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[6] Elisa Martinez: Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. before we move forward, I'd like to report out on closed session actions. The board did take action on item 4.3, which is anticipated litigation. And in closed session, the board considered the claim of Seferino Sanchez and Lorena Talavera, claim number 583264, and decided to reject the claim by a vote of four ayes and one abstention. Member Gutierrez being the abstention. Member Zhang made the motion. Member Rodriguez seconded the motion. Sorry, I'm catching up here to my notes. Member Rodriguez did join us in closed session at approximately 6.15 p.m. Thank you. And with that we move to item, we do not have recognitions and celebrations, item 7, so we will move on to public comment on non-agenda items. Ms. Aquino, do we have any speaker cards? No, we do not. Thank you. And with that, we move to item number nine, superintendent report.

[128] SPEAKER_29: Yes, thank you. Good evening, members of our board, our community watching from home. First, before I start my report, I want to include that at the last meeting, Our student trustee Castillo had asked a question about whether or not he's able to make motions. So thank you, Ms. Aquino. We researched our latest board policy, and you may. That is within your purview to make motions. The only exception is continuing to not vote on matters dealing with employee-employee relations. And this is pursuant to government code 3540-35493. Thank you. And I'm going to go ahead and get started.

[169] Elisa Martinez: First of all, let me start by saying, may I ask our members who are joining by phone, please mute your phones unless you need to ask a question. Thank you.

[191] SPEAKER_29: you. Thank you so as we all for our viewing audience and really the whole Newark community we in some very unusual times and so I wanted to give an update primarily focusing on the COVID-19 and what impact there has been to our students our community. So I wanted to first start with as as And that was effective Tuesday, March 17th through April 3rd. At that time, as I said, very unusual circumstances, but we had to act because we were also looking at what was happening countywide at that time. I want to share that we have been in constant communication with all of our staff. I have scheduled, as I shared on Friday the 13th, I have scheduled meetings with all of our leadership team virtually every other day and so we're now curtailing it to twice a week with all of our leadership and I will be meeting virtually with all of our principals tomorrow. A big thank you and shout out to Mr. David Mellons who has been supporting us in the tech department We had a training for all administrators on how to use Google Hangout. Very intuitive, but we still had to do the training and I think really it's a way to keep in constant communication with our staff to ensure that our families are being supported. In terms of the Alameda County Office of Education and also our work with Alameda County Health Officer Dr. Erica Pan, I'm taking part in virtually every other day meetings with the county office. And what we're looking at is the impact across the county to all of our school districts, and how we're going to move forward as a community. of school districts and how we're going to continue to support our students. So today I had a virtual meeting with Superintendent Monroe and all county superintendents. They've now included all the Oakland Diocese private schools. As you can imagine, charter schools, this affects all school communities and how we're going to move forward in light of the latest action from the governor and the the order to stay shelter in place. And I'll share a little bit as I go through the presentation. I want to do just a big thank you to our teachers and TA, our classified employees, CSCA and NEWMA, our leaders, our administrators. This could not happen in such a concerted way if it wasn't for all community really coming forward. I've seen the messages that Mr. Merritt is sending out to all teachers to keep in contact with them. Our principals are communicating with families and teachers. and our classified employees who really are doing a lot of essential work. We could not run and open this district to do even a meeting such as this tonight without the help of our CSCA partners. So a big thank you to them. I want to share that I'm also in constant communication with the City of Newark and with the City Manager. Those of you who are watching the City Council meeting this week, they actually also passed a resolution and also abided by the shelter-in-place to ensure that only essential services such as police and fire are still active, but they are also running, have closed down some programs so that we can abide by the shelter-in-place. We're in communication about food and resources for families who are in need. And they have posted our information on their website. And we also are posting a lot of information on our own website. And with that, I do want to make the transition to, I'm asking everyone in the community, that really our district website is really the one point of communication. We appreciate that folks are resharing our posts on Facebook and resharing or retweeting tweets But ultimately, we ask all the families and staff to look towards our website for the most up-to-date information. Our principals are constantly communicating with families as well and know that they're still at work in the sense of parents and community members are emailing them directly and they're answering those questions. In terms of our students, our students are working hard on their 10-day packets, but they're also doing more than that. A lot of our teachers, it's been to varying degrees. Some teachers are holding full Google Hangout classes with their students. Others are communicating through Class Dojo. We really left it up to the individual educator to really make the decision as to how best to meet the needs of their students. So we're going to continue with that. So then the question comes up of when will we reopen? I know that there was a lot of shockwaves throughout, I think, all of California when we heard the governor's press conference. Today, all superintendents shared the same surprise at our virtual meeting with the county superintendent. and what we have all come to the agreement and under the direction of Dr. Erica Pan as our chief doctor that's supervising really Alameda County's action is that we're going to wait till the middle of next week to have some more information. What we're saying is that we don't want to keep coming back to the public to say, you know, one more day or two more days. We want to be able to have a more cohesive way to reopen schools. We are not saying that we're going to open tomorrow. We are also very much aware, as Newark, the statement that came out from Alameda County was April 7th. We were already slated to come back April 6th, so we know we're already a day behind. So at minimum, it would be that. But I will say that given the uptick in the number of cases for Alameda County and given what Dr. Pan said, that there will be more as folks are getting tested and as folks are certainly seeking medical attention and having access to tests. there will be more cases. So we do anticipate extending the time, but we don't know yet to what date. And so middle of next week, we're going to have another meeting with Superintendent Moreau and all superintendents to have a joint release as to when we're going to come back and what that will mean. We know there's a lot of questions out there about graduation and certainly prom and certainly my classes, right? You know, a lot of our students are thinking, how am I going to be able to graduate? So what I can share is that what was very public was that the governor announced and also Superintendent Tony Thurmond announced that a waiver has been submitted to the federal government to cancel all standardized testing. We know that what we're hearing from them is that that may include also AP testing, SAT testing, ELPAC, which is a test for our English learners. what the California Department of Education has said is that every Friday they will be updating their fact sheet. So I hope to have more information tomorrow. Because we asked right away, we said we understand about the CASP testing, the standardized, but what about AP? And how that would certainly affect students that are counting on those units after having taken classes all year. So what we were reassured was that we would know more every Friday. So we'll see what comes from tomorrow's fact sheet. from the California Department of Education. So more on that. The other piece that was shared from the Department of Education was guidance around special education. And so our director, Dr. Hamilton, had a meeting with the SELPA, so with New Haven and with Fremont. And they are currently working on a joint statement that will come out to all of our teachers and our families to support them with what are the next steps. What we do know that for special education, Our students have to have access to the same curricula as all of our students. What we're looking and giving direction around for our principals and our teachers and case managers is that if an IEP, the individualized education, excuse me. if an IEP was scheduled for a student, there can be an attempt to try to hold it virtually. But if that is not available and can't happen, we will have to reschedule it. And so we did not get a whole lot of clarity from the Department of Ed, I will say that. And I think, again, they were pointing us towards the fact sheet on Fridays, so we're hoping to do that. But at minimum, The SELPA's direction will come out to all of our teachers and families soon under Dr. Hamilton's work. So a little bit about the meals. And so we have continued with our grab and go meals at two locations. And so on Tuesday, on March 17th, we started with our lunches out of Newark Junior High School and at our central kitchen on Birch Street. And the distribution hours are from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. every day, except for spring break. I do want to make that caveat. As you remember, we moved up spring break. and that's giving our teachers and our classified staff and our managers and administrators their spring break. So we will be pushing that information on our website as to where families can get meals or food as needed. Our parent partners under Ashley Acosta are working with our principals so that there is a family in need. Principals are sending those contact information to our parent partners to communicate directly with families. if there's a need for groceries or other support. What I can share is that our lunch distribution has been going really well. It's really kind of a drive up, and it's been fun. We have all of our managers doing it right now. And I will say that Ms. Sayers has just done a phenomenal job with rolling that out. The question had come up, who can get a meal? It could be any student in Newark Unified. It could be students at our Catholic at St. Edwards It could be students at Challenger. When we serve students in the city of Newark, as a respect to this, any student under the age of 18 can come get a lunch. But any Newark Unified student, period, can come get a lunch. Because as you know, we have students that are over 18 in our special education programs. And also some of our seniors are already 18. And they certainly are able to get a meal every day. So a little bit of numbers here. Day 1, 143 meals total. Day 2, 165. And then day 3 today, 236. So we're seeing an uptick. And this is really good news. I think as word is getting out and folks are starting to rely on this, we're getting more folks driving through. So that's really good. And we have shared this information with the city manager. So they can also share that out through their venues. So just some pictures. This was day one. It was a beautiful day. And we're practicing social distancing. We had everybody kind of. Some pictures were not as well. But I'm here. We certainly have our managers working with Ms. Sayers, who's just doing a great job, and Kathy Hayes, who's doing a wonderful job as well. Again, here's our grab-and-go lunches. This is at Central Kitchen. At Central Kitchen, which is closer, they're able to do it on the cart. And at the Junior High, we actually have their van that's loaded up with nutritious food for our students. So I want to share that the online and continuity of instruction is continuing. So I thought this picture was really cute. We're seeing pictures on social media of parents who are really doing a phenomenal job of ensuring that their students have a time to do their work. And we know it's a lot. We have our parents who are staying home. and supporting their students but then we also have students that are having access to if it's the packets or if it's online strategies that their teachers are pushing out and it's a big thank you to our teachers who are really making sure that students continue with their education and so we're grateful for all of your work grateful to our families and grateful to our students that during this time of uncertainty they're continuing to stay active and there's so many things on the on the on the web of just wonderful webcams. I was just saying today I saw the Monterey Bay Aquarium has the otter cam and you can see the jellyfish and they're live. And so it's just something else for our students and our families to take their mind off of being home. So I want to share that with that. That concludes more information. Please watch our website. We will also be pushing out information to our families through our school messenger as well. Thank you.

[998] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Superintendent Salinas. And I want to say thank you so much on behalf of the board, and frankly, on behalf of all of our community for what you and your team are doing. And when I say your team, it's not just your executive cabinet, but every single person that's part of the staff. And it's just amazing, amazing to see it. As a parent, I see it, all the work that the teachers are doing. So thank you so much for that. Also, with respect to just the rollout, frankly, of how you all have handled this, this unusual condition, I'll call it, the amount of coordinated effort you've had with the county. I know that you have done an amazing job at keeping us updated as you know more. And again, thank you so much. We're really fortunate that you are guiding us through this process. Thank you. And with that, I'd like to move on to item 10, which is employee organizations. For those that are joining us virtually, I will report that we have no folks here in the audience. So unless we've gotten any requests that are virtual, Ms. Aquino for comments from employee organizations. There are none. Thank you. I'll move on to item 11, which is old business, which is the first one will be 11.1, the increase in minimum wage for classified employees. The recommended action is staff recommends approval to rescind the revised salary schedule for classified non-management employees. approved at the January 16th 2020 board meeting and maintain the new rates for the unrepresented employees to comply with the increase in minimum wage effective January 1st 2020. I will entertain a motion and a second to open discussion. I'm sorry that was member Gutierrez making a motion. Member Rodriguez seconds. Do you have a question? Sorry. Before we suppose open up for any questions, I'm not sure if anybody on the phone has any questions, but can Mr. Martinez-Salinas, can somebody just weigh in a little bit on this item, please?

[1160] SPEAKER_29: I'll ask Ms.dela Cruz to share.

[1164] Marie dela Cruz: Yes, so back in January, we had presented the board with a revised salary schedule. Part of that salary schedule with CSCA needs to be negotiated. So the part that needs to be negotiated is being rescinded. And the part that applies to the non-represented employees, which is the campus monitor in the elementary schools, the food service assistant substitute, and the student assistant, those rates remain the same as what was approved back in January.

[1197] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Any questions from the board? If not, member, I'm sorry, not member, but Ms. Aquino, can you please repeat the motion that's on the table?

[1214] SPEAKER_22: Yes, we have motion to approve by member Gutierrez, seconded by member Rodriguez.

[1222] Elisa Martinez: And I will ask a verbal vote, please. Member Rodriguez?

[1228] SPEAKER_32: Here.

[1230] SPEAKER_24: Member Zhang?

[1231] Elisa Martinez: Aye. Member Gutierrez?

[1237] Maria Huffer: Here.

[1239] SPEAKER_24: Member Nguyen?

[1239] Maria Huffer: Aye.

[1241] Elisa Martinez: And member does not vote. OK. So my vote is aye to approve. So vote is unanimous, five ayes. Thank you. Moving on to item 11.2, which is School Consolidation Advisory Committee. The recommendation is staff recommends approval of the School Consolidation Advisory Committee members. So can I please, may I have a motion and a second to open discussion on this item?

[1284] SPEAKER_40: I move that we approve the School Consolidation Advisory Committee members.

[1292] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Are there any questions from member Rodriguez Gutierrez or member Zhang on this item? Thank you.

[1309] SPEAKER_24: Member Nguyen?

[1310] Phuong Nguyen: Actually, I did have I was wondering, I know that a couple of committees, we do have alternatives. I don't know if, I know we didn't really talk about this when we were doing the selection, and I just wanted to open up for discussion if other members of the board would like to have alternate committee members added to this list.

[1342] Elisa Martinez: Okay. So that's a good point, I know that Ms. Dela Cruz, if you can speak a little bit to the process for selection. Maybe just weigh in on, you know, did we have a significant amount of applications that we needed to bring down to a certain number. I'm just curious, I think it's important for all folks to hear. I think that's an interesting question. If somebody that is on the list currently can no longer serve, would we have a process to assign an alternate, or would we assign an alternate now?

[1383] Marie dela Cruz: We did receive several applications. And along with the subcommittee board members, Nguyen and member Gutierrez, the selection was made based on the timely submission of the applications and then we also looked at the categories that the applications were submitted under and also in terms of who the labor partners were. We tried to cover every representation that we had initially set out and put in the description back in December when the committee was authorized to be formed. And we didn't really talk about an alternate or having a backup, but I think that would be a good idea to have. In terms of the size of the committee, we really wanted to make it so that it was manageable and not to be too cumbersome. So we determined that the number that we have here, which is 13 is what we thought would be a manageable amount in terms of the size of the committee. And all the representations were covered in terms of, I mean, for the most part anyway that we had initially identified. And you can see that each of the members have more than one category that they were able to be under.

[1488] SPEAKER_29: OK. May I add, if the board were to decide to have alternates, I would also recommend and open up for discussion that the alternate represents the same kind of category of a person who could not fulfill. Say, for example, these go out and a person says, I can no longer do it. Just to ensure, because I know that the subcommittee was very thoughtful to make sure that everyone was represented. And then I also want to remind you that we were also looking for direction to solidify the charge of the group, and that's the attachment that's there as well. So discussion on that.

[1530] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Go ahead, Member Gutierrez.

[1534] SPEAKER_36: I just wanted to make a comment in regards to the alternate. I think it would be beneficial. However, I think we need to be clear. as to what process we want to have. Based on the previous comment, that it should be someone covering the category. I do agree with that. However, most of the members that were selected do fit multiple categories. So I think it would be difficult to replace the exact same, have one person replace the exact same category. However, I think if they qualify under our list of categories, I would be open to that. I was going to make a clarification that in regards to the selection process, it was just that it was on a timely basis. And yes, most members do fit multiple categories. I am open to the idea of having alternate, and I'm also open to whatever the other board members have to say in regards to our selection process for that.

[1619] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you for your comments. I think that's a very thoughtful statement, Superintendent Salinas, in terms of the alternate should really fill the role of, because at the end of the day, it's not the person, it's the function that they're representing. Is it function or the role, right? I mean, are they representing a school or are they representing a community organization, given the direction? So I think that's probably not as easy as saying, hey, we should have two alternates, meaning But it really is more around the process, I think, that we should have a process so that if somebody was to come back and let you know, Ms. Dela Cruz, that they were no longer able to join, we would need a formal, transparent process so everybody knows how that next person would get selected. And it may be two, right? If there's some critical, absolutely each school should have a voice, it would be my My personal thought, I think the board of course would have to agree with that. What we have, I suppose, in terms of what organizations need to be represented. So one resignation, if you will, from the committee may lead to two or three additional folks. Would that make sense?

[1705] Marie dela Cruz: Yes, so maybe what we can do is with the applications that we have, the ones that were not selected, we can group them and be prepared. and identify which ones are represented. And in the event that one of these members decide that for whatever reason is not able to commit, then we would have those applications already.

[1731] Elisa Martinez: Right. I think that's a great point. And I think another thing, this process is going to be on a timeline, right? So we also can't be replacing, you know, very frequently, if you will. So we probably should have some timelines that, you know, folks resign after a certain time, because then that's a lot to catch up to for. So just curious, you know, if you haven't thought about that, that's probably another piece we may want to think about in that process of replacing, if you will, somebody, a committee member that may resign.

[1767] Marie dela Cruz: Does that make sense? Yeah. So maybe we could have an acceptance. when they're notified that they've been named as part of being in the committee, that they would have to let us know that they're going to be able to commit.

[1783] Elisa Martinez: Right. Yeah, I think that's by a certain date and give them a deadline. OK. So if we could maybe follow up. So this is the first time that obviously we posted the list at the agenda. We haven't had a formal meeting with this committee, correct? So there will be a, okay. So maybe if we can make sure we get that communication cleared up before we meet, that'd be great.

[1808] Marie dela Cruz: Yeah, I think at this time, we've tentatively set May 27th as our first meeting date.

[1816] Phuong Nguyen: Okay. Thank you.

[1819] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. And to your comment, was that you, Superintendent Salinas? that we are also voting on the, actually the purpose and composition draft that was attached. I think that's a really important one. You know, personally, and again, I ask the other members to weigh in. I know that we first talked about it. We had gotten a draft, and then this is, so this is really now coming as a final document. I think it is important, you know, that we look at, again, who, what are the organizations we chose or that we wanted represented as a board. I think that the committee charge is very important as well. You know, this is an advisory committee, and I think that's a really important point that, you know, this is what the committee will be charged with providing information for the board to make a final decision. So I just wanted to call that out. I think that's an important distinction. Thank you for providing this, Ms. Delacruz. Any comments, questions from the board on the document?

[1897] SPEAKER_40: I would, so with all the discussion of the alternates, I would find it prudent or I would think it prudent that a procedure for selection of the alternate should also be contained in the same document, right? So, I mean, I hope that we don't take action on it today in that case, that we have a more clear, that, I mean, from my perspective, what this document should say is if at any point or if at any point up to a certain day, a member of the committee decides they no longer want to be part of it, then whoever is processing the application will just say, okay, what stakeholder group is no longer represented and then say, okay, here's a list of our applicants. who fit that stakeholder group, let's contact them and see if they're interested in participating. And then you fill it from there. And it comes back to the board for approval. I think that's a pretty clear cut way of describing how the process would work. And I think it would be fair to all parties.

[1959] Marie dela Cruz: In order to move forward, could we just add that to whatever motion we make? Because I think you described it very well. This way, we can move forward with this list and then add the process for the alternates.

[1978] SPEAKER_36: This is member Shapiro. If either Star or President Martinez, sorry, if Kino or President Martinez, if either of you could summarize what member Castillo was saying. It was a little bit difficult to hear.

[1995] Elisa Martinez: And before I do, I just wanted to clarify, because I don't think, member, student member Castillo, that that's, you were suggesting what Ms.dela Cruz just said, right? You weren't suggest, were you suggesting that we approve these names and then come back?

[2010] SPEAKER_40: No, I was suggesting that, I was, yeah, I was suggesting that we pull this item and then text is added to the document and then the board would approve it at our April 9th meeting.

[2022] Elisa Martinez: Yeah. Yeah, and that's what I thought I heard.

[2024] SPEAKER_40: Assuming it's logistically possible, because I believe you said the meeting, the first meeting would be in May. Yeah. Yeah, so I mean, I don't think it's like a matter of first importance that it be approved now. I think we can afford to wait a few weeks.

[2040] Elisa Martinez: I actually tend to agree. I anticipated that the first meeting would be sooner. But if it isn't until May, is there just, before we go down that path of pulling the item, What would be the timely issues that would be affected if we pull this item today?

[2059] Marie dela Cruz: Well, initially we were planning a meeting in April. But because of the coronavirus situation, we had extended it out to May, hoping that by that time, any restrictions or shelter in place would be lifted. But even then, we could also possibly have the type of meetings that we've been having in terms of the Google Hangouts or Zoom or something to that in that area.

[2094] SPEAKER_24: Member Nguyen, do you have any comments?

[2097] Phuong Nguyen: Yes, I wanted to apologize. I didn't mean to catch you off guard on this. I just thought about it after we had left closed session and that. I was going to say something but then it weighed on me enough that I wanted to bring it up so. I didn't. I'm sorry I didn't mean to like you have caught on that question. But I thought it was I thought it was important enough to bring it up tonight. the appointees on the committee. It's just that the wording on the documentation for the... that we just need to add that.

[2154] SPEAKER_40: Would you like me to summarize it, Member Zhang?

[2157] Elisa Martinez: Yes, please.

[2159] SPEAKER_40: So my recommendation is that the board pull this item, that either staff, I would assume staff would rewrite this, or not rewrite, but add a clause in this document that provides for selection of alternate committee members. Essentially what would happen in, or essentially what this new piece of text would describe is that if there is a stakeholder group that is no longer represented within the committee, that staff would go back to the list of all applications that weren't, a list of all applicants who aren't currently on the committee, and that they would be contacted to see if they were still interested in representing that stakeholder group that isn't currently represented, and then it would come to the board for approval so that every stakeholder group would then have one representative.

[2211] Elisa Martinez: And may I add? Okay, so in summary,

[2224] SPEAKER_40: I mean I'm not I'm not clear on how many people have applied but hypothetically we have people who don't or who applied who aren't on the committee so we have a list of potential alternates that we would approach if someone were to resign from the committee. So this is just about, this is just about being proactive and ensuring that there's a procedure in place so that in case somebody isn't represented, that we have an alternate.

[2251] Elisa Martinez: Exactly. Exactly. So it is more of the, it is, I'm sorry, it is more of a procedure, so it's including the procedure in case we needed to, we'll call the trigger, pull the trigger to, have a an alternate brought in but also I just wanted to call the second item which was a timeline that at some point there will be there will not be an opportunity for additional alternates just because it could be too far down the path for folks to be brought in and that's a recommendation I suppose that we I'd ask you all to think about if that's something you want to include I'm sorry member Gutierrez I believe you wanted to say something

[2296] SPEAKER_36: Yes, thank you. I wanted to agree with both members and your president Martinez. However, I did want to ask if you could possibly have an inspection of how right now, of how we wanted to, if you think it's appropriate, of how we want to proceed to selecting the alternate or as to provide some guidance for the committee and for Ms. Delacruz, So that moving forward if this item does get pulled, at least there is a direction as to how the process might take on in regards to the alternate.

[2337] SPEAKER_29: I think I can summarize. I heard student board member Castillo, what he said was, and what I heard from Ms. Dela Cruz, was what we can do in anticipation of the need for an alternate or alternate We would have Ms. Dela Cruz start to group the remaining applicants under what categories would they fulfill of a type of stakeholder. If we had a person who was selected and then later said, I'm sorry, I can't do this anymore because of whatever reason. Then the subcommittee would work with Ms. Dela Cruz to again look at the categories trying to match as best we could the type of stakeholder that is no longer able to serve. Then that name would come back to the board for approval for transparency sake and so folks would know who is replacing who and then And what I also heard was guidance around including in the charge that at a certain point in time we are not going to replace with alternates because the curve would be, the catch up would be so difficult at a certain point. So we would come back with the committee charges outlining perhaps a point in time where we would not seek any more alternates at that point.

[2421] Elisa Martinez: Well stated. So the recommendation on the table is for staff to pull the item and be brought back with the additions that student member Castillo and Superintendent Salinas just summarized.

[2445] SPEAKER_29: May I ask, would we be able to vote on the membership list itself though as part of the motion so we can at least notify and see

[2457] SPEAKER_40: I mean, in that case, I think it would just be an amendment to this document that we'd have to make later. Would you be OK with that? I guess. I mean, as long as it's possible, yeah. I think an amendment's fine.

[2470] Elisa Martinez: Right. So we would, right. It would be an amended motion to only vote on this, the list, because we're not voting on the document itself, right? So we would have to rescind the previous motion in making a motion, correct?

[2489] SPEAKER_40: So I withdraw my previous motion. Actually, no, I don't have to withdraw, because I only said the members. I didn't say the charge document. So, yeah, I think my motion's good.

[2505] Phuong Nguyen: Okay. I second.

[2509] Elisa Martinez: Okay, so, sorry, is it the... Wait, no, actually, I was just about to summarize. Actually, the initial motion that student member Castillo made was to approve the names. Correct?

[2526] SPEAKER_40: Yes, it was not to approve the charge, the purpose and composition document. It was just to approve the members.

[2536] Elisa Martinez: Right. And so I will ask actually, I'll ask Ms. Aquino, how do you have it captured just to make sure?

[2546] SPEAKER_22: I currently have motion to approve members by student member Castillo, seconded by member Nguyen.

[2556] Carina Plancarte: OK.

[2558] Elisa Martinez: Given, though, that's. Sorry.

[2562] SPEAKER_36: As a point of order, and also for clarification purposes, I think if we are going to be on the agenda, The motion that Member Castillo made was an amended, so I believe he should have at least mentioned those words that we are not going based on the agenda. He's making an amendment to the agenda, so there is clarification on that. So I think at this point, I think just for making it easier, I think it is best if all previous motions are rescinded, and we start fresh with an amended.

[2602] SPEAKER_40: All right. I think I got that. OK. So I withdraw my previous motion of approving the School Consolidation Advisory Committee members. I make a new motion that we approve the School Consolidation Advisory Committee members and take no action on the Purpose and Composition document.

[2619] SPEAKER_22: Point of order. Can you go back a little slower? Sure.

[2624] Leonor Rebosura: OK.

[2626] SPEAKER_40: I move that we approve the School Consolidation Advisory Committee members and take no action on the purpose and composition document.

[2641] Elisa Martinez: I will second that. OK. Student member Castillo moves with the amended motion. And member Gutierrez seconds. There is no more discussion. On that item, I will ask for a voice vote. Student member Castillo?

[2664] SPEAKER_39: I vote yes.

[2666] Elisa Martinez: Member Nguyen?

[2667] Phuong Nguyen: I vote yes.

[2668] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez? Aye. Member Rodriguez?

[2675] SPEAKER_24: Aye. Member Zhang?

[2678] Elisa Martinez: Aye. My vote is aye. So unanimous. So we will look for this for the document, the purpose and composition document to be brought back. Thank you. Good discussion. Item 11.3, which is the change of a regular board meeting date for April. Staff requests the board approve moving the already approved Thursday, April 2nd meeting to Thursday, April 9th. I make a motion that we approve. Can I have a second, please? I second. Member Rodriguez moves. Member Nguyen seconds. Any discussion? Any questions?

[2740] SPEAKER_35: Is this totally because of the outbreak, or what is the other?

[2746] SPEAKER_32: Other reason for me to come on is we've never had a board meeting during spring break, so because spring break was moved up, it would be

[2770] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Member Rodriguez. Any additional comments, Superintendent Solis?

[2774] SPEAKER_29: No, that was exactly why, so we could have membership also participate.

[2778] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. So, Ms. Aquino, the motion on the table is, please.

[2784] SPEAKER_22: Motion to approve the already, move the already approved meeting to April 9th. Sorry, motion by Member Rodriguez, second by Member Nguyen.

[2797] Elisa Martinez: Can I get a voice vote, please? Student member Castillo?

[2801] SPEAKER_39: Yes.

[2802] SPEAKER_24: Member Nguyen?

[2803] Phuong Nguyen: Yes.

[2805] SPEAKER_24: Member Rodriguez? Yes. Member Zhang? Aye. Member Gutierrez?

[2814] Elisa Martinez: Aye. And my vote is aye as well. So the vote is unanimous. We will move the date to April 9th. Thank you. Moving on to item 12. for the new business. The second interim. But to report. So the staff recommends the board certify that 2019 2020. Second second interim budget report with a qualified a certification.

[2856] Phuong Nguyen: I move that we approve item 12.1 second interim budget report.

[2863] SPEAKER_39: I second the motion.

[2866] Elisa Martinez: Okay and with that we'd go ahead and give you an opportunity Ms. Dela Cruz to walk us through the I know you have a presentation and then we will go ahead and open it up for discussion from the board unless there is a question that the board members would like to ask before Ms. Dela Cruz gets started.

[2887] Marie dela Cruz: Can I just make a clarification in your motion that you add the qualified certification?

[2894] SPEAKER_40: So withdraw and then do it again.

[2900] Phuong Nguyen: I move to withdraw my motion to approve item 12.1 second interim budget report and make a new motion to approve item 12.1 second interim budget report issued as qualified.

[2920] SPEAKER_39: I second the motion. Thank you.

[2927] Elisa Martinez: Ms. Dela Cruz. Are there no questions? No questions.

[2930] Marie dela Cruz: Thank you. Thank you, President Martinez. It's my pleasure to present to you the second interim budget report. So the second interim report covers the period from July 1st through January 31st. It's a snapshot of our budget as of January 31st. If you remember, our first interim report ended October 31st. This report reviews our revenues and expenditures as forecasted in the current year as compared to the adopted budget and the first interim. It also includes a multi-year projection for the two subsequent years, 2021 and 2122. And we need to certify positive, qualified, or negative. And just to review, what positive means is that we will be able to meet our financial obligations this year and the next two years. A qualified certification means that we may not meet our current year obligations or in the next two years. A negative certification means that we will not be able to meet the remainder of the current year or the next year. And we're required to submit the report to the county March 16th, which we have done. The only thing that we have not submitted is the signed certification form. So some of the changes since first interim in our general fund unrestricted. I thought I would point out the highlights. Our revenues did decrease about 453,000 and that was because of a loss in our concentration grant of about 254,000 and 200,000 in our base grant and our supplemental grant in our LCFF which I'll review a little bit more in the next slide. We did reduce our salaries about 570,000 and related benefits, this is from, unfilled vacancies and savings from new hires that were hired at lower salaries. And in the books and supplies and services and other expenditures, there's the amounts there represent savings from the early cutoff that we had in spending and also shifting the ROP transfer from the general fund resource to LCAP. So for total change in expenditures of 1.7 million and the net change in revenues and expenditures comes out to 1.3 million which means that our ending fund balance now is at 3.6 million compared to first interim which was 2.3. So as I mentioned earlier, the concentration grants. So in order for us to be funded for a concentration grant, our unduplicated pupil percentage, which represents our socioeconomic low-income students, our foster youth, and our English learners, that percentage must be above 55%. And at this time, our district is at 54.98%, so just below. When we estimated our, projected our budget, our concentration grant percentage was at 56.06%. And so, now that we're below the 55%, the 254,000 that we had projected is down to zero. And also, our P1 ADA report is about 11 ADA less than what we had projected. So that also impacted our base grant and our supplemental grant, net effect of about $200,000 less. So overall, with the unrestricted and restricted accounts since first interim, you can see how our deficit has improved from 2.1 million deficit down to 1.285, 1.3 million rounded. So that's a net effect of 842,000. So we've made a lot of improvement in reducing our deficit with the budget plan that we had presented during our study session and our previous board meetings. So in our multi-year projection, we have assumptions that include our cost of living adjustment for LCFF. This year, it's at 3.26%. And then next year, it's 2.29%. And the following year, it's at 2.71%. The STRS rates continue to increase. from 17.1 this year to 18.4 this year which is a change of 1.3 percent. However, in the following year, it goes down just a little bit, 0.3 percent to 18, from 18.4 to 18.1. And then our PERS employer contribution rate is estimated to go up to 22.8 percent next year which is an increase of 3 percent and then 24.9. in the following year for a total of over 5 percent in the next two years. Our lottery per ADA pretty much stays the same with $153 per ADA on the unrestricted side and then $54 per ADA on the restricted. We also include the step and column increase for our certificated and classified. And for certificated, it's estimated at 1.69 percent. for this year and the next two years. And then for classified, it's 1.19%. Total benefits included in the assumptions, you can see for certificated is 23.51% and almost 25% for next year and the following year. And for classified, it's a little bit higher. It's 32% this year and 35 to 37 in the next two years. We also include an increase in the health and welfare benefits of 2% for the next two years. And in the assumption is also the tentative agreement for certificated salary increase of 1.5% this year, 1% next year, and 1.75% in the second year out. We have not included the any increases for classified pending tentative agreement. And we've also included the resolutions that were approved by the board in October and also in March. Enrollment is still looking at decline for the next two years and the ADA will go down also. So when we put all of those assumptions into the projection for this year, we are looking at a deficit of 833,000 and we will end up with an ending fund balance of 3.6 million. We do have an assigned, if you look at the reserves where it says general fund assigned, that 466,000 represents the potential impact of the proposed tentative agreement with our labor partners. That next item, that 3.6 actually make a correction. I think on your handout it's already been corrected. It should be 3,172,751 as the reserve for economic uncertainties. And we still have our fund 17 special reserve of 2.2 million for a total of available reserves of 5.4 million. So if you follow that for the next two years, you can see that our minimum reserve required is 3% of expenditures. What's the minimum required is 2 million for this year and almost 2 million next year and again, almost 2 million the following year. So based on those minimums, we do meet our minimum reserve because we have over 5 million available. But we always want to look at our general fund reserve separately from our special reserves if we can because we don't want to depend on our Fund 17 for our minimum reserve for economic uncertainties. But even if we do that, looking at our general fund reserve, we still meet the minimum required. This just shows the enrollment and the ADA trend for the last, since 2013-14. It shows that we have lost about 700 in ADA since 13-14. And it's not on the chart, but starting in 23-24, our demographers do show an increase, starting to increase in enrollment. Starting with 5,700 in 23-24 and then moving up to 5,734 in 24-25 and 5,789 in 25-26. But it's not until a couple more years out. Right now, we're at second interim and because we are recommending qualified, we will be presenting a third interim report in May while we're also working on our proposed budget for next year and then our year-end actuals will be coming in September. So to summarize, our current year deficit is at 1.3 million which is an improvement of 842,000 since our first interim. The assumptions in our multi-year projection include over $6 million in budget reductions over the next 2 years. And we still have our school closure and consolidations included in our budget balancing plan. And if we're not able to implement these consolidations or closures, then we will need to identify other reductions. Even though our district will be able to meet our obligations and meet the minimum 3% required In the current year and the two subsequent years, we are recommending qualify because of the pending school consolidations, which represents about a million dollars in our budget plan. So at this point, we are recommending a qualified certification of our second interim budget report.

[3685] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Ms. Dela Cruz. And with that, I do open it up for questions.

[3695] SPEAKER_36: The one question that I have from the villagers is at the beginning when I believe you were talking about the percentage that we went down to 99.98, I believe you said.

[3714] Marie dela Cruz: Oh, our unduplicated pupil percentage, yes.

[3718] SPEAKER_36: Correct. I trust your numbers, but only because such a small percentage.

[3726] Marie dela Cruz: Have we gone over that number three, four, five times to make sure that we're not missing anybody? This is actually from the state, and it's based on the CALPADS reports that we submit to the state.

[3739] Phuong Nguyen: It's a good thing, but it's also a bad thing. The good thing is that our students are performing better, and they were re-classified. Is that correct?

[3749] Marie dela Cruz: Well, this is more about the financial number of English learners, foster youth, and socioeconomic low-income students.

[3758] Elisa Martinez: So it could be any one of those levers. Yes. Question. I actually had a similar question about that topic as well. What does the 0.02 equate to number of students? And I ask that because I know that we have talked about how it's a challenge sometimes to get our families to apply for free and reduced so I mean if it was just the fact that you know two or three families didn't apply and the difference that it makes right from it so again taking it as an education moment that $250,000 right so you know the whole one vote counts one application can make a difference. You don't have to answer that question. Ms. Delacruz, I see you on the calculator. But it would be interesting to get that fact, right, and share that with our families as we think about the campaign. To get folks to ask for help if they need it. Other questions? I know I have one, but I want to give folks on the phone the opportunity to ask questions. Any additional questions? Yes?

[3842] SPEAKER_35: So actually, I just have one question for Ms. Delacruz. I think that you answered my question regarding our current year projection. We did take into consideration of the NTA tentative agreement, and we're doing the negotiation with the other labor groups and projections. So I think that's where I am. The remaining thing is, I didn't quite understand on page 137, So last year, the second interim FTEs included all of the FTEs in different funds, including the Child Nutrition, Fund 13, the Child Care. So other than the general fund,

[3901] Marie dela Cruz: We do have positions that are paid for out of the other funds. So this section of the SACS report only applies to the general fund.

[3919] SPEAKER_35: That's why there's such... Sorry?

[3930] SPEAKER_35: What should have been reported was only general fund.

[3957] Marie dela Cruz: box, if you're looking at page 137 where it says prior year second interim, it says 188 FTEs. That represented all of the classified that are funded not only with the general fund, but also, again, in those other funds like child nutrition and child development.

[3980] SPEAKER_40: I do have one question. So with regards to the whole 55% criteria, does that mean that 55% of enrollment falls into one of those categories? Is that what the 55% means?

[3993] Marie dela Cruz: Yes. So 55% should be identified as being in one of those categories, unduplicated.

[4009] Elisa Martinez: I have a question regarding on the presentation, the enrollment and ADA slide. So the ADA, what's the assumption on what percentage? What percentage are we assuming there?

[4025] Marie dela Cruz: The ratio is about 97% enrollment to ADA.

[4034] Elisa Martinez: OK, and I think calling that out is important as we think about just our historical, we'll call absentee rate, because that is really, at the end of the day, what we're talking about, right? Which is of the 56, 31 students that are actually enrolled, on average, we're seeing 54, 36 students in class, right? I mean, at any given point. So I mean I think that's just a really important it's it's not it is a number that we can move it's not easy to move as I know we've seen with a lot of effort over the last year we definitely moved it up from the 96 low 96 to 97 right but it can make a significant number so I mean I think again I think You know, I know we don't have a ton of free time these days, right, but I think as we start thinking through what are some potential options to continue to push on this number, again, it's interesting. I know that we've been in some training sessions in the last couple months, and I mean, everybody really struggles with this one, right? But everyone's up there in the 97% rate, and it's really hard to get those last three percentage points. I think something for us to start thinking about how we might want to work on capturing some of that.

[4119] Marie dela Cruz: Definitely.

[4123] Phuong Nguyen: Can you specify how important it is for us to, the required reserves, I mean, from the training that we've had, we know that 3% minimum is not going to even last us a whole week. And in your ideal scenario, what would you be comfortable seeing the reserves at?

[4148] Marie dela Cruz: Well, if you could have a double digit reserve, obviously that would be ideal because you want to be able to cover at least three to six months of payroll. So the 3% doesn't even cover, barely covers one month. That's correct. So having three times or four times more than the required reserve is really ideal.

[4173] Elisa Martinez: Thank you for bringing that up, Member Nguyen. I think we were, you know, our eyes were opened when we were taught about what that 3% really represented, right? And I think in some cases it really wasn't even quite the month, right? Can we please mute the phone? So again, it's really important for all of us So not all of our board member team has had the opportunity to go to training. Again, I think everybody in the room, many of us were surprised. I know some of our neighboring districts. I think, OK, I'll take a second here. Hang on. Folks on the phone, can you please mute? Thank you. Again, just such an important point. And I say that, and I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but I know that in a neighboring district, I have a lifelong friend who's a teacher and many times has said to me, Our board can give us that money. We have 17% reserves. And I'm like, wow, that sounds like a lot. We're shooting for three. And when we really spoke to the experts and really do the math, it's such an important point that I know we are struggling to really fix some of these structural deficit issues that we've had for a long time. Um, and we'll, you know, we'll continue to do that, but, you know, the challenge is a little bit harder than I, than we knew, frankly, coming into the last couple of months.

[4295] Phuong Nguyen: Yes, so, and that's why I just wanted to specify and say thank you for, to you guys for, you know, making sure that we do understand and, and stress the importance of keeping reserves and we understand that, you know, the beginning fund balance is a really If we are able to be positive and keep building on the beginning fund balance for each school year, that's really key to building the reserves. So we appreciate all the hard work that you guys do in making those considerations and finding creative ways to balance the budget.

[4335] Marie dela Cruz: And with the budget plan that we did come up with, if we implement everything we will look at having a positive surplus in the second out year.

[4349] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, go ahead. Member Gutierrez.

[4354] SPEAKER_36: This is Member Gutierrez. Yes, thank you. And I just wanted to echo what both Member Nguyen and President Martínez were saying because I think it is important that we explain and get a full understanding of what those numbers really mean, especially in the condition of The conditions that we currently are, like Member Martínez said, 3%, I think they were telling us, covered maybe about a week. And ideally, we are supposed to have, I believe it was a 17%, or a double-digit percentage for situations that we may be embarking in, like a recession, like what we're going through now. So it is important that we do have those reserves. And ideally, as was mentioned, in a double-digit percentage. So thank you for stating that as well. And thank you, Ms. Ellison.

[4407] Elisa Martinez: Okay, any other comments or questions from anybody else on the phone? If not, I would ask Ms. Aquino to repeat the motion on the table, please.

[4424] SPEAKER_22: The new motion is to approve the qualified second interim by Member Nguyen, seconded by Student Member Castillo.

[4434] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. May I have your vote, Student Member Castillo?

[4439] SPEAKER_39: Yes.

[4440] Elisa Martinez: Member Nguyen?

[4441] Phuong Nguyen: Yes.

[4442] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez?

[4445] SPEAKER_24: Aye. Member Zhang? Aye. Member Rodriguez?

[4455] Maria Huffer: He said he dropped off and was going to call back in.

[4457] Elisa Martinez: I thought I heard him call back in. So I will vote. And my vote is aye. Thank you, Ms. Aquino, for taking note of that. OK. Thank you, Ms. Delacruz. Thank you. And with that, we move to item 13.1, which is the personnel report on the consent agenda. May have a motion and a second to approve as is.

[4493] SPEAKER_36: This is member Gutierrez and I'll make the motion.

[4500] Phuong Nguyen: I'll second.

[4502] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. And member Nguyen, Nguyen, how do you vote, please?

[4508] Phuong Nguyen: I vote yes.

[4510] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez?

[4513] SPEAKER_31: Aye.

[4514] Elisa Martinez: Member Ajean?

[4517] Catheerine Ingham-Watters: Aye.

[4518] Elisa Martinez: And I vote aye as well. So four ayes. Thank you. Item 14 which is the consent agenda on non-personnel items which would cover item 14.1 through 14 point oh 14 point

[4543] SPEAKER_24: Wait, is 14.3 a vote?

[4546] SPEAKER_29: I would say separate that one.

[4547] Elisa Martinez: Separate that, yes. So this would be a vote to approve the consent agenda items 14.1, 14.2, and we will pull 14.3. I get a motion to approve the first two items.

[4561] SPEAKER_40: I move to approve items 14.1 and 14.2. I second. Thank you.

[4570] Elisa Martinez: So if we may vote on 14.1 and 14.2. Student Member Castillo?

[4576] SPEAKER_39: Yes.

[4577] SPEAKER_24: Member Nguyen? Yes. Member Zhang?

[4582] Elisa Martinez: Yes. Member Gutierrez? Aye. And I vote aye as well. Thank you Member Rodriguez. OK, so we move on to item 14.3, which is the expulsion deadline extension during the suspension of in-school instruction time period. The action is the administration recommends the approval of the postponement of expulsion hearing timelines for 30 additional days. May I have a motion and a second to approve the recommendation? I'll make the motion. I'll second. Member Rodriguez moves, Member Nguyen seconds.

[4640] Phuong Nguyen: Member Nguyen? I vote yes.

[4643] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez?

[4645] Phuong Nguyen: Yes.

[4646] Elisa Martinez: Member Gutierrez?

[4649] SPEAKER_36: Yes.

[4649] Elisa Martinez: Member Zhang?

[4652] SPEAKER_32: Aye.

[4653] Elisa Martinez: And I vote aye as well. Motion passes with five ayes. So moving on to item 15, future meetings. Superintendent Salinas.

[4669] SPEAKER_29: Yes, thank you. So we will be coming back in April at the new date. I do want to share that I may appear a little distracted. I know Governor Newsom a couple of hours ago issued another state order for the entire state of California. So with that said, we're not going to be able to do that. So staff will have to look what is the most essential to bring back in April. And so I ask for that consideration and we'll be meeting the board president to to make that discussion.

[4700] SPEAKER_24: Thank you.

[4704] Elisa Martinez: With that we will move up to begin on this one. There's a lot of work again we mentioned this and I believe at the end of the last meeting there are quite a bit of active committees completing quite a bit of work and we wanted to have a more structured updates if you will by the subcommittees. We are trying to still work on that structure and then the intent would be and we need to discuss Superintendent Salinas and bringing this section up earlier in the agenda just so that folks out that are listening in or attending our meetings earlier the earlier part of our meetings can actually hear these report outs as a lot of important activities taking place. So the committee reports will be the ones that you see listed on the agenda. The Mission Valley ROP, SELPA, the City School Liaison, East Bay Induction, Audit Committee, School Consolidation Committee, the survey, the GLADBY's slash survey committee, Communication Committee, and Governance Handbook Committee. So expect to have more structured report outs from these committees. Again, not all of these groups meet on a regular basis, so some committees you will hear from a bit more frequently than others. With that, of any of these listed committees that I've just read out, does anybody have an update they'd like to give? Just given that I didn't give everybody a heads up that I would like an update. But if there's anything any one of you would like to report, that would be great. If not, if nobody else, I would look to Ms. Dela Cruz and I do want to give an update on the Godby Survey Committee. We did meet with Mr. Godby yesterday. We intended to have the survey out already and then we met, we'll call it an emergency meeting yesterday, just with everything that's happening. obviously in the economy, in society and so we had some discussion about trying to get it out in the next week and frankly just didn't make a lot of sense with just so much uncertainty. So at this point we are looking for releasing it April 17th I believe is the date. So that is what that's where we've landed. We are still you know since we have a bit more time and He did advise us that he is looking to add a couple more questions that acknowledge the situation that we're in. So he will be providing us a draft of some of those questions. And again, we're looking to finalize everything a week before the April 17th. We'll call it go live of the survey.

[4909] Phuong Nguyen: And just to recap on the school consolidation committee, we did select the members of the committee and we're looking are anticipating for the first meeting to be scheduled on May 27.

[4923] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. And any board announcements, requests, debrief, discussion? And I look to you, student member Castillo, it'd be great for you just to share. How is this feeling as a student, everything that's going on?

[4943] SPEAKER_40: Yeah. Thank you, President Martinez. I definitely plan to comment on that. Currently, it's a bit of a, I don't know, it doesn't feel like we've fully transitioned into it yet. I feel like we're in a state of limbo right now, because we don't know whether this is going to be for the long term, or if this order is going to end on April 6th or April 7th. I can speak mainly for the seniors that we're trying to get through it as best as we can. I think the main concern that we have is what's going to happen to our senior activities and the juniors too with prom, but for grad night and then graduation is the big one. The opinion that everybody has is basically they better at least refund us. Given the circumstances, I mean, they won't be operating. And we heard from Disneyland that Disneyland hasn't cashed the check from ASB yet. So I mean, in anticipation that this goes on, but hopefully that's not the case. So there is a glimmer of hope there. But I think graduation is the big one because we've been working 13 years for this I mean, in culmination of this one big moment, and for it to be unfortunately canceled as a result of this pandemic, it hurts. But I mean, what can you do? I mean, there are professionals who are recommending that it might not be the best option. So I think we're all just hoping that things will improve and that we can get through this as a community. Of course, you know, time will tell what actually occurs. Some other things I did want to talk about. The same thing, the same determination or the same kind of limbo state is going on with rocketry. The council, I guess, kind of appealed to the Aerospace Industries Association and we said, hey, our county has ordered us to shelter in place so we can't do Anywhere launches, pretty pleased we have an extension. And I think the next day they said we're canceling qualification flights for the entire country. And we are reconsidering holding a national final at all in Virginia. So there's a possibility that there will be no national competition for us to travel to, which is also disappointing. But I understand it presents the same sort of risk. So like I said, we're just holding out for the best, hoping that things will improve. On a personal note, I know I've talked with several board members about it before, but I do have my decisions for MIT and Caltech. And unfortunately, I did not get into either one. But I do have two more universities I'm still waiting to hear from. UCLA will be releasing their decisions tomorrow at 3 PM. And then Columbia in Newark City will be releasing their decision on March 26. So I'm hoping to hear good things from either one. Preferably UCLA. That's not my first choice. So yeah, I'm hoping for UCLA. Go Bruins. And then I do have two requests in terms of board business. For the second interim, Ms. Dela Cruz mentioned that the demographer was anticipating that for the 23-24 year that there would be a positive rate of change in terms of our enrollment and our ADA. I would just like to see, because I know you mentioned the numbers. I just want to see the graphical data. If you could provide me with that, I would appreciate it. And then in terms of the ADA as well, I want to know how it's calculated, if you can give me a rough summary of how it's done. Obviously, with K-6, was the student there? Were they not there? And how do TARDIs factor into that? And then for grades 7 through 12, because students are attending multiple classes a day, how is that calculated as well? Just so I can have a better understanding of how that works. Those are, yeah, I think that's it for right now. Thank you.

[5216] SPEAKER_24: Thank you. Member Nguyen.

[5220] Phuong Nguyen: For member Castillo's classmates and the class of 2020, I just wanted to let them know that You know, you guys have been working hard all year, and hopefully everything will work out. If not, maybe we can space them out six feet apart at graduation. We're going to give you circle spots on the football field. But no, in all kidding aside, I know that you guys have been working really, really hard. And I hope that you guys continue to work hard and strive for your goals, regardless of the situation that's going on here. The next thing I wanted to report was the census 2020 is out. And we got our letter in the mail. So please, I logged on. Took me less than 10 minutes to complete it. And it was very easy and very quick. So they mail you a letter and they give you the code to log in. And they have your information and you just fill it out. And then lastly, I just wanted to say thank you to Superintendent Salinas and the rest of the staff on a job well done on coordinating the efforts of getting all of the students prepared for the school closure and having alternative learning curriculum for them. and the staff. I know particularly as a parent, I was very moved by all of my students, my daughters, teachers, emailing us and giving us information about what's going on and how they can continue learning the rest until our impending date. I really do appreciate that, and you guys had an action plan, and you guys really did do a great job executing it. So thank you so much.

[5356] Elisa Martinez: For those on the phone, member Gutierrez.

[5362] SPEAKER_36: Thank you. Again, I just wanted to echo what everyone else is saying, and thank Ms. Salinas and everybody on your team and all the staff. teachers, thank you everybody for being patient and hanging in there because I know this is not easy. And Ms. Salinas, thank you for trying to keep us updated as much as possible. And I know that you are as well being updated hour by hour, minute by minute. So thank you very much for that. And I do just wanted to bring some comments from community members that want to know what to expect for the future for the students. They do understand that this may go longer than expected, but they are hoping that maybe even in the summer, there could be some kind of reunion for the students to see their friends again. And I just tell them that hang in there. Slowly, we will to be handling this day at a time, but I did want to just express our concerns as well as other seniors, members of the class who are already concerned about their senior activities. We do hear you, we do understand how difficult this may be, and I know that Ms. Williams and her team and all of us on the board, we are trying to do everything possible to try and have some kind of normalcy in the state of what we're at. So please hang in there, and thank you for all your hard work, Ms. Salinas, and your team. Thank you.

[5471] Elisa Martinez: Thank you, Member Gutierrez. Member Zhang?

[5477] SPEAKER_35: Hello. I want to repeat what other board members just said. I want to thank Ms. Salinas and your team for your dedication at this very, very difficult period of time. and you've been constantly updating and things evolve every opportunity. So thank you for your perseverance and your team's dedication and perseverance. And last, I would like to also note that when they had the pressure before this whole government in order, I had a pleasure to attend the PGA fundraiser. I saw a lot of parents showing up at Chipotle and buying some stuff. And even the former member of the community who were lining up, who didn't know that I was a fundraiser, to go there and say, hey, we're here for music. So I was very glad to see our parents, member of our community, supporting our elementary schools. On another note, in the last time that we talked about the communication community, obviously right now,

[5546] SPEAKER_35: We're not going to be doing a lot of like any PDA event, but I do want to go through this process. When it comes to communication with the community, I don't want to, let's say, we assign a board member a couple of schools, since we have nine PDA total, every board member is being assigned a double school total for PDA. I hope that no single school, no single PDA is represented by just one board member. And I also hope each board member is assigned to a mix of high school and non-high school. I think that's a really good idea and yeah we will definitely

[5634] Elisa Martinez: move to make that happen. I think that for the last couple of months we started a discussion I think before the end of the year about being more visible and actually going and again you had brought this up before Member Zhang around being PTCs, PTAs being one of the groups but I think we could start with that with those groups and then maybe and then think about whether there are other groups we would want to also we'll call, assign ourselves to. So I think that's a great idea. Thank you. Member Rodriguez.

[5675] SPEAKER_32: Thank you. I just wanted to report that the special education staff meeting has been moved because of the emergency that we're in. emergency meeting with the Mission Valley RFP and they follow students just like the member districts as far as suspending classes for the next few weeks. If ever there was a time where we all say one day at a time, that's exactly what we're in right now. I had a chance with my grandkids to visit and get lunches, free lunches at the GI and also by first row and both staff and Superintendent Salinas and everybody was doing a great job. One of the things that I like to caution as board members is that we're going to be getting a lot of calls sometimes from parents and everything and my advice would be as we normally do is to refer them back to the principal and to the district office so that they can get their answers.

[5759] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Thank you, Member Rodriguez. Yes, I'd like to echo that I know that many of us sometimes are well-meaning And we'd like to, you know, we want to communicate things that we hear. But I think to Superintendent Salinas' earlier direction, we really need to refer everybody to the school website as that will be the most updated and newest and greatest information on everything that's happening. Thank you for that. I, again, thank the entire team You know, the teachers, we, I think, I speak for myself, speak for probably everybody here, we are always amazed at the contribution that you make to our lives via our kids. And this has just been amazing to, and I'm sure everyone is hopefully realizing, those who maybe aren't as close to that. Because I tell you, just that email that we get from Mr. Fee or Miss Eddings or, you know, these are just my kids' teachers, you know, it just really helps them stay connected. They know that they need to do homework, right? But it's that email that just really, really helps to just feel like they're at school. They just happen to be home. So that is just amazing. I can't thank, thank, thank everybody enough for that. And I know that a member, I'm not a member, but Superintendent Salinas, I'm not sure if you're going to speak to it now or regarding our next meeting and obviously, will you be speaking about that? Okay, I will stop talking then. I will hand it back over to you.

[5877] Phuong Nguyen: Just one more thing, one more announcement. So I know that on St. Patrick's Day, O'Sullivan's Sports Bar. I just want to give them a shout out. They provided breakfast for our students in Newark. And they are also doing it tomorrow. Yes. From 8 to 10, correct? Yes. OK. So thank you so much, O'Sullivan's Sports Bar, for your staff to be able to do that for our community. It means a lot to us. Thank you.

[5908] SPEAKER_40: If I may say one more thing as well, on behalf of the class of 2020, I would like to thank all of the board members and the staff for your continued support. Hearing the other board members speak about their concerns for our activities, I think it means a lot to the class that people of high authority are taking interest in what it is that we're concerned about. And I think it's not often that things that are said in this room resonate with with the senior class. And yet the demonstration of solidarity is something that it definitely means a lot to me, and I believe it would mean a lot to the rest of the senior class. I'll be sharing your remarks with them, obviously, if that's OK. Yeah, I just want to thank everybody for their remarks during this time.

[5961] Phuong Nguyen: And look at what we're wearing. Yes. Yes, thank you.

[5967] Elisa Martinez: Okay, Superintendent Salinas, closing remarks.

[5970] SPEAKER_29: Yes, so closing remarks. So as President Martinez stated, and I keep looking at, it's fast moving. So there is a new executive order, stay put, stay in, that is now over the whole state of California. So very uncertain times. So with that said, we are, Ms. Aquino and I and team are looking at a virtual board meeting for April. And what we're looking at now is that how do we engage and allow for public comments. And so we're going to be taking our lead with a lot of what city councils are doing around the county and certainly school boards. So we have a little bit more time to do that research and we will be rolling that out. We're looking at some options because when we are in this state put state of emergency, really no member of the public should have to come out here to give public comment and so we will look at alternative ways to do it and the same for you all so that we can do some of this virtually and again for to hold this meeting in public that you have. So more to come on that and we will publicize what that looks like. The second thing I want to share is certainly a big shout out to Miss Susan Condon you know Today alone, she had to go around and turn off every single marquee, because I think there's one more she's going to turn off tomorrow. And that's the kind of thing you can't push a button and do remotely, unfortunately. So she went out today. She's making sure that our gates are locked. I do want to say to the community that's watching, if you see something that does not look like it's right at our schools, we want to make sure that our schools are protected over the break-in while we're locked. Please, if it's an emergency where you see a burglary or so forth, please call the police. We will have it on our website of a number to call if there is other kind of suspicious behavior or things that you see out of place, certainly contact us or contact the police as you see fit. But we were also talking, Ms. Condon was talking to a lot of the neighbors around the school and passed out her business card to folks to give her a call if they see something out of place. And finally, I think I want to certainly thank the team. I was telling you, Ms. Aquino, I feel like, you know, it's 24-7 right now. And so, but that's what it is. And so, that's the only way we can get the best information. Same with these two ladies to my right who are doing a lot of the work as well. A huge thank you to our teachers. You know, tag us on Twitter so we can retweet the pictures. I've been seeing that also online. That's wonderful. And family finally, thank you to the board because again, you know, I thought I'd seen it all This is and I this is 25 years in public education. This is a new one for me And so thank you for your leadership your support But also your calm demeanor because when you're calm, we're all calm and we focus on the kids And then I will be messaging principal around health to see if we can do some kind of a Google hangout with Ms. Canales maybe in the coming week with leadership to start to get some input and some ideas. So I just, I'm going to text her on my way home. Okay, so thank you.

[6164] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. And with that we move on to item 18. Can I get a motion and a second to adjourn?

[6171] SPEAKER_40: I move that we adjourn this meeting.

[6173] SPEAKER_36: I second.

[6175] Elisa Martinez: And can we please vote? Member, Student Member Castillo?

[6180] SPEAKER_40: I vote yes.

[6181] Elisa Martinez: Yes. Member Gutierrez?

[6185] Maria Huffer: Yes.

[6186] Elisa Martinez: Member Rodriguez? Yes. Member Zhang? Aye. And I vote aye as well. So meeting adjourned. Thank you. 844.

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