSE IN 26, 27. 
          AND ANY REVENUES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS TABLE FOR 27, 28 AND 28 29 ARE ONGOING SOURCES OF REVENUES. 
          AND THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF THAT IS THE INCREASE TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE RATE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FINAL STATE BUDGET. 
          NOW, THAT INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S AN INCREASE TO THE 26, 27 BASE RATE, BUT THAT'S AN ONGOING SOURCE OF REVENUE. 
          IT HAS THAT ONGOING INCREMENTAL BENEFIT TO, UH, THE DISTRICT. 
          THERE WAS A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT OF ONGOING REVENUE INCLUDED HERE RELATED TO ALSO HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT. 
          THE BIGGEST, UH, AMOUNT IS FROM, UH, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASE RATE BEING HIGHER. 
          NOW, NOT TO CONFUSE THINGS EVEN MORE, BUT THE SUPER COLA IS NOT HERE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION FROM JUNE. 
          AND MR FINE EXPLAINED THIS A LITTLE BIT. 
          HE WAS EXPLAINING THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THOSE ONGOING ENTITLEMENTS, THINGS THAT ARE NOT LIKE NEW PROPOSALS FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS WHY WE INCLUDED THE SUPER COLA JUST IN THE OFFICIAL MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, WHEREAS THESE THAT WERE KIND OF NEW PROPOSALS, UH, WE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          NOW, THE BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT ULTIMATELY WAS THE SAME. 
          HAD WE INCLUDED THESE REVENUES INSTEAD IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTION, WE STILL WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SAME AMOUNT OF CUTS ON THOSE EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS. 
          SO THE, THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INSTEAD IN, OF INCLUDING IN THE OFFICIAL MYP INCLUDED HERE IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN HAD THE SAME BENEFIT IN TERMS OF LOWERING THE AMOUNT OF THE 3.5 BILLION TOTAL HERE THAT WAS COMING FROM EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS AS OPPOSED TO REVENUE. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT FSP, WHEN WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 27, 28, AND WE SEE A, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF, UM, 400, UH, MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE, I THINK THE QUESTION IS, WELL, WHAT IS, LIKE, ARE THERE CERTAIN PREDICTORS THAT WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO GROSS RECEIPTS, WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS THAT ARE ONE TIMES, BUT ONE TIME EVERY YEAR THAT LIKE THAT? SO THAT NUMBER IS MORE REALISTICALLY GONNA BE 483 MILLION OR 500 MILLION. 
          AND IF SO, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT SO WE'RE NOT BEING TOO DRACONIAN IN THE CUTS THAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK? SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE GIST OF WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, WHAT FOLKS ARE ASKING ABOUT. 
          YEAH, SO I THINK, JUST TO REPEAT THE QUESTION, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS WE GOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME REVENUES IN 26, 27, UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER YEARS IN RECENT HISTORY WHERE WE ALSO GOT, UH, EITHER SIGNIFICANT OR AT LEAST SOME AMOUNT OF, OF ONE-TIME REVENUES, NOT NO, BUT NOT EVERY YEAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I CAN, I'LL GO THROUGH THE HISTORY IN A MOMENT AS I DID IN A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING. 
          UM, BUT MR. FINE HAD KIND OF PROVIDED SOME RESPONSE TO THIS THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT, ONE, WOULD NOT BE FOLLOWING KIND OF, UH, BUDGETING STANDARDS BY INCLUDING SPECULATIVE REVENUES. 
          UM, ALSO THERE WOULD BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE DISTRICT IN DOING SO. 
          SO SEPARATE AND APART, EVEN, EVEN IF IT WAS ALLOWED, WOULD IT BE WISE? SO ONE, IT'S NOT ALLOWED, BUT IS IT WISE? AND THE ANSWER IS, IT WOULD NOT BE BECAUSE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT RISKS. 
          THE AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME REVENUES WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR ARE NO GUARANTEE FOR THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'LL RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I MENTIONED THAT DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT WAS 335 MILLION, THE LEARNING RECOVERY WAS 71 MILLION. 
          LET'S JUST ROUND IT TO ABOUT $400 MILLION AS YOU, AS YOU DID OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. 
          THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF FLEXIBLE ONE-TIME GRANTS, EVEN WHEN I INCLUDE SOME THAT ARE TECHNICALLY RESTRICTED, RIGHT? BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ABILITY TO USE THEM IS ABOUT $164 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES FIVE OF THOSE NINE YEARS WHERE WE, WE RECEIVE NOTHING. 
          AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A FEAST OR FAMINE SITUATION. 
          SOME YEARS WE GET, LIKE THIS YEAR, $400 MILLION, OTHER YEARS WE GET ZERO, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET NEXT YEAR. 
          IT COULD BE ZERO, FRANKLY. 
          UM, IT COULD BE 200 MILLION, IT COULD BE A HUNDRED MILLION, IT COULD BE ZERO, AND IT COULD BE THAT THE COLA IS NOT AS HIGH AS WE'RE ALREADY REFLECTING IN OUR FORECAST. 
          IT COULD BE THAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS LOWER, EVEN WHEN WE UPDATE IT TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE FOUR, ALMOST FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT DECLINE THAT WE HAD. 
          AND SO, AS, AS, AS MATT MENTIONED, UM, THE LATER WE TAKE ACTION, RIGHT? SO ONE, ONE BENEFIT OF LET'S SAY, ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE REVENUES, EVEN, EVEN 
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THOUGH THERE'S ALL THOSE RISKS THAT I MENTIONED, AND I ALSO MENTIONED IT DOESN'T FOLLOW BUDGETING STANDARDS. 
          UM, THE, THE BENEFIT WOULD BE, WELL, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CUT AS MUCH, MAYBE, RIGHT? WE ARE GONNA PUT THOSE IN THE OUT YEARS, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO CUT AS MUCH, BUT THEN IF THEY DON'T COME TO PASS, WE WILL NOT HAVE MADE, TAKEN THE NECESSARY ACTIONS. 
          AND THE LATER YOU TAKE THOSE ACTIONS, THE WORSE IT IS FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR THE STUDENTS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND THE FEWER OPTIONS YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU. 
          AND SO THE SEVERITY OF THE CUTS FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT ARE MUCH, MUCH GREATER. 
          SO TH THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DON'T INCLUDE THEM. 
          WHY, UH, OTHER THAN ONE DISTRICT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY DISTRICT OTHER THAN ONE THAT THAT HAS INCLUDED THEM. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S FOR THOSE REASONS, THAT'S SAC CITY TOO. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          POOR SAC CITY. 
          IT'S SUCH A EUPHEMISM TODAY. 
          BUT, UM, OKAY. 
          SO TO CLARIFY THAT ROW ONE YES, THE 1 67 AND 1 68, THAT IS THE SPED THE INCREASED BASE RATE FOR SPED MOSTLY. 
          AND SO WHAT'S NOT IN THERE IS THE DISCRETIONARY OR LEARNING RECOVERY GRANTS. 
          CORRECT. 
          BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE FROM THE STATE THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR 26 27. 
          RIGHT, WHICH HAS THE SPED BASE RATE 'CAUSE THAT'S A NEW FLOOR. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          BUT THESE, SO EVEN THE, SO THE AVERAGE OF 164 MILLION SOMEWHAT, LIKE HYPOTHETICALLY, WE COULD SAY, WELL, WE COULD ADD, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF WHY WE CAN'T LEGALLY OR WHY IT'S NOT PRUDENT. 
          BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS, WELL, THE AVERAGE WAS 164 MILLION, LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PLAY WITH. 
          AND, UM, THAT SHOULD SOMEHOW BE INCLUDED IN THOSE OUT YEARS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE, YOU KNOW, AS DEEP OF CUTS THIS YEAR. 
          NO, I, I MEAN, NO, I WOULD, I WOULD NOT. 
          NO, NO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, LIKE, THAT IS A FAIR ENCAPSULATION OF THE OTHER OF THE ARGUMENT. 
          WELL, I THINK THEY WOULD ARGUE YOU SHOULD PUT $400 MILLION IN 27, 28 AND 28 29. 
          UM, NOW ANOTHER TAKEAWAY FROM WHAT, WHAT FMA MENTIONED IN RESPONSE TO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD WERE THAT THEY FLAGGED A FEW ASSUMPTIONS IN OUR FORECAST THAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE NOT BEST PRACTICE. 
          UH, CONTRARY TO LIKE A LOT OF THE DISCOURSE, THE DISTRICT'S FORECASTS ARE TOO CONSERVATIVE THAT, UH, THINGS ALWAYS END UP BETTER THAN THAT ONE. 
          WE PROJECT, UH, THE FIN, THE FHRA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT AREAS WHERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE WHERE THEY SAY, YOU'RE, YOU SHOULD BE MORE CONSERVATIVE, YOU SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIBLE IN YOUR FORECAST. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT, THAT THEY'VE NOTED, THAT WE'VE NOTED SEVERAL TIMES, INCLUDING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, IS EVEN WITH THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN, WE'RE STILL SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE'RE BRINGING IN. 
          IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE ANNUAL DEFICIT, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN WE BRING IN. 
          WHICH MEANS THAT UNLESS SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES ABOUT OUR FORECAST BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, EITHER WE CUT EVEN MORE THAN WHAT'S IN THE FSP, WHICH IS HARD. 
          WE'VE, IT'S THE KITCHEN SINK, RIGHT? EVERY ASPECT OF THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET IS ON THERE WITH SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT AND AGGRESSIVE CUTS THAT UNLESS SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES, UNLESS WE GET MORE LIKE A BILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR FROM THE STATE OR MORE, WE ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVE FOR THE 29 30 SCHOOL YEAR IN JUNE. 
          AND WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA START SHOWING THAT NEW THIRD YEAR, WELL BEFORE JUNE, BECAUSE WE NEED THAT INFORMATION, SE SEPARATE. 
          AND APART FROM IT BEING A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO THE THREE RYP, THIS IS VITAL INFORMATION FOR DISTRICTS TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE IN ADVANCE OF JUNE PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES AS WE DID LAST SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT LOOK AHEAD. 
          BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, UNLESS SOMETHING MATERIALLY CHANGES, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY, THAT IN JUNE WE'LL HAVE A THIRD FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THREE, THREE YEARS IN A ROW. 
          AND SO, SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO TAKE RISKS, EVEN IF THEY WERE ALLOWED, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR FORECAST BEYOND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FIGMA JUST NOTED, WERE NOT, WERE NOT VERY CONSERVATIVE AND JUST SPEAK. 
          SO ONTO THE CUTS, UH, SEVERAL OF THE FSP ITEMS HAVE IMPLEMENTATION MILESTONES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM THAT ARE SCHOOL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          STARTING IN DECEMBER. 
          AND SO WHEN SCHOOL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS ARE RELEASED IN A FEW MONTHS, THEY'LL INCORPORATE THE CUTS TO ANY HEAT, OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. 
          YES. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, SO THAT TIME, CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT TIMING AND THEN HOW THAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED? I'LL SAY SIMILARLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF EMAILS FROM PARENTS AT AFFILIATED CHARTERS WHO STAND TO LOSE A LONG STANDING SOURCE OF FUNDING, UM, IN THE AFFILIATED BLOCK GRANT, 10 MILLION IN THE FSP. 
          UM, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW, UH, OR RESPONDING TO OUTREACH, HOW 
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WE'RE COMMUNICATING THIS. 
          I APPRECIATED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S, UM, VIDEO, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS WEEK, JUST YESTERDAY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PICTURE. 
          BUT HOW IS THIS BEING COMMUNICATED JUST FOR THE BOARD'S AWARENESS AS WE'RE GONNA START IN DECEMBER GETTING OUTREACH, NOT JUST FROM THE AFFILIATED CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD THAT PREVIEWED FOR THEM, BUT SURE. 
          FROM ALL SCHOOLS. 
          SO JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, THERE ARE GONNA BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT STARTS IN DECEMBER TO UPDATE PRINCIPALS IN DIFFERENT FORUMS. AND THAT'S ALREADY BEGUN. 
          UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION IS PROVIDED DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TRAINING THAT ALL THAT ALL SCHOOL LEADERS ARE, ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND. 
          THAT HAPPENS IN MID-NOVEMBER, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE ALLOCATION LETTERS WHICH GO OUT RIGHT NOW, THE SCHEDULE IS DECEMBER 1ST. 
          AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THESE REDUCTIONS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, COMMUNICATED TO SCHOOLS IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THEY GET THEIR ALLOCATION LETTER. 
          SO THAT'S, SO THAT, THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE SEEING THE, THE IMPACTS. 
          UH, THEN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT STARTS AROUND MID-DECEMBER IN TERMS OF WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING THEIR APPOINTMENTS WITH THEIR FISCAL SPECIALISTS, AND IF THEY'RE A TITLE ONE SCHOOL WITH THEIR TITLE ONE COORDINATORS AND THE WHOLE TEAM THAT THAT'S INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THOSE, THOSE SCHOOL BUDGETS, UM, THEN IT ENDS, UH, LATER IN, IN, IN JANUARY. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE HAD DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS TIMELINES, UM, THEN THE BOARD, IT IS A BIT OF A CONDENSED TIMELINE. 
          UH, WE DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE AS MUCH PLANNING TIME TO SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW AROUND NOTICING, UH, EMPLOYEES THE MARCH 15TH NOTICES, WHICH, UH, RIGHT NOW, THUS SCHEDULE IS FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THOSE ON, ON FEBRUARY 9TH, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN BE SENT TO IMPACTED EMPLOYEES BEFORE MARCH 15TH. 
          I, I HAVE A FEW MORE, SCOTT, BUT I WILL, UM, TURN IT OVER BACK TO YOU FOR A SECOND ROUND IF THAT'S, GO AHEAD. 
          OH, WELL, I GUESS MY, I GUESS THE OTHER POINT, AND THIS IS MOSTLY FOR SUPERINTENDENT WHO I KNOW HAS STEPPED OUT AND ALSO MISS AL AND THE TEAM IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT IN THE FSB CONVERSATION AS MUCH AS I WOULD'VE LIKED IS STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SAID WHEN WE WERE USING ESSER DOLLARS FOR THINGS LIKE CAP OR TUTORING OR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IS THAT, LET'S SEE WHAT WORKS. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN WE KNEW THAT MONEY WAS GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS ONE TIME WHEN WE KNEW THAT MONEY WAS GONNA BE EXPIRED, WE WOULD HAVE A SENSE OF, UM, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAS LED TO STUDENT OUTCOME, HIGH DOSE OF TUTORING? SO WE'RE GONNA PRESERVE THAT. 
          WHAT HASN'T, LIKE JUST, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN SOFTWARE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF THAT AND THAT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE SEEING ENOUGH OF THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS. 
          NEW YORK TIMES DID A POLL OF EXPERTS, SOME OF YOU MAY SEEN, HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO AROUND KIND OF, UM, IT WAS A MATRIX OF HIGH COST, BUT HIGH EFFICACY INTERVENTIONS. 
          AND IT HAD THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, CELL PHONE BANS, WHICH HAD WEAKER IMPACT, BUT AL LIKE VERY LOW COST AND THEN HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING, WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT VERY HIGH COST. 
          AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE FOR OUR MISS SIDE OF AL LIKE I WOULD LOVE, UM, UH, TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING IN SILOS, BUT THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH, UM, ONE KIND OF WHERE TO CUT IN A WAY THAT WILL HAVE MAYBE THE, THE, UM, LEAST IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND STUDENT LEARNING. 
          UM, BUT ALSO, AND THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE THE ACADEMIC EFFICACY, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE AFFILIATED CHARTERS, LIKE THEY DO HOLD 10% OF OUR STUDENTS AND HAVE ON AVERAGE HIGH ACHIEVEMENT AND HIGH ENROLLMENT. 
          AND SO THOSE CUTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SMALLER, LIKE THAT FSP IS 10 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          THOSE MIGHT DO MORE TO THE DISTRICTS. 
          LIKE THERE MAY BE, UM, DIMINISHING RETURNS WHEN YOU CUT THOSE PROGRAMS THAN WE LOSE STUDENTS, UH, THAT THEN LEAD TO LOWER PROJECTIONS. 
          SO I JUST LIKE, IT'S NOT REALLY FOR YOU SIMON, IT'S MORE, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN THAT TOO. 
          YES. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THINGS I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IN THE COMING MONTHS AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET. 
          YES, DEFINITELY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GRIEGO. 
          THAT WAS QUICK. 
          UM, YEAH, I SAW THE SAME ARTICLE AND ACTUALLY I REMEMBER THEY SAID THAT IT WAS IN SCHOOL, UH, STUDENT SUPPORT. 
          SO TO ME, I EQUATED THAT TO OUR INTERVENTIONISTS, RIGHT? OUR LANGUAGE ARTS AND OUR MATH INTERVENTIONISTS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE YIELDED HAVING THOSE SUPPORTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. 
          WE HAVE SEEN GREAT GROWTH WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT GRANT HAS RUN OUT. 
          AND SO A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOSING THEIR, IN THEIR INTERVENTIONISTS DURING THE, THE DAY, WHICH IS TOO BAD. 
          UM, REGARDING THE ONE-TIME FUNDS IN JANUARY, WE GET THE PROJECTIONS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. 
          WE GOT SOME PROJECTIONS IN JANUARY AND I, UM, COULD WE PUT, MAYBE WE DON'T PUT THEM IN THE, IN THE OFFICIAL MULTI-YEAR PLAN, BUT COULD WE PUT THEM IN THE FSP AS 
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POTENTIAL, UH, ONE-TIME FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN? YES, I THINK IT'S, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS IT WITH OUR FISCAL EXPERT AND, UH, TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACCEPTABLE, UM, AND WOULD NOT TRIGGER, FOR EXAMPLE, A HIGHER LEVEL OF, OF INTERVENTION ON THE PART OF THE COUNTY. 
          UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, UH, WE MAY NEED EVERY PENNY OF THAT TO RESOLVE THE NEGATIVE BALANCE THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE 29 30 SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL, EVEN WITH THIS FSP GOING TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANTLY DEFICIT SPENDING, UH, OVER, UH, THE COMING YEARS, EVEN AFTER THE FSP. 
          AND SO I THINK EVEN IF IT, EVEN IF IT'S $400 MILLION, LET'S SAY LIKE IT WAS THIS YEAR OF ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME REVENUES THAT ARE NOT ALREADY REFLECTED, AND LET'S SAY THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER BAD NEWS THAT'S HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT BEYOND WHAT I ALREADY DESCRIBED, ENROLLMENT BEING LOWER, ET CETERA, UM, WE'RE ALMOST CERTAINLY GONNA NEED EVERY PENNY OF THAT $400 MILLION FOR THE 29 30 SCHOOL YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A NEGATIVE BALANCE. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE PRESENTED IN, UH, ON NOVEMBER, SORRY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE SHOWED THAT THE GENERAL FUND DEFICIT FOR THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR MM-HMM . 
          EVEN WITH THE FSP, WAS STILL OVER $600 MILLION. 
          MEANING WE WERE STILL SPENDING $600 MILLION MORE THAN THE REVENUE IN THAT THIRD YEAR OF THE FORECAST OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE, THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE TRUE OPERATING DEFICIT BECAUSE THE FSP INCLUDES A LOT OF ONETIME SOLUTIONS EVEN IN THE 28 29 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE OPE TRUST DRAWDOWN IS A, UH, ONETIME SOLUTION AS IT STANDS. 
          UM, THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN THAT ARE ONE-TIME SOLUTION. 
          THE RELEASE OF A COMMITTED BALANCE, UM, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, OF A ONE-TIME SOLUTION. 
          AND SO WHILE MANY OF THESE, MOST OF THEM ARE ONGOING RECURRING SOLUTIONS, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ONE TIME IN NATURE AND THAT THEY SOMEWHAT MASK THE TRUE OPERATING DEFICIT IN EACH OF THESE YEARS. 
          AND SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AGAIN, YES, I MEAN, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE HOPING FOR, FOR GOOD NEWS IN JANUARY. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT THAT EVERY JANUARY WE GET THE PROPOSED BUDGET, NOT THE FINAL BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE AS HAVE BOARD MEMBERS AS AS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR HIGHER LEVELS OF FUNDING THAT, THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          YEAH. 
          MORE PER PUPIL FUNDING. 
          UM, AND THEN I NOTICED WE HAVE ATTENDANCE AT 93% STARTING IN 26, 27, BUT THE AMOUNT IS THE SAVINGS, I GUESS, OR THE, THE, THE REVENUE IS PUT IN, UH, 27, 28. 
          IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET, IF WE RECEIVE ANY FUNDING, IT WILL COME THE FOLLOWING YEAR? OR WHY NOT? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHY IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE THE, THE WAY THE LCFF FORMULA, UH, PROVIDES FUNDING IS WHEN YOU'RE DECLINING ENROLLMENT DISTRICT LIKE LA U LIKE UNIFIED, MOST DISTRICTS AT THIS POINT MM-HMM . 
          UH, WE ARE FUNDED BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF THE PRIOR THREE SCHOOL YEARS OF A DA. 
          AND SO ANY ONE YEAR INCREASE IN LET'S SAY ENROLLMENT OR ATTENDANCE OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO THAT RESULTS IN HIGHER REVENUE, UH, THAT'S LARGELY GONNA MEAN THAT REVENUE WILL GET FOR A THREE YEAR BENEFIT FOR EACH ONE YEAR WHERE IT'S BETTER THAN WE PROJECTED. 
          SO IF ATTENDANCE WERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TRACKING TO BE HIGHER, IF IT WERE HIGHER THIS YEAR, WE WOULD EX, WE WOULD SEE HIGHER REVENUES NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOL YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S JUST, AGAIN, JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE WAY THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA ALLOCATES REVENUE. 
          BUT THAT IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO A DECLINING ENROLLMENT DISTRICT TO GET FUNDED BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF THE PRIOR THREE YEARS. 
          THAT'S A RECENT THING. 
          IT USED TO BE DECLINING ENROLLMENT DISTRICTS WERE FUNDED JUST BASED ON LAST YEAR'S A DA, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE OF THE PRIOR THREE YEARS IS HIGHER THAN JUST LAST YEAR'S A DA. 
          SO IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO US, BUT IT DOES INTRODUCE QUITE A BIT OF COMPLEXITY IN, IN HOW THE, THE REVENUE IS, IS REFLECTED. 
          WE'RE TRACKING LOW RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 94.79 AS OPPOSED TO 94.88. 
          IS THAT WHAT BUT WE'RE STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING, WHAT WE PUT IN OUR FSP. 
          NO. 
          SO LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ATTENDANCE TYPICALLY, EVEN AS YOU SEE ON THIS, THIS GRAPH, THIS DOWNWARD SLOPE, UH, ATTENDANCE STARTS REALLY HIGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE DO SEE IT, IT TRAIL OFF THE 80 A PERCENTAGE THAT WE BASE OUR FUNDING ASSUMPTIONS ON IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, WHICH IS APRIL 15TH. 
          IT'S CALLED DP TWO. 
          IT'S LIKE THE SNAPSHOT THAT ALL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT ON, BECAUSE ALMOST ALL OF OUR FUNDING IS BASED ON THAT P TWO 80 DA COUNT. 
          AND SO THE P TWO A DA OF 93%, AS WE WERE ASSUMING FSP WOULD'VE REPRESENTED A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          OH. 
          SO IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES WITH THIS AMOUNT, THIS FIGURE, THESE FIGURES ARE JUST YEAR TO DATE FIGURES 
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AS, AND AS I MENTIONED, BECAUSE EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, ATTENDANCE IS HIGHER. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMPARING LAST SCHOOL YEAR, DAY 29 TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, DAY 29. 
          THE IDEA IS DO WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT BY APRIL WE'RE GONNA HAVE BETTER ATTENDANCE THAN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR? AND AT LEAST AS OF DAY 29, WE DO NOT YET HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO REALLY COME UP WITH A PLAN, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME, AND I, AND I'LL LEAN IN ON HERE, THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL POINTS, UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE WINTER PERIOD, YOU KNOW, THINK OF THE HOLIDAYS WHERE WE DO SEE DROP OFF AND AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. 
          AND SO COME JANUARY, FEBRUARY IS WHERE WE START LEANING IN ON MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE CURBING THE IMPACTS OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE DECLINE. 
          UM, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE STRATEGIES AROUND EVERY, EVERY DAY COUNTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE STRATEGIES AROUND HOLIDAYS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE PRIOR TO APRIL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN DO WE HAVE, SO I SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE PLAN, BUT NOT AN AN ENROLLMENT PLAN. 
          DID WE, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR INCREASING ENROLLMENT? YES, WE ARE DEVELOPING THAT NOW. 
          AS I MENTIONED AT THE LANDSCAPE CONSOLIDATION, THE SST, UM, PRESENTATION WE DID, I GUESS LAST WEEK OR MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE. 
          UM, WE ARE NOW, UM, COLLECTING THE DATA ON THE WHY, WHY WE'RE LOSING, WE KNOW SOME OF IT, MOST OF IT PROBABLY IS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAID EARLIER IS IS BIRTH RATE OR PEOPLE LEAVING. 
          BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ISOLATE THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY OF WHAT IT IS BY AREA AND THEN COME UP WITH STRATEGIES NOT ONLY FOR HOW TO RECRUIT STUDENTS, BUT ALSO HOW TO RETAIN THEM ONCE THEY'RE HERE LOOKING ALSO DEEPER THAN THEY HAD WHEN WE DO LOSE THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY SHIFTING A BIT USED TO BE GOING INTO SIXTH GRADE, THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT NOW AND COME TO YOU ALL WITH A, WITH A PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS IN THE LAST NINE YEARS, FIVE OF THOSE YEARS, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ONE TIME FUNDS. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU YEAH. 
          I WONDER IF YOU CAN, IF YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT IN THERE, LIKE WHAT YEARS WERE THOSE AND WHY, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE CONTEXT OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT YEAR? THOSE, YEAH, LEMME JUST DRAW A DISTINCTION. 
          SO I'M TALKING ABOUT STATE ONE-TIME GRANTS THAT WERE NOT RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT I'M, THAT ARE FLEXIBLE. 
          SO NOT UNRESTRICTED TECHNICALLY, BUT THOSE THAT WE KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO USE TO BENEFIT THE DISTRICT'S. 
          BOTTOM LINE, IT'S FINANCES. 
          AND SO FROM 9 18, 19 TO 26, 27 TO THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, ONE TIME GRANTS IN 20 18 19 FLEXIBLE NON PANDEMIC RELATED, RIGHT? BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE GOT A BUNCH OF PANDEMIC MONEY IN THOSE PANDEMIC YEARS, NOT JUST FROM THE, PRIMARILY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY WERE ABOUT RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO SETTING THOSE ASIDE, WE GOT SIGNIFICANT ONE TIME GRANTS IN 20 18, 19, NONE NON PANDEMIC RELATED, EXCUSE ME, IN 19 20, 20, 21 OR 21, 22, WE DID AGAIN RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS IN 2223, BUT NOT IN 23, 24 OR 24, 25. 
          BUT THEN WE AGAIN RECEIVED IN 25, 26 AND 26, 27. 
          SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO SUMMARIZE IT IS NOT ONLY IS IT THAT WE RECEIVED THESE FLEXIBLE NON COVID ONE-TIME GRANTS AND ONLY FOUR OF THE LAST NINE YEARS, BUT IT WAS ALSO HARD TO PREDICT WHEN WE WOULD AND WHEN WE WOULDN'T. 
          THERE WERE YEARS WHERE WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THEM TWO YEARS RUNNING THREE, FOUR YEARS RUNNING. 
          AND SO THAT IS WHY IT'S, AND, AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE GOT IN THE PAST IS NOT NECESSARILY PREDICT WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET IN THE FUTURE. 
          IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S A RECESSION AND WE GET NO ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 
          UM, SO, BUT IT'S STILL GOOD DATA POINT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE YEARS, LIKE THIS YEAR WHERE WE GOT OVER $400 MILLION OF ONE-TIME FUNDINGS IS ACTUALLY THE OUTLIER. 
          OKAY? THAT'S ACTUALLY LIKE THE ABNORMAL YEAR AND NOT THE NORM. 
          AGAIN, NOT A PERFECT PREDICTOR OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET NEXT YEAR, IF ANYTHING, OR THE YEARS BEYOND THAT. 
          BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S NO GUARANTEES. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT THAT DATA POINT IS, IS, UH, IMPORTANT. 
          BUT DURING COVID WE GOT HOW MUCH IN ONE TIME FUNDS OVER THE ENTIRE PERIOD. 
          IT WAS LIKE $5.6 BILLION OF PANDEMIC RELATED FUNDING. 
          AND DID THAT IN, THAT ENDED IN 22, 23 OR 23, 24. 
          YES. 
          I THINK THE FINAL EXPENDITURES MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE 24, 20 5TH OF SEPTEMBER OF 2024. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN THE ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, 2324 WAS LIKE THE LAST YEAR PLUS A COUPLE MONTHS. 
          SO WE DID, AND THEN, BUT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO USE IT THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          RIGHT? SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY IT MAKES SENSE. 
          DIDN'T GET IN NO, THEY, SORRY, THEY HAD TO BE EXPENDED BY THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE 24 25 
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SCHOOL YEAR. 
          MM. 
          SO WE DID HAVE TO FULLY EXPEND THEM BY, BY THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THEY WERE SPENT BY THE END OF THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, SO I GUESS I'M THINKING ABOUT JUST THE, THE, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE, THE FSP EVERYTHING IN THERE IS REALLY GONNA HIGHLY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND PARTICULARLY THE SUNNY REDUCTIONS, RIGHT? THEY'RE REALLY HIGH. 
          AND SO, AND AS WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS LEARNING AND GROWTH, I THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES, RIGHT? AND WHAT IN, IN THIS, IN THIS MOMENT WHEN THINGS ARE VERY UNSTABLE AND VERY, UM, NEGATIVE, UH, FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE GOING TO TRY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE, UM, FOR OUR STUDENTS? BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING POSITIVE IN, IN THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT IS THERE'S TO CELEBRATE. 
          UM, THE, UH, ONE LAST QUESTION THAT I NEED, CLARIFYING IS NUMBER THREE. 
          IT SAYS ESTIMATED, UH, FOR THE OP OPEP TRUST DRAWDOWN ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND AND RESTRICTED PORTION OF 1 75 IS ONE 40 MILLION. 
          SO, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE RESTRICTED PORTION? IS THAT FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE RESTRICTED? THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          SO WHEN WE MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PAY AS YOU GO, AND I THINK YOU WERE HELPFULLY DRAWING A DISTINCTION EARLIER BETWEEN THE PAY AS YOU GO AND THE TRUST MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE PAY AS YOU, EXCUSE ME, THE PAY AS YOU GO IS THE ACTUAL COST IN EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE BENEFITS, THE PREMIUMS FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES WHO HAD EARNED THOSE BENEFITS. 
          UM, AND EACH YEAR WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER PRE-MEDICARE OR POST MEDICARE THAT HAVE EARNED THOSE BENEFITS OR CONTINUE TO, TO EARN THOSE BENEFITS THAT WE PAY FOR EACH YEAR. 
          THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL ANNUAL COSTS. 
          UM, AND IN CERTAIN YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS FUTURE COSTS BECAUSE AS MY, AS MR. FINE MENTIONED, AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO US, THAT LIABILITY OF THOSE FUTURE COSTS GOES UP. 
          UM, THAT'S TRUE FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, BUT ALSO HEALTHCARE COSTS GO UP VERY SIGNIFICANTLY EACH YEAR. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT LIABILITY IS GROWING, THAT AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY IN THE FUTURE FOR PROMISES THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE OUR EMPLOYEES IS, IS GROWING. 
          BUT THAT LIABILITY, I THINK SOMETIMES FOR ME, IT'S EASIER TO THINK OF THAT EACH YEAR. 
          THE PAY AS YOU GO ITSELF IS GROWING EACH YEAR THE AMOUNT WE'RE PAYING JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY RETIRED AND DRAWING BENEFITS GROWS EACH YEAR. 
          AND IN MOST YEARS, THAT MEANS IT'S GROWING AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET, BUT IT'S FUNDED BY ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE POSITIONS IN THEM. 
          AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF POSITIONS ARE IN GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, BUT THERE ARE ALSO, OF COURSE, POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED BY, BY RESTRICTED SOURCES. 
          LIKE TITLE ONE IS ONE EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAVE POSITIONS FUNDED, UH, AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THOSE VERY IMPORTANT CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE WITHDRAW FROM THE TRUST, THE TRUST BALANCES, BECAUSE IT'S AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST CAN ONLY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF RETIREE BENEFITS. 
          IT'S NOT THE FUNDS BEING TRANSFERRED INTO DISTRICT CONFERENCE. 
          THAT'S NOT ALLOWED, BUT IT BENEFITS THE DISTRICT FINANCIALLY BECAUSE IT OFFSETS THOSE PAY AS YOU GO COSTS THAT OTHERWISE WERE COMING FROM ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT HAVE POSITIONS IN THEM. 
          SO WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT IS BENEFITING GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED, WHICH I KNOW IS THE INTENTION OF THAT BOARD ACTION IN JUNE, BUT NOT ALL OF IT IS OFFSETTING COST FOR GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED. 
          WE'RE BACK TO YOU MR. MELVOIN FOR ROUND TWO. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, I'M THAT MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED OR TOUCHED ON BY COLLEAGUES. 
          SO I, UM, I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAD ON THE, ON THE DECK, BUT WAS TALKING TO SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT IS JUST THE, WHERE DOES OUR ENROLLMENT USUALLY END? LIKE THE BLUE, THE, THERE'S THE BLUE AND GREEN LINE ON THE FINAL, UM, ATTENDANCE, RIGHT? SORRY, ATTENDANCE. 
          I SAID ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, UM, AND DOES THAT AFFECT OUR FINANCES? SO LIKE WE ARE AT, YOU KNOW, SO LA SO LAST YEAR ON THE 29TH DAY OF THE YEAR, WE WERE AT 94.88%. 
          LIKE WHERE DO WE, WHERE DID WE END THE YEAR? BLESS YOU. 
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SO LAST YEAR WE ENDED AT ROUGHLY A RATE OF ABOUT 92%. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK SAMAN AND PEDRO ALREADY KIND OF CALLED US OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SEE USUALLY IS OBVIOUSLY ATTENDANCE STARTS OUT REALLY STRONG IN THE FALL, THE EARLY WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND THEN IN THE SPRING THERE'S A LOT OF ATTRITION. 
          PART OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND, AND I THINK BOARD MEMBER DIEGO ASKED ABOUT THE PLAN FOR ATTENDANCE AND FOR ENROLLMENT, BUT SPECIFIC TO ATTENDANCE, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FROM YEARS PAST. 
          AND ONE OF THE PRACTICES THAT IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL, SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL IS DOOR KNOCKS AND HOME VISITS. 
          SO AS WE GET INTO CERTAIN PERIODS OF THE YEAR WHERE WE KNOW THAT KIDS TEND TO STAY HOME MORE OFTEN FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SENDING PSAS OUT FOR A WEEK AT A TIME, TWO WEEKS AT A TIME TO ACTUALLY DO DOOR KNOCKS, PHONE BANKING AND SO ON. 
          WE HAVE FOUND THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN WHY OUR ATTENDANCE RATES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          SO WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL PAY OFF THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, WE'RE UP TO YOU. 
          UH, WELL THANK YOU MR. BRAVO. 
          KAMI, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAVE ONE OTHER SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, UH, BUT I MIGHT RECOMMEND THAT THAT COME RIGHT BEFORE THE ITEM IS ACTUALLY UP FOR ACTION BECAUSE IT'S THE REPORT FROM MS. TOKS AND TEAM AROUND THE HOUSING. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S SET THE 
          [Consent Items (Part 1 of 2)]
CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          UM, MAY I HAVE A MOVE AND A SECOND TO SET THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SECOND, UH, ALRIGHT. 
          MOVED BY. 
          MOVED BY WHOM? I DIDN'T MOVED BY. 
          UH, WAS IT YOU BOARD PRESIDENT? YES. 
          AND YOU SECONDED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO I'M GONNA READ THROUGH THE ITEMS UP FOR ACTION AND THE BOARD WILL SIGNIFY OUT LOUD WHETHER IT SHOULD BE FOR DISCUSSION, UM, OR REMAIN ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          IT'S A PROCEDURAL MECHANISM THE BOARD USES TO TAKE MULTIPLE ITEMS AT ONCE. 
          UH, AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY. 
          IT SAVES TIME AND IT CREATES EFFICIENCY. 
          ALRIGHT, TAB ONE, DISTRICT'S INITIAL INITIAL BARGAINING PROPOSALS. 
          CONSENT, CONSENT, CONSENT. 
          OKAY, TAB TWO, DONATIONS OF MONEY TO THE DISTRICT. 
          CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          TAB THREE, REPORT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS CONSENT. 
          TAB FOUR, AMENDMENT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATION. 
          SIGNATURES FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 27. 
          CONSENT TAB FIVE, APPROVAL OF ROUTINE PERSONNEL ACTIONS. 
          CONSENT TAB SIX OF PROVISIONAL INTERNSHIP. 
          INTERNSHIP PERMITS, YES, CONSENT. 
          TAB SEVEN, APPROVAL OF CLASSIFIED CERTIFICATED AND UNCLASSIFIED SALARY SCHEDULES. 
          CONSENT, CONSENT. 
          UH, TAB EIGHT, SELECTS SELECT PROPOSERS AND AUTHORIZED FACILITIES SERVICES DIVISION TO NEGO, NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE QUESTION QUESTIONS. 
          QUESTIONS, MANY QUESTIONS. 
          UH, TAB NINE, REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATION POLICY AGENDA, CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          UH, TAB 10, APPROVAL OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS, QUESTIONS. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, DR. RIVAS, I DO TOO. 
          MELVOIN. 
          ANY OTHERS? JUST FROM, UM, PIT ME AND REGO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          TAB 11. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT'S THIS IS APPROVAL OF FACILITY CONTRACTS ACTIONS. 
          I'LL NOTE THAT ITEM G HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          SO I REPEAT ITEM G UNDER TAB 11 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          WHAT IS THAT? UH, WHAT IS IT? ELEVATORS. 
          IT'S THE ELEVATORS, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UH, IS THIS CONSENT OR DISCUSSION? CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          TAB 12, APPROVAL OF L-A-R-E-C, BOARD MEMBER CONSENT TAB 13, AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2027, OIG WORK PLAN, CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          TAB 14, UM, IS BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSON STATE THE STATEMENT, A STATEMENT ON THAT. 
          SO I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST, I WILL JUST TELL YOU WHEN WE HAVE STATEMENTS, WHAT HAPPENS IS IT LIGHTS THE FUSE OF STATEMENTS AND SO EVERYONE MAKES STATEMENTS AND ENDS UP BEING MUCH LONGER THAN CONSENT. 
          SO MAY WE PUT IT ON DISCUSSION? YES. 
          AND, AND THE SAME FOR TAB 15. 
          YES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          TAB 16 REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CONSENT. 
          UH, TAB 17, UH, MINUTES FOR BOARD APPROVAL. 
          CONSENT. 
          CONSENT. 
          TAB 18 REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE CONSENT. 
          OKAY, I'LL JUST READ, I'LL READ THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND THEN, UM, WE'LL START TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEMS MARKED FOR CONSENT. 
          UH, SO TAB 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ARE ON CONSENT. 
          UH, TAB NINE IS CONSENT. 
          UH, SORRY, TAB EIGHT IS A QUESTION. 
          TAB NINE IS CONSENT. 
          TAB 10 IS QUESTIONS. 
          UH, TABS 11, 12, AND 13 ARE CONSENT. 
          TAB 1415, UH, ON DISCUSSION TAB 16, 17, AND 18 ARE ON CONSENT. 
          DOES THAT ACCORD? CORRECT? OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE FIVE, 
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UH, 
          [04:10:01]
SPEAKERS TO TAB, UH, ONE, UH, MARIA LUISA PALMA, COME ON DOWN. 
          AND THEN, UH, DEANNA GUILLEN AND THEN MONICA OLA, YOU'RE SIGNED. 
          I'LL SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN PERSON. 
          ALRIGHT, I THINK MS. PALMA IS HERE. 
          THERE YOU ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THERE'S MS. GUILLEN. 
          UH, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          AND THEN FOLLOWING MS. PALMA IS MS. GUILLEN. 
          AND THEN, UH, FANNIE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          MAKE NO MISTAKE OF IT ALL. 
          WHICH AILS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          L-A-U-S-D IS THE HANDCUFFS YOU HAVE ALLOWED TO BIND THIS DISTRICT IN THE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
          90% OF THIS BUDGET IS IN SALARIES, AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE AT THE FISCAL CLIFF, ISN'T IT? THIS WAS THE DISCUSSION THIS MORNING. 
          EVEN IF THAT WASN'T EMPHASIZED, EVEN IF FIC MAT IS TRYING TO PLAY NICE WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          SO IF TODAY, IF YOU EXCLUDE SOME OF THESE SACRED COWS FROM YOUR NEGOTIATIONS, , WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? WE ALREADY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE FAILURES IN YOUR GOVERNANCE HERE AS TRUSTEES IN YOUR TASKS AS TRUSTEES. 
          WE HEARD YOUR DISCUSSIONS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU THINK SOME OF YOU THINK THAT LABOR PARTNERS ARE PART OF YOUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. 
          SO WHEN YOU ARE TAKING ACTION ON THIS POINT, I HOPE THAT YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THESE ITEMS OPEN FOR NEGOTIATION. 
          YOU NEED THOSE ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE TO MAKE THIS FSP WORK. 
          WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE VERY LIKELY, YOU WERE TOLD, YOU WERE INFORMED THAT YOU WERE OVERSTAFFED YEARS AGO, THESE ACTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CUT, NOW YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE LATE. 
          THE CUTS WOULDN'T BE SO SEVERE IF YOU HAD STARTED TAKING THEM PREVIOUSLY. 
          MR. CHASE'S MESSAGE OUT TO STAFF AND PARENTS YESTERDAY SAID THAT YOU WOULD START TAKING THESE CUTS. 
          NOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY. 
          YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS. 
          TAXPAYERS POCKETS ARE NOT UNLIMITED. 
          THAT IS US. 
          THE SERVICES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED. 
          WELL, THEY ARE NOT PROVIDED WELL. 
          PARENTS TELL ME THINGS THAT THEY WON'T TELL YOU. 
          THEY DON'T TRUST YOU. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT, OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO UNTIL YOU DECISION MAKERS REALLY REPRESENT THE TAXPAYERS, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE WHO PAY YOUR SALARIES AND TAKE A STAND, THIS INTERNAL ROUTE WILL CONTINUE. 
          DON'T EXPECT FAMILIES TO STAY ON A SINKING SHIP FOREVER. 
          PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, DEANNA GUILLEN, COME ON UP. 
          UH, MS. GUILLEN'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH AS SHE'S SPEAKING IN SPANISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE WILL GET YOU TRANSLATION, HEADSETS, LACK OF GROWING CONCERN. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S THE FALSE PRINCIPLE OF A BUSINESS AND FUNCTIONING. 
          IT'S A TERM THAT MEANS THAT THERE EXISTS SUBSTANTIAL DOUBTS THAT A BUSINESS CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE NEXT COUPLE 12 MONTHS. 
          IF A BUSINESS LOSES THIS CONDITION, THE MEANING, THE IMPACT CAN BECOME CRITICAL. 
          AND NOW THAT THE AUTHORITIES AND THE OTHER PARTS ARE BASED ON THE BUDGET. 
          WITH HAVING SAID THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL DON'T WANNA TELL THE PARENTS THAT YOU'RE BROKE, THAT YOU'RE DOING THESE MEETINGS. 
          OH, BRING BACK THE SCHOOLS TOGETHER, OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU CALL IT THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. 
          IF YOU TELL THE PARENTS THAT YOU'RE BROKE AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS, THEN THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO COME. 
          SO I WENT TO A MEETING YESTERDAY IN THE WEST WHERE JUST A BUNCH OF ADMINISTRATORS SHOWED UP, UH, A FEW PARENTS, AND THE PARENTS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SECURITY. 
          SO WHAT DID THE SUPERINTENDENT SAY? OH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE TIME. 
          SHE SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          MS. ROCIO, WHAT HAPPENED AT YOUR SCHOOL IN FRANKLIN? AND NOW YOU GAVE A STATEMENT THAT FROM NOW ON, YOU WEREN'T, YOU COULDN'T EVEN SAY THE NAME OF THE STUDENT. 
          NOW YOU COULDN'T EVEN SAY THAT THE YOUNG PERSON HAVE YET FAULT HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF THE NEGLIGENCE. 
          YOU DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT, RIGHT? BUT YOU SHOULD GO SEE OUT THERE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, THE PARENTS, WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US, GO OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS TO GIVE YOUR FACE TO THEM BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE TOLD YOU TO BRING THE POLICE BACK AND YOU DID NOT WANNA DO IT, BECAUSE THAT SCARES THE STUDENTS. 
          I KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T TRUST IN YOU ALL. 
          THEY DON'T WANT YOUR PROGRAMS, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROGRAMS, MS. GABRIEL, BECAUSE THEY DON'T TRUST IN YOU. 
          AND THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR STUDENTS OUT. 
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BUT THEN YOU STILL ASK YOURSELF WHY YOU'RE IN THIS SITUATION FINANCIALLY. 
          YOU KEEP ASKING YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING AND YOU'RE IGNORING US THIS WHOLE TIME. 
          AND YOU ARE WASTING OUR MONEY, THE MONEY OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO INCREASE YOUR SALARIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAT TO WASH YOUR FEET. 
          AND OUR CHILDREN AREN'T RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING YOU. 
          IT'S BECAUSE, YES, THE DISTRICT HAS MONEY, YOU'RE LYING. 
          THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING THE PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO SPEAK CLEARLY. 
          AND THE UNIONS, THEY SHOULD STOP LYING TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA OLA. 
          YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN PERSON. 
          I DON'T SEE YOU IN THE ROOM. 
          I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THE LINE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          UH, THE NEXT WE HAVE A CALLER, MARIA DE ORTIZ. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, MS. ORTIZ, AND YOU'LL HAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          YES. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ AND I'M HERE ASKING YOU ALL ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT YOU DO WITH THE UNION. 
          THAT IT'S BEEN A DISASTER WITH FOR THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN IN THE ACADEMIC SENSE, AND ALSO WITH SECURITY. 
          YOU ALL ARE NOT TRYING TO LIVE TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PARENTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE THE ONES THAT LEGITIMATELY ARE SEEKING THE SECURITY FOR THEIR STUDENTS. 
          YOUR NEGLIGENCE AND YOUR INCOMPETENCE HAS, HAS, HAS SUFFERED LOSS OF LIFE FOR SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF THESE MEDIOCRE NEGOTIATIONS THAT YOU DO WITH THE UNIONS BEFORE THE PARENTS, YOU DON'T EVEN WANNA SIT DOWN WITH THEM. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE IF, WHICH WAY ARE YOU ALL GOING TO BEGIN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PARENTS? WHICH ARE THE ONES THE MOST AFFECTED IN THESE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE ARBITRARILY JUST STEPPING ON THE, THE RIGHTS, NOT JUST OF THE STUDENTS, BUT OF THE PARENTS, AND ALSO FOR THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. 
          DO YOU HAVE YOUR COMPETENCE AND IRRESPONSIBLE? THANK YOU. 
          AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          FANNIE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS FAN GRANDE AND I'M A PARENT OF A STUDENT AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          FIRST, I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE DR. RIVAS MAKING A STATEMENT TODAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE'S ALSO A PARENT AT THE SCHOOL HERSELF. 
          AND I DO APPRECIATE THE COUNSELORS THAT ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE. 
          OUR CHILDREN REALLY NEED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANT TO SAY RESPECTFULLY,  COUNSELORS ARE JUST NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. 
          A CHILD DIED. 
          MANY OF US PARENTS ARE UPSET BECAUSE SCHOOL REOPENED NEXT DAY. 
          AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT FEELS LIKE THINGS HAVE RECEIVED AS USUAL. 
          THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ALMOST NONEXISTENT. 
          PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER INFORMATION FROM EACH OTHER AFTER SOMETHING THIS SERIOUS. 
          THERE NEEDED TO BE MORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE GRIEF, FEAR, AND CONFUSION THAT FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ARE FEELING. 
          THIS IS A MORNING TIME. 
          IT SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS BEING ASKED TO SIMPLY MOVE ON. 
          PARENTS NEED COMMUNICATION. 
          WE NEED TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THE BULLYING, FIGHTS, THREATS, DRUG USE, AND ON UNSAFE BEHAVIOR ON CAMPUS. 
          I UNDERSTAND L-A-U-S-D USES PBIS AND OTHER RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. 
          I SUPPORT STUDENTS GETTING HELP THAT PBIS CANNOT BECOME A CULTURE OF NO CONSEQUENCE. 
          WHEN STUDENTS ARE REPEATEDLY INVOLVED IN FIGHTS, BULLYING THREATS, OR ON UNSAFE BEHAVIOR, THERE HAS TO BE DOCUMENTATION, PARENT COMMUNICATION, REAL INTERVENTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NOT OPPOSITES. 
          OUR KIDS NEED BOTH. 
          THIS IS ALSO A BUDGET ISSUE. 
          SAFETY TAKES RESOURCES. 
          FRANKLIN AND OTHER SCHOOLS NEED MORE TRAINED ADULTS ON CAMPUS. 
          MORE SUPERVISION, BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL SAFETY PERSONNEL LIFE, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS WERE NEEDED. 
          WE CANNOT EXPECT TEACHERS TO HANDLE THIS ALONE. 
          TEACHERS ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO TEACH. 
          THEY NEED THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THE STAFFING SUPPORT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB ONE. 
          THERE'S NO COMMENT ON 2, 3, 4 OR FIVE. 
          WE HAVE ONE COMMENT ON 
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TAB SIX. 
          MR. DAVID TOSKI, COME ON UP. 
          UH, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU 
          [04:20:01]
VERY MUCH. 
          ON JANUARY 4TH, UH, THE DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. 
          DOES THIS BOARD AND DOES THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY HAVE A PLAN FOR THE AUGMENTATION OF SPECIAL ED MONEY TO WORK WITH GAVIN NEWSOM, WHO JUST PUT 2.5 BILLION INTO SPECIAL ED TO GET THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO HAVE A POLICY TO PUT $30 BILLION MINIMUM WHAT THAT WOULD BE? WHAT, $5,000 PER KID IN LA UNIFIED. 
          AND, UH, IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE MONTH OF THE WAR IN IRAN. 
          ONE MONTH OF A WAR IN IRAN. 
          VERSE DOING WHAT MR. SCH SCHUREN HAS REGRETTED FOR YEARS. 
          THE FEDERAL COMMITMENT TO MONEY. 
          THE MOMENT IS NOW JANUARY 4TH. 
          IT IS DAYS AWAY. 
          YOU NEED TO DO SOME DEEP LOOKING AT WHAT THE PLAN IS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR VERY SHORTLY. 
          THAT NEW GOVERNOR, I KNOW HIM VERY WELL. 
          WE'VE LIVED NEAR EACH OTHER 40 YEARS. 
          HE WILL PUT MONEY INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. 
          HE WILL PUT MONEY INTO IMMIGRANTS, BUT NOT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON HIS TABLE. 
          UH, LET ME JUST SAY, UH, ONE OF THOSE AFFILIATED CHARTERS, A HIGH SCHOOL THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE FOR WHO, WHO, WHO PUT THAT ON THERE, BY THE WAY. 
          WHO PUT THIS $10 MILLION CUTS TO AFFILIATED CHARTER? ANYONE WANNA ADMIT TO THAT? I'LL WAIT. 
          ONE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER LEAVES AND YOU LOSE $35 MILLION IF IT GOES TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH. 
          NUMBER TWO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I HEARD TODAY, BUT I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, YOU DIDN'T PRESENT THE CONTRACT. 
          RIGHT? I THINK THE MINUTES IN THE VIDEO WILL SHOW THAT IT WAS AN ITEM PRESENTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          IT WAS VOTED SEVEN TO NOTHING. 
          IT WAS OUT HERE. 
          SIMONON. 
          PUT THE ITEM OUT THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SOMEBODY NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE $2 MILLION. 
          WHO PUT THAT ONE ON? CUTTING ALL THE BUS PASSES FOR KIDS? $2 MILLION. 
          I MEAN, YOU COULD FIND $2 MILLION GOING UP THE STAIRWAY TO THE 24TH FLOOR. 
          LET ME JUST SAY, KEEP FIGHTING FOR MORE REVENUE. 
          KEEP LOOKING FOR HOUSING, WHICH IS GENERALLY ONE TIME. 
          FIND OUT HOW MUCH YOU'VE EARNED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT THAT IS COMING IN. 
          IT'S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ONCE IN A LONG TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TO TAB NINE. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          LUIS MOLINA, ARE YOU HERE? CHECK ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE IS A MR. MOLINA ONLINE WITH US. 
          THAT'S NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH MEANS IT'S TIME 
          [Consent Items (Part 2 of 2)]
TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. MOLSEN, SECONDED BY DR. RIVAS. 
          I WILL TAKE THE ROLE. 
          MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          EXCEPT FOR ONE. 
          NO. 
          ITEM ONE. 
          ITEM ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TAB ONE. 
          GOT GOTCHA. 
          GOTCHA. 
          THANK. 
          SO FOR THE RECORD, DOES THE TAB ONE KNOW FROM MS. UH, GRIEGO? YES. 
          AS TO EVERYTHING ELSE? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MS. CONEZ, UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCH YES. 
          AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S MOVE ON TO 
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NEW BUSINESS. 
          UH, RIGHT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US DIRECTLY TO TAB EIGHT. 
          YES. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR TAB EIGHT. 
          IF YOU COULD MAKE YOURSELVES READY, UM, AND WE'LL PULL THE PRESENTATION UP FOR YOU AND, UH, TO, UM, SUPERINTENDENT SHA. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MR. MCLEAN. 
          AS OUR PRESENTERS MAKE THEIR WAY UP, OUR FACILITIES TEAM WILL PRESENT THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE, INCLUDING PROPOSED DEVELOPERS FOR THE FAIRFAX AND COLLINS SITES. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN, THOUGH, BY GROUNDING, GROUNDING THIS ACTION IN THE REASON WE PURSUED THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          WE KNOW THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CAN BE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND OUR OWN EMPLOYEE SURVEY DEMONSTRATED INTEREST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IN A REGION WHERE THE COST OF HOUSING CAN MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE PEOPLE OUR STUDENTS, AND SCHOOLS RELY ON EVERY DAY, THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WORTH EXPLORING. 
          WHEN THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE WORKFORCE HOUSING SOLICITATION LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE CENTRAL OBJECTIVES WAS TO EXPLORE WAYS TO SUPPORT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF INCOMES FROM AIDES, CUSTODIAL, AND FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES, TO TEACHERS, OF COURSE, NURSES AND OTHER STAFF. 
          THE ACTION BEFORE YOU TODAY WOULD AUTHORIZE STAFF TO SELECT DEVELOPERS FOR TWO OF THE FOUR SITES INCLUDED IN THE 2026 HOUSING, RFP FAIRFAX AND COLLINS, AND ENTER INTO EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS. 
          IMPORTANTLY, THE PROJECTS WOULD PROVIDE A LEASING PREFERENCE FOR L-A-U-S-D EMPLOYEES. 
          THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND, AND THE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE FINANCED BY THE DEVELOPERS WITH NO DISTRICT SUBSIDY OR GUARANTEE OF PROJECT FINANCING. 
          I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT TODAY'S ACTION 
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ACTION DOES NOT DO. 
          IT DOES NOT REPRESENT FINAL APPROVAL OF EITHER DEVELOPMENT OR THE CONCEPTS YOU WILL SEE TODAY. 
          AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT GIVES THE DISTRICT AND THE SELECTED DEVELOPERS TIME TO CONDUCT DUE DILIGENCE, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, REFINE THE DESIGN, SECURE FINANCING, AND NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS. 
          STAFF ANTICIPATES BRINGING PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND GROUND LEASE AGREEMENTS BACK TO THE BOARD THIS SUMMER, SUMMER OF 2027. 
          EXCUSE ME, FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THERE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM THIS RFP PROCESS THAT CAN INFORM HOW WE EVALUATE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES INVOLVING DISTRICT PROPERTY. 
          ONE OF THOSE LESSONS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THROUGH THE STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER WORK, IS THAT THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH. 
          HOUSING MAY BE AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR SOME PROPERTIES, BUT FEASIBILITY VARIES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM SITE TO SITE BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS SIZE, LOCATION, AND SO ON. 
          SO, AS WE CONSIDER TODAY'S ACTION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE VIEW IT BOTH AS A STEP FORWARD FOR TWO POTENTIAL WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECTS, AND AS PART OF A LARGER LEARNING PROCESS FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          OUR GOAL ULTIMATELY THOUGH, REMAINS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO EXPLORE PRACTICAL WAYS TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS WHILE BEING RESPONSIBLE LONG-TERM STEWARDS OF DISTRICT PROPERTY. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE CHRISTINA TOS AND HER TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, CHRISTINA TOK, CFE. 
          AND TODAY WE'RE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE AND ASKING THE BOARD TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP ON TWO DISTRICT SITES, FAIRFAX AND COLLINS. 
          BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSERS, I WANNA BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE NEED THAT INFORMED THIS WORK, THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RFP, HOW SITES WERE IDENTIFIED, AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DATE. 
          SO LET ME START WITH JUST A BRIEF, BRIEF BACKGROUND ON EMPLOYEE HOUSING NEEDS AND THE OBJECTIVES THAT GUIDED WORKFORCE HOUSING SOLICITATION. 
          AND THEN I'LL HAVE ASSAM DUL WALK THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSERS AND CONCEPTS, AND THEN WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAPPENS NEXT. 
          ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS I WANNA EMPHASIZE FROM THE OUTSET, AS SUPERINTENDENT CH SAID, THAT THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS. 
          WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY IS THE BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO SELECT THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSERS AND AUTHORIZE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          THE FINAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY. 
          THOSE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AFTER DUE DILIGENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND FURTHER REFINEMENT. 
          SO LET'S START WITH, THE WORK BEGAN WITH UNDERSTANDING OUR HOUSING NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO IN 2024, THE DISTRICT SURVEYED EMPLOYEES BETTER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HOUSING NEEDS AND INTEREST IN DISTRICT SUPPORTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE GOT A GREAT RESPONSE. 
          NEARLY 12,000 FOLKS PARTICIPATED. 
          ALMOST 18% OF OUR TOTAL EMPLOYEES AND MORE THAN 6,000 EMPLOYEES EXPRESSED AN INTEREST WITH THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION BEING AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE 30 TO 80% AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME RANGE. 
          ALSO, WE FOUND OUT THAT DEMAND IS HIGHEST IN THE NORTH AND THE WEST REGIONS, WHICH IS NOT A SURPRISE GIVING THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS. 
          WE ALSO LEARNED THAT EMPLOYEE DEMAND HELPS SHAPE WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE AND ALSO THE OBJECTIVES BROUGHT FORWARD IN THAT RFP. 
          SO LET ME TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE RFPS. 
          SO WHEN WE BROUGHT AN ACTION TO THE BOARD AUTHORIZING THE SOLICITATION, WE ESTABLISHED SEVERAL CORE REQUIREMENTS. 
          FIRST, THIS HOUSING IS INTENDED FOR L-A-U-S-D EMPLOYEES WITH EMPLOYEE PRIORITY FOR LEASING. 
          WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, AND WE'VE SEEN GREAT SUCCESS. 
          SECOND, THAT THE AFFORDABILITY RANGE IS BROAD FROM 30 TO 100% OF THE ARYAN MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO ADDRESSING THOSE OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACROSS DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARY LEVELS, UM, FROM, UH, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS TO NURSES. 
          WE ALSO REQUIRED THE, SO THE SOLICITATION, UM, HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS FINANCIAL NEUTRALITY. 
          SO THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE TO BE DEVELOPER FINANCED WITH NO FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION BY THE DISTRICT. 
          IMPORTANTLY, L-A-U-S-D WILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THIS LAND, AND THE SELECTED DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING, MANAGING, AND MAINTAINING THE HOUSING OVER THE LONG TERM. 
          SO WITH THOSE OBJECTIVES IN PLACE, WE ALSO ANALYZED, UM, AND EVALUATED A NUMBER OF DISTRICT UNDERUTILIZED SITES. 
          SO HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THESE FOUR SITES? UM, PRIOR TO THE 
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SOLIC SOLICITATION OF THE RFP, THE DISTRICT DID AN INVENTORY OF ITS UNDERUTILIZED SITES. 
          BASICALLY, WE FOCUSED ON ANY SITES THAT WERE VACANT, UM, OR THAT SCHOOLS DID NOT USE OR WOULD REQUIRE THE RELOCATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. 
          WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO ABOUT NINE SITES. 
          UM, WE HAD A, UM, DEVELOPER CONSULTANT WITH EXPERTISE EVALUATE THOSE NINE SITES AND DETERMINED THAT THESE WERE THE FOREMOST VIABLE. 
          THE OTHER ONES MIGHT BE TOO RESTRICTED. 
          THEY MIGHT HAVE UTILITIES OR UNDERGROUND, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT WOULD MAKE THOSE MORE CHALLENGING. 
          AND OF THESE FOUR SITES, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT COLLINS AND FAIRFAX PROBABLY HAD THE TWO STRONGEST WERE FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY. 
          SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE PROPOSALS FOR THE GOMS AND HOOVER SITE. 
          UM, WE DID RECEIVE NINE PROPOSERS FOR THE COLLINS AND THE FAIRFAX SITES. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED ON THIS WHEN WE DID DEBRIEFS WITH THESE HOUSING PROPOSERS AROUND, WHY DIDN'T WE GET, UH, PROPOSALS FOR GOMPERS AND HOOVER? WE HEARD TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THESE SITES, THESE SITES ARE 0.5 ACRES IN COMPARISON TO FAIRFAX, WHICH IS 1.5 ACRES AND COLLINS, WHICH IS 6.5 ACRES. 
          SO WHAT MAKES THESE CHALLENGING IS FITTING IN THE AMOUNT OF AMENITIES THAT ARE NEEDED OR THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING NEEDED INTO THESE SMALLER SITES. 
          AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE LEARNED IS THAT PROJECTS TO BE FINANCIALLY, UM, VIABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS HAVE TO RELY ON SOMETHING CALLED LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, OR WHAT YOU'LL HEAR AS LE AND ASSAM IS GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          BUT ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE GOVERNMENT GIVES TAX CREDITS TO THOSE WHO PROVIDE FINANCING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THE PROXIMITY OR THE LOCATION OF THOSE SITES IS SCORED. 
          UM, AND SOME SITES ARE DETERMINED TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE THAN OTHERS, AND THE SITES ARE EVALUATED BY THEIR PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT TO SERVICES, AND WHETHER THEY'RE IN WHAT'S CALLED A STATE DESIGNATED PRIORITY AREA, AND BOTH GOMPERS AND HOOVER WERE NOT IN THOSE AREAS, AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT RECEIVE LITECH FUNDING OR LITECH FUNDING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO MAKE THESE FINANCIALLY VIABLE. 
          I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE DID BEFORE WE ISSUED THIS RFP. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITIES UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT. 
          SO WE ISSUED, UM, THE RFP. 
          UM, WELL BEFORE THE RFP WAS ISSUED IN THE SUMMER OF 2025, THE DISTRICT HELD EIGHT HYBRID MEETINGS, TWO, AT EACH OF THE SITES, UM, TO EXPLAIN THE WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE TO EXPLAIN OUR TIMELINE, THE UPCOMING RFP, WE DID HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          EVERYTHING AROUND TRAFFIC, PARKING, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, BUILDING HEIGHT, AND DESIGN. 
          THEY WANTED TO KNOW THE TIMELINE. 
          UM, THERE WAS INTEREST IN THESE PROJECTS TOO, FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO PARTICIPATED, AND ALSO WE REACHED OUT TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS. 
          AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS. 
          SO WE DID THE ENGAGEMENT TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR PROCESS AND THE RFP WAS. 
          IF THE BOARD, UM, DOES TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSERS, THEN THOSE SELECTED DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WOULD INITIATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SPECIFIC TO THOSE SITES WHERE THEY WOULD SHARE THEIR PROPOSALS, DO DUE DILIGENCE, UM, AND FURTHER REFINE THEIR PROPOSALS THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. 
          SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I'M NOW GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ASSAM DUL TO SHARE HOW THE PRO PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED, THE RECOMMENDED TEAMS, THEIR CONCEPTS, UM, AND NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD PRESIDENT, MOLSON BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT CH. 
          MY NAME IS ASSAM DWELL. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, SO I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO THE PROCUREMENT SELECTION PROCESS. 
          SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, AS WE ISSUED THE RFP, AS WE SET MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL PROPOSERS THAT NEEDED TO HAVE THESE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS BEFORE THEY COULD, UM, BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROPOSING, WHICH INCLUDES KINDA OUR STANDARD, YOU KNOW, BEING IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE, UM, NOT BEING DIS DEBARRED OR SUSPENDED, UM, FROM, UM, ANY, UH, OR SUBJECT TO UN UNCURED MATERIAL FINDINGS. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, WE REQUIRED THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED AT LEAST TWO CALIFORNIA HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN 
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THE LAST 15 YEARS, AND A MINIMUM OF $40 MILLION. 
          UM, AGGREGATE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, COSTS ACROSS, UM, QUALIFYING PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DID, AND WE WANT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, IS THE, UM, EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          WHAT WERE WE LOOKING FOR IN A SELECTION? UM, AND SO THE FIRST THING WE LOOKED AT WAS THE PROGRAM IN DESIGN, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF UNITS, UNIT MIX, WHAT TYPE OF AFFORDABILITY IN TERMS OF THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, A MI, WHAT PERCENTAGE AS CHRISTINA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          AND THEN WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES WOULD THE, UH, PROPERTIES BE PROVIDING TO OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOKED AT STRUCTURE AND ECONOMICS, WHICH WOULD LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, WHAT'S THE PROJECT BUDGET? IS IT A REALISTIC BUDGET? WHAT'S THE FINANCING PLAN? WHAT TYPE OF FINANCING WILL THEY BE USING? UM, AND ULTIMATELY HOW THEY PLAN TO PROCEED WITH THAT FINANCIAL, UM, PLAN. 
          AND WHAT'S THEIR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY FOR GOING OUT AND, UM, GETTING FINANCING. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPMENT TEAM, YOU KNOW, WHO IS GONNA BE THE ARCHITECT WHO'S GOING TO BE MANAGING THESE PROPERTIES ONCE THEY'RE BUILT, WHO'S THE CONTRACTOR? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES AND THEIR EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH HOW, HOW WERE THESE PROPOSALS GONNA SUPPORT LISC'S GOALS AND OUR LONG-TERM, UH, DESIRE TO HAVE LONG-TERM OCCUPANCY. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND THE PROPOSERS HOW THEY WERE GOING TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE WANTED THEM TO SPELL OUT WHAT WAS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD ONCE THEY WERE SELECTED SCHEDULE, NOT ONLY FOR HOW FAST CAN YOU BUILD IT, BUT IS IT A REASONABLE SCHEDULE? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? AND SO THEY PROVIDED A GANTT CHART, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE SO THAT THEY WOULD, WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE, THE PROCESS WAS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, SMALL BUSINESS, UM, LINKED LEARNING. 
          UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT SUSTAINABILITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE PROJECTS, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE SOLAR PANELS. 
          WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT ELECTRIC, NO GAS TO MEET THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION. 
          AND THEN RISK SHARING WITH L-A-U-S-D, WHICH ULTIMATELY MEANS WE DON'T WANT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE WANTED THEM TO SPELL OUT IN THEIR PROPOSAL WHAT THAT WE WERE, THAT THE DISTRICT WAS FINANCIALLY NEUTRAL FROM, UM, ANY POTENTIAL OBLIGATIONS AS AND RISK AS THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, WE RECEIVED 10 PROPOSALS FROM NINE DIFFERENT PROPOSERS. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS FROM EACH, UM, NINE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS. 
          SO WE HAD ONE THAT, UM, SUBMITTED TO BOTH A, UH, PANEL MADE UP OF L-E-U-S-D EMPLOYEES WAS ON THE SELECTION PANEL. 
          PLUS WE HAD HELP FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, WHICH INCLUDED VOLTS, WHICH IS OUR CONSULTANT THAT WE'VE BEEN USING OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 
          UM, AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS RFP PROCESS, UM, AS WELL AS WE REACHED OUT TO LA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND LA CITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT, UM, EMPLOYEES FROM THOSE DIVISIONS. 
          HELP US ON THE TECHNICAL PANEL TO BE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
          AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW WITH THAT, UM, WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE OF THE PROPOSERS BEING FOR FAIRFAX WEST HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION, W-H-C-H-C, UM, AND ALPHA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE FAIRFAX PROPERTY, AND AFFIRMED HOUSING AND HA BUILDERS GROUP FOR THE COLLINS SITE. 
          AND I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR, THEIR PROPOSALS. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH FAIRFAX. 
          SO FAIRFAX, UM, W-H-C-H-C FOR SHORT, UH, WHICH IS A MOUTHFUL. 
          UM, LOCATED AT 10 49 NORTH FAIRFAX, WEST HOLLYWOOD. 
          IT'S ABOUT 1.4 ACRES. 
          UM, THIS SITE IS A FORMER, I USED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PORTABLES ON, IT WAS OUR FORMER COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS, UM, OFF ADMIN OFFICES. 
          UM, AT SOME POINT, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM W-H-C-H-C HAS A UNIT COUNT OF 207 UNITS WITH A MIX OF STUDIO ALL THE WAY UP TO THREE BEDROOM, UM, APARTMENTS, 250 SPACE PARKING SPACES, AND A SUBTERRANEAN GARAGE. 
          IT WOULD INCLUDE COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY FACILITIES SUCH AS FITNESS ROOMS, FITNESS ROOM, COMMUNITY ROOM, AND THEN OUTDOOR COURTYARDS. 
          THE TARGET RATE FOR A MI, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT A MI IN A LITTLE BIT IS 30 TO 120%, UM, IN TERMS OF THE FINANCING AND GROUND LEASE. 
          SO THEY PLAN ON USING LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. 
          THEY ALSO GOT A $15 MILLION, OR, OR, OR, UH, AS PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL ARE SUBMITTING THAT THEY WOULD GET A $15 MILLION LOAN FROM THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, UM, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PUBLIC SUBSIDIES. 
          IN TERMS OF OTHER AVAILABLE PROGRAMS FOR FINANCING THAT THEY'VE ALSO INCLUDED, THE, THE DISTRICT, UM, WOULD RECEIVE GROUND LEASE PAYMENTS. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE A 99 YEAR GROUND LEASE. 
          AND SO 
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THE GROUND LEASE PAYMENTS THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED WOULD INCLUDE A $10 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENT ONCE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE BUILDING WAS OCCUPIED. 
          AND SO ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD BE THE GROUND LEASE THAT WOULD COVER A BIG CHUNK OF THE, THE GROUND LEASE UP UPFRONT. 
          SO THEY WANT, THEY, THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH A UPFRONT PAYMENT AS WELL AS 20 $20,000 A YEAR IN PAYMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT 99 YEARS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING COMMERCIAL INCOME. 
          SO FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, THE DISTRICT WOULD BE RECEIVING THE RENT FOR THAT SPACE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND POTENTIALLY THERE MIGHT BE SOME CASH, UH, COSTS, UM, SORRY, UH, INCOME, UH, SAVINGS, UM, OR INCOME SHARING I SHOULD SAY, UM, AS PART OF THE RENT, WHICH WOULD BE A NOMINAL AMOUNT AS WELL, WHICH WILL BE WORKED OUT IN, UH, FURTHER DETAILS. 
          THE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION, STARTING IN THE SUMMER OF 2028 PER THE DEVELOPER SCHEDULE, AND BE COMPLETED BY SUMMER OF 2030. 
          UM, I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT ALL THE TERMS, EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEING PROVIDED TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IS POTENTIALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WORK THROUGH THE FINANCING, OR THE DEVELOPER WORKS THROUGH THE FINANCING AND DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PROPERTY. 
          AND SO WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL BRING BACK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE WHEN WE COME BACK TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR EXECUTION OF THE GROUND LEASE AT THAT POINT. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT, I, I DID WANNA SHARE BEFORE I SHARE THE CONCEPT OF THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT, I DID WANNA SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHCH AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, THEY'RE A NON-PROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, FOUNDED IN 1986. 
          THEY SERVE, UM, OVER 1600 RESIDENTS ACROSS OVER A THOUSAND UNITS. 
          UM, THEY HAVE 25 PLUS COMPLETED DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO THIS FIRM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UM, AND HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE WEST HOLLYWOOD AREA. 
          AND THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE PIPELINE OF PROJECTS AS WELL, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING. 
          SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSED, UM, DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT. 
          SO ALONG THE MAIN STREET, UM, WHICH IS FAIRFAX AVENUE, UM, THE BUILDING WOULD BE AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING AND SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY, UM, DOWN TO ABOUT, UH, FOUR STORIES DOWN ON HAYWORTH, WHICH IS MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE SITE. 
          SO ALONG FAIRFAX, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S, UM, MORE COMMERCIAL, UM, AND HIGHER RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND THEN AS YOU GO BACK FURTHER, UM, IT BECOMES LESS, UM, DENSE ON THE BACKSIDE, WHICH IS ON HAYWORTH. 
          AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WOULD HAVE AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE. 
          AND THE FIRST LEVEL WOULD BE, UM, A COMMERCIAL SPACE AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD APPROVES, UM, THE SELECTION OF THE PROPOSER, THEN WE WOULD GO INTO FURTHER DESIGN WITH THE DEVELOPER AND FURTHER FINE TUNE THIS CONCEPT. 
          SO THE, UH, TAKES US TO THE COLLINS SITE. 
          SO COLLINS, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE AFFIRMED HOUSING. 
          UM, THEY'VE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL ON THE APPROXIMATELY SIX AND A HALF ACRES. 
          THEIR PROPOSAL INCLUDED 391 UNITS, WHICH WAS A MIX OF ONE BEDROOM TO THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS. 
          THIS ONE ALSO HAS, UM, THIS HAS 550 PARKING SPACES. 
          THIS IS NOT SUBTERRANEAN. 
          THIS WOULD BE IN A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE WRAPPED AROUND. 
          SO THE APARTMENT WOULD WRAP AROUND, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE CONCEPT IN A SECOND AROUND THE PARKING STRUCTURE ITSELF. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES AMENITIES SUCH AS OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, COMMUNITY ROOM, FITNESS CENTER, WALKING PATHS, AS WELL AS, UM, THEY PROPOSED A DAYCARE THAT WOULD BE OPERATED BY A, THAT COULD BE OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY, AS WELL AS A SWIMMING POOL FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE TENANCY WOULD BE 30 TO 120% A MI, SIMILAR TO THE FAIRFAX SITE, AND SIMILAR TO THE FAIRFAX SITE AS WELL. 
          THIS WOULD UTILIZE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND OTHER CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SUBSIDY SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL BE WORKING ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THE GROUND LEASE PAYMENTS ON HERE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          THEY'RE, UH, PLANNING TO PROVIDE 150,000, UM, IN GROUND, UM, LE FOR, FOR GROUND LEASE DEPOSITS DURING PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL CONSTRUCTION'S COMPLETED. 
          AND THEN $250,000 OF FOR GROUND LEASE PAYMENTS PER YEAR, STARTING THE YEAR ONE ONCE EVERYTHING'S LEASED UP, ESCALATING AT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OVER THE COURSE OF 99 YEARS. 
          SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONE WHERE IT'S AN UPFRONT PAYMENT, ONE LUMP SUM, THIS IS, UH, AND THEN A SMALLER AMOUNT OVER THE YEARS. 
          THIS IS A, A LARGER AMOUNT THAT WOULD THEN ESCALATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 99 YEARS. 
          THE SCHEDULE THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER HAS A STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER OF 2029 AND COMPLETION IN 2031. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AS WE MOVE FORWARD 
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WITH, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRESSING IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE FINAL DETAILS, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, FIRMED HOUSING AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, AFFIRMED HOUSING HAS BEEN, UM, A DEVELOPER SINCE 1999, AND THEY'VE COMPLETED OVER 80 COMMUNITIES, 5,500 UNITS, UH, WITH $2.8 BILLION INVESTED ACROSS, UM, THEIR PORTFOLIO. 
          PLUS THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, UM, IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA WITH OVER 400 UNITS, UM, ACROSS EIGHT PROPERTIES. 
          UM, AND THEY'VE GOT A STRONG, UH, TRACK RECORD OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, AND SO THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HIGH IMPACT URBAN INFILL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, THEY HAVE STRONG EXPERIENCE. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COLLINS CONCEPT. 
          SO THE MAIN STREET, UM, HERE IS SHUP, WHICH IS KIND OF ON THE NORTHERN RIGHT SIDE THERE. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT WOULD START AT FIVE STORIES ALONG SHUP AVENUE AND THEN START TO STEP DOWN TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, GET INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE DOWN TO ABOUT FOUR STORIES. 
          AND THEN AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE LEFT THERE, DOWN TO THREE STORIES WHERE IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, RESIDENTIAL. 
          UM, THIS, UM, AREA, YOU KNOW, OR THIS, UH, CONCEPT REALLY WE BELIEVE REALLY CREATES A COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT IT PROVIDES A LOT OF GREEN SPACE AROUND, UH, OPEN GREEN SPACE PLAY AREAS, WALKING PATHS AROUND THE SITE AS WELL AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE OTHER AMENITIES, INCLUDING A FITNESS CENTER AND SWIMMING POOL. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS WOULD HAVE 550 PARKING SPACES IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH WOULD BE, IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE BETWEEN THE FIRST BUILDING ON SHE AND THE SECOND, THAT'S WHERE PREDOMINANTLY THAT BIGGER PARKING STRUCTURE IS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S SOME PARKING FURTHER DOWN TO THE LEFT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE AREA AND MEDIAN INCOME MEANS. 
          I KNOW THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHAT IS A MI AND WHAT IS THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME? AND SO, UM, A MI OR, UH, AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS THE, IS BASICALLY THE MIDDLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR A PARTICULAR AREA. 
          AND SO THIS IS PUBLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A STATE PART OF THE STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE. 
          AND SO THIS IS NOT FROM L-A-U-S-D, THIS IS A STATE, UH, PROVIDED, UM, TABLE THAT ULTIMATELY HALF OF THE HOUSEHOLDS EARN MORE AND HALF OF EARN LESS IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT, WHAT AREA NEED AND INCOME. 
          UH, MEANS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS USE A MI TO DETERMINE WHO QUALIFIES AND WHAT RENT LEVEL IS CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT BASED ON THIS, ULTIMATELY, AS YOU CAN SEE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY, UH, PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, WHAT THAT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS, THAT WILL TELL YOU WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE AM AREA MEDIAN INCOME YOU'RE AT, AND THEN THAT WILL ULTIMATELY INFLUENCE WHETHER OR NOT YOU QUALIFY FOR, UM, ONE OF THE APARTMENTS. 
          AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL. 
          I THINK WHEN WE COME BACK THE NEXT TIME, WE'LL, WE CAN GET INTO MORE GRAN GRANULAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL RENTS ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE, BUT A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD AND WHAT THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. 
          I KNOW THE, THE QUESTION THAT WOULD COME UP IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE RENTS BE FOR THESE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS? AND SO IT'S NOT A SIMPLE ANSWER 'CAUSE THE RENTS ARE BASED ON THE AFFORDABILITY TARGET, RIGHT? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A MI 'CAUSE EACH, EACH APARTMENT WILL BE SET, SOME OF THE UNITS WILL BE SET AT DIFFERENT A MI LEVELS. 
          SO SOME OF THE APARTMENTS WILL BE SET AT 30%, AND SOME OF THEM COULD BE SET AT 120%. 
          AND SO EACH DEVELOPER PROPOSED WHAT, HOW MANY UNITS THEY PLAN TO TARGET FOR THE AAV AVERAGE, UM, SORRY, AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR OUR EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE CAN GET FOLKS THAT ARE AT MAYBE 30% AND SOME FOLKS THAT ARE AT 120% TO GET A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR THESE APARTMENTS. 
          UM, AND SO, AS I WAS MENTIONING, THE RENTS ARE REALLY BASED ON AFFORDABILITY, UH, TARGET, UM, UNIT SIZE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AND THEN ANY, ANY OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN I WOULD WILL SAY THE RENTS ARE GENERALLY STRUCTURED SO THAT A HOUSEHOLD DOESN'T PAY ANY MORE THAN APPROXIMATELY 30% OF ITS INCOME TOWARD HOUSING. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BIG PICTURE TAKEAWAY. 
          SO WHO WOULD QUALIFY FROM OUR, UH, UH, L-A-U-S-D EMPLOYEES? AND SO WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, UM, AND REALLY IT'S DEPENDING ON THEIR SALARY, UM, BUT, AND ALSO DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE THEIR HOUSEHOLD IS, BUT WE PUT, IF THEY WERE A ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD, WE, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT WOULD BE BASED OFF OF THEIR CURRENT SALARY AND BASED OFF OF THAT CHART THAT I SHOWED YOU, THEY WOULD QUALIFY BETWEEN 65 AND 120%. 
          WHY IS THERE A RANGE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME, IF YOU'RE A NEW TEACHER, YOU MIGHT BE AT, UM, THE LOWER SCALE AND THEN YOU WORK 
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YOUR WAY UP AND MIGHT BE AT THE HIGHER SCALE LATER ON SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF BETWEEN 55 AND 80% SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT STAFF BETWEEN 40 AND 65%. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE IDENTIFIED HERE AND THEN A NURSE MAY QUALIFY FOR, UM, A HUNDRED TO 120%. 
          SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          SO, UM, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WENT THROUGH THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP PROCESS. 
          WE'VE, WE SHORTLISTED MADE THE, MADE A STAFF, MADE A SELECTION, AND WE ARE NOW HERE AT THE BOARD, UM, WHICH IS THE BIG GREEN BOX FOR A BOARD ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THE PROPOSERS AND AUTHORIZE WHAT WE'RE CALLING EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. 
          WHICH MEANS WE WILL THEN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO ALLOW THEM TO BEGIN ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PRE-DEVELOPMENT WORK, UM, REGARDING ANY TESTING THAT THEY WANT TO DO, ANY CONTINUOUS CONTINUATION OF THE DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, ET CETERA, SO THAT WE CAN THEN PROGRESS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THEY WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, GO THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PRE-DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AS L-A-U-S-D IS SUPPORTIVE AND, AND, UH, PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT WITH THE INTENT THAT AS, UM, THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED THE TARGET OF COMING BACK HERE BY THE SUMMER OF 2027 FOR A BOARD ACTION TO THEN AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, ALLOWING THE DEVELOPERS TO THEN DEVELOP ON THE SITE, WHICH IS WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL DO, AND THE 99 YEAR GROUND LEASE, UM, AND ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THAT GROUND LEASE TO GO FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, WE WOULD THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THEIR LONG-TERM FINANCING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, UH, PROPOSALS ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION, UH, BEGINNING IN 2028 FOR FAIRFAX AND 2029 FOR COLLINS. 
          I DO WANNA MENTION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE DEVELOPER WILL ULTIMATELY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING ANY APPROVALS WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, UH, FOR THE, UM, COLLIN SITE AND THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD FOR THE FAIRFAX SITE. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, OH, SORRY. 
          I GOT ONE MORE. 
          I THOUGHT I WAS DONE, BUT I'M NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          LAST ONE. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT I THINK WE'VE KIND OF SAID A FEW TIMES ALREADY THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEARN. 
          WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE LAST ONE. 
          WE WANT TO CONTINUE AND WE WANNA CONTINUE TO GROW AND LEARN FROM OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE. 
          AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED IS, NUMBER ONE IS THERE IS INTEREST BASED ON THE PROPOSALS WE RECEIVED. 
          THERE ARE DEVELOPERS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US. 
          AND SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 
          THE SECOND IS LITECH FINANCING WE'RE LEARNING IS VERY COMPETITIVE. 
          AND THE WAY THAT THEY ARE SCORED AS ON THEIR PROPOSALS FOR LITECH DEFINITELY INFLUENCES WHAT TYPES OF PROPERTIES, UM, AND SITES THAT DEVELOPERS WILL, WILL BE GOING FOR, UH, BASED OFF OF WHETHER THEY, HOW BIG THEY ARE. 
          AND THE SIZE WILL THEN TELL YOU WHAT KINDS OF AMENITIES THEY CAN PROVIDE, WHICH THEN INFLUENCES THE LIX, UH, SCORECARD AS WELL AS THE LOCATION WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CALL HIGH OR HIGHEST RESOURCE OPPORTUNITY AREAS, AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLY UNAFFORDABLE, THAT THEREFORE THEY GET A BUMP WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THESE FUNDING FOR THESE FUNDS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT MADE THE GOMPERS AND HOOVER SITE LESS COMPETITIVE BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT, UM, LITECH MODEL. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE AFFORDABILITY MIX. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR A MIX OF 30 TO 120%, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT MIX ULTIMATELY AFFECTS THE FEASIBILITY AND WHAT REVENUE THAT THE DISTRICT GETS FROM THESE PROPERTIES. 
          SO, WITH THAT SAID, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UH, DR. RIOS, UM, GIVEN THE FACT, UM, THAT WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR CHRISTINA OR, UM, FOR GOMPERS AND HOOVER, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TOO SMALL AND ALL OF THE CONS. 
          UM, AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS YAY. 
          FOR THE TWO PROJECTS. 
          BUT IF, UH, THERE WERE NINE AND THEN WE IDENTIFIED FOUR, SO THERE'S FIVE. 
          SO IS, SINCE THESE TWO PROJECTS, LIKE TOO SMALL, WERE THERE'D BE ANY ADDITIONAL MOVE TO ADD MORE OR WE ARE REALLY ARE ABLE TO DO JUST TWO PROJECTS. 
          SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE SITES? YEAH. 
          MOVING FORWARD. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS NOW OF LOOKING AT OTHER SITES THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER QUOTE UNQUOTE UNDERUTILIZED. 
          AND IT MAY NOT EVEN BE THE NINE THAT WE STARTED WITH INITIALLY, 'CAUSE THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          SO WE'RE STILL, WE ARE LOOKING AND IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT SITES WITH THE INTENTS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR THIS RFP, WHICH STARTED WITH, YOU KNOW, FIRST KIND OF DAY LIGHTING, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE POTENTIAL SITES AND THEN GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, LETTING THEM 
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KNOW WE'RE CONSIDERING THESE, THEN COMING TO THE BOARD AND ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION BEFORE WE ISSUE ANY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 
          SO, UH, YOU, UH, YOU MAY RECALL WE CAME TO THE BOARD INITIALLY REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE RFP FOR THESE SITE, FOR THESE FOUR SITES. 
          SO WE WOULD FOLLOW A SIMILAR PROCESS. 
          UM, AND JUST FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WATCHING, UH, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, SO, UM, THIS IS TWO PHASE. 
          SO IN THE SECOND PHASE, AT ONE POINT, I'M ASSUMING EITHER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OR AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION WILL, UM, OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES KNOW IMP PRACTICAL TERMS OR OPPORTUNITIES, UM, RENTS INCOME REQUIREMENTS, APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, AND HOW WILL THE EMPLOYEE PRIORITY WORK? SO JUST THE LOGISTICS AFTER, LIKE, IN CASE I'M SURE A LOT OF OUR WATCHING AND ANTICIPATING THIS. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          SO WE PLAN TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH, RIGHT? SO WE PLAN TO START WITH ONE, WE'RE DOING OUTREACH NOW WITH OUR, UM, LABOR PARTNERS AND JUST LETTING THEM KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN LET THEIR FOLKS KNOW, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GET IT ON THE RADAR. 
          I KNOW THESE PROJECTS ARE A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT, UH, BUT IT'S GOOD TO START THINKING ABOUT THEM AND GETTING THEM ON PEOPLE'S RADAR. 
          THE SECOND IS WE WOULD THEN DO A BLAST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS INFORMED AS WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          AS WE GET CLOSE, WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSE WITH THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE AWARE OF THE PROCESS, UM, AND THEN HAVE A CLEAR PROCESS LINED UP, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN THEN SUBMIT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY IF WE GET MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, THEN IT WOULD GO THROUGH SOME TYPE OF LOTTERY SYSTEM, UM, AND THEN A WAIT LIST SYSTEM, UM, IF NECESSARY. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, AT LEAST IN THAT FIRST PROJECT, THAT WILL BE REVENUE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE DISTRICT, UM, ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR, UM, THAT YOU FORESEE IN TERMS OF, UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE RENT AS WELL, BUT OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR WHAT ARE THE REVENUES? AND ALSO YOU SAID NO COST, SO THERE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO COST FROM THE DISTRICT. 
          YEAH, SO, SO LET'S GO TO THE FAIR. 
          SO ON THE FAIRFAX SITE, YES, THERE'S NO COST TO THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN STAFF TIME AND ANY OTHER, UM, YEAH, REALLY OUR TIME AND ANY OTHER LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY, UM, OR EXTERNALLY. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MONEY PHYSICALLY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UM, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, WE DO, UH, AS PART OF THE FAIRFAX PROPOSAL, ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND ANY REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED WOULD COME TO THE DISTRICT DIRECTLY. 
          AND SO THERE'S THAT, UM, AMOUNT THAT COMES IN, UM, DIRECTLY AS WELL AS, UM, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A BILLBOARD ON THE SECOND ON THE, NOT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ON THE ROOF AS PART OF THAT PROPOSAL. 
          UM, I THINK THERE WAS A A POINT THAT THEY GOT AS PART OF THE, ONE OF THEIR, UM, THEIR CREDITS THAT THEY WERE SEEKING. 
          UM, SO ANY OF THAT REVENUE WOULD ALSO COME TO THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S THE, ON THE FAIRFAX SIDE, IT'S THE 10 MILLION UPFRONT PLUS THE MONTHLY OR YEARLY RENT THAT WE WOULD GET FROM THE GROUND LEASE FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, THE BILLBOARD. 
          AND THEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL WHICH I THINK NEEDS TO BE, UM, DISCUSSED FURTHER IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE DEVELOPER REACHES CERTAIN MILESTONES IN TERMS OF THEIR PAYBACK, THEN THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR, UM, INCOME SHARING. 
          BUT THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT. 
          AND FOR THE COMMERCIAL USE, UH, WILL THE DISTRICT HAVE A SAY IF THE REVENUES ARE COMING TOWARDS THE DISTRICT, WILL THERE BE A, YOU KNOW, WILL WE HAVE BE ABLE TO VOTE OR HAVE A SAY IN WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES? YEAH, SO YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO ULTIMATELY, YES, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND IT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH, UM, GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS. 
          UM, BUT THEY WOULD WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPROVED OF ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT WAS PUT THERE. 
          AND, BUT THEY, I WOULD, I WOULD EMPHASIZE THEY WILL BE MANAGING IT. 
          SO THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE TO MANAGE THE COMMERCIAL SPACE. 
          SO, UM, IF A COFFEE SHOP GOES DOWN THERE, WE ARE NOT MANAGING THE COFFEE SHOP AND JUST FOR, UH, OUR UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO FOR THESE TWO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THEIR DEVELOPMENT FEES WILL BE WAIVED BECAUSE IT'S A DISTRICT SORT OF ENDEAVOR OR NO, THEY, WE STILL HAVE TO CHARGE OUR, THESE DEVELOPERS SOME FEES TO GO BACK TO OUR, THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL MR. MELVOIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS DR. 
          RES FOR THOSE GREAT QUESTIONS TOO. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE MORE EXCITING THINGS THAT I GET TO VOTE ON IN THIS SEAT. 
          UM, SO THANKS TO THE TEAM, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. 
          UM, I, I REMAIN INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BOARD VOTED THIS DOWN IN 2020. 
          UM, DIFFERENT BOARD. 
          UH, BUT WE COULD HAVE HAD THESE UNITS DONE, UM, AND WE WAITED SIX YEARS FOR IT. 
          SO I'M, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WITH THIS NEW LEADERSHIP, WE WILL GET THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, QUADRUPLE THE NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, WITH THIS BOARD ACTION, UM, 590 UNITS TOTAL BETWEEN THESE TWO, 
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ADDING TO THE 180 OR SO THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING, UM, UH, STEP FORWARD. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT DISTRICTS AROUND AND MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT AS THEY THINK ABOUT SOLVING, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DR. 
          REVA'S POINT, I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO THE TEAM. 
          I THINK THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE MORE PROPERTIES JUST IN MY BOARD DISTRICT THAT I'M READY TO GO TOMORROW. 
          WE HEARD IN THE FIGMA REPORT 49.1% UTILIZATION, WHICH MEANS THE BUNCH. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BE TOO SIMPLISTIC. 
          THAT'S NOT A FAIR, LIKE, OH, THAT MEANS HALF OUR PROPERTY ARE READY TO GO, OF COURSE. 
          BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL AND THE NEXT THREE IN BOARD DISTRICT FOUR ARE READY TO GO. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO, IN ADDITION TO SOLVING HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS REGION, IT'S ALSO A COMMUNITY BENEFIT. 
          COLLINS HAS SAT EMPTY FOR 40 YEARS. 
          UH, THAT IS, THAT HAS BEEN A BLIGHT IN THE VALLEY. 
          UM, THE WEST, WEST HOLLYWOOD PROPERTY IS JUST SOME DRAB TRAILERS ON A PARKING LOT. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEW RETAIL THAT WE CAN PUT IN AND THE GREENING, UH, AND HOME VALUE, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S JUST THERE ARE A LOT OF DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS. 
          UM, I DO WANNA CLARIFY 'CAUSE I HAD SOME TEACHERS ON MY ADVISORY COUNCIL REACH OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT LUSD TO BE MY EMPLOYER AND MY LANDLORD, AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE NOT THE LANDLORD. 
          UM, THIS, YOU'D BE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT, UH, JUST THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE IN ANY APARTMENT WHERE YOU HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THAT'S WHO YOU PAY RENT TO. 
          THERE'S NO PAYING RENT TO LUSD. 
          UM, UH, AND I ALSO NOTE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS THAT SAYS, THIS IS GREAT, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES CAN, UH, LIVE IN, UH, NON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I HEAR YOU. 
          UM, I'LL NOTE THAT THE DISTRICT'S MINIMUM WAGE IS ALREADY $10 HIGHER THAN THE CITY, UM, OF LOS ANGELES. 
          SO THIS ISN'T A EITHER OR, IT'S A BOTH. 
          AND WE'RE DOING THIS TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AS SOME SAID, WE HAVE THOUSANDS WHO EXPRESS INTEREST WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE, UH, THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, LEADING AND LEANING INTO, UH, KIND OF THE, THE REGIONAL CRISIS SO THAT FOLKS WHO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE COUNTY, UM, UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO RESORT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          BUT, UM, I, AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR. 
          THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR US TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND OUR, UM, AND OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES. 
          SO I'M MORE, I'M VERY EXCITED TO GET THIS DONE. 
          YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT AS THE ELECTED OFFICIAL REPRESENTING BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING, UH, ON THOSE NEXT STEPS THAT ISSAM, UM, WAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THEIR FEEDBACK INTO, UM, INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UM, I JUST, MY ONE QUESTION, UH, AND I KNOW DR. 
          EVAS ASKED ABOUT THE, UM, THE REVENUE POTENTIALLY FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BUT CAN YOU CLARIFY THE $10 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENT FOR THE, THE FAIRFAX SITE AND THEN LIKE THE 250,000 UM, GROUND LEASE FOR THE COLIN SITE? IS THAT, THAT'S JUST GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT, THERE WAS NOT A REVENUE PLAY FOR US. 
          THIS WAS A EXPLICITLY SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT GETTING THAT $10 MILLION UP FRONT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS ALSO HELPFUL TO THE DISTRICT THIS TIME. 
          SO I'LL NOTE THAT AS WELL. 
          SO I REALLY DO ASK FOR THE BOARD SUPPORT ON THIS. 
          UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE, UH, BUT INCREDIBLY EXCITING AND JUST, UH, SHOWS THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS DOING, NOT JUST TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS EVERY DAY, UH, BUT AS A REAL LEADER, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS CITY AND COUNTY. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OH, GO CARLA. 
          SORRY, MY NECK WAS GONE THIS WAY. 
          GO AHEAD CARLA. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK THAT IF THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE GONNA BE FOR GENERAL FUND OR CAPITAL YEAH. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE NOT RESTRICTED. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 
          UM, I'M SUPER BUMMED ABOUT HOOVER, THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMETHING THERE. 
          WHAT'S THE PLAN? WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT? UM, LOT? YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO POTENTIALLY. 
          THERE ARE OTHER, UM, WAYS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE PROPERTY. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS, UH, THE SB 22, 2 95 IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS. 
          UM, WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT IT FOR JOINT OCCUPANCY. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO, TO SOME CASE IN SOME WAYS GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SEE WHAT OTHER WAYS WE MIGHT WANT TO ENERGIZE THAT SITE AND MAKE USE OF IT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR STAFF IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO MAYBE IN THE FORM OF A JOINT OCCUPANCY, UM, WHICH ALLOWS A DEVELOPER TO POTENTIALLY BUILD SOMETHING FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT THEN MAYBE CAN BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS GENER, UH, REVENUE GENERATING AS A WELL, UM, ON THE SITE, CAN THEN POTENTIALLY ENERGIZE THAT LOCATION. 
          AND THEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UM, WELL FIRST THIS LA COUNTY AREA MEDIAN MEDIAN INCOME MATRIX. 
          SO, UM, ARE WE SAYING THAT A PERSON WHO'S AT 30% AND MAKES 34,980 A YEAR WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS HOUSING? IS THAT, AM I, SO AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THIS CHART IS NOT, UH, UH, BUILT BY 
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THE DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS BUILT BY CALIFORNIA TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURY. 
          SO WE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS USE THIS CHART TO ULTIMATELY DETERMINE BASED OFF OF THE WHAT WAS PUBLISHED AS WHAT IS THE LA COUNTY AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO USING THAT INFORMATION, THAT'S HOW THEY DETERMINE, OKAY, IF YOU ARE AT 30%, THEN YES, IF YOUR INCOME IS 34,980, THEN YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AT 30% IF YOU WERE ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD TO QUALIFY FOR, UM, A UNIT THAT IS SET AT THE 30% MARK, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE HOUSE, THERE MIGHT BE UNITS THAT, THERE MIGHT BE A ONE BEDROOM THAT'S AT 30%. 
          SO THEY'RE SEEKING SOMEBODY WHO MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE 34,980. 
          AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT ARE SET AT 80%. 
          SO THERE'S POTENTIALLY THAT SOMEBODY CAN QUALIFY THAT MAKES $93,820. 
          BUT THEY WOULD GET, THEY WOULD BE SEEKING AN APARTMENT AT 80% AND THEIR RENTS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THE RENT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR THE PERSON WHO QUALIFIES AT 30% OR THAT QUAL VERSUS THE ONE THAT QUALIFIES AT 80%. 
          BECAUSE THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS ULTIMATELY THEY, UM, THE TARGET IS THAT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MORE THAN 30% OF YOUR INCOME ON HOUSING. 
          WHAT IF YOU, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. 
          SO, UM, WHAT IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN THAT THOUGH? WHAT IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN 34,000? DID THEN I WOULD IMAGINE YOU STILL QUALIFY. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING LESS, AS LONG AS YOU'RE BELOW THESE NUMBERS, ACTUALLY I, OKAY. 
          IF YOU'RE BELOW THESE NUMBERS, THEN YOU WOULD QUALIFY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AS LONG AS THERE'S, UM, THAT THIS IS THE CAP. 
          SO IF YOU MAKE OVER THAT NUMBER, THEN YOU DON'T QUALIFY. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          AND THEN I NOTICED ON WHEN YOU DID THE LABOR PARTNER ENGAGEMENT THAT THE BUILDING AND TRADES ARE MISSING AND I'M WONDERING WHAT, WHY WE DID NOT ENGAGE WITH THE BUILDING AND TRADES PARTNERS. 
          SO, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE ENGAGING WITH THEM, UM, UPCOMING SOON. 
          SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM PRIOR TO THIS BOARD MEETING, PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK, UM AGO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO ALL OUR BUILDINGS AND TRADES AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE FUTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING ON, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT, SAY THAT HOOVER PROPERTY OR, UM, TO SEE HOW ELSE, LIKE WHAT'S NEEDED IN THAT AREA. 
          I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHAT OTHER POSSIBILITIES THERE ARE FOR THAT, UH, PROPERTY THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT NEED. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          NO MATTER WHAT WE DO OR WHAT, WHAT PLAN WE PUT FORWARD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE BEST USE OF THAT, NOT ONLY FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CHARLOTTE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I'M LIKE YOU NICK. 
          I'M GLAD IT'S FINALLY HERE. 
          UM, HAS A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE DATA THAT WAS USED TO GET US TO THIS PLACE. 
          DO WE HAVE THAT OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHERE THEY LIVE, YOU KNOW, THE JOBS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND IS THAT DRIVING THE WORK AS WE PRESENT TO THESE, UM, DEVELOPERS THAT COME TO US? BECAUSE IN SLIDE 16 YOU SHOWED EXAMPLES OF L-A-U-S-C EMPLOYEES WHO MAY QUALIFY AND YOUR START EXAMPLE STARTED AT 40%, NOT AT 30%. 
          IS THAT JUST AN OVERSIGHT OR IS THAT JUST, THAT WAS NOT AN OVERSIGHT. 
          IT WAS JUST, UH, BASED OFF OF THE PERCENTAGES THAT, SO WE TRIED TO JUST IDENTIFY, WE KIND OF JUST HANDPICKED DIFFERENT, UM, EMPLOYEES AND THEN LOOKING AT THEIR PAY SCALE IDENTIFIED WHAT PERCENTAGE. 
          SO I'M SURE THERE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THE 30% MARK. 
          WE JUST DIDN'T PUT THEM ON THIS SLIDE. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, IS THE DATA THAT WE ARE USING, IS THAT ONGOING? WILL WE CONTINUE TO, SO WE, YEAH, SO WE HAVE A, WE DID A FULL SURVEY, UM, AND THAT SURVEY IS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY IF YOU GO TODS, UM, WE HAVE A WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE WEBSITE THROUGH THE FACILITIES DIVISION WEBSITE THAT HAS ALL OF THE SURVEY INFORMATION, ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID DURING THAT SURVEY, UM, AND ALL THE ANA ANALYSIS BEHIND THAT. 
          UM, AND SO DURING THAT PROCESS WE DID GO OUT AND DO SURVEYS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TO. 
          UM, IT WAS, IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE SURVEY, BUT WE BELIEVE WE GOT ENOUGH, UM, INPUT TO IDENTIFY WHERE, UM, THE HIGH RESOURCES OR HIGH AREAS OF NEED WERE BASED OFF OF WHERE PEOPLE WERE COMMUTING AND HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING AFFORDABLE, UM, HOUSING. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THEN WITH THE UNITS, AS THE PROCESS COMES, THE MIXED AMOUNT OF UNITS, LIKE DO, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US HOW MANY ARE 30%? HOW MANY AT 80% SO THAT WE, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE INFORMATION, DOES IT MATCH LIKE THEY MAY HAVE? YEAH, ABSO INCREASED MORE ON THE 80% SIDE VERSUS WE NEEDED UNITS AT THE 40% SIDE. 
          SO THEIR PROPOSALS, SO I JUST DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE SLIDE 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED HAS THE BREAKDOWN FOR 
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EACH, FOR BOTH FOR FAIRFAX AND COLLINS. 
          OF WHAT PER WHICH, HOW MANY OF THOSE UNITS ARE AT EACH OF THE A MI LEVELS? SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT, SO FOR FAIRFAX, THERE'S 207 TOTAL UNITS. 
          11 OF THEM ARE STUDIOS. 
          SO THERE'S, I'LL GIVE YOU TWO SETS OF INFORMATION. 
          THE FIRST IS THE TYPE, SO THERE'S 11 STUDIOS, 83, 1 BEDROOMS, 56 2 BEDROOMS, AND 55 3 BEDROOM UNITS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S TWO UNITS FOR THE MANAGER. 
          THEN. 
          SO IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF A MI, AND IT WOULD BE A NEXT LEVEL TO IDENTIFY WHAT BEDROOMS EACH OF THESE ARE, BUT IN GENERAL, 61 OF THOSE UNITS ARE GONNA BE AT 30%, UM, 20 OF 'EM AT 50%, 37 AT 60%, 57 AT 80% AND 30 AT 120%. 
          SO, AND, AND AS I, WE KEEP SAYING THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AS WE FINE TUNE THOSE NUMBERS BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD. 
          BUT THAT IS WHAT THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL, UM, INDICATED. 
          FOR COLLINS, WE HAVE 391 TOTAL UNITS. 
          147 ARE ONE BEDROOM A HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE, TWO BEDROOMS, 89 ARE THREE BEDROOMS, AND THEN THERE'S THREE FOR, FOR LIVING STAFF THAT ARE GONNA BE LIVING THERE. 
          THAT WILL BE, UH, MANAGING THE PROPERTY. 
          40 WILL BE AT 30%, 78 AT 50%, 92 AT 60%, 99 AT 80% AND 79, UH, BETWEEN 90 AND 120% AND THEN PLUS THOSE THREE STAFF HOMES. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT NO, I APPRECIATE THAT JUST BECAUSE AS A MINDSET, I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT IT TODAY, I'M SURE THE, THE CONVERSATION'S GONNA PERMEATE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT. 
          WOULD I EVEN QUALIFY WHETHER THERE BE SPACES, AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED US DOING A LOTTERY. 
          IF ALL THESE INQUIRIES CAME IN, I JUST IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANNA SEE WHERE THEY FALL AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IN AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE ONES OF THE 12,000 THAT WE GOT INFORMATION FROM. 
          YOU KNOW, DO I FIT, DO I, YOU KNOW, IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE A SHORTER COMMUTE FOR ME OR NOT? UM, SO JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, FOR THE TAX CREDIT, KIND OF THE FRONT END OF THAT, DID THEY HAVE TO GIVE NUMBERS? IS THERE A MINIMUM THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE IN ORDER TO GET THAT TAX CREDIT? SO THE, SO THEY PROVIDED A FINANCING PLAN TO THE DISTRICT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THIS IS, IF THIS IS A $200 MILLION PROJECT AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO CONSTRUCT THIS, THEN THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA GET THAT MONEY FROM. 
          AND THEY BROKE DOWN. 
          THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR LITECH FUNDING. 
          IN THE CASE OF FAIRFAX, THEY'RE GONNA GET A $15 MILLION LOAN FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD AS PART OF THAT. 
          SO IT IS, IT'S A, WHAT THEY CALL A STACK, THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT LEVELS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ONE, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING AND GETTING ONE LOAN IS WAY, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE GETTING VARIOUS LOANS AND THEN THEY'RE GETTING A TAX CREDIT THAT THEN'S GOING TO HELP PAY OFF THOSE LOANS BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, PROGRAMS OUT THERE, THEY CAN THEN BASICALLY GET THESE TAX CREDITS TO REDUCE THE COST OF WHAT IT COSTS THEM TO, UH, ULTIMATELY DEVELOP THESE. 
          RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE, THEY DID PROVIDE US THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT THEY'RE NOT, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT APPLYING TO US FOR THOSE TAX CREDITS. 
          THEY'RE APPLYING TO THE STATE, UM, AND THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENT AFFORDABILITY, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS TO QUALIFY. 
          SO THEY HAVE TO GO MAKE AN APPLICATION AND THEN RECEIVE, UM, RECEIVE THAT FUNDING AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I GUESS TRANSPARENCY, WANTING TO KNOW IN THEIR, 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING A MULTI-TIERED, UM, PACKAGE IN ORDER TO FUND IT IN THOSE STEPS, LIKE TO ONE, JUST FOR THE TAX CREDIT YOU NEED TO HAVE 20, 30% OF YOUR UNITS HAVE TO BE AT THIS LEVEL. 
          IS THAT VISIBLE FOR US TO KNOW AS WELL? YEAH, THERE'S ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE IN, IN THERE IN REGARDS TO, UM, HOW THEY WOULD STRUCTURE IT AND W HOW THEY WOULD DETERMINE, UM, HOW THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THESE TAX CREDITS. 
          SO YES. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          CAN YOU JUST GO A LITTLE DEEPER INTO INCOME SHARING? I THINK YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ON IT, BUT JUST THE INCOME SHARING AND HOW WE BENEFIT AS YEAH, SO, SO FOR, AND THIS IS ONLY FOR THE FAIRFAX SITE, SO IT'S, UM, AND I'VE JUST GOTTA GET THIS INFORMATION RIGHT HERE IN MORE DETAIL, BUT THERE IS THE INITIAL $10 MILLION GROUND PAYMENT AND THEN YEARLY WE'RE ESTIMATING AND OR THEY'RE ESTIMATING BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY PROVIDED IN THEIR PROPOSAL, A TOTAL OF $127,000 PER YEAR, WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE GROUND LEASE. 
          JUST A SET PAYMENT OF $20,000 PLUS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING RESIDUAL RECEIPTS, WHICH IS BASED OFF OF THEIR FORECASTED INCOME AND PAYING OFF THEIR LOANS AND WHATEVER, UM, AMOUNT THAT THEY NEED. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, $60,000 IN RESIDUAL 
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INCOME PLUS $46,000, UM, IN COMMERCIAL RENT THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES UP THE $127,000 PER YEAR THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING ON TOP OF THE $10 MILLION. 
          GOT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU DR. RIVAS, QUICK QUESTION. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN Y'ALL STARTED THIS WORK, THE, THE VERY FIRST, UM, I GUESS STEP IS CONDUCTING THE SURVEY TO FIND OUT WHO, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INTERESTED AND ALSO FAMILIES. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS INTEREST FROM THIS BOARD AND ALSO, UH, PURSUING HOUSING, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          YES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WANNA HELP OUR FAMILIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE RETAIN THEM HERE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE ATTENDING LUSD. 
          SO, UM, AND I DO REMEMBER IN THE PRESENTATION THE PROS AND CONS FOR, FOR UH, FOR HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          I DON'T RECALL THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT AS WE'VE, AS YOU'VE EMBARKED ON THIS PROCESS THUS FAR, UM, HAVE YOU CONTINUED TO UM, PURSUE OR EXPLORE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS? YEAH, I THINK IT REQUIRES A LITTLE MORE. 
          UH, SO AS PART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT'S CHALLENGING AND THE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS ONCE YOU GO BELOW THE 30% A MI AS YOU GO DOWN, THESE ARE HARDER TO PENCIL OUT IN TERMS OF A DEVELOPER BEING ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THESE AND UM, ACHIEVE, UM, THE, THE COST OF BUILDING THIS RIGHT UTILIZING AN A MI THAT WOULD BE EVEN BELOW 30% IF IT WAS FOR, UM, UNHOUSED FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE 30% OR EVEN 30 TO UM, 80%. 
          UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO AND MAYBE AS A DIFFERENT MODEL, UM, LOOKING AT POTENTIAL JOINT OCCUPANCIES OR OTHER WAYS OF UTILIZING, UM, OUR PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO QUALIFY FOR TAX CREDITS, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO DO THAT RESEARCH. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT YOUR, MORE ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, QUESTION, NO STUDIOS IN, UM, THE VALLEY PROPERTIES, I'M SORRY, NO STUDIO APARTMENTS IN THE VALLEY. 
          UM, THERE WERE NOT STUDIOS IN THAT, CORRECT. 
          ANY, ANY REASON WHY NOT? IF YOU KNOW I DO NOT. 
          OKAY, THEN THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT IS WHAT THEY PROPOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I WOULD IMAGINE, AND IF I HAD TO GUESS, 'CAUSE IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A GUESS IS THAT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S MORE RESIDENTIAL THAT THERE'S, UM, A HIGHER DESIRE FOR ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM UNITS, WHEREAS FAIRFAX IS A MUCH MORE COMMERCIAL AND MUCH MORE DENSE AREA WHERE THAT A STUDIO MIGHT BE, UH, MORE BENEFICIAL POSSIBLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, QUESTION FROM A CONSTITUENT, IF I WORK FOR L-A-U-S-D AND I RENT ONE OF THESE APARTMENTS AND THEN I LEAVE L-A-U-S-D, DO I HAVE TO LEAVE THE APARTMENT? YOU DO NOT. 
          YOU DO NOT. 
          OKAY, I HEAR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU, YOU DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO QUALIFY. 
          YOU DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO QUALIFY FOR THE, UM, BASED ON THE A MI GOT IT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT BASED OFF OF THE FACT THAT WHETHER OR NOT YOU STILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THEY WANTED TO KNOW THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. 
          SHERETTE, UM, FOLLOW UP. 
          IT WAS NINE PROPERTIES. 
          'CAUSE I DO REMEMBER WITHIN EACH OF OUR BOARD DISTRICTS, WILL WE GET A FOLLOW UP OF, UM, ALTERNATIVE USES FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          AS WE TALK ABOUT HOOVER, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL GOMPERS ARE THERE ALTERNATIVE USES THAT CAN GENERATE REVENUE? CAN WE GET AN UPDATE UPDATE ON THAT? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          I, I THINK THE ONE THING I'D WANTED TO ADD IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES AND VACANT LOTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT WE ASSESSED OVER THE LAST, I'D SAY FIVE, SIX YEARS. 
          THESE PROPERTIES WERE HIGHLIGHTED AS AREAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RIGHT? BUT I THINK THERE'S A BROADER CONVERSATION THAT TIES INTO, I WOULD SAY THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER AS WE OPEN UP CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE UTILIZE OUR ASSETS THAT WILL INVITE ITSELF TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE REUSE, I WOULD SAY COMMUNITY ASSETS. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUST SEGUE AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR  ABOUT HOW WE BEST DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S TIME FOR YOU MR. MCLEAN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM ONE, ONE CALLER CLARK PING RE PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          CLARK CLARK, I SEE YOU'RE WITH US REMOTELY. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME GUYS? YES, WE CAN. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES, BUT I WAS HERE AT 10:00 AM THIS MORNING, UH, LISTENING TO A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES WITH L-A-U-S-D AND I JUST 
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WANNA SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF ALL THE, UH, THE, THE MILESTONES THAT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY MANY OF THE STUDENTS. 
          I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY STUDENT INVOLVED THIS MORNING THAT BECOMES SUCCESSFUL AND FINDS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN WILL NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE A 390 UNITS APARTMENT COMPLEX DROPPED RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR DOORSTEP. 
          ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA COME ALONG WITH IT. 
          I CAN SPEAK FOR MANY NEIGHBORS AROUND THE FORMER COLLINS AND ELEMENTARY SITE THAT WE OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT IS TOO LARGE A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT WILL ADD SERIOUS TRAFFIC AND PARKING PRESSURE TO THE STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY CONGESTED. 
          IT BRINGS YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION NEXT TO OUR HOMES. 
          IT HAS TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM RENTS AND INCOME LEVELS TO WHO WILL ACTUALLY LIVE HERE. 
          THIS IS NOT A VOTE FOR TEACHERS OR AGAINST THEM. 
          IT IS A VOTE ON WHETHER NEIGHBORS GET ANSWERS BEFORE A DEVELOPER IS LOCKED IN. 
          WE ARE ASKING YOU TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL IF THE BOARD PROCEEDS THAT AT MINIMUM REQUIRE FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, A TRAFFIC AND PARKING STUDY, HEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITS AND BINDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EVERY STEP. 
          WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO PROTECT IT. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS NO TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED. 
          PLEASE PLAN WITH US NOT AROUND US. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES TAB EIGHT. 
          IT'S NOW TIME TO VOTE ON TAB EIGHT. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK I GOT A MOVE OR A SECOND ON IT, SO MOVE IT. 
          I SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHUREN, SECONDED BY MR. MELVOIN. 
          AND THE ROLL CALL MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVOIN? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          MS. EZ IS ABSENT. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN MAY BE OR MAYBE NOT JOINING US. 
          UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. 
          AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE NUMBER OF TABS LEFT, BUT WE ARE 35 MINUTES PAST TIME FOR UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO WE WILL DO 
          [General Public Comment (Approximately 3:30 P.M.)]
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          IT'S ANNOUNCED JUST SO FOLKS KNOW FOR UH, THREE 30, APPROXIMATELY THREE 30 FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED AS SPEAKING IN PERSON AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THOSE AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. 
          UM, BRI LEE, YOU ARE THE FIRST COME ON UP. 
          AND THEN AFTER MS. LEE, UH, CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON AND THEN MAO TREJO. 
          SO COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN AT THE SEPTEMBER 15TH BOARD MEETING. 
          SUPERINTENDENT CHASE STATED WE HAVE TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO AGREE ON THE FACTS AND ADDED THAT TAKES TRANSPARENCY SCHOOLS BEYOND SCREENS. 
          LA HAS FOUGHT HARD FOR TECH CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          WE FOUGHT SO HARD, WE ENDED UP ORGANIZING A NATIONWIDE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS THAT HAS SINCE GROWN TO OVER 245 DISTRICTS ACROSS 40 STATES. 
          THE BOARD APPROVED A HISTORIC RESOLUTION ON APRIL 21ST THAT REQUIRED A COMPREHENSIVE ITEMIZED REPORT OF TECH CONTRACTS. 
          BOARD MEMBERS PUBLICLY REQUESTED THIS REQUIRED INFORMATION AND WERE PROMISED ITS IMMINENT RELEASE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, THE BOARD EVEN POSTPONED APPROVING NEARLY $8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL TECH SPENDING UNTIL THIS MISSING AUDIT OF TECH CONTRACTS WAS PROVIDED. 
          WHY IS THE WHOLE TRUTH SO HARD FOR EVERYONE TO COME BY ON OCTOBER 1ST, WE FINALLY RECEIVED THE LONG OVERDUE L-A-U-S-D TECH CONTRACTS REPORT. 
          AN INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE AND QUITE FRANKLY, INSULTING ATTEMPT TO ONCE AGAIN CONCEAL THE FACTS IN STRUCTURES. 
          DATA REVEALS THAT DISTRICTS MAINTAIN AN ACCESS ACCESS TO AN AVERAGE OF 3000 DIGITAL TOOLS AND YET THIS REPORT INCLUDES LESS THAN 100, SOME OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE L-A-U-S-D TECH EXPENSES INCLUDING THE $6 MILLION ED CHATBOT, $20 MILLION I-READY CONTRACT. 
          ALL GOOGLE COSTS AND MANY MORE OBVIOUS ITEMS ARE MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING FROM THIS REPORT. 
          WHY? AND TODAY WITH OVER 23 MILLION ALREADY COMMITTED TO I-READY A UNIVERSALLY DISCREDITED AND DISLIKED EDTECH PRODUCT UNDER ACTIVE REVIEW AND NO LONGER REQUIRED BY L-A-U-S-D, WITH OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND LESS PERSPECTIVE STUDENT USERS, ALL OF A SUDDEN URGENTLY NEEDS MILLIONS MORE. 
          WHY NONE OF IT ADDS UP AND WHAT ACTUAL ITEMS ARE BEING PURCHASED WITH THIS VERY SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF $7,887,697. 
          AND WHEN IS L-A-U-S-D BILLED FOR THESE ITEMS? WE CANNOT AGREE, AGREE ON FACTS WE DON'T HAVE AND TRANSPARENCY WE WERE NEVER GIVEN. 
          WE URGED THE BOARD TO DEMAND A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT OF ALL TECH CONTRACTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON. 
          HELLO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE ONE, UH, WHO WILL JOIN US UH, IN A SEC. 
          I WILL, UH, YIELD TO ADRIAN VALENCIA AND ASK YOU ALL TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE 
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FUNDING FOR BSAP. 
          CAN YOU FIX THE MICRO? THANK YOU. 
          UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS ADRIAN VALENCIA AND UM, I'M FROM RINSER HILLS ELEMENTARY AND UM, I GOT YOU. 
          YOU ARE? OKAY. 
          I TOLD YOU I COME WITH YOU. 
          I THINK THAT LEG NICOLE SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THE MONEY FROM LIKE THE CHE FROM USD AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE CALLED NAMES AND STUFF AND CHE SO THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T GET PAID LIKE THEY LOSE DO AND STUFF AND LIKE TUTORING, CHE SCIENCE, CHE MUSIC AND OTHER STUFF AND IT'S NOT REALLY THAT FAIR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO THEY, WHO THE STUDENTS OR TEACHERS. 
          LIKE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS OR STUFF LIKE TO THE STUDENTS BEING CALLED NAMES AND LIKE CUS CUSS AT AND STUFF AND NOBODY DOES NOTHING FOR THEM AND THAT'S IT. 
          MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW DESERVE STUDENT. 
          DESERVE STUDENT DESERVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT JOB. 
          BASICALLY YOU SAYING PROTECT OUR PROGRAMS. PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK UH, MA REJO ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MAO AND I AM, UH, HERE WITH STUDENTS DESERVE IN THE POLICE FREE, FREE LUSD COALITION. 
          I WANT TO FIRST EXTEND, UH, MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO XAVIER'S FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS CLASSMATES, EDUCATORS, AND EVERYONE AT FRANK FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WAS GRIEVING THIS TRAGEDY. 
          XAVIER WAS A YOUNG PERSON WITH A LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS, DREAMS, AND A FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM. 
          WE HAVE TO CENTER HIS LIFE AND ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY TO BETTER SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE CROSS L-A-U-S-D. 
          WE KNOW THAT XAVIER EXPERIENCED BULLYING AND WAS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT BEFORE HIS DEATH AND WE CANNOT CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED. 
          BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS ASK WHETHER OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ARE EQUIPPED TO INTERVENE WHEN STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING HARM AND CONFLICT, FULLY IMPLEMENTING PEACE BUILDING COUNSELING, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES COULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO IDENTIFY BULLYING, INTERRUPT IT, ADDRESS THE HARM AND TRANSFORM BEHAVIOR AND HELP STUDENTS REPAIR THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, THEY CAN HELP CONNECT A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH TO BE SUPPORTED AND, AND TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRUSTED ADULTS BECAUSE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE IT. 
          OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          WE ARE SEEING RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES AND SUICIDAL IDEATION INCREASE IN OUR SCHOOLS WHILE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO NAVIGATING HOUSING, FINANCIAL INSTABILITY, ICE RATES, AND SO MUCH COLLECTIVE GRIEF AND UNCERTAINTY AROUND THEM. 
          YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE CARING ADULTS WHO KNOW THEM, WHO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND WHO WANNA SUPPORT THEM. 
          THIS MEANS MORE COUNSELORS IN OUR SCHOOLS, MORE SCHOOL PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS, MORE CLIMATE ADVOCATES, MORE INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY, NOT SCHOOL POLICE. 
          IT MEANS INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE AS LUSD IS PLANNING TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND MAKE CUTS TO PROGRAMS UNDER ALREADY ATTACKS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IT'S CUTTING OUR FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE TO REALLY ASK OURSELVES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY. 
          TOO OFTEN THE ANSWER IS MORE POLICE OR COST FOR SCHOOL POLICE TO RETURN TO CAMPUSES, BUT SCHOOL POLICE ARE NOT THE ANSWER. 
          WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT WOULD A COP DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT PERIOD TIME? WOULD AN ARMED OFFICER HAVE PROVIDED THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT RELATIONSHIPS OR 
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTHA BERNARD AND THEN GIOVANNI N AND THEN ELIZABETH, UH, GARCIA. 
          SO MARTHA BERNARD, THEN GIOVANNI, THEN ELIZABETH. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, MY NAME IS MARTHA BERNARD AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO KIDS AT L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS. 
          UH, BUT TODAY I'M READING THIS LETTER ON BEHALF OF KATE LORE, WHO'S A TEACHER AT LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR ENRICHED STUDIES. 
          WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE THAT LACES HAD QUALIFIED AS A SCHOOL OF FLEXIBILITY AND WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO ADMINISTER I-READY ASSESSMENTS, A CHEER ERUPTED FROM EVERY MEMBER OF THE FACULTY. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER WITH ALMOST NO WARNING AND CERTAINLY WITH NO CONSULTATION, WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD LOSE A WEEK OF LEARNING TO ATTEST. 
          WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOLD WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO ADMINISTER. 
          TEACHERS SPEND HUNDREDS OF HOURS CAREFULLY PREPARING, CONSTRUCTING, AND REFINING CURRICULA WITH INTENTIONAL SCOPES AND SEQUENCES THAT REQUIRE UNINTERRUPTED LEARNING TO BE FULLY EFFECTIVE. 
          TEACHERS SPENDING A WEEK BABYSITTING UNNECESSARY ADDITIONAL SCREEN TIME IS A WASTE OF OUR TIME, A MISUSE OF RESOURCES AND AN INSULT TO OUR PROFESSION. 
          PERHAPS THE BIGGEST INSULT IS FEELING THAT WE AS DEDICATED L-A-U-S-D TEACHERS CANNOT TRUST WHAT THE DISTRICT TELLS US. 
          THE IMPRESSION AMONG TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS NOW IS THAT QUALIFYING AS A SCHOOL OF FLEXIBILITY IS MEANINGLESS. 
          IF THE DISTRICT NEEDS A CARD TO PLAY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND THAT THE NEEDS AND PREFERENCES OF TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS ARE ALL SECONDARY TO THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO PLAY THAT CARD. 
          IT TAKES NOTHING MORE THAN A GOOGLE SEARCH TO FIND DOZENS OF STUDIES AND PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES ON THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF OVER TESTING, HIGH STAKES TESTING AND THE UNPROVEN EFFECTS OF I-READY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE LOSS OF ACTUAL LEARNING TIME, THERE IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL COST TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE FORM OF LOST MOTIVATION THAT IN A DIFFERENT WORLD WOULD OUTWEIGH ALL OTHER CONCERNS. 
          THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF BROADER GAINS DUE TO MORE TESTING. 
          IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. 
          THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM ALL THIS TESTING ARE THE COMPANIES THAT PROFIT FROM CREATING THE TESTS. 
          AND IT APPEARS THAT IN THIS CASE THESE COMPANIES ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THE DISTRICT IS CONCERNED WITH, WHICH IS TRULY A SHAME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GIOVANNI. 
          COME ON UP GIOVANNI. 
          WE'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          OKAY, SO, HI, MY NAME IS JOVANNI PAVAL GILLO AND I AM A SENIOR AT MAN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HI, MY NAME IS VALERIE MONZO AND I'M A SENIOR AT MAN UCLA COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 
          THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2026 WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL ENTRANCE. 
          INSTEAD OF NOTICING THE WELCOMING GREETINGS OF STAFF MEMBERS, WE GOT DISTRACTED BY THE PILE OF TRASH ACCUMULATING OUR AT OUR ENTRANCE. 
          THAT SAME WEEK A HOMELESS PERSON FOUND RAPE REFUGE AMIDST THE TRASH YOU SEE THE TRASH HAS AT OUR STREET HAS BEEN POSING A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          FOR THE PAST MONTH, YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE CAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. 
          WELL, AT MAN ART HIGH SCHOOL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THAT FAR. 
          THE CAUSES ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU ATTEND SCHOOL. 
          WHEN WE FEEL LIKE TRASH, WE LOOK AT THE TRASH AT OUR ENTRANCE AND WE FEEL WORSE AT A U BOARD MEMBERS, THE STUDENT OF MY SCHOOL LOOK LIKE THIS AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY. 
          MY, MY PRINCIPAL SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL EVERY SINGLE WEEK TO DISPOSE OF THIS TRASH. 
          AND IT'S YOUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. 
          STRIPPING, STRIPPING FUNDING AWAY FROM SUNNY TAKES AWAY RESOURCES THAT CAN GO TOWARDS CLEANING UP THE SCHOOLS WITH SURROUNDINGS AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A SAFE AND CLEAN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE I SPENT MY WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER ASKING YOU TO FUND OUR EQUITY PROGRAMS. THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          THREE YEARS AGO I STOOD RIGHT HERE IN THIS EXACT SAME SPOT ASKING YOU FOR THE SAME THING. 
          PROTECT ANY FUNDING. 
          STUDENTS COME UP HERE EVERY MONTH TO UPLIFT THE SAME ISSUES. 
          AND HERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WROTE TO YOU GUYS MY SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN MY SCHOOL DOESN'T GET THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES IT NEEDS. 
          STUDENTS TEND TO DISENGAGE FROM SCHOOL AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR THESE RESOURCES. 
          THIS RESULTS IN LOWER PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL AND HIGHER DROPOUT RATES. 
          THESE FUNDS ARE LIKE A LIFELINE FOR OUR SCHOOL, PAYING FOR THINGS THAT HELP US SUCCEED. 
          LIKE COUNSELORS, TUTORS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND AMAZING TEACHERS. 
          THESE RESOURCES 
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ARE NOT EXTRA. 
          THEY ARE ESSENTIAL. 
          YOUR OWN DATA REPORTING FROM RECENT LCAP SHOWED THAT INVESTING IN SENDING HAS LED TO INCREASES IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE FOR STATE MATH AND ENGLISH TEST SCORES AT ALL. 
          SUNNY HIGH AND HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS. 
          AND WHAT I SAID TWO YEARS AGO STILL STANDS TRUE TODAY. 
          DO NOT CUT FROM HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS AND PROTECT ANY FUNDING. 
          FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COULD YOU LEAVE THE PICTURES ON THE WALL ON THE LITTLE SHELF SO WE CAN ALL SEE THEM? YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL PASS THEM AROUND. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LIZABETH GARCIA. 
          HOW DO I FIX THIS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS LIZ BEV. 
          I'M A NINTH GRADER AT HAWKINS HIGH SCHOOL AND A PROUD YOUTH LEADER WITH THE COMMUNICATION. 
          I'M HERE BECAUSE STUDENTS AT MY HIGH SCHOOL ARE STRUGGLING AND TIRED, BEING IGNORED BY PEOPLE WITH POWER, ACTING LIKE THEY DON'T SEE IT. 
          AT HAWKINS, STUDENTS ARE STRESSED OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY JUST TO GO TO SCHOOL. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COUNSELORS OR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. 
          SO WHEN STUDENTS WE ARE OVERWHELMED, WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. 
          NO SAFE PLACE, NO ONE TO TALK TO. 
          AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WITHOUT AN OUTLET. 
          THEY TURN TO NEGATIVE COPING MECHANISMS OR ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND AS SUPPORT SUCH AS VAPING, SMOKING, SELF-HARM, UNDERAGE DRINKING AND USE OF DRUGS. 
          NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS LEFT THEM WITH NOTHING ELSE. 
          MY SCHOOL SEMI'S BUDGET WAS CUT IN HALF FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE LOST TWO FULL-TIME COUNSELOR POSITIONS, BUT STUDENTS' NEEDS ARE STILL THE SAME. 
          I'VE SEEN STUDENTS VAPING IN THE BATHROOMS AND BREAKING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO TALK TO. 
          WATCHING THAT MAKES ME FEEL FRUSTRATED AND HELPLESS BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ALONE. 
          AND WHAT HURTS THE MOST IS THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          YOU HEAR STORIES, YOU WATCH STUDENTS BREAK DOWN AND STILL YOU ACT LIKE CUTTING VSEP AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IS AN OPTION. 
          EVEN IF YOU BLOCK US OUT, EVEN IF YOU PRETEND NOT TO HEAR US, THE REALITIES RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, STUDENTS ARE HURTING AND YOUR DECISIONS ARE MAKING IT WORSE. 
          BEI SENDING ARE PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY HELP US TO GIVE STUDENTS REAL SUPPORT, REAL RESOURCES, AND REAL CHANCES TO SUCCEED. 
          CUTTING THEM WOULD DIRECTLY HARM BLACK STUDENTS, HARM OUR SCHOOL AND HARM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          LUD MADE A COMMITMENT TO US AND WE'RE NOT LETTING YOU WALK AWAY FROM IT. 
          WE DEMAND THAT LUSD FULLY FUND AND PROTECT BSAP, RESTORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT THROUGH C AND STOP CUTTING THE PROGRAMS THAT KEEP STUDENTS SAFE. 
          IF LUD NEEDS TO MAKE CUTS, THEN CUT THE 77 MILLION SCHOOL POLICE BUDGET, NOT THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT KEEP STUDENTS ALIVE. 
          SUPPORT SUPERINTENDENT CHA AND SCHOOL BOARD LISTEN CLOSELY. 
          STUDENTS DESERVE COUNSELORS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND WE SUPPORT. 
          WE DESERVE TO BE UPLIFTED, NOT IGNORED. 
          EVEN IF WE TRY TO SILENCE US, WE'LL KEEP SHOWING UP. 
          PROTECT VISA RESOURCE SENDING AND INVEST IN US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE PACE. 
          KATIE PACE. 
          TODAY'S COMMENT IS A SHORTENED VERSION OF A LETTER SENT TO BOARD MEMBERS WITH NO RESPONSE ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS FROM THE LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR ENRICHED STUDIES TO INFORM YOU OF A BREACH OF AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN L-A-U-S-D AND LACES MAGNET SCHOOL'S, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS. 
          LAST YEAR, LACES BECAME ONE OF 149 CAMPUSES CLASSIFIED AS A SCHOOL OF FLEXIBILITY. 
          A COMMITTEE OF STAKEHOLDERS WAS FORMED AND A PLAN WAS DEVELOPED THAT WOULD ADDRESS HOW OUR SCHOOL WOULD EXERCISE OUR EARNED AUTONOMY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS GIVEN ONE CATEGORY IN WHICH WE WERE OFFERED AUTONOMY WAS IN THE SELECTION OF A PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT MANDATED PERSONALIZED LEARNING. 
          USING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED USING IXL. 
          OUR SCHOOL WAS ALSO APPROVED TO REPLACE THE I-READY, BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF YEAR BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS WITH IXL BENCHMARKS. 
          ONCE THE PLAN WAS APPROVED, TEACHERS SPENT TIME IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR IXL. 
          BY THE END OF AUGUST, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STUDENTS HAD COMPLETED THE ELA AND MATH BOY BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS. 
          BUT ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE SCHOOL WAS INFORMED THAT LACI STUDENTS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE I-READY BENCHMARK TEST BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WAS NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD CONTINUE THEIR CONTRACT WITH IXL. 
          THEREFORE, THE REASON FOR THIS OUTRAGEOUS DEMAND WAS JUST IN CASE OUR PRINCIPAL WAS LATER TOLD THAT THE SCHOOL WAS NEVER APPROVED TO REPLACE I-READY WITH IXL. 
          NEITHER OF THESE CLAIMS APPEAR LEGITIMATE IN THE L-A-U-S-D TEACHER. 
          WELCOME BACK PLAYBOOK. 
          IXL IS NAMED AS A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND RESOURCE. 
          IF THE RENEWAL CON CONTRACT WITH IXL WERE TRULY IN DANGER BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IT DEFIES LOGIC THAT OUR TOP EDUCATOR, SUPERINTENDENT CH, WOULD OFFER IT AS A RESOURCE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          ANOTHER BOY BENCHMARK DID NOT ADD NEW INFORMATION REQUIRING STUDENTS TO USE MULTIPLE CLASS PERIODS TO TAKE IT A SECOND TIME WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF LEARNING TIME AND AN EQUAL WASTE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. 
          IT ONLY SERVES TO DEMORALIZE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. 
          THIS IMPOSITION VIOLATED AN AGREEMENT THAT THE DISTRICT ITSELF CREATED AND PUT IN PLACE. 
          THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE DAILY CHALLENGES WE FACE AS L-A-U-S-D EDUCATORS, BUT UNLIKE MANY OF THEM, THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION THE DISTRICT SHOULD FOLLOW. 
          THE 
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PLANET APPROVED ALREADY. 
          ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY AND EARNED AUTONOMY THAT GOT US HERE AND ALLOW US TO DROP I-READY. 
          SINCERELY LACES TEACHERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KHALILA WILLIAMS AND THEN AMIR KASIR AND THEN CHLOE CLAXTON. 
          COME ON UP, KALILA AND THEN AMIR AND THEN CHLOE. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN WILLIAMS. I'M KHALILA WILLIAMS AND I'M YIELDING TO LARISSA. 
          HI, MY NAME'S LARISSA. 
          I'M FROM KING DREW MEDICAL MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL AND APRIL KING DREW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL WAS RECOGNIZED FOR MAKING HIS STREETS FOR SENDING MORE BLACK STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS AND ANY OTHER SCHOOL WORLDWIDE. 
          NEWS OUTLETS AND EWSD STAFF GATHERED AT MY SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE IN A A CELEBRATION THE DISTRICT PROVIDED ON INSTAGRAM HONORING THIS EVENT. 
          YOU SAID THIS IS WHAT EXCELLENCE LOOKS LIKE. 
          KING DREW MAGNET IN MEDICAL KING DREW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND SCIENCE. 
          STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY REACHING COLLEGE, THEY'RE REDEFINING WHAT'S POSSIBLE THROUGH DISCIPLINE, RESILIENCE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY IN SENDING BLACK STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA SYSTEM. 
          BUT THIS MOMENT IS MORE ABOUT MORE THAN NUMBERS. 
          IT IS ABOUT BELIEF. 
          IT IS ABOUT BREAKING BARRIERS, HONORING THE SACRIFICES THAT CAME BEFORE AND PROVING THAT POTENTIAL LIVED IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS LA SCHOOLS. 
          MY PEERS WERE NOT GETTING THAT MILESTONE ALONE. 
          NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE OUR AMAZING, AMAZING COLLEGE COUNSELOR, MS. GOLDEN, BUT WE ALSO HAD OUR B SEP COUNSELORS. 
          OUR B SEP COUNSELORS GAVE THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT IN THESE SCARY ACQUAINTED STEPS OF ADULTHOOD FROM SEVENTH GRADE UP UNTIL MY SENIOR YEAR. 
          B SEP HAS GIVEN US TOOLS TO NOT ONLY NAVIGATE SCHOOL, BUT TO NAVIGATE THE REAL WORLD. 
          WE CAN'T BREAK ANY BARRIERS WITHOUT THEM. 
          THEY HAVE PROVIDED US TOUR AND BUT EXPOSURE TO ASSIST SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE BLACK STUDENTS. 
          THIS EXPOSURE TO RESOURCE AND JUST OVERALL MORAL AND MENTAL SUPPORT CAN'T JUST BE GIVEN BY ANYONE. 
          IT IS 10 TIMES MORE AFFECTED COMING FROM STAFF THAT LOOK THAT LOOK LIKE US AND THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE. 
          THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE GO THROUGH IS UNLIKE OF ANY OTHER THAT WE CAN RELATE TO THE DISCIPLINE AND RESILIENCE THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND THROUGH OUR BLACK COUNSELORS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, OTHER SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THE SAME SUPPORT. 
          WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE TO CUT B SAP IS TO CEASE. 
          ALL THE SACRIFICES YOU CLAIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO CUT B SAP IS TO CEASE ALL THE PARADING YOU'VE DONE AROUND KING DREW CAMPUS AND OTHER CAMPUSES TO MAKE THE DISTRICT LOOK GOOD. 
          SAVING THE B SAP IS TO KEEP PUTTING BLACK STUDENTS AND MY PEERS AND MYSELF INTO COLLEGE. 
          POTENTIAL DOESN'T JUST LIVE IN THE WALLS OF OUR SCHOOL, IS OUR FLEXION. 
          CAST IT BACK ONTO US FROM OUR BLACK BSAP COUNSELORS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER IS AMIR KASIR. 
          COME ON UP, AMIR. 
          AND THEN AFTER AMIR IS CHLOE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'LL BE USING MY TIME. 
          NAYA. 
          UM, MY NAME IS KAYA DOWNS. 
          I'M A SENIOR AT KING DREW HIGH SCHOOL. 
          ACCORDING TO THE L-A-U-S-D WEBSITE, AS OF LAST YEAR, THERE ARE ABOUT 37,000 BLACK STUDENTS ENROLLED ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          BSAP WAS FOUNDED FEBRUARY, 2021. 
          TO ADDRESS THE HISTORICAL DISPARITIES BLACK STUDENTS FACE IN SCHOOL, BSAP HAS SINCE PROVEN ITSELF AS AN AID BY INCREASING A THROUGH G COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, GRADUATION ATTENDANCE, AND MORE FOR BLACK STUDENTS, BSAP IS IMPORTANT AS IT DOES NOT JUST FOCUS ON ONE THING. 
          IT OFFERS HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS FACED LONGSTANDING DISADVANTAGES. 
          BSAP INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, ACADEMIC GUIDANCE, COLLEGE COUNSELING, BLACK STUDENT UNIONS, AND SO MUCH MORE. 
          IN SPITE OF ALL OF THIS, B SAP'S FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN, DEFUNDING BSAP REVERTS PROGRESS THAT BLACK STUDENTS HAVE MADE BOTH IN SCHOOL AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES PERSONALLY AT MY SCHOOL, BSAP IS INVALUABLE IN CONSISTENTLY PROVIDING COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. 
          THIS INCLUDES WORKSHOPS, FREE COLLEGE TORCH, HBCU INFORMATION AND MORE. 
          BSAP DOESN'T ONLY PROPEL STUDENTS TOWARDS COLLEGE. 
          IT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH MORE OPTIONS AND EXPOSURE. 
          YOU HAVE HEARD MANY ITERATIONS OF THESE SAME POINTS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 
          THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT D BSAP IS NOT DISPOSABLE. 
          IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT NURTURES STUDENTS AND SHAPES THEM FOR SUCCESS. 
          I IMPLORE YOU, I IMPLORE YOU TO HEAR YOUR STUDENTS' VOICES AND ENSURE THAT YOU PROTECT, PROTECT OUR INTERESTS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP GROWING ALONGSIDE THE BSAP PROGRAM. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IN RESPONSE TO LOW ENROLLMENT, L-A-U-S-D IS CLAIMING THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR CAMPUSES TO BE MERGED OR SHUT DOWN. 
          THERE'S THE QUESTION OF HOW CAMPUS STANDARDS MAY BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          MERGING SCHOOLS WILL MEAN FURTHER DETERIORATION OF CAMPUSES THAT AREN'T BUILT TO SUPPORT GREATER CAPACITIES AND LESS SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. 
          SHUTTING DOWN SCHOOLS REMOVES ACCESS MOST DAMAGINGLY FROM STUDENTS IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERPRIVILEGED AND WHO NEED SCHOOL RESOURCES THE MOST. 
          IT MAY BE A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT STUDENTS REMAIN THE PRIORITY IN THIS DECISION IN THE DECISIONS THAT L-E-U-S-D MAKES. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          CHLOE CAXTON, COME ON UP. 
          IT'S CHLOE C AND THEN AFTER CHLOE IS MARSHA DOSS AND THEN EZEKIEL, I'LL GET AT YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS CHLOE CAXTON AND I'M A SENIOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF MY STUDENTS DESERVE CHAPTER IN SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          MY POINT OF BEING HERE IS TO DEMAND THAT LUSD DEFUND SCHOOL POLICE AND INSTEAD REALLOCATES A PORTION OF THAT MONEY TOWARDS FUNDING AND PROVIDING MULTIPLE SCHOOL BUSES FOR DIFFERENT BUS ROUTES. 
          BASED ON THE PAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAT I'VE ATTENDED, IT'S EVIDENT THAT LUSD SPENDS HUGE, UNNECESSARY AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON SCHOOL POLICE WHILE ALSO REFUSING TO USE MONEY THAT IS BEING KEPT STATIONARY. 
          WHILE FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS IRRELEVANT AGENCIES, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO FUNDING GOING TOWARDS HAVING MULTIPLE SCHOOL BUSES FOR DIFFERENT BUS ROUTES. 
          ON MY BUS ROUTE, 1227 AT GARDENIA SENIOR HIGH CHILDREN ARE BEING PACKED ONTO BUSES WITH LITTLE TO NO ROOM. 
          I HAVE WITNESSED SOMEONE FALL OUTTA THEIR SEAT, PLUS I MYSELF HAVE FALLEN OUTTA MY SEAT AND HAD TO SIT ON THE FLOOR THE REST OF THE BUS RIDE. 
          THIS WAS NOT OKAY BECAUSE IT CAUSED IMMENSE PAIN IN MY LEGS, WHICH LINGERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY BECAUSE I'M ANEMIC AND I LACK IRON. 
          THIS IS A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT, WHICH I HAVE EXPERIENCED MYSELF. 
          LUSD MAY NOT WANT TO INVEST MORE MONEY INTO HAVING MORE SCHOOL BUSES BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR MORE BUS DRIVERS, GAS PLUS BUSES THEMSELVES. 
          BUT COMPARED TO WHAT STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH AND THE AMOUNT OF DISCOMFORT THEY FEEL ON THE RIDE TO SCHOOL, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE A LACK OF DISREGARD FOR STUDENT SAFETY, WHICH ARE THE SAME STUDENTS THAT YOU RELY ON FOR MONEY THROUGH OUR ATTENDANCE. 
          SO I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING SCHOOL POLICE, YOU SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF YOUR STUDENTS BY SHOWING THAT YOU CARE FOR THEM NOT ONLY WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MARSHE DOSS. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARSHA DAWSON. 
          I'LL BE YIELDING MY TIME TO MARIANA. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARIANA CALDERON AND I AM A SAN A STUDENT AT SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          TODAY I COME ASKING THAT YOU REDIRECT YOUR FUNDING TO RESOURCES THAT ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE STUDENTS UNDER YOUR DISTRICT. 
          IN 2023, L-A-U-S-D SIGNED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AN AI STUDENT ADVISOR CALLED ED, WHICH THEY PAID $6.2 MILLION FOR WITH $6.2 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          L-A-U-L-A-U-S-D CAN FUND ROUGHLY 12 TO 18 FULL-TIME TEACHER POSITIONS, BUT INSTEAD YOU DECIDED TO PAY A MACHINE THAT RELIES HEAVILY ON STUDENT DATA. 
          BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR PRIVACY? I ALSO THOUGHT L-A-U-S-D HAD PLANS TO LOWER STUDENT SCREEN TIMES AND IMPOSSIBLE GOAL TO ACHIEVE OF YOUR DEPENDENT ON AI. 
          WE ALSO SEE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WEBINARS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FORCES US TO PLAY WEBINARS THAT WARRANT AGAINST AI. 
          IT'S LIKE HAVING A SMOKER TELLING US NOT TO SMOKE. 
          BY SUPPORTING THIS RESOURCE, THE DISTRICT IS INDIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM THAT EXISTS IN OUR WORLD. 
          THINK ABOUT IT. 
          YOU'RE PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR AN AI TOOL WHICH IS GOING TO USE THAT MONEY TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE DATA CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OR THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILT? I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE AN AI DATA DATA CENTER IN ORANGE COUNTY WHERE ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS, ONLY 34% OF THE POPULATION IDENTIFIES AS HISPANIC OR LATINX AND LESS THAN 2% IDENTIFIES AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN NORTH OF VALLE. 
          HOWEVER, IN IMPERIAL COUNTY IS CITY OF FARMERS IS AND IMMIGRANTS WERE NEARLY 90% OF THE POPULATION IS NOT. 
          LATINX IS FIGHTING TO KEEP AN AI DATA CENTER FROM BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THEIR LAND. 
          WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT MONEY AND INVEST IT IN REAL RESOURCES, ONES THAT TRULY BENEFIT YOUR STUDENTS. 
          PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP, WHICH CONTINUE TO, WHICH CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEASURABLE GAINS, INCLUDING HIGHER GRADUATION RATES, REDUCED INSPECTION RATES AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL. 
          IN COLLEGE PREP CLASSES, CUTTING FUNDS WOULD MEAN NO MORE COLLEGE AID AND SUPPORT. 
          I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW CRUCIAL THEIR HELP WAS UNTIL I BECAME A SENIOR MYSELF. 
          AND I CAN'T IMAGINE APPLYING TO COLLEGES AS A FIRST GENER GENERATION STUDENT WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF OUR SCHOOL'S CLIMATE ADVOCATE AND COLLEGE COUNSELOR. 
          REAL PEOPLE MEANS REAL HELP. 
          CHOOSING AI OVER STUDENT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS OVER STUDENT PROGRAMS IS LIKE TAKING MONEY I CAN USE TO FEED A SERVING BABY, BUT CHOOSING TO BUY TOYS FOR IT INSTEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EZEKIEL, GET AT YOU. 
          WOO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS EZEKIEL GACHO. 
          I'M A SENIOR AT KING DREW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENTS DESERVE CHAPTER AT KING DREW. 
          YESTERDAY, MYSELF AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS ROOM ATTENDED THE LUSD SOUTHERN REGION TOWN HALL AT GARDENA HIGH. 
          THE SESSION INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S PLAN TO REBUILD OUR SCHOOLS BY MERGING SOME AND CLOSING OTHERS. 
          A MAJOR WORRY OF MINE IN THOSE WHO LOOK LIKE ME IS THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE TARGETED. 
          WE WANNA KNOW WHAT THE EXACT CRITERIA WOULD BE TO DETERMINE THE FATE OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THE CLAIM WAS TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE RATES, BUT MY QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD CLOSING OUR SCHOOLS IMPROVE ATTENDANCE? WE EXPECT LUSD TO INTENTIONALLY WORK WITH STUDENTS TO ENSURE NO SCHOOL CLOSURES HAPPEN IN BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY NEEDED THE MOST. 
          IN THIS SESSION, ONE THING THAT STUCK WITH US WAS THE LACK 
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OF STUDENT REPRESENTATION. 
          IN THIS PROCESS, WE HEARD SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF STUDENT VOICES AND PROMISES TO INVOLVE STUDENTS IN THE CONVERSATION, AND YET THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE STUDENTS ON THE, ON THE DETAILS OF THIS MEETING. 
          A MEMBER IN THE CROWD EVEN APPLAUDED MY ADMINISTRATORS FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THE EVENT, BUT THE TRUTH IS, MY ADMINISTRATORS DIDN'T TELL ME A SINGLE WORD ABOUT THIS. 
          IF IT WASN'T FOR STUDENTS DESERVE, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN A SINGLE THING ABOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES PERSONALLY, I FEEL AS IF THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO HIDE THIS PROCESS FROM THE STUDENTS KNOWING THAT IF THEY WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION, THEY WOULD QUICKLY OPPOSE IT. 
          WE KNOW THAT LUSD WILL BE MAKING CUTS TO OUR PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THESE CLOSURES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO IMPACT BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS AND A SOCIETY WHERE EVERY OTHER SYSTEM AND PERSON AND POWER IS HELD. 
          BEN, ON ENSURING THAT WE NEVER SEE SUCCESS. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE GONNA BE OUR SECOND HOMES, A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW ISN'T GONNA GO ANYWHERE. 
          WE CALL ON THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TO STAND BY THEIR PROMISES TO SUPPORT THESE BLACK IMMIGRANT AND STUDENT STUDENTS ACROSS THE, UH, THE DISTRICT. 
          THAT MEANS INVESTMENTS IN THE SCHOOLS, FAILING TO MEET ATTENDANCE RATES AND WORKING TO IMPROVE THEM AND NOT REMOVE THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT ROJI. 
          ROBERT R I'M NOT SURE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT, COME ON DOWN MR. R AND THEN AFTER, UH, ROBERT IS BRIANNA JOHNSON AND THEN TIARA MUNDI AND THEN SADE LOPEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THE MICROPHONE SHOULD BE ON AND GOOD TO GO IF YOU NEED TO ADJUST IT FIRST. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS ROBERT ROGE. 
          I AM A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, TRUE MARK HEALTH. 
          UH, HEALTH SUPPLEMENT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER. 
          THE, UH, L-A-U-S-D, UH, IT'S A SEV ABOUT 10 REALLY GREAT BENEFITS. 
          UH, THERE'S A TELE MEDICAL BENEFIT WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO DOCTORS. 
          THERE'S HOSPITAL BENEFIT THAT PAYS A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY UP TO 30 DAYS, AND SEVERAL, SEVERAL OTHER ONES EMPLOYEES WOULD GET ABOUT A 6% INCREASE ON THE EVERY PAY PERIOD. 
          UH, TRUE MARK HEALTH WOULD GIVE THE SCHOOL BOARD A 1 25 TAX CODE, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD BACK 80% OF THE FICA TAXES THAT THEY NORMALLY PAY PER PAY PERIOD. 
          THE DISTRICT WILL HOLD BACK ABOUT $800 A YEAR PER EMPLOYEE AND WITH APPROXIMATELY 70 EMPLOYEES. 
          THAT ENDS UP BEING WHEN YOU HOLD BACK THAT MUCH MONEY FOR THAT MANY PEOPLE, THAT'S $56 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          UM, AND NOW SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, GOD, WHERE CAN ALL THIS COME FROM? WELL, AS YOUR, YOUR, YOU'RE MONEY'S NOT COMING FROM WASHINGTON DC EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT'S MANAGING IT. 
          IT'S, UM, UH, TRUE. 
          MARK IS, UM, IT'S COMING FROM THE, UH, A CA, THE AMERICAN, UH, CARE ACT THAT, THAT RONALD REAGAN CREATED IN 81 AND THEN IN 20, AND THEY CONGRESS VOTED FOR IT EVERY, EVERY YEAR IN 2015. 
          UH, YOU YOU HAVE, I GIVE EVERYONE A MAXIMUM OF 10 SECONDS, SO NINE MORE SECONDS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE, UH, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, I LOST MY THOUGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU MIGHT WANT TO EMAIL THE BOARD AND WE'LL, WE'LL PASS IT ALONG. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WOO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIANNA JOHNSON. 
          BRIANNA, COME ON UP AND THEN AFTER MS. JOHNSON IS TIARA M COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL 
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HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          UM, HELLO BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRIANNA. 
          I'M A FRESHMAN AT MANU CLA COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND YOUTH LEADER WITH COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE CURRENTLY FACING WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          AS A RESULT OF A LACK OF INTENTIONAL CARE AND FUNDING FROM L-A-U-S-D, THERE ARE MORE THAN 70,000 DISABLED STUDENTS WITHIN L-A-U-S-D AND 16% OF THEM ARE DISABLED. 
          96% OF THE STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL ARE LOW INCOME AND DON'T HAVE RESOURCES THAT OTHER STUDENTS DO TO SUCCEED AND BE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE. 
          DISABLED STUDENTS ARE AT AN EVEN GREATER DISADVANTAGE IF THEY ARE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          STATISTICALLY, MY SCHOOL HAS HIGHER RATES OF FOSTER YOUTH, HOMELESS YOUTH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SOCIAL ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH THAN THE DISTRICT AND ENTIRE STATE. 
          ACCORDING TO OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT, 28% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE DISABLED WITHIN MY SCHOOL, WHICH IS ALMOST TWICE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE OF 16%. 
          I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR MY, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL MY SCHOOL HAS RELATIONSHIP CENTERED CLASSROOMS. A PRINCIPAL THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT OUR SUCCESS AND STAFF AND TEACHERS THAT SEE US AS HUMANS FIRST BEFORE STUDENTS. 
          BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT A REALITY FOR MANY OTHER SCHOOL SOUTH LA SCHOOLS. 
          ONE OF MY PEERS IN SAY AT ANOTHER SOUTH LA SCHOOL CHOSE TO TRANSFER TO A CHARTER SCHOOL THIS SEMESTER BECAUSE OF HER SCHOOL WASN'T FULLY MEETING HER. 
          IEPC FUNDS CAN PAY FOR ALL TYPES OF STAFF AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MY SCHOOL WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT STAFF. 
          EVEN WITH THE INTENTIONAL CARE WE ARE RECEIVING AT MANN, IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR OUR DISABLED STUDENTS BECAUSE OF CINE CUTS AND LIMITATIONS. 
          IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING AS A STUDENT TO SEE LACK OF STAFFING FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ON OUR CAMPUS. 
          IT'S ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR MY PRINCIPAL TO MAKE BUDGETARY DECISIONS WHEN YOU DON'T GIVE HER MUCH TO WORK WITH. 
          DESPITE MY SCHOOL BEING VERY, VERY HIGH NEEDS AND THUS HAVING A HIGHER 1% OF DISA DISABLED STUDENTS. 
          IF ANY FUNDING IS SUPPOSED TO HELP SCHOOLS WITH MUCH HIGHER NEEDS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SHOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO FEEL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN WE HAVE C AND WHEN WE DON'T. 
          WHAT IS MY SCHOOL GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE BUDGET? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. CIO. 
          CAN I HAVE THAT PIECE OF PAPER? ALRIGHT. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS TIARA MUNDY. 
          I'M A 12TH GRADER EMMANUEL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M A PROUD YOUTH LEADER WITH COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          AT MY SCHOOL, BLACK STUDENTS FACE DISCRIMINATION, HOME RELATED CHALLENGES, LACK OF FAMILY SUPPORT, AND A LACK OF ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL, WHICH NEGATIVELY AFFECTS OUR LEARNING. 
          BLACK STUDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE HAVE BEEN CALLED MANY RACIAL SLURS AND ARE OFTEN VIEWED NEGATIVELY ON OUR CAMPUSES. 
          I HAD A TEACHER MENTION THAT THEY GAVE UP TRYING TO TEACH NON-BLACK STUDENTS NOT TO SAY HURTFUL THINGS TO US BECAUSE THE TEACHERS DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WILL CHANGE. 
          THIS RESULTS IN BLACK STUDENTS VENTING IN CLASS ARE NOT WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL INSTEAD OF FEELING MOTIVATED TO DO WORK AND SHOW UP. 
          STRONG BSAP STAFF MEMBERS ARE WHERE BLACK STUDENTS FIND THE MOST SUPPORT. 
          THIS YEAR. 
          BSAP IS FUNDING HAS RESULTED IN HBCU COLLEGE TOUR AROUND THE US WITH TRANSPORTATION, HOTELS AND FOOD ALL PROVIDED. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A RESOURCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO GET EXPOSURE TO OTHER STATES THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ON THEIR OWN. 
          KNOWING MORE OPTIONS FOR COLLEGE AND SEEING WHAT'S OUT THERE IS IMPORTANT. 
          IT MAKES IT MORE LIKELY THAT STUDENT WILL PURSUE COLLEGE. 
          BSAP FUNDING ALSO BRINGS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LIKE PLAY BLACK WALL STREET PLUS ME IN THE CROWN WORKSHOP, WHICH HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO MY HAIR AND HOW HAIR CONNECTS TO A PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH. 
          ALL OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE TEACHING STUDENTS LIFELONG SKILLS. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS CRYING AT SCHOOL AND I WENT TO MY COUNSELOR. 
          SHE DID HER BEST, BUT SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY STRUGGLES AND HER ADVICE DID NOT RESONATE WITH ME. 
          THIS COUNSELOR DECIDED TO SEND ME TO MY B MY BSAP SOCIAL WORKER, MS. LOW. 
          THIS PSW WHO LOOKED LIKE ME AND SHARED SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HELPED ME THAT DAY. 
          AND BSAP FUNDING IS WHY WE HAVE HER. 
          WE URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO FULLY FUND AND PROTECT BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLAN. 
          BSAP PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK STUDENTS WHEN YOU AID BLACK STUDENTS TO AID ONE THIRD OF SOUTH LA STUDENTS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          SADE LOPEZ, SHADAY SHADAY, ARE YOU HERE? ALL RIGHT. 
          LOLA AR ROYAL MAIA. 
          OH, SHADAY. 
          SADE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS LEO AND MY NAME'S SADE. 
          AND WE ARE SENIORS AT KING DREW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE ON L D'S WEBSITE. 
          YOU IDENTIFY THAT BSAP WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF BLACK STUDENTS AND THE LONGSTANDING DISPARITIES IN EDUCATIONAL 
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OUTCOMES. 
          SO IF YOU CUT FUNDING FROM BSAP AND YOU, YOU ARE NOT JUST CUTTING A PROGRAM, YOU ARE CUTTING THE RESOURCES THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO ADDRESS THOSE DISPARITIES. 
          YOU ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE DISPARITIES EXIST. 
          SO WHY WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY THE SUPPORT MEN TO ADDRESS THEM? BSAP COUNSELORS, PWS AND SCHOOL CLIMATE ADVOCATES ARE NOT JUST POSITIONS ON A BUDGET SHEET. 
          THEY'RE REAL PEOPLE THAT STUDENTS DEPEND ON. 
          I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN ABLE TO USE THE SUPPORT FROM MY COUNSELORS AND PSW SO I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY STUDENT WHO HAS, THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE YOU CAN JUST CUT AND REPLACE. 
          THEY ARE PEOPLE WE RELY ON. 
          THEY ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR EDUCATION THAN I-READY HAS EVER BEEN. 
          I HAVE NEVER MET A STUDENT WHO TOLD ME THAT 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 AND THE DIFFERENT WEIGHT THAT CAN COME WITH SHOWING UP TO SCORE EVERY DAY. 
          SO IF L-E-U-S-Z IS SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE DISPARITIES IT HAS ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED, THEN FULLY FUND AND PROTECT VAP NO CUTS TO ITS POSITIONS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LOLA ARRO. 
          MACIAS, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS LOLA. 
          I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT MAYWOOD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS A STUDENT LEADER WITH STUDENTS DESERVE. 
          AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT YOU TO SIT WITH THE QUESTION WHY STUDENT ENROLLMENT SO LOW? NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT IT, LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT'S SO LOW. 
          STUDENTS FEEL UNSAFE GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE EVERY UNSAFE SPACE YOU ARE CUT. 
          YOU ARE TRYING TO CUT BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP AND ALREADY MADE PLANS TO DEFUND SUNNY WHEN THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE SO IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS AND HAVE LED THEM TO SUCCESS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE MAKES STUDENTS FEEL UNSAFE IN SCHOOLS? THE THREAT OF ICE TO OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          YOU ALL NEED TO FUND DREAM CENTERS BETTER SO WE CAN LET STUDENTS KNOW THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. YOU ALL NEED TO STOP WASTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THINGS LIKE IREADY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN A LAWSUIT FOR COLLECTING STUDENT DATA AND SELLING IT FOR PROFIT TO OTHER COMPANIES. 
          AND ALONG WITH A FAILED AI CHAT BOX NAMED ED AND EVEN FUNDING SCHOOL POLICE THAT GOES TO INTIMIDATING AND CRIMINALIZING OUR STUDENTS OR EVEN YONDER POUCHES THAT BARE, THAT ARE BARELY ENFORCED. 
          THAT PUT US INTO MORE DANGER THAN PROTECTING US. 
          DON'T LET LACO INTIMIDATE YOU TO CUT PRO TO CUTTING PROGRAMS LIKE THESE THAT BENEFIT US STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T THE ONES LIVING IN SCHOOLS. 
          WE ARE THE WE, THE STUDENTS ARE. 
          AND WHEN YOU CUT SUCH BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP, ANDS, YOU FACE THE CONSEQUENCE OF US LEAVING BECAUSE YOU DON'T PROTECT US WITH MORE MONEY BEING INVESTED IN PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP AND SUNNY AND DREAM CENTERS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE RISE IN ENROLLMENT BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL FEEL SAFE AND HEARD BY YOU KNOWING THAT YOU DON'T JUST CARE ABOUT US, BUT ARE WILLING TO GIVE US THE RESOURCES TO HELP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. 
          NOW WE'LL GO TO THOSE WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING REMOTELY. 
          AARON CRAIG, YOU'RE NOT ON LINE, BUT ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? AARON CRAIG? NO. 
          ALRIGHT, SO ANYA MEEN, 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. 
          ANYA. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS ANYA MEEN AND I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS BEYOND SCREEN. 
          AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD. 
          UM, TODAY WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE L-A-U-S-D REPORT OF CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTS AS THE COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT OF ALL TECH CONTRACTS REQUIRED BY THE USING TECHNOLOGY WITH INTENTION, RESO RESOLUTION. 
          THIS DOCUMENT, THOUGH, COVERING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN CONTRACTS, IS MISSING NUMEROUS MAJOR CONTRACTS THAT WE KNOW OF AND PROBABLY MANY MORE THAT WE DON'T KNOW OF, ALL OF WHICH SHOULD ADD UP TO THE CLOSE TO $2 BILLION IN OUTSIDE TECH CONTRACTS TRACKED BY UTLA. 
          BUDGETS ARE A STATEMENT OF PRIORITIES AND IT'S TIME TO EXAMINE WHAT GOES UNFUNDED WHEN WE CHOOSE TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ON UNPROVEN TECH LIKE BSAP, WHICH I'M ALWAYS SO MOVED TO HEAR ABOUT FROM OUR AMAZING STUDENT SPEAKERS AND LIKE WORKING AIR CONDITIONERS FOR OUR STUDENTS DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED HEAT WAVE. 
          DECADES OF RESEARCH SHOW THAT INVESTING IN AIR CONDITIONING HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING THAN GIVING EVERY STUDENT A LAPTOP. 
          WE ARE SPENDING MILLIONS ON TECHNOLOGY WHEN SIMPLER, CHEAPER SOLUTIONS WOULD HELP CHILDREN LEARN MORE. 
          AND WHAT ELSE IS GOING UNFUNDED? A BASIC FUNCTIONING FLEET OF SCHOOL BUSES THAT ACTUALLY SHOW UP TO TAKE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. 
          THE PARENTS SUPPORTING TEACHERS FACEBOOK GROUP IS A WATCH IN POSTS ABOUT CHILDREN WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUSES THAT NEVER COME AND THEN PARENTS SPENDING HOURS TRYING TO TRACK SOMEONE DOWN AT THE L-A-U-S-D TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WHERE NOBODY EVER PICKS UP THE PHONE AND THEN WAITING MONTHS FOR A REPLY. 
          THAT NEVER COMES. 
          IF WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE OUR ATTENDANCE CRISIS. 
          ONE PLACE TO START MIGHT BE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE BUSES TO TAKE KIDS TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING GIVEN AD'S, HISTORY OF WASTEFUL AND EVEN FRAUDULENT TECH SPENDING. 
          AUDITS OF TECH CONTRACTS 
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SHOULD BE ROUTINE, NOT SOMETHING THE BOARD AND PUBLIC HAS TO EXTRACT WITH SUCH GREAT DIFFICULTY OVER MANY MONTHS. 
          WE CALL ON THE BOARD TO REFUSE APPROVAL OF ANY NON-ESSENTIAL TECH EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE BENCH BEFORE YOU TODAY, UNTIL A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE TECH AUDIT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AND PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KHALID. 
          UH, I DON'T HAVE YOU ONLINE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          KHALID, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO WE NOW 
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GO TO TAB 10, UH, APPROVAL OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE IT MOVED BY BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON SECOND, SECONDED BY MS. UH, NEW BILL. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TAB. 
          THIS IS TAB 10. 
          THERE'S FOUR FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MIKE BOGGIO. 
          MIKE B, COME ON UP. 
          I KNOW HIM. 
          AND THEN FOLLOWING, UH, MIKE B IS JOSE VELAZQUEZ. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HELLO, BOARD. 
          MY NAME IS MIKE BOGGIO, A PARENT. 
          I'M HERE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK BEING DONE TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW SCREEN TIME POLICY AND TO WARN YOU ABOUT VERY EXPENSIVE ED TECH CONTRACTS THAT FAIL TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST, WHICH IS THE MISSION OF THIS BOARD. 
          THE FIVE VENDORS TO RECONSIDER AGE OF LEARNING INC TARGETS TWO TO SIX YEAR OLDS WITH AI-BASED GAMIFIED APPS LIKE A, B, C MOUSE. 
          THESE KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON SCREENS ANYWAY. 
          WHY RENEW THEIR CONTRACT? THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SUED THEM SUCCESSFULLY FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING AND BILLING BETTER BUSINESS. 
          MR. B, WE'RE GONNA PAUSE YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND NOISE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO AS, JUST AS THE FOLKS QUIETLY MAKE THEIR WAY, WE'LL JUST TAKE A LITTLE INTENTIONALITY BREATHER. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S, LET'S GO FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, FIVE VENDORS TO RECONSIDER, UH, AGE OF LEARNING INC. 
          WHICH IS ONE OF THE VENDORS YOU'RE LOOKING AT. 
          TARGETS TWO TO TWO TO SIX YEAR OLDS WITH AI BASED GAMIFIED APPS LIKE A, B, C MOUSE. 
          UH, THESE KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON SCREENS, SO PLEASE DON'T RENEW THAT CONTRACT. 
          THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SUED THEM SUCCESSFULLY FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING AND BILLING. 
          BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU GIVES 'EM A ONE STAR OUT OF FIVE, $3.2 MILLION SPENT RECENTLY. 
          PLEASE DON'T RENEW. 
          AMIRA LEARNING INC. 
          HAS AI POWERED READING COACH FOR PRE-K TO THIRD GRADERS. 
          IT RECORDS THEIR VOICES AND BIOMETRIC DATA FOR READING ANALYSIS. 
          TEACHERS ACROSS AMERICA COMPLAIN AMIRA CONSISTENTLY MARK STUDENTS WRONG WHEN THEY ARE RIGHT AND VICE VERSA. 
          IT'S PRONE TO ERRORS AROUND DIALECTS, ACCENTS, LISPS, SOFT SPEECH, EVEN MISSING TEETH, WHICH A LOT OF K THROUGH THIRDS HAVE, UH, $2.1 MILLION SPENT. 
          PLEASE DON'T RENEW CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES. 
          I-READY YOU GUYS. 
          EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TERRIBLE THAT IS. 
          SUED FOR PRIVACY VIOLATIONS. 
          UH, ONE SMALL NOTE ABOUT THEM IS THAT DURING MANDATED ASSESSMENTS, STUDENTS CAN'T SKIP DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND RETURN TO THEM LATER LIKE WE USED TO ON THE SCANTRONS. 
          AND THAT AFFECTS TEST SCORES, UH, DISCOVERY EDUCATION INC. 
          UH, INSTEAD OF HANDS-ON INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, DISCOVERY IS PASSIVE MEDIA CONSUMPTION. 
          THIS IS WHY CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ARE ON THE DECLINE. 
          $8 MILLION SPENT, PLEASE CONSIDER NOT RENEWING AND I XL LEARNING INC. 
          IS BEING SUED FOR SELLING BEHAVIOR PREDICTIONS, TRACKING USERS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE PLATFORM AND RETAINS UNLIMITED RIGHTS TO STUDENT CREATED CONTENT FOR PROFIT. 
          THEY'RE KNOWN FOR STRESSING KIDS LITERALLY TO TEARS WITH HARSH PENALTIES FOR WRONG ANSWERS, AND DOESN'T PROVIDE EXPLANATIONS OR ANY INSTRUCTIONAL INPUT. 
          OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BLOCKED IXL LEARNING THAT $7 MILLION SPENT ON THEM SO FAR. 
          PLEASE DON'T RENEW. 
          THAT'S ALMOST $24 MILLION IN CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT, UH, ON VENDORS THAT ALL PUT STUDENT PRIVACY AT RISK FOR NO OBSERVABLE LEARNING BENEFIT. 
          UH, PLEASE DO NOT PROCURE THESE CONTRACTS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          JOSE VELAZQUEZ, ARE YOU HERE? JOSE V COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          OH, PLEASE. 
          NO RUNNING. 
          I'M KIDDING. 
          I MEAN, I'M NOT KIDDING, BUT QUE NO. 
          SOME OF YOU KNOW ME. 
          I'M A PRINCIPAL AT OEO STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I'VE BEEN SPENDING ABOUT FOUR YEARS WORKING WITH THE DATA OF IREADY. 
          I AM RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MANY OF MY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM. 
          I WANNA MAKE THE CASE THAT IN FACT, IT HELPED ME. 
          I'VE BEEN SERVING ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN FOR OVER 49 YEARS IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. 
          I WAS A DATA TRACKER AT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND I WAS AN ANALYST FOR LA UNIFIED. 
          LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY. 
          WHAT I WANT IS FOR CHILDREN 
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OF POVERTY TO HAVE ACCESS, AND I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THAT FIGHT FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 
          I'D ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING IN THE HANDS OF A RESPONSIBLE EDUCATOR, WHICH I HAVE AT MY SCHOOL SITE WITH TEACHERS, WE HAVE WORKED AT BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO I RESPECTFULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, AND I DO WANT TO HONOR THE FACT SCREEN TIME, BUT LET ME MAKE THE COUNTERPOINT. 
          WE WORK WITH TEACHERS BUILDING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES BASED UPON THAT DATA. 
          I HAVE MET WITH PARENTS FOR ONE HOUR TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THE RESULTS FOR SELF-EFFICACY AND AWARENESS. 
          ABSOLUTELY SOCIAL, EMOTIONALLY TIED. 
          I ADVOCATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MY PATH TO BE A MECHANISM OF BUILDING CAPACITY. 
          CARLA HERE REPRESENTS MY COMMUNITY, BUT MANY OF YOU REPRESENT THE NEED THAT I REPRESENT ENGLISH LEARNERS, CHILDREN OF POVERTY. 
          I ASK YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHER VIEWPOINTS AND TO CONSIDER THE WORK OF A PRINCIPLE FIGHTING FOR CHILDREN. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TWO REMOTE SPEAKERS. 
          KATE MINES. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE CARLA, MUTE YOURSELF. 
          KATE MINES. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE SURE CAN. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          HI, MY NAME IS KATE MINES AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO RIVERSIDE DRIVE CHARTER IN MR. SEN'S, DISTRICT THREE. 
          I'VE TRIED TO REACH YOU VIA PHONE AND EMAIL WITH NO RESPONSE, AND ALL THE LINKS ON YOUR SOCIAL ON YOUR WEBSITE ARE DISABLED. 
          SO HERE I AM IN THIS MEETING TO ASK YOU TO RESTORE THE $7 MILLION AFFILIATED CHARTER BLOCK GRANT THAT WAS CUT FROM THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN. 
          AS MR. MELVOIN SAID IN TODAY'S MEETING, CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE AND HIGH ACHIEVEMENT. 
          RIVERSIDE DRIVE ADDED MORE THAN 20 STUDENTS THIS YEAR ALONE. 
          SO IF YOU, SO IF WE ARE GROWING AND BRINGING IN REVENUE, THEN WHY ARE WE BEING PUNISHED FOR IT? I HEARD THESE STUDENTS SPEAK EARLIER IN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT NOT WANTING TO ATTEND SCHOOL. 
          AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AT OUR CHARTER SCHOOL, OUR KIDS LOVE TO ATTEND. 
          MY SON LEFT HIS PREVIOUS SCHOOL BECAUSE OF BULLYING AND THAT STOPPED AT HIS CHARTER SCHOOL. 
          AT OUR SCHOOL. 
          THAT GRANT PAYS FOR SMALLER CLASS SIZES OF STUDENT SUPPORT COORDINATOR AND SUPERVISION. 
          AIDES LOSING IT MEANS FEWER TEACHERS, LARGER, FEWER TEACHERS, LARGER CLASS SIZES, AND FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS. 
          THIS CUT ALSO IGNORES THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS OUR FAMILIES ARE LIVING THROUGH. 
          WITHOUT THE BLOCK GRANT, OUR FAMILIES WOULD HAVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. 
          AS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, WE SIMPLY CANNOT RAISE MORE FUNDS. 
          YET TODAY, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO ADD $8 MILLION TO AN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT FOR CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES, AKA I-READY, AND OTHER VENDORS WITH NO BREAKDOWN BY VENDOR BOARD MEMBER RIVAS HERSELF SAID, I HAVE YET TO HEAR A POSITIVE COMMENT FROM THE IMPACT OF I-READY, ALONG WITH SO MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT HOW MUCH EVERYONE HATES I-READY. 
          HOW DO WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY FOR ED TECH, BUT NO MONEY TO PAY TEACHERS AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS? IF I WANTED TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH MY KIDS, I COULD HOMESCHOOL THEM AND PUT THEM ON A DEVICE. 
          MANY PARENTS MAY CHOOSE TO DO THAT IF YOU CONTINUE IN THIS, IN THIS DIRECTION. 
          THESE ARE L-A-U-S-D PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS. 
          STAND WITH OUR FAMILIES, NOT BIG TECH AND KEEP FUNDING OUR BELOVED CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, NINA LECHER, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          NINA L PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          NINA L HELLO. 
          THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UM, HEAR MY PHONE CALL. 
          UM, MY KIDS GO TO PAUL REVERE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND, UM, THEY HAVE TRIED TO IMPLEMENT SOME NEW CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE, THE NEW SCREEN TIME POLICY, WHICH I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SUPPORT MYSELF. 
          I NOTICED MANY OF THE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE SUPPLIES FOR LIKE PAPER AND, UM, BOOKS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS, AND I'VE GONE OUT AND BOUGHT IT MYSELF AND HAND DELIVERED, UH, STACKS OF PAPER FOR THEM TO JUST BRIDGE THIS GAP TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS NEW POLICY. 
          UM, IT WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE, THE TECH CONTRACT, UM, DOCUMENTS THAT YOU, UH, PROVIDED FOR US MISSING SO MANY MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE TECH CONTRACTS ARE AND HOW WHERE SPENDING IS IS GOING TO GO. 
          UM, IT'S ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT IREADY WASN'T MENTIONED, UH, ON THERE, AND THAT YOU WANT TO LIKE RENEW A CONTRACT WITH THEM. 
          UH, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE. 
          , PLEASE SUPPORT THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE MAKING. 
          UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHER, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WANTED, WANT ACCESS AND, AND I'D LOVE TO EXPLORE THAT MORE. 
          BUT I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT IREADY DOES NOT HELP MOST STUDENTS, AND IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT HELP MY, UH, CHILDREN. 
          UM, I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID TODAY ABOUT PBIS AND ALSO LIKE THE FUNDING AND THE BUDGET. 
          AND WHAT I HEAR OVERALL IS THAT HAVING A SHARED UNDERSTANDING, TRANSPARENCY, WHOLE SYSTEM BUY-IN IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS. 
          SO I ASK YOU TO, AGAIN, 
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BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT YOUR TECH CONTRACTS. 
          LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THESE CHILDREN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOW TIME FOR BOARD QUESTIONS. 
          I HAVE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, DR. RIVAS, MS. REGO, AND MR. MELVOIN. 
          I'LL START IT OFF. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS FOR ITEM F, THE CEDAR-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, UM, ITEM. 
          HI, MR. FRIEDMAN. 
          UM, JUST WANNA SAY THAT IT'S GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE LISTED HERE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM STUDENT FOR STUDENT ATHLETE AND HEALTH AND CAREER EXPLORATION. 
          UM, BUT I, I WANNA KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON, MR. FREEMAN, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMEBODY, UM, OR IF NOT SOMEBODY ELSE, HOW DO WE EXPAND ACCESS TO CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND SPORTS MEDICINE INTERNSHIPS, OR AT LEAST THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED BY CEDAR SINAI, UM, AND BOARD DISTRICT TWO, AND ALSO ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          COULD WE WORK WITH OTHER UNIVERSITY AND HEALTHCARE PARTNERS SUCH AS USCS, CAC, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, OR OTHERS TO BRING THESE RESOURCES, UH, TO SCHOOLS WITH, UM, HIGHEST UNMET NEEDS? UH, BOARD MEMBER RIVA? I'LL ANSWER. 
          UH, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THE NEED IS GREAT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL SERVICE, BUT IT'S BEEN CULTIVATED OVER MANY, MANY YEARS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESSES OF TALKING TO OTHER HOSPITALS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD, UH, DONATE THE FUNDS BECAUSE THEY, THEY TAKE ON ALL THE FUNDING AND, AND IT CAN BE QUITE EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, ABOUT $600,000 PER SCHOOL, UH, PER PROGRAM. 
          SO IT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION. 
          BUT, UM, YES, WE ARE, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING IT WITH THOSE ENTITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          YES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO EXPAND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO SEE THE BENEFITS JUST AS, AS USING CEDAR SINAI AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANKS. 
          OH, SURE. 
          UM, ON THAT ONE, I WILL JUST NOTE I'M, I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT DR. 
          REVIS. 
          I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THAT ONE I THINK, TOOK, UM, MONTHS LONGER TO GET OVER THE FINISH LINE THAN MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE, AND IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HAD HEARD FROM CEDARS, UH, ABOUT, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES OF SOMETIMES WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING SUPERINTENDENT THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND, UH, AFTER LIKE MONTHS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, FINALLY THEY REACHED OUT TO A BOARD OFFICE 'CAUSE IT JUST WASN'T GETTING UNSTUCK. 
          AND THAT WAS, AS DR. 
          RE WAS DESCRIBED, AND, AND MR. SPICE SPICER, UM, DR. 
          SPICER A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          SO JUST A KIND OF MY KIND OF MONTHLY NOTE THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO BE A BETTER PARTNER AND MAKE IT EASIER TO SAY YES. 
          UM, MY QUESTION AND COMMENT, UM, IS AROUND, UH, ITEM C. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THE TEAM'S HERE, SO THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED IN MY REQUEST, UH, UNTIL WE HAD THE REPORT OF CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. FREEMAN AND TEAM FOR, UH, SUBMITTING THAT TO THE BOARD AND POSTING IT ONLINE. 
          I DO HAVE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT WHAT THAT REPORT INCLUDES OR WHAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE, UM, INCLUDING SOME, UH, MISSING CONTRACTS FROM CORE CURRICULUM THAT HAVE AN ONLINE TECH COMPONENT LIKE A-C-K-L-A OR EUREKA. 
          UM, I THINK SOME OF THE CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES ASSESSMENTS, SO I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE AN UPDATED VERSION COMING SOON THAT UPDATES SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND CLARIFIES FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I ALSO KNOW THAT THE SCREEN TIME RESOLUTION CALLS FOR, UH, A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ON I-READY, UM, AS WE HEARD FROM SOME CALLERS AND SPEAKERS HERE, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GIVE, UM, A QUICK UPDATE, WELL, I GUESS THREE, THREE THINGS. 
          AN UPDATE ON THE KIND OF AUDIT, AN UPDATE ON THE I I-READY CONVERSATION. 
          UM, AND THEN KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A TIMING CHALLENGE HERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SCHOOLS WHO ARE USING, I KNOW SOUND TRAP IS THE ONE I MENTIONED LAST TIME, WHICH A MUSIC SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          UM, JUST CLARIFYING WHAT THE 7.9 MILLION, UH, IS USED FOR TODAY. 
          THIS ISN'T KIND OF, UH, THIS ISN'T APPROVING A, A NEW BENCH OR KIND OF DISCREETLY PULLING VENDORS OFF THE BENCH OR ADDING NEW ONES. 
          IT'S JUST KIND OF A CAPACITY INCREASE FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE REQUESTED IT. 
          UM, SO THOSE WOULD BE MY THREE, THE AUDIT, THE IREADY CONVERSATION, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY WHAT THIS ACTION IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. 
          I CAN START OFF WITH THE IREADY AS PART OF THE BOARD RESOLUTION. 
          THERE IS CURRENTLY A SURVEY THAT WILL BE CLOSING ON OCTOBER 16TH. 
          OUR PLAN IS TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS IN THE SURVEY BY DECEMBER, UM, THE COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE OR BOARD MEETING IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE RESOLUTION. 
          AND, UM, MATT CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF, UM, THE REPORT. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UH, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE CONTRACTS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE ACTUAL LIST, UM, THAT, UH, 
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THAT WORK WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN D-O-I-I-T-S AND OURSELVES. 
          UM, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE GONNA GO BACK, MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS INTENDED FROM THE RESOLUTION AND COME BACK WITH THE FULLEST. 
          UM, SPECIFIC TO THE, THE BENCH AND WHAT'S BEING APPROVED HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IT'S FOR FOUR SEPARATE VENDORS, UH, CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES, IXL, SOUND, TRAP AND PLAY VS. 
          WHICH IS HIGH SCHOOL ESPORTS. 
          UH, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT OR ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF, OF DOLLARS THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL SITE PURCHASES IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT 1.3 MILLION OF THIS TWO 2.2 MILLION. 
          2.2 MILLION, CORRECT. 
          IS FOR SCHOOL SITE PURCHASES OF ANYTHING ON THE BENCH. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT THE BULK OF THEM FUNDING IS TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY FOR THOSE, THE ONES YOU JUST MENTIONED. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND WHAT I'LL NOTE TOO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AS THE AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION AND, UH, BEING CONCERNED AND, AND JOINING THE PARENTS AND THEY'RE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE THE DISTRICT CREDIT, THEY'VE MOVED, WE, WE'VE MOVED, YOU KNOW, OFTEN IT'S WITH ALL UNIFIED, IT'S LIKE NAVIGATING AN OIL TANKER OR A, A MORE HOPEFULLY, UH, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SHIP. 
          BUT, UM, I'LL SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE MOVED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR. 
          THANKS IN PART TO A LOT OF THE PARENT ADVOCACY, INCLUDING SOME FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY ABOUT OUR LIMITS AND AROUND AI. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS WHO ARE USING SOUND TRAP, WHO ARE USING MYPATH, WHO ARE USING I-READY. 
          UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT TOO ABOUT NOT LIKE PULLING THE, THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THEM. 
          AND SO I THINK WITH THIS ITEM, YOU KNOW, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, I DID THINK WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS ITEM AFTER THE AUDIT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE REASON I'LL LIKELY SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR ONE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THAT, WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE TEACHERS THAT ARE USING THIS, UH, AND AT LEAST WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS. 
          AND WE DON'T WANNA PULL THINGS MIDSTREAM. 
          UM, BUT IT IS, IT IS A BIT IN OUS AS PART OF THE BROADER, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          LIKE, THERE'S THIS BROADER PUSH AND YET WHAT'S GOING ON? AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST THE TENSION IS THAT WE'RE MOVING A WHOLE SYSTEM KINDA AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT WE'VE RELIED ON FOR SO LONG. 
          SO THERE ARE GONNA BE VESTIGES OF THIS. 
          THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF CONFLATION WITH THINGS LIKE IREADY AND THEN THE TECH PIECE AND ALL THAT. 
          SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH ADVOCATES ON THE OUTSIDE. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT DISTRICT STAFF IS DOING AS THIS IS EVOLVING QUICKLY. 
          THE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT MS. EZ CHAIRS AND THAT MS. FRANKLIN, ORTIZ FRANKLIN AND I ARE, ARE ON, HAS MET ONCE, I THINK HAD SOME PROACTIVE CONVERSATIONS, UH, IN THAT ONE MEETING, UH, AND ONE CONTINUE MEETING. 
          AND SO, UM, IT'S EVOLVING, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSIVENESS TO THE BOARD, APPRECIATE, UH, THE PUBLIC'S ADVOCACY, UM, AND ALSO HELPING US SEE WHAT WE CAN'T SEE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SCHOOLS OR WHAT MIGHT BE ON THE WEBSITE OR WHAT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE. 
          SO, UM, AND, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TEAM. 
          I KNOW THAT IT PUT SOME SCHOOLS IN A TOUGH POSITION FOR A MONTH, UM, AND, AND FOR SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS THAT TEACHERS DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR DELAYING IT UNTIL WE COULD AT LEAST SEE HOW IT FITS IN THE BROADER HOLE. 
          OKAY, CARLA, THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M WONDERING ABOUT ITEM C AS WELL. 
          THIS IS FOR A ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE CONTRACTS CAME TO THE BOARD LAST YEAR AS A, A BENCH CONTRACTOR FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR IS SPECIFIC TO THE, THE EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD OCCUR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS LESS THE 2.2 MILLION WHICH WE'RE ALLOCATING TO SCHOOL-BASED PURCHASES, THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY NEXT YEAR IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE WITH ANY OF THESE SERVICES. 
          AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE ONES THAT SCHOOLS HAVE REQUESTED OR THERE WAS HIGH USAGE, OR HOW DID YOU DETERMINE, BECAUSE IF CENTRALLY WE'RE ONLY FUNDING FOUR, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN FOUR HERE, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE? SO WHEN THE BENCH WAS DETERMINED LAST YEAR, UM, IT WAS BASED ON A, A SCORING CRITERIA THAT, UH, DOI IS SPONSORS WOULD'VE SAID. 
          UM, AND THAT INCLUDED A NUMBER OR THE BENCH OF FIRMS, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN UNUSED THROUGHOUT LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THE INTENT, UM, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THERE MAY BE, UM, SOME OF THESE, THESE VENDORS OR SERVICES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN USED SINCE THE BENCH WAS PROVIDED. 
          BUT OVERALL, THIS IS THE AVAILABLE ACCESS OF CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL SITES OR CENTRAL CENTRALLY FUNDED PURCHASING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN IN REGARDS TO COMMENT THAT WAS MADE, P THIS IS FOR PIA, UM, THEY SAID, WERE ANY OF THESE LOOKED AT THESE, UH, CONTRACTS SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALIGNED WITH THE, UH, NEW POLICY? YES, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITERIA. 
          AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SCREEN TIME POLICY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN THERE SHOULD BE NO, UH, USAGE FOR THE LITTLE ONES, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THE TK TO THAT IS CORRECT. 
          YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, LEMME SEE WHAT ELSE I HAVE. 
          I GUESS THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
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NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON TAB 10. 
          LET'S VOTE. 
          MS. NEWBELL, SHE JUST STEPPED OUT. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES, BUT ABSTAIN ON ITEM C. 
          EXTENSION ON ITEM C. 
          ONE MOMENT WITH MY NOTES. 
          UH, MR. MELVOIN? YES. 
          UH, MS. CREGO? YES AND NO. 
          ON ITEM C, THAT'S A YES ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT ITEM C. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MS. CONEZ IS ABSENT. 
          MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN IS NOT HERE. 
          UH, BOARD PRESIDENT MOSA? YES. 
          YES. 
          AS TO ALL. 
          SO WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 VOTES. 
          MS. AVILA. 
          OH, MS. AVILA? YES. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YES. 
          WE HAVE, UH, FOUR, FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES, UH, AND ONE AFFIRMATIVE ADVISORY VOTE. 
          UM, WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION, UM, AND ONE NO ON ITEM C. 
          SO ITEM C UH, AS OF THIS MOMENT IS NOT PASSING, JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE. 
          SO MISS NEW BILL, YEAH, RIGHT. 
          AND MISS NEW BILL HAS TO VOTE. 
          AND, UH, MS. ORTIZ, FRANKLIN MAY, MAY ALSO VOTE. 
          SO WE'LL KEEP THE ROLL OPEN ON THAT. 
          SO NOW WE'RE ON TO TAB 14. 
          OH, HI. 
          HI. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE VOTING ON TAB 10. 
          UH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, A FULL YES FROM MS. NEWBELL. 
          A FULL YES. 
          FROM MR. MELVOIN AND A FULL YES. 
          UM, FROM BOARD PRESIDENT MOLSON LEAVING US STILL SHY OF VOTE FOR, UH, FOR ITEM C I'M HERE. 
          OH, THERE YOU'RE OUTSTANDING. 
          SORRY, I YES ON EVERYTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, ALRIGHT. 
          SO THE, THE ENTIRE BOAT PASSES. 
          UM, CAN I, UH, WHILE I HAVE YOU, UM, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN COLLECT ANOTHER VOTE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, HOW DO YOU VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OH, YES, YES. 
          ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO TAB EIGHT. 
          HOW DO YOU THAT IS THE, UM, HOUSING? YES, THAT'S A YES ON EIGHT. 
          UH, AND THEN GOING TO TAB, UH, 10, WHICH WE GOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOW WE'RE ON TO TAB 
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14. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOVE IT? WELL, IS THIS YOUR RESOLUTION? DON'T MOVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SINCE IT IS YOUR RESOLUTION, DR. 
          REVA IS GOING TO TAKE THE CHAIR . 
          UM, AND, AND AS SHE HAS THE CHAIR NOW YOU MAY MOVE IT, MOVE IT OUTSTANDING AND A SECOND. 
          OKAY, LET'S GO FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, IN JULY, 2023, GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED SB ONE 14, WHICH REQUIRES SCREENING STUDENTS WITH READING DIFFICULTIES, ESPECIALLY DYSLEXIA. 
          AND SINCE THAT BILL WAS SIGNED, L-A-U-S-D HAS IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, AND STAFF. 
          SO THE TEACHERS, SO THAT STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE WITH DYSLEXIA CAN PERFORM AT HIGH LEVELS IN ELA AND MATH. 
          HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, AND THAT'S WHY I WISH TO BRING AND CONTINUE TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION. 
          DYSLEXIA AND READING DIFFICULTIES ARE UNFORTUNATELY, HIGHLY STIGMATIZED IN SOCIETY TODAY. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THIS STIGMA, CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA MAY FEEL EMBARRASSED OR ASHAMED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO READ OR SPEAK IN CLASS, WHICH MAY LEAD TO LESS PARTICIPATION IN CLASS OF ROOM ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO THESE STUDENTS SHOULD NOT FEEL EMBARRASSED OR ASHAMED. 
          MANY INSTANCES OF DYSLEXIA DEVELOPMENT ARE GENETIC AND BIOLOGICAL, WHILE OTHERS ARE DUE TO INJURY. 
          AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT THEIR FAULT. 
          OUR STRATEGIC PLAN CALLS FOR STUDENTS IN VARIOUS GRADES TO BE PROFICIENT IN ELA BY THE YEAR 2030, BUT WE WILL NOT GET THERE IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THE STIGMA ITSELF. 
          AND THAT IS WHY IN THIS RESOLUTION, I CALL FOR ALL PARENTS CENTERS TO DEDICATE THE ENTIRETY OF OCTOBER TO EDUCATING PARENTS ABOUT THE SIGNS, THE STIGMAS, AND 
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THE PROCEDURES OF DYSLEXIA, AS WELL AS INFORMING THEM ABOUT THE SCREENING PROCESS FOR READING DIFFICULTIES. 
          PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THESE SCREENINGS, THOUGH IT IS THE DISTRICT'S JOB TO PUT THEIR MINDS AT EASE, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DO NOT NEED TO DO SO, AND SHOW THEM WHERE THEIR CHILD STANDS REGARDING READING DIFFICULTIES AND DYSLEXIA. 
          I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME NOT ONLY IN ACKNOWLEDGING DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH, BUT ALSO IN OUR MISSION TO DE-STIGMATIZE IT. 
          SO NOW I'M HAPPY TO INVITE MY CO-SPONSOR, BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, SCOTT. 
          UM, AND, AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A REAL IMPORTANT PIECE, AND AS A DYSLEXIA AWARENESS WEEK AS WE START THIS IN OCTOBER 8TH, UM, AND WORLD DYSLEXIA AWARENESS DAY, THIS ISN'T JUST, UM, SYMBOLIC, UM, GESTURE. 
          IT'S A VITAL MECHANISM AS MENTIONED, UM, FOR ALIGNING OUR DISTRICT'S POLICY STATE AND PARENTAL EMPOWERMENT. 
          DYSLEXIA IMPACTS ABOUT 90% OF OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. 
          YET STUDENTS AND DYSLEXIA POSSESS IMMENSE STRENGTH AND HIGH LEVEL COGNITIVE FUNCTION. 
          THEIR CRITICAL THINKERS, THEIR CREATORS, PROBLEM SOLVERS. 
          SO THIS RESOLUTION ENSURES THAT WE CELEBRATE THOSE STRENGTHS WHILE ADDRESSING THIS EDUCATIONAL BARRIER. 
          THE BOARD HAD PREVIOUSLY HISTORICAL STEPS, AS YOU MENTIONED, ADOPTING THIS UNIVERSAL, UH, SCREENER INSTRUMENT. 
          BUT THIS RESOLUTION DIRECTLY BUILDS UPON THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HELPS US L-A-U-S-D SEAMLESSLY COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA'S SENATE BILL, WHICH MANDATES READING, UH, SCREENING OF DYSLEXIA FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME 'CAUSE AS I HAVE, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AND STRUGGLED INITIALLY, AND TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT IT WAS, AND TO SEE THEM BLOSSOM AFTER THAT IS AMAZING. 
          AND SHE IS NOW A JUNIOR IN COLLEGE, AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO DETECT, YOU ARE ABLE TO, UH, OVERCOME AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO I AM SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SPONSOR THIS WITH YOU. 
          ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? GO AHEAD, DR. RIVAS. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, ARE THERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? I TAKE THAT BACK. 
          GO AHEAD, DR. RIVAS US. 
          GO AHEAD, NICK. 
          OH, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF I COULD BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR, UH, AND APPRECIATE, UH, YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS, UM, UH, AND GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO APPROPRIATE SCREEN STUDENTS FOR DYSLEXIA AND OTHER READING DIFFICULTIES, UM, AND RAISING AWARENESS, UH, TO DE-STIGMATIZE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SUPPORT OUR, OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU, MS. GRL, IF YOU WANNA THANK YOU. 
          AND YES, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT THERE IS A PROGRAM CALLED IDEC. 
          HAVE YOU HEARD OF IDEC? AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM FOR KIDS WHO HAVE DYSLEXIA, BUT ALSO FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE A READING DISABILITY, RIGHT? AND I, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WISH WE HAD MORE FUNDING FOR BECAUSE IT DOES WORK. 
          IT WORKS A LOT AND, AND IT'S, UM, STUDENTS HAVE TO BE SELECTED IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          BUT ALSO, UM, JUST, UH, WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE ANY, ANY, UH, BARRIER TO ACCESSING CURRICULUM, IT DOESN'T ONLY IMPACT US, UM, IN OUR GRADES IF WE'RE A STUDENT, BUT SOCIAL EMOTIONALLY IN OUR SELF-ESTEEM REALLY IMPACTS US. 
          SO I, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE UPLIFTING THIS, AND I THINK THAT ANYTIME THAT WE UPLIFT SOMETHING THROUGH A RESOLUTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S A REMINDER TO US ABOUT THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU, UM, SCOTT, FOR BRINGING THIS AND, UM, ALSO FOR, UH, SPEAKING TO THE NEED OF OUR PARENT CENTERS AS BEING, UH, RESOURCE HUBS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES. 
          YOU AND, UH, DR. 
          RE AND I SIT ON THE, ON THE SPECIAL ED COMMITTEE, AND A LOT OF OUR PARENTS HAVE CALLED FOR MORE SUPPORT ABOUT, UM, IEPS OR ANYTHING AROUND SPECIAL EDUCATION, UM, OR ANY, ANY ELIGIBILITY THAT IS OUT THERE. 
          SO, UM, USING THE PARENT CENTERS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION IS, IS VERY KEY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, OUR PRINCIPALS ARE CRUCIAL LEADERS TO OUR SCHOOL SITES, AND THEY ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS MOVE TOGETHER. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UM, AND THEY, THEY ALSO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT OUR PARENTS CENTERS ARE, ARE, 
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UH, FULLY STAFFED AND ENSURE THAT OUR REPS HAVE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THIS AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE AT IT AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          , YOU CAN THANK HER FOR YOURSELF. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MS. UH, TANYA ORTIZ, FRANKLIN WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          SHE'S THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL PASS IT ON TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, MS. AVILA. 
          OKAY. 
          FIRST, I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UM, HAVING THIS RESOLUTION. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY THAT THIS RESOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND E EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION. 
          ALSO, ACCOMMODATIONS AND FAMILY EDUCATION. 
          I JUST THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS MAKING SURE FAMILIES KNOW WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          UM, THE RESOLUTION DOES MENTION THE SB ONE 14 SCREENING AND THE PARENT CENTER EDUCATION. 
          SO MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW IS L-A-U-S-D GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION REACHES FAMILIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT? BUT I DO THINK THIS RESOLUTION IS AMAZING AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE CO-SPONSORED AS WELL. 
          AND PLEASE ADD ME ALSO, MR. SCHMO, AS A CO-SPONSOR AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT, UM, IT WAS ALL IN PERSON. 
          IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON TAB 14? I BELIEVE EVERYONE LEFT, SCOTT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS, ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THAT BRINGS US TO, UM, THE VOTE ON TAB 14. 
          UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MR. MELVIN? YES. 
          MS. GGO? YES. 
          MS. EZ IS ABSENT. 
          UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          UH, BOARD OF PRESIDENT SCHON? YES. 
          AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT, THIS BRINGS US TO 
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TAB, UH, 15. 
          SO THE CHAIR REMAINS WITH, UH, DR. 
          YES. 
          SO, MR. SCHROEN, UH, YOUR RESOLUTION ON NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT? THERE WE GO. 
          OH, I CAN'T MOVE IT. 
          NO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MOVE IT. 
          THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL MOVE IT. 
          AND MR. MELVIN, YOU SECONDED? THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IT'S LATE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO IT IS, THIS IS CALLED, UH, NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH 2026. 
          SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION. 
          AND I'M SORRY THAT MARIA NICHOLS IS OUT THERE. 
          SHE'S NOT THERE. 
          SHE WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW LONG CAN SHE STAY HERE? RIGHT. 
          IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING OCTOBER, 2026 AS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH IN L-A-U-S-D. 
          AND L-A-U-S-D IS DIVERSE IN MANY RESPECTS, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CULTURE OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND PRINCIPLES MUST ACCLIMATE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND I HAVE SEEN HOW INTERESTED AND COMMITTED THEY ARE TO LISTENING TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND OTHERS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SOME EVEN GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA. 
          IN ESSENCE, THEY WORK HARD AND THEY DO A LOT BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP EVERYTHING RUNNING. 
          BUT IF TEACHERS CAN TEACH AND CAFETERIA WORKERS CAN PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND BUILDINGS AND GROUND WORKERS HAVE THE SUPPLIES TO KEEP THE SCHOOL CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE, AND A PRINCIPAL ENSURES THAT IT ALL RUNS SMOOTHLY. 
          AND I ESPECIALLY WANNA GIVE A, A SHOUT OUT TO THE ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATORS OF A A LA TEAMSTERS WHO HAVE SHOWN TO BE GREAT LABOR PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY CO-SPONSOR, AGAIN, BOARD MEMBER NEW BILL TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF SHE CHOOSES TO DO SO. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, SCOTT. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, PRINCIPALS ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF, OF OUR SCHOOL. 
          THEY HAVE A BIG JOB, BUT IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED NOW I FEEL LIKE. 
          UM, I MEAN, MY PRINCIPAL WAS A PRINCIPAL FOR 18 YEARS, ONE 18 YEARS, AND I DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE I THINK THE JOB IS JUST THAT MUCH MORE TASKING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT WE WANT TO LIFT YOU UP. 
          YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST AN ADMINISTRATOR. 
          YOU HAVE VISION FOR OUR FUTURE. 
          YOU CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS. YOU'RE AN EXPERT IN RESOLVING CONFLICT. 
          YOU BUILD OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU ARE THE BIGGEST SUPPORTERS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF. 
          YOU COME EARLY IN THE MORNING, YOU GREET OUR STUDENTS BY NAME, MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME AND SAFE. 
          YOU ARE PROBABLY THE LAST TO LEAVE AT NIGHT, EITHER FINISHING REPORTS OR CHEERING THEM ON AT A TEAM GAME AFTER SCHOOL EVENT. 
          AND WHEN A TEACHER NEEDS HELP, YOU'RE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          IF A PARENT HAS A CONCERN, YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT THEY CAN TRUST. 
          AND WHEN PROBLEMS COME UP, YOU DEAL WITH THEM CALMLY, WHICH SETS THE TONE FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING AND COMMUNITY. 
          THE WAY YOU LEAD CAN BE A BIG EFFECT ON OUR CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
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YOU MAKE OUR CLASSROOMS PLACES WHERE EVERYONE FEELS HAPPY AND WELCOME AND WHERE STUDENTS CAN LEARN A LOT. 
          AND SO IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORTH THIS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT YOU SHOW TO OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR FAMILIES, AND HOW YOU MAKE THEM FEEL. 
          AND BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AND FROM OUR DISTRICT TO ALL OF OUR, UH, ADMINISTRATORS AND LEADERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDLESS ENERGY AND YOUR CONSISTENT DEDICATION AND THE HEART THAT YOU PUT INTO OUR DISTRICT EVERY DAY. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT YOU WORK FOR US, SO NICE. 
          ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? MISS REGO, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          AND YES, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN BECAUSE YES, OUR PRINCIPALS DO NEED SOME LOVE AND SOME, UH, RECOGNITION. 
          I ALWAYS SAY THE DAY BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THEY DO CERTAINLY CARRY A LOT. 
          I MEAN, THEY CARRY A WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, I AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE, UM, THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS FORTH TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS, AND THEY DEFINITELY HAVE AN AMAZING LEADER IN MARIA NICHOLS, AND I'M GLAD THAT, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT HOPEFULLY SHE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. 
          UM, SO MUCH GRATITUDE FOR OUR PRINCIPALS. 
          I, I KNOW MR. SCHON, YOU OFTEN CITE AN ACCESS STUDY ABOUT WHO THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS THOUGHT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, PERSON IN THE SCHOOL SITE. 
          AND YOU ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU WERE SURPRISED. 
          I WASN'T SURPRISED THAT THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I WOULD THINK MOST PEOPLE'S RESPONSE WOULD BE IS THE PRINCIPAL. 
          UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FACE OF THE SCHOOL. 
          UM, AND LIKE, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES WERE SAYING, THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN THINGS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL RIGHT NOW. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF MY PRINCIPALS ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF OUR DECISIONS AND BUDGET CHALLENGES, WHETHER THEY'RE THE AFFILIATED CHARTER PRINCIPALS OR OTHERS. 
          UM, AND SO JUST A LOT OF GRATITUDE WANNA FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          I LOVE THAT WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. 
          I ALSO, UM, SUPERINTENDENT WHO I KNOW, UH, ALSO SEES THINGS FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S VANTAGE POINT, HAVING BEEN ONE, LIKE THINGS WE CAN DO WHEN WE THINK OF INCENTIVIZING PRINCIPALS TO STAY AT THEIR SCHOOLS, EITHER THROUGH, UH, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES, OR I'VE SUGGESTED, UH, EVEN SABBATICALS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRINCIPALS TO, UH, GO INTO ANOTHER ROLE OR GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL FOR SIX MONTHS, HELP ANOTHER PRINCIPAL COME BACK AND KIND OF HAVE SOME, UH, MAYBE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO REJUVENATE OR A LOT OF OTHER PROFESSIONS WHEN YOU'RE IN, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS, YOU GET A SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE THE MEANS TO DO THAT, BUT TAKE, TAKE A FEW EXTRA MONTHS AND HAVE YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, POSITION PRESERVED. 
          SO I THINK THERE ARE THINGS I'D LIKE US TO, TO DO AS A DISTRICT TO KIND OF BACK UP THESE RESOLUTIONS TO REALLY SUPPORT WHO I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, UM, ACTOR TO SCHOOL. 
          ALTHOUGH EVERYONE, AS ALSO MR. AND YOU SAY MATTERS AND IS IMPORTANT, UM, OUR PRINCIPALS ARE, ARE OUR SCHOOL SITE LEADERS. 
          AND I THINK YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY DEDICATED AND, UM, CONSEQUENTIAL TO WHAT HAPPENS IN, IN CLASSROOMS, IN SCHOOLS, IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT. 
          SO THANKS FOR BRINGING IT PROUDLY SUPPORT. 
          UH, AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          MS. UH, GAN, DID YOU WANT ANY COMMENTS? UH, YEAH. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I SUPPORT IN LIKE RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT PRINCIPALS AREN'T JUST ADMINISTRATORS, BUT THEY HELP SHAPE THE CULTURE OF A SCHOOL AND DETERMINE HOW WE SUPPORT HOW SUPPORTED WELCOME AND HEARD STUDENTS FEEL JUST COMING FROM A STUDENT. 
          I FEEL LIKE STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ACTUALLY BELONG AT THEIR SCHOOL AND STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THE DECISIONS MADE BY SCHOOL LEADERSHIP EVERY DAY. 
          SO JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE PRINCIPALS IS REALLY VALUABLE. 
          AND ONE LAST THING. 
          I ALSO LIKE THAT THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS AND LABOR PARTNERS. 
          BECAUSE RUNNING A SCHOOL JUST ISN'T JUST WITHIN THE SCHOOL, BUT IT'S ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR IN THIS RESOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO FOR ME, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, THANK YOU MR. SCHON FOR RECOGNIZING OUR SCHOOL LEADERS. 
          OUR, UH, NAMELY OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. 
          AND PLEASE ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          OUR SCHOOL LEADERS BALANCE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, STUDENT AND STAFF WELLBEING, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, EMERGENT RESPONSE, JUST TO NAME SOME OF THE MAJOR, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE. 
          AND THEY OFTEN SERVE AS THE INDIVIDUALS, THEIR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TURNS TO DI DURING DIFFICULT MOMENTS. 
          THE LEADERSHIP AND WORK OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IS VALUED AND ESSENTIAL DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR, THEIR DEDICATION TO BUILDING TRUST, SUPPORTING EDUCATORS, AND CREATING SAFE WELCOMING SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE MUST ENSURE THEY HAVE THEIR RESOURCES 
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AND SUPPORT, UH, TO LEAD EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY WITH LOVE AND CARE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          I DOUBT IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA JUST FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL HERE. 
          THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY WELL. 
          SO NOW, UM, MOVE TO VOTE. 
          OUTSTANDING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, HAVING BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, UH, MS. NEWBELL? YES. 
          DR. RIVAS? YES. 
          MS. JAMEL? YES. 
          MS. REGO? YES. 
          UH, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN? YES. 
          AND I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL, PLEASE. 
          STANDING, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROEN? YES. 
          STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AVILA? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THE CHAIR IS NOW RETURNED TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE IS NO MORE, NO MORE BUSINESS TO DO. 
          AND THEN UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, THE MEETING CAN ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 5:29 PM OCTOBER 6TH. 
          THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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