Board of Education — May 4, 2023

May 4, 2023 Board of Education Meeting

Highlights

The board approved Ayala High School's Chloe Kubeldis as its 2023/2024 student member, and President Sonja Shaw administered the oath. 1 It discussed, without acting on, boundary options for Cal Aero Preserve Academy and the new Preserve School #2. 1 After Don Bridge pulled them from consent, it adopted resolutions honoring teachers and classified employees and a School Nurse Day proclamation, and it approved the rest of the consent calendar as amended. 12 In board communications, Shaw said she would work with Superintendent Norm Enfield on the best timing for a proposed policy. 3

🏆 Student recognition

Shaw presented certificates to William Sahagun, Danny Rodriguez, Nyla Barzaga, Zane Poulter, Gabriela Gandara and Rafael Gomez. 4 As read at the meeting, the honorees' plans included UC Irvine for robotics 5, West Point on a full-ride scholarship 5, Harvard on a full ride 6 and UCLA for bioengineering. 7 One honoree had perfect attendance since kindergarten 6, and another earned more credits in less time than any Boys Republic student in a decade. 7

🗺️ Cal Aero Preserve and Preserve School #2 boundaries

At the November 2022 groundbreaking, the Champion Newspapers reported the new school as a 12-acre, $100 million K-8 campus in The Preserve due to open for 2024-25, and noted that Cal Aero "has exceeded capacity." 8 The packet memo lists five boundary committee meetings, morning and evening community sessions at Cal Aero on four days, and a parent survey ranking four scenarios. 9

The minutes record that Jennifer Malixi addressed the board in support of option 1, and that district consultants Esau Joya of Davis Demographics and Bob Nicholson of Eric Hall & Associates presented the options against four objectives: bring Cal Aero's enrollment to a manageable level, remove portables to reclaim playground space, balance the two schools' enrollment by capacity with room for growth, and keep educational parity between them. 1

On the recording, Malixi introduced herself as a Cal Aero parent and teacher and a member of the boundary committee. 10 She called option 1 "the only option that meets these objectives," describing almost 1,700 students enrolled and over 1,300 on campus daily against a capacity of 900 10, with "hallway pods that are being used as classrooms." 10

As presented, Scenario 1 would leave about 952 K-8 students at Cal Aero and about 818 at the new school in 2024-25. 1112 The maps in the next meeting's packet put Cal Aero at between 1,114 and 1,343 under the other three scenarios, against a capacity of 900. 1212 That memo also reports that 54 percent of parent survey respondents and 80 percent of committee members chose Scenario 1. 12 From the dais came a question about why Scenario 1 drew such a large share 13 and regret that only "200 and something parents or residents" took part. 14

Staff said the board would decide at its May 18 meeting. 11 The May 18 minutes record that the board selected and approved Scenario No. 1. 15 This meeting's minutes note that James Na left at 6:57 p.m., after the boundary item. 1

🎓 Student board member

On a motion by Andrew Cruz, seconded by Bridge, the board approved Chloe Kubeldis as the 2023/2024 student member. 1 Per the packet, the seat rotates yearly and the new member is seated the following school year. 16 As introduced at the meeting, she was a junior at Ayala and its ASB executive board president, and served on the school site council. 1414

🍎 Recognition resolutions

Bridge pulled three items from consent for separate action. 1 Earlier, a correction read into the record replaced the Day of the Teacher resolution's stale date, "Tuesday, May 4, 2021," with "Wednesday, May 10, 2023." 1 The minutes record the Day of the Teacher/Día del Maestro resolution adopted as amended (moved by Cruz, seconded by Bridge), the Classified School Employee Week resolution for the week of May 21 (moved by Jon Monroe, seconded by Cruz), and the National School Nurse Day proclamation for May 10 (moved by Monroe, seconded by Bridge). 217 The packet notes the classified resolution recognizes more than 1,000 district classified employees. 17

✅ Consent calendar

The consent items, moved by Bridge and seconded by Cruz, were approved as amended. 1 Among them:

• Legal services: payment to Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo; Margaret A. Chidester & Associates; and Tao Rossini, APC 18, for March invoices totaling $69,069.35 and a 2022/2023 year-to-date total of $454,275.13. 19
• Juneteenth: the Cal Aero multi-track calendar and the 2023 summer instruction program were revised to make June 19 a holiday under AB 1655 2021, and the minutes record both revisions approved. 18
• New course: BST Student Ambassadors, a year-long leadership and advocacy course in Chino High's Biomedical Science and Technology Academy that meets the UC/CSU "G" elective 22, approved. 18
• Chino High reconstruction: change orders reducing three contracts by $132,182.06, $56,133.79 and $74,178.55 232425, with notices of completion, approved. 18
• Also approved: a student teaching, internship and fieldwork agreement with Cal Poly Pomona 2; Brandy Gambino as parent representative on the West End SELPA Community Advisory Committee; and one admission, one readmission and three expulsion cases. 18

📄 Information items

The board received a revision of Bylaw 9124, Legal Services, updated "to correspond with CSBA recommended language" 26, and revisions to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 6158, Independent Study, reflecting AB 181's changes to when tiered reengagement strategies are required. 27 It also received the county's Williams quarterly report on low-decile schools. 2

📊 Staff report: Teaching and Learning Task Force

Dr. Grace Park, Associate Superintendent, CIIS, gave the annual update. 4 She said the 2023-24 areas of emphasis would continue: essential standards 28, professional learning communities 28, and student engagement through collaborative communication. 29 On the recording, she put survey participation at 462 teachers 29 and 78 administrators 29, and said schools would join collaborative learning rounds to gauge the impact. 30

🗣️ Student, employee and public comment

Student representative Maya King congratulated Kubeldis, gave sports updates and marked May 1 as college decision day. 4 A.C.T. President Brenda Walker spoke about Teacher Appreciation Week and May 10 as California Day of the Teacher and National School Nurse Day; CSEA President Danny Hernandez thanked bus drivers and announced a May 13 CSEA car show. 4 CHAMP President Barbara Bearden noted Josh Reger's Region 12 Co-Administrator of the Year award and thanked families for getting students to CAASPP testing on time. 1

On items not on the agenda, the minutes list Chino Councilmember Curtis Burton, who announced community activities in May; Glory Ciccarelli, on her opinion of the board and superintendent; Virginia Renteria, on protecting kids; and Misty, on beliefs and stories based on individual perspectives. 1 The minutes record those subjects but not what was said, so individual remarks are not summarized here.

💬 Board communications

Bridge thanked King for her service as student member, reported on a West End SELPA art and writing show and district music performances, and said Ayala's orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall next year. 2 Cruz described a Don Lugo HS play, a special education dance, a drumline event and a track meet, flagged audio and snack-bar electricity problems at the track event, and read from a Judy Blume book he donated to Ramona JHS. 3 Monroe congratulated a Cattle ES teacher honored by Helpful Honda People and thanked Bridge for pulling the recognition items. 3 Enfield acknowledged teachers' work and thanked nurses and classified staff ahead of graduations. 3

Shaw reported a joint meeting with Chino Mayor Eunice Ulloa and city officials, a Washington, D.C. conference she attended with Monroe, and her goal of visiting every school site this year; King also thanked donors to a blood drive held for a classmate. 3 The minutes record Shaw speaking about what she learned in D.C. and the need for action on AB 1078, AB 665 and AB 659. 3 On the recording she said AB 1078 was meant "to prevent local school board control of books and curriculum" and that AB 665 "allows mental health professionals to remove a child from a home without parental permission" 31, and described AB 659 as "requiring that children get the HPV vaccine in order to attend public schools." 31 She said she was working toward "a policy that restores parental rights and involvement" 3131, under which the board would "strive to Foster trust between the district and parents and guardians." 31

For context: an Associated Press fact check in April 2023 said AB 665 would extend minors' existing right to consent to outpatient mental health counseling to Medi-Cal recipients and "contains no language" allowing removal from parents' custody. 32 The California School Boards Association reported that the governor signed AB 1078 on Sept. 25, 2023, letting complaints about limits on inclusive materials go directly to the State Superintendent. 33 As enacted in October 2023, AB 659 requires schools to notify sixth graders and their parents that they are "advised to follow" HPV immunization guidelines before eighth grade. 34

A parental notification policy, Board Policy 5020.1, appeared in the June 15 packet; its draft opens with nearly the same words: the board "strives to foster trust between the district and parent(s)/guardian(s)." 35 The July 20, 2023 minutes record its approval. 36

Closed session and adjournment

Closed session ran from 3:45 to 5:57 p.m. on litigation, student cases, labor negotiations, two appointments and the superintendent's evaluation 37; on existing litigation the board gave counsel direction. 4 Shaw adjourned the meeting at 7:44 p.m. 38