Board of Education — March 19, 2026

B. Olsen and the subsequent order from the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the United States by following vote of 50-0 with Cervantes Cruz Smith and Shaw voting yes. No further action was taken which requires public disclosure. >> Thank you, Patricia. And for our pledge of allegiance, can we have our amazing Husky principal at Chino Hills High lead

us? Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. >> Thank you. And to start out this evening, we are

pleased to have the Cal Arrow Preserve Academy K through8 Future City Club team with us. Please join me in welcoming these outstanding students that are here with us today. I'm gonna ask Mrs. Naramar to come join me. Good evening, members of the board, administrators, families, and friends. My name is Michelle Naramore, and I'm a seventh and eighth grade science teacher

at Cal Arrow Preserve Academy. I would like to take a moment to recognize the remarkable achievements of our future city team. Last summer, one of my students, excuse me, Daniel Lee, emailed me during the break to ask if I would lead the future city club he in he was introduced to at the California Science Center. Inspired by his enthusiasm, I

agreed to take on the challenge and to help with the help of his dad. We began in September and over the next several months, our aviators immersed themselves in the future city engineering competition. They were tasked to be designing and defending a vision for a sustainable city 100 years in the future. Along the way, they researched real

world engineering problems, wrote a detailed technical essay, developed a project plan, built a scale model using recycle materials, and presented their work to professional engineers and community judges. Their project focused on a circular economy farm-totable system supported by human AI collaboration, including AI assisted crop monitoring to optimize resources, reduce waste, and strengthen local food sustainability. Throughout the process,

they demonstrated creativity, teamwork, perseverance, and a high level of critical thinking. Their hard work truly paid off. In our first year, we outperformed 35 teams, earning first place at the Southern California Regional Competition at USC. >> Yeah. This achievement advanced our team to national finals in Washington DC where Alexis Louu, Kimberly Shen, and Cha Vu competed against 44 top teams from

across the United States, Canada, and China. To put this in perspective, out of approximately 92,000 students who competed worldwide, our team rose to become one of the top 200 international finalist. As I look at our whole team, I have never seen such determined, committed students. Our intelligent writing team thoughtfully brought our ideas to life on paper, while our

modeling team turned those ideas into incredibly detailed and creative design. I feel truly honored to have led such a dynamic group. Even when challenges came, they never gave up. I am ble I'm thankful, blessed, and proud to have represented our school and community. We are deeply grateful to our supportive and flexible families, our mentor, Yong Lee, our amazing teachers, Amber

Fellows, Chris Adams, Robert Leona, and our administrative team for helping make this achievement possible. Please join me in congratulating these students for their innovation, dedication, and excellence. turn the whole time. I'm sorry. Yeah. No, this is perfect. Okay. >> Yeah. And then um as >> Yeah. As she calls you um we'll hand you your certificate and then you'll line up

like just back here so we can take a picture and then we'll have the board come and join the rest of the board come and join you. >> Awesome. >> Okay. >> All right. >> DA. Oh, I'm going to save time and just do uh first names. Okay, >> congratulations. >> Wait, come up here. >> Obby, Congratulations

>> Daniel Lee. Kimberly, sisters I think we already said this. Kylie, >> are you already here? >> Oh, there you are. I thought you said your name already. >> Congratulations, >> Feru, >> that one. Sorry, I'm blowing it. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Okay. One second. >> I'm not >> Can we give another round of applause for our amazing students?

And I would like to also acknowledge uh Michelle Normore. Can we please give her a round of applause? And do we have Young and Yang Song? >> Oh, he's not. Well, we can still give him a round of applause for leading our students. Yes. And then if we can have the board join and then you please join us and any

leadership that's here with them, please. >> Also, our amazing principal and staff and APS, they're all here to support their students. So, thank you for being here. I know. I would just say let's all squeeze in. The adults can go in the back. Make sure the kids are in the front, right? You guys ready? Let's look at that

camera. Please come up. You're more than welcome to take a picture. We're going to take a five minute break just to help clear out and let them say their congratulations and then we'll resume. You don't have to leave. We're just gonna allow them a few minutes to >> Again, we're truly proud of your guys' creativity, your teamwork, and

innovation. Congratulations. our towns and rangers. So, I'm not being biased, but let's have our our Towns and Junior High School and their staff please come up here and recognize them. We have another amazing group. Can our cowboys, Chino High School, come up? Chino. And last but not least, let's go Huskies. Cheeto Hills Eye. Awesome job. Congratulations again to

all of our California distinguished schools. Thank you to the students, staffs, and families whose dedication and hard work have made this recognition possible. Thank you guys for being here tonight to um do that. But more importantly, thank you for all the work and the love that you pour into our students every single day. It means a lot. So, thank you. You guys are

amazing. I know you have a lot of work to do. So feel feel free to please leave right now. Let's give him another round of applause. Okay, another one near and dear to my heart. Um, as a commissioner of Baldy View, that's technical career that our district uh participates with three other districts. Uh, we have we want to

welcome Dr. Shelley Adams, our superintendent of Baldiview RO, who's here to share insights about the program and how it prepares our students for career and technical success. Thank you so much both of you for being here um and all that you do. I know that, you know, most people don't see exactly what you do, but this the machine that you

guys run behind to give our students opportunities working with our district is absolutely amazing. So, thank you. You want it red? Red. Good evening. Oh, wonderful. Good evening. It's our pleasure to be here. I am joined with my colleague, Dr. Elizabeth McGra, our assistant superintendent of educational services. Uh, I just want to say thank you very much to our board of trustees

and our partnership, Chino Valley, Dr. Park, cabinet members, um, to our fellow Chino Valley uh, faculty, staff, and um, students and families. It's a privilege to be here. Um tonight we have a short presentation that's going to provide a little bit of insight into our 54 year old partnership uh showcasing some of the programs that we offer at Chino

Valley sites as well as we're excited to announce a brand new pathway that's going to be available at our career training center. Um that pathway is going to be available starting this summer. Uh we are actually in the process right now of surveying at Chino Valley school sites and we will be offering a bus route next year between

Chino Valley High School sites and the career training center so that students will have the opportunity to take advantage of the training center of transportation uh is a barrier for them. Um this evening we're also going to acknowledge a couple of students uh and we'll talk about that towards the end of our presentation. Um and so without

further ado, let's get started with our presentation. and hear from um your staff uh about our partnership. For over half a century, Baldy View RO has been honored to stand alongside the Chino Valley Unified School District as a dedicated partner in education. Together, we delivered innovative career technical education programs that inspire students, open doors, and prepare them for success beyond high

school. >> Our career technical classes through the Baldi View uh RO program, they bring an excitement for our students. I never have a problem filling my criminology courses or the sports medicine courses. One of the biggest things actually is that it's improved my presentation skills and my problem solving skills and it's really like introduced me to a lot

of the programs used by actual architects like SketchUp and Unshape. >> The things that Baldi View RLP offers is amazing. Every student should have some opportunity. I mean that's what BI view offers is opportunity. >> Remember have all three fingers on the jawbone. >> It gives them a good outlet and hope for the future of different possibilities.

Chino Valley has not shifted away from that strong trades presence within our current families, our past families, and now with our students moving forward. So, I'm proud to be working with Baldi View RO to help continue that strong workforce in our community. >> In this class, we're learning about how to use tools, how to be safe, and what

to do on a job site. It helps you get a job. Uh they teach you about interviews and communication. >> Tibia. >> Tibia. This class will help me in my future because I've already learned basic skills that I can apply to other career fields related to sports. >> The academic content standards are reinforced through meaningful hands-on engagement. Each Baldy View RO

instructor brings real industry experience and serves as a subject matter expert, sharing that knowledge with students and giving them opportunities to demonstrate their technical and durable skill sets so they are truly prepared for employment. >> I've been able to learn how to properly sanitize, properly cook things, the rules, the regulations. I think my teacher knowing that she's been in the

medical field and that she has been a medical assistant, she has real life experience and can like give us like real feedback >> cuz the life balances. >> This class actually helps with great communication. I think this program is good for learning how to communicate better for your future. >> To me, it's my most enjoyable class. I

like the way that it is being taught and it's being super open and honest of what's going on in the real world. engineering. I will definitely say we are on the map and we are within the top 8 percentile um high schools in the nation and doing well because of our engineering program and our partnership with Baldi View RP.

>> Would you grab me another one? >> Our goal is to equip young people with the skills to build meaningful futures. Together, we're shaping pathways, expanding opportunities, and strengthening our community for generations to come. and we're excited to introduce a new product innovation and design pathway at the Career Training Center in Ontario for summer 2026. In partnership with Garner Holt

Education through Imagination, students will have access to innovative creativitydriven learning experiences that strengthen real world problem solving and durable skills. We live here and want to see our community thrive by helping students earn and build purpose-driven opportunities right where they are. >> Does that seem about right? >> We support a cycle of growth. Families staying, giving back, and strengthening

the community we're proud to call home. So that is uh some of the programming that's available uh at our school sites and with our partnership at Chino Valley. And as we indicated um we also have a brand new pathway. We're very excited. We are um one of the few school sites in San Bernardino County to have this partnership and relationship with

Garner Holt. We're excited about the possibilities. Um, we are developing an an occupational advisory, so students are going to have the opportunity to work with industry professionals as they're developing their skill sets. Um, we're looking forward to internship opportunities, and it's really going to be a maker space of not only what's needed now, but what's needed in the

future. Students will be able to develop their own products, design them from scratch, um, and be able to pitch them out there in the world in the world. Um, it's very much going to develop their entrepreneurship skills. Um, and we're very excited for what the future is with that. So, we hope we see students coming this summer and we'll be offering that

program for the for the rest of the school year. Um, we also have a community open house that's happening on Saturday, October 17th, uh, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. We will, of course, it's open to the community. This is an opportunity where students demonstrate their skill sets. They also uh have an opportunity to uh industry

partners will be there. Um post-secary will be there. Um and it's where we have all of our career technical education in one spot. Um really showcasing um all that's happening in our region. And so we hope to see you there. Um lastly, it is our uh pleasure to acknowledge um some Chino Valley students. Um Dr. McGra and I annually do legislative advocacy

up in Sacramento and this is our first year that we were able to have students from all of our districts come up and um uh legislate uh advocate with us and we had three students from Chino Valley Unified and we want to acknowledge them. So we had Jose Pena who is from Chino High School. He is in the registered

dental assistant program. We had Flora Hernandez who is also from Chino High School in the medical assistant program and we had Cushi um Deay um excuse me Desai from Chino Hills High School who's in the sports medicine program um and I'm trying to show their picture and it's my picture but we had a couple of pictures demonstrating um that they were

there in Sacramento. They were wonderful representations of um all that's great in education, but more importantly young people who are looking forward to adulting um they understood the assignment and um they were our best um advocates uh out there and I have to say that after we did all of our advocacy and there were two bills that we were um

really advocating for that would continue to support CTE. After this, we went to a a capital tour and the tour guide as we were uh up in the um assembly gallery, asked them, "What were you advocating for?" And your students did a remarkable job of talking about those two bills. They really knew what they were there. It was amazing. Um and

they were also ooing and owing for um the fact that they were in Sacramento. The students of this age, they are COVID fourth graders, which means they did not get to go to Sacramento. And so for all of the students, it was brand new for them. And when they opened the door and they saw that green room for the first

time, the response that they had, the tour guide was like, I'm so heartened by this. So they were remarkable um truly truly great advocates and the embodiment of student achievement for Chino Valley Unified. And so thank you for allowing us to share in their greatness. Um and that is our presentation. >> Awesome. Can we give them a round of

applause? Thank you for this time. Thank you for your presentation. Thank you for informing parents and the community members exactly what you offer. That's a big passion of mine, as you know, is to just make sure these pathways are known to our students and families. So, thank you for all that you guys do. And it was exciting to see Flora come to our

commission meeting and tell us her experience about being in Sacramento for you guys. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yes. And you guys may leave as well. I know you have work to do. Thank you again for your time today. Can we give him one more round of applause? Awesome. And finally, you'll hear the staff report from Assistant

Superintendent uh Luke Hackne regarding the special education expense review. Good evening, President Shaw, members of the board, Deputy Superintendent Park, cabinet, and community. Our report to the board this evening will focus on the revenues and expenses associated with our district's special education program. This report will show the revenues and expenditures for special education for the current year and the past two years.

CDUSD special education support is comprised of 128 certificated staff and 500 support staff. This slide shows the general special education budget. The top table shows the revenue sources and the bottom table shows the special education expenses. From left to right, you will see a description followed by the dollar amounts for 2324. then 2425 and the last column are the budgeted

amounts for the current school year. You will see under the revenue, Chino Valley receives revenue from the state and federal government. In addition, every school district is required to belong to a special education local plan area, al otherwise known as SULPA, which is typically a group of neighboring districts that collaborate to provide special education services under a

unified plan. and we receive SULPA funding through both allocations and reimbursements. This information encompasses the first four line items under revenue. I would like to point out the fifth line where you can see that to meet our obligations for special education, there is a significant contribution each year from the district's general fund or termed the operating budget.

You can see that each year most revenues do increase slightly but the contribution from the general fund increases at a larger rate where there is current where this current school year over 43 million is budgeted to come from the general fund. The second table outlines our expenditures for the current year and previous two years. Certificated salaries include primarily teachers,

speech and language pathologists and school psychologists. Classified salaries primarily include our instructional aids. Contracted services are for additional supports to meet student needs. Equipment over $5,000 include specialized equipment necessary for students to access their education. And indirect costs are operational expenses that support special education services but are not tied directly to one specific program or school. You can see the expenses have

increased each year and the budget has been balanced where our revenues match our expenditures relying on the district's general fund to balance. In addition to our special education operating budget, additional positions were added during COVID utilizing one-time grant money. There are 10 positions which total $1.4 million. There is also another special education budget that has very specific guidelines

of how the funds can be utilized which is called a restricted budget. Similar to the general special education budget slide, you will see revenues at the top and expenditures at the bottom. The revenues include funding for therapists, counselors, and preschool teachers. You will notice a carryover line under the revenue section where there were funds left from the previous

year. We were prepared to use those carryover funds when they were received. However, at that time there were staffing shortages and challenges in securing appropriately licensed personnel and delayed the filling of those positions. You will see the revenues and expenditures decline each year, but again that is to the carryover being spent. In summary, here are the totals of the

special education budgets for the general budget as well as the restricted budget. As you can see, the district spends every dollar that it receives this year, every dollar it receives. And this year is it is budgeted to con contribute currently around 43 million from the general fund. You will also notice that there has been an increase from two years ago of about $10 million

in the special education budget. If it continues at this rate, it could potentially become a structural issue for the district. I would like to draw your attention now to the bottom portion of the slide where we look at student numbers. The first line in the bottom portion of the slide indicates how many students in our district receive special education

services. And right below that is the average amount of money spent per student who receives special education services. You can see that number is in increased from two years ago. And then for your reference, the very last line shows the amount spent on every student in Chino Valley Unified. Again, you will notice the dollar amounts increasing. And this concludes our report on the

special education expenses and revenues to the board of education. >> Thank you, Luke. Board members, if you have comments, questions, please use your light and I'll queue you in. Hold on a second. Mr. Smith, you'd be first. >> Hey, thanks, Luke. This is this is very informative. Um, and really this is kind of the the the starting point of where we we need to

have an understanding of our IEP IEP program and uh all that data. Now, in terms of how much money we're spending, that's great. It do we have data tracking the performance of our program? If not, can we gather that? the I know the IEPs are very granular in what they're tracking and over the years they are tracking individual performance. Do

we have like an onmass um macro look or if not can we start getting that data? >> Yes, we will look into that and work with our database company to see if we can pull that data the the way you're asking for. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Uhu. >> Thank you, Mr. Cruz. >> Wait, hold on. Press it again. I think

you press your light button. You should be on now. >> Thank you. Um, real quick, when we noticed the restrictive um the restrictive budget, it has decreased dramatically by 40 50%. Do you know the reason behind that? Is that state finances or >> It has to do with the carryover we had in prior years than what are represented

on here. So we're getting the same amount of funding about every year, but we had a carryover that we were exhausting for a few years and now we're out of carryover. >> Now the general funding is increasing. You stated a structural issue. When you mean by that, you mean by like laying off people in the future, aids or

programs if if because the general funding is increasing. So is that what you mean by structural? It means it's something that the district needs to take a look at and see what what we need to do if we continue to increase at this rate >> and it is increasing every year. The students are rising. So, okay. Thank

you. >> Thank you, Mr. Cruz. Is there any other comments, questions, concerns? >> Okay. Well, thank you very much for your presentation. >> Okay. And we're now on to comments from our employee representatives. Do we have Steven Frasier from ACT or a representative? No. Danny Hernandez from CSCA. Good evening, board president Shaw, board members, deputy superintendent park, cabinet, staff, and community. My

comments will be brief tonight. I'd like to start off by thanking uh board member Shawn Smith for taking time out to job shadow one of our warehouse delivery drivers on Wednesday, March 4th. After getting a little lost in finding the warehouse, he was able to spend the morning with a uh Anthony Morbbitzer on his AM route. He and the whole warehouse

staff um welcome you back anytime. And it's a good segue in from uh Mr. Hackne's um comments about special ed. Uh today in the board agenda on page 95 and 96, the board is being asked to approve 54 short-term positions which are all paraprofessional 2 positions. Out of those 54 positions, five are bus aids, 12 are brand new, and 37 are

extensions of previously approved short-term positions. They again they are all pair of two pair of professional two positions because they are short-term positions. The district sometimes has trouble filling these positions with permanent staff members which is understandable. The issue is that when the district must contract out these services, number one, it means more work for our permanent

staff with these contract out services and less services for our students because outside agencies cannot complete all the necessary duties of a paraprofessional 2 position. Just a few examples are of toileting, toileting and diapering, but more specifically under the paraprofessional 2 position, it reads performs medical activities according to established policy, guidelines, and procedures as needed. We need to come up with a solution to

this issue so that CVUSD can perform all necessary services for our students. And lastly, spring break is a little bit over a week away, which also signals the end of the school year, which graduations are coming. Whatever each of us chooses to do, make it restful and relaxing. Have a good evening. >> Thank you, Danny. >> Do we have Annette Hatch from CHAMP?

>> No. Okay, we're now on to public comments. Uh, Patricia, how many requests to speak? >> 23. >> Thank you. One second. That gives two minutes to each speaker and board bylaw 9323 meeting conduct establishes the guidelines and the following process applies. Speakers will be called in the order you registered on the electronic request to speak device.

Names are displayed on the monitors. Please watch for your name to appear and line up at the designated numbers behind the mic. There's little stickers on the floor. Once the recording secretary announces the first name, request to speak will no longer be accepted. Additionally, government code 54957.9 authorizes removal of an individual or group when a meeting is willfully

interrupted and order cannot be restored. Further, Penal Code 403 states in part that every person without authority of the law that willfully disturbs or breaks up any lawful assembly or meeting not unlawful in its character is guilty of a misdemeanor. Andrew, >> there you go. >> Speakers, you have up to three minutes to address the board. You cannot donate

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Please give any materials you wish to distribute to the board to the recording secretary. I think there was some problems with people signing up. That's why she's being called. Hi, good evening. Um, you guys all know who I am. I'm here hopefully with a lot of parents and support behind me to susped issues. You guys already know my

issues. I've called multiple of you. Fortunately, Cruz, you fell flat. I love you, but you didn't take my call and I called you multiple times. Nah, you blew me off. Shame on you. Shame on you. You're an elected board member. You were to represent me and you blew me off. Shaw, thank you for taking the time. Thank you for taking the time, Smith.

And thank you for taking the time, Santes. But that doesn't stop there. We need change. You guys are letting go of the best program specialists that we have and we have the worst director I have seen. And I'm not just saying that. I have met with infield and I've even shared the email response back from him and it fell flat. I showed him where

basic civil rights were being denied. And instead of him addressing it, his response was, "The meeting's coming up in a few weeks. We'll see what happens." So, we're going to blatantly deny civil rights to a student for weeks. We want to talk about budgets while our superintendent makes 400 and something thousand a year. He's not even here.

This is this is garbage. We're talking about awards for students. Not one of these students do I see that are medically complex that that stands a chance to ever stand amongst their peers to ever achieve that greatness. Why? Because we have set the bar too low. And it's absolute garbage. And the parents behind me, I hope you hear them. I know

there's going to be parents that use this opportunity to trash you guys. And I hope you do not get stuck on that. I hope you hear the cries of these parents right now because some of these parents are on on anxiety meds. They have given up. They have just assumed their child will never succeed at life and that's

unacceptable. I am begging you guys. I have said it over and over again. These are huge issues. You guys are going to spend the entire summer with OCR complaints and state complaints. I will keep them coming. Don't take it person. >> Christopher Farley. >> Hello everyone. My name is Christopher Farley. I'm a program specialist with Chino Valley Unified. At least I will be

until the end of June. I just want there to be some clarity with the teachers that are here to support me and the parents that are here to support me for some of the things that were brought to my attention last month that I took as dishonest. The very first thing is when I was told I was being let go, I was

told that I was going to have a full month before it was going to go to board. And I kept doing my job professionally and I still do my job professionally. and I was called in a couple hours before the board meeting and told that I was going to board that night. That's unprofessional. It's not showing the

same level of professionalism that I show. The other issue I have is that it was brought to my attention also that my rationale for leaving was is that principles disliked me and I was having conflicts. I could speak as a researcher, as a PhD student. I will ask people here, you ask every single one of my school leaders, who's the best

program specialist to ever step on their campus, who does everything for their students, who takes calls on vacation because I care. I remember my first day stepping in a classroom deciding I wanted to be a teacher 30 years ago. And I want other people to remember that have doctorates and everything. Why did you get into education? I sat in an ADR

conference and all they talked about was caring about the kids, caring about the parents, letting all the kids have a chance. And I sat there and I said, "This is everything that I do at this job and I'm the one being let go. I don't understand it and I'm I don't make those decisions. Thank you." >> Tracy Guzman.

Good evening, members of the board. Um, I'm here today because my experience with the special education department does not reflect the district's own core value of collaboration, which stage collaboration, emphasizing cooperation, community partnerships, and engagement. It's to support the student growth. One of my sons has a chronic medical condition, but that sometimes causes him to miss school and need support. His

doctor has provided written documentation requesting that the school work collaboratively as a team to support him. However, instead of collaboration, I have encountered predetermined decisions that make it extremely difficult to advocate for my child. Since August, I have had to schedule four AEP meetings just to address concerns regarding my son's support. As a parent, I have had to

spend months gathering documentation just to ensure my child's needs are taken seriously. I have also had to physically go into the special education department just to get answers. This is not collaboration. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, parents are equal members of the IEP team and students are legally entitled to receive the services written into their IEPs. This leads me to my

second concern. My other son did not receive a service that was clearly written in his IEP the previous school year in the prep program. When a service is listed in IEP is not provided, that is failure to implement the IEP and raises serious concern regarding compliance with the federal special education law. Parents should not have to fight this

hard to ensure that legally required services are provided to their children. I'm asking the board to take a serious look at the practices within the special education department strength accountability and ensure that collaboration with families is not just written but a daily practice because at the end of the day an IEP is not just paperwork. It's a legal promise to our

child and right now that promise is not being taken. Thank you >> Cindy Wasserman. Cindy Wasserman, >> Natalie Cooney, >> as Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "It is in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Right now, there are people in this community who see what's happening in this district and remain

silent. Tonight, I'm speaking to ask you guys to speak up. Over the past several months, we've seen lawsuits draining resources, attempts to pass policies that conflict with educational and state law, ongoing attacks on schools, and teachers being targeted simply for supporting students in creating safe, inclusive classrooms. In October, I stood here with more than 30 Christian faith leaders to raise concerns about

policies impacting our children. I thank those who showed up and really showed what Christ's love looks like. At that meeting, educators were called groomers and those accusations were repeated from this dis. When concerns were raised, it was stated that teachers are not community members. We show up, we serve, and we support students every single day. We are community members. Dr. Sheri

Walker said, "Who goes through all these trials and tribulations just to be ordinary? Our students, our family, our staff are not ordinary. We are resilient." And you may try to silence us. You may try to intimidate us. But what you do not realize is we are seeds. And when you try to bury seeds, we grow. And so we will continue to stand. I will

continue to stand with my students, with my fellow teachers, and with administration. And we will not be silenced. Thank you, Amanda Swagger. Good evening board, Dr. Park, Sonia Shaw, and everyone else here in attendance tonight. Approximately a week ago, we all woke up for a staff meeting bright and early. We all love those early morning staff meetings where we're half asleep and

working on things like our group norms within our PLC groups. But this time it was different. There were donuts and coffee and all kinds of other tasty treats. Little did we know that we were going to get one of the best news we've had in a long time. That award, which we got here a few minutes ago, was one of

the proudest achievements for our school. We have worked hard, but the reality is we've also worked hard in other programs. Our la last PBIS tier report was a 93%. Things like our motto, be safe, be resilient, etc., along with our cowboy cash awards, etc., have brought positive behavior to our students across the campus. And on that positive note, we've

even had situations like our sports teams. While our softball team wasn't successful against the Kingisadors today, our baseball team was at 7 to1. Congratulations to both of those teams for their awesome support. Finally, I do want to thank everyone here on the board for their support over time. I did my first speech here in front for the

microphone in front of Wayne Joseph and friends about 10 years ago. Since then, the feedback I've gotten from everyone here in the district and leadership has pushed me forward into speaking in other venues. While due to campaign promises, I cannot detect what I'm talking about here. I just want to say the ability to step into public service came from you

guys as a board. Thank you so much, >> Paul Griffin. >> Good evening, board. Uh just need to check in on you guys here. Um according to the Chino school board's main uh what do we call these? Our core values. We have at the top all students can learn. We also have building character is as important as building minds and

positive school climate supports student learning. I need to take a survey of all of you right now. You can give me a thumbs up to let me know that you agree with me on this. President Trump just said a few days ago that someone with special needs and has learning disabilities is dumb and is incapable of handling highlevel jobs. I personally

disagree with that. I want to make sure that our board also dis disagrees with Trump. Smith, do you disagree with Trump on that? No. So you Yes. You agree, Michelle? Do you agree that Trump is wrong to say that? So you agree with Trump? You agree that any of our students who have disabilities are dumb and we should

not be preparing them? I mean, please be on record. Do that you disagree with him. So, you agree, Cervantes, do you agree that Trump is wrong? >> Very well. Cruz, do you disagree with Trump on that one? Thank you. So, Miss Shaw, you seem to be the only one that thinks that our students don't have a chance in here. I think I

think our core values here as a district conflicts with yours. Would you do us a favor and resign, please? >> Amanda Swagger. Good evening board. Again, for my second discussion tonight, I want to talk about the two agenda items on our agenda about setting letters in support for various bills across the state of California. I'm not going to speak on those bills,

but I want to talk about the communication themselves from the board. I had the ability to sit on an undisclosed district committee where they were bringing people on to fill a vacancy in a trustee spot. Well, I didn't have a say in that that review. I got to see some questions that were answered and one of those was when a hot

political topic comes up, what would you do? Would you talk it talk about it as a personal decision? Talk about it as a board or make it the viewpoint of the district. When we bring up these ideas, I'm in full support of every single one of you making your voices heard just like we are here now. Whether you agree

with those or not, that is your personal decision. I do question though whether we should have these resolutions as a board. To say the board has these ideas is great. I support this as the board, but we get muddled up with the idea that this is not often a board decision. It's for the entire district. There are

various difficulties with SP on these ideas and the reality is I would prefer them keep kept as the board itself not as the district. The reality is we all speak for ourselves. There's been confusion about who I speak for with this microphone every day. I might be a member of the ACT but I speak for myself and those here. And just as I speak for

myself, you guys have your voice, too. That's why the people elected you into these positions. for your voice to be here. So I just encourage you, do we really need things like this to voice our opinions? Thank you, >> Frankine. >> Frank Jerine thei, I first want to address you, Sonia, because the last time that I was here,

you had spoken about political violence. More notably, you had spoken about people threatening you and your family. I want to say that I am 100% against that. And if anyone wanted to physically harm you, they would you would find me between you to make sure that doesn't happen. And I have talked to your husband and I know he would be standing

right next to me to make sure nobody ever laid a finger on you. With that being said, that's what a community is supposed to be. We are supposed to I can disagree with Sonia and her husband on a hundred different things. But what we are supposed to be are we are supposed to build bridges to overcome those

differences. Those differences have only been exacerbated because of the rhetoric Sonia, you have been doing since 2021 when you came in here for Ste uh uh Christina Gier and you started screaming. You have done nothing but scream since then. You have ripped up I've seen you ripped up lawful orders in front of everybody telling you telling everyone that you

disregard the law. That's not how we bring a community together. A community is supposed to lift each other up and not tear each other down and you have been doing the opposite. I am very happy that some of you board members are saying like, "Hey, you know what? Trump isn't perfect. What he said was not okay. That tells me you have character

because every student deserves an opportunity Sonia. So the fact that you can't even say, "Hey, he was wrong on this one thing says a lot about you and how you care about children," that is not okay. And the fact that you are the the president of this school board and can't see every child is equal and deserves equal opportunities and that

they are valued is very sad. I encourage everyone to reach for the ballot box. >> Linda Higgins. Linda Higgins. >> Hello board. My name is Linda Higgins. I'm the parent of four former students in the district, one of whom was medically fragile. You depend on adults who communicate well and work together when you have a child who cannot communicate with you. I

think some of you will remember that I was last here right after my daughter Megan died 12 years ago. And part of the reason she died was because she couldn't communicate. So these adults have to communicate for her. That is why the non-renewal of Mr. Chris Farley, one of the most positive and encouraging program specialists I've come across in

the 12 plus years that I've been working as an advocate since I lost my daughter concerns me deeply. In the theater schools he supports, there are autism programs and students with significant medical needs. These are programs that require strong internal alignment. When teams are fractured or unsupported, morale drops. When morale drops, communication suffers. And when communication suffers, vulnerable

students feel the impact first. We have felt that impact of frequent staff changes for several years in the past, not being able to find teachers for our students and putting subs in for severely handicapped, medically fragile children. Over the past two years, I've watched something different happen. Teams have become more collaborative. Meetings are more solution focused. Staff up here more willing to engage in

difficult conversations rather than avoid them. That kind of shift does not happen without leadership. Chris Farley does not sit quietly in meetings like many program specialists over the years have works to unify the team. He helps staff and families feel heard. He pushes for clarity and followthrough. And that has improved both team morale and program functioning. For medically

fragile students especially, morale is not a soft issue. It directly affects consistency, safety, and implementation of care plans. My presence tonight is because I know that how big this is. Thank you for your time. >> Jason Wy, good evening. Uh, President Shaw, Dr. parks board uh and committee. We want to uh come up here to thank Lori Grego

who's been an inspiration to our department who has helped us along the way and we just want to say thank you. We wish her uh happy things on her retirement and that helps you enjoy her retirement. We really appreciate it. Thank you, >> Jim Gallagher. >> Just want to say we love you, Lori. We loved everything you ever done for us.

You're the best. Lori's always gone above and beyond in so many ways, wore so many hats that weren't hers just to make everything work well. She's a selfless person and we will really miss her. So, thank you, Lori. >> Jim Gallagher. >> Good evening. I come here on a different note. This is slightly different. I'd like to see this as our people's house.

Taxpayers pay for this. This belongs to us. You are the stewards of our people's house. This is where we get to speak and address your issues. Some are positive, some are negative, as you can see. One of my biggest concerns as I watch all of these meetings and even participate in them is the fact that we don't really

have enough in terms of props to help us address you better. Example, this microphone. We don't have a podium. Uh, can you imagine if they took away the days and you had to just sit there and all you had was your microphone. Maybe they took away your monitor. You are accomplished speakers, but I imagine that would be pretty difficult for you.

Now, in this audience, we have people who are accomplished speakers and they they can manage this. Okay, we have other people that aren't. It's their first time speaking. In fact, they may in fact even be intimidated from speaking at this forum with this setup. So, I'd like to encourage, and this is based on complaints I'm getting, by the

way, from people, that we bring in a small podium that people can put their speech on, whether it's their phone or paper. We bring in uh um other props, things like that that can help. So, thank you, >> Samuel Love. On July 4, 2026, the United States will be 250 years old. A time to celebrate and a time to reflect. Paraphrasing

Abraham Lincoln, this government was established of the people, by the people, for the people, and shall not perish from this earth." End quote. From the year 1619, the present uh the to present the African-Americans have been a significant part of the people. Uh the idea of setting the historic record straight is not new for black people. Black History Month, aka

African-American History Month in 1970, was born from Negro History Week 1926. Carter G. Woodson, black historian and forefather of the movement to annually celebrate the accomplishments of the Negro, was the first national program. The following statement sums up his position. Quote, "If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition. It becomes a negligible factor in the

thought of the world and it stands in danger of being exterminated." Uh, with that being said, I'd like to share a few minute fractions of black history. Katherine Johnson was an American history computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics for NASA were critical to the success of the first and the subsequent US man space flights. Dr. Daniel Hail Williams became

the first surgeon to successfully perform open heart surgery. Frederick M. Jones's refrigeration systems made it possible to safely transport food, medicine, and blood supplies. Any true accounting of a history contains the good, bad, and ugly of life. Jackie Cortez. >> I continue to speak up about the lack of translations, the lack of information in regards to board policies related to

ICE, and the lack of support for teachers, especially special education ones, while you're continuing to fight your senseless culture wars to the point that you are using valuable board time to pass senseless resolutions, but not ratifying our tenative agreement. Also, Sonia, you said you don't care, but I know how much you care because you post your tacos and you make comments

directly to me. So, here's my response. You said I need to spend my energy on my class and students. And the thing is, Sonia, I have so much energy that I can spend it on my class, on my students, and hold you, the pedophile protector, accountable. Women are not one-dimensional. Your silence when it comes to real issues and your lack of

empathy for parent concerns shows you don't care and you also don't seem to care about special ed students. The fact that the students are here to represent themselves says a lot because you hide behind protecting them but they are here to tell you not only do you not protect them, you ignore them. You took away their right to speak first. You cut down

speaking time from 3 minutes to two or one depending on the amount of speakers. If you care so much about parental rights, why did you cut down their speaking time? You said you're Dr. Enfield's boss, yet people are complaining about how he handles issues. As his boss, that is your fault. Your poor leadership is why we have two

potential and six actual lawsuits that are taking resources away from our students. We need special education aids to get more hours. We need more playground supervisors. We need smaller class sizes to help deal with the behavioral concerns in special ed. We need more special ed teachers to help support students at Buenav Vista and in independent study. But these issues are

not even in your radar. You should not be running for any position at the state level because you cannot even do your job at the local level. You need to be fired. >> Allison. Hello board. I hope you guys are having a good evening. I am a student in the Chino Valley Unified School District and I want to speak about how recent board

decisions have been and are affecting us. As a student body, we should be able to look up to the board that is meant to represent us. But that is not a current reality. When you were elected, it was understood that you would act professionally in public spaces, especially spaces filled with the very students you are meant to represent.

However, your actions have not consistently reflected the level of professionalism that is expected, and at times your actions have been offensive and disruptive. When we see our representatives publicly heckling and bothering students or responding dismissively over valid community concerns, you create an environment that feels repressive rather than representative. Additionally, you hold a responsibility as public servants and

representatives to act in accordance with our values and what is in our best interest. Your actions so far have directly contrasted them instead by reopening lawsuits that conflict with state law. Dismissive comments such as, "Sue me then," only magnify this board's seeming indifference to genuinely representing student voice. And this is increasingly troubling when the community covers the cost of these

lawsuits. This district has spent exorbitant amounts on defending these lawsuits, spending over 1.3 million last year and over $550,000 this year. While legal fees and lawsuits are inevitable for every district, the amount spent is outrageous when we consider that the money you spend on defending your culture wars isn't even yours to spend. This money is used and allocated with

the expectation that it will that it will be used to improve student learning, not inhibit it. This board has consistently demonstrated a lack of support for critical thinking and no support for the diverse exchange of ideas that our schools should hold. Spreading misinformation and enforcing exclusive policies do not reflect the inclusive and supportive environments that schools should provide. It is your

responsibility to represent and serve the community, including students like me. I urge you to refocus your efforts towards supporting students, demonstrating professionalism, and making decisions that reflect accountability. >> Rachel. Rachel. Good evening. Good evening, Chino Valley. Now that we have gone over the case for action on behalf of the students, it's time we discuss the demands. They are simple. The

signatorries demand the ceasing of decisions that contradicts state law primarily due to lawsuits, but also for the establishment of a youth council that includes student input on issues that affect the students. Yet, while these demands seem simple and direct, the symbolism of them extend far beyond what they are on paper. They represent student solidarity in the face of the

board's divisive policies and they also show the first studentled proactive efforts towards progress instead of the repressive actions from those in power. They exhibit the unexpected transformation of previously uninterested students into involved advocates. And most importantly, they reveal to everyone the compelling nature of discrimination to encourage those affected to stand up and initiate change. The change the students present,

unlike those of the school board, promote diverse ideas, the acknowledgement of criticism, and an actual focus on learning, things that should be the core tenant of education. Thank you, >> Hannah. >> Good evening, Tino Valley. One club at Ayala that only meets twice a month was able to find over 300 out of the 330 signatures in the petition alone. Let us

highlight the extentive base of support towards the demand to end the current political culture wars that have resulted in lawsuits against our district and also towards the advocation for actual student representation in the decisions that ultimately impact us and on our education. As some as someone who was actively assisted in the petition at Ayala, I can confidently assert that

after reading the clauses that underscore the motivation behind the petition, students were eager to to contribute because most students agree that excessive partisanship has no place in education. Most students agree that these actions do not represent proper student interests. And lastly, Sunny Shaw has won this position in 2022 by only 317 votes. There are more than 317

signatures here. And remember that there are two voting parents behind every suit every single student signature. So do not ignore what stands in front of you. Run from it and it will follow because people and students are always watching. Thank you. >> Lucas Lee. Good evening. I stand for 317 improperly represented Chino Valley students for change that have petitioned to demand a

focus on education rather than the political interests that ruin our schools. frustration is turned into action. No longer may a blind eye be turned towards the interest of the students. That interest is not in millions towards lawsuits because of the board's culture wars and political endeavors. That interest is not in politicized book bans, outing policies, flag bands, or misinformation.

Rather, that interest is in money back towards supporting our education. Shaw, you're walking off right now. I would really enjoy if you could come and listen so we can get the acknowledgement that we failed to have. The current and most evident fact of the matter is that this board does not and has not represented the will of the students.

You've managed the great feat of turning indifferent teenagers into an active opposition. Shaw went by 317 votes. Just like to reiterate, there are more than that here with two voting parents behind every single signature. CVUSD board, we wholeheartedly welcome you to contact us to implement these demands because change is necessary whether you like it or not. Use this chance to show that you

can fulfill your mandate as public servants because student activism doesn't end after this evening. Student movements will continue in future battles in every challenge of discrimination overcome by solidarity. And in every way change is pursued in the interest of education, not at its expense. Chino Valley, the work will continue. And CVUSC school board, the work will endure with or against you.

Thank you, >> Sarah Omari. All right. Good evening. Um, I just want to give a shout out to the students again. Uh, they were way more articulate than some adults. So, thank you so much students for standing up. >> One second. If there's any more interrupting during someone's speaking, it doesn't matter if you're whistling or whatever, that's your first warning next

one you're up. >> Thank you for reiterating the student's point that you like to cut off the the community voice. Um, good evening. My name is Sarah Omari. Um, and just as background before I speak to my next points, I do have a masters in public administration and nearly 15 years in public service. Um, thank you, Mr.

Hackne, for going over the expense review. I do have a couple questions that came up for the board. Um, first of all, you talk about $19,000 being spent per student. Um however there was no comparison data um for state averages and so on a quick lookup the average amount spent on a sped student throughout the state is 27,000. So we

are falling behind the state average. So it is not a state issue it is a local issue here. Additionally you lifted up that about 95% of sped funding comes from general funds. Any district has finite resources and and it's up to the leadership to demonstrate what those priorities are. As the students and others before me have lifted up, this

board has prioritized pronouns and the genitalia of minors over sped resources and professionals. We are uh currently spending $600,000 as of January of this year on uh legal fees. If I'm being gracious, 50% of that in legitimate legal funds, $300,000 that's enough to cover Mr. Farley's uh position. So, I just want to highlight that. And then Mr. Smith, you lifted up. This is just

the beginning of IHP conversations. Mr. You've been on the board since I was in high school. I'm in my final trimester of an advanced maternal age pregnancy. How is this just the start of conversation? As a parent to be, I'm definitely afraid that my daughter is going to need sped resources because the way this board is spending, it is not

prioritizing students. It is prioritizing personal gain. So, please do better because current students and future students depend on it. Lisa great house. At the last schoolboard meeting, Miss Shaw said out loud what many of us have known for a long time. In response to critical comments from the community, Miss Shaw made a point of repeatedly saying, "I don't even care anymore." And

you said it in a mocking tone to further insult this community. Of course, it's been apparent for years now that you truly don't care what your constituents, teachers, staff, and students have to say, especially if they question the sports policies of prioritizing political and religious agendas over education. We are routinely ignored, attacked, belittled, or lied to. Public

record requests are stalled. Emails go unanswered. You've implemented rules that quash public comment. This is not public service. And you, Miss Shaw, only recently stopped your practice of walking off the deis when some of us approach the microphone because you are too cowardly to hear what we have to say. You routinely throw people out of the boardroom, usually as a result of

you saying something so outrageous that attendees can't help but raise their voices. Something you did routinely before you were elected. Ironically, you were never thrown out of a meeting because we had a school board president at the time who understood her responsibility to listen respectfully to all community members whether she agreed with them or not. Now, you were spending

most of your time not focused on district issues, but instead traveling California to run for state superintendent of public instruction. And I can't help but wonder, if you can't handle dissenting voices from Chino Valley, how will you handle the scrutiny of voters all over the state? It's time for this community to elect schoolboard members who do care. Thank

you. Brad Burton. Brad. Hello board. Um I'm here on behalf of Chris Farley and um he had texted me that he was possibly being released from his position as program specialist. Uh my daughter was at Townsen has been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety among other things. Um he placed her, she was enrolled at Chino Valley or I mean uh

Chino Hills High School for this school year and there's no way she could go on a school campus. Uh what he did for her was placed her over at Joan Macy and she is thriving there. I mean, she's on the honor roll and she was not she there's no way she'd be able to like junior high. I'm a single parent of her. She's

sitting in the back and um if it wasn't for Chris, I I was not able to work for months and months and months going through hospitalizations, issues with even going to school, you know, having all kinds of issues, but I've had really good support in this district. Um especially from Chris. So, I I think releasing him from his

position be the biggest mistake you guys could make because of how much he's helped me and my daughter, especially for me to be able to go back to work. I work in education. Um, I've actually worked for your guys district and was let go as a sub for telling a kid she was disrespectful, which was a joke, but

we don't have rights. We're at will employees. Anyhow, the bottom line is, um, she's thriving at Joe Macy. If you let her go, let him go. I don't know if she'll be able to continue there. Um, I'm not sure what's going to happen next year. I'm not sure what's going to happen in the future with her trying to

even graduate high school, but the bottom line is he's helped us immensely. And um, that's why I came here tonight, just to tell you guys that he's done a great job with not just me, with many other students that are having issues with their children who have hospitalizations, anxiety, ADHD. Good evening, board. I just want to let

you all know I love each and every one of you. I think I helped all of you get elected and um you're the cream of the crop and I know you want what's best for the district and for our students. It was really cool getting the email from the Chino Hills High School principal about being a recognized um school. The

email said, "Secondary schools that earn this award are identified as demonstrating exceptional academic performance, significant gains in closing achievement gaps, and establishing outstanding, innovative, and inspiring education programs. The award acts as a benchmark for excellence, highlighting the top 5 to 10% of the schools that effectively implement state standards." Incredible. Awesome. Um, I've been wondering, however, if those same state standards

in regards to special ed if we would be in the top 5 to 10% or the bottom 5 10%. I've raised six kids in this district, one son left who will graduate next year. This is my daughter, Kennedy. She was in the district for 18 years starting at age three. And let me tell you, there was never once where I felt

my daughter's needs or wants were important to anyone. Every IEP meeting made us feel like we were a burden, begging to be seen, heard, accepted, and included. The sped department always made us feel like an afterthought. So, how can we change that? We have 3,500 sped students, one program specialist per 583 students. Rehire Mr. Farley. He knows what he's

doing. Please help the sped department. That's what you can do. Good evening. My name is Soi Netzo. I am I am here to express my concern about the decision for the special education program specialist Christopher Farley being let go at the end of the school year. Mr. Farley has been an effective and dedicated advocate for my son,

ensuring he receives the support he needs while upholding special education laws and protecting his rights. He plays a critical role in overseeing services for the medical fragile students, some of the most vulnerable individuals in our school community. His knowledge and professionalism and commitment help ensure these students are properly represented and supported. Many families and staff members, including myself, are

deeply saddened by this decision. As Mr. Farley's work has had a meaningful impact on our students, including my son, and the programs that serve them, I respectfully ask that this decision be reconsidered. I want to thank you for your time and considering my position. Thank you. Okay, >> I just want to clarify, you signed up twice. Did you need one more time?

You're good. Okay, thank you. Thank you to our speakers. Um, just for point of information, if you are letting the board know of something, I really encourage that you put it in writing and send an email. Oftentimes, we're not allowed in purview to your um well, we're actually never allowed to your information. So, you might think that we

have that information, but we don't. And just for another point of information, board members are not supposed to be responding to speakers. So whether they want to set people up, that's fine. Board members are to comment at the end if they would like to ask ask answer to the questions asked. Um but you know, nice stunt. Anyways, uh let's go down to our action

items. That's item 2 A1 resolution 2025 2026-37 in support of AB1998 Castillo discrimination sex and gender intimate spaces board president Sonia Shaw recommends the board of education adopt resolution 2025 2026-37 in support of AB198 Castillo discrimination sex and gender gender intimate spaces may I have a motion please thank you Mr. Cvantes and thank you Mr. Naw for your second.

Any comments, discussions, questions. If you would like to say something in regards to these or ask something, you may use your light right now. I'm going to go ahead since I see nobody else just read into record. Assembly Bill 1998 AB198 titled discrimination sex and gender intimate spaces introduced by Assembly Member Leticia Castillo proposes amendments. Would you like to take the conversation

outside? If it gets any louder, I'll ask you to leave, please. I'm sorry. Yeah. I mean, this is your first warning. It's pretty loud and disruptive. If you want, you can continue the conversation outside. There's members trying to listen to the meeting. Thank you. Okay. This bill is introduced by Assembly Member Leticia Castillo, proposes amendments to the Enru Civil

Rights Act regarding statuary definitions of sex and access to intimate spaces within business establishments. The measure would delete existing definitions of sex and gender and instead define sex to meet an individual's immutable biological sex, including either female or male. This bill would require that intimate spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, or similar facilities be separated on basis of sex. So that's why

I brought it forward so Chino Valley can advocate and be the voice of the community. So with that said, looks like no further comments or questions. Board, please register your votes. Oh, did Mr. N do you have something? Okay. Register your vote now. Waiting on one more. It might that too. It just sleeps. Okay. And the motion passes with a vote of

five to zero. There you go. And the next action item is 2 A2 resolution 2025-38 in support of AB2365 Sanchez Safe Classrooms Act. Board President Sonia Shaw recommends that the board of education adopt resolution 2025-2026-38 in support of AB2365 Sanchez Safe Classroom Acts. May I have a motion? Thank you, Mr. Cervantes, and thank you Mr. now for your second

comments, questions. Seeing none, I'll go ahead and just read it. Bill AB23 65 introduced by Assembly Member Kate Sanchez proposes amendments to the California Education Code to strengthen dismissal standards and employment prohibit prohibit prohibit I can't even talk related to egregious misconduct in educational settings whereas AB2365 would expand the statuary definition of egregious misconduct to include additional serious criminal offenses.

including crimes related to human trafficking, child aband abandonment and neglect, child abduction, and impermissible contact or communication with a minor. Um, unfortunately in California, they have some of the strongest laws to protect adults who do heinous acts on children. So, I would like our uh your guys' support as a district to be the voice for our kids in

this community and protection. And that's why I'm asking for us to pass this resolution. With no other comments for any other board members, we'll go ahead and register a vote. And the motion passes with the vote of five to zero. Okay. That brings us next to our next item. That's 2B1 2025 2026 second interim financial report. recommend the board of

education approve approve the 2025 2026 second interim financial report and authorize the president of the board of education and the superintendent to sign the positive certification of financial condition for the current and two subsequent fiscal years. May I have a motion please? Thank you Mr. Smith and Mr. Savvant seconding. Any comments, questions, discussions? Seeing none, I just would like to thank

our staff for always making sure that we're fiscally responsible. I'm watching districts all over um in a deficit and in a time where things are challenging. I just want to truly reach out and say thank you. And despite, you know, us speaking up for the community, even our good teachers, asking for different resources that I know can be challenging

at times, but you know, the need that um our students need in the classroom and still being able to find a way and having a positive budget. Again, when I see districts all over California in a deficit, and I see districts all over with strikes and just crazy chaos, I just want to take a moment and thank you

guys for everything that you do to make sure that we are staying positive and we're serving our community and our students. So, thank you very very very much. Okay. And with no other comments from my board members, I'll give you one more second if you want to say something. If not, I'll go ahead and ask you to

register your vote. Awesome. And the motion passes with a vote of five to zero. That brings us next to the next item 2C1 public hearing on the change increase of statuary developer fees level one and adoption of resolution 2025 2026-33 approving a change in statuary school fees imposed on a new residential and commercial industrial construction pursuant to education code 17620 and

government code 65995 recommend the board of education Conduct a public hearing on the change of statuary developers fees level one on residential and commercial indust industrial development and adopt resolution 2025 2026-33 approving a change in statuary school fees imposed on a new residential and commercial industrial construction pursuant to the education code 17620 and government code 65995. I now give the public notice and open

the hearing at 7:37 PM. Patricia, are there any speakers? Thank you. I now close the hearing at 7:37 p.m. And now for the adoption of the resolution 2025 2022-33. May I have a motion, please? Thank you, Mr. Svantes. And may I have a second? Thank you, Mr. Na. and any comments, questions, discussion from the board. Hearing no comments, board members,

please register your vote. And the motion passes with the vote of 5 to zero. The next item is 2D1 public notice and hearing regarding the district's initial bargaining proposal to the California School Employees Association, that's CSEA, and its Gino chapter 102 for a collective bargaining agreement reopener effective July 1st, 2026, recommend the board of education give public notice and conduct a public

hearing regarding the district's initial bargaining proposal to the California School Employees Association and it should know chapters 102 two for a collective bargaining agreement reopener effective July 1st, 2026. I now give public notice and open the hearing at 7:38 p.m. Patricia, are there any speakers? Thank you. I now close the public hearing at 7:38 p.m. That concludes the action items.

Okay, consent. Moving on to consent. Board members, if you have an item to pull, please indicate so on your monitor. I'll give it one second. Seeing that there is no polls for the consent items, may I have a motion, please? Thank you, Mr. Na. Can I have a second? Thank you, Mr. Cervantes. And board members, please register your

vote. Okay. And the motion passes with a vote of five to zero. We're now on to information items. Board members, are there any comments or questions? Seeing not that there are none, we're now on to board comments. Mr. Smith, your mic's on. >> There I go. Breaking those uh Robert's rules. So, um yeah. And I don't even know if

that's something that Trump actually said. Here's here's the thing. Anybody that that's a despicable comment regardless of who whose mouth it comes out of um in terms of the the IEP data and when we're talking about th this is just this is not just the beginning of the IEP data. Nobody in the state is pulling this data that we're going above and

beyond. So when um we're working with Mr. hackme over here and asking to uh see if we can extract this data and get more granular kind of like what Misty was saying, this is something no one else is doing. We're going above and beyond to find out more insight into the IEP program. So, we want to make

improvements and if there are areas to improve, and I'm sure there are, there's always ways that you can improve, we are going to make those improvements. will make sure that the correct policies are put in place to make corrections where there need to be corrections. Um, you saw that just looking at the budget is obviously the first place to go, right?

You need to see where the money's coming from, where it's going to, that's step one of getting very granular details into this program. And then we want to see performance data. So, if we can get that data that no one else is really getting, the software that's used across the state doesn't necessarily provide this out of the box. This is something

that we're going to have to work on. Um, and we will and we'll make it better. Um, that being said, congrats of course to Townsen, Mr. Cloak, Canyon, Mr. Reese, Shinley Hills High, Dr. B, Shino High, and Mr. Miller. Um, these are great accomplishments. Amanda, I know you're part of that. So, thank you very much. Was able to attend a

couple uh art festivals that were really great. We went to Magnolia. So, Dr. Isabelle um Brenis, that was a fantastic art festival that went on there. The kids are um very talented. There was also a great band I'd like to call out uh from Ramona. Uh Adrien Estrada, the music teacher there, did a great job. had a couple like there was a bass

player and a guitar player in the band and they were just so cool. Anyway, I just wanted to call that out as well. Um, Townsen also had a talent show and a uh an art festival as well. That was great. Also was able to attend the incoming students ceremony at Sheen Hills High where unfortunately Phoenix isn't here

tonight, but he did a great job MCing that program. He's an awesome kid, bright future ahead of him. And then of course the choir festivals that we were able to attend at Ayella and Chino Hills High as well. Those were fantastic. What a talented group of students. What a great staff that we have. Um they work very hard and you could see that. You

could see how hard the staff works. You can see how hard the students work. They put in just an incredible amount of time working at school late hours, coming home, doing their homework, showing up early. Just an incredible group of kids and staff that we have in this community. I wasn't able to attend the fire district. I was under the weather.

Sorry, Andy. So, um I always always enjoy the fire district um board meeting. Like I said, it's like Christmas over there. Every board meeting, it's fantastic. Um And then unfortunately I couldn't do parks and recreation because there was choir and going on. But I did want to point out the Chino Hills app is fantastic. I I used it at a park

recently. I saw a water leak and I was able to report it on the Chino Hills app. So if you're in Chino Hills, um grab that app and within 10 minutes they responded uh with a work order to fix it. So, um, just pointing out some of the great services that we have in our community as well. We are, um, this is a

fantastic community. We are truly blessed. We are blessed with our staff. We are blessed with the students and we are blessed with the community. Uh, and that's where it's all where it all starts. So, thank you so much for being a great community and raising great kids. I really appreciate it. >> Thank you, Mr. Smith. Mr. No,

your mic is on. >> Okay. Yeah. Uh first, um I'd like to thank all of our staff members and and teachers and CSA members uh working in this hot weather. It's strange that we're looking at 100 degrees in March, but each year u somebody thought it was a Las Vegas weather. But thank you for serving our students on this hot weather.

Uh I had an opportunity to meet with uh our recent graduate student from Chino Hills High School. Her name was Katie Swuite. She was working in local restaurant uh working on her teaching credential and her dream is to come back and become a teacher in our school district. And I really thanked her for not just being a student here but wants

to give back her talent back to our community. So, I was really, really proud of her and I offer anything that I could help her with that I'll be ready for her. Um, and another graduate from Ayala High School, her name is Amy, and she said she was just accepted to a PA school last week. And I think it's very difficult to get

into a PA program nowadays. But she was able to get in to that program because of her excellent education that she had received at ILA High School. So she was very grateful being educated in our school district. And we can go on with all different stories. Daily another student um was opening up uh small tea shop in Chino Hills.

Went through our school again from Myala High School. And this young lady uh she's way to become a millionaire just having uh restaurants. So we have wonderful and excellent uh opportunities and and students waiting to open great future because of our all our hard works from our staffs and teachers. Now going back to um special ad especially question from one of the

audience. I thought that was pretty funny question when you ask if certain person even the president a court appeting against our students or our community members. It's a common sense that all of our board members whom are parents of this district would support our students, our community members first. It's 100%. We have our own children. We look at our

students and they're our children. We have the pets at our home, whether it's a dogs or cats. And we look at our neighbors of pets that there are pets. they come first. So I don't know why would somebody ask those type of questions from my perspective and what I see all of us all five board members I

praise God our students like our own there's no doubt 0% it's just some of those people from outside who doesn't have raised children in our school district might have those questions. But being a father who had raised my own children and knowing each one of our board members whom have raised their children here knows 100% for sure that

they love our kids. Whether they they are deep students or they're special ed or or any color of skin there are children of course they come first and our kids students and our teachers would know that through our actions. So having said that, my personal goal is become the best school district in California, Chino Valley. And we deserve that. Look at

Chino Hills schools that we have celebrated tonight, their excellence, and we're there. We need to be focused and we need to have a pride and again thank you for continually serving our students in this hot weather. Um we want to make sure that everybody have enough water especially uh the people who's working outside. Um and uh let's go through this together

because uh we are a great school district. Thank you. >> Hold on. Press. >> There you go. Thank you, Superintendent Park. Thank you. You know, Mr. Hernandez, the pair professional 2 is often posted as temporary because the student IEP is not finalized yet. However, I do believe bus drivers, they need a raise. So, work with them. Work with

them, please. And also, Chino Valley Unified School District is ranked number one in San Bernardino County. It tells you how effective and the excellent team that we have throughout our school district. So, I mean, we are an excellent school district and thanks for everybody. Also, you know, President Trump never said special ed kids are dumb or they

can't get a real job. He was talking specifically about Gavin Newsome admitting he has dyslexia. So he said not for my president and called Nuome dumb. I you know Gam Newsome he is he is definitely a strange bird that's for sure. I support the Save America Act and 80% supported to Americans. Our students will be far better off once

we finalize finally get this critical law passed. The Save America Act simply says American elections should be decided by American citizens. Period. It protects the future of our children are inheriting. It serves the very democracy they will one day lead. Passing the Save Act is how we will tell our kids, "Your voice will matter. Your country will be

yours, and your opportunities will not be stolen by anyone who shouldn't be voting." Yet right now, the Democratic Party stands in the way. They fight tooth and nail against proof of citizenship. They would rather keep the doors wide open than protect American voters. Let me say it plainly and without apology. The Democrat party is not for Americans.

Their actions prove it. Every single day, they put illegal votes, special interest, and political power ahead of our children's safety and our school resources and our nation future. Today, I I urge Americans to stand up and demand the Save America Act be passed. Our students deserve better, and I refuse to stay silent while the Democratic Party puts everyone else

first. Also, in 2027, President Shaw will be the state superintendent of public instruction. Thank you, Kristen. Okay, let's see. We have Mr. Sevantes. Good evening, everybody. And uh thank you all for attending tonight and appreciate your comments as usual. They're always welcome regardless of uh whether we're agree with them 100% or not. I appreciate that. Just going to

cover a quick few things that maybe weren't covered yet. Uh we got to attend a lot of great events as the last board meeting. Uh Mr. Sh Mr. um Smith covered the festival of arts. So I won't go over that too much other than the talent that was displayed in that room at Magnolia Junior High was was incredible. These

these students did such a good job with their artwork. It's unbelievable. I mean uh it's it's I can't even play Pictionary and these kids were drawing things that were incredible. And then uh the choir uh showcase that took place for our feeder schools at uh for Don Lugo and Chino High. That was at Chino High. Few got to attend that. And the

talent of the singers and the bands that were there, incredible. We're so blessed with talent here. It's on display all the time. The uh stepping up for girls, that was great. We had great speakers that spoke to mentor our young girls that are in sixth grade getting ready to make that big change into junior high school. So they're inspirational. It was

an honor to be there and we're so uh so proud to have such mentors in our district. the uh Julie Gobin Memorial Golf Tournament. Again, that was a blast to see so many representatives there from our district just uh going out there and having fun and hopefully we can raise more money than we did last year because such a worthy cause and

Julie Goit's family was there and they were proud and it was awesome and I'll never forget the person Julie Goen. She's always in my heart and um again I just want to say this regarding our distinguished schools. Coach Lombardi said, he wisely said that perfection was not obtainable, but if you chase excellence, you just might catch it. And I'll tell you what, that

was stemmed tonight by our schools. And they set the bar really high. And I can't wait to see those those distinguished schools murals painted up on their uh on their schools. Very awesome. So, uh thank you guys so much. And you know what? Once we obtain these excellent goals that we do, we don't stop there. The next day we celebrate

tonight, tomorrow's another day and we pound the pavement. So every area that we need to improve, you're darn right we're going to improve on it one way or another. We're not going to settle for mediocrity. So don't be fooled. I get it. You want things done immediately. I do, too. But we're never going to settle for mediocrity. will always always chase

perfection and will and will catch excellence. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Cvantes. Excellent. Deputy Superintendent Dr. Park. On the behalf of our superintendent, we want to congratulate our schools again, Townsen Junior High, Canyon Hills Junior High, Chino Hills High School, and Chino High School on their recognition of California Distinguished Schools. They join 19 other schools in our school

district that have received this honor over the years. This is truly a recognition our entire school community should be proud of. It reflects the hard work happening in our classrooms every day and the dedication not only of our teachers, our staff, administrators, and families who together support our students. We also have some impressive student achievements in science and

engineering to celebrate. 10 of our students earned gold medals in the junior and senior divisions at the county science fair, now advancing them to the state level. Even more exciting, Leila Mleki from the biomedical science and technology academy, BST, at Cheney High School will be representing their county at the prestigious International Science and Engineering Fair in Arizona.

And finally, a reminder to all of our families. Spring break for our traditional schools will take place from March 30th through April 6th. We hope everyone has a safe and restful break and returns refreshed for a strong finish to the school year. >> Thank you so much, Dr. Park. And I wanted before I start my comments to

read something. Um, you kind of touched on it, Serant, but our the stepping up program. Um, Charlene King, she came but she had to leave, so she left a note. And I just would like to read this into the public. To the Chino school board principles, teachers, and staff, Charlene King, the creator of Stepping Up and the Seroptimus International of

the Chino Valley, would like to express our sincere appreciation of the Chino School Board, faculty, and supportive staff for their vital contribution to the 2026 stepping up program. We are proud to belong to a city where not only the administrators for the schools participate in a weekend event but also the teachers. It was great to see the

students mustering up courage to ask questions and displaying joy upon having their questions answered and potential anxieties relieved. Students and parents were also touched by the inspiring speeches given by educators. Again, thank you for investing in our effort to encourage and empower Chino students. Sincerely, Charlene King, the Seroptimist International Tino Valley, and I just thought that was really

beautiful. I usually am able to attend, but I was actually spending some quality time with my young um daughter and um although I know that we had other board members throw, you know, keep it down and and be there in representation. So, I appreciate you guys all dividing and conquering as a team and holding down the fort when we can't be there. Um it's

really weird because Dr. Granfield's name is on my screen and I'm like, he must be here with us even though he's not here. Um, but with that said, I do again want to thank all of our um students for coming out. I don't know if you guys got to see their display. They came and um set up their display. If you

haven't, please look at it. We also got a cool brochure as a board um for everything that they did. It was pretty neat. It's right here. I can leave it up um over there so that way you could take a look at it. This was, you know, created by the students as well. Uh just a really pretty neat thing. And then

also wanted to acknowledge again our um California distinguished schools, Canyon Hills, Towns in Chino Hills um high school and who else did I miss? Chino High School. Can't miss the Cowboys, right? But um with that said, it's just really honestly cool. There's another thing that was going on around the same time. Um there's something called Schools to

Watch. It's a national program that identifies um model middlegrade schools for their academics and other great things that you know are being measured and Canyon Hills was recognized for their second year in a row. But I don't want to forget that also Woodrest was recognized as well and that is a pretty awesome achievement. um you constantly see Chino Valley in the headlines for

just the accomplishments that our students, staffs, and families come together and make sure that we're providing the best education despite all the obstacles. So, I just want to acknowledge everybody's hard work, dedication, and working together collaboratively. Thank you for doing that. We are a team and we are also um I I I love seeing it, you know, and I'll

say it one more time, but Stanford, you know, they did go around looking at districts all throughout the nation and from COVID on, uh Chino Valley was identified even though we're a district in California facing the challenges from, you know, what I call the political cartel that are destroying education in Sacramento. Um, despite that, you guys are resilient and the

families are resilient and we were identified as a model for recovery. That is huge. That means while they're focusing on legislating things in the curriculum that don't belong there, our staff, our teachers, our great teachers, not the union activist, um, our amazing families and our students are able to focus on education and, you know, master the standards. That's what that's what

it's about to master standards and give them pathways to success. You saw Baldy View come out and give a presentation. I take great pride in all the pathways for um you know that our district offers to our students and if they're four-year bound and if they're not four-year bound, the unlimited success stories I get to see as being a commissioner is

something that is truly inspiring and it keeps me geared towards fighting the good fight for our families. um the golf tournament at Topgolf. We had a blast as always. And but more importantly, it was in memory of somebody who left a legacy. What what was really cool is I got to see somebody I graduated with in high

school. It was his family member for Julie Goen. But just to see how that's Chino Valley, right? It's a lot all of a lot of our educators, administrators live within a certain amount of miles from Chino Valley. and just being able to be amongst a community who honors people who, you know, provide things for our children. I think that's what makes

us truly unique at the end of the day. Um, and that's what makes Chino Valley stand out. And I I really am so grateful to be part of that. Um, I also I guess that's pretty much what I I have to say. Just keep fighting the good fight, linked arms. I want to end the board of education meeting in honor of a

beautiful mama bear um a community member that you know we lost here on earth but heaven gained. So with that said I want to um adjourn in the name of Denise um a lot of you guys know her her last name I don't want to butcher it. I've always had a problem saying it but Hoben Hogen Seiffkin Hobin Siekin. Okay.

I've always just called her Denise because I could I would laugh and say I can't say her last name, Hobin Seeden. Um, but Denise, a beautiful angel that heaven had earned and that we lost here, but she also left a legacy here in Chino, just being a kind, kind person, another mama bear here in Chino Valley. So, I would like to end that in her name

um with a moment of silence before I end, please. And with that said, we'll end the board of education in honor of her at 8:04 p.m.