South San Francisco Unified School District Board - Regular Meeting

Fore! Foreign! Foreign! identific Fore if meetings much. Gracias. Good evening. I'm sitting a little bit low here. Feel very short. Oh, this just where we're at tonight. All right. Uh, I will call this meeting of the South San Francisco Unified School District to order. No, it doesn't do it. Didn't do it. I tried. I pushed. Get off.

I know. I did. Get off. Do it. Doesn't do it. I know. It's supposed to I [laughter] know I know what I was supposed to. Thank you though. Um with that roll call please. Student trustee AOA here. Trusty Richardson. Roll call here. Trusty Lamb here. Vice President Murray here. President Anthony here. All right we will move to item C. The pledge of allegiance which will be led by Sunshine Gardens Elementary School fifth grader Kalia. Yep. Can't get up that fast.

Good evening. I'd like to say a few words of from Kalia's fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Cyro. Kalia is an exceptional fifth grade student whose motivation and dedication shine every day. She embraces challenges, ask thoughtful questions, and leads by example. She works well with her peers and is always willing to help others. Kalia values the friendships and community she's built at Sunshine Gardens. She loves learning her friends and her teachers. She volunteers in our school library and even took on two second grade reading buddies this year. Outside of school, she enjoys playing softball and volleyball. Kalia comes from a large, active family who are excited to see her reading the Pledge of Allegiance tonight. Her future is bright and we are grateful to have her as part of the Sunshine Gardens community. Please stand for the pledge. Salute the flag. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you so much. Moving on to item D, land acknowledgement statement. We acknowledge that the South San Francisco Unified School District is located on the unseated h ancestral homeland of the Ramatus Shaloni 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 Ramenish community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Review of agenda. Any comments? All right. PTA council remarks. Hello. Um, hi everyone. Um, I'm Allison. I'm the This is my third year volunteering for the PTA and my first year as president. Um, my son is in second grade at Sunshine Gardens. So, this year, we're especially proud of the work we've done to improve the communication um and strengthening community engagement at our school. Um, one of my priorities as the president was making sure that the families had clear and consistent, easy to access information in terms of like fundraisers, what we're doing, what's coming up. So, this year I created a monthly newsletter um that's bright and organized and full of updates. And um at our back to school night, we also announced uh we had I updated the PTA website. So now the families can access that information as well as donate directly to the school, order their spiritware online. Um, as far as our fundraisers, we've had some restaurant takeovers this year like Panda Express, Starbird. Um, we had a Halloween event at Chuck-E-Cheese and Chucky came to the school and got the kids all hyped. And one of our bigger events was the K-pop Demon Hunters movie Singalong. um never seen a more full multi-use room and a very lively one. But um our biggest

fundraiser was our Halloween festival. So we turned our multi-use room into a carnival with various game stations. We had raffles, a photo booth, tons of games, and we ended up raising about $1,500 for our school. Um and I think in terms of stuff coming up in the new year, we're going to plan our school's first school dance for our families. Um, we have a Jollibee restaurant takeover coming in January as well. Um, and right Oh, our current one going on is the holiday shop. So, the kids can shop for their families independently and also raise money for the school. So, yeah. Thank you.

Thank you for giving your time and organizing these great events for Sunshine Gardens. Um, item G, staff association representatives remarks. South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators, Elizabeth Bales. Hi, good evening. Am I audible? Yes, you are.

Great. Thank you. Good evening, honored board members, Superintendent Moore, members of the cabinet, and community members. I'm Elizabeth Bales, president of the South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators. I'm here tonight to ask for the board's vote to approve our tenative agreement. I am not able to attend in person this evening. So I want to thank Nathan Sundaram of technology services for making it possible for me to address the board remotely. Thank you also to Marwan Hanan for facilitating communication. I also want to acknowledge our siblings in the CTA and the CSEA whose bargaining power always lends power to ours and whose solidarity and support help us in so many ways every day. Many thanks to each and every member of our sister unions. This year has been a challenging one for education in the United States. We are living under a presidential administration that is overtly hostile to schools, universities, and educators. The Department of Education is under threat of dissolution and management of adult education in the USA has been shifted to the Department of Labor with an extremely concerning lack of certainty regarding funding going forward. In this atmosphere, our bargaining team sat down at the virtual table to secure what we could for our members. After a constructive and positive dialogue, we reached a tenative agreement that offered salary increases for the next three years. I want to thank Principal Prasad and Assistant Superintendent Hanan for their good faith and open communication. It is not easy to bargain in these circumstances and AFT6179 values our collaborative and cordial relationship with administration. Please lend us our your thoughts and support as we continue to navigate this challenging situation. This morning, Adult Ed held our first ever schoolwide holiday event centered

on a holiday project called the World Tree of Hope. Students created wishes for the coming year for their family, community, or the world, and then wrote one of their wishes on a paper dove ornament, which was then hung on a tree in our cafeteria. Then, students and staff enjoyed hot chocolate and coffee. The ATP students joined in after they returned to campus from their work and community sites. It was a wonderful event to build community on our adult ed campus. Our evening classes are concluding tonight and our day classes will wind down next Thursday. I want to wish everyone a very happy and restful holiday season with their families and loved ones. And I hope that you return to school in January with renewed energy and purpose for 2026. Thank you for your attention. Thank you so much. Your holiday tree sounds lovely. Um, South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, Jerry Juicy.

Good evening. Good evening, President Anthony, trustees and SSFUSD cabinet and community. At our last executive board meeting with SSF CTA, there were only two schools reporting out on their faculty group reports. Martin reported good turnouts for Trunk or Treat and Ruby Bridges Day. Balloons over Broadway and the Turkey Trot were enjoyed by the students. Their new waste system for lunchtime is working well and their representative is reporting that Martin has 100% CTA participation so and membership. So that's very impressive. El Camino High School is happy to report they are hiring more counselors. Both schools reported concerns however on the need for clarity for members in the role of wellness counselor. Other schools have reported the need for this job to be defined as well. Since these positions are certificated, I feel the district ha has overlooked the opportunity to work on this job description with SSFTA. I'd like to remind the district that it should be negotiating with SSFTA on all certificated job responsibilities, salaries, and stipens. In a recent example, if an administrator returns to classroom teaching, then that educator's should be brought to the attention of SSFTA. Also, I've sent out three seasoned desist letters recently, which usually means sites have been making some decisions that change teachers working conditions without consulting SSFTA. While communication has improved between

SSFTA and SSFUSD cabinet overall, some hotspots continue to make educators feel like they don't belong. Since we are focusing on making our students belong, I hope we can extend that to making teachers feel that way. Also, on Monday, SSFTA had a winter party for our members and roughly 60 members attended. This party has been paid for by the Bayed Fund for four years now. So, I'd like to extend a thank you to Bayed Fund for hosting that wonderful event. This year, many tables submitted decorated gingerbread houses to be judged in a contest. The winning gingerbread house done by Westboro teachers was titled Tis the Season of Academic Discourse. Sounds like we all are ready for that winter break which is coming so soon. Happy holidays everybody.

Thank you so much. California School Employees Association Chapter 197. Let's here. All right. Item H, Personnel Commission. Our next personnel commission meeting will be held on January 12th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. in the district office boardroom. Thank you so much. Item I, items from the board, announcements, calendar, committee reports. All right, item J, superintendent report.

Thank you, President Anthony. I'm going to go a little out of order. I want to start with CSBA annual conference. I had the privilege of attending the California Schoolboards Association this year which was in Sacramento along with all five of our trustees. The sessions ranged from learning about legal legislative updates, school facilities and bonds, supportive mechanisms for multilingual learners and students and special education programs as well as effective governance uh a desire to really lean into elevating student voice and then focusing on attendance, artificial intelligence and many many more. There were a wide variety of relevant, meaningful sessions that enabled the trustees and I to reflect on what's happening here in South San Francisco Unified in terms of what's being done well and opportunities. And it was also affirming that many things that came up, we are on the right track, which was which was nice. For strategic plan priorities, [clears throat] I wanted to take a moment and share an update related to our strategic plan priorities. I will be returning in January for more formal report and so I won't share everything tonight just high level update in our portrait of our graduate and our strategic plan as you know we commit to being student centered in the decisions that we make one way we are living that commitment this year is through our quarterly stepbacks so we held our first quarterly stepback this past November invited principles district leaders and educators who all came together to review data aligned to our three annual priorities student belonging and well-being academic discourse course in math. We grounded our conversations in data about both students and teachers lived experiences and it helped us better understand what they see and what they feel in our classrooms and schools. We reviewed uh learning walk data across schools, belonging survey results, information about the first few months of implementing our new math curriculum as well. We saw bright spots and areas where students may need something different from us. So, as part of our commitment to transparency and continuous improvement, I want to share just a few highle themes that emerged

for belonging. And this was information that was also captured in our newsletter. Students and teachers view the relationship somewhat differently. Fewer than about 40% of our students say an adult at school knows them well, while about 90% of our teachers report that they certainly try to make these connections. This tells us the effort is absolutely there and with some targeted adjustments we can help more students feel known, seen and connected for academic discourse. Through learning walks using the instructional practice guide, principles, teachers, district leaders, and the teaching and learning team looked for evidence of students deep thinking, discussion, and reasoning. We saw strong examples and we also saw opportunities to create these moments more consistently across South San Francisco. Our January 5th professional learning day will focus on practical strategies rooted in what's already working to enrich student talk across subject areas. And then math teachers are showing a strong commitment to implementing our new illustrative math curriculum. As expected with any new adoption, we saw variation in use. On January 5th, we will provide more training in illustrative math for all K5 educators and our secondary math educators so we can dive deeper into how this curriculum supports student ownership and conceptual understanding and continue to build our educators confidence with our materials. [snorts] These data points are not about evaluating individuals. They are simply information that helps us to see our system more clearly. Understanding students experiences allows us to make better choices about how to support them and one another. That is the heart of being a learning organization. So, we are using these insights to refine supports and elevate bright spots. And we're going to continue this practice of celebrating what's working, being transparent about our areas of growth and working to improve. We also have um I'm really excited about student roundts. This year, we launched this practice under our communications initiative to create direct two-way communication between students and district leadership, lifting student perspectives to inform decisions and

measure progress toward our strategic plan. We will be visiting every middle and high school this year. We began at Parkway in late October and we went to El Camino in late November. Early insights indicate students have are expressing a lot of pride in their school, appreciation for caring adults and extracurricular programs that are offered. They also shared candid reflections on academic challenges, on a lack of sense of belonging and classroom management. These reflections will inform upcoming staff development and annual planning for the years to come as well. We are incredibly grateful for our students and the schools who welcomed us to learn more about their experiences so that we can continue to think about ways to celebrate how our schools are leaning in and also support students and reflect on opportunities with which we need to look more closely at um improving in. And lastly, I too wanted to take a moment to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our students, our teachers, our staff, our administrators, and our families in our community. Your hard work, your resilience, and commitment have made this year thus far meaningful a meaningful one where progress is being seen. As we look ahead to the winter break, I hope that the experiences of the past few years remind us all to slow down, to take a moment to be introspective, to take the time we all need to recharge. This season is an opportunity to strengthen our human to human connections with one another, to spend time with loved ones, practice self-care, and appreciate the moments that we share, and to be grateful for what we have, knowing that tomorrow is never promised. I want to thank all of you for everything that you do. And of course, I wish our entire South San Francisco community a joyful, peaceful, and restorative holiday break. And with that, President Anthony, that concludes my report. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Lots of good things going on. All right, item K, student trustee reports. Jamie Lenooa, fall student trustee and ASB president from South San Francisco High School.

Good evening, board, cabinet, and community. My name is Jim Ooa, and I'm honored to represent South San Francisco High School as this year's ASV president. I hope everyone has been staying warm and excited for the holiday season. Winter has arrived. We all know what that means. South City ASB went caroling last Friday, December 5th, around school. ASB students went doortodoor and serenated with Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bell Rock, Underneath a Tree, and Sleigh Ride. This was a perfect way to spread holiday cheer on campus. In another effort to boost student morale, aligning with Portrait of a Graduate A Thrive, the Publicity and Recognition Commission will be selling Christmas grams. There will be different options students can purchase tomorrow from a customized card and a candy cane for $3, hot chocolate with marshmallows for $5, or the holiday bundle with which includes all items for $6. We highly encourage students to buy a gram for their friends or loved ones this season. Yesterday, our rally commission hosted their monthly quad game with this month's game being ginger house contest. Students got the chance to compete with each other in groups of three or more. The winners got reward got rewarded with Gardelli caramel chocolate bags which were delivered to their sixth period class. As our fall semester draws to a close, South City ASB has been hard at work preparing for the new year. The activities commission and the school community commission have collabed to plan culture week which will take which will take place from January 19th through the 23rd. Throughout the week, different culture clubs will be performing or hosting quad games to help straighten our community by showing off the different traditions our students can bring into our campus. Following up to this week, we will have Culture Fest, which will be replacing winter ball this year. This event is scheduled for Saturday, January 24th in our very own big gym. Tickets will be sold upon students return from winter break. More information will be coming soon. In order to boost school spirit, the rally commission has planned a winter themed spirit week from the week of January 19th to the 23rd. Students are invited

to dress in accordance with the following spirit days: Final Frenzy, Snuggle Day, Around the World, Ski Lodge Day, and Blizzard Blueout on Friday to celebrate the winter rally. Auditions for our spring musical, Ride the Cyclone, started December 1st and concluded December 3rd. The cast list was posted two days ago. We are extremely proud of everyone and we're looking forward to seeing their hard work. South City's FORGO program concluded their annual winter concert last weekend. They had work they have been working on choreography since the beginning of the school year and we were so excited to show it to show it off at their concert in front of family and friends. We are so grateful to have such an amazing program available at our school. These programs help our students fulfill the aim of portrait of a graduate as they help cultivate a unique community culture among South City students. If you missed the chance to see the winter concert, you can check out our South City video art YouTube channel where we streamed it live. Winter sports have officially started. Both girls and boys soccer and B and basketball have started their non-league games. We're very excited to see what they have in store and we wish all of our athletes a safe and successful season. Good luck, Warriors. Our very own peer leaders are hosting a pet therapy tomorrow during flex. Students signed up to visit and pet some cute puppies. This is a chance for students to reduce this is a chance for students to reduce stress before finals as we know it could be a very tough week for many of us. With that said, we wish all the students happy studying and best luck best of luck on their finals. And with that, this concludes my report. It has been a wonderful experience being up here and I can't wait to see what Isabelle does next semester. Please let me know if there are any questions and if not, happy holidays everyone. Have a win have a wonderful winter break.

Oh, I have a question about the puppies. Whose puppies are they? Um, Miss O has been um the animal pet like advisor. So she's um the peer leader adviser as well and she has connections with like the whole organization for it. So it was like the local local humane society for pets or is it the like the pound? Do you know? I'm not really sure.

Oh, okay. That's nice. This should be a fuzzy moment. So cold. Trusty Richardson, you'll have to go over there and get some dogs dog time. [laughter] [snorts] All right. Thank you so much, Trusty. Ooa. All right. Ida Isabelle Izzy Ruiz, Spring Student Trustee and ASB President El Camino.

Good evening board members, cabinet, and community. My name is Isabelle Izzy Ruiz and I'm currently a senior serving as El Camino's ASB president. I hope you've all been staying warm during this winter weather. Our fall musical, Once Upon a Mattress, was hosted before Thanksgiving break, and it was nothing short of spectacular. The stage came to life as our Colts brought every scene, presenting a show to remember. Whether they shown under the spotlight, worked tirelessly behind the scenes with the stage crew, or ensured that everything ran smoothly through tech. Last week we celebrated our winter spirit week leading into our winter rally. A special shout out to our student MC's Joseph Cony, Jarus Bernales, Raymer Guvara, and JP Beyonce for igniting the stands with festive holiday spirit. During this rally, we had the honor of recognizing all of our small sports teams and celebrating their hard work and achievements. I'd like to highlight junior Dylan Valentini, who's currently in this room right now, for representing El Camino at the CIF State lacrosse meet. In addition to that, we proudly handed out Cole awards to the athletes who were recognized by their coaches for their outstanding dedication and excellence within their respective sports. In addition to that, we had special performances by our jazz band, drama, cheer, and advanced performing dance. It was a joyful and inspiring event that pumps up our Colts as we head into final season. Link crew hosted their annual Coco and Cram event for our freshmen yesterday, just in time for final season. Our dedicated link leaders were there to provide academic support and guidance. To make the experience even sweeter, they set up a free hot chocolate and donut station to create a warm and welcoming environment for studying. It was an fantastic opportunity for freshmen to prepare finals and with the help of their peers all while enjoying a cozy cup of cocoa. Inspired by this, ASB decided to open our doors to the rest of the grades and host a breakfast for dinner study hall where we provided free pancakes and a space for them to all to study. Good luck to all our Colts and a special

thank you to Miss Molina for staying late in the evening to help all of the AP Cal students cram for our final. I'd also like to thank all of my lovely student leaders here tonight who took a pause in their study time to come support me. Our winter series, our winter concert series, Music for the Holiday, kicked off last Friday and continues into tomorrow night. Featuring performances from our talented symphonic band, concert band, and jazz combos. These concerts are the perfect way to embrace the holiday spirit. Admission is free and the event is hosted in our little theater at 7 p.m. Don't miss out on this opportunity to support our amazing music department as they take the stage for their final performance of the season. Come out and enjoy an evening of festive tunes and incredible talent. Our winter sports season has officially kicked off with many of our teams entering their preseason. I hope to see you all at a game or match sometime this season. And a good luck to all of our Colts and thank you so much for visiting our school with pride. After a restful winter break, we'll all be welcomed back to campus with our wonderful winter ball. Our Colts will be heading to Gamma Ride in Sonteo on January 10th from 7 to 10 p.m. This event space includes bumper cars, arcade games, interactive ride simulators, music, and most importantly, endless food. I'd like to congratulate Jamie Lynn for completing such an amazing first semester as a student trustee. you did fantastic and I can't wait to have more of our partnership this um for the rest of the season. And that concludes my report and unless there's any questions or concerns, I'd like to thank you all for listening as well as extending my warmest wishes for the holidays and I hope everyone has stays safe and has an in well-deserved break.

Thank you so much. Yes, I do. I hope all of our students have a wonderful break. Um, and teachers too and staff. All right. Um, public comments. Uh, public comments are limited to one to three minutes per individual per board by bylaw 9323. 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 on or discussed by the board unless placed on the agenda at a subsequent meeting in accordance with the law, the Brown Act. The board may request staff to respond orally at the meeting or in writing at a future time. We [clears throat] have one public comment tonight. Megan Connory Good evening, Dr. Moore, Cabinet, President Anthony, trustees, and so city public. My name is Megan Connory. I am a math teacher in the district. Um, I want to begin by thanking the board and Janentech for supporting the attendance of almost 20 math educators for the CMC North math conference. As one of the secondary math instructional innovators in the district, the learning I gained will directly strengthen both my instruction and the professional learning I provided I provide to our math department. The conference offered powerful learning that reinforce the broader purpose of math education. Keynotes on teaching as activism drawn from the oral histories of educators from the civil rights era underscore how classrooms can serve as spaces for empowerment and belonging and social change. These insights are especially relevant as we work to ensure our

curriculum and instructional practices honor the identities and experiences of all students. sessions on reframing ma real world math um asking richer questions and designing collaborative learning environments offered practical strategies that move beyond procedural teaching and deepen student sensemaking. I am grateful for the district and Janentax involvement in professional learning and the continuous improvement of our math program. I would like to briefly shift from speaking as a teacher to speaking as my capacity as the union representative. Um, it has come to my attention that some teachers have been discouraged from contacting individuals at the D district office with questions and concerns because they were told they were not following the appropriate chain of command. While I understand the importance of established communication pathways, I want to reiterate a point I shared with Dr. Moore last month. Staff have not been provided with an updated organizational chart for the district office. Without clarity regarding current roles and responsibilities, particularly given the the number of new uh personnel this year, teachers cannot be expected to whom to know whom to contact. It is inappropriate for employees to be reprimanded for reaching out when the proper channels have not been communicated. To support effective communication and avoid misunderstandings, we respect refle respectfully request that the updated district office organizational chart along with corresponding job responsibilities be shared with all staff, not just the principles. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right, moving on to item N. Um M, information only presentations, teaching and learning. We've got a teaching and learning

presentation from Sunshine Gardens Elementary School. Dr. Campbell, are you introducing Good evening everyone. I'm happy to have principal Leticia Gonzalez share updates about her school and highlights uh with us this evening. I hand it over to you.

Thank you. Thank you. Uh good evening board president Anthony, board of trustees, Dr. Moore, Cabinet, South San Francisco Unified Community, and Sunshine Garden Stallions. I'm Leticia Gonzalez, proud principal of Sunshine Gardens Elementary School, and this is my fifth year serving this incredible community where we create a supportive and thriving learning environment where students feel valued and empowered every day. At Sunshine Gardens, our mission, Portrait of a Graduate, core values and strategic priorities guide us in everything we do for our kids. Our portrait of a graduate is a promise to every student to help them grow as curious learners, critical thinkers, and compassionate citizens. Our three district priorities continue to guide our school goals in belonging academic discourse and math. In addition, we are also emphasizing literacy, recognizing that strong reading and writing skills enable students to fully access and participate in learning across all content areas. As a title one school, Sunshine Garden serves a diverse population, including 37% multilingual learners, 24% students with disabilities, and 45% students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. With our attendance, we are clo continue to closely monitor attendance and regularly remind families about the importance of being at school every day and on time. And so far, we're seeing positive trends supported by consistent communication from our front office and teachers and by strengthening students sense of belonging through welcoming routines and strong classroom communities. Our multilingual learner population continues to grow and we are proud to report that 14 of our students will be

reclassified as fluent English proficient this spring. Our ELPAC scores from 2425 contributed to a slight decline on the California dashboard which came out in November. And we're continuing to actively strengthen the language support through designated ELD, targeted newcomer support through the look newcomer curriculum um by two of our teachers. We have a phonics intervention from our reading specialists and our bilingual prayer professional who helps to support our multilingual learners. Additionally, our EUI phonics instruction in K through2 while it's not solely a multilingual learner program, it provides structured literacy and phmic foundations that directly support our English language learners. Following the CASP administration in May 2025, we maintained our overall performance level in mathematics on the California dashboard. As shown in the open architect data system on the right, our five-year trend reflects steady positive movement in math achievement. Our implementation of illustrative math in grades 3 through 5 has been instrumental in strengthening math instruction for this year. Teachers have done a phenomenal job engaging students in real world problem solving and elevating academic discourse through structured math talk. We continue to use Math EXL to monitor progress and our November data reflects steady growth. We analyze this data closely to provide targeted support for students who need additional help. And our title one funds directly support students through a dedicated math interventionists and six teachers who staff our math academic centers before and after school that expands math practice and supports those who need it

most. Our California dashboard data uh reflects improvement in English language arts and the open architect trend line shows steady progress as well. Uh to continue strengthening achievement, we are prioritizing academic discourse and partner talk strategies to deepen comprehension and increase student engagement. Our Dibbles results for trimester 1 shows 63% of our students are reading at or above grade level and that's actually outperforming both the district and state averages. Teachers are using UFI small groupoup phonics instruction and targeted reading intervention to support students who require additional practice and skill development. 22% of our fifth grade students met or exceeded standards on the science assessment and our California dashboard reflects an upward trend in our in our science performance. We continue to engage students through hands-on inquirybased trig science instruction while incorporating academic discourse to strengthen critical thinking and collaboration. And with all of that data, we are still closely monitoring progress for our multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students as outlined in our SIPA. By using data to guide decisions and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, we remain on track to closing achievement gaps and ensure success for all of our students.

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This year we expanded how we support student growth, ensuring that every child feels a sense of belonging at school. Opportunities to participate in theater, art, gardening, recycle club, and music continue to build a strong community. We are also one of four schools with a full-time wellness counselor focused on tier 1 support. This month with the wellness counselor, students are actively participating in being kind by writing cards on Wednesday. And this is tied to our character focus and in promoting empathy, gratitude, and positive interactions across our campus. Our partnerships and events continue to play a vital role in expanding opportunities for students in supporting their academic and social growth. Over 150 students participate in afterchool programming through Boys and Girls Club and Leo J. Ryan. Music for minors prop 28 funded arts instruction. and Lagarsa PE offer students creative physical and expressive outlets that complement our core learning. Our collaboration with Janentex Gene Academy also continues to provide mentorship and hands-on STEM activities for fourth and fifth graders. Our ongoing work with partners in school innovation with our instructional leadership team has refined its focus on datadriven goals, strengthening peer observations and deepening teacher collaboration. Together, we are continuing to build stronger systems for reflection, shared leadership, and schoolwide improvement. Our school community thrives both in and out of the classroom, as you heard today, with PTA playing a key role in supporting students and teachers. They organize events and help families connect to our school. And we look forward to all of the opportunities that strengthen these bonds. And finally, I want to take a moment to share my my appreciation for our

incredible teaching staff, the commitment they show each and every day. We had teachers engaged in our ILT instructional leadership team retreat today with Spruce um Elementary and we had a wonderful um learning day. Um so my commitment to uh to showing uh growth in in in student learning and social emotional growth. Grateful for our classified front office staff we have here. um who welcome and support our students and families each and every day with care. And as we reach the midpoint of our school year, um I'm really proud of the progress that we've made together, excited for what lies ahead. Um we've made a plan with our instructional leadership team up until April. So, we're very excited about that. Um and it's going to impact our entire school community and it it really is truly a privilege to be part of our Sunshine Gardens community. I feel grateful every day to work alongside such dedicated and kind and joyful educators and staff. Um I also want to extend um a sincere appreciation to our parent volunteers and we have a few here um today. Um and we also um had the opportunity of having El Camino's foster the future club help us with um some PTA events uh earlier this school year and they came with such energy and enthusiasm. Many of these volunteers were former Sunshine Garden students, which made their contributions especially meaningful for us um and for our students and their commitment to giving back really reflects the spirit of community um that makes Sunshine Garden so special. So, I want to thank them as well. And before I bring up our volunteers, um I'd like to um gather any questions with our wonderful stallion uh AI drawing there.

[laughter] Thank you. And I believe I'm under minutes from last year. You you always three years and also still a lot of information back then. Trusty Richardson. Any questions? Thank you. Uh thank you for that upbeat report. You always have something great and different and wonderful the report. But you know with I had I just thought about this. I would have asked it sooner, but [music] the Prop 28 funding and you said music for minors. Is that started in the kindergarten? Is it throughout all the grades? What is it? Is it That's a great question.

Singing or introduction to instruments? It's using instruments, learning music theory, and it's for uh TK through fourth. So, we we do have a fifth grade music program already through our district. And music for minors is a um is a partnership that we have outside that um comes and provides. And actually the director of music for minors is a Los Cerrito's parent. So it's all in our community. So a lot of great things. Wow. That's great to know. I I love the implementation with music because it

puts the children in a mindset that they can achieve something if they're not doing the best in something else. So I I always value music in any way at any time in the educational future and thank you for your report. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Trusty Richardson. Trusty Lamb. Any comments, questions?

Uh yeah, thank thank you for that uh very uh yeah detailed report. I was trying to like jot down all the notes as quickly as I could, but um yeah, there's a lot of information packed here. So, I just really appreciate, yeah, all the all the data that you provided and um yeah, just kind of uh your analysis of what's going on, but also like how you're pairing very specific strategies to um to show the the you know to generate the meaningful growth that is happening um with all the students. So, uh yeah, thank you for that. And um I you know I had oh yeah I just wanted to mention you know Barbersville I've really enjoyed that uh coming to visit and yeah seeing you guys um I I just um you know I I think that was my first time visiting at least during the day and um just to yeah see the passion from you know all the educators um and the students you know the joy in the students. So I mean that just kind of was a nice glimpse of the you know kind of the spirit of the school. So, um, thank you for sharing that with me. And, um, I guess I I had a question in terms of, um, you know, um, I I saw how you're, uh, really leaning into, you know, our district-wide priorities, um, as well as, uh, uh, focusing on, uh, early literacy, which is also an area of need for, you know, all everyone in the district as well. Um I just curious how u and if you could speak to that a little bit in terms of how you're approaching um like literacy and then um how that's going in terms of you know we're also uh putting a lot emphasis on math um with the new curriculum just how you're balancing all these uh

things. Yeah. So we um we actually started off the school year um with our reading specialists supporting our um K through2 teachers in implementing the UFly curriculum. So they spent the first month of our school year um working alongside our teachers um just you know helping to to guide them with with implementing that um phonics curriculum. And so um but as a staff we felt that it was it was an important school goal for us to keep going um and so we didn't want to um eliminate it completely but we know that literacy is can also be found in the three district priorities as well. We just kind of wanted to name it and have a space for it. So, and so is this been something kind of that's been ongoing? Like maybe I haven't observed, you know, previous years. Obviously, I've only been here for a year, but uh this is something that's been kind of ongoing or building

over time. Yeah. The um the curriculum, the UFI curriculum is actually this year. We we started it K through two. Everybody's using it. Um but uh the literacy goal has been since um I first started here at Sunshine Gardens that was you know we really had a focus on literacy and so this year with our three district priorities we wanted to make sure that we still captured a piece of that and we'll take a look and see next year how we can redefine that and maybe put that into uh you know different capacity so that it matches what our school needs. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I'll be yeah, interested in hearing more, you know, as things go along. Yeah. So, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Trusty Lamb. Trusty Murray, hi. Hi. I just want to thank you for your your great report. Um I've been to two events at your school. Thank you. This year, and I always love going over there because your community is so it's it's so wonderful. um teachers and parents and kids and and um so it's just a real pleasure to be in your community. Um thank you again. Congratulations on the Dibble School. Thank you. Thank you so much.

I was also going to um note that Dibbles is great. I mean that's wonderful. I'm I'm also really really impressed and and glad to see the improvement in attendance. Every every percent is like a hundred more days of school, right? Yeah, that's just incredible difference. So, um, really good progress. Thank you so much for for the work that you do and the community that you help build and the members of the community who are here. Thank you so much for coming and being part of this um, amazing school. Um, obviously this is the school in my district and uh, you know, you can't play favorites, but you can play favorites, right? So, thank you so much for all you do.

Thank you. And thank you to my wonderful staff and all the stallions and all the community here. We appreciate you as well. Um and now I'd like to call up my volunteers if that's okay. Um first I would like to um have Maggie Landa who is also our PTA secretary and also front office admin. All right. Allison Santa Maria who um has created a wonderful um website for us. Um I'm not sure how we will manage it when she's gone but um if she's not leaving. Um and just wonderful newsletters. I mean so much energy, super creative. Um if you have a cricket, she's the one to go to. Um and u she's been amazing. Um and then also um any member from Foster the Future Club if you'd like to come up. Daniela will tell you about the next Excuse us on your college. Uh, [laughter]

thank you. Happy holidays. All right. Thank you so much, community. All right. Item 1B, performance management, CASP, assistant superintendent. Dr. Moore, do you want to introduce?

It is my pleasure to introduce assistant superintendent Dr. Campbell, who will walk us through our CASP data for the year. So, welcome, Dr. Campbell. Good evening, board of trustees, Dr. Moore, Superintendent Dr. Moira, Cabinet, First Team, and community. My name is Dr. Campbell, and I'm here to go through our CASP data uh in 10 minutes, and we have a lot of slides. [laughter] Okay. So, of course, whenever we present data, we want to ground in our core values, strategic plan, priorities, LCAP goals, and everything that we do is focusing on making sure our students have lint. Um, which is our portrait of a graduate. They learn, impact, navigate, and thrive as they exit our system. So, the way the presentation is broken down, we're going to go over the data. the present the percentage of students that met or exceeded um expectation within or proficiency within the assessment targeted student groups because we want to look at not just the average. We want to look at specific groups to make sure there's equity across our system and we also have um growth over time with o within the cohort to look at how students are progressing throughout our system. And then we have a school by school snapshot. So we'll start with our district averages and I'll give a pause for that um to orient you. You'll see how we have either remained um at the percentage of the previous year or whether we've

increased over time. So you see in math and science we had a 2% increase. And in this slide underneath, you're looking at the met or exceeded by subgroup. And what I want to orient you to on this slide is the opportunity gap of proficiency for each student group as compared to their non um their non- peers. So for example, you know, 504 met or exceeded is the percentage you see there for ELA versus the overall. Okay, so now we're looking at cohorts over time. I want to give you an opportunity just to digest that slide as well. So you'll see from fifth grade to sixth grade how students had growth or the lack of growth over the year to year and this is for ELA. On this side you'll see the same thing for math. What I'd like to lift here is this data suggests that highquality mathematics curricular resources is definitely something that we needed in our system. And now you look at science. So district-wide trends, you'll see our South City versus our county versus our state and the trends

we are trending in the same direction. And now we'll jump into snapshot by school. So essentially our schools are unique. We know that we have schools that are title one. We have schools that aren't. And the way I like to look at data um is to orient and look at growth. Um we should always be growing as a system. We recognize that we serve students that are at different spaces and we need to meet students where we are where they are but we should always be focused on growth towards proficiency. And so here you can see the growth in ELA, math and science 2%, 8% and 15%. [snorts] And again with every with every school we want to look at how the subgroups or some subgroups listed here are performing as in relation to the general education population. Here's the data for JS. 4% growth ELA 12% in mathematics 12% in science lotos Martin Monday verde

ponderosa. skyline spruce. Sunshine Gardens. Okay. So, before I transition to the middle school, uh I'm not a reader of slides, but what I'd like to talk about is some of the things we've done this year um to make sure that we're engaging more in the classroom. Um you've heard quite a bit from Dr. more just in her opening remarks talking about the different walks that we're doing. It's really important that we have the quantitative data. It tells us what we need to know for the moment. But the experiential data knowing what's happening inside the classroom day-to-day when we visit as a district team, school teams, we're not asking our teachers to do anything different. We are just observing what happens on a daily basis and really in a non-evaluative fashion to identify the areas in which we need to sharpen our practice. Uh maybe focus and invest in professional learning so that we can then couple the quantitative data with the qualitative data that we get in surveys with that classroom experiential data to really be able to zoom out and determine what our priorities are. And so that work is happening currently. We're building a principal PLC to problem solve. Each principal is bringing problem of practice so that we can better serve our community. Um, and then now I'll jump into middle school

data. And so here's the information you see for Altoma Middle School, for Parkway Heights, and for Westboro. So for our middle schools, we have a slide here that talks that shows you trends over time and how students are performing yeartoear. And here is for science and we're transitioning to high school. Ben, El Camino, South City here trends in 11th grade ELA math by high school year-to-year growth.

Science Okay, so that's the end of the presentation. What I'd like to do is take us back to the first few slides when we cover district-wide trends. So just some remarks. So, you know, as the new su assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, working with our cabinet, really trying to make sure that we are working collaboratively across departments to, you know, provide a more strategically aligned vision for instruction at our sites and and support. Um, just want to name that while we did see growth in math and science, um, Dr. more has charged us as a cabinet to name you know 49% of our students meet in and exceeding is a little less than half of our community and so while you know again in mathematics we grew by 12% 40% of our students are met and exceeded so we we really want to make sure we're focused on growth because we need to think about the 60% and how they are experiencing school for us and so I want to name we're celebrating operating growth that we see, but we're also keenly looking at areas in which we know that we need to improve. And the trend that we also see is that some of our most vulnerable subgroups are not performing at um proficiency levels that are even near the general population. And so we really want to strategically and we are strategically looking at that. I would also name as the assistant superintendent we have really been charged um our cast data are our long cycle assessments and so a long cycle

assessment that information tells us it's a snapshot of the year but after we have that information it doesn't really inform us as far as what we do monthtomonth and so in the analysis of what we do in our system we have identified that we don't have enough short and midcycle assessments the reason why that is important. Midcycle assessments, quarterly assessments will tell us where we might need to piv pivot in our plan. Um, essentially I think the best way that I can put it is without those we are teaching very hard every day. Leaders are leading very focused and hard every day. But without those data points to tell us how we're doing, we essentially get to the summitive and we don't know how to change in the moment. And so that's an area we're looking to improve. we currently improve on. We currently have a committee um meeting with leaders to first identify like what tool can we use. Um also as a system I would say short cycle assessments like a district formative assessment something that occurs more often um is another gap within our system to tell us even month-to-month how we should move. And so now I'll open it up for questions. Thank you for that great presentation. [music] Trustee Richardson. Trusty Lamb. Mr. Richardson

briefly mention this is a very detailed and uh you know report and I I have a a a concern about IEPs when you're measuring the general uh students without the IEPs. How can we compare or put them in the same data group or do we put them in the same data group? And can what can we tell from that? Um, of course, you're going to have to teach them a different from a different um workbook. And I just have a concern about that. How that could bring our numbers down, the ones we hope to measure that are doing well and that are progressive or not. So, while I I understand that that we uh talk about in comparison to the state numbers, I'm wondering if we'll ever reach parody with what their expectations. So, that's where I'm at right now. I hope it didn't confuse the issue more. No, it didn't. Thank you for those questions. Um I jotted them down just to be able to respond to you um in the moment. And so our students who are qualifying for special services earn the same diploma and quite often are in the general education population. So it is absolutely fair that you know their standard for graduation is the same as all of our other students except for the ones who are on a different diploma. Therefore we do need to you know show

how they're growing. I think what this data will highlight is that you know we are all individuals. So whether um you are we have students who qualify for special services and they have an individualized education plan the the fact of the matter is we all learn differently and so we have to be able to meet the needs of individual students whether they have an IEP or they're just a student that needs a different you know approach to their learning. Um and then the other thing that you named uh will we ever make comparison with the state? Um we have illustrative measures within our strategic plan and our superintendent has gone about doing some strategic shifts and hiring right and reorganizing so that we can be more focused as an organization. So the goal is not only at some point to meet and be in line with state standards but I assure you it is to exceed them as well. I I appreciate your approach and you understand where I'm from from. I wish that when we were um visiting the various schools at a learnerbased system, the most powerful evidence I saw is that a parent was sitting next to his graduated student and speaking to the principal and said, "My son cannot read this paper yet. He just graduated from school." So that kind of percolates in my mind and I'm always cognizant of that situation and I know that we all read and learn at different levels but I it's a it's a big job and I appreciate your looking at the fine print. Thank you.

Thank you Trusty Richardson. Dr. more. I just wanted to add, Trusty Richardson, that a student who has an IEP, if they um have been identified as someone who would take an alternate assessment would take the California alternate assessment, they wouldn't necessarily take the CASP test here in California. So, some of the students that but it has to be outlined in their IEP which assessment they would actually be taking. So, it may not be this particular one. And so then they'd be tested on a different form of assessment that's aligned to what they've outlined in their IEP goals. Thank you, Trusty Lamb.

Yes, thank you for your presentation. Um and I yeah there lots of data as trusty Richardson was saying and um there's a lot to I might go back and study it again because um yeah I appreciate all the you know kind of your narrative of like okay well this is what's going on and um here's like we should if we're digging deep into the numbers you know here's what you know where the opportunity gaps and things are. I mean I think um you know we all are aligned in terms of like we you know we have to work to yeah make that growth but you know close the achievement gaps um because I mean what you know what does it mean to serve our most underserved students you know who are also you know in these subgroups I mean I I think that's like I you know nothing else matters I think in my mind like this is kind of what it's about. So um uh to that end um I you know cast data is you know it's very much like you know what okay we've done the year and then it's the end of the year and here's the test and then um yeah and I and I appreciate that you're looking into you know other data tools to kind of monitor us you know mid you know along the way um because um I you know I was just reflecting back on when I was at the CSBA conference and um you know One of the presentations was about um having about ear early literacy and um uh that you know there is a lot of uh like you can actually get very granular in the data um to see okay well what's going on with this you know this cohort um and you know why you know why is there a slump all of a sudden you know those kind of things and so there's and I know there's a need for you know that kind those kinds of details and that granularity that's not to say like okay while we're waiting for those tools to come online you we can't still be doing the things we need to be doing. Um, I think the the priorities that we've set

this year are the right ones. Um, I think that's really going to push us, you know, a long way as long as everyone's leaning in together. Um, and okay, sorry. I I went to [laughter] ask a question, but I just sort of started going off on a tangent on my soap box, but no, I was I just I think to that point is like, oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We we're kind of trail off. No, I I my thought was that so CASP is Yeah, it's the it's the end point or the culmination of you know the year, but then you know we've started a lot of initiatives this year, you know, with the strategic plan and and um yeah, the the priorities. I mean, so could you help us put in context this data in terms of like where we're at right now? It's almost like we've have a new a new a new new beginning in a way.

Thank you for that. So yes, I would say ideally and and moving forward this type of long assessment or long cycle assessment data, this presentation would happen in August. So we don't want to typically wait this long um to provide this data. Uh I would say that our data that is that we have acquired thus far for academic discourse per se is showing how often discourse is occurring in classes. I would say that it's we don't have anything currently that can correlate to what the end of um year assessment is and that's the goal. So it's really difficult to at this point say are we what direction are we trending in because we don't have that midcycle assessment data. Um I would say that our our mathematics implementation data is very promising. Right. Um Dr. Moore spoke to it

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um a little bit in her opening remarks. We see the curriculum being used in classrooms. Um we recognize that 100% in um implementation not with respect to how we see it but if it's aligned with the way and the shifts that should occur we don't expect that it to happen for that to happen immediately but it is in a very strong place as a start for implementation and so while hope is not a strategy right it's hopeful data I would also say in mathematics because we have guaranteed viable curriculum that standards align just the use of you know updated data that is aligned with stat standards will be a benefit to our school system um in general and all students the implementation of it again is the thing that we have to get more smoother with and that is currently happening with um the professional development that we're doing and then the last um priority that I would name belonging is such a really strong thing uh that we need to work across all of our content areas in every single class because once a student believes that you believe in them. Um the opportunity myth says when a student has someone who believes in them and has high expectations, students generally rise to those expectations. So I will name again as you said right our priorities are the right ones. Um, moving forward, we may zoom out and focus not just on academic discourse, but like the overall exceptional instruction, but belonging will always be something that we'll be looking forward to making sure that the student experience makes them want to continue to attend here and feel seen, heard so that they can learn. Yeah, it's really setting or you know building a stronger foundation of you know like the needs pyramid that I can absolutely

right you know having ensuring psychological safety so that we can actually have a good condition to learn okay well I'll thank you for this and you're welcome thank you great report I appreciate the um the emphasis on the why as as well as the data and um I think that'll be a good strategy for us. Thank you. Thank you.

This is a really um neat presentation of the data over time. I think this is different than what we've seen and helps me understand it um and see some of that progress. Um certainly looking forward to seeing continued impacts and the impacts of of stronger instruction. And yeah, honestly, so much of this is also just meeting kids needs. It's uh it's not it's not it's not what's happening in the classroom. It's what's happening out of the classroom. So, [snorts] we'll keep working on that, too. Thanks.

Pat has shown us what it looks like to have one hand the sound of one hand clapping. Anyway, item N presentation with potential action presentation 1A business services first interim financial report. Dr. Moore, do you want to introduce Title?

Do you want to he Dr. Campbell and other presenters will introduce Mr. O. It's my pleasure to introduce Mr. Tedto who will walk the board through a presentation on our first interim and excited to say positively certified but I'll turn I'll let you do that Mr. Thank you Dr. Moore. Okay. Good evening uh President Anthony members of the board Dr. Moore cabinet members and staff and community. So tonight I'll be presenting the 2526 first interim financial report. Oops. Okay. Oh. Oh, sorry. There it goes. Okay. Uh, so, so these are the items I'll be covering tonight. And, uh, I'm not not going to go through them to save some time. And here's the overview. So this is the education code requires uh school districts to submit two uh reports to the governing board for approval each uh school year. These report provide a snapshot of the district's financial position as of a certain time period. The first uh report intro report which covers the period ending October 31st. So that's what we're doing tonight. And then the second intro report covers the period ending January 31st. So both of these reports must be approved by the board no later than 45 days after the close of the uh period being reported. So the so here's the education codes. Uh so require school district certified the reports as follows. There's three certification. The first one is positive certification that which means that district will meet its financial obligation for the current and two

subsequent fiscal years. The second one is the qualify certification which means the district may uh not meet its financial obligation for the current or two subsequent fiscal years. And then the the worst one is the negative certification which means that district will be unable to meet its financial obligation for the current or the two subsequent fiscal year. So this evening I'm happy to uh be asking the board to approve a positive certification report. So the next section is on the budget assumptions and that we use and the projected revenue expenditures at first interim. So in preparing the financial report we use information from a number of sources and there's just a list of some of the sources that we use and that's just for your information. So when we prepare the u financial report we also used to come up with a set of assumptions and so there's a you know you've seen this before and it's just a list of some of the assumptions we use in preparing this report. Okay these uh are the projected revenue in the general fund school district and county offices are required to group them into these categories to be consistent throughout the state. They include both the restricted and unrestricted funds. The total projected revenue is about 192.4 million uh with the bulk of that of this under LCFF revenue and that's because uh our district is a basic a or community funded district and the bulk of our revenue comes from property taxes. So this is the uh slide shows the same information but in a uh pie chart. Okay. So the total projected expenditures at first in insurance is about 20 226.6 million. So district also required to group them into these uh

categories on the slide. They include both the restricted and again the unrestricted funds and the amounts also includes the program carryover amounts from the prior year as well. That's why it's high. And these are the program funds that were not spent in the prior year and are allowed to be carried over to this current year. So this slide shows the same information from the previous slide in a pie chart format. So in this slide I separate the general fund budget into unrestricted and restricted. And this is very important because the restricted funds must be spent on a specific purpose. We have received some one-time restricted state categorical funds which we have budgeted and they must be spent on goods and services allowed by the state of California. We have projected ending for unbalanced about 38 million for the unrestricted portion of the budget and this is made up of a number of items which includes about 186,000 of that for un for the non-spendable things like inventory and revolving funds. about 12 million are for the district designation which you'll see the breakdown in slide 15 later and I'll go over details when I get to that slide. The 11.3 million is for the economic uncertainty uh which is the state required designation and there's also a remaining designation which is about 14.5 million and that'll help us to balance the budget uh in the future years. Uh for the restricted side there's about 7.2 2 million in restricted categorical funds and that must be spent on its intended purpose and the bulk of that amount is mainly for maintaining our facilities. So this slide shows a comparison between the adopted budget which was prepared back in May 2025 to the first interim financial report which we just completed. Uh the net change in revenues

is about 9.6 million. The net change expenditures is about 42.4 4 million and I'll go over these details in the coming slides. The projected ending fund balance decreased about 32.8 million from adopted the first interim and this is before the state required and district designations and I'll go over them as well later in the presentation. So this is the comparison of the district designations between the adopted first in so this is there. So this is the breakdown of the 12 million that I shared earlier on slide 13 which makes up the ending fund balance. So contributions to stirs and purr are projected to increase in the uh future years and I also removed the uh set aside for employee raises because we have settled an amount is now budgeted uh in the budget. So the total net change in revenue for adopted budget to first interim is approximately 9.6 million. The major changes include the net increase in federal, state and local categorical restricted funding about 2.8 million. Uh increase in revenue due to carryover of prior year federal and state program revenues about.3 million and then there's estimated increase in RDA property tax about 4.8 million and one time revenue from the sale of RDA properties about.9 million. The total net change expenditures about 42.4 4 million and that is made of the bulk is which is 37.1 million is made is the carryover from of unspent federal state and local uh restricted program funds from the prior year. Some of these one-time federal and state stimulus grant does allows district to spend it over multiple years. So the net increase of federal and state local program allocation and various budget adjustments of about 3.2 2 million and the increased contribution to estimated

special ed and special ed transportation cost uh is about 2.1 million. So the next section covers the multi-year projection. So when we prepare the inim uh financial report, we also required by the state to balance the budget in the current as well as the next two years. So we refer to this as the multi-year projection. Just like the current year, we have to come up with a set of assumptions for the two out years. And this slide shows again some of the list some of the items we used. So here's some more budget assumptions just for information. And so this is our multi-year projection. It's a very high level summary. As I mentioned earlier, the state requires the district to balance it budget in the current as well as the next two years. Uh the bottom row shows the projected ending fund balance for each of the years. Again, this is before the state required and district designations which I'll go over in the coming slides. Uh you will see that the ending fund balance is decreasing each year and this is due to the projected uh district deficit spending which means the revenue the district received is coming in less than what the amount it is spending. So these these amounts are still projected amounts and will likely change at the second interim financial report. So these are just the u the state requires us also to break down the ending fund balance into these five categories. So they're listed for you. So based on those five categories here are the destinations for three years. Uh some are state required and some are district designations and the district designations under the assigned uh designated area and the district is able to balance his budget for all three years uh using his reserves. So, so the next uh few slides shows the positions and also programs paid for with aspiring one-time federal and state funds. So, this slide shows uh some of

the positions paid for with onetime funds and we have a total about 25.13 positions that are paid for with one-time funds that are expiring or getting depleted. Uh this slide shows about those FTEES and list positions as well as dollar amounts associated with them. So this slide shows uh the programs paid for onetime funds. So we have approximately 2.4 million in district programs that are paid for with onetime funds currently. The total for of the positions and programs together is about approximately 5.7 million. And we want to maintain these positions and programs for the next school year. The district need to come up with uh another funding source or use it reserve to temporarily cover some of them. Otherwise, the position progress will need to be reduced or eliminated. So, the remaining two slides cover some of the areas of concern for the district and what's coming up in the near future. Uh so, this is a list of the items that are of concern to the district and you've seen them in the past. So, I'm not going to go over them. And then looking ahead, you know, we have the uh uh in January, the governor is going to be uh releasing his proposed state budget. flash at this one. Uh actually we just completed the audit report and that'll be presented to the board in January 2026 and then also in January the governor will be releasing his proposed budget state budget for 202627 and then staff will be gathering that information and sharing that with the board in in the January board meeting and then at in March 2026 that's when we present the second intro report to the board for approval and that concludes my presentation. Thank you. Any questions?

Um, it is 8:25. So, if we don't do you have a lot of questions? I just have one. Perfect. Okay. M Mr. O, I know that um one-time funds, we always get one-time funds, don't we? uh how do we yeah we we have received a lot more the last few years due to the co pandemic you know to address the the uh the pandemic also like the mental health and other stuff but uh right now it's we're down to I think one more part left after this year oh so we got another year

um well it might not cover all these but some of them depending what we so we're going to have a cabinet we're going to have a discussion on Sunday actually to kind of go over some of that. Okay. Well, thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Amy, did you have a question or No, actually, um, that was great because I had similar questions on the one time fund. So, thank you. All right. Thanks to you and your, uh, staff for always putting together such such very very detailed work. I can't even imagine. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Okay, with that, um it is 8:27. Uh we will take a break for our captioner and return at 8:37.

All right, I'm finishing up a bite. I will still take one more bite while this meeting is in session. [snorts] Trying to slow play this. Seeing if Pat gets back. I don't think she will. So, we're going to move on to action five. Business services a approval of the first interim financial report and positive certification of financial condition. Staff recommends the approval of the first interim financial report and positive certification of financial condition for FY 2025 2026 declaring that the South San Francisco Unified School District will be able to meet its financial obligations for the current year and subsequent two fiscal years as presented to the board. Can I have a motion?

Super. Second. Super. All right, we got a motion by Richardson, a second by Lamb. All in favor? I I I. [laughter] Motion carries 40. Excellent. All right, moving on to item O, the consent agenda. The following items are submitted for board approval. One motion will authorize action for those items so designated. Any questions, comments, or items that we want to discuss further? a consent agenda. Yeah. If not, okay, I've got a motion by Murray. Second. Second by Lamb. All in favor? I

I I. Motion carries 4 Z. [clears throat] Moving on to information discussion. 1A, administration board reorganization meeting. Superintendent Dr. Dr. Mo, the board of trustees will provide information and remind the community about the upcoming South San Francisco Unified Board of Trustees reorganization meeting scheduled for December 16th, 2025. I don't I might have just done that. Thank you for sharing that update. I'll just uh affirm what you just said that we have an annual reorganization meeting and it will be occurring on December 16th, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. We just wanted to make sure that the community was reminded of that. Thank you. And it's here, right?

Okay, perfect. Baiten High School. Super. All right. 2 A human resources. A a personnel commission appointment. Uh Superintendent Hanan will assistant superintendent Hanan will provide information regarding the statutory process and timeline for appointing a new personnel commissioner.

It was a slip. I didn't mean to give you a promotion. I mean, you're cool. in accordance with the statutory procedures outlined in California Education Code sections 45245 through section 45248. The governing board shall publicly announce the name of the person it intends to appoint or reappoint to the personnel commission if the vacancy is its appointee which it is. [snorts] The term of Commissioner Ree Nasra expired on December 1st, 2025. This position is a designated appointee of the governing board. A commissioner whose term has expired may continue to discharge the duties of the office until a successor is appointed, but for no more than 90 calendar days. At a board meeting to be held after 30 and within 45 days of the governing board's announcement of its intended appointee, the governing board in open hearing shall provide the public and employees and employee organizations the opportunity to express their views on the qualifications of the those persons recommended by the governing board for appointment. A public hearing and final appointment are scheduled for the board meeting on January 22nd, 2026.

Uh I had a question, please. How many members are on the commission at the moment? Uh at the moment there are two members. One of there it is a three me a three member personnel commission. Oh, okay. The current announcement that I just read is the governing board's decision to name their appointee. I see. Thank you. Thank you. Um, and we are not naming the person now or we are.

Yes, you would name the person now on the public record of your intended appointee. We would wait the required period and at the next board meeting which falls within the period we'll hold a public hearing and from there you can make a motion to appoint your new commissioner. I think Ree has done well for us. So I recommend that we move forward with her. I don't disagree. No, I just wondered

if we had the correct numbers already sitting. We do have a third seat to be filled which is actually the personnel commission's appointment because during the year it seemed that the committee was meeting with a limited numbers although there was a quorum there were not the full committee at that time and it wasn't the one we're talking about now. it was during the year and I sort of missed it. So that's why I'm asking. Thank you.

So I think we are naming Ryan Nathra for uh recommending her for reappoint. Duly noted. Thank you. Yes. Um, but also just as a note, we'd love to have what do you need to qualify to become a personnel commissioner, especially for the the vacant seat that is not currently held by read? I do not have the listed qualifications as per ED code, but I am happy to share those with you at a later time.

Thank you. And maybe we can get that filled this year optimistically. All right. Item three, uh, student and family services summer school programs 2026. Dr. Moore, would you like to introduce this item? Yes. It's my pleasure to introduce Assistant Superintendent of Student Family Services, Dr. Marcos Garcia. He is going to share with the board um our 2026 summer school programs. Dr. Garcia.

Okay. Thank you. Good evening, uh, board and, uh, Dr. more and cabinet. Uh so essentially we have five uh core programs that we're going to be offering. Our uh bliss summer program will be at two sites uh similarly uh to years past. Uh we also are going to continue with bliss is our rising kate through third program. Um, and then we're going to continue with our steam uh summer program, which is our rising uh 3rd through 8th. And we'll also um continue with our elevate math intervention program for rising third through 9th graders. All of our programs are going to be uh 20 days uh be beginning June 11th through July 11th. Uh in in all of our programs, we integrate our uh ESY program, our extended school year program, and um we're going to be at six uh sites this summer. Our high school credit recovery program will be at uh El Camino. Our elevate math program will be at Bur. Steam will continue at Altaloma. and the Bliss um program will be at Martin and um Losertos.

Super great. Do we have any questions or comments? I just have to commend Director Garcia for the uh complete rundown of what is covered at what school. It just didn't seem that I received or the board did. Maybe I've forgotten, but I I appreciate the breakdown so that I know what our students they're all doing different types of learning and it's good to know. Thank you. Welcome. Thank you. Super. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Thank you. All right. Perfect.

Thank you, Dr. Garcia. All right. Thank you. All right, moving on to or returning to our action agenda one, administration a resolution 2565, school board recognition month. Staff recommends the adoption of resolution 2565 to acknowledge the role of the South San Francisco school board and its role in supporting student achievement. Trusty Richardson, will you read it into the record?

I shall. Thank you. South School Board recognition month next month, January 2026. Whereas South San Francisco Unified School District is proud to join more than 1,000 local educational agencies represented by nearly 5,000 schoolboard members in the state in recognition of the contributions of board members during January 2026 school board recognition month. And whereas the mission of public schools is to meet the diverse educational needs of all children and empower pupils to become competent, productive, and thoughtful contributors to a democratic society in an everchanging world is more important now than ever and before. And whereas an excellent and continuously improving public education system is vital to the quality of all life of all California citizens and communities. And whereas the local school board members are committed to children and believe that all students can be successful learners and that the best education for every pupil pupil is tailored to their individual academic, social, emotional, physical and mental health needs. And whereas schoolboard members work tirelessly alongside parents, certificated and classified educational professionals and other community members to create effective learning environments where all peoples can thrive. And whereas school board members are strong advocates for public education who are responsible for communicating the needs

of the school district to the public and for understanding the interest and expectations of the diverse communities they represent. And whereas Superintendent Shantara Moore has said that board members are our elected representatives and a vital link between the school district and the community. Setting the foundation and f and vision for the district. directing resources where they are most needed and ensuring accountability to the uh community by monitoring progress toward goals. Their end goal of course is to support and elevate student achievement and student well-being. And whereas schoolboard recognition month is an ideal time to recognize the c and celebrate the Californians serving on school boards who help guide the education of pupils in grades K through 12 and who prepare them for the opportunities and unprecedented challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Now therefore, be it resolved that the South San Francisco Unified School District declares in appreciation to the members of our board of education and proclaims January 2026 as school board recognition month. We invite our community to join us in honoring Amanda Anthony, Dr. Charlene Shea, Amy Lamb, Patricia Murray, and Mina Richardson for their dedication, leadership, and commitment to student success. Regularly passed and adopted this 11th day of December, 2025. Thank you so much, Trusty Richardson. Can I get a motion?

So moved. I got a motion by Murray, a second by Richardson. Can I get a roll call, please, Joanna? Trusty Richardson, yes. Trustee Lamb, yes. Vice President Murray, yes. President Anthony, yes. Motion carries 40. All right. 1B, resolution 2566, trustee compensation. The board will discuss the adoption of resolution 2566 to allow stipen payment for trustee who is absent from the October 23rd, 2025 community forum. Any questions or comments? So moved and waved the reading. All right. Oops. Sorry. We've got a motion by Murray, a second by Richardson. Uh, can I get a roll call, please, Joanna? Trusty Richardson?

Yes. Trusty Lamb? Yes. Vice President Murray? Yes. President Anthony? Yes. Thank you. Motion carries 40. 2A. Teaching and learning. Approval of the agreement with Adventist Education LLC DBA Harper Rand. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Harper Rand to support South San Francisco adult education in the development and administration of one of more one or more of the following career technical education programs for the 2025 2026 school year. Phabbotomy technician CPT1 pharmacy technician PT electroc cardiorgraphy technician EKG and billing encoding specialist CBCS. Any questions or comments on this item? I'll move

briefly a question. Are these new courses that we are adding to our adult program? Cuz I don't remember seeing them. Uh because it was a it would be a welcome uh I was you have an answer. I was say I know we we previously partnered with Job Train to provide a medical assisting program. Um but I don't remember these. No, these are new. These are new. Oh, perfect.

Yeah. You know, this is really important because there are students that are just not geared to going to middle college and these are just targeted and they're not they're doing something after high school that they may not have thought about. That's how students think nowadays. If they go to adult school, there's just no hassle and they just show up. That's what it seems like to me. And these very high need professions. So, it's very exciting. So, thank you. Yeah,

you turned it off. Okay, okay. All right. Can I get a motion to approve? I got a motion by Richardson, a second by Lamb, I guess. Um, all in favor? I I I uh motion carries 40. Item B, approval of the agreement with Proceda Eyes Muralists Association Incorporated. Staff recommends approval of the mural project agreement with Proceda Eyes Muralists Association Incorporated for Ben High School. Any questions or comments on this one? Trusty Lamb has a comment.

No, I mean I just uh I just a fan of proceduralis. Um if anyone goes around San Francisco Mission District and you know probably all over the Bay Area there you can see some of their amazing uh artwork and collaborative projects. So um really thrilled that uh there's going to be a project here um to engage um the the student community um and yeah looking forward to it. Super. Thank you. Can I get a motion? So move. Second. I got a motion by Richardson, second by Lamb. All in favor? I I I motion carries 40.

Item 3A, human resources adoption of the tentative agreement between SSFUSD and SSF FAEE. Staff recommends the approval of the tentative agreement between the South San Francisco Unified School District, SSFUSD, and the South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators, SSF FAE, for the 2025 to 2028 term. Any questions or comments on this one? some

I just want to say I mean I'll second this. I can do that while I'm doing this comment, but uh I just I really appreciate that um Miss Bales always like gives props to her union colleagues in the other unions. You know, she's always she's like we stand on your shoulders and I just thank you um Miss Bales. You always really really kind and communitydriven. All right, we have a motion by Murray, a second by Anthony. Random. Uh, all in favor? I I

I motion carries 40 4 A student and family services approval of theou with Nami San Monteo County. Staff recommends approval of theou with Nami San Monteo County to provide mental health education support and resources for students through the uplift teen group and ending the silence programs. Any questions or comments on this one? So move.

Sorry, I also have a comment on this one. Um, I got a motion by Murray and a second by Richardson. Um, I'm really excited that we're partnering with NAMI. Um, Dr. Garcia knows that they came, they've come to our, um, big community meetings and yeah, this not the CCCs. Um, the the ones that we have here in this gym. What are they called? Yeah, the community. Yes, the community learning exchange. Thanks. And um, they I I remember learning about their teen programs last year and thinking, "Wow, that's so great. I hope that we're partnering with them." And now we are. So, thank you. All right, we've got a motion by Murray, second by Richardson. All in favor? I

I. Motion carries. 40. 4B. Approval of theou with friends for youth. Staff recommends approval of theou with friends for youth, a school-based group mentoring program, which provides weekly SEAL focused lessons sessions led by trained staff and volunteers to support student connection, resiliency, and academic success. Any questions or comments on this one? So move. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Lamb. All in favor? I I

I. Motion carries 40. All right. Business services continued from our adoption of the first interim. 5B, approval of amendment number one with ISI, Inspection Services, Inc. Staff recommends approval of amendment number one with Inspection Services, Inc. for additional special inspection services for the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project in the amount of $14,980.90. Any questions or comments on this one? So moved. Great. Second. I got a motion by Lamb, a second by Richardson. All in favor? I I

I motion carries 40 now. Okay. 5 C. Approval of agreement with Hawkback 11 for uh the ECS ECHS modernization project. Uh staff recommends approval of the agreement with Hawkback 11 for Inc. for the phase 2 design surveying and topographic services for the El Camino High School modernization project in the amount of $59,400. Any questions or comments on this item? Shoot. All right. Got a motion by Murray and a second by Richardson. All in favor? I.

I. Motion carries. 40 zero. All right. Item D, approval of agreement with Cornerstone Earth Group, Inc. for ECS ECHS modernization project. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Cornerstone Earth Group, Inc. for geotechnical and geological hazard al evaluation services for the El Camino High School modernization project in the amount of 111,000 $580. Any questions or comments on this item? So move second. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Richardson. All in favor? I

I motion carries 4. Item E, approval of agreement with Hawkback Levven for the Monte Vvery Elementary School modernization project. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Hawkback Lebanon for utility surveying and topographic services for the Monte Vvery Elementary School modernization project in the amount of $44,000. Any questions or comments on this item? I think it's interesting that we have separate agreements for each school, but I assume that's an accounting thing. Okay. Thanks. Yeah, I'll make a motion. All right. Motion by Lamb. Second. Oh, I she seconded. Motion a second by Murray. All in favor? I I

I motion carries 40. Uh F. Approval of agreement with Cornerstone Earth Group, Inc. for Montverie Elementary School modernization project. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Cornerstone Earth Group, Inc. for the geotechnical and geological hazard evaluation services for the Montiverie Elementary School modernization project in the amount of $50,170. Any questions or comments on this? So moved. Second. All right, we got a motion by Lamb, a second by Murray. All in favor? I

I. Motion carries 40. [clears throat] Item G, approval of agreement with Pionic unit for Juniperos Sarah Elementary School fence installation. Staff recommends approval of the agreement for construction services with Pionic unit construction for the Juniperos Sarah Elementary School upper playground fence installation project in the amount of $73,900. Any questions or comments on this item? Okay. Yes, Trusty Richardson. Yes. Thank you. Um, we've just approved a few of these contracts, but what I'd like to know, is this starting the second phase or are we still continuing on the first phase?

Yeah, this is a separate project from the modernization. It's actually more for safety. So, so the uh the principal requested us to put a fence uh up the heler to block prevent students from uh going up there and injuring themselves. Oh, so this is not part of the Oh, I see the modernization. Yeah, separate. Yeah, it's a safety uh to address a safety concern. Okay. A different Yeah. So, this is coming not from the measure. I mean, not the bond funds. No, it's not bond funds. That that's

El Camino High School modernization project and the Montiverie modernization are part of the phase two projects though right in our in our bond plan. Yes. Uh they they are part of it but we also have the TK which is a separate fund bond as well too. Okay. And it Okay. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. I couldn't find that. No. Thank you for asking Trusty Richardson. All right. I got a motion by Murray. Second by Richardson. All in favor? I

I. Motion carries 4 Z. Item H, approval of approval to award a contract to Okconor Pipelines. Staff recommends approval to award a contract for district office accessibility improvements phase 2 to the lowest responsible responsive and responsible bidder Okconor Pipelines, Inc. in the amount of $100,000. Any questions or comments on this item? Um, I'll make a motion, but I I've just just had a question myself. You want a question to do you want to ask? So, we'll

Well, I guess it was just more of like a how we got here [laughter] summary. I mean, just for the benefit of people who haven't been following this project. I know it's been a kind of a an interesting journey with the district um accessibility project. Um I pass by and I I I feel badly for you know all the dirt things that the problems with the soil you know that that this particular um uh contract is trying to address. Yeah. Uh yeah we are very close though. Yeah. We we're finished the first portion where uh the original part of project was to put the ADA ramp that that whole area is done already. But then the DSA inspector noticed the slope of of the uh uh the pavement between the back side door and to the ramp is a little off by a small degree. So So they're having us redo that. So we'll do that as a separate project and bid it out just to save more money for the district. And then I I was kind of over there the other day and um so yeah, I see that the ramp itself is completed but then um it seems like there's a gate or something. I don't know the access to the ramp is still not available because of you know needing to repave that or you know dig out the dirt address the soil and then repave. So is there some kind of accessibility? I don't know, just a another way for people to get in who might need that um accessible ramp or

I I believe they can just there is a pave pave way where they can walk. I don't Yeah, I'm pretty sure that it's not being blocked though. Is it? Yeah. Okay, Mr. Chowi um messaged us. He couldn't speak to this. Oh, Mr. Chowuri, are you there? Are you there? Yes, I am here. Can you listen? Can you hear me? Yes, thank you.

Okay. Yes. Um I I think this needs a little explanation. And uh what happened is that the scope of the project that was in the original bid was completed. And remember this is an accessibility project. The existing parking area for the handicap parking, the existing was noted originally in the original documents as compliant. The inspector of record basically said he couldn't sign off because he took the measurements and he saw it exceeding the acceptable slopes. So what happened is that this whole area is not in the original scope and to make it uh acceptable to the uh codes of 2% cross slopes maximum we removed the asphalt and then we ran into a spongy soil again. The second time we already paid uh bit of our allowance and some extra money to fix the first uh discovery of spongy soil near the ramp and now this area which was not in the original scope. We ran into it again and I have videos that I could share if I'm allowed. Uh I would if you indulge me for 2 minutes I think all of this will be understood. And so the change order amount in the original project could not be applied here for two reasons. We exceeded 10%. And this is a new scope. So and the contractor was not willing to also give us a fixed price. So we we closed that contract and basically bid this out in a cupka to do it as speedily as we could. And so we have these

numbers for you for five for f the bid numbers from five contractors. And I'm hoping that we can close this off and get it done. But if you indulge me, I could show you a few things. It will take no more than a minute or two, but it will be Wazi. I think we're okay. I I apologize. I appreciate your your eagerness, but I think we're okay. Okay. Um anyway, but it it would be for the record uh understood why we need to do this. I I think you explained it well. I appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. All right.

Yeah. And I I think we've I know I've been following the pro I mean obviously we've been looking at the the following the project um over the past few meetings and um but yeah I understand like you know anytime there's construction there's just always a chance of yeah the unknown un unforeseen things and um yeah so I know I I do appreciate yeah that the um uh the d the due diligence to yeah get this portion of you know this new scope uh it out and um yeah to be addressed. So yeah, thank you. Trusty Richardson, did you have any additional questions? No, thank you. Okay, thank you so much. Can I get a motion for approval? So move.

Second. Okay, I got a motion by Murray, a second by Richardson. All in favor? I I motion carries 40. [clears throat] Item I, approval of proposal with coming group. Staff recommends approval of the proposal with Coming Group for project and construction management services to close out the legacy facility projects in the amount of $37,500. Any questions or comments on this item?

Trusty Richardson. Ju just to be clear on this legacy projects are the previous progress projects that that are unfinished and we need to finish them for the DSA. Is that what I'm reading here? Yeah, these are the very very old projects that was never closed off. So, we're taking care of that. So, in order for us to uh you know for DSA to approve future projects, we got to clear the old projects. Got it. Thank you. Super. Can I get a motion? Show a move. Okay. I got a motion by Murray, a second by Richardson. All in favor?

I I Motion carries 40. Item J, approval of proposal with Seammen's Industry for the Monte Verie Elementary School. Staff recommends the the approval of proposal with Seaman's Industry, Inc. for the fire alarm control panel repair and replacement at Monte Verie Elementary School in the amount of $69,975. Any questions or comments on this one?

Um, just I had asked a question beforehand about um when the fire alarm. So this we have an item for Monty Birdie and Jun uh for JS Juniper Sarah. Um and so like when do we anticipate the fire alarms being uh repaired, replaced? Um is this like as soon as possible type of thing or like when school is out or

Yeah. Yeah. This is uh something we have to do you know because these are the two schools where we're putting in the DTK modular and then the I guess the equipment a lot of equipment it doesn't match because the equipment is so old that the panel is so old there it doesn't match with the new equipment that from the module building so I think that's why we need to uh replace that first before we can put the module building in. Mr. Chowuri says he can add to this. I just got a message right. Go ahead. Okay, Mr. Chry. All right.

Yes. Uh ju because I think the reason I am uh I want to speak to this is because this is going to be a recurring item. What happened is that the fire alarm control panels at each of our sites are way u past their lives. And so when you do any new project with new fire alarm devices, they don't sync, they don't synchronize. So we actually our department uh facilities uh actually funded the similar new FACP for the El Camino without which your bond program, the fire alarm devices of the bond program wouldn't have been able to speak to it. So this is what we're doing for these two sites because the new TKs will have the new fire marshall listed uh devices that will not speak to the current uh FACP. So putting in new FAP will not only allow our TK buildings to speak to that but also any upcoming projects that the bond program may need to do. Okay. Super. So, this is a long-term investment with a short-term benefit. Sounds like we're going to do it whenever we get the contract done. Is that right?

Yes. It's uh it's going to be only no more than a month. Super. All right. Any other questions or comments? So, move. All right. Motion by Richardson. Can you Second? Oh, shoot. I just hit your arm. Sorry. Uh second by Murray. All in favor? I I motion carries 40. Item K, approval of proposal with Seammen's industry for Juniperosa Elementary School. Staff recommends of the the approval of the proposal of Zemen's Elementary as Zemen's Industry for the fire alarm control panel repair and replacement at Juniperos Sarah Elementary School in the amount of $67,534. Any other questions or comments?

So move. All right. Motion by Murray. Is that a second by Richardson? All in favor? I I motion carries 4 Z. All right. Review of future agenda items and meetings. See you Tuesday. Any other questions? Right. Summary of board directives. There are none. Thank you. And we'll move on to good and welfare.

Trusty Lamb, do you want to go first while Trusty Richardson's searching for her?

I I I Oh, you are. Oh, do you want Oh, I'll try to be quick. Um, yeah, so just to summarize things that have been happening lately. Um, so yeah, it's great to be back after um the CSBA conference last week in Sacramento with uh all the fellow uh board members and Dr. Moore. Um, you know, I'm always really grateful for these uh professional learning opportunities. Um, you know, I don't take this for granted. Um I know how important it is for us to learn um you know what you know everything that we can so that we can apply it to our work um here at home. Um so uh some of the workshops I attended uh were include things like the legal symposium um special education the board um engaging uh with the uh the community about uh AI and um early literacy initiatives. Um so and then um Oh yeah but yesterday was the visit with Monty Mie and Westboro. So that that was also exciting u to Oh yeah yeah when we went to Westboro. Yeah. So you can talk about that.

Yeah. So I I mean I really appreciate going to to uh classroom visits. Um you know seeing kids engage in classrooms um just learning about you know with the the hard work our educators are putting into kind of uh hone their practice uh especially in our priorities with academic academic discourse and belonging. Um you know I got to see my daughter Josie in her class in Bonnie Verie. Uh we watched Elite performance the dance performance. Uh and I saw a lot of Aiden's old teachers at Westboro. So I think we all miss each other. So um it [clears throat] was great to see uh thank you to uh principles Mert and uh uh principal Rossy for uh hosting us and happy holidays and I guess I'll see you next Tuesday. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Um I just I can realize back in November I went to see Dr. Experiment and League of Evil at Altaloma. That was a lively, scary experiment with the students. It's a such a big class, drama club. And then I went to El Camino High School, Once Upon a Mattress on a Sunday afternoon, which is very Oh, I was It was a wonderful play. The students are so talented. I just can't say enough. and it's the last performance of the calendar year with Mr. Briano in attendance and Mr. Gala and his orchestra of students. It was uh a lovely afternoon. Then I attended the historical society fundraiser attended by the local congressman Kevin Mullen and his twin sons who go to our schools Bur Bur and they were helping with the silent auction and I met the chair of the women's club uh MG Rodriguez and I promised to be in touch with her so that she could come and explain joining why joining the women's club is important for our students. [gasps] She was she's retired uh Janent Tech and she was very thrilled to be part of the organization. Then um I Tuesday I went to a town hall um it was a zoom town hall with Senator Becker um to speak about extending the community

college in Sonteo County to permanent. So they're introducing a bill that uh and they were talking about how successful the program and how increased uh the attendance by 24% in some areas and it helped the migrant community as well. So it was well has been a wellreceived pilot with of about five years. So, we'll be looking forward to uh having this um very helpful program become permanent in our community. And that's concludes my report.

Wonderful. Dr. Murray, Dr. Murray, I'm so used to saying Dr. Shay next. [laughter] Trusty Murray. I forgot to mention. Um, I just want to congratulate our new mayor, Mark Aiego, and vice mayor Mark Naggales, and wish everybody a happy holiday. Thank you.

Thank you so much, Trusty Murray. Um, I, uh, Dr. Dr. Shay and I attended the PTA Council dinner on December 1st before we went up to the CSBA AEC conference and it was really wonderful to to attend that event and and see all the wonderful PTA leaders, many of their kids um and bid on things. Uh Ted outbid me again. I still did not win anything at this event, but I think it was a good fundraiser. I think they they raised quite a bit of money for the PTA council, so I'm glad to hear that. Um uh the CSBAC conference was really excellent this year. Um we attended I attended um both the gubernatorial forum and the state superintendent of instruction forum. Um so got to hear from some candidates who who were vying for those jobs and then also attended some sessions on communications data um and something else that was really interesting. So really the the comms and data the data one stuck with me a lot because it was really thinking about how to identify the students not the students who are excellent and the students who are at the bottom but the students in the middle the ones that are that often fall under the cracks. So fall through the cracks. So that was really wonderful. Um I also wanted to let everyone know the South San Francisco Education Foundation is going to be doing their very first auction this spring. Um and they are uh looking for auction items and and sponsors. So, if you are interested in getting involved with that, um, check out the South San Francisco Education Foundation Facebook page, website, all of those things. I think they all have information about it. So, uh, with that, I thank you so much. Uh, hope to see you on Tuesday and happy holidays if we don't. With that the meeting's adjured.