Board of Education — June 4, 2026

I now reconvene the regular meeting of Board of Education at 6:00 p.m. with Cervantes, Cruz, Noha, 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 4:40 p.m. to 5:41 p.m. regarding conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, one possible

case. Conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, six cases. Student readmission matters, student discipline matters, public employee appointments, high school principal and elementary principal. Public employee discipline dismissal release, and public employee performance evaluation, superintendent. The board took the following action. Appointed Jonathan Cervantes as principal of Chino High School effective July 1st, 2026 with a vote of What's By By a vote of with Cruz, Noha,

Shaw, Smith voting yes and Cervantes abstained. And appointed Kit Matkin as principal of Marshall Elementary School effective July 1st, 2026 with a vote of with Cervantes, Cruz, Noha, Smith, Shaw, and Smith voting yes. No further action was taken which requires public disclosure. >> Thank you, Reagan. And just to correct the record, it's not a 5-0 vote. It was

4-2, four votes yes and one abstention. >> Correct. >> Okay, perfect. Okay, on to the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Smith, would you please lead us? >> Sure. >> Thank you. We are now on to one of our special annual recognition celebrating scholarships and the incredible community support that helps create amazing opportunities for our students. Tonight, we are pleased to be pleased to

welcome Tim Adams from Adams Photography. For many years, Tim and his team have supported CVUSD graduating seniors through the Julie Golden Memorial Hit the Greens for Scholarship Golf Tournament, helping raise significant scholarship funds to assist students as they pursue their post-secondary goals and future careers. Their continued generosity and commitment has have made a lasting impact on countless students and

families throughout the our district, and we're truly grateful for their ongoing support. Thank you so very much, Tim. We understand you have a check to present. Awesome. Board members, would you please join me? >> So, we tried something different this year. We went to Topgolf. I thought we had a good time. Um the feedback that we got, it sounds like

we want to go out and play golf on a golf course. So, uh we're putting all those pieces in motion to go play golf next year and um we're I was looking at the numbers for So, this was the 17th year we're going to go 18? Is that what we're doing? Um we're we're so close to $450,000

that we raised. Um I'm looking at that $500,000 mark in a couple years. So, if you guys will keep having us, we'll keep doing this. We have such a good time. Um I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to give back to where my kids went to school, where my family grew up. So, if

you guys will do it, I'm in. So, we'll keep doing it. So, thank you so much. Of course. >> [snorts] >> Once again, can we give him a round of applause? Thank you, Tim and Adam's Photography for the continuous generosity and dedication to our students. It really means a lot to us. God bless you. We're now up to comments from our

employee representatives. Do we have anybody from ACT? Anybody from CSCA? Anybody from Chance? Okay. We're now on to public comments. Reagan, how many requests to speak? >> There's one. >> Awesome. Board Bylaw 9323 meeting conduct establishes public comment 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 monitors, please watch your name to appear and line up on the designated numbers one through to Well, we don't even have to say that. Once the recording secretary announces the first name, requests 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 the order cannot be

restored. Further, penal code 403 states that in part, "Every person who, without authority of law, with willfully disturbs or breaks up any lawful assembly or meeting not unlawful in its character is guilty of a misdemeanor." Mr. Cruz. >> Okay. Speakers, you have up to 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 an absent person, that will 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 employee. And last, speakers may not approach dais at any time the board is in session. Please give any materials you wish

distributed to the board to the recording secretary. >> [clears throat] >> Paul Griffin. >> To continue our conversation. Um So, last time we were here, Mr. Nauer, you said that you were doing and the board is doing everything they can which is in the best interest of the students. So, I appreciate the sentiment and also those kind words that you you gave.

But, what defines what is in the best interest of the students changes from person to person. This is why we have elections and why we hope to have a diversity of perspectives and thoughts in any section of government. The key thing I was looking at though was is this board doing what's in the best interest of the

students that attend Chino Unified or are we interested in undermining the faith that our parents have in our school system and move those students over to the private school that Calvary Chapel Chino Hills is beginning to build. And that's what I need some assurances on is are we connecting with the parents and letting them know that they can trust

our teachers that they can trust our curriculum or are we sending lies and telling the public that we can't trust the public schools so that private schools can benefit from it. That's what I need to know. And until that's resolved uh my fear is that not just here but nationwide as Ms. Shah has said there is a cabal she calls in

Sacramento. Two wrongs don't make a right. If we make a cabal that's on the right side of the political aisle as I am a Republican, what I don't like about what my party's doing is that we have shut down any kind of meaningful back and forth, any kind of give and take, any kind of disagreement. If President Trump says it, well,

he's untouchable. We can't disagree with him for fear of political or monetary retaliation. And this is what I want to make sure that this board is above that, that we will push back on those ideas, push back on this notion that someone, our leader, cannot be questioned. So, with both of those, I'm hoping we can see a better

understanding of what we mean by what are we doing for the best for our students here. Okay. Thank you. Um we're now on to changes and deletions. >> There are no changes or deletions. >> Thank you so much. We're now on to action items 281, public hearing regarding the 2026-2027 budget, recommends the Board of Education conduct a public hearing

Yeah, actually we're now on action items 281, public hearing regarding the 2026-2027 budget, recommends the Board of Education conduct a public hearing regarding the 2026-2027 budget. I now open the public hearing at 6:10 p.m. Are there any speakers? >> Yes, one. >> Thank you. >> Paul Griffin. >> We're going to look at our budget. I'm hoping that the

budget can include a podium for this room. I'm pretty sure it's not that inexpensive to ask for. I know we've asked for it many times before. But, there are many occasions where we've seen where there's certain situations where people need immediate accommodation that a podium would be able to provide instantaneously. There are podiums all over this state,

all over this country in the same forms. And the fear that Miss Shaw said that someone might come in here and hide a rifle behind the podium. Michelle, you have to know there's no way anyone hides that. Cuz your security, I mean, unless you have no faith in the security at all to check for weapons at the door. I mean, if

anything, you want a metal detector, maybe put that in there. And I understand your fear of of people having death threats and things like that. That should never happen at I condemn anyone who gives a death threat to you or anyone else up here. That's not how we resolve things. But to say that someone might hide something here,

if you've sat out here, all we can see are the the your heads. What are you hiding back there? If you fear that we might be hiding something, then we should also have that same fear here. So, if you wanted to put in money to make this all transparent, so that we're not fearing something in the same way you would fear us, that

might be one way to resolve this, but I think that would be far more expensive and also just completely ridiculous. So, if you could find somewhere in the budget, perhaps maybe abiding by uh contract law, so that you don't run into lawsuits that would cost the district money, that would easily be enough to get a podium in here. A podium that has the

time, so that I'm not having to look here or look up there or look over there, like everyone else has come up to here to do, so that we know how much time we have left. Like the podium we had at the old building, we had the lights, green, yellow, red. It gives the speakers a chance to be

calm and be able to convey their thoughts more easily. And this is what this board should be doing is listening to the public because you are servants doing the people's bidding. You can't do that if you constantly make the people feel too afraid to come up and speak. This is what this is for. Let's have a podium. Thank you

very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Griffin. Any more comments? Thank you. I now close the public hearing at 6:13 p.m. The next item is 2-B-1, public hearing regarding the local control and accountability plan. Recommend the Board of Education conduct a public hearing regarding the local control and accountability parent. I now open the public hearing at 6:13 p.m. Are

there any speakers? There are none. Thank you very much. I now close the hearing at 6:14 p.m. That concludes action items. We're now moving on to consent. Board members, if you have any items to pull, please indicate so on your monitors. For the consent items, may I have a motion, please? Thank you, Mr. Na. And a second, thank you, Mr. Smith.

Board members, please register your vote. Perfect. And the motion passes with the vote of 5 to 0. I don't know why I did that. Sorry, guys. We're now on to information items. Are there any comments or questions? Seeing that there's nothing on the monitor, we're now on to communications, Mr. Smith. >> Not a lot going on, so everyone and

enjoy your summertime. I'd like to thank Mr. Donkin. Uh this is his last meeting tonight. Uh as a uh employee for our school district. He has been our principal. And uh, lastly, uh, he's been our director at HR. He has given almost all his public life, haha, working with our children in our school district. So, I really like to thank

him. And I wish him all the good uh, restful exciting vacation times uh, in his retirement years. But, I also ask him to come back and please uh, substitute with us whenever he gets bored, haha. So, let's let's give him a uh, uh, let's give him a big hand for all these years of service at Chino Valley

Unified School District. Thank you, Mr. Darken. Thank you. Thank you. You've been a great man for us and also for our children. You have been a true father to all of our children in our school district. Thank you. >> Nah, and um, Dr. Well, now we have Mr. Cruz. Button. Um >> Okay. Thank you. Well, Sonya Shaw did amazing.

Our president with over 1 million votes leading the pack. You know, it's exciting to have our school board president, Shaw, bringing in a strong platform for our women's rights supporting good teachers, real accountability in education, safety, and getting back to the basics. Reading, writing, and math. Good job. Well done. Um This one This one here is is to my

heart, okay? And this one goes to um Dr. Enfield. You know, President Trump recently signed an executive order that re-aligns federal vaccine recommendations. This now limits routine government recommended recommended childhood vaccines to fewer than 10 core diseases with greater flexibility for parents and doctors. RFK quoted, "A fully compliant child in California must receive between 69 or 92 vaccines. That's all all the

states. I'm not too sure what California is. Doses to attend school. And not one of them has been safety tested." So, that is really wonderful what RFK has done. Importantly, without the federal recommendation, these shots will no longer carry liability protection. And And in California, we have one out of 20 of our children that are on the

autistic spectrum. And there's well-documented overlap between autism and transgender in our in our youth. And so, you know, what I ask is, you know, parents parents have a choice you know, having their kids to go to our school district and knowing that these these um vaccines have never been tested, that maybe we should consider that parents have choice whether they want to

vaccinate their kids. And And allow them if that's feasible, you know, possible for our school district. So, that that's one thing that that Dr. Enfield, we we maybe we could reflect on that to see what we can do. Just [clears throat] something to share, knowing the fact none of these vaccines have never been tested. And then, you know,

you know, something. >> Well, there are some state requirements, but we can look into it, Mr. Mr. Cruz. >> Thank you. >> [snorts] >> That's That's it for me. Thanks. >> Thank you, Mr. Cruz. Mr. Cervantes. >> Thank you. Everybody, I hope you're enjoying your summer and it's light tonight, but Mr. Griffin, you came you could have

been home doing something else or enjoying the evening. So, I appreciate your comments. Thank you for being here. And again, Mr. Durkin, and I want to echo a little bit on uh what Mr. Nunez said. You have uh had a fabulous, fantastic, honoring career here in our district. Dedicated yourself as a teacher, an assistant and principal and a director.

And HR is not easy, so it's uh much appreciated. We're going to miss you. We thank you for the dedication and also the uh succession plan you have to make sure that the hard work and dedication that you have done and continue to do will continue to make sure that it's happening in our district. So, we appreciate you. We thank you and enjoy

your retirement. It's a blast. You You may end up doing something else, but it's still nice to be uh moving on to other things. We're going to miss you and we appreciate you, sir. And also with regarding our uh we're looking at our 250-year celebration. June is a big kickoff, especially coming up. Consider uh look at what the city of

Chino has on their website. I'll mention a couple things. The main one is our the 4th of July spectacular they're having on the 26th is a Friday and from I believe 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. and then on Saturday the 27th from 1:00 to 10:00. Get out there, get your families out there. It's a wonderful time, way to

connect and see people you haven't seen in a while. So, thank you guys and uh have a good night. >> Thank you, Mr. Cervantes. Dr. Enfield? >> And I I will jump into and and thank Mr. Durkin for all of his uh years of service in Chino Valley Unified School District. He's done a phenomenal job here. I know at every school site that

he was at the staff there all of them completely respected him and enjoyed having him help lead them and he's done a phenomenal job like in our district. Also a little bit about Mr. Durkin's. He actually was a I think assistant principal at the high school where my son attended and my nephew. So he did a phenomenal job over there too.

So when he applied to come to our district it was a no-brainer like we're going to we're going to definitely hire and and steal somebody else's talent and he's been a phenomenal talent here in our district and again Mr. Durkin thank you for your years of service and I wish you the best in retirement. Those are all my comments.

>> Thank you. And I'll just ditto. Thank you Mr. Durkin. I remember the first time I met you is when I was doing site visits and your socks are my favorite. Don't ever stop wearing those please. >> [laughter] >> They make everybody smile in a good way. I like your style but I also like your work ethics and thank you for keeping us

in check here in Chino Valley. We appreciate your hard work and dedication. And other than that I just really want to tell people to enjoy the memories in summer and a parent had reported to me that unfortunately we lost a retired teacher but Mrs. Fermontkis. I'm hoping I'm saying her name right. She was at Rolling Ridge. So

my heart goes out to her family and our community for that loss and we just wish them all the prayers in the world and the comfort that they need but we also want to thank her because I've heard she you know made a really big huge impact on a lot of children's lives here in the CBUSD family. So with that we'll just close in

honor of her at 6:22 p.m. I now adjourn the regular board meeting at 6:22 p.m.