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[12] Elisa Martinez: I'd like to ask everyone to stand for the pledge, please. Is there somebody from our snow spotlight class that would like to lead us in the pledge?

[25] Joy Lee: I pledge allegiance to the flag

[40] SPEAKER_27: of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[58] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. With that, I will report out on actions taken during closed session. In the first item, Actually, let me go in order here. This is 4.3, right? And then the other one was, okay, I'll just go in order. So we did take action in regarding item 4.3. Regarding anticipated litigation, in closed session the board considered the claim of Julie Radcliffe and Deborah Romero on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated and decided to return late claims and reject timely claims by a vote of five ayes. The motion was made by member Gutierrez with a second by member Nguyen. Nguyen, sorry about that. The next item was around existing litigation. We took action on case 201-911-0803 and OH case 201-909-1071. Two cases, one student. The motion was to approve the staff recommendation. The motion was made by member Rodriguez, seconded by member Gutierrez, and the motion was approved five ayes. And with that, we move to item seven, recognitions and celebrations.

[161] SPEAKER_17: Yes, good evening President and members of our board and community. I'm going to ask Ms. Tomasini, principal at Snow Elementary, to please come forward. And I know she's got many students and teachers and community members here this evening to support her. And we'll recognize them as we go throughout. But please share with us all the wonderful things happening at Snow Elementary. Thank you. Thank you.

[188] SPEAKER_16: Good evening, board president, board members, superintendent Salinas, and cabinet members. I'm Jessica Tomasini, the principal of Snow, AJ Snow Elementary. It is an honor and privilege to represent our teachers, staff, students, and families this evening. So thank you for this opportunity. So at H.A. Snow Elementary School, we prepare our students for a successful life by providing a world-class education that supports all children with a thought-provoking, academically rigorous education within a safe, compassionate, and tolerant school. This is our school at a glance, the classes that we have. So this year we do have a number of combination classes, as you can see. We have one kindergarten class, a kindergarten and first grade combination, one first grade class, one first and second grade class combination, a second grade class, two third grade classrooms. We have two SDC classes, one is a second through fourth grade, one is a third through sixth, and then one fourth, a 4th and 5th grade combo, 1 5th and 2 6th grade classes. And this is our playground. After a recent stormy morning, one of our teachers, Ms. Baylon, took a fabulous picture of our playground with a rainbow going over it. So thank you. Shout out to Mrs. Baylon. So at Snow, we have a number of great programs going on to support our students. Some things going on this year, our kindergarten and first grade teachers as a Title I school are a part of the SEAL training that's happening at all Title I schools this year. The Sobrato Early Academic Language Model is a model that supports English learners. Next year, our second and third grade teachers will be a part of that training as well. This year, we had an opportunity as a grant that Mr. Neal from the junior high found out about, that AVID had a grant happening and we were able to take part in some training this year for our upper grade teachers. So because our primary teachers will have the SEAL training, I wanted to find something for our upper grade teachers. And so we attended a training in October for The AVID program, Advancement Via Individual Determination. At the elementary level, AVID has a focus on organization and note-taking. So our fourth through sixth grade teachers have really taken that and run with it. They're working on Cornell notes with their students, two- and three-column note-taking, as well as the organization piece. We have, to support our students behaviorally, the Positive Behavioral Intervention Support Program, PBIS. We have one clinician from EVAC, the East Bay Agency for Children, on site to support students who have Medi-Cal and a need for that service. We have a maker space that's been a work in progress but is now up and running. We participate in PLCs, professional learning communities. We currently have an Ohlone chemistry program going on as an after school program. We have an intervention teacher who supports students during the daytime, as well as some teachers who provide after school intervention. Some of our student clubs include a clean team, a green team, and an art club. And we have a number of outdoor education opportunities. So we have a school garden that has been at our site for a number of years. Our kindergarten classrooms last year added gardening beds. to their playground. And so that's something that they'll be getting up and running for the springtime. They had it going last year. And our science resource teacher has an area at the back of our school with native plants that she often takes students out to for observations and note-taking. Some fun things coming up is we have our variety show coming up soon. Auditions for that are happening next week. And we're in the process of starting a ballet folklorico group. And so invitations for students. to participate in that will be going out next week. And we're really excited about that program. And one of our high school students will be supporting our parents and teachers that will be leading that program. Our data at SNOW, starting with the most current data, does show a decline. However, we're hopeful and confident that with the programs that we have in place this year, that that trend will change for next year's data. We work closely with our SEAL coaches. So we have Michaela Ashmore as our support for SEAL. She's one of the teachers on special assignment for that program, as well as Kim Nickerson who are both housed at Snow. And so Michaela supports our teachers and Kim is also around when we have questions for both of them. In order to also change this trend for math, we work closely with teacher on special assignment for math, Melissa Moore. And she has led our staff in PD this year. And she also is working closely with a number of our teachers in the classroom, supporting with different lessons, observing and giving feedback. So that's a great opportunity that we're happy to have. With PBIS, we have a number of opportunities for students to be rewarded for their positive behavior. There are signs up around campus reminding students of our three main school rules, being safe, respectful, and responsible, as well as specific examples of how that looks in different areas of the school. So in regards to technology, in the cafeteria, library, classroom, that way they understand what's expected of them. they have a chance to earn Blizzard Bear Pride Awards. So the white copy is something that individual students can earn and then keep. Every other week, we have a PBIS store. So we have a number of different prizes worth different amounts of Blizzard Bear Awards that they can shop for. So our kindergartners get to shop in their classrooms. First and second graders actually go to our makerspace room where our prizes are held. And we have parent volunteers who help out regularly for that. third through sixth grade students fill out their orders on menus and then the parents go around and deliver that to them. The golden blizzard bear is for classes who are caught showing positive behavior. So another teacher can reward that to, or any staff member can reward that to a class who's showing exceptional behavior, being safe, respectful, and responsible. And they have a chance to earn extra bonus recess time every month for that. These are some recent events that we had at SNOW. So we recently held a spelling bee where our winner was Joseph Gomez, a fifth grader. And he'll be going on to the county spelling bee in March, so we're excited about that. And then we recently had Kaiser come and do their peace signs assembly. And they worked with our third through sixth grade classrooms. Following the assembly, the next day they came back and supported with workshops in the classrooms to give students opportunities to debrief about the assembly they held. Talked about a number of issues surrounding student, how students can deal with each other and deal with issues that come up on the playground or in the classroom. How they can deal with difficult situations that might be happening at home. And so there were a lot of great conversations around that. At Snow we like to have fun. We had a read-a-thon earlier in the year, and the reward for students who raised $100 or more was that they got to turn me into an ice cream sundae. So these are some of our students who were putting whipped cream and chocolate syrup and strawberry syrup on me. And all the classes were invited to come out and watch, so that was a fun event. We also had a Steam Arcade Assembly this year. This was new to our school. It was a very popular assembly that we plan to bring back next year. And it was an opportunity for students to play different games. But before they got to play, there was a presentation about careers in gaming. They talked about the importance of patterns and how those games are created. So it was a very valuable learning experience that everybody enjoyed. And our staff is hoping next year they get a chance to play the games. So I'm joined that day. Our maker space, as I said, has been a work in progress, but is now up and running and organized. We're fortunate to have the Optimist Club, which is a local organization, Mr. Rodriguez is a part of. And a number of retired teachers and Newark community members are a part of this organization. We're in the second year of them adopting us and so Judy Takubo is one of the volunteers at our school who's with the Optimist Club and she's had an opportunity to collect a lot of donations that she's donated for our school maker space. The maker space is a place where classes can come either individually or with their buddy classrooms to do different STEAM activities. It's also a resource for teachers to be able to pull some of the supplies from that room if they're doing activities in their classroom. And we have an amazing staff. We're lucky to have A number of very energetic teachers and employees at our school. I appreciate those staff members who are here tonight. And I also want to acknowledge the families that came out tonight and thank them for coming.

[817] Ray Rodriguez: I know the learning curve when we asked you to become the principal at Snow Elementary from being a teacher and all the other things you've done. And I appreciate the way you got the staff together. And it's very supportive. And it's definitely a fun place to be. And it's obvious that the school is moving in the right direction. And it's really appreciated. And member Jean is also a member of Optimist. And we're happy to support. I think it's second year or third year.

[849] SPEAKER_16: I think we're in the second of three years.

[851] Ray Rodriguez: Right. Anyway, thank you. Excellent person. Oh, and in the back, all your excellent artwork back there.

[856] SPEAKER_16: Thank you, yes. Our students have been working hard.

[864] SPEAKER_31: I just wanted to say thank you for participating and being a Sunday. I think it's great that we have that kind of interactive activities in our schools. And I know the students love it. So thank you. And I also wanted to say, just looking at the pictures, how great it is that we have so much alumni come back to Newark. And looking at the pictures down there in the corner, I recognize some of the Newark alumni. So this is great.

[890] Elisa Martinez: No, thank you on behalf of all of us. Just looking at everyone's smiles, not only in the pictures, but here, you could really tell that it's an amazing culture. And thank you for everything that you and your staff do for our kids. Thank you so much.

[904] Ray Rodriguez: I don't know what you do, but my grandkids have never been this well-behaved.

[907] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.

[925] Ray Rodriguez: Oh, can you ask her to introduce her staff or have them?

[930] Elisa Martinez: Sorry, yes. Can you please tell us who's here from your team? I'm sorry about that. I should have asked.

[938] SPEAKER_16: Let's see. So we have our fourth grade teacher, Maggie Baylon. Our first grade teacher, Brandi Wett. Our kindergarten teacher, Brianna Pinamacchi. We have a number of our PTA parents here today. And as well as a number of other parents who are also often very involved in our school. All the parents stand up from snow. Thank you. Our ELAC parents are here as well.

[980] Guadalupe Lopez: Thank you. Thank you so much.

[982] Ray Rodriguez: And one of your teachers went to Snow Elementary, and now she's teaching there.

[985] SPEAKER_16: Yes, Brianna Pinamacchi went there since kindergarten. She's teaching in the room she went to kindergarten in. Two, two of them. Oh, OK.

[991] Vicenta Ditto: Oh, that's right, Maggie.

[992] SPEAKER_22: Two, that's right. Yes. That's right. Thank you.

[998] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you so much. And with that, we move to item 8, public comment on non-agenda items. Mr. Paul Bretz. And you may just want to give it a minute so they can have a chance to step out.

[1033] Nancy Thomas: Thank you.

[1041] Elisa Martinez: Okay, whenever you're ready.

[1043] SPEAKER_05: Thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak to you today about ethical practices. In October, you met a colleague and good friend, Tim Mulholland. He was a dynamic speaker that spoke to you in both Spanish and English. His message to you presented the differences between hearing and listening. Later, after he and I had the opportunity to discuss the evening, he asked me why I keep putting my head into the blender. I assume most people, including yourselves, are asking the same question, especially now. I'm hopeful by the end of the evening that I'll be able to share my answer. On November 14th, shortly after the board convened to close sessions to discuss extending the contract of Superintendent Sanchez, Mr. Sanchez, Ms. Saavedra, and the board were served notice that you were being sued. A week later, the board reported to the community that Mr. Sanchez submitted his letter of resignation and you accepted it. It was the first time since my decision to expose the district's actions that I finally felt that the board listened to what was really going on with the district's operations. As I watched the live YouTube feed, I was intrigued by both the board's courage to act and the audience's reaction to the announcement and their appreciation of your actions. Unfortunately, concerns remain for students, teachers, and the community. Your indecisiveness about making needed changes has to be brought to light once again. How does the board continue to support Ms. Jessica Saavedra as Director of Human Resources, given that she has lost all credibility of the Newark community? She presented the argument for my removal as principal by using more than 30 negative adjectives to describe the lack of morality, character, and leadership. My 10-page statement refuting the charges and no witness statements from anyone involved. The documentation that I provided the district and anyone else desiring to review includes statements from Ms. Saavedra falsely accusing me of being on school grounds the day after I appeared at the board meeting, two weeks after the district had dropped all charges against me. In September of that year, Ms. Saavedra made false statements to the California Teaching Commission Ethics Committee when she omitted names of witnesses and all witness statements despite being asked by the committee to provide them. The omissions and lack of evidence was all that was needed for the committee to drop their investigations and recommend no action be taken against my credential. What does it say about you, the board, when a person who has lost the community's credibility is allowed, should I say provided the responsibility to lead and negotiate the contracts of all the Newark community? I really hope that you listen to that. How can somebody who's lost the credibility be provided that opportunity? Thank you.

[1230] Carina Plancarte: Thank you.

[1234] Elisa Martinez: Next speaker, Ms. Cindy Parks.

[1247] Cindy Parks: Good evening. I'm once again at the board meeting after I placed it on January 22nd, a request for an item to be put on the agenda regarding the guest teachers. My understanding was at the last meeting that I would be able to see it on the agenda for this one, and it's not on here again. To bring to your remembrance, there was an item in the LCAP that was to increase the guest teachers to $180 per day, and what is now being paid is $165. And I'm requested that an item be put on the agenda so that I could bring this item forward. The other item that I would like to address is a Title III expenditure. On the 4th of this month and the 11th, I had a conversation on the 4th. And on the 11th, I followed it up with an email with concerns about $5,000 worth of Title III expenditures that are actually, I believe, are not correctly accounted to the right, going to the right account. And I have not received any response to that. The other issue that I brought to your attention the last time too was your dual immersion program. I have, there are so many things, the three minutes will not allot me the time to be able to express all of my concerns, but I think I can do it by visual. This is your, printed off of your website, this is your dual immersion. This is the plan from Fremont. This is the plan from New Haven. I think it speaks for itself. You don't have a plan. You don't even have teachers. According to your seniority list, which you're going to be approving later on today, Ms. Saavedra and Ms. Salinas are the only people in this district that are full time that have their B clad in Spanish. You have a program out there that you're selling to the community, that you're getting students to sign up for, that you don't even have the teachers to teach it. And that is just the beginning of the iceberg of all the things that I feel it's lacking. That's my concern. I'm going to just spend the last 45 seconds. because I didn't really have an opportunity during public comment on agenda or during the study session to talk about some of the LCAP stuff because I didn't know what you were doing. But you're taking huge chunks of LCAP money and now you're taking it, it was supposed to be paid out of general fund and you're shifting items to the LCAP. Do you need to go back and reapprove a plan? You're shifting money and you're shifting action items do you have to re-approve your plan? That would be my question. You have, you negotiated with your teachers. You know what, they have Me Too clauses. When you have the money, are you looking, your contract employees, some of them have Me Too, and it's kind of an issue that CSCA automatically gets it too, and so does NEWMA. So, you know, once you're doing this, are you looking all the way down the road? How are people impacting?

[1439] Elisa Martinez: Can you please wrap up your last statement?

[1440] Cindy Parks: And that's in the furlough days. That's, you've got items that you have to negotiate. that was nobody said anything.

[1447] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you Ms. Parks. Okay and with that actually would you like to comment I know specifically the Ms. Parks had brought up the issue around the her the guest teacher yes if you can comment on that.

[1470] SPEAKER_17: Yes, we did have a request from Ms. Parks as a member of the community to add something placed on the agenda, which is allowable. What we looked at is we had the intention of trying to place it as soon as we could, but as you saw from this earlier this afternoon, we had a lot of other pressing issues. So we are anticipating to bring it in March to the board to look at and we will take care of it as we can discuss it in agenda setting. So I wanted to be sure that the board and the community and Ms. Parks is aware that it is coming. We just, with our negotiations and the work that we had to do, we had to prioritize that. And then I'm happy to comment on the others or... Yes, please. Okay. So, yes, so we had a request to the business department about a question about the Title III funding. And as we looked at the Title III funding, there is some professional development that was charged to there. We are still in the process of trying to look at one specific conference. While the umbrella of the conference is California Association of Bilingual Education, within that is English language development, which is an allowable expense. We are now looking more into the start of a dual immersion and whether or not that was allowable expense. So I'm happy to respond to Ms. Parks in writing and also share that with the board to really kind of outline our next steps. And then in terms of some of our work with our dual language immersion, I'm glad that we've had a lot of community outreach and a lot of information sessions. We have a guiding document that is the English learner master plan the board just approved adoption of and updating. Within that is the work that we do with our teachers and in collaboration. It would be very easy for us as an administrator to impose that work onto our teachers, but what we're doing instead is actually working with them to have the written plan. It will come to the board as we do an update with an updated section of the EL master plan. And so those of you that know me and do not take more time, that is certainly my background as I've begun many programs in surrounding districts and supervised Russian and Mandarin and Cantonese and Spanish DLI programs But I'm happy to bring an update to the board and we can talk about that at agenda review as well.

[1609] Elisa Martinez: Thank you Towards the end of the meeting we could talk about upcoming Upcoming meetings and when to get that on on the docket. I think that'll be important. Thank you miscellaneous and with that we move to superintendent report

[1629] SPEAKER_17: So as this is coming forward, I want to mention something that's not on the slide. And that is a cordial invitation to our community and certainly to our board that tomorrow at Newark Memorial High School, we have our Special Olympics. And so the Special Olympics will start at 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. And having seen it last year, I think this is one of the events that if you want to have a good weekend, go attend Special Olympics tomorrow because I really you see the Newark Memorial High School students and the staff really support this work and as we are the hosting school for our SELPA, we get to see James Logan High School students and we could see all the Fremont High School students that participate. So, it's a great event. So, tomorrow at starting at nine. Um so, I wanna first start with our city partnerships and it's a huge thank you to the city of Newark. Um this evening, we have the the second year of our of our safety plans. And this is a new requirement that came into play last year. Our principals working with the school site teams and with our Newark Police Department have really beefed up a great plan for safety. And I know as one of the standing topics that we will explore at city liaison meeting, we know that it's something that we need to get really more on track with. And in fact, we've had community members ask about earthquake supplies. And to date, we've really relied on parents and community. But really, that is something that we're hoping to bring back to the city liaison meeting to how to expand the preparation in case of an earthquake. But here's a couple of photos of our Sergeant Sandoval and our Lieutenant Macias. science. So Family Science Night, a huge shout out to our teachers, our SRTs, Ms. Rebasura, and our principals. We have a great collaboration with East Bay Regional Parks, with the Water District, and with with the Fish and Wildlife Service, where Family Science Nights. And I'm actually, and Mr. Castillo, so I know the Rocketry Club is attending and actually hosting a station out of all of our Family Science Nights. So please be on the lookout for that. It's coming to your school soon. And we've had, I think, Kennedy's next, or did we already have it?

[1769] SPEAKER_04: Graham was last Wednesday, I think. I think Kennedy's this Thursday.

[1776] SPEAKER_17: OK, great, great. And just check your local school's calendar for that. Next, I want to highlight, if you were watching or participating in our earlier discussion where we talk about STEAM and we spoke about a broad course curriculum, what our schools have done is with funding through the LCAP, we have looked at how we've had an increase in field trips and access to art. Although we know that reading and writing is important, we also know that the visual and performing arts is really an avenue for a lot of our students to access curriculum and really build their exposure to it. So I wanted to highlight a couple of pictures of that, and there's another picture of our partnerships. College and career readiness, we recently hosted the eighth grade parent information night at the high school, but I also want to highlight the other piece of it, and that's the college and career. When we look at colleges, the high school has hosted and our career center have hosted financial aid workshops and how to apply for college. But the other piece we don't hear a lot about is career pathways. And so at our Bridgepoint campus, we actually have the local 342 to do a presentation to our students as we look at careers that are out there for our students because as we know, We want our kids to graduate with choice. And we want them to be able to make that decision as they leave our school district. Fund education now. Thank you to NTA. Thank you to CSCA. Thank you to NEWMA and our board. As you know, the past board meeting, we had a resolution about the funding that we have in the state of California and how we're not the top. We want the top for our kids. But it takes work like this. So we were at the farmer's market at one of the windiest days of the year. Right, Ms. Tomasini? It was freezing. But I will say that it makes a big difference when you have teachers gathering signatures. And so thank you to our teachers and our classified staff and all the folks that attended as we try to work to fulfill this resolution, right? And finally, a special shout out to Ohlone College. They are continuing with their work of Ohlone Promise. And this is a great opportunity, again, for choices for our kids, where we look at this two-year full-ride scholarship. Applications are open. We are going to post it on our website. If we haven't already, it might already. Nope, almost. OK, we will post it on our website. We have pushed this out to all of our counselors and our secondary principals, because we need to get the word out. that our students have an opportunity here that they can't miss. OK, and that's it. So thank you very much. And then we'll send it over back to you. Thank you.

[1946] Elisa Martinez: Thank you.

[1946] SPEAKER_04: We talked two weeks ago about briefly I'd like to introduce our new Art and Media Life Institute board member.

[1966] SPEAKER_41: Good evening, everyone. My name is Wahab Salimi, a sophomore at Newark Memorial High School. I've been elected as next year's student board member. A little bit about me, I've been involved in leadership since elementary school. For the past two years, I've been the class of 2022 president, which has allowed me to take part in many school events such as skit, fundraising, planning rallies, spirit weeks, among other things. Being in leadership has allowed me to learn about student government and the different roles and their responsibilities. specifically what gravitated me towards this position is the opportunity to bring an alternative perspective to the table. I'm aware of what it's like to be an everyday student at Newark Memorial. In the past, I have met with student board members and the previous superintendent to speak about the different needs of students. I have lived in Newark all my life, so I know the different strengths and weaknesses of my community. With this role, I hope to highlight and strengthen diversity of our school district. I want to better connect the student body with the administration. I believe that it's important the community is aware of the different events that occur at the Newark School District. I think it's important that with this role I can do my best to appreciate our teachers and staff members. I look forward to being a voice to the students and emphasizing the desires of my peers. Thank you for your time and I look forward to the next school year. Thank you.

[2051] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you so much and welcome. Welcome to we look forward to having having you join us up here at the dais. It's a commitment. And thank you for putting yourself out there. And and specifically I like what you talked about which is you know you really want to bring that perspective. We know we need to do a better job at listening more frequently. So we really thank you for for joining this effort. Thank you so much. Okay, with that we move to employee organizations. NTA? Anybody? CSCA?

[2114] SPEAKER_07: Good evening, board. My name is Sue Eustis, and I'm president of California School Employees Association, Newark Local 208. As you can see, I'm wearing a relatively new shirt, and it indicates we want people to know who we are because we almost are invisible most of the time doing our jobs. So we're CSCA, and what we're displaying with our shirt is we are part of the puzzle. And that's going to take us, along with all the other people that work in the district, working together to solve the problems that Newark has. And you can see in the background, I'm very proud that I have Newark Unified School District on the back as well. So all of our employees have been given a shirt this year. We gave it to them early. for CSCAW week, which is recognizing classified employees. So I wanted you to see this because we do important work. And we don't always, I don't think that a lot of the community knows what we do and how intricate part that we are of Newark Unified School District. So you'll be seeing a lot of these blue shirts. We're wearing them on Thursday, on days of negotiations. And so you'll be seeing these shirts. They're going to be eventually pretty worn, because we're going to be wearing them a lot. I believe that the last two weeks ago, I indicated that we would, our executive board is receiving training from CSCA on February 29th, and we will be going to headquarters for that training. And then on March 16th, we're having our chapter meeting, but we're going to have an ice cream social before because not a lot of times do we get together and just absolutely just enjoy each other and talk. So we're going to be doing that. The other thing I just wanted to mention on page 11 of the workshop paper, it indicates that new job descriptions to the board for approval. I didn't take it as if it was classified. job descriptions you were talking about. I took it as NEWMA and management positions that you're going to reorganize. But if you're talking about us, you must come to us for negotiations before you can bring it to the board. So I just wanted to remind you of that. I think you probably already knew. So thank you.

[2259] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Ms. Eustis. Is anybody here from NEWMA? Seeing none, we move to new business. No speaker cards. So the first item is a proposed action to approve the contract with McPherson and Jacobson, which is the firm that would be assisting the board in the superintendent search. Can I get a motion and a second, please? I'll make the motion. Member Gutierrez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. And student board member Castillo.

[2310] SPEAKER_04: I vote no on this item.

[2312] Elisa Martinez: So sorry, I was just going to open for discussion at first. Yeah, sorry.

[2317] Ray Rodriguez: I had a chance to see all of you on TV at the last board meeting. And I just wanted to, to say that thank you for the whole process, and having leadership and associates and McPherson. And I feel that either one of them would be fine. And I just think that this is a good choice, and I'll be voting yes on this.

[2350] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Student member Castillo, would you like to add to the discussion, or just going to wait to your vote?

[2361] SPEAKER_04: Frankly, I'm of the opinion that the acting superintendent that we have now is well qualified for the role. I believe that considering the district's financial obligations and our current status, it would be unwise to spend $20,000 on consulting for the superintendent search. We have somebody who's qualified to do the job for the time being, so Frankly, I don't see it reasonable. I think if we were in a better financial situation, then maybe it would be worth it. But for the time being, I don't see a point to it.

[2398] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Anybody else would like to comment or questions before we bring it to a vote? So with that, just to repeat the motion, Ms. Aquino.

[2415] SPEAKER_30: Motion to approve the contract by Member Gutierrez, seconded by Member Nguyen.

[2421] Elisa Martinez: So with that, Student Member Castillo, your vote is?

[2426] SPEAKER_04: I vote no on this item.

[2427] Elisa Martinez: Okay, thank you. I will open voting. Please vote. The vote passes with five ayes. Thank you. The next item is 11.2, Board Policy 4116, Certificated Personnel Probationary Permanent Status First Reading. The recommended action here is for the board to approve as presented or if there are any edits, if we would like to request to bring this back. Actually, so let me first ask for a motion and a second. I apologize. I'm still trying to get the rhythm here. So could I have a motion and a second before discussion on this item?

[2492] Nancy Thomas: I move.

[2495] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez moves.

[2496] Ray Rodriguez: I'll second for discussion.

[2498] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez seconds for discussion. Board Member Gutierrez.

[2507] SPEAKER_31: I just want to say in regards to this board policy that in regards to content, I don't have any changes. However, there are some grammatical edits that I would want to make. And if the rest of the board wanted to proceed without going to a second reading, then I can just submit some of these grammatical corrections to staff.

[2539] Elisa Martinez: My sense is that whatever we approve should be in its final form So I would like if there are some additional some edits, I would request that staff bring it back for a second reading Okay And then just for clarification.

[2554] SPEAKER_31: Do you want me to state those? Edits now or do you want is it do you still want me just to send them directly to staff?

[2563] SPEAKER_17: Yeah, so my recommendation is if it's truly grammatical like commas and periods then you can just send that to Ms. Saavedra. If there's content, I would say you share it for the good of the discussion.

[2575] SPEAKER_31: Completely grammatical. So we'll bring this back?

[2582] SPEAKER_17: So I would say we will bring this back for a second reading with the grammatical edits.

[2591] Elisa Martinez: We do not need to vote on this item. Thank you for clarifying.

[2595] Ray Rodriguez: We're going to table this item. You do need to withdraw the motion in a second, right?

[2598] Elisa Martinez: You do need to withdraw the motion. OK, so thank you for that clarification.

[2602] SPEAKER_31: So I withdraw my motion? I withdraw the second. Thank you.

[2609] Elisa Martinez: You will get this. You will train me. Next item is 11.3, also a board policy, 4216, classified personnel. Can I get a motion and a second for discussion?

[2624] Phuong Nguyen: I'll make the motion. I'll second.

[2627] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Comments? Ms. Gutierrez. Or Member Gutierrez.

[2638] SPEAKER_31: I would be comfortable with this for first reading and approving this if the rest of the board is OK as well.

[2645] Elisa Martinez: Any comments from anybody? OK. So, Ms. Aquino, can you please repeat the motion?

[2653] SPEAKER_30: Yes, motion by Member Rodriguez, seconded by Member Nguyen.

[2660] Elisa Martinez: Student, Member Castillo?

[2665] SPEAKER_04: I vote yes on this item.

[2666] Nancy Thomas: Thank you.

[2670] Elisa Martinez: Okay, please vote to approve. So the motion passes with five ayes. Item 11.4, classified layoffs. Here, the staff recommends the board approve Resolution 2057 to reduce a classified position.

[2708] SPEAKER_17: If there aren't any questions, we recommend approved as written. If there are questions, Ms. Saavedra is here to answer them.

[2716] Elisa Martinez: Can I get a motion and a second, please?

[2719] SPEAKER_31: I move. I'll second.

[2723] Elisa Martinez: Member Nguyen moves. Member Gutierrez seconds. Member Zhang.

[2735] Bowen Zhang: Just one last, is this person is working one hour and a half every day?

[2742] SPEAKER_22: No, this person does other types of work for the district as well. This particular position, the hour and a half, is due to lack of funds. He provided services for an extra program that we offer after school and due to changes, the program is no longer going to be run.

[2765] Bowen Zhang: Okay, so we're only eliminating that one hour and a half position. That's correct. So this person remains with the district.

[2772] SPEAKER_22: That's correct.

[2772] Elisa Martinez: It's a point. Any other comments or questions? If not, can you please repeat the motion on the table?

[2787] SPEAKER_30: Sure, motion to approve as written by member Nguyen, seconded by member Gutierrez.

[2796] Elisa Martinez: Cesar does not vote on personnel. Okay, so please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Next item is item 11.5 board policy 4218 dismissal suspension and disciplinary action first reading. Can I get a motion and a second for discussion? I move. Second. Member Gutierrez moves. Member Rodriguez seconds. Any questions or comments? Member Gutierrez.

[2844] SPEAKER_31: I would be comfortable voting on this on the first reading if the rest of the board is as well.

[2852] Elisa Martinez: I don't have any questions or comments anybody else on the board and with that we will can you please repeat the motion.

[2862] SPEAKER_30: Motion to approve as written by member Gutierrez seconded by member Rodriguez.

[2870] Elisa Martinez: Student member Castillo.

[2873] SPEAKER_04: I vote yes on this item.

[2875] Ray Rodriguez: Point of order, just for a second. When he votes, is it possible to put his vote on there, like it is ours, so we can show his vote?

[2889] SPEAKER_17: So with the educational, excuse me, with the new updates with the law, The student's trustee needs to vote first, because he represents the voice of the student population. And then that may weigh into your decision. So we could not display this. And I don't think there's a functionality to display it as well. So that's why he does a verbal or a hand. OK. Got it. Thank you.

[2917] Elisa Martinez: And if you recall, that was part of the training that we all received back in December. Okay, with that, let me open voting. Please vote. And with that, motion passes. Five ayes and student member Castillo voting aye as well. Okay, I got ahead of myself here, so I'm in 11.7, oh, sorry, six. I'm sorry. So item 11.6, Administrative Regulation 4218, Dismissal, Suspension, and Disciplinary Action. Can I get a motion and a second for discussion, please?

[2982] SPEAKER_07: I'll second.

[2984] Elisa Martinez: Member Nguyen moves. Member Gutierrez seconds. Member Gutierrez.

[2992] SPEAKER_31: Thank you. There's some language in here specifically on page 12 or 14 that I feel requires additional discussion with our staff in regards to our process. Specifically, I will say that I will point to Page 12, where it's on item number 3, where it says, any offense involving any unlawful sale, use, or exchange to minors of controlled substances as listed in the Health and Safety Code. However, when we look further down, it makes an exception for items related to marijuana, peyote, mescaline, and other cannabinoids. Before we make, I know that we as a board can get stricter on certain items, so before we vote on this, I would like to have a second reading so we can have more discussion on this. Whether we have it now or in the future, whatever the process, correct process is.

[3054] Elisa Martinez: Okay. So we will bring this back for a second reading. So can I, can you please withdraw the motion?

[3064] SPEAKER_31: I withdraw my second.

[3069] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Member Gutierrez and Member Nguyen. Okay, so moving to 11.7, we have the General Obligation Bond Measure G priority list projects. The recommended action is staff recommends the board approve the updated list of priorities, priority projects for Measure G, bond slash fund 21. So before we start discussion, can I get a motion and a second please? I'll make the motion. I'll second. Member Gutierrez moves. President Martinez seconds. and we do have a speaker card. Ms. Cindy Parks.

[3137] Cindy Parks: First of all, I think that it's commendable that you went to the principals and asked for their involvement. They are the boots on the ground. They are the ones who know their campuses the best. I think that that's very intuitive to actually ask their opinions. That being said, you have a school consolidation group that you're forming. So is it in the best interest to be approving items for elementary sites that you might be closing? And if based on what was said earlier tonight, you could have as many as three. Is it in the best interest of this district to be approving a plan that you have in front of you tonight that is elementary sites that need things taken care of? At the last meeting, you had somebody from CFS here talking about the ballot. and measure G. Just because there's ballot language, that does not mean that it is aligned 100% with the education code. The education code says that the purpose of this money is to be used for all these items. And one of the things that it says is, other than may be necessary for current maintenance, operation, or repairs. No can do. It also says that anything that you purchase, you can do certain items of equipment and things like that, but the apparatuses need to be of a permanent nature. And I'll give you a copy of that. So there are many repairs and maintenance items listed on your sheet. Newark Memorial High School repair, that's the word that's used, $200,000. Really? You just replaced a lot of the roofs. You have faucets and toilets that say that they need to be repaired. Paving of asphalt at the junior high, according to Banner's categorical program list in June of 17, it showed a half a million dollars for that. Landscape. Out of the Russian money, Birch Grove received new furniture, Chromebooks, and also in that list of district-wide purchases was also supposed to be $3.4 million for painting and curb appeal landscape. You already did the painting, but the curb appeal landscape hasn't been done. In the June of 17 report for Banner, it also shows that there was still $2 million allocated for that. Why isn't there any progress in that report or progress on that project? By the way, in that Banner report project list, let me just give you that. It spells a lot of the things out. There are generators that are listed which are also in your report, $300,000. Why hasn't that been done? It was listed all the way back in 17 saying that it would need a DSA approval. Nothing's been done. I'm not sure why items have already been approved or on your list. like the card readers and the hardware replacement and the panic doors at the junior high. I can say that I am very pleased to see that you have a project manager listed on there. And finally, I'm still waiting for the ATIS, part of the ATIS money to be reversed because it all can't come out at Measure D. Thank you.

[3327] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Ms. Parks.

[3336] SPEAKER_17: Yes, so this evening we're returning back to the board as per the direction. The board asked us to meet with all of our site leaders and to really look at the bond language with them. We convened a meeting with our principals, reviewed the bond language, and had them reaffirm or reprioritize at that meeting. And that's what we bring forward with you this evening. For Ms. Dela Cruz, we'll be here to answer any questions. and know that within your prerogative you're able to really look at this list, give us direction. It can be adapted or you can approve it as a whole. That really will be up to your discussion. I do want to share that one of the things that did come forward from the principals was in terms of some of these priorities, they certainly noted that as we work through the process of the consolidation committee, we know that that is not going to be a two-month process. It's a process that's going to start soon. So to have in the back of your mind, as they have as the leaders of the school, that in terms of some of these things, such as HVAC, we cannot wait a year if there are some rooms that truly need it. What the funding sources, I think we can certainly talk about here. So that would be one thing to frame the conversation. The other piece would be looking at the capacity of our schools. One of the things that we looked at, certainly, and Ms. Delacruz brought up in the earlier discussion, is that we have some rooms that are not necessarily classrooms, but we're using them for something else. Because we do that, right? We want to spread out and we want to make sure that we have more room for our work. So that might be something that we can charge, if you so approve, a project manager to really work closer with our principals. So I don't know if Ms.dela Cruz wants to add anything else to that before you start your discussion.

[3454] Marie dela Cruz: We made an effort to provide some cost estimates and kind of built it around a budget. So really what this is is an estimated budget of what these projects might cost. And knowing that the actual bids and that whole process still needs to be done, the actual cost will come back in terms of the contracts and the budgets will be revised accordingly. And we'll keep you posted on that. And again, if there are certain areas here that you feel needs to be modified, reprioritized, there's still room for that.

[3497] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Member Jung.

[3500] Bowen Zhang: So if we approve this list, when you are going to put bid order on individual project, would that come back to board as an individual item to vote on?

[3511] Marie dela Cruz: Yes. The contracts will come back to board.

[3514] Bowen Zhang: OK. And I just hope every time we vote on an individual project, this file can be attached as the background information on whatever the item we're going to be voting on.

[3525] Marie dela Cruz: Yes, we can certainly do that.

[3527] Bowen Zhang: So, speaking of the funding source on the second item, I mean the other projects, the 2.2 million, other than the bigger 7.8 million, that is what's left over in the Measure G. And for the 2.2 million, is there any plan to, what will be the funding source for that one?

[3548] Marie dela Cruz: At this point, we haven't determined the exact funding source. We do know that we have funds available in the Fund 40, which is the capital facilities reserves as well as developer fees and We're also looking at the possibility of getting another bond or parcel tax.

[3566] Bowen Zhang: So at this point What what about fund 17 can fund 17 be used on these things?

[3572] Marie dela Cruz: That's special reserves for non capital outlay.

[3576] Bowen Zhang: Okay Is fund 17 is Russian money, right? Oh

[3582] Marie dela Cruz: Fund 17 is not Russian money.

[3584] Bowen Zhang: Oh, that was for that was actually the We you like a couple years of the previous board poor formula from Russian money to fund 17. Is that correct?

[3593] Marie dela Cruz: Yes Okay There's some money in there from the Russian set.

[3599] Bowen Zhang: Well, one last thing I want to ask is last time I asked about Given the bound language we talked about any full-time employee that work on the project can be reimbursed from the Measure G money. Did we spend any time going back to look at the past seven or eight years, whether we have any overtime or regular time employees that work on that project?

[3624] Marie dela Cruz: As far as we know, all of the charges that were allowed to be charged to Bond in terms of personnel have been done. And really, if we were to go back, we can only go back to this year. The books are closed.

[3639] Elisa Martinez: OK, I see. Student member Castillo.

[3647] SPEAKER_04: Thank you. So I echo Ms. Park's concerns about making commitments to repair projects that might not be completed because of the decision of the School Consolidation Committee. So I want to clarify. from my understanding that this is not binding on us in any way and that if the School Consolidation Committee makes a decision obviously those repairs won't be carried out because then the site will be closed, correct?

[3674] Marie dela Cruz: Correct.

[3674] Elisa Martinez: Okay. So that was going to be my question as well or maybe more of a comment and I shared that with Superintendent Salinas prior to the meeting. We know that we are embarking on you know, making some structural decisions, right, or some decisions that will change our structural composition. So I think that this does give us a perspective because we wanted to hear the voice of our principals. And so I think I'm comfortable with the buckets knowing that you will be bringing back for individual approval. I would like to suggest that, and I'm not sure how we would do this from a motion, that we do prioritize a couple of things. One is the project management position that we've talked about in the last meeting as well. Because as we start to formulate the actual, I suppose, more specific projects with specific bids, We're going to need someone that's leading that effort. So that would be an ask, or my ask, and we could all weigh in, that we do prioritize that and then really think through how do we think about prioritizing some of the asks for the secondary schools if that's what makes sense and that's what's deemed the right decision from a project management perspective. you know, just given that we will be in process of the consolidation effort. Okay, thank you. Member Gutierrez.

[3788] SPEAKER_31: Thank you. I just wanted to second your request because I think it is important that we are responsible in regards to how we use these funds and how we go out and bid. I think that's very important, so I just want to echo member Martinez's request that we put some urgency in our project manager and make sure that we are committing to this project responsibly. Thank you.

[3817] Elisa Martinez: Student member Castillo.

[3820] SPEAKER_04: I'm good, thank you. I thought I had something, but I'm good. Sorry.

[3823] Elisa Martinez: No worries, thank you. Member Nguyen.

[3826] Phuong Nguyen: And lastly, I just wanted to make sure that we do stay within the Measure G bond language make sure that any forthcoming projects are not, you know, in terms of repair or continued maintenance.

[3845] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Member Rodriguez.

[3849] Ray Rodriguez: I realized that in the next few months we're going to be talking about consolidating 2 schools as far as with the presentation that we had. If there are projects that are going to affect the children that are in the schools now, that it's going to make it more comfortable for them and easier for them to learn, then we shouldn't shy away from those just because it might be a school that might be closed. I know that we shouldn't spend a lot of money on them as far as, you know, going. But there's stuff that we can do, for instance, to make sure that our kids are in classrooms that have air conditioning. It wouldn't be fair for them not to, and other kids too. It just wouldn't be fair, in my opinion.

[3907] Elisa Martinez: Of course. And I think that's why it's so important that you do have a project manager on board because, of course, any safety-related issues, of course, we would have to prioritize those. So yeah, I think the discussion definitely does not imply that that's what we would do. Thank you. Member Gutierrez.

[3927] SPEAKER_31: Just two points, and if I could address Member Rodriguez, because I did have some of those concerns and I did ask Ms. Salinas about it, and I think she understood the urgency of situations like that, and if they're in a classroom that doesn't work, So that they were going to try to find the best measures. And I'm not putting words in our mouth, but just to try to summarize. So we're going to try to find the best way in order to mitigate such situations. And I just wanted to clarify an item of discussion that has been going around, that we do not, as part of the consolidation committee, we do not have a number in mind as to how many schools we will be closing, if any. That is the purpose of our consolidation committee, to have this discussion with them and hear the feedback from the community as to what they think is best. Thank you.

[3982] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Did you want to comment? OK. So I'm not sure, just given the direction as far as the prioritization, would we require an amended motion here? OK.

[3997] SPEAKER_17: I think that'd be best. That way we can really hear. Because I heard about the project manager prioritizing secondary schools. staying within the Measure G funds.

[4007] Elisa Martinez: Okay. So can you remind me who made the motion?

[4012] SPEAKER_30: I was going to state you had a motion to approve the updated list of Measure G with the caveat of prioritization of the project manager position, prioritizing the secondary site list, staying within the bond language and not continued maintenance. Motion was made by Member Gutierrez with a second by President Martinez. Okay.

[4032] Elisa Martinez: So with that, I see a member Castillo.

[4039] Bowen Zhang: Oh, I just want to make sure I understand the motion. We give the direction, they will bring it back, right?

[4045] Elisa Martinez: No.

[4045] SPEAKER_31: Because you just, you gave a... Okay, I want to first take back my motion since it has been changed. So I'll take back my motion.

[4059] Elisa Martinez: And I guess I'll take back my second.

[4066] SPEAKER_30: Motion to approve the updated list of Measure G by Member Gutierrez with a second by President Martinez was the original motion.

[4074] Elisa Martinez: So in this case we need a new motion with the verbiage that Ms. Aquino mentioned earlier. Can you please repeat it again?

[4089] SPEAKER_30: Motion to approve the updated list of Measure G with prioritizing the project manager position, prioritization of the secondary site list, and staying within the bond language and not continued maintenance.

[4105] SPEAKER_31: I make a motion.

[4108] Bowen Zhang: Can I make a comment? Or it's closed for comment already. Because you amended the motion, so that's open.

[4117] Elisa Martinez: So she just made the motion. Do we have a second? I second. OK. Remember we're in seconds.

[4127] Bowen Zhang: Oh, so by listening to the motion, I felt like, because we have, we give new priorities, right? I would prefer to see amended list coming back. Because I, by voting on this, I don't really know how the money is really shifting around. So, we're just going to voting on Yeah, I would prefer we bring it back so we reflect the list, reflect the changes requested by the board members. Because I understand the priority was that, but I still want to see the numbers. I mean the rough idea of all the numbers.

[4161] SPEAKER_31: I'd like to move forward with this because making an amendment list like this is only going to delay the projects and ultimately I think what we heard from staff is they're going to bring back individual projects to get approved by us. So I don't see the need to extend this two weeks later.

[4183] Phuong Nguyen: And we can always reprioritize the list after the fact, correct?

[4187] Elisa Martinez: Right. And I think just to clarify, Member Zhang, I think it's not it's not in a revised list. I mean, it's still the same items. I think that the key is that we first and foremost, getting a project manager on board The thought is if there are some things that for the secondary schools that have been asked and it's justified and we should move forward because we know there's a time. It doesn't mean that we won't to member Rodriguez's point. It doesn't mean that if there's some things that need to be taken care of for elementary that those wouldn't be taken care of. Regardless, the staff would be bringing back each individual item. Right now the assumption is that the actual line items wouldn't change. So with that, clarification. And the motion and the second to one more time, Ms. Aquino, if you can, please, so we could call for a vote.

[4250] SPEAKER_30: Motion to approve the updated list of Measure G projects with prioritization of the project manager position, prioritization of the secondary site list, and staying within the bond language and not continued maintenance. I'm sorry, made by member Gutierrez, Seconded by member Wynn.

[4269] Elisa Martinez: Student member Castillo.

[4271] SPEAKER_04: I vote yes on this item.

[4272] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Please vote. OK. Motion carries with four ayes and one no. Thank you. 12.1, so first moving into consent agenda, personnel items. Do I have a motion and a second to approve consent agenda items?

[4327] SPEAKER_31: I recommend we pull item 12.1 due to a speaker, and we can vote on items 12.2 and 12.3. OK.

[4341] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Can I get a second to pull item 12.1 and approve 12.2 and 12.3? I second. Member Gutierrez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. So we will vote on items 12.2 and 12.3 first. Okay, please vote. Okay, motion passes with five ayes. So item 12.1, we do have a speaker card, the seniority list, Ms. Cindy Parks. Can I get a motion and a second to approve item 12.1? I'll second it. Rodriguez moves. Member Gutierrez seconds. Please vote. Oh, sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I skipped right over you. Apologize, member Nguyen.

[4425] Phuong Nguyen: I just ask for a possible change on the list item for next time that on the top item, on the column list, that you separate the EL and the CLAD and the BCLAD because right now it looks like everybody is qualified. So, and that way it can, we can better take a look at who is actually certified in those areas along with the fact that you do have it indicated in the credential authorization area. But it's just nice to be able to look down the list and know exactly what our teachers are certified for. Thank you.

[4480] Elisa Martinez: And with that, please vote. Sorry, I thought I did that. Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Give me a second to get organized here. OK, next item is the consent agenda for non-personnel items. And we do have a speaker card. So before we take the speaker card, can I have a motion and a second, please, on consent agenda items?

[4545] Phuong Nguyen: I move. That we approved item, consent item, agenda, non-personal item 13.1.

[4554] SPEAKER_31: I'll second it.

[4557] Elisa Martinez: OK. And we do have a speaker card. Miss Cindy Parks.

[4568] Cindy Parks: Hi. I don't know if this is the template that is utilized, because a lot of the information seemed to be because I didn't get a chance to look at it until today, so it seemed to carry through for the most part. But when you get to the section of the education code that's quoted in each safety plan that explains the safety plans, those sections are outdated education codes. So they've been updated. In January of 19, most of them, and one of them January of this year. And all of those Ed Code sections are the old ones, some of them all the way back to 2004. And then I did notice that the high school did not have its signature page. And it seemed that a lot of their information was not current. Everybody else seemed to put in current information, but theirs seemed to be from 18 and 19, just a little thought and again I don't know if it's a template and if the template needs to be updated or what.

[4642] Elisa Martinez: Superintendent Slate, can you comment please?

[4644] SPEAKER_17: Yes so it is a template but if but I appreciate the note and we can look into that if you would like to make the motion to accept it ensuring that we update with the updated ed codes we can have work with the principals to ensure that that page is submitted. Thank you.

[4664] Elisa Martinez: What is the timing and the urgency on this? Can we march first?

[4673] SPEAKER_17: And what I can add is we can be sure to, because this is a public document, so after we make, if the board votes with that amendment, we can go ahead and ensure that all the sites have the replacement pages in there. These are for public views, so these actually will be in every school office and we actually have a set in the superintendent's office. We can certainly make some kind of a public gesture on our web page saying that that they have been updated with the newest Ed codes be happy to do that just because we are so tied to that March 1st deadline.

[4707] Elisa Martinez: Okay so with that we will have to amend the motion. So the motion would need to be That we, so here, you're recommending that we approve as is, as presented. So the amendment would be that you would replace the page with the newest templates and actually make a communication on our website.

[4742] SPEAKER_17: We can be happy to do it on the front page of the website and then, so if you would like to, if someone would like to make a friendly amendment to the current motion on the floor. we can, you can proceed. Okay.

[4756] Phuong Nguyen: I will rescind my motion. And my second.

[4760] Elisa Martinez: Okay. So can I have a new motion please? Please repeat it.

[4770] SPEAKER_17: Yes, so the motion would be to accept the comprehensive safety plans with the amended an updated educational code that are updated and to ensure that there is communication on our front page website, alerting with this updated plan for each school.

[4793] Elisa Martinez: I move to approve the amended motion. And I'll second it. Member Nguyen moves. Member Gutierrez seconds. Student member Castillo, how do you vote?

[4807] SPEAKER_04: I vote yes on this item.

[4808] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Am I going to be allowed the opportunity to speak on this item? Actually, no. Their speaker cards are expected upon arrival or before the meeting starts. So I appreciate you asking.

[4824] SPEAKER_05: Thank you. Since this is addressing school safety, you might want to hear what I need to say. I do have some experience in this.

[4830] Elisa Martinez: Please feel free to reach out to Superintendent Salinas. OK. Thank you. open the open vote open voting is open please vote mr. bread if I can remind you that at this point this this is a meeting of the board thank you thank you the motion passes with five eyes thank you very much

[4864] SPEAKER_05: that is clearly visible.

[4866] Elisa Martinez: We'll be glad to discuss with you after the meeting. Please respect the order of the meeting. Thank you very much.

[4872] Nancy Thomas: We need to respect student safety.

[4875] Elisa Martinez: And with that, we move on to item 14, student expulsions. It's not a really good idea to give bad guys how people are going to move.

[4888] SPEAKER_17: Sir, I'm happy to meet with you, but please, we need to respect the order. I appreciate the order.

[4895] Elisa Martinez: So item 14, student expulsions.

[4898] Ray Rodriguez: I'd like to make a motion to approve 14.1 staff recommendation.

[4907] Elisa Martinez: Can I get a second, please?

[4909] SPEAKER_31: I'll second it.

[4911] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez moves. Member Gutierrez seconds. Please vote. Sorry about that. OK, voting is open. Okay, motion passes with four ayes, one no, vote. Okay, so moving to item 15, future meetings, Superintendent Salinas.

[4950] SPEAKER_17: Yes, thank you. For future meetings, I see returning our board policies and also bringing back the community member request for substitute rate. We will also be at our future meeting speaking about some of the budget alignments that we discussed at our study session.

[4976] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Item 16. Oh, I'm sorry. Member Jong.

[4985] Bowen Zhang: So I want to follow up last time when I talk about the registration process from an individual parent. So this time I actually got a whole picture about the anecdotal experience of certain parents trying to register her child last year. So like I said, first you go to the website and the website can go three or four times without going through. And then the fifth time she clicked on that it went through. Apparently it probably didn't display the address of the district office. So our parents will probably send a paper going to a district office, pulling up the Google map phone. The Google map will have two addresses, apparently, if you search Newark Unified District. One led to a pretty wrong address, middle of nowhere, Newark. It's like a concrete factory. So she went there, and she drove off, and a concrete factory worker came out and said, are you looking for a school district? She said, how do you know? I said, a dozen parents show up at this place this year. So she went to the district office, waited for 20 minutes. Nobody answered her. And then finally somebody received her and gave her a form. This is a vaccination and the birth certificate that you need to prove that your child was whatever the identity of your child and the vaccination. So she went to the hospital, did all the necessary vaccination with the doctor, came back to the district office. And then the district worker gave her a second form, said you need to do a TB stuff. Because that's unique to New Orleans school district.

[5072] Elisa Martinez: Point of order. I'm sorry. So yes, point of order. So is there a request to staff?

[5078] Bowen Zhang: I want to have sort of a study session on how the registration process, or how we can improve the registration process.

[5085] SPEAKER_31: Is that part of, if I may, is that part of 16.1? Is that where we're at? Yes.

[5090] Bowen Zhang: No, that's 15.1.

[5093] Elisa Martinez: For people upcoming future?

[5094] SPEAKER_31: Yeah. For post-study sessions. Just as a point of order, I believe as a request from the board, those come from us in 16.1. And right now, this is just member, sorry, Ms. Salinas reporting what is currently on the docket. Is that correct?

[5109] Bowen Zhang: But on this one, I said to have the board and staff discuss upcoming meeting and the study session topics. That's what 15.1 says.

[5116] Elisa Martinez: OK, that's fine. But I think in the context of, you know, I think it's OK for commentary. But if the request is for a study session, then we can.

[5124] Bowen Zhang: Ideally before the registration starts. OK.

[5130] SPEAKER_17: OK. So and I'm happy we can talk after this. I want to know more about the detail of what happened. But registration already started. But we can certainly add to the list to look at a proposed study session.

[5144] Elisa Martinez: And from an urgency. From an urgency list, if you'd be okay, I think once you discuss, maybe it's a staff report if the idea is to get an update, because I just, you know, from a study session perspective, we don't want to delay this if this situation is happening.

[5160] Bowen Zhang: I guess it depends on when staffing is the time we're absolutely critical to make, when staff decides the time where we have most parents registering.

[5170] SPEAKER_17: Right. And so, and I think, and I know I'm getting into the next item, but essentially we can, I think it would be quicker to bring it back as a staff report than a study session because the time is now. So the window just opened for registration.

[5184] Elisa Martinez: Student member Castillo.

[5187] SPEAKER_04: I had a comment to make about what member Zhang said, but I'll address it in the, in the next item.

[5193] Elisa Martinez: Okay. Thank you. All right. So that with that, it's a board, Item 16, Board of Education Committee Reports, Announcements, Requests, Debrief, and Discussion. Student Member Castillo.

[5206] SPEAKER_04: So I did check what Member Zhang was saying about Google Maps giving incorrect information. And yeah, it does show that it does give one possible address as on the property of Cargill Salt. So I think it is a little bit misleading. So I would ask, I don't know who the correct staff member is to fix that. And from anecdotes I've heard about Google having accuracy of the information, I don't know if it'll be corrected in due time, but I ask that If a staff member would be able to look into that just for prudence sake, I think that would be good.

[5244] SPEAKER_31: If I can add, I know it's out of turn, but if I can add to that. When it comes to situations like that and it is in Google, it is the community or anybody that can actually go in there and edit that. So I know it's not the job of our staff to go into Google daily. That's why we do have our website. It would be prudent to check up on that. Again, anybody can go in there and change that. Not that we want to emphasize that, but I can tell you that if you go in into any business, you edit it, you change the number, and you can put our numbers to it if they need to. So I think it's important that we follow it up on that. But it's not the district's. I just want to emphasize that it's not the district's fault. Anybody in the community out there can just go in there and change it on their own.

[5288] SPEAKER_17: I think what we can do is certainly reach out to that address, and I'll check in with you. go visit, or we can call them and let them know and just kind of connect. Because if they're seeing, historically seeing a group of parents come, that's not okay. And so we can connect with them as well.

[5308] SPEAKER_04: My next request would be to, it's my understanding that all the site safety plans will be updated with new ed code. I would ask that The copies with the new pages are available for inspection at the next regular board meeting, which I believe is March 5th. I would just ask that they're here so that community members have the opportunity to inspect them with the correct information. Update on the Rocketry hoodies you guys have been asking me. So our ASB accountant, Ms. Destuit, she emailed me and said that she'd been having trouble with the accounting software that the office uses. As a result, we're not able to check what our club balance is, but we hope that the issue is resolved in due time. Afterwards, we'll be placing the order for the hoodies, and you guys should get them soon. Finally, we'll be launching this Saturday. Again, we had good progress last Saturday, so we're hoping to be out there. It will be 8 a.m. as always behind Ohlone-Newark campus.

[5374] Phuong Nguyen: Can you repeat the date?

[5375] SPEAKER_04: This Saturday. Okay, thank you. Anything else? Not for me, no.

[5389] Elisa Martinez: Thank you very much. Member Rodriguez.

[5394] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you. Can you hear me good? First, I want to do just a couple of reports. One is the SELPA. As Acting Superintendent Salinas said, tomorrow it's the Special Olympics. And it's been going on now for about five years. And we host the basketball. And then it goes to American for soccer. And then finally to Logan for track and field. So it's going to be a fun event. And if you can find a way to get there, I appreciate it. You'll have a good time. The Mission Valley RP, they just passed their budget. And that partnership is continuing to be a very positive one for us. And we appreciate the fact that they're trying to add more venues, whether at the high school or at Bridgepoint. I had a... I would like to have an ask. I'd like to have the committee that we're going to have for the school closures. If we can discuss it on the agenda as far as what we're asking them to do, is my understanding, based on Ms. Dela Cruz submitting to the county that we're going to, as part of our budget, that we're going to close 2 schools, not this year, but in the year So it's important for us to let the committee know, it was my understanding that the committee was going to be looking at all the schools and making a recommendation on which two. But if we're asking them to possibly look at, you know, closing a third school, then that's something that we probably need to talk about because we already gave them direction. I just want to be clear. to be doing. So if you don't have to have it on the agenda if I can just get a report on the actual committee and what they're going to be doing. The other thing I had is normally a tradition has been when. A new student board members elected our current student board member can bring that. They get an idea of how school board meetings, and that will be up to you, member Castillo. The last thing is Pastor Jones, the pastor of our Family Bible Fellowship up the street from the Senior Center on Filbert. This Sunday from 1130 until about 230, they're having a walk through Black History. So as part of Black History Month. be nice if you have the time, if you can stop by. It's really, they set up in rooms, and each room has a lot of pictures, and they take you back in time on black history. And it's really a learning experience. And it's a way to us showing that we support the efforts of Pastor Jones and his church on sharing with us Black History Month. And that's all I have. Thank you.

[5606] Elisa Martinez: Student member Castillo, did you have a request or is that an old one?

[5610] SPEAKER_04: No, I knew I was forgetting something. I did want to give a quick shout out to both varsity basketball teams. They won in the first round of NCS play. So the girls are playing second seed Montgomery High School tomorrow at 7. Where is it at? Montgomery High School. And then the boys will be playing Washington. Yeah, 7 o'clock at Washington. At Boston. At Washington, yeah. It was an exciting game. I was there for the boys game. One point, right? Two points. Two points, yeah. Good free throws in the last two seconds. So yeah, I just did want to give a shout out to them and I wish them both teams luck tomorrow.

[5655] Elisa Martinez: Thank you so much. Member Nguyen.

[5660] Phuong Nguyen: I was able to go to the science night at Graham and I would highly recommend that if you haven't had the opportunity yet to stop at one of the school sites when they have the science night, it's really, it was a great turnout and there was a lot of displays this year mainly more focused on life science, but I think it was, some of the kids were a little disappointed because they didn't get to play with the, you know, slime and oobleck, but I think it was a nice change for them to be exposed to different types of I'm a science curriculum and this year so that was great and then also I just have one ask and so as we prepare for the school consolidation committee I would like a list of all the properties that the district owns so we know what's going on. Thank you. Thank you.

[5715] Elisa Martinez: Member Zhang.

[5717] Bowen Zhang: Just follow up on that registration I mean in summary just this lady made three trips to the district office took her more than a month to get her son registered and So that's on that one last Friday. We had a great event at Legal volunteers elegant affairs banquet. So I was there representing Newark and And I want to I want to congratulate our very own City Council Member Michael Hanna for winning the auction on the donated, on our school donated product. And I also want to thank other bidders because there are multiple bidders bidding on the, bidding on our donation, including Union Sanitary Board Member, our very own Pat Kai, living in Newark, and Fremont City Council, Yan Xiao. So, Mike, I know you're watching, so these two are the reason you pay such a high price on that. I see, I really see more than five bidders on our product. So that's for Algona Fair. And on a serious note, so ever since last summer, I started attending PTA meetings. I prioritized schools where we don't have sitting board members living in the attendance area. And that's by my intention. I visited Kennedy School only after the resignation of member Thomas. When I went to BGP, I brought President Martinez there. So naturally, Snow Elementary, where Member Rodriguez, our grandkids there, and Grand Elementary, where we have two sitting board members living there, are at the bottom of my list. So I run out of the list. I don't think he meant that. So I will be attending the next Grand Elementary School. And the sitting two board members are welcome to join me.

[5824] Carina Plancarte: Thank you. Thank you.

[5825] Elisa Martinez: Thank you for the invitation. Sorry, Member Gutierrez.

[5830] Bowen Zhang: No, no. So on a personal note, my cousin and her husband, cousin-in-law back in China, they got the coronavirus two weeks ago. And I think they defeated the virus. They were discharged last week. So I guess they figured out a way to deal with this virus.

[5849] Elisa Martinez: Good news. Member Gutierrez?

[5853] SPEAKER_31: A little update on the consolidation committee. Thank you to all the community members that sent in applications. We really do appreciate it. We have looked over them and hopefully our community members will be hearing back from us soon. As well, I wanted to say thank you very much to Mr. Merritt for inviting the board to the CTA breakfast coming up this weekend. So that's it for me. Thank you.

[5884] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thanks for everybody's comments. Again, I want to thank staff and all of our partners. Really, this is not an easy time. We're all trying to, I think, solve for the same problem here. So again, thank you for continuing your work. And we look forward to more and more collaboration. Please, please reach out to all groups to make sure we hear from everyone. But thank you for your efforts. I too wanted to mention that several of us will be joining the Alcosta, which is the Alameda County and Contra Costa I think as well, the NTA Association in Pleasant and that will be a breakfast on Saturday morning. You know, coming back to member Zhang, you know, you made me think about with the instance you shared about the bad experience in registration. And I do a lot of work in health care. And there's something called service recovery. Because coming back to the study session, we were talking about, hey, we're kind of assuming that we're going to continue to lose the 1.9% that we've been losing year over year. And on a very personal note, as a parent, but I can't shake my board hat off any time I go to an event. And it was a meeting for eighth grade parents at the high school. When I sit here and I talk about a culture of excellence, that is not what I saw. And this is a critical transition for our parents. And it was a parent in the preparation of the facilities. It was a parent in the preparation, or the lack thereof, of the physical presentation that was shared, the messaging that was shared. So just like the example of a poor registration effort, this was, it's a handoff, and it's such a critical handoff for us. So in the context of service recovery, what is our plan? We only have a limited number of instances where we touch parents firsthand. Especially when having them all at one time. So I Can literally say I lost sleep that night. So that is something I would like to ask the board I'm sorry staff to come back with a service recovery plan and That's in the immediate right, but I think in general And I hope that the rest of the board supports that request because that's just one member at this point But I think I will share a data point that reminded me of how critical that is. A parent of a very high-achieving student approached me and said, I've been vacillating. Do I stay here or not? And was pointed to the screen and said, well, what is this? So that is a real impact we're having to our students and to our families. Again, I did reach out to Superintendent Salinas. It's not meant to be punitive. It's not meant to be, but this is real feedback, right? if we can work on a service recovery strategy as an immediate ask. And then I think that there's going to be a lot more of that, right, as we prepare to bring parents into our campuses. What is our strategy to make sure we're preparing? What are the requirements to make sure we are putting our best foot forward? Thank you. And with that, Oh, I'm sorry.

[6156] Phuong Nguyen: I would just like to say that I agree with you, President Martinez, in that sense. I think that this is the second year that we're going through the online registration. And after the first year, there should have been an evaluation process and see how it was done or how well it was executed. And if it wasn't, that we needed to improve it. And according to the experience that the parent, that member Zhang had mentioned, It was not. And that says a lot. We are supposed to be representing the community in a way that is supposed to be shining a light on their students. And we aren't able to help the families be able to even register their kids in school. So they're going to go to a private school where they're going to get the attention. So we need to put focus back onto giving the most attention and care in terms of registration and in terms of transitional going from 6th to 7th and 8th through 9th, those kinds of things, informational nights, they're so important. And that basically spells it out, how your student's going to be doing at the schools for the next four years or two years or whatever. So I would really like to see that also. Thank you.

[6238] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. And again, recognize you all have a lot on your plate, but please come to us and ask us for support, but we just need to acknowledge that this is happening. Thank you. Okay. So with that, uh, superintendents, uh, concluding comments.

[6255] SPEAKER_17: Yes. Thank you. Um, so I, just as a, as a response here, uh, we do need to do better and we need to do better as a community. It is not just going to be, you know, acting superintendent Salinas who lifts all boats And I do this as a challenge to our community, to our CSCA members, to our NTA members, to our NEWMA members, that together we are going to have to really make that transition to build on our success, to really have this culture of excellence. Because I think as we start to look at where the energy and the focus is, we know some things are seasonal. Like right now we are in the season, the very tough season for a lot of folks, but at the same time we hear these compelling, awful incidents that can't continue to happen. So I do that also as we will bring back, I think, for discussion and our first thoughts around it. But I am going to ask our district community, our district employees, that we can't continue to do this. And it's not about being hard on people. It's about really building on the success that already exists. So I do ask for that patience. But I know that sometimes we only get one try with someone. Again, it's going to take a lot more folks to do this and I send that out to our employee groups and our administrators. So we will follow up for that for sure. Thank you Mr. Rodriguez. We are planning to bring back more of an update on the consolidation committee because it does sound like there's a lot of misunderstandings and we need some clarity and it is not to put the finger on anybody I think as it's a tough topic and know that because the board had done some actions back in October of 2019 and then we came back with this idea of the 7-11 or an expanded committee There's still a lot of confusion out there, but I think the good news as member Gutierrez shared, we made some progress today and thank you to the folks that put in their applications so we've got some next steps fresh off the press that just took place right before the study session. So we'll be bringing that back for information for the public. And finally, A big thank you to NTA and to the two negotiating teams. As we work through the next process, that was a tough, tough process. And our labor partners, the negotiation team really worked hard at the table. to put kids at the focus and put kids at the center. But as we shared with our consolidation ideas, we know there's still tough work ahead of us to do. So thank you to NTA. Thank you to the human resources and the negotiation team. Um, which a lot of times, you know, there's a very few of us up here. We wear many hats. So if there's negotiation for the full day, they're out of commission because that's their attention. So we got to continue to do better with less folks. But again, we can do better. So thank you.

[6450] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. And with that, can I get a motion and a second to adjourn?

[6454] Bowen Zhang: So move. Second.

[6461] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez moves. Member Zhang seconds. How do you vote? I vote yes. And please vote. OK, I think Member Rodriguez, I'll show, close and display. Five ayes, please. Four ayes. Meeting adjourned, 9-19. Thank you.

1. CALL TO ORDER

1.1 Roll Call

Type                     Procedural

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

2.1 Approval of Agenda

Type                     Action

Recommended              It is recommended that the agenda for this Board of Education meeting be approved.
Action

2.2 Public Comment on Board Study Session Item

Type                     Procedural

Members of the public who seek to address the Board regarding NUSD Study Session Items on the agenda are asked to complete a "speaker card" (a half sheet form titled, "Request to Address the Board of Education" provided on the table at the entrance to the Boardroom) and submit it to the Executive Assistant beforehand. Each person may speak ONCE on an item, for a maximum of three minutes. Public comments cannot be acted upon by the Board.

3. STUDY SESSION

3.1 Budget Workshop Budget Solvency Plan

Type                     Discussion, Information

Purpose: To review and discuss a budget balancing plan with the Board.

Background: The district filed a Qualified certification of its 2019-20 First Interim Budget Report. Due to the Qualified certification, the Alameda County Office of Education requires the following: The most current enrollment and P-2 ADA projections should be included in the 2019-20 Second Interim Budget Report to ensure revenue calculations are as accurate as possible. NUSD should submit board-approved expenditure reductions and other budget balancing solutions, including detailed plan and timeline to achieve them with the 2019-20 Second Interim Budget Report. The plan should ensure that the District solves its structural budget deficit and returns to a path of fiscal solvency over the short and long-term.

3.2 Public Comment on Closed Session Item

Type                     Procedural

Members of the public who seek to address the Board regarding NUSD Closed Session Items on the agenda are asked to complete a "speaker card" (a half sheet form titled, "Request to Address the Board of Education" provided on the table at the entrance to the Boardroom) and submit it to the Executive Assistant beforehand. Each person may speak ONCE on an item, for a maximum of three minutes. Public comments cannot be acted upon by the Board.

3.3 Recess to Closed Session

Type

4. CLOSED SESSION

4.1 Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/ Release (GC54957)

Type                     Procedural

Executive Director, Human Resources

4.2 Conference with Labor Negotiator Employee Organizations: NTA & CSEA (GC54957.6)

Type

Agency Negotiator: Jessica Saavedra Executive Director Human Resources. Greg Dannis , Dannis Wolliver, Kelly

Employee Organizations: NTA & CSEA

4.3 Conference with Legal Counsel Regarding Anticipated Litigation (GC 54956.9(d)(2))

Type

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: two cases

4.4 Conference with Legal Counsel regarding Existing Litigation (GC 54956.9(d)(1))

Type

Case:

OAH Nos. 2019110803 and 2019091071

4.5 Expulsion Case e1920-07

Type

Purpose: Background:

5. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

5.1 Pledge of Allegiance

Type                     Procedural

6. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS

6.1 Report of Closed Session Actions

Type                     Action

7. RECOGNITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS

7.1 School Spotlight: Snow Elementary

Type                     Information

Goals                        1a. Student Achievement

Purpose The School Spotlight gives the Board of Education and the public an opportunity to hear from each school with highlights of its achievements and initiatives. Each site will present once during the school year.

8. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

8.1 Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items

Type                     Information

Members of the public who seek to address the Board regarding NUSD Non Agenda Items on the agenda are asked to complete a "speaker card" (a half sheet form titled, "Request to Address the Board of Education" provided on the table at the entrance to the Boardroom) and submit it to the Executive Assistant beforehand. Each person may speak ONCE on an item, for a maximum of three minutes. Public comments cannot be acted upon by the Board.

9. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT

9.1 Superintendent Report

Type                     Information

10. EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS

10.1 Employee Organizations

Type                     Information

At regular Board meetings, a single spokesperson of each recognized employee organization (NTA, CSEA, NEWMA) may make a brief presentation. Items are limited to those that are informational.

11. NEW BUSINESS

11.1 McPherson & Jacobson LLC Contract Superintendent Search

Type                     Action, Discussion

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Fiscal Impact            Yes

Dollar Amount            $19,900.00

Budgeted                 No

Budget Source            General Fund

Recommended              The board is asked to approve the contract from McPherson & Jacobson LLC for the
Action                   Superintendent Search

File Attachments Final - Newark USD CA - Contract-Phases I-V (2.14.20)_946830_4(SF).PDF (446 KB)

11.2 Board Policy 4116 Certificated Personnel Probationary/Permanent Status (First Reading)

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education approve as presented or move to bring back
Action                   for a second reading with recommended revisions.

This is the first reading for the attached Board Policy for Certificated Personnel. The language is sanctioned by the California School Board Association. The administration has reviewed these documents for accuracy and made revisions to reflect district practice.

If any revisions are recommended, the documents will be brought back to the Board of Education for a second reading.

File Attachments BP4116 Certificated Prob-Perm Status.pdf (385 KB)

11.3 Board Policy 4216 Classified Personnel Probationary/Permanent Status (First Reading)

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education approve as presented or move to bring back
Action                   for a second reading with recommended revisions.

This is the first reading for the attached Board Policy for Classified Personnel. The language is sanctioned by the California School Board Association. The administration has reviewed these documents for accuracy and made revisions to reflect district practice.

If any revisions are recommended, the documents will be brought back to the Board of Education for a second reading.

File Attachments BP4216 Classified Prob-Perm Status.pdf (376 KB)

11.4 Classified Layoffs

Type                      Action

Preferred Date            Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date             Feb 20, 2020

Recommended               Staff recommends the Board of Education approve Resolution No. 2057 to reduce a
Action                    classified position.

Resolution No. 2057 will be presented to the Board of Education for approval to reduce a classified position due to lack of work or lack of funds. This resolution gives authorization for the District to formally notify certain classified employees that the position is being reduced. This process is required under California Education Code 45117.

File Attachments Ed Code 45117.pdf (94 KB) Classified Layoff Resolution 2057.pdf (7 KB)

11.5 Board Policy 4218 Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action (First Reading)

Type                      Action

Preferred Date            Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date             Feb 20, 2020

Recommended               Staff recommends the Board of Education approve as presented or move to bring back
Action                    for a second reading with recommended revisions.

This is the first reading for the attached Board Policy. This is a new policy recommended by the California School Board Association (CSBA) and contains material formerly in AR 4218 pertaining to board actions in disciplinary hearings for classified employees and new material consistent with BP 4118 - Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action for certificated employees. The administration has reviewed this document for accuracy.

If any revisions are recommended, the documents will be brought back to the Board of Education for a second reading.

File Attachments BP 4218 Dismissal_Suspension_Disciplinary Action.pdf (307 KB)

11.6 Administrative Regulation 4218 Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action (First Reading)

Type                     Action

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education approve as presented or move to bring back
Action                   for a second reading with recommended revisions.

This is the first reading for the attached Administrative Regulation. The language is sanctioned by the California School Board Association. The administration has reviewed these documents for accuracy.

If any revisions are recommended, the documents will be brought back to the Board of Education for a second reading.

File Attachments AR 4218 Dismissal_Suspension_Disciplinary Action.pdf (353 KB)

11.7 General Obligation Bond-Measure G Priority List of Projects

Type                     Action, Discussion

Preferred Date           Feb 21, 2019

Absolute Date            Feb 21, 2019

Fiscal Impact            No

Dollar Amount            $7,800,000.00

Budget Source            Fund 21 Measure G

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board approve the updated list of priority projects for Measure G
Action                   Bond/Fund 21.

Goals                        1a. Student Achievement

Purpose To update the priority list of projects approved by the Board on October 16, 2018.

Background The Board approved a list of Measure G priority projects on October 16, 2018. A Board Study Session was held on February 6, 2020 to review the status of the Measure G bond projects and the amount of remaining funds. There's approximately $7,800,000 remaining in Measure G funds. The Board asked staff to review facilities needs and get input on priorities from Principals. The Superintendent and CBO met with the Principals on February 12, 2020 to gather input. The attached is a list of proposed projects recommended by staff. The budget reflects rough estimates of the cost of the projects and is subject to change depending on actual bids/quotes received. Budget revisions will be submitted to the Board for approval as needed. File Attachments Priorities Projects Measure G Updated Feb 2020.pdf (31 KB)

12. CONSENT AGENDA - PERSONNEL ITEMS

12.1 Certificated Seniority List

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education receive the 2019-2020 Certificated Order of
Action                   Employment List

Each year, the Certificated Order of Employment list is posted for review by certificated employees to determine whether the District has the correct hire date for each such employee. This year, the Certificated Order of Employment was posted and an opportunity for employees to review was provided from 1/27/2020 to 2/3/2020. This Order of Employment list does not imply an order of employment for certificated employees who were hired on the same date.

File Attachments 19-20 NTA Seniority List Board Agenda 2-20-20.pdf (724 KB)

12.2 Personnel Report

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board approve the personnel report as presented.
Action

This report includes employment, retirements, reassignments and terminations for both certificated and classified employees. Specific actions can be made known at the conclusion of the meeting.

File Attachments HR PAL 02-20-20.pdf (136 KB)

12.3 Release of Temporary Certificated Employees

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education approve the release of Temporary Certificated
Action                   Employees.

Each year temporary teachers are hired to fill positions for permanent staff that may be on a leave of absence, in a job share, or in a special assignment. Permanent teachers have rights to return the following year to an assignment for which they are credentialed. Temporary employees do not have automatic rehire rights and may be released by the district at the conclusion of their temporary contract.

File Attachments California Education Code.pdf (110 KB) 2019-2020 Temp Release List.pdf (358 KB)

13. CONSENT AGENDA - NON-PERSONNEL ITEMS

13.1 Comprehensive School Safety Plans

Type                     Action

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Fiscal Impact            No

Budgeted                 No

Recommended              The administration recommends the plans be approved as presented.
Action

Goals                        1a. Student Achievement

Purpose: To approve the Comprehensive School Safety Plan (CSSP) for each Newark Unified School District school site; all plans attached. Per Education Code Section 32281, the School Site Council (SSC) writes and develops a comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school, or may delegate this responsibility to a school safety planning committee. Each school must review and update its plan by March 1 every year.

The Newark Police Department visited school sites and worked with principals and staff to evaluate campus safety and develop safety protocols and a safety plan tailored for each unique campus. Attached is a letter from Mayor Alan L. Nagy affirming our partnership for the safety of our students and community. The signature sheet for Newark Memorial High School will be uploaded as a supplemental document.

Background: A Comprehensive School Safety Plan (CSSP) is an annually-revised plan to develop strategies aimed at the prevention of, and education about, potential incidents involving crime and violence on the school campus. All California K-12 public schools must develop a CSSP that addresses the safety concerns identified through a systematic planning process in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, and other persons who may be interested in the prevention of campus crime and violence.

The requirements and mandate for CSSPs are outlined in Education Code Sections 32280 - 32289 School Safety Plans.

File Attachments Mayor Nagy Safety Letter.pdf (524 KB)

14. STUDENT EXPULSION (S)

14.1 Expulsion Stipulation and Rehabilitation Plan e1920-07

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Feb 20, 2020

Absolute Date            Feb 20, 2020

Fiscal Impact            No

Budgeted                 No

Recommended              The administration recommends the approval of the Expulsion Stipulation and
Action                   Rehabilitation Plan.

Goals                        MISSION: The Newark Unified School District will inspire and educate all students to
                             achieve their full potential and be responsible, respectful, and productive citizens.
                             1a. Student Achievement

Purpose: A Stipulation Expulsion Agreement meeting was held on February 13, 2020. The administration asks for approval of the recommendation.

Case Number e1920-07

Background: A Stipulation Expulsion Meeting has been conducted in accordance with Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 5144.1 and, if applicable, 5144.2 for students with disabilities.

15. FUTURE MEETINGS

15.1 Upcoming Meetings and Proposed Study Sessions

Type                     Discussion, Information

Purpose: To have the Board and Staff discuss upcoming meetings and study session topics

16. BOARD OF EDUCATION - COMMITTEE REPORTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, REQUESTS, DEBRIEF AND DISCUSSION

16.1 Board of Education Committee Reports, Announcements, Requests, Debrief and Discussion

                         DEBRIEF AND DISCUSSION

Type                     Information

17. SUPERINTENDENT'S CONCLUDING COMMENTS, UPDATES FOR THE BOARD AND FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS

17.1 Superintendent's Concluding Comments, Updates for the Board and Future Agenda Requests

                         FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS

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18. ADJOURNMENT

18.1 Adjournment

Type                     Procedural

No items will be considered after 10:00 p.m., unless it is determined by a majority of the Board to extend to a specific time. The meeting shall be extended no more than once.

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