Board of Education — September 5, 2019
I now recommend to the regular meeting of the Board of Education at 6 p.m. with Blair Cruz Gagne Schaffer and not present before we begin please silence all electronic devices these proceedings are recorded and may capture images and sounds of those present the Board met in closed session from 506 p.m. that 551 regarding conference with legal counsel
existing and anticipated litigation public employee discipline dismissal release student admissions conference with labor negotiators a CT skiis me and release no action was taken which requires public disclosure the Pledge of Allegiance tonight is Cynthia Moran from Chino Hills we're now at comments from our student ok so then we go to employee representatives Brenda Walker from a CT
super-quick good evening president now school board members superintendent and field district cabinet and community so just want to share one thing tonight well two things first I'd like to thank miss Hernandez mrs. Gagne mr. Schaefer for reaching out to me and meeting with me and I hope to meet with mr. Nam and mr. Cruz soon as well I appreciate the time that you've
taken to to connect and also thank you for meeting with our Executive Board members we have board buddies we call them and so each one of you are going to be meeting with our Executive Board members throughout the year and we really appreciate that I'd also like to say that we have good news as far as negotiations are concerned and
it happened really quick right last time I said we're gonna get some dates we're gonna get some dates our negotiation team what the met with the districts negotiation team and we were able to settle on a tentative agreement we appreciate the hard work of both teams and we look forward to bringing the details to our members for a
ratification vote I want to thank all the members of the board I'd like to thank superintendent and field and district cabinet and the negotiation team for the district we appreciate you thank you okay then you're done this from CSA good evening president ah dr. Enfield cabinet board and community I just want to echo what Brenda Walker said and just say it's Britain really
good the negotiations went really well really smooth and I think it's a it's a lot of it is dependent on the leadership of both a CT and the the district and especially the the lead negotiators Kelly and rich and I think we have a lot to be thankful for the way that the trust and the relationship has gone up
in the last few years it's among the highest that I've seen in the 23 years that I've been in the district so I want to thank everybody with a CT and also with the district for making that trust go even higher than it's been ever so thank you Audrey let's have your report convening community members present now
board members and superintendent and field so let's begin with Chino High School's recent report by their ASB president Riley so Gino high school had their first rally which was a class competition rally held in their Stadium they had student rappers perform which was a success as the students were able to participate and be engaged their first football game is this Friday and
their homecoming dance will be on the 21st followed by their homecoming game on the 27th which they are very excited for and then Don Lego high school is focusing on sports and how they can increase school spirit their leadership class shows the homecoming theme which would be the roaring 20s and they are in the process of planning milk-can their
rival football game specifically how they can increase involvement in their student section and for their last away game they had a ruder bus so students could easily attend the away game and that increased turnout by a lot their leadership department is currently having a fundraiser this Saturday at Applebee's from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. and they're preparing for the leadership
development day next we action levels high school ASB president Shawn Lamaze knee Chino's high school had their all sports rally recently which was Greek themed they also finished their Club Rush and currently have about 60 to 70 clubs on campus some future events they're planning is homecoming and they're in the process of selecting a theme for that their ASB is having an
open mike night on separate September 13th and tryouts were today and tomorrow and then at 4:00 my high school ayala high school today was the final day of a club rush week where we had all the clubs showcased in the center quad this year we have have over 70 clubs and expect many more to be formed as the
school year continues we had performances on the library stage from Polynesian club ASL Club Chinese Club and ukulele club the club the club culture at our school is extremely important and we encourage each student to join at least one Club on campus this allows every student to find their passion and place on campus and we want every student to feel like they belong
in order to create a better school culture additionally our first official home game is this Friday against Diamond Ranch High School which we are very excited for we are also hosting a leadership development day on Tuesday where the Executive Board and selected us be leadership students will be facilitating groups for that also on Tuesday is our back-to-school night and
our USB class is currently planning our next rally which is Nickelodeon themed as well as homecoming which is Wizard of Oz beam the first sack meeting is on the 17th and I'm currently in the works and planning that with Melissa brown and my advisor thank you thank you yes and here's a proud dad in the back but I
like to acknowledge that this time we have Alexi visiting our meeting and she was our former representative and she'll be leaving to college on the 17th and so we're just proud of her so thank you for coming we're not with comments from audience on the items not on the gender pad speakers speakers will be caught in order the
request was received please listen for your name and be prepared to approach the podium any comments on agenda items will be accepted during consideration of that item once the board has commenced deliberations on an issue speaker cards will not be accepted the board is very interested in your comments but please bear in mind the board typically does
not respond to comments during this time and the agenda as it is reserved for public comments individual members may respond during all comments at the end mr. Cruz speakers you have three minutes Ron began with the green light the yellow light means 30 seconds left red light means stop please adjust the microphone as necessary thank you speakers please remember that in
accordance with board bylaw 93 23 bylaws of the board meeting conduct remarks to three minutes total for all remarks and please limit remarks to new points the board would like to remind you that board policy thirteen twelve point one contains the procedure for anyone who wishes to file a complaint against a district employee please follow that procedure the first
speaker is Madeline Salem followed by Arnold waver I can't pronounce last name and ELISA Tejada good evening president Board of Education and superintendent Enfield my name is Madeline Salem and I am currently a senior at Iowa High School I'm also the founder of a student-run 501c3 nonprofit organization we consist of a team of students based mainly in
Southern California many of them CV USD high school students our our organizations mission is to advocate for mental health awareness in children and teens and in our fight to eliminate the stigma around mental health we hope to move the community towards an environment of understanding and acceptance in which youth can feel safe in reaching out for help and speaking
about their mental health struggles without the fear of being ignored judged or shunned one of the ways we hope to accomplish this mission is to present assemblies at elementary middle and high schools these assemblies would have content tailored to whatever is appropriate for their age group whether they be elementary middle or high school but will ultimately have the same
purpose of talking about different struggles kids our teens may go through show you how to cope with those struggles in a healthy way providing them with possible resources that they can turn to and communicating to them that they are not alone and that they can always reach out for help all of the content of these assemblies would be
would be it professionally approved by psychiatrists and psychologists at Kaiser Diamond Bar we are also currently in the process of coordinating these kinds of professionals to present the more informational segments of our assemblies if the other segment of our assemblies would be one or two of our team members sharing their own stories of struggling with and recovering from
mental health issues this segment would only be presented at the middle and high school level the National Alliance on Mental Illness has proven this method to be very effective through the reactions to their high school presentation called called ending the silence in which they invite someone who has personally struggled with mental illness to speak about their experience in a world well
in any world where child and teen suicide rates depression diagnosis and mental pressure are on are on the rise I I believe that these assemblies especially mixing be professional with the personal you're cured of pure aspect could have a profound impact in terms of educating students about mental health allowing them to feel understood in and pulling them towards recovery and just as a
disclaimer we are not in any way trying to facilitate peer on peer counseling rather we are trying to present the knowledge that these kids need through a professional and credible source we are also giving a platform to teens who have suffered so they can speak about their struggles and hopefully give hope to someone in the audience who has felt the
same way some of our team members will speak to you now recording regarding more details about these are some of these which were the following speakers mentioned thank you very much good evening president nan CV USD Board of Education my name is unknown Walter Kerr and I'm currently a senior at Ayala high school and fun development director for
the purple hydrangea project today I'm going to present to you a basic outline for how assemblies at our elementary schools are planned to go should they be approved by the board because they are still children and are very young and impressionable we do not want to be giving them ideas explicitly talking about depression eating disorders or other serious related matters however we
want to emphasize the importance of a strong understanding community learning how to ask for help at a young age and learning healthy coping mechanisms the affirmation professional would start off with detailing scenarios that a kid might run into such as being bullied feeling a lot of pressure and starts to do well in school and feeling ashamed of
yourself and then asking the audience how they would deal with it the kids would then be rewarded with toys and stickers for answering then the professional would go into the healthy ways to deal with the scenario and they would also encourage talking about feelings to friends family and trusted adults preparing them with the skills to be mentally healthy in the future
we would also talk about fun ways to practice self-care and give out self-care packages as prizes we as a team would make it engaging and interactive with games and activities seeing as we are speaking to elementary school children and now here is Alisa to talk to you about the middle school and high school assemblies followed by Mike cargile good evening
CEO Steve Board of Education president not and superintendent endo my name is ELISA Tejada and I'm a senior at Chino Hills High School and marketing director for the purple hydrangea project today I'm gonna be talking to you about our middle and high school assemblies they will be laid out similarly to the elementary school presentations we will not only present
healthy coping coping mechanisms but also provide resources and talk about the signs and symptoms of certain mental health problems and explain to them how they can and they can help their loved ones or themselves if they recognize these symptoms we plan to talk about the mental health stigma and why it is so important one of the main activities we
want to unite the audience and help everyone feel connected is something with our cell phone flashlights we will begin with something with asking the audience something small like have you ever felt discouraged because of a bad grade and then address issues of more severity as we go along and have eats per each person in the audience shine
their flashlights if they can relate to the statement by doing this individuals can look around and see just how many people relate to exactly how they feel another thing we plan to do is bring up student speakers to talk about their experience and how they recovered we don't want to bring up anything too graphic we mostly just want to use the
recovery aspect of their journey to show that it is indeed possible we want to share what helped we want them to share what helped them and how they got better so students can hear firsthand from their peers just how they can recover from whatever they may be dealing with thank you for your time and now here is
Pauline to talk about the logistics good evening president and Board of Education and police you can go a senior at Ayala High School and part of the fund Development Committee of the purple hydrangea project I will be speaking on the logistics of these assemblies we plan to have these assemblies during school hours for about 50 minutes to an
hour long while we may be taking this time away from their classes we are still educating students we are giving them invaluable knowledge allowing them the policy the possibility to create and maintain mentally healthy lives and teaching them these skills at a very young age we want to start with three schools one elementary school one middle school and one high school should we get
district approval we plan and reach out to the principals of these schools and schedule these meetings we would cover all cost with our own money and cater these assemblies to the professional schedules we hope that you will consider our proposition to present these assemblies through the purple hydrangea project which if approved will be the first of many projects that we plan to
undertake to raise mental health awareness in kids and teens if you'd like to support a cause we are currently conducting a crowdfunding campaign we are trying to raise seven thousand dollars in 30 days to find our projects if you want to learn more we can check out you can check out our website at the purple hedge major project org thank you
so much for your time and consideration and thank you for letting us have this platform to speak about our mission thank you Mike cargile followed by Carmen broad ode by Barbara Hale good evening president na board members and superintendent and field since each of you has my letter I sent this morning regarding the ayala ASL program I won't
go into the details of such that letter was mailed exclusively to your board members our superintendent in their respective secretaries it was not sent to any media or social media because as you all know anything that winds up on the Internet tends to stay on your permanent record I was supposed to be joined here by many other students and
parents but someone started a rumor that if we spoke to the board and the individual at the heart of this quit the entire program would potentially be scrapped I can't tell you how upset I was at hearing this no student and no parent should ever be intimidated into silence using a student's academic career I don't know who actually started
this frankly I don't care we are where we are let's pick the ball up here and let's run with it we're all on the same team according to the board policies as I read them that ball seems to land squarely in the lap of superintendent infield whose record and reputation provide me with the full faith and confidence that we can all expect a
rational reasoned solution to the current dilemma I ask now because of the gravity of this situation and the prestige of the program at risk that this issue be given its proper time and attention and that the community of those directly affected by this be given an opportunity to partake and the successful outcome sure to come to do so
I request that under 9320 be of the board's bylaws a special board meeting be called by either the presiding officer or a majority of the board members so that any legal exposure is minimized and we can all cross the finish line together no more instructional time is lost the reputation and the foundation of the ayala ASL program runs deep but it was
always championed by a single individual miss kirby imagine what we could achieve if instead of just trying to retain and maintain this program we actually sought to build upon it and then we extend that same successful mindset to all the other programs on campus what a legacy for all of us I say this in my the fact that I know how hard it is to
get teenagers excited about anything academically but when I see how much this program means to these kids and those parents I know we have the building blocks to construct something truly lasting and remarkable here and that drive in that passion are nothing if not contagious to those around them thank you for your time and your attention president and the board
members I'm one of those very proud parents the opportunity of having two daughters go through the program of ASL my youngest just graduated this past May my oldest graduated three years ago and because of mrs. Kirby and the way she taught she was able to be passionate about the program and turn my daughters my oldest decided she wanted to pursue
the translation for ASL and become an interpreter and now she's on her fourth year for ASL and she wants to be I guess an interpreter she loves it I've seen how they grew up with communication being able to talk to people out in the community out when we were at Disneyland Knott's Berry Farm they would see people
who were speaking or in ASL and they had the courage to go up to them and talk to him and he would see them smile it was so happy to be able to talk to somebody and we see that you know with everybody that comes in contact with with the Deaf we have a suitor right now that is a
deaf student in Iowa High School and we know it's used the first cheerleader to be deaf she is loving it and she's enjoying it and the reason why is because she has other students who are able to communicate with her because of ASL this program is an amazing program that should not be cut should not be changed
it should continue the way miss curry put it together because it's such a great program the benefits of it it's amazing they are able to try out for an honor society and also be able to get a bilingual seal once they complete their four years to be able to get a higher pay for any job they're also able to
test at mount sac and get credits for the University of their choice they're able to earn 16 units which is like a scholarship in itself you're taking a whole semester or a quarter off the program has helped like I said many people and it's able to bridge communities together we need to continue this program we need to be able to have
a teacher who will teach the same as Miss Kirby and be able to not only teach what a word is but to use a structure sentence structure just the same way as we do in English or any other language and that's what it is short-handed right now because of the teacher we have but it would be in everybody's benefit to
continue thank you thank you barber Hale followed by Seth Dean followed by Susan hand good evening members of the board my name is Barbie I'm the executive director for Sycamore Academy as you know we have use of your facility on pipeline under prop 39 agreement we have been working with the district administration on the needed repairs to that facility in order to
make it safe for our staff and for our families and those discussions continue today through registered letters these issues can be easily resolved so I'm hoping that the board can assist staff in finding a more direct route to the resolution because it seems to me there has to be some kind of policy or administrative regulations that are hindering action
and quite frankly creating a lot more paperwork and expense for both organizations our two biggest issues at this point a sycamore Academy still does not have internet access we would like to purchase our Internet access directly from spectrum we've received a very large donation nearly $200,000 worth of technology and we'd like the district to allow us to be an independent charter
school as we were authorized by the county I'm happy to share details about that but given the time I can't do that now but my cell phone number is on our website you are welcome to call me at any point the next issue is keys we were supposed to get possession of the site on July 31st and we didn't get
possession until midday on the first and we have yet to receive keys for several doors we have exactly two keys that open the student restrooms and all of the gates to access the site so in order for us to secure the site we actually end up locking staff out they have to call from the gate someone has to go to the gate
and let them in because we park in the back end the only access point for us to be secure is at the front we only have the same two keys for the padlocks every door has a different key including doors to the same classroom so there might be three doors to a classroom that classroom has three different keys let's
see I'd like a resolution to happen before we have an emergency at that site because that could be really bad for our students and our staff I totally and completely understand the political climate towards charter schools I live it but I'd like to propose that we not participate in that rhetoric and that we focus on our students their families and
our community and I'll parrot the gentlemen that just spoke let's just pick up the ball from where it is and move forward I do have confidence this is my hometown I went through your district I know we can do it thank you very much thank you Seth Green followed by Susan Han followed by Cynthia Moran this evening I stand not as a
representation of self but rather a rumination of our incredible sins while we share a common concern for the moral nucleus of our nation we have fallen far short of dispersing these ideals in which this nation was founded upon we have seen 18th century constructs dictate our policies today we share a heritage in which these constructs were dismantled in order to provide equality
for those who were born without however the lessons our evils have wrought were not kept in memory as those lessons became a distant dream and that dream soon became amnesia only to be filled with dissonance and confirmation bias some of you wish to legislate repression and your device of words bring forth that repression in extensive clarity we
as a community of just individuals understand what it means when we use the language and the narrative of partition when we isolate one group of people and create an image of fear to the rest of the masses in 1877 we witnessed the narrative in which a minority group was dubbed as less than or unnatural and moreover this group was seen as an evil
to our society in 1877 there was an outcry of fear by the masses only propagated by the few as politicians exacerbated their programs by stating this particularly Munir minority group would inevitably prey on the weakest and most vulnerable among us in 1877 the southern heart of our nation enacted laws that inadequate that adequately suppressed this group and we
would later know these laws as Jim Crow it did not start that way no it first started with a narrative and small waves of suppression known only as the Black Codes where black men and women were not allowed to freely express themselves nor was it allowable in schools to learn about the black community with reflected in a positive manner today I heard that
same narrative casts its head once more as it often does throughout our history but this time it was not focused on the black community even though we are familiar with its face and have combated this evil for generations its glare was not focused on us its focus was primarily on the LGBTQ community and as its MO has familiarity we recognize that
its that is favors the opportunity to attack the community's most vulnerable evil comes forth in the guise of good and evil came in the guise of protecting our children when in fact our children are the ones with open minds and willingness to understand and appreciate one another it is us as adults that need to adhere to these lessons our children wish to
teach us our prejudice have made us stale and rigid our prejudice has convinced us that opening our hearts to those who are different or immoral and our crowning achievement of hypocrisy is sought to science the vulnerable whom we are already struggling to fit in society societal constructs in which we already built in order to suppress them I speak
before you as a rumination of our own sins a young doctor once said cowardice asks the question is it safe expedience ask the question is it politics vanity ask the question is it popular but the conscience ask the question is it right Thank You Suzanne followed by Cynthia Moran followed by Stephanie Wade we're both third-grade teachers at Briggs and we're wearing the
life vests to remind you that as teachers we are drowning we're drowning in the extra homework this district expects us to do work that apparently we have been expected to complete on our own time with no compensation my contract day begins at 8:05 and ends at 3:05 my students arrive at 8:15 and go home at 255 I have a 45 minute PLC each
week and 150 minutes of what should be uninterrupted prep time time to prepare for the next workweek as you can see there is no time built into my daily schedule to grade papers or finished planning I like most teachers spend several hours each week beyond my contract hours to complete these tasks we accepted this as the norm when we
signed on to be teachers but now in addition to our regular workload we're being given assignments from the district and our administrators the first assignment was the yearly anti-harassment training videos which were due September 3rd teachers who have completed this assignment on their own time report that it took around three and a half hours to view and answer all the questions that's
half of our workday the next assignment we've been given is to go through sheets of data that we've been provided with and to write a SMART goal for language arts and for math at my site this assignment is due on October 2nd we're supposed to work on this during our PLC time we got this assignment on August
28th our very next PLC on September 4th was grades K through sixth altogether so that leaves us with only two PLC days to work on this before the due date at the same time we have to do the sabers for each of our students which is due September 13th this takes about two minutes per student and I have a small
class of 28 you have the power to save us from drowning by giving us time within our contract hours or compensate us for using our own time to get these additional assignments completed or you can watch us drown I will not be donating my own time to complete these extra homework assignments and I implore my colleagues to do the same no donation
we want compensation thank you Cynthia Moran followed by Stephanie wave followed by Kathy Osmond hi good evening everybody I am pinch-hitting for councilmember Bennett this evening to give you an update of what's going on in chino hills' I know that there's gonna be a presentation at the citizen oversight board for the bond on September 11th but we would love to have someone from the
district come to a Future Council meeting to give us an update on it I think that would the residents would like to be informed about that so that'd be great school year has started off great from the city's end we again have worked out a partnership with a Yala to offer a drop up drop-off site the parents are
very appreciative and we're happy to work with you guys we have our free mobile rec drop-in program that there's still a lot of parents that aren't aware of it it's for ages 5 through 12 and the current schedule for this semester is on Mondays from 3 to 5:30 p.m. is at Pinehurst Park Tuesdays from 3 to 5:30 p.m.
Butterfield Park Wednesdays 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. community park Thursdays 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Glen Meade Elementary Friday 3 to 5:30 p.m. at altaira Park um it means just what it says mobile rec you drop in you don't need to make any reservations it's free you don't have to be a resident of Chino Hills so if this works within your
schedule we'd love to have your children come and partake in arts and crafts outdoor games healthy snacks homework assistance and supplies so it's a great program but I still feel it's really underutilized so we would encourage you guys to help us get the word out on September 26 we're having an emergency preparedness workshop against open to anyone in the Chino Valley 7:00 to 9:00
p.m. at the Chino Hills Community Center and let's see last but not least we have our state of the city coming up and it's very different this year it is on a Saturday and it's a community fair and the theme is called celebrate chino hills' it'll be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the community center the first 500
people will get a free hot dog or hamburger we'll have our partner agencies fire police will have city departments so it's just different it's it's our way of trying to reach out better to the community to let them know what's going on in the city and that there really is so much to celebrate in Chino Hills and
Chino Valley thank you very much thank you Stephanie way followed by Kathy Osmond followed by Elaine and Carl good evening president board members again my name is Stephanie Wade and I'm here to introduce myself this evening to yourselves and as well as the public I work for congressman Gill Cisneros as I'm sure the board knows but perhaps the
public doesn't the congressman represents the 39th congressional district and chino hills' is a terribly significant part of that district the congressman is also an extremely passionate proponent of good quality public education and wants to be a friend to this school district into this board and that's one of the most important reason that I'm here this evening and in
particular I did want to mention a couple of areas of collaboration in our accessibility I know mayor Moran just spoke and she's gonna visit the office but I want to say that's not only open to mayor's and board members but any member of the public that's visiting in DC or would like to meet with the congressman on any issue
we're very available the congressman is particularly happy when he gets residents from his home district that visit in DC and so you know opportunities to do that are certainly available by the by via our website but I'm happy to share my card with anybody who'd like to meet with the congressman or our or anyone else in our office and
I also wanted to say that we're very accessible locally while we have a main office in Fullerton we keep a an office Tuesday through Fridays in Diamond Bar that we just opened board member mr. Schafer was just attended that opening last week and as the main rep that spends time up here in Chino Hills I also work primarily out of and run that
Diamond Bar office and then the other area I just wanted to discuss is our service academy night I'd wanted to be here to make the announcement myself before we did the service academy night last night at in Hacienda Heights at Wilson high school but I did make sure that all your high schools that are part of our district all the guidance
counselors got copies of the service academy flyer it seemed to have worked we did have I counted nine students that attended who were Chino Hills residents who attended last night but I did want to say we haven't second night I brought fliers if there's anybody here I'll be in in the ante room if they'd like a flyer the second night will be Wednesday
the 18th and those are for any student interested in the congressman's nomination or just in gathering information about applying to West Point Annapolis or the Naval Academy in Annapolis the Air Force Academy the the Merchant Marine Academy and we'd be happy to speak to them I'm a former Marine Corps officer might until I handle a lot of the service
academy applications thank you very much for having me Thank You Kathy Osmond followed by Allen Allah Carl I want to talk about technology it's going to change the world we were told schools should promote it get as many computers as possible teach with it as much as you can because that's where the students can best learn now and well probably get as many
computers as you can to all this into all the schools and have all the kids have them that's how they can best learn well it may be is getting a little bit overboard maybe we're gone a little bit too far in that direction people are starting to talk about keeping it in balance and maybe putting the brakes on a bit but
every time we talk about that people say good luck with that I mean that they're here to stay just live with it but maybe there are a few things we could do and maybe we should work on this because we found that there are signs that students brains are changing because of too much use of technology that the frontal
cortex is thinning and that's the part that gives you perception which is what students need to do is perceive their world and learn from it and I want to offer you a new problem that I came upon as I was thinking about Odyssey in the mind it's it's that time of year and one of the benefits of computers is that you
don't have to memorize everything you know you can go and find it so you don't have to memorize these things maybe scientists won't memorize the periodic table maybe they won't memorize all the qualities of certain materials that they work with and now a new problem comes up and certainly we're faced with new problems these days but now they don't have enough in their
brain to think with to think of new solutions how do you know where to go on your computer until you've thought of a possible solution that might work so I think there is reasons to put the brakes on technology ok so is there anything we can do well the American pediatric Society said don't have any screens before Age 2 because kids need to learn
language from a human face so they learn emotion and nuance and truth and now that we're saying maybe they should also learn language from a classroom that doesn't have computers learn how to read loving books before they do computers so maybe we shouldn't have the new smart boards in the kindergarten first and second grade rooms because they're there
mostly to engage kids you can teach the same things without them but we're glorifying computers and maybe we shouldn't maybe we should do books first thank you Alain Allah Karl followed by Sharon Duran good evening I'm here today because I all the time I've been here hasn't been because of my children it hasn't been because of my needs I've
always been here because I've exhausted all other alternatives I've always come here because I thought this is the only chance I have and I this tonight I'm gonna be speaking on behalf of children who might have no voice unless I have come today parents who might not speak because they might not know that language or they aren't intimidated at
the start of the school year I saw a beautiful wonderful video it was welcome back to school and the bus and mr. Anfield I didn't know you could dance that way but the bus bus video was really you know it made me my daughters and everyone we were just having a great time looking at it but at the same time
it was a bitter bittersweet experience and let me tell you why a group of 80 families has been impacted at Rhodes elementary school because of the removal of transportation this group of students were taken or use using a bus from the ivy apartments which was destinated location for low-income families these students now do not have as transportation and let me tell you
who these students are students range from first grade to sixth grade they walk about 45 minutes from there to Rhodes and then many times on how many of you would walk in 104 degrees like we did today that amount of time first graders kindergarten sometimes the first graders can't even make it on there and I've seen them you
have some of my powerpoints there also I know I've been told well leave it alone because it's policy it has to be three miles leave it alone its policy well I need you to tell you and I'm coming to you to look at policy because policy does not talk about lives and these kids are meant for you to take in
consideration they come from low-income and let me tell you how let me break it down for you before I came here I actually do my research I went to these residential apartments which so again it's I'm talking about these students who are about this location the average family five-member family have to have an income of less than $36,000
for five members and you tell me these students who also qualify for a free lunch when they were coming in the bus they were able to get there for free lunch not not anymore these students now are waiting outside after school in the park to get picked up and so I'm gonna ask you if you could ignore the chino hills' music program
policy that they broke policies with all these policies here I think you should go back and revisit the policy that will allow these children who come from this population and opportunity to come to school every day thank you thank you good evening board superintendent my name is Sharon I'm here this evening to discuss what happened at the previous
meeting my veteran public speaker Frankie was so upset hearing so many at all speaking about how homosexuality is a lifestyle and not a right when my son told me at the end of last school year that he was confused about his sexuality I panicked like any parents because I know now this statistics for suicide and for everything now he falls into certain
categories and right away I said I need to get him into counseling he needs to figure this out for himself and I can't fix them as somebody referred to it and so I took him to a couple counselors they said he's not suicidal he has a good support system but that night as I held them he's six inches taller than me
like a toddler I finally found the words to tell him I need you to go to counseling because I know a time will come we're gonna hit a wall and I'm not gonna understand where you're coming from I don't get what's going on in your world all the time I said so I want you to know that there's always someone
there to listen to you and to understand you and in that moment he accepted the counseling and said yes I want to go to counseling so this is something that is a great concern because I know there's many students out there that were are confused or like he says I know what I am he's very proud of himself and
fortunately he received a lot of support from admin staff at the school run into dark journey field last week - at Chino high so everyone's been asking for him I'm currently trying to get him into boots with his peers - that have struggled through things or that can kind of help them out I know there's a lot of students that may not have
like me like his previous administrator told me you're the perfect parent for this it's a lot of pressure though but you know all I can do is be supportive to my students like I've always been and unfortunately there is some students that may never come out to their own parents and it's for some of the adults that were here and that's what I told
them that night I said do you think the students of the parents that were speaking like that would ever be able to open up to their parents he's like probably not I said I don't think so either I said so let's keep that in mind and thank you thank you Brian the lake appreciate the board's time mr. no I
appreciate you being at the football game Friday night it's good to see a high-visibility of the board interacting with the community interacting with each school I told you a month and a half ago that we try to make a visible presence at the meetings so we have a transparency available to the board first issue is with baseball the
expectation was for us to have an application in having baseball fortunate Hills High we admitted into the general boosters unfortunately the two key members on our team on our board that handle that paperwork have personal tragedies in the case of a fire within her family not her direct home and the other one has a child going to West
Point so they've been out of town they've been preoccupied so that application will be submitted to dr. B on Tuesday hopefully ones they delay this at West Point you'll get it for the next agenda for the next meeting following up with baseball baseball from working famously general boosters done everything to support that program to reimburse the coach he's done everything
from dug up the field to working with you in the turf to getting quintessence was like bags bases balls and bats believe it or not a lot of that property walked out for whatever reason it was on loan an instrumental in helping them achieve that we've had a death on our campus we did what we could to help support that
family knowing they had to take time off just continue to support that family talk I own a bicycle we also help support that band we've ran bake sales that earned about $300 on the side we also supplemented that to help the parents that obviously have to take time off to care for their child they both couldn't be at work back to
baseball we are in progress of working on their 501 501 3 seat or 3 C I do have a asset in the music program that is the music treasurer we made friends while making props for music and he is a CPA for a nonprofit accounting firm that's his specialty he explained to me because it's under 50k a year so this would be a
sort four page form and if they extend past 4,000 when they get their own nonprofit tax ID then it's just a addition onto the existing paper but the tax levy would remain firm that I just used baseball as a pilot program for every organization that feels will be in the best interest to get their own tax ID and we'll start with the ones
underneath 15,000 seems to be the quickness problem to full autonomy and complete independence the question was raised what would happen in general boosters bar clubs and we said we still handle the bingo and we still distribute a fair amount of capital throughout the school the other thing I'd like to comment on is thank you so much for
sending dr. B to our campus he promised to make education fun again he started day one he's a huge supporter of our program and it's been a real blessing to have him on our campus we did talk about the stipends mr. Schaefer we are creating safeguards in place I'm looking at a 5 year no more than 10 percent
incremental raise to be totally not by the booster board themselves thank you 40 boards we're now a change cent divisions Pat are there any changes or deletion and we have only one action item tonight Pat please announce the item item to a one 2018-2019 an audited actuals financial report recommended Board of Education approved the 2018 slash 2019
unaudited F chose financial report and authorizes superintendent or his designee to sign the 2018-2019 district certification of unaudited actual financial report are there any speakers may have a motion so moved by mrs. ware seconded by mrs. Gagne any comments all those in favor say aye all right preferential or I passes 5-0 that concludes item on action we're
moving into consent we're not consent pet are there any speakers on consent items sing on board members do you have any pause mr. cruise no pulse no pause mrs. Blair no pulse mrs. Gagne no pulse mr. Schaeffer none and I have not for the consent items may have a motion by mrs. Blair second second by mrs. Gagne
Oh in favor say aye aye professor would I passes 5-0 information items communications were not at board members and superintendent comments mr. Schaeffer I'd like to start off by thanking all the members of the community that have reached out over the last a week or so that have contacted me in support of the vote we took on our
sexual education it's nice to know that there are some members in our community that took the time to actually find out what's in the curriculum and make an educated decision on their own and so I appreciate them reaching out and affirming the fact that we did pass probably the most conservative sex ed program that we could so once again
thanks to those in the community to express their appreciation on the matter I'd also like to thank dr. M field cabinet and staff at the beginning of every school year there's bound to be some issues some Road some road bumps and hiccups but the doctor and field and staff have done their best and have done a great job in
addressing those issues in a timely manner so that the educational opportunities of our students aren't delayed and so dr. Canfield thank you I'm very happy to hear that we have a tentative agreement with our teachers acct so thank you very much let's move quickly now to get it ratified and get it in place for the students from the
from the ayala purple hydrangea project dr. infield can we have somebody from staff contact them kind of help them through the process of potentially getting approved and see what the feasibility of a project like that is within our district policies yeah it's already in my notes thank you on August 24th they attended the ribbon-cutting for congressman Cisneros new office over
in Diamond Bar like Miss Wade said the congressman is very accessible he's been an asset to this board and I appreciate his staffs time they always have time to meet with us or meet with me and answer any questions that I might have and I appreciate that also on August 24th they attended battle de Beaune football game
between Ayala and Chino Hills High School I will say going into halftime I was it was a little bored it was no scores I mean it was it was nothing it was a great defensive game I'm glad to say at halftime both of the teams made some great adjustments and came out and it was an offensive second half with
with Ayala scoring the winning touchdown and two-point conversion at the very end within like the last second to win so congratulations but congratulations to both teams for a great game it was it was great to watch also August 26 I was invited by mayor Moran to attend a Leadership Conference at the Chino Chaffee Community Center it was
sponsored by the owner operators of the Inland Empire chick-fil-a owners it was a great conference the speaker mr. mark Miller did a fantastic job he's author and speaker on leadership skills and this kind of focused on what what it means to be a highly productive organization and so there were some great tips that he passed on and I really enjoyed it so
Thank You mayor and I've been in touch with mr. Dennison mr. David Dennison who's the owner of the chick-fil-a in Chino Hills and he and I are gonna meet hopefully we can get something similar to this for our ass being leadership students from our high schools I think would be a great benefit for them and then on August 27th
I was honored to attend the Ramona Junior High avid signing party they did a great job of getting the parents and the students excited about the avid program and the avid commitment for those that don't know I have it was kind of designed to help first-generation students going to college where they didn't have they don't have family
members that have attended college before through the program they're able to go and visit colleges they do two to three college visits during the school year and they're also shown how to fill out applications and seek out grants and scholarships and so it's a great that's a great tool for our students and I'm glad that our district participates in
the avid program committee reports believe urlp we haven't met since our last meeting so I don't have a full report but I will put out that on October 19th 10:00 a.m. at the Career Training Center at 1:00 5:01 South Bond View Avenue in Ontario be the ribbon-cutting and open house the ribbon-cutting will be for the new logistics training facility and those
classes will be coming online very quick for those that don't know logistics jobs in the Inland Empire there's a huge demand for them and this training center is going to help our students and some adult students get the necessary training to qualify for those jobs and Parks and chino hills' Parks and Recreation Commission the much anticipated new low serranos Park which
is adjacent to chaparral Elementary is complete however it is not open to the public yet it's in its 90-day break-in period where the city has the opportunity to make sure that all the facilities are working plumbing and electrical everything is working before we sign over and take or before the city signs over and takes possession of it
for those that don't know the district was instrumental in helping partnership with the city we actually own as the district we own the actual physical property that's adjacent to chaparral and entered into agreement with the city to build the park the ribbon-cutting for that is scheduled for numbers November 16th at 10 a.m. and with that I will
conclude my comments thanks and have a great evening good evening I first like to thank the students that came from a gala High School I believe was Madeleine a listen Pauline I think I forgot one of your names but thank you for coming I think what you're doing is wonderful and I know you're probably so busy with school
but that you're taking the time to work on this project I'd love to learn more so I'd love to chat after the meeting and I think this was afro because we are moving into National Suicide Prevention Week I've shared some resources on my Facebook page and my website but these resources these types of programs are desperately needed so I
want to applaud you for working on this and helping your fellow students I also like to thank mayor Moran for coming this evening thank you for coming and please let us know how we can participate in the community fair definitely want to be there and I'm also Chino Hills residents so please let me know I'd also like to thank miss Wade
from congressman Cisneros his office for coming this evening I was able to meet with Martin Medrano on your team several weeks ago and I'm certainly looking for ways to collaborate with the congressman on quality public education I also want to thank the parents that came tonight I know you're busy and coming here and taking your time or sending us emails or
calling us takes time out from your busy schedules and your children so I just want all of you to know I appreciate you coming this evening and sharing your concerns a couple announcements from the chamber of commerce I serve as a representative to the chamber of commerce for the school board we now have a student membership this is brand
new effective July 1st so it's a severely discounted rate for students who want to come to chamber events and be a part of the chamber it's a great way to pursue internships or learn about entrepreneurship so please share broadly and the chamber is also having its annual Business Expo at the Shops at chino hills' on October 19th so I
encourage everyone to attend finally I'm having community coffees I posted on my Facebook page my first one I believe is September 21st I'll be providing more information about location imminently just getting some last-minute details together but I'm having community coffees in September October and December it's just a way for me to jump over the Dyess and talk to people to
more informal environments we can have conversations about our schools and finally I do want to make some comments about the last meeting and I make these comments because I not only had elected other elected officials community members staff members and others contact me I had students contact me people watch our meetings soccer it's on the Internet and if we do not comport ourselves in a
civil manner here and with one another students notice that and we they're looking to us as elected officials they're looking to us as stewards of the district when we're not respectful when we don't treat everyone with dignity regardless of our political views or views on any sort of matters we're discussing they notice that and they notice that more than
anything so I do want to encourage that when we have meetings in here that we conduct them in an orderly fashion that we respect one another and that we comport with board policy because we're here to make policy but we're also here to set an example and if we're not setting an appropriate example I really don't know why we're here so I felt
compelled to say that because I had students also reach out to me and I think it's very discouraging that they now have a negative perception of how this board operates and we have contentious issues Thank You mr. Cruz Thank You mr. no for ASL students are very highly motivated you know I would recommend a special meeting that mr.
Carlisle has mentioned I think would be really healthy for the community coming together and it would I think would be very positive and supportive when it comes to the the ESL which is a fantastic program that's been going on for years Madeleine I strongly support your assemblies so I also agree with Joe and Kathy I do agree with you with
technology especially for kitten gardeners we have to tread lightly when it comes to technology that's definitely correct Kathy and as for the buses yeah I want to know why that the students are no longer using the buses to 85 students and knowing that yeah they are walking or most likely they're having a difficult time of transportation so I'm
glad that you brought it up so thank you I attended a Ramona the orientation for avid avid is a great program 90% of those students go to college so it's fantastic the parents were there and it was great it's great and finally the football game and you know observing the people's observing the game you know you see the
past past president in the future everybody in one big pot and it's real exciting to observe all that all that census you could call it thank you okay mrs. Blair I'm sure dr. Enfield already has in his notes and he's going to provide us an update on roads transportation but I do want to share that a couple of years ago when
transportation was of concern because we read district we did some redistricting or reshuffling of students at some of the school sites I did take it upon myself to walk from an aborted ixn elementary school to ensure that it was within the range of the policy so you're not alone when you advocate for the needs of the students this is the first
time I am aware that we removed transportation but I'm sure we're going to receive an update and I will follow up but even when it's within the range which is something I brought up at that time I just felt that it was unsafe our students were traveling from here Riverside you know which is a really busy street part of the area to Dixon
has no sidewalk on one side of the street and so I brought all those items up and you know but there's policies and but when boys cannot change a policy hopefully now we can reconsider that and and bring that forth that maybe we need to change the miles that students are required to walk before we provide transportation so I do appreciate the
fact that you brought that forward but we hadn't heard about this situation at all so thank you regarding ASL at a yellow high school it is something that we are discussing and we're following up I met with a group of parents regarding the course dr. Enfield is fully involved in remedying the situation sometimes there are things that are
yond his control we're waiting for responses from other entities there there are things that are happening and it just takes time so it's not that it's gone on deaf ears but there really isn't anything to provide at this time but he is working very aggressively on the concerns that have been raised by the parents out of y'all a high school one
thing I do want to share is that someone stated that they want the same caliber of teacher that was there before that's difficult to do you can't replace someone who is experienced in in an area and expect that someone new is going to have that same background it takes time to develop yourself as an educator to kind of get a feel of the classroom to
get a feel for the program that doesn't mean that they won't one day be as great as that retired teacher we should all be afforded an opportunity and an understanding that we have a learning curve just like when we all start up here we fumble we don't know we don't sound like the prior board member that we replaced
you know there are those that will like us those that will dislike us that that's just how it goes and so I just hope that everyone will understand that we need to give the new teacher an opportunity of course if there are concerns that need to be addressed by the district they will be addressed by the district but will we have the same
caliber in a new teacher that we did with a very experienced teacher not likely but that doesn't mean that she won't get there one day so I just hope you'll understand that I do want to also touch on the last board meeting and and the comments from members of the public and the response by some board members there are many
times why I sit here and I I disagree with what is being said from the public microphone there are times where I sit here and I agree with what is being said at the microphone at no time do I sit here applauding comments that are made not because I don't want to provide kudos or support to what is
being said but that's not our role I had to answer to students who asked why a couple of our board members were applauding when there were attacks made on fellow students who are LGTBQ I can't answer that I encourage them to reach out to the two that were applauding they said I don't want to because I already
know how they feel about me there are governance standards for the CEM the California School Board Association that clearly state that we are here to represent every student not a partial segment of our student population regardless of our personal beliefs we are to represent quality public education for every student and you know I was alarmed by the way some
individuals in the audience were looking at the speaker from missed congressman Cisneros office and I I wanted to pick up my phone and take pictures of those eyes that were glaring at this individual because I knew what they were thinking it is evident I don't know what the eyes were from those individuals on this dais but I could see the eyes from
the members of the audience and it's sad and it's unfortunate but I will not remain silent I am here to represent every student and I will do that until November 2020 you don't have to threaten me about not voting for me or not reelecting me that's okay I am done I want to enjoy my son will be in his
senior year in this district and I want to enjoy that but that doesn't mean I won't ever appear at that mic holding the individuals appear accountable for representing every student thank you no comics tonight I like to thank students I have seen you probably guys at today's a club rush there were so many clubs presented and it was really
nice and matter of fact many were signing up for all these clubs out I would say hundreds so you guys have done a great job I do support our students and your endeavor and your vision for the future and it is very critical that we need to promote goodness and that's gonna help us with our students who are going to be
our future adults it's funny we tell children after disagreements or fight go make it up oh come on you can do that you might take a couple of weeks but you guys do but when the adults going to clash I've seen that a dot who have not spoken for whole year for one disagreement so for that sense I think I
might value you guys more than ourselves thoughts so good job thank you for coming and looking at you guys and and also visiting our students at Iowa high school I'm also proud of our by Krieger and Cynthia Moran not only they hold positions but they are also parents and I remember talking to your daughter mr. Krieger was there a Christmas parade it
was so impressive and Cynthia's son that who's gonna get a future leader for sure just good people and we're making a good products we have our parents about the silent language here and you guys are all here because you care you care our principals I everything and we even though all the speakers they were so candid about
they're struggling with their kids so we all know that there's no division if you want to see it as a division if you want to see the glass of milk as I have for you will always see it half full but the truth was stand now talking about our children the little boy let's go to younger ones
as hell ladies speaker said about kids walking 45 minutes I Drive a car and many of you seniors high schoolers you have cars as an adult we have to see what we can do to help those 80 kids yes we could say yeah that's up there parents with responsibilities for Stan but if their needs are not met and we
got both arms and both legs and and we're over 18 years old then we need to look into helping them it's just a right thing to do you don't ask questions their IDs you don't ask their races anything with the kids our kids people people that's what makes this country strong mrs. Osmond you've been correct people might say
even in the past then I'm crazy but they sometimes say you're not always writing the pathway with everyone else but guess what you were number one and you're still our number one gate teacher I know that so when you say something like that that's out of box you know we're only thing about more technology and more memory chips and and self-driving cars
maybe we're missing something and what you have read to study might be the truth especially I used two years old fiber kids and kindergartners I see them always on their iPhones the parents if they want to quite them down what they do they give them iPhones so instead of learning respect and then learning the risk responsibilities and relationship with
another human being it's been absent so I think absolutely I agree with you about our little ones that needs more human contact and human education there could be cars driving self-driving or trucks self-driving they said we might not have need for truck drivers anymore in your future they're already doing a mapping but guess what our teachers we
need human contact with our children so I like to support your idea in I like to dr. Ellen field really uh think about that - about our kindergartners and primary grades see if we can provide more opportunity for them to have a human contact Briggs I'm so happy about tentative agreement with the teachers we deserve we have the best teachers and
and we deserve the best contract for them and I also agree with bricks teachers where they spend hours hours three those extra work and if there's any way that we could help I'd like to see our staffs and talking with them or maybe with a CT president appreciate that the one good thing about avid program that I have attended with mr.
Schaefer and mr. Cruz there's about kids standing up and signing a contract actually to be successful and stay positive and now for that the Amin had their parents sign the contract making sure that they're in fully support of their children's education is the education starts at home as I have talked to our great parents Audrey's parents Alex's parents yeah it doesn't lie so
let's do that last I like to think I'm so rich right out you've done a great job you got hands full with sign language program and all that I know you you were losing sleep over that right now but thank you appreciate you and you're also parents so I'm sure you understand what our parents are going through an ASO program I want to have it
remained the top notch as it has been so