South San Francisco Unified School District Board - Regular Meeting

telephoneidentific Forew gracias. Yes. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the

republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, and liberty and justice for all. Thanks, Christian. Okay. Why I'm so Huh? Yes.

Land acknowledgement. Trusty Lamb. So, we acknowledge that the South San Francisco Unified School District is located on the unseated ancestral homeland of the Ramitous Aloney peoples who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramitous community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Thank you. Reporting out from close session. In regard to close session item public employee dis discipline dismissal release government code section 54957. The board took action to approve the release of 47 temporary employees pursuant to education code sections 44954 and 45103. The motion was made by trustee Murray seconded by trustee Anthony and carried by a vote of five eyes zero nazs. Also in regard to the same close session item, the board took action to approve the release of one certificate administrator pursuant to education code section 44951. The motion was made by trustee Murray, seconded by trustee Anthony, and carried by a vote of five eyes and zero nazs.

Thank you. Um next review of agenda. Um we will be removing um item 3D page seven of 10 3D.

Is there anything else anybody would like to have removed? It's not the consent agenda. So, um, anything on the the agenda? All right. the item uh O in the action agenda number one for business services. What what page?

Uh where is I don't see the page here. Uh right. Oh, up here. Four up 10. You want us to pull it? Yes. For what reason? Um, you don't want to hear this?

Because uh this is not ready for a vote as I have concerns about the funding that the board has not been um apprised of. And I would like to uh bring back after we've informed the board of our other solutions for options for another option that we will not be voting today. So we can discuss it when it comes up. Okay. Okay. Thank you.

Okay. Um PTA council remarks. Uh, good evening everyone. It's great to be here with you tonight. Um, good evening, President Murray, Trustees, Superintendent Moore, members of the cabinet, and members of the community. My name is Lauren Kitchenen. I currently volunteer as the vice president of the South San Francisco PTA Council. I have three children, one in college and two in the district. One is a senior at El Camino and I also have a eighth grader at Aloma. and I've been a PTA volunteer for probably 15 years. Um the PTA council had a great meeting last week and we thank um Trusty Richardson and Mr. Hanan for attending. We had a presentation from a nonprofit Rise South City and they talked about their work um to address pollution in our community and air quality in general in South San Francisco and we're very excited to work with them in the future. Um, so here's some things that are going on in the PTAs around the district. Uh, lots going on. Most are getting ready to start electing their new boards for next year. Um, and there's a lot of dances happening. So, Los Certos is having a Valentine's dance on Friday. Bur's having a glow dance on the 20th. Um, and Aloma is going to have a middle school dance for the first time in many years on March 6. And let's see, Monty Verie PTA sponsored a marionette assembly. And this weekend they also had a restaurant night. Um, Burberry Bur is having a seized candy fundraiser and Westboro is having a Panda Express takeover on the 18th. And tonight, since it's we're talking about Spruce, I'm

going to share a little bit about the Spruce PTA. They have a great um team of leaders. They weren't able to be here tonight. So that's why I'm here speaking on on their behalf. um and we thank them for their efforts and their work to make Spruce a great place to to um learn. So, they've been very busy and have planned many fun activities to connect families and support students. They're fully aligned with the portrait of a graduate and the district goal this year of building community and improving a sense of belonging in the district. Um some of the things they have done this year, they had an annual pumpkin patch and they invited not only the families of their school but also the families of um All Souls which is down the street and the preschool that meets next door to their school. And in January they supported the school math fair and this will be the third year they're giving out popcorn on Valentine's Day. Um they're continuing to have movie nights this year and they'll be buying snacks for all the students during state testing and the PTA is planning to make food for teachers and staff on um teacher appreciation day in May. And also they purchase t-shirts for all the fifth graders when they promote. So they're doing excellent work at Spruce. And if there's not any questions that is my report. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. Um, staff association representatives remarks. South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators, Elizabeth Bale students. Good evening, honored board members, members of the cabinet, Superintendent Moore, IT staff, and the ST school community. I'm Elizabeth Bales, president of the South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators. It's been a minute since I stood in this spot. It's good to be back. Thank you to everyone who supported me during my leave in the fall and for your continued support since my return at the beginning of the semester. In particular, I want to express my deep appreciation for my wonderful co-workers at adult ed, assistant superintendent Hanan, our HR and payroll staff, and the IT staff who made it possible for me to address the board remotely. Thank you very much. I was not able to attend the board meeting in January, so I want to begin by thanking the board for your vote to approve our tenative agreement. We went to the bargaining table hoping to secure an agreement all parties could support. I appreciate the collaboration of principal Prasad and assistant superintendent Hanan. Thank you as well for the board's vote to approve adult edsou with Harper Rand to add pharmacy tech, phabbotomy tech, EKG tech, and medical billing to our CTE program offerings. These short-term career certifications will increase employment opportunities for adults in our community. Those board votes are especially meaningful to me because they took place

in an atmosphere of uncertainty and anxiety. For many months, adult education, excuse me, adult educators waited to hear whether our federal funding would be cut, an existential sh threat from many adult ed programs. After months of advocacy, on February 3rd, the fiscal year 2026 labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Funding Bill was signed into law, and we all took a breath. But the work of labor unions is far from done. Right now, across the Bay Area and across the country, the American Federation of Teachers and our allies in other unions together with community members and leaders at every level are fighting for both pay fair pay for teachers and protection for students in the face of low pay, unfair working conditions, declarations of impass, and lawlessness and abusive practices by our own government. United Educators of San Francisco are striking and the Sanonteo Community College Federation of Teachers have announced their first first ever strike authorization vote beginning March 10th. In times like these, community support for unions is crucial and I respectfully ask for yours. I wish to note here that the media coverage of Minnesota Minneapolis may have lessened but the struggle is still very much alive. Thank you for your attention. Thank you. Okay, next. South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, Sherry Juicy.

Good evening. Good evening, SSFUSD cabinet President Murray, trustees and SSF community. I'd like to say I'm Sher Jie, by the way, president of the South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association. Um, I'd like to bring up some positives that have been reported ahead of our next representative council meeting. Not all have come in yet, but here's a few. Um, Bur Burray is grateful to their principal for advocating on behalf of teachers. Martin reports that their wellness counselor is really integrating with teachers and students. Well, friendship groups will start soon. I'd love to hear what those are about. Sunshine Gardens feels their site has done a lot of work to build capacity for academic discourse and credits the leadership of their ILT. Um I just wanted to say also in our um executive board we have uh a person in charge of membership now. Her name is Charlotte Gonzalez from Martin and she is starting an equity team. So, we're very excited about that and hope that she can get more teachers on board with her equity team. Um, and I did want to say, uh, and I didn't prepare this because I've been so busy that I didn't have time to write a big speech, but, uh, United Educators of San Francisco, we are supporting them. Uh, we supported the Richmond teachers, we support the San Francisco teachers, and we may be supporting the Oakland teachers very soon. So there is a lot of activity uh pushing for uh fairness in uh in wages and benefits.

Um I wanted to bring up one concern I have regarding uh something going on in payroll right now. One big concern that we have that has been brought to SSFTA's attention has to do with the new uh paycheck reporting system. I would like to say first though that I feel teachers should still be able to access documents prior to the last two paychecks that are in the old reporting system. Um I would like reassurance that we can access those documents if needed in some way. For example, I actually needed three months of paycheck stubs for an application I was applying for and could only access the two that were in the online system currently. Um, but there's a bigger issue that is affecting all the certificated staff and that is that when someone is out sick, they are getting docked 7 hours of time for a sick day rather than 6.5 and that includes personal days as well. For example, my five absences in the fall were all marked at 7 hours, not 6.5 going back to September. I know a few have asked for this correction already and they've been fixed, but this needs to be addressed and solved as soon as possible for every certificated teacher, not just those who realize it. Not everyone even knows how to sign into the new paycheck system. Um, yet it is just very frustrating to see this error on your account. Uh, and rather than bombarding payroll to fix each person's account individually, can we please get an audit to correct the situation, um, please let teachers know what is going on by sending out any information

and actions that are underway to amend the problem. Thank you so much. Thank you. California School Employees Association, Chapter 197, Jolie Malfi is not here. Um, next personnel commission, Mr. Hanan. Our next personnel commission meeting will take place on Monday, February 23rd, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. in the district office boardroom. Okay. Items from the board. Announcements. board calendar.

Should we um talk about the city subcommittee meeting? Did you get that invite? Which one? The city subcommittee, the city and school subcommittee meeting. Uh is in March. Yeah, March uh March 25th. Um so that's been scheduled out. So we'll uh trust U. President Murray and I will be um on the city subcommittee meeting along with the the city and uh the new city manager Laura Steinman. 3:30 at the the old city hall, I think. I don't know. It's my first time, so I don't know for sure. Okay. Thank you. I have a question. Go ahead. Oh, how did when did this committee Is this sponsored by the city or?

No, this is our standing city. Yeah, the regular subcommittee. City school district subcommittee. Oh, we didn't choose it at reorganization, did we? We We did. Yes, we did. We did. Oh, I never I didn't know. I didn't see it. I didn't hear it. Okay. Um and there's another board calendar date. Um February 19th at 4:00 in the district office is the facilities meeting. And also on Friday, February 20th at 3 PM in the district boardroom will be the bylaws committee. Having a very busy February and March.

Yes. um board committee reports. Anybody? No. Um I do um I attended last weekend, the weekend before last, I attended the CSBA board of directors meeting. I'm a a director with the CSBA. CSBA is the California School Board Association, which is the the um it's an organization that a nonprofit organization that supports schoolboard members throughout the state of California. um the they have 12 I mean they have 21 um directors that hire the um the CEO hire and evaluate the CEO and they're kind of like the board of of the California Schoolboard Association. The California School Board Association provides suggested policy, provides best practices for boards, offers advocacy on state and national levels, provides learning opportunities for all board members. There are 5,000 board members uh throughout the state of California, approximately 5,000 um co in about 1,000 school districts. And those 5,000 schoolboard members make decisions for about 5,800 well almost well for five 5,86 million 500 5,86,221 students um as of the end of last year. Um we also support 286,126 teachers and about um and 8,77 students. So the the job of CSBAA in

supporting their their um in supporting their schoolboard members is an important one. And um the mission statement basically says that if we provide um provide the training and information for um schoolboard members um strong membership I mean strong governance governorship governance um starts at the top and and works its way down and and and that's what our goal is is that every board member has access to um to being a good governing team. So that's what I did this last two weekends ago.

Okay, superintendent report.

Thank you. I wanted to begin with an introduction of our incoming spring trustee Isabella Izzy Ruiz, but she unfortunately is not feeling well, so she's not here. So, I'm going to save my introduction of her for when she's actually here at our next board meeting. But, I do have two other brief items. One, I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the student walkouts that took place a couple of weeks ago as part of national protests that are deeply affecting many of our students and our families. For many of our young people, this is not abstract. It is personal. It was about their families, their communities, their sense of safety, and their sense of belonging. What we saw from our students was a peaceful, thoughtful, and courageous use of their voices. And in that way, our students are living out our portrait of a graduate, showing what it looks like to learn, to engage, to navigate even difficult situations, and to impact their communities. I also wanted to acknowledge that as a district, we always strive to lead with empathy and heart and as we have in many of our other communications and we noted some missed opportunities to convey that in the same way this last uh two weeks ago. Lastly, I want to be really clear. South San Francisco Unified remains committed to being a welcoming, safe, supportive district for every student and family. All of our young people belong here and we will continue to ensure that our schools are places of belonging where they can also feel safe, secure, receive, feel respected, have dignity and deep care for them. And then my last very brief item is that there is going to be a Bay Area Standards Institute conference from June 8th to 11th at Mllo College in Athetherton. This is especially important for for our certificated staff, particularly our classroom teachers, as we are coming together to align around our priority one, exceptional instruction to make sure that we can collectively come together and deliver on our promise to

our students and our community. We would love to come together to learn together as one unified community. And of course, we would love to have a strong South San Francisco Unified School District showing. If you don't have information about that, we're happy to make sure that you have information about that. We'll also be sharing it with our CTA president as well. And with that, thank you so much, President Marie. Thank you.

Okay, so next up is Jasmine Chang and she'll the El Camino High School vice president and she'll be giving the report for Izzy Ruiz. Good evening board members, cabin, and community. My name is Jasmine Chang, and I'm currently a junior at El Camino High School serving as the ASB vice president. It's nice to see you all tonight as I will be filling in for Izzy as she's feeling a bit under the weather. In honor of Black History Month, our ethnic studies class has been creating door posters to educate our campus on the history behind the month. It is not only decoration, but a lesson. In addition to that, ASB has been looking into collaborating with localowned businesses. On February 16th, we also hosted our ICC food court during lunch. Our amazing clubs represented their cultures and communities by serving food that reflects their identities and traditions. It is a delicious way to c celebrate the diversity on our campus and support our student organizations. Last week was counselor appreciation week and our campus came together in a very special way. Every student had the opportunity to write heartfelt messages to our counseling team thanking them for their constant support and guidance. We are incredibly grateful for everything our counselors do to ensure students feel supported academically and personally. Yesterday we celebrated National Jazz Day in a big way. Our band program invited the two middle school bands to watch their performance by creating a wonderful opportunity for collaboration and inspiration. We also held a spirit day where students wore merchandise from their favorite concerts or represented their m favorite music genres. Continuing the fun, our band will be hosting a game night in the cafeteria on February 20th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, El Camino has been spreading love across campus. We've been selling singing grams on behalf of our choir department where they visit classrooms to perform songs with our

class of 2029, offering build your own flower bouquets for students to gift to friends and loved ones. In addition to that, I'd like to thank our ASB member and student store commissioner, Madison Fan, who has undertaken the lead of writing the names of every member on our campus on a heart. It's been a fun and festive way to celebrate the season. For Lunar New Year, ASB is collaborating with Chinese Cultural Club to host a lunchtime activity where they will be providing delicious and traditional treats and educational resources. As the winter season comes to a close, I'd love to update you all on how the season has been has been. First, I want to congratulate our wrestling team on an amazing season. Senior night was held on January 29th where we recognized our outstanding senior athletes for their perseverance and dedication to the program. They nearly had an almost undefeated season. Moving on to soccer. To honor their hard work, ASB has created a spirit week leading up to both of their senior nights. Student particip students participated in themes like World Cup Wednesday where they could represent their favorite team by wearing a soccer jersey or the flag colors. Our final winter sport, basketball, ends their regular season tomorrow. To make it even better, it's our annual hoops game where our Colts will be facing the Warriors and their senior night. To build excitement for our upcoming rival game, we will be holding our hoops rally tomorrow and our students will be decked out in red for our red wave. This rally is especially exciting as we'll be watching a staff versus students basketball tournament. I invite you all to come witness this exciting night tomorrow. You'll get a chance to watch our ASB president play on her senior night. We look forward to recognizing our senior athletes and bringing the energy as we prepare to take on our rivals. Thank you all to our winter winter athletes for all they've done. We can't wait to see what the spring season brings. And finally, I am so excited to officially announce our 2026 prom. This year, prom will be held on April 11th at the beautiful San Francisco City Hall. Our theme is City of Stars, inspired by La La Land. We're looking forward to transforming such an iconic venue into a dreamy, elegant evening filled with music, lights, and unforgettable

memories for our students. We can't wait to share more details soon. That concludes my report. Unless there are any questions, thank you all for your time, and I hope you enjoy the enjoyed the 4-day weekend. Thank you so much.

Okay, next. Jam Lynn Ooa, fall student trustee and ASB president. Good evening, board cabinet in community. My name is Jamie Lenoa and it's my pleasure to be representing South San Francisco High School. With Valentine's Day around the corner, South City is spreading the love and joy with their annual tradition of marriage in the quad. Tomorrow, students have the opportunity to get married to their friends and or their significant others in the quad during lunch. Mr. Scold and Mr. Capitan, a legally ordained officient who has actually performed real weddings, will be performing the ceremonies tomorrow. Students will receive a physical certificate, ring pops, and digital photos with their friends. There will be many activities during this event, such as cookie decorating, candy guessing candy guessing names, and a chance to buy Valentine grams. There are many options to purchase from a love book and customized card for $3, making your own bracelet for $5, or you could get the package deal, which includes everything for $6. This is the perfect way to celebrate love, friendship, and school spirit. As the winter sport season wraps up, we would like to congratulate all athletes for completing another season and all seniors for concluding their last season as a high school athlete. Our boys soccer team had their senior night yesterday. Our girls varsity soccer team recently beat El Camino 4 to zero and celebrated their senior night earlier today. The boys basketball team celebrated their senior night on February 6th and the girls celebrated this past Tuesday. I also want to get the chance to congratulate them since they will be advancing since they will be advancing to CCS. More information will be coming soon. All our basketball teams are preparing to play at El Camino

tomorrow in the big annual hoops game. We ask all supporters to come dressed in blue attire to support. Good luck to all athletes playing tomorrow and go Warriors. ASB elections are right around the corner and this year is one of the most competitive seasons we've seen. We are so glad to see so many students interested in ASB. Campaign week will last the entire week and the voting will conclude next Friday. The results will be announced that same day. Good luck to all to all those who are running as a class officer position. This year's prom will be taking place on Saturday, April 18th in the Great American Music Hall from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. The theme will be Alice in the Wonderland with the name with the dance named A Night in Wonderland. Ticket sales will begin next Wednesday, February 18th, with the starting price being $115. Tickets will be sold every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and prices will be increasing $10 every two weeks. Finally, South City wrapped up history day week last Friday with 22 projects moving forward to county competition. Judges enjoyed a variety of projects ranging from podcast, websites, live performances, documentaries, and exhibits. These students have embodied the goal of the portrait of a graduate by demonstrating the commitment to learning by not only completing a six-month research project by produ but by producing exemplary projects worthy of representing our school at the next stage of the competition. Congratulations to all students who are advancing in this year's National History Day competition and good luck to all county compet competition. Finally, 8th grade parent night was hosted last Tuesday. The South City community got to welcome our future warriors to our campus. Our ASB students offered campus tours for those interested and helped provide insight into the best part of what it's like attending our school. Our tour guides provided their personal experiences and our directors answered any questions that our curious students and parents

may have. They also had the chance to go to the cafeteria and see all the clubs and sports that our school has to offer. ASB was one of those extracurriculars present and we offered our future students the chance to apply for ASB commissions for our incoming freshmen. We are so excited to see our future warriors in the fall. For those who celebrate, happy Lunar New Year. And if there's no further questions, this concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Next is public comments for items not on the agenda. Public comment for items not on the agenda should not exceed 30 minutes. Public comments are limited to a maximum of 3 minutes per individual per bylaw 9323. In order to accommodate more speakers, the board president may at their discretion limit individual time per speaker to one um to one or two minutes each if there are more than 10 expected speakers. Name and address cards are placed in the back of the room to be completed and given to the secretary. The board president will call upon individuals in random order who have requested to speak. Each person may only speak once and is required to address the board from the podium. The meeting is recorded and streamed live. Individuals may address the board concerning school business not on the agenda, but public comment cannot be acted upon or discussed by the board unless placed on on the agenda at a subsequent meeting. In accordance with the law the Brown Act. In accordance with the law of the Brown Act, the board may request staff to respond orally at the meeting or in writing at a future time. We have two cards at this time. U Victor Dilva.

Can you hear me now? Okay. Well, it's been 60 years since I've stepped into this multi-purpose room. when I attended Southwood Junior High. Uh I graduated in South City High, uh had a very nice career and uh even in it included being a teacher at the Martin Adult School back in the day. Um I guess you can say that I'm one of the success stories for this district. Today I walk out of my retirement comfort zone because I was inspired by the South City and El Camino High School students who walked out of their classrooms on January 30th. I believe that those students are the globally conscious citizens and those impacting the community for the better. As written in your South City POG and vision statement, they represent 49.6% 6% of the socioeconomically disadvantaged students identified by the department of education uh in South San Francisco High School, 30% in El Camino. They are the students the five-year strategic plan states we are not meeting the needs of all these students therefore being challenged to prepare them to succeed particularly the lowincome students. If this district knows that they're not meeting the needs of these students, then moments like the walk out should be a wake-up call to partner with them just like the Satel Foster City School District chose to do with their students. We owe it to these students to create structured opportunities for them to

lead, to speak, to help shape the solutions in their schools and get credit for it. Even the DOE states that education is more than academics. They have already cho shown us that they are ready. Now the district must show them that they're ready to support them. I would like to recommend a com community sus symposium which explores solutions for the future success moving forward. I'm sure that there's other success stories in our city that are willing to help. I end by saying, you know, Benito Martinez was right. Love is a powerful thing and it starts with caring. So, let's care about these students by showing them that we're supportive of what they're doing. Thank you. Okay. Lauren Kitchen, South San Francisco Ed Foundation.

Hi, I'm back again. Um, this time I'm talking about the Education Foundation. Um, the Education Foundation is a new nonprofit. We've been around for around four years run by all volunteers. Um, and one of our big things we've been doing is this community transitions event where we talk about the transition from middle into high school, high school or middle school into high school for families in the district to um get the resources that they need in order to like hit the ground running when they hit the next level of school. and we felt that that had been lacking and we were excited to bring that to the community. So this year we've been working with the district all year to expand our offerings to include kindergarten readiness um transition into middle and high school and also um some college transition into college offerings like cash for college help registration for skyline lots of great things. So, this event is free to all families and I I came here to invite everyone to attend. Um would love to have uh the board attend if you can stop by. It's on February 28th, Saturday, February 28th in the morning at South San Francisco High School. Um we are staggering the start times for all the different groups. So, our first start time is 8:30 for the kindergarten readiness and we'll have um a welcome breakfast with some donuts and breakfast burritos and coffee and then have a keynote speaker and then some workshops. Some of the workshops will be around um afterchool child care, registration and transfers, how to raise a reader, um IEPs and student support programs, and then have some parent teacher Q&A. And

then for the middle and high school, that will begin at 9:30. And their sessions will include a keynote address from the mental health professionals at NAMI. They're going to talk about uh mental health in the in the teen and tween years and how parents can support their kids. Um and then their workshops following that keynote will be counselor presentations and we're going to have those in English and in Spanish. Um student supports and IEPs in secondary, how things change there. We'll have a session all things math. um concurrent and dual enrollment, how to talk to teens about substances. We're having um representatives from the TUPE program do that. And also parent and student Q&As's. And then the cash for college will include Skyline College. It will include a session where you can bring your computers and they'll sit there and help you work through the FAFSA. So, lots of really great stuff happening on that day and we hope you all will attend and we thank the district for their support. Great.

It sounds amazing. Can I ask you a question? How are we getting the information out to the parent to the families?

It's out on parent square right now. Um and it's out on Peach Jar the flyers and we um will be asking all the principles to make sure that they share that out in their um messages. We are putting it on our social media and we'll we can email all of you flyers if you want to put them up on your own social media. And if if Dr. Moore, anyone has more ideas on how to get the word out, I believe it's also going to go out in the newsletter, the I think they're talking about it there, the South City newsletter. Um, but yeah, it's we hope that a lot of people will attend. It's a great event. Perfect. Thank you.

Thanks. Okay, our our information only presentation teaching and learning. Dr. Campbell, she's already at the mic, so I don't know. Good evening. It is my pleasure to welcome proud principal of Spruce Elementary School, Anahelica Graaniano. Okay. Thank you. Uh good evening members of the board, cabinet, SSFD community, and viewers at home. My name is Anelica Gardinho and I am the proud principal of Spruce Elementary School. I will walk you through how we at spruce are working towards the portrait of the graduate aims and through our core values and by focusing on district priorities. For our site goals, we have the following academic discourse. We're committed to developing students collaborative communication through peer-to-peer academic discussions and per our instructional leadership team's goal listed here. Uh for literacy we are implementing the UFly phonics curriculum in every K to2 classroom to build strong foundational leader literacy skills. In mathematics we're implementing illustrative mathematics curriculum supplemented with SVMI strategies to deepen mathematical thinking and problem solving. Our educators are learning IM's language routines and discussion protocols that support our academic discourse goal for belonging and wellness. With our new addition of our wellness counselor, we have been able to directly support students and their families. We have been working on our communication with uh from teachers and

administrator to families via parent square and continuing our field trips. Spruce serves 387 students. I actually think it's 388 as of this week. Of which 55% of multilingual learners, 62% are so economically disadvantaged and 26% have an IEP. For connection, we have translation devices provided by district office to translate instantly with families in their home language. We are fortunate to have bilingual English and Spanish office staff who are able to directly communicate and use their bilingual skills daily. Our year-to-ate attendance rate is 92.2% with grade level rates ranging from 90.3 to 93.9%. However, chronic absenteeism remains a significant challenge particularly in our primary grades. The current year shows consistent consistent uh performance comparable to previous years. It is important to note that this year has seen a significant number of absences attributed to illness. While these health rellated absences impact our overall numbers, they also underscore the distinction between unavoidable health related absences and chronic asism that may stem from other barriers. Moving forward, we are looking to conduct empathy interviews with families experiencing chronic asism to better understand the unique circumstances they face, allowing us to develop more targeted response and support. Our 2425 ELA cast, we saw a 4 percentage point increase from the prior year. In mathematics, we saw a 4% point decrease from the prior year. It's important to note that last year was a pilot year for illustrative mathematics in third and fifth grade at our site which likely

impacted performance as teachers and students adjusted to the new curriculum and instructional approach. This also indicates the need for continued support of our educators around the IM language routines and instructional practices. I would like to highlight the work of the math toas and at elementary particularly Satia has done along with others from the teaching and learning that have kept the support ongoing. We're also fortunate to have an instructional coach this year Rachel Smallwood who has been learning IM alongside our teachers and has been providing additional support in full implementation this year. The science uh cast shows two percentage point increase from the prior year. Our overall persistence p prof proficiency rates reinforce the urgency of our district priorities particularly the implementation of researchbased curriculum and our focus on academic discourse to accelerate student learning and close the achievement gaps for our diverse student population. The percentage of English learner scoring proficient on the ELPAC summitive has shown growth over the past uh years, rising to 11.11% in spring 2025. A notable achievement is our reclassification rate. Yes, all students who scored a four on our ELPAC in the spring of 2025 were able to be reclassified minus one student who moved away from Spruce. The implementation of our designated English language development and walk to read model has contributed to these improvements for Dibble's literacy composite scores. In 2425, we had a significant 10 percentage point gain representing our strongest growth year. 2526 we hope to maintain or exceed last year's strong performance. This work is led through our reading specialists or Jose and

Karly Humphrey who collaborate with grade level teams one to two times a month during Lagari PE time to focus on our reading groups and literacy instruction. Reading fluency is something we are working towards with the implementation of UFly readers that each child in kindergarten to second grade takes home to practice reading. Reading uh specialist Dr. Humphrey records herself reading each book for kindergarten to second grade weekly and teachers send them via parent square to help families that do not read English. At the beginning of this school year, Spruce and Sunshine Gardens ILT engaged in professional learning with partners in school innovation at an ILT retreat. We developed a shared understanding of the role of the instructional leadership team, defined our ways of working through a team charter, and created a theory of action, which is a roadmap to focus our instructional goals connected to the district priority of academic discourse. Utilizing strategies from our designated EL instruction, we conducted classroom observations to measure student engagement about Kate Canela's four L's of productive partnering for the specified behaviors. We collected data at two time points seen on this graph and we will continue monitoring these behaviors and refining our partner partner talk structures to ensure all students consistently demonstrate all four components of the four L's supporting both their oral language development and academic achievement. We also are collecting data on how the teachers are supporting students to have conversations. Here are some samples of prompts and sentence frames that we're seeing in walkthroughs. Our ILT worked together to develop and currently are implementing a progression of sentence frames from kindergarten through fifth grade. Sentence frames are helping students have conversations and we are

working towards making meaning. Our ILT engages in monthly resultsoriented cycles of inquiry which centers our work on student learning outcomes. It help us. It helps us learn from our successes, identify areas needing improvement, develop targeted solutions, and continuously monitor whether those solutions are making a difference for our students. Additionally, administrators have been doing instructional rounds at different schools. After our spruce visit, it was surfaced that we need to learn more about discussion prompts given. Our IL is now currently working through this cycle. Uh thank you to Paula for her guidance from the PSI team. We are in year three of our designated EL newcomer model at Spruce and are continuing to refine how our EL teachers lead our grade level in in our grade levels in collaboration twice a month during Lagarda PE time to plan and evaluate student progress continuously. I'm proud to share that our ELD teachers Monica Gonzalez Lopez and Andrea Tank, our MLL Tossa Nahala Pacheco, and reading specialist Orura Jose have presented at the San Mateo County Office of Education for other educators to share our model and give insight into how other schools can think creatively in supporting multilingual learners at their sites. This year marks a significant milestone with the addition of a wellness counselor at our site who is Miss Avery Takaha. Our wellness counselor provides critical supports highlighted here. We have also started piloting kimois, a social emotional curriculum for young children that uses stuffed character toys and emotion pillows to teach kids how to recognize and communicate their emotions positively. My Club Mindfulness and Yoga is led by our fifth grade teacher, Miss Rosemary Broman, and it is a 45minute

after-school program for grades third through fifth, featuring theme sessions with emotional regulation strategies, yoga, and mindfulness that encourages students to engage in their stretch zone. through her MERS in education practicum project. Next year, Miss Roman hopes to expand the program to include a once a month biingual family session, teacher sessions, and a program for grades first and second. Our children bring life to our school with opportunities to mix fun and learning. Here we have our safety patrol team led by fourth grade teacher Mr. Summers and our newly formed lead team which started last year led by fourth grade teacher Mr. Malunai, which allows this group of fourth and fifth grade students to be our school ambassadors and have help with implementation of our winter festival, math festival, and other activities. Our career day was in November and allowed our children to freely ask questions of our visitors to learn more about what their future options could be. Special shout out to the SSFUSD business department for joining us. Hey, Mr. O. Hands-on Bay Area and Janentech had a 100 volunteers come in June to do a number of beautifification projects including our cafeteria, painting, garden, wellness center, and little library. Hands-on Bay Area and Kaiser was present for MLK Day of Service, uh, which saw 45 volunteers come and work on our school garden, which included pruning lemon trees by our very own trustee Anthony, who ended up on a ladder with a concerned superintendent Moore looking on ensuring our trustee was not injured. Among other volunteers were Congressman Kevin Mullen, Assembly Member Diane Pepan, and SSF Council Member James Coleman. We had our first Julia Robinson Math Festival which allowed our children to

engage in interactive and fun math activities with the help of staff and parent volunteers. And we have a new gate and I'm happy to say that we are a truly closed campus. If someone needs to come in during the school day, people are to push a button on the gate and once verified by the office, they then will be let in. And none of this work could happen without our entire Spruce staff. Thank you for all the work that you put in for our children's future. I also learn from all of them every day and thank you for their trust in me. And tonight I'd like to acknowledge a small group of volunteers and I don't know if any none are able to be here tonight but I do want to acknowledge Nuri Lim Jimenez Karen Valencia Nora Alvarado Jasmine Neto and Caitlyn Mcmanis and with that thank you for your time continued support and I welcome any questions you may have. Thank you to your volunteers, even if they're not here.

Yes. Um, Trusty Richardson, do you have any comments?

I can go first. Um, I really love uh the use of data um that you're using to to adjust your practices and reflect on what you're doing and is it working. Um, I can't uh express how exciting that is and how many different ways that you talked about how you're using data. It wasn't just like one assessment or looking at one dashboard. It really it's covering most of the day. And I know that we can't measure everything, but it's a lot. It is motivating uh to to see change when you are measuring it and seeing that progress. So, I'm really excited to see that. Um the the four L's is a super interesting concept that I'd never heard of. And so like very interesting that you're also doing a lot of observations and doing coaching there and I love the DL the designated ELD model the flooding and the and the work. Um, I'm so glad that you're getting honored for it, um, at the at the county level and maybe we'll continue to get, uh, honored for that because I think that you're doing something really innovative here and helping students who who need that extra help and in a way that's really connecting with them. So, um, thank you for what you're doing. I'm so glad to hear about the wellness counselor making a difference as well. Um, I I kind of want to sit in this little corner. Looks pretty cute. Um, and and keep up the good work. And uh if you need your lemon tree pruned again, I'll happily come back.

Thank you. Thank you, Trusty Lamb. Yeah, I um uh pretty much what she said. I mean, well, first of all, congratulations on the AXA award as well. I didn't hear you mention that, but that totally deserves a round of applause. Yes. PR principal of the year for for elementary. That is so cool, guys. That's so cool.

Yeah. No. Uh well welldeserved. Um I remember yeah with that first time I visited and you walked me through classrooms to show what that designated ELD you know that's whole approach uh with the walk to read program and I I just was really amazed like I um never I mean I just well not that I know a lot of things but just to actually see that being implemented and um to see I mean it there's definitely I mean you talked above with me at the time about how you felt like things were shifting like in terms of the way things were feeling but we were just you know waiting to see how things play out in terms of the data and um I sort of think you know things are starting to move starting to happen. I mean this whole thing with the 100% uh redesated um you know multilinguals I mean that's fantastic like that's really impressive um and yeah all the the other things that you pointed out Trusty Anthony um so yeah I just um yeah congratulations um yeah please keep it up and yeah look forward to hearing more so thank you

thank you trust thank you I echo my uh colleagues here I also want to recognize the strong focus on supporting teachers, expanding ELD and the newcomer services and pri prioritizing student wellness through counseling and mindfulness programs as uh trustees also mentioned about that and your partnerships uh service learning and campus safety efforts reflect a whole child approach. So it is evident that uh Spruce has a dedicated team working with care and purpose to support every student's success. Thank you. You too. Thank you,

Trusty Richardson.

Thank you, Principal Gard. Um, Fletes, I I see that unfortunately it's a reality, but it's a nice um uh fence that we've provided for you for safety because it's just that reality we live in. And I was surprised to see the um demographs of the student body and I see that there's a just a little bit more of our Filipino uh students attending and I almost expected to see the Hispanics being the most because that's that's our area over there district and um I was happy to the uh the yoga. I think that is that every day that you do that or

That's Miss Broman. She would do it once a week. Oh, yes. Okay. Yeah, that's nice. And um I've always enjoyed your little garden in the back and I I'll be back in to get pick some of the lemons. Thank you so much. Anytime. Bye-bye. Thank you.

I just want to thank you for all your work. I remember when you first became um principal over at Spruce and we sat in your office and you talked about your newcomers program and how excited you were and here we are. I mean you're doing amazing work and I appreciate it. Um also I wanted my note here was to congratulate you on becoming access principal of the year for region 5. That's that's amazing. Thank you. Thank you. And do you have um staff here that you want to introduce? Bruce, would you like to stand? Babe, stand up. And there's more watching at home. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you. Have a good evening. You too. Okay. Next student presentation, Dr. Kimmel.

Good evening. First, I would like to thank um members of the community and members of the board and also admin for having us here us uh for having me here to present um about this issue. Uh I'm Yun. I'm a junior at South San Francisco High School and I came here to represent Students for Change. Um could it Oh, okay. I see. So, um I would also like to note that I did take off time off of work to present here because this is an issue that's important to me and then this is also an issue that's important for the community and at the time of submission for this presentation it was in December. So, there are certain things that I would like to address um at least verbally and now here's the context. So PE promotes health and fitness for all students and organized intercoolastic sports already addresses it. If not they teach it more than PE as students gain leadership, time management, goal setting and resilience. And there is an ed code already that allows PE credit for district intercolastic athletics with comparable time and exertion. But the district currently has no operational process to implement it and members of admin have pointed out identified concerns with staffing PE identity implementation and labor implications and I would like to address that or possible solutions to that. So the issue so students already report limited elective access. In fact, I asked um my classmates and then members of my high school yesterday if there

were enough elective offerings and the answer was no. They they all said no. Um and PE class sizes are often high 40 to 50 students. So, and I don't see an issue with having moderate or smaller class sizes. If not, if anything, that benefits the teachers and the students because that gives more quality of class instruction. And some students already face duplicated physical requirements. For example, varsity athletes, they have to do conditioning and they have to do some PE periods. It reduces this solution would reduce student burnout. It rewards effort and it encourages school participation in sports which is one of the pillars of this district. It's one of it's community building essentially. And our district is actually one of the only Bay Area districts that does not award PE credit for participation in school sports or in classes. Um, athletes often commit 10 to 20 hours per week to athletic training and this practice in itself already meets or even exceeds state fitness standards and students must still take full PE classes which creates unnecess unnecessary stress. Now I do have a lot of student support. I did submit petitions 400 plus signatures across all grade levels and majority of these are freshmen that are eager to participate in sports. So this effort would not be for vain. There is interest and there is participation and I'm sure you've also had emails from student representatives that have emailed you about this issue and why this is needed. And yeah, and then I would also like to point out that I do know a student who's

currently a senior now. Last year he had to take first period PE and second period PE, which is 3 hours of physical activity within one day. And then another thing, he also plays varsity basketball. And if you combine that in one winter season, that's already a lot. Like that's that's a lot. And then other Bay Area district models have already implemented this. Accolanes Union which offers full season sport equals five credits which is one semester of PE credit. And then Oakland Unifi does the advanced sports PE option and I am aware that this is also an option but they give PE credit but our advanced sports PE does not do that currently. And then San Raymond Valley USC also does it. Santa Rosa also does it. Los Gados to Saratoga USC also does it. Now there's another high school locally nearby. Halfoon Bay High School and this is their model. They complete students complete one year of mandatory nth grade PE. They complete one season of school sanctioned sport with a coach signature to count for one semester of P credit. And now essentially this is how they make it work to comply with PE standards. Districts use systems like athletic PE agreements, coach verification of attendance. They do have certain hours you have to meet. So it does meet the requirements. season completion and athletic director and credentialed PE teacher oversight and enrollment in an athletic PE course code for transcript tracking. Now, this would heavily benefit our district because ultimately this is for the students and this entire institution

in this entirety. It's serving the students, right? We're here to basically help the students and this I don't think this would like not benefit the students at all. If anything, this would help them. It encourages students to participate in sports. It reduces scheduling conflicts for our students. Athletes, they have to travel um during their seventh period to go to other to go to other schools to compete. And having this option would reduce the stress with having like PE in our schedule or or like additional makeup work. It does. I would say it does it would save money on summer school PE programs. It supports both physical and mental health requirements and it creates more room for other extracurriculars and potentially other electives. Um, my proposal is to adopt a policy similar to these school districts that I previously mentioned and I did see a message from admin and I would like to update that I know this process is a lot. It takes a lot of time. So I would like to ask the board to direct staff to perform a crossf functional commun committee in 2026 to 2027 develop operational procedures under the BP6146.11. They return with a pilot plan safeguards and impact metrics. So a lot of these concerns I would respectfully like to see an impact report first because I believe this is a policy that is worth implementing at least a pilot program and then depending on the impact report we can do we can move on from there and I would also like to ask to include student representation in the committee process because this is something that students

are all interested in and we're here to serve students Okay. So, that is my call to action and then if there are any questions um I um I will happily address them.

Are are there any questions? Uh I don't have a question. I have comment.

So very impressive. Thank you so much. Yun Yun Yuni and the students for change for bringing this forward as such thoughtful and wellprepared proposal. Uh you clearly explained that many students athletes spend 10 to 20 hours a week in sports while still being required to take four PE classes which can create added stress. And we appreciate the research you shared showing how other districts successfully offer PE credit for athletics along with clear systems for accountability and oversight. You also considered scheduling and financial impacts which shows strong preparation and responsibility. This reflects meaningful student leadership and civic engagement and appall about that. So, thank you for ad advocating uh respectful and bringing forward a solution for the board to consider. Thank you.

Anyone else? I do. Um we we received a lot of public comments on this topic and most of them seem to be from students at South San Francisco High School. I'm curious if you connected with your counterparts at El Camino or Aden.

Oh, I'm going to reach out to them. I know there's a lot of interest from El Camino High School as well and there are some emails address coming from them. So, please take a look out and hear their concerns. Great. And um it looks like uh the education code allows school districts to grant pupils an exemption if they pass uh the physical fitness test in grade nine. Is that something we administer as part of our PE classes or is that outside of uh that? If we don't know the answer, that's okay. I I just found this. Okay, sounds good. Um and um I know you had several examples and some of the public comments also had comments about um the tradeoffs and and the concerns. One of the things that I just you and I corresponded a lot back in November about this and I think I asked you a lot of questions at the time and I appreciate you addressing a lot of them in this presentation. Um I went to uh high school in a different state and we were actually required to have seven semesters of PE and there was no exemptions for athletics either. So um I know it's possible to have a pretty packed schedule. Um, one thing just as we're thinking in this uh potential committee is just alternatives. One of the things that I think our our school district did do is if a varsity athlete had a game that day, they were allowed to sit at PE um rather than um do something that could hurt them during that game. So, um I also didn't realize that student athletes left class early uh to get to games. That was also something we did not do in in my high school. So, thank you for the presentation. Um, I really appreciate uh outlining uh the potential benefits, some of the things that and

addressing the concerns that that we had had. Anyone else? If I can just Yes, it PFT, it's a physical fitness test is in the ninth grade. Trusty Richardson,

thank you. I I really like you you advocating for this because I was just having the conversation with the South City principal about having too many choices especially we were talking about the added language uh course but what you're advocating is to eliminate the requirement And if you are in basketball uh season, then you would get credit for that and skip the Is that what I'm hearing you say?

Um I'm just giving you alternative solutions. So there could be another way to address this, but ultimately I'm giving you an example from Hapoon Bay that removes the 10th grade requirement if you do two seasons of a school sanctioned sport with specific hours. Where would they get the training? I thought they they get the basics on say basketball during the PE class. that's addressed in ninth grade freshman year.

Okay. Thank you. That was that was a good thing to see from uh it's a very important topic for some students and we were I was happy to hear from them in email and I hadn't realized it was such a hot topic at the moment. I would also like to address the having too many choices for the electives part. That's coming from staff and school members, not people who actually experience these electives. So if you ask student voices, then they wouldn't say the same thing. Trusty Lamb.

Yeah. Yeah. I just want to Yeah. First of all, thank you very much for your presentation and for I mean I could tell very thoroughly researched um and um just that and I also appreciate you engaging with your fellow students on this issue. Um, I, you know, I've been kind of, you know, thinking back to, uh, just, you know, just, you know, having a lot of sympathy for that situation in terms of like, yeah, having to juggle, you know, the, you know, the general PE and like having having a game the same day and those kinds of things. Um, you know, I, you know, I hope I I guess I I kind of go back and forth in terms of like, well, what, um, I I I do want to know that or understand what our value that we're bringing in terms of the general PE courses. Um, I mean, to me, they're two different things, right? There's general PE which is giving kind of a broad uh exposure to different you know types of activities that maybe some students whether they're involved in the sport already or not uh may not have you know known about or um and you know maybe even be inspired to then join a sport based on a PE course but then um yeah but I also see the um the yeah the the concern with it you know causing burnout or you know being duplicative. Um so I I mean generally speaking I I am in support of yeah kind of studying this further. Um I I do have concerns about u potentially um you know having general PE drop the demand for it drop down so much um that you know we lose um a section or staff um because of that. I mean that that's that would be concerning for me. But I think also, you know, it's possible there like to your

point about having smaller classes um but without necessarily like, you know, having to drop whole classes that there that could be um an okay like there could be a balance found there in some way. But I I would want to study that further before making that kind of determination. Um but um I would also say I also feel there's like I personally would also support um offering some kind of um uh like a elective um credit that that shows up on the student transcripts. I think that would add a lot of value to uh the students um in order to you know so that if they're applying for college or whatnot that at least shows on the transcript like that that there was a a credit um for their participation in sports. So I I sort of feel like that you know if nothing else that would be a a good value added for students um who who do work so hard and participate. Um so those are my thoughts. Um I I think it's hard to say much more without Yeah. just having it more studied further, but um I think the models that you presented were very good as well. So

thanks Amy. Um I just want to say thank you for your very well thoughtout report. We always love to hear from our students and and you have thought of absolutely everything. We also appreciated all the emails that we got. We stopped public comment back in November, but you each sent um emails to all of us. So, we we heard your your voices and we appreciate it. So, thank you so much. Is this an action item? This is not an action.

It's not. But can we weigh in that we would be interested on? So if I may, I just wanted to share that one, we have director Roxanna Villisor who has been working uh directly with Miss Yun Lee and so really grateful for that collaboration support and it is something that we are um committed to exploring more in collaboration with the district uh district departments as well as our schools to really think about create what is the process that we can take to operationalize this. So conversations have already already been happening. Just we wanted the board to know that and we also wanted to give Miss Lee the opportunity to present before the board

because as as you heard her say or it's it's already part of our policy. It's about operationalizing it. Yeah.

Thank you. And then could I ask then to I mean to your point you mentioned um having students be part of this process uh having student voice and so I I would kind of echo that for at least for my point I would echo that as well. Um I mean I think student athletes certainly I I imagine student athletes have maybe the strongest opinion on this but I would also hope we can also broaden it to folks who maybe are you know not that into sports but just want to have a a weigh in on this topic. Yes, they they are right. Um, thank you very much.

Thank you. Okay. So the next presentation student Okay. Vincent Chandler, do you think that you can get your report done in 10 minutes? Yes.

Well, then come on up. It is my privilege to introduce Mr. Vincent Chandler who will provide the board and the community just a highlevel update and snapshot of our an overview of our ELOP program. Thank you for welcome for thank welcome and thank you for being here.

Thank you board president, Madame President, uh trustee superintendent Dr. Moore esteemed cabinet to our community here at Ben and at large and to Juanita translating online. I'm your biggest fan. Thank you for having me here tonight. Um, I'm Vincent Chandler, the coordinator of the LOP. I was at Disneyland and I saw Tiger who was in the middle of the day. He was bright. He was glowing. I got in line to take a picture and in front of me was the sweetest uh little big four-year-old who was just excited and engaged and had eyes wide as they were able. And he does that thing that kids do. They hold their finger and he was just staring. This little boy was the embodiment of happiness, joy, safety, dare I even say flow, and innocence. This kiddo was phenomenally engaged. Aiming to phenomenally engage and flourish our kiddos is what we do in this district, specifically through before and after school programs, expanded learning programs. We support the same by three foundations. holistically deliver robust programs that incorporate substantive outside of school outside of school day curriculum and assessment delivered by healthy adults at healthy organizations. That's who we are, what we do, and what we're doing through ELOP and afterchool programs in this district. But let's quickly take a look at how we're doing this. I'm well aware that you have this slide deck already. So, I'll quickly do a high level run through, but I really want us all to feel a little proud and be able to brag because we're starting to do things differently and better, dare I say, than lots of other school districts. I come to you with 20 20 plus years Lord of instructional educational experience as well as institutional effectiveness and program review experience at Skyline College. There you go. Um, and started July 1st, 2025. I also approach program management as advocacy and equity. And so doing what we do well in this district for our kiddos is very much equity and activism through running stellar program for our

kiddos and in support of my colleagues as well. A bit about my role. I oversee EL pro ELOP program design support all afterchool providers who use the ELOP framework. That's all of our providers. coordinate work that used to be spread across multiple roles and establish systems for registration cycles, communication and expectations, program planning and assessment. My approach is to partner, never police, work alongside principles and providers. Somewhere in this room and they're stellar. I already talked to them. They know it. My focus specifically kiddo wellness and well-being and belonging, safety and joy for students, uh, flourishing healthy working conditions and psychological safety for us, our kiddos and for our provider partners, and stellar robust program integrity. A bit about ELOP and why it matters information that's already well available, but I really want to focus on that it's not just play, it's not child care, but it does include tutoring, homework, academic enrichment. That's important because ELOP and even our fee paying after school and before school is not just daycare. It's not all play. It's not um just that. It's provides holistic development, hands-on exploration, complimentary learning and provides equity and access through that intentional program design. A bit about our sites, our providers and kind of our practice or what we do and how we do it. We're at 12 sites, combination of elementary and middle. uh six provider partners using an ELOP framework for all afterchool care programming also before school around 1,300 kiddos 800 ELOP 500 tuition base different sites different partners but all with the same goal of taking separate quality providers constituting one coordinated and integrated ELOP and after school care system and the reason why we have a reason to brag is because we don't just run programming in line with CDE of course we start there but we're a bit better because we're this district and what we do is we level up

big time and we take information from California after school network expert statewide practitioner level that not just goes further and gives us more criteria of how to run stellar programming they develop our assessment tool and it's a beast but it's beautiful and necessary and it will help us continually get better and better once we get to that high level we've stepped up and we're in this amazing awesome place where now we're in line with our specific core values our mission um and in support of that portrait of a graduate and in doing so and being much more sharp, precise and intentional, we're at this lovingly awesome, challenging, beautiful, difficult phase where the type of DNA that represents our programming is it's healing centered, not just rule following. Students feel seen, heard, and valued. And we have healthy teams, healthy programs across our partnerships, which is important. And obviously showing off, these are our current provider partners, some represented in the room. I love them. They're amazing. They know who they are. Why this matters, where we've been, where we're going, and why this matters is we've had a different wonderful combination of some national organizations, some uh community based organizations. We're really leveraging and focusing in on those community partnerships. Juanita, I'm talking too fast. I'm sorry. And we have this amazing opportunity to leverage leverage what's done right and just multiply it. And why this matters the most I think of my little kiddo waiting in line for Tiger is that we end up having robust programs that are healing centered and do no harm. That is at the center of what I champion what I do to make sure innocence for as long as it can be protected and flourished and they get a good snack that's not just goldfish crackers every day. Opportunities for alignment. Uh recently I had the awesome pleasure of speaking with the principal ops and so they before I even asked them for more work or how we could work together I let them know I'm already doing things in support of them. Most importantly which I want to highlight is meeting parents where they are whether

they walk through the door at district office kind of like I want to talk to somebody now. Um or even on family listening Zooms. They're really awesome. Sometimes they happen at 6, sometimes they happen at 900 p.m. Families will dictate they're holding babies. are passing food, but the main intent has been to listen to families in real time and they get a 30-day answer of how their feedback or their words led to conversations with leadership or conversations with changes we can make in the next school year. So much so, a pr said, "We don't got to meet with you anymore. We're good. Just send us an email." And that's what I'm able to do. also able to highlight with principles and leadership that if so, we can go even deeper and have these uh consistent one-on- ons where I meet with principles and leadership to figure out what's working at their site, what isn't, talk about what they want, what they don't want, but to really dive deep and help them develop bespoke programming and approach that helps them. And so the main thing has been and this will be uh up for a little bit and for folks to see online as well. Um I'm completely open to any kind of conversation around the entirety of our approach to programming in support of ELLP and tuition based. So that means if there's something that's sticking or heavy or not working for someone or something going really well, I love hearing that too. Uh folks can send an email, they can give a call. Um and I actually meet folks if I'm not asleep, I meet folks. So, even if it's early in the morning or late at night, the more information I get from folks about specifically what they need in regards to our programming helps me, helps us so that we're able to actually start to brag a bit more because what we're doing is a little bit special and different than a lot of other school districts. Open for questions and comments as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Dr. Shay. Yeah, real quick. The time it's not a competition. What was the time? We we only have three minutes. Okay, let's do it. I mean, I can start, but we might have to break. Um, it's okay. I just want to say I adore your enthusiasm and I really uh appreciate what you're bringing to this role. Um, I'm looking at Greg. Greg knows that I was on the joint advisory committee for the child care action plan.

Oh, oh, childare master plan. I was so close. J Acc with with uh Dana back a couple years ago. And one of the things that came out so loud and clear uh was that families wanted systems to work together better. And they wanted to know earlier when their enrollment was going to be, where they were going to be, whether their kids were going to be in the same program, whether they were going to be able to access. And you just came in July and that's probably not fixed yet. But the enthusiasm that you bring, I'm sure is going to make that happen. So, uh, I appreciate it. Um, and I I know that having the providers have a point of contact

and somebody who cares and holds them accountable and has the time to do that and also invest in them is is really great. So, thank you so much for what you're doing and um really really glad to see progress and and systems working better for kids. Excellent. Thank you. Anyone else? Dr. Thank you. I I will be quick. Okay. Thank you, Vincent.

As Amanda mentioned, we can feel your very inspirational. Thank you. Uh with the presentation, you provide a clear and thoughtful overview. It's impacting across our schools and I really appreciate the explanation both of the state requirements and also deeper purpose of the ELOP to provide safe engaging and equitable expanded learning opportunity for our students and it's very impressed serving nearly 1,300 students across 12 sites. The collaboration, the coordination that is significant. So really saying a lot uh it's very encouraged to see the strong systems and partnership in one place under your leadership and I also want to recognize the uh the focus that the this platform you say it's a platform not a program on wellness and behavior supports and collaborations with school sites and then this show that ELOP is more than after school program as you mentioned it is important part of our commitment to our whole child.

Thank you for your continued uh dedication to supporting our students and family. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? I just want to say briefly, thanks Mr. Chandler. I've had a chance to chat with you, but not enough. I would love to visit the ELAP program anytime. Thank you. We'll talk. Yes. So, we need to take a break, but thank you very much. You're amazing. We appreciate the the um presentation and we will be back at 8:41. Thank you everyone.

Yes, we are. Okay. Did you want to ask your question, Amy? Do you have any questions? We are back. Um, we have a presentation with a possible action item.

Um, Mr. Ro Okay, can you hear me? Okay, good. Okay. Uh, good evening, President Murray, members of the board, Dr. Moore, cabinet members, staff, and community members. So, Miss Lori Shelter and I will be tag teaming to present the staff's recommendation for the Loserto Elementary School modernization and interim housing project. No, just

we want to start by providing a little background regarding this project. As you're aware, during the project assessment phase for this school, the bond team confirmed the boundaries of the Losertos Elementary and school campus and discovered that the staff parking and student playard areas belong to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, SFPU. We also learned that the district's land use permit for the SFPUC property is not current and the current use of the property is not aligned with the permit limitations. And lastly, we also learned that the district will not be allowed to utilize the SFPUC property area for interim housing during the school construction. So at the March 27, 2025 uh special board meeting, these findings and some possible options for the lossertos elementary school modernization and in housing were shared with the board. The board of trustee provided direction for staff to to perform an intram housing study test fit for the losser MH school at other schools campuses during the construction to see which is the best fit. So based on the results of the studies and options identified, staff will will be sharing their recommended option with the board tonight. So in this presentation, we'll be covering the following areas. A recap of the existing Losertos Elementary School campus. Staff recommended options for this school modernization project. Staff recommended interim housing option. the cost uh timeline and recommendation and then next steps. So now I'm going to turn it over to Miss Shelton who will cover the uh next set of slides.

Good evening. Sure. So just to bring you back to uh the beginning uh I just wanted to present the existing uh Losertos campus we have outlined the area in red that is the property that belongs to the PUC and then highlighted is in yellow are the staff parking and solar panel area as well as the um play structure area. The um solar panels will need to be removed uh within a certain period of time. However, the parking and the play structures are will be allowed to remain. The PUC property will continue to be used as a playground. In this slide, we're just highlighting the area that will be impacted by the future modernization construction. The existing campus layout um shows the existing uh classroom spaces. Um and then the area that is bubbled are is the area that we would like to be able to relocate to the interim housing area. However, we would need to work with the site and leadership to determine which grades and which support services would remain on campus. Next, we're going to talk about the campus modernization option number two that we brought forward in October. So, this is um a summary of some of the scope that we would be doing in modernization. Number two, this is the option with the onestory building

concept plan. The major scopes of work include a new exploratorium, library, kinder and TK classrooms and playyard, relocated emergency vehicle access drive, modernization of building J for student support services, and a new dining area. As previously mentioned, the existing solar panels will need to be removed, which will happen under a facilities project. We no longer have to design for the upper grades play structure to be re relocated onto district property or consider staff properting on to district property. When we begin the design process, we will continuously look for opportunities to reduce project costs. The this may occur through a reduction of scope or refocus of the design elements. The interim housing option at Ben. This slide uh is just an aerial view of the Ben campus highlighting the proposed area for the loto in housing campus. During the test fit process, the design team determined that the existing field area would support the entire Los Certos campus. Thus, a partial relocation of Los Cerritos can be housed here. The field area would be less impactful to the existing Ben campus. The design team will need to investigate the utilities and other infrastructure capacity to determine what upgrades are needed. These site improvements would benefit the Bayen campus for the long term. Some interim housing units could

be made permanent for future use by the Ben campus. Okay. The uh next section of the presentation is on the cost timeline and staff's recommendation. So staff explored three options for the Loserto's modernization. Option one includes a twotory instead of a one-story TK classroom building and everything else from option two. And option two includes a one-story TK classroom building instead of the twostory TK classroom building. Uh Smith Shelton share under slide seven. This includes a new exploratorium, new library building, a new one-story classroom building for TK, a new TK play area, new dining shelter, uh modernization of building J for student support services, and the emergency vehicle access drive on campus. Basically under option one uh except for the TK classroom building is a one-story instead of twotory. We look at option one because originally the SFPC did not allow the playground structure to be located on our on their property. However, we are able to resolve this with the updated land use agreement with the SFPU. So we no longer need to find space on our property to place the playground structure. Uh option three is merging lossertos with sunshine gardens elementary school. So this option is very expensive and there are not enough funds to cover uh the cost for this option. Uh in this slide you also see the estimated costs for the three options. The current amount located and allocated

to Loserto's elementary schools uh from the measure T bond program is around 20.3 million. The amount allocated to each site was determined based on the findings of the 2022 facilities master plan. The facilities master plan provided a bond priority projects list, recommended budget allocations, and the facility needs of each site. Uh I just want to remind the board and community that the amount we receive from the bond is less than half even probably less than that due to inflation and tariffs than the total facility needs of the district based on our facility master plan. So we will not be able to do everything that we want. The additional funding needed for each option is listed in the far right column. We will need additional 24 million for option one. another 14 million for option two and another 50 million for option three. staff believes it can cover the estimated cost of 14 million for option two as follows using various buckets of facility and bond funds such as measure J funds which is the previous bond uh state facility matching funds deferred maintenance funds facilities uh fund and a partial of the measure t uh b uh baiten funds and we'll also be as uh Michelle also mentioned we'll be looking at ways to reduce the scope of work for the loto elementary school modernization project to lower the overall cost of the project. So that's how we'll be try to come up with the 14 uh million additional that's needed. So in coming up with the recommendations staff look at a number of things into consideration. So first is the cost. Staff needed to consider the cost of every option and whether they believe the district is able to come up with the additional funding. the 14 million even

for the least expensive option is still a lot of money. Time is another factor. The longer the delay in the project start date, the more costly it will be due to yearly construction cost escalation. So, and that's estimated about 5.3% per year. For a $443 million project, that would be about 2.3 million each year. Uh location staff also look at the location for the intram housing and how close it is to lotos. Beta is within walking distance of Loserto Elementary School. And then the beta infrastructure needs. So lastly, our staff also had to consider the additional infrastructure needs of the bait site. The intimate housing placed there may be used as permanent classrooms afterwards. The project assessment for the bayon site has not started yet. So we will study and define the infrastructure needs during the uh project assessment phase for that site. So let I'll turn over to uh Michelle to talk about the next slide. So in this slide we're giving you just a typical timeline of a modernization project as long uh as well as the um typical interim housing project. Um so for a typical modernization project design is divided into three phases which have increasingly more development and allow for cost estimating at each level. This allows for continuous evaluation of scope and cost so that the project can be brought into alignment of the budget goals. Once the construction documents have been completed, they are submitted to the Division of State Architect, DSA, a regulatory agency for review and approval. Upon receiving DSA approval, construction services will be

procured and construction will begin. The durations shown are approximate to a typical project. Actual durations depend on the complexity of the project. The bond team would need to conduct the Ben infrastructure assessment, complete the design, receive DSA approval, and install the interim housing units before the modernization construction begins. The bond team would also need to conduct any SQL analysis and public inspection process prior to the construction for both locations. Okay, so based on the information we just shared, staff are recommending option two with interim housing at the Ben site for Loserto Elementary School uh due to the following. It is the lowest cost option of 14 million versus 24 million for option one but includes everything from from option one. The only difference is the one-story instead of a two-story TK classroom building. The timeline for the construction is shorter. This reducing the escalation cost for this project. The infrastructure improvement made at Ben will not only be utilized for the Losertos and school in housing project, but it will also be used as a long-term improvement for the Bay Eden campus. Yeah, I did that. Okay. So 16. Okay. So now we'll go over the next steps. Okay. So staff uh is hoping to get board approval on staff's recommendation to move forward with option two, the one-story option for the Loserto Elementary School modernization. Uh staff is also hoping to get board approval on the interim housing at the baiten site for partial lotos elementary

school campus. and um wish uh shelter go over the other next steps. So based on um I should say once we have the green light to move forward the bond team will need to contract with the architects to design and uh for the design and construction phases for the modernization and intram housing. We'll need to conduct the infrastructure assessment at Bayen campus and determine which design team will be the best fit for that project. We will need to develop schedules for both the moderniz modernization and interim housing processes. These schedules would include the timelines of for the design approval from the state architect, the squa process, the bidding process and then construction. Once we finalize the scope of work for Los Certo's modernization, we can finalize the interim housing needs and begin the design processes for the structural structures packages and then the site package. The cabinet and bond teams will need to work together to address any needs and concerns of the campus such as transportation, st student support service, safety, and any other elements that uh are moved forward. And with that, we're open for questions. Who wants to start? Dr. Shay,

Trusty Richardson.

Yes, Mr. O. When you showed the board at the study session in October, we were given two options. And I believe the board liked the two story option and you said it's a little bit more. I contend and I want to bring this back that we approve the interim at this time. And but aside from that, finding the funds, I believe I have the um the I I believe I can show the board that we can we can apply the one the funding that you had for the 13 million for the single story. And of course there'll be about 10 million, but I wanted to offer um a um present present to the board the extra uh funding that is the gap to close the gap for the twotory option. Um, I just want to ask the board at this time, do we want to, if we have the funding, do we still want the first the one the twotory that the board uh approved of because that is the better option. And I request we pull the losserto's modernization item, not the um interim housing um to put it at a March meeting to allow

for formal presentation to the board regarding various funding options to close the funding gap of the two options not presented tonight. and to bring your attention to Assembly Bill 361, which authorizes best value procurement for school district construction projects exceeding $1 million. Loseros has been waiting 15 years for modernization. Waiting a few more weeks would really wouldn't matter. Um, regarding um tonight's agenda, I recommend that we proceed with a vote on the interimm housing since the requirements for this project remains consistent across our funding options. I move to amend the agenda to proceed with a losser's interim housing at Ben High School. Okay, thank you.

I'm uh I'm one of the people at the study session and as we know study sessions are not uh board direction. They are time for weighing in on the information that we have and giving our thoughts preliminarily. um that I preferred option one with the two-story building and I preferred that because I did think that we had to move the um play structure into the campus and I thought it fit a lot better with the with the two-story building since we don't have to move that um and it costs us $10 million less uh to do option two the one-story building uh I'm I'm totally in support of the one-story building versus the YouTube story building. I don't think it's necessary. And I like how you've incorporated some of the structures that already exist on the campus and don't have to, you know, reinvent the wheel. We're we're building two new buildings, but not, you know, four new buildings. So, I I just, you know, that study session was an opportunity to sort of explore what was at hand with with the information we had. I'm so glad to hear that we got resolved land use issue with the PUC. Really, really valuable. Um, I I also want to say that um I really appreciate the research that you did into figuring out the the options and the cost and giving us a real uh sense of what it will cost and and the commitment to looking for additional ways to cut corners. Shouldn't say that. To reduce prices without cutting corners, right? We want a really really good campus for these kids. Um, I do wish that we were able to do the Ben project assessment at the same time. I know that we're saying that this can be used afterwards, but I I really I hope that's true and I hope that that is an investment that that

pays off. Um, but you know, option two for me uh really uh meets the needs since we get to move the play since we get to keep the play structure. This looks fine for me. Thank you. Trusty Lamb.

Yeah. I mean I I think given the well I mean costs I I think even at the study session I was very concerned about the costs. I mean, yeah, the option the twotory would have been a nice, you know, be I think we talked about it being an elegant solution and so forth, but um given I I think I was very concerned even with at at that time because of the cost and um and now knowing um and now that you've given some insight in how we will cover the cost for this option to the the one story and um and I I also want to be very cautious too in terms of like knowing that even with uh like construction anything can happen right. So there things you know the the budget could go up for you know unexpected reasons. So um so it's better to start at the the low um the option to the you know where the costs um are already a little bit lower. Um that said, um I know you mentioned um trying to cover the costs with um like kind of a mix of different pots of money and so I I had asked um for if if you had any insight into like how much within each pot and um I know well I can let you answer that. I know it's a little bit not clear at this point. Yeah, we don't we don't have the actual the cost breakdown for each of the different pots because there is it will take quite a few different pots in order to come up the 14 million. You know, we look at each of the pots. So, so once the board approves the option, you know, for the losses uh modernization and the interim housing abadance, then we'll be working to determine the amount needed for from each pod. It's it might take a little time because the amount we uh are able to spend in one part sometimes depend on the impact of how much we spend you know uh we will need or get

from another pot of funds. So for so for example you know when we do the project assessment for the Ben site you know we we'll have a better idea of how much of the measured uh T funds allocated to Ben can be used for the interim housing project there and because there are some work that you know we have to do a baiten anyway regardless right so so so knowing that then we can use the beta funds rather than the otos fund to cover that and so so we won't know that until we do the assessment so so That's one of the examples that that you know makes it difficult to to determine to how much we put a dollar value for each of the pots at this time. you know, uh the another one I guess is uh we we we actually we just got the answer, but we did determined at that time we weren't sure if the measure J fund all of that could be spent on uh one site and so we confirmed that you know that's allowable and then the other out thing we weren't sure earlier is that the state matching funds about six million that one you know we we applied to the state, you know, from uh some of the expenditure projects that we did for the measure J bond. So, you know, we weren't sure if we have to spend those money that we receive you from the application from those sites on those sites, but we also now have confirmed that that we're allowed to spend on any sites for for those funds as well. So, so that helps also of making sure that uh we're more sure of using those funds now. So, so that's why it's kind of hard to determine exact amount because uh there's different uh things that can uh affect other pots. Yeah, actually that's actually very reassuring what you just said in terms of the measure J and the state facility sws because I I think when I sent

questions earlier I was really cons like I was just really really concerned about this in terms of like having some worst case scenario where we couldn't use either of those pots because of like some legal issue or whatever. Um, so I think hearing that we do have that option to pull from both of those, you know, and and in whatever mix you choose, I mean, I think that actually gives me a lot of reassurance that, um, because I don't want to um, you know, I'm sure there will be some facilities and def, you know, like our general funds uh, deferred and facilities funds to apply to it, but we wanted to, yeah, we want to kind of minimize as much as possible. So having that flexibility is very reassuring. Um, one more question in terms of like the Ben project assessment. Do you have an estimate of like that time frame and like how long that will take, when that will start, that kind of thing?

You want to help? Unfortunately, um, at this time I don't know how long it would take. One of the things that we'll have to do is uh consult or get a a consultant on uh under contract to to be able to do that. And this wouldn't be the full bait in assessment. We're really going to be looking at the utilities um so that we can uh do an assessment in a very short period of time. When when was the Ben full project assessment scheduled as part of our it's it was like in group five. Ah okay. Dr. Sh,

thank you. Thank you so much for the facility team and the the leadership for this thoughtful and transparent presentation. The walkthrough of the option two, the interim housing plan at at Ben and the cost comparison demonstrate careful planning and strong stewardship of the bond funds. I was not in the community forum but after reading the what's the minutes from the community forum and also this presentation, it's really well thought out. So I really appreciate this clarity around timeline uh escalation factors and the infrastructure consideration. Thank you. I do have uh two questions. One is is the estimation included uh the the bait and housing already included in the estimation. It is

uh yes that that's the whole amount full amount for both

the whole thing. Okay. Excellent. And I do have another question. Uh this question is not try to slow down. It's just uh feel like as a board we also need to be mindful of the whole big picture. What is the current utilization rate for um for uh Los Rio Elementary School and how does it look like over the next five to 10 years. So with the enrollment trends up and down. So that will be something if we invest this 34 million what will be the utilization look like 5 to 10 years from now.

Okay. So we do know that you know based on the seeds the October count uh for 2526 is 311 students for the site at this time. Okay. You know, and um uh you know, we we did do a um a robot projection study two years ago and it's uh is showing a a upward trend. So So we're comparing we're trying to compare uh what we have for uh last year and this year to the projection and it seems that we're the projection is a little higher than what the actual is. Okay.

Yeah. So, so but not huge. So, for example, let me give you an example. So, 232 24 uh the uh report is projecting 306 students. We are seeds account is 305. So, that's so close, right? Uh the 2425 is 301. uh these C bits uh let's see 24 is actually oh it's actually 304 so that year is actually went up uh more than the 301 304 so three students more but this year it's projected 316 and we have 311 okay

so so it's it's kind of close yeah we're we actually uh about two weeks ago we we signed an agreement with the uh school works who does our enrollment projection to do another one because we haven't done it for two years and so it's going to be take about three to yeah maybe two two to three months to to complete the report we still had to get gather a lot of information to provide to them before they can do the report so as we're looking at possibly three months before uh that comes out

okay wonderful thank you and so thank you so much for all your amazing work and as mentioned I I'm also prefer option two but we are not there yet. This is just sharing our comments. Thank you. Uh the one of the things that right that the demographic projections um are are really interesting. I'm glad that we're doing another study because the city of South San Francisco's approved a lot of new housing including family housing which I think is either in the Spruce district or the Lostos attendance area. So you know there could be real impacts to that. Um which I mean that's correct. You want to make investments in a in a in a building that'll continue to be used, right?

Yeah. In my conversation with the demographer two years ago, they said that there are some more residential developments in in the Los Altos area and that's why they're projecting the increase over the next so many years. Um so the the number of students the the enrollment how many are um the special ed students and how many are the general ed students? So at Losertos you're talking about for this year.

Uhhuh. for this year for our there are 49 students who are enrolled in our special day class. Okay. Um and th those students will go over to Aiden as well. We would need to determine work with the principal as director Shelton said to determine who

yeah which students would be going and some of that would be need to be collaborated with them because of the needs of the kiddos whether or not the same level of accommodations can be replicated. The kids will be out of their school for two years. Two and a half years between 18 and 24 months. That's correct.

Um I I do have this is I I don't know. I know that you um collaborated with PUC. Did we get a contract? Are we going to get a contract saying that our uh parking lot and playground can stay? Yeah, we actually already signed the agreement back in December. Yeah. So, we're good good to go on that. Okay. Um well, I too am um preferring option two. So um at this point

I would like to the opportunity to bring to the board if we could find the funding and I think we can the the staff has not given us the full numbers. Here is the general uh citizens committee oversight report. And no one has told us what this program is going to do for all of these um schools which are just in the beginning. And I believe that we have the money as we close the funding gap. If we transfer the 13 million to the twotory that'll uh drop the uh the amount to $10 million and if we go through the all the projects I mean I seen some things that we could rethink like there's $3 million in furniture.

Thank you Trusty Richardson. Does anybody else want to put it off? Yes, I trust Okay, you would like to, but trustes, we have to do the right thing. Okay, what we're going to do is according to we're going to go to the action item. We're going to go to the action item. We're going to um move forward with it in that way. But okay, I asked that we bring it back. Well, you can vote no on the No, we're not ready to vote. It sounds like you want to make a motion to delay this. Is that correct? That's exactly why I wanted to bring it. So, make your opportunity to see the numbers.

Make your motion. I would like to make a motion to bring back the option given by staff till March until we've had a chance to um scrutinize the funding at the moment and find the money according to how sta what to what staff has allowed. Okay. Thank you. Do I have a second? Having none, the motion is is dead on the floor. Well, I I meant to move it to in the consent and

the motion is dead on the floor. You made a motion. You didn't get a second. Now it's dead on the floor. Now we're moving forward. So the next uh the next item is approval of staff recommendation for Loserto's elementary school modernization option two. Staff recommends approval of option two, one story for Los Certos Elementary School modernization project under the bond program, including use of the Ben site for interim housing to support a partial relocation of the Los Cerritos Elementary School campus at a total projected cost of $34 million. Um, do I have a motion? I so move. Dr. Shay,

uh, I would I'd like to amend the motion. should have to ask for a um to to address um Trusty Lamb's concern about where is the money going to come from that we make the motion we move forward with this but also uh request staff to return in a few months uh to to tell us exactly where that money is coming from. I amend the motion. Yes. Do I have a second? So I'll second that. All in favor? I I I sorry Amy. Thank you. I didn't bring it up. Any opposed?

Okay. Motion carry. Um so next is the consent agenda. Consent agenda. The following items are submitted for board approval. One motion will authorize action for those items so designated. Does anyone want anything pulled? Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Second. All in favor? I I motion carried. Okay.

Did we already voted on the consent? I wanted the uh the warrant register. Well, did we vote on that already? Do you have a a question or didn't announce the I did, but you didn't. I couldn't hear you. Okay. Sorry. Um, so which one do you want pulled? Uh, business 4 B on P. Okay. So, how do I fix that? Since we already pulled it, I mean, since since Yeah.

Can I amend the motion? Uh, well, I guess maybe Dr. Shay has to amend the motion. Can I amend the motion to approve all of the consent agenda besides 4B? Okay. All in favor? I motion carried. Actually, Trusty Richardson, your concern with for the I just had questions, that's all. And uh I don't want to take up the board's time.

Okay, we now have to vote on this item separately. So, ask your questions. Yeah, ask your question. What? What's your question? Ask your question. ask uh well questions. I don't think this is the appropriate time because this is why I have many questions and that's why I didn't want to ask for the consent. Trusty Richardson, go ahead. The consent. We did. That is exactly what we're doing. You're asking your questions now. We pulled the item so that you can ask questions. Ask your questions. Okay. I didn't know I needed to justify it. You don't just ask your questions.

Okay. Well, how many credit cards are out there and uh how many uh there how many people are authorized to use them and um for which for some of the items on the on the list. I had many questions about uh expenses um and who is allowed to use them and so forth. So I have um here the Wells Fargo Elite credit card payment. I want to know who is authorized to make these um uses of this card. So So can can these things be approved and you can talk with Dr. Moore at a later time?

You can get the information from Dr. Moore at a later time and let's move forward. I have questions over a lot of the expenses on this. We probably should ask those questions ahead of time because she obviously doesn't have the information with her now. Time to ask her. That's why I'm pulling it. This is the whole point. Can we move forward so that we can move forward with approving these expenses? Why don't we just Why don't we just pull it and put it to the next meeting and a few of them and I want to sit down and ask them what's the big deal? You you make a big deal out of just pulling an item for our next for the next time.

What is the pleasure of the board? Would you like me to entertain the questions right now? Um, we pulled this item for discussion and so if we want to allow Trusty Richardson to ask the questions, many of which I might need to let her know. We'll have to get back to her because we did not receive the questions in advance. Right now there are three credit cards um at the district office. Those are the credit cards that we use. How many credit cards out there? Three. Three. Those are the credit cards that we Mr. O is allowed to cabinet members can use them. But what payment center for Wells Fargo. And here are some other

items on page uh 91. Mr. O, do you do all these charges? Because I also have Yeah, we we need to research because what you're saying is basically the credit card statement. Uh so we don't know what to mix up the details. So we would need to pull the statement in order to answer your questions. So providing us with the questions in advance.

This is why I want clarification of what all these um uh charges are and who's allowed to charge them. And this is why I wanted to pull it so that I could have a conversation. I asked Mr. O for I asked for an appointment to visit Mr. O, but I never received word. That's why I'm pulling it at the moment. Uh just to clarify, I have not received any requests. Some of this um what some of the other items just to clarify, I have not requested you have not requested a appointment from me. Trusty Richardson, you should be working with Trusty Richardson, you should be working to do that.

You should be working with the superintendent, not the assistant superintendent. Um do you want to move forward with this or Yeah. Okay. Whoever do you want to make a motion or to move? No, I don't need a motion. I just need to pull the item so that I can discuss it with staff. What's so difficult about that? If it's if it's not approved tonight,

so we can pull it. The board would then need to have a motion on the floor to pull this item. And then the request would be that trustee Richardson meet with staff or ask the questions in advance so that we are able. There were many questions that were asked. These were not one of them. And so if the board would like to pull that, you just need to make a motion to do to do so and have the board vote to pull and bring it back or not. Okay. Okay. I would like to make a motion to pull uh consent item 4B, the warrant register December 2025. Um and so that trusty Richardson can have an opportunity to ask questions of staff and then we will put it on the agenda for approval um at the next board meeting.

We don't need to approve them tonight. Yeah, that's why I'm making a motion to pull it so that you can and uh then we'll vote on it next time. Thank you. Does anyone want to second? second. All in favor? I I oppose. But you can vote for that, too. I oppose that motion. She opposes it. I oppose, too. So, 32. Okay. Um Okay. So the next action item proposed me not to have this

motion carried 32. I'm Yeah, motion carried 32. What was the motion to bring back the item on the next agenda? You guys don't know what it's already been taken care of. Super. Oh my god. So right now next item. Oh my god.

Approval of board members travel request. Um, the board will review and discuss President Pat Murray's and Trustee Mina Richardson's request to attend the Coast to Coast Federal Advocacy Trip in Washington DC April 11th through 15. Um, did you want to say something first or can I?

Okay. So, um I know that the the amount on this is a lot of money. It's $4,54 for the the full conference. 38.49 for the the part conference. So, what I did was I worked really hard on my for me um I worked very hard to bring it down to fall just about within my allotted um money. I have $1630 left on my allotted co allotted monies um for the year if I attend um coast to coast. The flight the the flight that I saw was $619 um pre-conference 130. Um because I'm a director um they give me 10% off to attend the conference. So that comes to $719. Um meals $220, lo local transportation $100. Um I have a range to stay with a friend. So that there will be no cost for my lodging. So the total comes up to um 168810 and that is if I spend the $100 on local transportation or um or you know have all the meals. So I have $1630. I have 16 and this comes up to68810. So it just about covers with my my 2000. And um so um the the the reason for um coast to coast is advocacy. It aligns with my duties as a director and um so

most of the directors do attend this um tend to coast. We meet with well we learn about advocacy but we we also meet with several of our um legislators and we um we advocate for certain things this year. Um the priorities are workforce, career technical um career and technical education, children's online safety and and student privacy, federal education appropriations, AI and education. And um so under me, I'm I'm on the board of directors. I'm one of 21 people. Under me, I have 10 delegates. Um my my region is San Francisco and Santo counties and um five of my delegates are going so I would like to be there with them. Um and as I said it doesn't I'm I'm I would never ask for you know the amount of money that it costs for the trip but I've I've made it so that it works within my really close to my aotted money. Oh yeah. So I I really appreciate um Thank you.

Can can I say something?

Thank you. So I I I support the uh option two for this item. Uh I really appreciate I think this federal advocacy is a core is a core part of our government's role and especially in our current um envir external environment. So it's very important for both of you if you are all interested obviously is uh to to attend and being fully prepared strengthen our ability to represent South San Francisco uh unified school school district students and I also want to be transparent about fiscal responsibility. there are um about 1,800 remaining in my professional development allowance and I'm willing to contribute that amount towards supporting both of you both trustees participation while this agenda doesn't yet has a list specific sessions I couldn't find that on the website but uh Pat already mentioned I'm comfortable moving forward with the understanding that upon return both trustees will share key learnings and concrete takeaways that can inform our local work. So really appreciate your willingness to go to this uh conference. Thank you.

Anybody else?

Trusty Anthony Trusty Lamb. No, I I just quickly I'm also willing to I I I don't have nearly as much left in my allowance, but I I do have about 300 left, so I'm also willing to contribute that towards this trip because again, yeah, I also agree uh believe that advocacy is uh important. Um and do you want to speak? So, um I I find it regrettable that we have to consider both attendees at the same time because I have criteria that I use to evaluate this. Um number one, is the money or program directly supporting children? That's number one. I would say this is no. This is indirectly supporting kids through many layers. Uh which is how I perceive this. Number two, does this fall within the trustee budget or would it require additional funding? Um, you have actually gotten it into your trustee budget. I think Trusty Richardson um used most of her budget for the conference that we approved last summer. Um, and so that is not so I, you know, would approve one and not the other because easily. Um, so let's let's just say no. Overall, this does not fall within our trustee spending budgets. Um, is this something that's necessary? Uh, my answer is also no. I think this is a nice thing. I understand your explanation and why you you want to go. Um, because the fourth question I ask is, is there an alternative locally, which is what we ask of our students um or staff want to who want to travel? And the answer is yes. There's a California state advocacy day, which nobody's ever asked to go to. Uh, so that would be a lot cheaper. Uh, it wouldn't require flights. It wouldn't require hotels. Um, so my votes no. Uh, but it sounds like it's a vote into the ether. So,

so do we have

actually I want to ask then um because I'm and I don't mean to do I mean it I mean it seems like even with the contributions I'm coming up with like $1800. Um, and so the I think there's a question of how I mean and and trusty reaches I don't know what's what's left in your allowance, but um let's say it's it's still a little bit short. So I I mean I maybe I have a I mean I have no problem going but I with you guys going but it's like uh yeah, how do we pay for it? I guess you know and I also want to make sure we have some yeah transparency or at least uh setting an example in terms of what we're spending um and within our allowance. Um and I I would also add too like I I think maybe for our board um next board retreat we should maybe take a look at the allowances um either talk about increasing it or creating some kind of pulled fund for uh special trips like these. Um maybe not all the time, but um so that's that's a conversation for another time. Um you know, we're not going to be able to

we did actually approve that we would allow uh pulled funds. We just haven't updated the board policy for it. So um that was preu on the board. Um that doesn't necessarily help you because we're asking you to trust that that's something that we talked about because we did not codify it, but um it is something that we talked about. And so Trustee Sha's offer of uh support I think is is fair and yours too. I mean it's it's allowed is what I'm saying.

Well, do you have your uh mic on? I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rule temporarily to cover the trip to the coast to coast as requested and recommended by the California School Board Association for an advocacy trip. Um, is there a second? I can I have I'd like to to split them up because I'm within my budget and you're not and you have you have attended many trips in the last couple of years.

The motion was to suspend the rule of the amount of money and to cover the whole trip for two of us. And I need a second. Charlene, would you Yes. It's part of the policy. Yes. The rule says we are limited to $2,000. That's the in the board policy. It's a 2,000 allowance is what she's referencing. Yes.

That's in the board's policy. So, could I get clarification before we go on in terms of how any shortfall would would be covered because I think that is still kind of an open question. There's um I mean my my math for the lowest option there's about an $1,800 shortfall. Maybe maybe a little bit less than that, but and I just want to be, you know, have a on the record what we're going to intend to cover that with. So just just say yes. Yes. I believe we had a motion on the floor. So we need to address that motion first. You who's making the motion? You are. You made the motion.

Who made the motion? Will you rule? Okay. So there there is no second. There is no second. The motion is dead on the floor. Okay. Okay. So, um the motion Shelene, are you going to second it? Why? Sure. Well, will you explain to her the policy and I and the process I'm trying to This is the board's policy. This is the board's policy that the board has approved and it was a $2,000 allowance. So, you made your motion. There was no second.

Bend the root the rule temporarily. That motion died. The motion died on the floor. Okay. Why? Mina Mina, don't bully her. The motion The motion is dead on the floor. Okay, Amy. Hold on. No, I'm not I will not second that motion until I have until I have my question answered. The motion is dead on the floor. Okay. What I want I want I want some answers. I just want some clarific I would like I'm gonna make a motion for myself. What is your question? Amy still has a question before.

My question is and I'm not going to second any motion until I have an answer to this. please is uh if you know considering there is a shortfall um or I'm assuming of some kind there by my calculation there will be some kind of shortfall of could be like there's no shortfall anywhere. Oh, okay. Uh, actually, actually, Trusty Richardson, could I ask if you don't if you would be open to disclosing how much is left in your uh allowance?

So, so that just so I can have a figure and to understand. All I asked you to do, Shilling, is to suspend the rule temporarily. It goes back to the rule after the vote and that allows both of us, Trusty Murray and myself, to attend the Coast to Coast advocacy trip. That's all it is. This is Okay, ladies. Ladies, let's let's move on. Parliamentary proceedings. Let's move on. Let's move on. Second motion. I would like I would like to make a motion for me to go to coast to coast. I want that motion to die. I'll wait until everybody's ready to listen. Um

trained or anything. You don't believe in this, Mina. Mina, um I'd like to make a motion for me to go to Coast to Coast. I have I have um I have worked it out so that I'm within $50 my budget. I don't have my $2,000 the district does and there's no impediment that says that they can't afford it or change it. Is there a second? I second. All in favor? I for what? What is the motion? Is there? You said all in favor, right? So the motion on the floor is that I go to coast president.

I'm within my budget. Favor to what? I'm within $50 my budget here. Here's my recommendation because we brought this item for both of you to attend. So my recommendation is we have a meeting coming up. My recommendation would be that we pull this and we bring it back as two separate items for the board to vote. Okay. But what why do we have to The implications of that is that there's a higher cost higher cost due to early bird.

There's a early bird registration that if we were approving it tonight that we would be able to get that cost. Waiting until February 26th. Actually, I believe we might be within if you go home and book it right away, then it would still be within the same time. Okay. Yes, that's true. So, we would still be able to ideally get the early bird registration. So, motion Oh, so it was so I move that we delay the vote on the So, the last motion was not carried. Correct.

And so, um we are going to bring this back as separate. Oh, no. We have a motion to bring it back as separate items on at February 26th February 26th meeting. Do I have a second? I'll second. Um I Amy Lamb clerk will second. All all in favor. We still have one more meeting. What is the what what is the reason? You can make a decision now. You know, we have a motion. It We had a second and we voted. Do you vote yes or no? I can't even. You guys are just amazing.

Trusty Richardson, wake me up. Yes or no? Parliamentary Procedure says that there is a motion on the floor. Mina, now what is the motion? The motion is to bring this back on February 26th for reconsideration as two separate items. Today, there was a motion. There was a second and four to What is your vote? Yes or no? You don't have to vote. You can vote whatever way you want. Yes or no? What is it for? That's what I'm

to bring the item back separately. Bring this back on February 26 for reconsideration. It's two separate items. What is this? Two items. You me one you two.

Okay. We've we've taken a lot of time. Yes or no? Okay. So, motion carries. Okay. Next. teaching and learning approval to adopt UFli Foundations curriculum. Um staff recommends adoption of the University of Florida. Is this the No. University of Florida Literacy Institute, UFFLI foundations curriculum as a supplemental phonics program for grades K to2 effective in the 2026 2027 um school year. Is there a motion? So move.

Second. Second. And just a comment, um I think Doc, uh Miss Garduno earlier tonight was talking about that Spruce is using it and she's using it really successfully. So I'm really excited to see this item. So um all in favor I I motion carried. Um now we have public comment. Megan Connory.

Good evening, President Murray, Dr. Moore, trustees, cabinet, anybody awake over there? Um, my name is Megan Connory. I am the math department chair at El Camino High School and I would encourage the board to pause the decision to spend $360,000 on MAP growth benchmark assessments. Um I support using data to improve student learning. However, I'm concerned that we are preparing to spend significant funds on yet another benchmark assessment without a clear plan on how it will improve instruction. what it will replace and how we will protect instructional time. If we pro purchase a new assessment tool without those answers, we are likely buying reports, not results. Before investing in a new benchmark product, the district should be able to clearly answer one essential question. What decisions will this data improve that we cannot already make using the tools we currently have? If we cannot name the decision then it is a want not a need. The cost is also limited not limited to the licensing fee. The greatest cost is the loss of instructional time. The disruption to learning and the added burden on teachers. Every hour spent testing is an hour not spent teaching. If the district cannot quantify the time impact and justify it, then this purchase is not responsible stewardship of resources. Students are already assessed frequently through classroom assessments, unit tests, finals, state testing, and intervention screeners. Adding another benchmark increases this assessment

fatigue and can reduce the quality and reliability of the results. More testing can does not automatically lead to better data or better learning. Before moving forward, I ask that the district presents evidence that this product improves student outcomes in districts like ours, not marketing claims, but measurable results after implementation. Finally, if we adopt this benchmark, what will be reduced or removed? If the answer is nothing, then we are not streamlining. We are stacking. A benchmark can measure achievement or growth, but it does not teach students. If we will, if we have limited funds, I believe we should prioritize investments that directly impact learning, staffing, tutoring, intervention support, smaller class sizes, and teacher planning time. If we are not I'm not comfortable. I want us to be careful not to spend money on a product that produces more data but not better learning. If the district cannot clearly explain then I urge you to pause and invest more support and direct benefit students. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm I'm interested in hearing a little bit in response to that.

Good evening again. Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the comments provided. Um so in our system we have short cycle assessments which were described um in comment teacher made assessments. What we lack as a system is common assessments that is in the mid cycle. So, for example, in tonight's presentation, you saw our summit of data, which when we get to the month of January and February, is very old data. We do not have a a midcycle assessment that gives us interim information for our students, first grade through 12th, to see how they are doing in relation to those endofear benchmarks that we want to be able to strive towards. And so this map assessment would allow norm reference test would allow us to have data in the beginning of the year in the as a benchmark all levels because we currently in the system we use dis dibbles uh in the elementary school but we have nothing for secondary and so this tool will be able to give us that also what I'd like to add is that in the mid year so like in December we'd have some data and generally most of um the assessments have some sort of correlation to our state assessment at the end of the year. So it gives us the opportunity to identify at midy year if there's a point8 correlation if this was the summitive at this time of the year this is what we would this is what our proficiency would look like as a system so that we're able to chart the course forward towards the end of the year as well. I think the the question about how we're going to use it is is really interesting and like what it will replace. You know, in with our Dibbles data, we have this sort of three points in the year and I think that teachers are looking at it and saying where it is, you know, is that something that's going to be practable practicable in in other grades.

Thank you for that question as well. So, generally currently in our system, we use dibbles in fourth and fifth grade. We gen we have used it at cell city in absence of a ref a norm reference test or some sort of midcycle assessment because generally it is not best served for fourth and fifth grade. So we would be looking to not do dibbles for fourth and fifth grade and use this assessment on the all the way up. And again we only have a midcycle assessment for elementary. We have nothing for secondary. Therefore, you know, we don't know how students are approaching towards like the benchmarks until our summitive data.

Interesting. Any other questions? Okay. So staff recommends approval of a three-year agreement to purchase annual licenses for the NWA MAP growth benchmark assessments including professional learning for the 2627 school year in the amount of $360,000 600 and $690. Um do I have a motion? A motion. A second. No second. Dr. Shay. Trustee Anthony is a second. Um, all in favor? I.

Motion carried. Okay. Next. Approval of new course Tagalague Filipino. Staff recommends approval of the Tagalague Filipino course for implementation at SSFUSD high schools beginning at El Camino High School in the 2627 school year. Any questions? Um, I thought there was a good question that I think is worth asking. We learned a lot about CTE and A3G requirements at some of our previous SMCSBA schoolboard meetings. Right now, this is only one uh one level, so it's not going to be enough for the A throughG, right? Oh, yeah.

Can you repeat and clarify the question? uh if it's only one level, if there's only one year of class, then if a student took tool, then they they wouldn't be able to qualify for the A throughG because you need two years of language, right? We were researching if they're able to take one language, like level one of one language and level one of another language and combine. I feel like I have the answers somewhere in my notes. Could I follow up directly?

Trusty Lamb, do you just want to read it or No. Okay. So, uh I I think I maybe I emailed that question in terms of uh Yeah. So, I I I got a respon. Do you want me to read back or do you want to read it? Yes, it can be combined. Thank you. Okay. The answer is yes. Yes. And the other do you want me to respond to the other portion of the same question? Yes. So we fully do intend to provide the additional levels two and three. It is always driven by student interest. So when the students are sitting in the level one of this course and they want to continue then their interest will deem the course and it will their their interest will deem the course to be progressing to level two and three and beyond.

That's great. It looks like this will probably increase the number of students who are eligible for state seal of literacy too if we have classes to solidify the the home language. So, do I have a motion? Are any other questions? Okay. So, move. Second. I'll second. Trusty Shay, Trusty Lamb, the second. Um, all in favor?

I I motion carried. Okay. Um, next is human resources approval of theou with the South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, SSF CTA for the referral bonus program. Staff recommends approval of theou with SSFTA for the referral bonus program effective February 13, 2026 through August 31st, 2026. Any questions, comments? I didn't ask this beforehand, but we had this last year. How effective it has it been?

Thank you for the question. Uh, we did have staff who were making personal referrals. So, some staff reap the benefit of it. Um, because we propped up a new applicant tracking system about two and a half years ago. Now, we actually have data to back up our strategic decision-m and about a third of, excuse me, about a third of our uh candidate hires are uh referrals from South City staff. So, we want to continue to build on this strategy and utilize our colleagues as our best recruiters. That's really Yeah. Um, do I have a motion? So moved.

Second. So motion by Trusty Anthony, a second by Dr. Sheay. Um, all in favor? I I

I motion carried. Okay. So again, human resources approval of theou with South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, SSFTA for the ambassador program. Staff recommends approval of theou with SSFTA for the ambassador program effective February 13, 2026 through August 31st, 2026. Is this the one that we pulled? I thought we pulled this at the beginning.

All right. D. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I don't have a physical copy. My bad. Sorry. Okay. So, B. Cool. Any questions? Motion. So, move. Second. Dr. Shay and second with Trusty Anthony. All in favor? I I

motion carried. Okay. the approval of theou with South San Francisco classroom teachers associ association SSFTA for the early notification retirement incentive. Staff recommends approval of theou with SSFTA for the early notification retirement incentive effective for the 2526 school year. Any questions? Motion. So moved. Second. Second.

Okay. A motion by Trusty Lamb, second by Trustee Anthony. All in favor? I. Motion carried. Okay, we skip the next one. It was pulled. Um, so E, approval of the contract with 360deree Customer Incorporated. Staff recommends approval of the contract with 360deree Customer Incorporated to provide certificated and classified substitute support for the 2526 school year. Any questions? Motion.

Oh, I I did want to ask about this because we just brought like another contract last board meeting and I think it was primarily for coverage for like administrators while they were in IEPs or something. So, what is this one? Morwan, that was a question for you. Kindly repeat your question. Sorry. Um, what uh what are these substitutes for just general substitutes? Is it supplementing scoot or uh it is a supplemental request uh based on students with uh highly specialized uh services that otherwise our primary substitute provider cannot offer.

Thanks. Any other questions? Motion move. Second. Second. Okay. So a motion by Dr. Shay, second by Trusty Anthony. All in favor? I I motion carried. Okay. And now we have to take a 10-minute break. And so um is it every hour and a half? We have 10 more minutes. We came back at 8:40. Okay. Okay. So we have 10 minutes. We can get this done. Okay.

Yes. Yes. Let's go. Uh, resolution number 26-06 and change order number three for the Westboro Middle School Field and Pavement Improvements Project. Staff recommends adoption of resolution 2606 declaring the futility of public bidding for additional construction work and approval of the change order number three with Maguire and Hester for the Westboro Middle School Field and Pavement Improvements Project in the amount of $52,026. Um, any questions? I'd like to make a motion with waving of the reading unless there's

Okay. Motion by Trustee Lamb. Second by Dr. Sheay. Um, roll call vote. Trusty Lamb. Yes. Trusty Richardson. Trusty Richardson. Call vote. What? On 2B. I didn't say anything. No, you have to. Roll call. It's a roll call. Oh, it's a roll call. Uh, yes. Trusty Anthony, yes. Vice President Sheay, yes. President Murray,

yes. Motion carried. Um, approval of amendment number two with ISI Inspection Services Incorporated for the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project. Staff recommends approval of amendment number two to the agreement with ISI Inspection Services Incorporated for additional special inspection services for the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project in the amount of $24,996.90. Um, any questions? Motion. So move. Second. Second.

Motion by Dr. Shay, second by Trustee Lamb. All in favor? I. Motion carried. Approval of pro proposal with PCD audio and video system integration for the district office boardroom. Staff recommends approval of the proposal from PCD audio and video system integration to upgrade the audio video system in the district office boardroom in the amount of $31,61.85. Any questions? Motion. So move. Yeah. Second. Motion by U. Dr. Sheay, second by Trustee Lamb. All in favor?

I. All motion carried. Um, review of future agenda items and meetings. So no I said huh. Oh review of Oh yeah. Are there any board directives? Board meetings. Review of future agenda items and meetings. Board directives. Yes, there are three. Sorry. Three.

Oh yeah. The first one is for staff to identify funding for the Los Certo's modernization option two in the upcoming months. Number two is to bring back consent item 4B warrant register December 2025 for consideration at a future board meeting. And number three is to bring back administration action item 1A, board members travel requests, as two separate items at the February 26 regular board meeting for reconsideration.

Thank you very much. Um, summary of board directives, you just told you just gave them to us. Good and welfare. If we can do this quickly, we have seven minutes. Um, does anybody Trusty Anthony, happy Lunar New Year. So happy that the students get a 4-day weekend. Wish I was one of them. Trusty Lamb.

Oh, yes. I'll I'll try to be quick although I have a couple maybe a minute or two. Um so first yeah my thoughts uh go out to the students families um and staff um at SFUSD during the the negotiations and I do hope the strike uh gets resolved soon and um that there will be an equitable agreement. Uh just I've been through some school visits including uh the Ben High School visit with Principal Prasad um along with Trusty Richardson and Dr. more uh went to South San Francisco's National History Day projects uh on and uh also visited Monty Vvery and Westboro Middle School's PTAs. Uh there was also the 17th district PTA and superintendent lunchon. Uh yes, Trustee Anthony, Dr. more. That was really amazing along with um the SMC uh CSVA uh literacy talk uh and uh with was it the executive director Pam Bartfield from Sonteo uh Foster City uh school district uh regarding literacy initiatives. I think what I appreciate from those two events is just hearing from our district leaders around um the county um that they're they're sharing a lot of similar priorities with us um including uh prioritizing our well-being um taking care of uh families and and students um like and um as well as academics um and uh uh regarding the walk out um yes thank you to our students for conducting themselves peacefully uh and with a lot of positive energy um I observed some of that and um thank you to our district leaders um and site leaders for ensuring their safety looking at Mr. Hanan, Dr. Camel who whom I saw out there along with our city of South San Francisco police and city staff uh for also uh look out for our kids and maintaining their safety. U this is a really challenging time um you know with the things going in Minnesota and around the nation. Um, so I just uh really uh call on our community to kind of look out for

each other um and reflect on what this moment uh means. Um uh just okay almost done a couple city events. U there was a South San Francisco Lunar New Year New Year festival um this past Saturday as well as a Westboro Town Hall hosted u by my husband uh Vice Mayor Ngales um along with new city manager Norris Steinman. And with that uh Kong Faty Sun uh happy new year to you all. enjoy the weekend and uh see you in the year of the horse. Uh Dr. Shay, um Trusty Richardson.

Yes. Um I went to the uh also went to the county uh presentation on literacy given by the director of Foster City. Her name was director Butterfield, I think. and Trusty Lamb and Trustee uh uh Manda was present and uh she outlined what their program is doing and that uh also they're they're being uh uh supported by the Bay Fund and that was kind of an interesting moment for that. And then um last week I went to this uh the city the the PTA council meeting here here at the district office and I had a wonderful time explaining to them about what we had done in December related to the charter school and how our team of uh educators uh represented South San Francisco really well and how eventually the charter school was petition was denied and that was kind of a good thing that happened. And so um uh I I was uh happy to hear from uh visiting uh Ben High School and uh South City High School with a new principal and I was delighted to hear how she's implementing some of the new approaches to discipline for our students and I was happy to hear that. Uh well quite a few about 600 students uh participated in the walk out but it was peaceful and I was uh glad to hear that and uh and that's my report. I will say good night.

Well, I've had pneumonia so I haven't really done anything except stay at home. Um, I hope that everybody has a happy day off on Monday and we'll see everybody