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[698] SPEAKER_32: So are we live yet?

[727] Bowen Zhang: Okay. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the September 16th, I believe, regular meeting of the Newark Board of Education. Meeting is called to order at 6.30. Ms. Gutierrez, roll call, please.

[741] SPEAKER_41: Member Hill? Here. Member Grundahl?

[746] Diego Torres: Here.

[747] SPEAKER_41: Member Nguyen? Here. President Jean? Here. All present.

[752] Bowen Zhang: Moving on, approval of the agenda. May I get a motion to approve the agenda as it is?

[760] Phuong Nguyen: I move to approve the agenda as is.

[763] Terrence Grindall: I'll second.

[766] Aiden Hill: Yeah, I hit that little button. I don't know if you guys can see it. So requesting to speak.

[772] Bowen Zhang: Oh, actually, it's not showing up here.

[774] Aiden Hill: OK. So I'd like to table item 11.12, Apex Credit Recovery. In our last session, we made a request as a board that we were going to have certificated teacher perspective shared before we take an action on this. And I don't see that as a part of the presentation. And so I'd like to table that until we can have certificated representation.

[807] Mark Triplett: Yeah, thank you. We do intend to have the teacher perspective in the presentation and share out teacher accounts and testimonials.

[819] Aiden Hill: So we're having the NTA come in and present the teacher perspective?

[824] Mark Triplett: No, NTA is not coming. There's teachers. Aren't they the voice of the certificated teachers? They represent a labor organization, yes, but they My understanding was that was not the request to have NTA here, but rather to have teacher perspective.

[844] Bowen Zhang: We said we want teachers to be here.

[846] Aiden Hill: Yes, so we're going to cherry pick who comes in and participates versus the official voice of the body of certificated teachers.

[858] Bowen Zhang: Just like, I think the NTA represents the labor organization.

[865] Aiden Hill: So it represents all the teachers, correct? So they are the official voice of the teachers. I'm a teacher, okay? When I look for an official position, it comes from the NTA, right? They speak on our behalf.

[882] Mark Triplett: Yeah, if I may, the teacher organization, NTA, has spoken regarding the APEX and is also available to speak during public comment if they so wish.

[895] Aiden Hill: I think we invited them to come and share their views here. Aren't we interested in having a full and open discussion on this topic or are we just going to cherry-pick viewpoints?

[908] Bowen Zhang: Rest of the world, which I mean.

[914] Terrence Grindall: Is there a motion to table that item?

[916] Aiden Hill: I'm making a motion to table it.

[918] SPEAKER_41: At this point, currently, there is a prior motion for the approval of the agenda.

[922] Aiden Hill: I wasn't allowed to speak. I was trying to hit the button. So I think we need to consider that.

[926] SPEAKER_41: I understand. The people that made the motion at this point would need to withdraw their motion if they so please.

[930] Bowen Zhang: So anybody want to withdraw the motion to approve the agenda?

[934] SPEAKER_40: No.

[935] Bowen Zhang: So are you going to withdraw your second?

[939] Terrence Grindall: That's a moot point if the first doesn't withdraw it. OK.

[943] Bowen Zhang: So, proceed to voting. Member Grundahl, how do you vote? Yes. Member Hill? No. Member Nguyen? Yes. My vote is yes. Motion carries with three ayes. Agenda approved. Moving on to a closed session. Any public comment on closed session items? No. So in closed session, we'll be discussing 3.2, Public Employee Discipline Dismissal Release, 3.3, Conference with Labor Negotiator, Governor Cole, Employee Organization, NTA, and CSCA, 3.4, Conference with Labor Negotiator, Employee Group, NEWMA, Unrepresented Supervisor on Contracting Management, 3.5, Conference with Legal Counsel, Anticipated Litigation, 3.6, and we'll be coming back to open session at around 7.30. Thank you everyone. I will see you in one hour. Again, we're back to open session. First item, Pledge of Allegiance.

[2794] SPEAKER_32: Please stand. 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.

[2817] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Report of closed session actions. No reportable action has been taken in closed session. Next item, employee organizations. Ms. Gutierrez.

[2827] SPEAKER_41: We'll start off with NEWMA.

[2848] SPEAKER_30: Good evening, President Jhun, Board of Trustees, and Executive Cabinet members. NEWMA wants to celebrate with all of you Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic American champions who have inspired others to achieve success. Our city includes community members of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South American, Central American, and those of other Spanish cultures or origin. We celebrate all of our family members from such diverse cultures. NEWMA team is also continuing to work hard at ensuring we are taking steps for our own professional growth and reflection. We have undergone additional trainings on the evaluation process for educators, support staff, and management for those that oversee other NEWMA members. We have been working collaboratively with community members and various district leaders to provide additional feedback regarding the allocation of ESSER III funds and making our schools as safe as possible for our returned students. We also want to highlight the benefits of having our students back to school and meeting our unfinished learning needs. Thank you.

[2921] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next speaker.

[2923] SPEAKER_41: The other one is from NTA and it's a virtual call. One second while I unmute them. From NTA, we have Cheri Villa. Cheri Villa, you may begin. Sherry, can you hear us?

[2951] SPEAKER_38: Hello, this is Hilma.

[2958] SPEAKER_41: Sorry, sorry, Hilma. No, you can stay mute. Thank you. Ms. Villa, can you hear us? Hello? Hello? Yes, you may begin.

[2988] Chery Villa: Oh, thank you. Sorry about that. OK, let me get myself situated here. Okay. All right. Good evening, everyone. My name is Cheri Villa. I am the elementary director for our NTA. I wanted to just get my notes here. Apologize for that. Cut me off. Okay. All right. It's been noted, it's been said a few times that NTA updates have been a little bit negative. So I wanted to give everybody a positive tonight from NTA. NTA wants to give a shout out to all of our members. You know, we have just under 300 members and our teachers are doing it every day. They're teaching these kids. They're doing it with broken or no HVACs. They're doing it with no curriculum in some cases. They're doing it with no prep time, no... No support. And day in, day out our teachers are getting the job done. So once again, our E-board for NTA would like to give a shout out to all our teachers for getting the job done. Other than that, that's all NTA would like to share tonight. So stay safe, everybody. I'm looking forward to getting our MOUs for our safety plan in place, still isn't done yet. But other than that, stay safe, everyone, and thank you.

[3090] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[3093] SPEAKER_41: That's it for our employer organizations.

[3096] Bowen Zhang: Okay, thank you. Moving on, recognition and celebration, school spotlight, Birch Grove Primary, Superintendent Triplett.

[3103] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Jun, and good evening board members and community and staff. We are very excited to kick off this year's school spotlights, and we have Principal Ditto here with us from Birch Grove Primary. And so as you recall, we will do at least one school spotlight per month. And what a perfect school to start with, Birch Grove Primary. So I'll turn it over to Ms. Ditto.

[3136] SPEAKER_30: Okay, good evening again and thank you for this opportunity to spotlight Birch Grove Primary School. We are a safe, inspiring and innovative learning community for our smallest bulldogs in the district, TK to second grade. So a little bit about BGP and our academic success. We wanted to share with you where we would typically expect to start using our 18-19 data, which was the last full year that our kids were in person. So as you can see, our kids came in and if you look at the RTI triangle or the MTSS triangle, a majority of our students came in approaching standards or at tier two and about six to 8% at risk. As we go through the year, we would typically end our year much closer to having proficient students and much fewer students at that tier three or high risk area. When we took our baseline data for this school year, you can see that we're starting off with unfinished learning, which is to be expected after what we've been through. So this is where we're starting this year. Our goal is to still get back to this, but knowing that we're not starting quite here. So this is going to be the focus of our small group instruction, whole class instruction, and targeted intervention this year. What are we doing for our Bulldog Scholars? We're implementing the curriculum that has been approved and adopted by this board, our Readers and Writers Workshop, Big Ideas Math, Studies Weekly for Social Studies, and our Science Foskets. And we wanted to show you what it looks like to have the kids back on site and in classrooms. So student work, the kids are here. Yes, we're a little bit distanced. We're using carpet squares instead of carpets for rug time. We are working in smaller cohorts of students as they are doing projects. And you'll see a lot more individual materials, less sharing of materials. However, the spirit of being back at school is definitely palpable. Some exciting events we have going on. We have changed from coffee with the principal to Monday Cafe as part of our virtual last year. It was so successful that we're going to keep doing it as an evening event this year. Birch Grove Primary will also be participating in the Great Shakeout as our earthquake drill in October. And we have moved our PTC-sponsored virtual walkathon to November. That's our biggest fundraiser. It's a great fun event, even if we're doing it virtually this year. And you can see some of our kinder students doing some spatial awareness work with puzzles. They love their puzzles. We've worked up from two piece puzzles to now we're doing six and more piece puzzles. Our foundational focus at Birch Grove Primary is really about the citizenship and what it means to be a student at school. So we do have our positive behavior intervention and supports. We're implementing character strong this year. And I just wanted to take a moment to show you some of the fun things that, yes, we are doing multi-step directions. We're doing the academics, but we also want to make sure that there's joy in the classroom. So one of our kinder classes does a dismissal dance on Fridays. It's a lot of fun. I invite you all to come and dance with us. Our announcements every week go home to families as well as in the classroom. Students are writing a joke of the week and submitting that. They're hilarious. The one featured for you tonight says, why did the basketball player feel so cool after the basketball game? Because he had a lot of fans. That was one of our second graders from room 24. and we're highlighting our Character Trade of the Month, both for BGP and district-wide through our Character Strong program. One of the amazing things that we are a part of this year at BGP is a grant through the Hartz Professional Learning Institute. This was a $1.4 million grant funded through the Chang-Zuckerberg Initiative. It's a multi-year journey where we are going to be looking at how to have sustainable school environments that are trauma-informed, excuse me, trauma-informed, healing-centered, and adhere to racially just practices in school. This was a competitive grant process where we had multiple levels of application and interview and only five schools in the country were granted this opportunity. Three elementaries, two middle schools and BGP in Newark is one of those. For the board's pleasure, there is a video of Dr. Dorado explaining what the hearts principles mean. And I'm not going to play it for you because it's about 35 minutes long. But her passion in the program, and she is one of the leads of the grant as well. So it's really an impactful speech that she gives, but also sets the foundation for the work we're going to be doing for over two years at BGP. And we are back. We continue to be Bulldog strong. and welcoming all of our visitors, yourselves, board members, executive cabinet, and most importantly, our little bulldogs back to school. Thank you, and I'm here for any questions you might have.

[3504] Bowen Zhang: Thank you, Principal DeTos, and thank you for the hard work and leading the school in such a difficult period of time when we're all at home. Any other discussion from the board? Member Grindel.

[3521] Terrence Grindall: Just want to thank you for the excellent presentation. Appreciate it.

[3525] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you.

[3526] Bowen Zhang: Member Nguyen.

[3528] Phuong Nguyen: Congratulations on the grant award. I think that fits in with our social emotional learning that we're implementing and that is amazing for BHP to be selected. So congratulations on your team and all the hard work that you guys put into securing the grant. Thank you.

[3551] Aiden Hill: Thank you and congratulations.

[3553] Bowen Zhang: Okay, thank you. Have a great rest of the evening.

[3557] Mark Triplett: And if I may, President Chun, I'd just like to say I had a good fortune to visit BGP last week with Ms. Ditto. We visited some classrooms and I can attest to just the amazing instruction that's happening there, I think every day. So thank you, Ms. Ditto, for all you do to lead and thank you to your teachers and staff.

[3578] SPEAKER_30: They make it very easy to brag about this school. Thank you.

[3582] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next, public comment on non-agenda items. Ms. Parks.

[3600] Cindy Parks: Good evening. Since I've had difficulty in the past receiving requested records, I decided to exercise Government Code 6253A, which states public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency, and every person has the right to inspect any public records except hereafter provided. Any reasonable segregatable portions of a record shall be available for inspection by any person requesting the record after deletion of the portions that are exempt by law. It also states in section D, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit an agency to delay or obstruct the inspection or copying of public records. On Friday, September 3rd, I went to the district office and requested to inspect the Apex and Ingenuity contracts, along with the program implementation agreement instructions. Staff was only able to locate a signed quote for both programs. Within 30 minutes of my arrival home, I received an email from a staff member outlining my request. I responded with a more detailed accounting of what I received and notified the staff member I would be checking back the next Friday unless I received the records before then. When I arrived on Friday, September 10th, I once again requested the APEX and NGENUITY contracts, program agreements, instructions, and added the purchase orders. Let's just say it was not a productive encounter and I left with nothing except a legal opinion from 1981 that, according to the attorney I conferred with on Friday afternoon, he did not agree with the staff member's assertion. Perhaps this whole episode could have been avoided had the board policy been updated with the most recent version, and if Newark Unified had a written guidelines for public records requests. The district's lack of compliance with the Public Records Act government code section and lack of transparency is not going unnoticed. And even though the ingenuity program is fully implemented at Crossroads, I have only been supplied with a signed quote and purchase order. Thank you.

[3716] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[3719] SPEAKER_41: The next speakers are virtual. So the next speaker is Brian Foster. One second while I unmute him. Brian Foster, you may begin.

[3735] SPEAKER_11: Thank you, President Zhang and members of the board. At the last APEX study session, the board gave direction to include teachers in the next review of APEX. Our NTA president reports that as of yesterday, the administration has not requested from NTA any representative to address APEX, nor has the administration requested NTA to provide input or review of any of the proposed fixes for APEX that you will see tonight. It is encouraging that the district is acknowledging some of APEX's deficiencies. In tonight's presentation, you will see a new list of operational changes and safeguards that administration believes will make APEX palatable to the board. Sadly, these fixes are only band-aids to a gaping wound that is bleeding out over 40% of our seniors who are already in danger of not graduating.

[3779] Bowen Zhang: And that's what's not considered- Actually, Mr. Foster, this is a non-agenda item. We have agenda item 11.2, and it's on the agenda. Hello? Mr. Foster, I think we have agenda 11.2, APEX query recovery. Can you speak at that item? This is for non-agenda item portion.

[3794] SPEAKER_11: I only requested to speak on the APEX issue. No, that's 11.2.

[3799] Bowen Zhang: That is not in our agenda.

[3801] SPEAKER_41: My apologies. That's my mistake. Mr. Foster, can we move you? I'm going to unmute you and then you can restate your comment during the 11.2 APEC session.

[3812] SPEAKER_11: I will restart at that point. Thank you.

[3814] SPEAKER_41: Thank you. My apologies. No problem.

[3816] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[3822] SPEAKER_41: Our next speaker is Elisa Martinez. You may begin.

[3831] Elisa Martinez: Thank you. Good evening. My name is Elisa Martinez. I'm a parent of two NUSD students. First and foremost, I wanted to thank the board and staff for getting our kids back to school. I appreciate the school leadership team's ongoing efforts to communicate with us and to keep us informed. I especially want to shout out a shout out to all administrators, staff, teachers, that are out in front of our schools directing traffic during drop-off and pickup. If you've been out there, you know that this is no easy feat. So thank you so much for doing that. Secondly, as many of you know, today is 16 de Septiembre, Mexico's Independence Day. But we should also acknowledge that Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua celebrated their Independence Day yesterday, and Chile's will celebrate on the 18th. Because of this, September 15th through October 15th has been designated nationally as Hispanic Heritage Month. Given that NUSD students represent over 50% of the student population, I was surprised at not seeing a resolution reaffirming NUSD's commitment to serving our Latino students and families on tonight's board agenda. Our Latino students have been historically underserved and we cannot become complacent, and I'll put this in air quotes, just because we speak of diversity, equity, and inclusion. I would like to see a resolution that makes some tangible commitments to supporting the Latino community as in continuing the work that started with the board a couple of years ago during the Latino Summit. This resolution should not only be about tangible commitments, of course, that's expected, but we should also remember that we should celebrate. It should be something that we use, and I'm gonna quote another educational leader, that it should be something that we recognize, where we recognize, I'm sorry, that representation matters. and celebrating the cultures that make up our community is a wonderful way to learn from and honor one another, and most importantly, to be committed to one another. Thank you very much.

[3980] Bowen Zhang: Thank you, Ms. Martinez. Next speaker.

[3988] SPEAKER_41: The next speaker is Eric Tam. One second. Eric Tam, you may begin. Hello, can you hear me?

[3998] SPEAKER_04: Yes. Okay, perfect. Good evening board members, board. I wanted to speak on the HVAC revelation from last session. Ms. Delacruz replied and I quote, when we were reopening, the focus then was looking at the ventilation and to make sure we had the fans on. So it was a totally different assessment at that time. And when we said that the HVAC units were functioning, it wasn't that the air and ventilation was on versus the air balancing project, which Mettin and his team did recently, totally different, end quote. Board, NUSD only knew if the HVAC fans turned on and off during the reopening, April 29th to June 2nd. They did not know how much outside air circulation was in our classrooms, which is the key metric to measure COVID safety. However, how many times did Dr. Triplett communicate this message? We've tested the HVAC, we're going above and beyond with MIRV9s, and we have lots of MBPI. Example, March 9th, he said, in quote, comprehensive assessment of all our systems. March 14th, he said, in quote, we are running regular assessments of our HVAC systems, mechanical assessments and electronic assessments. We are conducting preventive maintenance on every system, every day. Board, how many teachers and parents pleaded to you to take action in March and April? They pointed to HVACs not working, asking for air balancing and IAQ test. And they even went onto the roof to take photos of seven units that proved there were issues. Yet, not once did the board take action. The district continued their party line. We did the assessments, we go above and beyond, and we have really expensive MBPI units. So what did we learn from the actual air balance report? In every school certification letter it states, Most of the older portable units do not provide code minimum outside air when the equipment outside air damper is fully open. I repeat, code minimum. Slide five described the many additional issues with our HVAC and were reported in July of 2021. Mr. Menton confirmed portable remedial work was completed in September of 2021. Board, you voted to bring staff and kids back on April 15th. NUSD did tell you the truth about doing HVAC assessments and checked the box. They just forgot to mention they didn't know how safe the air was for staff or kids. Board, you need to be asking, if we knew our HVACs are old, why did NUSD choose not to commission the air balance test earlier? Why did it take two downvotes from NTA? Why did we rule out MERV 13 filters when a simple test could prove otherwise? Most importantly, who came up with this plan? We bought expensive unproven technology first, purchased industry standard HEPA last, and only commissioned testing after the students came back? Board, here's the most ironic thing. Needlepoint bipolar ionization systems cost $360,000. Proper air balancing tests- 30 seconds. We can use the MERV 13 filters and purchasing all the Austin air purifiers only cost $380,000. NUSD checked the box and communicated many times that the HVAC units were assessed. Again, the mantra of just trust us. How do you expect staff and parents to trust you when are pleased to keep our kids safe going forward? Thank you.

[4174] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next speaker.

[4185] SPEAKER_41: Next speaker is Elizabeth Guerrero. Elizabeth Guerrero, you may begin.

[4198] SPEAKER_42: Hello. Can you hear me? Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Good evening, Dr. Triplett and Board of Trustees. We, the parents representatives of Newark Parents for Better Schools are here to continue addressing the ongoing disrespect and lack of community that we continue to see across the district for our Latinx community and our Title I schools. We are tired of the district and site leadership making assumptions that our Latinx community does not care or that all parents do not have a college education. How dare you? The translation that the district and the school are still sending home are poorly done. Perhaps you need to invest in training or pay for a higher qualified interpreters and translators. Since the district is receiving funds from the state, we do have more than 20% Spanish speaker families at almost every school site. And let us remind you that the State Department of Education requires that you provide written translation and interpretation for 15% or more of the specific subgroup. At the last board meeting, we heard how poorly Ms. Lucia Gutierrez translated for one of our members. First off, All she should have done was simultaneously interpretate and not a brief interpretation where she challenged.

[4275] Bowen Zhang: Asher, I'm sorry. This meeting, I generally do not allow people to attack private citizens on this meeting. You can talk about the superintendent and the board member.

[4285] SPEAKER_42: As our English leadership specifies, educational parents have not been receiving the service that many of our children should be getting. For instance, Paraprofessionals, support and assessments. Where is Dr. Hamilton and how is she providing support and training? Lack of communication from your site leadership. We have been hearing from many of our parents that they are not receiving emails or letters for important information, informing them about important meetings. Back to school and they are not receiving the health questionnaire, only a selective group. And those who are receiving it, are confirming after 10 a.m. that it is okay for them to go to school. Really, why are only some of the families getting the information and others are not? Please keep this in mind. We are a critical piece of the Newark community. We see you... We see you are losing students every year, not just because of the cost of living in the Bay Area, but because of the lack of effective programs and services from our students. We will continue to be present and vocal to the school board meetings. Thank you very much for your time.

[4358] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. So before we move on, I do general want to address the public comment on non-agenda item. I think talking about the board members and superintendent, these are fair game because we are elected official. We're here to be criticized. but not in a public meeting to talk about private individuals who are not elected officials in this setting. Hopefully that we all can adjourn to this rule. Next speaker.

[4388] SPEAKER_41: The next speaker is a Spanish speaker, and to avoid any improper translation or interpretation, I am going to have our translator hear the message and then translate it afterwards. So let me just Moving forward. Ms. Guevara, if you can hear me at this point, can you become a panelist? Ms. Guevara, can you hear us? One second, President Zhang. Can you test your microphone, Ms. Guevara? OK, no.

[4473] SPEAKER_33: One second.

[4489] SPEAKER_41: Can you try again? OK. I think I'm going to move Ms. Guevara back to the translation room, and I will try my best to interpret. I do not translate directly nor simultaneously. Is that okay with the board?

[4524] Bowen Zhang: That's okay. What about the rest of the board?

[4528] SPEAKER_41: I'm okay with that. Okay, Ms. Guevara, I'm going to put you back into the translation. Ms. Guevara, are you in translation room?

[4593] SPEAKER_38: Can you hear me now?

[4595] SPEAKER_41: Yes, we hear you.

[4596] SPEAKER_38: Okay, now I'm in the Spanish. Okay, perfect. I don't know why I can't switch to the English. I don't see, you need to send me the request to switch.

[4608] SPEAKER_41: Can you switch right now?

[4613] SPEAKER_38: In the English, can you hear me? I can hear you. Okay, so now I guess I can.

[4620] SPEAKER_41: So you can translate.

[4621] SPEAKER_38: Yeah, but I need to be able to hear the speaker from the Spanish room.

[4626] SPEAKER_41: She'll be in. You'll hear her. One second. OK. OK. So our speaker.

[4630] SPEAKER_38: Can you please tell her to please speak not so fast? Because then she won't give me time to translate. Because sometimes they speak really fast.

[4639] SPEAKER_41: Thank you. I will. So the next speaker is Monica Quiroz. One second.

[4661] SPEAKER_37: Is it possible for you to listen to the entire comment and then afterwards interpret it, please?

[4681] SPEAKER_38: Okay, but she needs to stop her line of thought, finish her line of thought, so I can translate that. Okay, I will wait, but she needs to finish her line of thought so I can translate that.

[4695] SPEAKER_41: Okay, so Mrs. Quiroz, in this case, she is asking that after each sentence, please pause so that Mrs. Guevara can translate. Is that possible? Yes, that's fine. Thank you.

[4710] SPEAKER_37: Good evening Dr. Triplett and board members.

[4712] SPEAKER_38: As a representative of the organization of parents for better schools in Newark. We are here to address once more the lack of communication and the lack of consideration.

[4743] SPEAKER_37: Que estamos viviendo constantemente en todo el distrito para nuestra comunidad latina.

[4749] SPEAKER_38: That we are experiencing throughout the district for our Hispanic community.

[4756] SPEAKER_37: Y los estudiantes socialmente desfavorecidos.

[4760] SPEAKER_38: And our students who are

[4764] SPEAKER_37: We have been asking when will the organizations ILAC and DILAC

[4794] SPEAKER_38: will have their initial meetings and in the different schools, but we have not received any replies or answers.

[4807] SPEAKER_37: For example, many parents from Coyote Hills feel disconnected.

[4822] SPEAKER_38: with the principal because she has not held any meetings.

[4828] SPEAKER_37: Para presentarse y dar la bienvenida al personal.

[4832] SPEAKER_38: To introduce herself and to welcome all the employees or staff.

[4839] SPEAKER_37: El regreso a la escuela no fue muy exitoso.

[4843] SPEAKER_38: Back to school night was not very successful.

[4847] SPEAKER_37: Algunos maestros no proporcionaron interpretación para nuestra comunidad latina.

[4853] SPEAKER_38: Some teachers did not offer interpretation services for our Hispanic community.

[4860] SPEAKER_37: El jueves nueve de septiembre.

[4863] SPEAKER_38: On September 9th.

[4866] SPEAKER_37: El distrito programo una reunión de padres en music.

[4870] SPEAKER_38: The district planned a parent meeting at music.

[4875] SPEAKER_37: A las seis PM. At six PM. Solo algunos de nosotros. The representatives of GILAC were notified at 8 a.m. of the day of that meeting.

[4890] SPEAKER_38: But only just a few were notified, only the representatives from GILAC? GILAC said, right?

[4899] SPEAKER_37: If we wanted to attend, we had to confirm our attendance before noon.

[4905] SPEAKER_38: And we did not get a notification until 9 a.m. of the day of the meeting. And we had to confirm our participation by noon.

[4916] SPEAKER_37: Once more, if this was a parent meeting, why were not all the parents notified? And this meeting was virtual rather than in person.

[4941] SPEAKER_38: So I am asking, what is the transparency?

[4945] SPEAKER_37: Dr. Triplett, we would like to remind you of all the promises that you made last year.

[4957] SPEAKER_38: One, you said that the communication was going to improve and the services that were going to be provided through the school, Coyote Hill.

[4973] SPEAKER_37: Also, you said that the principal that you will hire will be of high caliber. We always had continuous support from the principal. What we would like to ask her.

[5008] SPEAKER_38: Well, what we like to ask here is, what were the factors that determined the hiring of a principal?

[5017] SPEAKER_37: ¿Y por qué Aquila Berg ya no está en el distrito?

[5021] SPEAKER_38: And why Aquila Berg is not in the district?

[5028] SPEAKER_37: Ella fue una de las directoras más efectivas que llevó a nuestros puntuajes.

[5034] SPEAKER_38: She was a leader that helped us to raise our points or rates.

[5042] SPEAKER_37: En examenes estandarizados de artes de lenguaje y matemáticas.

[5047] SPEAKER_38: In standard exams for math and language arts.

[5051] SPEAKER_37: Brindó capacitación a todos nuestros padres de ILA.

[5057] SPEAKER_38: She also offered training for all of the parents in ILA. And she made sure that our students had all of their needs were met.

[5073] SPEAKER_37: To date, we have not received an answer, Dr. Triplett and board members. How long are we going to wait?

[5093] SPEAKER_38: Thank you very much.

[5124] SPEAKER_41: One second, I just gotta get our interpreter back. Okay, perfect. The next speaker is Anne Chong, one second. Anne Chong, you may begin.

[5140] SPEAKER_09: Hello, my name is Anne Chong and I'm a parent of a Coyote Hills Elementary student. First of all, thank you for making COVID testing available for our NUSD teachers. It is very important for our teachers to have the option to be tested regularly as they see many students a day and it's a close contact to all. However, the testing is useless if the results are not received in a timely manner. Some NUSD teachers be reporting two to three weeks to receive the results. Two to three weeks! That teacher could be positive the entire time and infecting the children in their classes, who then brings it home and then spread it to families and friends. I'm here to implore you to please find a way for these tests to be analyzed and the results reported back in a timelier manner. One of the NUSD teachers just informed me that she received her results within 24 hours this week, and that is awesome. I sincerely hope that her pace is the norm and that all test results will return in this timely, in this speedy manner. Thank you for listening.

[5204] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next speaker.

[5207] SPEAKER_41: Thank you. Next speaker. One second. The next speaker was Claudia Pedraza and is not available. It's not on logged on. So we'll move on to the next speaker, which is Angelica Ballesteros. Angelica, you may begin. ¿Puede empezar?

[5249] SPEAKER_24: Sí, empiezo.

[5251] SPEAKER_41: Ya puede empezar.

[5253] SPEAKER_24: Buenas noches. Gracias por la oportunidad. Gracias.

[5292] SPEAKER_41: I will not do a direct translation. I'm going to do an interpretation of what was said. Ms. Ballesteros called to thank the community and to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. She is proud to be of Mexican descent and is is proud to be celebrating the Independence Day for all of the Hispanic countries celebrating their Independence Day today. She wants to celebrate and congratulate all the Latino community within members of our community and to speak of how proud and excited she is of this celebration.

[5343] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[5349] SPEAKER_41: Next speaker is Lorena Talavera. You may begin.

[5353] SPEAKER_18: Yes, I will be doing this message in English and Spanish. Thank you for this opportunity. I also want to congratulate our Hispanic community, as many of our colleagues are saying that we are celebrating our Hispanic culture. I am also very proud of my Hispanic culture, as well as the American one. And in this case, it is up to us Hispanics to celebrate this month. Thanks for this opportunity. I just want to congratulate all of my Hispanic community since we are celebrating the month of the Hispanic culture. I'm really proud of my Hispanic culture and also my American culture. And I also want to take this moment to congratulate, to validate the great effort that the Lincoln staff are doing. Thank you.

[5402] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next speaker.

[5413] SPEAKER_41: Thank you. The next speaker is Marleny Lopez. Marleny, you may begin. ¿Puede empezar?

[5425] SPEAKER_25: Hola, buenas tardes. Mi nombre es Marleny Lopez. Le doy gracias al distrito y a cada uno de ustedes por el trabajo que están haciendo y por realizar, hacer mejor cada día las cosas y buscar soluciones. Muchas gracias. Que Dios les bendiga. También quiero agradecerles esta oportunidad que me dan para felicitar a toda mi gente linda, a toda mi gente hispana. Hoy en mi país también se está celebrando la independencia y es algo tan bonito poder recordar nuestra cultura y que somos hispanos y que somos gente emprendedora, trabajadora, luchadora. Y entonces les mando un fuerte abrazo a toda mi gente linda, a los hispanos, I know that in Mexico, Central America, and several other countries, we are celebrating independence. And thank you for supporting Hispanics and our children in schools as well. God bless you. I give you wisdom and intelligence to continue working with children and people, and looking for solutions to each thing that comes up day by day. Again, I will be interpreting the message.

[5512] SPEAKER_41: Ms. Lopez would like to thank the district and all the staff for all their help and services that they have provided specifically to the Hispanic community and Hispanic students. She'd like to thank the staff and the district for making things better for the Hispanic community. She'd like to take this opportunity to thank and celebrate the Hispanic community and to celebrate their culture and to to send the Hispanic community and Latino community a hug because this is a great opportunity in order to celebrate the beautiful people from Mexico and Central America and everybody and all Latino people. She'd also like to thank staff for all the support that they have been giving to the students and would like to see this support continues specifically to our Hispanic students. Thank you.

[5572] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[5580] SPEAKER_41: The next speaker is Miriam Mendez. Miriam, you may begin.

[5585] SPEAKER_13: Good evening to our community, to our directors. It is a pleasure for me to be able to participate here with you. And I join those congratulations for these parties that we are living, the Central American countries. Well, it also fills me with great pride to be able to share that with all of you. And being in this country, which is a culture, more than a mixture of all cultures, makes us value our roots more. So thank you very much and a hug. On the other hand, I want to comment in a friendly and gentle request to our district directors regarding the pandemic situation that we are currently experiencing. that, as you know, we return to school in a physical way this year. So, it is evident that many positive cases are coming out among our children in COVID. So, at the time that one of our children is positive in the test, Well, to the whole group, to all the classmates, for obvious reasons, precautions, they send us to quarantine at home. And I know that this is not a concern only mine, but of many mothers, because it has happened in several schools and in several groups. And I suppose, or I would like to say that it will only be once, but maybe on repeated occasions, maybe in the same group. My request is for our district to be able to check it, either with some other health dependency, or with the mobile trucks that go to our schools, so that they themselves can provide us with a COVID test, that it would be immediate for all of our students, because when they stop going to school, they are late. And even though they are given homework packages for them to solve at home, it is not the same. On the one hand, it is just the paper, it is just the homework, the text, and there is no explanation. Some moms have English limitations. And even though I sit with my child or my children to explain the task, many times I don't understand what to do and I don't know how to explain it and I have to go to someone else. So my concern, I have two children in Schilling Elementary, in first grade, y tercer grado y a los dos les ha pasado lo mismo. Los han mandado a casa y ya con el tercer grado sí le hice la prueba de COVID, pero tardaron cinco días en entregarme el resultado en el hospital a Santa Rosa, que fue al que acudí. Y fue lo mismo, perdió día. Entonces también mi solicitud es, entonces si van a faltar a la escuela por esas circunstancias, que no les cuenten las faltas en el distrito, que no les afecte a ellos.

[5819] SPEAKER_41: Again, I will be interpreting this one. Ms. Mendez, I would like to appreciate the district staff for I would like to thank the board and the district staff for this opportunity to participate in this meeting and be able to provide a comment. She would also like to join in the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. And she acknowledges that she is proud to be here in this country where we can celebrate multiple cultures and be proud of her own culture and celebrate amongst others. She does have one request, and she is asking if it's related to COVID. She understands that due to classes being in person, it was inevitable that positive cases would be arising and as positive cases arise, parents get notification and the students are asked to go in quarantine or test. However, there is a delay when it comes to the testing in regards to getting to the results and therefore, the students are missing out in class. And she is asking if there is anything that the district can do in order to partner with local agencies, local hospitals, in order to provide a quicker exam, in order to get a COVID testing that can provide quicker results. And so that the students will not be missing school because even if they get homework packets, they are still at risk of getting behind on their schoolwork and is asking the support and help from the district in order to help improve these testing results. Thank you. And that is all for public comment.

[5925] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Moving on to superintendent report, Dr. Triplett.

[5929] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Chen. Ms. Gutierrez is going to put up the deck. And Ms. Gutierrez, are you going to be clicking? Sure. Yeah, why don't we do that? Okay, so good evening board members again, community, staff. So I wanted to report out on a number of items this evening. Go to the next slide. So first of all, I would like to acknowledge and celebrate Latinx Heritage Month or Hispanic Heritage Month. We're really excited to be entering this month and to be celebrating the richness of Latinx culture. And I'm just going to say this in Spanish also. So, quiero decir que estoy muy emocionado que tenemos en este, estamos en este mes de, I don't know how to say that in Spanish. So, we'll start. There's four items today in my superintendent's report. I wanted to discuss some community engagements, recent community engagements, give the board an enrollment update, talk about some of the work we're doing to start the evaluations of all our staff, and then lastly, discuss with the board air quality index and preparation that we're doing for fire season, which we know is already in progress. So first, real quick, just wanted to give the board a sense of some of the engagements that we've been having since the start of school and since the beginning of this month. So as you know, we had a update, town hall COVID update, both in English and we also had one in Spanish on August 31st to discuss with the community all the safety measures we were putting in place for this year with regard to COVID. I've met with a number of different groups, Padres Unidos. I had the pleasure of meeting with them on September 1st. We did have an ESSER summit on September 9th. and to discuss and engage with different stakeholders in the community about the ESSER III funds. I met with the Las Promotoras group on September 8th, which was really nice. We're going to do a regular meeting of this group of Spanish speaking families or parents. There's been back to school nights. I think some of the board members have attended throughout August and September. We are just completing now all of the back to school nights. There's also been many different PTSA meetings, the first meetings and kickoffs. So that's been moving along and will continue through October. And then we also, coming up are the initial SSC and ELAC meetings. So that's something that's happening in the next month or so. And I think this is just a snapshot. I will say the schools are also conducting many, many other different engagements with families. So next thing I want to talk about is we are starting the evaluation process for this year. And so this time of year is the whole goal setting. part of evaluation. So this is really part of our focus on recruiting and retaining the most highly effective staff. And so our objective for evaluation is to support the professional growth and development of all of our NUSD staff to reach their full potential. So stage one, which we are embarking on right now, is the goal setting. And we hope that to be completed by the end of October. So just some of the different units that we are kicking off. One, with the teachers, we have the Educator Effectiveness and Evaluation Program. We call it E-cubed. And I'll speak a little bit more about that in a minute. We also have our NEWMA Performance Evaluation Tool. And we've already engaged all NEWMA members in kicking that off for the year. And they're now developing their goals for a goal-setting meeting. We've also engaged the principals in what we call the leadership growth and evaluation tool. And so that's something that has been started. And then something we need to start with this board is my own performance objectives and benchmarks process. So I hope that we can find a time to do that in October. Click again, please. Can you, yeah, just go all the way through that one. So as Ms. Gutierrez is clicking, keep clicking Ms. Gutierrez is another side, there we go. So I won't go too much in depth, but I did realize that we have not had a chance to, uh-oh. Other direction, Ms. Gutierrez. There you go, thank you. hadn't had much of a chance to discuss with the board the e-cubed or the educator effectiveness of an evaluation system that we use with teachers. And I hope at a future meeting we can have a staff report and Ms. Ingham-Watters can talk more about it. But essentially we're really excited about this evaluation program that's been in place for a couple years. It was developed in partnership with NTA. And as you can see, the idea is that e-cubed really focuses on growth and reflection. It's really focused on collection of objective data and calibrating across different stakeholders on that data. Multiple opportunities to observe teacher practice and peer involvement and calibration in the entire evaluation process. This is in contrast to the traditional evaluation system that we do not have here in Newark anymore. And that was much more of an isolated, one-class observation. It's very subjective, one opinion, directive rather than reflective, and really just, I think, too many people felt like just going through the motions. So happy to come back with more information about this system, but just wanted to share that out with you. Next is I wanted to discuss enrollment, give you a little update on enrollment. So here's our numbers as of the 15th, just the other day. And you can see it's alongside the projections. And I shared the numbers last meeting from the days just before our meeting last time. I haven't seen a significant or too much of a change, but we're still unfortunately very much under enrolled. So you can see the bottom total. We are 303 as of the 15th, 303 students less than projected. This is not unique to Newark. It's happening across the county and the state. However, it is definitely a cause of concern. And so we want to continue to monitor this. I will say that we have made a conscious decision that we will not be, because of the transition back to in-person learning, because of COVID, because of all of the upheaval, we will not be reconsolidating classrooms. So we're going to continue with the teachers we have in the classrooms that we have them. It just felt like, even though that in a normal year, that's what we would need to do, just in terms of good budgeting sense, this year is unusual. And so we really wanted to make sure that we were honoring and respecting the fact that this transition is really hard for everyone. Wanted to touch really quickly on our COVID cases. So this is something that we post weekly on the website. We have on our website, we have a COVID page and it includes a whole bunch of resources, information, our safety plan. And every week we update the number of cases. Last week, we only had two cases in the entire district. And that was really, really, something positive. But we should expect to continue to see cases go up and down a little bit. But I will say that 21 cases total for the year of students and two staff have been tested positive, which I think is a real testament to all of the efforts of our students, our families, and our staff who are really taking precautions. making sure they're wearing masks, distancing, and following all the processes. So two last week was really good news. And again, I think we can expect that it will go up and down, but just wanted to report that out. And then lastly, wanted to discuss with the board the air quality index and smoke preparedness. So of course, as we all know, we're facing fire season and then we're facing it within the pandemic. And so that presents new and unique challenges. So I wanted to just go through some of the plans that we've, or the index that we've developed. This is still, There's something that's still evolving, but we wanted to share out some of the things we've been doing. So first of all, I'll just point out, this is our board policy around air quality. I won't read the whole thing, but essentially this is a board policy that's already been in place and really articulates the need for us to be very vigilant around air quality and outdoor air quality in particular in this case. And then how we address it and making sure that we are creating the conditions for students to continue to be safe and healthy. And so what we use and we're going to continue to use is different air quality index sources. We're going to use air now. And the reason why there's different sources, they're all vary a little bit, but all basically do the same thing. But in terms of having one consistent place where we're really monitoring air quality, we think that air now is the best one. It allows us to put in Newark's zip code and then get specific data about Newark. So this was from today. I just took a screenshot. The good news is where today's air quality was really good in Newark. So we'll continue to monitor this daily. And then something that was put out a while ago, this is pre-COVID, but this was put out by the, I believe this is the CDC and I believe the EPA in partnership together. So this sort of giving an indication and guidelines and guidance for schools within the different index zones. And so you can see green, of course, great day to be outside for kids. Yellow, still okay to be outside, but if there's a student who's unusually sensitive to air pollution, they could have symptoms. And then it articulates down each different color, all the way down to purple, very unhealthy, where the guidelines pre-COVID were to move all activities indoors or reschedule them to another day. And so what we've done in partnership with other nearby districts, and I apologize, it's a little difficult to see, but we'll share it out afterwards. In partnership with other districts, we've been building, given the COVID situation, even more clear guidelines about each different air quality level. And essentially, so in green and yellow, I'll continue school as normal. But then when we hit orange, then we start to make some adjustments to be really sensitive to those who, number one, those who have special conditions. And then also start to really think about students not overexerting outdoors. And then you can see in red, is where we take those another step further and don't have students doing outdoor strenuous activities at all. Still can be outdoors, but not exercising heavily. And then what is different than before COVID is really the suggestion now from county and state is that when it gets into the very unhealthy, that we actually have to cancel school. given that going indoors and also has its risks, closing up all ventilation from the outside has its risks. And so that's where we're at now. And that's my report for this evening.

[6761] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Only clarifying questions on the board.

[6774] Terrence Grindall: Sorry, I wanted to, my understanding is that the air quality is particularly dangerous with COVID, that it increases susceptibility to infection. Is that the reason why the, was that one of the reasons why the standards or the reaction was sort of intensified?

[6794] Mark Triplett: Yeah, that's one of them. And then also just the issue of with COVID, the guidelines are to open up all your doors and windows. to keep airflow going. And so then if we get into a situation where outdoor air is so unhealthy that then we need to close everything up, then it puts us in this weird catch-22 where we're trying to comply with COVID safety, but also smoke safety. And that's why the recommendation is that we actually close in those situations.

[6829] Bowen Zhang: Any other board members? Thank you for the report. Next, staff report, dual language immersion program. Any public speaker on this?

[6847] SPEAKER_41: No public speakers.

[6849] Bowen Zhang: OK, Superintendent Triplett.

[6851] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Chen. I'd like to have our new Director of Special Projects, Ms. Abbey Keirns, come. She's going to open and present on this. And I believe we also have principal, Dr. Wendy. Great. So she's on the line as well. So board members, we wanted to bring back just sort of an update on the dual language program and its progress. And in particular, discuss some of the work that's been going on with the committee that was created last year. And they did a lot of work in the spring. And then our plan is for them to reconvene in November. with a focus on evaluation of the program. And so Ms. Kearns is here to talk a little bit more about the work that's already been done and the plans for future in terms of evaluation.

[6899] Abbey Keirns: Good evening trustees, Superintendent Triplett and Executive Cabinet. Thank you so much for making time for this presentation and coordinating the presentation at the beginning of Latinx Heritage Month. I feel very proud of that. I'm Abbey Keirns, Director of Social Projects, and I'd like to also honor Dr. Wendy Castaneda-Leal, who's online, and my co-presenter joining remotely. Dr. Wendy, do you want to speak?

[6930] SPEAKER_36: Thank you. Good evening, board. I'm so happy that we have been given this opportunity in order to present to the board. and share some wonderful things that we have been doing with our community, but most especially our students.

[6947] Abbey Keirns: So the next slide is just a summary of what we hope to present, giving you an update on the work specifically, as Dr. Triplett said, of the DLI Advisory Group, and outlining the development and evaluation of the program in the coming years.

[6963] SPEAKER_36: So we started the program, and we this school year and we're so excited about all that work that has been done. But the work started prior to that. The work started about three years ago when I first came into Newark. And even prior to that, it has started by previous superintendent Sanchez. But what I do wanna report on is that in our DLI master plan, we decided that there was going to be a DLI advisory. And that DLI advisory did start in February of this school year. or excuse me, this calendar year. And we had a total of seven meetings. And the last meeting was held in May of 2021. We're hoping to reconvene the DLI Advisory Committee in November of this year for this current school year. And we're going to open it up to new applicants. So everybody, please start checking your email. Facebook, everything, because we want more members of our community to be part of this wonderful advisory board. Our Dear Life committee members consisted of various people. These various people were selected based on their partnership with the school, community, and of course, city. So I wanna give a special thank you to Susie, Kayaso, who is our city council member, but also our community member. She was a parent, now she's a grandparent, and she's a sponsor for many of our activities. Delcina, who is our community member, and she's also a teacher in another district. Jeff Anderson, who is a community member, a parent, and a professor. Angelica Rogers, who is our staff member and also a parent, Guadalupe Angel Morales, who is our student representative from our high school. Carla Ramirez, who was a community member and a parent. Her T, who was a community member and a parent. Kim Nickerson, who is a NUSD staff, but also our CO coach. Elisa Lozada Munoz, who is our teacher for DLI. Carla Garcia, who is our community member and a parent. Sean, who is our NTA representative. We had our previous special projects director, Isabel. And of course, myself was part of the committee members. So the focus of the work of the DLI advisory has been the development of the shared knowledges about DLI. Our group really focused on the principles of strand one. The committee decided that through their shared knowledge, they wanted to make sure that they were engaged in a robust evaluation currently in our DLI program, but also how that's going to look in our future. Through the support of the California Association of Bilingual Education and SEAL and their continuous collaboration, our DLI advisory worked tireless hours in order to develop, evaluate, and be proactive for our DLI program.

[7185] Abbey Keirns: So I wanted to emphasize what Dr. Wendy just spoke about, which was that focus on strand one that the DLI advisory determined that they would really spend their energy and knowledge, building knowledge around. But I also want to highlight there are seven strands to the overall evaluation of the program, so it's very deep and comprehensive. So just coming back to why strand one, So again, the DLI advisory did a lot of reading and knowledge development. And in that process, they determined that a focus on strand one captured a lot of what they were trying to do with the planning and early implementation stages. And it really helped, they felt like, set the stage for success and all the other strands, as you see, will be curriculum, instruction, et cetera. So the program development then allows us to really focus on that. So the following slides that Dr. Wendy will go over will outline the work that was done by the committee in developing strand one.

[7251] SPEAKER_36: Thank you. So just to give you a quick overview of what our DLI program, you know, it's completely based on our research and, you know, we have seen our benefits for our students already just with these last couple of weeks. And so we're really, really excited about these elements from our DLI master plan. And we want to make sure that the DLI advisory group also understood the value of these components. So we were able to share with them the three pillars of biliteracy. And we wanted to ensure that that was one of our forefronts when our DLI advisory committee was meeting. We wanted to ensure that they would foster and inspire an appreciation of understanding of other cultures, achieve academically in all subject areas as per district and state guidelines in both English and Spanish, and develop fluency and literacy in both English and Spanish. These pillars also support the goals for college and career readiness as defined by the state, which includes by literacy. What research has shown that there is an increase in cognitive problem solving skills and students embrace cultural awareness and diversity. Their communication skills enhance and they're able to strengthen their own perception and identity. Dual language programs help students learn in a new and effective way. And as we can see in the graph, it takes at least three years, sometimes four or five, in order to see the academic performance increase compared to monolingual students. Our current model is the 50-50 model. And our reason for that is to not displace any of our current teachers, but also the availability of our bilingual teachers. A sample schedule for the 50-50 model was also presented to the committee so that they could have an idea of what the students would be learning and in what subjects. Currently in Newark, we have what's called a two teacher model for one teacher teaches in English and the second teacher teaches in Spanish. It is the same group of students, but there is ongoing collaboration between the teachers, which makes it a great opportunity to continuously implement full standards based and relevant curriculum and culturally relevant pedagogy. Currently NUSD has 55% English learners and 45% English only students. We're really grateful to have such a great ratio. This is a great accomplishment for us while other districts really struggle to find this balance.

[7471] Abbey Keirns: So in terms of our timeline moving forward, I know that the board and trustees would be interested in knowing how are we going to scale this program and how are we going to make sure we're checking in to see how we're doing along the way. So I'd like to offer two timelines here. This first timeline focuses on program development, which we've done in three phases, phase one planning and launch, phase two professional learning and community engagement, and phase three sustaining and expanding So we just outlined much of the work that was done in phase one, and now we're looking forward and ahead to phase two, which really emphasizes professional learning and community engagement, planning units, adding a grade level each year, cultivating a new Spanish language teachers, evaluating the program and its impacts, continuing to engage the community and the hope and the vision that DLI offers our students and families. And in phase three, we'll focus on continuing to promote this vision of expanding bilingualism and multilingualism in secondary schools, refining any gaps between language one and language two as they appear in the student results. And now in terms of the evaluation sequence, we're using a similar phased approach. The focus for phase one is to use the guiding principles for K1 to reflect on how we're doing and the resources we've already have here at play and have action plans that guide us in that work. Including this, of course, is to see how our students are doing in both language one and language two achievement. Phase two, we will continue this process of continuous improvement as we expand to additional grade levels. And then phase three, It's we really focus on aligning and sustaining the human resources that we need to expand and evaluate the multilingual pathways in secondary to ensure that the DLI students as they grow in the grade levels can continue that journey. I really want to mention that we are looking forward to having student achievement metrics in the future and we're gathering baseline information right now. So that will very much be a part of future presentations. And that's all I have this evening. Thank you so much. And I appreciate any questions.

[7613] Bowen Zhang: Thank you for your presentation. Any questions from the board?

[7619] Aiden Hill: Thank you for the presentation. So two questions. So the first question is, you've been talking about the strands. It sounds like you're eating the elephant in bites, right? We're looking at different pieces in more depth and going sequentially. But one comment that Dr. Wendy had mentioned was that, so there are studies that show that sometimes, you know, this can take four to five years for students to start achieving parity in terms of educational outcomes. But I'm curious if we've analyzed and looked you know, how are we going to measure progress in four and, you know, on a year-by-year basis, and what are the metrics that we're going to be using that we're going to evaluate and say, yes, it's working, or no, it's not working. So that's question one. And question two is, can you tell us, because I know that there's been some flux going on, what the current enrollment is in the DOI program?

[7683] Abbey Keirns: I'm going to say question two, Dr. Wendy, are you, you may be best positioned to answer that question.

[7689] SPEAKER_36: So for question two, currently for kindergarten, we have 22 students in one cohort and 21 students in the other cohort. So that's a total of 43 students and.

[7714] SPEAKER_41: Dr. Wendy, are you still there?

[7727] Abbey Keirns: I'll try to answer question one as we wait for her to return. I was up off a little time. So the question about evaluation, and I don't know if you're defining evaluation right now in terms of student achievement metrics or program. So I just wanted to. student achievement. Okay. So I think that's a very robust conversation that I would like us to come back to. It's not that we don't have a plan, but I don't want to misrepresent our intentionality around how we plan to grow and evaluate students in the short time that we have here. So if you wouldn't mind, can we return to that in a future presentation? Okay. Thank you.

[7772] Terrence Grindall: Not so much a question as a comment. I really appreciate the committee's involvement and the work that's been done. So if they're listening or if you could pass that along to us, the board really appreciates their involvement. And secondly, we're just excited about the, I'm excited about this program and really appreciate your detailed presentation. Look forward to more. Thank you.

[7803] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you again for the presentation. And I just wanted to say I'm really excited about this program. And I know that this first year, you guys are capturing baseline. So I think that's part of student evaluations and trying to gather the information so that we can truly evaluate them in years to come. So I'm really excited. to see what that is going to be like at the end of this school year. And then secondly, I just wanted to say thank you to Dr. Wendy and her staff. I know that this last year when launching the program, there was question around, you know, whether or not we'll be able to hire qualified teachers to be able to teach and manage and grow the program. And I just wanted to say that I was able to stop in and just go through the class with her and then also to find out that she's motivating her own staff. And she took the be glad test herself and helped one of her teachers along and encouraging them. So I think that with that kind of leadership that I see great potential in the program. So I'm really excited for her and for her staff to be able to you know, provide this to our community. And so I think it's a wonderful effort so far. So thank you so much.

[7893] Bowen Zhang: Student board member, anything else?

[7896] SPEAKER_27: I would like to add that this is an amazing program. Coming from a Spanish-speaking household only, I really appreciate this. And especially in Hispanic Heritage Month, it's beautiful. And thank you.

[7910] Bowen Zhang: Thank you for the presentation and all the hard work, I guess. Our new Director of Special Project and Dr. Wendy, you both have a great rest of the evening.

[7918] Mark Triplett: Five ayes. If I may, President Shin, we do, sorry that Dr. Wendy got cut off, but we have 41 students in the kindergarten class in dual language, and then we have 41 in the first grade.

[7936] Bowen Zhang: I guess 43 on the first grade, right?

[7941] Mark Triplett: We're just looking up here and we see 41 as of... For both, for both kindergarten and first grade? 41 in both kindergarten and then 41 also in first grade. Okay, thank you.

[7955] Bowen Zhang: Moving on to old business, determination 11.1, determination of interview process to fill board vacancy and timeline. We do have public speaker for this item, Ms. Parks.

[7977] Cindy Parks: Good evening. After watching the board vacancy process be determined by the board on August 18th, and hearing there were four applicants at the September 2nd meeting, when I saw the board application process had been extended, I reached out to two board members to ask why. I was told it was due to a technicality. But without holding a board meeting, how was the application deadline extended? and a letter get generated to the community from the board, I think the community deserves an explanation. And I hope you provide it this evening. Thank you.

[8018] Bowen Zhang: Any other speakers? Superintendent Tripoli.

[8025] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Chen. So I believe we're just going to talk a little bit about the extension of the window, is that right? And then if you'd like me to briefly explain that and then if either yourself or Ms. Gutierrez wishes to talk more about the process moving forward, that'd be great as well. So we did have We had a realization after the last board meeting when we had member Hill requested that we go back and look at board policy because there was a question of whether or not we had to release the names of the candidates immediately or whether we should be waiting until The agenda is posted and I believe the board had made a decision about it being when the agenda was posted But when we we went back to review those board policies per request from the board We did notice that there was something in there about The vacancy needing to be posted in local media and so although we had posted it on on our website. We just wanted to be really make sure that we were dotting all our I's and crossing the T's. And so for that reason, we checked in with you, President Chun, and then extended the window in order to be able to post and make sure that we were completely following the board policy. I will say that, so we extended the window until this past Friday. We actually did not get any additional candidates, but because we were able to then make sure that we had posted it in the media, I'm glad that we were able to do that.

[8134] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, so from my perspective, so here's what happened. Roughly two weeks ago on a Friday, around 6 or 7 p.m., I got a call from the superintendent. was telling me after reviewing the board policy, we didn't put it into the local media. So essentially, we're at that point in violation of the board policy and possibly law. So at that point, I have two choices. I either do nothing, pretend that nobody knows, and pray nobody caught us, or I immediate correct action, make sure we post in the local media, and then make sure we're in compliance of law. And by that definition, when you post in the local media, you have to extend the deadline for a week, because you can't post in the media and then close your application deadline. So that is the choice I have. So given that two choices, I took the latter one, which is make sure we're in compliance with the law. Post it in the local media, which very soon I saw the posting in patch.com posted by Ms. Guterres. So that's what happened.

[8199] Aiden Hill: So I think in understanding this situation, it's important to put together a timeline. So as was mentioned earlier, when we met on August 18th, we as a board decided that we were going to put into place a 10 calendar day candidate application window, commencing on August 23rd with the candidate interview date to be set at the next regular meeting. We agreed if there were no applicants by noon on September 1st, the time window would be extended. In our subsequent regular session meeting on September 2nd, September 2nd, it was confirmed that four candidates had submitted applications and therefore the application window was closed. So you're indicating, President Zhang, that there was a discovery of this on September 3rd. Nobody on the board was notified of this. but apparently on September 4th, two days after the board had met in open session and we had agreed that the application window was closed, Executive Assistant Lucia Gutierrez posted on the patch website. No, on September 3rd. So excuse me, sir, I have the floor. Okay, please do not interrupt me. Okay. Okay. And I will be providing documentation after I finish my statement. Okay. So on September 4th, Two days after the board had met in open session, Executive Assistant Lucia Gutierrez posted on the PATCH website a quote, letter from the NUSD board, an end quote, stating that the application window for candidates had been extended to September 10th. This was posted despite the fact that the board had taken no such action during open session and no special meeting of the board had been called to discuss this matter. Three days later, on September 7th, Superintendent Triplett sent an email to the board indicating that, quote, in the spirit of providing additional time for possible candidates to apply, and in consultation with the president, we were unilaterally, and when we said we, it was superintendent and the president, We're unilaterally reopening the application process until noon of September 10th. There was no mention in this letter, and I will be providing this letter, of any issue related to a failure to post in media, okay? Two hours after this email went out, and there was no call from Dr. Triplett, nor you, President Chong. There was no text message. It was just an email. Two hours after that, staff posted a similar fraudulent letter on the district website indicating that this change had been authorized by the board at large despite the fact that still no special session had been called to discuss this matter and no vote had been taken by the board. These actions were in direct violation of Bylaw 9121 Sections 1 and 4 of the President's duties, calling on him to carry out the will of the Board and to call necessary meetings when required. This was also a violation of Bylaw 2111 Section 9, requiring the Superintendent to understand that authority in these matters rests with the Board as a whole, not just the President as one member of the Board. And finally, and most seriously, Ms. Gutierrez and Dr. Triplett's posting of a fraudulent letter in multiple locations purporting to come from the board was a violation of Bylaw 2111's governance charter, requiring the superintendent to hold himself to the highest standards of ethical conduct. Unfortunately, on September 8th, this inappropriate conduct continued. while hosting a district meeting entitled Platica con el Superintendente, Dr. Tripa began further inserting himself into the political process, encouraging additional community members to come forward and submit applications for the board vacancy. This was also a violation of Bylaw 2111, Section 8, which requires the superintendent to understand the distinction between board and staff roles and respect the role of the board as the representative of the community. and the superintendent and president's September 13th refusal to disclose to me as a board member the names and applications of the board applicants while you, President Zhang, and Member Wen have already had access to this information is a violation of bylaw 2111 section 10's requirement that the superintendent provide all board members equal access to this information. These unilateral actions taken by the superintendent and the board president, per our bylaws and education code, constitute a serious infringement on the board's unit of authority over these matters, as well as a breach of duty the superintendent and president owe every member of that body. For this reason, per Government Code 360, I am calling for a grand jury investigation into Superintendent Triplett's and President Zhang's willful misconduct in office. I am also requesting that the Board President step down from his position while these matters are addressed and recuse himself from involvement in the Board vacancy process, as well as any investigations and actions involving the above misconduct. I also call on the remaining board members to place the superintendent on administrative leave while we conduct a series of closed session hearings with independent legal counsel to evaluate whether the superintendent is guilty of neglect of duty and per his employment contract should be terminated for cause. And finally, I'm requesting that we, the board, formally ask for Ms. Gutierrez's resignation for misrepresenting to the public that the reopening of the application process was a directive of the board. Furthermore, given that our appointment and by extension democratic process has now been tainted by behind the scenes manipulation per Education Code 5091A, I am requesting the board abandon the current appointment process and call for a special election. If the board refuses to do so, I am requesting that per Education Code 5091C1, that registered voters of the district petition for the conduct of a special election to fill this board vacancy. I'm going to be handing out this information to you for your reference. I would like for you to take a moment to look at these fraudulent letters that were posted in our name and please consider this as we make future decisions here.

[8644] Bowen Zhang: Any other board members have comments on this?

[8646] Terrence Grindall: Yes, Mr. President, if that's okay. Member Grindel. I see this as a really administrative mistake that happened in terms of the posting. I don't believe it's tainted this process in the slightest. I believe that the worst case scenario was that another citizen, another person who wanted to be on the board might have been been open to applying. There's no closing. There's no there's no taint on this process whatsoever. In my opinion, it's an unfortunate administrative error. And I believe that the superintendent and and the president were within their within their authority to correct that administrative error. And so I just don't I don't see this as a problem. I don't see any taint in the process whatsoever.

[8699] Phuong Nguyen: I'm also in agreement with Member Grundell. I do not feel that this process has been tainted. And President Zhang and myself, we're on the subcommittee to review the application. So therefore, we were in our right to be able to look at the applications during that time. The applications and the names of the candidates will be released on when we post the agenda. And I believe we're doing it early and not on Monday, 24 hours prior. We're releasing it this Friday. So you can look at those documents and review it then, Member Hill. But as far as, yes, there may have been a discrepancy, but I do feel that Member Grindel is correct. that is in the right of the superintendent and the board president to be able to make that correction. And we did make those kinds of statements during our open session, during discussion. We set the timeline for application deadline, the initial one, just for that purpose so that we can extend it if some unknown circumstances happen. And in this case, an administrative error may have occurred. I'm not going to say that this process has been tainted, I don't think so, and I think that is very disrespectful, actually.

[8785] Bowen Zhang: Actually, since the statement mentioned me, I just, like I said, repeat a little bit. I mean, when I got a call from the superintendent within a split of a second knowing we're not compliant with the policy, I mean, the only choice I had is take actions, make sure we're no longer in violation of the board policy, which requires us to post on social media. Superintendent, do you want to respond to this?

[8809] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Chun. I'll just say that the act of posting or setting up all of the administrative work is the duty of the district and the superintendent. And the board's role is to set policy, and that's outlined in board policies in the 9000s. And the superintendent and the district's job is to direct administrative actions. And so that's what we did in coordination with yourself.

[8842] Aiden Hill: I'd like to make one more comment. Go ahead. So I would appreciate that all board members go back and read my statement and consult the bylaws. Because I think if you do, you will see that these were unlawful acts. And President Zhang, when you were notified of this, your first action was not to make a decision. your first action was to consult the board. Your first action was to call a special meeting to lay out what was going on and for us to be able to make a decision. And the fact that the first time that we heard about this was basically five days later, and it was in an email, and you will see because I have provided Dr. Triplett's emails in this packet, There was no communication of what the issue was. It actually said that we're doing this in the spirit of providing more time for candidates to apply. It said nothing about the fact that we needed to advertise in local media. So there were multiple misrepresentations. And you and the superintendent have a responsibility. You have a duty to involve the board in this. You cannot take unilateral action. That's my final comment.

[8918] Bowen Zhang: My final comments. This meeting today starts at 6.30. Didn't require a board vote to postpone by 30 minutes because by law regulation, you have to do it at 6.30. So my understanding at that point is when it comes to whether you are going to comply with regulation, there's no vote for the board. Like, because what's there to vote for? For continue violating the law or not violating the law? I mean, there's, for me, that's just one choice. I don't have two choices. I have only one choice, which is immediate correct action, make sure we're in compliance with the board policies. Okay, moving on.

[8950] Terrence Grindall: Sorry, one last comment. One last comment. I want to take a little bit of the big picture. What we want in this process, what I've wanted in this process is for it to be transparent, to be fair, to be open to public examination of the application process and the appointment process. That's what we've done up to this point. what was important to me was that the subcommittee didn't narrow the applications, didn't pick anyone. You were processing administrative issues and you weren't empowered to select anybody or narrow the choices and the subcommittee has followed those rules and it's appreciated. So this is a transparent process. It should be fair and open. All the candidates that apply that are eligible, meaning they live in Newark, voters in Newark and that they are over 18, that all of those people get a fair hearing by this board. And I believe that's what we're doing. That's what's important to me. And I want to make that, make it clear that that's the way we're approaching this.

[9022] Bowen Zhang: I guess another update is because remember when I, we did one last Friday, I believe. Is that last Friday? Yeah, last Friday we went to read the application. I believe we have three final applicants. Is that right?

[9036] Mark Triplett: That's correct. One applicant withdrew this week, so now there's three.

[9041] Bowen Zhang: I think that's last week, right?

[9043] Sean Abruzzi: Sorry, yes, last week. That's correct.

[9048] Terrence Grindall: I'm sorry. Was there any reason given for the withdrawal?

[9053] Mark Triplett: Not to my knowledge, no. Ms. Gutierrez, was there any reason that was given?

[9058] SPEAKER_41: No reason.

[9063] Bowen Zhang: Moving on to APAC's credit recovery, 11.2. public comments on this?

[9068] SPEAKER_41: Yes, we do. The first comment will be from Brian Foster. Brian Foster, you may begin.

[9078] SPEAKER_11: Thank you. That's a tough one to follow. And I will hope that you heard my comments earlier. I'll just summarize the first point by saying that our NTA president said yesterday that the administration has not included your NTA partners in any of the discussions of APEX up to this point or on the proposed changes to the administration of it. Picking up from where I left off, I hope. It is encouraging that the district is acknowledging some of Apex's deficiencies. In tonight's presentation, you will see a new list of operational changes and safeguards that administration believes will make Apex palatable to the Board. Sadly, these fixes are only Band-Aids to a gaping wound that is bleeding out over 40% of our seniors who were already in danger of not graduating. And that does not consider the courses in which they are currently enrolled. The worst of Apex's abuses takes place around April and May, when administration directs teachers to create lists of students who are in danger of failing their classes. And those lists typically have over 100 entries. These students are not even earning D minus grades and have mastered little, if anything at all. By that time, teachers such as I and others, certainly lots of the others, have been working strenuously with these students for months and months, trying to get them to make a plate working test. that many students do little and count on counselors to assign them to APEX in the last weeks or days of the school year. Counselors do not consult with teachers about student deficiencies. It is the students themselves who declare to their teachers that they don't have to make up the regular work because they've already earned their credits in APEX. Students prefer working a couple of days on APEX instead of completing major work that teachers have assigned them, the regularly assigned work. In most cases, because they can copy and paste answers from APEX. The effect is to undermine all teacher authority and to make a mockery of regular classroom instruction. It also makes a mockery of merit, which is damaging to those students who work hard during their diplomas. There are unique situations where APEX would be an appropriate alternative. I have myself recommended APEX for a student who could not attend classes for medical reasons. But when 30 to 40% of the student body relies on APEX to graduate, we have created a diploma mill. We are really proud, I'm sorry, if we are really proud of our widespread use of APEX, then let's add the word APEX to every APEX course in their transcript. Let's promote APEX on our new website and in our new public relations campaign. Perhaps instead, the Alameda County Grand Jury should add new work to Oakland Unified's documented abuses of APEX. The two students who spoke at the last study session. 30 seconds. The last, 30 seconds you said? Okay, just one more little paragraph. The two students who spoke at the last study session told you that online learning did not work, was not engaging, that COVID created a wasted year, and that it was hard to earn credits on Apex. If that's true, then why would the counselors assign them to even more online, self-paced, independent learning on Apex? Wouldn't they have a better chance of succeeding in real classes with real students, real teachers and board approved curricula. We teach core classes virtually every period and most classes have empty seats. I myself can take in more students in all of my classes right now at no additional cost to the district. So let's get back to real instruction, real learning and a school culture that values real academic success. Thank you.

[9283] Bowen Zhang: Any other speakers?

[9284] SPEAKER_41: Yes, the next speaker, one second. The next speaker is Elisa Martinez. You may begin.

[9293] Elisa Martinez: Hi, good evening. And hello again, President Zhang, board and executive cabinet. It's been great to hear that the board has started to discuss academic performance specifically about our high school students. I too agree that we need to expand our focus beyond graduation rates to include improving A through G college readiness completion. I don't think many of us would disagree on this issue. And somehow though, the conversation took a sharp turn towards the narrative, and I'll call it a narrative, that Newark Memorial was using the credit recovery program Apex to plump up our graduation rates. And that Newark Memorial was guilty of abusing the program just like other Bay Area schools, specifically Oakland. I have been hearing these allegations from a handful of loud yet uninformed voices. By the way, printing out charts is not having the full story. And that's what I call uninformed voices. Unfortunately, some of you have bought into not only the narrative of APEX being used to increase graduation rates, but several of you have implied, actually you've stated, no, let's be blunt. I think some of you have accused, some of you on the board have accused our students of cheating to get through APEX courses. You made these accusations before seeing any data. How easily you believe the worst from our students. Why is that? Member Hill, who do you imagine is doing the cheating? Picture their faces. I recommend that you think through the personal biases that you've got, that you bought in so quickly to this impassioned perhaps, but unsubstantiated claim. You all accepted the responsibility of being representatives of Newark families and most importantly, our students. Please trust your staff to bring forth information and data before you make such accusations. To that end, I wanted to commend the district for the data shared at the last meeting and for making sound recommendations on a path forward. One of these options would be to continue to leverage Apex while working to improve the program while you all improve the program. Fixing the system is not an immediate effort. We just heard from a teacher. We need to be realistic that we can't just find an easy answer. So we need something in the meantime and we should continue to improve how we administer Apex. Newark Memorial students need options on their path to graduate on time because not all of our students have an easy or straightforward path in getting there. Thank you very much.

[9469] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next speaker.

[9475] SPEAKER_41: The next speaker is Eric Tam. Eric Tam, you may begin.

[9486] SPEAKER_04: Hello? Can you hear me? Yes, you may begin. Sorry. I lost my ear. Okay, sorry, I'm going to start now. Hello, Board, Dr. Triplett and Ms. Pearson's staff. Yeah, I just wanted to first thank you and echo member Grindle's one last meeting and thank Ms. Mariana Navarez and Ms. Brittany Flores for their bravery and publicly speaking about the Apex agenda item. If I had watched the video correctly, Mr. Foster, I believe only Ms. Brittany Flores spoke against Apex and Ms. Mariana Navarez spoke for. So I just wanted to clarify that data point for Mr. Foster. After hearing Ms. Martinez's, the previous speaker's comments, I totally agree with her. And that's what I spoke about in the first one, the first address. We need more data and hopefully that the district can provide more. We do need to dig in. I think I want to highlight some data points again for Ms. Martinez, who might've missed this, but you know, there is a 81% increase. If you look at 2015 to 2018 on a poor student basis of usage of Apex, you know, again, and I think Ms. Pierce, you addressed my public comments directly from last session. So I wanted to follow up. Ms. Pierce, in regards to the minimum number of hours you said, and I quote, there is a certain minimum requirements of hours. I know we heard in the public comments around the amount of hours at Bridgepoint were different. That is true because they run a very different model at an alternative education school. Thank you for that clarification. However, in my analysis, I also listed Newark Memorial High School. On a time per course enrollment basis, it was 50% short of your 20 hours minimum for blended model in your presentation deck. If you can shed more light, that'd be great, or if you can provide more information in your presentations. Second, for President Zhang's request for a financial analysis, was there additional material provided to the board in an enclosed packet? I would love to see how you came up with the 87,000 to 400,000 estimate on slide five, were they optimistic, pessimistic or average estimates? I hope that the financial analysis can be provided to the public to review without having to go through the CPRA process. And per the request of the board, I look forward to the teachers that will speak tonight. Board, I hope, I want to advocate for teacher Brian Foster to be part of the speaking panel. I hope that the board will invite him personally to speak and not be constrained by a three minute timer. And I'm kind of going off script. I think it is important that you have your strongest critics in the room. I am for, I think you should hear the for message and against message. And if Brian Foster, Mr Brian Foster has the data and the experience to discuss apex, I think you should bring them to the table. Now I'm going back on speech. Ford, if you do plan to continue with APEX as part of the accountability, I want to suggest a policy where NTA elected teachers can be part of the accountability structure, similar to an independent commission for, say, police departments. I do not agree counselors should be electing students for APEX versus working on makeup assignments. I hope the counselor and the teacher can work together and make a joint decision for what's best for the student. In conclusion, like member Grindle and member Hill and member Fong said last time, I support fixing the fundamentals and setting up the students for success. I hope we're not hiding the problem with Apex decision. Thank you.

[9703] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[9709] SPEAKER_41: The next speaker is Maria Martinez. You may begin.

[9716] SPEAKER_50: Good evening, board members. I think it's great that you're reviewing the programs that you approved for the district. You should do this more often. In addition, it's important to know who you're representing and serving. You represent about 3,500 students. However, all those students will not go to a university, some of them by choice, and some of them because the system does not allow them. The system tends to fail when leadership is narrow-sighted. Students may have various learning disabilities, and some need all the help they can get to graduate. Some need classes like APEX to help them graduate and be able to get a job. Others may be software engineers, project managers, or work for a city and may never need a class like Apex. But just because of your idea of the perfect student should not need Apex, it does not mean that there are not students out there who need this class. And no, these students are not taking this class just because they're lazy and like to cheat like one of your NUSD teachers thinks of his students. Some students really need all the help they can get. So when you decide what programs you will approve or take away, think about all the students and not just the ones going to an Ivy League school. Thank you.

[9787] Bowen Zhang: Next speaker.

[9790] SPEAKER_41: That's all the speakers for tonight, for this item.

[9795] Bowen Zhang: Silver Nendon Triplet.

[9796] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Jeanne, and I appreciate hearing from the speakers. So I'm going to turn it over to Ms. Pearson in a minute, but I will say I had the pleasure of visiting Newark Memorial today and completely unsolicited. I had multiple students come up to me when they realized who I was to speak and advocate for the APEX program and how important it was for their own their own opportunity to graduate. So I thought it was interesting. I didn't seek it out, but I did have multiple students that did that. And so I think it's in addition to the two voices, the two student voices that we heard last week or last time who both spoke in favor of Apex as well. Thank you. Ms. Pierce.

[9845] Nicole Pierce-Davis: Good evening. There we go. All right, so again, following our study sessions from 8-18 and 9-2, I'm going to go ahead and continue with some of the remaining questions and some of the asks of us from the board from our last study session. I'm going to do something I normally don't do and read this slide directly. Just to correct, I think a statement said earlier, these are current accountability structures, so these are not new accountability structures that we're adding. These are the current ones that exist. And these were developed over the last year and prior. So some of the accountability structures that do exist at Newark Memorial High School for Apex are limits on allowable credits recovered per year. Currently, they're set at 20 credits, one course at a time, and that was starting with the class of 2022. Students are allowed to take EPICS credit recovery courses only after taking failing traditional courses unless there are extenuating circumstances. And keep in mind that both grades are shown on student transcripts. And we learned that many schools actually take an average of the grades that they are received. Students must perform 60% just like a traditional course or higher in order to earn credit. Tests and quizzes are locked during school hours now and can only be taken under the supervision of a Newark Memorial High School staff member. Finals are proctored by a credentialed Newark Memorial High School teacher. Teachers of Apex courses must be credentialed in the subject of the course, except for some approved electives. And there is an Apex learning agreement. Some of the questions that were asked were around fiscal impact. So we took some time. Again, there is no way to perfectly predict the future, but we wanted to give some estimates tonight as best we could. So just keep in mind these are approximations. In order to do that, we need to figure out looking at this year, how many kids we're talking about. So again, anticipate that there's higher challenges this year due to distance learning. That's why we have laws come out like AB 104 that helps that is basically set out there to say we recognize that students are going through a hard time. We want to make sure not only do you feel the moral obligation, but you feel the legal obligation to support them through this time. So we do anticipate that these numbers are higher this year due to the challenges of distance learning. Currently, there are 158 Newark Memorial High School seniors that are not on track to graduate out of 374. Again, very high numbers. We anticipate this is due to distance learning. The majority of these students are within 10 to 30 credits of being on track. If we are looking at our current graduation requirements, which again, what we are finding from AB 104 is that could change for this particular year. The numbers of students who could not fit into their recovery classes, so we heard some of that in public comment tonight, were 87. The number of students who we were able to fit into traditional courses already this year were 71. So a high percentage, again, APEX is a part of a total package for credit recovery, if you will. One of those packages is fitting students into traditional sections, if we can do so. And we talked last time about the challenges of doing that. So some of those challenges we discussed, they're sort of in the second bullet there, master scheduling conflicts, so the ability to actually schedule students into the courses they need, and limited room in students' current schedule. So over four years, there's really only a 10 credit cushion. which isn't very much. You can essentially fail one course, and then there is no way to fit it into your schedule, even if you tried, even if you said unwilling, if you're thinking about a six-period day. So unreceived revenue. So what was asked of us was around fifth-year seniors, if I remember correctly. So note, I just want to say districts do not receive ADA for fifth-year seniors. So sort of the missed revenue there, if we think about each student being around $10,000 per student, is around $87,000. That's not necessarily the cost. It's just the money that we are not receiving for serving students. The additional cost of sections, if we were to remove Apex altogether, would be about, again, this is an approximation, around $400,000. The number from that came from thinking about how many courses or how many additional sections we would need. around 20. And if you look at our study session from last time, you saw how many different classes when we said, how did they do on the traditional class afterwards? You saw within a content area how many courses you would actually need in order to make that up. And so we approximated around 20 sections would be required at about 20,000 per section. That leads you to 400,000. Again, I just want to say at the bottom of this slide here, you can see it varies very dramatically year to year. And one of the benefits between online platforms, whether it's Apex or something else, is that it actually helps stabilize the cost of variation due to fluctuating numbers requiring credit recovery each year in different courses. Because you are able to take an English credential teacher and offer English 1, 2, 3, and 4 within that section, and that teacher can support them and differentiate the learning using the online platform. So what that does is it helps stabilize. Instead of saying one year we might need 40 sections, the next year we need 10 sections, the next year we need 35 sections, and so on. Which becomes very challenging to budget for. In terms of regional online platforms utilized for credit recovery, this was also one of the questions that showed up. We did a poll of all of our neighboring districts, and you can see what they are using for their online credit recovery options. Again, I would say most districts, including Newark Unified School District, is using this as an additional resource. So many of the districts, including NUSD, embed those classes when they're able to do so into their master schedule. It's when they're unable to do so or when they can't fit into sections or when a student may need additional credit or needs a different type of learning structure that they use their other options. And that includes summer school. That includes embedding in classes. That includes many other opportunities. I do want to take a quick note here. You see Cyber High up there a few times. We have noticed part of our research was that districts are really trending away from Cyber High. So one of the things that we do want to start looking into is, you know, what are the comparisons between Edgenuity and Apex? What are the comparisons of other platforms? But again, I would say almost every unified district in our neighboring districts will end up using some sort of online platform to help with their credit recovery. At this time, I do want to invite Ms. Rangel, principal of Newark Memorial High School, up to bring some of our teacher voices into the room. I do want to say a couple of things. There was a comment made that some of the students, one student was in against Apex, two were for. I just want to be clear that two students that represented us last time were both in favor of Apex and were speaking to the board with emotional pleas really to maintain Apex. The other thing I just want to note is that both Ms. Rangel and I did interpret the request for teacher voice as a request for teachers who knew about APEX. They either were teachers of APEX or they were closely supporting students who were taking APEX classes. So again, that was our interpretation really. And please know that it was an honest interpretation of asking for teacher voice. With that, I would like Ms. Rangel to go ahead and share those voices with us.

[10310] Olivia Rangel: Good evening, Board President Zhang, board members, and executive cabinet. I'm here tonight to read statements from three staff members who have interacted with APEX, as I understood was the board's request. Given that this is a very passionate topic for some, two teachers have decided to remain anonymous, but I did send you their emails. Ultimately, our goal is to serve our students and not cause a further divide amongst our staff. So ultimately, those teachers have decided to remain anonymous. The first statement. I have used APEX and credit recovery courses for at-risk students for the last eight years. APEX has tremendously helped a lot of students graduate when I was working at an alternative site and at the regular high school campus. A one-size-fits-all approach to education fails to meet the diverse needs of each individual. Some students need extra help, some need flexibility, and some aren't successful in a traditional classroom environment. Apex courses provide a personalized learning experience that lets students learn in their own way and at their own pace. Apex learning virtual school has been a great alternative solution to student summer school needs, especially during last year's virtual challenge distance learning needs. I had 35 students last summer and only 17 got their credits. The rigor and the learning experiences and educational expectations of Apex is high and only highly engaged students will make it. It is an accredited online school that helps students get ahead both over their summer and during the regular school year. Apex is for students who are determined to get the work done and earn the credits that they deserve. It is able to meet the diverse student needs. It is for struggling, falling behind students and for students eager to get ahead. The courses enable students to have more choices in spite of teacher shortages. The next statement comes from another staff member who chooses to remain anonymous. This comes in bullet points, and the first one is hard to interpret, so I'm going to help interpret a little bit. I'm going to read exactly what she says and then help interpret it. When a student transfers to NMHS, they may have taken NGSS Life Science, a part of a three-year series we don't have. The new student now has no Life Science credit and are behind in credits. It's hard to explain, but I'll tell you in person what she said. I'm going to interpret this as part of it is sometimes students come in with partial credits, and we don't offer partial credits. So that means the students will have to then retake the entire series over again if we don't have the option of APEX. So they will have to sit through a full course year work rather than just getting the parts of the courses that they needed. The second bullet point, a student may have failed their freshman year because of emotional situations, homelessness, illness of a family member, and thus does not do the regular assignments, but is in every class, every day listening and participation, and just may not have participation on assignments and tests. Three, I have seen some students having ADHD effect in the classroom where they can't focus. When they take Apex, they focus by using their own pace, taking the test and saying, I can receive 70% or higher. I have had multiple girls doing well on assignments that cannot pass because of cultural and emotional issues, and then they do well on APEX. I have seen boys, specifically freshmen, going to class not being mature to handle high school and are in the class answering questions but not doing the assignments, and then I have seen them sit in front of me working diligently to get it done. I have seen students stuck in class, for example, taking potentially French. They don't want French because they can't do it and can't change, and then switching to Spanish. Sometimes that mess up year is a teacher-student rebelling process, feeling inferior and then giving up. Then does well on Apex. no-nonsense education. Come in, sit down, read, understand, and give back the answer, especially for our Spanish speakers. I have seen math students who just can't do it, and as it is presented once again, that year they have developed maturity, and then suddenly it clicks. I have seen students emotionally distraught who went to class, listened, was polite, answering in class, but didn't do anything or have support from home at that time, but they had the support from Apex. I have seen a person fail due to home life because they had to work to help support the family and then get the chance of doing Apex and can do it again. I think ultimately that last resonates the most because we've seen that a lot during the pandemic. Finally, the one staff member who chooses to provide their name also did elicit some student voice as well. Mr. Sabangan states, Apex has provided our students another opportunity of equal learning. The benefits have shown within our English language learners, students who do not perform to their potential due to personal reasons during the school year, sickness, personal leave, et cetera, and those who had conflicts with their instructor and or peers in the classroom. It should be stated that Apex courses are another way to expose our students to the curriculum content. The two quotes he received from students are, during the school year, I was absent for a while. As a result, my teacher and I had miscommunication issues, which led to a failing grade on an imperative assignment. Though I understood the class and the concept, the one assignment affected my transcript. Apex showed what I really learned from that class. The other quote, I moved here from Mexico only two years ago. The class's pace in English was too fast for my understanding. For both Apex English and math, I was able to go on my own pace and then pass the class. Thank you for the opportunity to speak for students and staff members of our community.

[10655] Nicole Pierce-Davis: Thank you, Ms. Rangel. So just to do an overview of the study sessions, any information that the Board of Trustees received, we did do an APEX credit recovery overview, which talked about the differences between using APEX to Fidelity and using a blended learning model where the teacher is supplementing a lot of the work in APEX and using APEX as a support. We talked about APEX efficacy studies. We talked about NUSD APEX usage. We brought in our community voices from students and staff. We talked about student achievement on subsequent traditional courses. We also talked about embedded interventions, continuous professional development, which brings me to some of, again, some of the comments made tonight. I would love to bring some more information around A to G required courses coming up here. Credit recovery change implications. We talked about what it would do to graduation and dropout rates, budget and master schedule, the feasibility of alternative solutions, as well as some of the legal responsibilities coming up with AB 104. So with all of that information, we do come with a recommendation tonight. We are asking that you continue with APEX, maintaining the current adjustments for accountability, which were not in place in some of the grand jury reports that were discussed or brought up tonight, while continuing to research alternatives for NUSD program alignment. Thank you.

[10743] Bowen Zhang: Is that it, Superintendent? Yes, thank you. Okay, bringing back to the board discussion, student board member?

[10751] SPEAKER_27: Yes. As student board member representing the students, I feel like it's key that us as a board and staff, faculty, everyone understand that we are representing the students. I understand that there is some doubt in how Apex may work from hearing public speakers, but if you ask how the students feel, the majority of them support this. I've spent my week in the counseling center this past week and interviewing students. And every time I go to Ms. Torres' room, I hear, Is Apex open? Can I sign up to this class? I really don't feel sure about this. There is doubt from students and they really want to take Apex from missing credits last year through the pandemic or other situations. And us taking that away is taking away their resources. We saw the numbers that Ms. Pierce presented showing that 158, I don't recall the certain number, amount of students that weren't on track to graduate. If we take away Apex, what hope do they have right now? We serve the students. We should give them all the opportunities possible to graduate and learn from this experience and hopefully move on and excel in their life. Thank you.

[10824] Bowen Zhang: Thank you to the board member. I'll bring it back to the rest of the board. Member Hill.

[10830] Aiden Hill: So, Ms. Pierce, thank you for the presentation. So, a question for you. So, in that last slide that you were showing, the earlier slide, overview of study sessions, so there's a section that talks about credit recovery change implications, and there's a sub-bullet point that says legal responsibility of AB 104. So it's my understanding in the reading of AB 104 that there are multiple methods for actually meeting that requirement. And one of those is the traditional method, which is a fifth year. And so why aren't we considering, given some of the serious issues that have been raised here, a fifth year in place of APEX?

[10873] Nicole Pierce-Davis: Thank you for your question. The answer is both and. In this time, it really does take a plethora of resources, and I think that was said again in public comment tonight. Our focus is really narrowed in on APEX, and the reality is it is one piece of many that we are doing to try to support our students, not only through this time, but through the many challenges that they have. So APEX is one resource. We are still using the traditional method. Most likely we will be coming to you at some point to talk about a fifth year for seniors. But again, many students choose to not take that fifth year. And so we have to be realistic about the opportunity of whether or not some of those students will just drop out and that will affect our numbers. That being said, it is a both and. I believe that we will need to do all of the above.

[10925] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, so I want to comment on this fifth year. So if you remember correctly, during the previous study session, I was really the one to ask a lot about a fifth year option, particularly given the environment of the pandemic. And after learning that we don't get any ADA for a fifth year option, so that sort of is a deal breaker for me already at that point. Yeah, it's just unfortunate that we don't receive any funding for our fifth years. And obviously, there's also the downside drop-off rate, and obviously I mentioned during the study session, I mean, yeah, during the session, the emotional downside about being a senior and a fifth-year senior.

[10969] Terrence Grindall: So, I want to thank you for the presentation. It's excellent and I appreciate it. I do continue to believe that the approach that we talked about in the study session is the right way to go forward. I think one size does not fit all and certainly the idea that a student that had a problem during a certain time or didn't get a certain concept ends up having to take the entire course again when they could use Apex to correct that is the idea that we wouldn't make that an option is really a tragedy. What we want to do is get the students to the point where they are succeeding and they've learned the material that it's not about butts and seats, excuse my French, It's about actually learning and actually achieving so they can go on to greater, even greater things in their lives. We have heard some concerns about the culture around this. There's a lot of rumor about potential of cheating and Mr. Foster's point about the counselors kind of pushing apex without coordinating with the teachers. So I would I would hope that hearing all of this that the superintendent and the cabinet is going to address sort of that culture sort of educational part of us. That's not really direction but I'd like to see people understand that the children the kids that are taking these courses have already gone through the entire course except in rare cases as indicated. They've already done that. They're missing a part of the knowledge, and APEX helps them get there rather than, you know, the, hey, I, you know, the, you know, the student who, one student brags that they did the whole thing on Google, and then it spreads around the school, and it becomes a meme. So I guess I'm just encouraging you to redouble your efforts to educate that. But otherwise, I'm in strong support of this approach.

[11102] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you, President Zhang. And thank you staff, Ms. Pierce and Ms. Rangel for the presentation. And thank you to the teachers who voiced their opinions and made their statements and also to the students and student board member for making her comment as well. I do believe that I'm in support of the staff recommendation, but with also having some flexibility in terms of, you know, just not maintaining the current adjustment, but as we move along that there's more, you know, evaluations and if we can make sure that we have proper accountability moving forward and make adjustments as needed so that we can use Apex correctly and not abuse it, air quotes, sorry. But yes, so you have my support on this.

[11169] Bowen Zhang: Mr. Hill?

[11172] Aiden Hill: Thank you. See, I'd like to provide a clarification and then a final comment. So the clarification is I don't think that we heard the voice of the teacher this evening because we didn't have any teachers here other than the public speaker. And so I'm very disappointed in that because we really need to see real teachers coming in here and expressing real views. But my concern around this is we have a situation where we have a whistleblower that has come forward claiming that there are potentially serious fraud issues with our program. It would be one thing if There were no substantiation around this, but we know that there is a history of this happening with Apex and there was a grand jury investigation of the Oakland School District. So we know that there is potential for that. And so when you have a whistleblower come forward, one of the things that, you know, if you studied whistleblowing is that an agency or a body where the claims are being made cannot investigate itself. you need to bring in a third party to come in and do that. In many respects, it's kind of like if you suspect that there has been fraud that's been committed on your credit card, you inform the credit card company and the first thing that they do is they cancel the credit card and they freeze your credit. That doesn't mean that the allegations of fraud are correct, but they are being very judicious in making sure that there is no abuse And again, no impropriety. I think that we need to do the same thing here. We need to bring in an independent body to study this. We should not reinstate this program until the independent body has come back with conclusions and any recommendations. And at that point, we could then resume this effort.

[11293] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Student board member?

[11297] SPEAKER_27: I'm unsure if this is a naive question of mine, but why are we so concerned about... I understand obviously the teachers have a huge part in how students learn. But final say, APEX is about students. Why aren't we pulling students and asking them how they feel? Additionally, I understand the concerns about cheating and other doubts about APEX. If that's the concern, let's address it from a smaller issue from the beginning. Fixing growth mindsets, SEO programming, let's work on that and figure out why students are struggling from the beginning. Like board members have said, one type of education does not fit all. Let's change that. That doesn't mean we have to take away resources from students because we see these doubts. If we see these doubts, let's start from the beginning rather than just seeing a simple solution and taking it away. Thank you.

[11347] Bowen Zhang: So I also want to offer my final comments. So at the beginning of this study session, I was actually, to be honest, leaning toward terminating this program because I did hear some of the things. But after hearing the students' voice and the staff recommendation, and also the rest of the board, I mean, the other board members have spoken up on this issue. I think I cannot accept a compromise on this program to keep supporting this program. And I want to echo member Wynn's comment on additional accountability. So I just want to ask, If we're requesting additional accountability for the current APEX program, what will be that additional accountability? So if we can have additional accountability, I'm happy to accept a compromise and support this program. And then next year at this time, we're going to look at this accountability result. We're going to see if this is really effective. If it is not, then we'll come back. We'll need to discuss this again, whether we want to terminate this program. So that's my question.

[11410] Nicole Pierce-Davis: The answer is quite a bit. There's a huge range of accountability structures that we as a district can choose to implement or put into place. Some of those, and they range in districts, every district kind of creates their own balance that makes sense for them. I think I believe in one of the earlier study sessions we talked about some of those. It's how you lock assessments, who's taking them, the amount of hours, how many credits you can take at a time, when students can access the platform. All of those things can be put in place. It's actually one of the reasons why when you read the grand jury report, it actually says very bluntly, the platform of apex is rigorous. It's how you implement it that matters. And so I think one of the things that I kind of went deep on with some of our apex providers is what are what are options and what is the right balance. Now I will say, Ms. Rangel and I believe we found that balance, but we can continue to make sure that we monitor, audit, and bring more accountability structures if that's what's being asked.

[11471] Phuong Nguyen: Yeah, correct. So I just want to clarify my statement. The current accountability structure that you have laid out in your presentation, it addresses the fact that there are rumored cheating. So you guys are proctoring all the tests and making sure that the students are only taking it if they're failing a traditional course. So those are the things that I see are already well-defined in your structure for accountability. I guess what I'm saying is that if the current accountability structure is not working after we evaluate it after this next year, then we should try to implement some more accountability into the structure, right? So that's why I'm saying is that I just don't want us to be limited to the current accountability. I want us to be flexible in order for us to be able to add any accountability as needed moving forward with the program. So, and I think that you guys are evaluating that and know exactly what our concerns are and have addressed it. So, that I really do appreciate. So, thank you.

[11542] Bowen Zhang: So, I can accept a motion to increase accountability while accepting staff recommendation and next year at this time with the anticipation that we'll be revisiting this.

[11556] Terrence Grindall: I'm sorry, just, I'll go ahead and make that motion, but I think that is their recommendation to actually continue researching greater accountability options. So, but, so is there a difference in your concern to what they're, what's presented?

[11571] Bowen Zhang: Just Member Nguyen's comment that like more flexibility and obviously Ms. Nicole Pierce has stressed that there can be other tools for accountability. And with the idea that we'll be looking back at this a year from now to see if these really work.

[11591] SPEAKER_41: President Zhang, if you'd like, I can read the motion that's included so you can have clear. Okay. The motion is the recommendation is that the Board of Trustees approve the use of APEX as credit recovery platform combined with site-based accountability structures to ensure rigorous and equitable student access to high quality educational experience.

[11614] Bowen Zhang: Can anybody make that motion?

[11617] Terrence Grindall: I want to add to that that staff's going to continue to research other accountability structures and give a report back to us in the future about those possibilities and how you're evaluating that. So given that, I'd make that motion.

[11638] Bowen Zhang: Board member?

[11640] SPEAKER_27: I think something else I'd like to add with the motion of searching for other alternatives, I believe, we should also do a poll to figure out how students perceive APEX initially and how they feel about it and whether or not the outcomes of APEX from a student voice. Because if that is going to be a possibility in the future years to come, we should have also a student perspective and data of it as well.

[11667] Bowen Zhang: I think that kind of what we can, like I said, we can continue with this program for one year with increased accountability and take the poll after a year to see how students like the enhanced version of this program.

[11679] Terrence Grindall: I would include the student members' comment in my motion.

[11685] Bowen Zhang: Anybody got a second?

[11687] Phuong Nguyen: I'll second it.

[11689] Bowen Zhang: Student board member, how do you vote?

[11691] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[11693] Bowen Zhang: Member Grindel? Yes. Member Hill? No. Member Nguyen?

[11698] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[11699] Bowen Zhang: My vote is yes. Motion carries with three ayes. Member Hill voted no. Thank you, Principal Rangel. Have a great rest of the day. Moving on to 11.3, amend resolution 2020.21-025 to delegate authority to procure necessary materials, equipment, and services to provide distance and or in-person learning for staff, teachers, and students to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Any public, oh, we do have public speaker, Ms. Parks.

[11746] Cindy Parks: Good evening. On April 1st, 2021, when the resolution was brought forward, Ms.dela Cruz's comment was, What this does is allow staff designee to declare emergency situation. We would be able to purchase the equipment and then we would go back to the board and get your approval and let you know that this is what we've done because of the situation. It's not something that we would apply in every situation. It would depend on each case, obviously, and it doesn't provide a blanket authority. It is based on COVID related type services, materials, supplies and needs. The following is two excerpts from board members. Member Grindel said, I am heartened to hear the board would receive a report in transparency about the actions that were to be taken. But I believe that the streamlining of our process in order to protect our students and staff is appropriate. And Ms. Martinez said, we hear the concerns that are preventing us from moving forward in some cases. We need to make sure that the district staff is agile and that we're not constraining that. In addition to the concerns about overreach, we haven't seen that and we have good processes, we've gone through audits, shown that we've got good accountability from financial monitoring perspective. A sunset date was requested and September 16th, 2021 was agreed upon with the date being added to the resolution. With all of that in mind, in my public comment earlier this evening about contracts, I was trying to acquire, how does the new associate superintendent sign a $365,500 contract or agreement, quote, with ingenuity on July 27, 2021, if this resolution wasn't invoked. This program has been utilized for the independent studies students since August 12, 2021. And as of today, September 16, 2021, this purchase has yet to be seen or approved by you, the board, as promised. Furthermore, the resolution itself says, the superintendent or designee shall make periodic reports to the Board of Education and the public regarding implementation of this resolution and the costs associated therewith. That hasn't happened either. Many things have changed since April 2021. You are no longer faced with emergency preparations of facilities for students and staff who are returning from distance learning. As with any emergency that arose before COVID, the superintendent does have a signing limit close to $50,000. If that isn't sufficient, a special board meeting can be called within 24 hour notice or an emergency meeting can be called with just one hour notice, which was done when the pipe burst at the high school. Based on the lack of genuine need and the absence of compliance with the current resolution, I respectfully request that you terminate this resolution per the document in front of you since the term set-set wasn't used. Also, please request all contracts, like the Ingenuity Agreement, executed using this resolution for your ratification. Thank you.

[11931] Bowen Zhang: Thank you. Next speaker. OK. Superintendent Triplett.

[11937] Mark Triplett: Thank you, President Chen. So I'll have Ms.dela Cruz speak on this. But as stated in the agenda, this is us bringing back, as promised, the resolution that was approved by the board. The board asked us to revisit this at this time to discuss whether or not to extend it or not. And so Ms. Del Cruz will speak more on that.

[11964] Marie dela Cruz: Thank you, Dr. Triplett. So in April, the board did approve this emergency resolution based on, at that time, We were returning to in-person and hybrid learning, and it allowed us to purchase some emergency materials and services. And we believe because we are still in the pandemic, you know, with the Delta variant, there are occasions when we have to exercise this emergency resolution. For example, the edgenuity was a requirement of the independent study that we had just implemented this year. And that was something that was unforeseen. And we were trying to get our program started by the start of school. And as well as additional air purifiers that we had to purchase for some classrooms. So there have been a couple of cases where we've had to implement or apply this emergency resolution. And we have provided a report to the board a couple months ago on how we applied the emergency resolution with a list of items that we purchased and contracts that we had implemented and the board had accepted them. So our recommendation is to extend this resolution through June 30th, 2022.

[12051] Mark Triplett: If I can add, the plan is, as was stated in the resolution, a periodic report, and so one report has been provided for this first part of this resolution, and then we have plans to make our next report, I believe, in October. Is that right, Ms. Delacruz?

[12068] Marie dela Cruz: Yes, the next first October meeting.

[12074] Bowen Zhang: Student board member, any comments?

[12077] SPEAKER_27: No, not at the moment. Thank you.

[12079] Terrence Grindall: Member Guendel? Yes. I understand that and we're still, we absolutely are in an emergency as well. In fact, we've got, you hear talk of long wait times for testing for teachers. Some cities or police departments are actually acquiring instant test kits. I'm not suggesting you buy that, but I'm just saying that's an example of in reacting to changes in rules, you need the flexibility to move forward. I do, in reading this over again, I do want something more firm than just periodic in the report. I'd like to have that language change to say a monthly report to the board, just so we know what you're utilizing this resolution to do and not that it doesn't, you know, because of workload or so and so forth, it takes a long time for us to know about it. So I would like that revised to be a monthly report. But otherwise, I think it's imperative that the staff be able to be nimble and respond to protect our children and our staff from infection and to do what you need to do to continue educating our children, but also safely. So thank you.

[12166] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, I want to echo Member Grindel's suggestion. I think a monthly periodic update will be better for the board. And obviously, the other thing I want to mention is the board does have the authority to terminate this any time, if the majority of the board wants. So if, let's say, come next January, we think we're completely out of the woods, then we can bring this back and vote to terminate this one. Yeah, just want to make that comment.

[12197] Aiden Hill: Thank you, President Sean. So as you may recall, when this emergency resolution was brought up in the spring, I was the only member that voted against it. And it's for the very reason that we're We're here right now talking about how there were promises and guarantees that, essentially, we were giving up our oversight. And I can tell you, having spent 26 years in the business world working with publicly traded companies at the highest levels, that there's a reason why you have internal controls. There's a reason why you have signing authority and signing limits. It's to make sure that you have proper oversight. And we abandoned that, right? We gave that up with the assurance that we were going to be provided proper reporting. And now we're finding out that there are hundreds of thousands of dollars of software contracts that have been put into place. Who knows what level of scrutiny has been applied to that. Furthermore, there has been no reporting to us to the board. I can tell you that in my business career, I have spent most of that time actually helping companies implement large programs such as this. I can tell you that none of them are implemented on an emergency basis. They are way too complicated. And so I don't think it's appropriate that we have, we continue to have this emergency resolution in place. I believe that if there are ad hoc issues that we need to deal with, we can call a special meeting and we could discuss it. Especially given the existing signing authorities, right? I highly doubt that we're gonna have events where we have something over the superintendent's signing limit that is gonna come on an emergency basis on a frequent basis. He's got a $50,000 signing limit Again, I think if it's greater than that, we can make the time to go and look over it and approve it. So I don't support the continuing of this resolution. I think it should be rescinded.

[12318] Bowen Zhang: Any other comments on the board? What about the timeline of this resolution?

[12328] Phuong Nguyen: I don't have a comment.

[12332] Mark Triplett: President Trent, could I just get clarity? Because I heard both Member Grindel and yourself talk about a month, like a monthly report. Just playing that out. So if, is that, are you referring to a month from the date of purchase, Member Grindel? Or, I'm just thinking with two meetings a month.

[12351] Terrence Grindall: Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, I mean, we could be more specific if you want. But what I was thinking is that at the first meeting of each month, we would get as a part of our status, part of the report, on consent perhaps, there would be a listing of every place you've invoked this emergency authority. So, and obviously that would be up until the agenda deadline, right? So, but, so that's, that each, at the first meeting of each month, we would get a report of where you've invoked this authority. That's what, that's what I would think. I don't know if we have to be that specific in the resolution, but we can be.

[12390] Mark Triplett: Thank you for that clarity.

[12392] Marie dela Cruz: Yeah, with that understanding, very similar to our warrant report, which is a monthly report that goes in our consent. And if there are no purchases or contracts to report, then we would state that. Is that acceptable?

[12407] Terrence Grindall: That's what I was thinking, but I'm one of four.

[12412] Phuong Nguyen: I'm in agreement with Member Grindell. I think that is sufficient. Thank you.

[12419] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, I think every Audit Board meeting we will see that report by definition. Any motion on the table? Anybody want to make a motion? Sure.

[12429] SPEAKER_02: I'll make a motion to approve the resolution with the modification that the first meeting of each month we need to get a report of any place where this action was, where this person

[12448] Bowen Zhang: Second? Oh, student board member, you have a question or what?

[12452] SPEAKER_27: Yes, a question. Sorry, I should have asked that before. Can I ask questions to board members directly? Is that allowed?

[12461] Bowen Zhang: You can. This is a board meeting in public. So as part of the board, you can ask board questions.

[12466] SPEAKER_27: All right, just wanted clarification. Board member Hill, I was wondering why you would say we shouldn't. What is the result if we didn't have it, considering we still are wearing masks and all of this?

[12478] Aiden Hill: So the issue is that the way that purchasing works is depending on the amount of the purchase, you have different levels of oversight. And this is true, you know, whether it's in corporate America or whether it's in government. And the idea is that the higher the dollar amount, the more scrutiny you want to apply to it. And so I think it's highly, and so you might have, I don't know what the sign-in limits here are. Maybe Ms.dela Cruz could remind us of that. But I think that we heard that Superintendent Triplett's signing authority is $50,000. So what that means is, is that he doesn't have to go all the way up to the board, you know, to get approval to sign off on that. I think it's highly unlikely that we're going to have many purchases that are greater than $50,000. So the number is going to be very few. The ones that do come up, we can easily call an emergency meeting and we can say this is an important thing. We've got to spend $100,000, $500,000. But it's the board's fiduciary responsibility to make sure that we're spending the public's money because this is public taxpayer money. that we're spending it wisely, and that's the board's duty, and we shouldn't be abandoning that duty.

[12561] Bowen Zhang: So that's my logic. So there's a motion on the table. Any second?

[12566] Phuong Nguyen: I'll second.

[12570] Bowen Zhang: Student board member, how do you vote?

[12572] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[12573] Bowen Zhang: Member Grindel?

[12575] Terrence Grindall: Yes.

[12576] Bowen Zhang: Member Hill? No. Member Nguyen?

[12579] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[12580] Bowen Zhang: My vote is yes. Motion carries with four ayes, and member Hill voted no. Watching the clock, I believe we have time, but I would entertain I move that we extend the meeting to 10.15.

[12593] Phuong Nguyen: I'll second that.

[12598] Bowen Zhang: OK, seconded by Member Nguyen. Student Board Member, how do you vote?

[12601] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[12602] Bowen Zhang: Member Guendou? Yes. Member Hill? Yes. Member Nguyen?

[12608] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[12609] Bowen Zhang: My vote is yes. Motion carries unanimously. Meeting gets extended to 10.15. student board member, you always feel free to leave after 10. You don't need to stay beyond 10. Moving on consent agenda, personnel items, personnel report. May I get a motion to approve the personnel report as presented?

[12632] Phuong Nguyen: I move to approve the personnel report as presented.

[12634] Bowen Zhang: I will second this. Member Grundahl, how do you vote? Yes. Yes. Member Hill, how do you vote?

[12643] Aiden Hill: Given my earlier concerns around hiring, I cannot vote yes on this. I vote no.

[12650] Bowen Zhang: Member Nguyen, how do you vote?

[12653] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[12654] Bowen Zhang: My vote is yes. Motion carries with three ayes. Member Hill descended. Moving on to consent.

[12660] Terrence Grindall: Mr. President, I just want to explain to our student member that she doesn't vote on personnel items. That's why you weren't asked.

[12668] Bowen Zhang: Moving on to consent agenda, non-personnel items. May I get a motion to approve 13.2 all the way to 13.7.

[12674] Aiden Hill: Does this include the warrant report? Yes. Can we take that out?

[12680] Bowen Zhang: Yes. So I move that we approve 13.2 resolution 2021.22.04 declaring surplus equipment, 13.3 MOU with Mark Bishop, mental health clinician, 13.4 master contract with ACTS for special education services, 13.5, agreement with Jackie Melcher, mental health clinician, and 13.7, minutes of the September 2, 2021 regular meeting of the Board of Education. May I get a second?

[12716] SPEAKER_27: I second the motion.

[12717] Bowen Zhang: Seconded by student board member Resendiz-Ortiz. Student board member, how do you vote?

[12723] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[12724] Bowen Zhang: Member Grundahl, how do you vote? Yes. Member Hill, how do you vote? Yes.

[12730] SPEAKER_40: Member Nguyen, how do you vote? Yes.

[12733] Bowen Zhang: My vote is as well. Let me try open voting on this machine. Did anybody get the voting from? OK, then I guess we'll use this. So it looks like the request to speak doesn't work, but open voting actually works.

[12748] SPEAKER_41: President Zhang, the voting on the side panel does not reflect to BoardDoc, so it needs to be voted on BoardDoc, so it can be. Yes, thank you.

[12760] Bowen Zhang: 13.6 Warrant Report for August 2021. Do we have a public speaker on that? The Warrant Report? Member Hill?

[12774] Aiden Hill: Again, I have serious concerns about how our procurement is operating, and I've requested in the past that we have a study session or some type of explanation, but especially given the recent disclosure. I mean, and I'm very frustrated that this isn't something that's being brought to us. This is having to be found by a private citizen. that we're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in software contracts and there's no reporting to the board. So I have concerns about our internal controls and also our reporting and so I cannot in good conscience, given all of the items there, I cannot in good conscience vote to approve those.

[12816] Bowen Zhang: So actually I want to comment on this item as well. Two days ago, I went to the Memorial High PTAs, and the superintendent also happened to be there. So after that, I had a conversation on this particular item about the ingenuity purchase. So I wouldn't say this is caught by private citizens. So two days ago, I had this conversation with the superintendent, and he heard my feedback in our private one. And next meeting, we'll have this report. That will be promised. So I'm satisfied with our conversation. Memorial?

[12848] Aiden Hill: So again, I'm concerned about selective information that's being shared by the superintendent, because the superintendent did not share that information with me. So this is the first time I'm hearing that we're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on software contracts, and we're not getting any reporting on it.

[12868] Bowen Zhang: Student board member?

[12869] SPEAKER_27: Could I ask what the warrant is about? I'm a bit lost.

[12873] Bowen Zhang: So the Warren report is pretty much the procurement and the spending item in the past, whatever the period, August 2021.

[12882] SPEAKER_27: And the issue with it is?

[12884] Bowen Zhang: So there's one item for the online independent study for the bridge point that we need to comply with, I believe, a law by a certain time. So Superintendent, can you explain that?

[12897] Mark Triplett: Yes, so there is an item that seems to be being referred to, the purchase edgenuity. It's an online software that we purchased to support the independent study virtual option for students at Crossroads. And that there was a, is time sensitive because school was starting and we had very little time based on when the governor told us about the requirements for independent study to determine program make a program essentially and so we did share actually with the board about edgenuity members of the board asked questions I believe member Hill asked some questions about edgenuity and I believe some others did as well and so there's no hiding the fact that we were purchasing edgenuity and so on the warrant report is the purchase itself which was three hundred and some odd dollars I believe

[12953] Marie dela Cruz: It was $367,000. And just to add a little bit about what the warrant report is all about, these are actual checks that we've issued payments for. So usually what happens is there's a purchase order that's issued or a contract that's issued to the vendor or the contractor. And once they've fulfilled the contract or have delivered the goods, They send us an invoice and we issue the check and that's what a warrant is. So this is a list of all the checks that we've issued to our different vendors and our contractors.

[12987] Phuong Nguyen: And also just to, this also goes with the resolution that we had prior that we were approving. So it, that resolution authorized the staff to be able to make those kinds of emergency purchases that are time sensitive. So, and so that, that's just an example and that's why it's also on here. Okay.

[13013] Bowen Zhang: Member Grindel.

[13016] Terrence Grindall: I was going to make a motion to approve item 13.6.

[13021] Bowen Zhang: Yes, so I just want to clarify a little bit. So on Tuesday night, I was asking the superintendent a question. It's not like he's sharing any information, because I have some questions to ask him when I met him in the high school PDA meeting. So when I'm asking a question, just like all of our private one-on-one, you might have your own question to ask the superintendent. So not like he's actually only sharing this information with me.

[13046] Aiden Hill: And again, just for the student members' benefit, so the concern here, right, is that you don't start paying somebody until you have a contract. And a contract amounts to a large sum of money, and then you may be paying them in increments over time. And so it's not proper to be, you know, essentially approving payments when you have no knowledge of the contracts that were put in place. And I believe that although the discussion of that unionity happened, there was never, ever any presentation of the board of the actual costs associated with that, nor a disclosure that the contract was put into place on any given date.

[13096] Bowen Zhang: So motion with member Grindel.

[13100] Phuong Nguyen: I second.

[13100] Bowen Zhang: Seconded by member Nguyen. Student board member, how do you vote?

[13108] SPEAKER_27: Honestly, I'm still thinking about it. I see both sides and still. You can abstain. I'll abstain then.

[13120] Bowen Zhang: Member Grindel? Yes. Member Hill? No. Member Nguyen?

[13126] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[13127] Bowen Zhang: My vote is yes. Motion carries with three ayes. Student Board member abstained. Member Hill descended. Moving on, Board of Education Committee reports, requests, and announcements. 14.1 Board of Education Recognition and Announcement. Student board member, I will let you go first.

[13146] SPEAKER_27: Thank you. So good evening, board members and trustees. Over the past couple of weeks, Newark Memorial High students have been moving forward with our schedules, thankfully. Last Friday, we had our first club rush, where over 40 clubs are participating and recruiting students. Furthermore, we're starting to get ready for homecoming, and students are adjusting to coming back into pause. However, one of our issues at the moment is that the SEL program is not benefiting the students and I as much as we had hoped for. It's often not being used wisely by all the teachers from what I've heard and been reported to. Additionally, multiple students are still missing their core subject textbooks, which should have been addressed since the beginning of the school rather than right now where textbooks are barely coming in and being distributed. Last but not least, we're having our cancer awareness night on October 4th, which will take place at our football game. We'll be honoring those who have passed away and survived cancer, so feel free to join us. Thank you.

[13200] Bowen Zhang: Thank you.

[13200] Terrence Grindall: Member Guendel. Yes, first of all, I want to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month. It's very important that these kinds of recognitions go forward in addition to all of our all of our family that is a connection to Mexico. I wanted to say happy birthday because it's Mexico's birthday today. So thank you.

[13234] Bowen Zhang: Member Hill.

[13237] Aiden Hill: Yeah, I want to echo member Grindel's sentiments. So yeah, I mean, especially considering the large number of Hispanic residents that we have here in Newark that we should definitely celebrate Heritage Month and the contributions that have been made and it makes our country stronger. So I echo your sentiments. Thank you.

[13263] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you. I do want to recognize that it is Hispanic Heritage Month and that we do have a large Hispanic Latino community. And I just wanted to also acknowledge and recognize Alvanzando for all of the hard work that they do in our community to help promote, and this is from their mission statement, promote the advancement and empowerment of the Latino youth, their family, and our community through education, leadership, and networking opportunities. I think that's a tremendous mission, and they have been doing a tremendous job in our community, raising money for our students, advocating for them, and also awarding them with scholarships each and every year for our seniors. So I want to thank Alfonso for being a huge support to our Latino community, and also I wanted to thank all of the teachers, especially at the junior high and the high school teachers and principals for their back to school night. I was able to attend the high school's back to school night event yesterday and was able to speak to some of the teachers and listen to what the administration there has planned for the upcoming year. So I'm really excited for the students and for them and for all the teachers. And I hope that I will be able to attend some of the other back to school nights for the elementary schools. So that's it. Thank you.

[13360] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, I want to echo all board members that I think we should celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. It started yesterday. And obviously, happy birthday to Mexico and happy birthday to many other Central American countries today. And two days ago, like I said, I went to the high school PDSA. I haven't been there physically for more than a year. I was glad to see everybody back in motion. That's it for me. Moving on, Board of Education Committee reports. Mission Valley ROP. So after resignation of Member Martinez as the alternate member, I assumed the presidency of the Mission Valley ROP because this year was Newark's turn. And I attended their meeting last week. It was a very smooth meeting and talking about the biggest item is obviously the budget. Last year they have a small surplus but this coming year due to no COLA, I think there will be some financial strains in the Mission Valley ROP District. And a small caveat is that this is actually the first time Mission Valley ROP are consisting of all the presidents from the Tri-City School Board. President Sweeney from Fremont Unified, President Chima from New Haven, and myself from Newark. So this is the first time. Their executive assistants tell me they never have in the past 30, 40 years. So nothing else for SELPA? Liaison Committee? Member Grindel or Member Nguyen?

[13453] Terrence Grindall: We have a meeting coming. Schedule is coming up. I don't remember the date.

[13457] Phuong Nguyen: It's the third Monday of the month. Yes. October. So it's.

[13463] Terrence Grindall: Yeah, it's the 18th. Thank you.

[13468] Phuong Nguyen: We've been coming up the 18th and I believe it's going to be at the new city hall.

[13476] Terrence Grindall: Yes, that's correct.

[13479] Phuong Nguyen: So we'll get to check out their facilities.

[13485] Bowen Zhang: Anything for even I guess even if we have a vacancy, Anything for audit committee? No updates.

[13493] Phuong Nguyen: Will we be having an audit review soon, Ms. Dela Cruz?

[13500] Marie dela Cruz: Yeah, so right now we're in the last stages of the audit process and we're hoping to have a meeting either sometime in November or December.

[13514] Bowen Zhang: Anything from parcel tax, I guess? Nothing from the parcel tax committee, right?

[13520] Terrence Grindall: Only that we need a new member. Yeah, yeah, okay.

[13527] Bowen Zhang: Moving on, education request. Student board member, you feel free to leave. I think it's past 10 p.m. Student board member, any requests?

[13540] SPEAKER_27: No, but thank you.

[13540] Bowen Zhang: Okay. Member Grindel?

[13545] Terrence Grindall: I have no request this evening.

[13547] Bowen Zhang: Member Hill.

[13549] Aiden Hill: So I have a request and it's a follow up request. So at a prior board meeting, I had expressed concerns around closed session and the proper protocols for conducting closed session and the membership and who should be present during what topics. We as a board voted that we would bring in legal counsel in open session to discuss this topic and allow us to basically ask questions and for both us and the public to hear the guidelines. We have since had a legal opinion provided privately to the board from Dr. Triplett regarding this, but this was not what we asked for. And so I would like to again express that the will of the board, our vote was that we bring in an independent counsel in open session for us to discuss proper protocols and attendance for closed session.

[13611] Bowen Zhang: Superintendent, can you explain any technical barriers for that one, for the public session legal counsel presence?

[13618] Mark Triplett: Yeah, thank you, President Chun. So when we checked back in with legal counsel about this issue, the recommendation was that we provide a confidential opinion, legal opinion to board, to the board. And with the assumption that the board wanted to bring up as an agenda item the discussion once they're aware of the legal opinion. then that would be a logical next step. So if the board wishes to now, now that they've received a legal opinion, bring this up as a discussion item, please let us know and we'd be happy to arrange that.

[13653] Aiden Hill: Yeah, I mean our request, and it still stands, and we voted on it as a board, was to have legal counsel come in to discuss the protocols around closed session and the attendance.

[13665] Bowen Zhang: I guess at this point there's no barrier for that, right?

[13670] Mark Triplett: It was recommended by legal counsel that the opinion be provided in a confidential manner to the board and then the board would be able to discuss in open session based on the knowledge in the, having received the knowledge and the confidential opinion from legal.

[13690] Aiden Hill: We, the board, have the authority to make requests. We've made a request, and we do not need to have legal counsel weigh in on this. There are actual seminars that are conducted around how closed sessions are operated. And I'm asking that we have a similar type of presentation and discussion. This is not proprietary information.

[13716] Bowen Zhang: Ottervore member, any comments on this?

[13721] Phuong Nguyen: I'm satisfied with the documentation that was provided per counsel. I don't, I mean, if we want to have a further discussion, open session, that is, I'm okay with that, but we, I don't think that we need to have additional legal counsel present during the discussion.

[13742] Terrence Grindall: Yeah, I would agree with Member Nguyen. I think a discussion to kind of clear the air on the question is worth doing, but I don't think we need a seminar, and I don't think we have to have our attorney here from my reading of the regulations. There's a fair amount of leeway to the superintendent in terms of who on staff is necessary to be in the meetings, and I'm perfectly fine with having a discussion and airing that, and we can share our various opinions on that, but I don't think we need a seminar or necessarily to haul a high-powered attorney, high-cost attorney down here to hear us complain.

[13785] Aiden Hill: So we as a board voted on this. The text of this was very clear. Are we as a board now reversing the vote that we made?

[13797] Bowen Zhang: Well, I think that if the legal opinion is saying that it's best he provide us as a confidential memo, and then the board can have an open discussion. If he doesn't recommend himself showing up to the open session, I'm fine with this. I can vote that we can have open discussion, but I'm satisfied with the legal opinion.

[13816] Aiden Hill: We requested for legal counsel to be present. That was what we voted for.

[13821] Bowen Zhang: Then I move that we don't need legal counsel to be present in the public session. Can I get a second?

[13826] Phuong Nguyen: I second that.

[13827] Bowen Zhang: Member Guendon, how do you vote? Aye. Member Hill? No. Member Nguyen? Yes. My vote is yes.

[13836] Terrence Grindall: The student member can vote on this.

[13842] Bowen Zhang: Student board member, how do you vote?

[13844] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[13845] Bowen Zhang: My vote is yes as well. Motion carries with three ayes from the board members. Member Hill, descendant. Member Nguyen, what's your request? So I don't really have that much request, but I think as the board switches attention and focus to academic performance as we already realize, which we already began this process, and really staying away from, I mean, finishing our job when it comes to financial stability, shifting our attention to academic performance. I'm not requesting it. I just want to get some update on the timeline of that elementary school, elementary report card update and also the math pathway just At what point that will be brought back to the board? So just want to get a timeline. Not know any further action needed. Superintendent, if you get an answer, I guess, I mean, you can tell. What will be the timeline, the time that those two items bring back to the board? Because I believe we agreed that those will be back to the board.

[13911] Mark Triplett: Yeah, if I recall correctly, I think we were imagining the math pathway to be a conversation throughout the fall. and then an opportunity, including the board, and then an opportunity for the board to be making a decision sometime in the early spring. Do I have that right, Ms. Pierce? Similar, I think, with the grading. We want to make sure that we've done a thorough stakeholder engagement while also providing, making sure that we're doing it in a timely manner that then we can impact next year.

[13945] Bowen Zhang: Member Nguyen.

[13946] Phuong Nguyen: I do have two requests. My first request is I'm asking staff to review the translation rate for our Spanish translators. I would, and also I would like for us to add an incentive if we don't already have it for staff who are bilingual and who is able to translate to give them an incentive, a bilingual incentive pay if possible. And then my second request is, in the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month, I would encourage our staff to draft up a resolution embracing our diverse community, Latino community.

[13993] Bowen Zhang: Actually, I forgot. That was actually my request.

[13998] Phuong Nguyen: You want to add? You can add.

[13999] Bowen Zhang: Yeah. Speaking of timeline, would it still be possible that we draft a resolution and vote on celebrating the Hispanic Heritage Month? Yes.

[14010] Mark Triplett: Yeah, absolutely. It'd be a pleasure. If I may, number one, thank you for the other request. We're actually in the process of doing that. So we hope to have something that we could update the board on, I think, Ms. Delacruz, you think, by the next meeting? Yes.

[14027] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you so much.

[14029] Aiden Hill: Member Hill? So given that in prior resolutions where we were recognizing, again, different communities, we didn't actually have community involvement. I'd like to request that we actually make this an open forum for anybody in the Hispanic community that would like to come in and participate and provide input on how the resolution should be drafted.

[14056] Bowen Zhang: So speaking of timeline, I mean, this is

[14061] SPEAKER_41: Is there two other votes?

[14064] Bowen Zhang: Well, I think proposed by Member Nguyen, and I will second it.

[14067] SPEAKER_41: No, regarding Member Hill's request.

[14069] Bowen Zhang: Well, I want to know the technicality of all that, because this next board meeting we invite people to draft a resolution. Do we approve that right at the board meeting, or we approve that in the following board meeting?

[14079] Phuong Nguyen: Well, I would hope that we would approve it at the board meeting on the 7th, because Hispanic Heritage Month ends on the 15th.

[14088] Bowen Zhang: Yeah. So will that be feasible from a timeline perspective?

[14094] Terrence Grindall: To the extent feasible, I agree with Member Hill. If there's a way to the extent feasible to interact with the community and get their input about what would be in the resolution, understanding the tight time frame, but if there's a way to get community involvement, that's a great thing.

[14114] Mark Triplett: If I may say, yeah, we absolutely want to do that. And the other resolutions actually have involved community as well. We always want to get more community involved. And so we definitely would like to do that.

[14126] Bowen Zhang: So I guess one member who requested, he's requesting members to, member from the community to show up to the board meeting and actually probably speak as a public speaker to provide their input on the, to provide their language item on the resolution. And we draft that on the fly. Is that what you're saying?

[14144] Aiden Hill: I mean, I wasn't sure how you were going to. I was imagining that Dr. Triplett or whoever he designates would call a meeting and make it an open invitation to the community. And whoever wants to come could come in and provide input. And based on that input, then the resolution would be drafted.

[14165] Bowen Zhang: So that doesn't need to be a board meeting, right? Correct. Correct.

[14168] Diego Torres: Yeah. OK.

[14169] Bowen Zhang: Yeah, I'll second that one. That's, I guess, motion amended by Member Hill in this case. So I'll second that.

[14178] Terrence Grindall: Is this a motion? No, we just need to indicate. Okay.

[14182] Bowen Zhang: Okay, Superintendent, you've only got one minute left. Superintendent, concluding remark?

[14191] Mark Triplett: All right, I'll make it brief. Just want to thank everybody and just encourage everybody to continue to stay safe. If people are feeling sick, staff or students, please stay home, wearing masks, making sure we're cleaning hands, hand sanitizer. Folks have been doing a great job, and we just want to continue to encourage that. We're not out of the woods yet, and so it's really incumbent on all of us. So thank you.

[14223] Bowen Zhang: I move that we adjourn the meeting. I second. Student board member, how do you vote?

[14228] SPEAKER_40: Yes.

[14229] Bowen Zhang: Member Grindel? Yes. Member Hill? Yes. Member Nguyen? Yes. My vote is yes. Motion carries unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 10.15. Everybody have a great evening. Five ayes.

1. CALL TO ORDER

Virtual Meeting Practices and Information

Type Information, Procedural VIRTUAL MEETING INFORMATION The district boardroom will be closed to the public, and in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20, Board meetings will be held "virtually" until further notice. These meetings will be accessible to the public by internet or telephone. No physical meeting place will be provided. The Governor of California's Executive Order N-29-20 of March 17th, 2020.

OBSERVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Members of the public may observe the meeting via the NUSD YouTube Channel, and public comments will be accepted via a Zoom Webinar with advance notice requested by email. Spanish translation will be available via Zoom.

PUBLIC COMMENT The public will have the opportunity to address the Board of Education regarding non-agendized matters and agendized items with a LIVE comment or a WRITTEN comment by submitting a speaking card via email at PUBLICCOMMENT@newarkunified.org. Live comments will be transmitted via Zoom with audio-only.

Roll Call

Type Procedural TRUSTEES President Bowen Zhang Vice President/Clerk Phuong Nguyen Member Elisa Martinez Member Terrence Grindall Member Aiden Hill

STUDENT BOARD MEMBER Member Estaina Resendiz Ortiz

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Approval of the Agenda

Type Action

Recommended It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the agenda for this meeting. Action PURPOSE: Members of the Governance Team may request that the agenda be amended or approved as presented.

Motion & Voting It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the agenda for this meeting.

Motion by Phuong Nguyen, second by Terrence Grindall.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall
Nay: Aiden Hill
Not Present at Vote: Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz

3. CLOSED SESSION

Public Comment on Closed Session Items

Type Information PURPOSE: The Board of Education encourages the community's participation in its deliberations and has tried to make it convenient to express their views to the Board. If a constituent wishes to address the Board on any agenda item, please fill out a virtual speaker card via email at PUBLICCOMMENT@newarkunified.org.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE (Gov. Code, � 54957, subd. (b)(1))

Type Action, Information, Procedural PURPOSE: Information will be provided by the Superintendent and Executive Director of Human Resources.

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code, � 54957.6, subd. (a): Employee Organizations - NTA and CSEA

Type Action, Information, Procedural

PURPOSE: Information may be provided by the agency negotiator, Executive Director of Human Resources. Assistance from the legal firm Dannis, Woliver, Kelley, Attorneys at Law may be provided.

The employee organizations include NTA & CSEA.

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code, � 54957.6, subd. (a)): Employee Group - NEWMA, Unrepresented Supervisors, and Contracted Management

Type Action, Information, Procedural PURPOSE: Information may be provided by the agency negotiator, the Executive Director of Human Resources, and the Superintendent. Assistance from legal firm Dannis, Woliver, Kelley, Attorneys at Law may be provided.

The employee organizations include NEWMA, Unrepresented Supervisors, and Contracted Management

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL � ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov. Code, � 54956.9, subd. (d)[(2) or (3)]

Type Action, Information, Procedural PURPOSE: Information may be provided regarding significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: One case

Recess to Closed Session

Type Procedural PURPOSE: The Board will recess to Closed Session, and reconvene to Open Session on or about 7:00 p.m.

4. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

Pledge of Allegiance

Type Procedural PURPOSE: The Governance Team will recite the Pledge of Allegiance

5. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS

Report of Closed Session Actions

Type Action, Procedural PURPOSE: If available, a report of the closed session will be provided by the Board President.

6. EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS

Employee Organizations

Type Information PURPOSE: At regular Board meetings, a single spokesperson of each recognized employee organization (NTA, CSEA, NEWMA) may make a brief presentation.

BACKGROUND: Discussion items are limited to updates, celebrations, and upcoming events.

1. NTA: Sean Abruzzi

2. CSEA: Sue Eustice

3. NEWMA: Vicenta Ditto

7. RECOGNITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS

School Spotlight: Birch Grove Primary

Type Information PURPOSE: The School Spotlight gives the Board of Education and the public an opportunity to hear the highlights, achievements, and initiatives at each school directly from the principals.

BACKGROUND: The presentation and information will be provided by:

File Attachments BGP School Spotlight Sept. 16th- 2021_22.pdf (5,346 KB)

8. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items

Type Procedural PURPOSE: The Board of Education encourages the community's participation in its deliberations and has tried to make it convenient to express their views to the Board.

BACKGROUND: Please see the instructions on the link below for public comment information on non-agenda items and agenda items.

http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/nusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C4Q2D4019F40

9. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT

Superintendent Report

Type Information PURPOSE: The superintendent will provide the Board of Education with district information, updates, news, or anything in the jurisdiction of the board or the superintendent.

BACKGROUND: The presentation and information will be provided by the Superintendent

10. STAFF REPORT

Dual Language Immersion Program

Type Information

Goals 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. MISSION: The Newark Unified School District will inspire and educate all students to achieve their full potential and be responsible, respectful, and productive citizens. 1. To provide academic excellence via equity and opportunities for all students. 3. Newark Unified School District will increase our enrollment.

PURPOSE:

To provide the Board of Trustees an update on the Spanish Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program, which opened this Fall 2021 on the Schilling Elementary campus.

BACKGROUND:

NUSD opened a Spanish Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program this year (2021) on the A. L. Schilling Elementary campus. This is a result of many discussions, explorations, and research that has taken place since 2018. Initiating a DLI program in NUSD was one of many strategies identified by previous district leadership and board members to increase enrollment, support parent choice as required by Proposition 58, support English Learner students as per the CA EL Roadmap, and work towards the mission and goals outlined in the Global California 2030 report. Although the DLI program was scheduled to open last academic

school year (2020-21), district leadership decided to suspend implementation for one year due to pandemic related school closures. This presentation will provide an update on the opening of NUSD's new DLI program, tools for program assessment, and next steps for continued program expansion.

File Attachments DLI Presentation Update to Board 9_16_21 (1).pdf (2,299 KB)

11. OLD BUSINESS

Determination of Interview Process to Fill Board Vacancy and Timeline

Type Action, Discussion PURPOSE:

The purpose is to provide any updates regarding the appointment interview process to fill the Trustee vacancy.

BACKGROUND:

Member Martinez accepted an appointed position on the Ohlone Community College Board and has resigned from the NUSD Board of Education. Her resignation took effect on July 28. The Education Code provides that the Board can decide whether the vacancy is filled by a special election or through an appointment made by the Board. On August 5, 2021, the Board decided to proceed with the appointment process.

APEX Credit Recovery

Type Action, Discussion

Preferred Date Sep 16, 2021

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Trustees approve the use of APEX as credit recovery Action platform, combined with site-based accountability structures to ensure rigorous and equitable student access to high quality educational experiences.

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. 2. Establish financial stability and fiscal solvency in order to drive continuous improvement. 1. To provide academic excellence via equity and opportunities for all students.

PURPOSE:

To provide additional information to the Board of Trustees about the background and usage of NUSD's current credit recovery program delivered through APEX, for the purpose of determining the next steps regarding APEX implementation within NUSD. Through this follow-up agenda item, the Board of Trustees will have an opportunity to hear answers to their questions from the previous study sessions and learn more about how APEX is currently utilized in NUSD and what shifts/changes our secondary schools have made to program implementation in response to recent community input.

BACKGROUND:

This study session was presented upon request at the August 18th and September 2 regular meetings of the Board of Education. At the end of both study sessions, board members requested additional information, which will be presented for the purpose of making a time-sensitive decision regarding APEX credit recovery options for NUSD students in 2021-2022 and beyond.

As we continue to explore the benefits and challenges of how to utilize technology in support of student achievement, the Board of Trustees has requested information regarding current APEX implementation in NUSD, to ensure rigorous and equitable student access to high quality educational experiences.

File Attachments Credit Recovery (APEX) Board Presentation.pdf (2,374 KB) Credit Recovery (APEX) 9.16.21.pdf (757 KB)

Motion & Voting The recommendation is that the Board of Trustees approve the use of APEX as credit recovery platform, combined with site- based accountability structures to ensure rigorous and equitable student access to high quality educational experiences. (staff will continue to research other accountability structure and provide follow up report (possible year follow up) with student input)

Motion by Terrence Grindall, second by Phuong Nguyen.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall, Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz
Nay: Aiden Hill

Amend Resolution 2020.21-025 To Delegate Authority to Procure Necessary Materials, Equipment and Services to Provide Distance and/or In-Person Learning for Staff, Teachers, and Students to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19

Type Action, Discussion

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board adopt Amended Resolution 2020.21-025 To Delegate Action Authority to Procure Necessary Materials, Equipment and Services to Provide Distance and/or In-Person Learning for Staff, Teachers, and Students to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19 PURPOSE: To review Resolution 2020.21-025 To Delegate Authority to Procure Necessary Materials, Equipment and Services to Provide Distance and/or In-Person Learning for Staff, Teachers, and Students to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19 and approve Amended Resolution 2020.21-025 extending it through June 30, 2022.

BACKGROUND: Resolution 2020.21-025 was approved by the Board on April 1, 2021. Section 5 of the resolution reads: The Board of Education will review this resolution on or around September 16, 2021 to determine if it shall be terminated or extended.

On March 4, 2020, the Governor of California declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak and spread of COVID- 19. The state of emergency continues to this date. The safety of students, staff and community against the continued COVID- 19 pandemic and emerging variants remains a top priority. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, "The Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than early forms of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19". Amended Resolution 2020.21-025 allows the district to continue to plan for anticipated needs, adapt to ever- changing needs and provide equipment, goods, materials and products needed to continue to combat the spread of COVID-19, the Delta variant and any future variants.

File Attachments Amended Resolution 2020.21-.25 Emergency Resolution Re COVID 19_ Resolution Signed 4-1-2021.pdf (73 KB)

Motion & Voting The recommendation is that the Board adopt Amended Resolution 2020.21-025 To Delegate Authority to Procure Necessary Materials, Equipment and Services to Provide Distance and/or In-Person Learning for Staff, Teachers, and Students to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19 (modification - monthly report)

Motion by Terrence Grindall, second by Phuong Nguyen.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall, Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz
Nay: Aiden Hill

12. CONSENT AGENDA: PERSONNEL ITEMS

PLACEHOLDER - One Consented Vote

Type Action

Recommended It is recommended that the Board of Education approve, under one consented vote, the Action agenda items under Consent-Personnel, except for agenda items: PURPOSE: (This is specifically a placeholder, and will only be used if multiple agenda items are approved under a consented vote.)

BACKGROUND: Items within the Consent Agenda are considered routine and will be approved, adopted, or ratified by a single motion and action. There will not be a separate discussion of these items; however, any item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda upon the request of any member of the Board and acted upon separately.

Personnel Report

Type Action

Absolute Date Sep 16, 2021

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education ratify the personnel report as presented. Action All personnel activities including new hires, changes in status, resignation, leaves, and retirements are routinely submitted to the Board for ratification.

File Attachments HR PAL 09-16-2021.pdf (359 KB)

Motion & Voting The recommendation is that the Board of Education ratify the personnel report as presented.

Motion by Phuong Nguyen, second by Bowen Zhang.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall, Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz
Nay: Aiden Hill

13. CONSENT AGENDA: NON-PERSONNEL ITEMS

PLACEHOLDER - One Consented Vote

Type Action

Recommended It is recommended that the Board of Education approve, under one consented vote, the Action agenda items under Consent Non-Personnel, except for agenda items: PURPOSE: (This is specifically a placeholder, and will only be used if multiple agenda items are approved under a consented vote.)

BACKGROUND: Items within the Consent Agenda are considered routine and will be approved, adopted, or ratified by a single motion and action. There will not be a separate discussion of these items; however, any item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda upon the request of any member of the Board and acted upon separately.

Motion & Voting It is recommended that the Board of Education approve, under one consented vote, the agenda items under Consent Non- Personnel, except for agenda items: 13.6.

Motion by Bowen Zhang, second by Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall, Aiden Hill, Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz

Resolution 2021.22.04 Declaring Surplus Equipment

Type Action, Discussion

Fiscal Impact No

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education approve Resolution 2021.22.04: Declaring Action Surplus Equipment PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to obtain Board approval of Resolution 2021.22.04: Declaring Surplus Equipment, which lists items to be declared as surplus equipment as recommended.

BACKGROUND: Surplus materials will be disposed of per Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3270 Sale And Disposal Of Books, Equipment And Supplies. Education Code, Section 17546 states that if the Governing Board, by a unanimous vote of those members present, finds that the property, whether one or more items, does not exceed the value of $2,500, it may be sold at private sale without advertising, by a District employee empowered for that purpose by the Board; the property may be donated to a charitable organization, or it may be disposed of in a public disposal facility.

The property as described in Resolution 2021.22.04 includes equipment used at Kennedy Elementary Library. Staff determined that items are obsolete and/or beyond economical repair.

File Attachments Resolution 2021.22.04 Declaring Surplus Equipment.pdf (11 KB)

MOU with Mark Bishop, Mental Health Clinician

Type Action

Fiscal Impact Yes

Dollar Amount $74,000.00

Budgeted Yes

Budget Source SPSA and ESSER Funds

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Mark Action Bishop, Mental Health Clinician for Newark Memorial High School. PURPOSE: Mr. Mark Bishop serves as a Mental Health Clinician supporting the students at Newark Memorial High School. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is for his continued service and work for the 2021-2022 school year.

BACKGROUND: Newark Memorial High School (NMHS) will provide individual therapy to students as part of the school's Coordination of Services Team (COST) referral process. Mr. Mark Bishop, a Mental Health Clinician, will provide individual therapy with a caseload of 20-25 students and will also support the school with crisis mental health support for the whole student body along with supporting the referrals from the COST. This work will be accomplished under the direction of the Principal.

File Attachments Mark Bishop MOU 2021-22.pdf (489 KB)

Master Contract with ACTS for Special Education Services

Type Action

Absolute Date Sep 16, 2021

Fiscal Impact Yes

Dollar Amount $52,000.00

Budgeted Yes

Budget Source Resource 6500 - Special Education

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education ratify the master contract with ACTS. Action

Goals 1. To provide academic excellence via equity and opportunities for all students.

PURPOSE:

For the Board of Education to approve the master contract for ACTS contract in the amount of $52,000.00 for the 2021- 2022 school year.

BACKGROUND: ACTS will provide assistive technology assessments and services. A service provider will assess the needs of students with disabilities, assist in the selection of appropriate assistive technology for the student, and provide training in the use of the selected device(s) as well as provide consultation services on a case-by-case basis.

File Attachments MC 21-22 ACTS.pdf (283 KB)

Agreement with Jackie Melcher, Mental Health Clinician

Type Action

Fiscal Impact Yes

Dollar Amount $72,750.00

Budgeted Yes

Budget Source Title 1 and LCAP

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board approve the agreement with Jackie Melcher, Behavioral Action Health Consultant, for services at Schilling Elementary. PURPOSE: To provide Schilling Elementary students an onsite mental health clinician who will support Tier I and Tier II needs. The clinician, Ms. Jackie Melcher, will also support the implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) and work at the school five (5) days a week.

BACKGROUND: The Schilling Elementary School Site Council reviewed the school needs and approved to continue this support role to meet the ongoing needs of students and the implementation of PBIS and their Coordination of Services Team (COST). The site is using restricted site funds (Title 1 and LCAP) to add this supplemental service to the school wide program.

File Attachments Jackie Melcher_contract for Schilling 2021-22_ICA and MOU.pdf (379 KB)

Warrant Report for August 2021

Type Action

Fiscal Impact No

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education approves the Warrant Report as Action presented. Purpose: The purpose of this item is to present warrants, for the total amount of $3,123,976.94, made from District funds for August 2021.

Background: The warrant registers represent a complete listing of all payments made from District funds for a month. Because Newark Unified School District is a fiscally dependent District, each warrant must pass through two separate audits; first by the District's Fiscal Services department, and second by the County Office of Education. No warrant can be paid until such time as it is examined and approved by the County Office of Education.

File Attachments Warrant Report_2021 August.pdf (352 KB)

Motion & Voting The recommendation is that the Board of Education approves the Warrant Report as presented.

Motion by Terrence Grindall, second by Phuong Nguyen.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall
Nay: Aiden Hill
Abstain: Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz

Minutes of the September 2, 2021 Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

Type Action, Discussion, Minutes

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education approves the minutes of September 2, Action 2021, Regular Meeting of the Board of Education. PURPOSE: For the board to review and approve the minutes

BACKGROUND: The attached minutes are reflective of the September 2, 2021, Regular Meeting of the Board of Education. The exact language is available for viewing on the NUSD YouTube Channel.

14. BOARD OF EDUCATION: COMMITTEE REPORTS, REQUESTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board of Education Recognitions and Announcements

Type Information PURPOSE: The Trustees may acknowledge or recognize specific programs, activities, or personnel at this time.

Board of Education Committee Reports

Type Information PURPOSE:

The Trustees will provide an update, if available, on the committees of which they are members.

BACKGROUND: Each year the Board of Education members liaise with schools and committees in order to build relationships, hear from staff, students, and families, and act as a conduit for information to and from the schools.

Mission Valley ROP - VACANT SELPA - Bowen Zhang Newark & NUSD Liaison Committee - Phuong Nguyen & Terrence Grindall Newark Teacher Induction Advisory Council (Formally EBBIC) - VACANT Audit Committee - Phuong Nguyen & Aiden Hill Bond/Parcel Tax Committee - VACANT & Terrence Grindall

Board of Education Requests

Type Action, Discussion, Information PURPOSE: This is an opportunity for the Board of Education to suggest items for placement on future agendas and to review Board requests.

Approval from the majority of the Board will be required for direction to be provided to the Superintendent.

BACKGROUND: The following derives directly from the Board approved "Governance Team Handbook"

Authority is Collective, Not Individual: The only authority to direct action rests with the Board as a whole when seated at a regular or special board meeting. Outside of this meeting, there is no authority. A majority Board vote provides direction to the Superintendent. Board members will not undermine the ability of staff to carry out Board direction.

Bringing New Ideas Forward The Board will be open to having "brainstorming" discussions, or study sessions, around any idea that a Trustee may feel merits exploratory consideration. "New Ideas" are defined as any proposal brought forward by a Trustee, at their initiative or at the request of a constituent, which was previously discussed during a board meeting. Trustees will first notify the Board President and Superintendent of their interest in bringing forward a new idea at a board meeting. When initially agendized, the preliminary discussion of a new idea will not require staff research time. Initially, staff will be expected to respond to new ideas based on current knowledge. Only a majority of the Board may direct the Superintendent to conduct research regarding the exploration of a new idea. The Superintendent will decide on the delegation of assignments to District staff. The new idea may be agendized for discussion only. The Board majority will decide if the new idea should be further developed and studied by staff. The Board majority will decide if staff time should be invested in the "fleshing out" of new ideas. Individual Trustees, in the course of interactions with constituents, will be careful not to make or imply the commitment of the full Board to explore or proceed with implementing new ideas.

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

Superintendent's Concluding Comments, Updates, and Future Agenda Items

                       AGENDA REQUESTS

Type Information PURPOSE: This is an opportunity for the Superintendent to make any concluding comments, updates, agenda requests, or provide information of future meetings.

16. ADJOURNMENT

PLACEHOLDER - Extend Meeting

Type Action

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education extends the meeting to ____P.M. Action PURPOSE:

This is a placeholder, only to be used if the Board adds a motion and action to extend the meeting.

Motion & Voting The recommendation is that the Board of Education extends the meeting to 10:15 P.M.

Motion by Bowen Zhang, second by Phuong Nguyen.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall, Aiden Hill, Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz

Adjournment

Type Action, Procedural

Recommended The recommendation is that the Board of Education adjourns this meeting at _____. Action PURPOSE: 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.

This action will conclude the meeting.

Motion & Voting The recommendation is that the Board of Education adjourns this meeting at _____.

Motion by Bowen Zhang, second by Phuong Nguyen.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries

Yea: Bowen Zhang, Phuong Nguyen, Terrence Grindall, Aiden Hill, Estaina Resendiz-Ortiz

No minutes available.