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[5] Elisa Martinez: Before I go ahead and report out on closed session items, I'd like to ask you to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please. Do we have a student volunteer who would like to lead us?

[21] SPEAKER_36: We have a...

[28] Elisa Martinez: Yeah, both of you, that would be great.

[29] SPEAKER_33: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,

[73] Elisa Martinez: Thank you so much. So before we get started, I just wanted to go through a couple of reminders. I just wanted to remind that we are being broadcast live. on a YouTube station, so anything that's captured on video stays online. That's, I think, an important reminder for all of us. Also, Ms. Aquino, our executive assistant, is charged with taking minutes. So in that spirit, I do ask that you keep side conversations to a minimum, or if you really must speak, if I could ask you to step outside. Also, just so that our folks that are listening online can hear the audio as clearly as possible. If you would like to address us regarding non-agendized items, please submit your speaking cards at this time and identify the section under non-agenda items, please. Currently, we do have a limit of 30 minutes for speakers on public comment on non-agenda items. If we do exhaust that time and folks still would like to speak, we will resume after all other agenda items have completed. Please follow the same process for agendized items and identify the relevant agenda item. Again, just as a reminder, please submit, the target is to have everyone submit their speaker cards at the start of the meeting, before the start of the meeting, or upon arrival. Thank you very much. As a board, we don't normally respond to speakers, but I may direct staff to respond immediately upon comment or following the meeting. And finally, this is something I sure learned by heart, but I'm still reading from my notes. I think this is something important that we, you know, review at every meeting, that we will always try to conduct ourselves in a professional manner and in accordance with Brown Act guidelines. We ask that we all treat each other with respect and we do look forward to your constructive feedback on how to make these meetings more productive as we do strive to drive a culture of excellence here for our students at Newark Unified. Thank you. With that, I'd like to report out on closed session items. The board voted 4 to 1 to release and reassign. an administrator pursuant to Ed Code 44951, effective July 1, 2020. And with that, we move to the student report.

[229] SPEAKER_32: Yes, good evening, President Martinez, members of the board, and our community. If I could please ask our junior high representative to come forward and read their report and share what's going on at Newark Junior High School. Thank you.

[247] SPEAKER_45: Hi, my name is Sophia Rollins and I'm an anchor at NJHS. I'm here on behalf of the leadership class to tell you all about the upcoming events we've planned and the total amount of money we raised for the fundraiser, Pennies for Patients. First, I'm going to start off by telling you, Pennies for Patients is a fundraiser to raise money for kids with blood cancer. Our goal for NJHS was 4,500. And out of the five plus years we've partnered with this foundation, we raised the most we ever had. With all the wonderful students and staff, we surpassed our goal, and in the end, we all raised $4,911.74. As a fun way to get more students to bring change, we asked some teachers to do a dare if we reached our goal. For example, shaving their legs, juggling eggs, dressing as Superman, doing TikTok dances, and many more fun dares. that will be shown in our morning announcements. Some other events we've planned are the multicultural event, multicultural rally, and the carnival-themed dance. The multicultural event is, this is going to be the first year that we have it at our school, and it is an event that students at NJHS can bring different food and other artifacts from their own culture and showcase it with other students at our school. And the rally is the same thing, but you can perform different acts from their culture. The last event we planned is the carnival-themed dance for the 7th and 8th graders for a colorful night of fun. Thank you for having me here and letting me tell you all these wonderful events.

[345] SPEAKER_32: Thank you. Thank you. And do we have a student representative from the McGregor campus here this evening? Thank you, Ms. Rangel. Thank you. Come forward and give your report. Thank you for being here tonight.

[384] SPEAKER_40: You can do it. You can do it.

[393] SPEAKER_33: Yes, you can.

[394] SPEAKER_32: Yes, you can. Thank you. Thank you. And we'll check in to have some more support for next time. So Mr. Castillo, if you'd like to share for Newark Memorial High School.

[414] SPEAKER_46: Thank you, Superintendent Salinas. So ASB is going to be hosting our multicultural week. That's going to be March 16 through the 20th. To start off, we have our International Food Fair on Wednesday, March 18th. That's going to be at lunch as usual, so 11.50 a.m. All of our clubs are going to be selling foods from their, or our ethnic clubs will be selling food from their respective countries of origin or regions of origin. So, you know, that's what they're always selling, but it's a good spotlight on our diversity at Newark Memorial. Our Hats Assembly. Annual Hats Assembly with all our cool dancing is going to be Friday, March 20th. It's going to be at 1140 a.m. in the event center. Admission is free. It's an hour of clubs doing their various ethnic dances. Also fun, FSU, Tahitian is a really nice one. Mecha and Bale Folklorico will be there as well. And then later that evening, the community assembly will be at 7 p.m. for those who can't attend in the morning. That will also be in the event center, I believe. The LGBTQ plus support club is going to be doing a transgender presentation tomorrow in the theater. They're going to be doing it all day, one presentation per period. Various teachers will be taking the classes with them to go see that presentation. It's a really informative and really Really inspiring to see the bravery and the history that's being presented in this presentation. So I recommend you check it out at least once. The drama department's spring musical is Shrek the Musical. It opens Friday, April 24th at 7 p.m. in the theater. The athletics crab feed is Saturday, March 14th at 6 p.m. at Swiss Park. Tickets are $50 and I believe they're still on sale. So they can be purchased through Coach K from any coaching memorial. And then last but not least, I would like to give a shout out to Ari Pereira. She won the CIF state wrestling title in the 160 pound weight class. So we'd like to give her our congratulations. Is she? Where is she? So really making all of Newark, we're making all of Newark proud. I think we all, we obviously do appreciate Ari's skill, her prowess. It's really good. That's all I have at this time. Thank you.

[591] SPEAKER_32: continue and introduce our spotlight. Yes this evening we have and we were sneaking in an extra spotlight after Schilling Elementary so that's our surprise so thank you Mr. Castillo for the nice preview but I'd like to invite first Dr. Wendy Castaneda-Leal principal of Schilling Elementary to come to the podium and going to share the spotlight for Schilling Elementary.

[624] SPEAKER_31: Good evening, members of the board, executive cabinet, and superintendent Salinas. So I'm Dr. Wendy Castaneda-Leal, principal at Schilling Elementary, and it is the greatest school on earth. And so here you'll see a picture of our staff, all wearing our Schilling pride. And we're always the gold stars, because we're the only school in district who has gold status for PBIS. So we're always gold. So the mission of Schilling and the quest for excellence is Schilling School is that all students will learn at high levels to be ready for a college or career. And every morning our students hear our mission so that they know what we're striving for. And today I have a couple of students or several students who want to sing our Schilling song. I know last year I promised you that I would sing it, but I did even better and I brought our students here today. And our staff is going to help out, too. Stand up.

[689] Phuong Nguyen: Stand up. Stand up. Stand up.

[693] SPEAKER_33: One, two, three, two. He's the greatest school honor. We all have fun, we all have work, reading and math and science too. We work so hard in all we do. And when the music starts to play, we sing hooray. for newer days, and we will shout for all we're worth. Schilling's the greatest school on earth. Schilling's the greatest school on earth. Schilling's the greatest school on earth.

[770] SPEAKER_31: Wonderful job. They did so well. Thank you, students. Thank you, parents, for coming out, too, and teachers. I know it's a long day. So a little bit on our demographics. We're about 364, 72% free and reduced lunch, and the same with socioeconomics. English learners is about 50%. Majority of our ethnicity is Hispanic, almost 80%, with the rest of the demographics as noted. It's changed a little bit this year compared to last year, especially with the new subdivisions that are coming right next to Dumbarton Bridge. We have one TK classroom, 2.5 kinder classrooms, 2.5 first grades, 2 second, 2 third, 1 fourth, 1 fifth, 1 fifth, 6th grade combo, 6th grade, a special day class, a science resource class, PE class, an intervention teacher, and an RSP class. Our goals and focus is all based on our CPSA. School site council develops the CPSA and our elect feedback and our parent teacher organization. We get together and we develop our goals. So we have a lot of PBIS tier 2, 1, 2, and 3 support, RTI, PLCs for our teachers with collaboration and professional development. STEAM Weeks, and if you look at our display in the back, we did one of our STEAM Weeks, and our fabulous science teacher, Ms. Bloom, helped organize all of this. Not only did she help organize it, every month we have a focus on a different topic. So last year it was a focus on a different culture. This year we did it on a different topic. And for the month, we were doing women. And so she did the whole lesson in collaboration with her committee on women in STEAM. So science, technology, engineering, art, and math is all influenced by the women back there. And you can read about that. So our students did a fabulous job out there. So that was really good. We are also partaking in our seal collaboration. And, uh, here we have our two instructional coaches who worked with our TK teacher. They're doing a fabulous job. I'm so grateful that we do have this partnership. We have a lot of activities and as we get more funds or more volunteers, we're able to add more stuff. So this year we were able to add with our wrap up funds, the dance club, the yearbook club, the violin and the theater club. We also have a partnership with University of California at Davis. So we got 20 brand new little bits. Oops, I lost my train of thought, sorry. Little bits. Robots, thank you. And we'll be starting that in a couple weeks. We also have robotics club that we partner with high school students from Fremont Unified. So they come to our school and they teach our kids. We still continue with our baile flacorico and our cultural assemblies or focus funds. And for next year, we'll be the first school in Newark for the DLI, dual language. So we're excited about that. Currently, our attendance has improved. This is from the California dashboard. Last year, we were at 6.7 chronically absent. So we had a decline of 25.7. So that's really good. And right now, we're sitting at 97.07. That's excellent. For our ELA, we improved by 11.3% on our SBAC test, so double digits improvement. For our math, we improved by 12.6%, double digits again. And for English learner progress, our reclassified students are showing the same kind of threat amongst the district, where reclassified students are performing better than our English-only students. We also use ClassDojo, and this is one of Ms. Kidd's posts. And ClassDojo is our internal system where we can communicate with parents one-on-one. It's kind of like a Facebook, but in a controlled environment. I can put class stories up there and all the parents can see. And the parents can also message me, text message, and we get it immediately so that we know what's going on and it's instant communication. We also set our expectations high. The rubric here in the picture is one that we actually do in TK. And so every grade level has a different type of rubric, but every grade level also has a data wall. And the teachers do data talks with their students so that they can do some goal setting. PBIS, again, we are the only school that is in gold, so we're very proud of that. We have a Tier 1 fidelity, which is our classroom systems. Our Tier 2 are more specialized programs for students who need additional intervention. And Tier 3, we do have EBAC services, but also in our CPSA, we contract with an individual counselor for students who do not have Medi-Cal but still need one-on-one counseling and don't have an IEP. So we use our shilling stars, we look at the data from Swiss to determine what action plans we need to do, and then we revisit the data once we've done those action plans to see if they've influenced the data. So we like to be data focused. So again, our store, I call it our little Chuck E. Cheese. Our students bring in their shilling stars and we have a team, but mostly one of our campus monitor, Miss Lisa, who is back there. She runs it all for us, and she sets the prices. She's just great. And our kids come in, and they start exchanging their Shilling Stars for prizes. And she opens it up twice a month. And she has a whole schedule and everything. She's just great. And so just to highlight a couple of the events, and you guys are welcome to come. Tomorrow's our 90s day, so we'll be dressing in the 90s. And then next Friday the 13th is our family game night, brought to you by our parent-teacher organization. We'll have a performing arts concert on April 3rd, which is going to be Baila Flacorico, the violin club, and the theater club, all performing that night. And then on April 8th, we're going to be presenting at the CABE Dual Language Conference in San Francisco. April 30th, we're doing Dia de los Ninos, and then Cinco de Mayo, Baile Fluconico, has been invited to be the opening for the Oakland A's, and we'll be selling tickets as a fundraiser. So thank you so much. Can I have my parents, teachers, and staff, and students, anybody from Schilling, please stand up so we can recognize that you're here. It is the greatest school on earth.

[1213] Elisa Martinez: Thank you guys.

[1215] SPEAKER_40: Thank you so much.

[1221] SPEAKER_36: You have a question? Not a question. It's a comment. I'm looking at the back of the board and I'm seeing the little dolls and it brought me back to when I was at Schilling. And I believe my mom actually still has my doll. So I thought it was great. And the board looks amazing in the back. The students, thank you for coming. And thank you for singing the song. It was great. Thank you for all you're doing. It sounds like you guys are having a great experience at Schelling. Thank you. We are. Thank you, guys. Thank you.

[1249] Elisa Martinez: Have a good evening. Member Zhang.

[1252] Bowen Zhang: Oh, sorry. Yeah, I just want to thank you for the great work and the great work by your team. Shilling feels special to me because I live in the Shilling area. And you mentioned about a new subdivision near the Dumbarton. When I visited those neighborhoods and I talked to some of the new parents that have kids in Shilling, they were telling me that Shilling has a great principal and a great team. So I thank you. Thank you. I thank you for your... It's all our teachers and our parents. Hopefully we continue the work to attract more of those parents to send their kids to Shilling.

[1286] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Member Rodriguez.

[1288] Ray Rodriguez: Yes, I too would like to thank all the parents and the students, the teachers, the staff. There was something on there about Newark Soccer Club or the soccer, Newark soccer. Oh yes. Can you mention that please?

[1303] SPEAKER_31: Yes, so we are second year in a row the boys won the championships. So we're so proud of our boys.

[1317] Ray Rodriguez: I wanted to thank you for being an excellent greeter. I know we have that big development that's not too far from your school. And I've heard some good things when parents want to come and visit the school and everything. Thank you for doing that.

[1330] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Yes, I just wanted to comment. I think I'm very, very proud of what you're doing with the team, with your parents, with the teachers. It's amazing to see the great improvement in your overall academic performance. So thank you very much. I want to say something in Spanish too. estudiando y sigan siempre persiguiendo la excelencia, que es el tema que queremos llevar nosotros como líderes del distrito. Muchísimas gracias. Thank you so much for all the effort.

[1374] SPEAKER_31: Thank you guys.

[1381] Elisa Martinez: Oh, sorry. Member Wing.

[1385] Phuong Nguyen: I just wanted to say thank you for all the hard work that you and your staff are doing. And also, I echo the same sentiments as all the other board members here tonight. So wonderful job, you guys, and keep up the great work. Thank you.

[1403] SPEAKER_32: Thank you, Shaleen. Thank you, boys and girls. And thank you, parents and teachers. So I'm going to slip in another recognition that is very timely. And Mr. Castillo gave a great preview. So if I could please have Principal Rangel, Coach K, and Ari Pererek please come forward to the podium.

[1436] SPEAKER_33: Go Cougars!

[1448] SPEAKER_09: OK, good evening. I'm honored. First of all, let me back up. My name is Rachel Kahoalii. Coach K, as many people refer to me, I am the athletic director at Newark Memorial. It really is my honor and privilege to be here tonight for this very, very special event and the honoring of Ariana Pereira. Ari is a senior. She is a three-sport athlete. She plays volleyball, she wrestles, and she participates in track. She does all of this all year, every year, maintains a 3.8 GPA. become just last weekend, two weeks ago, last weekend. Last weekend has become a California State Wrestling Champion. Which if you've ever been to a wrestling match, you will know that wrestling is one of those sports that will expose everything about you. It is so hard, so difficult in so many different ways to put yourself out there and to compete by yourself and the grit and the struggle that she has had to go through and has overcome and persevered and the work and work and work and more work and sacrifice and dedication to maintain a high GPA and be an exceptional performer. I am just extremely proud to introduce her as a state champion. However, I also have to say this. She is a state champion in wrestling, but she is a champion in every way. She is an amazing person. She's an exceptional student athlete leader. And I am, again, so proud of her wrestling accomplishments, but also so grateful to be a part of her journey and just to see her just shine. So thank you and congratulations.

[1591] SPEAKER_35: How do you feel being a champion?

[1609] Elisa Martinez: It's cool.

[1613] Clarissa Kennedy: Yeah. Thank my dad and my family for being here. We're a wrestling family. This is one out of four, so it's cool.

[1625] Ray Rodriguez: The Olympics is next.

[1628] Guadalupe Lopez: Yeah.

[1631] Clarissa Kennedy: That's soon.

[1632] Elisa Martinez: Yeah. Congratulations. Thank you so much.

[1645] SPEAKER_32: So next, I would like to have Coach K come up here. Don't leave, Coach K. So, a few weeks ago we heard that Coach K was actually awarded as the best of the best of athletic directors for the Mission Valley Athletic League. So we wanted her to come forward. And we know that there's going to be another big presentation later on in the spring. But we all, students know her. She's got a commitment here in Newark. And we wanted her to come forward today so we can publicly acknowledge her and congratulate her for this really well-deserved recognition. So Coach K, congratulations.

[1689] Vicenta Ditto: Not to overstep, but I just have to say, Coach K, yes, she's an athletic director, but she's so much more for our students. She's a social-emotional coach some days. Some days she's the assistant principal. Some days she just wears very many hats. She is definitely a community builder. She instills the best in our students. A lot of other districts and schools are modeling her, what she built, which is champions of character after us at Newark Memorial. So she is actually recognized as the state athletic director of the year. So she's also our state champion. So I just wanted to acknowledge her.

[1741] SPEAKER_09: Again, thank you for this acknowledgment. And really, when I think about it, I have to say I'm honored to be really the face of this award that really belongs to so many people. There is such a huge part of what we do is with our coaches, our coaches and our student athletes and their families that make the sacrifice to make Newark Memorial Athletics what it is. And I do believe that part of the reason why, you know, I received this award out of many people that could have, many deserving people that could have, is because of our belief in educational athletics and building champions for life. And that's what we do, and that's what we believe in. Of course, we love to win. We love to compete. We love all of that, but again, really, It's our belief in building champions for life and our belief in educational athletics. And so I would like to invite all of you to come and not just come to a game. I think that's kind of what the assumption is, come watch a game or two, which would be amazing also. But I would really like to invite you to come and get involved in some of the other things that we do. including our Champions of Character class that our student-athletes are participating in every week, our student-athlete advisory council that I meet with every month, the service part of athletics where we're hosting Special Olympics, theme nights, community nights, dinners for the homeless shelter, the residents, and all of the many, many community outreach things that we do. And so I welcome you to join us not only for a game but for you know, our part in the community and just see some very, very outstanding student-athlete leaders. So thank you, and again, thank you to all of our coaches and student-athletes and their families and the support that I receive from the community and our administration. Thank you very much.

[1883] SPEAKER_36: If I may, President Martinez? Yes, please. I just wanted to, as she's taking the pictures, no need to, but I wanted to congratulate Coach K and also say how proud I am of seeing another Newark product coming back and giving to our community and proud to say that, what greatness, I mean, to be honest, what great achievements our Newark students can achieve. So thank you for all your work.

[1912] Elisa Martinez: Thank you for giving back to our community and congratulations. Thank you so much. Moving on to item 9, public comment on non-agenda items. Ms. Cindy Parks.

[1949] Cindy Parks: Good evening. How do you follow up all that greatness? But I'm going to try. On the Title III that I brought to your attention at the last meeting, sent an email on February 11th. I have yet to receive any type of written response regarding all of the different items that I identified that were paid out of Title III that regarding the dual immersion that can't be charged to Title III. I have not gotten any kind of correspondence concerning the inappropriate, or my term, inappropriate charge to those accounts. I also am here to lobby again for the ADIS correction. I still have not received any type of acknowledgement of the almost $500,000 that was charged to Measure G for the ADIS work. And again, there are items, projects that are not allowed under Measure G. the school's consolidation update. Based on all of the timelines for the school consolidation advisory committee, I would have thought that that would have been on the agenda for today for you to appoint that committee since actually the first meeting was supposed to take place this month. The other item is the Godby survey. I know that you're waiting for the election I'm hoping that we'll get some, I don't know whether you're going to, what you're thinking since a lot of the measures didn't pass. If you're going to reevaluate whether you want to even do that or maybe that is, at least it will give you the pulse on the community. But I'd also like to mention to you this evening's meeting starting at 730 and your last meeting starting at 730. On December 5th of last year, you approved your meeting times and your meeting dates for your regular meetings. And on the agenda item, you said you were going to start your meetings at 7 p.m. And you've been meeting at 7 30. And in order to have a cohesive tone to your meetings, I think that you need to conduct your business at the same time. at every meeting as you voted to do. You've had people the last two meetings that have shown up expecting the meetings to start at 7 o'clock, and then they've had to wait that additional 30 minutes because not everybody knows. They don't even look at the agenda. Some of them are just being told by their principals to be here at a certain time for a certain presentation. And I think, again, you need to have that cohesiveness of when you have set the time to meet and when you're going to follow through with what, you know, the path that you've chosen. Thank you.

[2126] SPEAKER_40: Sorry, thank you. Ms. Sue Eustis.

[2144] SPEAKER_25: Good evening. My name is Sue Eustis, and I'm president of the Newark Chapter 208 of the California School Employees Association. I'm going to be speaking twice tonight, so you're going to get kind of a double bang for the buck. I was really disappointed in the idea that it's been almost a year ago that Ryland was asked and was paid for to give a recommendation of where to make cuts in the district. They were paid around $22,000. And when they came in, they also were asked to kind of describe what had taken place in the last seven to ten years. The last seven to ten years, your classified bargaining unit has been cut, sliced and diced. We are at bare bones. Yet, I see nothing done in the last year to make any cuts. No way to take and come and solve any of the problems that are going on in the district. We just continue along our merry way and put everything off. Your classified bargaining unit, a lot of them are getting hurt. They're really tired. They're not taking breaks. That's going to stop if I have anything to do with it. Because if you're going to continue to lay us off, I'm going to tell them it's not worth it to kill themselves trying to do for you when you're not respecting them. So I'm going to finish this later on. But I care about the people that work here in the district. They're important to me. The kids are important to me. And the way you're treating our bargaining unit, it's deplorable. I'm sorry. You guys need to do your job.

[2254] SPEAKER_40: Thank you.

[2265] Elisa Martinez: Mr. Kerry Knoop.

[2275] Cary Knoop: Good evening, everybody. I want to talk about a very serious and kind of not so pleasant topic, and that's about the COVID-19 threat. Everybody in any leadership position needs to work hard right now. And please don't wait for those who are above you to give you all the answers. So, superintendent, board members, I think it's your duty to prepare. And that means that we hope not, but it's possible that we have to close schools for a while. And again, we don't hope that, but it is a possibility. And that means we have to prepare for that. We don't want to be confronted at the last moment and then we don't know what to do. Preparation means making an inventory about could you do distance learning, for instance. Preparation means talking with the union. Make sure they're your partner because the work situation will change and you have to make sure that the union is working together with you. It means identifying essential elements in the curriculum. What needs to be passed on to if there is a need for distance learning. Also making an inventory of What are the email addresses of all the teachers, the public email addresses? Do they have electronic FaceTime opportunities so that if students have questions they can connect to teachers? All these things have to be prepared and of course we hope that we don't have to use that. But don't get caught and don't rely on our county level or even our state or federal level. Not everybody is proactive, unfortunately, as you probably have seen in our government. Some people are dropping the ball and then just say, let's wait and see, and the summer will give us the sun and it will go away. Well, that's not a good way to prepare. So I urge you to do that, and not only that, it is your responsibility to make sure that if we are going to get into this situation, that we are prepared. I prepared a letter I would like to give to every single board member and also to the superintendent, with just my two cents on it. There is a reference to the CDC. The CDC has given some guidelines, although it's a working process. And I would also want to highlight the state of Connecticut, who is the first state, as far as I know, who start making a preparation for looking at distance learning. And perhaps we can look at it. Some of the regulation will be different than in California, but at least we have something to hold on to and start thinking about. Thank you very much.

[2452] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Mr. Knoop. Moving on to item 10, superintendent report.

[2462] SPEAKER_32: Thank you. And as we get the slides that are put up by Ms. Aquino, I thank you, Mr. Newt, for your comments. I do have some information I'm going to share about that as well during my superintendent's comment. So first, I do want to first start out by acknowledging and celebrating Ms. Sayers, Ms. Mary Sayers and the Child Nutrition Department. The high school students at Newark Memorial High School actually surprised them last week, I believe it was, with just thanking them for their innovation around the different types of foods. And if you're at Newark Memorial High School, On Mondays, I think, there's tortas and there's tacos and there's just different varieties so that we can have other options for students. And so a big thank you to the Child Nutrition Department staff and Ms. Sayers. So a huge thank you. Absolutely. On March 2nd, it was our professional development day for our teachers and also our staff and work day for our elementary folks. So, Ms. Aquino, thank you. She led a great workshop. on Monday with all of office staff, secretary twos and clerks around how to better serve our community and our families as they walk through the front door. So it was around customer service. But I think the first thing that they really focused on is how we're all in this together, how we are the Newark family. And so I do want to acknowledge all of the folks who took part in this along with Mr. Kino. So thank you. That was Monday. And so all the kids were home with our families, our teachers and our staff were working hard here on Monday. So thank you. So I do want to go a little bit to just an update. As you all have been watching the media and seeing how this is really changing hour by hour across the United States, I do want to share with you with some of the work that we've been doing here in Newark Unified School District. So as soon as this has hit and we've done some preparation, I want to share that we have now a standing meeting where every 48 hours I'm actually convening a meeting with all of the department heads at the district office, and that includes everyone from our Director of Maintenance and Operations, Food and Nutrition, we have certainly our cabinet members, and folks around the table to really do some planning. So every 48 hours we now have a standing meeting to really look at what are the developments. With that in place, we have looked at some additional measures, and that's working with Ms. Susan Condon and Ms. Dela Cruz around additional measures around the disinfection, disinfectant of schools and classrooms, and some additional substitute staffing to support really this intense cleaning that we're having take place beginning with this evening. We are now in what's called preventive mode. So while we certainly don't have all the answers, we do still have to rely on the Centers for Disease Control, certainly the World Health Organizations, of what are the best practices around keeping our students and our staff safe. We have done a great job of having a very fully stocked warehouse that we have additional cleaning supplies that are in there along with Kleenex and tissues and other disinfectants that are needed so we have that on hand and they're ready to deploy to sites based on the custodians needs and the principles and certainly our office managers that help to do some of that ordering. This I believe it was day before yesterday, we actually deployed additional hand sanitizers to all of the school sites. And what we're asking is to really focus this in common areas, which is like our multipurpose room, the front office staff, so that folks are washing their hands. So as you start to see what is put out in the media, what the focus is around washing your hands. And first and foremost, we know that our kids are running around and don't always wash their hands. And so we have a plan for that. So we're also saying that there's reminders for students. And so our district nurse will be sending out a letter to remind families of when students should remain at home. We don't want students coming to school, although if they're sick, if they have a fever, if they're throwing up. So we have those guidelines out there for our families. I want to share that yesterday the Alameda County Office of Education Superintendent Monroe convened all the superintendents in Alameda County and we had a conference call with Alameda County Public Health Department and really stressed that the most important message schools can have is around ways to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses and viruses. They are certainly again ramping up the information as soon as they get it. And what we are all in for Alameda County is certainly a preventive state. But at the same time, we know that we have to work closely with the Newark Police Department. This morning, I met with one of our lieutenants, and we outlined some of the next steps, what we would do if we had to close the school. And I'm looking at our superintendent from Mission Valley ROP. We actually were all at the same meeting this week. and are working together with how to really enact the plan if we had to close the school. At this point, there is the communication is that we are not closing schools. What we are looking at is as soon as we receive word from the Department of Health and we are in communication with our colleagues in surrounding districts, we would enact our plan. In terms of educational services, Mr. Dolovich is already working on what would be options if we were to close the school and how we would support our staff and our students so that they continue and not have an interruption in their schooling. We know there will be an interruption if there is such a thing as a closing of a school or a quarantine, but we want to be able to have resources on hand so that our families have information and can give students tools and support that they could either do online or any other ways, if it's packets or what that looks like. So Mr. Dolovich is going to be working with teachers and with principals as to what that would look like. Tomorrow morning, I have called an emergency meeting with all of our site administrators to really share a lot of this information and to hear from them as to what the next steps are. But in short, we want to share that the best defense right now is ensuring that our classrooms are clean, that hands are washed, and we have to really be vigilant as to any symptoms that if someone is feeling sick, there's a stay home. And the same would go for staff as well, certainly. I want to share that as part of this program and a way to be preventive is that on Monday we're going to do what a lot of surrounding districts we were talking a lot of us superintendents around a hand washing day. And so what's been deployed to classrooms and to schools and we're getting ready for Monday is that schools will start to receive these posters. that they can hang in the classroom and teachers at their discretion on Monday will actually be doing activities with students. about how to wash our hands. So it is not a very quick thing. And if you've heard what the guidance is out there, it's singing the ABCs twice, which is a very long time. And a lot of times kids think, OK, I'm done. So no, there's actually a time limit of how much soap you have to use. And so we're going to be doing that on Monday to really get the word out and really try to do as many preventive things as we can do. So the last thing I'll say is that we do have a plan. I'm meeting with staff, as I said, every 48 hours, depending on what the media and the Department of Public Health puts out, we will be communicating that as well. If it has to be sooner, we will do that. On the website and this evening, we have pushed out a message to all families to continue to update that. If we have to, we will update every day so that we have information on the website. So this is something that we're going to start to focus a lot of our attention on because it is so important. And so HR will be meeting with our labor partners as well. I know tomorrow with CSCA to begin to do some of the discussion around this and how to support our employees. So that concludes my information for this evening. Thank you.

[2978] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Superintendent Salinas. Moving on to item 11, our staff report, and that's the update from Mission Valley ROP. Mr. Hanson. Welcome.

[2990] SPEAKER_06: Thank you very much. While the clicker's on its way down here, I'd like to just say thank you very much, Superintendent Salinas. Newark students come to the center as well. Just today, we sent a note out to teachers to ask them to spend the 20 seconds. We have kids getting off buses from 10 different schools every other hour of the day. So we have a little different challenge. We recognize that we need to relax a little bit, have instructors not think that every single minute of every day needs to be spent teaching, assessing, and doing lots of schoolwork, it's not going to be a bad idea for a couple of months to wash a lot of hands. So we are ramping up and expecting to do that. So we commend your efforts. Thank you very much cabinet, Ms. Aquino, President Martinez, Superintendent Salinas, We are here to just touch on a couple of points to tell you about Mission Valley ROP, what we do, how long we've been doing it, and some outcomes that we strive for. We have a funding model and a service model that is really pretty simple. New Haven, Fremont, and Newark Unified School Districts all contribute a percentage of our general fund annually and we strive to serve the same proportionate number, percentage of students and actual expenditures. in each district. So whether we're buying supplies, doing projects, or seating students, we can pretty much track our expenditures down to these historic percentages. For over 40 years, we have been providers of technical education in several industry sectors. Of course, we are partners with New Haven, Fremont, and Newark. We are not, I don't think we're at 4,000 students this year but close and we have a mission statement to provide relevant career technical education by preparing students for employment and college through industry standard tools training and experience. Now how we do that is by having our coursework be guided by parameters that are, pretty different from core education. Our comprehensive site deal essentially, for the most part, in science, English, math, social studies, and elective categories, and some technical ed. But what makes Mission Valley ROP different is All of what we do is career technical education. We adhere to 11 elements of high quality CTE. This is a part of the California state plan for career technical education. And you can see, just kind of looking through that list, high quality curriculum and instruction, student leadership development, industry partnerships, systems responding to economic demands. So labor market information. advisory partnerships that validate a fairly flexible curriculum in each industry sector. These are the things that allow us to change with industry demands much quicker than what you would find in core curriculum in the state blueprints. We also operate within California Standards for Career Ready Practice. These 12 items here, I tend to think of as the reasons why students come from CTE courses, go and tell their friends, those classes are great. Those are a lot of fun. They go home and tell their parents, wow, we actually did this. We saw this. Folks from industry came and told us about these opportunities. And you can kind of look through this list. Apply appropriate technical skill. Communicate clearly. Develop educational and career plans with personal goals. Enhance performance. Persevere in problem solving. These things make career technical ed different in many ways, most of the time, than what we experience in core education. We combine those things with CTE Anchor Standards, Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, industry certifications, internships, students doing community classroom work, and of course, the things that high school kids probably recognize more so, A to G course recognition and college credit articulated courses. With that, I'm going to, invite Dr. Adams Hart, Cliff Adams Hart, to talk a little bit about industry certifications. He is the Director of Ed Services at the Center.

[3313] SPEAKER_15: Thank you. Superintendent Hanson leaned over to me a little while ago and said, we don't have a song. We're not a champion of anything. How are we going to compete with that? Well, hopefully we can share some information, just kind of highlight some of the things we do. One of the important things about the programs we offer is getting our students with some industry background experience and some certifications. This is actually now going to be reported through CALPADS as well as to the California dashboard through the CCI. They're going to want to know every student. and what certificates of industry they have earned. And so up here on the screen, you just have some examples of some of the certificates that our students at the center and on our campus sites, they receive through this training. American Heart, Basic Life Support, HIPAA, we have a national exam provider by the name of Precision Exams. They offer a whole host of industry certified certifications, food handlers card, And then we have our own specific program certifications. An example here is like medical assisting. We can include sports therapy, nursing assisting, auto body, auto tech, those kind of things. And we're constantly looking to add more certifications. And we do that on an annual basis. Another thing that's going to be reported to the CCI through CALPADS, the California dashboard, is internships. We have a lot of students that look forward to that time. They come to the center. They study four to six months. And then they look forward to that time when they can go out and practice what they have been learning for the last little time in their theory classes. We do have a lot of questions from districts, parents, about what are some of the requirements? And so we're trying to get that early and often. Some of the things that come up are, how do students get there? Well, we don't necessarily have an ROP bus that we take all 700 or 800 kids every day to their internship. They must retire their own. You have the clicker? Oh, sorry. They must provide their own transportation. Sometimes students, if they don't quite make the qualifications for an internship, they may be dropped from the class. It's kind of hard to tell a student that. But as we'll see here in just a second, our internships are actually directed and provided by our industry partners who set the requirements for that. So if you can think about an example of a medical assisting student that is trying to learn vital signs, those particular skills, if they don't have that mastered, you're not necessarily going to want to turn them loose on a patient, because that's what they're going to be working with, with live patients, as an example. So advisory committees set these standards for us. Mr. Hanson, next slide, please. It's not often I get to tell him what to do. So these advisory boards, we meet annually, at least annually with them. They're made up of local business and owners and leaders. They review and approve our curriculum. They make suggestions for equipment. They make curriculum suggestions. They provide guest speakers, equipment donations, job shadows, and more importantly, most of them will provide internships and opportunities for our students to get that hands-on experience. Just some statistics about our courses. We continue to increase the number of our UC A to G approved courses at ROP and also at the programs that we have on center classes. We have 59 different CTE courses. And this slide says 38 are UC approved. That is now 40. We just received this past week approval for two more. And we have a couple more that are waiting for approval. So we're constantly increasing that. And now about 68% of our coursework through Mission Valley RP is UC A to G accredited. So we're excited about that. We have, to date, 42 articulated courses. Out of our 59, it's about 71%. So students who accomplish with a certain parameter based upon what the college says, they pass the class, they pass an exam, they get a certain grade in the class, they can receive college credit. So that is also an exciting thing for our students. And we're also looking to increase our articulations with our local community colleges. We concentrate on that every year. 40% of our enrollees are pathway completers. Definition of a pathway completer is somebody who completes at least 300 hours in a particular program or pathway. 100% of our RP campus just across the three-way courses are completer courses just by nature because they're two-hour classes. So the possibility of at least 360 hours of coursework is available to them. 82% of our students are in either an A to G and articulated course. In the 18-19 school year, just last year, had students earn about 2,251 industry certifications. And of those, and that's a total. I'm looking, I have the Newark statistics here. So that means we have 232 students from Newark schools earning a total of 568 industry certifications last year. So that's an incredible job that they've done. Overall, at Mission Valley RP, 929 students earned college credit. And for Newark, that came out to 143 students earning approximately 429 units of college credit. Again, well done. The next slide just kind of shows the progress since we've tracked this. This is all CCI dashboard data. And so over the last number of years, you can see how we've just been increasingly adding to the articulations and certifications. And we just keep growing and growing it. And this chart will be different next year. I'm going to turn now, any remainder of time, to Mr. Hanson. He can talk to you about the dashboard and answer any questions.

[3702] SPEAKER_06: Thank you, Dr. Adams. We just want to point out why this is so important. The college and career indicator has a number of elements. Some of it is... based on state testing. There are many, many students and probably the majority of the percentage prepared and approaching prepared students in every district will be recognized as such just based on their standardized, their state tests, their SBAC performances. It's not really a straight line relationship between an increasing percentage prepared CCI data per school or per district and what the ROP does. What we want to do is make sure that we've made a CCI improvement opportunity out of every course that we offer. So that's why you see this trend in increasing certifications and increasing articulation and college credit gathering potential because what we want to do is make every opportunity for a student to gather college credit in an articulated course and post a recognized industry certification and community classroom hours. So that is really what what were the trends and development and you know program evolution are at the center and in sites in the district. Do you have any any questions for me?

[3809] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez.

[3810] SPEAKER_36: Not a question, just wanted to say thank you for all your work and serving our Newark students and to hear the numbers, it's astonishing, so thank you.

[3819] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Member Rodriguez.

[3823] Ray Rodriguez: Mr. Hanson, thank you. Thank you very much for your bodyguard who came with you. The history of the ROP is so important to us. I know you've been our superintendent What is it, seven years now, or am I losing it? Almost. Almost. And we took you away from Kennedy High School. But anyway, we're so proud of the partnership we have between Newark Unified and the Mission Valley ROP. It was approximately 15 years ago when we had a little space over there, Loyola, in Fremont. And then the ROP board, and I was one of them, talked about building a new building and having a center that we could be proud of. And I think Lillie Mae, the present Fremont mayor, was part of the ROP board at that time. And then we came together and we talked about building that building, that beautiful building on the corner of Playcow and Stevenson. And having you as our superintendent the last few years, there was concern a few years ago that Newark wasn't getting the piece of the pie when it comes to RP. And you've made sure that that's happened. You've increased courses. And to have them UC eligible and ADG is so important. And I want to commend you on also reaching out to the alternative schools. And I know you have, you invite the special ed students. And I think they have a program also, if I'm not mistaken. But what you're doing over at Bridgepoint is also very important to us. The way the culinary program has grown over the years, and so many of the kids are involved in that, it should be commended. So thank you for the partnership. And hopefully, as time goes on, we'll continue to increase Newark Kids being part of the R.O.P.

[3940] SPEAKER_06: Thank you. I'd just like to make a point about the success and the benefit of having the building at Blake Hound Stevenson. It was your current CBO, Ms. Dela Cruz, who was instrumental in planning most of that. That was before my time, so I'd like to give credit where credit's due. It is something that we talk about with every principal, certainly with principals here in Newark. Every minute of every student's day is important to us, and we recognize that at alternative placements in every classroom. So that's what we talked about when we had our field trip to the Newark Center at Ohlone College last week. many, dozens and dozens of Newark students there. And it's an exposure trip. It's an opportunity. It's a day for them to see something that they don't see maybe every day. And the idea is every minute of every day has to be important to us. So we stick by that and we appreciate your partnership.

[4001] Ray Rodriguez: And thank you for sending Ms. Dela Cruz our way. And we're not going to apologize for her being here. But thank you and continue to do what you do and we really, again, we appreciate our families and kids appreciate it also. Thank you.

[4020] SPEAKER_06: Thank you.

[4021] Elisa Martinez: Mr. Hanson, thank you so much. I think a lot of us talk about making sure we have pathways for all of our kids, knowing that they all have different interests. And so very, very exciting to see just the trajectory that you guys have really taken in the last couple of years to offer not only just a gamut of different types of courses, but just the opportunity in terms of getting college credit. So that's fantastic. And a lot of positive things already said here. But what I wanted to ask you is, what can we do to help you? I'm sure there's dependencies that we have. So are there things that we can do to help?

[4071] SPEAKER_06: just, you know, continue to support us and cooperate. You know, technical ed is not, it is not always considered to be mainstream educational opportunities. It isn't. And what the growth, the growth and the change in our program in five years reflects some crossover where A to G, community college, articulation, coursework, and technical ed, where all those lines intersect and cross. So multiple objectives are achieved in one class enrollment. We know that that has to be important. It's more important all the time. You know, we need to realize to not claim to be something we aren't, but to seriously champion what we are. And know that there are serious questions and serious demands on our work. So thank you for your partnership.

[4134] Elisa Martinez: We appreciate your time tonight.

[4136] Elisa Martinez: Sorry, we have one more comment. Member Irwin.

[4140] Phuong Nguyen: I'd like to beg to differ that you think that you guys aren't important. over time that giving kids or students an additional pathway to succeed in life and giving them these additional skills. Because not all of us are meant to be students. And the way we learn is we have different ways of learning. And to roll all of these different criteria into the curriculum that you guys are providing for these students and giving them college credit. adding college credit to it is a great thing. So thank you for doing that.

[4181] Elisa Martinez: I agree. Thank you so much. Thank you. Moving on to item 12, employee organizations. Let's start with NEWMA tonight. Do we have anybody from NEWMA?

[4212] SPEAKER_40: Okay. CSCA?

[4226] SPEAKER_25: So the only thing that I have to report tonight is we're going to be sending two members to the CSCA Bargaining Academy. this weekend coming up, and then we will be sending three to the CSCA Area Institute for training the next weekend. So that's all I have to report. Thank you.

[4247] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Do we have anybody from NTA? No, we're good. Okay.

[4256] SPEAKER_40: Thank you.

[4260] Elisa Martinez: Moving on to old business. First item is 13.1, board policy 4116, Certificated Personnel Probationary Permanent Status.

[4274] SPEAKER_36: I move that we approve.

[4276] Elisa Martinez: I second it. Do we have any speaker cards? No speaker cards on this? Is there any discussion?

[4286] SPEAKER_36: I think it looks good and ready to

[4289] Elisa Martinez: If not, so the motion on Ms. Aquino?

[4296] SPEAKER_39: Motion to approve second reading by Rodriguez and seconded by Member Gutierrez.

[4303] Elisa Martinez: Okay. So I have a point of order question regarding the fact that this is a personnel probationary policy. Does the student board member

[4318] SPEAKER_32: I would recommend not for this one.

[4322] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. So I will open voting. Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Next item is 13.2, Administrative Regulation 4218, Dismissal, Suspension, Disciplinary Action, second reading. May I have a motion to approve the second reading?

[4356] SPEAKER_36: I move that we approve 13.2.

[4357] SPEAKER_40: Do I have a second? I second. OK. Any discussion?

[4374] Elisa Martinez: I will open voting. Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Moving on to item 14.1, resolution number 2061 to commit to budget balancing solutions for 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 fiscal year. That's the 20s. So can I get a motion and a second, please?

[4420] SPEAKER_36: I move that we vote on 14.1.

[4426] Bowen Zhang: I second it.

[4426] Elisa Martinez: OK. So we do have a speaker. Miss Cindy Parks.

[4445] Cindy Parks: Okay, first of all, potential revenue enhancements, the second page of your document speaks about increasing ADA by 0.5. I think that that's a very aggressive percentage point. I question whether it's realistic. Where is the plan in order to increase it by half of a percent? The job for pupil services was created several years ago with that position needing to fund itself by the increase of ADA. Probably you all are still in high school when that happened. But that's why that position that Anna Leon currently occupies was created. And that position was created with that person was supposed to pay for their salary by the increase of ADA. So again, I don't see that, I see the last chart that I was able to find online where it showed your ADA and your enrollment and they continue to decline at the same rate. Again, this is something that's been going on for quite a while. What are you doing, what are you going to do that's going to bring that $250,000 in? $250,000. Realigning some of the job descriptions when you're going to put the assistant principal to Title I, that will encompass new reporting because it's Title I. Will that require a job description that needs to be negotiated? Under the furlough days for NEWMA and contract employees, it says one or two. I don't understand why I didn't just pick one or two. Hopefully you would give direction on what you expect, not just leave it floating out there. And again, would that be a negotiated item? seemed to me back in the day, what we used to see, I'm sure Mr. Rodriguez could account for this, is that when the board would get a budget with cuts, it would be this is what's negotiated, this doesn't need to be negotiated. So you knew what you could make a decision on versus what would have to be negotiated at a later date. The discretionary instructional material money, the lottery money, the textbook adoption money, it seems like you're just shifting money from one account to another. And I'm trying to understand the rationale behind some of that. The downgrading of the director of IT to a manager, that was already done this year, so I don't understand why that money, the savings for that money isn't listed on here. Maybe it's in the first interim somehow. I don't know. But there are definitely some savings on here that could have been captured in this year, like your negotiation for the McGregor field. The city's already paying for that. My question to you would be, how are you going to follow up to make sure all of this is enacted? And I guess another thing is, how come some of the savings don't carry over to other years? Thank you.

[4626] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Ms. Parks.

[4632] SPEAKER_40: Ms. Sue Eustis.

[4645] SPEAKER_25: Good evening. As I was saying earlier this evening, that the Ryland report had indicated how we had over the last 7 to 10 years had taken and had been laid off and cut quite a bit. We're at bare bones. That report indicated that, if you were listening. And I know some of you are new, so some of you didn't hear it. But go back and read the whole thing. Go back and see it. Because it was clearly the truth. I was actually surprised to see it. I'm curious who you think you're going to... Who's going to do the work? I'm hearing all kinds of things. It's $500,000 worth of cuts. Who's going to clean the classroom? You can't cut the custodians anymore. You barely got enough now, as well as a few subs. And most of the time, you're using those subs every single day. If you have that virus hit, who's going to be cleaning those classrooms? You don't have enough people. You don't have enough maintenance men. And you actually, in a lot of ways, should have maintenance men that are higher trained than what you've got, but you're not attracting them because they don't want to come here, because they don't want to make the sub-pay that you're paying them. Who's going to be feeding the kids? You can't cut there. Who's going to be taking and running the offices? You're not going to be able, if you lay people off, you're not going to be able to have people come in and work those jobs. Because there are jobs, you lay it off, you do without the work. Who's going to be running the libraries? As it is now, you don't have a librarian there the whole day. You only have them there a few hours a day. And a lot of them are giving up a lot of their time to do book sales and all different kinds of things. I don't see where they're going to feel like they want to be doing extra time when you're laying them off. $500,000. Most of my people, they're not even full-time people. They're working less than four hours. Where are you going to come up with $500,000? I don't understand it. Who's going to be running the child care centers? You've barely got enough in there to legally run it now. Who's going to replace the one-on-one aids that you are required to have in a classroom for a lot of the kids? I can go on and on. It doesn't do me any good to go on and on. But most of our members are part-time workers, and it's going to take one hell of a lot of cuts to make up that. Teachers make over $100,000 a year, and I'm sure administrators make more. Why are you taking $500,000 out of our hide? When you look at the teachers, $90,000. I don't want to see a teacher laid off, but at least it would only be about eight teachers at the most. Classified, you're going to be hitting big numbers. Big numbers. I don't know where you think you're going to get it. And then to boot, you only take the administrators and you shift where you're getting the money to pay them. I don't see where there's any layoff of any administrators. We still have the same amount of principals, we still have all the administrators, but we're going to cut the hide out of your classified bargaining unit who, if you were not here, your school isn't going to run. Thank you, Ms. Eustis.

[4874] Elisa Martinez: Do we have any comments, any questions for Steph?

[4880] SPEAKER_40: If not, could you please repeat the motion?

[4883] SPEAKER_46: I do have a question.

[4884] SPEAKER_40: Oh, sorry.

[4885] SPEAKER_46: Go ahead. So looking over all of the potential expenditure reductions on page two of this document, am I correct in assuming that this gets sent to the county and this is sort of our plan for getting back to a positive certification versus a qualified certification So my next question is, if we approve, if the board approves this resolution, does this bind the district to do all the things that we set out to do here or is this sort of like a placeholder and we're, you know, half committing to it or we may do it and we may not?

[4925] SPEAKER_32: I'm going to ask Ms. Delacruz to give a little bit of context and background. and to build on that we brought this forward at the study session, and we're also building on what the board approved in October of 2019.

[4938] Marie dela Cruz: Yeah, so as we prepare for our second interim budget report and also for next year's budget, there were certain requirements that were made by the Alameda County Office of Education in order for us to balance our budget because of our structural deficit. we're going to be able to do that. So this plan does have some flexibility we are committing to be to these reductions in order for us to balance our budget and these are some of the items that we've identified, but there's still some detail that have yet to be worked out and the we're going to be able to. Solve our structural deficit and because we've identified closing of schools and consolidating schools as part of our plan. Resolution there's a commitment to. Provide a contingency in

[5013] SPEAKER_32: And if I can add, a lot of this work is also about right-sizing a district that is in declining enrollment, unfortunately. And so as we look at some of the next items that are following this, some of the work that Human Resources needs to do is certainly, as we've committed to speaking with the bargaining units, to hear from them, their input. The other piece that's missing from this is certainly our directors, our classified directors, that will give input as to where there could be some reductions. Again, it's speaking to right-sizing the district. Unfortunately, we are in this declining enrollment with, I think, the expectation that as soon as enrollment ramps up, positions that would return back or services that would return back to the district.

[5064] Elisa Martinez: Just, I think, a comment because I think the student member Castillo, you picked up on, you know, these are potential. They're not set in stone, so to speak. And if I remember correctly from the first interim and last year, the second interim, we do have to put a plan. You know, here are the buckets that we're looking at, but there is no, this is not necessarily the final, correct? Yeah, so more to come. Yeah. Any other questions? If not, if you can please repeat the motion. Ms. Aquino.

[5105] SPEAKER_39: Motion to approve resolution number 2061 to commit to budget balancing made by member Gutierrez, seconded by member John.

[5115] Elisa Martinez: Student member Castillo, how do you vote?

[5118] SPEAKER_46: I abstain from voting on this item.

[5120] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. I will open voting. Please vote. motion passes with 5 ayes. Okay next item is 14.2 resolution number 2060 resolution to reduce the number of certificated employees due to a reduction of particular kinds of services for the 2020-2021 school year. Can I get a motion and a second please? I move.

[5168] Phuong Nguyen: I second.

[5171] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez moves, Member Nguyen seconds. Any questions or comments? If not, please Ms. Aquino, repeat the motion.

[5185] SPEAKER_39: Motion to approve resolution number 2060 by Member Gutierrez, seconded by Member Nguyen.

[5197] Elisa Martinez: This is personnel related, so I will. OK. And I will open voting. Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Item 14.3. Resolution No. 2058, Criteria for Determining Order of Seniority for Employees with the Same Date of First Paid Service. The Actionist Staff recommends that Board approve Resolution 2058. Can I get a motion and a second?

[5243] SPEAKER_36: I move.

[5246] SPEAKER_40: Second.

[5247] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Any questions from the Board? comments. Please repeat the motion on the floor.

[5259] SPEAKER_39: Motion to approve Resolution 2058 by Member Gutierrez, seconded by Member Nguyen.

[5268] Elisa Martinez: I'll open voting. Please vote. Motion passes five ayes. Item 14.4, resolution number 2063, elimination of certificated positions. Staff recommends the board approve resolution 2063 to permanently eliminate 7.6 FTEs of certificated permanent positions as of July 1, 2020. Can I get a motion and a second, please?

[5312] SPEAKER_36: I move.

[5315] Phuong Nguyen: I second.

[5316] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Okay. Member Zhang.

[5326] Bowen Zhang: Oh, just a technical question. What is the reason to separate resolution 2060 and 2063?

[5334] SPEAKER_29: May I respond? There's a difference with this resolution. The specific resolution is the abolishment of actual positions that will be forever gone. We can't replace them anymore. where the previous resolution talks about having to lay off potential personnel. The positions will still be needed, so we will have to replace those positions. These positions right here will be eliminated.

[5365] Diego Torres: Okay, I see.

[5365] Elisa Martinez: No longer funded.

[5369] SPEAKER_36: Member Gutierrez. No question, just wanted to point out a question that I had earlier and that was clarified for him. for me and it was, there was a concern regarding the fact that the subject Spanish was in there and I did ask if we were no longer going to be providing Spanish language and I was clarified that the subject will still be there, just this decision, so just wanted to make that clarification and thank you for providing that answer.

[5399] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. If no more questions or comments, Ms. Aquino, can you please repeat the motion?

[5403] SPEAKER_39: Motion to approve Resolution 2063 by Member Gutierrez, seconded by Member Nguyen.

[5411] Elisa Martinez: Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Okay, moving on to item 14.5, HVAC maintenance and repairs. Staff recommends approval of additional work for maintenance and repair of district HVAC units. Can I get a motion and a second please?

[5440] Ray Rodriguez: I'd like to make the motion.

[5443] SPEAKER_36: I'll second it.

[5444] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez moves, member Gutierrez seconds. And we do have a speaker card, Miss Cindy Parks.

[5461] Cindy Parks: I guess I hope you never have to amend your motion that just crazy. Seconds before you've heard the public speaker perhaps any dialogue amongst the board. Thank you miss. But I can speak my 3 minutes. So just a reminder on this. Education code 17462. is regarding the sale of property and that the funds derived from the sale of surplus property shall be used for capital outlay for the cost of maintenance of the school district property that the governing board of the school district determines will not reoccur in the five-year period. So I just want to remind you that any of your projects that you utilize this money for, they have to have a lifespan of at least five years. And I wanted to draw your attention to the last bullet under the background, that most of the HV units are over 14 years old and have outlived their lifespan. So you want to make sure that you're not putting Band-Aids on, like the child care unit that I had brought to your attention before at Lincoln, that that child care unit was beyond its lifespan, that portable. And you were looking to replace and put a brand new HVAC unit in there. So just making sure that I don't know if all of these proposals are going to come to you. If something's below somebody's limit, perhaps you wouldn't see anything. So I don't know how this is going to work. So I wanted to just bring this to your attention so that perhaps you can ask those questions to make sure that the money is being used the way it should be. Thank you.

[5553] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Ms. Parks. Any questions or comments? I had a question for staff with regards to the never-ending request for HVAC repair funding, if you will. So my question to staff had been, is this a set, a bucket of money we want to have just in case or is this already earmarked and I think that there is some validity to the question of Are we putting a band-aid that we're going to come and have additional requests six months from now? Or is this to, you know, again, whether we're going to get a new unit or to get it beyond that lifespan, acceptable lifespan?

[5606] Marie dela Cruz: Yes. So this item is for projects that are already earmarked. And what we're hoping to do with the bond and with some other sources of funding, including the Fund 40 Special Reserves, is to work with our project manager and identify those units that need to be replaced and have the entire district assessed to make sure that we address all of the HVAC issues that are in our district right now.

[5653] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Any other comments or questions?

[5658] SPEAKER_40: OK. If you could repeat the motion.

[5661] SPEAKER_39: Motion to approve HVAC maintenance and repairs by member Rodriguez, seconded by member Gutierrez.

[5669] SPEAKER_40: Student member Castillo.

[5671] SPEAKER_46: I vote yes on this item.

[5672] SPEAKER_40: Thank you.

[5675] SPEAKER_36: Bless you.

[5676] Elisa Martinez: Excuse me. Sorry. Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Okay, next item is 14.6, CSBA 2020 Delegate Assembly Election. In this instance, as a board we must vote as one. We do have to vote for three delegates. and we currently were given a list of four candidates to choose from. I had reached out and just asked if if you all could have you know taken a look at some of the bios so that we could each of us present who would we who is our pick if you will so that ideally we reach consensus and make a recommendation. Member Jean-Claude

[5742] Bowen Zhang: So I happen to know one of the candidates, so I will recuse myself from this vote.

[5749] Elisa Martinez: I think that's okay. Member, I mean it's up to you if you want to abstain, but Member, Passport Member had a position and she went lobby for herself here, so I think it's okay. So I'll leave it to you. I'll leave it to you. Member Rodriguez.

[5771] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you, President Martinez. We normally do this every year, and Nancy Thomas, when she was on the board, would be the person that would kind of give us a little bit of bio on the different individuals and a little bit of history. I would like to, my preference is for Mr. Aguilar, for Ms. Bonta, For Ms. Tate, the reason I got Ms. Tate as opposed to Ms. White, Ms. White has been on there a long time. And I'd like to see some new people in there. So that would be my preference for those three.

[5820] Elisa Martinez: Sorry. OK, thank you. I was just asking Ms. Aquino if she could keep note. Ms. Nguyen? Remember Nguyen?

[5832] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you, President Martinez. I am in the same train of thought as member Rodriguez. So I'm with James Aguilar, Ms. Bonta, and Ms. Tate.

[5851] SPEAKER_40: Thank you.

[5854] Elisa Martinez: Are you still seeing?

[5855] SPEAKER_40: OK. Member Gutierrez.

[5858] SPEAKER_36: Same vote, Aguilar, Bonta, Tate.

[5861] Elisa Martinez: And my vote is as well. James Aguilar, Ms. Bonta, and Ms. Tate. So a motion is needed. OK. So let me get back.

[5878] Ray Rodriguez: I'd like to make a motion. Please do. For the CSBA Delicate Assembly, my motion is that we go with Mister James Aguilar reading it. It's fun to and and the right in Canada, which is this point take.

[5925] Elisa Martinez: Okay, motion passes with, I think I can't see it, but four ayes and one abstention. I guess I could see it here. Okay, next, we move to consent agenda.

[5946] SPEAKER_36: I ask that we remove 15.2, which in this case means we're rolling vote on 15.1 because we have a speaker for 15.2.

[5955] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Can I get a motion to approve item 15.1?

[5959] Ray Rodriguez: So moved.

[5962] Elisa Martinez: Can I get a second, please? Second. OK. Member Rodriguez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Please vote. OK. the motion passes with 5 ayes. So item 15.2. We do have a speaker miss Cindy parks on guest teachers.

[6002] Cindy Parks: I first thought like to say thank you that it's finally on the agenda. I did ask for this item to be put on back in January and I appreciate the fact that it's made it I would also like to ask that there be some type of protocol in some way because it just doesn't seem like this was done very effectively. The LCAP committee voted for this back in May of last year. The board in June of last year voted for the implementation of this item. And you're now having to have it put on here, put on the consent calendar to make what should have happened in June and effective July 1 of this year. You're now making it effective March 11. So anybody who substituted in this district before March 11 is going to be paid at the rate from last year, not what the LCAP was supposed to be doing. But again, I appreciate that it's on here. And I'm going to lobby again for this to continue in the LCAP meetings and actually ask that they look at the long-term because the long-term sub rate in Fremont is almost $235 and you're paying only $200. And I think you're seeing the suffering when you hear from the teachers about there being no subs and people are losing their preps. And I'm not going to say that that's why you have the exodus that you do. It always seems there's always an exodus every year, but I think that the teachers expect to get, then it's bargained for for them to have their release time and they're not getting it. They're being pulled into classrooms. I've even heard that sometimes the PE teacher is having to go teach a class and the campus monitors are having to oversee the kids on recess at the elementary sites. So it's not working. So I'm glad that this is going to be in place to where the teachers are going to get, hopefully, this increase will make us competitive, let's put it that way. Thank you very much.

[6117] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Ms. Parks. I don't normally comment, but I did want to just comment regarding some discussions we've had with staff around putting some protocols in place so that there is tighter connectivity and line of sight when we do make some decisions on LCAP, making sure we implement on time. So thank you for your comments. Items 16, consent agenda, non-personnel items. Oh, I'm sorry, did I skip something? Oh, sorry, we didn't vote on that. A motion and a second, please. I'm sorry. Can I get a motion and a second to approve item 15.2 on the consent agenda personnel items?

[6167] Ray Rodriguez: I move that we approve 15.2.

[6169] Elisa Martinez: OK. Member Rodriguez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Please vote.

[6175] Ray Rodriguez: I have something.

[6176] Elisa Martinez: Oh, sorry.

[6178] Ray Rodriguez: No, that's OK. It's just the way things are in this area that we're constantly in competition with our neighboring districts. And this is something that, and I agree that we should have probably approved a long time ago. But we are approving it now, and we do need to look at the long-term sub. But it's so important that we have subs. And I think it's long overdue, and I'm glad we're doing it. Thank you.

[6216] Elisa Martinez: Thank you so much. Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. OK, now I'm moving on to consent agenda item 16, non-personnel items. And I get a motion and a second to approve as is.

[6247] SPEAKER_36: I move that we vote on items 16.1 through 16.4 as they are.

[6257] Elisa Martinez: I get a second. I second. Member Gutierrez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Student member Castillo, how do you vote?

[6269] SPEAKER_46: I vote yes on these items. Thank you.

[6273] Elisa Martinez: Please vote. Motion passes with five ayes. Okay, so now we move to item 17, future meetings.

[6295] SPEAKER_32: Yes, we have currently in the queue for a study session around restorative practices. But I do want to share that we have a great opportunity. I know we have at least one board member joining me and Ms. Leon, Alameda County Forum on the State of Juvenile Justice and Reform and Elevate Justice Act. So we want to be able to see what the best practices are in Alameda County. bring that back but I would like to hear I'll send something out to board if there's something specific you would like so we can go deeper I know we've spoken about PBIS and some restorative practices and as you recall we also had a study session on just a process for expulsion and I think there's there's deeper interest to get a little bit more specific so I will be sending out a query to all the board thank you and just to confirm do we have a date or I believe it's the first April meeting. Is that April 2nd? Yes. Thank you.

[6357] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Any other comments on this item? No? Thank you. So moving on to item 18, Board of Education Committee Reports, Announcements, Requests. Any discussion? We'll start with student member Castillo.

[6372] SPEAKER_46: Thank you, President Martinez. So first, an update to you all for the Rocketry hoodies. They are coming. We hope to have them by next Tuesday. And I will probably bring them by the district office so you guys can be wearing them all for the next board meeting. The next thing I wanted to address was a couple of discussions, things that have been floating around at Newark Memorial High School among the students. The first one is I wanted to ask staff, maybe Superintendent Salinas can give me an answer to this question. But with the COVID-19 outbreak, there have been discussion or there have been rumors spreading that school might have to extend into the summer if this district has to close the schools. So I don't know if you have an answer for me right now or if you can give me an answer later.

[6431] SPEAKER_32: We don't know yet from the California Department of Education, what we're hearing is that, if you recall, I think you were too young, how about the smoke? So when we had a lot of schools closing?

[6443] SPEAKER_46: Yeah, so I remember that the board, we had to apply for some extension. Correct. Yeah, or some leniency, I forget what it was called. A waiver. Yeah, a waiver, there we go. Is that the same procedure?

[6456] SPEAKER_32: There may be that possibility. They actually, you know, they're trying to get ahead of this themselves because of what kind of provisions we would put in. Because depending on how long we would have to have something closed, if unfortunately we would have to have this, it may be so long that there has to be an alternative plan. So what they've asked school districts, what we're doing is other means for seniors and for students to really get the credit that they need. So we're working on that, but there may be just a waiver that we can fill out. So we're waiting for that information and we'll be sure to share that with student government because I know that might be a way to get the information out as well. So we'll work on it.

[6498] SPEAKER_46: The next item is another, I guess rumor is the best way to put it, that that the board will be taking action to remove pause from our schedule in the near future. I know it hasn't been discussed in agendas, but there is concern among, especially the underclassmen, that they're not going to have their pause time anymore because they're, I mean, let's face it, there are students who abused that time. But for the overwhelming majority of people, it's probably some of the most productive time they have all week. So I would like to make that appeal to you. And I encourage, I know I've talked to Member Wynn about it already, but I would encourage you to come and see the benefit that it does have on us, the things that we can accomplish, especially for student athletes who don't necessarily have the time during the evening. So I would just encourage you to come see that at some point. The next item of concern that I have is with the personnel report. Now I know that I'm not permitted to vote on these, But it is with regards to the fact that employee IDs are still being used for resignations and retirements. With regards to retirements, I don't see how it's fair to the employees who are retiring that they retire and all they're given is an ID in this record. And with the resignations, I see it as a disservice to parents of students and parents of potential students that they don't know who's going to be teaching at the school for the next academic year. And so they can't make a informed judgment on whether or not they'd like to send their student to that school or continue sending their student to that school. So I think in the interest of providing the most accurate information possible while also recognizing that, you know, there is some personnel information that has to be kept confidential. But I would like that to be addressed sometime in the near future. The next two concerns are with my vote as a student board member. I pulled up California Education Code section 35012. Where is it? Hold on. I lost it. OK. So I'm looking at section 5, or subsection, hold on. Section 4, subsection D45. No, D4B is the reference if you want to look at it. But what it says is that the preferential vote It says no preferential vote at the very end. No preferential vote should be solicited on matters subject to closed session discussion. So in that regulation of preferential voting, I see no reference to personnel matters. And I would add further that because my preferential vote carries no weight on whether or not a measure is adopted, I see no reason why I'm not allowed to express my opinion either way, because it's just an opinion. It's not a binding. It's not a binding vote on an item that is taken up by this board. So something to consider and hopefully I'll get that address soon. And the final thing is on that same section, the very next, it's a, Section D, subsection 5 says that the governing board may adopt a resolution authorizing the pupil member to make motions. So I know that is separate from my position here. So if there needs to be a separate motion, or if there needs to be a separate item taken up so that I can start making motions, then I would ask for that to happen and be placed on the next agenda so that I can do that. Because I've been in limbo about whether or not I can step in and say, hey, I move that we can approve this. So I just want to make that, I would like to have that cleared up. And that's all that I have for now. Thank you.

[6754] Elisa Martinez: Thank you for your thoughtful comments and we commit to getting you some answers. Thank you. Member Rodriguez.

[6763] Ray Rodriguez: Thank you President Martinez. I just want to commend all the schools that had different events going on, not only in January for Martin Luther King Day, but also for Black History Month. And every school has different things that they've done. And it's excellent what happens in the classroom when it comes to either Black History Month or when we have the Hispanic toward the end of the school year. But I had the opportunity to I have a nice discussion with my nephew, who's a principal of a high school in Washington, D.C. And it's part of the ACUE institute or academy. And I sent you the email. And basically, these high schools are college prep high schools. It's getting our kids ready for college. And I know it's a charter school movement, but some public schools are also picking it up. If any of you want information on that, I'm pretty sure I can get it for you. And one of the things that I find out that in Washington, D.C., they get $16,000 a year per student, and we barely get $10,000. So it just goes to show you in other parts of the country, you know, what people really value. Not saying that we don't value education there, but we're not spending the money. And we have a new assembly member now, and we're going to have a new senator. So this is our opportunity to get them on board, to make sure that they get it at the state level. Mr. Castillo talked about the high school and the Hats Assembly. If you haven't been to one of those, you should try to get there. It's one of the most wonderful things we do, I think. And then the multicultural, naturally, having all the different foods. So thank you for sharing all that with us, what's going on. And then since this is Dr. Seuss week, tomorrow I'm going to be at Snow Elementary reading. And any of you that get an opportunity, if not this year, anytime, I'm pretty sure, they can set up where we can come and read to the kids. Not only this week, but other times. It is so wonderful if you can read to a classroom. Thank you.

[6917] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Member Rodriguez. Member Nguyen?

[6921] Phuong Nguyen: I'll let member Zhang speak because we went to the same event this week.

[6929] Bowen Zhang: So first thing is, nine days ago, I think last Tuesday, I went to the kickoff of the early learning community network event at the Silliman Center. That's for our county program for our low-income Hispanic family. And I saw a superintendent there. I saw two fellow board members there. And I want to thank everyone that's involved with that program. I want to thank the support from the county and from the city for our Latino family. Quisiera agradecer el apoyo del condado y de la ciudad. Muchos de los estudiantes en nuestros distritos son estudiantes de bajos ingresos. Esas familias necesitan suficiente apoyos y servicios. Y creo que invadir en educación temprana es muy importante para que nuestros hijos no empiecen con desventajas. Finalmente, trabajemos juntos para el éxito de este programa. Let's work together to make sure this succeeds. Excellent. And yesterday was the grandparents' staff. It's not the PDA. So we have one question for the superintendent, because next Friday, no, no, it's two weeks from tomorrow, which is, yeah, two weeks from tomorrow, they're planning to have a movie night for their fundraiser. So I guess the advice we want to see from you is, given the potential outbreak, should we proceed with caution or just cancel it?

[7029] SPEAKER_32: your advice. So at this point we're taking events on a case-by-case basis. At this point I would say proceed with caution and then I could certainly follow up with the principal and with the PTA members to have some added precautions if it's some washing stations or just some sanitizers and making sure that this facility is clean. I do want to and actually I'll save that For the end, I have something else to add about the coronavirus.

[7061] Bowen Zhang: And the next is, I think on March 11th, Music PTA has a fundraiser at Chipotle. So between 4 and 8 p.m., when you go there and mention music, 33% of sales will go to Music PTA. So that's it for me.

[7074] Elisa Martinez: Thank you.

[7076] Phuong Nguyen: Member Nguyen. I just wanted to say that I commend Member Zhang for going out to all the school sites and and attending their PTA and site council meetings. I'm going to try and be more proactive and also do the same thing, not just be committed to my child's school site, but also additional at other school sites in the district too. And I also would like to extend that to all of you guys and in the spirit of being more visible and being more open to our community and let them see who we really are. Thank you.

[7121] SPEAKER_40: Thank you. Member Gutierrez?

[7125] SPEAKER_36: I would like to thank Member Nguyen for the invitation and say I would gladly join you. A couple of things in regards to events coming up next week. Please look at the district calendar because there are some coffees with the principals. There's a fundraiser at Blaze Pizza. Then there's, as member Casillo had said, the crab feed. So please take a look at the calendar so you can see the events that are coming up next week. A little bit of recap on some of the committees. In regards to the Godby survey, we are working with Mr. Brian Godby in regards to finalizing the survey, and it should be coming out soon. So that is a work in progress. In regards to our communications committee, we have scheduled meetings already, so those will be coming up soon. In regards to the consolidation committee, I know that I just want to say, please, community members, have some patience with us. We are trying to make sure that we're doing everything, following the right process, and dotting our I's, crossing our T's, so we don't miss anything. We are currently trying to finalize our search of a facilitator. So if some community members thought that there was going to be meetings coming up soon, we do apologize for that. They will be extended because, like I said, we want to make sure that we are following the right process and have everything ready for the community. And that's it for me.

[7237] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you for updating on the committee activities. I have discussed with staff actually breaking this section out. Sorry. So to try, yep, is that okay? So we will be looking at standardizing the report out for those of you that are active in some of these subcommittees. And ideally we'll try to go ahead and move it up a little earlier in the agenda so that more folks can hear where we are versus waiting until the end of the meeting. So expect that I will be reaching out or Ms. Aquino will reach out to you with ideally a standard template to do that. Thank you. And let's see, where else was I going to comment? I can't remember, did we have a meeting since the Special Olympics or not? We haven't. That was just, that was my first time going and it was just really inspirational and I was thinking about Coach K comments about you know that you really are making student leaders or you know it's they're called not just athletes in the sense of that's that they're one-dimensional it was just so really amazing just to see our our you know high school students really leading our special ed kids and oh they were just some so much joy and And sometimes I know we have really hard discussions, really hard meetings. And when you go to something like that, it just really makes it all worth it. And you're really reminded. So that was really wonderful. And I, too, am going to try. Neil, a student member at Castillo, you're always inviting us and jot it on the calendar. But I think we kind of let life get in front of us. So we'll commit to try to make more of these activities for sure. Just a reminder, WAN member Gutierrez and myself are signed up and will be attending the Masters in Governance training tomorrow and Saturday. I think you already took day four. So tomorrow will be around school finances and Saturday is around HR policies. You know, I mention that because I know that we're making changes and I think sometimes they don't sit well with everybody. I do hope that, you know, that when we do make changes, we really are reaching out to folks to get the best guidance possible. So, you know, we'll hope to be able to share some of our learnings and obviously bring it back and, you know, do some good with that. So thank you for that and I'll hand it over to you, Superintendent.

[7416] SPEAKER_32: Great, thank you. And I think in that spirit I do want to piggyback on that, that districts are very, school districts are very unique in that really it's this growth mindset where you have continuous improvement and you really have to work to become a better organization, a better leader. And it's organizations like CSBA and I know your commitment and the commitment of all of the board to continue to get really factual information that we bring forward. So I try to get in for this weekend, but they're booked. So I will try to join the three of you, maybe at one of the upcoming ones. So Ms. Aquino is going to try and do that with me to find me a spot. So I appreciate that. Thank you, Mr. Castillo. Yes, the commitment's here. So we will look into that. And I know I see your face where you're like, that doesn't sound right. So we will look into it and make sure we make it right. And finally, I do want to recognize that, you know, and I've been looking at my phone, checking any updates on coronavirus. So I do want to share this, that it's such a moving target. I know that in terms of field trips at this point, we are leaving it to the discretion of the venue and our principals are being very proactive with field trips. So I'll give you an example. We had a field trip that was scheduled for the Tech Museum. And what the principal did was follow the protocol of calling the Tech Museum, what's happening there, how are we going, and really just what's happening at the museum to ensure that our kids are safe. And so those field trips are going. We have other venues, like I just looked, and right now the Kids Discovery Museum is actually, they're closing right now. And so we're not just going willy-nilly into sending kids out to field trips. We are actually, our administrators are being very proactive. And if a cancellation has to happen, they're communicating that in real time. So for now, we're continuing with field trips, but it's a case-by-case basis. And as we're seeing as large organizations are starting to have their own decisions, it's trickling down to us. So again, we're being proactive. We're going to follow up on what would happen if we do have to close schools. But again, and I'm following all my colleagues on Twitter. So unfortunately, I'm getting some information from social media. But that's really what you have to do because it's so real time for us. But that concludes my comments for this evening. Thank you.

[7565] Elisa Martinez: Thank you very much. And with that, can I get a motion and a second to adjourn?

[7569] Guadalupe Lopez: I move. I'll second.

[7573] Elisa Martinez: Member Nguyen moves. Member Gutierrez seconds. Student member Castillo?

[7579] SPEAKER_46: I vote yes.

[7582] Elisa Martinez: Please vote. All right. There we go. Yep. And motion passes with five ayes. Meeting adjourned. 9.30.

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 Items

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 McPherson & Jacobson Superintendent Search

Type                     Discussion, Information

1. Review the calendar and activities,
2. Discuss advertising the position.
3. Determine the criteria the Board is using to hire the next superintendent.

File Attachments Newark USD Search Calendar V.3 (2).pdf (369 KB)

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: one case

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. STUDENT REPORT

7.1 Student Report from Newark Junior High School, MacGregor and Newark Memorial High School

Type                     Information

A. Newark Junior High School

B. MacGregor

C. Newark Memorial High School

8. RECOGNITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS

8.1 School Spotlight - Schilling Elementary

Type                     Information

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.

Background:

9. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

9.1 Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items

Type                     Information

Members of the public may address the Board regarding NUSD matters not on the agenda only by completing the "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 submitting 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.

10. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT

10.1 Superintendent Report

Type                     Information

11. STAFF REPORT

11.1 Update from Mission Valley ROP

Type                     Information

Purpose:

Mr. Tom Hanson, Superintendent of Mission Valley, Rop will give a presentation update

File Attachments Update NUSD_BOE_MVROPCTEProgramPresentation_3.5.2020 (1).pdf (410 KB)

12. EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS

12.1 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.

13. OLD BUSINESS

13.1 Board Policy 4116 Certificated Personnel Probationary/Permanent Status (Second Reading)

Type                     Action

Preferred Date           Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date            Mar 05, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board approve upon second reading.
Action

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

Background: This item was brought to the Board of Education at its February 20, 2020 meeting. The Board requested the addition of two commas on page 2. Those edits have been made and are reflected in the attached Board Policy.

File Attachments BP4116 NUSD Prob-Perm Status 03.05.2020.pdf (385 KB)

13.2 Administrative Regulation 4218 Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action (Second Reading)

Type                      Action

Preferred Date            Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date             Mar 05, 2020

Recommended               Staff recommends the Board approve upon second reading.
Action

Purpose: This is the second reading for the attached Administrative Regulation. The language is sanctioned by the California School Board Association. The administration has reviewed these documents and made revisions to reflect district practice.

Background: This item was brought to the Board of Education at its February 20, 2020 meeting. The Board needed clarification on some of the language. No revisions were made.

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

14. NEW BUSINESS

14.1 Resolution No. 2061 to Commit to Budget Balancing Solutions for 2020-21 and 2021-22 Fiscal Years

Type                      Action

Recommended               Staff recommends the Board adopt Resolution No. 2061 to Commit to Budget Balancing
Action                    Solutions for 2020-21 and 2021-22 Fiscal Years.

Purpose: To meet the requirements included in the First Interim Budget Report review letter from the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) and continue to resolve the district's structural budget deficit. Background: The Board and staff continue to work together to solve the district's structural budget deficit. On October 17, 2019, the Board approved Resolution 2158 committing to $1,850,000, and $668,000, in expenditure reductions for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 fiscal years respectively. The District filed a Qualified certification of its 2019-20 First Interim Budget Report with the ACOE. As in previous years, the District projects continued deficit spending in the current and two subsequent years. The Board held a study session on February 20, 2020 to discuss additional budget balancing solutions. Due to the QUALIFIED certification, the ACOE requires the following: 1. 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. 2. 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.

File Attachments Resolution 2061 Budget Balancing Solutions with Supplement.pdf (82 KB)

14.2 Resolution No. 2060 - Resolution to Reduce the Number of Certificated Employees Due to a Reduction of Particular Kinds of Services for the 2020- 2021 School Year

Type                      Action

Preferred Date            Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date             Mar 05, 2020

Recommended               Staff recommends the Board of Education approve Resolution No. 2060.
Action

As sites have reviewed their staffing for the next year and looked at projected enrollment, they determined that these positions will be eliminated from the general fund budget and will not be filled in the 2020-2021 school year. Education Code section 44955 permits the Board of Education to reduce or discontinue particular kinds of service and terminate the employment of certain certificated employees of the district as a result of those reductions or discontinuances. The Board of Education is required to take action and to direct staff to notify affected employees of the reduction in force. Staff recommends the Board approve Resolution No. 2060 to reduce the number of certificated employees due to a reduction in particular kinds of services for the 2020-2021 school year.

File Attachments Resolution 2060 Cert PKS FTE 03.05.20.pdf (15 KB)

14.3 Resolution No. 2058 - Criteria for Determining Order of Seniority for Employees with the Same Date of First Paid Service

Type                      Action

Preferred Date            Mar 05, 2020
Absolute Date            Mar 05, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education approve Resolution No. 2058.
Action

Resolution No. 2058 is presented to determine "tie-breaking" criteria for certificated employees with the same date of first paid service in the district. In the event of certificated layoffs, this criteria will be used to establish the order of layoffs for those with the same seniority date.

File Attachments Tie Breaking Res 2058 03.05.2020.pdf (38 KB)

14.4 Resolution No. 2063 Elimination of Certificated Positions

Type                     Action (Consent)

Preferred Date           Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date            Mar 05, 2020

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board of Education approve Resolution No. 2063 to permanently
Action                   eliminate 7.6 FTE of certificated permanent positions as July 1, 2020.

As sites have reviewed their staffing for the next year and looked at projected enrollment, they determined that these positions will be eliminated from the general fund budget and will not be filled in the 2020-2021 school year. This reduction has been identified through natural attrition, vacancies, retirements, and program needs. This is a reduction of proposed vacancies, not a layoff. This will result in a cost savings of $675,900. This reduction is in line with our projected budget reductions that were identified by the Board of Education in October 2019 for the 2020- 2021 school year.

File Attachments Elimination of Certificated Positions Resolution 2063.pdf (7 KB)

14.5 HVAC Maintenance and Repairs

Type                     Action

Fiscal Impact            Yes

Dollar Amount            $100,000.00

Budgeted                 No

Budget Source            Fund 40 Special Reserve for Capital Outlay Projects
Recommended               Staff recommends approval of additional work for maintenance and repair of district
Action                    HVAC units.

Purpose: To approve additional work to repair and maintain District HVAC units at various sites.

Background:

    On August 1, 2019, the Board approved $65,000 for maintenance and repair of HVAC units at various sites.
    On September 19, 2019, the Board approved $100,000 for additional maintenance and repair of HVAC units at
    various sites.
    Additional maintenance and repair work continue to be needed on HVAC units at various sites.
    Most of the HVAC units are over 14 years old and have lived out their lifespan.

14.6 CSBA 2020 Delegate Assembly Election

Type                      Action, Discussion

Preferred Date            Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date             Mar 05, 2020

Fiscal Impact             No

Recommended               Vote for up to three (3) delegate candidates for the 2020 CSBA Delegate Assembly
Action                    Election

The Board is asked to review the 2020 CSBA Delegate Information. There is one ballot per board. This year, there are (3) candidates on the ballot and (1) write in request candidate witha total of (4) candidates to choose from. The board will vote for no more than three candidates for the three vacancies in 2020.

File Attachments csba2020Delegate Assembly.pdf (2,361 KB)

15. CONSENT AGENDA - PERSONNEL ITEMS

15.1 Personnel Report

Type                      Action (Consent)

Preferred Date            Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date             Mar 05, 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 03-05-20.pdf (395 KB)

15.2 Proposed Guest/Substitute Certificated Teacher Daily Rate

Type                       Action (Consent)

Preferred Date             Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date              Mar 05, 2020

Recommended                Staff recommends the Board approve the proposed guest/substitute certificated teacher
Action                     daily rate.

Current Daily Rate Proposed Daily Rate Short Term Sub: $165 Short Term Sub: $180 Long Term Sub: $200 Long Term Sub: $200 (no change)

In an effort to be more competitive with our surrounding Districts, due to the current Teacher and Substitute Teacher shortage, Educational Services has budgeted the funds in the current LCAP to pay for the gap between the current rate and the new rate in order support the Human Resources Department in increasing the Certificated Guest Teacher Rate effective March 11, 2020. Staff recommends the Board approve the proposed guest/substitute certificated teacher daily rate increase.

16. CONSENT AGENDA - NON-PERSONNEL ITEMS

16.1 Curricular, Overnight Trip Request in excess of 100 miles for Newark Memorial High School MCA Seniors to travel to Southern California

Type                       Action (Consent)

Preferred Date             Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date              Mar 19, 2020

Fiscal Impact              Yes

Dollar Amount              $23,678.00

Budgeted                   Yes

Budget Source              Trip to be paid for with MCA CPA Grant Funds

Recommended                The administration recommends the approval for Newark Memorial High School MCA
Action                     Seniors to travel to Southern California for a curricular trip.
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.
                                VISION: The Newark Unified School District, in partnership with the community, will
                                be a model of world-class education that develops the unique abilities of every
                                student.
                                1a. Student Achievement
                                3a. Parent and Community Engagement and Communication

Purpose: The Newark Memorial High School Principal requests permission for the MCA Director, Media Communications Academy to take MCA Seniors on a curricular, overnight trip with a one-way distance in excess of 100 miles. The trip is to familiarize our Career Technical Education/California Partnership Academy Students with the possibilities available to continue in the multimedia pathway. Students will visit colleges and universities, both private and public, as well as observe professionals in the workplace. Travel will be by chartered bus. School: Newark Memorial High School MCA Seniors Dates: April 28, 2020 � May 1, 2020 Location: Various College Campuses and professional career observations in Southern California Chaperone requirements met Grade K-3, one adult for every 5-8 students; Grades 4-12, one adult for every 10 students; Board Policy requires at least two adults on every trip regardless of number of students (BP 6153 and AR 6153) Overnight trip supervision must be gender appropriate No student will be denied due to lack of funds

Background: According to Board Policy 6153, all trips in excess of 100 miles, non-curricular trips and overnight trips require Board approval. Newark Memorial High School Principal and MCA Director, Media Communications Academy request permission to take MCA Seniors on a curricular, overnight trip with a one-way distance over 100 miles, which includes travel by chartered bus.

16.2 Non-Curricular Trip Request for Birch Grove Intermediate sixth-grade class to travel to Santa Clara, CA.

Type                       Action (Consent)

Preferred Date             Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date              Mar 19, 2020

Fiscal Impact              Yes

Dollar Amount              $3,900.00

Budgeted                   Yes

Budget Source              Trip will be paid for with sixth-grade activities fund and parent donations.

Recommended                The administration recommends approval for Birch Grove Intermediate sixth-grade
Action                     students to travel to Santa Clara, CA.

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.
                                3a. Parent and Community Engagement and Communication

Purpose: The Birch Grove Intermediate Principal and sixth-grade teachers request permission to take Birch Grove Intermediate sixth-grade students on a non-curricular trip to Santa Clara, CA. Transportation will be by District bus and private vehicles. This trip is an end of year reward for sixth-grade students. School: Birch Grove Intermediate Dates: June 1, 2020 Location: Santa Clara, CA Chaperone requirements met Grade K-3, one adult for every 5-8 students; Grades 4-12, one adult for every 10 students; Board Policy requires at least two adults on every trip regardless of number of students (BP 6153 and AR 6153) No student will be denied due to lack of funds Background: According to Board Policy 6153, all trips in excess of 100 miles, non-curricular trips and overnight trips require Board approval. Birch Grove Intermediate Principal and sixth-grade teachers request permission to take Birch Grove Intermediate sixth-grade students on a non-curricular reward trip to Santa Clara, CA.

16.3 Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting February 6, 2020

Type                     Action (Consent), Minutes

Preferred Date           Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date            Mar 05, 2020

Fiscal Impact            No

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board approve the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of
Action                   February 6, 2020

File Attachments 2-6-2020 Minutes Regular Board Meeting.pdf (134 KB)

16.4 Minutes of the Special Board Meeting February 11, 2020

Type                     Action (Consent), Minutes

Preferred Date           Mar 05, 2020

Absolute Date            Mar 05, 2020

Fiscal Impact            No

Recommended              Staff recommends the Board approve the Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of
Action                   February 11, 2020

File Attachments 2-11-2020 Minutes Special Board Meeting.pdf (43 KB)

17. FUTURE MEETINGS

17.1 Upcoming Meetings and Proposed Study Sessions

Type                     Discussion, Information

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

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

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

                         DEBRIEF AND DISCUSSION

Type                     Information

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

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

                         FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS

Type                     Information

20. ADJOURNMENT

20.1 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.

No minutes available.