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under God bright welcome everyone for joining us we have nothing to report from closed session  and  the cast for adoption of second thank you stand-up does anyone have anything that they'd like to pull as Mendes smooth II ouren  okay all in favor thank you okay wards patience and presentations  hello board president Robbins and members of the board cabinet we are so stated to dr. Lisa Cooper from principal of Culver City High School will give a brief explanation about our graduation requirement a change that happened to the board policy last year so at this time Culver City High School would like to recognize students who took a few extra months complete the formats in this first year change in policy dr. Cooper does it have a graduate I was planning to be here tonight but unfortunately is not here but I would like to fart play Matlock. We did have a change in our graduation requirements to to me to participate in the graduation ceremony than the last year and part of that committed next to making sure that students and families all students and families can enjoy the graduation ceremony we were commit to having an additional simponi which was supposed to be night but I graduate that had RSVP if not here but I would love to show you the pictures and introduce you let you see the name do we have Ashley Butler go Eduardo Garcia Torres Kelly Lorraine Cyrus keys the wheel Pauline Lee Peterson and your fat belt can still so if that was supposed to join us tonight with his fam they're not here by 4 but I still want to acknowledge cuz I still am very proud of their commitment dedication to Finn graduation requirements to receive their diploma they make the comment yes you may if you're in touch with the graduates I'd appreciate if you could Castle on my comment that I any think everybody here recognize that it takes an extra level of determination to get this done when you have just a little bit to do and you not with all your other classmates and it's not the usual routine so I just want to congratulate them and let them know that we recognize that they showed extra effort to make this happen good night for them for their families and for the mentally but I understand they have other plants and things going on but absolutely we're proud of their commitment as well I would like to say a few words to them just in case they have the opportunity to watch the video later congratulations turns on this accomplishment and I hope that you only look back in order to recognize the hard work that you're capable of doing and fur messed up this point look forward right now you are in so much better of a position than you were for before you did this now when you go to apply for a job you can check that box that says you graduated from high school and the number of opportunities available to you now are so much greater than the ones that were available to you before you finish your work your high school work and I like to also ask you to consider that now you've proven that you can apply self work hard and something so please take your education farther you know you can now so congratulations and best luck to you  thank you thank you very much  okay so we have super types report thank you so much for president Robins esteemed members of the board cabinet and Community I just wanted to haven't had a chance to update everybody sin we had our state of the district our last boarding was the day before the state of the strict and so that seems like a long time ago but I really thought it was a fantastic event and I really play entire Community being out there with 200 parents and community members Partners staff on representative from every single one of our can school sites just be a part of our communication and sharing of a district-wide vision of excellence in what we call the for a that kidemics Athletics the listen activities I'm all kind of wrapped around the notion of health and safety for all students all of the time and I really appreciated up in the conversations that were clean before during and after the event who's got a lot of feedback as we sent about the PowerPoint or the presentation slide deck I'm available for off families because it's not stop a superintendence vision or just solely a boards and it's really a community's vision at all of us in order to get to where we want to go and continued I'm for students in creating the opportunities and self makerspaces were kind of you know one of the one of the most buzz-worthy things that we're going to be doing in the fall so we'll be at rating to makerspaces Fallen rk5 schools and three more the year after that but I think everything overall was really really exciting did the idea of one on one device access for all of our students of the proliferation of by literacy about the district I'm in our ongoing commitment to academic excellence speaking of which I'm one of the things that Culver City Schools is bring this year on that's new in terms of honing in on our academic achievement mid-year this really good full force with what we call it Aramis Aspen so that's part of the state's assessment module on is completely optional on its play valuable the were in the midst of it right now every single student in grades three through eight at 11 including actually been in town or taking a version of either an interim Aspen block or knit from comprehensive assessment this meant not just for them to take an assessment before the assess is given but to give teachers Val people sets of data they can understand and predict student achievement mid-year just want to bring up that the former testing model was such that only way that you got it was in the football of the Copart of students who taught the year before fundamentally meaning date was a paper pencil system and that's how it worked the new current Assessments in California are digital teachers are getting their back and I want you to hear this 20 hours after they give the Testament it's accurate and also you'll be seeing students coming home with daily reports on the actual what's meant that they will take later on in the spring when I say that it's not the same question but it's the same skills because we're now moving to a skill base system that date set allow teachers to create a common lesson plans and pooping exercises for them to beat them to be able to go out and recalibrate student learning so that they understand kind of where students are at in January and March and April etcetera so we can prepare them for not just the assessment cuz that's the Fargo the teach to the test but really prepare them for the next year's level of course is so whether that's from 3rd to 4th or from 9th to Tampa from 7th to 8th and so on and so that's happening and that's a big deal it'll happen kind of silently cuz it's that exciting to talk about they were giving three hours at the Sussman so over do anything in the next month or so but what is side against everything that the teachers are doing with it and how were and fusing that into their PLC time to really talk about the science of teaching by teaching is both an art and a socket I'm in the science really dipped matter so using that day that goes along wet so sorry for the final report by think they're really exciting things going on in Culver City schools and free time has a lot to do with academics cuz it kind of focus in on student achievement has he put off for the end of the year I'm really preparing Free Buddy for for what they love Chief and father volume so thank you thank you for president Robert the members of the boarding cabinet and community I would like to make sure that everybody knows of our nail-biting evening coming up next Monday January 30th will be what we have are for can you put your 12th annual a Culver City Unified School District drum roll please don't think we have a 24 winners across the district from our five elementary schools along with her middle school who will be an eighth  one on mano a mano kind of a competition as we go through simple elimination up until those last few words and every year it proves to be a full of drama kind of an evening lots of fun it starts at 7 we'll have a celebrity speller their very own for Komatsu who placed in the National Spelling Bee so we're really excited about that's your spelling babe so that's next Monday hope you make it up then moving to another Topic near and dear to my heart English language arts we are looking at textbook listen I just need to update the board with our meeting tomorrow at mentary teachers are looking at have completed their review of the second textbook and will be meeting tomorrow to reflect on its strengths and weaknesses and then go through a little bit of a side-by-side comparison with the textbooks step on that they will come up with the recommendation one more final meeting and then I'll be prepared to present an informational at them to the Ford be moving toward a recommendation sometime in March and then finally I'm sure you all know if it's cancer Garden Summit season with kindergarten information nights happening last week we had three already at Farragut lipao and love Iona wonderfully attended at all of those this week be sure we've got to to make them Rincon on Thursday evening and so excited about that next week or find a one at El Marino language School lots of parents in attendance at all of the all the kindergarten evenings lot of an interest in our schools so I'm excited too not a big Liam roulement process which will happen next month thank you  good evening Robinson School Board I'd like to First Step Off by thanking the calendar committee Robert Quinn Debbie ham and Dave milky for all the worth of they've done on the calendar at look forward to publishing a start date for the 2017-18 school year and I'd also like to thank all of our staff members our parents our community for being so patient on during this process so hopefully you'll have a start date pretty soon few minutes also a shout how to ATP a jazz combo and the Jazz Ensemble I was there at the concert on Saturday I was a prominent member and a proud mama they are so independent and self-motivated and such talented musicians that was very enjoyable as a side of Gershwin and Duke Ellington one of the cutest things I've seen as that they had a jazz Workshop earlier that day so they had four students from El Rincon and Cooper Middle School that worked with the older students they actually perform the silent they learned that day and not only did they form that song that they were able to kind of do their own little interpretation so I was I was very press I was happy for them way to have the students kind of feed in from elementary middle school we're already Jazz sappy and finally before you go to the spelling bee on Monday don't forget to grab a piece of pizza and go away in at the commit2bfit big Fair that's going to be on January 5th we already have 100 people who have pre-registered last year 40 people who registered in 100 showed up so I have no idea how many are going to show up on Monday we have part of the farewell that some of the vendors there will be signing you up for the fastest at they're going to offer as I mentioned before we have exercise options every day for 8 weeks solid cannot go we have a closed Facebook group as well so that you can have all of our Publix challenges which would be fun to see on Facebook and congratulations to El Marino and the district office Culver City Middle School for having the most participants signed up purse for the district office yay  thank you the rental  tonight we have the presentation of the ankle audit for last year I think you'll be pleased with the results tomorrow evening at the budget advisory committee meeting and want to thank the staff and can remembers who volunteer their time to Peyton at  very important committee who does really good work and Ashley survive the reins thanks all over the place I think we might have had a few sent bags place this year but other than the student parking lot at the high school I think we should we did pretty thank you Miss Shannon good evening salad this thing I have to report on is give back January and I talked about this last week but it's going really great weird thing a ramen noodle Drive which one noodle equals one tick so she didn't have a chance to pay their admin in the face but it's were really excited about or also doing puppies for patients again my fourth-period class who raised the most money wins the special special treat and this Friday were doing pasta for patients with bleed from 5 to 7 at what does this catering are pasta so $5 a bowl of pasta and $2 a slice of pizza and we'll also having Bingo so I hope to see you all there did wok and roll and green 5 this week so green fight was today at lunch so ASP student stood in front of trash cans if in rewarded kids for sorting their trash correctly back to school is this Thursday the 26th but we finally decided on a date time and seeing for the formal it would be March 11th from 5:30 to 8:30 25 bars to get in at theme is old Hollywood and gold black red sort of thing they have a professional DJ catering and is going to be fun Center  thank you thank you good evening this is still very busy during second semester we have our second semester Club fair this Thursday which will also be accompanied by a pep rally to keep a cough the winter sports season and Fred games that one of our students is heading to fundraise for the LLS fundation and so we're going to be happening play the games that are like directed towards that Foundation spirit week next week leading up to our lights out dance which is going to be next Saturday and upcoming events are the talent show which is going to be April 28th the leadership conference which is March 8th the scheduling Fair which is the 10th of February and timer playing a multicultural Fair instead of an assembly because the Robert Frost is going under construction so that's going to be with the cool and then we are also doing pennies patients thank you and I have an audience member card if anyone else would like to speak please get an orange all right over to I don't have a  find your computer behind oh it's Joanna she gets says good evening set the board I am wearing two hats tonight the first is as a representative of the Culver City Council PTA to thank you all for your participation in the fashion show on Sunday which was it a cult city council PTA 100 Years of fashion and we also made it a fundraiser for the backpack program and thanks to all of your contributions of experiences we raised over $3,000 with backpack program just because of your elected so thank you for doing that and stepping out of your comfort since some of you some of you are very comfortable there is my second half as I'm here to represent the front and center theater collaborative on behalf of Heather Heather mote the suit could not be here today but I am working with her and we wanted to let you all know about upcoming February 10th Theater Arts Extravaganza which if they celebration of theatre arts and Culver City Unified School District and I won let you know about some stats what you may or may not know about first of all the Culver City Unified has the largest concentration of theatre arts programming for any public school district in Los Angeles region our partnership with a six art Partners is a unique operation some between partner partner said have similar missions but the work together to provide programming to the school district 4500 who's from T K through 12 are we sleeping access to Theater Arts programming their school day as well as after school that equates to 475 hours of struction every year this year at Glenda school year 30 + assemblies and field trips and it's over $200,000 worth of services at their provide at a fraction of the cost and this is supported by the foundation by the district by the city and by the funding Partners Sony find Schreiber and so on February 10th we are trying to get hundred people to come to vets complex and experience and celebrate the theater arts program we are also going to have planned a rainbow art installation part of what you see up up this screen right now we are going around District asking people to fill out ribbons that answer the question what is your vision for Arts education and Culver City Unified School District it will be on display is a backdrop for this event there will be interactive activities from 6 to 7 and then 7 to 8:30 they will be performances by all of the all theater companies coming in there will also be a special performance that is going to be a surprise but Culver City Unified students of Ollie yes and let me see what else do I have to type it's there's also food tracks from 5 to 6 it's free it's free so it is open to anybody just Culver City we as many families as many people that we want to tell the story of front-and-center and educate people about the incredible programming that goes off on because we don't think tell no nap about it and my final thing is Sammy can I get your help cuz I need a student  we also have some other surprises with time going to reveal class sleep can you come help me introducing a new hashtag Culver create very nice the police help turn up that one is many family service possible more time February 10th at 6 Friday 5 to 6 there will be food truck spoken by food next to 7 or interactive activities are going to be all over the complex doing various things through our partners and then 7 to 8:30 other performances thank you fall free okay Doctor even if you like to go first just taking a note of paper about February 10th that's all they got to say so say the district was great I'm looking forward to the spelling the Canaanites and CCMS improv don't forget coming up the weekend District concert I think is still a couple weeks away but it's before our next meeting most likely have been one with whether we reschedule it that it's cuz it's middle I get that one in between  I think the district answered is the 16 and that's the night we're talking about rescheduling a board meeting to and if we do it before being will be just barely before the district concert let's not waste time I'll just move on thank you yes also attended the First first day of the district event and it was a packed house which was great and then room only I got a lot of great responses from parents that it was about you pick up information and I felt that was really informative and they felt really up Jazz I what they heard did the Hundred Years of fashion show of Sunday by the council PTA and we got to wear some great costumes if you missed it there were pictures as evidence and they will be posted somewhere I'm sure and so when we have exceeded our expectations as raising thousand if you don't know each back takes about 10 is about $10 to fill and we do 150 packs a week to give the idea of what Fable the defrost and it's fully funded by donation only and not to drink or other funds I believe you aboard Workshop next Tuesday so looking forward to that spelling bee also I know that the crippled and 5K is coming up in February and asked to talk about that as well I know there are some team forming at schools and they hope more join us teams and there will be prizes or in frive categories for the taking most best dropped it is Oscar Sunday as well they'll be some best dressed categories prizes for that you can dress in a gallon if you like I suppose I have not trained at all for this so I guess I'll be joining the commit to be fit initiative as well  maybe I'll opt out of the way pin part  hi so the Friday after our last board meeting we had days on the council board liaison committee meeting which was also had a lot of good conversation about Washington Boulevard Street safety for Brianna because it's really the one like house tucked in kind of a neighborhood Reno's and tucked in a neighborhood certainly Farragut is an El Rincon has some pretty good sets of Siri stop signs that at least people down really make them aware that there's a school right there but people just whizzed by love Iona and unfortunately there an accident there a week ago or red before they'll is on committing any which sort of really brought home the conversation about the topic so the city's hopefully going to do something big in a couple of years and is going to implement something and rum so that there is more assertive signage and awareness and so on and so forth around that particular set of intersections and so forth and then we also spoke at something about the pool that we are hoping to collaborate with with the city with the bond they have lifeguards which is sort of the very short way of saying you know if they provide past the space in the space is ours we can build it and and they can maintain it and etcetera so we're hoping that really be couples a good Win Win 4 all of our students in in Oliver residence as well so that was that enough think the board worked up was mentioned the one that we had last week last Tuesday or just meeting meeting meeting in the conversations there about of a variety of topics and of course the fashion show was fabulous so I can make the district event what does CCF event but who's that evening anyway the last thing we are still pushing against Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education or we meaning me myself and I and others who really understand that this woman unqualified thank now that her hearing aid has been delayed not once but not twice that the pressure from everyone teachers unions across the country teachers across the country parents just people who understand care on their respective Congress members in the Senate is making a difference in that Wheatley we cannot give up cannot be distracted by tweets and random things we must continue to put pressure on to continue to make sure those that have already been confirmed or not confirmed and especially this is those who simply wants to privatize public education knows nothing what education has no background in education and his will be very dangerous to 2 children and our future. End of story so I appreciate folks I eat apple Facebook post is not enough you really must pick up the phone and call call the senators or on that those is subcommittees at men the entire membership of the Senate you know this is going to be voting on this important nominee  that's that's what I have for tonight I do the person about the liaison committee the topic of polling locations come up it did not the election is my understanding on March 7th so perhaps Josh you could maybe send a reminder to whoever about that particular topic so that we can well after I had a meeting with councilmember Sally else and two people from the city and they were looking into just who they have to talk to to make sure that we know longer as voting going on at alencon because that is the most impacted school because of the location of where the polling location is to make that you're nodding we are at the elementary schools at all but the other ones that they please have a separate area and they're not as heavily impacted as Elric on where the people walk right through the school to get to the polling location and so we have asked that that will not be used in the city is offering alternative public facility locations that could be used hoping that that will help  sweeten the pot off to just move the location of the liaison committee was one stop pick you didn't mention that was discussed which was very preliminary discussions about whether there's something we could do together about affordable housing with preference for district please or something like that it's looking into that there's no it's not like any distance or Mater do you like that or any concrete plans but we're investigating the possibility that we can meet mutual interest of the city to have affordable housing play The District able to have District employees have an opportunity to live in over City  okay I just have a few things I also thoroughly enjoyed the state of the district as well as Sunday's event fashion show for the experience and I put all the people that showed up and spent money in spite of the pouring rain in the pleasant outdoor conditions I also wanted to say that up check and apologizes for being absent but she is traveling for business today that point she was not in her chair I went to two of the kin turn information sessions with this you know it's just an opportunity to just wallow in a double nest for a little while cuz it very very little people who about to be some are charged and they both went very well so I look forward to I went to a pool in hell and love Iona very well what ended and I look forward to going to our on Thursday and let's see what else please join us at the board shut up up Tuesday at 6 at the school district board room and I encourage everyone to come to not just Arts event that was just excited but CCMS improv has performances I think this weekend and it's phenomenal is every penny is so much fun I will definitely be there  okay that's all I have can I ask my fellow board members if we can skip the recess and move on  men's tonight alright okay so you have our financial port  by Sammie  evening I would like to present Vanessa Pineda she is the audit and charge on a annual independent Financial District audit as well as Apple Financial independent audit well which we will be wrapping up probably within the next month or so and so she's going to be presenting our 2015 keep an annual independent audit report  turn the lights on said my name is Vanessa Keenan to the report first will begin with our independent Auditors pinion so this is just our opinion on the financial statements for Penny and the financial statements are for early in all material respect as of June 30th 2016 and the respect respect of changes in financial position are in accordance with accounting generally accepted also like to talk about the position as a whole as you guys know last year the gas b68 said which included I'm districts in showing their net pension liability from her sisters but actually this year the tote deposition decrease $2000000 and although the net pension liability increase due to revenues increasing and expenditures decreasing there was an a please of Timberland the first the position is a really high amount as you could see the negative amount but most of it is relating to net pension ability also had a few other opinions second opinion is on the on the state compliance if there is the skittle words there was unmodified opinion there is no material weaknesses and no significant deficiencies were ported for app rewards we tested two different programs the first one we tested was a nutrition so that's all the different program that you guys have relate so breakfast lunch go ahead and order that section and we also added it Title 1 part 8 and this is the funds that are received for low-income in a collective students and teachers go ahead and find ways to use them before the students and in both of these there was no material weaknesses reported or significant agencies Superbowl Suppose there was an unmodified opinion  this if there actually was an any findings for the clear unmodified but I would also like to report on prior years find so we go ahead and review those needs to make sure that there are actually Implement during 1560 so the first thing last year was for other poison post-employment benefits so open as it's also know I'm in the reason why there was Finding was because he Actuarial study was in updated it could be updated every two years and the district should be is in charge of making sure that they were cleaned out report before the year at closing closes so far way of verifying that this finding was actually implemented is for fixing will make sure to obtain the afro study so then in two years will go ahead and review and make sure that the new actual study is in place so that was a pretty easy one to fix and second one wasn't duplicator control control funding formula of finding for the 2 years and then this was actually completely cleared out the reason why there was a fight the last year was two of those things learner students word for classified as Learners in the cow pads and the district they were either had already been what are the program or a was Miss classified for whatever is in due to the information from the software not actually being included in Cal pads so this year go ahead and do the same testing and we did not find any exceptions neither in RF or p.m. which is a free and reduced or in the English Learners which is a toupee sister star classified in a duplicate of people count  and the last finding that there was last year was the General occupational centers of program maintenance effort so that was actually of the weird finding because it was only the one year and we only needed to test 1415 chili for 5th and 16th this completed War compliance was not employees and what they made us SS since the funding for was actually removed and now there is just the LC effect they wanted to make sure that the district was still spending at least the amount spent until 15 so we found that lower 11550 which one X's of 2013 expenditures and consent to 1415 and like I said that was an hour volume at first to test so then we assumed there was implemented so this concludes findings and our opinions you guys have any questions I suppose. completely nothing gone since I mean is usually a little minor ding here that they quickly  Sin Cara but I just passed yeah right feels like getting somebody noticed that thank you very much okay next item is first reading of board policy 4151 employee compensation so just to address this policy really quickly it is actually a new popsie to us but it's not a new practice basically is confirming we have been doing the fact that we have salaries for employees that can we have one for a certificate at classified management Also it talks about placement of employees based on turn it or you know eaters in education Master's bachelor's points also what frequency which is dictated by Lake up so it just really kind of confirms a practice that we've been doing please don't have the policy  is anyone have an Ahmed store looks like I know you very much thank you and here we are the calendar oh sorry the doors locked it good evening everyone so can you throw off the get did you have to have the hand out so that all the staff at all would have it and the people free day right after Martin Luther King day so everybody could go over with their staffs having as much time as possible we also gave him that Wednesday to over with theirs last meetings just wanted to get it out there in person in Pittsburgh have as many people as possible participate the survey itself what the first to slide what you sit on one piece of paper we've been to make sure was all group together we asked them their School site their work tight whether they were AC's bft or Max what does very plainly said please repeat the information in the calendars told him what the differences are we just only start dates on these and what do you prefer a or b with start dating  and this again was on same piece of paper so they could see it right at the glance it's just a slightly edited version of what is any lab meeting the information to consider not so much pros and cons but just information here's information you can have about brakes air conditioning Etc so they had something in front of them to consider when they were talking about  so the next slide shows the results and I broke it down over right I'm not going to read every number to you can see it as you look at it the planks are just people surprisingly number surprising number that did not say whether they were eight CCF here Maps  and then Max since there's a few people I didn't bother breaking into each School site go over on the left do you have your summary up which organization what they've put it and then the total votes you can see we came up with 601 votes we were hoping for a hyper number than that I'm not sure why it was on since they did it in person I can't really explain that but it's a lot better than the 400 we got them the last survey and the results were almost the same percentage 3% to 57% of 30 volt difference of 600  so again it falls in line with the previous surveys again a close vote can you can see how it broke down questions about process actually one question the survey itself doesn't give the actual calendar just gives the speech what everybody who voted this actually stock calendar that all the days mark real questions  thanks for all the work on this thank you so much alright  is there anything else that you like to say in light of the vote that I'm using one of our action items we had submitted both calendars So based on the results we'd like to ask for you to approve underwear with with the August 28th will start date that's draft be correct  right I won't mention the one that it is one edit which would that Yom Kippur is actually the high holy day so that in the can you school year at falls in the weekend it's marked on drafty so we're thinking that for 1718 we would keep we would not need to preserve Yom Kippur since it is on the weekend so we would ask if you approve I counted that you have mended with the first not being a local holiday calendar people star when they voted on it showed I must rush it Donna and said that's wrong who discuss that when we have the motion come up or no not to anyone else in that body and said it is an clarify if I'm wrong it's my understanding that option b allows us the same number of Channel days in semester 1 as we had this year in 1617 winter break was moved up a week and the layout of the calendar so the split this year 16-7 was 8100 and the high school did their semester break before the winter break and we can still do it to Mester break before winter break with Shannon be 8100 / 79 101 depending on Rosh Hashanah and that's actually probably Mark the calendar to with the semester break on the last day before okay what the three day then becoming the first day back after winter break so it would be if we with the way it went out to everybody with Russia sonnet 79 101 and if we move it then it becomes the same as what we did it would also get out a week later for winter break should be clear so there are a number of school districts in Southern California got out the week later than Culver City Unified did I may butts up close to stop them Christmas and what not allow of the benefit is that it allows for the semester can I look at other soft interrupt I looked at other school districts for that reason to see when they were getting out for their winter breaks and next year if they're all doing the same thing they're going up sorry question about this because we just talked about shifting one day from what was John Debbie is your group comfortable with that are you guys going to piss about Shifting the day or have you talked about it you're f****** with moving and moving to one day  I need a motion sorry I did not do Mom we actually do so .2 up till now right turn out all the favor  what's the family how's make the movie calendar option b that begins August 28th  end with the with the correction that were going you shift the the holiday as deaf recommended which gets us as I understand it instructional day before the semester you need to say the calendar year cool you're not coming here thank you second I need to scuffing happen  I'm reluctant both change the the one-day Aunt to give up the option happy Rosh Hashanah be a holiday when we don't have to give up that option I'm sort of reluctantly willing to go along with this that's why because you guys are okay with it and because you guys are recommending it just want that summer comments from the other side  all right all in favor and so that deserves I'd like to be able to 2018-2019 calendar to the next board meeting with the same type of model that the used for this calendar would be like the the start date of the week before Labor Day so we actually have to count two years on the grapefruit  you devote or nice wanted we discuss anything  I do I want to say thank very much I appreciate your work I know it as I said before thankless and I know that you take a lot of phone calls and a lot of angry conversations in the process of doing this and I am grateful for your willingness to step up and do this over and over and over again so thank you very much and thank you for doing another survey still clubs it's a lot more informative and I feel a lot better about the decision and so I thank you for that a deep milky we've learned a lot this time and what are things I think we've learned as we need to bring the board in sooner rather than later and so was we continue into the future if we had surveys out and results back before you knew what was going on and so that's one things that learned and collaborate in is not easy but eventually you get to results oh thank very much for all of your cooperation in the process we appreciate it  Dave make the note stick skip to ask that after we solve the second year when we go when we start thinking about the two years after that that we make sure we revisit The Prost and its entirety just so that you know the end up the same way this time with everyone smiling and happy with result but that they you can streamline it a little bit so that we don't have to come back to you and say please do it again  thank you  alright and we are at and 12.1 waiver of 9320 meeting and still propose why you want to speak that enough to get my browser up yes so we and I'm glad that our partnership Paris and valve for are here and we just want to make sure that apples were working on where is Kim projects that we have the timing of off of our bids and Protech periods and whatnot kind of all end up in the right place and so we'd like to push the board meeting back later a couple of days to allow for all of our processes to be recommended bored in the correct order and so as also not to lose I'm on the projects so basically between the 14th and the board meeting after his kind of deal dad and I were just on the couch with that some moving it to the 16th is likely to help us out with time and schedule however it does create a conflict now that we have to women can see all events at all places at all times want to think that you can know there's a billion events by the way on every on any given day which is great is that ATP pause have a concert on Thursday the 16th which would be the date that I would propose to move the board meeting and so we'd have to talk about how to do that in a wet the board is Amina ball to the 16th to do that in a way that allows the community to participate in both what's functions can I think that they're both major functions I think it's not a PPA that where we sleeps not only AVP cuz my middle schooler singing in it it's extended vocal music performance so so yeah so what was a meeting for that day because we didn't have a board meeting on that day is it possible to do it on the 15th it's possible I think the recommendation can do it on the 16th or after who won the 49 Durango test as long as if there are protests we have a bowl or die while wait for and bring it to the next floor and I can just blow up down and I'm not available on the 17th I'll be out of town one night before picking a day would be similar to who talked about for having on the 14th to keep it up consent agenda item focused board meeting not necessarily none of other items are informational items at the same time the school board the Board Room at the district office is being you so we can cook we would be if we get it on a day like Thursday we could buy travel for example and use the NPR at the mid talking like that but if a board members not available on Thursday that option so Chris is it when does that test. Close on the Tuesday or the Wednesday what am I asking is can we can we do 15th rather than the 16th is that a possibility  I'm committed to a school in Apple Valley on the 15th so you just blew would it be an option to keep it on the 14th like you said and if there is a protest at the special board meeting during the day or something on Thursday an item that makes ice to that way we can just as normal yeah you'd only need dynamats notice for special board meeting to  what we know by Wednesday  reset the test. Would we know that turn it up so we couldn't have so then we can have the meeting anytime like Thursday so I'd have time to post it where's beforehand so we could do Thursday after 12:30 anybody once there was a quorum of it  or even Friday during the day  yeah that works okay if it's a special and then again if it's on a Friday during the day. Also it's one eye we don't need everybody to come so light motion for that where are we then we're not going to keep the 14th we end up needing we would do that on the phone we don't need to do anything from the Parliamentary procedure on  quick thoughts move it and 2nd and then we just put it down right right past already that we look at whether the 14th was a problem independent of this just because it's Valentine's Day and we're making staff there for stick around I haven't heard that anybody be objected but I would like to know if there's no what the fences  where to put the mood here guys what candle uses of we decided cuz we have the nations in presentations I was just going to send any necessary Business Services action items that's it we required to have public recognition yeah you have to have a point for public recognition so it would just be you know pomegranate the recognition peace and any action items so we could blast do that if we session at 6 at first reading of the  Green Schools thing I mean there's stuff that need should just proceed okay with that so we need a motion so loved what we just said  the motion basically that is it is right what we move if I understood it correctly it is no change to the schedule for things can you remove second and then no one's going to say the same thing  but I moved it it got seconded in point just you say all those in favor play design Plano removing the one that's on the agenda which is to change down so we're all saying they okay coach does 13.1 so we take them all together or do we have to we have three new courses at the high school the other day allegedly actually thank you president Robbins I'm actually requesting that we pull 13.2 please okay would be disgusting 13.1 and 13.3 and I am happy to present together and if you have questions regarding either course I have we have our wonderful hope City High School assistant principal Lisa Michelle in the audience to be able to take any questions that you may have regarding any details but at this time 13.1 is an AP 9 AP principles of computer science that if an introductory course that come in front of our current AP Computer Science a quartz that is currently being offered and at 13.3 we've got add wonderful new course titled introduction to music technology it's an additional offering for students to be able to specify their Fine Arts and would offer our students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of music sound through technology and compose um turn off course and it sounds like an exciting course  okay so item 13.1 approve the new ores AP not a supposed to computer science favor 13.3 approve new course at Culver City High School introduction to music technology International Music Festival do we have staff in for this would you  yes dr. Tony Spano I'm right now we're just trying to find music electives that attract or of are not necessarily musicians weave trouble filling some of those musical just to fulfill the Arts requirement music appreciation as one concert choir we have not been able to run for the last number of your just wondering so we were looking to try to offer courses that might get more people interested in fulfilling the Archer I met through music course  so Santa would do it if you would offer according to where the interest is  Saddam enough people signed up for that Corpus and we had enough to fill acquire we were off of that instead since you're standing out with me test question about the  little slow on the uptake tonight your science thing is that like the 981 is that something for kids to take and then they pee now it's Haley said you will roster so this would be an introductory course before the AP Computer Science a course which we offered for the first time this year which proved to be absolutely no experience with coding or computation or thinking we realized we needed something to build a true CT pathway cheater science like apple and then see if they can take that nap  well I think the question you're asking actually is that we would be offering the supposed as an AP or banana peppers simultaneously because it's project can be different get it easily and the the it's often taught taught other high schools as well with both kids taking the APN on PP version so that we could attract more kids enter competition are thinking without scaring them with the rigor of an AP so that can be in the course learn about coding and computational thinking and not necessarily have to take the but if they wanted to get any credit for it they would have a little bit of extra assignments differentiated so that would be prepared for the advanced placement exam Susan Derek New Year when the extra Simon's come up that right or do they decided to decating before their Brandon it's the first way that we've done it usually the kids do to suck right away that I want to be in the not if he version or AP version but if it would be possible to have to be relatively early in the school year whether you want to jump up to the AP version third week of school is it must not be is it's not designed to be a precursor to AP Computer Science it is going to be so we'll be thinking in the AP Computer Science well but that class is very particular to the Java language which is pretty complicated language to learn especially if you have no experience with coding so in the principles there are variety of programs you can use something graphical in nature that make it a little bit easier for for students to understand what goes into building a programming code without having a very complex language of job makes a lot of sense to me I hope that it will rain a lot more interest because it's the if you've never done any Cody to go directly into an AP Computer Science class that's scary for example like a visual arts class you can you can triple roster for the visual arts class students that are just beginning inside the bus you can didn't start off a advance and you can have a piece to do our running in the same at the same time and the reason is that the classes are designed different projects and tea pictures moving students along their cheer are their skill level accordingly so that's an easy way we can all kind of understand how to run a class that's what top 10 in this model you allow for more access on the way in so that students can get kind of hooked into the into the class or experience some level of success and also allow high levels of rigor for those were interested ready AP might just wait sounds good for signing up for it the great idea probably get more people buying into the IP and I'm very about the music technology clap I think that's a great idea to get more people into the Fine Arts and I think that as you get more and more students coming up from the middle school with having much more music education than in past years that you should be much more interest which makes me wonder have have we looked at the possibility of offering a p.m. make Theory so many musicians now that is something that I've had conversations with dr. Spano about something for there yet at the numbers but it's absolute possibility for the future I think right now we are we are looking to attract the non-musicians you can see what's happened to her band what's the last 10 years in the name of all what it's grown to but we're really talking about those bar necessarily play extra mint on a lot of kids are interested in recording and sound recording and DJing and things like that and to learn a little bit about the software parts of it and a little bit about for those who aren't necessarily putting the time in practicing an instrument I think it offers another possibility if I made one more is the ad is that elective options are awesome but if nothing changes in all the electives that we add compete against each other right cuz they're all in the same space and so one thing to constantly can spare I'm just are whatever our graduation requirements are and I will how they push and pull on elective offering over also just some I need to think about because away for example of music theory in general is a very Soul population of students usually the classes are never 30 example it's hard to even have that many humans that kind of at that level of AP music Readiness so in general though but in order to add if you really need space it's a last that a student would have to take in lieu of another class so even though band is growing one of the reasons it's hard to offer a class like music theory it's cuz there's no parent schedule for student to take it one of the awesome things about the digital recording classes that fundamentally offer that class right now it's just not course it's a 7. Service Learning option that runs through APPA so the kids are doing it right but they're not really getting the credit for it so providing that opportunity makes perfect sense so just act we continue to talk about electives and one of the things that makes Culver City school so amazing are all of our elective opportunities and options it's also important think about what are what are California's a through G requirements what are our local high school graduation requirements how did they get there and what do we want to do with that off we talked earlier tonight about the 220 requirement that we could change things for a lot of students in Culver City so there are other things to think about as well as I just wanted to pose that to the as we talked about electives thank you add does haven't eyes have it okay can I carry on alright okay resolution number 10 to clearing futility public bidding and approval of change border I have the most we want to December 1st Mike did you want to explain that one and provide some insight on each other emotions  well thank you so awesome daughters in the public we're only allowed to do 10% of the contract value on any given change unfortunately this change order top five is about 24% of the $3,000 for Silverado contractors basically asking the board for permission and we're allowed to ask for the futility delusion up to 25% was asking permission to not get this job of the impact that it will have to the schedule of of this project so this was included in the presentation the board last week of sleaze costs are there the risk that out there is you could have another contractor and do a protest and say you're not publicly bidding this work so you're not getting the best pencil value however we have vetted cost and we do think the reasonable one of the manages this contractor particularly High since he's already mobilized and he's on site so that don't have that mobilization cost  thank you discussion so just to be clear this is the a part of the asbestos abatement and it does not make a whole hell of a lot of sense to be halfway to asbestos abatement in than have a from coming to do a part of it  Teen Challenge in the process would slow it down you could potentially half of the contractors working in there somewhere area you have warranty issues it's not that it's doable it's not the ideal situation savor and can you turn over 5 x contract with Silverado contractor exceed 2% this is number 2 is the actual change order or the exact same score on favor and 14.3 that's quarter 13 Franklin partners easier for you to do 13 through 16 that's fine if you can do one at a time that's fine individual tasks Corpus we have an agreement with time with Rockland Golf Rita architect firms up to a 1.7 million dollars are individual Tas within that asked order 4.3 task order 13 and that's to convert culinary arts to the career center the construction cost is about $380,000 so this does upsc guidelines for architectural fees  thank you I have a motion ocean second discussion Holland vapor in 1414 salsa to Rocklin it is for drainage improvements at El Run fun LOL remcon has a significant to the word problem that runs along the area and the Catholic after Ariel this is repair the sewer and training points  I moved back in it on favor and 15 of the Rockland it is to convert to the auto shop into the new ceramic Center and convert the Ceramics room back into a regular classroom  moved second discussion awesome did you want to this is awesome idea singer actually looking to move the two electric Kilns from the existing facility and it doesn't look like we'll be able to move the to gas kiln because I'd have to be brought up to code and frankly one of them looks like it'll fall apart when we try to move it I will probably have to buy 2 new last Kilns that will revised slightly outside of the thought of space in the courtyard that helps us with code in the SAS Shoes venting issues for Kilns Shrek next teacher today and did not request that he was looking for one of them a slightly bigger has a plate your volume than the other one looking for two that wear the same size as the bigger one but I mean it's a negligible difference is there an company then we haven't started we'll talk friday salute flavor 2.646 is to add a portable kitchen Bungalow in the OCR Mexican great so bored where is that even going to go there let me move that so we can discuss it  set discussion  we going to ask I'm just wondering where the heck that's going to put on that campus cuz it's already so Apple sites we have some coded choose when you bring in a kitchen have to be certain distance away from the other cilities for fire protection Ravens saw a couple sites but we've got to actually make a formal site visit once this is approved and starts fighting the trailer there are a couple sites set the architect identified  right on  alright and 4.7 what's a fever gets above our money back  we have the authorization 1.7 million dollars for three different architectural firms each we are actually bumping up against the level for Rockland so we have some projects that one they're not going to use any more money and they're on hold and there's a couple of them here so we're decommitting some funds and some cases they get back from the lay in some cases will make them back to life at the project if this move forward in this particular one these are finished projects for Palm face projects so they'll be it'll be decrypted transfer which is the middle school bathrooms in the other one is let's just took three and four discussion civil the middle school bathrooms  yes no  I believe when was for the high school when was for the Middle School I saw this is actually that was my mistake this is actually want that could be restarted this is more of up we're bumping up against the level so we were you committing it for the moment project is started we would have to find a way to refund these ask orders and get them started again loans for no school bathrooms what we will  to eventually get to that so okay on that okay and did commitment Fun and Sun use funds for task order n  this is a finish project so this is ones getting getting back these are essentially extra money in this case  nice to get money back I moved motion your favorite something don't under bid iPhone use funds for top quarter to 4 Phase 1 projects this is also the projects are completed this one happens an interesting wrinkle this is for funds from January to May of 2016 look at item number 10.3 it's for Phase 1 from June to September so they decommitment of eight $2,000 and there's a commitment of $70,000 so you still have a net Savings of $12,000 for phase one but there's some timing differences with Asperger's for your type passport alright thank you second  on favor 14-point of unused funds for test ratification of amendments 3 to agreement with hodgetts + Fung architects one low voltage brick that was associated with the frost Auditorium swing spanked but worth it needed be done to get the points face up and running move to second favorite person to like understand what top of those issues please 2013 independent contract with and was to test some do some water sampling and test for some mole gushing on the paper 14.12 reps get the change order one to the agreement send placement of Lights in mechanical units on metal I'll be paid overtime with operational cost we replaced the number of HP units on some buildings this one have to be a Dell rugged El Rincon or the room for for the little thumb preschoolers and kindergarteners there was a  a fine mist is coming out of the system like a dust particulate so they're breaking down air conditioning unit couldn't find anything wrong with units they thought it was Smoke they thought it was steam don't believe that was it is Lebanon to that however being out there 3 or 4 days in a row I was able to see what they were talking about so we replaced the ducting and we have not heard back from the OCD people okay  emotion I moved that second favorite so they stop seeing anything when you replaced the ducting but we still don't know what it what is that right star percent sure what it was I think it was good I think it was dust particular in sin the old ducks Angela could have saved money to however my experience I've not had a lot of luck with cleaning ductwork this is a buffalo if there's a problem that we're now seeing but it still a problem  I never seen anything like this so I don't believe even we were up on the roof we broke down air conditioning unit usually when you have smoke it's from an electric you know something rubbing up against the electrical actually smells as a very odor to it that wasn't there I couldn't have a great answer couldn't find anything with the unit itself The Next Step was to change out the ducting if that didn't work I would be changing out the unit but I haven't been Define anything since I just want to make sure we're staying on top of it when you walk by they grab you okay and 14.13 recorder 6 to architectural services basic design in serve that is the one that went along with the earlier task order task order number to so this is the time difference so what are two took away some money this task order is at what was the one that had in that $12,000 savings on favor okay thank you much  + 15.1 + revision of classified jobs caption School Technology technician So based on some concerns that we had with the school technology technician we wanted to change the job description so that it fit what we need the School site so we made some modifications as far as who the person would pour Tussauds principal the side as well as the Director of formation technology that's what we want to make some changes as a relates to managing the computer on since all of our school to have those those carts also to talk about the physical demand so we through negotiations this job description to make changes in Camp the great man so that's all we're submitting m  some of one favor and I believe you've already voted on 15.2 to do to self evaluate I think we did our job basically I don't see any problems with that things went tonight and meeting with quickly and efficiently run by our esteemed for president so I don't really have anything to say out of okay good  lower right  they have how to do a dirt snow move good night everyone thank you very much

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