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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW FOUR O'CLOCK AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF THE ALLEGIANCE. READY. BEGIN.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW ASB PRESIDENT, MR. KOULI, WELCOME [APPLAUSE] HE IS ON THE AGENDA AND WE'LL INTRODUCE HIMSELF MORE LATER.
ITEM 2.2, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[2.2 Approval of the Agenda: Any changes to the agenda must be made at this time]
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME? SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
A STAFF IS REQUESTING TO PULL AGENDA ITEM 7.1, REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICIES, BY LAWS, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS.
UNDERSTANDING THESE ARE JUST FIRST READS, THERE ARE A FEW FIRST READS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING AS A STAFF, AND COMMITMENT IS TO RETURN THESE FIRST READS TO THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
>> TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH ITEM 7.1 POLLED?
>> CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. EVERYONE IN? ARE WE WORKING? MINE'S NOT.
>> SHOULD REFRESH ON THE BOTTOM, THERE YOU GO.
>> MOTION PASSES. ITEM 2.3 IS THE NOTIFICATION TO THE AUDIENCE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PROTOCOLS.
[3. CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR (5 min.)]
ITEM 3, CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 3 AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM 3?
>> ACTUALLY, REAL QUICK. NOT A QUESTION, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO GO THROUGH THE 750 PAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE.
WE PURCHASING, I THINK 34 NEW BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY AT VILLAGE, THAT'S GREAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AND ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE CHECKING OUT.
WE HAVE A FORM THAT YOU CAN FIND ON THE CUSD WEBSITE, GO UNDER SCHOOLS AND DOWN.
I THINK IT SAYS LIBRARY AND THEN THERE'S A LINK THERE AND YOU CAN PRINT OUT A FORM JUST SO THAT YOU CAN BE INFORMED ABOUT WHERE YOUR CHILD IS CHECKING OUT.
BECAUSE IF IT'S A MINOR CHILD, YOU OWN THAT BOOK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR, AND YOU TURN THAT TO THE OFFICE.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT DIGITIZE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO SCHOOL, BUT GOOD STUFF IN THAT LIST.
NATHAN HALE, A PRETTY GOOD AUTHOR WHO WRITES HISTORY WITH GRAPHIC NOVELS, PRETTY GOOD STUFF.
HOWEVER, IT DOES SOME OF IT, IT DEPICTS CUTTING OFF HEADS AND SOME OTHER THINGS, REAL HISTORY, GOOD STUFF.
SOME WOULD SAY IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST FOR THE YOUNG, BUT THAT'S FOR THE PARENTS TO DECIDE AND IT'S GOOD STUFF.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO LOOK AT IT ALL AND I SUPPORT THOSE BOOKS.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE CAVANAUGH.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, ON ITEM 3.8, THE OUT OF STATE CONFERENCE.
MAYLEN SULLIVAN FOR BEING THE 2026 CALIFORNIA WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE DISCOUNTED SUMMIT THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE GOING TO, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WOULD YOU FILL IN THOSE BLANKS FOR ME [LAUGHTER]?
>> YES. HER REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE ORGANIZATION HONORING HER, THAT $200 REPRESENTS THE SUBSTITUTE FEE FOR THE TIME THAT SHE'S NOT IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> ONCE AGAIN, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 3?
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE] CORONADO.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO 3.2, THE PERSONNEL REGISTER,
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AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SPEAKING NOT ABOUT A PERSON, BUT TO A PROCESS AND A POSITION.FOUR YEARS AGO, OUR SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER POSITION AT A 0.5 FTE AT A SALARY OF $40,000.
IF WE WERE TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN A 1.0 FTE WOULD HAVE BEEN $80,000.
NO WHERE ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE IN A PUBLIC MANNER, DOES IT SHOW THE JOB DESCRIPTION, JOB ROLES, OR JOB DUTIES OF THAT PERSON.
I ALSO COULD NOT FIND IT IN THE BOARD AGENDA FROM FOUR YEARS AGO, JUST THE ITEM ON THE PERSONNEL REGISTER.
TONIGHT, AS PART OF THIS CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL REGISTER, YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE BUMPING THAT POSITION FROM A 0.08 TO A 1.0 AT A SALARY OF $112,500.
THAT IS MORE THAN OVER TWO-THIRDS OF OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE OVER 20 YEARS, MAKES IN A SALARY.
AGAIN, TONIGHT, WE HAVE NO JOB DESCRIPTION.
WE HAVE NO INDICATION REGARDING ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES THAT WARRANT THIS CHANGE.
AGAIN, THERE'S NONE ON THE WEBSITE.
IF WE LOOK AT LARGER DISTRICTS SUCH AS CAPISTRANO UNIFIED, SURE, THEY HAVE A 1.0 PIO.
TESTAN HAS A 1.0 PIO WITH 22,000 STUDENTS.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH THIS DECISION.
WE TALK A LOT, AT LEAST I DO, IN MEETINGS ABOUT THE TRUST ISSUES BETWEEN THE OTHER BUILDINGS AND WHAT GOES ON IN THIS BUILDING.
YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN, ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE THIS DECISION.
WHEN AS THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHY DO WE NEED A 1.0 IN SUCH A SMALL DISTRICT, AND WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES THAT WARRANT A 41% SALARY INCREASE.
REMEMBER I SAID APPLES TO APPLES.
IF WE TOOK A 1.0 FROM FOUR YEARS AGO AT 80,000, AND WE TAKE A 1.0 TODAY AT 1.125, MY MATH FRIENDS TELL ME THAT'S A 41% INCREASE IN SALARY OVER FOUR YEARS? I WANT IT TO MAKE SENSE, BUT IT DOESN'T YET.
I'M HOPING WE COULD THINK ABOUT THAT DECISION, AND WHAT FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE MADE PUBLIC SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS. I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THEM DOWN.
APPLES TO APPLES, I'M SURE POINT OF ORDER.
AM I ALLOWED TO COME AND COMMENT.
>> I THINK IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT YOU CAN PULL IT AND PULL THAT ITEM, WHICH WOULD BE 3.2, AND WE WOULD PULL IT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON BACK AT ITEM 8 LATER IN THE AGENDA.
IF WE WANT TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ON IT.
>> GREAT. PERFECT. THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HOW DO I DO THAT.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 3 AND PULL ITEM 3.2, THEN THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A SECOND AND APPROVAL ON THAT.
>> CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? THE MOTION IS TO TO APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR WITH ITEM 3.2 PULLED.
MOTION PASSES. ITEM 4 PUBLIC HEARING ON
[4.1 Public Hearing on Sufficiency of Instructional Materials for 2025-26]
SUFFICIENCY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 2025, 2026.NOW IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE SUFFICIENCY OF TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS? ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUFFICIENCY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 2025, 2026 IS NOW CLOSED.
ITEM 5.1, ADOPT RESOLUTION ON SUFFICIENCY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 2025, 2026.
[5.1 Adopt Resolution on Sufficiency of Instructional Materials for 2025-26]
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>> TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM 5.1? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON SUFFICIENCY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR 2025 2026?
>> MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.2,
[5.2 Adopt Business Services Resolution 25-08-02 approving, authorizing and directing execution and delivery of a site lease and a lease purchase agreement and authorizing certain additional actions.]
ADOPT THE BUSINESS SERVICES RESOLUTION 25-0802, APPROVING, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING EXECUTION DELIVERY OF A SITE LEASE AND A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I'D LIKE TO THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, MR. SALAMANCA.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.
MISS MIGUEL, WILL YOU PULL UP THE SLIDE DECK, PLEASE? I TRUST THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RESOLUTION, AS WELL AS THE ACCOMPANYING ATTACHMENTS.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO JUST DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND PRESENTATION ON WHAT IT IS, ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS MEAN.
TO PUT IT PLAINLY, A LEASE PURCHASE FINANCING IS ESSENTIALLY LOAN.
NEXT SLIDE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THERE'S VERY LIMITED WAYS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO BORROW MONEY AND ONE OF THEM IS ON VOTER APPROVED DEBT.
WE HAVE AN IDEA, WE PUT IT OUT, WE PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROPERTY TAX PAYERS WILL VOTE TO EITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THAT FINANCING OPTION.
ANOTHER OPTION IS THIS LEASE PURCHASE FINANCING OPTION.
ESSENTIALLY, IT IS A MECHANISM TO PUT UP A PROPERTY AS COLLATERAL AND TAKE A LOAN AGAINST THAT PROPERTY.
THIS IS BORN OUT OF A FOLLOW UP.
IN MAY AND JUNE, WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR BRIDGE TO BASIC AID.
WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPECIFYING THE NEED TO IDENTIFY BUDGET SOLUTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND FIRST INTERIM BUDGET, WHICH IS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IN DECEMBER OF 2025.
THE BOARD IN ITS JUNE MEETING APPROVED SPENDING OR A BUDGET RESOLUTION, SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO IDENTIFYING THOSE SOLUTIONS, NOT TO EXCEED OR APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION WAS THE HIGHER END THAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE'RE PROVIDING THIS AS A POTENTIAL VIABLE OPTION TO EASE THE PAIN, I GUESS, IF I'M GOING TO PUT IT PLAINLY.
THE ONLY WAY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET REALLY IS TO INCREASE YOUR REVENUES OR DECREASE YOUR EXPENDITURES.
DECREASING EXPENDITURES WOULD MEAN REDUCING STAFFING, POTENTIALLY CUTTING PROGRAMS, AND THE OTHER CONTRAST IS RAISING REVENUES.
AGAIN, PUTTING IT PLAINLY, I HATE TO PUT IT THAT SIMPLY, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE CREDIT CARD.
WE KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET TO BASIC AID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW FINANCING AND REVENUE STRUCTURE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES AT THAT TIME.
WE'RE BORROWING MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND REDUCE THE NEED TO IDENTIFY FURTHER REDUCTIONS.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FINANCING STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THE LAST SLIDE.
THERE ARE TWO FINANCING OPTIONS.
ONE IS A TAXABLE OPTION, ONE IS A TAX EXEMPT OPTION.
THE OPTIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE FOR A TAXABLE FINANCING, WE'RE PROPOSING A $1 MILLION LOAN.
IT'S A BIT OF A HIGHER RATE, BUT THE FINANCING WILL ALLOW US TO, I KEEP SAYING REFINANCE, TO RESTRUCTURE AND PAY OFF THE COP DEBT.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION IS A LOAN THAT WAS TAKEN ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO.
THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE ON THAT IS ABOUT $550,000.
WE HAVE BEEN PAYING THAT DEBT SERVICE FROM DEVELOPER FEE MONIES THAT THE DISTRICT GETS.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS ANNUALLY TO MEET THE $550.
THE RESULT IS THAT THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN SUPPLEMENTING THAT FUND IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT ANNUAL PAYMENT, SOMEWHERE TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $400,000.
BY TAKING OUT THIS TAXABLE LOAN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUND ABOUT $400,000 ANNUALLY, THEREBY RELIEVING THE PRESSURE ON THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN SOLVENT BETWEEN NOW AND BASIC AID.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT WOULD BE TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PREPAYMENT DATES.AS YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO LOAN YOU MONEY IF THERE NOT SOMETHING IN IT FOR THEM.
IN THIS REALM, THERE IS THE OPTION TO PREPAY AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 2027 WITH NO PREPAYMENT PENALTY IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TAX OR INTEREST PAYMENTS THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE PAY TO THE PERSON LOANING MONEY TO US.
IF WE WERE TO KEEP THE LOAN ALIVE, $1 MILLION WOULD COST US 1.5 MILLION IF WE PAID IT OFF IN 2027.
IF WE KEEP IT ALL THE WAY TO MATURITY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 2040, THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE ABOUT 1.57 MILLION.
THE DELTA IS BASICALLY THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE PAYING OVER THE TERM OF THAT.
BY CONTRAST, TAX EXEMPT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FAVORABLE TAX ADVANTAGES TO THE DEBT TOUR IN THIS INSTANCE, WE'RE SUGGESTING ABOUT A $2.1 MILLION LOAN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER INTEREST RATE OF 4.03%.
THE CATCH THERE IS THE PREPAYMENT OPTION DOESN'T KICK IN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 2030.
ABOUT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IF WE KEEP THE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS AND PAY IT OFF IN 2030, THAT 2.1 MILLION WILL COST US 2.53.
IF WE KEEP THAT LOAN ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE MATURITY OF 2040, THAT 2.1 MILLION WOULD COST US 2.9 IN TOTAL.
BOTTOM LINE, HOW DO I PUT THIS MORE PLAINLY, THIS LOAN WILL HELP CUSD CLOSE ITS BUDGET DEFICIT TO ENSURE FISCAL SOLVENCY UNTIL IT REACHES BASIC AID.
AGAIN, WHILE MAINTAINING PROGRAMS, SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND REDUCING THE NEED FOR PAINFUL STAFFING REDUCTIONS.
STAFFING REDUCTIONS WILL STILL OCCUR IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT, AS YOU'LL SEE IN MY DEPARTMENT UPDATES, WE'RE ABOUT ALMOST 85 STUDENTS.
WE'RE OPENING SCHOOL YEAR 85 STUDENTS LESS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT WE WOULD ALSO SEE A DECREASE IN STAFFING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR.
THE STAFFING REDUCTIONS THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ENROLLMENT AND NOT IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED FOR BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I'M SORRY, ONE MORE COMMENT ON THAT.
YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING HOW WE CAME UP WITH A $3,000,000.
THE ONE MILLION OF TAXABLE THAT IS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY FOR THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND.
THE ADDITIONAL $2,000,000 IS MEANT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN COSTS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES, WE NEED NEW CARPET.
WE NEED NEW FANS, WE NEED HVAC REPAIRS.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROUD THAT WE TOOK THE TIME THIS SUMMER TO INSTALL UPGRADED FANS IN ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS OVER THE SUMMER.
FIFTEEN OF OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS RECEIVED COMPLETELY NEW FLOORING AT THE REQUEST OF OUR EDUCATORS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS IN THE UNION.
THOSE THINGS WILL BE PAID OUT OF BY THIS RESTRICTED FUND.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THINGS UNANTICIPATED HAPPEN.
ROOF LEAKS, PLUMBING BURSTS, VANDALISM.
BY TAKING OUT THE $2,000,000, WE'RE PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE IMPACTED THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? SEE NONE, TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ITEM 5.2?
>> BASICALLY BY MY MATH, WE ARE GOING TO COMMIT TO SPEND, LET'S SAY WE ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY IT OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BOTH OF THE LOANS.
WE WOULD COMMIT TO SPEND ABOUT $570 IN INTEREST CHARGES TO HAVE ACCESS TO 3.11 MILLION DOLLAR.
>> DID YOU SHOP THIS AROUND, GET DIFFERENT QUOTES, GET COMPETING OFFERS?
I SKIPPED THAT ON THE LAST SLIDE.
WE DID GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
I BELIEVE, RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT FINANCING AGENCIES WITH VARYING TERMS, AND THESE WERE THE MOST FAVORABLE BASED OFF OF OUR INTERESTS AS DISTRICT.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, IS THERE A REASON IT LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND LESS IN
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FINANCE CHARGES IF THE TAXABLE AMOUNT WERE THE 2.1 MILLION AND THE TAX-EXEMPT WERE 1 MILLION? IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU HAVE THE AMOUNTS UNDER TAXABLE OR TAX EXEMPT?>> TAXABLE AMOUNTS HAVE A HIGHER INTEREST RATE OR MORE COSTLY TO FINANCE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED FLEXIBILITY TO THE GENERAL FUND WITHOUT PAYING MORE THAN NECESSARY.
>> THE MORE FLEXIBLE TAX-EXEMPT.
>> TAXABLE HAS A HIGHER INTEREST RATE.
>> IS IT MORE FLEXIBLE OR IS THE TAX-EXEMPT FLEXIBLE?
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5.2? DO YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE TAX I'M SORRY, TAXABLE IS MORE FLEXIBLE.
IS THERE A REASON WHY THE 2.1 MILLION DOLLAR ISN'T IN THE TAXABLE?
>> LET ME SWITCH. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE INTEREST RATE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO PAY IT OFF EARLIER.
>> IF WE WANTED TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT WOULD COME AT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER TOTAL COST.
>> BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATE IS HIGHER.
THE PREPAYMENT OF SEPTEMBER 27 WAS ONLY PROVIDED ON THE TAXABLE PORTION.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO LET YOU PAY IT OFF SOONER, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT MORE INTEREST IN THE SHORT TERM.
>> DEPUTY, GREAT WORK AS USUAL.
CAN YOU MAYBE SUMMARIZE HOW YOU SEE THIS IMPACTING REAL WORLD, THE TRANSITION TO BASIC AID? AS WE SET EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT NEW ENVIRONMENT.
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT THIS PLAN, SHOULD IT PASS, IMPACTING THAT? HOW DO YOU SEE THAT? FOR INSTANCE, IF I THINK NOTIONALLY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NOTIONALLY, OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW, BUT SAY WE ARE GOING TO END UP TAKING $10,000,000 MORE IN REVENUE PER YEAR WHEN WE START BASIC AID.
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ROUGHLY DEFICIT SPENDING BY ABOUT 6 MILLION FOR THE LAST SINCE COVID.
THAT LEAVES ABOUT A NET OF 4 MILLION. HOW DOES THIS? I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD ATTEMPT TO PAY ALL THIS OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE LEFT SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE PLAN.
>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT BEING A FISCALLY PRUDENT INDIVIDUAL THAT I AM IN MY PERSONAL LIFE AND AS STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WE'RE BUILDING THE DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO BE IN BASIC AID.
ONE OPTION WOULD BE FISCALLY PRUDENT MAKE CUTS, ONLY TO BRING THEM BACK THE NEXT YEAR.
WHAT I THINK YOU'RE ALLUDING TO IS, WHEN WE GET TO BASIC AID, WE SAY OUR NEW REVENUE MODEL IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $10,000,000 MORE THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.
OUR DEFICIT SPEND IS ABOUT 8 MILLION, I'M THROWING AROUND NUMBERS.
THERE'S $2 MILLION AS THE DELTA.
WE COULD CONTINUE TO PAY THE MINIMUM PAYMENT ON THIS CREDIT CARD.
OR A PRUDENT OPTION WOULD BE, I HAVE THE MONEY, PAY IT OFF, FREE MYSELF OF DEBT AND THEN USE THAT INTEREST TO GUESS, BE CURRENT ON MY BILLS.
THE RECOMMENDATION AND WHY THE PREPAYMENT OPTION WAS SO IMPORTANT.
THE SEPTEMBER 27 PREPAYMENT COINCIDES WITH OUR FIRST YEAR'S BASIC AID.
THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PAY THAT OFF TO MINIMIZE TOTAL COSTS OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS OF BASIC AID.
I THINK THAT 2030 IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION TO FULLY PAY OFF THE TAX-EXEMPT.
LOOKING STRICTLY AT INTEREST RATES, YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, WHY WOULDN'T WE DO 4%? IT'S LESS.
HOWEVER, I THINK THIS STAGGERED STRUCTURE GIVES US THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS AND ALSO SAVES TAXPAYERS MORE MONEY IN THE LONG HAUL.
>> WITHOUT THIS LOAN, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR AS A DISTRICT? HOW MUCH OF A DEFICIT WILL WE BE? WHAT CUTS NUMBER-WISE WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT WITHOUT THIS LOAN?
>> IN JUNE, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.
WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE NEEDED ABOUT 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN REDUCTIONS.
SINCE THEN, BUT TO TRAILERS PASSED, THERE'S ONE TIME MONIES.
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THERE'S ABOUT $700,000 IN ONE-TIME MONIES.IF YOU'RE DOING THE MATH, 1.4 - 700, WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY ABOUT $700,000 IN REDUCTIONS.
FAST FORWARD NOW TO WE'RE IN OUR THIRD, FOURTH DAY OF SCHOOL, WE'RE OPENING WITH 70 LESS STUDENTS, ROUGH MATH BASED OFF OF THE AVERAGES, THAT'S ABOUT $900,000 LESS IN REVENUES, SO 700,000 $900,000, WE'RE PROBABLY IN THE REALM OF 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS IN BUDGET SOLUTIONS WITH JUST THOSE TWO MAJOR FACTORS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE SIMPLY, IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS, THEN AS I MENTIONED, IT'S EITHER RECOGNIZE MORE REVENUES OR REDUCE YOUR EXPENDITURES.
IN A DISTRICT WHERE 81% OF OUR EXPENDITURES IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS WOULD LIKELY IMPACT STAFFING AND PROGRAMMING.
>> THE NUMBERS YOU'RE SAYING WILL KEEP US ABOVE THE REQUIRED RESERVE WITHOUT DIPPING BELOW.
>> THAT'S MY BEST ESTIMATE AS OF TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW, ALL KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIALS FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
A LOT MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE THE BOOKS ON 24-25 WHEN WE PRESENT THE UNAUDITED ACTUAL CU AT OUR SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
>> WILL THIS SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 5.2?
>> THAT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. ITEM 5.2.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD.
CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. MOTION PASSES.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS, ITEM 6.1,
[6.1 ACT Report: President Jennifer Landry (5 min.)]
ACT REPORT, PRESIDENT JENNIFER LANDRY. WELCOME BACK.>> GOOD AFTERNOON. EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JENNIFER LANDRY.
TODAY, I'M IN HERE AS MY ROLE AS THE PRESIDENT OF ACT, THE ASSOCIATION OF CORONADO TEACHERS, AS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, THE MEMBERS OF ACT ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF EVERY STUDENT.
STUDENTS ARE THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A CARING, QUALIFIED, COMMITTED.
ALTHOUGH THE WORD TEACHER IS IN OUR NAME, WE ARE ALSO SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, COUNSELORS, AND NURSES.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO START A NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH NEW COLLEAGUES.
YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED TO THEM, SO WE WON'T DO THAT HERE.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE A HIGH TURNOVER RATE HERE IN CORONADO, ESPECIALLY IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE LOST EIGHT MEMBERS JUST LAST YEAR.
CUSD HAS NO OFFICIAL MENTORING PROGRAM FOR OUR NEW HIRES.
WE ARE FOCUSING THIS YEAR ON TEAMS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS FEEL CONNECTED TO SOMEONE ELSE ON THEIR CAMPUS, WHETHER THEY ARE A NEW HIRE, A TRANSFER, OR JUST SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH ANOTHER MEMBER OF THEIR DEPARTMENT TO PLAN CURRICULUM.
PICTURED THERE AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE A CHS LONGTIME DANCE INSTRUCTOR, DEBBIE BUCHANAN, IS WELCOMING AND TEAMING UP WITH KAREN GLASS.
ALSO, AT CHS, SENIOR CHIEF HELWIG HAS TEAMED UP WITH CAPTAIN HOLZER TO CONTINUE TO BRING RIGOR AND DIRECTION TO THE RATS PROGRAM.
I THINK CAPTAIN HOLZER IS STILL GETTING USED TO SOME OF OUR CUTE SEE THINGS WE DO IN EDUCATION, LIKE PUT YOUR HEAD IN A CARDBOARD FRAME. HERE WE GO.
OVER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'VE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF SCIENCE TEACHERS IN CHRISSIE MORROW.
HALEY, I I THINK MESS THIS UP.
TIBO ABBY, LUND AND THEIR NEWEST MEMBER JULIE RUBEL.
MOST MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE SOMEWHAT NEW TO CMS, SO THEY KNOW WHAT SUPPORT THEIR NEWEST MEMBER WILL NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THEY'RE ALL SETTLED IN NICELY THIS WEEK.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO TALK TO THEM.
OVER AT VILLAGE, WE HAVE A UNIQUE TEAM OF NEW FOLKS, BUT NOT REALLY NEW FOLKS.
THAT'S BECAUSE KIM PITNER HAS JOINED KRISSY KENNY AS PART OF THE AMAZING SECOND-GRADE TEAM AT VILLAGE.
KIM PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT AT VILLAGE BEFORE SHE WENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NOW SHE'S BACK AND BRINGING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE SECOND-GRADE TEAM.
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IT IS STILL WEIRD TO SEE HER WALKING INTO VILLAGE INSTEAD OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE MORNING.DOWN AT STRAND, PEYTON R IS JOINING NICOLE MOLINEU IN FIRST GRADE.
NOW, THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN LAST WEEK BECAUSE REMEMBER, I HAVE TO TURN IN MY REPORTS ON FRIDAYS NOW, SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS.
THE QUESTION MARK THAT THEY'RE HOLDING UP WAS FOR THEIR NEW TEAM MEMBER, BUT THAT NEW TEAM MEMBER HAS BEEN HIRED.
THEY WERE EXCITEDLY AWAITING THEIR NEW K-1 COMBO TEACHER TO BE HIRED, AND THERE WE GO.
THEY'RE ALL FULL UP NOW ON THEIR TEAM.
SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, LET ME KNOW I COULD SEGUE JUST A MOMENT IN MY INFORMATION SECTION.
SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL ON FRIDAY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW TODAY, MYSELF AND TERRY FREE PARTNER WENT TO THE VBA BENEFITS KICK-OFF THAT THEY HOLD EVERY YEAR IN AUGUST.
GREAT PRESENTATIONS, INFORMATION ABOUT RATES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES THAT ARE INCLUDED.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY FREE BECAUSE WE PAY FOR THEM, BUT INCLUDED IN OUR HEALTH BENEFITS FOR OUR MEMBERS.
EIGHT YEARS AGO, I SAT IN THAT SAME BALLROOM AND HEARD ABOUT HOW A VIVA RESOURCE CENTER WAS GOING TO COME TO SOUTH BAY VERY SOON.
EVERYBODY'S DEFINITION OF VERY SOON IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I'M VERY EXCITED THAT NEW RESOURCE CENTER IS GOING TO BE OPENING IN EARLY 2026, WHETHER MY CONFERENCES THIS SUMMER? I ALSO HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.
I'VE ALREADY DRIVEN BY IT TO MAKE SURE YES, WORK IS ACTUALLY GOING ON.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON H STREET BETWEEN THE FIVE AND THE 805, CLOSER TO THE FIVE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOUND HEALING LIKE THE DING DINGS WE HEAR.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO ACUPUNCTURE, YOGA, COOKING CLASSES.
WHAT'S BEEN AT THE MISSION VALLEY CENTER, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE.
WILL BE AT THE SOUTH BAY CENTER, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE IS AMPLE PARKING.
IF YOU'VE EVER TRIED TO GO TO THE MISSION VALLEY CENTER, IT IS CUT THROAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING AND THAT LOT IS SO SMALL THAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE TRIED TO GO AND TAKE ADVANTAGE AND THEY GAVE UP BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT IS FULL AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE SAFE STREET PARKING THERE.
EIGHT YEARS LATER, THAT'S AWESOME.
AS THEY SAID TODAY, TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES WELL AND YOU'LL HAVE BETTER EMPLOYEES.
>> THE CONCERN THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP THIS MONTH IS REACTION VERSUS COLLABORATION.
FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE A LOT OF THE TIME ME ARE REACTING TO CHANGES THAT ARE COMING ABOUT BECAUSE WE NOW ARE MEMBERS, WE'RE NOT PART OF THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE RATIONALE FOR THE CHANGE.
WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONES IN CHARGE, WE ARE THE ONES CARRYING OUT THE DISTRICT DIRECTIVES.
WHEN WE ARE NOT PART OF A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO GET ON BOARD AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF A CHANGE WHEN WE HAVE NO CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR A CHANGE OR THE SUPPOSED NEED CHANGE IS.
WE THINK WE'RE GOING DOWN ONE PATH AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE, WE'RE TOLD TO MAKE A COMPLETE LEFT TURN.
IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD, AND IT HAS CAUSED CONFUSION AND UNEASE, NOT A GOOD WAY TO START THE YEAR.
WE HOPE THAT WE CAN BE PART OF THE PROCESS WHEN SOMEONE THINKS CHANGE IS NEEDED AND NOT JUST ON THE RECEIVING END OF AN EMAIL OR CONVERSATION TELLING US ABOUT THE LEFT TURN.
TO THAT END, I DID EMAIL PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS TODAY ASKING TO MEET IN SMALL GROUPS, NOT VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM ME ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED TO SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, AND WE'RE NOT PLAYING A GAME OF TELEPHONE.
ON THAT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I LET HER KNOW MY AVAILABILITY ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND EACH DAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS PRESENTED?
>> NO QUESTIONS, BUT A COMMENT. I MAY NOT HAVE HEARD IT CORRECTLY.
THAT WAS YOU STATED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
>> IT'S CORRECT FOR NEW HIRES.
NOW, I'M NOT SPEAKING OF NEW TEACHERS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AN INDUCTION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLEAR THEIR CREDENTIAL.
I'M SPEAKING OF ANYBODY WHO THEY COULD HAVE WORKED FOR 20 YEARS SOMEWHERE AND THEN THEY'RE NEW TO US.
IT'S SO HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SAY,
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THIS IS HOW TO DO THIS.OUR PRINCIPALS DO A GREAT JOB OF WELCOMING PEOPLE.
BUT ONCE YOU GET IN THERE AND YOU JUST WANT TO ORDER A BOX OF PENS, HOW DO I ORDER A BOX OF PENS? THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TEAMING PEOPLE UP WITH A NOT MAYBE A NEW EDUCATOR, BUT A NEW TO OUR DISTRICT SO THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LOST AND ALONE.
THEY'RE NOT HERE TILL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
GO HOME AND LET ME HELP YOU TOMORROW ON SOME MORE THINGS.
WE KEEP SAYING NO QUESTIONS TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL.
>> OKAY. DID THE ONLY EXPERIENCE I'M FAMILIAR WITH AS A UNION EMPLOYEE THAT I AM NOW, ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION WILL GET NEW PILOTS, THE SAME THING.
DON'T KNOW, HERE'S THE INS AND OUTS AND SO WE COME AROUND THEM AS A GROUP AND DO THAT, AND IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER, AND YOU ALL THEN DO THE SAME.
>> ALL VOLUNTEER. THERE'S NO COMPENSATION.
SOMETIMES IT'S OUR SITE REPS STEPPING IN.
OTHER TIMES AS YOU SAW, IT'S A NEIGHBOR.
STEPPING IN, WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO FEEL WELCOMED, WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL AS OVERWHELMED AS THEY COULD BE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE OUR NEW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> GREAT. THE PEOPLE WITHIN THESE EMPLOYEE GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHY NO MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
IS THAT AN INDICTMENT ON SOMETHING OR SOME.
>> NO, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHY TONIGHT WAS SHOWING YOU LOOK AT THE FOLKS THAT ARE TEAMING UP TO HELP.
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE I WAS WONDERING I GET THAT I MISSED THAT PART OF THE CONTENT.
PERFECT. GREAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU.
>> MY ONLY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MENTORING PROGRAM AS WELL.
I KNOW OFTENTIMES TEACHERS WHO ARE GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS PARTNER UP OR HELP EACH OTHER.
IS THERE AN INTEREST, DO YOU THINK IN CROSS HAVING A MENTOR IN ANOTHER SCHOOL OR AT ANOTHER SITE FOR BUILDING THAT CONNECTION, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S BEST JUST AT WHATEVER SITE THEY'RE AT?
>> AT THEIR SITE, BECAUSE I CAN SEE FROM THOSE OF US WHO ARE MENTORS IN THE INDUCTION PROGRAM AND ARE TEAMED UP WITH SOMEBODY AT ANOTHER SITE.
HOW DO I DO THIS? WELL, I KNOW AT MY SITE, IT'S DONE THIS WAY, BUT AT YOUR SITE, YOUR ADMIN ASSISTANT MIGHT WANT IT DONE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.
>> THAT'S WHY BEING ABLE TO JUST GO NEXT DOOR ACROSS THE HALL, DOWN THE HALL AND SAY, I NEED TO HELP FIGURING THIS OUT IS SO HELPFUL BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT FROM THE INDUCTION PROGRAM, HOW IT'S A LOT OF LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
WHEREAS WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAMMATE RIGHT THERE AT YOUR OWN SITE, YOU GET THAT ANSWER.
ALSO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN ICE BREAKER. WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THOSE.
IT'S ALSO A WAY TO GO IN AND CHECK ON SOMEONE.
HEY, DID ANYBODY EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW TO ORDER SUPPLIES? MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN A DOOR WHERE THEY WERE AFRAID TO ASK.
BUT NOW THAT YOU OPENED THAT DOOR, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK A BUNCH MORE QUESTIONS THAT THEY TELL US WHEN WE'RE FIRST HIRED.
WHEN YOU GO TO A MEETING, DON'T SAY ANYTHING, JUST TAKE NOTES.
YOU'RE IN THAT MENTALITY SOMETIMES OF, I DON'T WANT TO ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND BE A BOTHER, BUT THEY'RE NOT A BOTHER.
WE JUST NEED THEM TO FEEL WELCOME HERE AND WANT TO STAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM 6.1.
[6.2 Student Board Member Report: Haissam Kouli (5 min.)]
STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT, MR. HAISSAM KOULI. NO, RIGHT THERE.>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, DISTRICT STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMM.
I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS YOUR NEW STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2025 TO 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
I'M HERE TONIGHT RECOGNIZING MY DUTY TO UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BOARD AND TO SERVE AS YOUR STUDENT REPORTER FOR THE CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TOWARD THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERING PRINCIPAL MINA'S REQUEST TO ALLOW FRESHMAN AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE TWO WEEKS OF BONDING TIME BEFORE LETTING THEM LEAVE FOR CAMPUS FOR LUNCH.
SO FAR, FROM MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION, I'VE WATCHED OUR EFFORTS TO FACILITATE BONDING BETWEEN THE CLASS OF 2029 SUCCEED, LIKE A LOT.
ONE KID WHO I TALKED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, HE WAS A FRESHMAN, HAD JUST MOVED INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM VIRGINIA.
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HE WAS SITTING AT A TABLE BY HIMSELF DURING LUNCH AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY.I WENT OVER AND SAT NEXT TO HIM AND TALKED TO HIM.
HE WAS AN OUTGOING GUY, BUT HE WAS REALLY ENJOYING THE VIBE, HE SAID, OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THE NEXT DAY, I SAW HIM TALKING TO A BIGGER GROUP OF FRIENDS AND THE DAY AFTER THAT, I SAW HIM TALKING TO AN EVEN BIGGER GROUP OF FRIENDS ACTUALLY.
IT PROBABLY NUMBERED TO ABOUT 15 PEOPLE WHO WERE ALL JUST CONVERSING, HAVING A GOOD TIME.
THEY ALL SEEMED TO BE LAUGHING PRETTY LOUD.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN OF A LOT OF BONDING GOING ON.
I'VE SEEN THE MOST PEOPLE CONVERSE AND CONGREGATE ON CAMPUS THAT I EVER HAVE IN MY PAST THREE YEARS OF GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S JUST TO SAY THAT IT'S GOING SWIMMINGLY.
ON THE FIRST DAY, ACTUALLY, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I OBSERVED THIS TOO.
THE CAFETERIA RAN OUT OF FOOD.
I WENT LIKE 10 MINUTES AFTER LUNCH STARTED OR PROBABLY 15, AND I WAS ASSUMING I'D BE ABLE TO GET LUNCH. I DIDN'T.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S JUST TO SAY A LOT OF KIDS ARE ON CAMPUS.
CULTURES GOING GREAT RIGHT NOW.
MOVING ON, AS MANY OF YOU LIKELY KNOW, YOUR REPORTERS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS FOUR DAYS AGO, THREE DAYS AGO.
BECAUSE OF THAT, RATHER THAN REPORTING MORE ON HOW EACH SCHOOL'S ORIENTATIONS WENT, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU GUYS AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO I AM AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I DO ON CAMPUS OR NOT JUST ON CAMPUS, BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M ALSO GOING TO EXPRESS MY PLANS TO BEST REACH AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AS MANY GROUPS IN CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS POSSIBLE AND TO OUTLINE MY GOALS AS A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS HAISSAM KOULI.
ONE OF MY MOST OUTSTANDING TRAITS AS A PERSON IS THAT I ACTIVELY SEEK TO FIND REDEEMABLE QUALITIES ABOUT EVERY PERSON AND THEIR IDEAS.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN BARRING TWO YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC. I MISSED YOU, MISS MOLINA.
SINCE I JOINED, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES AND I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW A VERY WIDE VARIETY OF VARYING AND DIVERSE PEOPLE.
I PLAYED TENNIS IN WATER POLO FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS.
I'VE BEEN IN OS'S MUSICAL THEATER AND DRAMA CONSERVATORY FOR THREE.
I JUST SWITCHED INTO THE TECHNICAL CONSERVATORY, THE TECHNICAL THEATER CONSERVATORY.
I WAS JUST ELECTED TO BE THE COSA COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, SO I'M REPORTING ON A LOT OF MATTERS THAT COSA STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON, INCLUDING THE VENDING MACHINE.
[LAUGHTER] WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
I'VE BEEN IN THE GUIDING COALITION FOR THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE.
I'VE TAKEN BOTH VERY CHALLENGING AND VERY SIMPLE CLASSES AT CHS.
WITH MY EXPANSIVE NETWORK THAT I'VE BUILT OVER, MY TIME ATTENDING CHS, I WILL SURELY CARRY A MASSIVELY DIVERSE STUDENT VOICE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M GOING TO STOP MAKING MY NETWORK BIGGER EITHER.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO REACH MORE AND MORE KIDS, NOT JUST AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HAVE A BROTHER IN CMS, SO I CAN TALK TO HIM ABOUT WHATEVER IS GOING ON.
I COULD TALK TO HIS FRIENDS ABOUT MATTERS THAT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD COMMENT ON.
I HAVE A BROTHER IN KINDERGARTEN.
MAYBE HE'LL TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
I'M WILLING TO HEAR OUT WHATEVER OPINIONS THAT THEY HAVE OVER DIFFERENT AGENDAS, MATTERS THAT WE HAVE AT THESE BOARD MEETINGS, AND I'LL REPORT THEM OVER TO YOU GUYS AS MUCH AS I CAN.
WITH ALL THAT SAID, MY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THIS BOARD WITH DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS ON WHICHEVER MATTERS, I BELIEVE, NEED TO HAVE A STUDENT VOICE HEARD.
I WANT TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE RARE INSTANCE WHEN THE COSO LIAISON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON A BOARD AS A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, THOUGH I'M ALSO A LIAISON OF MANY OTHER THINGS.
ONCE AGAIN, I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU ALL, AND I AIM TO SERVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY REPORT.
>> GOOD JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I WILL SAY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT I MET WITH MR. KOULI YESTERDAY IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY'S MEETING, AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR ALL THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND JUST TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER TRUSTEES.
THERE ARE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT TRUSTEES, CONFERENCES AND DIFFERENT AVENUES LIKE THAT THAT MR. KOULI IS INTERESTED IN.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY COME UP FOR BOARD DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD TO GIVE HIM THE BEST EXPERIENCE THAT HE WANTS OUT OF THIS ROLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE.
DOES ANY OTHER TRUSTEE HAVE ANY?
>> JUST TWO COMMENTS FIRST THAT THAT VIRGINIA STUDENT IS LIKING THE VIBE RIGHT NOW.
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HE'S GOING TO LOVE IT IN JANUARY.MILITARY BY ANY CHANCE? PEN TO KNOW IF YOU MILITARY.
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THOUGH, SOMETHING YOU SAID REALLY STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME AND SOMETHING I TRY TO DO AS WELL, AND I HOPE WE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
YOU SAY YOU TRY TO FIND REDEEMABLE QUALITIES IN EVERYONE YOU MEET, AND I THINK THAT IS FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.
YEAH, I'M VERY EXCITED FOR WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT POP UP AS MISS PALACIOS-PETERS WAS MENTIONING.
[6.3 Deputy Superintendent Updates (5 min. + Board Discussion)]
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I'D LIKE TO HAND THIS OVER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA, MR. SALAMANCA.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.
I WILL ASK MISS MGALLIGO, IF YOU'LL PULL UP THE ENROLLMENT AND STAFFING? START WITH ENROLLMENT AND STAFFING.
AS EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FOURTH DAY OF SCHOOL, AND LIKE MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT, I ALSO DO NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT ABOUT OUR ROLE IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE IS PROJECTING HOW MANY STUDENTS WE EXPECT TO HAVE, ANY MOVEMENT WITHIN OUR TEACHING AND CLASSIFIED STAFF.
AND SOMEHOW TRYING TO MESH IT ALL IN INTO ONE COHESIVE BUDGET AS WE OPEN THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH LOTS OF UNKNOWNS.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECTING IS STUDENT ENROLLMENT, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A MAJOR DRIVER OF OUR FINANCING AND OUR FUNDING AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE AS OF TODAY, AND ACTUALLY WHAT I HAVE ON THE SCREEN IS DAY ONE ENROLLMENT, OPENING DAY.
LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE OPENED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 2,778 STUDENTS, AND THIS YEAR, WE OPENED WITH 2,691.
THAT'S A DECREASE OF 87 STUDENTS IN JUST ONE YEAR, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT HIT TO OUR BUDGET.
STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE EXPECT TO COME BACK AFTER LABOR DAY? AND LOOKING AT THE TREND, STILL HOLDING OUR BREATH AND HOPING THAT MORE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, 87 STUDENTS IS A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT NEGATIVELY TO OUR REVENUE AS A DISTRICT, BY WAY OF FLUCTUATIONS, THIS WAS A NUMBER.
WE HAD 2,691 ENROLLED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ON MONDAY.
I ASKED FOR NUMBERS AS RECENTLY AS AN HOUR AGO AND WE'VE LOST ANOTHER 13 STUDENTS FROM THAT ENROLLMENT.
THEY COULD HAVE ENROLLED, REGISTERED AND MAYBE THEY GOT ORDERS OVER THE SUMMER AND MOVED.
GIVEN OUR STUDENT POPULATION THAT WE SERVE, THERE'S LOTS OF MOBILITY, AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF UNKNOWNS AS WE GO INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE TRY AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
>> THE CONTEXT. THAT 87 INCLUDE THOSE 30?
>> NO. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 13.
>> WE'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR BUDGET AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
LOOKING AT THE ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT, WE OPENED LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH 760 STUDENTS, WE OPENED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH ABOUT 30 LESS STUDENTS.
OUR CLASSROOM OR STUDENT TEACHER RATIO.
THIS IS FOR TEACHERS THAT HAVE STUDENTS ROSTERED TO THEM.
OUR STUDENT TEACHER RATIO IS 24.33.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FULLY CREDENTIAL TEACHERS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORTS TO THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE.
IF YOU COUNT THOSE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS, OUR STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS ARE ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER THAN THAT 24.33.
WE ALSO HAVE, BY WAY OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, OUR UNION CONTRACTS, SPECIFIC PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN FOR THE TK THROUGH ONE GRADE SPAN, THE UNION CONTRACT, SAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE UP TO 25 STUDENTS ON GRADE SITE GRADE SPAN AVERAGE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CLASS SIZES ARE PRETTY LOW, 21.92, AND THAT TK THROUGH ONE, FOR TWO GRADES 2-3, OUR CONTRACT SAYS WE CAN GO UP TO 27.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 24.11 AS THE AVERAGE AND FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, WE CAN GO UP TO 30 AND OUR STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS ARE 27.78.
WELL, GREAT FOR STUDENTS, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE BEST ON THE BUDGET.
THERE'S A SWEET SPOT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE'RE FUNDED AND MAXIMIZING OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THOSE CLASSES.
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BUT EXCITED FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE STUDENTS AND THOSE TEACHERS THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL GO ON TO SILVER STRAND ELEMENTARY.FOR SILVER STRAND ELEMENTARY, WE OPEN THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 323 STUDENTS, AND THIS YEAR WE OPEN TO 319.
RELATIVELY STABLE. THERE ARE 14 CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSIGNED TO ROSTERED STUDENTS FOR A STUDENT TEACHER RATIO OF 22.79.
AGAIN, KEEPING WITH THE COMPARISONS FOR TK THROUGH ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT GRADE SPAN AVERAGE OF 22.5.
FOR GRADES TWO AND THREE, GRADE SPAN AVERAGE IS ABOUT 22 TO ONE PER PER CLASS, AND GRADE SPAN AVERAGE FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE IS 24 TO ONE FOR THAT.
THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN 30.
HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT AS IT RELATES TO STUDENT SCHEDULES.
YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ALL ON WHAT THE AVERAGES LOOK FOR LOOK LIKE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT I CAN SHARE THE TREND IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AT THE ELEMENTARY.
DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO AVERAGES PRETTY LOWER THAN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT BEFORE I GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE OR SHOULD I JUST KEEP GOING AND HE'LL ASK YOU MAIL AT ONCE? PERFECT. IF YOU'LL PULL OUT THE OTHER ATTACHMENT.
AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, MR. SCHMEICHEL HAS SEPARATED FROM THE DISTRICT, AND HE'S LIVING HIS DREAM AS A DIRECTOR OF APA, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HE LOVES THAT PART OF HIS ROLE, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM FOR THAT.
WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, LIKE WE'RE EXPERIENCING, THERE'S A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.
THERE'S A SUBSEQUENT DECLINE IN STAFFING.
WE HAD A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT I THINK THE RIGHT DECISION TO DECREASE OUR MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT STAFF FTE BY A DECREASE OF 1.0.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE BEING IN A SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WEAR A LOT OF HATS.
AS A CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, I GET TO DO THE REALLY HIGH LEVEL THINGS, I SIT IN MEETINGS, WE TALK ABOUT VISION FOR THE DISTRICT.
UNLIKE MY COUNTERPARTS IN BIGGER DISTRICTS WHO GET TO DISTRIBUTE THAT WORK, I GET TO ASSIGN MYSELF A BUNCH OF WORK IN A MEETING AND THEN GO DO IT.
IN SMALL DISTRICTS, WE WEAR A LOT OF HATS.
WE OFTEN ARE SPREAD A LOT THINNER THAN SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN LARGER DISTRICTS, AND THE DIRECTOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS IS NO DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE.
IT'S NOT EVEN EVERYTHING THAT MR. SCHMEICHEL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
IN FACT, EVERY DAY WE'RE LEARNING DID THAT.
SHANE DID THAT. I JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE LIST.
WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OUR COLLEAGUES WE MATCHED THE RESPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY WITH AREAS OF MR. SCHMEICHEL ROLE THAT WERE MOST CLOSELY ALIGNED TO ENSURE A LOT MORE CONTINUITY IN OUR PROGRAMMING.
BUT AS PROFESSIONALS, HOLD FIRM TO THAT ONE LINE IN OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT SAYS, OTHER DUTIES IS ASSIGNED.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SERVE STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND WE ARE EAGER THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ARE TAKING ON THE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.3 AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> WITH REGARDS TO THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND HOW THOSE WOULD BE AFFECTED AS WE WENT INTO BASIC AID.
IS SOME OF THE DECREASED ENROLLMENT DOES THAT REFLECT A CHANGE IN HOW WE TREATED INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR?
>> I WAS GETTING TO THAT. BY ZOOMING OUT.
LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED ABOUT 500 INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS.
THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 300, MARKET DECREASE IN OUR INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS.
IN OUR QUEUE, WE STARTED EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR.
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WE KNOW THAT THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN IMPACT.WE KNOW THAT OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS AN INTENTIONALITY ON THEIR PART NOT TO LET AS MANY STUDENTS LEAVE THEIR DISTRICTS.
AS YOU KNOW, PART OF THE INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER COMPACT IS STUDENTS MUST BE RELEASED FROM THEIR HOME DISTRICT AND THEN ACCEPTED BY THE RECEIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I BELIEVE THAT A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IS DUE TO THAT CONSCIENTIOUS DECISION FROM THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOT TO RELEASE AS MANY STUDENTS.
WHAT ELSE? I THINK WE OFTEN SAY THAT CLASSES AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT DON'T COME IN PERFECTLY PACKAGED BOXES.
WE CAN LOAD A FIFTH GRADE CLASS WITH ONE TEACHER WITH 30 STUDENTS.
OUR ENROLLMENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW THOSE PRESCRIBED 30 TO ONE AND WE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SIMILAR IN INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS.
WE HAD CAPACITY IN OUR FOURTH GRADE CLASSES, BUT WE DIDN'T GET VERY MANY INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS IN FOURTH GRADE.
I CAN SHARE THAT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN STUDENT SERVICES AND AT THE SCHOOL SITES TO MAXIMIZE ENROLLMENT WHERE POSSIBLE, UNDER THE BOARD'S GUIDANCE AND DIRECTIVES.
BUT THE NUMBERS JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT THIS YEAR.
WE HAD SOME SPACE IN SOME GRADES, BUT NO ONE INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR DISTRICT IN THOSE.
WE HAD APPLICATIONS IN ANOTHER GRADE, BUT NO SPACE TO TAKE THEM IN.
THOSE WERE SOME OF THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS WE MADE WITH INNER DISTRICT TRANSFERS THIS YEAR.
>> LEVEL OR A CERTAIN OF 300 APPLICANTS [BACKGROUND] CERTAIN OR A FIRST GRADE OR HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT MORE ON THAT LEVEL.
I LOOKED AT MORE OF WHO DO WE HAVE AND WHERE CAN WE TAKE THEM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
>> WOULD YOU NOT HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THEN?
>> NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THERE'S A SPREADSHEET THAT HAS IT ALL.
I'VE SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES, I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO BETTER TRACK REASONS WHY OR WHAT ARE THE TRENDS.
THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT'S PPC.ORG. YOU CAN GO ONLINE THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR RESEARCH AND WHAT IT SHOWS, PRETTY BIG DECLINES 2018-'28, THE DECREASE OF 7% ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE AREAS THAT ARE LOSING MORE THAN 10% OF THEIR STUDENT POPULATIONS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SAN FRANCISCO, THE COASTS, SAN DIEGO DECLINE OF 5-10% JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW THEN.
IT WOULD BE VERY FASCINATING TO FIND OUT WHY THAT IS, I WISH PEOPLE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY, BUT AT THE BOTTOM LINE, IN TWO YEARS, AGAIN, WHEN WE GO TO BASIC AID, IT'S A MOOT POINT.
BUT I DO THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING, AND I WISH WE HAD TRIED TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND HOPEFULLY THE STATE WILL BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE A CRISIS IN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA.
AGAIN, AS A RESEARCH WILL SHOW, I THINK THE UNCOVER SOME REASONS AS TO WHY THAT'S HAPPENING.
I WISH WE WOULD OR DID, BUT AGAIN, MOOT POINT AT THIS POINT.
>> I WOULD ACTUALLY DISSENT AND SAY THAT THERE IS, YES, IN THE IMMEDIATE NEAR TERM IT MIGHT BE MOOT, BUT I THINK THAT IT DOES RAISE A MUCH LARGER QUESTION ABOUT THE VIABILITY OF IF IT CONTINUES AS A PATTERN.
OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND SO IT WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
>> THESE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS I'VE SEEN AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN A LONG TIME, WHICH IS GREAT.
I THINK SMALLER CLASS SIZES, AT LEAST FOR ME, ARE WONDERFUL.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE'RE TAKING A FINANCIAL HIT BY NOT HAVING COMBO CLASSES THROUGHOUT WHERE WE COULD MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR TEACHERS.
MAYBE NOT SO GREAT FOR OUR FINANCIAL LINE HERE, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE CAN HANG ON FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER UNTIL WE CAN GET TO BASIC AID.
WAS OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR BASED ON LAST YEAR'S ENROLLMENT NUMBER OF 2,778 STUDENTS?
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>> OR WAS IT BASED ON A LOWER NUMBER, HIGHER NUMBER? [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE LOOK THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON MY FACE IS THERE'S RELATIVELY NEW FUNDING MODELS.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD OPEN THE YEAR WITH 2,750 STUDENTS.
WE'RE BELOW THAT TARGET RATE AND I'LL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED BASED OFF OF THE GRADER OF THE CURRENT.
PRIOR YEAR ADA OR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE, I'M THROWING ROUND NUMBERS AT IT, A DECREASE OF ABOUT 100 STUDENTS IS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
I'M THROWING VERY ROUND NUMBERS. DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT.
$1.2 MILLION DECREASE IN REVENUES.
WE WON'T EXPERIENCE THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEFAULT TO PRIOR YEAR ADA OR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.
>> ROLLING AVERAGE IS THE BETTER NUMBER?
>> THE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BETTER NUMBER.
BUT YES, THERE WILL BE A DECLINE IN REVENUES, BUT IT WON'T BE AS DRASTIC AS THAT 1.2 MILLION.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A COMPOUNDING EFFECT IN '26, '27 BECAUSE THE THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE IS NOW BASED OFF OF A MUCH LOWER NUMBER IN THE CURRENT HERE.
>> AT THIS MOMENT, WE WILL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK.
THANK YOU. HELLO. WE ARE BACK FROM BREAK,
[6.4 Superintendent Updates (5 min. + Board Discussion)]
AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 6.4, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNING BOARD AND COMMUNITY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW MY AGENDA ITEM.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT IN A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THAT REPORT, THE TWO THEMES THAT I REALLY WANTED TO CELEBRATE AND IN MY REPORT, ONE, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NCRC, NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER, AS DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD LEVEL, AND AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN CONTRACT.
OUR RESOURCE THROUGH THE NCRC IS DUE TO IN LARGE PART A COUNTY GRANT AND FUNDING.
WE HAVE ALREADY USED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NCRC ON OUR WELCOME BACK STAFF EXPERIENCE.
WE DID HAVE ALL STAFF MEMBERS BROKEN INTO INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTER SITE AND DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT OFFICE TEAMS ON THAT WELCOME BACK DAY.
WE HAD 15 GROUPS, FEEDBACK FROM STAFF.
I WILL STATE THAT A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS POSITIVE.
WE DID RECEIVE A FEW COMMENTS WITHIN THAT SURVEY ABOUT THE SPECIFIC FAIL OUT OF THOSE 15 FACILITATORS, LIKE MOST LARGE SCALE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, THE FACILITATOR REALLY SETS THE TONE AND CONTROLS THE WEATHER OF THOSE EXPERIENCES.
BUT AS STATED IN MY REPORT, OVERALL FEEDBACK WAS POSITIVE ON THAT SECTION OF OUR WELCOME BACK EXPERIENCE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE DEPLOYING OUR RESOURCE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NCRC THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE OTHER SECTION OF MY REPORT. I'M SORRY.
I WAS REMISS IN NOT LISTING IN THIS REPORT.
I INTEND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CONNECT REPORTS THAT WE PRESENT TO THE BOARD TO OUR THREE PORTRAITS: THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, THE PORTRAIT OF A SYSTEM, AND THE PORTRAIT OF AN ADULT.
>> YOU WILL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN INITIATIVES AND EXPERIENCES THAT WE ROLL OUT FOR STUDENTS, FOR STAFF, AND HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE WE CREATE SYSTEMS TO THAT DOCUMENT TO HONOR THE WORK AND FEEDBACK OF, AS WE'VE SHARED THE 64,000 DATA POINTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF OUR THREE PORTRAITS.
THE OTHER SECTION OF MY REPORT HAS TO DO WITH SOME SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT WE ENGAGED IN AND WITH OVER THE SUMMER.
THE MOST OBVIOUS FOR OUR STUDENTS IS THE GATE ON SIXTH STREET.
AS I LISTED IN THE REPORT, ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCERNS DURING OUR SAFETY AUDIT THROUGH SCHOOL SAFETY OPERATIONS WAS THAT GATE THAT IS A THROUGH WAY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR STUDENTS TRANSITION FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND AND INSTALL THAT GATE.
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THE OTHER IS THE EXECUTION OF DEPLOYING TWO WAY RADIOS TO ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS, SO ALL OF OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENT LEADS AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES, ETC, WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE WILL ARRIVE IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE AND PARTNER WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO ENSURE THAT A TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO OUR STAFF ON THE USE OF THOSE TWO A RADIOS.BUT AGAIN, ANOTHER GLARING NEED AS OUTLINED IN THE AUDIT CONDUCTED BY SCHOOL SAFETY OPERATIONS, AND COMMITMENT MADE TO THE COMMUNITY WAS TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON HOW WE WERE ADDRESSING NEEDS OUTLINED IN THAT AUDIT.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.4 AT THIS TIME? TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH RC.
I WAS A FRESHMAN IN COSA, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONFLICT WAS. IT HADN'T REACHED ME.
BUT FROM WHAT I SAW, THEY SUCCESSFULLY QUELLED IT BY A DECENT MARGIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND MR. MUELLER'S COMMENT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC FACILITATOR HAVING A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY ON HOW THE TONE GOES FOR THOSE.
IT CERTAINLY DOES. THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
>> THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
I WAS IN A GROUP WITH PRINCIPAL MELLINA AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS.
I THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL, ACTUALLY.
>> STINGRAYS, NOT THE SILLY STING RAYS.
>> I WAS SWORN IN SECRECY, BUT IT WAS VERY GOOD.
I THINK IT WAS A PROCESS THAT WILL HELP IN THE LONG RUN.
I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH, WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE RADIOS, WHICH ARE PHENOMENAL AND A MUCH NEEDED SYSTEM FOR SECURITY.
BY ANY CHANCE, BECAUSE IT'S A FAIRLY BIG TAB.
WAIT, IT'S BEING FUNDED BY A GRANT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THINGS LIKE THAT, THOUGH OR THE GATES.
IF IT'S NOT A GAIN ANYTHING NOW, WE HAVE ANY EX POST FACTO CAPABILITIES WITH MONEY THAT WE MIGHT GET BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING POTENTIALLY GOING TO GET A LOAN FOR FACILITIES THAT YOU CAN. NO, GO AHEAD.
>> YES. THE GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR AND WERE AWARDED, IT'S THE SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN PROGRAM.
WE WERE AWARDED JUST UNDER $400,000.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WAS THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE A 25% MATCHING.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, MOST OF THE FENCING, THE RADIOS, THOSE ARE ALL COVERED BY THE GRANT.
THE MATCHING COMPONENT WILL COME OUT OF THE NEW FINANCING THAT WE JUST APPROVED.
>> I WILL MENTION IN THIS AGENDA, THERE WAS A WARRANT, I BELIEVE, FOR A GRANT WRITER FOR ABOUT $6,000, WHICH I DISCUSSED WITH SUPERINTENDENT MILLER.
THAT PERSON WROTE THAT GRANT AND GOT US A LITTLE UNDER $400,000.
I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD ROI ON THAT ONE.
THANKFULLY, THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
>> JUST THANKS TO THE CORONADO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING ON THE EVI SAFETY CURRICULUM.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT GOES. GOOD LUCK.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[8. ITEMS PULLED CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 8.THIS IS ITEM 3.2, WHICH WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR.
TRUSTEE LEE, I BELIEVE YOU PULLED IT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?
>> SURE. THE WAY I RECEIVED THE PRESENTATION IS I THINK THERE'S POTENTIALLY A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE TO REALLY MAKE AN ASSESSMENT ON THE POINT BEING MADE.
ONE OF WHICH IS HOW MANY DAYS IS THIS NEW POSITION WORKING PER YEAR AS OPPOSED TO A TEACHER.
I HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, SO I KNOW ANYONE CAN GO ONLINE AND FIND THIS INFORMATION.
HOW ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE PAID TO INCLUDE THEIR BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I DIDN'T HAVE CHIMED THERE'S A LOT, I COULD GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I THINK THERE WAS TWO THIRDS MAKE LESS,
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BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN APPLES AND ORANGES.ANYTIME YOU'RE HIRING ANYONE FOR, THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POSITION.
HOW WE ARE KNOWN OUT IN THE PUBLIC IS LARGELY BY PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
THREE OF US HERE WERE IN THE MILITARY.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN POSITION.
I JUST WAS LEFT WITH, I THINK THAT'S JUST NOT AS ACCURATE.
I'M GLAD WE'RE DISCUSSING IT NOW TO MAYBE FILL IN THE HOLES.
MAYBE SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER MAYBE YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION AND WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND THINGS, I DON'T KNOW.
>> WELL, I THINK THE POINT RAISED WAS THAT THIS EXACT POSITION WHEN IT WAS FIRST HIRED WAS 0.5 FTE AND WAS PAID APPROXIMATELY $40,000.
NOW IT'S A 1.0 AND IS NOW 112,000.
>> NO. TODAY [INAUDIBLE] SHE'S PROBABLY ANGRY.
>> BUT MAYBE THERE ARE DETAILS OF HOW MANY DAYS WAS THAT.
NOW THIS IS OBVIOUSLY 12 MONTH POSITION 261 DAYS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT?
>> SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER OR DEPUTY SALAMANCA.
>> I CAN WAIT TILL WE'RE DONE WITH COMMENTS OR I CAN JUMP IN NOW.
>> THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE REASSIGNMENT OF CHANGE MICHAEL'S DUTIES, AND THE PIO GAINED SIX COLLATERAL DUTIES BY MY COUNT.
THEN TO WARRANT GOING FROM 0.8 TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK TO FIVE.
THAT EXTRA DAY WILL ALLOW SIX ADDITIONAL JOBS TO BE PILED ON.
THAT'S HOW I'M SEEING THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> I'D PREFER NOT TO USE THE TERM PILED ON.
BUT YES. MADAM PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK?
>> I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF THE TRUSTEES.
I'M A FEW CLARIFICATIONS FROM OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
TO BEGIN WITH, THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE BOARD APPROVED IT.
MISS MCELLIGOTT, CAN PULL THAT UP.
IT IS UNDER CONFIDENTIAL JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
THE THIRD BULLET IS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, IF YOU CAN CLICK THERE.
YOU'LL SEE WHEN IT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE 17, 2021.
WE HAVE EXPANDED THE ROLE OF OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM THE INITIAL BOARD APPROVAL UNTIL THE REQUEST THIS EVENING.
NUMBER 1, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IS WORKING A 261 DAY CONTRACT.
I APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENT, TRUSTEE LEE, THAT THIS IS AN APPLES TO APPLES.
THE DAYS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR OUR 12 MONTH 261 DAY EMPLOYEES.
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT WHAT DOES THE AVERAGE TEACHER.
>> TEACHER CONTRACT IS 186 DAYS.
>> TO LOOK AT JUST SALARY IS FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITIONAL DAYS ON CONTRACT AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR OUR STAFF, THIS WEBSITE OR THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
TO TRY TO ADDRESS, AND AGAIN, I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE 40 TO THE 80 TO THE CURRENT SALARY, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, LIKE ALL EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT, HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CURRENT ROLE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND ALSO RECEIVE COMPENSATION WHEN WE GO THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND HAVE PAY INCREASES.
THEY HAVE ALSO WITHIN THEIR SALARY SCHEDULE, RECEIVE STEP AND COLUMN.
FOR US TO DO THE SAME MATH AND TO SAY, HERE WAS A TEACHER SALARY TO USE THIS COMPARISON FIVE YEARS AGO, AND TO DOUBLE THAT OR TO INCREASE A 50% CONTRACT TO A 1.0, AND A TEACHER SALARY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STEP AND COLUMN INCREASES ANNUALLY THAT OUR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE AND ANYTHING THAT HAD BEEN NEGOTIATED AND THEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THAT GOES TO ALL CUSD EMPLOYEES.
AGAIN, I DID NOT DO THAT MATH.
FOR ME, WHEN WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY HERE OTHER THAN
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TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IS NOT JUST WORKING A TRADITIONAL CONTRACT DAY.WE DEPLOY OUR PIO TO WEEKEND EVENTS, WE DEPLOY OUR PIO TO EVENING EVENTS, AND AS STATED BY TWO OF OUR TRUSTEES, IT REALLY IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE ON HOW WE ARE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE ANECDOTAL THINGS THAT I COULD SHARE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ME THIS MORNING.
I WAS COMING OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND A FORMER TRUSTEE, WALKING HER DOG ACTUALLY STOPPED ME TO SAY, THE LAST FEW YEARS, I LOVE THE ARTICLES.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES THAT OUR PIO ADDRESSES AND SUPPORTS.
THEY'RE INCLUDED WITHIN HER JOB DESCRIPTION.
YOU CAN TAKE TIME AND REVIEW THAT.
THE NEW DUTIES THAT WE HAVE ASSIGNED TO THE PIO WERE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF MR. SCHMEICHEL'S JOB.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW OUR PIO WE'LL ASSUME SOME OF THOSE DUTIES AND ROLES.
ONE THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS TO BRING BACK A SERVICE AND A PROGRAM THAT WE HAD IN OUR DISTRICT PRE-PANDEMIC, AND THAT'S EVERYONE'S A READER, AND THAT TAKES RECRUITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME IN, GET FINGERPRINTED, AND PUSH INTO OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS TO READ TO OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE I THINK A FEW OF THE REPORTS THIS EVENING, A FEW OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS HAVE REALLY TOUCHED UPON A THEME THAT MR. SALAMANCA MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE MADE A COMMITMENT SIX YEARS AGO TO THIS BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD THE DISTRICT WE WANT TO BE IN BASIC AID BEFORE BASIC AID.
THERE WERE SOME DECISIONS MADE WITHIN THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK CREATIVELY AT, WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE IN TWO YEARS? THE REPORT PROVIDED BY OUR ACT PRESIDENT REFERENCED A LATE SEASON HIGHER AT SILVER STRAND ELEMENTARY FOR A TKK COMBO CLASS, THE PHOTO WITH THE QUESTION MARK.
THAT CAME OUT OF A CONVERSATION WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE REACH BASIC AID? DO WE WANT TO BE ON THE NATS NOSE WITH OUR CLASS SIZE AVERAGES, OR DO WE WANT TO HIRE ANOTHER EDUCATOR, LOWER THOSE CLASS SIZES? WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE IN TWO YEARS? THAT WAS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF WHEN WE LOST MR. SHMEICHEL TO RECONFIGURE A LOT OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERS OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CABINET AND OUR SITE ADMINISTRATORS.
I'M LOOKING AT PRINCIPAL MELLINA RIGHT NOW AND SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE TAKEN ON THE COSA DIRECTOR POSITION, AND THERE DISTRIBUTION OF HOW THEY'RE ASSUMING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES IS IN MOTION, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE COSA FOUNDATION.
THEY'RE PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORTS TO THE EDUCATORS ON THAT CAMPUS.
WE DON'T HAVE 0.8 SITE ADMINISTRATORS PRINCIPALS.
WE ADDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ONTO A PART TIME EMPLOYEE, AND OUR DESIRE IS TO MAKE THAT PERSON WHOLE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE REACH BASIC AID, AND THE JOURNEY BETWEEN NOW AND BASIC AID AS WE ROLL OUT THE, OUR THREE PORTRAITS, AS WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OUR STUDENTS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS AND THE EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BUILT OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, I KNOW MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS HAVE FULL TIME PIOS.
IN A SMALL COMMUNITY WHERE NETWORKING AND INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE CONTROLLED AND PROVIDED IN A WAY THAT ISN'T JUST WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG.
OUR PIO HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB CONNECTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT I HADN'T EXPERIENCED IN MY PREVIOUS 14 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT PRIOR TO HAVING A PIO.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE THIS.
BUT I WANT TO CONNECT THIS TO THE BROADER MESSAGE.
THERE'S A THROUGH LINE IN MOST OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO BUILD THE DISTRICT WE WANT TO BECOME TODAY FOR WHEN WE REACH BASIC AID, AND I THINK OUR ACTIONS AS CONNECTED TO THIS DOCUMENT, DEMONSTRATE THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW INITIATIVES THAT WE WANTED TO ACCELERATE, AND WE SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES.
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THIS PERSONNEL REGISTER THAT HAD US LOOK CRITICALLY AT COUNSELING SERVICES IN OUR DISTRICT AND HOW WE'RE PROVIDING THEM.>> ONCE THAT RESIGNATION BECAME OFFICIAL, WE STARTED LOOKING AT, IS THIS THE TIME TO REDESIGN COUNSELING SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS? WE ENTERED INTO THAT DIALOGUE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES LATE IN THE GAME.
SO WE HAVE SLOWED DOWN, WE'VE BACKED OFF, AND WE ARE CREATING A VERY SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR UNTIL WE CAN DESIGN A SYSTEM THAT ALL PARTIES ARE NOT JUST UNDERSTANDING OF, BUT ON BOARD WITH.
WE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING THE DISTRICT WE WANT TO BECOME IN 2027 EVERY DAY.
ALL OF THESE SAFETY INITIATIVES, THE FINANCING THAT MR. SALAMANCA DISCUSSED EARLIER, A LOT OF OUR HIRES, OUR CLASS SIZES.
THE BOARD DIRECTED US WHEN WE HAD THE INTER DISTRICT TRANSFER CONVERSATION IN THE SPRING, TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS.
LET'S TRY TO TARGET SECONDARY, AND THEN FILL IN WHERE WE HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE.
WHAT MR. SALAMANCA DIDN'T MENTION THIS EVENING IS ONCE WE ADDED THAT TEACHER TO SILVER STRAND, LATE IN THE GAME.
ACKNOWLEDGING IT WAS LATE IN THE GAME, WE DIDN'T THEN FILL THOSE CLASSES WITH OUR INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS TO MAXIMIZE THE TARGET CLASS SIZE THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
THIS IS ALL STRATEGIC, IT'S ALL INTENTIONAL.
OFTENTIMES WHEN WE MOVE QUICKLY, WE DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS AS WE WOULD LIKE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ALWAYS WORK ON, AND TRY TO IMPROVE.
BUT THIS PERSONNEL REGISTER HAS MY FULL ENDORSEMENT BECAUSE IT IS ALIGNED WITH THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHERE WE WANT TO LAND.
>> WHEN WE HIRE NEW TEACHERS, DO WE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THEIR PAST EXPERIENCE, AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS TO SET THEIR SALARIES DURING NEGOTIATION? DOES THAT [INAUDIBLE]?
>> WE HAVE FOUR PRINCIPALS WHO MAKE DECISIONS ON NEW HIRES BASED ON THE MERITS OF THEIR RESUME, THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND THEIR REFERENCE CHECKS.
>> DOES THE PERSON THAT FILLS THE POSITION OF PIO RIGHT NOW HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS DISTRICT?
>> SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN OUR DISTRICT IN THIS ROLE, BUT SHE ALSO CAME TO US WITH A BACKGROUND IN COMMUNICATIONS.
>> DID SHE NOT IN FACT SERVE ON THIS BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS?
>> SO SHE'S REALLY QUITE HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
>> SHE'S OUR SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
>> I HAVE APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION I'VE SEEN, I MENTIONED IT TO HER LAST YEAR WHEN THE FIRST THAT, AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT EDITION.
I CAME OUT WITH ALL OF THE PICTURES, AND EVERYTHING.
I'M GLAD WE HAVE SOMEBODY WITH THAT CALIBER EDGE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WORKED OUT THE NUMBERS, THE 261 DAYS VERSUS 186 DAYS.
THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 75 DAYS A YEAR.
IF YOU APPLY THE SAME DAILY PAY RATE, GETTING A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR 112,000 HAS, AND YOU APPLY THAT SAME DAILY PAY RATE TO A TEACHER THAT'S $79,816 A YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FALLS OUT IN THE TEACHER COLLECTIVE, BUT THAT'S HOW THE NUMBERS WORK OUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT MATH.
>> I MEAN, I THINK FOR ME, WE LOST THE DIRECTOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS, AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THAT PAYS A FAIR AMOUNT.
WE'RE LOOKING 150,000 PLUS, AND INSTEAD OF HIRING THAT, WE REASSIGN DUTIES TO 1, 02, 3, 4, 5, 06, 7 PEOPLE.
>> DEPARTMENTS, SORRY, WHICH ARE ALL ONE PERSON IN EACH DEPARTMENT [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]. I KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.
DEPARTMENTS. BUT WE'RE AGAIN, TRYING TO DOWN RIGHT SIZE WHERE WE CAN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING A LOAN, AND SO PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY INTO THIS POSITION, AND POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE OTHER ONES DEPENDING ON THEIR NUMBERS.
THAT'S A SAVINGS FOR US THAN HAVING TO HIRE ANOTHER ADMIN.
>> THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 3.2?
>> I NEED THE FULL, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ON THE MOTION.
>> WHICH IS THE, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK.
>> WE HAVE THE MOTION A SECOND.
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MOTION PASSES. ITEM 9,[9.1 Public Comments on Non-Agendized Items]
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDIZED ITEM.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO A NON AGENDA ITEM OR A CLOSED SESSION ITEM ARE INVITED TO KEEP BEHIND THE PODIUM, AND STATE THEIR NAME, AND CITY PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RESET THE TIMER FOR YOU.
NO, THAT'S OKAY. IS IT NOT WORKING? I WONDERED IF THE MIC WAS UP [LAUGHTER].
I'M GOING TO GET YOU A WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
I'M THE LABOR RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES HERE AT CORONADO.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE BOARD.
THIS IS MY FIRST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
I FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING.
TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I WILL BE REACHING OUT.
WE WOULD CSEA CHAPTER NUMBER 386, I WOULD LIKE TO FOSTER.
I'M A MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE, AND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF IN PERSON, AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.
I'LL BE REACHING OUT THIS WEEK, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE BROWN ACT, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT JUST WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF HERE AT THE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NICE TO MEET YOU.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ITEM 9.2, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
[9.2 Board Member Comments]
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START FIRST? TRUSTEE LEE.>> IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. KEY SEASON IS OVER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.
AGAIN, THANKS FOR BEING INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECRC.
I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR. IT'S ABOUT ALL I'VE GOT.
>> I WILL SAY THE SAME. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT SUMMER, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU.
I NOTICED A BIG PICTURE WISE CHULA VISTA PASSED AN E BIKE, E SCOOTER BAN FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12, AND NO ONE UNDER 18 CAN RIDE WITH SOMEONE ON THE BACK.
I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS A GROUP THAT MEETS WITH THE CITY, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY SHOULD PUSH JUST MY $0.02.
THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BUDGET ACT INCLUDED A FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS.
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IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TEETH, AND STATES COULD OPT OUT OF IT, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE TIED INTO THE PROJECT 2025, WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ELM DEI, AND THEN OUTSOURCING PUBLIC EDUCATION, EXPANDING SCHOOL CHOICE AND PRIVATIZATION.THE VOUCHER IS TIED INTO THAT PART.
LET'S SEE, SAN MARCO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY HAD A NEW CELL PHONE POLICY TO GET RID OF CELL PHONES.
BUT IT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY TEETH, SO IT'S NO STRONGER THAN OUR POLICY, SO DISAPPOINTED THERE.
LET'S SEE THE HEAT, AND HUMIDITY JUST CAME IN TIME FOR SCHOOL THIS YEAR [LAUGHTER].
THEN ICE CREAM SOCIAL FOR NEW FAMILIES.
I GOT TO MEET SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER'S MOM WAS WORKING AT IT AT THE TUBERCULATION STATION [LAUGHTER].
>> WELCOME BACK. I ATTENDED THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AS WELL.
I WAS AT THE BEGINNING FOR THE TEACHERS WHEN THEY CAME BACK.
WELCOME BACK, EXCITED FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE WITH COSA, AND WITH NEW TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND JUST READY TO GET BACK TO WORK, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THIS YEAR.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE BACK TO SCHOOL STAFF EVENT LAST THURSDAY, GO SEAHORSE TEAM.
THERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I'M WELCOMING MR. KOULI ON OUR BOARD.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU BRING TO US, AND YOUR DESIRE TO CONNECT, AND BRING IN MORE DIVERSE STUDENT VOICES, WHICH IS GREAT.
I APPRECIATE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACHING OUT TO ME OVER THE SUMMER.
I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYONE ANYTIME, SO I APPRECIATE WHEN PEOPLE EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
I'VE GOT TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING FOR NEXT WEEK TO GET SOMETHING IN BY AUGUST.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DROP BY, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME, I LOVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE, AND TRUSTEE LEE DOES AS WELL [LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
>> THAT, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
ACTUALLY WILL BE AT PANERA TOMORROW.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PUBLISHED, BUT I WILL BE THERE 8:30-10:00, AND USUALLY I'LL GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.
IF SOME PEOPLE TAKE ME UP ON IT, IT'S NICE.
>> GREAT. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, ITEM 9.3.
[9.3 Superintendent's Comments]
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS-PETERS.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING A MAJORITY OF OUR CLASSROOMS OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS.
THERE ARE A FEW DEPARTMENTS AT CHS THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO POP IN.
I LOVE DOING THAT THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL TO GREET THE TEACHER, SAY HELLO TO OUR NEWEST TEACHERS.
CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'VE CONNECTED WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, WHO PROVIDE A LOT OF THOSE SUPPORTS, AND MENTORSHIPS THAT WERE DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN A REPORT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THROUGH THE REST OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. I ALSO DO A VERY INFORMAL STUDENT COUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS THAT I'M RECEIVING HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE FROM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA, AND MISS INGLEHART ARE REFLECTED IN THE CLASSROOMS. MR. SALAMANCA REPORT, AND I KNOW THAT HE SHARED THAT HE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON CMS, AND CHS.
BUT I AM HAPPY TO REPORT BASED OFF OF MY ANECDOTAL WALK THROUGHS THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS AT BOTH CMS, AND CHS ARE BELOW THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT TARGET CLASS SIZE AVERAGES.
I WANTED TO JUST END WITH, I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE THIS AFTERNOON FROM ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS.
IT SAID, THIS SCHOOL IS SO AD, AND SO ARE THE PEOPLE IN IT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M AGREE, I AGREE, AND WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPAND THAT TOO.
THIS IS A PRETTY GREAT DISTRICT, AND THE PEOPLE IN IT ARE GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT TRUSTEES, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU. ITEM 10.1, ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS.
[10.1 Proposed List of Agenda Items for Future Board Meetings]
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 10.1 PROPOSED LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS? TRUSTEES, ANY PROPOSED ITEMS? I THINK THE ONLY ONE I'M THINKING OF IS DOING A COMMITTEE UPDATES, AND JUST FIGURING OUT WHERE WE ARE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH OUR COMMITTEES, WHO'S ON WHAT, AND JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ORGANIZED FOR THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR.[01:35:02]
>> MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION?
>> IS IT ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA?
I DON'T THINK IT WAS. ALL RIGHT.
[10.2 Upcoming Meetings]
ITEM 10.2, OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2025 AT 4:00 P.M. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE HEREBY ADJOURNED.