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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 4:00 O'CLOCK,
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.[NOISE] PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF AMERICAN FLAG LED BY MR. DYSON.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DYSON FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW MR. COOLEY IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE EVENING WITH US.
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? IS THERE A MOTION, SUPERINTENDENT MILLER?>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
STAFF IS REQUESTING TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM 7.2 TO AFTER CONSENT PRIOR TO 6.1 ACTION ITEMS.
>> MOVE THAT UP TWO AFTER 6.1.
>> REMIND THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
[LAUGHTER] IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE MOVEMENT OF ITEM 7.2 TO AFTER THE CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR?
ITEM 2.3, AUDIENCE IS NOTIFIED OF PUBLIC COMMENT PROTOCOLS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM MAY COME FORWARD WHEN CALLED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT THE TIME THE BOARD CONSIDERS THAT ITEM.
SPEAKERS WILL QUEUE BEHIND THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND CITY PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
TOWARDS THE END OF OUR MEETING, WE WILL HAVE NO AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[2.4 CUSD Honors: Dr. Helen Anderson-Cruz]
DR. HELEN ANDERSON CRUZ. SUPERINTENDENT MILLER?>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY TRUSTEES THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
THEN I WILL RESPECTFULLY CLOSE THAT SECTION.
>> THIS IS A TOUGH MEETING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS DEVIN AND TO YOUR FAMILY.
I DID NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH DR. HELEN.
I DID GET TO MEET HER IN THE COURSE OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND RUNNING WITH HER FOR OFFICE.
SHE WAS AN AMAZING, KIND, CARING PERSON WHO REALLY HELPED MENTOR ME IN RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND IN BEING ABLE TO SIT IN A SEAT UP HERE.
I'M SORRY, [LAUGHTER] I SHOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS.
BUT SHE WAS A FORCE FOR OUR DISTRICT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND IT'S A BIG HOLE FOR US, AND SHE WILL BE MISSED.
I AM VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
>> LET'S SEE DR. HELEN ANDERSON CRUZ, A VERY KIND PERSON.
I FIRST MET HER IN PERSON WHEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE HERE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION AS EVIDENCED BY A PHD IN EDUCATION.
I WOULD ALWAYS SEE HER AROUND TOWN, FOR SOME REASON, WE HAVE THE SAME SHOPPING SCHEDULE AT SMART AND FINAL AND WE SEE A RENDEZVOUS IN THE DAIRY SECTION FOR SOME REASON.
I SAW HER ALL THE TIME, AND SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
>> DR. ANDERSON CRUZ, EVERY INTERACTION I HAD WITH HER.
SHE WAS ALWAYS GRACIOUS AND KIND AND SO PERSONABLE, AND I APPRECIATED ALL OF HER SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A GREAT LOSS TO LOSE HER.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW DR. ANDERSON CRUZ VERY WELL, BUT IN THE BRIEF TIME I DID SPEND WITH HER.
IT WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR HOW EXTRAORDINARY SHE WAS, NOT ONLY IN HER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT YOU ALL I HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED UPON, BUT IN THE WAY SHE POURED ALL OF THAT BACK INTO CORONADO.
HER SERVICE ON THE BOARD AND HER DEDICATED WORK ON EDUCATION STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS PEOPLE WILL NEVER FULLY SEE, BUT ALL OF US WILL BENEFIT FROM.
DEVIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU DIRECTLY.
YOU ARE YOUR MOTHER'S LIVING LEGACY.
THE CLEAREST EXPRESSION OF THE VALUES SHE LIVED BY AND THE IMPACT SHE HOPED TO LEAVE ON THE WORLD THROUGH EDUCATION.
THE WAY YOU CARE FOR YOUR STUDENTS REFLECTS SO MUCH OF WHO SHE WAS.
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I'M SORRY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY'S LOSS.YOU'RE A FRESHMAN CHS, A WATER POLO PLAYER, ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CAMPUS LIFE THERE.
YOU'RE A REMINDER THAT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S INFLUENCE LIVES ON THROUGH YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE BETTER OFF FOR HER SERVICE AND FOR YOURS.
>> DEVIN, WHEN I TOLD MY HUSBAND ABOUT THE PASSING OF YOUR MOM, HE SAID, SHE'S THAT PASTY ONE.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT DR. HELEN, ENTHUSIASTIC IS THE WORD THAT I THINK OF.
SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HER PROFESSION, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HER FAMILY, AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HER COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU RAN INTO HER ON THE STREET, SHE WAS ALWAYS SMILING AND SHE ALWAYS HAS SOME INCREDIBLY FUNNY STORY TO TELL YOU ABOUT, AND SHE HAD A WONDERFUL WAY OF TALKING TO PEOPLE.
ON THE DAYS, I WATCHED AS SHE LISTENED TO HER FELLOW TRUSTEES AND SHE REALLY STROVE FOR UNDERSTANDING AMONG EVERYONE ON THE BOARD.
HER WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY TO FOSTER DISCUSSIONS POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE UP HERE.
OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS.
SHE WILL BE MISSED, BUT VERY FONDLY REMEMBERED.
>> I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH DR. ANDERSON CRUZ AND HER ROLE AS TRUSTEE.
BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS THAT I HAD 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED IN THIS ROLE.
SHE SHOWED UP AS A PROFESSOR REPRESENTING INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND STUDENT TEACHER PLACEMENTS AS A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FOR CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL IN ENSURING THAT IF SHE ALLOWED HER STUDENT TEACHERS TO SERVE IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT WE WOULD PLACE THEM WITH EDUCATORS WHO WOULD MOLD THEM IN THE SHAPE THAT THEY WERE CAPABLE OF.
DURING HER TIME ON THE BOARD, I HAVE SO MANY FOND MEMORIES OF DR. HELEN.
I WOULD MEET WITH HER EVERY WEEK.
WE WOULD DISCUSS THE DISTRICT.
WE WOULD DISCUSS PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE WOULD DISCUSS LIFE.
BUT I THINK A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS A TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA, TWO TRUSTEES AND MYSELF WENT TO PHILADELPHIA TO TOUR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO LOOK AT BELL SCHEDULES AND TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE BELL SCHEDULES AND WHAT THEY COULD MEAN FOR CUSD.
SHE ASKED QUESTIONS THAT THE PRINCIPALS OF THE SCHOOLS WEREN'T SURE HOW TO ANSWER.
BUT DURING THAT TRIP, WE HAD A BREAK BETWEEN CONFERENCES AND IT WAS RAINING, AND WE DECIDED TO GO ON A WALK THROUGH PHILADELPHIA.
THERE WAS HELEN IN THE RAIN WALKING UP THE ROCKY STAIRS.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER THAT SHE MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP THOSE STAIRS.
SHE WAS A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATORS.
SHE ALWAYS BROUGHT THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CLASSROOM TEACHER INTO CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD.
HELEN WAS PATIENT AND GRACEFUL, AND KIND.
I'LL ALWAYS CHERISH MY TIME WITH HER.
WE'LL ALWAYS THINK OF BUTTERFLIES AND PELICANS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AS REMINDERS OF THE IMPACT THAT HELEN HAD ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT ON ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOUR FAMILY, DEVIN, AUDREY, TROY, I SEE YOU HERE FOR SHARING HER WITH US.
THE LOVE THAT SHE HAD FOR HER FAMILY WAS ALWAYS WORN ON HER SLEEVE.
THIS IS A BOARD MEETING, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE STORIES AND TO CELEBRATE THE AMAZING HUMAN BEING THAT DR. HELEN ANDERSON CRUZ WAS, BUT SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO REMIND ME THAT THE SHOW MUST GO ON THIS EVENING.
BUT I THINK THIS EVENING IS APPROPRIATE, IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, IT'S FILLED WITH CHILDREN, AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT YOUR MOTHER CHAMPIONED ARE GOING TO BE ON DISPLAY HERE THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE MUSICIANS THAT WILL PLAY.
WE HAVE ATHLETES THAT WE WILL CELEBRATE, AND WE HAVE AN ARTICULATED K THROUGH 12 ROBOTICS PROGRAM THAT YOUR MOM ADVOCATED AND FOUGHT FOR.
TONIGHT IS FOR YOUR MOM, AND SHE'S WITH US ALWAYS.
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THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US.WHAT A GREAT PICTURE, AUDREY. LOOK AT THAT.
LITTLE AUDREY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND FOR PROVIDING US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE YOUR MOM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
NOT JUST FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF LOVE THAT OUR FAMILY'S HAD, BUT FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS SINCE MY MOM'S DIAGNOSIS.
I MISS HER EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE'S WITH ME AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO MAKE HER PROUD AND CONTINUE TO MAKE HER.
BUT I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THE STORIES, THE TEXT, THE BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITTEN CARDS I'VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST 2.5 WEEKS FROM PEOPLE WHO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT MY MOM IMPACTED.
HAVE COMFORTED ME IN WAYS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED.
SHE WAS A FORCE AND THE VOID SHE LEFT IS HUGE, AND I FEEL IT EVERY DAY.
BUT I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT'S REACHED OUT TO US AND THAT LOVED MY MOM AND THAT HAS LOVED US THROUGH THIS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS WONDERFUL TRIBUTE FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS SAID.
BUT SHE WAS ALSO THE MOST LOVING HUMAN BEING I'VE EVER MET BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME AND VISITED HER, ESPECIALLY THIS LAST MONTH.
I'M SUPER THANKFUL TO CORONADO UNIFIED.
THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE ON LEAVE FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND SPEND EVERY DAY WITH HER.
THAT MEANS MORE THAN I COULD EVER.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CONVINCED ME TO GO ON THAT LEAVE. BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LOVING US THROUGH THIS.
SHE LOVED THIS BOARDROOM SO, AND SHE LOVED SO MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM SO I KNOW THAT SHE'S WITH US, SMILING, SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> ITEM 2.5, SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION,
[2.5 Spotlight Presentation: CoSA Instrumental Music Performance]
COSA INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PALACIOS PETERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE PRINCIPAL AND DIRECTOR OF THE CORONADO SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, PRINCIPAL KAREN MALINA AND MR. MATTHEW HEINICKE.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.
I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC HAS EVER PERFORMED HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING, SO THIS WILL BE A FIRST.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME OUT TO THE SHOWCASE THE OTHER NIGHT, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE COSA CONSERVATORIES.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR ANYONE THAT IS LISTENING AND IS INTERESTED.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TONIGHT TO WELCOME DIRECTOR MATT HEINICKE, IF HE WANTS TO COME UP AND SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE PERFORMING THIS AFTERNOON.
ALSO, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO COME TO THE HOLIDAY CONCERT ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE CHS BAND, THE CMS BAND, AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
ENJOY THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND THE MUSIC THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE FEATURE FOR COSA INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, WE HAVE 19 STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE A FEW THAT AUDIT AND SIT IN WITH US.
WE RUN FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES.
CHAMBER MUSIC MEANS THEY WORK WITHOUT A CONDUCTOR.
THEY CAN BE AS SMALL AS A DUO TRIO, OR AS LARGE AS.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE OUR LARGEST GROUP OR OUR JAZZ BAND IS. THIS IS OUR STRING GROUP.
WE ALSO FEATURE A WOODWIND ENSEMBLE, A SAXOPHONE TRIO.
A BRASS ENSEMBLE AND OUR JAZZ ENSEMBLE, WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR AFTER THIS.
OUR VIOLIST IS ON INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.
STEPPING IN IS ACTUALLY THEIR INSTRUCTOR.
THIS IS MR. NICO HUESO, WHO WORKS WITH THEM TWO DAYS A WEEK, AND HE'S AN OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE'LL SEE HIM PERFORMING ALL DIFFERENT CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND JAZZ MUSIC PERFORMANCES.
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BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY ONE PIECE FOR YOU FROM OUR UPCOMING CONCERT ON MONDAY, HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT.IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC SHOW AND IT IS HIGH SCHOOL BAND. COSA INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ACTUALLY THE FOLLOWING NIGHT AT GRANSOR HALL ON THE 16TH.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE SEPARATE PROGRAM.
BUT HERE THEY ARE WITH GREEN SLEEVES.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT GROUP IS OUR JAZZ ENSEMBLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING A PIECE FOR YOU CALLED SANDU.
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>> [MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK FOR IT [APPLAUSE].
ITEM 2.6, SPOTLIGHT RECOGNITION,
[2.6 Spotlight Recognition: CHS Girls Volleyball]
THE CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM.IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP WHILE I READ YOUR AWARD WITH YOUR PRINCIPAL, MS. MELINA, PLEASE AND COACH ADEILE.
LET ME STAND UP AND READ THIS TO YOU, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFICIAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YOU LADIES HAD AN AMAZING SEASON.
IT'S SO INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU LADIES DID.
THIS AWARD IS IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL FOR AN OUTSTANDING 2025 SEASON, HIGHLIGHTED BY A TOP 4 FINISH IN THE SAN DIEGO CIF OPEN DIVISION, QUALIFICATION FOR THE CIF DIVISION 1 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, A FIRST ROUND STATE VICTORY AND ADVANCEMENT TO THE STATE QUARTER FINALS, AND HOSTING THE SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER CIF DIVISION 1 STATE PLAYOFF GAME.
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CONGRATULATIONS.>> HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M MELISSA JOBEL.
I'M A SENIOR AS WELL AS ONE OF THE CAPTAINS ON THE GIRLS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF MY TEAM'S ACHIEVEMENTS THIS PAST SEASON.
THIS YEAR, OUR TEAM POSTED A 349 OVERALL RECORD, WON TWO TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE GOLD BRACKET, FINISHED THIRD PLACE IN OPEN DIVISION, AND MADE IT TO SECOND ROUND OF STATE.
MORE THAN THAT, WE FELT THE SUPPORT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY BY THE CORONADO COMMUNITY.
OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, CLASSMATES, TEACHERS, AND SUPPORTERS WHO CAME OUT TO GAMES, CHEERED US ON AND BELIEVED IN US.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MEMBERS AND THE CORONADO COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEAM THIS SEASON.
YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, RESOURCES, AND BELIEF IN US MADE THIS SEASON POSSIBLE AND A MEMORABLE ONE.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU.
>> RAISE YOURS AND TAKE A PHOTO.
>> SADLY THE EVER PRESENT PODIUM IS EMPTY.
[3.1 President]
ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS.GOOD EVENING AS CURRENT BOARD PRESIDENT, I WILL PRESIDE OVER THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, ITEMS FROM 3.1 THROUGH 3.3, WHICH INCLUDE THE ELECTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, AND BOARD CLERK.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CURRENT BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, AND BOARD CLERK WILL REMAIN SEATED UNTIL ITEM 3.3 CONCLUDES AND THE PERSONS NOMINATED WILL TAKE THEIR SEATS.
IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD PRESIDENT?
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FORMER MADAM PRESIDENT AND GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, RENEE KAVANAGH.
>> GREAT. TRUSTEE CAVANAUGH, DO YOU ACCEPT THIS NOMINATION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ELECTION OF NOMINATED GOVERNING BOARD? THAT'S A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW GOVERNING BOARD PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE CAVANAUGH [APPLAUSE].
[3.2 Vice President]
THE GOVERNING BOARD VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT? IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD VICE PRESIDENT?>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE LEE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT.
>> DO YOU ACCEPT THIS NOMINATION TRUSTEE LEE?
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEE LEE AS VICE PRESIDENT?
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>> MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS, VICE PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE LEE [APPLAUSE].
THEN THERE WERE THREE. ELECTION OF
[3.3 Clerk]
THE GOVERNING BOARD CLERK OF THE CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD CLERK?
>> I'D TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE SANDY.
>> TRUSTEE SANDY, DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION?
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEE SANDY TO BOARD CLERK?
MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEE, SANDY, BOARD CLERK [APPLAUSE].
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK WHILE WE SWITCH SEATS.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT THE SAME WAY? YOU WANT PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, CLERK?
[4.1 Establishment of Meeting Time, Location and Board Calendar]
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MEETING TIME, LOCATION, AND BOARD CALENDAR.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY? GOING ONCE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
THANK YOU. ITEM 5.1 THROUGH 5.7,
[5. CONSOLIDATED MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR (5 min.)]
THE CONSOLIDATED CONSENT CALENDAR.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? NOTHING. NO COMMENTS. MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> SHE JUMPS IN THERE, SECOND.
>> I CAN'T HANDLE THE NEW SEATING ARRANGEMENT.
>> I KNOW. SCOTT SECOND, DID YOU?
WE MOVED ITEM 7.2 RIGHT AFTER THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[7.2 Learning Department Report 2025-2026 CUSD Robotics Program Update]
ITEM 7.2 IS THE LEARNING DEPARTMENT REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER?>> YES. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LEARNING, DR. MEGAN BATTLE, TO PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE OUR EXCITING AND MUCH ANTICIPATED GUESTS FOR AGENDA ITEM 7.2, DR. BATTLE.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE IN ROBOTICS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND BRINGING ALL OF YOUR STAFF WITH YOU.
WE KNOW THAT WAS A LOT TO ASK, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND I KNOW OUR DIRECTOR FOR OUR CSC ROBOTICS PROGRAM HAS A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE'RE GROWING.
OUR ROBOTICS PROGRAM IS THRIVING AND IT'S EXPANDING, AND SO WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE AND BE PROUD OF.
THANK YOU TO CSF AND OUR DO DIA PARTNERS FOR PROVIDING CONTINUED FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR ROBOTICS PROGRAM.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS HERE THIS EVENING AND ALSO TO INTRODUCE OUR CUSD ROBOTICS DIRECTOR, ROBERTA LENERT. THANK YOU.
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>> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU GUYS AND TO PRESENT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
AS DR. BATTLE MENTIONED, WE ARE GROWING.
WE ARE REACHING OVER 150 STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL.
WE BROUGHT SOME OF OUR TEAMS HERE TODAY WHO ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE AUTONOMOUS CODED RUNS FOR FLL TO OUR LAUNCHING OUR BALL FOR FTC.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS REALLY THE DIFFERENCE AND THE GRADUAL PROGRESSION OF ROBOTICS THROUGH ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND HOW IT REALLY LOOKS DIFFERENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
BRINGING THE ROBOTS TO SHOW TO YOU, WE'LL REALLY HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOW YOU OUR STUFF FOR ROBOTICS.
>> JUST TO START OFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
BECAUSE OF YOU AMAZING PEOPLE, WE HAVE REACHED OVER 150 STUDENTS THROUGH CUSD FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND EVEN HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR ROBOTICS TEAMS HAVE WON OVER 60 AWARDS LIKE THE ONE I SHOW YOU TODAY.
OTHER THINGS LIKE COACH OF THE YEAR AND SIX DEANS AWARDS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AWARD ANY HIGH SCHOOLER CAN GET.
BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT, YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH OUR ROBOTICS TRAINING.
I'M CAPTAIN FOR 2692 SENTINEL, AND I'M THE ROBOT CAPTAIN FOR 2827 FRC, WHICH WE'LL SEE IN JUST A SECOND.
IT'S IN THE CORNER BECAUSE IT'S BIG.
I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS FLL. THIS IS LEGO ROBOTS.
PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED LEGO ROBOTS.
THEY BUILD THEM, THE LEGOS, AND THEY MAKE AN AUTONOMOUS CODE USING, I THINK, EITHER PYTHON OR BLOCK CODING THAT HAS IT DO DIFFERENT MISSIONS, THEY HAVE ABOUT 2.5 MINUTES TO DO ALL OF THAT.
FIRST TECH CHALLENGER, FTC IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
IT'S 18 INCH BY 18 INCH BY 18 INCH ROBOTS, SUCH AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN ANIKA LAB.
THAT COMPETE ON A GAME IN 2V2 STRUCTURE WITH THE GAME.
NEXT STEP, WE HAVE FRC OR FIRST ROBOX COMPETITION.
THOSE GO 3V3 IN LIKE BASKETBALL, ANA SIZED COMPETITION FIELDS.
BOTH FTC AND FRC, THE GAME CHANGES EVERY YEAR, SAME WITH FLO THIS CHANGES EVERY YEAR.
FTC AND FRC ARE MORE FOCUSED ON LIKE A GAME STYLE THING.
LIKE THIS YEAR, FIRST TECH CHALLENGE, WHICH IS THE SMALLER ONES, WE HAVE TO SHOOT THEM INTO A LITTLE GOAL, SHOOT A BALL INTO A GOAL.
THAT SEASON DROPS IN JANUARY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> OUR PROGRAM IS AN MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY AND ALSO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> WHAT SHE WAS DESCRIBING IS OUR SILVER AWARD PROJECT FOR GIRL SCOUTS.
IT'S A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM BETWEEN BOTH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, LEGEND, STRAND AND US.
EACH OF US HAVE TWO WEEK SHIFTS IN WHICH ONE OF US TAKES WHATEVER MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WHO WANT TO GO MENTOR THE VILLAGE ACROSS THE STREET TO GO MENTOR THEM.
FOR STRAND, WE GO ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE THE CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THERE.
>> WE BASE THIS PROGRAM OFF OF THE HIGH SCHOOLERS COMING TO MENTOR US, WHICH WE LOVE.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR SILVER AWARD.
I HAVE BEEN IN FLL FOR THREE YEARS.
I'M ON THE AWARD WITH TEAM HACKERS.
WE WENT FIRST PLACE IN CORE VALUES, AND I'M PART OF BYS BETTER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
MY GOAL TO CONTINUE ROBOTICS IS GOING TO CHS AND THEN GOING TO COLLEGE TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH A MINOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.
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I'M AN FLL. IN FLL WE'RE JUDGED ON FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE'RE JUDGED EQUALLY ON THE FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS.YOU CAN DO AMAZING IN ONE CATEGORY, BUT YOU'RE JUDGED EQUALLY ON ALL FOUR.
THE FOUR CATEGORIES ARE ROBOT GAMES.
WHAT YOU DO ON THE TABLE, HOW YOU BUILD YOUR ROBOT OR ROBOT DESIGN.
CORE VALUES, HOW YOU HOLD YOURSELF TO IMPACT INNOVATION, INCLUSION, TEAMWORK, FUN AND DISCOVERY, AND THEN ALSO OUR INNOVATION PROJECT, WHICH MY TEAM'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
OUR INNOVATION PROJECT THIS YEAR WAS ARCHAEOLOGY THEMED.
WE CREATED THE CENTER 6,000, A ROBOT DESIGNED TO EXPLORE TIGHT, DANGEROUS SPACES THAT HUMANS CAN'T SAFELY ENTER.
>> [BACKGROUND] WALKED AROUND MORE, BUT I THINK.
>> NEXT GREAT TYPE TECHNICIANS SHOW THEIR ROBOT ON THE TABLE.
[APPLAUSE] YES. [BACKGROUND] WE PUT IT INSIDE OF THAT MISSION, THERE ARE SOME MISSIONS INSIDE.
THERE IS A LITTLE THING THAT WE'RE DRIVING INSIDE OF THERE FOR POINTS AND LATER IN OUR ENTIRE RUN, WE PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT WE CAN GET ONE POINT [INAUDIBLE].
>> [NOISE] [APPLAUSE] WE ARE THE ONE HACKERS AND OUR ROBOT, GET A NAME OUR ROBOT.
WE BUILT OUR ROBOT AND NAME THEM AND EACH OF THESE ON THE WAR AND COMMISSION.
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[INAUDIBLE] AND THE BACK POINT IS 530.WE HAVE 81 THAT WE DO, AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST SHOW YOU RUN.
THE ONE WE CODE WE CODE AUTONOMOUSLY.
WE CODE ON THE COMPUTER, THAT WE TELL THE ROBOT, WE CAN RUN WITHOUT.
>> THAT WAS OUR FLL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE TABLE REALLY QUICK, SO WE CAN BRING OUT OUR BIGGER ROBOTS FOR FTC, WHICH IS SENTINEL IS HERE TO SHOW YOU HOW THEY LAUNCH A BALL.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M PORTER ASTON.
I'M THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CAPTAIN FOR FTC TEAM 2489 COCONUTS & BOLTS.
MY GOAL THROUGH GOING THROUGH THIS ROBOTICS PATHWAY IS TO GET TO MIT FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRST TECH CHALLENGER FTC.
RIGHT THERE IS SENTINELS ROBOT, 2692, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE 18 BY 18 INCH ROBOTS, AND THEY COMPETE IN COMPLEX FAST PACED ENGINEERING CHALLENGES.
EACH SEASON, WE GET A NEW ROBOT GAME THAT TEST YOUR STRATEGY, CREATIVITY AND TEAMWORK.
I MATCHES RUN WITH AN AUTONOMOUS PERIOD TO START WITH.
YOU HAVE TO PRE-PROGRAM YOUR ROBOT AND IT FOLLOWS A CERTAIN SET OF INSTRUCTIONS YOU GIVE IT.
YOU ARE TRYING TO SCORE AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE AND YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR SENSORS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE AND RELIABLE, AND YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE YOUR CODE PRECISE.
YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUP CODES TO WORK WITH OTHER ALLIANCES SO YOU GUYS CAN MAXIMIZE YOUR POINTS.
ALSO AFTER YOUR AUTONOMOUS PERIOD, IT TRANSITIONS INTO A TELE-OP PERIOD, WHERE STUDENT DRIVERS SUCH AS MYSELF, WILL DRIVE THE ROBOT AND USE ITS FULL CAPABILITIES TO SCORE AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE.
THEN FTC IS NOT ALSO JUST ABOUT ROBOTICS.
THERE'S ALSO AWARDS FOR LEADERSHIP, OUTREACH, AND INNOVATION.
THE HIGHEST STUDENT AWARD IN FTC IS THE DEAN'S LIST AWARD, WHICH CELEBRATES AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS TECHNICAL SKILLS, LEADERSHIP, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO FIRST MISSION.
THE DEANS LIST AWARD IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO SIX PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALIST IN OUR PROGRAM OVER THE PAST YEAR.
ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THROUGH THE DEANS LIST.
ON TOP OF THIS, IN THE 2025 SEASON, OUR TEAMS HAVE CONTINUED OUR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE, BRINGING HOME BOTH THE CONNECT AND THE THINK AWARD, HONORING OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STRONG ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION.
FTC CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO IMAGINE, TO INNOVATE, AND TO LEAD.
OUR TEAMS CONTINUE TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE READY TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE.
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CHALLENGE [INAUDIBLE].>> THIS IS WHAT REMAINS OF OUR FRC ROBOT PLASTER.
I READ. YOU MIGHT KNOW ME FROM 20 MINUTES AGO.
I'M ROBOT DESIGN GOT FOR OUR TEAM 2827, THE TIKI BOTS AT CHS FOR FRC WHICH IS THIS POST.
WE DO BIG ROBOTS UP TO 125 IS POUNDS THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER, AND 40 SOMETHING INCHES TALL.
THEY CAN EXPAND THAT, TOO. THIS IS A BIG ELEVATOR MECHANISM.
LAST YEAR, PART OF IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO PLACE TUBES ON LIKE A REEF, LIKE A METAL FOLDING.
IT'S PRETTY HIGH. WE HAD ANOTHER MECHANISM TO GO HIGHER.
OUR SEASON DOESN'T START TILL JANUARY, SO THIS IS VERY MUCH DISASSEMBLE AT THE MOMENT.
HERE WE HAVE, I THINK, 30 KIDS SEVENTH.
>> ARE YOU ABLE TO OR DO YOU USE PIECES OR PARTS FROM LAST YEAR'S MODEL FOR THIS YEAR'S OR REPURPOSE THEM?
LAST YEAR WE HAD ISSUES WITH GETTING ORDERS IN LATE.
THIS HERE METAL IS ONLY 16 [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S ACTUALLY TOO THIN FOR US TO USE REASONABLY.
THIS CHASSIS ACTUALLY HAS TO BE REPLACED THIS STRUCTURE HERE, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS [INAUDIBLE].
BUT IN GENERAL, WE ARE [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, ERIN. [APPLAUSE] AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR SEASONS ARE DIFFERENT.
FLL SEASON, WE ACTUALLY START IN THE SUMMER BEFORE EVERYONE COMES BACK TO SCHOOL, AND WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
FTC STARTS RIGHT AS SCHOOL STARTS AND GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
FRC DOES NOT START TILL JANUARY, BUT WE'RE REALLY LUCKY THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
THEY'LL JUMP INTO THE ROOM WITH US AT PALM AND START WORKING BEFORE SEASON EVEN DROPS.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE ALL THE SPONSORS, CSF, CUSD, DODEA, EVERYONE.
ALL THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN HUGE FOR US.
GROWN EVERY SINGLE YEAR, IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE AS REED HAS SAID.
FRC IS A LOT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.
ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS FOR ROBOTICS IN THE DISTRICT IS NOT ONLY REACHING AS MANY KIDS AS WE CAN, BUT DOING THE OUTREACH, LIKE THEY HAVE ALL MENTIONED.
ANYTIME WE CAN DO STEAM DAYS, CONNECTING WITH THE CORONADO FIRE DEPARTMENT, CONNECTING WITH VILLAGE AND STRAND, WE PLAN IN THE SPRING TO DO ANOTHER STEAM DAY WHERE WE GET KIDS MORE EXPOSED TO ROBOTICS AND MORE INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAMS. THESE KIDS PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO THAT AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM.
PART OF OUR MISSION AS COACHES AND MY MISSION AS DIRECTOR OF ROBOTICS IS NOT JUST COACHING THEM IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT FOLLOWING THEM THROUGH THEIR PATHWAY.
FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE CAREER.
WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE ALREADY IN COLLEGE AND STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE STUDENTS AT STANFORD, WE'VE GOT STUDENTS AT BERKELEY, WE'VE GOT STUDENTS AT USD, WE'RE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, PENN STATE, AND WE'RE GROWING.
THEY COME BACK AND HELP OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH ASPIRATIONS.
A COUPLE OF KIDS WANT MIT, THEY WANT NAVAL ACADEMY, WE FOLLOW THEM THROUGH.
NOT ONLY DO WE FOLLOW THEM, BUT WE PROVIDE MENTORS.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO MIT, ONE OF OUR COACHES WENT TO MIT.
THEY'LL BE THEIR MENTOR. IF YOU WANT NAVAL ACADEMY, ONE OF OUR COACHES WENT THERE.
THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO FOLLOW THEM THROUGH AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO CAREER.
BECAUSE OF YOUR GUYS' SUPPORT, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE]>> DO YOU MIND, ROBERTA? I SEE AT LEAST ONE OF OUR COACHES HERE AND I KNOW FRC HAS A DIFFERENT COACH.
DO YOU MIND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DISTRICT?
>> COACHES IN THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY?
>> JD IS HERE. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW I FORGOT YOU.
COACH JD IS COACHING DOWN AT STRAND.
HE'S AMAZING DOING AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. BUT HE DOESN'T JUST COACH AT STRAND.
HE COMES TO CMS. HE'S BEEN THERE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
HE'LL BE HERE TONIGHT, PROBABLY TILL 8:00 OR 9:00, COACHING OUR TEAM.
GETTING US READY FOR COMPETITION ON SATURDAY.
WE HAVE COURTNEY SAKAI AT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY PUTTING IN TONS OF HOURS.
SHE'S DOING AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THEIR FIRST COMPETITION TEAM.
THEY ACTUALLY WON AN AWARD AT THEIR FIRST COMPETITION, AND SHE GOT THE COACH'S AWARD FOR THAT COMPETITION AS WELL.
WE HAVE FIVE COMPETITION TEAMS, FOUR OF WHICH HAVE MOVED ON TO REGIONALS, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
BUT THROUGHOUT THE ROOM, WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER COACHES.
WE HAVE CHS INTERNS THAT COME AND COACH CMS. THEY COME TO CMS RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, THEY COACH TIL ABOUT 5:00.
WE GO OVER TO FTC, WE STAY TILL 9:30 TILL THE LIGHTS TURN OFF.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF COACHES LIKE COACH JASON IS HERE.
HE COACHES ONE OF OUR TEAMS, TI POOL TECHNICIANS PUTS IN LOTS OF HOURS.
HE COACHES OUR PYTHONS, WHICH IS OUR ROOKIE TEAM, WHO HAS MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO REGIONALS, IS PUT IN IN THE HOURS.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE COACH CAITLIN IN THE PURPLE SHIRT.
SHE'S OUR COACH FOR THE HACKERS, WHICH WE LOVE THEIR NAME.
SHE IS WITH THOSE GIRLS ALL THE TIME.
IF WE'RE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY'RE OVER AT HER HOUSE ON HER BOARDING PROJECT OR A ROBOT.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR TEAMS NOT ONLY PRACTICES AT THE CMS ROBOTICS LAB OR AT PALM, IF IT'S AFTER HOURS OR ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT EVERY SINGLE COACH HAS BUILT A TABLE FOR THEIR HOME AS WELL TO MAKE A GARAGE TEAM TO PRACTICE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS WHEN WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE.
THE DEDICATION FROM ALL OF OUR COACHES, ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, ALL OF OUR METAL SCHOOLERS, TRULY MORE THAN I COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED.
[BACKGROUND] YOU'RE BEHIND. I'M SORRY.
COACH ANDREW IS OUR COACH FOR TE TECH.
ALL OF OUR COACHES BALANCE AT ALL.
THEY ALL WORK FULL-TIME JOBS AND THEY COME IN AND VOLUNTEER THEIR HOURS FOR US.
IT IS A TRUE COMMITMENT OF FAMILIES, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE NINE TEAMS, ONE FAMILY.
WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER SUCCEED.
I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT COMING INTO THE LAB, READY TO WORK 110%.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU BETTER EVERY SINGLE TIME.
THESE KIDS DO A GREAT JOB OF THAT ALL OF OUR COACHES, WE'RE SO LUCKY FOR ALL OF YOU AND THE BIG FAMILY THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU.
>> I'M SORRY, JUST CLARIFICATION.
I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED IN JANUARY WHEN THE FRC TAKES OVER ONE OF OUR NEWER INSTRUCTORS AT CHS, CLAUDIO.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT MR. SALAS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YEAR-LONG PROGRAM AND THE SHORTER WINDOW PROGRAM?
>> YES. FLL AND FTC ARE YEAR-ROUND.
THEY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO MORE COMPETITIONS.
FLL, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO WIN TO MOVE ON.
AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEAR, THOSE TEAMS ARE AWARD-WINNING TEAMS THAT HAVE MOVED ON.
FTC, THEY COMPETE IN FOUR COMPETITIONS, AND THEN THEY MOVE ON TO REGIONAL, SO THAT WILL BE AROUND AS WELL.
CLAUDIA SALES, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
HE'S ACTUALLY STARTING NOW ALREADY IN DECEMBER AHEAD OF SEASON, DOING ALL OF THE LISTS FOR EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO PURCHASE, DOING TEAM MEETINGS, ASSIGNING OUR CAPTAINS FOR EACH OF OUR MECHANICAL AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESS TEAMS. ALL OF OUR TEAMS HAVE NOT JUST ROBOTS THEY'RE BUILDING, BUT WE TRAIN THEM IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A BUSINESS TEAM AND AN OUTREACH TEAM, SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THE MONEY IN THE ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S BUILT OFF OF FRC, AND WE TRICKLE IT DOWN TO ALL OF OUR TEAMS. WE HAVE 3D PRINTING TEAMS THAT ARE 3D PRINTING AND DESIGN CAD DESIGN FOR ALL OF OUR ROBOTS.
WE HAVE OUR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AND THOSE TEAMS, AND CLAUDIOSS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB MENTORING US AND SHOWING US THAT THAT'S HOW FRC DOES IT, SO WE TRICKLE IT DOWN TO ALL OF OUR TEAMS. THANK YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY MY WIFE'S AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
SHE DOES MISSION SOFTWARE FOR OUR NAVY HELICOPTERS.
SHE SPENDS HALF HER DAY DOING THIS.
THIS IS AWESOME. SQUISHING BUGS.
SHE'S GOING TO LOVE THIS. [LAUGHTER] SHE'S GOING TO LOVE THIS, TOO, SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
>>THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL THE COACHES BEHIND THE SCENES.
YOU'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CARRYING THE EQUIPMENT AROUND AND CHEERING THEM ON AND OUR STUDENTS COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THAT HELP AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, ROBERTA.
I KNOW THIS STARTED SMALL, AND OUR GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO EXPAND IT, MAKE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO BE INTERESTED,
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AND WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THESE PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STUDENTS.
I KNOW REED JOKINGLY SAID EARLIER.
REMEMBER ME FROM THE COSA INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM.
I KNOW ANIKA YESTERDAY, WAS DOWN ADVOCATING AS PART OF HER ROLE IN THE STOP THE SEWAGE CLUB, AND OTC MEMBERS.
WE HAVE MUSICIANS, WE HAVE ATHLETES, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM.
WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER, THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
KEEP IT GOING. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THE ORDER OF OUR REPORT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ALL OF THE STUDENTS WANT TO STAY FOR THE REST OF TIME.
WE'LL TAKE A REALLY QUICK FIVE-MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL JUMP BACK IN. THANK YOU.
GUESS WE'RE BACK. WE'LL TRY NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY MORE BREAKS HERE.
FLIPPING BACK IN THE SCHEDULE,
[6.1 Receive the recommendation of a 7-11 committee that the property located at 199 Sixth Street, Coronado, California 92118 (Property) is surplus property and adopt Business Services Resolution No. 25-12-01 to approve a lease agreement (Lease) with the United States of America acting by and through the Department of the Navy (Navy)]
WE ARE ON ACTION ITEM 6.1, RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION OF AN 711 COMITTEE IS MR. SALAMANCA.WHERE IS HE, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER?
THANK YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY A MULTI-PRONGED THE ACTION ITEM.
THE FIRST IS TO RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE 711 COMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WILL GIVE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THE PAPERWORK ASSOCIATED WITH FORMALIZING THE LEASE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
I TRUST THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEMS. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING THE 711 COMMITTEE IS A NICKNAME FOR THE FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT MUST INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING OF SEVEN SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT SUBGROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO THANK THEM BY NAME: BRUCE SHEPPARD, JULIA BRAGA, SARA CUTIS.
A SAKA, JT KERNS, MIRIAM MONROY, AND STACY MORSE.
I KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE DISTRICT.
THE COMMITTEE MET. WE SHARED SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY LOCATED HERE ON 1996 STREET AS CURRENTLY LEASED BY THE US NAVY, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER ENTITY, KINDER CHAMPION, WHICH IS IN A JOINT USE AGREEMENT WITH CORONADO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TOGETHER, BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES CONTRIBUTE CLOSE TO $900,000 IN ANNUAL REVENUES TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND ALSO OUR FACILITIES INITIATIVE, WHICH ALLOWED US TO TAKE A $12 MILLION LOAN OUT IN 2020.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE NAVY HAS OPTED TO JOIN US FOR ANOTHER 10-YEAR LEASE, WHICH HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH THE 15-YEAR TERM OF THE DEBT THAT WE TOOK OUT IN 2020.
IT'S $12 MILLION OVER 15 YEARS AND LEASE REVENUE IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT OVER THE SAME TERM.
JUST A FEW OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THAT THE COMMITTEE SHARED.
THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE FORETHOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NAVY LEASE, BUT ALSO THE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS THAT WERE SPARED FOR THE KINDERCARE CHAMPIONS PROGRAM.
THEY CURRENTLY JUST IN THE ITEM.
I SHARE THAT THERE IS A 488-CHILD WAIT LIST FOR THE NAVY PROGRAM AND A 17-STUDENT WAIT LIST FOR THE KINDERGARTEN CHAMPIONS PORTION.
MUCH-NEEDED RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND VERY FORTUNATE THAT 12 CHILDREN OF CUSD EMPLOYEES ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.1? THE TIME. NOTHING. TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. SALAMANCA.
IF I UNDERSTOOD, THE PAYMENTS THAT OR THE MONIES WE RECEIVED BASICALLY PAY FOR PREVIOUS LOANS THAT WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN OUT, CORRECT?
>> THIS LEASE ENDS AT THE TIME THAT THE LOAN TO BE PAID OFF.
WHAT CASH FLOW WOULD THAT ADD TO DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS PAYS ITSELF OFF? YOU SAID 2035 WOULD BE WHEN THE LAST ELEMENT OF THE DEBT WOULD BE.
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I MISSED THAT YEAR. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT.>> DON'T WORRY. WE'LL GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE '35.
>> HAS THE NAVY REQUESTED OR PROPOSED ANY CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING AS IT IS NOW?
>> THEY HAVE NOT. IN FACT, THEY'RE QUITE HAPPY I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION OR AT LEAST HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE HISTORY OF THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, JOINT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A NON-MILITARY ENTITY AND A PUBLIC ENTITY.
THEY'RE THRILLED WITH THE STATE OF THE FACILITIES, THEY'RE THRILLED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
>> DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY REQUIRED UPGRADES OR SIGNIFICANT FACILITIES ISSUES LIKE NEW ROOFING OR ANYTHING?
>> ECDC CAMPUS IS ONE OF OUR NEWER BUILDINGS.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THE FOUR BUILDINGS, THE FLOOR AND THE ROOF, ANY OTHER MAJOR MAINTENANCE IS UP TO THE NAVY.
GIVEN THE AGE OF OUR FACILITIES, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL NEEDS.
THE ORIGINAL LOAN PACKAGE THAT WAS TAKEN OUT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANNUAL SERVICE IS THAT FOR THAT DEBT? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
>> IT'S A LITTLE UNDER 700,000.
THERE'S NO INCREASE IN THAT OVER THE TERM OF THE LOAN?
>> THAT IS THE STEADY PAYMENTS, YES.
>> THEN THAT'S A 16-YEAR TERM?
>> FIFTEEN-YEAR TERM. SOMETIMES YOU YOU GET INTO A FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT AND SORT OF IN RETROSPECT, YOU REALIZE IT WAS A REALLY IT WAS PROBABLY A VERY FORTUITOUS DEAL.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY SAY THAT THIS TURNS OUT TO HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE, I THINK, A GREAT DEAL FOR THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THIS WAS SIGNED IN 2020, WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WERE [OVERLAPPING].
>> SUB 2%. YOU CAN'T GET THAT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACCELERATOR OF 3%, THE DISTRICT WILL BENEFIT VERY WELL. KUDOS.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA.
ONE THING THAT RESONATED WITH ME BACK IN 2020 WHEN THIS INITIAL LEASE AND FACILITIES FOR FACILITIES INITIATIVE WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD.
A TRUSTEE AT THE TIME SAID, YOU'VE FOUND THE BRIDGE TO BASIC AID.
THIS $12 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED TO FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS HAS ALLOWED A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND, AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS HAS CONTINUED AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THAT'S OFF TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, MR. SALAMANCA.
>> THANK YOU. DRIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.1.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.
[6.2 Authorize a Positive Certification of the First Interim Budget Report for Period Ending October 31, 2025]
YOUR HONOR ROLE HERE. AUTHORIZE A POSITIVE CERTIFICATION OF THE FIRST INTERIM BUDGET REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST.>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT I THINK IS MORE RELATIVELY GOOD NEWS.
I WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, ANGELICA FREDS FOR HER EFFORTS TO LEAD THE FISCAL SERVICES TEAM AND FOR ALL OF HER HOURS SPENT SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS REPORT, THE PERSA DURHAM BUDGET.
AS ALWAYS, WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE.
IT HOUSES ALL OF OUR AUDIT REPORTS, ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL UPDATES, OUR PAST PRESENTATIONS, AND I THINK AT LEAST TEN YEARS HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES.
YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS BEFORE. MUCH OF WHAT WE DO AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL HINGES ON THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEVEL.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE STATE HAS HAD
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT THEIR BUDGET IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.THE TIMING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, SO WE ACTUALLY AS A DISTRICT, OFTENTIMES, ADOPT OUR BUDGET WITH SOME ESTIMATES AND SOME INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE STATE ADOPTING THEIR BUDGET.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES BOTH FOR THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE LOCALLY.
STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STAFFING NEEDS ANY ADDITIONAL GRANTS OR CHANGES TO FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO PROJECT OUT FOR THE CURRENT AND TWO FISCAL YEARS.
AS WELL, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE AT LEAST QUARTERLY BUDGET STUDY MEETINGS, AND THIS IS OUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I WILL NOTE THAT WE RESERVE MORE LENGTHY, DETAILED DISCUSSION OF OUR BUDGET FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.
WE GO FUND BY FUND, LINE BY LINE.
FIRST INTERIM IS REALLY RESERVED FOR SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DISTRICT GENERAL FUND.
HERE, WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE REVENUES, WHAT WE PROJECTED AT ADOPTED BUDGET AND WHAT WE HAVE UPDATED SINCE WITH NEW INFORMATION WITH FIRST INTERIM BUDGET.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE ESTIMATED AT ADOPTED BUDGET OF $46.8 MILLION.
AT FIRST INTERIM, WE'RE ESTIMATING JUST OVER 50 MILLION.
WE'VE GOT A FEW NOTES AND COMMENTS FOR SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATIONS FOR ITEMS OVER $100,000, GIVEN THE $50 MILLION BUDGET, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEDERAL REVENUES, WE ARE ANTICIPATING HIGHER REVENUES OF ABOUT $1.8 MILLION, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BOTH AT THE BUDGET AND ALSO AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS.
BUT THESE ARE IN PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR DDA GRANTS, AS WE SHARED PREVIOUSLY THERE, THE DDA GRANTS ARE FIVE YEAR GRANTS, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND POTENTIAL THREATS TO THAT MONIES.
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO HEDGE OUR FINANCES AND HEDGE OUR GRANT FUNDING AGAINST SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES.
I KNOW I'M BEING A LITTLE BIT CRYPTIC.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE FORWARD FUNDING A LOT OF OUR EXPENDITURES OUT OF THESE GRANTS, AND AS THE NOTE SAYS, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO CHARGE MORE INDIVIDUALS TO ELIGIBLE GRANT RELATED ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR, WHICH FREES UP GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING ALL OF OUR FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT STILL PRESERVING THE NATURE AND INTENT OF THE GRANT AND ALSO THE NATURE INTENT OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE COMMITTED TO.
THE SECOND PORTION REFERS TO AN INCREASE IN OTHER STATE REVENUES, ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TWO LARGE GRANTS.
I MENTIONED THIS AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS PRESENTATION, WE RECEIVED ABOUT $800,000 IN GOLDEN STATE PATHWAYS FUNDING.
WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET, THEN WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS.
IT WAS REFLECTED IN UNAUDITED ACTUALS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO RECOGNIZE IT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE REMAINING AMOUNT ABOUT ANOTHER $800,000 IS ATTRIBUTED TO A DISCRETIONARY BLOCK GRANT.
THIS WAS NOT CALLED OUT FOR IN THE MAY REVISE, BUT IT WAS A GRANT THAT ESSENTIALLY WAS PROVIDED AND INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET TRAILER BILLS IN JULY.
AGAIN, THINGS HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE ADJUST BASED OFF OF NEW INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED.
THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE'VE GOT A FEW EXPLANATIONS THERE.
YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IN CERTIFICATED SALARIES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY NEGOTIATED A TWO YEAR SETTLEMENT, SALARY SETTLEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF CORONADO TEACHERS, INCLUDED IN THAT 1.4 IS A 2% RETROACTIVE INCREASE TO CERTIFICATED TEACHERS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT 1.4 IS A ONE TIME BONUS.
ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEGOTIATED AND SETTLED ON WAS A $750 ONE-TIME STIPEND RELATED TO STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR EARLIER THIS YEAR.
CLASSIFIED SALARIES DECREASE OR PROJECTED TO DECREASE BY ABOUT $300,000, ONE FTE WAS RECLASSIFIED FROM A CLASSIFIED POSITION TO A CERTIFICATED POSITION,
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THE CLASSIFICATIONS HAVE TO DO WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S CREDENTIALING.WE HAD A GRANT FUNDED POSITION FORMERLY HELD BY SOMEONE WITHOUT A TEACHING CREDENTIAL AND NOW HELD BY SOMEONE WITH A TEACHING CREDENTIAL.
WE MOVE FROM THE CLASSIFIED SALARIES UP TO CERTIFICATED.
THE OTHER REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE IS, GIVEN OUR TIMING FOR HIRING THIS YEAR, WE ENDED UP IN A SHORTAGE FOR ONE OF OUR KEY POSITIONS.
WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT TO AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR.
AGAIN, IT MOVES FROM THE 2,000 OBJECT CODE CLASSIFIED SALARIES TO SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING.
FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, WE SEE INCREASE OF ABOUT $400,000 ANYTIME YOU SPEND MORE MONEY IN SALARIES.
THERE'S ALL OF THE STATUTORY BENEFITS THAT ARE RELATED TO THOSE, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT INCREASE.
THEN BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, SERVICES AND OTHER OPERATING.
YOU'RE SEEING SOME SHIFTS INTENTIONAL TO ENSURE OUR BRIDGE TO BASIC AID.
WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES IN THOSE BUDGET CATEGORIES THAT ARE AWAY FROM EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND MORE THINGS THAT WE CAN DELAY SPENDING FOR A YEAR OR TWO, IF NECESSARY.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE, BUT IT BRINGS ON NEW MEETING THIS EVENING.
I SHARED AT BUDGET ADOPTION THAT THIS CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE INCLUDES THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES BECOMING A BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ANYONE NEW LISTENING, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED ONE OF TWO WAYS.
THE LEFT IS THROUGH THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT CUSD IS CURRENTLY FUNDED.
ESSENTIALLY, THE STATE CALCULATOR DETERMINES THE MINIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENT PROGRAMS IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE BLUE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES, IT FILLS THE BUCKET AS MUCH AS IT CAN.
IF IT DOES NOT FILL THE BUCKET OR DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE, THE STATE BACK FILLS IT, REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN PORTION.
BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CONTRAST FILL UP THE BUCKET AS MUCH AS THEY CAN UP TO THAT MINIMUM LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT THE STATE HAS IDENTIFIED, AND THEY ALSO GET TO KEEP THE EXCESS PROPERTY TAXES.
CUSD WHEN THEY TRANSITION TO A BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICT, WILL GET TO KEEP THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAXES CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT $8-$10 MILLION, ADDITIONAL ABOVE AND BEYOND THE LCFF.
WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BRIDGE THE BASIC AID.
THIS REALLY IS THE CALCULATION BEHIND, ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE IT? LONG STORY, JOIN US AT THE BUDGET STUDY COMMITTEE IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND WHAT THIS SLIDE MEANS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO TRACK HOW QUICKLY AND HOW ACCURATELY THE PROJECTIONS WERE.
TO PAY DOWN THIS DEBT, THAT'S NOT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT'S THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, BUT THIS IS THE HURDLE TO US BECOMING A BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I SHARED AT THE UNAUDITED ACTUALS PRESENTATION IN SEPTEMBER THAT THERE IS ONE THAT THE FINAL PAYMENT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2026.
THE CITY OF CORONADO IS ONE OF THE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE OR AT LEAST MANAGING IT.
THEY RELEASED IN THEIR AGENDA ITEMS, THEIR COUNCIL MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, SO THEIR AGENDA BECAME PUBLIC.
THE ROPS PAYMENT, WHICH GOVERNS THE PAYMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE.
ANTICLIMACTIC. I'M TAKING LONG TO DESCRIBE IT.
ESSENTIALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING FORWARD INDICATES THAT WE WILL MEET THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 FINAL PAYMENT.
THE RDA, ALL OF THE AGENCIES APPROVE IT MOVING FORWARD, WHICH THEY HAVE NO REASON NOT TO.
WE WILL 1,000% BE A BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICT IN '27/'28.
HUGE NIGHT, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN 2017, REALLY EXCITING TO SEE IT ON PAPER, BASIC AID IN '27/'28.
>> REAL QUICK QUESTION. IF YOU CAN OUTLINE THE CASH FLOW CHANGE OR TO SET THE EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE, OUR INCOME CHANGES.
ALONG WITH THAT, THOUGH SEPARATE, DO YOU SEE ANY HURDLES? THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY CLOSE TIMELINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF CALIFORNIA CAN MESS IT UP TOO MUCH BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT THEY ARE EXPECTING SOME SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS.
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BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT US MUCH BASED ON THIS TIMING THAT I'M SEEING.I THINK THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.
ONE IS IF THERE'S LIKE A RECESSION OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT AFFECTS THE STATE.
PROPERTY TAXES LAG BEHIND STATE LEVEL FUNDING, WHICH IS USUALLY DRIVEN BY CAPITAL GAINS.
IF THE STATE RUNS INTO A CRISIS, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING ANY IMPACT ON CUSD'S ABILITY TO BECOME A BASIC A SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE PROPERTY TAX IS A LOT MORE STABLE.
THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION THAT I THINK YOU'RE MENTIONING HAS TO DO WITH CASH FLOWS.
UNDER THE STATE AID LCFF FUNDING MODEL, WE GET MONTHLY PAYCHECKS FROM THE STATE.
UNDER A BASIC AID FUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE RECEIVE TWO PAYCHECKS FOR THE YEAR, ALIGNING WITH PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS HERE IN THE CITY.
TYPICALLY DECEMBER AND APRIL ARE WHEN A LARGE BULK OF THOSE COLLECTIONS HAPPEN.
TO YOUR POINT, THE DISTRICT IN ITS BP 3050, HAS INDICATED THAT WE NEED TO BUILD BACK OUR RESERVES AS FAST AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MEET OUR CASH FLOW NEEDS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE PAYROLL PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH.
WE HAVE TO PAY OUR VENDORS EVERY MONTH.
WAITING SIX MONTHS TO GET A LARGE CHUNK OF CASH IS UNTENABLE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE RESERVES IN THE BANK, 17% IS TYPICALLY WHAT'S RECOMMENDED BY STATE OFFICIALS, AND THAT'S SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO FUND YOUR MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> JUST AGAIN, WOULD THAT MEAN YOU ANTICIPATE AFTER WE TRANSITION MAYBE A YEAR OF BUILDING THOSE RESERVES, AND NOW WE'RE REALIZING A POTENTIAL CASH OR A DIFFERENCE OF FUNDING FOR US IN REAL DOLLARS, 3-4 MILLION THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE?
>> I THINK IT TO PUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CASUALLY, IT WILL TAKE A YEAR OR TWO FOR US TO FEEL LIKE A BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'LL HAVE THE MONEY THERE, BUT THERE'S A FEW ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE TO OUR OPERATIONS IN ORDER FOR IT TO REALLY REAP THE BENEFITS OF US MAKING THAT TRANSITION.
>> I HAD A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL TURBO PAYMENTS, THE TURBO REDEMPTION.
THAT REALLY IS JUST A RESULT OF THE CORONADO REAL ESTATE MARKET CONTINUING TO PERFORM WELL OVER THE TIME OF THIS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THE ORIGINAL DEBT THAT WAS TAKEN OUT WAS SET TO RETIRE IN 2036.
IN 2018, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF CORONADO, WE WERE ABLE TO REFINANCE THE DEBT.
NOT ONLY DID IT CHANGE THE PAYMENT STRUCTURE, BUT IT ALSO BUILT IN THIS MECHANISM, TURBO REPAYMENT THAT SAYS, INSTEAD OF JUST PAYING THE MINIMUM REQUIRED EACH YEAR, IF YOU HAVE MORE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
TO YOUR POINT, IT WAS A COMBINATION OF THE REFINANCING THAT FORCED THE AGENCY TO PAY IT DOWN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE COMBINED WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE 4.5% ANNUAL GROWTH.
IT'S BEEN ANYWHERE 7-9 IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THAT HAS HELPED US KEEP PACE AND IN FACT, BEAT WHAT THE INITIAL PROJECTIONS ARE.
WE'RE PAYING IT OFF A YEAR EARLIER THAN EVEN THIS PROJECTED.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? A PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.2? THANK YOU.
>> THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. CALL FOR THE VOTE.
>> JUST TAKING A LITTLE WHILE. THERE YOU GO.
ITEM 6.3 SUPERINTENDENT MULLER.
[6.3 Approve the Revised Salary Schedules and Accept the Accompanying Recommendations for Certificated/Classified Management & Confidential (NonRepresented) Employees]
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVANAUGH.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SALAMANCA, AND I KNOW OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES DONA IS ALSO AVAILABLE, MR. SALAMANCA.
>> THANK YOU. AS THE AGENDA ITEM INDICATES,
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WE HAVE TWO LABOR UNIONS HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 30 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE UNREPRESENTED.THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE A PART OF EITHER OF THOSE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY TRAIL BEHIND TYPICAL NEGOTIATIONS.
THE ASSOCIATION OF CORONADO TEACHERS RECENTLY SETTLED, THE BOARD APPROVED THAT IN I THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO, A 2% INCREASE IN 26 27, AN ADDITIONAL 2% SALARY INCREASE IN 25, 26 AND 2% IN 26 27 AS OUTLINED IN THE ITEM.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL SETTLE SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES WITH THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.
THEIR TIMELINE FOR NEGOTIATIONS IS A LITTLE BIT DELAYED.
THEY'VE HAD SOME SHIFTS IN LEADERSHIP, BUT WE ANTICIPATE GETTING TO THE TABLE WITH THEM VERY SOON AND SETTLING SOMEWHERE NEAR THAT TERM.
ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, THERE IS A ONE TIME STIPEND OFFERED FOR ADVANCING THE SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR.
WE SETTLED WITH THE CLASSIFIED UNION ON THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE COMING FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR MANAGEMENT AND UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE THE SAME INCREASES THAT WERE OFFERED TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 6.3? NO. TRUSTEES. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE REVISED SALARY SCHEDULES AND ACCEPT THE ACCOMPANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CERTIFICATED CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES.
>> CALL FOR THE VOTE? THANK YOU.
[6.4 Approve Adoption of AP Environmental Science Instructional Materials at CHS]
APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AT CHS.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVANAUGH.
THIS AGENDA ITEM CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER AS A FIRST READ.
I WILL STATE THAT ALL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR INPUT AND COMMENT HERE IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
I'D LIKE TO HAND THIS ACTION ITEM OVER TO DR. BATTLE.
>> I THINK MR. MUELLER SAID IT PERFECTLY.
YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST MONTH TO REVIEW THIS AS A FIRST READ.
THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF ANYONE CAME TO REVIEW?
>> LAST MONTH, I JUST SHARED THERE WAS FOUR COMMENTS.
BUT I'M NOT SURE OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR IF PEOPLE CAME TO REVIEW AND JUST DIDN'T LEAVE A COMMENT.
>> ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO READ THROUGH I DIDN'T LEAVE A COMMENT, BUT IT'S A VERY ENGAGING TEXT AND THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT TEACHER RESOURCES I WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE ALMOST MAKES ME WANT TO GO BACK AND TAKE AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.
>> NEXT SEMESTER I ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A STUDENT IN AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.
LOOKS LIKE A ENGAGING AND EXCITING COURSE.
>> IS THIS THE TEXT FOR THIS YEAR STARTING NOW?
>> YES IT'S STARTING IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
>> IS THAT THE FIRST SEMESTER WE'RE TEACHING THAT CLASS OR HAS IT BEEN GOING WITH THIS AS A PILOT? WE'VE BEEN TEACHING IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THE MATERIALS THE TEACHERS TEACHING IT FELT LIKE THE MATERIALS WERE A LITTLE OUTDATED.
WE'VE HAD MATERIALS IN THERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, THE SAME TEXT, AND SO THEY WANTED SOMETHING MORE ENGAGING AND AP CONTINUES TO REFINE THEIR SCOPE AND SEQUENCE AS WELL.
THIS WILL BRING THE MOST UP TO DATE CONTENT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO USE WITH OUR STUDENTS.
>> YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND REPORT. I WAS GOING TO SAY.
[LAUGHTER] TAKE MR. COOLEY'S PLACE AND COME BACK AND TELL US ABOUT IT.
DID I ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY? I CAN'T REMEMBER. I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND CHANCE.
NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.4? SECOND, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.[6.5 Approval of Retirement Notice Stipend]
ITEM 6.5, APPROVAL OF RETIREMENT NOTICE A STIPEND, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CAVANAUGH.
MISS TRIPPY, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO LEAD IN LIKE I DID TO DOCTOR BATTLE AND WHY DON'T YOU COME UP IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS? THIS IS, I BELIEVE THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH YEAR THAT WE HAVE OFFERED A STIPEND FOR EARLY NOTIFICATION OF RETIREMENT.
IF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PLANNING ON RETIRE NOTIFY THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 2ND, THEY ARE AWARDED A $2,000 STIPEND.
THE REASON THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE IS FOR STAFFING.
WE LIKE TO ANTICIPATE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, STAFFING NEEDS.
WHEN WE KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE RETIRING.
WE CAN GET AHEAD OF HIRING AND GET AHEAD OF NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND ALSO ANTICIPATE OUR ENROLLMENT AND CALIBRATE FTE TO OUR ADA.
MISS TRIPPY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SIXTH OR THE SEVENTH.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? MISS TRIPPY ALREADY GONE BACK ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> I WONDER ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OR HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS IN THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
>> LOOK AT THAT. SEE HOW YOU DID THAT? IT REALLY VARIES YEAR BY YEAR.
WE'VE HAD YEARS WHERE OVER SEVEN EMPLOYEES HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
AGAIN, WE OFFER THIS TO BOTH OUR CSA AND ACT COLLEAGUES.
IT REALLY JUST VARIES ON THE YEAR, BUT IT HAS PROVIDED VALUE TO STAFFING THROUGH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO ANTICIPATE STAFFING NEEDS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. IN THE DEFAULT SCENARIO, HOW MUCH NOTICE DO THEY HAVE TO GIVE THAT THEY ARE RETIRING?
>> THEY CAN INFORM US AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A PROBLEM AND IT WOULD LEAVE OUR DISTRICT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.5? MOVED.
>> SEE FITZ IS TRYING TO USE THE BUTTON LIKE MOST INSTEAD OF JUST YELLING OUT.
>> MOTION PASSES. ARE WE OKAY TO KEEP GOING OR DOES ANYBODY NEED A BREAK? WE'RE GOOD.
AWESOME. WE ARE INTO OUR REPORT SECTION,
[7.1 Student Board Member Report: Haissam Kouli (5 min.)]
AND 7.1 IS OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT GIVEN TO US BY MR. DYSON. WELCOME.>> IN CASE YOU GUYS HAVEN'T NOTICED SOMEHOW, HISM IS NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OUR AMIN COSO WINTER PLAY CLUE AND HE'S BUSY WATCHING THE FULL RUN THROUGH TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE BEST.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANY OF YOU TO CHECK IT OUT.
BUT SINCE HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, I'M SERVING IN HIS PLACE.
I'M THE ASP VICE PRESIDENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN IN CORONADO SCHOOL SINCE THE FIFTH GRADE AND I'VE LIVED IN SAN DIEGO MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'VE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER OF SPIRIT RUNNING OUR PEP BALIS IN THE OPTIMIS CLUB INTERACT BEST BUDDIES AND ISLANDER ADVISORY WITH OUR WONDERFUL MISS MINA AND WORK AT THE LOCAL PINERA BRETON ISLAND.
WHILE I'M NOT ISOME, I SURE DO HAVE THE SAME LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO THOUGH, HERE ARE A BUNCH OF EVENTS WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
TO START US OFF, THE CSF AUCTION WENT AMAZING.
A BUNCH OF IMPRESSIVE DONATIONS CAME IN, AND IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE HAD A VERY GREAT TIME.
AT OUR LOCAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE VILLAGE PTO WILL BE HOSTING A HOLIDAY CONCERT WITH THEIR BAND STUDENTS.
THEY ASK EVERYBODY THE SVP ON THE NEWSLETTER QR CODE BY DECEMBER 15TH.
THE THIRD, THE CHOIR PERFORMED AT THE HOTEL DEL AND IN THE PE,
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THE KIDS COMPLETED THE KIDS HEALTHY HEART CHALLENGE, RAISING OVER $5,000 FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.THEY HOSTED ARTISAN ALLY ON THE SIX AND CURRENTLY THE WINTER SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS GOING ON AND WE'LL GO UNTIL THE 12TH.
YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO GET YOUR KIDS STUFF.
NOW AT OUR STRAND ELEMENTARY, THEY HAVE THEIR SPIRIT WEEK NEXT WEEK.
MONDAY IS HOLIDAY SWEATER DAY.
TUESDAY IS HOLIDAY GLOW UP DAY WHERE YOU WEAR SHINY OR GLOWING ITEMS. WEDNESDAY IS WILD WINTER, SO YOU WEAR ANIMAL CLOTHING OR ANIMAL PAINT.
THURSDAY IS ANY HOLIDAY CHARACTER DAY, AND FRIDAY IS THE MUCH ANTICIPATED PAJAMA DAY.
[LAUGHTER] THE SILVER STRAND ELEMENTARY PTO HAD A JOINT FUNDRAISER WITH PANERA BREAD ON DECEMBER 5TH.
I MIGHT HAVE SAW A COUPLE OF THEM THERE.
BOTH THE ELEMENTARY BANDS PERFORMED AT THE HOTEL DEL LAST WEDNESDAY AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, AND THE SILVER STRAND ELEMENTARY ERASER WOPPING $19,669 FOR THEIR JAGATHON.
THE ASP AND JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB HOSTED A FOOD BANK DRIVE PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING BREAK AND RAISED A WHOLE LOT TO FIGHT HUNGER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM.
TOUGH THEIR WINNER SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS ALSO ONGOING AND WILL ALSO BE GOING UNTIL THE 12TH, ONE MORE DAY TO GET SOME BOOKS.
NEXT WEEK, THE ASP WILL BE HOSTING THEIR WINNER SPARE WEEK.
NOW AT CHS, WE HOSTED OUR TURKEY BALL BEFORE THANKSGIVING, STAFF FOR SENIORS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE STAFF WON FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN A ROW, BUT ALWAYS NEXT YEAR, I GUESS.
PTO HOSTED A THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON SPONSORED BY PARK LIFE REAL STATE.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL FAMILIES AND TO PARK LIFE REAL STATE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY.
OUR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CLUB IS HOSTING A BLANKET DRIVE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS, SO YOU COULD DONATE ANY BLANKETS AT THE FRONT OFFICE.
I SEE A LAW ALREADY IN THE BIN, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
OUR ASP IS HOSTING UNUSED TOY DRIVE AS WELL.
USED TOYS WILL GO TO GOODWILL AND UNUSED ONES WILL GO TO TOYS FOR TOTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE ANY TOYS, TELL YOUR HIGH SCHOOLER TO BRING IT TO THAT HOMEROOM TEACHER TO DONATE IT.
THE WINNER GETS A PRIZE, WHICHEVER HOMEROOM CLASS GETS THE MOST.
OUR WINTER SPORTS PEPE IS TOMORROW.
THIS PEPE WILL FEATURING WINTER SPORTS, COSA AND NGTC.
COSA TOLL GROUP IS GOING TO PERFORM, HAVE YOURSELF FOR MARRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, AND NJTC WILL PERFORM AN ARMED EXHIBITION.
ASP IS GOING TO DECOR TEACHES DOORWAYS ON MONDAY BY DECORATING THEM WITH NICE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND THEMES.
OUR SPIRIT WEEK ALSO IS NEXT WEEK, MONDAYS SKI DAY, TUESDAY IS ALSO THE MUCH ANTICIPATED PAJAMA DAY.
WEDNESDAY IS NIKE TECH V ARTS DAY.
THURSDAY IS HOLIDAY HAT DAY AND FRIDAY IS A WIDE OUT DAY.
PICKLE BALL CLUB HOSTED A 24 PERSON DOUBLES TOURNAMENT ON THE WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
IT WAS SUPER FUN AND ANOTHER ONE'S PLANNED TO HAPPEN ON THE 13TH.
IF ANY STUDENT IS INTERESTED IN ENTERING, PLEASE E MAIL THE PRESIDENT WHO IS ALSO HISOME COLY.
[LAUGHTER] OR GO TO MISS VNASA' ROOM AT LUNCH, SHOREBREAK.
THE TOURNAMENT THIS SUNDAY WILL BE AT THE KAS.
IF ANYONE NEEDS TO BE CARPOOLED, A LEGAL DRIVER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF YOU JUST GET IN CONTACT.
MY INTERACT CLUB WILL BE HAVING THEIR MONTHLY BEACH CLEANUP WITH ROTARY THIS SATURDAY, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
MARK CHILE HAD A SCRIMMAGE LAST SATURDAY AND THEIR ACTUAL COMPETITION WILL BE COMING UP IN JANUARY.
NOW IN COSA, THERE ARE A TON OF AMAZING EVENTS THAT OUR ARTISTS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY UP TO.
MANY COSA STUDENTS WALKED IN THE HOLIDAY PARADE THIS PAST WEEK.
COSA SHOWCASE NIGHT WAS HOSTED ON TUESDAY, BUT EVERY CONSERVATORY SHOWED OFF A PERFORMANCE.
SOME TOUCHING PERSONAL OIS AND SHOWED OFF WHAT MAKES THEM AMAZING.
THERE WERE PERFORMANCES AND VIDEOS SHOWN SO IT MADE FOR AN ENTERTAINING EVENING THAT REALLY SHOWED HOW GREAT COSA IS.
THANKS TO COSA COUNSEL FOR SETTING UP THE INTERVIEWS AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED PUBLICIZE THE EVENT.
COSA IS HOSTING THAT ALL AT ONCE VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION RIGHT NOW IN THE BLACK BOX.
DANCE IS GOING TO BE HOSTING THE T THREADS OF RESILIENCE PERFORMANCE TOMORROW AND AFTER IN THE PERFORMING ART CENTER.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IS GOING TO BE HOSTING THE HOLIDAY CONCERT ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 16TH IN THE PERFORMING ART CENTER.
MTD MUSICAL THEATER JUST GOT THE THE REVIEW AND ACCORDING TO HISUM, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST HE'S EVER SEEN.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT.
BE SURE TO WATCH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING WINTER PRODUCTION OF CLUE, WHICH OPENS IN JANUARY.
FINALLY, FOR SPORTS AT CORONADO, THE WINNER SPORTS HAVE STARTED AND EVERYONE IS OFF TO A GREAT START.
ONE OF OUR CHS TEACHERS, JOSTEN HAS JUST BECOME AM THE COACH OF OUR FOOTBALL TEAM.
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WE WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE COACHING STAFF AND KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE STAFF. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? [APPLAUSE] VERY GOOD.
AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ITEM 7.2 WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED.
ITEM 7.3, THE LEARNING DEPARTMENT REPORT AND DO DO GRANTS, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.
[7.3 Learning Department Report Annual DoDEA Reports: Project WL+, Project E3, Project SAIL, Project CS+ (Dr. Kirstin Northenscold and Dr. Shannon Coulter)]
>> I'M JUST GOING TO SAY DR. BATTLE. [LAUGHTER].
>> GOOD EVENING. EVERY YEAR IN DECEMBER, WE GIVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON ALL OF OUR DDA GRANTS, AND WE INVITE OUR DISTINGUISHED AND VERY IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN THIS WORK TO HELP PROVIDE THE REPORT.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED AND OUR GRANT EVALUATORS.
I KNOW SHANNON HAS BEEN WITH US FOR OVER A DECADE EVALUATING OUR GRANTS, AND HEARSON HAS BEEN NOW ON WITH WORLD LANGUAGE PLUS.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MISS STACY MORRISSEY.
SHE IS OUR DDA GRANT DIRECTOR FOR TWO OF FOUR ACTIVE GRANTS, AND THEN MISS MARY A CUTIS IS THE OTHER GRANT DIRECTOR FOR OUR OTHER TWO GRANTS.
SARAH COORDINATES EVERYTHING FOR CS PLUS, THE COMPUTER SCIENCE PLUS, AND THEN WHEN MR. SCHMEICHEL LEFT US, SHE IS NOW THE OVERSEER OF OUR WORLD LANGUAGE PLUS GRANT, WHICH WE'LL SUNSET AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THEN STACY DIRECTS OUR PROJECT SALE, AND THEN ALSO E^3.
VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. COORDINATING PD.
THERE IS A COMPUTER SCIENCE PD THIS MORNING, HALF-DAY IN THIS ROOM FOR COUNSELORS, AND SOME FROM ACROSS THE BRIDGE ATTENDED THAT AS WELL.
THEY TRACK BUDGETS, THEY SUPPORT TEACHERS WITH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES THAT OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR EVALUATORS DO.
SHANNON WAS IN CLASSROOM SINCE AFTERNOON, DOING WALK-THROUGHS TO EVALUATE THE GRANTS.
HE IS ALWAYS BUSY, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR FOUR ACTIVE TO-DO GRANTS SO DR.
SHANNON COULTER AND DR. KRISTIN NORTHENSCOLD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FOUR GRANTS TONIGHT.
WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AS WELL.
IT'S JUST LIKE AN AMAZING ARRAY OF TALENT IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE KIDS IN THE ROBOTICS PROGRAMS THAT WE EVALUATE AND THE MUSICIANS.
IT'S JUST A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE GRANTS E^3 IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING GRANTS THAT YOU HAVE SOME ITERATION OF IT.
IT IS A MATH GRANT, FOCUSED ON ALL KIDS IN K-3, BUT ALSO MILITARY-CONNECTED KIDS SPECIFICALLY.
MATH PROFICIENCY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE FOR MILITARY-CONNECTED KIDS IN GRADES 3-5.
GRADE 5 SAW THE STRONGEST GAINS, RISING TO 84% OF STUDENTS WHO ARE PROFICIENT IN MATH THIS YEAR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 24, 25 SCHOOL YEARS.
WE'VE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME IN CLASSROOMS THIS PAST YEAR DOING LEARNING WALKS, WATCHING NUMBER CORNERS, JUST PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WAY THAT TEACHERS ARE DELIVERING THE CURRICULUM AND HELPING KIDS BUILD THEIR NUMERACY SKILLS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY GRADES.
IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY IN A LOW-RISK ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT MATHEMATICS WITH EACH OTHER.
THEN, BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST YEAR, WE DID TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT HOW STUDENTS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS, THREE YEARS OR MORE OF INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS IN CORONADO, HOW THEY PERFORM COMPARED TO STUDENTS THAT ONLY GET A YEAR.
THERE IS AN ADDED BENEFIT OF MORE TIME IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE CURRICULUM AND WITH THE TEACHERS THAT CAME OUT IN OUR ANALYSIS.
I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ENCOURAGE, IS MORE TIME HERE IN MATH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET BETTER RESULTS.
JUST GETTING TO THE TREND OVER TIME,
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AS DR. BATTLE MENTIONED, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN EVALUATING THIS GRANT SINCE 2008, SO IT'S BEEN ALMOST 17 YEARS NOW.OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, WE'VE HAD THE SAME MEASURE ON A COMMON CORE ALIGNED ASSESSMENT AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS THERE FROM A STATE LEVEL, RESULTS FOR STATE-WIDE, WE'VE INCREASED ABOUT 4% OVER THIS TIME, FROM 2015-2025.
IN CORONADO, YOU CAN SEE FOR MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS, WHAT THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN, 14% INCREASE OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, AND FOR ALL STUDENTS, IT HAS BEEN A 6%.
MILITARY-CONNECTED KIDS HERE ARE GROWING THREE TIMES THE RATE OF WHAT OTHER KIDS AROUND THE STATE ARE.
I FEEL LIKE AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AND THE IMPACT THAT WE LOOK AT, THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS CHANGE OVER THE TIME THAT YOU'VE HAD THESE GRANTS.
PROJECT SALE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON SCIENCE AND STEM.
YOU SAW IMPORTANT GAINS IN GRADES 5 AND 11 THERE, 72% OF KIDS AND 79% OF KIDS MEETING PROFICIENCY.
WE SAW THE ROBOTICS PROGRAM IN ACTION TONIGHT.
NOT MUCH NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT.
YOU SAW WHAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING.
THERE'S A LOT OF IN GSS, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT ARE GOING ON K-12, PLUS A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AROUND STEM CAREERS, PARTNERSHIPS, FIELD EXPERIENCES, THINGS THAT ALLOW US TO APPLY THE GRANT.
THEN WE JUST COMPLETED THE COMPUTER SCIENCE GRANT PLANNING YEAR.
THAT'S BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE TAKE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY ON THE DATA SIDE, THE EVALUATION SIDE, JUST LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE GRANT, MEASURING THOSE THINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THERE'S PROFESSIONAL LEARNING HAS BEEN GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT WERE DEVELOPED LAST YEAR.
THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED AND PUT INTO PLACE AND TEACHERS ARE CORRECTED [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S EXPLORATIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, ESPORTS, CS GUEST SPEAKERS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOING TO BE VALID.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, KIRSTEN AND SHE'LL SPEAK TO THE WORLD LANGUAGE SIDE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. I'M EXCITED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WORLD LANGUAGE PLUS PROGRAM AND DR. VALLA SAID, WE'RE ENTERING ACROSS THAT AND THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO CELEBRATE WITH FULLY ARTICULATED WORLD LANGUAGE PATHWAY THAT STUDENTS CAN CHASE ALL THE WAY TO 12, BUT SPECIFICALLY, WHAT CHANGED LAST HERE WAS A SPANISH OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEEL.
SIXTH GRADERS NOW AND CAN PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH, WHICH WAS A REAL SPEAKING POINT WITH THAT PATHWAY.
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 22 STUDENTS AND OVERALL THEN SERVING OVER 1,200 STUDENTS.
THE CLASSROOM IN ONE OF THE OBSERVATIONS.
TK STUDENTS WORKING IN THEIR DIPS ALL OVER AND [INAUDIBLE] AMAZING TO SEE JUST THE POTENTIAL THAT EXISTS THERE.
WE HAVE A REAL INCREASE THIS YEAR IN OUR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CL ACHIEVING THE SL.
THAT'S 30% OF OUR ELIGIBLE THE 13% LAST YEAR, BUT 18% HUGE AND IT IS COMPARABLE TO OUR RATE FOR ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THE SIMILAR FOR THE NEXT POINT ABOUT THE MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS LANGUAGE PATHWAY.
THIS IS ALSO COMPARABLE TO ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THIS WAY 35% FACILITY, 9% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE REALLY STRONG INTEREST IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS LANGUAGE PATHWAY, BUT INCREASE IN THEIR INTEREST IN CONTINUING LANGUAGE.
JUST WEREN'T SEEING AS MUCH LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE SEEING IT MORE THIS YEAR INCREASE IN THAT INTEREST, WHICH IS TO SEE THAT THOSE STUDENTS
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WILL BE ENTERING INTO CURRENT LEVELS OF WORLD LANGUAGE STUDY IN HIGH SCHOOL.THE HIGH SCHOOL LANGUAGE PARTICIPATION INCREASE ACTUALLY LAST YEAR SO 24/25, THAT WAS A CHANGE FROM SEASON MORE HIGH SCHOOLERS TOOK WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES LAST YEAR.
PART OF THAT WAS THIS AP SPANISH ACCOUNT.
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, SPANISH FRENCH, SPANISH TWO HUGE BUMP THERE.
THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE WORLD LANGUAGE.
THE SECONDARY FAMILY SPECIFICALLY ARE AWARE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A REALLY HIGH INTEREST LEVEL FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
THAT'S AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL SO WE ARE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LISTENING QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.
IT'S ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. YES, MR. ISON.
>> JUST AS A STUDENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK WITH THE SPANISH PROGRAM, YOU GUYS ARE ESPECIALLY DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT PROMOTING THE CO BITERC.
I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF KIDS HAVE BEEN GETTING IT AND HAVE BEEN ALSO REFLECTING GOOD SCORES ON THE CAST TEST.
I REMEMBER WHEN I TOOK THE AP SPANISH TEST AT MAY, I FELT VERY PREP.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOING A REALLY GOOD THING WITH THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AP SPANISH TEST.
NOW AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL FOR HELPING WITH THESE GRANTS AND DR. BATTLE GETTING THESE GRANTS, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.
WHEN I FIRST RAN A BIG FOCUS FOR ME WAS THE MILITARY CONNECTED FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE REALLY WATCHING OUT FOR THAT 40% THAT WE HAVE IN THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST AMAZING, LOOKING AT THE MATH IMPROVEMENT SCORES, THE AMOUNT OF MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THESE PATHWAYS, AND HOW THAT HELPS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.
BUT SEEING WHAT WE'RE GETTING, THESE GRANTS ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PROBABLY $810 MILLION TOTAL, I THINK BETWEEN THE FOUR IS WE MIGHT HAVE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE AND I'M SURE SHOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THE MONEY IS WELL SPENT, THAT WE'VE CREATED THIS PATHWAY, AND OUR JOB NOW WILL BE TO MAINTAIN THIS WORLD LANGUAGE PLUS PATHWAY WITHOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING.
THAT IS PART OF OUR BASIC AID AND CSF FUND RAISING AND ALL OF THAT AND PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE.
THANK YOU AND PART OF OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND COMING AND PRESENTING.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS EVERY TIME YOU COME IN [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
>> I'M READING THROUGH THE LONGER REPORT, THE WORLD LANGUAGE PATHWAY, I THINK THERE WAS CONCERN OR THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT HOW DO WE GET MORE PRACTICE IN CONVERSATION? I'M NOT SURE WHO DR. BATTLE, ANSWER IS WE THOUGHT ABOUT OPPORTUNITY WAYS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH MORE AUTHENTIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERSATION TO BUILD THAT? I CAN GIVE UP JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT.
>> IS THAT MIKE ON? I DON'T KNOW IF IS IT ON? [INAUDIBLE] GO AHEAD.
>> I KNOW THAT DR. SULLIVAN, WHO IS THE TEACHER THAT SUPPORTS THE WORLD LANGUAGE PLUS PROGRAM REALLY FOCUSED IN HER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT SHE WAS DESIGNING AND METING ON THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT PRACTICE.
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WE'RE SEEING THIS IN DEFINITELY IN THE T CASE.BUT EVEN IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CLASSES, A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, RISK TAKING, WHICH IS REALLY SCARY TO TRY THIS NEW THING IN.
WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING THAT IN THOSE SPACES.
ONE HOPE IS THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE BERN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT WORLD LANGUAGE STUDENTS FROM THE STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY WHO WAS WORLD LANGUAGE.
[NOISE] THE CLASSROOMS AT A VERY DIFFERENT SPACE.
I THINK PART OF IT IS THIS HOPE IN THIS PATHWAY, OF THE LONG GAME OF THIS WORLD LANGUAGE PATHWAY THAT'S NOW AVAILABLE ALSO IN THE CONSISTENT FOCUS.
>> I KNOW WE'VE HAD PARENTS WHO, THEY'RE OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE INTERESTED AND WANT TO HELP, AND MAYBE IF THEY ARE THEY ARE FLUENT IN A SECOND LANGUAGE, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFTER SCHOOL, CLUBS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WHERE THEY GET OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK WITH SPEAKERS.
CAN I SPEAK? I GUESS THAT'S ONE MORE THING TO MANAGE AND THAT IT COULD BENEFIT STUDENTS.
MAYBE PART OF THE STUDENT CLUBS.
DO WE HAVE STUDENT LANGUAGE CLUBS? I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD KNOW THIS. WE HAVE A CLUB FOR EVERYTHING.
>> BUT WE HAVE A CLUB THE SPAN AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY MEET EVERY WEEK OR TWO AND JUST TALK ABOUT SPANISH.
LEARN ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC CULTURE.
I THINK IF WE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, EVEN LOWER THAT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY THE HARDEST PART IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING IN CONVERSATION.
>> DO YOU GUYS PRACTICE THE CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH IN YOUR CLUB MEETINGS?
>> I DON'T ALWAYS GET TO GO TO THE CLUB MEETINGS SINCE THEY OFTEN INTERFERE WITH OTHER CLUBS I HAVE TO DO, BUT, IT'S A CLUB PRIMARILY JUST TO PRACTICE YOUR SPANISH WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE CULTURE AND TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER, AND I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE KIDS WHO DO IT.
>> IT'S GREAT. THERE WE GO. WONDERFUL, ANYTHING ELSE? TO ADD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING EVERY YEAR AND FOR GIVING US THIS GREAT INFORMATION.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. MR. SALAMANCA.
>> I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THESE THE ATTENDANCE DASHBOARD.
AWESOME. CAN YOU EXPLAIN REALLY QUICKLY THE INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT PROCESS AGAIN?
[7.4 Deputy Superintendent Updates (5 min. + Board Discussion) Department Reports: Attendance Dashboard]
I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS AND SOME PARENTS SLIP OUT A LITTLE EARLY AND WE STILL OFFER AN INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT, CORRECT?>> WE DO. IN FACT, WE HOPE THAT IT'S FAR MORE STREAMLINED.
THE OLD RULES USED TO REQUIRE FIVE DAYS MINIMUM ABSENCE.
NOW WE CAN ISSUE AN INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT FOR ONE DAY OF ABSENCE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTACT YOUR FRONT OFFICE AND THEY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FORMS.
>> WHEN A FAMILY REQUESTS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACT FOR THE TIME THAT THEY'RE GONE, WE'RE ABLE TO RECOUP THE ADA FOR THOSE DAYS, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE DON'T GET THE ADA?
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR LIVING WITH US.
>> I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT. [LAUGHTER] JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
>> ONE OF THE BENEFITS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE FUNDED BASED OFF OF ATTENDANCE, AND SO ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN GET TO RECOUP LOST ATTENDANCE DAYS YIELDS REAL MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.
>> AT THE SAME TIME, THAT DISAPPEARS UNDER BASIC AID, CORRECT?
>> ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD OVERALL.
COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN, I THOUGHT PARTICULARLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE TWO LEVELS ARE GREEN RIGHT NOW.
I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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ITEM 7.5, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE, SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER.[7.5 Superintendent Updates (5 min. + Board Discussion) Portrait of a Graduate Reinforcing Safety Protocols, Expectations, and Accountability]
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I TRUST THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW MY REPORT.
I WILL JUST PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY.
AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, TRUSTEES ASKED FOR A LIST OR INITIATIVES THAT WOULD ADDRESS A SAFETY RESET WITH OUR STUDENTS AND A DISCIPLINE RESET.
I REACHED OUT TO OUR FOUR ADMINISTRATORS AT OUR CABINET MEETING AND ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE ME WITH STRATEGIES THAT THEY WOULD USE WITH THEIR STUDENTS IN JANUARY TO RESET POST-WINTER BREAK.
WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THOSE INITIATIVES.
AS YOU SEE BY GRADE LEVEL, THERE ARE VARYING APPROACHES TO THIS, BUT A LOT OF ALIGNMENT AND REINFORCEMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE ACTION GUIDE.
BECAUSE IT'S SOMEWHAT TIED TO THIS REPORT, WE MENTIONED AT OUR LAST OR WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING OUR EXISTING CELL PHONE POLICY AND BETWEEN OUR NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING AND TODAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE VILLAGE PTO MEETING, AND THAT WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
I'VE ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS EXISTING CELL PHONE POLICY WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAVE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM YONDR ON TWO OCCASIONS.
MS. MAGELEKA AND I ARE GOING TO SEND AN INVITATION TO A SMALL GROUP OF PARENTS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN JOINING A LITTLE SUBCOMMITTEE TO DISCUSS A PARENT FORUM.
WE ARE PLANNING A PARENT FORUM TO DISCUSS OUR EXISTING CELL PHONE POLICY AND POTENTIAL CHANGES WITH PARENTS, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE TARGETING A LATE JANUARY EARLY FEBRUARY TIMELINE FOR THAT FORUM.
AS DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING, IT IS OUR GOAL TO BRING FORWARD TO THE GOVERNING BOARD A REVISED BOARD POLICY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN FALL OF 26.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE GET TWO THUMBS UP.
>> SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER, WHAT WAS THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM? DID YOU READ THE ROOM? WHAT WERE YOUR GENERAL TAKEAWAYS?
>> I WOULD SHARE THAT IT WAS SIMILAR TO OUR PARENTS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW, NOT JUST IN CORONADO, BUT ACROSS THE STATE IN LOOKING CRITICALLY AT THE USE OF CELL PHONES ON CAMPUSES, AND I FELT A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR LOOKING AT THIS CRITICALLY AND A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE DIALOGUE.
THIS IS SOMETHING, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, AND I'LL MENTION DURING MY SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS, WE HAVE MADE A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING BREAK TO TRAVEL TO ALL FOUR SCHOOL SITES AND HOST WHAT I'M CALLING AN AMA TOUR, ASK ME ANYTHING, AND FIELDED A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR STAFF.
THIS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN THAT SETTING, AND AFTER THE VILLAGE PTO MEETING FELT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BEGIN ENGAGING IN DIALOGUE WITH MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHENEVER AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
VERY POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING AS FAR AS SUPPORT TO TAKE A CRITICAL LOOK AT THIS ISSUE, BUT SOME STRONG OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
I THINK HAVING A COMMUNITY FORUM TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US PRIOR TO BRINGING INFORMATION BACK TO THE GOVERNING BOARD.
AGAIN, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TIMELINE IS TOO AMBITIOUS FOR US TO DEVELOP A NEW POLICY ROLLING FORWARD FOR SCHOOL YEAR 26/27.
>> MAY I PROVIDE A QUICK PERSPECTIVE FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR AT LEAST YOU'VE GONE TO ALL THREE LEVELS ON THE CELL PHONE POLICY? I DON'T THINK IT'S FULLY A BAD THING, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE I THINK CULTURALLY HAVING LESS CELL PHONE USAGE, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH YONDR POUCHES OR SOME OTHER WAY.
I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN GETTING THE KIDS IN REALLY DEVELOPMENTAL YEARS TO INTERACT MORE.
BUT I THINK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU MIGHT RUN INTO SOME MORE ISSUES, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY, BUT I THINK PARTICULARLY WITH OUR OPEN CAMPUS LUNCH,
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THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY BIG ISSUE.BUT I THINK A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE IN MY CERAMICS CLASS WITH MS. TELBIKO, WE DON'T JUST DO THE PHONE POUCHES.
WE PUT THEM IN A LOCK BOX USED FOR ATTENDANCE, YOU GET THEM BACK AT THE END OF THE PERIOD, SO YOU CAN'T USE THEM.
IT'S USED FOR ATTENDANCE, SO IT'S MANDATORY TO PUT IN.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND AND STILL ALLOWING THE KIDS WHO ARE ALSO AT AN OLDER AGE TO USE IT AT BREAKS AT LUNCH WHEN THEY MIGHT NEED IT, BUT ALSO KEEPING THEM OFF IN CLASS, WHETHER BE FOR PLAGIARISM OR PAYING ATTENTION PURPOSES, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
>> OBVIOUSLY, SOME TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, BUT NOT TO SCARE ANY 16-YEAR-OLDS OR YOUNGER IN THE AUDIENCE ARE LISTENING, BUT AUSTRALIA JUST VOTED TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ALL KIDS 16 YEARS AND UNDER, AND THAT'S NOT DONE WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE.
THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER AVENUE TO EXPLORE, IT MIGHT BE TOO TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING FOR JUST ONE DISTRICT TO DO THAT OR HOW WE WOULD DO THAT BUT I JUST TO SAW THAT IN THE MIX IT'S JUST RECENTLY IN THE HEADLINES.
THE FIRST DOMINO TO FALL, PERHAPS.
>> ONE THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE CELL PHONES IS IF PEOPLE BRING IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL COMPUTER, THEY CAN PUT THEIR CELL PHONE ON A POUCH, BUT THEIR HOTSPOT'S ON.
NOW THEY'RE ACCESSING EVERYTHING THROUGH THEIR PERSONAL COMPUTERS.
THAT'S WHY I REALLY LIKE THE UNDER POUCH IDEA.
>> I JUST PERSONALLY THINK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, YOU MIGHT RUN INTO SOME ISSUES REGARDING THE YONDR POUCHES IN HOW WE GO ABOUT OUR BREAKS, OUR LUNCHES, AND THIS IS A VERY RARE CASE, BUT IT'S A CASE THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE WHERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT INTO THE LOCKDOWN OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, A LOT OF US, THE CELL PHONES ARE REALLY EFFECTIVE WITH FINDING OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, GETTING UPDATES, WHETHER VIEWING THE POLICE REPORTS OR WHATEVER, AND THAT'S A RARITY CASE THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY OF THE SCHOOLS, BUT I DO THINK ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAVING NO FREE ACCESS, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING CULTURALLY OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK HAVING SOME MORE LENIENCY WOULD BENEFIT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE.
THAT ACTUALLY IS VERY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE STUDENTS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND WE'LL BE A PART OF THIS DIALOGUE, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO INCLUDING STUDENTS AND HONORING STUDENT VOICE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY INITIATIVE WE BRING FORWARD TO THE GOVERNING BOARD. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT THE REPORT OVERALL.
I KNOW I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WANTED THE SAFETY STAND DOWN, AS I CALLED IT FOR THOSE MILITARY IN THE HOUSE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED AT OUR SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THESE MID YEAR SEMESTER REFRESHES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW EXACTLY THOSE ARE AND HOPE THAT THEY ARE VERY CLEAR TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT THESE BEHAVIORS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS IS THE DISCIPLINARY ACTION GUIDE.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE TO JUST START BASIC AGAIN AND NOT ASSUME THAT THEY REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT THEY SIGNED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR FROM PRIOR YEARS.
FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, THIS IS GOING TO BE NOT JUST THE STUDENTS, IT'S GOING TO BE PARENTS, IT'S GOING TO BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OF US MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT WAY WE HAVE SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
>> THE MOTHER OF ALL LEARNING IS REPETITION.
>> I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT YOUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHAT THEIR INPUT WAS ON THE CELL PHONE USAGE.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.
[8.1 Revisions to Board Policies, Board Bylaws, Administrative Regulations, and/or Exhibits]
ITEM 8.1 IS A FIRST READING REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICIES, BOARD BYLAWS, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, AND/OR EXHIBITS.>> ACTUALLY, CAN I TAKE THIS ONE?
>> I WAS SIMPLY GOING TO SAY THIS BELONGS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I THINK ALSO TRUSTEE LEE.
ACTUALLY, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THESE AND REALLY IT WAS HIM DOING ALL THE WORK AND ME REVIEWING.
[LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE LEE'S TIME IN GOING THROUGH ALL THIS.
[02:10:01]
I'M REALLY A GREAT EDITOR.BUT YES, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD IS TAKING ON VIA A COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH THAT COMMITTEE A LITTLE BIT GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR WHERE TRUSTEE CAVANAUGH IS GOING TO TAKE OVER FOR ME AND WORK WITH TRUSTEE LEE ON FUTURE BOARD POLICY AND CHANGES.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE IN THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BOARD POLICIES DRAFTED FROM THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, AND STAFF HAS LOOKED AT THEM AND SUMMARIZED THEM, AND TRUSTEE LEE, PARTICULARLY AND MYSELF REALLY LOOKED INTO SOME PARTICULAR BOARD POLICIES AND JUST MADE SURE THAT THEY FIT OUR COMMUNITY BEST.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY WELL WRITTEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROCESS OR HOW WE GOT HERE.
IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THIS FIRST READ.
IF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTO BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WANT TO READ IT.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE NEXT MONTH WHEN WE COME BACK FOR BRINGING THIS AS AN ACTION ITEM.
>> YES. THANKS, TRUSTEE PALACIOS PETERS, AND WORKING WITH YOU NOT ONLY IN THIS, BUT THROUGHOUT, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS TEAM UP HERE.
IT'S BEEN EXCELLENT AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WORKING WITH PRESIDENT CAVANAUGH ON THIS.
WE ALREADY STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THESE HAVE COME FROM THE STATE TRADITIONALLY, AND I'M GLAD THEY DO BECAUSE THEY COME WITH ALL THE LEGAL REFERENCES.
WE WILL NEVER STRAY FROM THE LAW IN ANYTHING THAT WE EVER DO.
WHEN WE FEEL THAT IT'S TO OUR ADVANTAGE, WE'LL WRITE IT IN LANGUAGE THAT BETTER SUITS OUR COMMUNITY.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE LOOKING INTO [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK OUR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE LESS IS MORE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE 800 [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE'S 80 THAT ARE REQUIRED, AND THEN THERE'S SEVERAL MORE THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THAT.
ULTIMATELY, THEY WERE ALL ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE UP HERE AND LIKE IT OR NOT THAT SOMETIMES DOES REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF POLICY GUIDANCE.
THANKS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH TRUSTEE CAVANAUGH ON THIS OR AS LITTLE OF THEM AS POSSIBLE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY HAVING NOT WORKED ON THEM, BUT HAVING READ THEM IN ANTICIPATION FOR TODAY'S MEETING, JUST LOOKING AT THE EDITS THAT YOU MADE AND THE RED LETTERING OF THE ORIGINAL STATEMENTS THAT CAME FROM CSBA.
I WAS TAKEN THAT THE ORIGINAL VERBIAGE SEEMED TO BE CHARGED IN MANY WAYS, AND I THINK UNNECESSARILY SO.
USING LESS WORDS, MORE ACCEPTING OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, I THINK WAS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT AND SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKED ON THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DID I ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ALREADY? [LAUGHTER] ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM OR STREETS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
I KNOW IT TAKES LONGER THAN YOU THINK.
ITEM 9, THERE WERE NO ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[10.1 Public Comments on Non-Agendized Items]
ITEM 10, COMMENTS.>> IT'S THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDIZED ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, BOARD.
CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND CARL.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP WITH ALL THE WOMEN'S MIDDLE SCHOOL.
GIRLS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY RUGBY ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MY NAME IS SANTA TRUJILLO.
I'M THE CORONADO RUGBY ORGANIZER PRESIDENT AND I ALSO COACH THE CORONADO RUGBY CLUB.
WE HAVE A STUDENT LED BOARD THAT IS PART OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO HAVE GIRLS AND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND THEN TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS. GOOD GROUP. ALL OF OUR COACHES ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND MOST OF THEM ARE VETERANS AND ARE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AS WELL.
MY ITEM IS THAT WE STARTED OUR SEASON JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SEASON.
THIS YEAR, WHEN WE STARTED TO GET ON OUR FIELDS, WE HAD A PRACTICE.
WE GOT OUT THERE, 45 MINUTES IS A VERY SHORT PRACTICE, BUT THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
WE WENT TO PRACTICE, AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THE REASON WE'RE SO LIMITED IN OUR TIME IS
[02:15:02]
BECAUSE A FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION HAD TAKEN UP OUR TIME ON THAT THURSDAY.MAJORITY OF OUR TIME HAS BEEN TAKING UP ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, TAKING BOTH FIELDS FOR OUR PROGRAM ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AND THAT HAS FORCED US TO HAVE LIMITED PLAY TIME TO EITHER PRACTICE AT 6:00 AM.
OR LAST WEEK WE HAD NO PRACTICE TIME, SO WE WENT TO THE PARK, HAD SOME LIGHTS AND GENERATORS, AND WE HAD TO PRACTICE IN THE PARK. THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
IT IS A CONTACT SPORT, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE.
FORTUNATELY WE HAVE LOTS OF GOOD PEOPLE TO HELP US, BUT THAT IS NOT IDEAL.
BEING A LEADERSHIP BASED PROGRAM, WE GOT EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND SAID, LET'S COME UP WITH OUR QUESTIONS.
LET'S FOCUS ON POLICY, PROCEDURES AND HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THINGS, FIXING THINGS.
WE DEVELOPED OUR QUESTIONS WITH OUR GROUP AND ALL OF OUR COACHES AND INCLUDING OUR STUDENT BOARD.
WHEN WE PUT THEM TO MS. MELINA, LOOKED AT THEM, AND THEN SHE SENT THEM DOWN TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THE VICE PRESIDENT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
THIS IS NOT A NEW THING. I DID IT WRONG.
[LAUGHTER] BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR ALLOCATING FIELDS? WHAT IS THE PRIORITIES? THEN WHO HAS THOSE PRIORITIES IN A TRANSPARENT PROCESS? THE ANSWER THAT WE GOT BACK IS THAT THE PROGRAM THAT IS FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION IS A FEEDER PROGRAM.
WHAT WE LOOKED AT, WE COULD NOT FIND ANY CSD POLICIES THAT SAY FEEDER PROGRAMS. WE ASKED WHAT THE DEFINITION OF A FEEDER PROGRAM IS.
TO BE HONEST, ANYTHING CAN BE REALLY A FEEDER PROGRAM.
WE DID NOT GET THOSE ANSWERS AND OUR QUESTIONS WERE NOT ANSWERED DIRECTLY.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THOSE ANSWERS.
WE JUST GOT THE REPLY THIS WEEK.
NOW WE'RE HERE TRYING TO FIND THOSE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE ON THESE THINGS, BUT WE'VE TAKEN ALL OF OUR TEAMS AND WE PRACTICE ON ONE FIELD.
SOMETIMES ON A GOOD YEAR, WE HAVE 60 PLAYERS ON ONE FIELD.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE KNOW FIELD SPACE IS LIMITED.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT IS LIMITED BY THIS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER IS ALSO LIMITED ON THIS.
WE'RE JUST ASKING IF YOU CAN PLEASE LOOK AT THESE THINGS.
I HAVE ALL MY DOCUMENTS AND EVERYTHING HERE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN HASBA.
FIRST, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2018.
I'M ACTIVE DUTY, AND I'M REALLY GROWN TO LOAD THIS COMMUNITY.
I RETIRE NEXT YEAR AND PLAN ON CALLING THIS PLACE HOME FOR THE SHORT-TERM AT LEAST TILL MY KIDS COULD FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RUGBY TEAM.
I STARTED COACHING LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE FORCED TO PRACTICE DOWN AT THE STRAND ELEMENTARY.
ONCE AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS AND WE HAD TO SET UP GENERATORS AND LIGHTS.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH RUGBY, IT'S PRETTY CONTACT SPORT.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOFT GRASS TO LAND ON AND YOU ALSO NEED TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE RUNNING INTO.
HAVING USED GENERATORS AND LIGHTS ISN'T THE BEST WAY TO PLAY RUGBY.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE'VE BEEN KICKED OFF THE FIELD MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE OF THESE FOR PROFIT SPORTS.
TO ME, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE IN SEASON HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORT, BOTH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, AND WE'RE GETTING KICKED OFF OF OUR OWN FIELDS.
I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING CHAIR, BOARD, STAFF, AND THIS LARGE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M A RESIDENT BORN AND RAISED IN CORONADO.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CORONADO RUGBY CLUB, 501C NONPROFIT, AND HAVE BEEN THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY COACH FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PLAYING COACHING AND ADMINISTRATING RUGBY CLUBS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW.
I'M SPEAKING TO THE ISSUE OF FIELD AVAILABILITY AND SPEAKING IN PARTICULAR FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE FEMALE STUDENT ATHLETES.
SPECIFICALLY, THE INCONSISTENCY AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF FIELDS MAKES NURTURING A GIRLS PROGRAM QUITE DIFFICULT.
IN CLOSING, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, MR. TRUJILLO REQUEST TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> GO TEAM PYTHONS. [LAUGHTER] I WAS INITIALLY HERE FOR THE ROBOTICS TEAM, COACH K FOY, ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I HAVE THREE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE KIDS.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE GENTLEMAN, I WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM OVERHEARING THE CONVERSATION THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND ABOUT THE FIELD USAGE.
MY SON PLAYS IN THE CORONADO MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOCCER, SPORTS RIGHT NOW, AND JUST TONIGHT, THEY WERE KICKED OFF THE FIELD BECAUSE OF FIELD AVAILABILITY.
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IT IS AN ISSUE. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST A WORN UP THING, BUT AGAIN, I'M ACTIVE DUTY.
I PLAN ON RETIRING IN A YEAR OR TWO.
ALSO WANT TO BE A RESIDENT HERE.
ANYONE WANT TO GET OUT HERE IN A YEAR? $2,000 STIPULATION? [LAUGHTER] I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE KIDS DON'T HAVE A VOICE FOR THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
I APPRECIATE THE ADULTS RAISING THE AWARENESS FOR THIS.
I'M HOPING THAT THERE COULD BE A WAY TO WHERE EVERYONE COULD BE HAPPY.
IF NOT, WE GO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, EVERYTHING WAS LINED UP.
ANY TYPE OF SPORTS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO LINED UP.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE THIRD PARTY COME FROM, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.2 BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
[10.2 Board Member Comments]
WE WANT TO START WITH TRUSTEE PACIOS PETERS AND WORK HER WAY DOWN.>> SOUNDS GREAT, MADAM PRESIDENT.
JUST A FEW THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT, A BIG ONE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE WENT TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, EXCEPT FOR ONE TRUSTEE. YOU MISSED OUT.
IT'S A GREAT ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR US TO GO TO BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT BIG PICTURE ITEMS, POLICY ITEMS WITHOUT VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT AND TO BE ABLE TO JUST THROW THINGS AROUND AND HEAR WHAT DISTRICTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE DOING AND WHAT MIGHT BE USEFUL HERE, WHAT'S NOT.
I'M SURE TRUSTEE LEE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.
CELL PHONE POLICIES A BIG THREAD THERE AS WELL.
THEN JUST GENERALLY WORKING TOGETHER AS A BOARD, AND SO IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE ALSO HAD THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE WITH US AND MISS MCGILLIG.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY SEAL OUR BOND AS TRUSTEES TOGETHER AND THAT OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TOGETHER IS WHAT MAKES THE REST OF THE YEAR WORK AND OUR ABILITY TO COLLABORATE AND HAVE DEEP DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE AGREE, BUT REALLY WHERE WE DISAGREE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COME TO A COMPROMISE.
THAT WAS A GREAT TRIP AND I REALLY ENJOYED THAT TIME WITH EVERYBODY.
THAT WAS A AMAZING EVENT, A FUN TIME.
MS. DEGREE AND HER STAFF REALLY PUT ON AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ANNOUNCED HOW MUCH THEY RAISED, BUT IN EXCESS OF PRIOR YEARS, AND EXPECTATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE STAFF WHO WERE THERE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO HELP WITH THE EVENT.
I ACTUALLY WON MY LITTLE PRIZE WAS MOSAIC PIECES FROM THE MOSAIC THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAD EXTRA ONES THAT THE STUDENTS HAD MADE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME IN CASE YOU FORGOT.
THE KIDS ACTUALLY MIXED THEIR OWN INK AND DYE AND THEY LEARNED ABOUT ALL THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND THEY MADE THE DIFFERENT TILES THAT THEY PUT ON THE SIDE.
THE EXTRA ONES WERE PUT TOGETHER AND PUT IN A FRAME MADE BY OUR WOOD SHOP CLASS.
THEN THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIZES THAT I WON.
I WAS VERY EXCITED TO WIN THAT AND HAVE A PIECE THAT IS NOW FOREVER IN MY HOME.
GREAT JOB, CSF. THEN LASTLY, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ARTISANS ALLEY.
I WENT AND DID MY SHOPPING, AND THEN I WENT BACK AT THE END AND HELPED CLOSE DOWN.
MR. SCHNALZER WAS THERE, FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER TEACHER.
I KNOW I PREACH GRANT BAND IN CHOIR BOOSTERS BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THAT BOARD.
IT BENEFITS ALL OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS, AND THEIR CURRENT PRESIDENT, MS. EMILY FOSTER DID AN AMAZING JOB PUTTING THAT ON AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR IN A ROW.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A LITTLE SHOUT OUT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID.
IT'S 5:00 AM TO 5:00 PM DAY FOR THE BOARD TO BE OUT THERE AND DOING ALL THAT AND COORDINATING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY FUND RAISE FOR OUR KIDS AS WELL THROUGH THAT.
WE REALLY HAVE SOME AMAZING PARTNERS WHO ARE RAISING MONEY TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A NICE LITTLE WINTER BREAK AND SEEING EVERYBODY.
GOOD LUCK ON FINALS AND SEEING EVERYBODY BACK HERE IN JANUARY.
>> THANK YOU. YES, I DID MISS OUT ON THE CSBA CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK,
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BUT I HEARD IT WAS A GREAT TIME.I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH PRINCIPAL FALAR AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH HER AND AT THE SCHOOL TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THEY HAVE, THEIR SUCCESSES, AND SOME OF THEIR CHALLENGES.
SHE DID TELL ME THAT TWO OR THEIR TEACHERS, MS. GREGORY AND MS. FOUNTAIN WERE SELECTED TO PRESENT AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN MARCH ON STEM.
SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THEIR DIFFERENT COURSE OFFERINGS FOR ELECTIVES THAT THEY HAVE FOR INTRODUCTION TO CODING AND THEN CREATING AN APPLICATION, MEDICAL DETECTIVES AND OTHER PROGRAMS. THEN FINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THEY HAVE A LUNCH CLUB FOR ROBOTICS THAT MS. GREGORY ALSO HOSTS OR SPONSORS, WHERE 7TH GRADERS THAT ARE ON THE ROBOTICS TEAM WILL WORK WITH OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ROBOTICS AND TRY TO GET THEM OR SPUN UP ON THE PATHWAY AND GET THEM INVOLVED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE KIDS ON THEIR FINAL EXAMS. IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT FOR MOST CHS STUDENTS, I THINK THEIR FINAL EXAMS WILL BE THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
THIS IS THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE THAT IT'LL BE LIKE THAT NEXT YEAR.
THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE FINAL EXAMS FOR THE FALL TERM BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK.
SPEAKING OF THAT, OR FINAL EXAMS AND TESTING.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE AND TALK ABOUT A NEWSWEEK ARTICLE THAT MANY OF YOU IN EDUCATION PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THAT TALKED ABOUT UCSD AND THEY DO PLACEMENT EXAMS FOR THEIR INCOMING FRESHMAN.
OF COURSE, THE ARTICLE SAID THAT ABOUT 18% OF THEIR INCOMING FRESHMAN FAILED TO SCORE AT THE LEVEL OF ALGEBRA 1, WHICH IS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS TAUGHT BY THE 8TH GRADE.
ABOUT ONE IN FIVE FRESHMEN HAD TO TAKE REMEDIAL CLASS TO GET UP TO SPEED ON ALGEBRA 1, ETC.
UCSD ACTUALLY HAS A CLASS THAT'S COLLEGE LEVEL CREDIT.
THE CLASS IS DESIGNED TO REMEDIATE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH.
IT UNDERSCORES MANY ISSUES WITH THE EDUCATION, K THROUGH 12 IN CALIFORNIA AND THE LACK OF STANDARDIZED TESTING AS AN ADMISSION REQUIREMENT TO A COLLEGE.
THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH IT, BUT I FOR ONE, WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS AN INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT REQUIRING TESTING OR AT LEAST TESTING THAT MATTERS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND CAL STATE DO NOT REQUIRE STANDARDIZED TESTING, AND THEY ACTUALLY WILL SAY ON THEIR APPLICATION THAT IT'S NOT EVEN OPTIONAL TO SEND IT IN.
I DO HOPE THAT THESE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL TAKE THIS AND OTHER INFORMATION INTO CONSIDERATION AND PROBABLY REVISE THEIR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIRE AT LEAST THE SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STANDARDIZED TESTING BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO THESE KIDS AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS FROM WHERE THEY COME FROM TO BE PUT IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY.
THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.
ONE OF THE BRIEFS THAT I WENT TO WAS A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BRIEFING, AND IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE.
IT MADE THEY TALKED ABOUT GETTING QUALIFICATIONS, AUTO MECHANICS, BUILDING HOMES AND THAT STUFF.
IT MADE ME REALLY APPRECIATE THE CTE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE CORONADO, WHERE WE OFFER A LOT OF CTE OPPORTUNITIES.
I THOUGHT WE COULD ACTUALLY BRIEF AT ONE OF THESE CSBA CONFERENCES BECAUSE WE OFFER SO MUCH.
ARTISANS ALLEY, THEY HAD A BIG DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR.
I THINK IT WAS A FOOD COURT. I DON'T THINK I HAD SEEN THE FOOD COURT BEFORE.
THIS WAS ME NOT BEING A SHOPPER WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FOOD.
THE LAST THING, I KNOW THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ATHLETIC FIELDS,
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AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT AND WE HAVE LOTS OF SPORTS HERE.I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAX DOGS AS A FOR PROFIT, I ASSUME IT'S FOR PROFIT.
I THINK IT'S A ROUGHLY 2.5 MONTH SEASON THAT THEY DO AND PRACTICES TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 19:00 OR 21:00 OR 7:00 TO 9:00 AT NIGHT.
I BE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE STAFF AND SEE HOW WE DO THE FIELD CENTER.
I KNOW YOU CAN GO IN, YOU CAN RESERVE, YOU CAN PAY FOR FIELDS AND HOW IT'S PRIORITIZED.
BUT I DO SEE THE FIELDS EMPTY A LOT.
SEEMS LIKE THERE IS PROBABLY AVAILABILITY, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT CONSISTENT.
THEN YOU SEE YOUTH SOCCER TEAMS OUT THERE ALL THE TIME AND ALL TOURNAMENTS.
BUT INTERESTING QUESTION I'LL LOOK INTO, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THINGS.
>> I'M A LARGELY ECHO, SO I'LL TRUNCATE THESE REMARKS FOR EVERYONE'S GREAT JOY, I'M SURE.
I HAD A CHANCE SO BETWEEN LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING TO SEE THE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM, WHICH JUST SO AWESOME.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEM UP HERE.
A COUPLE OF THE SUPERSTARS ARE SOPHOMORES.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO LOOK FOR SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN. AMAZING.
>> THE COSA SHOWCASE WAS ALSO REALLY A GREAT THING TO SEE JUST THE OTHER NIGHT. I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY.
I'M LOSING TRACK AT THE TIME ALREADY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DONE LIKE THAT BEFORE SO MY HATS OFF TO PRINCIPAL MELINA AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL KUSSEROW WHO ARE NOW DOUBLE DUTY, IF YOU WILL.
THEY'RE BOTH THE PRINCIPALS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND RUNNING IN COSA.
AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THAT NEW MONEY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LESSEN THEIR BURDEN.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY TALKED ME TO SAY, JUST THINKING [LAUGHTER] OUT LOUD HERE. BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC.
YOU SAW A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT WE SAW THE OTHER NIGHT.
IT'S FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO THE COMMENTS.
THE CALBOY SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION OPPORTUNITY THAT WE TOOK WAS FANTASTIC.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. I WON'T BELABOR IT.
HOWEVER, I DO NEED TO SAY THIS FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING HERE AND ANYONE WHO WATCHES THIS.
THERE HAVE BEEN FEW TIMES IN HISTORY WHERE WE'VE HAD REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY THAT CHANGES WE GO FROM HORSE BUGGY, ACTUALLY THE PRINTING PRESS BACK IN THE 15TH CENTURY, CHANGED THE WORLD.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A OVERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THAT AND PERHAPS IN A WAY WE'VE NEVER SEEN BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT DO THINGS VERY QUICKLY.
I MEAN THIS THING ALMOST APPROACHES COGNITION.
THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THIS COULD TRANSFORM.
JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE.
TEACHERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME DEVELOPING THEIR LESSON PLANS AND GETTING THOSE THINGS READY FOR A CLASS.
ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SIMI VALLEY IN PARTICULAR WAS DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH US.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE THIRD YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING AI AND HOW THIS WORKS.
BUT THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW US HOW AI WAS USED TO DEVELOP A LESSON PLAN.
IRONICALLY, THEY WERE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
BUT THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL JUST SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE LIVE.
BECAUSE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEY HAD A WHOLE LESSON PLAN GENERATED ON HOW TO DO FRACTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UNBELIEVABLE. NOW, HOW ABOUT THIS? NOW YOU'RE A TEACHER AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS AN A, B, C OR D ESSAY.
I'M GOING TO WRITE EXAMPLES OR I'M GOING TO GRAB EXAMPLES.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT INTO MY OWN GPT.
NOW ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THESE DAYS TURN IN THINGS ELECTRONICALLY, AND GRADING BOOM DONE.
THE TEACHER CAN SAY, HERE'S WHAT PAPER LOOKS LIKE B, C, D ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AI DOES THE INITIAL HACK OF DEGRADING, PROBABLY MAKES ANNOTATIONS DONE.
THIS IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
I'M GLAD WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT GOVERN IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
IT'S TRULY AMAZING AND WHERE IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY GOING TO CHANGE THINGS.
WE JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YET.
IT'S GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THIS AND ANY PARENTS THAT MIGHT HEAR THIS VOICE THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED, PLEASE DO. IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
BUT I DO WANT TO FINISH WITH ALL THAT WAS GREAT.
BUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD TO JUST SIT DOWN AROUND THE TABLE EATING AND SHOOTING THE BREEZE ABOUT THINGS.
I KNOW MELINA AND I GO BACK A LONG TIME.
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BUT JUST TO GETTING TO INTERFACE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THESE ARE GREAT INDIVIDUALS.WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT GUESS WHAT? WE KNOW HOW TO DISAGREE AGREEABLY AND WORK TOWARDS COMMON GOALS.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT PLAY OUT, BUT IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT, AND I'M PROUD TO BE SERVING WITH THESE FOLKS UP HERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO AGREE WITH ALL OF THINGS THAT THEY SAID.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH SUPERINTENDENT MUELLER TO THE VILLAGE PTO MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY ACTIVE AND INTERESTED PARENTS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP AS A CONCERN IS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CELL PHONES AND RESTRICTING THAT USE.
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HOW TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN THE CLASSROOM AND HOW MUCH OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO MOVIES OR I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY ONLINE PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH MATH AND READING AND JUST HOW MUCH OF TIME ARE OUR KIDS SPENDING IN FRONT OF A SCREEN IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT.
JUST TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THOSE PARENTS, ALL THE COACHES, ALL THE VOLUNTEER PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE JUST CAN'T DO WITHOUT YOUR HELP AND YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT.
I LOOK AT ALL OF THE PTO PEOPLE AND THE COACHES AND THE ROOM MOMS AND EVERYONE THAT COMES IN TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SO WONDERFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I ATTENDED THE EVERYONE A READER TRAINING A FEW WEEKS AGO, GOT MY TB TEST IN, SO I CAN GO IN THE CLASSROOM AND WORK ON THAT, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
IT IS A PROGRAM THAT GIVES STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL EXTRA TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO READ WITH ANOTHER ADULT.
AS MUCH AS WE THINK THE KIDS WOULD WANT TO COME AND READ WITH AN OLDER RETIRED LADY.
THEY REALLY WOULD RATHER COME [LAUGHTER] AND WORK WITH A GUY.
ANY GUYS OUT THERE ANY DADS OUT THERE THAT HAS SOME TIME.
THE LITTLE BOYS LOVE TO SEE A GUY COME TO GET THEM FOR THAT EXTRA READING, NOT THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
BUT THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER AND DO THAT, BUT I'M JUST DOING A PLUG FOR THE EVERYONE A READER PROGRAM. IT'S LOTS OF FUN.
MINIMAL TRAINING FOR THAT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE LAST THING THAT I'LL ADD IS, ANYTIME I RUN ACROSS AN ALUMNI, I ALWAYS TRY TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME WITH THEM AND ASK THEM TWO QUESTIONS.
WHEN YOU LEFT CUSD, WHAT DID YOU FEEL THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY PREPARED YOU WELL FOR AND WHAT DID YOU FEEL NOT SO PREPARED FOR? I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH A 2016 GRADUATE.
>> NO. [LAUGHTER] WELL, IT DEPENDS. I'LL WAIT TILL YOU'RE DONE.
>> [LAUGHTER] HIS FEEDBACK WAS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER ALUMNI THAT I'VE TALKED TO.
HE FELT VERY PREPARED TO TALK TO HIS COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS TO ADVOCATE ON HIS BEHALF.
I DID SHOUT OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO REALLY SUPPORT THAT CULTURE OF COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION.
IT WASN'T SO MUCH THEY DIDN'T FEEL AS PREPARED FOR, BUT IT SAID SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR TEACHERS TO KNOW, ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.
I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT QUIET KID THAT'S SITTING IN THE BACK OR SITTING IN THE FRONT, BUT THEY'RE QUIET.
IT'S A STRUGGLE, BUT THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE YOUNG, THEY'RE NOT RUNNING AROUND THE ROOM.
THEY'RE JUST QUIETLY SITTING THERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY'RE GETTING IT, THEY UNDERSTAND.
THEY SAY IT REALLY WOULD HELP FOR THOSE TEACHERS JUST TO CHECK IN, EVEN ON THE QUIET KIDS THAT AREN'T A PROBLEM AREN'T AN ISSUE.
HE JUST FELT A LITTLE BIT THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED HIS SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
>> [NOISE] THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT.
YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
YOU'RE TAKING AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.
[LAUGHTER] READ YOU OUR ELEMENTARY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE THIS EVENING.
I HAD ON MY LIST OF ACTIVITIES FROM LAST BOARD MEETING TO THIS BOARD MEETING.
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I WILL SKIP THOSE OR AT LEAST VERY BRIEF COMMENTS.CSF GALA, THANKS TO ALL THE PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THAT EVENT WORK AND TO ALL THOSE WHO DONATED TO THE CORONADO SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
I THINK THIS EVENING WE SAW A DEMONSTRATION THROUGH ROBOTICS WHERE THOSE DOLLARS REALLY DO BENEFIT AND ENRICH THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND A FEW CHS BASKETBALL GAMES, A LOT OF FUN, WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A FEW OF THE PLAYOFF GAMES FROM OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM, WHICH WAS GREAT.
I DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE ASKED ME ANYTHING TOUR.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THAT NEWSLETTER, PLEASE DO A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND WONDERINGS ABOUT DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE HERE.
THAT WAS TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE FOR ME AS SUPERINTENDENT, CSBA CONFERENCE, A LOT OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS THAT I ATTENDED WILL LEAD TO INITIATIVES HERE IN CUSD, FRIDAY FLAG CEREMONIES AT BOTH SILVER STRAND AND VILLAGE IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, THE VILLAGE PTO MEETING.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STUDENT TO STUDENT CLUB, HOSTED A LUNCHEON THE WEEK BEFORE, THANKSGIVING BREAK, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY WELL ATTENDED.THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN STUDENT TO STUDENT.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO A LOT OF OUR CLASSROOMS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
I HAD A CULTURE CLUB MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS SOME THINGS THAT CENTERED AROUND, QUESTIONS SURFACED IN THE AMA TOUR, AND THE FOCUS OF THE CULTURE CLUB THIS YEAR IS STRENGTHENING TRUST.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM THE TRUSTEES WHO COMMENTED ABOUT CSBA.
THAT STRENGTHENING TRUST HERE AMONG OUR GOVERNANCE TEAM IS UNDERWAY.
STOP THE SEWAGE CLUB, ASKED ME TO COME AND SPEAK TO THEIR GROUP DURING ONE OF THEIR CLUB MEETINGS, AND THEN YESTERDAY, THEY WENT DOWN AND ADVOCATED FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS SEWAGE HERE.
THANK YOU TO THE STOP THE SEWAGE CLUB.
THEN I DID WANT TO TIE IN AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE STAFF AT SILVER STRAND ANNUALLY CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR FORMER TEACHERS, SUSAN LARSON.
THEY HAVE SUSAN LARSON DAY, WHERE THEY HOST A LUNCH IN TO SERVE PIZZA AND TALK ABOUT SUSAN HER IMPACT ON THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
I MENTIONED THAT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE SUSAN WAS AN AMAZING EDUCATOR, BUT ALSO TO TIE IT INTO THE AGENDA ITEM EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH DOCTOR HELEN ANDERSON CRUZ.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MOBILITY IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES MOVING IN AND MOVING OUT.
BUT I THINK EVERYONE APPRECIATES THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LEGACY AND TRADITION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE IN HONORING DR. ANDERSON CRUZ LAST YEAR.
WE UNFORTUNATELY HONORED OR FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR ANOTHER FORMER TRUSTEE OF OURS, WHO WAS ALSO AN EDUCATOR IN OUR DISTRICT IN BRENDA CRAFT.
JUST THIS EVENING ALONE, WE'VE HEARD FROM COACHES OF ROBOTICS PROGRAMS, PARENT VOLUNTEERS, WE'VE SEEN OUR STUDENTS PLAY INSTRUMENTS.
WE'VE SEEN OUR STUDENTS MODEL AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE ROBOTICS CLUB.
WE HEARD ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT CODING ON PYTHON.
WE HAD OUR FILL IN STUDENT BOARD REP ADVOCATING FOR HIS PEERS AND HAVING HIS VOICE HEARD AS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE INITIATIVES THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO? DOCTOR COLTER AND DOCTOR BATTLES PRESENTATION ABOUT THE DODEA GRANTS, FEELING LIKE A VERY PROUD SUPERINTENDENT THIS EVENING, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT EVERYONE ENJOYS A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA ITEM 11.1 PROPOSED LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS.
[11.1 Proposed List of Agenda Items for Future Board Meetings]
DO WE HAVE ITEMS TO CONSIDER?I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE USE OF THE FACILITRON SYSTEM, AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT GOVERN PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I DON'T BLAME YOU IF THEY DON'T.
FACILITRON IS THE ONLINE PLATFORM OUR DISTRICT USES TO MANAGE ALL PUBLIC REQUESTS TO RENT SCHOOL FACILITIES.
IT STANDARDIZES THE APPLICATION PROCESS, ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, CALCULATES APPROPRIATE FEES AND PROVIDES CLEAR DOCUMENTATION FOR SCHEDULING,
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INSURANCE, SUPERVISION AND CUSTODIAL NEEDS.IN SHORT, FACILITRON IS THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REQUEST AND RESERVE SCHOOL SPACES IN A TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT WAY.
I THINK THIS WOULD HELP THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE LAW AND OUR OBLIGATIONS.
I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE FACILITRON PROCESS, THE CRITERIA USED AND THE LEGAL STANDARDS THAT PREVENT THE DISTRICT FROM VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION.
THIS REPORT WILL HELP GROUND THE DISCUSSION AND FACTS RATHER THAN ASSUMPTIONS.
I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] ANYONE ELSE? NO. I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR.
I THINK WE HAD A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND WE HAD A LOT OF OUR SUPPORT PROVIDERS COME AND TELL US ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, THE PTOS, THE BAN BOOSTERS, ALL OF THAT.
I THINK TO TIE INTO THAT AND AS WE'RE HEADING INTO BASIC AID, I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR OBLIGATION AS FAR AS LEGAL OVERSIGHT OF MONIES.
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN BOARDS, BUT HOW ARE WE OR IS THERE SOME UMBRELLA LIABILITY THAT WE HAVE OVER THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS? WOULD THAT BE [OVERLAPPING] NOT THAT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF TRUSTEE SANDY WAS GOING TO SAY ANYTHING AS FAR AS AGAIN, MOVING TOWARD BASIC AID, HOW ARE OUR FIELDS AND OUR FACILITIES ALLOCATED? IS IT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE? [OVERLAPPING] IS IT SPORTS TEAMS IN SEASON, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE MOVING TOWARD BASIC AID, AND MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THE FUNDS FROM OR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, [LAUGHTER] I STEPPED IN THAT, MR. SALAMANCA BECAUSE I KNOW [LAUGHTER] JUST THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAYBE LOOK AT THAT PROCESS.
>> MAY I REITERATE WHAT I HEARD? TWO REQUESTS, AND I'M FEELING LIKE STAFF CAN COMBINE THE FACILITRON REQUEST WITH THE FIELD USE REQUEST [NOISE] AND STAFF WOULD TARGET FEBRUARY OR MARCH FOR THAT REPORT.
I KNOW JANUARY IS ALREADY FILLING UP.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED IN MY NOTES, THE SECOND REQUEST, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CUSD AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, CSF, PTOS, BAND INQUIRY BOOSTERS, NOT SO MUCH THE PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS, BUT MORE OF THE LEGAL LIABILITIES, OVERSIGHT AND FINANCES.
I WILL REVIEW THE LAST PRESENTATION BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED, BUT PERHAPS EXPANDED UPON.
I WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND STAFF WILL DEVELOP AN UPDATE IN A REPORT ON THOSE TWO AGENDA ITEMS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? WE'VE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. ON THIS AGENDA. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? [LAUGHTER] NOT COMPLAINING.
[LAUGHTER] HAVE A WONDERFUL, RELAXING HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE COME BACK IN JANUARY, REFRESHED AND READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AGAIN.
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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.