Board of Education — May 21, 2026

I now reconvene the regular meeting of Board of Education at 6:00 p.m. with Cervantes, Cruz, Na, Smith, and Shaw present. Before we begin, please silence all electronic devices and note that these proceedings are being recorded. Reagan. The Board met in closed session from 4:45 p.m. to 5:22 p.m. regarding conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation one possible case.

Conference with legal counsel existing litigation six cases a student discipline matter public employee appointments director human resources and high school assistant principals public employee discipline dismissal release and public employee performance evaluation superintendent. The Board took the following action. Appointed David Reese as director of human resources effective date July 1st, 2026 with a vote of 5-0 with Cervantes, Cruz,

Na, Smith, and Shaw voting yes. No further action was taken which requires public disclosure. Thank you so much. We're now on to recognitions. It's one of my favorite parts of the evenings our recognitions tonight the Board of Education is proud to recognize two outstanding music programs for their extraordinary accomplishments at the 2026 Winter Guard International Percussion Scholastic World

Championships. Winter Guard International represents the highest level Oh my gosh. Sorry. My apologies. For some reason we forgot it's the flag salute. Okay, Mr. Cervantes will you lead us in the flag? >> Okay, now on to my favorite part. Sorry, I was getting a little too excited here. So, back to where I was at. We'll start over. The Board of Education

is proud to recognize two outstanding music programs for their extraordinary accomplishments at the 2026 Winter Guard International Percussion Scholastic World Championships. Winter Guard International represents the highest level of national competition in musical performance. We will first begin with Ayala High School. The Ayala High School Percussion Ensemble earned first place in the Percussion Scholastic World Division at the 2026 Winter Guard International

World World Champions, an exceptional accomplishment that reflects the remarkable talent, commitment, and countless hours of preparation demonstrated by the students and staff. At this time, we would like to invite the I- Ayala High School Director of Bands, Mr. Trost Trost, forward to share a few words, please. Back again, 2 years in a row. Uh it's just unbelievable that just the

accomplishments that the kids have done. And I'll say like I said last year, um it takes a village. If this could not be possible without the support, obviously, of the school district, our principal Mrs. Yarborough, and our parents that are some of our parents are here tonight, and of course our instructional staff. If it wasn't for that team, none

of that would be possible. So, we thank everybody for the support and such an amazing accomplishment. The kids work extremely hard and um just winning 2 years in a row is just unbelievable. We're still We're still excited and still on a high on emotional high from the whole experience and um preparing for next year. We start band camp on

Tuesday. So, we're already in the 2026-27 school year already. Just got out and now we're going to start again and hopefully we can uh repeat our success going on for this next year. But, thank you for your support. We really appreciate it. This is our boy. Would you like to say a few words? I know these are your babies.

I think I just want to say I'm proud of the team and our team. I'm very, very proud of the students. Um, they are the hardest working students on our campus. Um, be it in the classroom or in the field practicing. So, again, congratulations, students. And we would also like to recognize you for your leadership. Thank you for all

that you do for our students. Um, we are great very, very grateful for you. You have shown over and over again that you support them. You take them, you challenge them. So, we just want to tell you thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you. Thank you. >> Let's give them another round of applause. Thank you and congratulations again,

Ayala High School. Yeah. Are they here? Right here. Okay, awesome. We're now proud to recognize Chino Hills High School. The Chino Hills High School Percussion Ensemble earned third place in the Percussion Scholastic World Division, an outstanding accomplishment that reflects the dedication, artistry, and commitment demonstrated by the students and staff throughout the season. At this time, we would like to invite the Chino Hills

School High School Director of Instrumental Music, Mr. Sanchez, forward to share a few words, or other Director of Instrumental Music, Mr. Prost. He was unable in um be here in attendance this evening. However, we'd also like to recognize and congratulate him as well. Good evening, President, board members, and superintendent. Tonight, we proudly recognize the incredible achievement of

the Chino Hills High School Indoor Percussion for winning the bronze medal at the Winter Guard International Scholastic Marching World Finals in Dayton, Ohio, which is one of the most prestigious indoor percussion competitions in the world. This accomplishment represents immense relentless rehearsals, late nights, weekends away from family, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Our students demonstrated not only elite

musical and performance skills, but also discipline, teamwork, perseverance, and pride in representing Chino Valley Unified School District on a national stage. We cannot be more proud of these students, staff, and families for their dedication and heart. Thank you for continuing to support music and arts education in our district. Thank you very much. Giani Gonzalez >> [applause] We also have certificates for all the

students, so if we may send them back with you. >> Yes. Yeah, okay, awesome. And then we also like to present them for you and thank you so much for your leadership and all that you guys do for our students. We appreciate you. >> Thank you very much. Thank you again so very much. >> Thank you. Oh, if you could take a

picture with us, too, when you're Oh, yeah. Let's do one around the back. >> Thank you again. Congratulations, Chino Hills High. We're just going to give them a second. Okay, awesome. Next, we're at comments from employee representatives. Do we have anybody from ACT? Okay, anybody from CSEA? Oh, awesome. It said Danny Hernandez, but I wasn't going to say that.

Every Good evening, everyone. I spoke on the same topic last year while my daughter and grandson sat at home and watched the live stream. My grandson was so excited that grandma was on TV that the next day he went to school and told everyone about it. Moments like this are a wonderful reminder of why we're all here and why

the work we do matters. It's all about the children. I'd like to take a moment to thank all of our classified employees for another outstanding year. Your hard work and dedication does not go unnoticed and I hope that each of you enjoys a safe, relaxing, and well-deserved summer break if you're lucky enough to get As a reminder, if any CSEA members have

been affected by the fires, please reach out to the association or Chino 102 for assistance. One analogy I've always connected with is the idea of wearing many hats. Although truthfully, I'm not much of a hat person. So in this case, I'd say I wear many shirts. So hold on. With that said, I'd like to switch gears a little and discuss something else that

is near and dear to my heart. For those unfamiliar with the event, the Corporate Challenge is an annual program hosted by the City of Chino. This year was the actually the 35th year of the program and the 35th year that Chino Valley Unified participated. It gives organizations the opportunity to bring employees together as a team and participate in friendly competitions

with other local groups and agencies. This event is open to all district employees, substitutes, classified staff, certificated and administration. Everybody is welcome. It is designed to foster camaraderie, strengthen community connections, and promote teamwork. Uh values that I truly appreciate and strongly support. I would also like to recognize and thank the people who supported me through this event. Daniel Sawyer for attending

meetings with me and stepping in when I was unavailable. Barbara Bearden for being both the sounding board and trusted advisor. Angelica and Cisco Ramos for helping with transportation and setup and Curtis Dean for being the muscle and assistance behind just about everything I volunteer for. Lastly, I'd like to thank many employees who were willing to jump in into events

that they didn't sign up for at the last minute so we could participate as a team and not have to forfeit. Your enthusiasm, flexibility, and support truly helped make this experience a success. On one final note of appreciation goes out to the three local unions, uh California School Employees Association CSEA, Associated Chino Teachers ACT, and CHAMP for their generous contributions

to the event which allowed us to provide food, snacks, prizes, and participate uh prizes. I also have three awards from the closing ceremonies that I'm ex- excited to share uh with the district. We received top overall honors for both uh bowling and horseshoes. That's uh these here. Um and then for the first time that I'm aware of, we actually placed in the

competition where we got fourth place as a district here. So, I just want to thank everybody for your time and hope to see many more of you next year at the event uh which happens in the very early part of May. Thank you. Congratulations. Good job. And now we have Brian Lee from CHAMP. Are you covering? Are you covering or

no? No? Okay. No worries. We just wanted to make sure we acknowledged him if he was here. Okay. We're now on to public comments. Uh Reagan, how many requests to speak? There are six. Thank you. Board Bylaw 9323 meeting conduct establishes public comment guidelines and following process applies. Speakers will be called in the order you registered on the electronic request to

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restored. Further penal code 403 states in part that every person who without authority of law willfully disturbs or breaks up any lawful assembly or meeting not unlawful in its character is guilty of a misdemeanor. Mr. Cruz. Cruz, you have 3 minutes to address the board. You cannot donate your time. One person at the mic at a time. If you read

on behalf of absent person, that will can be considered your time. Begin comments when the clock starts. The clock begins when the secretary announces your name. Please refer to board policy 1312.1 for the procedure regarding complaints against an employee. And lastly, speakers may not approach the dais anytime the board is in session. Please give any materials you wish distributed

to the board to the recording secretary. Uh good evening, board. Uh so, Mr. Cervantes, if we can continue our discussion. So, just to review, uh I asked if uh President Trump's comments that uh anyone with a learning disorder, that would include the students here, have a have a learning disability, that they are somehow dumb and should not be

prepared for higher uh higher skill job sets. I asked the entire board if you would condemn those as false. So far, Mr. Smith and Mr. Cruz have both said that those were horrible statements and we do not agree with them at our district. Uh last week you asked us to try and come together on something and to not have this

back and forth uh attitude toward one another and I think this is a perfectly good topic for all of us to come together on. I don't think it's much to ask. You said before that you didn't know Trump and so you don't know his mindset so you couldn't judge it. I responded that you as a former police officer

don't need to know a person or know their mindset to know if what they're doing is wrong. You said that that was some kind of logical fallacy. That it didn't quite compare correctly. Well, how about this one to make sure that we are being logically consistent? Uh you are on record saying that you are against any kind of transgenderism with our

students or or anyone else, the LGBTQ community at large. How many of them do you know personally? And how many of them do you know like you know the thought process in their head? Since you're so quick to condemn that, I don't understand why you would be so reluctant to condemn President Trump's statements. And this is where I think

our entire district, our community at large, needs to know that everyone on this board serves the people of our district, the students, the parents. You serve our community, not whoever's president in Washington, D.C. So, if you're too afraid to stand up to him because you fear the retribution of the Republican Party, which we know this board primarily gets its funding from,

then it sounds more like your pri- that you serve more the president than you do our community. So, one last time, please let us know that you serve us, not them, and condemn Trump's statements, and that does go for you as well, Mr. Noll, and you, Ms. Shaw. Thank you. Paul Griffin on consent items. Okay. Actually, the first one was my

consent. This is non- non-issue. Um Ms. Shaw, let's talk. Uh that there's an old wisdom that says that we should always assume ignorance instead of malice because why assume malice when ignorance will suffice? So, that massive misinformation campaign you gave last time, um ignorance or malice? Let's try and figure this out because the contract that was signed with the

union, you can't just single-handedly or arbitrarily change the wording whenever you like. And that's why the union sued. And you should have known that, right? I mean, you've been board president for 3 years. I find it very difficult to believe >> You had two items. What Which one is this? >> This is the non- This is the non-agenda item. The first

one was non-agenda as well. >> one was my consent item, which was the board minutes. Board minutes? Yeah. Oh, there was a lot of other stuff in there. Okay. Yeah. So, um So, where were we? Thanks for interrupting. Let's see. So, we have this um this issue with the the contract. You should know that the contract is is not something you can

just change arbitrarily. Also, within that whole diatribe you had, you blamed the teachers for not calling home when a student is hit or being bullied. If you don't know our PBIS program, I mean, Mr. Cruz will probably be happy to educate you on that. He sings its praises all the time. That it's the administrators who take care of that

because it's an elevated item. So, uh I have a hard time believing that this is ignorance, that you wouldn't know this. Otherwise, it's just a complete dereliction of duty. So, I'm going to assume malice, but I would need to know why you would do this. And I think it all comes down to what I said last week that

you appear to be grooming parents, telling them that they cannot trust the teachers. You're trying to sow that division. But then I have to figure out, why would you want to do that until here's the missing link. Earlier this year, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills broke ground on a new private school, which you are all linked to. Which means that all five of you have a

conflict of interest the moment that school opens. It would benefit your private school if the if the parents all believe that they could not trust our public schools. And then you get all of these new new students, and then your business thrives. This is a conflict of interest. So, for all five of you, if you cannot separate yourself from your conflict of

interest, please resign and Jeff M on non-agenda item. Yes, I would like to continue with what I stated last month um criticizing the board on First Amendment rights that you when you clear out and don't allow people to talk uh you're violating First Amendment. Um you're also violating the First Amendment uh in not separating um church and state.

Um so, I'll continue um the fourth clause of the First Amendment is the right to uh assembly and association. And as far as I know, uh the board is fine with that. So, you passed that item. The fifth uh clause of the First Amendment is that um we have the right to petition our government. And to the extent that you

are representatives of the government, the governing of uh Chino uh Valley Unified School District um when you kick people out of um um this meeting and don't allow them to speak, you are preventing them from um petitioning their government. And so, I go back to the third clause of the First Amendment, which is freedom of the press. And as far as I know, you're not

suppressing the press, but when you kick people out of this assembly um the press is not exposed to those ideas. And so, uh in my mind, you have failed four out of the five clauses of the First Amendment. And when I was an educator, that means a fail. Thank you. Jackie Cortez on a non-agenda item. As the school year's coming to an end,

I'm compelled to give the school board and president a grade of F for failing to provide translation for these meetings, failing to inform the community about the policies we have in place against ICE. Because regardless of what you say, Ms. Shaw, ICE is bad. And I have no idea how you produce crocodile tears at graduation while sitting next

to valedictorians as they mentioned their immigrant family members. When we know you do not care about BIPOC immigrants or their families. You have failed at keeping all students safe because you say all students have worth, but failed to support LGBTQ+ students and actually openly bully trans students and their families. You negate the existence of some humans with your lies

that only XX and XY exist when that is biologically not true. Intersex people exist, and in your ignorance, you insult the memory of Amanda Swagger who was never one to shy about who she was. She even had to defend herself on this very stage when she was wrongly accused of being trans, which she was not. And Ms.

Shaw was texting her friends Tweedledee and Tweedledummer as they were visibly mocking her in the background the last time she spoke. Shame on you. You're all disgusting human beings. You also failed at appreciating teachers during the last board meeting, which was held during teacher appreciation week. And instead, used a student's illegal recording of a teacher to call a teacher a communist,

which I'm sure, Ms. Shaw, you can't even define. Which actually makes sense why this district has made no effort in enforcing an actual cell phone policy, which would make our lives as educators better because we could actually focus on teaching and less on disciplining. How How are you going to groom children into doing your dirty work? You also

failed at being transparent with the community about the people behind the History Rocks event. It was funded and created by extremist groups, and you actually had the wife of a Nazi speak to our students. If you are so proud of being the only district this assembly was held in in California, then why so much secrecy? You have the biggest

mouth, but all of a sudden this event is very secretive until the last minute. But at least the community acted swiftly, and I enjoyed watching you get booed by middle schoolers. Stop using our students as political pawns. You failed at listening to the community about a simple podium while using one yourself wherever you go, including at a

recent track meet. But say that you are concerned about guns, even though you took money from a gun super PAC. But you're the kind of person, Ms. Shaw, who would take money from the devil himself if it was for your benefit. Why don't you use your own money for lawsuits since you love being sued so much? You

invite the time, but cry when you actually get sued. And shame on all of you for going along with this lunacy. You have all failed. Kate Morales on a non-agenda item. Ms. Shaw, when you welcomed the US Department of Education's History Rocks initiative at an assembly at Canyon Hills Junior High on May 8th, you questioned the patriotism of those who

protested the event. Even if the assembly was a simple celebration of our nation's 250th birth, It's clear that you are either missing the point or more likely spreading misinformation once again. Because the protest had little to do with the content of one assembly and more to do with the fact that the Trump administration has allowed the US

Department of Education to to become an arm of highly political ultra-conservative extremist groups that openly renounce the Constitution's separation of church and state as they roll out their so-called God-centered America 250 Civics Education Curriculum. These organizations, like the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and Prager University are known for whitewashing this country's history with lesson plans

that defend such atrocities as slavery and present factually inaccurate information to students. Though I suppose that's aligned with past statements of Mr. Cruz, who has defended Hitler while sitting on this dais. I'm Shawn Michelle Michelle enjoyed the publicity she received for bringing this assembly to Chino Valley as she runs for the highest education position in California. Though she touts the fact

that she only barely graduated high school. But can you not see the hypocrisy of denying Canyon Hills parents the transparency and parent- parental notification policies that you champion? Why are parents not offered an opt-out for this event, which you have so often encouraged parents to do when something offends their belief system? Because many parents were offended that

the US Department of Education with with Secretary Linda McMahon has been under orders to gut since Trump was reelected is spending whatever money is left by parading this program around the country. But I guess your whole parental notification and opt-out policies are reserved just for LGBTQ issues. If so, let's at least be honest about that. So please don't question the patriotism of

those of us who question indoctrinating students with revisionist history developed by groups with a clear political agenda. We in fact are showing our love for our country by standing up to those like you who are trying to destroy a public education system designed for all that's the foundation of our great country. I believe it was Winston Churchill who wrote those that

fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Thank you. We're now on to changes and deletions. There are no changes or deletions. Thank you. We'll now move on to action items 2A1 2025-2026 transportation plan. Recommend the Board of Education approve the 2025-2026 transportation plan. May I have a motion, please? Thank you, Mr. Cruz. And a second, Mr. Smith. Thank

you. Any comments, questions, or discussions? Seeing nothing, board members, please register your vote. And the motion passes with a vote of 5 to 0. There we go. The next item is 2B1 addendum of the employment contract for the superintendent of Chino Valley Unified School District. Recommends the Board of Education approve the addendum uh to the employment contract for the

superintendent of the Chino Valley Unified School District. I would like to make the following oral report in accordance with government code 54953 subdivision C3 and pursuant to the alignment provisions of the current superintendent employment agreement, the board will publicly disclose and implement the statu- statutory salary adjustment effective July 1st, 2026. The superintendent's base salary will reflect a 2.25%

or the cost of living adjustment what whichever is greater for the 2026-2027 school year consistent with the recently ratified agreements for ACT, CSEA, and Champ. This contractual alignment has also includes the same one-time payment of $2,000 for employees who are paid status as of August 1st, 2026. The board provides this oral summary of all components of compensation new and

existing salary and fringe benefits for the following local agency executive superintendent Superintendent Norman P. Enfield. $408, $191 annually for 2026-2027 school year, 4% longevity annually, 4% doctoral stipend annually, health and welfare benefits capped equivalent to the ACT, CSEA, and Champ employees, and 24 annual vacation and 24 annual sick leave days. May I have a motion, please? Thank you,

Mr. Cruz. May I have a second? Thank you, Mr. Cervantes. Any comments, questions, board members? Seeing that there is none, please register your vote. And the motion passes with a vote of five versus to zero. The next item is 2B2 compensation rates for substitute psychologist, psychologist, child development teachers, and summer administrative administration assignments. Recommend that the Board of Education approve the

compensation rates for substitute psychologist, child development teachers, and summer administration assignments. May I have a motion, please? Thank you, Mr. Cervantes, and thank you, Mr. Smith, for your second. Any comments, questions, discussions? Seeing that there's none, board members, please register your vote. Thank you, and the motion passes with the vote of five to zero. That concludes the action items. Moving

on to consent. Board members, if you have an item to pull, please indicate so on your monitor. For the consent items, may I have a motion, please? Thank you, Mr. Na. Thank you, Mr. Cervantes for your second. Board members, please register your vote. And the motion passes with the vote of five to zero. We're now on to information items. Are

there any comments, questions? Seeing that there's none, we're now on to board comments. Mr. Smith. All right. Well, we've had a busy couple weeks here. There's been uh a lot of different banquets and graduation ceremonies. These kids have worked so hard. Uh looking forward to them having a break, especially the bands. Although, it doesn't seem like the bands get much of a break.

>> [laughter] >> They're back at it Tuesday for band camp. So, um you know, they have those kids work really hard, and um we see that along with the staff, too, that works hard with them. Uh Dr. Antill, do we normally send out notifications about uh assemblies at schools? Is that a normal thing? I don't remember ever

seeing them as a parent. No, we do not. Okay. It's pretty interesting there. Uh there's there was a ignorance or malice thing that got brought up earlier, and it was kind of interesting to me all the fuss that was made about the 250-year anniversary. Um and then when you see it, >> [clears throat] >> it was it was it was pretty

simple. There was no like Nazi flags or anything flying around. There was no Confederate flags, there was no racism thing. Like the all the protesters were making it seem like this was going to be some fascist rally. And it wasn't. It was a very simple celebration 250 years. Students were involved. It was fun. It was a great

time. There was no misinformation or rewriting of history. So, I wonder now if all the people that were getting all fussy about this, if they they look back and they think, is it was this was I reacting in ignorance or was their reaction in malice? So, it's kind of an uh perspective to maybe there's some self-reflection that could be made

there. Um I don't attend Covenant Chapel. I attend um Shenandoah Valley Community Church. I find that to be a very good church and that's where that's where I attend. So, let that be known. The definition of communism as by Marx himself is the abolition of private property. So, that is what at the core. I don't even think a lot of people that

uh espouse to this communist religion even know what they believe in. But if you look it up, that was by Marx himself, abolition of private property. Anyway, um again, the kids had a great time. All the celebrations, fantastic. Thanks to all the parents that put in all the effort. Thanks to all the staff, administration. Enjoy your summer, everyone.

Thank you, Mr. Smith. Mr. Noll. Mic's on? Oh. Press it again. Only once. Press it again. Leave it. There you go. Okay. Yes, Mr. Smith was right. We had a busy week. >> [snorts] >> We had thousands of kids graduating from high school. >> And I could still remember some of excellent speeches made by some of the speakers.

For instance, from our adult school, Heather Post, who's a principal there, said about overcoming a personal giants with inner strengths. Then at Buena Vista High School, >> [snorts] >> we had Esmeralda Miles challenging students to become a somebody they can be proud of. Today, many of our high school graduates are being accepted to the top national universities,

from Harvard, Stanford, to UC Berkeley, UCLA, you name it. And we're very grateful for their accomplishments. >> [snorts] >> However, some of our great teachers also pray that our students here attained a lifelong fine personal character at CV USD. That is becoming a someone who is good to others and also good to themselves. It reminds me our former Don Lugo High School

school teacher sitting in the back where I think it was called Adams Family. He portrayed an an actor there had given all he's got to play that [clears throat] actor >> [snorts] >> giving us the whole night of fun. Fun for all of our students and all of our parents. And I still would thank him. And I was there that night

with the invite from Mr. Cruz. So, thank you, teacher for loving our students with all you had. It was a late night. But people really appreciated your service to them because you meant it. And it touched all the students that who watched. I think it was a very long program, too. Maybe almost 2 hours. But because of your involvement

It was very memorable night for everyone. >> [snorts] >> That's what our teachers do. That's what our staffs do. You planted a seeds. The seeds do grow. It would touch someone for the rest of their lives. And let me also share where my personal inner strength is coming from. It is the fact that knowing that number one, my faith

and number two, my family and number three, my friends are not for sale. It's not about the government. political ideology. But it is who you are. It is your commitment. And it's plain and simple. Not for sale. I thank parents, teachers and staffs for loving our students at Chino Valley Unified School District at 2026 graduation time. And also

I really appreciated um Mr. Shawn Smith and his support for students. By sitting next to him, I could hear his comments on comments all positive saying, "Wow, great, awesome, yes, yeah." I could see that he really loved all the students that are finishing the finishing line. And I also like Mr. Cruces' comments when she was shaking hands of these

graduates. He all called them, "Great job, my son." They were all his children. These all comments are coming from their hearts. Means they care for them. So, now what I can say, our teacher in the back sitting in the back tonight, and our board members sitting in the front, our cabinet members, our our superintendents, our staffs, and our security personnel

sitting in the standing up in the back. We are here for the kids, and we walk the talk. So, thank you. Wait, press your button. Congratulations, class of 2026. As immigrants, we call America our only home. We stand here as proud the 4% of the great nation. Proof that hard work, family, and opportunity opens every door. From Chino Valley schools to

the future ahead, we've earned this moment together. Dream big, work hard, and keep building the American dream. This is our country. Let's make it shine. And Oh, I received this hat. Most likely very came from President Trump. But, I like it. So, so the assembly the history rock 250 assembly at Kenny Hills was lively educational celebration of a

mercy that gave students through front fun interactive quizzes and activities. Examples There was one example. Let's see if you guys know this one. Who had the largest and most famous signature on the Declaration of Independence? And then, there was another one. Now, this is going to be a hard one. And that was What was the most common food

gathered by Native American Indians? Was it A, acorns or B, wheat? Acorns, exactly. So, um You know, while some people view this event as controversial beforehand due to its patriotic focus, there was truly nothing controversial controversial about it. Just wholesome history, students participation, and inspiration. It brought students together in a positive way highlighting American founding values and California role in

our shared history making making learning memorable and enjoyable. So, Uh thank you everybody for being here. Appreciate your time, your comments, and uh it's been a blast. We've had a great year. I I think we definitely uh you know, there was a lot that took place since the last meeting. My goodness, it was a a packed uh

schedule of events, but it was outstanding to be able to attend those and it was an honor to attend them. A lot of things were already covered, so I'm not going to go back over them other than maybe just a couple of things. The 250 celebration was outstanding over at Canyon. They did an outstanding job. My goodness, it was great to go over and

uh remember some of that history like Mr. Cruz brought up. It was cool. And uh I want to focus a little bit more on the graduations. You know, we uh our teachers, our parents, everybody, their support systems that got them through. It's a It's a huge accomplishment. So, to our 2026 graduates, I uh congratulate you and I I hope uh

you guys continue work really hard. Um and you the the sky's the limit. Everything's out there for you to to just go work really hard and get it. Um couple of things that really stood out to me was the first graduation I went to was the adult school graduation and it was a it was amazing to see

you know, a couple things stood out from all these graduations and one of those were it doesn't matter how you start, it's how you finish and your your past doesn't represent your future and that is so true because regardless of the challenges you have out there, you know, there's there's a lot of single family incomes out there

and single parents and you know, a lot of kids being raised maybe by a guardian or a grandparent. A lot of those things were discussed about and made me think, you know, man, I was very blessed to be able to have two parents in the home and my goodness, uh all the opportunities available. And some kids really had to

work harder than others and I really uh commend them for doing that and succeeding because it really doesn't matter how you start or what challenges you have, what disability you might have to overcome, what physical challenge you may have, what learning disability you may have. You know what? If you work hard and you outwork the person next to you, cuz

that's what it is. It is a competition, no matter what. We're competing against everybody. And it it's out there for you if you're willing to work hard and get it. So, for all of you that that did that, especially at the adult schools, you know, watching you guys walk up there and get your citizenship, earning that, and getting your high school

diploma, some some of them at 40, 50 years old with a smile on their faces, that's amazing, cuz that's the American dream. It's alive and well. It's it's out there for you. And then, what of Vista really stood out, too, because, you know what? It was beautiful to see those parents, you know, some dads up there holding their

babies and moms holding their their kids. They didn't take the easy way out. They worked hard. And they made sure they honored their name and their family and their school, and they did it. And they had challenges a lot more than most of us over here. But yet, they didn't make excuses. You know what they did? They pounded the

pavement and got the job done. So, it doesn't matter what your challenges are. So, just remember that. So proud of you guys. Um all you guys, parents that worked hard to get them there. Again, all of us up here, our teachers, all the support staff, thank you so much. God bless you and have a great summer. Thank you, Mr. Sifontes. Dr. Enfield.

As the uh 25, 26 school year comes to an end for a majority of our schools, we still have two year-round schools. I want to thank the entire CVUSD staff uh for the outstanding school year. Your unwavering commitment to our students is the reason our students have achieved such remarkable success over this last school year. Um I'm also incredibly proud of our

seniors um that graduated. It is a wonderful uh culminating activity to be there uh over the last several days to watch all of them walk across the stage. It's what we do here. They come here majority come here in kindergarten and our goal is to get them across that stage and so it is a wonderful activity to to see all of the work that all of us

do across this district to make that happen from our from our bus drivers to getting into schools to our kindergarten teachers to all the aids in the classroom to our security guards to their cafeteria workers to everybody in this whole system to make that happen and and so again it it just reminds us of everything that goes on for that to

happen in our district and again I want to thank everybody across the Chino Valley Unified School District for again another successful year. I also want to publicly thank the board tonight for approving my contract here. Again, I appreciate that and I look forward to continuing our work together and lastly I want to wish everyone a safe and a

fantastic summer. Awesome. Thank you. I'd like to do everything every single one of you said. Thank you for just a rockstar team here at CVUSD. Thank you parents. Thank you staff. Thank you security. We appreciate you from the end. Thank you Chino PD and also our our San Bernardino Sheriff's for also keeping everybody safe. We had an

amazing time this whole week of graduations and promotions. Those days are long but they couldn't be more rewarding. We had well over 2,000 students in the last few days and today Mr. Smith and I congratulations to your beautiful daughter and my niece promoted from Townsend. So it was just an exciting week with a lot of celebrations. So I want to continue just

to encourage the celebrations and may God bless the class of 2026 that's going to go out into the world and make a difference continuously and thank you and I look forward to this next upcoming school year and also to see the successes for our all year round school year schools that are still currently in session. And with that, we're going to

end the regular meeting of Board of Education also with just celebrating our class of 2026 at 6:57 p.m.