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[Roll Call of Members]
MORNING AND WELCOME.THE TIME IS NOW 10:02 AM ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2026.
WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING WITH LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. I WILL TAKE ROLE, UH, MS. NEWBELL.
PRESENT BOARD PRESIDENT SCHROEN PRESENT.
I WILL FIRST READ THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY FOR THE ITEMS TO BE HEARD AT CLOSED SESSION TODAY.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM SPECIFIC AGENDA TOPICS, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS TO BE HEARD.
STUDENT DISCIPLINE MATTERS PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE 4 8 9 1 8 CF.
UH, TAB TWO PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DIS DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
PENDING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9 D ONE, UH, GALICIA.
AND THEN TAB FOUR CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 6.
UH, THE NEGOTIATOR IS DR. MURPHY AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATORS OF LOS ANGELES TEAMSTERS 2010, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING AND CONS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTER EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, SEIU LOCAL 99 TEAMSTERS, UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND DISTRICT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.
[Public Comment]
NOW WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT UNDER TAB ONE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE MATTERS.I'LL CALL ON THOSE WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THOSE WHO ARE LISTED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY.
SO JANET GALINDO, ARE YOU HERE, JANET? NO.
ARE YOU HERE? LEMME CHECK ONLINE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SIGNED IN REMOTELY, JUST IN CASE.
UH, Y ALVARADO, Y ALVARADO ARE YOU COMING DOWN? Y ESP.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR MS. ALVARADO SPEAKING IN SPANISH AS SHE'S SPEAKING IN ENGLISH, I MEAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH AS SHE'S SPEAKING IN SPANISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU TRANSLATION HEADSETS.
THIS ENABLES SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION.
I AM REPRESENTING AND SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNIS.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE I, I CAN RELATE TO THAT.
I LIVED EXPERIENCE AT PERGO HIGH SCHOOL, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, AUGUST, UH, OF 2025 WHERE TWO STUDENTS WERE STABBED BY OTHER STUDENTS THAT BELONGED TO GANGS.
AND THEY ALSO HAD TO DO WITH, IT ALSO HAD TO DO WITH THE BULLYING INCIDENT, A CASE THAT WASN'T TAKEN CARE OF.
WAS IT, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IT WAS GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT DIDN'T REACH OTHER VOICES.
UH, AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
THESE TYPE OF CASES, LIKE THE FRANKLIN CASE, EDUCATION, NEEDS DISCIPLINE.
AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT CHILDREN, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN GET MORE DISCIPLINE OR IN A STRICT DISCIPLINE THAN THE ONES WHO WILL ENTER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE CONSTANT AND EQUAL FOR ALL.
ONE SHOULDN'T HAVE MORE IMPORTANCE OR GIVE MORE IMPORTANCE TO A CRIMINAL THAN THE ONE THAT IS A PERFECT VICTIM.
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EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE EQUAL.EDUCATION STARTS AT HOME, OF COURSE, RIGHT? US PARENTS, WE HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AT HOME.
AS A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN, I CAN'T SAY THAT MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND I CONSIDER THAT I HAVE TAKEN THAT TO THE HIGHEST LIMIT, AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER WORKING AT, AT WITH THE CRIMINAL LAWS.
SHE IS AGAINST THE INJUSTICE WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOLS.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IMMATURE CHILDREN STILL HAVE MORE CONSCIENCE TO DEFEND STUDENTS THAN YOU THAT ARE WEARING? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, A SUIT.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA TORRES.
ARE YOU HERE? MARIA TORRES? NO.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
AND I'LL NOTE THAT, UH, BOARD MEMBER GRIEGO IS HERE.
MY NAME IS MARIA, AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I'M SADDENED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND JANUARY 28TH, 2026, AT EIGHT 15 IN THE MORNING AT THE SAME SCHOOL, THERE WAS AN ASSAULT WITH THE FIREARM.
TWO, UH, TWO STUDENTS, EXCUSE ME, WITH THE WEAPON.
AND I'M SATIN WITH THE TRAGEDY OF JAVIER.
AND I WANT THIS TO COME TO AN WE WANT, I WANT US TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT OFFICERS SHOULD COME BACK.
SECURITIES SHOULD COME BACK TO THE SCHOOL.
I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE VOICE OF XAVIER.
WE HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE REMOTE, IS OPPOSED TO IN PERSON, SO I'LL CALL ON THEM NOW.
UH, GTA PEREZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? GR DE PEREZ NOT HERE.
KARINA LOPEZ, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
UH, JANET GALINDO, I SEE YOU ARE ONLINE.
JANET GALINDO, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
JANET GALINDO, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
JANET GALINDO LAST CALL, JANET.
OKAY, LET'S TRY, UM, GRISELDA PEREZ AGAIN.
GRISELDA PEREZ, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND FELLOW PARENTS.
I'M SITTING HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED PARENT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE.
UH, ANALOGY AS D ORIGINALLY, UH, WE ARE FACING A REAL CRISIS.
WE HAVE SEEN TRAGIC, PREVENTABLE STUDENT DEBTS RIGHT ON OUR SCHOOL GROUNDS, AND DON'T EVEN MENTION SOME ILLEGAL DRUGS AND FLOATING INTO OUR HALLWAYS, RESTROOMS AND PERIMETERS.
STREETS PUT IN OUR KIDS AND DANGER EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AS A PARENT, WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE, UH, TWO, KISS OUR CHILDREN GOODBYE IN THE MORNING, THEN WORRY WHETHER THEY WILL MAKE IT AT HOME ALIVE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CURRENT APPROACH IS FAILING.
AND THE ALL OF DRUG ACTIVITY ON CAMPUSES SHOW THAT WE'RE LETTING OUR YOUTH DOWN.
WE NEED TO IMMEDIATE ASSISTIVE SOLUTIONS.
FIRST, WE NEED TO BRING DEDICATED SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS BACK TO OUR CAMPUSES.
HAVING A VISIBLE TRAINED PRESENCE, LEADERS, DRUG DEALERS, TO STOP VIOLENCE BEFORE ESCALATES AND GIVES OUR CHILDREN AND STAFF A SECURE ENVIRONMENT TO FOCUS ON, ON LEARNING.
SECOND, SAFETY REQUIRES A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT.
RETURNING POLICE ON CAMPUS MUST GO ON HAND WITH EXPANDING MENTAL FULL CONCERNS, UBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIALISTS, AND FULL-TIME NURSES.
WE NEED REGULAR PERIMETER PATROLS, SECURE CAMPUS AND ENTRY POINTS, AND ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS TO MONITOR HIGH RISK AREAS.
OUR CHILDREN SERVE CAMPUSES WHERE THEY CAN LEARN WITHOUT FEAR.
BRING BACK CAMPUS SAFETY OFFICERS, SECURE SCHOOLS, AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN TODAY.
AND WE ARE PARENTS LIKE WE CAN TEAM UP.
WE ARE NOT ISOLATED FROM YOU GUYS.
AND WE TRUST YOU GUYS AND WE BRING
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YOU GUYS BACK AS LONG WITH, AS A TEAM.AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
LET'S SEE, WE WILL TRY, UH, JANET GALINDO.
JANET GALINDO, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
MY NAME IS JANET GALINDO GARCIA.
AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.
I'M HERE IN ONLINE, BUT I, I AM THE MOTHER THAT LOST HER SON, UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE OF BULLYING.
THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOLS.
AND US BOARD MEMBERS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
I AM BOTHERED BECAUSE OF THIS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN THAT THIS MOTHER HAS.
WE WANT SCHOOL POLICE BACK TO THE SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ISN'T HAPPENING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU'RE WAITING FOR TO TAKE ACTION.
AND I, HOW MANY DEATHS DO YOU FROM OTHER STUDENTS? DO YOU NEED TO HAPPEN TO TAKE ACTION IN THIS? WE NEED SCHOOL POLICE BACK TO SCHOOLS.
DON'T JUST SIT THERE AS THEY SAY.
AND, AND DON'T WAIT FOR US TO DISRESPECT YOU.
NO, DON'T JUST SIT THERE WARMING UP A CHAIR.
PLEASE SEND SCHOOL POLICE BACK TO SCHOOLS.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS NOT WORKING.
MY DAUGHTER WAS A VICTIM OF BULLYING AT THE SCHOOLS.
WELL, UH, FROM THE COUNSELORS, FROM THE TEACHERS.
WHY IS IT THAT WHEN OUR CHILDREN COME BACK TO SCHOOL WITH THE, WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH, WITH BEING HURT? WHY IS IT THIS? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOLS? WHY AREN'T YOU TAKING ACTION? WHY AREN'T YOU INVOLVING SCHOOL POLICE, JUST LIKE YOU DO IT TO US AS PARENTS, YOU TAKE A AUTHORITY AWAY FROM US.
YOU SHOW THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T SHOW, UH, SUPPOSEDLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAS ANY SOMETHING SEXUAL THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
YOU ARE HERE TO DEMAND ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR OUR CHILDREN SO THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN PREPARE, BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE, NOT TO CONFUSE THEM.
WE'VE ASKED FOR MANY YEARS FOR YOU TO MONITOR THE SCHOOLS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, A CHILD THAT'S BEING BULLIED, THE REPORTS AREN'T BEING MADE, AND WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, LIKE THE CHILD THAT LOST HIS LIFE, THE MOTHER THAT W COMES TO YOU SAYS THAT THERE ARE NO REPORTS.
ALRIGHT, UH, LAST CALL FOR ROSE BENAVIDEZ.
YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU SIGNED IN.
NELI MENDEZ, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? NO.
AND LAST CALL FOR MARGARITA HURON OR MARGARITA.
JEROME, ARE YOU HERE? OH, ALRIGHT.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE, DON'T YOU BEGIN.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A TIME.
AND, UM, I'M JUST, WHAT I WANT, I NEED, SINCE I HAVE ONLY TWO MINUTES, I REALLY NEED TO START.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU, HOW WILL YOU FEEL IS SOMEONE TO, UH, ASK YOU OR GIVE YOU ONLY TWO MINUTES TO EXPRESS YOURSELF? I THINK THIS IS NOT FAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING TO ACT? WHAT IS IT ONE OF YOUR OWN NEEDS TO DIE FOR YOU TO TAKE THE ACTION? ARE YOU WAITING FOR ONE OF YOUR OWN TO DIE OF BULLY? TO TAKE ACTION, MAKE CONSCIENCE.
HE SAID SOMEONE IS IS RIGHT NOW IS VERY IN PAIN.
WHO NOT THEIR OWN, LOST THEIR LIVES.
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA ACT? I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING.
WE ARE GONNA GO HIGHER THAN YOU, HIGHER THAN YOU.
MY DAUGHTER WAS A VICTIM OF BULLYING AND I HAD TO GO HIGHER THAN YOU FOR YOU TO LISTEN.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME I'M GONNA DO THIS.
IF YOU DON'T LISTEN, WE ARE GONNA GO HIGHER THAN YOU UNTIL SOMEONE LISTENS TO OUR NEEDS.
BECAUSE OUR TAXES, TAXES ARE PAYING YOU TO TREAT OUR KIDS, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS WHILE WE ARE OFF FROM THEIR CARE.
AND YOU ARE NOT, YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.
YOU ARE JUST SITTING THERE WITH YOUR AGENDAS AND NOT EVEN LISTENING TO THE PARENTS.
WHATEVER WE SAY, ROSIE RIVAS IS, THAT KIND OF BRINGS HER AGENDA.
AND DON'T LISTEN WHAT WE, WE HAVE AS NEEDS.
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OF YOU LISTEN OUR NEEDS.THEY'RE THERE TO PAY, GET YOUR PAYCHECK, BUT DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS PARENTS.
WE NEED TO GO HIGHER THAN THEM BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANTS TO DO THEIR JOB.
WE'LL NOW GO TO TAB FOUR, WHICH IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS.
ARE PEOPLE SIGNED UP? THAT'S OUTSTANDING.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MS. SONYA RIDER, UH, REMOTE CALLING IN AFTER THAT.
UH, DAVID KOSKI, FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING, UH, FOR 12 YEARS, THE FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, LET ME TELL YOU, UH, BURBANK MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH YOU CELEBRATED IN A SENSE YESTERDAY, HAS A POLICE MAGNET SCHOOL BECAUSE I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED CONGRESSMAN JAVIER BECERRA, WHO GOT FEDERAL MONEY TO OPEN THAT MAGNET SCHOOL.
THAT MAGNET SCHOOL BROUGHT ON THE CAMPUS A-L-A-P-D OFFICER AS PART OF THE MAGNET THAT OVER A COURSE OF 10 YEARS HELPED IT BECOME AN OPERATIONALLY SOUND AND INSTRUCTIONALLY SOUND PLACE.
THE UNDERPINNING OF INSTRUCTION WAS SAFETY.
NOW WE HAVE, ROCIO HAS HER OFFICE THERE.
AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD AT FRANKLIN, I WAS STUNNED.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY DID WE HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS.
IT WAS THE ONLY CAMPUS ON IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAD TWO POLICE OFFICERS.
THAT MEANT THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND OTHERS AND OPERATIONS KNEW THAT IT WAS A PARTICULARLY RISKY PLACE.
AND ANYBODY WHO, UH, KNOWS THAT ANNANDALE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAS LOW ENROLLMENT, THE REASON WHY ANNANDALE HAS LOW ENROLLMENT, AND YOU HAVE DAHLIA WITH OVER ENROLLMENT AND YOU HAVE, UM, THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT THERE, UH, ROCKDALE OVERENROLLMENT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE AT ANNANDALE.
SO LET ME JUST SAY A COUPLE OTHER ISSUES.
YOU STILL HAVE NOT JOINED THE CTA LAWSUIT THAT IS NEGLIGENCE.
AS YOU HAVE FISCAL PROBLEMS TO NOT JOIN IT, NOT TO ADVERTISE FOR PROP THREE, THEN YOU HAVE A GREAT HOUSING INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A GOOD SOCIAL POLICY.
BUT LISTENING YESTERDAY, THERE'S NO REVENUE COMING OUT OF IT.
YOU HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
EVERY DISTRICT HAS DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
BUT YOUR DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE 4% OR GREATER.
EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER 2% IS GAINING REVENUE.
IT IS NOT OKAY TO SAY DECLINING ENROLLMENT, NOT DO ANYTHING LIKE GROW YOUR AFFILIATED CHARTERS, GROW THE PLACES YOU CAN BRING PEOPLE IN, YOU ARE NOT RESPONDING.
AND LASTLY, IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOLS SHORTLY, YOU ARE GONNA LEARN WHAT KIND OF IDEOLOGY AND ANTI-GAY AND LESBIAN, UH, POLICY THAT YOU ARE FUNDING AGAINST.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SONYA RYDER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS SONYA RYDER AND I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN REGION NORTH FOUR, DISTRICT THREE.
I'M CALLING TO TALK ABOUT WORKING CONDITIONS.
HAS ANYBODY REACHED OUT TO THE POOR OLD MAN SUBSTITUTING AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL THAT STOOD BETWEEN THOSE TWO BOYS AND TRIED TO STOP THE FIGHT? IS HE OKAY? I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HIS SUFFERING RIGHT NOW AT HIS TENDER OLD AGE.
ACTUALLY, I'M SURE BY NOW YOU'VE ALL READ NICOLE HANNAH JONES'S DEEP CONFESSION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE REAL HARM.
HER CHOICES DRIVEN BY HER IDEOLOGY CAUSED HER DAUGHTER.
WHO AMONG YOU WILL ADMIT THAT YOU MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE WHEN YOU VOTED TO BAN PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION AND REQUESTING SCHOOL POLICE TO BE STATIONED ON CAMPUS.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GIVE SCHOOL POLICE TO THE PRINCIPALS THAT WANT THEM AND ADMIT YOU TOOK IT TOO FAR.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SCHOOL CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATIONS, ALSO KNOWN BY THE SLOGAN STRONGER SCHOOLS TOGETHER ON MONDAY NIGHT, I ATTENDED THE REGION NORTH PRESENTATION AND LISTENING TO DR.
BAER PRESENT, I CAME TO REALIZE THAT DISTRICT STAFF ACTUALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND ALWAYS HAVE.
AND THERE IS EXCITEMENT FOR CHANGE.
THEY ALREADY KNOW WHICH PROGRAMS ARE FAILURES.
I GOT THE IMPRESSION LISTENING TO EVERYBODY SPEAK, THAT STAFF IS TRACKING MIGRATION.
LIKE HANNAH JONES, LIKE H LIKE, UH, NICOLE, HANNAH JONES'S DAUGHTER.
KIDS ARE SWITCHING TO BETTER SCHOOLS, EVEN WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM AND LET STAFF FOLLOW THROUGH.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO LET THEM MAKE THESE CHANGES.
DON'T THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS MATTER TO NOBODY
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WANTS TO FEEL INEFFICIENT AT THEIR JOB.BE TALKED DOWN TO AT A PUBLIC MEETING OR LECTURED.
THEY ARE THE ONES DOING THE WORK.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS LISTEN TO THEM.
THE POINT OF THAT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT WAS FOR ALL OF US IN THE ROOM TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.
I'M ON BOARD, BUT ARE YOU NOW, LET'S GET ON WITH IT.
UH, GIL GAMMA, COME ON UP MUCH.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, DR.
UM, I CORRESPONDED WITH BOTH OF THEM THE DATE OF THE FRANKLIN INCIDENT.
UM, MY CONCERN WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF VIDEOS GOING AROUND ONLINE AND I WANTED THEM TO USE THE, THE POWER THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PULL THEM OFF BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN WERE WATCHING THESE THINGS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BULLY PREVENTION MONTH.
I, I STARTED MY CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE MID NINETIES.
AND I STARTED MY CAREER WITH THE SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2003.
AND MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THE PRINCIPAL THERE WAS NORM MORRO.
AND MY TRAINING OFFICER, THERE WAS OFFICER JAMES BUTLER, AN OLD SCHOOL SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD 20 YEARS ON AT THE TIME.
AND WE WERE CALLED TO THE OFFICE OF, UM, THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WERE THERE, AND THE DEANS WERE THERE.
AND THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THERE.
HE WAS FROM A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED NO GUNS.
AND IT WAS A, UM, KIND OF LIKE A TOUGH STREET PERSON, UM, TRYING TO GET KIDS TO MOVE AWAY FROM GUNS AND VIOLENCE.
AND IT ACTUALLY STANDS FOR NETWORKS ORGANIZED FOR GANG UNITS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY.
AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996.
SO THE PRINCIPAL DID HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND HE CALLED THE CAPTAIN OF NEWTON POLICE STATION FOR LAPD, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
AND WE SPOKE TO THE CAPTAIN ON A, ON THE LINE, AND THE, THE INDIVIDUAL PREACHER WAS THERE AND HE SAYS, OH, YOU HAVE MY BLESSING.
UM, AND IN THAT ROOM, EVERYBODY DECIDED THAT PREACHER WAS GONNA HAVE ACCESS IN AND OUT OF JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ON AND AROUND DURING LUNCH, BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, I I, I'VE WORKED AT COUNTY JAILS FOR ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, AND I AM SKEPTICAL 'CAUSE THAT'S MY JOB AS A POLICE OFFICER.
I KIND OF LEAN AWAY FROM THINGS.
SO I SAW A FOLSOM TOWER ON HIS ARM AND FAST FORWARD, UM, MR. MR. PREACHER WAS WALKING ON, ON THE CAMPUSES AND HE WAS CORRESPONDING WITH THE YOUNG TOUGH GANG KIDS DAY AFTER DAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
FINALLY AT THE END OF, UM, THE WEEK I SAW HIM FRIDAY MIDDAY.
I I
WE DON'T HAVE THAT LISTED AS AN AGENDA ITEM TODAY, SO I CAN'T INVITE LABOR PARTNERS, BUT WE CAN HAVE YOU GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WITH THE, THE LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I I GIMME 20 SECONDS AND I'LL, AND I'LL PART BACK.
BUT I, I THINK I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO I, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND I'LL, MAYBE I'LL COME BACK.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE USED TO KNOW HOW TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM BULLYING.
THE, THE, THE DEAN, THE, THE PRINCIPAL, THE SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER WOULD GO AND PUT THE INDIVIDUAL BULLY ON NOTICE.
AND, AND WE WERE VERY GOOD AT THIS.
AND WE WERE VERY GOOD WHEN, AND WE WOULD GIVE EDUCATIONAL ADVICE TO THE YOUNG BULLY AND THE VICTIMS WOULD COME AND THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THINGS.
BUT THE UNFORTUNATE INSTANCE OF GEORGE FLOYD, WE CHANGED DIRECTION.
NOT ONLY DID WE MOVE POLICE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS, WE STARTED BEING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING THE, THE, THE SUBJECTS PERPETRATING THE TRIUM.
WE, WE STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION, PROTECTING THE, THE BOYFRIEND THAT BEATS HIS GIRLFRIEND VERSUS THE GIRLFRIEND THAT'S BEING BEAT.
STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE INDIVIDUAL COMMITTING THE CRIMES INSTEAD OF THE, THE SCHOOL THAT THE DECORS WERE COMMITTED ON.
THIS IS THE GIST OF IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING IN PERSON FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL CYCLE TO THOSE WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING REMOTELY.
SO THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARIA LUISA PALMER.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
UH, AND THEN, UH, MARCELLA GARCIA.
YOU'VE ALL SAID HERE THE WORDS CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION, BUT CORRELATION OR CAUSATION AT THIS POINT, REALLY? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT? DR. RIVAS
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AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOUR TEARS YESTERDAY HERE IN THIS BOARDROOM WERE SUPERFLUOUS.THEY WERE INSULTING TO THE FAMILIES.
YOUR DECISIONS WHERE YOU'VE REMOVED, YOU'VE SUPPORTED THE DECISION TO REMOVE SCHOOL.
POLICE CREATED THIS ENVIRONMENT OF NO CONSEQUENCES, NO STUDENT DISCIPLINE ON CAMPUSES.
BUT AS A MOM, ROCIO, AS A MOM WHOSE STUDENT, WHOSE SON WAS ON CAMPUS WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AS A MOM, YOU BREAK MY HEART.
JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PARENTS AT THAT SCHOOL.
WHEN WE FIRST HEARD THIS, OUR HEARTS WERE BREAKING.
WE SHED TEARS FOR ALL THE FAMILIES, FOR ALL THE STUDENTS ON THAT CAMPUS AS A MOM, AS THE MOMS THAT WE ALL ARE, THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YEARS, ASKING FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS A MISTAKE FOR YOU TO REMOVE SCHOOL POLICE FROM CAMPUSES AS THE MOMS THAT WE ALL ARE, IS WHAT WE'VE ASKED YOU AS NOT AS POLITICAL OPERATIVES, NOT AS CARRIERS OF A POLITICAL AGENDA, NOT AS REPRESENTATIVES OF, OF A UNION, OF A TEACHER'S UNION AS MOMS. THAT'S WHO ARE HERE.
THESE MOMS ARE HERE HOLDING HANDS, FEELING THAT HEARTBREAK WITH YOU.
OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, BUT WE CANNOT FIX THIS.
WE JUST HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD THERE WILL BE A CHANGE THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE.
CAN YOU DO THAT? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT? WILL YOU BRING BACK SCHOOL POLICE AS A START? WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING.
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE BOTH SCHOOL POLICE AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS? WHY CAN'T WE HAVE COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL POLICE WHO SAID THAT ONE HAS TO SUPPLANT THE OTHER? WHY IS IT ONE OVER EVERYTHING? WHY? WHY DID YOU BAN PRINCIPLES FROM BEING ABLE TO SELECT THAT OPTION? WHY WILL YOU RECOGNIZE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA OLA.
MS. ARLA IS GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH.
UH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, UH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU TRANSLATION HEADSET.
OKAY,
AND WHY DID I BRING MY SIGNATURES? BECAUSE I TOLD YOU THAT I HAD BEEN WITNESS TO WHAT HAPPENED IN MY SCHOOL.
AND I SAW THAT WHEN THE LATIN PARENTS WERE GOING TO MY SCHOOL AND THEY WERE COMING FROM WORK STRAIGHT FROM WORK ON A BUS, NOT IN THEIR CARS, THAT THEY WERE WOMEN THAT WERE HOUSE CLEANERS AND CLEANING ALL THE, ALL THE GROUNDS.
AND IT WAS MY TESTIMONY THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE PARENTS THAT ARE COMING DESPERATE, EXPLAINING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS, ASKING, BEGGING FOR HELP, PLEASE, WITH OUR KIDS BEGGING, PLEASE GET ME OUT OF SCHOOL BEGGING FOR HELP.
AND PARENTS DIDN'T COME IN THAT MOMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE FAR AWAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, WORKING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
DO YOU THINK A BUS WILL COME AND GO AT WILL? IT TOOK THREE OR FOUR HOURS FOR THOSE PARENTS TO ARRIVE.
AND I CAME TO TELL YOU TO PLEASE, WE DIDN'T WANNA GO.
WHAT JAVIER'S MOM IS GOING THROUGH TOMORROW, IT WILL BE MINE AND THE DAY AFTER YOURS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM VERY PROTECTED, RIGHT? SO MS. ROSA, YOU ARE HERE WITH YOUR GENDER IDEOLOGY AND YOU DON'T CARE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS AND THESE OTHER NONSENSE THINGS AND ALL THESE DANCES AND THINGS THAT WHERE THEY COME DRESSED AS GIRLS WITH GUYS AND GUYS WITH GIRLS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EDUCATION? YOU'RE NOT FOCUSED ON SAFETY.
PLEASE BRING BACK THE SCHOOL POLICE AND YOU DON'T CARE.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN HERE DEMANDING, PLEADING? WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH WHAT MELANIE'S MOM WENT THROUGH OR WHAT JAVIER'S MOM IS GOING THROUGH TODAY.
JAVIER ASKED OR TOOK A DECISION, BUT OTHER KIDS ARE IN JAIL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T STAND THE BULLYING.
THEY'D RATHER KILL THE PERSON.
AND IT'S YOUR FAULT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU DON'T WORK FOR ANYTHING HERE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCELLA GARCIA.
MS. GARCIA'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH.
SO, UH, KEEP THE HEAD, UH, TRANSLATION HEADSETS ON IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
OKAY, GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HERE WITH PARENTS, PARENTS OF FRANKLIN WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS, THE ACADEMIC HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND IMAGINE THIS TRAGEDY THAT HAS HAPPENED
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IN THE ACADEMIC, IN THE MORAL SENSE, IN THIS FEELINGS KIND OF WAY.HOW WILL IT BE FROM NOW ON? BECAUSE THEY'VE MISSED, BUT THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA GO.
THEY GO BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOLS.
MS. REBA'S, WE HAVE ASKED FOR YOU TO RETURN THE SCHOOL POLICE TO OUR SCHOOL AND WE WANT POLICE OFFICERS PERMANENTLY.
TWO OFFICERS, NOT JUST BECAUSE A TRAGEDY HAS HAPPENED AT THE SCHOOL.
THERE'S SO MUCH SUPERVISION NOW BECAUSE BEFORE PARENTS CAME TO TELL YOU THAT WE POLICE NEEDED THIS BECAUSE OF SCHOOLS NEED TO BE SAFE.
NOW THAT THIS TRAGEDY HAS HAPPENED, NOW THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS, BUT WE WANT THEM THERE PERMANENTLY.
OUR STUDENTS ARE THE ONE THAT GENERATE THE FUNDS.
YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKERS, BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN, WE SEND THEM TO SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A JOB.
THE OFFICERS NEED TO RETURN OUR, THIS SYSTEM HAS FAILED.
IT HAS FAILED ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, ALL OF THE CHILDREN.
AND IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS AT L-A-U-S-D, TAKE CARE OF THEM, THEN IMAGINE THAT IT'S YOUR CHILDREN.
WHY DON'T YOU FEEL, DID YOU HAVE, UH, BLOOD IN YOUR VEINS? THESE MOMS ARE SUFFERING.
WE WANT SOMEONE THAT IS EDUCATED, COMES AND ACTS AS THEY SHOULD WHEN THERE'S A FIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO SO, TO COME AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEN THAT'S NOT TAKING CARE.
WHAT DOES THAT BRING? THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
MORNING CHAIRMAN, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA RISING, A SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT CELEBRATES 10 YEARS NOW OF DOING, UH, MULTICULTURAL, MULTI-GENERATIONAL WORK AND ADVOCACY WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICY, BUT ALSO THE GRASSROOTS WORK.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
I REMEMBER MARGUERITE LAMONT SITTING IN THAT SEAT TALKING ABOUT THE BABIES.
I REMEMBER MONICA GARCIA STANDING THERE AND YELLING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS OUTSIDE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.
I'VE BEEN HERE DURING THE FIGHTS WHERE YOU ALL HAVE FOUGHT BETWEEN CHARTER SCHOOLS AT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND AS A PROUD PRODUCT CLASS OF 1999 LA HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND AS A PARENT OF A FIFTH GRADER, THIS CONCERNS ME.
WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THESE PARENTS.
YOU HEAR FROM THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
WE SEE THAT THEY'RE ON TOP OF YOU.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU MUST FEEL.
BUT IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL AT CALIFORNIA RISING.
WE'RE HERE TO BE AN OLIVE BRANCH TO HELP YOU HELP YOURSELF, THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN GOOD CONDITIONS, SO ARE OUR KIDS.
I'M HERE TO OFFER YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE PARENTS, TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, NOT THE TOKEN NONPROFITS THAT ARE ALREADY POLITICIZED.
YES, THIS IDEOLOGY STUFF HAS GOT TO STOP.
JUST LIKE IT'S BAD IN HEALTHCARE, IT'S EVEN WORSE IN EDUCATION.
I'M GLAD TO SEE BOARD MEMBER, UH, EZ THAT'S HERE.
UH, TWO OF OF YOU OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS OKAY TO SAY THAT WE DO NEED SCHOOL POLICE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE THE STUDENTS, YOU REMEMBER THAT PHONE THAT THE TEACHER COULD PICK UP THAT WOULD GET THE POLICE OFFICER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THAT PREVENTED A LOT OF US AS STUDENTS FROM EVEN TRYING TO PASS THAT LINE.
I, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THAT TEACHER AS WELL, THAT SENIOR TEACHER THAT HAD NO POWER IN THAT SITUATION.
SO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KENYA BARGAS.
KENYA BARGAS, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
UH, I HAVE TWO OF MY BROTHERS THAT ATTEND THAT SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE DUE TO THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT I'VE SEEN AROUND THAT A LOT OF KIDS GET BULLIED THROUGHOUT THE TIME.
SO I FEEL LIKE THEIR SAFETY DOES
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MATTER AT ALL TIMES IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.UM, KIDS COME, THEY GET FRUSTRATED AND THIS IS WHAT THE SITUATION HAPPENS, IS THEY COMMIT SUICIDE.
SO I DO FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MORE, UM, POLICES, MORE CAMERAS, MORE SUPERVISIONS.
UM, THEY, THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF THE, THIS COUNTRY.
SO, UH, SORRY, JUST BRINGING THEM DOWN.
I FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A HOPE FOR NOW, FOR THE FUTURE, SINCE LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS WERE LITTLE, THEY ARE THE FUTURE.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN TO THESE PARENTS JUST FROM EXPERIENCE AND ALSO FOR ME, I WAS BULLIED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
MY TEACHERS DIDN'T LISTEN AND JUST BRING SAFETY TO THESE KIDS.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
I WILL BE BRIEF IN MY STATEMENT.
I WANT TO BE BRIEF NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN A LOT IN THIS VERY DELICATE, UM, MEETINGS ABOUT THE DEATH OF SAVIOR.
AND PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PRESIDENTS IN OTHER STATES HAVE KNOWN WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
WE'RE OPENING OUR EYES BECAUSE ON NOVEMBER 3RD WE WILL BE VOTING.
AND I AS A CITIZEN, I'M GOING TO VOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT CONTINUE.
THERE IS A PROBLEM AT THOMAS CURRENT.
THERE'S FEW, THERE'S A FEW ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE IN THE BUS, UH, SCHOOL BUSES, THEIR UH, NEEDS, UH, AC AND THERE'S NO AC.
AND SO STUDENTS WERE ALMOST FAINTING.
THEY HAVE SCHOOL BUSES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED.
THREE SCHOOL BUSES AND THE STUDENTS WERE TAKEN BY EMERGENCY.
SO PLEASE TAKE ACCOUNT OF THIS OR PLEASE NOTICE THIS BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FIXING THEM.
AND THAT'S A QUITE DELICATE MATTER.
THE SECOND ISSUE HERE IS THE TEACHER.
WE NEED ANOTHER TEACHER AT THOMAS STAR KING FOR A SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE AGAINST THEY ARE PUTTING STUDENTS TOGETHER.
THERE WILL BE AN, AN ACCIDENT JUST LIKE IT ALMOST HAPPENED THE OTHER TIME.
SO MS. ROCIO, PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT, PLEASE.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS IN THE, IN THE INTERSECTION WHERE IT'S ON FOUNTAIN AND THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WITH A BUS, A CAR GOT IN FRONT AND THEN THEY HIT THE BUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO STOPLIGHT WHERE IT SAYS IT'S ONLY ONE WAY ON THE CORNER THAT IS ON SUNSET AND FOUNTAIN.
THERE IS ONE ON THE CORNER, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE MAIN CORNER.
AND WE ALL THE PARENTS FROM THOMAS STAR KING ARE COMING TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S A ONE WAY STREET.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK AT THE END, SUPERINTENDENT, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NEW AND I HOPE THAT I CAN WORK WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME SO THAT IT IS NOT IN YOUR HANDS.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE DAUGHTER THAT IS IN SIXTH GRADE AND THE OTHER ONE IS IN 11TH GRADE.
AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT FRANKLIN.
MY SON IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY DAMAGED.
MY DAUGHTER IS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST BECAUSE, I DUNNO WHY, BECAUSE THEY'RE FEARFUL.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE SCHOOL DID NOT MAKE THE DECISIONS OF GATHERING ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN A SINGULAR GROUP AND TO TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED IN A WAY THAT IS HELPFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL FOR THE CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAUMATIZED.
WE AS WELL AS PARENTS, I DON'T WANNA TAKE MY CHILDREN TO THAT SCHOOL.
I AM FEARFUL, I HAVE ANXIETY OF LEAVING THEM AT THE DOOR IN CASE I NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN.
IT'S NOT FAIR FOR ANY PARENT FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS.
SO PLEASE, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WE AS PARENTS ARE HERE TO HEAR YOU, TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
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ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS FANNIE GRANDE.ARE YOU HERE? FANNIE G RIGHT? UH, ANDREA QUINTANA.
FIRST OF ALL, I SPEAK AS A MOTHER.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, WE COME WITH OUR VOICE NOT AS PRISONERS.
OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT PRISONERS.
BUT YOU HAVE CHILDREN AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET OFF WORK AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HUG THEM.
WE DON'T KNOW IF JAVIER WAS GOING TO BE A DOCTOR, A PRESIDENT, A LAWYER SPECIFICALLY AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
MY SON WAS VICTIM OF BULLYING WHERE HE, THE KNIFE WAS PUT TO HIS STOMACH AND HE DIDN'T WANNA GO TO SCHOOL.
I HAD A DIFFICULTY TO, A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THAT.
I THANK GOD THAT FINALLY LAST YEAR HE GRADUATED BECAUSE THAT SCHOOL IS LIKE A JUNGLE.
AND NOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE BULLYING AT THIS SCHOOL AND IN OTHER SCHOOLS AT LOS ANGELES.
I FEEL AS THOUGH A MOTHER THAT I'M SO CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE A SON THAT WILL SOON GO TO THAT SCHOOL.
AND IF THERE'S NO SAFETY IN THAT SCHOOL, I DUNNO WHAT ELSE CAN HAPPEN.
I WAS WITNESS OF ANOTHER STABBING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
AND THESE THINGS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THE SCHOOLS, IN THE BATHROOMS. OUR CHILDREN CANNOT GO TO THE RESTROOM DUE TO FEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE SMOKING, BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S DRUG USE IN THAT SCHOOL.
THERE'S UM, KNIVES, THERE'S DRUGS, THERE'S EXPLOSIVES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BULLYING.
SO PLEASE, YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND I THINK THAT YOUR CHILDREN GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO.
BUT OUR CHILDREN ALSO COUNT, THEY ALSO MATTER.
AND MAYBE OUR CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE WILL SAVE THE LIFE OF ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
ALRIGHT, DEANNA GUILLEN, COME ON UP.
MS. GUILLEN, I THINK I SAW YOU THERE YOU ARE COMING UP.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN ES I THINK IT'S TIME THAT YOU ARE CONSCIOUS AND SAY THAT YOU WERE WRONG BECAUSE YOU IN 2023 MADE A MOTION SO THAT THERE'S NO SCHOOL POLICE COULD BE CLOSED WITHIN 100 FEET OF SCHOOLS.
WE TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE HARM, CAUSE HARM TO ALL THESE FAMILIES.
MS. TIZ, YOU ALSO VOTED THAT TIME.
OUR CHILDREN DO NOT DESERVE THIS.
WHEN I KNEW ABOUT JAVIER'S DEATH, I WAS CELEBRATING MY SON'S BIRTHDAY.
AND HOW, HOW DO YOU THINK I FELT? HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE PARENTS LET ME KNOW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING? MS. ROCIO, TRULY, YOU ARE A MOTHER.
LEAVE YOUR, UH, POLITICS ASIDE.
WE KNOW THAT THE UNIONS ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON YOU, BUT THEY DID NOT PLACE YOU HERE.
IT WAS THE PEOPLE WHO DID SO IT WAS THEIR MONEY.
AND YOU WILL FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.
A SMALL GROUP THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS A UNION THAT BROUGHT THOSE STUDENTS JUST TO, UM, WITH THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA.
THEY DON'T, ARE NOT JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MR. CH, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT IN TRUE PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
PARENT NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL SO THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED.
I TOLD YOU THEY'RE GONNA GET UPSET FIRST.
SURE, BUT AFTERWARDS THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE THERE.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THE RULES AND SPEAK WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
AT THIS TIME YOU TOLD THEM THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY, EVEN UNTIL THERE'S A TRAGEDY.
I THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO STOP.
I THINK WE NEED TO STOP ALL THIS.
IMAGINE THAT THIS HAPPENED AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
YOU ARE WAITING FOR FAMILIES TO FORGET ABOUT IT OR LIKE ANYTHING.
WE DON'T FORGET ALL THOSE CHILDREN THAT HAVE DIED.
SO PLEASE, AT LEAST THE SCHOOLS THAT WANT SCHOOL POLICE, YOU SHOULD LEAVE IT THERE.
DON'T GIVE THIS SOCIALIST JUST WHAT YOU WANT GOES.
AND THE DEMOCRACY LETS THE PEOPLE DECIDE AND LET US DECIDE THAT SCHOOL IF THEY WANT THE POLICE.
ISABEL GONZALEZ, ARE YOU HERE? ISABEL GONZALEZ, COME ON UP.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN
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RECENTLY.I'M OBLIGATED TO NOT STAY QUIET WITH THE INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED.
THE LACK OF THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY MAKES THE PARENTS, AND I ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE SAME.
PARENTS ARE WORRIED AND THEY ASK FOR SCHOOL SAFETY FOR YOU.
YOU THINK THAT INSECURITIES, MASSIVE FIREARMS, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES, BULLYING, DELINQUENT, VANDALISM, FIGHTS AND DEATHS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS, THEY WILL STAY INSIDE THE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? NO, YOU ARE WRONG.
SOONER OR LATER, EVERYTHING COMES TO LIGHT.
THE PARENTS OF ALL THE SCHOOLS, WE ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IS IT THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT ONE OR SEVERAL STUDENTS THEY GIVE NEXON THAT YOU HAVE A MEDICATION FOR OVERDOSING WITHOUT OTHER PARENTS FINDING OUT.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THE NAMES OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IS IT THAT THIS DESTRUCTION AND MASSIVE FIREARM GETS TO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
IS IT A BUSINESS FOR YOU ALL? WHO DISTRIBUTES THESE FIREARMS AT THE SCHOOLS? IS IT YOU THAT, THAT'S ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? ROCIO, YOU KNOW VERY WELL.
WHO ARE THE CLIENTS? WHO ARE YOUR POTENTIAL CLIENTS? OH, I KNOW IT'S THE STUDENTS, RIGHT? HOW DOES THIS BUSINESS WORK WITH YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AMONGST THE DESTRUCTION AND MASSIVE FIREARMS AND THE MEDICATION? I BELIEVE THAT IT'S PROBABLY A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T WANNA FOLLOW THE LA THE LAW, OKAY? AND DON'T WANNA RESPECT SCHOOL POLICE.
10 SECONDS, PLEASE BRING BACK SCHOOL, POLICE FIGHT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AUGUSTINE BARAS.
ARE YOU HERE? AUGUSTINE, COME ON UP.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
UM, I'M A PASTOR OF A CHURCH, VICTORY RIDGE THERE IN THE AREA OF HIGHLAND PARK EAGLE ROCK.
AND, UH, A LONG TIME AGO, I, I HAD A, AN INCIDENT WHERE A, A STUDENT FROM, FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL WAS BULLYING.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, HE WENT TO THE AMERICANA, WENT TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF THE AMERICANA, AND IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THREW HIMSELF DOWN.
SOME OF OUR KIDS WERE TRAUMATIZED BECAUSE THEY SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY, AND THEY WERE THE FRIENDS OF THIS, OF THIS YOUNG MAN.
UM, MY OWN SON WAS, UH, HE HUNG HIMSELF BECAUSE OF BULLYING.
AND UH, LUCKILY SOMEBODY CAME AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN, CUT THE ROPE, AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.
UH, FOR SIX YEARS I BECAME A DRUG ADDICT, THANK GOD.
GOT A 19, YOU KNOW, GOT, GOD TOOK ME OUT OF THERE THROUGH VICTORY HOURS.
AND ANYWAYS, I SAY THAT TO SAY I WAS A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY WHEN XAVIER THREW HIMSELF DOWN AND I SAW THE POLICE.
AND AS A PASTOR, I WENT, I WENT IMMEDIATELY TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I RELIEVED THE, MY BULLYING.
I RELIEVED THE BULLYING OF MY SON.
I RELIEVED THE BULLYING OF THE PERSON THAT WILL TREAT HIMSELF IN THE AMERICANA.
AND NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PAIN THAT I FEEL AS A PASTOR FOR, I HAVE NINE GRANDKIDS AND THREE KIDS, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE GONE TO, TO, TO FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
I I LOVE THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE YOU GUYS.
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PRAY FOR YOU GUYS.BUT THE SITUATION NEEDS TO CHANGE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA GET BETTER UNLESS YOU COLLECTIVELY COME TOGETHER AND COME TO A RESOLUTION TO REALLY BRING BACK, UH, POLICE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE SCHOOL, UH, COUNSELORS.
AND I'M WILLING TO, AT NO COST, I'M WILLING TO JUST GO IN THERE.
I HAVE TWO MASTER'S DEGREE FROM A PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.
I CAN GO IN THERE, I CAN HELP THOSE SPEAK.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.
THE REMAINING FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP LISTED THEMSELVES AS SPEAKING REMOTELY.
SO I'LL BEGIN CALLING ON THEM.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
MY NAME IS MARIA DAISY ORTIZ, AND I AM HERE IN REPRESENTATION AS A MOTHER.
AND BOTH MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL AS A PARENT LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY OF HIGHLAND PARK.
AND I REUNITE MYSELF WITH THE PAIN AND THE SUFFERING OF THE FAMILY OF JAVIER AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL.
I AM HERE TO DEMAND FOR SCHOOL POLICE TO RETURN TO SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE CAN BE READY TO LEARN DURING THESE MOMENTS.
I DO SEE THAT THERE'S A SECURITY AT, AT, AT EVERY LEVEL.
THERE'S A SECURITY AND HONESTLY, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT PERMANENT SO THAT YOU CAN RECALCULATE, SO THAT YOU CAN REGAIN THE SECURITY OF THE FAMILIES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS, IS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOLS.
BUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING NOW IS A NEGLIGENCE AND A RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS YOURS BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST MANAGING POLITICAL AGENDAS.
AND BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO THE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE THE PARENTS, ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS, WE ARE ASKING FOR JUSTICE.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A QUALITY, SAFETY AND SECURE SCHOOLS JUST AS THE AUTHENTICATION OF THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT SO THAT WE CAN CONSULT FOR THE FUNDS, FOR THE PROGRAMS EVALUATIONS OF YOUR WORK BECAUSE YOU ARE ACCOMPLICES AND YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER A CORRUPTION.
AND THIS NEEDS TO STOP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT LIVES TO PAY THE LI TO PAY THE PRICE OF YOUR INCOMPETENT NEGLIGENCE.
AND IF THE RESPONSIBILITY IS YOURS, EACH AND EVERY OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS RIVAS, YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T EVEN FACE HIGHLAND PARK BECAUSE YOU FAILED THEM.
KELLY EZ, TANYA ORTIZ AND NICK MELBOURNE IS, UH, JESSE ROSA.
YES, ROSA, YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
UH, REASON I CALLED YOU, MY NAME JUST FROZE HERE IN THE
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL THE BUSINESS IN CORRIDOR, WE HAVE ISSUES AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE STUDENTS.
THEY, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED THE PRINCIPAL PREVIOUSLY, UH, ON THAT, UH, SCHOOL.
AND EVENTUALLY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO START BULLYING AND SUPPOSED TO BE STOP THE FIGHTING ON THE BATHROOM.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP USING THE NARCOTICS.
THEY'VE BEEN USING IT AND, AND SCHOOL AND EVENTUALLY DID NOT, NOTHING CHANGED.
ONLY THEY CHANGED THE PRINCIPAL.
BUT THE PRINCIPAL HAD NOT BEEN RESPONSIBLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE SECURITY OF THE, OF THE YOUNGSTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT REFLECTS THE, EVERYTHING HAPPENED TO YOU, TO THE FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, REFLECTS TO THE HEALTH COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, HAS BEEN NEGLECT ON BEHALF OF THE, OF THE LA UNIFIED DISTRICT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE AREA IS NEVER STEP TO THE PLATE AND NEVER SAY, I'M GONNA HELP.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S HIDING BEHIND THE DESK AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND I HOPE THEY CAN CHANGE THAT.
UH, CARINA LOPEZ, UH, I SEE YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT YOU'RE NOT SIGNED IN.
ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? CARINA LOPEZ? NO.
ALEJANDRO GUZMAN, I BE SIGNED UP.
UH, ALEJANDRO GUZMAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO
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MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.AND BEFORE I BEGIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I DO WANNA ASK YOU ALL WHY IS IT THAT YOU, YOU HAVE POLICE OFFICERS IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, IN, AT YOUR BUILDING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE SAFETY IN YOUR BUILDING, BUT NOT OUR CHILDREN.
IS IT THAT OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES ARE WORTH LESS OR ARE YOU NOT REALIZING THAT BECAUSE OF OUR CHILDREN YOU HAVE FOOD ON YOUR TABLE BECAUSE OF OUR CHILDREN? YOU, IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR CHILDREN, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE YOUR POSITION WHERE YOU'RE AT.
AND YOU ARE NOT TAKING THIS IN CONSIDERATION, I'VE SEEN FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS.
HOW IS IT THAT MOTHERS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ASKING FOR SCHOOL POLICE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOLS AND YOU STILL DON'T WANT TO, DON'T GET MOVED BY THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TODAY? HAVEN'T YOU SEE THE CRY OF THESE MOTHERS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS THAT WE'VE HAD? BECAUSE OF THE LAST, THE LOSS OF JAVIER ON THE 30TH, ON WEDNESDAY WE WERE EIGHT, WE LIVED THIS, WE LIVED THE LOST OF JAVIER PRODUCT OF BILLING, ANOTHER CHILD THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE LIST OF STUDENTS BEING LOST.
AND YET THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING IS AN AGENDA.
YOU, MS. CARLA, YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT YOU WANNA MAKE OUR CHILDREN BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THEIR OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
IN FACT, US PARENTS, WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THEIR OWN WORLD AND THAT MAKES THEM IS SPECIAL, IRREVERSIBLE, NOT THEIR SEXUAL GENDER OR COLOR.
THEREFORE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD STOP ADDING STRANGE THINGS IN THE HEADS OF OUR CHILDREN'S.
AND PLEASE MAKE OUR SCHOOLS TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN WHERE THEY CAN BE, THEY CAN BE PROTECTED EVEN FROM THEIR OWN BAD DECISIONS LIKE BULLYING AND HITTING OF STUDENTS.
IT'S ENOUGH TO STOP IGNORING TO OUR CRIES AND RETURN SCHOOL POLICE BACK TO OUR SCHOOL.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK TO CARINA LOPEZ.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN KARINA LOPEZ.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL, OR GOOD MORNING TO ALL.
UH, THE REASON FOR MY COMMENT IS A, A VERY CLEAR DISCRIMINATION, UH, THING IS GOING ON BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COMMUNITY IS BEING TREATED, THE STUDENTS.
AND YOU SAY THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND YOU CARE ABOUT SAFETY.
THAT'S A VERY CLEAR HYPOCRISY WAY OF SHOWING IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO SLEEP.
IN FACT, UM, THERE, THESE ARE CONSEQUENCES.
REMEMBER, THIS BRINGS CONSEQUENCES GENERATION AFTER GENERATION AFTER WE MAKE A BAD DECISION.
AND WE ARE SEEING THIS IN A PERFECT WAY.
AND WE ARE SEEING HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING.
AND WE'VE ASKED FOR SAFETY AND TO MULTIPLY THE NUMBERS OF OFFICERS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS, AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND FOR THEM TO BE THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE, TO MONITOR AND TO REPORT ANY BULLYING INCIDENT OR ANY OTHER SITUATION.
THEREFORE, I BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO, OR FOR YOU TO REESTABLISH THE NUMBERS THAT ARE NEEDED AND USE THE PREVIOUS MODEL, ADDING AND STRETCHING THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE FAMILIES.
PLEASE, IT IS URGENT AND THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIABLE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUAN DELGADO.
I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DON'T HAVE YOU SIGNED IN.
ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, MR. MR. DELGADO? NO.
YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU SIGNED IN? ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? NO.
UH, JOSE VELASQUEZ, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? THERE YOU ARE.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
I HAVE THIS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AS PARENTS AND THE PRINCIPAL OF A SCHOOL.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.
I THOUGHT I HAD TO DO THAT FIRST.
'CAUSE GOD KNOWS, UH, THESE GOOD PEOPLE ARE HERE TO HELP AND SHARE A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR
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CHILDREN.AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SIT.
I COME AS A PRINCIPAL OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HOPEFULLY OFFERING A HOPEFUL MESSAGE.
UM, OUR WORK FOR THE LAST, UM, WELL, I'VE WORKED OVER 49 YEARS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR WORKING AT ALDAMA, WORKED AT FRANKLIN, HELPED OUT WITH THEIR DATA, ALSO HELPED WITH A COUPLE SCHOOLS IN NORTHEAST.
DID A LOT OF THE DISTRICT WORK.
SO I'M OFFERING YOU AN ALTERNATIVE.
WE ARE FACING SOME HARD TIMES.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE MAKING HARD DECISIONS.
I'M JUST PUTTING AN IDEA IN FRONT OF YOU OF A POSSIBILITY UTILIZING AND LEVERAGING A WELLNESS DESIGN THAT NOT ONLY WORKS AT OUR SCHOOL SITES.
I KIND OF TALKED TO CARLA ABOUT IT ONE TIME IN A RESTAURANT AND I'VE SENT IT TO ANDRES.
SO I'VE SHARED THIS MESSAGE TO PEDRO AND TO PIA.
I THINK HELPING OUR CHILDREN LEARN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL STRENGTHS FROM ELEMENTARY ON UP.
BUILD THE CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH THE HARD DECISIONS THAT LIFE PUTS FORWARD TO THEM.
I WANNA LEVERAGE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR FACILITIES TO CREATE A TWO TIER SYSTEM OF ACADEMICS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT WOULD HAVE NETWORKS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I WANNA CHALLENGE THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
SO IT OPENS UP TO ALL SCHOOLS.
WE CAN ALL DO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL, WE CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN ALL LEVERAGE OUR, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR APIS INSTEAD OF WE PUTTING 'EM ASIDE.
HIRE THEM TO HELP AFTER SCHOOL, BUILD SOME WELLNESS PROGRAMS, GET THOSE RESOURCES IN AND THOSE MONIES IN.
THERE'S ENOUGH PROGRAMS. THE FUNDING HERE IS ALREADY CITED.
I CAN SHOW YOU, I'VE HELPED OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I HAVE A FRIEND JIM MORRIS, I HELPED HIM DO IT IN INGLEWOOD.
THERE'S WAYS OF CREATING REVENUE IF WE HAVE ACADEMICS AND WELLNESS TOGETHER AND INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT PLEA.
AND I LEAVE YOU THESE DOCUMENTS.
I'LL PASS THOSE OUT AS SOON AS WE WRAP UP.
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN CONCERNED PARENT TANYA.
I'M AFRAID OF WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD WILL HAPPEN TO ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.
KELLY, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEELINGS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED NESS.
YOU TWO WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF REMOVING SCHOOL POLICE, SCOTT, NICK, CARLA AND ROCIO.
I'M REFERRING TO YOU AS YOUR FIRST NAME BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING STUDENTS AS BOARD MEMBERS.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING YOURSELF.
SHERETTE YOU ARE SITTING IN A VERY SPECIAL SEAT.
MCKENNA'S LEGACY AND HIS COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SAFETY.
I BELIEVE THAT, THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN A SPECIAL SEAT AND IT, IT ALMOST, IT ALMOST CAME ACROSS AT, AT A MEETING PREVIOUSLY WHERE YOU SAID THAT YOU AGREE WITH SCHOOL POLICE RETURNING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY YOU STILL VOTED YES ON THE FSP.
SO IS THE EXPERIMENT ALMOST OVER? IS THIS EXPERIMENT ALMOST OVER? AND ARE WE ALSO GOING TO LET THIS BE THE LAST TRAGIC INCIDENT THAT TAKES A LIFE AND RUINS THE LIVES OF OTHERS? IS THAT GOING? IS THIS GOING TO BE THE INCIDENT OR ARE WE WAITING FOR MORE? IS IT GONNA BE MY CHILD? IS IT GONNA BE OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN? NOT ONE MORE.
ARE YOU FINALLY GONNA LISTEN TO PARENTS, NOT ONE AND ALLOW SCHOOL POLICE TO RETURN FULLY? FUNDING SCHOOLS INCLUDE SCHOOL POLICE.
YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT ALL STAKEHOLDERS, NOT YOURSELVES, NOT UTLA, NOT SEIU.
YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT STUDENTS.
SO LET THIS BE THE LAST ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AND I AM GOING FORWARD WITH MY OFFICIAL REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING SCHOOL POLICE TO REFER.
THANK YOUR SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, UH, RENA ORANA.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.
OKAY? UH, BU IT'S THE FIRST TIME I COME HERE.
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I'M HERE REPRESENTING, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REPRESENTING THE KIDS BECAUSE MY CHILD WAS A VICTIM OF BULLYING.AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I BELIEVE IN A GOD.
AND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BEHIND MY CHILD AND SUPPORTING THEM, THEY HAVE JUST GRADUATED UNIVERSITY.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS STUDYING IN FRANKLIN IS COUSIN OF THE DECEASED.
AND I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS FAMILY.
AND I WANT YOU TO PLEASE, NOW YOU ARE CONCERNED.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE CHILD HAD ISSUES AND PROBLEMS? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE CHILD PLEADED FOR HELP? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE CHILD WAS BEING ATTACKED IN THE CLASSROOM? WHERE WERE YOU? CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME AN ANSWER? AS A MOTHER, I'M DO THIS ANSWER.
THIS CHILD DID NOT JUMP BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO.
THERE IS ALSO A CHILD WHO STRANGLED HIMSELF DUE TO BULLYING.
AND THANK GOD THE WORST WAS THAT THEY WERE INJURED MINORLY.
BUT I HAD TO PAY SO THAT MY CHILD COULD RECEIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES.
AND, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I PICKED HER UP AND SHE WAS IN SHOCK.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DROP YOUR KIDS OFF AND WONDER IF YOU'RE GOING TO PICK THEM UP? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND I HOPE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
[Recess into Closed Session]
AND THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.[Reconvene to Open Session]
BACK.THE TIME IS NOW 5:02 PM ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2026.
UH, MS. NEW BILL, DR. RIVAS, BOARD PRESIDENT SHAMON, MS. REGO AND MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN ARE ALL HERE.
I'M GOING TO READ OUT THE ITEMS ON WHICH THE BOARD TOOK ACTION.
UH, UNDER TAB ONE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE EXPULSION OF STUDENTS IN CASE NUMBERS.
UH, IN CASE NUMBER 12 WITH THE RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION, THE VOTE WITH SEVEN IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE CONDITIONAL ENROLLMENT, UH, OF THE STUDENTS IN CASE NUMBERS 0 0 4 A AND 0 0 5 A WITH THE RECOMMENDED DISPOSITIONS.
THE VOTE WAS SEVEN A'S UNDER PERSONNEL.
THE PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE, DISMISSAL AND RELEASE.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE DISMISSAL OF TWO CERTIFICATED AND ONE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE.
THE VOTE WAS SEVEN A'S UNDER TAB THREE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PENDING LITIGATION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZED THE SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE OF GIA.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON THE FINALIZATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
THE VOTE WAS FIVE EYES, ONE NO FROM MALVO AND ONE ABSENT, UH, BOARD MEMBER GO.
THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORTING OUT.
AND, UM, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ADJOURNING? NONE.