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[3] Ray Rodriguez: And we're coming back from closed session. I'm going to report out first before we do the pledge, because it seems like I do it anyway, no matter how it's on there. But so we discussed expulsions on 4.1, we discussed the we're going to move on to the next item on the agenda. And that is the cease cease and this is letter that member Thomas gave us on July to July 8th meeting. And I'll be reading a statement before we vote on on 10.1. to kind of kind of break that down a little bit. And we got an update on the conference with labor negotiators. That's it. OK. So it's time to do the pledge. If you would kindly join me. Appreciate it. Begin.

[90] Ray Rodriguez: indivisible with liberty and justice for all. And it's great having Cesar here for one more year with us. That'll be two years with us. That's great. It's always easier when we have our student board member for two years. OK, it's time for public comment on non-agenda items. 6.1. the board. Thank you. Mister Brett.

[130] SPEAKER_08: Good evening. I'm addressing today not as an employee of the district that was placed on administrative leave for speculative reasons only to be told that all charges were dropped when I asked to be heard by the board in open session. I'm It appears that the omission of standards and best practices in regards to the district's hiring processes have placed the Newark Unified School District in a further declining state. And I'm asking the board to look into the current hiring practices of the district. I'll use my own experiences as a candidate with the district, the apparent abandonment of time-honored and committee-based decision-making practices, and most recent searches for a new high school principal and faculty to fill the void of departing teachers to illustrate my assertions. In April and May of 2018, I, along with several other candidates for the principal position, sat before not one, but two committees. of no less than 10 stakeholders to discuss our respective candidacies. We appeared before those students, parents, teachers, board members, site and district administrators to discuss our beliefs that we were the best candidate for the job. Why has this year's search abandoned those practices and why, after advertising for four months, the only person still holding their hand up for the position is the one presenting right now? Hours before the board voted 4 to 1 to authorize the district to offer the most recent candidate the position, that candidate and only that candidate appeared before a committee consisting of the superintendent, assistant superintendent, and director of human resources. That committee met with the candidate for only one hour before putting her name up for approval of the board. When the nominee declined the appointment, the district further moved away from best practices and nominated an interim principal from the district office with only a preliminary admin credential and no experience as either a principal or assistant principal. How might the decision to omit the base level qualification of a minimum two years experience as an assistant principal further damage the reputation of the district and what legal actions might result from choosing to ignore the base level of competency and qualifications that was posted on the job description? I want to make it clear that my question is not a reflection of Ms. Rangel or her abilities. She's an excellent special education administrator and the void she leaves will surely be felt throughout the district. Likewise, the school district is abandoning its processes when looking for qualified teachers. At the high school level, there appears to be no input from department chairs, teachers, parents, or students. Just a minimum number of people and no representation of Newark Memorial High School. How is this an example of the district's core values of academic excellence, student-centered learning, shared accountability, teamwork, or even transparency? Thank you. I finally want to acknowledge the police department that's been here every time I've been present at the meeting. Officer Todd is a good friend of mine. We share a colleague together, so I thank her for being here. Thank you.

[339] Ray Rodriguez: Miss Linders, don't do not listen. I apologize if I messed up your name.

[351] SPEAKER_17: All right.

[355] Ray Rodriguez: Happy summer.

[356] SPEAKER_17: I'll make this short. I just wanted to respond. I had submitted a uniform complaint regarding the handling of the termination of Principal Bretz. And there's a couple of things that I want to address of some reasons that were given, which was submitted by Leticia. So I'm going to butcher that. Selena. Selena. So second one is saying that I was not put in on time, okay, that there's a month deadline. Well, how are we supposed to do that? It was all a big secret. We all thought that he did something major wrong. And you guys relished in that. And in fact, he didn't do anything wrong at all. You guys were actually going to bring him back, which everybody wants you to, I shouldn't say everybody, but a large majority of people want to bring him back. Second one, I had a failure to meet and resolve this matter with Ms. Savendra or the superintendent. Again, how are we supposed to bring that up? Not in a timely fashion, but myself and several others have been coming up here, it seems like, on deaf ears constantly. Third one, that it doesn't directly involve me. I have two kids in the district. I have one who's going to be a senior, Another one, he's in eighth grade. I got five more years of dealing with all this crap. It's ridiculous. This is not only insulting, but it's a bunch of logistical crap in this response that you guys gave. It's not right. And I ask that you, again, bring him back. It's a mess. You're running the show, Mr. Sanchez. You should be in that seat if you can't find somebody until you find somebody appropriate. The kids are running amok. The teachers are getting hassled. Other students are getting hassled. Why don't you walk those hallways? That's what a leader would do. Fill the holes. That's it. So I would like to submit this so you can post that on your district website for everybody to see.

[509] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you.

[512] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. OK, seeing no one else, we move to the superintendent's report, 7.1. Superintendent.

[524] SPEAKER_18: Thank you, President Rodriguez, members of the board, ladies and gentlemen. I have a few items today for my report. First of all, I do want to start by clarifying something that was in the patch. And thanks to, I know a few people have pointed that out to us. But the first day of school is August 15th. I want to just reiterate that. It is on our website. It is on our district calendar. And I think it's important to mention that. And I just want to clarify that. The next item is the CSBA annual conference will be December 5th through 7th in San Diego. If any board members plan to attend, We'd like to know so that we can begin making plans so we can get the early bird pricing on that. I am recommending to send our executive assistant, Ms. Aquino. I know last year she wasn't able to go just because we had a lot going on here. I think this year might be a better time to send her to get that executive assistant training. And she's not been able to attend that since she began her new position. And I think that it would be very helpful now. I think she would even have better questions for the training. A great learning and networking experience for her as well to meet other executive assistants. So if you think about that, that it dates again are December 5th through 7th in San Diego, just let us know or email Shaw or check your calendars. We don't need to do that now, but just keep that date in mind. I also want to report that our Parent Help Center has been open from July 1 to Monday, August 5. We had over 100 families come through. I wanted to, on the record, thank Alina Baggio, David Mellons, who worked all summer making this a great success. Additional thanks to Hillary White and Emily Baca for also working hard on the phone bank, personally calling all families that needed to register online. When we began the center, we had over 900 families that needed to register online. As of today, we've dropped that number to 500. As of this week, we have 52 new elementary enrolled students into our schools. Of course, until our school year begins and we get a better idea of where the enrollment is, we won't know exactly how that impacts our bottom line, but we are making efforts to improve and streamline registration. So I just wanted to report that back to you. Next item to update the board and keeping our enrollment campaign going, we'd like to share with you that we are beginning actually tomorrow, Friday, August 2nd. We have a promotional video we did for the district and it will be shown at the AMC 12 at the New Park Mall. And do we have that video to show tonight? Let me show you the promo that we're going to be sharing at the theaters in New Park Mall.

[693] SPEAKER_35: We value learning experiences and instructional approaches that focus on critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. We believe in a culture of innovation that empowers children to realize they can change the world. Join our Newark community. For more information about enrollment, visit NewarkUnified.org.

[717] SPEAKER_18: So we wanted to share that with the board before we share it with our staff. We'll be initiating that marketing tomorrow and continue the pressure for I think six weeks, is that the contract? Four weeks. So it's kind of along the lines of what we've been talking about marketing and customer service as well.

[738] SPEAKER_30: Superintendent, can I just say that the video looks great, thank you. Okay, thank you.

[743] SPEAKER_18: Valair and Char largely had a lot to do with that getting done. The next item is really a kind of a public service announcement also to let the board know that we're also following up with further community engagement. We'll be having a welcome back rally on Tuesday August 13th at 3.30 for all employees and parents that are involved in a committee at each of our sites. So I've talked to principals today they'll be inviting not only you know site councils and ELAC, DELAC They'll be inviting those committees to attend the half hour program, really is talking about the message for the year. Then after that half hour program, we're inviting the entire Newark residents to attend from 4 to 6 if they'd like to stop by for a hot dog, a bag of chips, and some water, and just to meet the staff. And just to have an opportunity to have staff engage with the community. without an agenda set. So that'll be a nice event. We'll have students, some surprise student performances, and just another way to kind of interact with the community. I know that was something that was important for the board and direction I got from my evaluation that I'm following up on. The postcards will be received by residents of Newark, and we're gonna be sending them out in bulk mail. Char did a great job working to make sure we had flyers for the community as well, so those are coming soon. We're going to have schools there with a table per school with their new brochures that have been created by the Volare marketing firm. And just some shirts to identify a lot of the staff and leaders and managers that they'll be wearing this week. But we're asking principals just to showcase their school, which is very easy, and ask their parents to be part of it. So it should be fun. For the community, there's no cost. We were able to pull it off for less than $3,500, how much, to feed estimating 1,500 people. So we did work the numbers as hard as we can. And we will have a vegan, vegetarian option before anyone asks that. So I just wanted to update you on that. So we're excited to have that come forward. We also have finished shooting recently a welcome back video. for all employees and parents, just relative to the school year and consistent with the message that we're doing with principals around equity and working as a team going forward. So some good things are really happening, so I'm really glad to report that we're just executing some of the direction the board gave me. I know community engagement's a big concern for all board members, and we've actually had a good team of people working on that. And Valera's been excellent in working with us. Barring if any questions on any of that, I'd be glad to answer at this time.

[927] Ray Rodriguez: No, I wanted to ask you, under CSBA, board members and myself have decided a few years back that we would pay for our own way we wanted to go. Having new board members, we do have a board budget now, so I don't want the money to be a problem as far as them not attending, because it's important for them to attend. So I'll bring it up to a board request to see what the budget is. We can do that. OK. If you don't mind. No problem. But the fact that in San Diego, I don't, you know, two, three day conference, I don't think, you know, I've always felt that, you know, I'm blessed so that I can afford to go if I want to. infringe on the budget. Okay, you're done with your report? That concludes my report. There's no further questions. Thank you. Thank you. So we go to employee organizations. Do we have anybody here from NTA, CSCA, the classified, and NEWMA? Okay. So we move to old business, City of Newark and Newark Unified School District Licensing Agreement. McGregor Field, Member Gutierrez, one of the Zahn here, she's our, leads our two board members that are on that committee, both Member Zahn and Member Gutierrez. It's on you.

[1027] SPEAKER_30: Yeah, so the reason why I wanted this on this meeting is because our next meeting is, with the city liaison meeting is in September. So I was hoping to be able to get the board to vote on this, so then we can be ready on our end, and then just take it over to the city. And once we get, hopefully, their approving vote, then this will be effective. One thing I did want to state is, just recalling back to the last meeting that this item was brought up, we, as a board, had decided that it was going to be a five-year contract. from the date it was signed. So just wanted to clarify I don't know if it's clarify or maybe get agreement that make sure that we're still in agreement from what we had said before which is five-year contract and it will be dated as of the next city liaison meeting I need to confirm the date but I almost want to say September 15 ish so otherwise If we're ready to go, we can vote on this.

[1098] SPEAKER_18: Okay, so... President Rodriguez, if I may add to that. I think part of our intent as well is to, we want to just double check that everybody's okay with the five years. We know the draft doesn't reflect that as it is a draft, but before we go to the city liaisons, we would make the appropriate changes as you guys give some direction tonight, so that is reflected appropriately when we do take the draft to the city liaisons meeting so that we have one more chance to look at it and the board's intent was always to make sure it was public the whole drafting process so that's it's a little messy but it's it's going to be okay when we get to the final product.

[1132] SPEAKER_30: And just just to clarify actually superintendent this is a draft but every all the terms and everything on there and please correct me if I'm wrong but all the terms and everything on there has been agreed upon I think the I believe the only thing we have to include is the set date which would be the the city liaison meeting.

[1153] SPEAKER_18: So at this point- And it's been reviewed by legal.

[1155] SPEAKER_30: And it has been reviewed by legal, correct. So that's what I'm saying. Because it has been reviewed by legal, I believe all the terms on there are accurate. It is a draft because we don't have a date on there, but if we as a board move forward with this, this will be the final draft to be submitted to the city to approve and finally get acted on. If the board has any questions.

[1179] Ray Rodriguez: Member John. I just wanted to add, the agreement that we've had with the city kind of expired years ago and it's just been continued. Basically, they pay $1 a year and then they control the 10 acres at the McGregor site. A lot of kids play soccer there and it's used for Newark days for parking. We're asking that there be a change. And did you want to, we've already discussed it. Did you want to?

[1217] SPEAKER_30: Yeah, ultimately what we're asking is for the city of Newark to pay the water bill.

[1220] Ray Rodriguez: That's it. And the city.

[1222] SPEAKER_30: $50,000, right? No, it's an average. So it's an average of about $50,000, obviously, because it's not exact. It will variate. So it will be an estimate of about $50,000 save to the school district. And again, this is something that the city of Newark agreed to take on. And again, if there is no questions, everything, all the terms and everything has been agreed upon. The date will be the city liaison meeting. And if there are no further questions, I move that we vote on this matter.

[1262] Bowen Zhang: OK. Go ahead. On the date, the 1987. So if you look at the first page, June 25, 1987? That was when we originally started.

[1279] SPEAKER_30: So the recitals are basically saying the history of it. So whereas the city and the district enter into an agreement back when in the 87. And that's why, just giving some history on it, they had an agreement in 87 for a 20-year contract for $1 a year. Once the 20 years passed by, it did expire. So the 20-year passed on and expired. However, the contract was never renewed, so the city just continued paying as is their $1. Finally, I believe it was two years ago, this issue was brought up and it was finally discussed that the city will agree to pay the water. It has taken a while, again, just to agree on the terms, get it approved by legal, and we finally have come up with something that both the city and the district have come to a consensus with. And again, legal has also approved the term.

[1332] Ray Rodriguez: So if, again... Yeah, it's gone back and forth and, you know, the original agreement was 2007. So, you know, we've been trying to get this moved forward because for those of us... that either are landlords or we rent, normally you pay your own utility. So it's all we're asking. And the city's OK with that.

[1356] SPEAKER_30: So that being said, again, if there are no further questions, I move that we vote on this.

[1362] Ray Rodriguez: Can I just, before we vote, as everybody can see, there's only three of us here and our student member. So anything, the three of us board members would have to vote yes on it if it's not approved. And then it would have to be brought back, okay? Okay, that being said, do you want to make a motion?

[1385] SPEAKER_30: I made a motion. I will wait for the second. Okay, you need a second?

[1388] Ray Rodriguez: Okay. Member Gutierrez, motions. Member John, seconds. Please vote. Okay, motion passes four ayes. Thank you guys.

[1403] SPEAKER_18: Now you can move forward with that. If I may speak on it now that it's been voted on. Yeah, go ahead. We will clean up the language on the dates. We will reline it to what the board direction has been, and we will have it checked one last time by legal before we go to city liaison meeting.

[1417] SPEAKER_30: Thank you.

[1417] SPEAKER_18: And add the water bill.

[1421] SPEAKER_30: So if I just may add, mid-September we'll take a contract. It sounds like we are in agreeance, and we can hand them our water bill then.

[1431] Ray Rodriguez: Got it. I appreciate that. 9.2, security locks, district rights, superintendent.

[1438] SPEAKER_18: Yes, this is an item that we were asked to bring back and I know Ms. Condon has done some due diligence as directed by the board to get further legal advice. We are within the parameters as you can see in the language for the locks. Let me look at it. So this is one we're bringing back. So the first question that was legally, just to remind you, was that the vendor was GSA approved. That's correct per legal and I think the other the rest of the parameters of us being able to go forward were explained prior but it's pretty straightforward but I know Ms. Condon's here should there be any specific questions from the board.

[1477] Ray Rodriguez: Okay we don't have anybody that wants to speak on this so it's I need a motion and a second or discussion. 9.2 the staff recommends the board approve the purchase of new technology upgrade security locks. I move to approve the purchase.

[1495] Bowen Zhang: Mayor John moves.

[1497] SPEAKER_30: I'll second it.

[1498] Ray Rodriguez: Member Gutierrez seconds, please vote. Hold on, give me a second. Okay, please vote. Okay, motion passes. Next item on the agenda is new business 10.1 cabinet salary schedule. We have a speaker on this, Ms. Parks.

[1533] Cindy Parks: Good evening. The newly proposed salary schedule reflects an increase for the superintendent and associate superintendent effective July 2018 and does not reflect any increase in salary to the chief business official. Yet the original salary schedule signed by the superintendent on February 7th gives all three the 0.5% increase. Did all three individuals get the 0.5% pay increase retroactive to July 1, 2018? If so, how can this 2018-2019 salary schedule exclude the CBO position from the 0.5% pay increase? And if the CBO position is not to garner the 2018-2019 0.5% increase, why does the current job posting on EdJoin include that increase?

[1591] SPEAKER_30: you have a seat just for a second and I'll be just you can stay no no I'm sorry did you want me just wanted to clarify miss parks were you done with your statement yes I am okay then then can I read this no no I think after she finishes and sits down and you should be able to read your statement yeah oh I'd like to see if I could get answers to my question regarding this well let me read this unfortunately miss parks we don't I think he's the president right yes he is and I'm also a board member who has the right to reply so as the current practice that we have is we don't reply directly to public comment.

[1622] Cindy Parks: Public comment on a non-agenda item, ma'am. This is an agenda item.

[1627] Ray Rodriguez: So I'll read the statement. You can stand if you want. Tonight, the board is considering the salary schedule for the positions of superintendent, associate superintendent, and chief business official retroactive to July 1, 2018. During the last board meeting on July the 8th, Member Thomas raised concerns about inclusion of this salary schedule with the NEWMA salary schedule on the February 7th, 2019 board meeting. While the salary schedule properly included an increase for the associate superintendent based on the increase for NEWMA members, due to some confusion surrounding the contracts of the superintendent and chief business official, the salary schedule also included adjustments for these cabinet members. There was no evidence, however, to suggest that there was any intent to deceive the public or the board. To clarify this issue, the board is again considering the cabinet salary schedule as a separate open session item. In advance of this item, the board is required to provide an oral summary of the salary schedule recommended for final action this evening. The salary schedule provides the following salaries for each position effective July 1st, 2018. Superintendent, $239,859. Associate Superintendent, $191,720. Chief business official, it's a range of 158,523 to 197,66. As noted in the board agenda, the schedule reflects an automatic 0.5% increase for the associate superintendent based on her contract and the increase provided to NEWMA as well as point increase for the superintendent based on the increase provided to the Newark Teachers Association. It does not reflect any increase for the chief business official. Did you want to finish?

[1745] Cindy Parks: Well, it still doesn't address the fact that if you gave the raise to the CBO, if you received it based on the February 7th document that was signed. You have paid him that money and you're approving something that says that he did not get it. And what you have posted online for the current opening shows that he gets that increase. So if you don't approve the .5 for the CBO, you have an incorrect posting for your current job opening is my point.

[1778] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. This letter was given to us by an attorney who's been working on this since the last board meeting.

[1791] SPEAKER_18: That's correct.

[1795] Ray Rodriguez: Okay.

[1796] Bowen Zhang: So Superintendent, is it true that the current job posting for CBO reflects this increase, or we should correct that one? I will check that. But the posting should not reflect this increase, right? Because CBO is excluded from the because the CBO is not part of the 0.5% increase.

[1818] SPEAKER_18: I'm happy to answer that if you want to step back into closed session.

[1820] Ray Rodriguez: Because the CBO has left us.

[1827] SPEAKER_18: I think the answer is the answer we're given by legal. That's what the answer is.

[1832] Ray Rodriguez: Yeah, this was given us by legal.

[1835] SPEAKER_18: But I will check to your point.

[1840] Ray Rodriguez: When a cease and desist letter is given, and in this case, Member Thomas stepped to the podium and addressed us as a community member. She gave us the two letters. Because this is anticipated litigation, which very rarely happens, but we have no choice but to get legal involved to help us through the allegations that were in those two letters. And that's what's been happening. It's expensive, legal. So this costs over $15,000 just to deal with this particular item. Legal fees. So we have 10.1 is up.

[1897] SPEAKER_18: Do we take a vote? Is Mr. Schumer going to talk on it?

[1900] SPEAKER_30: Is he going to talk on it or is it up to him?

[1902] Ray Rodriguez: No, he's ready for the next item. He's ready for the next item. He's getting ready. Okay, so we have 10.1. It's a new business item for the cabinet salary schedule. I've already read the letter. Discussion and action on proposed retroactive 2018-2019 salary schedule for the superintendent, chief business official, and associate superintendent of Ed Services.

[1928] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[1930] Ray Rodriguez: Okay. Member Gutierrez moves. I'll second it. Member John seconds. That's this. Student does not vote on this, right? Okay. Hold on. Okay, let me open it again. Okay. Hold on. Okay, can you vote again, please? Just the three of us.

[1965] SPEAKER_18: I think you need to clear it.

[1968] Ray Rodriguez: Did I clear it? Okay, let me clear it. Okay, open for voting. Okay. Okay, motion passes three ayes. Thank you. 10.2, the day budget, 45-day budget revision that's required after the governor signs the budget in June. Oh, Superintendent, would you do me a favor and just community introduce our CBO?

[2010] SPEAKER_18: Certainly. I'd like to introduce our interim CBO, Barry Schimel, who comes to us with several years of experience and is now a retired CBO who is busier now in retirement probably than he was as a CBO. I've limited the days that I've been able to contract with him but it's nice to have him here and welcome Barry to our team.

[2033] SPEAKER_22: Thank you very much Superintendent Sanchez.

[2042] Ray Rodriguez: Okay we're ready when you're ready. Welcome to Newark. Thank you.

[2050] SPEAKER_22: Can we go back to the beginning? There you go. And enlarge it just a little bit. Up at the bottom. I think if we go to the slideshow, you'll be. Oh, OK.

[2063] SPEAKER_42: That would be me.

[2066] SPEAKER_22: Thank you. I appreciate it. This evening, we're going to accomplish two things. Number one, meet the letter of the law and the 45-day requirement, and inform the board of our balance. And to cut to the bottom line so you know where we're going, we're about $200,000 plus more in expenditures than you were in June when you adopted the budget. So we're looking at meeting the Ed Code requirement that says that if you make a change in the budget after the governor signs it, and he signed it on June 27th, you have until August 11th. And kudos to Kim Loyola for being able to accomplish that. We're 10 days early. The first item is looking at the CalSTRS. That's the Certificated Employees Contribution that the district must make. We shared with the board and the legislature shared with us that that would be 16.7% when the budget was actually enacted. It came out 40 basis points or approximately a half a percent more. So we have to account for that. And I'll show you what the actual dollars are on the next slide. This is for our classified employees. And the budget assumption used was 20.73 and it actually came in one point lower. And initially you go, that's great. But when you look at the two groups of employees, it's about 75% certificated, 25% classified. So there will be a net loss. And I'll show you that in a moment. We also, as a district, provided to our CSCA in June. There was not a salary increase. And the board took action to increase salaries by 1%. And that includes salary and benefits, because when you increase salary, if there's a percentage, these statutories also go up, because you pay a percentage of what the salary is. And then the same thing on the next slide, and I believe, Kim, that both of those are not CSCA. Sure. They're retro? Thank you.

[2213] Nancy Thomas: And that's the increase in salary.

[2216] SPEAKER_22: So one is retro for last school year that took place, And then that increase continues into this school year. Thank you. And then the lottery dollars actually went up a couple dollars. So what are all those percentages look like in terms of real numbers, dollars? We received $11,000 more in lottery money. The increase in CalSTRS is costing the district $107,000 more. The decrease in CalPERS only equated to $57,000. So you can see we're about short $50,000 if you subtract the two. The next item is our CSCA retro, $89,000. And CSCA for this year, that $89,000 pushes ahead. But when you give a raise from the previous year, it also increases. because the raise goes on. So, there's a net increase in our expenditures of $217,338. So, let's go back and look at what the board adopted before June 30th. You have $11,000 and more money and that's your total. But your expenditures increased quite a bit more. And so the net increase or decrease is shown here. And that $217,000 gets added to this number, which brings it almost to $2,400,000, which means we are using our reserves to fund this year's activities. And it'll also show your beginning balance and your ending balance. and now your ending balance comes down $217,000. And so we're going to need to monitor our budget very carefully this year because we'd like to see if we can get this back to zero. In other words, if we earn this much money from the state, we should try to spend this much money and not dip into your savings because eventually you won't have any savings. It takes a look at the cumulative effect. And I don't want to spend a lot of time on this page because it's going to change in December again. And it's the cumulative effect of $217,000 grows. And basically, the concept for the public to understand, if we spend a dollar more this year that we don't have, we borrowed it from someplace. And if we're going to then don't make any changes, that dollar has to be replaced. plus the new dollar for the next year. So $1 your deficit spend the following year becomes $2 and $2 becomes 4 and that's a very important concept for the public to understand. So if you see the resulting reserves, they are also in our calculation going to go down over this year by 217,000 and what I just talked about, If we don't make any changes, it goes down and it goes down and you can see how dramatically you're going to begin to take a look at this district savings account. Some considerations from school services in California which represents probably 900 of 1,000 school districts in the state, they need to look at what is called staffing and are you staffing to formula and closely monitor that staffing because the largest expense in a budget is staffing. It's not energy, PG&E bills, it's not pencils, it's not insurance. It's people or people business. Eighty-five percent of your budget plus or minus a bit is in people. Staffing and expenditures must be carefully monitored and the great part about Newark is our education department, and our human resources department, and our business department. Those three individuals that report to the superintendent are in constant communication. We may squabble among ourselves like a family, but at the end of the day, we have a responsibility to present you a balanced budget. Additional funding. For our special education, this is not unique to Newark. Every school district in the state of California has to make a contribution to special education. And then additional funding, you can see for our three to five-year-olds with IEPs, the logistics still need to be worked out. Special ed is almost like a budget monitored daily. So what are our next steps? Our unaudited actuals. And that's what the business department, through Kim's leadership with the whole staff, is working on. June 30th passed. And it takes the month of July and part of August to close the books, get final numbers, so that we can bring to you, and I will present that with Kim in September, to you before September 15th, like they are September 15th meeting, what did actually last year happen. What we proposed. a year ago, not what we did at the interim, not what we told you in June, but really, what are the actual numbers? And we will compare that. And then in December, we'll get a first interim report. The importance of that is that's driven by your enrollment. What did we project last March, April, May, June? What really came in August, September? Because that drives your revenue. expected expenditures, did big pipe burst or something of that nature which would have an effect on the budget. In January, while we present our actual numbers, they must be audited by an outside audit firm and you've had that in the past. They will come and present. In March, we give you a second interim report of how we're doing this year. And beginning in January, the new CBO will start January of 20, start planning for what your budget looks like for the 2021 school year. You've approved your budget, so it's kind of on automatic pilot at this point. We need to begin thinking about next year now so that you have time to discuss and make changes. May I entertain any questions the board might have? It couldn't have been that clear.

[2648] Jodi Croce: Thank you.

[2651] Bowen Zhang: Mr. Shimo, so the previous CBO, before he left, he mentioned about what will be encumbered in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, and I look at the beginning balance. Right now, we're assuming that starting the new fiscal year, our beginning balance is going to be about $4.2 million.

[2675] SPEAKER_22: Which slide are you calling?

[2678] Bowen Zhang: I'm referring to slide number... Yes, revised general fund budget, yeah.

[2687] SPEAKER_22: Okay. You're looking at slide three?

[2692] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, go farther down. Yeah, I mean, on this one, it's hard to see the slide number. One, two, three, five. I'm actually looking at the revised general fund budget. Yeah, this one.

[2707] SPEAKER_22: Seven you said five. Okay this one. All right.

[2710] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, it's this one. So I Know we have yet to close the book for the 2018-2019 fiscal years, but do you have any? Educated guests about where the beginning balance will be landing on after we close the book and compute all the in conference It would be exactly what you said a guess because I haven't driven the budget

[2731] SPEAKER_22: So I don't want to guess. Most districts that plan their budget, the bottom line should be 1% better, as a rule of thumb, if you're doing it correctly. It shouldn't be a surprise that it's negative. It might be a little bit of a pleasant surprise that the ending balance is a little bit higher. And the reason for that is somebody may not have expended money this last school year.

[2764] SPEAKER_30: I have a question, Mr. Chamot. I know your time with us currently has been short, but have you made any suggestions to our staff that you may, whether you have or you haven't, that you can share with us in regards to how we can make sure that this number doesn't increase?

[2788] SPEAKER_22: I think one of the suggestions that we're looking at is this team here. has to work together very closely to recommend to our superintendent actions that he will bring to the board. OK. To keep it there. OK. And we may, education is difficult. It's a heartfelt business. We want to do the best for our students. But the reality is, you as a board are limited to what Sacramento gives you to spend. And if you go farther than they give you, then we should probably all not be here. And the reason being is that's our fiduciary responsibility. So that may make some tough decisions. When instructionally, it's a good program for kids, but we can't afford it. We all have to kind of stick together and stay within our budget. That's suggestion one. Two, we may need to look at different things of how district operates. that might be a little more efficient, and then there's always a collective bargaining element to that.

[2858] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Before we take a motion to vote on this, Mr. Chairman, could you just sit back here for a second? Sure. Ms. Parks had wanted to address us on this. Did you still want to come up? OK. No, never.

[2886] Cindy Parks: Actually, that really plays into what I was going to say. I just wanted to remind you about the concerns about position control, that on your budget, you had 286 certificated, 181 classified, and 45 NEWMA. And that was where you were looking to do your budget cuts. You cut 13 positions, or 12, 13 positions. And to just know that that is something that it seems like where you had made cuts before with staffing that they never seemed to actually happen or they grew. And if you look at the PAL for tonight, there are a lot of, there's over a page of positions that are temporary. And just to know that that is the concern is to watch your staffing levels and because that's where a lot of the money, that and professional services it seems last year, where the money seemed to go. So again, keeping an eye on that budget. And thanks for the presentation.

[2941] Ray Rodriguez: I think you'll find for the whole community that we're very excited to have Mr. Schimel here. And it brings a lot of experience. And this is a time where, especially we're going through, you know, potential more budget cuts, they really need an experienced person. So we're very happy to have you. With that, any more discussion? I need a motion and a second. Staff recommends the board receive the report. So we're receiving the report as presented.

[2973] Diego Torres: Okay.

[2976] Ray Rodriguez: Mr. Molina. Medina. Thank you. I keep messing up your name. Did you want to speak on this one?

[2986] SPEAKER_07: On the budget?

[2988] Ray Rodriguez: Sure. Go ahead. You got three minutes.

[2993] SPEAKER_07: I think it's critical that we, the board puts the bonds that we talked about last month into the agenda. We already see that the budget's already in the negative and I think it's time for you guys to start really getting to the point of getting some activity going and realizing that I think the community would at least be interested in figuring out if this is a possibility that we can put down for the next election. And so I look forward to you guys getting it on the agenda, making it happen, and letting the community come and help. Because if you're not, then it's on you guys. I think there's a large community that wants to help. But if you guys are not putting it on the agenda, then I'll blame you guys all day long. I mean, I'm already blaming you guys for a lot of things, especially spending money that you guys don't have. I mean, I just heard you say $15,000 on legal fee because someone had to come around the podium. That's just incredible. You just lost $15,000. Gosh, I mean, you guys should be ashamed of yourself. She's lucky she's not. Nancy's lucky she's not here today. I'm definitely very upset about that. That's wrong. That's just wrong. That's taking money away from kids. We agree. So I hope you guys, you know, scold your own selves. You know, as a family, get yourself in shape. You know, so I really hope that this bond thing gets going and puts on the agenda and gets voted on really quick. Because or else people are just going to think of you guys as you're not doing anything, but just coming to a meeting. So I look forward to you guys having that on the agenda next week.

[3105] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Thank you much. OK, again, 10.2. Staff recommends the board receive the report as presented. So it's not an item that we need to vote on, right?

[3123] SPEAKER_22: You've met as a board your due diligence of informing the community of any changes since you've adopted your budget in June.

[3132] Diego Torres: OK.

[3134] Ray Rodriguez: So we don't need a motion and a second on this.

[3136] SPEAKER_18: I think you vote acceptance.

[3137] Ray Rodriguez: Acceptance of the report? Yes. OK. I move that we vote. Member of the Chair moves.

[3141] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this.

[3144] Ray Rodriguez: I'll second it. Please vote. OK, motion passes. Student member can vote. 10.3, classified layoffs, superintendent.

[3178] SPEAKER_28: Does the board have any questions regarding this? This is a reduction that was authorized by SSC, and this is to reduce the library clerk at Graham Elementary.

[3196] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, so staff recommends the Board of Education approve resolution number 2143 to reduce a classified position, meaning one, right? Member Gutierrez moves.

[3212] Bowen Zhang: I second.

[3213] Ray Rodriguez: Member John seconds. Hold on. Okay, let's do it again. Please vote. Okay, motion passes, three ayes and student member. Again, it's a personnel issue. Right, personnel issue, right. So it's abstaining basically, okay. Okay. 10.4, who's going to speak on this? Yes, good evening. Associate Superintendent Salinas.

[3255] SPEAKER_36: Yes, good evening. This evening I come forward with a purchase requisition to add additional FOSS kits. FOSS is our program for our kindergarten through fifth grade. The focus is on earth science, so we have more materials for the classroom. These materials are aligned to the next generation science standards, NGSS, and also this is outlined in our LCAP goal 1.3.2 with targeted funds for this work.

[3284] Ray Rodriguez: Okay. Member Gutierrez?

[3286] SPEAKER_30: That being said, can you specify where the funds are coming from?

[3290] SPEAKER_36: Yes, we have these outlined in our LCAP, so these I believe were LCFF.

[3296] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Right, and we're talking about $62,918.88. And it comes out of the LCAP, right? Okay, any more questions? Comments? Okay.

[3314] Bowen Zhang: Please vote. There is no motion or second.

[3319] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this.

[3321] Bowen Zhang: I second it.

[3322] Ray Rodriguez: And Gutierrez moves. Member John seconds. OK, motion passes five ayes. OK, 10.5, master contract between Inova Center for Education and Newark Unified School District. And then we have the service agreements. So we basically have four special ed items. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Ms. Willis, you're here?

[3366] SPEAKER_36: Yes. And as she's coming up, these are our annual procedures for students that are in non-public school settings. And so we have Ms. Director Willis to answer any other questions you may have.

[3378] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, so the first one is 10.5 master contract and anyone have any questions of it? Do you mind staying up here for the whole thing?

[3389] SPEAKER_30: Same question that I have for Ms. Salinas is can you specify where the funds are coming from for this item? Not from.

[3398] SPEAKER_38: ANOVA. It is from special education funding. Not the general fund? I actually can't answer that. I'm sorry. I'm not sure how to. answer that. It is general fund.

[3407] SPEAKER_30: It is general fund, yeah.

[3409] Bowen Zhang: Okay. Yeah, 5,000 category is the professional services consulting category, right?

[3420] SPEAKER_36: Correct, and if you remember last year we were we were coming in at the beginning of the year, well actually those were you that were here last year, and this is because this is a school setting that we can't provide for students, we have these individualized contracts There is a contribution, as you saw, we just saw in Mr. Schimel's report of the general fund. These are mandated programs we must provide.

[3447] Bowen Zhang: Another question I have for this annual contract is, if we happen in the middle of the year and find, say, hire someone as a full-time, is there a way to, do we still need to pay this whole year contract?

[3462] SPEAKER_38: So, these are students who are placed in non-public schools away from district because they need highly specialized services. Actually, two of these students are anticipated to return and we have smaller amounts of money that we're asking for to fund those students and probably a little more than we need to give us the wiggle room in case it takes a little longer than we think.

[3484] Ray Rodriguez: So, would that apply?

[3485] SPEAKER_38: So, yes, they can come. When they come back, we don't pay for it anymore.

[3487] Ray Rodriguez: Would that apply to all the items that are on here, basically your answer?

[3492] SPEAKER_38: If at any point any student is able to be served in district and be successful, we bring them back. We're constantly keeping an eye on that.

[3500] Ray Rodriguez: Right. Thank you. So we're always trying to save as much money as we can, which is very difficult with special education.

[3507] SPEAKER_38: Yes, which is why two of them are coming back in the next four months.

[3510] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Thank you for doing that. OK. I need a motion and a second on 10.5.

[3515] SPEAKER_30: I just wanted to clarify if we're going to be bundling any of these or if we're voting individually on each?

[3520] Ray Rodriguez: We have to vote individually. So 10.5, any motion and a second? I move that we vote. Member Gutierrez moves. Member John seconds.

[3531] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, I'll second.

[3532] Ray Rodriguez: OK. Please vote. OK, motion passes. 10.6.

[3548] SPEAKER_30: Since we're going on to the next, I know these are mandated. by the state, just for point of inquiry, if they don't get passed because of the votes, what are the consequences or what happens?

[3564] SPEAKER_38: We would be out of compliance with the student's IEP. All right, thank you.

[3570] Ray Rodriguez: That's why it's important that all board members be here. Sometimes it's, you know, but you have three, so at least we have a quorum. OK, 10.6. need a motion and a second, unless you have any more questions of Director Willis?

[3585] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, I guess for my own education, there's four. When we approve contract with special education, some of them is to fill permanent position that we don't fill. So we hire an outside consultant. We pay them hourly, which is more expensive than a full-time employee. But this is actually, when you said we are students put into non-public school.

[3605] Ray Rodriguez: Right. These are individual service agreements. You want to explain that, if you don't mind?

[3610] SPEAKER_38: So I think there's two different things we're talking about. The ones that we've just been voting on are actually for separate schools. And then we do have one contract that's coming for you for a teacher, a special education teacher for a vacancy we weren't able to fill.

[3625] Ray Rodriguez: Right, but 10.6 is an individual service agreement.

[3630] Bowen Zhang: That's an offsite consultant.

[3633] SPEAKER_38: Sorry, 10.6?

[3634] SPEAKER_30: So 10.6, it says individual service contract and just to get some... What's the agency? It's individual.

[3642] SPEAKER_38: Oh, ANOVA is a non-public school.

[3644] Ray Rodriguez: Okay. Okay. Staff recommends the board ratify the agreement.

[3649] SPEAKER_30: Okay. I move that we vote on this.

[3655] Ray Rodriguez: Member Gutierrez moves. I second. Member Johns seconds. Please vote. Motion passes unanimously. 10.7, another individual service agreement.

[3675] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this.

[3677] Ray Rodriguez: Member Gutierrez moves.

[3680] Bowen Zhang: I second.

[3681] Ray Rodriguez: Member Johns seconds. Please vote. Motion passes four ayes. 10.8 is another. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[3703] Bowen Zhang: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[3707] SPEAKER_30: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[3711] Ray Rodriguez: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Is it a specialty for just autism kids, or I'm just trying to understand.

[3730] SPEAKER_38: So an individual service agreement spells out the exact services that we are contracting for. So the school placement in a speech and language services, a student might get any individualized support, et cetera.

[3744] Ray Rodriguez: But on the school placement, would it be a school that's just for autism, or would it be a school that has other children in it?

[3751] SPEAKER_38: So almost all of them serve multiple eligibilities. Pacific Autism Center specializes, but they do actually also serve other students.

[3758] Ray Rodriguez: So there are some that specialize in autism, right? Yes. OK, great. OK, we have a motion and a second. Please vote. Motion passes. 10.9. Did I miss any or am I OK? OK. Individual service agreement with PACE. Staff is recommending that we ratify the agreement to provide. I move we approve. OK. I'll second it. Member John and member Gutierrez seconds. To provide academic excellence via equity and opportunities for all students. OK. Let me clear this. Sorry. Okay, please vote. Okay, motion passes. Okay, let's clear it. 10.10, is that where we're at? 10.11. 10.11, thank you. Master contract between Cherish Youth Center and Newark Unified School District. Okay, let me clear it.

[3840] Bowen Zhang: Oh, I think, yeah, maybe this is 10.10, I guess. Did we vote on 10.10?

[3846] SPEAKER_30: No, we just did 10.9.

[3849] Ray Rodriguez: Yeah, we're on 10.10. 10.10. Oh, OK, there was toothpaste, right? Yes, there are two. OK, so 10.10. I move that we vote on this. Staff recommends ratify the agreement. Member Gutierrez moves.

[3863] Bowen Zhang: I second.

[3864] Ray Rodriguez: Member Johns seconds. Please vote. Oops. Sorry, you're going to have to do it again. With two board members absent, I got to clear the board every time. Oh, actually, people.

[3883] SPEAKER_30: If you leave it on. Yeah, I won't. If you're not voting, it doesn't matter.

[3885] Ray Rodriguez: No, it doesn't.

[3886] SPEAKER_30: So you can just leave it on.

[3887] Ray Rodriguez: You want me to leave it on?

[3888] SPEAKER_30: It just makes it easier and quicker.

[3889] Bowen Zhang: Did we vote on 10.10?

[3891] SPEAKER_30: No, your vote didn't show. Yeah, hold on.

[3893] Bowen Zhang: So we're going to do it again. OK. Oh, before I start, I got to ask one thing. Go ahead. This 018, the 10.9, 10.10, it looks like one is 018, the other is 01B. They're the same code, same purpose, and same amount of money. And is this A is the first half of the year, B is the second half of the year, or?

[3914] SPEAKER_38: So are we looking at pace?

[3916] Ray Rodriguez: Pace.

[3916] SPEAKER_38: Oh, pace. There are two different students.

[3918] Ray Rodriguez: Two different students. Yeah. OK. And it's for the whole year, right? Yes, for the whole year. OK, I see. Good. So we're at 10.10.

[3928] SPEAKER_30: Motion first and second. We got a vote.

[3931] Ray Rodriguez: Let's vote. Thank you. I thought they would show up. OK, good.

[3942] SPEAKER_30: 10.11. I move that we vote on this.

[3949] Ray Rodriguez: I second. OK, member Gutierrez, member John seconds. And that's a master contract between Cherish Youth Center and Newark Unified School District. OK, four ayes. 10.12, individual service agreement, again, with Cherish Youth Center.

[3979] Bowen Zhang: So I need to get educated on this difference between master contract and individual service

[3986] SPEAKER_38: So the master contract is our SELPA contract that spells out how we will do business together in a more general way. It's very much so vetted by special education attorneys. That's what every district in the SELPA uses. The individual service agreement is specifically what the student needs that we're contracting for. What are the services? So like I said.

[4012] Bowen Zhang: So is this a coincidence that Master of Comptra has the same money amount with the individual service agreement or it's always the case?

[4019] SPEAKER_38: Not always the case because if it's one student, it'd be the same amount. But if it's multiple students, it'll be different amounts at the same school.

[4030] Bowen Zhang: OK. I guess for the Cherish Youth Center, there's only one student?

[4034] SPEAKER_38: Yes.

[4034] Bowen Zhang: So in this case, 10.11 and 10.12 Are we double paying, or we're only paying that amount?

[4045] SPEAKER_38: Just that amount.

[4046] SPEAKER_30: One student, one amount for that student. Clarification. So master contract 10.11, it says dollar amount $156,099. And then we go to the individual service agreement, and it's for the exact same amount. So are we paying $100,000 for master contract, and then another $100,000? No. No. Just the one amount.

[4072] Bowen Zhang: Okay, I see.

[4074] SPEAKER_02: I think if I can add, it might be better if the master contract value is set to zero and the ISA has the value for the student. I don't know, it just seems like a point of confusion for the public that the two dollar amounts are listed separately.

[4088] SPEAKER_36: And typically, this is how we're legally to provide it. It is confusing, and I'm thinking as we get through the items, we could perhaps do another annual study session on how NPS works. Let me be looking at October, and I'll speak with the board president to see if we can add it, but yes. So essentially, there's the master contract, the set amount, and then any of the individual service agreements will total that amount, but you only pay it once.

[4118] SPEAKER_30: So I believe we are on 10.2?

[4120] Bowen Zhang: 10.12. I move to approve 10.12.

[4122] SPEAKER_30: So I'll second it.

[4130] Ray Rodriguez: Please vote. Sorry.

[4140] SPEAKER_30: Vote again?

[4141] Ray Rodriguez: Yeah. Hold on. Clear it.

[4145] SPEAKER_18: Close. You guys can vote by hand.

[4149] Diego Torres: OK.

[4155] Ray Rodriguez: It's not happening right now. I don't know why.

[4157] SPEAKER_30: Let's vote by hand for this one.

[4159] Ray Rodriguez: OK.

[4159] SPEAKER_30: Aye. Aye. Thank you. OK. 10.13.

[4161] Michael Milliken: OK, so from 10.13 to 10.

[4178] SPEAKER_38: I think it's 20.

[4181] Bowen Zhang: 10.13 I think. 13, 14, 15 are both the, I mean 13 is the master contract, 14, 15 add together equals to that 13. So that just explains the master contract, the umbrella, and the 14, 15 is the breakdown.

[4194] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, so 10.13.

[4196] SPEAKER_18: He's got it. Thank you.

[4199] SPEAKER_30: And just for clarification, point of order, clarification for my I believe in previous meetings, we have voted on these items in lumps. Is that not correct? Yes. Yes. So we can select, let's say, 1 through 10. And if we have any, we can exclude. We can't bundle.

[4219] Bowen Zhang: We can't bundle. I thought that was only available for consent calendar, not the one. Yeah, normally it's for consent.

[4225] SPEAKER_30: OK. Thank you for clarification.

[4228] Ray Rodriguez: 10.13, need a motion and a second.

[4231] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[4232] Ray Rodriguez: I second it. And the chair of your second. And see if it works. 10.14 service agreements and that Seneca family of agencies.

[4255] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[4269] Ray Rodriguez: OK, perfect.

[4269] Ray Rodriguez: 10-15. Again, Seneca Family of Agencies.

[4283] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[4285] Bowen Zhang: I second.

[4286] Diego Torres: OK.

[4293] Ray Rodriguez: OK, excellent. Okay, where are we? 10-16. 10-16, master contract between Spectrum Center and Newark Unified School District.

[4317] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[4318] Bowen Zhang: I second it.

[4319] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, members of the chairs, members of John's Seconds. Okay, thank you. 10.17, Individual Service Agreement Spectrum Center.

[4344] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[4347] Bowen Zhang: Second.

[4347] Ray Rodriguez: OK, second. Please vote. OK, excellent. A 10.18, master contract between the Bay School and Newark Unified School District.

[4374] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on this item.

[4376] Ray Rodriguez: Second. Chair moves. Member Jean seconds. Discussion? Vote. I have to do it again. Sorry. Thank you. Thank you. 10.19. 10.19.

[4417] Bowen Zhang: I move to approve.

[4420] Ray Rodriguez: Right. Member John moves. Member Gutierrez seconds.

[4423] SPEAKER_30: I'll second.

[4424] Ray Rodriguez: Please vote. 10.20, I'd like to move on this one. 10.20, independent contract agreement with ATX Learning and Newark Unified School District. Need a second. Open for voting.

[4449] SPEAKER_30: I'll second it.

[4458] Ray Rodriguez: OK. Let's do it again. Okay, please vote. Excellent. Thank you.

[4475] Bowen Zhang: Okay, where are we? 10.21. Do we have a presentation on this one?

[4486] Ray Rodriguez: Yes. Thank you, Director Willis. 10.21, Citizens Bond Oversight Committee.

[4497] SPEAKER_02: Do you have slides for me?

[4500] Ray Rodriguez: Superintendent?

[4501] SPEAKER_18: Yes, we have the committee members here, 2%. Welcome. Welcome.

[4506] SPEAKER_19: Hi. She's bringing up a PowerPoint. But in general, this was my second year on the board. I'm the outgoing chairman of the committee. I would encourage the board and administration to find some people to fill the holes that are quickly growing in there. I think that one of the issues that was really driving participation in this is the fact that the committee operates in a vacuum of interaction between the board and the administration with the exception of the quarterly meetings and so, you know, if you guys could, help bridge that gap and continue to try and get people to realize that this is an important role that needs to be fulfilled and the inputs that come from the committee are important as well to be heard and addressed.

[4566] SPEAKER_18: If I may, just to that point, Mr. Yarbrough, I have identified three new people that are interested. I'm working on that. I don't have a final form yet, but I agree with you. I think we need to expand membership and get some new people involved as well, so thank you.

[4582] SPEAKER_19: I know there is another person that was on the list that was previously engaged. I would encourage bringing her back on. She has a wealth of knowledge as well. There is just no doubt that she contributes greatly to the knowledge factor of the group. Out of your way.

[4602] SPEAKER_33: There was a mouse here somewhere.

[4624] SPEAKER_19: So the 2017-2018 annual report, I know we're in 2019 and it's confusing to the members as well trying to keep track of what we're reporting on but the data comes out late so this brings us along. We decided to introduce facts and findings and concerns early on rather than at the end of it between boring everybody into it. We realize that the majority of the money that was spent in this bond is outlaid in capital improvements, huge amounts of capital improvements that in many cases could have been solved by having a good deferred maintenance plan with the people to support such a thing and actually get the maintenance done. Rather than waiting for something to deteriorate to a point where it has to be replaced in mass rather than waiting for something to fall apart, let's fix it, get a coat of paint on it before it gets to that point. Comparing buildings here to buildings that are in other districts and because of the lack of deferred maintenance and the lack of maintenance crews to get out there and keep things up at a lower level, it's costing the taxpayers bigger money on the far end of it when it comes time to maintain all these systems. So the deferred maintenance plan, I know you guys have it in your master plan, is something to come out. I'm hoping that that will helpfully be, you know, financed as well as just not just be lip service in a document that's going to be a $500,000 plan. The governing board was brought to their attention last year. that money was spent on the Whiteford School. It operated as a school for a short period of time. Bond money has to be used for educational purposes based on the language of the bond. And even before the students were out of the building and the money was spent over there, there was administrative moves and discussions in this very room to say, well, why don't we just move the boards into there? Well, there is resources for you guys to be able to make that spiritually as well as effectively on the finances correct so that it doesn't feel like somebody did a sleight of hand to the public's money. There's money in the Russian funds to be able to, you know, make the Whiteford money not come from the bond money so that money can be spent elsewhere on other things that's within the scope of the language. And the bond committee would appreciate some, you know, feedback from the board on that. That addresses points two and three. Future bonds. We know that the ongoing master plan discussions that were going on there as well, they were pretty straightforward about saying, yeah, this is going to be also geared towards going towards our next bond, so we're actually spending money. Considering that 80% of the master plan is being funded by the building funds coming out of the bond, we find that actually it's also funding a portion of the next bond that's going to be, you know, brought to the public. We didn't care for that all that much. The retroactive bond usage seemed appropriate, although mechanically it's really difficult for the bond to be able to follow when some of the expenditures are rewritten from one part of the budget that was not bond money and all of a sudden they're able to, the business office looks at it and says, wait a minute, we could allocate this out of bond money. Nine months later, it comes out of another section of the budget, and we spent a good bit of time talking back and forth with the previous CBO saying, what happened here? Why all of a sudden is this money coming out of here? And only to find out that it was a lot of retroactive moves. It creates an oversight risk. The actual product that we got from this bond, in general, it was a $63 million bond. $8 million of it went to Vanner in one shape or form of another. We did not get our delivered product that we asked for from there. We wanted them to handle this for us because administratively there's not enough people and staff and time to be able to do it. And it come down to actually we're still damaged from their failure to deliver from their high priced process because right now when we have issues that are going on with you know, follow-up roof repairs or HVAC repairs or contractual issues. We find that the contracts were so poorly written and so poorly oversaw that they're unenforceable from our school's perspective now. So rather than being able to get our money for what we paid for, our bang for our buck out of what the taxpayers paid for, we have to forgo it for, okay, well, we'll put that on the next scope and wait for the next bond or find some other money to fix that problem because you know, the energy that comes from the administration to actually take the contract out, take the project out and say, we paid this much money for this and it's failing. Why can't we get this enforced? Well, you know, we lost that when Vanner walked away and didn't get the job done for us. And I don't know if you guys are going to be able to just drop it back on and pay the lawyers to try and fix it. Unlikely they're going to look at the contracts too and say, Well, if the language isn't there, what more can we do? We don't want to see this situation again. I think it's a really bad position to be in, especially if you're going to get ready to spend another $50 million of taxpayer money in the next bond. Play structure is really pretty surprising that Banner stood in this room and said the project's all done. only to find out a few months ago that there was an entire phase three of the project. The money was sitting there that had not been completed and suddenly, voila, let's get phase three done. I think it's great. We're getting play structures in place for the kids. Yet again, it pointed out that there's a gap in the administrative end between the sites and this room and the business office in between where The needs of the people at those sites, even as simple as the play structures, is not properly addressed. One classic example of it, I believe it was Graham, where we had, the principal was on site as we're walking around and she said, you know, this year, and maybe, I don't know, maybe before, but this year she's got a lot of disabled children. And she doesn't have the mechanism with all these brand new play equipment to get these wheelchair children into a play structure. Because there's just no, none of that was ever brought into the picture. And I think across the board, we don't have that in any of our locations effectively. Maybe, what, one? Do we have any locations that have a wheelchair facility?

[5030] SPEAKER_41: They don't have access.

[5035] SPEAKER_19: They have access through a cut in a curb across bark. Do they have a wheelchair accessible splay structure?

[5044] Guadalupe Lopez: Very few.

[5045] SPEAKER_19: Yeah, I don't think so. And also, you know, try riding a wheelchair across bark. I don't think it's a very comfortable experience for those kids. Anyway, that's just another disconnect that perhaps getting the folks in charge of doing maintenance in the room with the people that have these needs, the principals, so they can get a connection periodically throughout the year might help alleviate that problem. Measure G money expenditures. Last year, the superintendent contacted me and wanted our input on taking the bond information and the banner plan of attack and saying, yeah, let's make this a go so we can meet the requirement of having a certain amount of this money spent without the budget getting hit with a sanction or surcharge. The last two times that we met with the previous CBO, we did not have a warm fuzzy that that money was spent at all. It was maybe 50% of it, we're not sure. The numbers kept moving around because there was approvals by this board and then there were of a list of things and certain things on the list kept changing like they were approved or not approved. We had never had a clear picture as to what they were and I think that was a disservice to both the committee and it's probably a disservice to the committee, to the administration because You know, they need to get a clear picture to you guys of what they want to prove so they can get the money spent. We don't want to lose money just handing it over in penalties and sanctions. That's a really bad way to go. Anyway, aside from that, though, I really appreciate the time I've been able to spend over the last two years working with you guys. I'm still going to be a property owner in the area, so what you do matters to me. I want to thank the staff, the folks that were, you know, helping out, and the board members worked with us along the way.

[5157] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Oh, stay up there. Next on the agenda is to accept your resignation from the CBOC. I just, well, when we address that, I can, if you stay up there, if you don't mind. So we got 10.21. Need a motion and a second to accept the... CBOC 2017-2018 Annual Report.

[5194] Bowen Zhang: I just have one small question. In one of the categories of all the other expenditures, I see we got charged by our banks for $40,000. What category falls that into? What is this expense related to the bank charges?

[5214] SPEAKER_19: Oh, well, that's the man to answer the question.

[5219] Nancy Thomas: Which one? The business officer. OK.

[5222] SPEAKER_22: Yes. I have not looked at this, but having passed bonds and used construction management firms before, I believe that when you sold series of your bonds, when you pass a $60 million bond, you don't sell it all at once. That's very prudent. because you can't spend 60 million at once and the community pays interest on the bond. So if you only need 10 million or 20 million, you borrow 20 million and you leave the other 40 alone so the community doesn't pay interest on it. Now that 20 million has a processing fee. I think you can compare it to your home. You buy a home for X dollars and then you go to escrow And they say, it's x dollars plus $50,000. And you wonder, what's that other $50,000 for? Title, escrow, loan fee, this fee, tax analysis. Selling bonds is very similar. Yes. So if you sell a bond for $60 million, the district usually sometimes around, by the time you end up selling it, would be $58.5. maybe 60 if you're doing very well, 59 rather. So it's not the gross amount is 60 million. The net amount the district gets is probably 2% less, between 1% and 2% less total.

[5324] SPEAKER_19: And if you look at the interest made on that money as you're holding it, that's about six, seven years now this bond's been in there. half a million dollars in interest because of the rates that the county investments are so phenomenally low. They're less than 1% of the money that's sitting in the bank. So the better off using the money properly, getting it spent on the projects that we needed to get done and, you know, rather than having it float around and eventually, if you don't spend it, you know, there is some follow ups between both the tax agencies and from the state in terms you have a duty to spend the money over a certain period of time. And last July 1st, I believe, was our deadline for having it all spent to the 85% level, I believe it was.

[5372] SPEAKER_22: Mr. Yarbrough brings up a very significant point. 25 years ago when there was something called arbitrage and interest rates were much higher, savings rates, you could get a savings rate of 6 or 8% And because you're a school district, sell a bond at 2% or 3%. But today's market rate is somewhere between 3% and 4%. And his point about 1% to 2% from the county treasury, because you're limited, that's being a very safe investment. It's not a stock investment. So you actually do lose money by borrowing more than you need. Because you pay more than you get while it's waiting. And that's changed dramatically.

[5423] SPEAKER_19: That's the hot mic. Thank you. I didn't go over all the slides with all the numbers. Usually folks are not all that thrilled with it. But I highly recommend that you do. Put an eye to it. You'll see that money dropped off in expenditures over the last two years. And there's still money to be spent funding projects that Ms. Condon has got a huge checklist of things that need to be done. and she needs resources and manpower to get it done.

[5455] Bowen Zhang: So, uh, it's altered, like, we issue a bond, we sell a bond, and the money we get back, is there any legal limit or legal restriction about where you can put the money in, in addition to county treasury, or?

[5471] SPEAKER_22: Yes, there is. You cannot pick as a board an investment in, for example, an investment in solar. We talked about it earlier tonight. You couldn't invest in that company with your bond money. You're using the public's money, and it has to be almost guaranteed by the federal government or FDIC type of investment.

[5496] SPEAKER_19: There's only two places they can put it, and both of them are under 1% return.

[5504] Ray Rodriguez: OK. We need a motion and a second.

[5511] Bowen Zhang: I move to accept the annual report from the CBOC.

[5517] Ray Rodriguez: I'll second it. I'll give you 10 seconds. Please vote.

[5526] Diego Torres: OK.

[5529] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you, Mr. Yarbrough. Don't go away. Yarbrough. 10.22. Now this is one that we can table for a whole year, right? So you stay on? Can we table this for a whole year?

[5546] SPEAKER_19: Table it.

[5546] Ray Rodriguez: I could get fired. But I just wanted to express my thanks. I remember when you came on. And what you've done to your service to our kids is really appreciated. And your presentations are Very well done. I'm glad you're not leaving us. Just leaving the CVOC.

[5580] SPEAKER_19: I've left the LCAP, the CVOC, the site council, and the parent group. There's a few openings if somebody wants to fill any of those. I highly recommend them. They're very enriching.

[5593] Ray Rodriguez: You can write a book on each one of those.

[5596] SPEAKER_19: I could write a good book, yeah.

[5600] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, so we have 10.22. Thank anybody else? Okay. And this is to accept the resignation of Mr. Merrick Yarbrough, CBOC member.

[5618] Bowen Zhang: I move to accept the resignation.

[5620] SPEAKER_30: Okay. I'll second it.

[5623] Ray Rodriguez: Member John, Member Gutierrez seconds. Oops, hold on. Give me a second. Please vote. Okay. It passes. Thank you. Thank you so much for your service.

[5646] Bowen Zhang: Thank you for your service.

[5658] Ray Rodriguez: Alarm rewiring at McGregor Protection One. Ms. Condon or superintendent.

[5674] SPEAKER_41: Hello. This was not. What I'm bringing to you tonight is a request to approve an upgrade to the McGregor alarm wiring. The past several years we've had consistent issues with the alarm calls being at McGregor. We've had rewiring issues consistently and I had them come out protection one come out and assess the problem. We have them coming out all the time. We have police alarm calls and everything going on. The main reason we have these issues is the aging, the age of the current wires. So the only way to get it to be fixed and up to speed is to actually rewire the whole system. The alarm system is faulty. The wiring is outdated. We get consistent alarm calls, like I said, from police. So we're paying a lot of alarm bills. And that's what we're trying to prevent and get the school up to par. OK.

[5752] Ray Rodriguez: I'll make a motion that we approve. Need a second. And then we can ask more questions if you want. I move to approve.

[5761] Nancy Thomas: All second.

[5762] Ray Rodriguez: OK. Member John Moos, Member Gutierrez seconds. Any more discussion?

[5768] SPEAKER_30: OK, please. I do have one. Go ahead. Just a concern. These are items, you know, we're doing upkeep in buildings that require it, by all means. But I think there's also a lot of talk from us board members of different that we can do with these buildings. So I just think it's, for us as a board, I think it's important to consider what we really want to do with a lot of these buildings so that if we're going to move forward with any decisions, we don't do small upkeep here and there and actually move forward with the decision and then do a full blown upkeep or not need it. Just something to keep in mind for the future. But definitely needed. Thank you. That's it for me.

[5829] Ray Rodriguez: OK, please vote. OK, motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. 10.24, HVAC preventive maintenance. I do have a question for this. Condu, you want to address, be up here for this one also? Member John? You have a question.

[5859] Bowen Zhang: Yes. So, I guess my question is why is this, why is the funding source from the general fund rather than from the building fund or the Measure G bond?

[5874] SPEAKER_41: It's a service. If we could take it out of the bond, that would be awesome. That would give me more money to spend for the rest of the facilities. I believe it's a, I would have to read the actual wording for the bond in order to see if it would come out of that. But it is to do a maintenance program that we normally have done by an employee that is in place at our school district. That employee has been out of place since December, so the work is not getting done. That's why we don't have air conditioning and day track and all of that. I never looked into going into the bond because I figured I needed the work done, and I pulled it from the general. I don't know if Mr. Schimel can help.

[5919] SPEAKER_22: I haven't looked at your bond language, but most school districts, it's unlikely routine maintenance. This isn't for new equipment. It's to keep the equipment going that you have. And actually, what Ms. Condon is doing, there is so much technology now in air conditioning and controls that it is better not to do it inside your district because you don't have A, either the equipment, or B, the technical knowledge. And so having an outside company, most progressive school districts are doing that. And they have a contract on an annual basis. The key that was brought up earlier is that if an air conditioning condenser unit is supposed to last 15 years, It's like your home. You have to change the filters. You have to replace a motor every now and then. This is what this is about. And I don't believe your bond language would have said it's for routine maintenance. I see. Bond language is usually for capital improvement. One time, right. Bricks and mortar. OK. I see.

[5990] Ray Rodriguez: So just because it's deferred maintenance, that's what you're calling?

[5998] SPEAKER_30: I just have a question. I understand what you said, Mr. Schimel. Just wondering if it's worth tabling even for our next meeting to see if there are any other funds where it can come out of? Or do you think it's just best that we move forward with our vote today?

[6015] SPEAKER_22: I'd recommend you move forward. When we go through the accounting process, I'll work with Ms. Condon and see if there is a bucket of money other than the general fund like if you have a separate, I don't know if you do, separate deferred maintenance account. But it's really routine ongoing maintenance.

[6034] SPEAKER_30: Thank you.

[6034] Bowen Zhang: And does this happen every year or like because every year, right?

[6038] SPEAKER_22: Yes. You're running very large buildings and the filters need to be changed, otherwise you burn out the motor. And then if you burn out the motor, it causes some other issue. And these are expensive units. They're in the million dollar range.

[6056] SPEAKER_30: One more question. In a situation like this, is it possible to do an upgrade or complete new unit so we can come out of the Measure G?

[6070] SPEAKER_22: Yes. In fact, this company should recommend to us, you have a unit. It's 15, 18 years old. Its lifespan is spent. You're spending more on energy. Air conditioning units, for example, have gotten very, energy efficient. So it might be worth it to spend X dollars to avoid replacing it with old parts of a design.

[6096] SPEAKER_41: Can I say something? Yes. Okay, so these are on every single unit we have in the school district. I believe 25% of the HVAC units have been replaced with the bond. We still have the balance of the units here. If this company who does the maintenance annual maintenance, which like we said, when we get an employee to do the job, they will be doing it on their basis, right? So it wouldn't be an annual unless I get stuck having a hired person for next year. But the thing is, if they come back and say the unit is not, they're not going to fix it. They're going to check the motors, check the belts, change the filters, do those things to maintain it so that when these kids come back on the 15th, we have AC and we have heat. And that's my main concern. I keep funding rooms with fans and heaters and they cannot, I mean it's not a healthy way to bring our kids in here or our staff. So replacing the units are great. I believe we probably have money still left to replace the units that are that bad. We do have, I think, some buildings at the high school that need to be done. Almost all our portables need to be changed. I think that's a different issue. I think that's something we can concentrate on if we get the bond or moving forward on getting that kind of money. But this is basically a maintenance agreement to get our stuff running and turning on and working properly.

[6191] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. So I move to approve 10.24. I second.

[6200] Ray Rodriguez: Please vote.

[6206] Leonor Rebosura: Thank you.

[6209] Ray Rodriguez: I didn't pick you up. Let's do it by hand. All four. Thank you. Okay, 10.25, surplus equipment. This is something that comes on multiple times.

[6235] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote.

[6235] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, Member Gutierrez moves. I second. Member John seconds. Please vote. Okay, motion passes, four ayes. Thank you. Donations report. We have a total amount of $3,519. I move that we vote. Member Gutierrez moves. Member Rodriguez. I second. I was going to second, but it's OK. Member John seconds. Please vote. Do it again, please. Okay. Excellent. Okay, donation, in-kind donation of music stands, a trumpet, teacher resources, 18 instrument books, a snare drum set, a music notation whiteboard, and a dry erase board. Duration date, school year 2018-19, donor, Newark Educational Foundation, specific purpose for the adult school music program district-wide donation $3,519 for Newark Unified School District school year 2018-19. We thank you. The Newark Schools Foundation, they constantly are helping us raise money, especially in the arts or the music. Superintendent, could you express our thanks to them, please?

[6346] SPEAKER_18: Absolutely. They continue to work with us, and we are actually going to be meeting soon to expand our partnership and even strengthen our partnership with the foundation.

[6355] Ray Rodriguez: OK, excellent. 10.27, Mrs. Arestero, did you want to address us on this, please? Hello? Sorry you had to wait so long.

[6367] SPEAKER_39: Oh, it's OK. First of all, I want to introduce myself. I am Debbie Otterstetter. I'm a Stage 1 board member, and I have two other board members here with us tonight. I want to thank very much the Superintendent Sanchez, staff, and the school board members. We've had a 20-year partnership with the school district. Stage 1 uses the theater at North Memorial High School to promote the arts locally, and we are a nonprofit, all-community-based theater group. We are, I want to first of all thank a couple people especially who work at the school district that we work with on a regular basis. And that's Sarah Wilson who helps us out quite a bit. And Susan Condon and her custodians at the high school. They do a great job for us and we want to thank them very much. We have had a really good partnership. A couple of things we've done recently with the high school that I just want to bring up and mention is we had four students participate from the high school in our last production there of Mamma Mia. Three were acting and one was actually on the crew. So it's always great when we can get the students involved and they're always invited to attend and to participate. We also helped with the justification for some of the new mics that the school got towards the end of the school year. They actually called us for expertise, advice on what mics to purchase for the theater. So we helped them out with that. And then we also provided a lot of costumes for the local high school production of Charlie Brown. So I just wanted to show you some of the ways that we're partnering with the high school. We're really here tonight looking for approval on our 20th year contract. But we're also hoping that maybe we can get some kind of price concession because the prices, as you can see if you look at the contract, have gone up quite a bit for us. And because we're a nonprofit community group, it's going to hit us very hard. So the contract is going up to close to $44,000 for the year. This is the time that we use in the theater building our sets, rehearsing, performing. Last year we were just over $18,000. We are adding one additional show next year, but that means the average price last year was around $6,000. The average price this year will be about $10,000. So it's a huge jump for us. We did what we could, looking at the contract and putting together the dates and the times that we'd be using the facilities. We actually reduced the weeks of rehearsal that we have, so people have to work a lot harder. We went to less time in the theater and more time in the dance room. And by the way, I've been working with Susan on the dance room. Our next show is going to be 42nd Street, which is a tap-heavy show. The dance room does not allow tapping. How can you have a dance room they can't tap in? So stage one is actually investing in a partial floor that we can put in there on top of the regular floor so that we can tap. And that will be available for the high school to use if they want to in the future. But because this is going up so much, I know at the last board meeting when you first talked about the facility increases, one of the board members brought up the fact of maybe for some of the more loyal groups that have been with the school district for a long time, putting in place more of a gradual increment And we didn't see that with the contract that we got. So, for instance, the theater went from about $25 an hour to almost $52 an hour. A huge jump for us. So, what we're asking is, first of all, we'd like to have approval for our contract, but we'd also like to see if you guys could possibly consider graduating in the increases for us, even over a two-year period would be an extreme help. Thank you.

[6588] SPEAKER_30: I have a question. I think, thank you. I think it's going to be more for the superintendent where if we wanted to, if we approve this contract, it's as is. And so if we wanted to amend it and consider a gradual increase, what does that look like?

[6609] SPEAKER_18: We can always bring it back and amend it. And I'm happy to meet with them to see if we can find a compromise. if that's the direction the board wants me to take. Yes. OK. But I think part of the, and I don't want to speak for you, certainly I'm glad you're there, part of it is approving it lets them start working and lets them start using the space.

[6631] SPEAKER_39: Yeah, we're actually in the space this summer. We have a youth production that opens up in a couple weeks.

[6635] SPEAKER_18: I mean, it never stops. You guys, it's always going. So I think that's kind of the, there is, I think we both, we want to get it approved, but I think, are we willing to work, if that's the direction I get from the board, I will meet with them to try to find a compromise or a graduated way to approach, but it's up to the board.

[6654] Ray Rodriguez: Excuse me. You can stand if you want, or you can sit while we talk. Thank you. Go ahead.

[6664] Bowen Zhang: I guess what's asking for tonight is the urgency to approve a contract so they can continue using the facility, right?

[6672] SPEAKER_30: Right. However, if we approve, I just If we approve as is, it means these fees stay. So we either approve as is, or we approve with an amendment to discuss the fees.

[6690] Ray Rodriguez: So what will happen if we ask to bring it back? Yeah, it shows here that we could actually wait till the 15th, right?

[6699] SPEAKER_18: Currently, they're under the existing contract. So if you want to just table it and I'll bring it back to the next meeting and give me a chance. Is that okay? Because they're currently under existing contract with us.

[6713] SPEAKER_30: When is the contract then?

[6719] SPEAKER_33: Actually it had expired and so the agreement was we would just stay within the existing contract as is and then what happened our fees increased July 1st so that affected so we we kept bringing this so there we're still under contract but the contract they've been under for the last few years is still what's in place.

[6738] Ray Rodriguez: OK. So to me, two weeks is not a problem.

[6743] SPEAKER_30: I have a question. Go ahead. I have a question. And sorry to bring you back up. Do you have?

[6753] Ray Rodriguez: Actually, she's not staffed. But is that OK? I think we need to have.

[6759] SPEAKER_30: Equality and some kind of a stability to what we're going to do with with our it's not about somebody. Just before we move whether to do with an amendment or as is, what would be your suggested pay schedule?

[6798] SPEAKER_39: I think even if we could cut it in half for this first year to at least get us time to get our feet under and do some fundraising on our own, that that would be extremely helpful.

[6808] SPEAKER_30: Okay.

[6808] Ray Rodriguez: Because... That's a heavy increase.

[6812] SPEAKER_30: It was... It is. I just want to make sure that well my comment is related more towards we set a fee schedule for a reason you know and I don't want to stray away from it too much so that's why my question was what kind of fee schedule would you be interested in because ultimately at the end of the day I think as a board we did agree to the schedule so we should stick to it I do understand that there is the possibility of some leeway and I do understand you guys the situation like you said get the fee get your fee moving and get some fundraising so okay but we'd still have

[6848] Ray Rodriguez: I'm sorry, go ahead.

[6849] SPEAKER_30: So I would possibly be okay with a set time frame. If you say give us X amount of time, reasonable X amount of time, like you said, to fundraise. But ultimately, I think the goal has to be to meet the fees.

[6872] SPEAKER_39: Right, which is why I was asking for the first year, if we could take the increase and just whatever it was above the last contract, cut that increase in half for this first year, and then jump to the full schedule the following year.

[6886] SPEAKER_18: If I may offer a solution, because I don't want to keep, or I don't want to negotiate in public. I would suggest, let me pull the item, I'll meet with these folks, and we'll come back at the next meeting. That just keeps it cleaner, and then we can meet soon and discuss, and then we don't do it here in the public forum.

[6904] Ray Rodriguez: OK. And Debbie, you and I go back, you know, 25 years, but the thing is that the board did approve a fee schedule and and we have other Organizations, you know, whether the Little League, you know new softball and everything.

[6917] SPEAKER_39: So The one thing I would like to say though if you remember the last time I spoke is that theater is in fairly poor condition There's a lot of work that needs to be done to it to truly bring it up to the point where I think you can get $50 an hour out on the general market. I don't think that theater is there right now personally

[6937] Ray Rodriguez: Okay. And maybe at some point we can bring that.

[6940] SPEAKER_30: I had a question in regards to the platform, the tap platform that you, sorry. Is it separate or is it has to be added onto or remodeled?

[6953] SPEAKER_39: It sits on top of. Okay. It's like a puzzle piece that you put together to cover. Yeah. Okay. And stage one's covering the cost for that. Okay.

[6961] Ray Rodriguez: So if you can meet with the superintendent and see if we can come up with something. I'd love to see like a loyalty discount or something. Not that we don't do it now, but, you know, longevity, something like that. So, but we already approved the fee schedule, and that's something we could have, I mean, we could bring it back and discuss other ways that we can, you know, for people that have been with us a long time.

[6987] SPEAKER_39: Yeah, and I think stage one is slightly different over the fee schedule, too, because we do have an annual contract. that we work with. So maybe there's an annual contract discount that would change the fee schedule. Maybe we can work on something like that.

[7001] SPEAKER_30: OK. And I just to, I hear member Rodriguez's suggestion, and my suggestion, superintendent, would be that we try to stick to the fee schedule as possible. But if they need some, a couple extra time to fundraising, to do some fundraising, but ultimately try to follow the fee schedule that the board agreed upon.

[7025] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, and the problem you have with that is your contract's up, right?

[7029] SPEAKER_30: Yeah, but it sounds like the district is willing to continue our existing... It's almost as a month-to-month basis, so the contract expired, but they're still going to be using the previous contract.

[7037] Ray Rodriguez: Right, but technically, if the fee schedule was approved on July the 1st, then... If I may... Yeah.

[7045] SPEAKER_18: I'd like to pull this item at this time.

[7046] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, go ahead, pull it. Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you, Devin. Excellent move, Superintendent. Okay. 10.28, monthly business transaction report. Staff recommends the board approve the fiscal reports as presented. Okay. Need a motion and a second. I move to approve. Member John moves. I second. Please vote. All right. Good. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. Consent agenda. That's what you were talking about earlier, Member John. First is 11.1, which is the personnel report. Okay. So, I need a motion and a second on 11.1, please. I move to approve the personnel report. Okay, member John moves.

[7123] SPEAKER_30: I'll second it.

[7123] Ray Rodriguez: Senator Gutierrez seconds.

[7125] SPEAKER_30: Just a point of order, that student does not vote.

[7127] Ray Rodriguez: Right, right, exactly, thank you. Okay, motion passes five ayes, I mean three ayes, unanimously. Okay, 11.2.

[7150] SPEAKER_28: Yes, President Rodriguez and board members, staff recommends to approve Olivia Rangel as the interim principal of Newark Memorial High School for the 2019-2020 school year.

[7163] Ray Rodriguez: I move that we vote. Member Gutierrez moves. I second. It's a motion on 11.2. I second it. Member Johns seconds. Again, this is personnel. Motion passes, three ayes. Superintendent, would you do the honors?

[7189] SPEAKER_18: Olivia, would you mind stepping forward to the podium? I know you've been waiting a long time tonight. Ms.

[7196] Ray Rodriguez: Rangel, welcome to Newark Memorial High School.

[7199] Vicenta Ditto: Thank you. Welcome back.

[7201] Ray Rodriguez: Welcome back, that's true. You went there.

[7203] Vicenta Ditto: I prepared a little something, if you don't mind.

[7208] Ray Rodriguez: you have to keep it to 5 minutes I'm kidding.

[7215] Vicenta Ditto: Good evening to the Board of Education, Superintendent Sanchez and Cabinet. In 2011 I began looking for a district to work for and as a special education teacher you can only imagine that neighboring districts were out to get me. But I actually chose to interview with Newark because the special ed director at the time was a woman I highly admired. When I interviewed with her, I asked her, oh, I'm getting emotional, I'm sorry. I asked her if this was a place I could grow as a leader. And her response was, this is a tight-knit community where you will learn, lead, and grow professionally. And that is why I chose Newark Unified, and that's why I'm here today. and I have not wavered on that decision. I spent six years working with the students, staff, and families of Newark Memorial High School, so the Cougar pride runs deep. While I did take a short hiatus from Newark Memorial High School, I happily continue to support the families here at the DO. Again, I thank you for the opportunity to return to a place that I considered home for six years, and I promise to be the leader that the staff, students, and families of Newark Memorial deserve.

[7291] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Don't go away. I'd like to share something. The fact that you're interim, I don't want you to feel that that means lack of faith on our part. We have complete faith in you. The high school is like a little city. And we don't just, you know, we have a complete faith that you as the new mayor of Newark Memorial High School will do an excellent job. I saw you at the Special Olympics, and well, I've seen you at the different ones, and how you interact with kids and staff, and I mean, you're great. And this is gonna be challenging, and Superintendent and I have talked about making sure that you have all the help you need in order to be successful. We don't wanna just leave you out there on an island, okay? So there's stuff in place already, and we've already talked with HR on giving you all the tools you need so that you do a great job there, which I have no doubt that you will. And your special ed experience, you know, will serve you well, in my opinion, no matter where you go, but especially at the high school. OK?

[7359] SPEAKER_30: I just want to say thank you, and I'm looking forward to working with you. And just like you said, Newark is a tight-knit community, and so are we here at the district. And there won't be any way that we will let you out there on the line then. So we'll be all working together.

[7375] Vicenta Ditto: you. Thank you very much for your support. Student board member.

[7378] SPEAKER_02: Congratulations on your appointment. That's all I can you know I hope that as we move into this new school year that you yourself and myself and the students can all we can all work together to have a good school year. You know the interim doesn't mean anything you're our and I hope that we can have a good school year

[7403] Vicenta Ditto: Absolutely, the students are the reason why we're all here, so I look forward to working with you.

[7408] Ray Rodriguez: You can name your mentor if you want. You didn't have to hide her name.

[7412] Vicenta Ditto: Oh, Anjanette Pelletier.

[7414] Ray Rodriguez: Yeah, OK. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. She was great. She is great.

[7418] SPEAKER_30: Thank you. I think we probably need a minute before we.

[7427] Ray Rodriguez: OK, let's take a minute, a couple of minutes. Bowen, take a break. Okay, so we're going to move to consent agenda. And we have... How many? Consent.

[7446] SPEAKER_30: 1 through 11.

[7448] Ray Rodriguez: 12.1 through 11. Okay, so with the member Gutierrez or do you have any items or Cesar or any community member that would like to pull?

[7457] SPEAKER_30: None for me.

[7457] Ray Rodriguez: Okay, none for me either.

[7459] SPEAKER_02: I would like to make a comment on Let me see here.

[7463] Ray Rodriguez: Will you pull it then?

[7464] SPEAKER_02: We'll, yeah, pull it.

[7465] Ray Rodriguez: Just say the number. 12.4. Okay. Okay, so we'll pull 12.4. Member John, did you have anything you wanted to pull? No. Okay, so I need a vote for 12.1 through 12.3, 12.5 through 12.11. I move to approve 12.1 through 12.11 except 12.4. Okay, other way to say it, great.

[7481] Bowen Zhang: I'll second it. Please vote.

[7493] Ray Rodriguez: Oops. Start again. OK. OK. Excellent. Student board member?

[7507] SPEAKER_02: Yes. The reason I asked to pull 12.4, after reviewing the text of the minutes for the 19th of June meeting, I noticed that the votes recorded mentioned my name as student member, and that's it. My last name is given no reference, and I know in previous board meetings, yourself, President Rodriguez, you mentioned, for example, replacing student with Castillo up there, making sure my name is included in things. In this document, I see the exact opposite. My name's mentioned once. This was the case, or the surname was mentioned with the last board rep. It's not with me, so I don't know. what happened, but if we could get that corrected, I'd appreciate it.

[7551] Ray Rodriguez: What do you think, Superintendent?

[7552] SPEAKER_18: I'm going to address this as part of my final report. So I have some next steps for us.

[7558] Ray Rodriguez: OK. So we need a motion.

[7564] SPEAKER_30: I move that we vote on 12.4. I second.

[7566] Ray Rodriguez: I second. OK.

[7569] SPEAKER_30: Who seconds?

[7570] Ray Rodriguez: I did. Okay, 13.1 Expulsion Review E1819-02. I move that we vote on this. Member Gutierrez moves. I second. Second. Okay, hold on. Okay. Member John, can you vote again? Thank you. Okay, excellent. 13.2, Expulsion Review, E1819-09.

[7629] Bowen Zhang: I move to approve the recommendation.

[7634] Ray Rodriguez: I second. Please vote. Okay, excellent. 13.3, confirmation of expulsion from prior district and rehabilitation plan E1920-01. I move to confirm the expulsion. Okay. Go ahead. I'll second it. Okay, please vote. Okay, excellent. We got through that. Okay, Board of Education Committee Reports, Announcements, Requests, Debrief, and Discussion. Member Zhan, anything?

[7689] Bowen Zhang: Well, welcome back. My only request is, as we're developing metrics and goals for the superintendent for his contract extension, we want to get a baseline of our current dashboard scores. I know that's not available to the public, but I hope the board can get scores from the year 2018 to 2019.

[7710] SPEAKER_30: I would just like, for the sake of our meetings, that we can keep some kind of equality when it comes to the speakers. I know this is a topic that I bring up every time, but if we are going to show the public that we are going to treat everyone fairly, we need to continue to abide by the three-minute rule, and we need to continue to treat every speaker in the same manner. And if everyone's only going to get three minutes, then that means everyone's only going to get three minutes. That's it. Thank you. Anything else?

[7759] Ray Rodriguez: Just piggybacking, I mean piggyback on Mary Gutierrez. I think if we do the 20 seconds, what's a problem with me is interrupting somebody when they're talking. And we're, we've always, all the years I've been here we've been courteous and it applies to everyone naturally. But if we have to, if we let them know at 20 seconds, then that gives them time to, you know, to finish. And then if we get to the three minutes, then we have a right to, and you did that already, and to let them know that three minutes are up, okay? And so I'm okay if we kind of control that better, and I know you help me all the time, and I appreciate it. As far as we have the opening of school on the 15th, which is prior to the, because we have a meeting that evening. So if we can get normally what we get every year on, you know, what's going on at each school. And I was hoping that as board members we could visit the schools and let the superintendent know if we're going to visit a school. And I appreciated both of you being at the, at the administrator's get-together that we had today. And I think it's important that we show staff that we, you know, that we support them, especially with the new ones that have come in. And I think from the three of us here, superintendent and staff, we're, we know it's been a tough summer and we've asked you when it comes to hiring to wait to the end and, you know, presentation said right you and you hire what you need and then and then you you you bring back other you know so we don't you know overstep our budget or gone beyond beyond the budget so well I appreciate all that and so if we can get that and as far as you know the opening of school the big events right the big events

[7899] SPEAKER_18: I wouldn't mind.

[7900] Ray Rodriguez: I'll address it when I remember. Then I had wanted something from you, but maybe I'll catch it before. I mentioned it earlier. What was it I mentioned earlier in the meeting? Go ahead. Make your report and I'll try to remember. It might come back to you.

[7918] SPEAKER_18: Right. Thank you. Just a few items. First of all, the first day of school is August 15th. I definitely would encourage every board member to be out with the central office team. Just let me know what school you want to visit. Usually we stop by and just say thank you. We plan to visit each school. We're going to split them up and be out and about. I would say just if there's a school that you want to visit or a couple, just let me know. I might be able to go with you or certainly let them know that you're coming. I'd like for board members to be people to be aware that they're there. So just let us know. It's a great positive thing to start the year and just I think it would be very powerful for all of us to be out and present in schools together and showing that sense of team. Relative to the kind of the voting and just some of the mechanical parts of it, I do want us to really try to move towards the next phase of BoardDocs, which includes voting in BoardDocs. I think it helps keep a cleaner record. I think there's a way to track all the actions cleaner. I have some ideas on upgrading the timer so the person speaking has it right in front of them. So we're going to retool that. I just won't. That's something that I know Char and I have discussed, and we want to bring it forward.

[7996] SPEAKER_30: If I can ask you on that, what's holding us back from doing that now?

[8000] SPEAKER_18: We just were waiting. We wanted to at least have a year of trying it. Now we've done that. But now I think we're ready for the next phase, which actually captures it all in Board Docs. Your votes, everything's there right away. It makes it easier for Char to keep notes and to keep the record clean. But we'll definitely take your ideas in consideration as well, Cesar. That's easy. So that's coming. We're working on that. Next item is... I think that the next item is just a reminder to the board that I would like everyone to be present if they're able on the 13th at 3.30. to have our back to school rally. We haven't done one in a couple of years and we have kind of a really fun program that day, which is largely around four themes. One is equity, one is working as a team, one is being kind to one another, and the last one is really everyone playing their position well and that's what good teams do. So it's going to be kind of a positive thing. It's a short program that we'll release in the community barbecue, which will be exciting. And I think the last thing I would mention, actually Mr. Medina had mentioned the bond but I also will bring back the recommendations of the the Revenue Enhancement Committee because it was also parcel tax. So I think I know you probably didn't say that but I think that's something I know you and I discussed that you support as well. So we'll be exploring that and I've asked actually Mr. Schimel to help us explore what would be the next step relative to political advisor financial advisor, and let's get that agendized so we can start moving on those things. I'm really glad that we're moving towards solar. I know I've been trying to do that, too, and it just kind of keeps slipping away, but I'm really, I think it's a unique opportunity, and I really do appreciate Barry's experience with that, and I think him being here has been very helpful, so I'm gonna get my day's work out of him, so, because I know he's gonna bill us, so I'll get my day's work out of him, That concludes my report. Thank you all.

[8134] Ray Rodriguez: I remembered real quick. One of the things was we were talking about Kidango and looking at other sites and that's a revenue where we can raise revenue there. And then the board budget for board training. It doesn't have to be at CSBA. It could be what's locally available to new board members. whether it's Burlingame or in case they want to go to, and also to student board members.

[8161] SPEAKER_18: Okay. I'll look in the budget. Okay. Thank you.

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