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are we on hello everyone thank you so much for being patient sorry closed session went a little long it is 612 p.m. on Tuesday June 24th recording in progress we're now going to open session roll call for the trustees all trust IES are present um flag sleep Mr Brown could you please lead us in the flagship rise and over your heart I pledge allegiance to the flag flag of the United States 1 nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all k3.3 Landing Dodge men I am oh can you do you have it open if you did but I'm still doing the setup it's okay I can do that uh we acknowledge our presence on the traditional ancestral an unseated territory of the caves and Tonga peoples who are the original take caretakers of this land 3.4 Public Announcement of actions taken by the boarding closed session we have 2 okay so closed session item 2.5 um existing litigation okay by unanimous vote the board discussed and took action in closed session on agenda items 2.5 to approve to approve uh District reset directly fund no more than 90,000 in the aggregate funding for privately obtained Educational Services shall apply to Services obtained by June 30th 2027 any balance of the amount remaining after this date shall be deemed forever waived um and and the second 1 in closed the governing board took action to issue notice to release and reassign certificated employees from their administrative positions pursuant to Education Code 44951 effective at the end of the 2024 25 school year directed by the superintendent or designate to send out appropriate legal notices the EI EIN numbers are WQ 4054264 and cu 175469 94 and G as 0871398 the role call vote was as follows and that was a unanimous vote to all trustees voted I uh adoption of the agenda I move the agenda second is there any discussion on that colleagues Mr oh I do have 1 item to pull from the consent calendar it's item 15 14 we will pull for future consideration okay uh I this is where we asked to move uh to adjourn in memory as well isn't it I don't think so not during the adoption of the agenda okay do I need to Friendly amend it to hold item all right uh I move the agenda then with the exception of was that 154 1514 second okay all those in favor say I I I I I like comment 72 members of the audience items not on the agenda so this is the type of numbers audience May address the board on matters not listed on the agenda those persons listing to speak should complete a speaker's card and submit to the superintendent executive assistant if you're on Zoom I'd be the time to raise your Zoom hand so we will keep this open for a moment so people can raise their hand if interested we have 3 individuals in person who wish to and uh second call for those who wish to provide uh comment for items on the agenda online let me look at the full attendance list again here hold on 1 I'm not seeing any hands raised are you seeing any hands raised in there okay so these are just the 3 okay so we're now going to close public comments at the 3 in person comments um and then 3 minutes each please if you could call the Roll Call thank you uh we start with Angie Graves good evening everyone my name is Angie Grace I am the rising breaker at CMS and arrive um I would like to start off by welcoming Dr humanistic Culver City were excited to have him and look forward to working together and Dr Lucas you have consistently advocated for the most vulnerable students in the district and we thank you so much we will miss you and wish you well I'm here to speak about implementing a phone free schools policy as a parent I send my children to school each day trusting that the district is doing everything possible to create a safe focused environment and now in the midst of immigration raid raids and kidnappings that are separating families in our community effective communication systems in our district are more important than ever before we need to stop relying on students individual cell phones and watches for parent communication and emergencies while individual students are responsible for when individual students are responsible for emergency communications rumors can spread like wildfire and safety systems are replaced with chaos my Rising seventh grader does not have a cell phone or a watch but every day he's exposed the social media and the internet at school on the CCMS campus if he doesn't participate he's isolated we give him a lot of freedom in the community he feels safe at Culver City Parks malls and more it's ironic that school is the place where he is the most vulnerable due to the lack of boundaries in the digital world it is no surprise that recent student survey data shows that an alarming number of students feel unsafe at our schools at bell-to-bell phone policy would give teachers and school admin that the authority to manage their classrooms and campuses effectively it would Shield students from the constant digital pressure that spills into mental health issues and conflict we can't expect students to self-regulate against an addiction that is designed by billion-dollar tech companies it's up to us the adults to set these boundaries the slow tech group is here for all of you uh we gathered over 1,000 signatures from parents teachers staff and admin in only 2 weeks we are committed to working together to support the district in policy implementation in 1998 the Culver City School Board passed a tobacco-free schools policy the board members who stepped up in that time left a positive Legacy that has and will continue to benefit generations of students our surrounding public and private schools have implemented phone preschools policies in fact Culver City Middle School is the only public Middle School on the west side of La that allows self own use on campus I urge you to join our neighboring districts and take this step please form a stakeholder committee as soon as possible so that we can move forward with a policy that works for our district thank you thank you okay next is is a let petardo Gonzalez and then Mary Christine chowdery please hello uh I didn't write anything down but I'm gonna speak from the heart and the I'm I have a rising seventh grade son uh who's going to be going to Culver City Middle School and I'm also the principal of a local Middle School uh that in 2021 after the proliferation of cell phones in our schools after the pandemic and the true addiction that I really believe is a true addiction especially for middle school students um became such a problem in fact 1 of your board members was 1 of my teachers back then and uh and it was a true problem that almost caused me to quit or find another job and we instituted a phone free policy and I wouldn't say even instituted we made sure it was a priority to inform divorce a phone free because you can make any rule but only those that you make a commitment all adults make a commitment to enforce that rule are are those that are successful and so we made a commitment as a staff and it has been the best thing I ever did at that school um you come to my compass people that come to my campus are amazed to see kids playing cards kids talking to kids talking during passing period uh it has completely changed the culture of the school and while there was some parental push back I think we all as parents know that our children when given devices have a really hard time self-regulating and so all research shows that a cell phone even in the times of worst emergencies are not our friends they actually uh close up the lines for those that really need it as well as start help spread false rumors and at the middle school I know I I will talk to my son about who he played with and he'll say this person this person I'll say why don't you play with that person anymore and he goes oh they have a phone now so at lunchtime they're just playing on their cell phone and that's really a sad statement and so I'm here to say that it can be done it does take some work it does take commitment on the part of adults but all of the adults on my campus are much happier for phone free uh policy and even the kids when interviewed they say they're not but when they they're interviewed they can only say the positive things about now they don't have to worry about people taking their pictures they don't have to they don't have to worry about if they're missing something on social media because they know everyone has their phones so even though they say they don't like it they really come up with a lot of positive things when asked thank you thank you very much and finally Mary Christine sorry good evening um I want to begin with a heartfelt thank you to Dr Lucas um from the day you started it was clear that you truly lead the district with your heart um thank you for the care the time you're unwavering advocacy for our students and staff and the entire CC USD Community um and I wasn't sure if Dr Jimenez was going to be here but definitely went to welcome him as well I'm sure he's going to pick the torch right up from Dr Lucas and hold it high um I also wanted to thank the board and Dr Lucas and the CCSD Community for listening at the last board meeting with deep compassion to our plea from Lab bayona to retain our bilingual assistant principal her presence on campus at after school functions as well as at high stakes meetings such as IEPs and 504s were critical decisions are being made regarding a student's School experience and learning outcomes has provided our Spanish speaking families with Clarity access and trust things that are not only invaluable but legally essential I recognize this decision is still pending and wanted to underscore the urgency while expressing gratitude for the thoughtful consideration you're giving it additionally I'm here in support of this low Tech group and their advocacy for a district-wide bell-to-bell phone free policy as a public school teacher and a neighboring district and a parent of a rising fifth grader pre-teen I've heard countless stories um both colleagues and fellow parents who have been touched by the pervasive harm non-stop access to phones and other high deck devices are causing particularly once students reach middle and high school cyber bullying social isolation coercion the distribution of inappropriate photos and videos many times without students consent are just a few of the ongoing issues that have been shared with me they are not isolated incidents they are ongoing and deeply impact students Mental Health focus and safety they have long-term implications these exact scenarios have been reported and verified in our own CC USD cusd administrators and School staff have shared that they cannot Implement meaningful phone policies without District support a clear board adopted policies needed to address phone tech use and misuse both a health and safety issue for our students with this in mind I strong support our slow tech groups call for collaboration with teachers administrators and additional faculty members to develop practical school-based Solutions some promising strategies that have already been shared including phone lockers at school entrances is magnetic lockable pouches along with a clearly defined and adhered to policy the goal would not be control or punishment but protection and Care thank you thank thank you so much we will now move to 7.3 CC USD employee groups um I think both Mr long and Miss hammy are online so we can start with Miss Hammy that'd be great are to become what unmuted they're they're raising their hands I don't think they can unmute themselves yeah can we unmute Miss Emmy oh okay they're trying okay Miss hammy you're able to unmute yourself now can you hear me now yes great evening board members and members of the Administration I do have a few concerns that I'd like to share with you tonight I was looking over the contract for our new superintendent and some things came to mind that I would like to share with you first of all um I do have concerns that we are offering for the first time a 4-year contract to our incoming superintendent when before we had a maximum of 3-year contracts and I don't know why we've decided to um increase the number of years that contract is 4 but I don't want to see us locked into anything that for whatever reason might I guess appear to be um a bad decision the other thing that I wanted to bring to your attention of course and I'm sure that you remember that last year we laid off over 50 employees I'm sure that there will be more layoffs coming up in the next year because quite honestly we're in a very bad financial situation yet we're choosing to give our new superintendent a little bit more than the same salary that he's getting at the quente where he was getting 309,000 a year we are giving him a contract of 310,000 a year he's coming from a district that incorporated 3 cities to a district that incorporates 1 and I don't know why we felt it was necessary to match the salary from his current School District when we are obviously much smaller what are the responsibilities of him as a superintendent for Culver City will be much different than they are for hosi and de la quente he's also being given a 500 dollar travel allowance and we've never seen that high in the travel pounds for any of our superintendent and I'm trying to figure out why when we are suffering so bad financially we can afford to give increases in salary and perks to an incoming superintendent when we couldn't afford to give staff a raise either last year or this year we have not been able to in to um keep the same medical benefit caps that went into effect last year and are struggling to find find money with which to do so and when we say that we want to attract and retain good employees those good employees include more than the superintendent we are underpaying our principles we are underpaying our teachers we are underpaying classified staff but we seem to be able to come up with 36,000 extra a year for the next 4 years to compensate anytime superintendent and I have questions about why that is thank you uh thank you Miss hammy Mr long okay there we go everybody can hear me now yes yes okay great okay thank you uh first of all I'll take the opportunity first of all to um thank everyone um myself Miss hammy um Mr Guerrero Miss Loretta all had the opportunity um on Friday to meet with the new incoming superintendent Dr humanz um a few members of his cabinet um leaders of the labor union out there both the um Teachers Association and the SEIU union and just want to thank you all for that opportunity uh to meet with that we had a lot of good questions uh that were asked and answered um you know a lot of kind of incoming advice that we were able to give the superintendent so I appreciate that opportunity uh to meet with uh Dr humanz and the people out there in Gente unified and thank you again to uh um Mr Guerrero Mr Row for joining with us um on contract you know the 1 thing I will say things is 1 that let's make sure that any anything that we're doing in terms of contract is budgeted in like we've made sure that we you know dotted all our eyes and crossed our teas and that we are still making our commitment um to our benefits remember our benefits um will run out on December 31st of this year and we have to make that 2 things 1 a commitment to continuing the benefits increase that we've uh put into place last year and then of course then increasing the cap a little bit more uh for this upcoming year so I'm just hoping that we have a full commitment from the board from the district um to do those things um this year as well too and just make sure everything is budgeted in um so the last thing I want to do I'm going to kind of keep the remarks brief I know Dr Lucas still has 1 more meeting left so I'm gonna hold off all my remarks for Dr Lucas to the next meeting which I will be at in person um but I know this is Dr Baxter's last meeting eating and I just wanted to thank Dr Baxter and with her the best of luck as superintendent in South Pasadena Unified School District um working with Dr Baxter I think for the last 3 years as assistant superintendent and then maybe 2 years is the director of teaching and learning I can't remember how many um it was really great to be able to collaborate with you to work with you on different projects I will say anytime I had a question Angela Baxter always how to reply for me my dad have always been what I wanted but it was always a reply for me most of the time it was what I wanted but he always had a reply for me even here at the last minute I know we have 1 last project we're working on together right now uh making sure a couple of employees uh get their pay uh for something that they're owed but I really want to appreciate um the time that working with you I'll be able to bargaining table and you know working with our partners in ed services and just our 1-on-1 meetings and I just want to really say I wish you the best of luck uh in Pasadena and thank you all and again thanks to the board for the um the trip out to uh hiend De La Pointe this weekend and look forward to working with Dr Manz when he comes in and like I said Dr Lucas talk to you next time thank you uh thank you so much for superintendent's report thank you Mr azador since our last board meeting uh we've had 2 major events um um 1ly exciting and another excruciatingly painful uh I should have a presentation coming up in 1 second thank you I should have told you it's Williams if we go to the next slide would be great thank you so uh of course exciting is why we are all doing the work that we do is getting our high school graduates and of course there are graduations and combinations that are other levels as well but there's 3 highlights I just want to put here on the page for you on the very left-hand side this is a picture of the district's very first grad walk at the elementary schools where the graduates from Culver City High School went back to their elementary schools and walked the Halls to provide of course all sorts of excitements for the kids you can see them lining up there and cheering on the graduates um but really 1 of the more touching moments when I was at Farragut was the teachers at Farragut who saw all of their students walking through and lots of hugs lots of tears lots of kisses it was it was really wonderful to see that happen and this is the first time it's happened in Culver City UniFi I think quite a long time thanks to the elementary counseling team administrators at both the high school and the elementary schools for putting this together um so and there's just a couple of pictures of graduation very meaningful for me um unfortunately my last uh graduation that I was able to confer the diplomas on to a group of students um but I'm just so excited for them or their hard work you know we've got folks going to Yale Santa Monica College uh UCSB csula UCLA La Trade Tech Berkeley Gap year it's just really really exciting stuff so um that's that's an exciting moment that that uh of course we all live for I need to think cabinet there on the third picture on the right for all their exceptional work this school year um and then also congratulate Dr maxer and what's your best wishes um it's been absolute wonderful Journey um I'm sorry to uh talk about the next slide which is the excretion excruciating excruciatingly painful thing that happened the day after graduation and if you hadn't heard we lost 1 of our uh graduates at 2025 graduate Kyler patent um to violence um at a party in Torrance and um this is 1 of the hardest things that a school ever has to deal with and it's 1 of the hardest things that any of us and as a superintendent this is heartbreaking and uh anyway uh Tyler was an amazing kid um and we are just so deeply deeply sorry in sending our deepest condolences to his family and relatives and friends um there is a vigil tonight at the high school which unfortunately you could attend because of our board meeting but um we are sending support we have administrators at the school as well um just wishing the absolute best and um this this it's a crushing it's a crushing moment especially right after our graduation having a crushing moment and many times uh but there was a challenge right after graduation um so I I'm going to leave it with that and I don't know Mr edoor I don't know if you don't mind just doing a moment of silence just for Kyler for a second would be great thank you um 7.5 members of the audience items on the agenda this is the time when members of the audience May address the board on matters listed on the agenda those persons wishing to speak should complete a speaker card and submit to the superintendent thank you assistant if you're on Zoom now to be the time to raise your Zoom hand this on uh we'll now keep this open uh in person we have 1 individual uh I'm going to give 1 last chance we got uh 3 people so far going okay 1 more chance last chance to sign up please we have 3 online 1 in person okay I'm fine with 3 minutes each okay please let's start speaker in person absolutely George lassi please and that uh Kyler was a very exciting player to shoot when he had the ball in his hands magic happens and I captured some of it at at the games now I'd like to talk about uh the uh initial the initial contract uh board board members most of the CC usd's previous if not all initial contracts agreed for hiring a new superintendent were limited to just 3 years when almost 2/3 of the initial superintendent contracts now being signed still contain the initial limits of 2 or 3 years our latest initial contract now gives 4 years and I'm wondering why the district changed from its usual 3-year offering to now giving a new superintendent and initial 4 year long contract I am expressing my concern now because about this change because I don't want our district to end up having to pay another superintendent over 914 18,000 for Just 2 years of employment so if you could ease my concern on why it's now 4 4 years instead of the usual 3 I'd appreciate it thank you we will now Move online um I do not have the usual uh app thing here where I can do the minutes so um we will just have to know uh ask people to keep an eye on their time and we can uh we don't have the placards here today that we usually have also we actually do have an online we have oh we have it at visit we have the ability to do it online after all okay perfect all right thank you just want to make sure that the speakers know what their parameters are okay we will now move to the list so um 1 moment I'll just pull this up there it is we will start with um Melissa Sanders good evening sorry I wasn't on earlier um I have a few big concerns 1 of them I know you're going over the enrollment report there is anyone thought about the fact that with the terrifying and utterly horrific ice issues we're having in Los Angeles how many kids may not come back to school how many families will be too scared to let their kids come back to school so I hope that there is some plan for that uh I don't know what it would be and how to even suggest to help but I really worried about that because then it will also affect our budget which um you know with without the heads in place we don't get that money so uh I'm so obviously very concerned about the budget I'm concerned about how we are going to move forward as a district as a community um I'm sorry that the city council has decided that we're not more important than uh a project that will put the city into bankruptcy so I'm very disappointed in that obviously wish I could changed some Minds um but that is that was my biggest concern um uh just discussing those kind of things I haven't gone through other stuff it's very um you know that's my biggest concern right now is what are we going to do if we don't have kids um come fall uh I still would like you know you guys to think forward and look at what we can do uh for with the budget with the uh Bond money and how we can best serve the district with that I think there's a lot of things we could do to make our district more appealing like it used to be and that would certainly bring in more of the kids and if you want more kids which would help all of our Revenue you know you have to make make it so that you know it actually is appealing to all the new families and not the ones that can afford private school to send their kids to private school so there's a lot of work to be done I'm really helping the new superintendent realizes that and that you know he is ready for a challenge um so uh there we go uh superintendent Lucas in case I'm not on the next meeting um I wish you well um enjoy your retire environment and uh I will remind the the board that my issues with Angela Baxter have yet to be resolved and just because she's leaving doesn't mean that you aren't still responsible along with the other items so good night thank you very much next will be summer McBride let's get the clock reset there we go okay summer go ahead good evening summer McBride representing myself and Ace not any other school connected organizations I have a question for the board how will we afford the new superintendent contract more than a 9% increase over the outgoing contract plus additional perks and benefits you've cited uncertainty around the governor's final budget and declining enrollment as reasons to offer labor unions only a 1-time increase in benefits for 2025 with no ongoing commitment you're presenting this contract now before any of those uncertainties are resolved and seemingly without any consideration for looming or potentially devastating Federal cuts to our most vulnerable populations yes measure op pass but it didn't expand our budget it was a renewal of an existing partial tax and it passed because staff families and community members worked overtime to make that happen no 1 fought for measure oh so that are limited local dollars could be redirected to the already highest paid position in the district meanwhile public employees across California are bracing for major cost increases calipers covering thousands of public sector workers just announced a preliminary increase of over 8% for 2026 with PPO plans of more than 12% these are real costs that many of our staff shoulder while this contract increases the district's executive compensation at the very top only for years labor has advocated to move into the top top 10% of salaries in LA county we've never gotten there except now for 1 person we need to shift our thinking the superintendent has an important job but they are not the only or the most important person in the District No 1 is our school's function and our students are served because of the collect of effort of every employee from AIDS to office staff to cafeteria workers to credentialed Educators our business services team is working overtime to rightsize our budget enrollment is projected to decline you just laid off over 50 employees so I'm not asking you to justify this decision tonight I'm asking for transparency and accountability what will we cut to make this contract sustainable what steps will you take to ensure we can afford it without sacrificing services to students or staff well-being I'm going to ask those 2 again what will be cut to make this contract sustainable what steps will you take to ensure we can afford it without sacrificing services to students or staff well-being we deserve to have those answers because as it stands this decision sends the message that when money is executive compensation is protected and everyone else becomes negotiable thank you thank you and uh I we don't have a name for the final iPhone person there um hi thank you this is Sarah Stevenson I am a resident and a parent and I'm speaking in my personal capacity um I am here to speak in favor of you know the our new superintendent and the end of the approval of his employment I've had kids in this District since 2013 and there have probably been 5 6 superintendents so frankly it's really hard for me to get enthusiastic about yet another change and yet another you know leadership change in the district but I remain optimistic and sometimes name change is necessary um you know I think that this is the kind of leadership and he has the kind of experience that can really help us make tough decisions in our school district and while I I certainly respect and appreciate that people have concerns about the details of the contract and salary and how this is all constructed we have elected board members who have made this decision and I think this could be a good decision I'm hopeful that we will continue to persist and you know make this as good a school district as it can be and I just appreciate how thought and how hardworking the whole school board has been to um make this go forward and I I have hope for the future so that's all and thank you very much for letting me speak thank you thank you that concludes all of our online speaker thank you we will now move to 7.6 members of the board colleagues we know the order meeting is going faster tonight all right um so I'll I'll start off on some high notes uh graduation week was great uh I attended the Farragut fifth grade promotion The Adult School graduation which was super cool um and the 2 High School Ceremonies for the first time uh enjoyed offering my congratulations to the kids and seeing all the cool ways that they personalize their caps and gowns that certainly was not something that my cohort did back in the day when our gowns were super boring um and hearing about all the schools that they're attending the programs they participated in and the CTE pads that they completed and parts of their Heritage uh congratulations once again to all of our graduates um last Wednesday I attended the inaugural Culver City Exchange Club impact Awards the Exchange Club is a service oriented organization that raises and disperses funds through scholarships and sponsorships some information relevant to ccusd to share 27 kids received Exchange Club scholarships this year totaling 37,500 which I am informed as the most that they have ever provided so that's wonderful um the Exchange Club also made contributions to cover Park High School pack backpacks for kids the Sandy seagull youth Health Center and The Bagel Bites robotics team I'm really grateful for the support that they Exchange Club has been providing to our district on Saturday I held my seventh listening session of this term at the Blue Bottle Coffee at the platform happy to report that I've now held 1 of these in each of the elementary schools Footprints um it's looking like it's going to be a little bit difficult for me to find some time this summer but I'll likely restart these in August right around the time that we go back to school um also attended the Juneteenth celebration at Ivy station on Saturday and saw the board president and uh some of our community members there it was on time a little warm but it was very nice um then I think uh I want to also just thank Dr Baxter for her service and the district um we didn't have the opportunity to work together for very long uh did get enjoy getting to know you though um was she well in the South Pasadena District where my law school roommates twins are in high school so hope to see you around soon and uh don't be a stranger um and then I guess just the final thing that I wanted to talk about um as we near the end of gun violence prevention month I wanted to acknowledge a couple of tragic events that have happened um over the last few weeks first I want to offer my condolences to the family of Tyler patent uh 2025 high school graduate who was killed last week at a graduation party in Torrance I'm really sorry that we aren't able to attend the candlelight vigil tonight due to this board meeting uh but I wish the family piece and this difficult time um I also want to honor the memory of Minnesota Speaker of the House of Merida Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark um who were murdered by a deranged madman who set out to assassinate Democratic politicians and Reproductive Rights activists so you may know this uh my dad is a state Senator in Minnesota and Melissa is 1 of his colleagues as is Senator John Hoffman who along with his wife Yvette miraculously survived being shot 17 times between the 2 of them uh words really can't express how horrible Yin it was to wake up to that news on the 14th as well as to learn that my dad's name was on The Hit List that was found in the car it was a real surreal experience of conducting our superintendent interviews all day while worrying about my parents State fee halfway across the country unfortunately uh law fortunately law enforcement did an excellent excellent job apprehending the madman before he was able to do more harm um we have a serious problem with gun violence in this country I just want to recognize also the organizations and activists that we have in this community and nationally who are working hard to bring awareness to gun safety measures and advocate for policies that help reduce the frequency of gun-related um deaths and injuries like Culvert 78 Giffords and Moms Demand Action I appreciate that our city takes gun violence seriously as well and that we're all United on that issue and I just want to reiterate that I remain committed to ensuring the safety of all of our children and all of our schools through preparation planning education and action and that's it for me tonight uh thank you um we had some uh home issues to deal with this week uh just some people under the weather of the last 2 weeks and so haven't been and as active but the you know you have to have light at home as well but we did manage to um get out uh and uh there's a couple things I think we both got to all all celebrate uh I'll move backwards um first of all uh with respect to Juneteenth I was there also uh sorry I didn't get to see everyone there I think we just uh we were there earlier in the day it's a wonderful it was a wonderful event uh some great vendors wonderful music and we just always appreciate see the community come together um for important community events such as this 1 all also um I was able to extend attend some of the exchange uh impact Awards I I have a member of the Exchange Club and just want to Echo uh my colleagues um comments um about the amazing work that they do in the community uh day in and day out uh we're just very lucky to have them as 1 of our 2 preece their promotion ceremony as well as 1 of the Middle School ceremonies both high schools and also the Adult School uh it's just so warming to see young people moving up to their next stages in their lives whether be the middle school the high school or college or or or or uh or or with the degree that they're taking uh special those from the uh Adult School uh it was wonderful to be there and have my college be there with my colleagues in support um uh I also uh would like to uh of an anniversary of sorts uh that it was uh during uh 6 months ago uh on the 17th uh uh board member Carlson and I were sworn in um and so I am planning on doing an updated Incognito coffee this upcoming Sunday we don't want to do it Saturday because we are going we don't want to cross it with the uh Pride ride that is coming up that uh my daughter and I will be attending and having a great time and looking forward to uh as well uh but uh we've been through a lot uh a lot of really great things and I want to thank uh those members of the cabinet who are uh moving on uh Dr Baxter Dr Lucas I you're not out yet um uh as as well as uh other members of the team who have made our entrance into this as easy and as relatively painless as possible uh during some difficult time uh and that difficulty is not just the budget um but we have a we always have challenges in our community and it's how we come together that solve them that make it a big difference and um when I heard the the news about uh teller uh it brought me back to um 1 of my own friends who his first night here in Los Angeles after college was killed an act of Senseless gun violence um as well and uh you know while the The Memories We want them to be a blessing we need to do more to make sure that these kinds of senseless acts of violent gun violence do not reoccur uh and how we come together as a community and I'll finally also um speak briefly because I know uh with the ice raids that have continued to go we've seen some members of our community affected uh and as the community has come together to support those folks in the community to make sure that uh uh that that these random acts uh do not uh do not impact our community there's some we have not been able to stop and we will continue to stand with our community to make sure every single student is feel safe and supported in this community no matter where they're from uh no matter what their experience uh we are Culver City and we will all stand together thank you very much thank you um yeah just want to I guess third uh of the graduations were amazing want to just send my regards and congratulations out to everyone who graduated from from the high schools uh and from Adult School but there were also promotions at early Ed and kindergarten and Elementary and Middle School um as as board member lachman said a lot of folks rising to the next level of their education um my own scholar is back after his first year in college and that's been a learning experience for him and and for us as well um but but definitely the the verdict after his first year up there um studying arts and studying theater um is the Culver City High School prepared him well for uh the uc's um he's had a great year had a lot of opportunities in the Arts and in theater that he wouldn't have had if he had not had the experiences here in Culver City so it always uh warms my heart to hear kind of the list of of where our our folks have gotten to um whether it's you know fancy colleges or you know getting into careers or taking a year to find themselves um I think uh our our school system does a a very good job of preparing them for that um I do want to thank Dr Baxter very much um you've made my my 2 and a half years I guess uh by by that um a a lot more fruitful um and I appreciate uh you know putting up with the long conversations and the many questions um and wish you luck um also Dr Fannon who is from our sped Department who will be leaving us and Dr esfeld uh from the selpa who will also be moving on um so we've got a lot of a lot of shoes to fill their um Dr Gooden Miss Rajiv and Miss Williams I want to thank you for sticking around and and I wish that the burden of of kind of keeping keeping things going and and onboarding the new folks uh didn't have to fall entirely on you and we'll try to share that but you know it probably will disproportionately fall to you so thank you very much for everything you do and and the stability that you're going to help us bring and and um in this I'm looking forward to working with with Dr Jimenez in the future Dr Lucas kind of like Rey I'll save it for uh next meeting uh but but thank you very much for everything good evening 2 main things I'd like to speak about today um but before then I first want to um invite everyone to join us at the Culver City Pride ride which is all about inclusion and safety in celebration and care of all of our community it's this Saturday June 28th 4 oclock rides 6:00 rally the ride begins at 2 kronthal Park and this rally is at uh uh the Town Center so if you'd like more information you can go to Clover City pride.org um you will need to register for the ride if you were um participating in that um I'd also like to thank uh Dr Baxter for all her work and service here on behalf of our youth um I wish you all the best in South Pasadena um on uh Monday June 16th uh we discussed a number of topics related to safety at the ccusd Culver City liaison meeting in addition to discussing an update on the district's budget uncertainty at length Miss Rajiv Dr Lucas chair and I requested a number of ways which we could partner with this city to retain CC usd's destination District distinction the most important requests on our part was associating a money monetary component with our joint news agreement that has not been updated since I think 2012 um modeled after uh modeled after some other school districts um including our neighbor Santa Monica who uh has a 10 plus million dollar monetary agreement um in their joint agreement um in benefit to our youth uh we provided options for 2 levels of investment a 7.5 million uh dollar for each year for 3 years uh which retains priority roles um for intervention meets our Reserve compliance and delivers continued benefits for all our staff and a 2.5 million for uh each for 3 years which brings some needed relief and buys us time to look for more Revenue sources and consider uh um expenditures carefully in the next year including any places where we may have to um make additional cuts the lease on committee took action to agendas the request at the next uh city council meeting to be discussed and also request said a future joint session of the entirety of both bodies likely to take place in early September a recording of the special session is available on our website ccusd.org and I understand that Miss Rajiv continues to connect with other council members prior to this any the city council discussion so they can be as informed as possible uh when the discussion happens in this chamber uh I will uh make some updated slides available on social media so the public can also B is informed and Advocate accordingly I think um everyone for all their support on this topic and we continue to navigate this um uncertainty um I'm also requesting that we adjourn in memory of 2025 CCH graduate uh Cher uh Payton who I know chair will speak more about this in his remarks but also in memory of Robert Bob Nakamura a Culver City resident parent and grandparent to current CC USD students um Asian-American filmm Legend passed away on June 11th his immediate and extended family are Ardent supporters of our students and District programs in addition to being an integral part of the Los Angeles Japanese American community um and an advocate for social change and civil rights filmmaker um nakamura's personal documentary um mans in our debuted in 1971 named for the concentration camp where he spent years of his childhood Nakamura born in Venice um was unjustly imprisoned in mansar for resembling the enemy he was a leader and Visionary in storytelling part of a movement that feels particularly connected to the injustices we are now experiencing in LA and across country 80 years or so after Japanese internment when we said never again in 2025 we now continue to persist and resist for 50 years Nakamura created impactful films and served as a mentor to many and the industry as an educator in Nakamura has an enduring Legacy at UCLA in the ethno communications department and in the Asian-American studies Center his son cchs alumni El Marino parent and filmmaker Tad lacamoire or a premiered the documentary third act at Sundance this year um third Act is a biography of Bob nakamura's life and career which I hope can be screened in Culver City our deepest condolences go out to Nakamura family and I hope that um um it's okay for to do that later on when we adjourn thank you thank you colleagues um I will plus 5 or 4 um the graduations um always being really the the most exciting or 1 of my 1 of my biggest highlights um every single year uh this year uniquely for me and I think colleagues got to hear about it a little bit during my speeches but as my past with this district is is not lost on really anyone that I come across um it was unique for me particular this year because 4 years ago uh I spoke at the high school got my high school graduation at Cooper City high school um senior class president and when that incoming middle school and high school class was coming into uh coming into their respective campuses and so to be able to full circle that 4 years later and to speak to the now outgoing uh middle school and high school class as well as Adult School um as well as adult school as as board not really really touched me in a in a unique way um and so I just wanted to hold space for that I too wanted to thank Dr Baxter um for her service in this district and good luck uh in South Pasadena I know that um the regional superintendents work really closely together and so I look forward to um our district and our superintendent working working really closely with you and and all superintendents and Los Angeles County to solve the issues that we know that we're all facing regionally um thank you uh Mr Loretta for giving the recap on the city district Leah on Green Bean thank you staff for for um the presentation and for um for coming and for for being able to answer like and and some of our other colleagues on the on the lease on committee's questions and I look forward to our later joint session where we can talk about um these issues together um there was uh and you may have said it in your speech but there was interest um on side and what support could look like and so I look forward to um strengthening and doing those conversations um Miss Loretto uh handled the piece where we were journeying or asking that we adjourn in memory of uh but Robert Nakamura and I want to plus 1 that um but I last I just want to ask that the board adjourn this meeting memory of Kyler patent a beloved member of the corporate City High School class of 2025 kind of to stand out student athlete known for his talent on the football field and basketball court and for his joyful presence across campus he was preparing to attend Cal State Dominguez Hills this fall his life was tragically cut short in a violent act last week in our community continues to grieve heartbreaking loss we extend our love and condolences to Kyler's family including his younger sister who is a current student at corporate City High School um into the entire course of high school community and so colleagues I'm going to ask that we will formally ask plus when we ask that we adjourn tonight's meeting in memory of Robert Nakamura and Kyler patent that's all I have uh we can break if colleagues I think that we need a break where we're just going to check move on through or do we need a break okay we're just going to we're just going to go through oh great I hope that last meeting all right information I know 9.2 local indicator presentation board president members of the board tonight we present to you as a part of the lcap our local indicators so we have a local indicators presentation this is these items are folded into our lcap but we surface and make them transparent for everyone to see because this is also something that we have to report on on in terms of the local indicators and so they are oh okay they they are based on the State Board of Education adopted performance standards that they look to measure annually how we are fairing so the there are a few areas and I'll go through them priority 1 is basic conditions priority 2 is implementation of academic standards priority 3 is involvement and engagement priority 6 is school climate survey and priority 7 is access to a broad course of study and as we go to lcff Priority 1 basic conditions we have met this lcff priority 100% the students have access to standards aligned materials and our facilities 8 out of 8 are noted to be in good repair in the area of priority 2 implementation of State academic standards we have implemented the I ready diagnostic assessment meant as local assessment to use for informing instruction we have an interim assessment Block in plc's for continuous Improvement and our lcff priority 3 we have met this and the evidence that we cite here for for parent involvement and engagement our teacher staff adults really care about students 92% of our overall in our district agree with this statement 95% of the elementary school level 96% at the middle school level 84% at the high school level and 86% at Culver Park the annual survey of parent responses we did have 418 responses we are looking to grow those next year that's a goal and the I ready family Guardian training is something that um has been ongoing as a a DAC recommendation and we want to thank everyone for participating in those our lcff priority physics our school climate survey we met this priority as well because we had the participation in multiple annual surveys and we had an 87% overall of school families agreeing with school being a safe place for their child or student and lastly but not least in regard to Priority 7 access to a broad course of study this indicator was met as well we have increased to 21328 key courses taken in the 2425 school year Avid enrollment overall increased to 43 students and CC uh HS the enrollment increased to 87 students both of those were increases from the year prior and I just want to thank you all this is has to be presented as an information item when the lcap is approved as an action item in the same evening thank you colleagues we have any questions thank you for the presentation thank you um 9 3 and your report of the community budget advisory committee see back we have our community budget advisory committee chair Miss pushki is here to present the annual report to you thank you Mr good evening superintendent Lucas cabinet board members the community budget advisor advisory committee known as sebac is a group of people representing the community District employees parents and our students that advises on the budget and fiscal issues related to all aspects of ccusd spending we volunteer our time to evaluate advise and recommend as well as communicate with people throughout our city the community openly welcomes members of the public to speak and provides a public forum for anyone to bring ideas and questions in an informal setting below is a summary of some of the issues we have been discussing over this past school year prop 28 and CTE funding cbec has discussed funding related to both prop 28 and CTE Pathways and multiple meetings we were provided with some information about the percentage of prop 28 funds spent on Personnel versus supplies but we recommend that there be continued evaluations of these expenditures with more oversight while we greatly support the CTE program we strongly recommend that the effectiveness of certain Pathways be evaluated valuated such as whether these classes are being used as the pathways they were designed to be and not as 1-off elective classes by looking at completion rates compared to enrollment and to ensure that pathways are meeting student requests for certain options this GTE pathways are heavily oriented towards the Arts programs with few technical options we also recommend eliminating conflicts of interest in the budgeting process for these programs with better oversight as it was noted that the prop 28 expenditures were not fairly distributed towards each site per the original budget budget plan presented for prop 28 while there is an understanding that CTE pathways are partially Grant funded approximately and require matching funds approximately the district is still funding approximately $1 million of District funds for CTE programs every year so see back also recommends that the board evaluate the acceptance of grants in the same way we had previously recommended looking at the acceptance of financial gifts Revenue building in the wake of Staff layoffs this year and probably more upcoming see back has some suggestions to increase Revenue building to offset the cuts and prevent further ones working with the city state and federal agencies to increase funding to the district working with local tech companies and private corporations in Culver City to establish Partnerships to provide funding collaborative funding seac supports the district's efforts to have collaborative funding throughout the district to direct funding targets such as working with CC PF to provide guidance to them as to where funding would be most effective this would also ensure that there was more Equity among all School sites the role of cbac vacancies and bylaws we appreciate that the board has been taking cbx recommendations into consideration and in many cases acting on them as I have stated in previous comments during the year Santa Rajiv has been instrumental in presenting information to us to us which allows us to make more informed recommendations when we have questions and she doesn't have the answers at hand she does try to get the specifics to us for future meetings we appreciate members of the community attending our meetings something that has become more robust over the past 2 years contributing to better public engagement in previous years we have made some attempts to update our bylaws as parts of them need clarification especially the beginning and end dates for the terms of community members we have had members start their terms in various years and as the bylaws don't address this clearly there will be a vacancy for the upcoming year which is midterm according to the bylaws while there are many pressing budget matters that the board must deal with we are requesting that clarifying changes be made to the bylaws sooner than later with practical input from the committee to allow for smoother transitions within CBC in conclusion the goal of both Ms Rajiv and sebec over this past year was to move the district forward and to be fiscally responsible by looking at protocols and systems see back will continue to do this on behalf of the community and will support Ms Rajiv in this ever as she supports the committee thank you all right um I guess I go first okay um uh thank you for the presentation um Miss bansky um so I you know that the report that that we are provided which I did read before the meeting um was only about a page and a half covers a lot of topics kind of in a summary matter I just as a kind of preliminary comment I personally would love for cbac um in the future to get into a little bit more detail on the work that you all are doing I know you meet on a monthly basis and put a lot of thought into these things um and if more kind of specific suggestions can be provided for the board and District management I think that would be pretty useful um I'll just kind of go through some of the things that I noticed is going you know going through the report so there is a portion where you said that you were provided with some information about the percentage of prop 28 funds that were spent on Personnel versus Personnel versus supplies um curious what information the committee was given and what additional information could the committee have benefited from having in order to do their analysis and make recommendations here um 1 of the things that we looked at in the um I guess the rules of prop 28 were um 80% spent on personnel and 20% on classroom supplies if I'm remembering that correctly Mr Chief um 1 of the things that see back was asking to see or to get information on was how many of the Personnel expenditures were new Personnel not supplemental we did not receive that by the end of the year okay great thank you um another thing that uh I noticed was conversation regarding Pathways of CTE and I understand that the pathways are are the goals of the the CT program having people actually you know go through a students go through and complete a pathway um I guess what what I'm sort of wondering and this might be more of a question for Administration is if there's a downside to some students deciding to take some CTE courses as electives um just you know I always preface this I have a 7 year old so we're pretty far away from high school ourselves but I do think about my own sort of teenagers and other teenagers that I know um and since we're talking about teenagers you know a lot of them are exploring who they are what they want to do in the future you know maybe they know when they're 14 they definitely want to be an athletic trainer or a chef or something but maybe they want to try out a few things before they commit so I just I think from my perspective it may not be realistic to expect that every student necessarily starts and completes a pathway or even most students do that um but it's just kind of my take as a lay person so I'm I'm interested in some thoughts from District administrators on that front like kind of what you want to see as far as C Pathways completions versus you know students are sometimes take these as 1-off um thanks Mr Carlson I I will say that uh the completion number is important but it's not the be all end all in my opinion I think exactly what you said is what we want option to try something out he realized you don't like it long to switch over to maybe another CTE pathway um but what I do think and I'm not I don't want to speak for the cbac but um what I do think and it's kind of my notes for um Dr Jimenez and the team when we uh when he comes in is um are are we designing Pathways not looking necessarily at the completion rate in mind but are we designing Pathways that are of student interest and just making sure that we're we're really hitting that Mark well um I I have less of a less of an interest incompletes um just personally because like what we I just talked about but but are we getting folks in programs that they're interested in you know in general okay all right um thank you for that that uh definitely it um the uh the information regarding grant funding and the use of the general fund either as matching or supplemental funding for CTE was interesting to me when I read through the report um I just wanted to kind of note this is not an accusation we a lot of things going on in the board but I did ask the agenda as a discussion about the district's uh gift policy it was supposed to happen in May didn't it's not a big deal at this point but um we've had a lot of pressing issues over the last few months with our budget and other things um I I would still like to see a gift policy seeing a conversation about that how to handle grants and maybe earmarked funds along with that too um just you know might be more appropriate as we solidify our district leadership for next year as as less of a question for you or comment than it is for my colleagues and and our Administration that are still going to be here um in the fall um I did have a Community member approached me about the CTE grant funding and the need to have Grant funds budgeted by June 30th so I'm wondering if somebody from the district management team can maybe help us understand where we are on that with our current CT grants that were were looking to make sure that were spending money on budgeted fantastic thank you um then there's the issue of Revenue building which has been top of mind for I think for all of us I definitely appreciate the suggestions although they're fairly basic I mean we we know we can work with the city the state federal government try to get more money in and it's always always ideal um and to work with corporations that have a local presence on funding the district the million dollar question for me though literally not a question or more um is how we do that right so you know I'm I've talked about this before I'm certain not the only 1 who has all 5 of us on the day is or very interested in increasing our Revenue building activities in a manner that's consistent with our values as a district and that's respectful of our District staff um you know some of us have been working hard to engage in the city in particular um mentioned at the last meeting I'll say it again now I also have been having conversations with council members over the past couple of months and encouraging community members to step up and help um I know that the board president and board VP been doing a lot of work in that space as well I really want to commend them for that I also think we need to call on ccef to step up its fundraising efforts especially engaging in corporate spaces there's sort of the Premier entity for our district like the The Entity really for district-wide fundraising um if who served on the board of a countywide nonprofit and as its chair for some time about a decade ago I have some insight into this space I'm certainly not a professional fundraiser or you know a longtime nonprofit board member but to the extent that those of us on the board as well as District management that can help CCF I would like to you know make sure they can call on us to do so um I also really want to see and this is just not a comment for you per se but just about this item in general is CCF board members Step Up um increase their give get amount um some of them I think are not necessarily really as engaged in fundraising as I think they could be um and for more families in the district to to participate in giving to you and raising for the foundation and you know we seem to have kind of a low participation rate in the community to giving to CCF relative to other localities and districts with their foundations some of these South Bay ones are cited often with us is having a much higher percentage of families contributing I really think that we need to explore why that is um feedback I've gotten anecdotally generally has been that family they don't perceive that the CCF funds the things that they care about which may or may not actually be true I'm not you know I'm not passing judgment on that but it is nonetheless a a perception and perception is often reality and I think we need to address it and make sure that we're rectifying that um and however appropriate way we can um I know I don't have all the answers though so I I really you know as we go into next year I'd love to see see back take on uh more than like kind of spotting these issues but becoming a little more engaged and providing specific recommendations to us on the revenue building front um this is kind of a comment on that section and then the collaborative funding section so this kind of this sort of dances around an issue which I think I may be reading between the lines and please correct me if I'm wrong but to suggest a more meaningful effort to take steps towards centralizing funding activities in a district-wide entity as opposed to sort of fundraising and silos and organizations around the district is that is that somewhat correct we did have a very robust discussion about the number of fundraising entities throughout the district um there's I won't get into all of them but at each School site there are multiple and then within even avpa there are multiple so it gets very splintered um we started talking about this at the end of the year so something that we would like to continue into the next year so I don't have all the answers right here sure um but 1 of the things that we had talked about um in regard to your talking about ccef we've heard that but also anecdotally and I think 1 of the things that was touched on in our discussion was the possibility and I think I mentioned this a little bit is the possibility of the district working in direct collaboration with ccef so that it's not the appearance of CCF is deciding to fund the garden and this and this and this that the district can we can kind of turn it on its head and say hey CCF this is what the district needs the money for and so can you help us with that and I think that that would go a long way in parents feeling fundraising fatigue yeah no I've definitely noticed that uh myself too I mean there there are sort of multiple silent auctions going on at the same time over the spring and you know I tried to kind of participate in each 1 of them to some to the extent I possibly could um you know donating items with myself also like kind of giving to you know various schools to try to get gift certificates and whatnot right but I think you know when we have multiple different entities asking kind of the same corporate partners for things you know it ends up being a little bit fractured um you know and certainly as a current Elementary School parent um my kids out of school that has a robust fundraising culture and always has um I I do think though like for and I I am actually in favor of having some more centralized fundraising in the district regardless of that particular circumstance stance but I do think in kind of along with what you were saying too I think we need really meaningful input from the community um on how such collaborative fundraising would work that's really inclusive and incorporates the diverse opinions across our community because I do think that there is a bit of a perception like you were saying that you know there's like we need to have more better alignment with like the sort of you know fundraising entities in the district and what the district's needs really are and not you know sort of have you know like I like I said these silos where like people are funding very specific things um it's not a very efficient way for us to go about um doing our business um the last thing that I had was just the role of the C back vacancies and bylaws section I'm I'm really glad to hear the committee has become more active um I did attend 1 meeting of the sea back at the very beginning of my term it tends to conflict with other things I have going on and I probably also shouldn't be there but um I I really appreciate also that um Ms reie has been doing such great work with you all and that there's been such a great collaboration too I'm not personally familiar with these bylaws issues so um I think this is the first time I'm hearing about it I'm not sure what the next steps are in addressing those bylaws issue some sort of putting that out there um and maybe Miss Loretta is going to have a comment about that so maybe I'll let her just talk about it but um yeah I'll I'll I'll refrain from saying much more but I'm sure she'll have something to say later but thank you very much for your presentation and um appreciate you being here thanks thank you um this was a a wonderful report and as the chair of a counter part organization in the city level I appreciate the input from the communities and the experience that you all have and making our operations better um along those lines I I first of all I wanted to get some clarification when you talked about the 1 a Collective I wasn't sure I understood what that meant and so just want to give you a chance to or an opportunity to clarify a little bit from my understanding what the concern was in that area just that people were you know doing electives that interested them or is it that you'd think that the experience is not is not geared toward what CTE are intended to be more so that I mean look I think we all want our kids to kids well-rounded as possible and have as many electives as they can but we also know the reality of the limitations of having 6 periods a day plus APA if they do that being an extra period but there's just not enough time to fit everything in as electives and so our concern is that something that is labeled as a pathway is being used for people to try things out as electives and as Dr Lucas said it's very common for kids to jump around and my own son has changed what he wants to do with his life 15 times already but having an elective is different than having a CTE pathway and if the funding is being used as a CTE pathway program for the students to use them as electives kind of muddies the water a little bit so I mean 1 of the few things and I don't not going to give the department education any credit because of they're trying to tear it apart to begin with but their expansion on CTE funding is something which you know maybe we can have an opportunity to look at similarly uh we have uh a number labor partners offer to help fund CTE programs that are more trade oriented uh and you know perhaps as other things begin to progress we may be able to get into that a little bit more I do know I met um at least 1 student who who was going to La Trade Tech because she wanted to be an electrician and I happen to know that ibw has a great apprenticeship program and they work with CTE and would be great to find ways to capitalize and find address the funding issue that you're talking about with the partners that we have out there to offer options for those students where their skill set and the way they learn um you know drives them to want to move into these very high-paying great jobs out there uh that don't necessarily require a college education um I I this may not uh just the switch gears and this may not be something we're allowed to do so I I I may be overstepping this but I do know the finance advisory committee will sometimes get sent projects from the council um on things that we could use some help with uh that they could use some help with and you know it it just it becomes another information gathering mechanism you know particularly as we're working out with the city uh you know either together or separately although probably the chair of the finance advisory committee couldn't do a joint session uh because that would be me and I can't be on that meeting with the The Advisory Group but the opportunity to get to work together to see what other ideas are out there for or collaboration funding um and I know the FAQ has been trying to push for that we haven't received a positive feedback from the city in terms of finding out what other ideas are out there beyond the ones that we know in our backyard might be very interesting and I I just think it's a conversation worth having it may not be something that we're allowed to do because schools are run differently than cities um but having that expertise is something that might always be helpful and then um finally um with respect to the fundraising collaboration I I just want to Echo Plus 1 uh member of Carlson's points on this as well I've spoken with some of the larger entities that donate businesses to this you know to various nonprofit that's uh you know the various organizations and they have fatigue because they don't know where to give and what's happening as a result is we as a district are not maximizing and getting our best out of our partners for the reason that they don't know where to turn and I think ccef has done a very good job of trying to serve as more of a central um location where we can all come together but I do think if we're going to have that kind of level of collaboration uh it's going to be a journey to get everyone on board to understand that if we're all in this together and can find a way of approaching it find a way of lifting up the voices particularly those that willingly took apart their their booster programs and some that don't necessarily have the profile making sure that they that they have the opportunity to to benefit as well and look at additional sources then we will all benefit as a district and all and we will be more likely to get funding for the programs that we need across the board whether it's Athletics Performing Arts booster programs in our schools Etc and we can still maintain the uniqueness of some of our programs that require that kind of Separation as as well it's going to be a journey it's going to be a discussion but I think you know we're all be better off for having that discussion and stronger as a district to find out how we can all come together so thank you again for everything good to see you thank you for being here tonight um as always I appreciate cbank and the work that that everyone does the prospect of everyone brings and your leadership on cbac on Prop 28 I mean prop 28's really complicated it's a very different type of funding sources than most of the funding sources that we've gotten in the past it's got some you know additional requirements but also some some Flex possibilities and things like that so I very much look forward to just the ongoing discussions and updates from Miss uh Rajiv about that and and the folks in our Arts programs and see back and just kind of figuring all that out I think a lot of it has to do with how it's communicated you know and how we can explain to the public how all these different moving Parts work uh work together um to bring the best for our students so so looking forward to that um 1 Thing on Prop 28 um somebody mentioned supplementing supplementing is actually good in prop 28 supplanting is what it's not supposed to do we're we're supplementing is adding things and that's exactly what prop 28 supposed to do what it's not supposed to do is push out funding that was there so planting it um but like I said it's it's a good conversation that we have um and then just other people have made a lot of good comments um on CTE I I would say I tend to agree with you that that CT is really that career pathway and then having a a broad variety of electives is a great thing for our students but you know we have specific monies and charges um to do with Career and Technical education um and I I too would like to see it a little bit more career path and kind of what happens after after um High School oriented um with so so thank you for bringing that up hi uh thank you for this I always find see backs reports to be very valuable your committee is passionate and willing to take on difficult discourse for the benefit of our youth and so I enjoyed the Curiosity and eagerness to ask for the very best information um so you can make informed recommendations um I also have gratitude for the recognition for the that the board and see back our partners in this work together especially in these challenging times um and that we do take your recommendations to heart so thank you for that um as far as remainder I I I'm I I'm in agreement with a lot of like uh what my colleagues have said and um stated and and asked uh uh as far as the remainder of the seat appointments um the bylaw state that appointments will take place on the even years um so every time there's a vacancy in the off-site so I have asked staff to refer uh reaffirm or reiterate the that on the Das that disappointment the the off cycle ones uh will be for the remainder of the term of the vacated seat so that we're constantly of staying to the um even year cycle of the bylaws and so that procedure does match the bylaw uh it's in line and it's in line with the policies for all of our fiscal committees so it's not just cbac it's also all of our uh Bond oversight committees so our bond oversight committees it would be like you know there would be a uh on the on that on the initial appointment and then if there are vacancies it would be for the remainder of that that term um so I appreciate the request for a clarification and if this particular clarification doesn't satisfy we may need to incur the expense of some legal counsel to update the bylaws for all of of our fiscal committees so like because I don't know that we would do that ourselves without counsel is that correct Miss Rajiv yes okay so I I guess my question to you is is this um and maybe you need to go back to see back and ask like is this clarification on the procedure good enough or do we want to incur that extra expense and I I um yeah tell you how this came up um we have somebody on the committee who has served for 2 years so came in midterm reapplied decided 2 years was enough does not want to continue and so now we have an opening so as as far as I know our alternate express interest in stepping into that role but then we have a vacancy for an alternate so there are some things in the the we call them bylaws but it's our 3100 I think they haven't been updated since 2018 and in working with them our committee has realized that there is some stuff that doesn't necessarily apply anymore or needs to have some more strength to it and we just want to see that increased so this may be just an overall request to be open to recommendations in the future I guess um not just about this particular possible vacancy right and 1 of the things that has come up several times is the fact that our entire committee would theoretically if everybody started at the same time and everybody continued for the 3 consecutive terms that everybody would start from scratch again and that would be detrimental to the committee it would be helpful to have some people who have experience and some new people constantly turning over so 1 of the things that we had talked about was updating the bylaws so that the terms are staggered so we don't get a fresh new sea back every 6 years theoretically uh okay so I think that the the person who is playing on vacating their seat is probably planning on vacating their seat anyway right so we would have at any time for any committee we um we may have vacancies for any number of reasons whether they move or whether they are no longer able to serve because the time doesn't work for them what whatever it happens to be I'm glad that we do have an alternate so that you can go on doing your work with the correct number of people for Quorum um and I I think that we would be open to hearing your recommendations in the future um just know that when we do go to actually um uh make any updates to the bylaw itself not to the procedures but uh to that uphold the bylaw but um the bylaw itself that it will uh it make incur a small um fee to engage our council with and so I mean but we're always open to hearing recommendations from the committee and we appreciate that um just want to clarifying point I think in the bylaws it says that the alternate needs to be approved by the board to move into the voting position so it's not an automatic shift okay and you all don't meet again until right so plenty of time for Miss Reggie to get that on the um on the on a future agenda yes I'm just for reminding us thank you for the presentation thanks colleagues for um for the comments I uh always really great really appreciate your um presentations and I want to plus 1 or 2 or actually I think maybe all of my colleagues might have said it that we would hope and are looking forward to maybe a more indepth um conversation with you and and see back team on specific recommendations um just on just briefly on the CTE please I wanted to Echo a piece of Dr Lucas said around student interest being very important um I know he and I had attended a uh presentation from 2 students uh maybe 2 years ago or when you first came on um around the student survey and their interest in specific CTE programs it was really enlightening to see uh what students were saying they were interested in versus what we were offering uh what I do want to push back on a little bit though is that piece that uh is in top of mind to me completion does matter um to if students aren't completing these Pathways I think to me shows a few things 1 they may not be interested in the pathways but 2 maybe we should be re-evaluating those offerings and maybe they may be suited for just 1 year elective offerings which is also fine as well especially if we're spending around a million dollars a year of District funds um to ensure that these you know Investments to CTE programming is going uh to both student interest and outcome and I think we need to make sure that those are all aligned and so I want to support a deeper review on that CTE structure and the process to ensure that we're maximizing both impact equity there's the comments I have colleagues I don't know if we have any more comments or yeah thank you so much thank you and I just want to say on a personal note because this will be the last meeting I'll be attending with Dr Lucas we haven't worked together long but everything has been very meaningful and I wish you well in Florida and in the future and happy retirement before enrollment report so 9.4 is the enrollment report um this basically shows you the last um the 10th month of the report which ended on May 16th so there was a swing of 2 students from month 9 to month 10 which is actually pretty good number we were able to retain the students so that's the report for month 9 and month 10 weeks thank you just 1 question I think I had it in the clarification 1 of my questions so when we see the numbers in the eye Academy there may be a misperception out there that there's like 1 teacher for each grade that's not how this works right so teachers cover multiple years in terms of the eye Academy right yes okay good just to get a little bit more detail is it's 2 teachers are assigned to I Academy and they have about 32 to 35 teachers each multi grades give me that move on the action items 1.1 appointment of superintendent I don't think we need a staff yeah this is it's pretty self-explanatory yeah unless you really want to give us efforts do you want to try that in uh know this this is the item where you you all will actually vote on the appointment of Mr Jimenez Dr Jimenez and then you'll have another item in regards to his contract subsequent to this item yeah do you need a motion I hope we need a motion move to to approve second it okay discussion colleagues no um do you this is just the appointment so the readout if you're asking about a readout know um I I just want to say that um I want to thank Dr uh Miss hammy and uh Mr long for attending the validation visit with myself and um member Guerrero um there was about 9 people people um that we we met at hasienda La Puente uh after he gave us a small a short tour and um and they were able to answer many many questions um and have a really great discussion um be before um we uh were able to take a picture and we we spent about 2 hours there so I I just want to thank uh our uh our leaders Miss hammy and uh Mr long for uh being part of our partnership in vetting in the vetting process want to thank everyone that I know this is our first time I'm going through this process hopefully we don't have to go through it for for a while um but I just want to first of all thank the board members for educating us on how this process works and just say that there was just an amazing there was just so many great people uh who we got to meet through this process um with wonderful qualifications uh and uh this is a result of that of that entire process of what I think the best opportunity and the best fit for the district is and appreciate getting everyone's feedback uh I know it will go more into that later but um uh but with that embarrassment of riches uh we came out with a great decision and appreciate everyone working together on this all in favor please say I I I 5 5 okay um 11.2 approval of employment agreement for the superintendent do I read out now before we do a motion do motion first so you can do a motion and then you have to read out the parameters of the contract okay so can we get a motion please move to approve second um before we so I have a readout in compliance with government code section 54953 C3 the following summarizes the superintendent's compensation and benefits included in the proposed employment agreement annual base salary of 310,000 Health dental and life insurance coverage consistent with that offered to other certificated management Personnel 24 vacation days with a vacation acral cap of 36 days and National annual buyback of up to 10 days 12 sick leave days per year $100 monthly automobile allowance reimbursement for actual necessary travel costs for district business outside the county dollars annually in professional leadership coach support and membership dues for the association of California school administrators that American Association of school administrators and the California Association of Latino superintendents and administrators colleagues we have discussion no no okay all those in favor say I I I congratulations um 12.1 case number 2222306 the request of readmission of school family and support services case number 222306 to be reinstated to attend the district a district school in accordance with the agreement to terms for readmission second yeah did you check it I I did okay yeah uh all those with papers please say hi hi hi hi hi um Mr President can I make a separate motion to suspend the enforcement of expulsion for case 222306 to attend covert Park High School subject to the original requirements of The Rehabilitation plan I'll second it all those in favor please say I I I 12.2 program free increase OCD this proposal um is continues the sliding scale when appropriate but also details out the OCD program program fee phases which would be effective January 1st 2026 in the adjustment is necessary to maintain the current level of investment in OCD services and ensure the continued quality of programming and support for families get a motion move to approve second discussion colleagues um I just I had a couple of questions that I um had previewed for staff and I just kind of thought maybe asking on the record might be helpful for any community members that are um listing as well um it was difficult for me to tell from the information that was provided whether the district is subsidizing the OCD program anyway um you just in my opinion OCD office the the full services for toddlers and preschool should be competitively priced relative to other entities um local to us that are providing full day offerings I'm fine with it being a revenue generating activity for the district not really fine with District funds the subsidizing OCD if that happens um so I guess you know if you all could sort of explain what that looks like sure the the district funds do not subsidize OCD OCD is under fund 12 and CPP funds which then um we have to we have to submit for reimbursement and so um so some students are on you know a free or sliding scale and some students pay and we are still under other paid programs in the in the area that those are great questions okay thank you um also just like another kind of separate related issues regarding these fee increases and we we are in my family OCD patrons of the morning Karen Aftercare uh so is OCD um at or close to capacity right now do we have an understanding as to whether we'll be able to maintain the enrollment after these fee increases yes the the um the total of program which was a pilot and was set with Pilot pricing is continuing to thrive and so this will continue to have will continue to be competitive and have offerings for families that um seek us okay thank you to any other colleague stuff please Mr while I usually loathe to see fee increases particularly when we have need to serve families in need I think this is a necessity and support it uh and echoing the idea of as close as we can get to where we can be competitive uh and uh would be always helpful and I think this is a a good step in the right direction and appreciate all the documentation and the follow-up questions as to where the current fees are so we can see where they are and they're not steep but they're definitely necessary and and there still is a subsidized or sliding scale for families that need it so thank you for mentioning that so that's actually my question and I I kind of sent this in advance but so don't worry if you don't have like the specific answer but 1 of the questions that I had asked is kind of how many families do we have that are paying market rate how many folks do we have that are completely subsidized by the state and how many do we have that are kind of on that sliding scale and the sliding scale is actually a very small slice of that pie um there's there's a significant number of people that are paying Market rate and a good number that are also completely subsidized but very few in that sliding scale and that kind of surprised me um it seems like a normal distribution of incomes you'd get at least some more in the middle and so I don't know if anybody has any thoughts about why that's the case are we not marketing hard enough to the folks who are you know above the free lunch line but not not that's a great question so children who are fully subsidized are 67 of those children children who are paying on a sliding scale fee is 6 and this is all income dependent so it depends on what a family enters just like the lunch applications and then children paying full fee or 129 so it I don't know the answer to why they're not more on the sliding scale it could just be the income bracket that that the families are in and who's seeking child care but that's um a question we could get exit information from through the office of Child Development or or if we could you know ask them to find that out for us I I'd be curious I mean it's not it's not urgent um yeah and I know I've seen the scale before it's it's an income but then it's also family size kind of Matrix so the bigger your family the lower income you can have the yeah the higher income you can qualify for um but I would be interested just because it is such a fantastic service and I know Child Care is such a need in the community that if if somehow we're missing that kind of middle segment of our community um to make sure that they've got this opportunity to thank you uh I uh support raising fees I do want to make sure that we are removing barriers for enrollment for those that really need it and I think that um we need to take a look I I've heard from more than 1 family that you know they're continued residents or continued um uh State economic State here in Culver City has depended on whether or not they've gotten into do OCD um because it allows them to free them up to either work or to you know have a you know have a certain uh way in life and so if we can in the future make sure that uh we are really taking a look at our procedures in terms of applicants um and meet the needs of our residents um it would be a great partnership for the for the District in terms of um meeting the need and receiving the revenue um on whatever scale it is so uh that that that is my only concern in all of this is that we We rise to the to that level of being able to remove those barriers um so I'm going to circle back around with all of y'all to to try to work with you to figure that out thank you thanks I really take a vote colleagues yeah all those in favor please say I I I I uh 12.3 approval of the 2526 okap thank you bye bye now I'm sure you all can recite this forwards and backwards so this is our our lcap for the 2526 school year and it is up tonight for Action it has to be presented when the budget goes for a approval at action too in the second meeting in June so thank you all for your time your contributions thank you to the team thank you to Dr Garner thank you to Dr tarvit for working with so closely with Leo and walking this across the finish line and thank you to the board members who sat on the elcat pack and we want to thank all of our volunteers and DAC volunteers who helped and supported with our lcap formation thank you can I get a motion colleagues move to approve second discussion great all those in favor please say I I I 131 bunch of adoption the benefit of the public hearing 2 weeks ago congratulations sometimes it gets surprised me 13 months so this is the budget adoption for this is the budget option for 2526 I just want to quickly um go over the presentation what I already shared sorry good evening board president Dr Lucas board members members of the city Community tonight I'll be sharing a few of the slides from the last board meeting budget presentation for fiscal year 2526 um legislature passed the budget to the governor on June 15th and the governor is set to sign by July 1st uh next slide please so what is estimated actuals it is the best estimate of what the district will be actually will actually spend and receive by June 30th even though the year hasn't officially ended yet when the budget was developed last month in may we just estimated it that's why that's we call it multiple slides estimated actuals so for the current year 24/25 we are just we adjusted our budget based on the actual expenditures and knowing what we know now so if you can see um we at second interim it was 75.1 million now which reduced to the 2 to the tune of 1.9 million next slide please so our second interim to now we had to adjust down our base funding based on the latest student attendance reports at P2 and there is a slight reduction of polar from 2.43 to 2.3 so there is a total reduction of 530,000 uh from last from March to now for next year next slide please so this s*** shows how expenditures for next year are compared to current year expenditures at estimated actuals so there is a reduction of 4 point um 2 million of the layer based on the reduction in force and then an additional on top of the the 4 million dollar reductions spread across all these line items next slide please so this slide shows unrestricted dollars that are used to support the programs um like special education ongoing maintenance of facilities and also there are some grants that require a matching contribution from the district so that's why you have those programs here so contributions reduce the unrestricted fund balances so 3.5 million dollars to maintain facilities are actually we we are optimizing the RDA funds and um as you can see the last row for 24/24 contributions were 21.1 million and it is increased to almost 22 million for next fiscal year next slide please so this slide shows a revenue um the multi-year projection for the next 3 years in the last row column 2 reflects a projected net revenue increase of 1% for 2627 and less than half a person for 2728 with the cola of 3% and 3.42% for the next 2 years next slide please so this is the expenditure mypy for next 3 years if you see column 214 the last row the expenditures are kept slightly lower than or increase in Revenue so if you see we it's less than 1% sent and less than half a person increase with the ongoing reductions that we've already included in our budget for 2526 and the out years next slide please so even with the planned ongoing reductions of of million dollars included over the next 3 years we are just barely meeting the 3% minimum Reserve shown in the last row of this slide so maintaining only the minimum Reserve could impact our credit rating for the future Bond issuances potent essentially leading to higher interest rates I just wanted to share that out and less money for classrooms and Facilities more money spent on interest means less money available for the actual School improvements uh next slide please so this chart shows in 25 2015 16 we had 12 million dollars in reserves or ending fund balance represented by the light blue Bandon column 1 which reflected a 15% Reserve in contrast for the current year we are just barely meeting the minimum 3% Reserve requirement so the columns to the right end of the red vertical line in the middle represent the projected budget for the coming years projected reserved for the coming years next slide please so we are facing several budget challenges including Rising operational costs declining enrollment and anticipated loss of RDA funds I know you all know it by heart at the same time the state is relying heavily on 1-time funds and federal reductions as the elimination of title 2E and title 3 they are creating additional pressure to the States budget itself while we are currently meeting the 3% reserve requirement it's a bare minimum and not sufficient to safeguard against the long-term Financial Risk slide 11 please so on the left um I've made a correction in this slide what was attached to the agenda I made a correction in terms of adding um clarifying with additional text box on the slide itself um so on the left you see the pie chart which shows the historical sending across California this chart is from the school Services of California chart local income that left Pi includes property taxes so whereas our pie chart on the right the lcf of includes property taxes so it's just making it what is comparable so even if you consider average local funding of 12 to 14% um is the average for the nation right that's the average for all the other school districts in the California but whereas uh for us if you see on the right we only are at 5 person so that's why we are um reaching out to CD and we are continuing with their process to improve our local um income next slide please so we are working what are strategies to increase Revenue working to strengthen Municipal partnership to bring in more risk unrestricted Revenue this includes exploring direct grants Revenue sharing join to agreements and some paint paid event parking which is there in the next slide um I just want can you share the next yeah so this is what we reached out uh you know thank you board members and thank you Dr Lucas we reached out um we are connecting with our um council members and also through the city um liaison meeting be presented um the slide and this is 1 of the slides that we presented at the meeting this slide highlights a um you know the exploring ways to increase the CC usd's local Revenue was for expenditure relief 1 of them they've already approved adding a fiscal component to the Joint use agreement and then potential Revenue sharing formula um through sales tax or new parking mechanisms collaborative Outreach to boost or enrollment and support the in securing more grants so that's something that works and next slide please so before I we just saw today um the budget deal was struck between the governor and the legislature and um definitely there is a s of relief um Governor originally proposed a 1.7 billion dollars of um um uh discretionary Grant a 1-time grant and then we heard um few weeks back that it was going to be reduced to 500 million but now they've come back to it's going to be 1.7 million dollars which is definitely a good relief which means um $300 per Ada but we don't know the details yet we just received the email today from the cap advisors we don't know how that funding mechanism is going to be is it directly related to the your unduplicated student count or is it go based on the enrollment we don't know so approximately we are thinking if that comes through if it's signed the budget table or the budget bill fine then we might get from 1.5 to 1.7 million and next slide please so the Education Code requires on districts governing board we already held our public hearing meeting on the 10th of this month so we are here to request port to adopt the lcap and the budget with the recommended minimum reserve of 3% for economic uncertainty for each fiscal year identified in the budget next we will be submitting the budget with the County Office of Education on or before July 1st of this year and I'm at the end of my presentation happy to answer any questions you might have moved to approve second sorry so sorry all those in favor please say oh sorry yeah sorry I just got a I didn't have much I just wanted um I I asked the questions I think I needed to ask at our last meeting and um for those who may have missed that I'm sure there's video if you want to go back and watch it um but I just wanted to reiterate um I appreciate the effort that the leadership team has made here and it would help us dig out of our substantial structural deficit um particularly Ms reie and and Dr Gooden um who've been really doing a lot in the space of um you know our our employees um making sure that we're we're being more efficient in bringing some contracted positions in house and then Mr G taking a look at all of the expenses that um may or may not be necessary to maintain at certain levels or you know what what we need to be doing um and really put this District back on the right track you know I I looking at that chart of how our reserves went down over several years just you know it's it's really heavy and it's difficult to see that we're basically you know at nothing as far as like discretionary reserves above the minimum amount um I know that this has not been easy um best we've had relatively little to do with the circumstances that got us to this point or nothing to do with that um you know nonetheless we're we're here now we have to try to fix the problems that we have is there some what's going on over here so we call a quick recess oh okay yeah okay thank you very quick recess okay sure like 5 minutes please sorry to interrupt um colleagues Q&A over across and I don't remember if you I remember you were asking question I don't know if you got your answer um well no it wasn't really a question it was just I was just trying to say you know thank you for all the work that you're doing I mean a lot of us inherited a lot of this and you know we're we're really trying to dig out and I think um everybody's been putting in a lot of you know energy into trying to rightsize the the district and make sure our budget's in a good place and I I just you know wanted to acknowledge that and appreciate it and um say that I'm looking forward to working with all of you in the months to come so thank you thank you Miss Coulson to to Echo that point there uh something thank you so much what we're seeing in this presentation first of all um we are I'm very happy to see that the state is not withholding as much as we originally thought that means more money for us also from interest um what I really appreciated seeing there was so many of the steps we're taking for more Revenue yes it's enabling around the edges it isn't in the millions but all of those things add up in much bigger ways and you know the the parking trying to maximize how we're going to use the frost uh the grant writing which is a big sore spot of we're missing out on so many opportunities not just from government but from private um segment uh sector as well um making sure we're uh we're capitalizing that it's got to be so important uh because as was said before we are where we are uh and all we can do is focus on trying to get find that light at the end of the tunnel and we sell a little bit of it 2 or 3 years down the road but the more we can build on that and turn that into more of a cushion the better off we will be for future generations of the school uh for our future students as well so thank you thank you Mr lachman but you asked last time about the interest how much would we lose if there is a deferral for 4 million dollars of deferral that would be happening this year we would be losing an interest of 7,266.87 that's certainly better than these 700 thousand we were looking at originally so very good news thank you yeah I'd also like to thank the fiscal Services team for for putting this together um you know it has been you know a lot of of painful cuts um and and re-evaluations of programs and things like that um I think my my other I don't know admonition reminder just to to my colleague to myself and and the colleagues on the board every board every year has passed a budget that met the requirements you know I think it's important for us all to remember that a budget is just estimates this is how much we think we're going to spend on textbooks this is how much we think we're going to spend on Staffing and and other expenses this is how much we think we're going to bring in on Revenue what really matters is how we keep to that spending um over the course of the next year because every year the school board passes a budget that is positively qualified and then shoots through some of the categories in the estimates you know and that's something for you know us to remember as we're approving spending that's something for our sites to remember as they're requesting funding funding it's something for our departments to remember as they're doing funding some things like that you know we've got a budget that gets us through but we've also got to stick to that budget um over the course of the next year and there's going to be a lot of shiny things and neat things and neat opportunities um you know and so we've got to be careful as we accept other commitments and have great ideas that we're finding ways to fund that um or making choices about yeah this is a really good opportunity we're going to have to ease off on something else that was also important to us once upon a time but we can see that this new shiny thing this is slightly more so there's a some fiscal discipline that we've got to maintain over the next couple of years um not just getting it into the budget so thank you all for for your work on this uh I want to thank thank you for your work on this but also and um but also the thing that we haven't been talking about in terms of Revenue is when we would uh put in or agenda is next a discussion on when is the right time to do research around a future parcel tax um this is something that we I we know is in our back pocket but we just don't know anything about it in order to understand um timing whether it's 2026 or 2028 or whatever that happens to be um I think that this uh this uh body would like to learn more um and uh when when we have a new superintendent in place and that this governing body would like to learn more together about that because it's a very distinct timing thing um so thank you very much okay thanks I have have a question first okay we already move it I didn't have any questions oh okay we it's a remote it's already moved we already did a motion this item so we now can call for about all those in favor please say I 132 a word of bed so the next item is the informal bidding for our jetting services districtwide so we've only had 1 bit and we are offering it to our a um quick a quick Rooter and plumbing company to the tune of 98,000 under mashari move to approve second any discussion colleagues all in favor say I I I 14 good evening 141 is resolution I'm actually going to do 141 142 143 and 144 be together because they're all similar in what they are um California Education Code requires that teachers have specific credentials um that align to the course codes for the courses that they are teaching or the um assignment that they're in for example if they're a PE code or I'm sorry an athletic coach or an out of classroom teacher on special assignment um in order to approve those teaching um assignments it requires board approval for each of these so we can start with 14.1 that is a resolution that allows Middle School teachers to teach specific classes this is based on having um a certain number of credits on their college transcripts in the area that they're teaching move to approve 141 through 144 second paper please say I I I I that was over them right no 145 okay 14.5 is the tenant of agreement between Culver City Federation of teachers and Culver City Unified School District um I just wanted to to give a special thank you to Ray long and the certificated bargaining unit um it's not always to have the it's not always easy to have those conversations when there is not money to spread around um but we had some really great conversations and came up with some real really great language so that it was very clear about what our expectations would be um for how we would handle specific incidents and also how we would handle concerns that came up with um employee performance so um I recommend approval of this agreement um I did also just want to add that um we are officially closed with teachers with the exception of uh benefits and wages and benefits which we will be continuing to discuss as we get information on the budget for next year the mission moved to approve is there a second second discussion colleagues on some papers say I I said Thank You 146 14 .6 um this is a job description for a um position that's housed within our district however it's overseen by the selpa which is a joint um effort of Santa Monica Malibu um Culver City UniFi in Beverly Hills unified so this job description was already approved by the 3 super attendants of the district um however we need to approve it to add it to our um add it to our salary scale this is um a change of an assignment title and a reclassification of a current employee that we have so this will not add a new person per se it will move somebody from 1 position into another for the district so moved second is there a discussion colleagues all those in favor say I I no concept uh move to approve 15 2 through 1513 1514 was pulled second all the sorry discussion all those in favor say I I I bored corner welcoming Dr Jimenez know um I think we're going to set up we can include it I think we're going to send out something separate okay all right um but we can if we have anything else to include we can also include that yeah yeah we could just include that as a recap of something tomorrow and then a recap we'll do it and board Corner uh for next Friday any any other suggestions budget no positive budget do we do we still do Cobra Pride during the summer every Friday yes um sure we can do budget sure we'll do budget as the second 1 yeah cool feature tonight um um just to reiterate uh future agenda item for partial tax research and doesn't I don't you you get to choose the timing but you know that that's on the horizon you know likewise the gift policy at some point down the road and I I know we're waiting on a a memo back on an update to our used absence this policy as well is that it great um a German as a reminder call you over make some motion to adjourn if we could please adjourn in memory in memory of Robert uh Nakamura and Kyler patent I hope it makes that motion if you please I moved to adjourn in memorial memorial of Robert Nakamura and Kyler patent

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