Board of Education — May 16, 2024

p.m. with Bridge Cruz Monroe naw and Shaw present before we begin please silence all electronic devices and note that these are these proceedings are being recorded the board met in close session from 4:20 p.m. to 5:43 p.m. regarding conference with legal council existing litigation two cases conference with legal council anticipated litigation one case student Discipline matters conference with Labor negotiators Act

and CA Public Employee discipline dismissal release and public employee performance evaluation superintendent the board took the following action authorized the immediate suspension without pay and issuance of 30 days dismissal to certificated employee 7311 pursuant to Education Code 44934 with a vote of 5 Z with Bridge Cruz Monroe Na and Shaw voting yes and voted to accept the resignation

agreement and release between the district and classified employee number 28146 pursuant to the terms of the agreement the employee voluntarily resigned effective June 1st 2024 with a vote of 5-0 with Bridge Cruz Monroe Na and Shaw voting yes no further action was taken which requires public disclosure thank you so much I would like to note that tonight's Pledge of

Allegiance will be led during the presentation of colors and now we're on to one of the year's most important Traditions the military salute it's important because the Board of Education strongly believes in honoring and supporting students for his or her commitments to what is an all volunteer Force the United States military with us tonight are the uh

Chino Young Marines who will present the colors ladies and Gentlemen please rise for the presentation of colors the Pledge of Allegiance will be led by PFC foso with the Chino Young Marines please remain standing following the Pledge of Allegiance for the national anthem performed by our very own woodrest Junior High SCH Junior High School band led by Miss Pam Bell

[Music] ladies and ladies and ladies and Gentlemen please place your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance ready begin I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all [Music] for [Applause] see you may take a

seat now let's take a moment to also recognize those present who are or have been part of the US military service please stand so that you too may be acknowledged for for your service thank you so much tonight is grad night for some of our seniors and not all of our honores will be present with us tonight however our High School

principles have joined to recite each inl's name board members Dr anfield please join me as we honor and congratulate the nation's newest brightest and bravest en listies Miss yaroy if you could please begin followed by Mr Miller Dr B Dr Wong and finally Mr Schuler superintendent [Music] cabinet parents and students thank you for joining us this evening on behalf of rubena high school

and the entire School Community we want to thank you our students the following students Tristan Andreas Payne and Frank [Music] SoDo we want to thank these three students we want to thank them for their service um that they will provide to our country country we're so proud of them and grateful for all that they will be doing for us and our country may God

protect them as they protect us thank [Applause] you thank you Miss yarb boy I re reiterate everything that you say and again we uh we thank all of them all of our students and all those in attendance tonight we have one student this year Justice Hampton he can't be here tonight he is joining the Army but I'll I spoke

with him this morning and I'll be accepting his flag and his certificate on his behalf Justice Hampton thank [Applause] you good afternoon everybody again I'd like to extend my gratitude towards everybody that serves or or has served in the military and today we have I believe nine students from Chino Hills High School that'll be uh enlisting or

have enlisted into the service so I will begin with the first student and we as well as many of the other schools have our students at grad night tonight so we might have one that made it tonight but we'll go through the names and see who's here first student is Noah Cody Brockman Brianna Franco [Applause] Julian [Music]

leang aldri Lim King Han Riley Ro robbles and the final husky is Marvin Nathaniel [Applause] Salas good evening superintendent mfield Board of Education and Community congratulations to all the students being recognized tonight Don luga High School is very proud of these next three students who are all being enlisted into the military branches first of all is Randy Dominguez Jr enlisted into United

States Navy [Applause] next and listen in the United States Army Ruben Regalado last but not least enrolling to United States Air Force Leilani vaka good evening it is an honor and a privilege to be representing bu fista high school here tonight at this board meeting and I have two young amazing men to introduce to you tonight uh who will

be serving the United States Army and that is Michael teria Carpio [Applause] and Aiden wood [Music] United States Marine Corps United States Army United States Coast Guard Force fix it [Music] they're going to play this for a little bit and then they're going to Mar and then we can take a break I say this before I say the break out

today the break yeah United States Navy [Music] [Applause] once again to each and every one of you thank you for having the courage and the spirit to serve our great nation and thank you to our woodrest Junior High School band for an amazing per performance tonight we will now take a brief recess for parents to take pictures students you are free to go

after that thank you [Applause] well members when you get a chance can you please come [Music] we have everybody okay we will now reconvene the Board of Education meeting uh Khloe is enjoying her grad night and will not be able to join us for the student uh tonight's board meeting we are so lucky to have her serve with us as our student

representative during the 2023 2024 school year and we are confident that she will achieve all of her future goals we wish her all of the success she deserved and she will be missed next up are comments from the employee Representatives we have Brenda Walker from Act [Applause] I hope it's okay um they're going to help me present some awards tonight all

right good evening president Shaw board me board member superintendent Enfield cabinet and Community I want to first thank a very important member of the board Khloe kubis Khloe has exemplified the qualities of a true leader and is a great representative for our students she served her position with dignity and professionalism above all after all the time she has expressed her appreciation

for our Educators act wants to take a moment to express our appreciation for Chloe her words have not gone unnoticed by act and she inspires us we teach to make a difference and when we listen to Khloe and all the good things that she's experienced in her classes here at CB USD we know we've made a positive impact we are fortunate

to have worked with her either in the classroom or here at the board meetings thank you to Khloe a valued member of the school board and a wonderful voice of support for our community and we hope she's having a great time next ACT would like to recognize and acknowledge act scholarships to the children of our members I know there are

a lot of seniors that are on um having field trips right now but if you hear your name please come up to the podium to receive your certificate your scholarship and our congratulations Don't Clap she's not here and also Morgan kistra is not here but we congratulate her as congratulations we know the students not here but we wanted to say her name

anyway and that's Kyra uh F changfen next award goes to Balin polite [Applause] then we have Elena rosson she's not here but we want to clap for her as well the next one I know is here Megan Robinson [Applause] [Music] and then the last one is Mia Sanchez okay we're not done the next group we want to recognize

are the ACT member award recipients please come up when your name is called and don't run away because we'd like to hear from you first recognition that we're so happy and proud to present goes to counselor of the year and that's Tisha [Applause] [Music] clay oh wait wait wait wait I almost forgot so at our celebration our members

received a plaque but we wanted to also give you something yours good evening cabinet good evening board members as well as my colleagues president Brenda Walker um I have the most amazing job I'm grateful because every day I get to encourage students who have given up hope who have lost hope in themselves and as Mr Schuler and I say every day we

encourage we motivate we help them to believe in themselves when they've given up hope and many of you come to our graduations and we are so grateful and blessed that you come and grace us with your presence I hope to see you again again and um I get to work with the most amazing teachers staff I'm one of the best

principales in the district um Mr Schuler we do amazing things at our school and now that you guys will be moving next door you can come over and hang out um always always always we remind our students to never give up hope there's a miracle every day there's every day is a gift it just a matter of what are you going to do with

the the blessing that you've been given I've been given a blessed opportunity and I'm so grateful thank [Applause] you the next person that we would like to recognize is Nurse of the Year and that is ktia ganos okay okay then we're going to move on to our speech pathologist of the year and that's Julia [Applause] Lanham let's go on to psychologist of

the Year Amanda Martin [Music] elementary teacher of the year this this year goes to Gina Solis last but certainly not least our secondary teacher of the year is Christina Riley much good evening um that was a really tough speech to follow by the way oh my goodness um good evening Dr Enfield cabinet members board members um it's an

honor to be recognized for doing a job I love by my peers and at act I've been teaching in Chino for 25 years um starting at Richard gird Elementary um moving to Wickman and then to uh Canyon Hills where I call that home um I spend my days teaching seventh grade English Middle School is is everyday and

excitement and journey so that's a lot of fun um I teach yearbook Renaissance and leadership as well um both my children are products of Chino Valley in fact my son is on his grad night tonight so that's exciting for him too um and I also got to meet my husband um working at gerd Elementary so Gino is very

special to us um I'd like to express my gratitude to my amazing colleagues who felt I was worthy of this honor um to act for their continued support and to my students who have taught me more than anything um and thank you to my family for putting up with me throughout the school year so thank you very

[Applause] much we also want to bid a fond farewell to our retirees and so um I'm not going to read off their names but we really do appreciate all the work service hard just hard work that they've done over the years and we appreciate them very much okay last thing that I'm going to say on a personal note um number one

you've seen our special services director at plenty of board meet meetings I wanted to introduce Debbie Woolery and our president elect Steven Frasier who be on a personal note it's been my pleasure to serve as a general ed teacher special ed teacher special ed coordinator and president of act these past 25 years I appreciate the experience thank you very

much [Applause] thank you very much and congratulations to all the recipients um now we have Danny Hernandez from CSA good evening president Shaw board members superintendent infield cabinet and Community um first off I like Brenda mentioned I wanted to thank Khloe um I believe Dr infield when you started this program with the students the out them sharing their thoughts fully regardless

of what others think is exactly maybe not what you had in mind but those students are is what this district has taught and created so it would it's great that a student can come up on the board and share their thoughts and what other students want to share to the board and Community um Miss Walker it's been a

privilege to work alongside with you um it's bittersweet but a well-earned um retirement um much success and Mr president-elect congratulations um look forward to working alongside with you um next week the week of May 9th oops May 19th through the 25th is cscw week which where through the state of California we recognize the work that classified employees do day in and day

out um every year our local chapter does give something out a little bit to each member um I left each one of you guys a little coaster on your on the dis there for you guys um for the school sites each classified employee will be receiving one um it is just to show a little bit of appreciation for the work

again they do in and out um it's an honor to represent them it's I speak in their behalf we advocate in their behalf but it is truly them that do the work day in and day out out just sharing the chairs that get put up here for these board meetings the tables the individuals that are recording back there it doesn't just

happen it's a small little army that gets that done and that's the work of the classified employee so this or excuse me this meeting we typically do try to recognize an unsung hero from from the classified staff to say these last few weeks have been busy or today specifically has been overwhelming so it will be coming but we do want to

recognize an unsung hero um at a later date thank you much Danny um we have em Emily Lao from champ good evening president sh Schoolboard members Dr Enfield cabinet and the Chino Valley Community our annual military salute is one of my favorite board meetings of the year as the daughter and granddaughter of veterans I learned at a young age

what a hero truly is While others around me talk about heroes such as Spider-Man and Wonder Woman Who had special powers and who were never afraid I knew better true heroes come in all shapes and sizes and they do get afraid the difference is how they choose to act in the face of fear true heroes make a

commitment to protecting others above themselves I'm going to share an excerpt from my favorite quote by doc by Theodore Roosevelt it's not the critic who counts not the man who points how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of Deeds could have done better the credit Belongs To The Man in the enena the man who is actually working in the arena who

face whose face is marred by dust and sweat who strives valiantly who HS and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error or shortcoming but who does actually strive to do the Deeds who knows the great enthusiasms the great devotions who spends himself in a worthy cause who at the the best knows in the end the

Triumph of high achievements and who at the worst if he fails at least he fails while daring greatly on behalf of champ I extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to all of our seniors who are choosing to enter the arena to protect and serve the United States of America thank you thank you we are now on on to

comments from the audience on items not on the agenda rean are there any requests to speak yes yeah thank you how many three three board bylaw 9323 meeting conduct estab conduct establishes public comment guidelines instructions for public comment are available by the speaker cards turn your cards into security staff speakers will be called in the order the request was received please

listen for your name and line up behind the podium in the order your name was called any comments on agenda items will be accepted during consideration of that item if you use this time to comment on an agenda item instead of a non-agenda item you will be directed to the correct time on the agenda and your speaker card

will be placed at the end once the recording secretary announces the first name further speaker cards will not be accepted Mr Cruz please explain the public comment guidelines speakers you have up to three minutes to address the board you cannot donate the time if you need if you read on behalf of an ABS the person that will be considered your time

begin the comment at the green light the yellow light means you have 30 seconds left the red light means your time is over please refrain from making comments while speakers are at the podium board policy 131 12.1 outlines the procedure for complaints against an employee once the recording secretary announces the first name Speaker cards will no longer

be accepted and lastly may not approach the dasis any time the board is in session please please give any materials you wish distributed to the board to the recording secretary Eric champ Eric champ followed by Jaclyn Cortez followed by Sarah Palmer hello board members and cabinet my name is Eric champ and I'm the father of four children in our district schools

in our High School junior high and Elementary I was fortunate enough to be elected to the school site council at Townsen Junior High this year School site council is a collaboration of elected parents teachers and administrators whose purpose is to inform and oversee different components of the school site we've been meeting all year and yesterday we met for the

fourth and final time for this academic year at this meeting we discussed and approved the School site plan and budget for the next year at that meeting we reviewed the recent testing scores and the fact that over 70% of English language Learners and those with identified learning disabilities were not meeting nor exceeding English and math standards a very concerning reality

for these students unfortunately as as we reviewed the budget allocations for the different lcap goals and strategies to address these issues and others like chronic absenteeism it became apparent that there's a lack of funds available to improve student outcomes where they are needed the most so compromises needed to be made and the difficult task of approving a budget we knew was short of

money was made all the while I'm getting more frustrated that we are paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawsuits for the forced outing policy that was rushed through with the severe lack of community involvement and input and started off targeting transgender students these political and cultural Wars you've thrust us into has a real impact we needed that money and we need

the money that's still being wasted and will be wasted this next year we were definitely feeling the weight of the lawsuits I speak a lot about good governance and we have to have some honest change in that direction again I speak of my experience on the School site Council it's a great place and space where the sleeves get

rolled up and good work is happening our meeting yesterday led by principal cloak is a great example of good governance and springs hope for the next year but they need resources over there and across all of our school sites we have to stop the wasteful spending to make it happen Miss Shaw you once challenged the speakers to be very careful about what

they say if they don't have solid proof challenge accepted anyone can access this information go to netfile s ardino Sonia Shaw for Schoolboard 2026 and look through the filings you had a meeting at Luna Grill that you described as a community meeting with parents that cost $267 68 okay that sounds like an actual meeting took place between July and

December 2023 but if you go through the filing of January and June 2023 you can see a total of 11 separate meetings in Luna Grill and Riverside Grill except this time the meetings don't have descriptions and they were clearly not meetings as the prices of two of your meetings cost $484 so what was your drink of choice or

what lunch special cost $15.61 that you got for yourself four times the only meeting you are having is the food meet in your mouth you had been elected already and this is how you use campaign money so do anyone that has ever donated a penny to you they haven't been funding your campaign they have been funding your hunger I guess since

you could not nickel and dime the district you had to nickel and dime your supporters you said you wanted to get back to English and math but have done nothing about it you have taken funds from the wellness center but what have you done to promote literacy the only thing you are promoting is yourself what have you done to attract great teachers

nothing you love to talk about the political cartel in Sacramento without acknowledging that you yourself are part of a political cartel you try to undermine our negotiations by feeding confidential information to your minions so they could create dis dressed well they failed miserably guess you aren't really winning thank you Mr Monroe for how you led your meeting as president

you set the example for Miss Shaw too bad she took the title from you miss Shaw's absence showed who has been the issue all along news flash it wasn't the teachers you proved it yourself when you went on your line dancing Sandwich Board wearing trip and we had the calmest meeting we have had in months because the clown was out of town so the circus

went away so what is your deal Miss Shaw your page says 2026 so you obviously are planning to run again can you just find a job as a politician groupy you sure love taking selfies with them like ma margorie Taylor green did you discuss space lasers go find a job that pays you enough so you don't have to nickel and

Dias and you can then escort yourself out of this board for Life Sarah Palmer [Applause] hello school board and cabinet I am Sarah Palmer I'm a general ed teacher here in Chino Valley I stand before you today to address a a crucial issue that impacts the heart of our educational system the need for specific language in our contracts for special education

teachers as we strive for excellence and providing quality education to all students it is imperative that we recognize and support the unique challenges and responsibilities faced by our special education teachers special education teachers play a vital role in the lives of students with diverse learning needs they possess specialized knowledge skills and dedication required to support students with disabilities

learning differences and other exceptionalities however despite the critical nature of their work the current lack of specific language in their contracts fails to adequately acknowledge the support and support their efforts by including explicit Provisions in our contracts for special education teachers we can address several key issues firstly such language can ensure reasonable case loads and class sizes

allowing teachers to Prov provide individualized attention and support to each student this is essential for creating an inclusive and Equitable learning environment where every student has the opportunity to thrive additionally clear language and contracts can establish guidelines per for professional development opportunities tailored to the unique needs of special education teachers ongoing training and support are essential essential for staying a breast

of best practices Innovative strategies and evolving research in the field of special education moreover incorporating specific Provisions in contracts can address concerns related to workload administrative duties and collaboration with other Educators and support staff by clarifying expectations and responsibilities we can Empower special education teach teachers to focus on what they do best support the diverse needs of their students and fostering a

culture of inclusivity and acceptance within our schools I hope you keep this in mind when we begin our negotiations next school year thank [Applause] you we are now on to changes and deletions there are none thank you than you we're now on to action items the first item is 2a1 resolution 2023 202 24- 59 to support the safety of Chino

Ontario and Chino Hills residents regarding The Condemned inmate transfer program at the California Institute for men recommended that the Board of Education adopt resolution 20232 24- 59 to support the safety of Chino Ontario and Chino Hills residents regarding The Condemned condemned inmate transfer program at the California Institute for men Reagan or their any speakers yes one thank you Amanda

nice good afternoon board cabinet Dr enfeld president Shaw and everyone else in attendance as a member of Community I fully support both our police public servants and especially those who work down over at the Chino men's State institution down the street in fact in my life I've known two individuals personal to me that have both been CEOs

in that field the reality is that as prisoners these individuals have been adjudicated by the courts to be guilty of a crime as I mentioned in my freshman transition class many times we have we give everyone the right to reform and to change and to give back to amend for their crimes in these cases but Society has decided that certain populations

don't deserve this actual luxury those individuals who have received the death penalty for their heinous crimes we have decided are not those we want in our community any longer and whether you believe in the death penalty or not these prisoners are not people we want in our communities the reality though is that with the with the closing of San

quinton's death row due to the proposition 66 there's been a lot of changes in needs to put prisoners in different locations the San Quinton facility doesn't meet the requirements of prop 66 and they have to go somewhere the reality is though as our as our statement here says we're not the place to put them the facility has degraded

greatly in the last 30 years and on the times I've been able to visit it's very obvious that this is not the place we should be lockdowns school closures and other instances are the only direct result of some of these things that have occurred and even as early as five or six years ago we've had inmates escaped

from that facility this resolution allows our board to show that we are not the place for these prisoners what concerns me though about the resolution is a statement at the very end here at the end it says the following prioritize the safety of surrounding communities and make decisions with housing these inmates that's fine but then right below that it

states that we have ax murderers and other individual pieces let's change that to just say individuals who have been given the death penalty because the reality is not everyone who's been given the death penalty is an ax wielding Murderer let's keep that in mind the tone and language we portract because what we put in this resolution is how we

are viewed as a community here in our district thank you for your time thank you may I have a motion so moved thank you Mr n may have a second thank you Mr Bridge board I think the light system is working you may use your light system if you have any comments questions discussion seeing that there is none

we'll go ahead and take a vote all in favor I any opposed and preferential is absent the motion passes with the vote of 5 to zero the next item is 2b1 public hearing on the change increase of statutory developer fees level one and Adoption of the resolution 2023 2024 55 approving a change of in statutory school fees

imposed on the new residential and commercial industrial construction pursuant to Education Code 16 17620 and government code 65995 recommended that the Board of Education a conduct a public hearing on the change of the stat developers fees level one on residential and commercial/industrial development and B adopt resolution 2023 2024 55 approving a change in statutory school fees imposed on a new residential and

commercial/industrial construction pursuant to Education Code 17620 and government code 65995 I now open the public hearing at 6:54 p.m. do we have any speakers there are none thank you I now close the hearing at 6:54 p.m. now for the vote May I have a motion I'll I'll move it may I have a second has it been moved I need a second

I'll second thank you Mr Bridge any comments questions discussions from the board um I have a comment uh so are we changing this uh fee to uh is it a market rate or can any of our staff answer that question yeah I'll have U Mr strer and can you share what those fees are used for are you touching your question l no okay

seeing that there's none we'll go ahead and take a vote all in favor I I any opposed the motion passes with the vote of five to zero next item is 2b2 resolution 2023 202 24-58 approval and Adoption of ab 841 California schools healthy air plumbing and efficiency program and Grant agreement recommended the Board of Education approve and adopt

adopt resolution 2023 2024 58 AB 841 California school's healthy air plumbing and efficiency program and Grant agreement are there any speakers there are none thank you I see the lights on do right after may I have a motion so moved thank you Mr NW may I have a second second thank you Mr Bridge comments questions discussions go ahead M Dr enfeld yeah

I'd like to Mr ster if he could talk a little bit on this item thank you any other comments go ahead no nobody else seeing that there's none we'll go ahead take a vote all in favor I I I any opposed the motion passes with a vote of 5 to zero next item is 2c1 compensation increase to the classified substitute

salary schedule effective July 1st 2024 it's recommended that the Board of Education approved the compensation salary scheduled to be effective July 1st 2024 Reagan are there any speakers there are none thank you may I have a motion so moved thank you Mr NW may I have a second second thank you Mr Bridge any comments questions discussion seeing that there is not any

we'll go ahe and take a vote all in favor I I any opposed the motion passes with the vote of five to zero the next item is 2c2 Declaration of of Need for fully qualified Educators for the 2024 2025 school year recommended that the Board of Education approved the Declaration of Need for fully qualified Educators for the 2024 2025 school year

here Reagan are there any speakers there are none thank you very much may I have a motion so moved thank you Mr no can I have a second thank you Mr Cruz any comments questions discussions seeing that there is none we'll go ahead and take a vote all in favor I any opposed the motion passes with a vote of

five to zero that includes the action items we're now on to consent Reagan are there any speakers on consent items there are none thank you very much board members do you have any polls Mr brck no PS thank you Mr Cruz thank you Mr Cruz Mr Monroe no PS thank you Mr Monroe Mr na I have no pools thank you and I

have no polls May for the consent items May I have a motion so moved thank you Mr n may I have a second second thank you Mr Monroe we'll go ahead and take a vote all in favor I any opposed the motion passes with a vote of five to zero now we're on to information items are Reagan are there any requests to

speak from the public there are none thank you very much board members any questions comments seeing that there's none we're now on to Communications Mr bridge moving right along I'll try and keep it uh keep it brief uh first uh I would like to add my congratulations uh I noticed on the uh consent item under uh under certificated and she mentioned

it earlier uh Miss Brenda Walker's uh retirement I just want to say congratulations to her on her teaching career and and also as act president did a fabulous job the last six years it's not an easy position to sit in that chair as I well know and uh just wanted to thank her for all that she's done for

the students and teachers of our district also wanted to congratulate um the ACT scholarship winners and also the award winners that she uh that she mentioned tonight um go moving on I want to add congratulations to all of our students tonight on the military selections and to thank them for their commitment to serving our country uh it's a wonderful honor and uh I want to

wish them the the best uh wherever they are assigned um also congratulations to the Chino Hills High baseball team for their exciting semi-final win over Chino High the other the other day uh two to zero uh I had a chance to see about half the game before uh getting over to uh uh chaffy college for the uh city of Chino

state of the city addressed by mayor Loa uh Chino Hills by the way if you're interested plays tomorrow afternoon Friday at 4:00 at Lake El at the diamond ballpark in Lake Elenor uh and I would suggest if you're planning on going probably leave early because the the 15 is no fun on especially on Friday afternoons heading down that way um the

past two weeks I've been able to attend uh the band showcases at aala high school Chino high and Don Lugo uh completing my tour of attending all four showcases following the Chino Hills High showcase that I mentioned at the last board meeting I must tell you and you heard a little bit of it tonight at the beginning of the of the board

meeting uh with our woodrest performance that uh the performances were terrific and it shows why we have such a wonderful music program in this district and why our high schools uh continue to win Awards after Awards in any competition and even National competitions that they they go too the other thing I like about the Showcase if you're not familiar with them is they

start out with the elementary beginning band the elementary Advanced band in the junior high and the high school all in the gym so the beginning elementary students get to see where they ultimately could wind up in the high school band and it really is just a a good U good thing for them to see and for for all of us but it was just

tremendous I want to say congratulations to all of the student musicians and their instructors for a a wonderful evening uh I too and I know she's not here want to congratulate our student rep for the past year Khloe for a great job in representing the students of our district she gave excellent reports and uh I know she'll continue to be a voice

for uh in our schools and community and excuse me uh allergy season is just I think I don't know about the rest of you but been driving me nuts lately um I just want to congratulate all of the graduates uh next week at our high school and Adult School ceremonies and want to wish them all the best uh in their future

endeavors whether that's in colleges or uh careers and with that that concludes my remarks thank you thank you Mr Bridge Mr na yeah I would also like to thank uh students tonight that who have Jo decided to join our armed services uh thank you for your dedication and uh and your spirit of patriotism and I also like to thank Uh

Wood Crest Ben Junior High School band who had played a great patriotic songs for our students and our audience tonight thank you uh especially for our band teacher who has shown her many years of uh dedication of loving the music and teaching them to our children here so thank you and also I'd like to thank Miss Sonia sha and Mr Cruz for

wearing patriotic shirts for tonight thank you very much I love it uh and also color matching thank you so awesome um 2024 graduation time is here we'll continue to provide best education possible for our children and we continue to invite parental involvement and appreciate their continual support for our kids and also I will continue to ask students to respect students and

staff members in the school so that it will become their habit and their character for life and and as a district I'll continue to ask District to provide safe learning environment for all students in our Chino Valley UniFi School District this will be my comment for tonight thank Muro couple quick things um I too want to Echo the the thanks to the band for

doing such a great job tonight and uh I want to uh thank the Young Marines in the professional manner in which they presented our colors tonight I thought they did an outstanding job uh Testament to that group and to those young people the discipline that that organization provides to them um I want to thank Khloe for her

service to the board um for being willing to put herself in front of everybody have the courage to speak her her thoughts and portray a message that uh maybe not everybody agreed with uh but her job was to represent um a group of of people that oftentimes are neglected in the conversation and I thought she did a

very a very good job an admirable job and U I want to thank her for for that and and working with this board and wish her well in her future endeavors I do want to wish the graduates of next week happy graduation they made it um and on a on a personal note I I do want to um one of the recipients tonight

Olivia Martinez got a scholarship from act I want to congratulate her I had the opportunity to coach her the last four years and seeing the tremendous amount of work that she put in to not only carry the classes that she did but to be as busy as she is in in extracurricular um and I noticed she was here to not

only get the award but left immediately to do the senior sun sunset um and she's done that all along and how she's toggled between school and extracurricular it was admirable to watch um I'm very excited for her future and I wish her well um I I just want to take that personal note uh as a amazing family amazing School career she has

she's got a bright future in front of her and to the other Award winners as well hard work pays off and it's nice to get a little recognition from the from uh the different organizations here to to commend them on the hard work that they've done the last four years um and and uh little support in the in their

higher education as they go um that's all I got thank you Mr Monroe Mr Cruz yes you know i' I've attended um some events as well I attended award ceremony for the seniors I also attended Don Lugo musical very well done Musical and and I I wanted to express my opinion on the the man the man of the Arena you

know that you always hear that you know that idea that a a coward dies like a thousand times but you know to go in the arena hey it's okay to be a coward you know you practice and eventually you become Brave and I know that I have been more of a coward than bravery but I only need to

be brave once and so it is good to join the arena even though you you may have fear of the unknown so I'm very fond of of the Roosevelt's um um what she presented you know I I'd like to bring up um what I feel about our seniors graduating so um this is this is my OPP opportunity to

give what I what I love to give back you know and so so first thing is you know the classic story of wi poo you know Christopher explains to pooh that he won't be around because he's going to go school and he's transitioning from childhood to adulthood so you know he'll eventually lose his way of playing with his toys

playing with poo but you know kids you don't have to stop you know when you graduate you could go and still be the child that you've always been and in years go by you could always go back to your teddy bear or to any toys so this is Teddy and I'll give this to Madison oh thank thank you Chris so seniors as you

transition don't leave your childhood and bring Teddy along to your college dorm it's very vital very very vital also another another thing I want to do there are many things seniors I would like to focus on but I will highlight just one when I was in elementary school we would watch movies during the school year using 8mm film reels we would go to

lunch Auditorium many many times throughout the year watch Walt Disney films one film made a significant impression on me one and bringing forth dreamy ideas and excitement and joy introduced me to the concept of resilience optimism and the power to fect change in my little world this film was Johnny apple seed and the power of planting seeds in every

one of us Johnny app seed an American classic traveled across the USA planting and spreading apple seeds each of you seniors is embarking on a journey of your own making your mark just like your teacher planting seeds in your mind you will plant seeds too growing thriving impacting lives of others around you Johnny Aly didn't plant seed just for

himself he did it for to bring joy food and beauty to others so remember your actions can and will influence yourself and the lives of those around you and when you're faced with setbacks and uncertainty let the spirit guide you plant seeds of kindness compassion resilience and wherever you go the power of small acts of generosity and goodness

is really a testiment of your being one important reminder about Johnny apples seed he is an American classic remember and remind yourself what it means to be like Johnny aled an American Liberty equality are each and every one of your souls seniors the Declaration of Independence the Constitution and the Bill of Rights our rights come from God not from AI nor

humans this is a fundamental and people may try to stop your hunger for freedom and or free will but just like Johnny apple seed you're going to have a great life so congratulations for your upcoming ceremony thank you thank you Mr Cruz uh superintendent Dr en all right I want to uh first of all I want to thank

uh Khloe I know she's not here but I want to thank her for a year service on the the Board of Education she did a uh a great job representing the uh students of this district and it's a test to all of our students so thank you Chloe also our uh seniors who are joining the military I want to wish you a a safe

career um and that they all come home safely and then lastly to all of our uh seniors who are graduating I want to congratulate them this is a time of year to to celebrate um your education uh hopefully your time in Chino Valley has been extremely uh special and that you have enjoyed your time in our district

and again congratulations to all of our seniors who will be graduating thank you thank you Dr Enfield and that leaves it to me I do want to thank Chloe as well for her year with being here with us um it was definitely a pleasure we hope uh her all this success we know that she'll be successful in whatever she does I

thoroughly enjoyed um her company and her input and also we would like to well I would like to just thank our military um our current past and and those that are no longer with us we just appreciate you deeply um may God bless you and I pray continuously for your protection along with our students who decided to

do something very bold and courageous as well as they go out into their journey to protect all of us and to be able to ensure that we have freedoms here um I'm reminded of Isa Isaiah 41:10 and I just want to encourage them to hold that dear because um they're not to fear God's with them so thank you very much for all

those that have enlisted into the military also congratulations to our seniors we're incredibly proud of them um and whether they're headed to college or they're headed into the workforce they will be successful we know that they have been given the tools and we're so incredibly proud be strong and courageous as God has great plans for you um I also want to thank Danny for

our fun little coaster um it's very much appreciated and hopefully everybody has a blessed safe rest of the year we're looking forward to next week's um promotions and um Buck was have a good night and I injured the regular Board of Education meeting at 7:15 p.m.