Board of Education — April 12, 2022

Well, welcome, everybody. I'd like to call this meeting to order, April 12th, Redlands Unified School District Board of Education. We're going to do a quick roll call. Patty Holian. Present. Melissa A. Alcantara.

Present.

I am present. Currently, we are missing two board members. We expect them momentarily. Do we have anybody for community input at this time?

No one for community input today.

Thank you very much. We'll be back at 7 p.m. At this point, we will adjourn the open session and go to closed session. This portion of the meeting is now adjourned. I'd like to call this meeting of the Board of Education to order. For April 12th, 7 p.m., it's our open session. At this time, I'd like you to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Trustee Alex Vara, would you lead us in the pledge, please?

Put 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, You may now be seated.

Thank you. For roll call, Patty Holihan.

Present.

Melissa Yalacantara.

Present.

Alex Farah. Present. Michelle Renner.

Present.

I would now call for approval of the minutes.

So moved.

Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.

Aye. Aye.

Aye. So opposed, aye, and so approved. Tonight for public participation, I would like to remind everybody that any member of the public may address the board on any agenda item before or during the board's consideration of the item. And number two, on any matter, not on the agenda, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board at the time provided on the agenda for public comment, provided the person submits a completed registration card to address the board form to the clerk of the board. I think she's at the back of the room. This is not meant to be a debating period. Complaints and problems relating to policy matters will be referred to the Superintendent. We'd ask that the person wishing to address the board shall when recognized step up to the podium and announce his or her name. And if known, your trustee area. The chairperson shall, in the interest of facilitating the business of the board, limit the amount of time which a member of the public may use in addressing the board to three minutes, unless the chairperson or a majority of the board determines that a different time limit is appropriate. There's a timing device on the podium there, and when the yellow light comes on, that's a 30-second warning, and then the red light comes on, that'll mean that your three minutes are up. Board of Education receives this agenda and other pertinent information on the Friday prior to the meeting. The board, therefore, has had an opportunity to review all of this material over the weekend prior to taking any action. So welcome. I see somebody at the podium, so go right ahead.

Hi, everyone. My name is Amanda Morrison, and I am currently a student at Redlands East Valley High School and a very active member of the student body at REV. Mr. Matt Fashinpour, or what we call him Fash, has been my ASB teacher for the past two years and several years before me. About a month ago, we found out that our administration is unjustly removing him from the position due to a personnel issue, but still keeping him as the AP calculus teacher. We all were left very confused and still do not understand why they would want to do that to us. I've watched Fash do so much for the teachers, students, and administrators at REV. I want to take this time to appreciate some of the little things I have noticed throughout my time with FASH. Whenever we have a rally FASH is there until 11 to 12 p.m. at night to make sure everything gets set up how we want it. During our homecoming week FASH wasn't able to leave school until around 9 or 10 o'clock p.m. and then staying for rally set set up at the end of the week. Throughout this year some of our teachers and administrators have gone through some of the some tough times, so ASB decides to chip in some money to get them some sort of gift to help them get through it. However much we are able to make total, Fash will match it and donate that total amount out of his own pocket to help our Wildcat family. But those things are not even half of what he does here at REV for us. One of Fash's favorite quotes is that you don't have to work a day in your life if you love your job. And Fash definitely loves his job, seeing as he works like crazy and doesn't have much time for himself, being our ASB teacher, the golf coach, teaching five periods a day when he is only supposed to be teaching four, doing whatever he can for REV just so that admin could fire him over something he loves to do after all he has done for them. Removing him from this position is only going to hurt REV and it will be extremely difficult to find someone who could nearly live up to FASH. I would like to ask that admin reconsider their decision on behalf of the teachers and students at REV. Thank you all for listening to me and for your time.

Thank you for your input.

Hi, everyone. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Brooklyn Rios. I'm a three-year ASB member and have had the pleasure of knowing FASH for most of my life. I am currently the lead commissioner of advertising and marketing and will be next year's senior president. I stand before you all today to plead that you reconsidered the decision to remove FASH as the 2022-2023 ASB advisor. With this change, I can confidently say that not having FASH as our advisor next year will be the biggest disservice to next year's senior class, ASB, and the student body. As a member of ASB, my job is to advocate for the student body and for those who cannot advocate for themselves. This is a lesson I was taught by Fash himself before my first day of freshman year. He has always made decisions that will positively impact the greater majority of students, and he treats each individual with the utmost respect. He is a positive role model to all students, and I can confidently say he is the teacher I trust most to support my goals and aspirations. He has taught me and members of the student body that quitting is never an option, and you should work hard for what you want. He advocates for students that are not his own and it would be a terrible shame if my peers did not receive the opportunity to grow and prosper under his leadership. As next year's senior president, my goal is to advocate for the class of 2023. It is abundantly clear that our class has endured so much change and hardship throughout the last three years due to COVID. And with all these changes, Fash has always remained consistent. He has always done everything in his power to say yes and create the best possible high school experience for us, despite us missing out on so much. As our class finally moves into receiving what might be our first and only normal year of high school, it is extremely shocking and disappointing to know we will have to endure yet another change. Fash has run this program for eight years and knows all the inner workings of our school. He has created a family amongst our class and has instilled hard work, community service, and compassion for others into all of us. As a student who has never seen a traditional school year, I rely heavily on Fash for historical purposes about how ASB is supposed to be operated. Finally, there is not a single person on campus who cares about the ASB class as much as FASH. He's the only person who's qualified to lead our class because of his ability to empower students and teach us valuable lifelong lessons. I implore all of you to strongly reconsider this short-sighted decision and reinstate FASH as our advisor. If the goal of our school is to benefit the students, as you say, I ask why it is reasonable to take away one of the teachers in this district who has left such a positive impact on the lives of others. Thank you for your time.

Thank you for your input.

Hi, my name is Marin Moore, and I will be next year's executive president. I'm here to read a speech on behalf of the 2020 executive president, Jack Tatro, who's unable to be here because of academic conflicts. It was recently brought to my attention that Mr. Fashionpour has been relieved of his duties as ASP advisor for the 2022 2023 school year. As a former student of REV high school and a four year ASB president I'm both shocked and disappointed by the seemingly careless and abrupt decision. While I acknowledge that I'm blind to the inner workings of the professional nature of the school I think it is important for you all as administration to recognize the perspective of the students who have shared relationships with FASH and I've witnessed firsthand his love loyalty and commitment for our school. Upon my arrival to REV Fash was the first staff member that made an effort to personally introduce himself to me and made me feel welcome and comfortable in a new environment. Fash did more for me than delegate tasks. He instilled in me the values of hard work, honesty, commitment, loyalty, and respect. He truly exemplifies what it means to be a leader. Never once did he back down from a challenge. Never once did he leave his student behind. Never once was he late for an event. Never once did he give less than 100% of himself for the advancement of the student culture at REV. I can say with full confidence that the manner in which FASH led inspired me to heighten my aspirations and commit to my work to achieve my goals. I cannot stress enough to you that that will be the pure love FASH has for our school that will be impossible to replace. Over the past few days I've seen enormous support from FASH from the REV community. Across social media there have been numerous petitions from both current and former students and families in support of FASH's retention of the ASB advisor position. I think it is important for this administration as a team to recognize how quickly this community put aside the responsibilities of our everyday lives to rally behind Fash. I personally would not have reached out if I felt he was unfit for the job. I would not have reached out if he had not been such an impactful part of my life. Most importantly, I would have not reached out if I did not think he made REV a place I hold dear to my heart, a better place to learn and grow. I implore you all to please listen to those who are reaching out to you in support of Fash. The role that he plays in ASB and our community is profound and irreplaceable. Thank you for your time and please reconsider this decision.

Thank you for your input.

Hello, good evening.

What was that? My name is Jeff Bounds, B-O-U-N-D-S, and I'm a board certified neurologist. And I'm a teacher and a practicing neurologist. I'm speaking on behalf of children for the mandate issue. A vaccine should be safe and it should be effective. If we look at the safety of the vaccine, there's several things we can approach. One is, does it protect you from being infected a second time or a first time? We can talk to Jan Psaki about that, President Biden's press secretary. She was double vax. She had the booster. And now two weeks ago, she had COVID again in Israel. 82% of the patients that were admitted for COVID-related phenomena have been double vax and boosted. It doesn't work. It doesn't work in children. It doesn't work in adults. We are at more risk if we have been vaccinated I'm sorry, the unvaccinated are at greater risk than the vaccinated. When you've got a group of people together, the vaccinated spew out much more virus particles than the unvaccinated. You've probably heard that the problem is not as severe if you've already been vaccinated, if you should get it again. That's a fallacy. Now, what are the risks? You're aware that the spike protein, which is the core issue of the vaccine, goes to all areas of the body. It goes to the heart, particularly in young boys. Myocarditis and pericarditis are the issues. What does that cause? It causes shortness of breath, chest pain. As we get older, what does it do? It likely dilates the heart. It puts us at risk for myocardial infarction and sudden death. When we see a sudden death patient, everyone throws up their hands. Well, what could it be due to? My first question is when were they vaxxed and when were they boosted? Another issue is the brain. The brain is hit with these spike proteins. They cause encephalopathy. They will cause seizures, stroke, and probably dementia. We won't know for a few years. The last thing I have time to talk about is the fertility issue. Spike protein goes to ovaries. It goes to the gonads. And when that occurs, we have no idea what's going to happen to that child years from now. In 10 years, are they going to be fertile? Are they going to be able to procreate?

Or not? I'm sorry. Your time has expired. Thank you.

Thank you.

Alright, first of all, I want to congratulate you guys for your bravery for hiding behind the screen instead of being here. But besides that, I wasn't- I was gonna write a long speech or whatever, but instead I'll just say it straightforward. You guys have been indoctrinating us since about, I don't know, five years old. And none of the parents in here really know what is happening because most kids won't tell because you've taught us we shouldn't really say anything to our parents. And you guys are hiding saying, everyone, please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. When you guys in school are pushing stuff like white people are born racist and that we shouldn't have opinions because black people are oppressed. When the ironic part about that thing is too, you guys actually have a club at most schools where they celebrate black history and they teach you about white and how white people are bad. So that part's kind of ironic. But also you guys, which is this is borderline pedophilia and disgusting that you guys teach us it's okay to have hormone walkers or that we should come out with our sexuality. And you're not even just giving us the option. You're really more encouraging us to do it for your political agenda, which is absolutely disgusting. And it's at borderline pedophilia again. So you guys need to do one of two things, step down because you guys are tyrants. or you need to actually try to change stuff instead of just hiding behind a screen. I closed my case.

Good evening, trustee members. My name is Heidi Stitzman, and I reside in trustee area number four. I'm speaking tonight out of concern for my children who attend Highland Grove Elementary. Recently, my fifth-grade daughter asked me what the word pervert meant. When I asked her where she heard that word, she replied it was read aloud to her in her classroom from the teacher out of the book he chose to read to them and also have them read to themselves during class. Upon further research of this book, I was greatly disturbed to find out that this book deals with spousal abuse, murder, violence, and inappropriate sexual references, including the aforementioned word. This was brought first to the teacher's attention, who responded at first trying to defend the book to my disgust, then to the principal's attention. The principal looked into it and advised the teacher to better vet what he chooses to read to the students. She assured me it would be removed from the reading list and agreed on its inappropriate material being wrong for the students. My concern is over just what and who is approving these books as being appropriate to read to these young students. What's even more disturbing is that my daughter today said the teacher is still giving kids the option in the class to read the book with their parents' permission. If this book is deemed inappropriate and supposedly removed from the approved reading material, then why is it still something he's still offering to them to read? What the teachers need is better oversight and the ability to judge what they're presenting to our children within the classroom. I shouldn't have to worry about them hearing these kind of words and reading about this kind of subject material. Do be concerned. Angry that this situation has occurred and it would be in our students best interest if this issue of Proper material approval was more thoroughly vetted and considered more thoughtfully regarding their content.

Thank you Thank you Hi, my name is candy This is really funny how you guys are hiding behind this screen here You know, it's just really ironic because we think about you know You're so scared that you that a couple moms were coming towards you with papers you know this they had a handful of papers that were clearly shown and And that was so scary that now we have this big barrier that we can't be in the same room physically. Which is very interesting to me because it didn't matter at all if we had terrified, depressed, lonely, isolated children with those masks suffocating their faces for two years. You guys didn't care. You didn't care that they were sad. You didn't care that they cried. I didn't hear that, but we heard one of y'all almost cried the other night because some moms approached you with some papers. And then, how the left does, oh, it's all about race, right? It has to be about race. Well, you know, little did we know that y'all were Hispanic that we served. We hadn't even thought of it, because that's how it is when you're on the right side. Conservatives don't care about race. We didn't even notice that. And the lady who was serving you was Hispanic herself. But you guys didn't think of that. When you started flinging this race around the city that we all heard about, I heard about through my dental hygienist. We all heard through all areas of the city that you guys were talking about the race card, that we're racist, when we hadn't even looked at your race to think of it. So I think that is something. We judge people by the content of their character and how you have been, how you've treated our children, how you have been acting for our kids. That's what we care about. Also, it's against the law for you to try to deter people to serve you paperwork. It's actually illegal. So you should think about that next time you try certify lettering people that because they're trying to defend their children's rights. You can't try to deter them to serve you paperwork. I mean, that's totally illegal. Also, one last thing about the whole vaccine and hiding behind the CDPH, you know, it's all this, oh, nope, not, can't do it. It's, you know, it's a state-run school. Got nothing to do with it. If CDPH says we've got to do it, we've got to do it, right? It's not in our hands. Step back. Consider for a moment. If CDPH came down and said, in order for the children to attend, they have to cut off each child's left hand. Okay, that's crazy, right? That's totally insane. What would you do? What would you all do? This is the question I want you to go home and please think about. What would you do in a crazy world if that happened?

Thank you. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Zachary Olson. I'm here today to ask you to defend the rights of the kids in the school district. I'm talking about the bill in Sacramento SB 871 requiring students K through 12 to be vaccinated regardless of the FDA approval, personal belief statement, and very few medical exemptions. You're probably aware of this, but are you aware of the 769 professional athletes that have collapsed while competing over the last year? This is unheard of. And I don't think it's a coincidence. Almost all the athletes that collapsed were vaccinated. This is just the sports world. There are many deaths and injuries all over the world. But we don't hear about this because the mainstream media doesn't talk about it because it doesn't fit their agenda. My point is that the vaccine isn't safe and who knows the long-term's effects. Besides, it is very rare for a kid to die from COVID. And you can disagree with me, that's fine. But I'm asking you to do the right thing and allow the parents to decide what is best for their child Thank you for your input Hello Barden, my name is Nicole.

I'm a mother of two kids in the Redland school district and Ate to be the bearer of bad news, but closing schools, distant learning, masks, and vaccination was not beneficial for our kids' education. 110,000 students have left California public schools this year. You're not doing your job. As per the supervisor's budget analysis last month, he showed the last five years the trending of you losing students every year. But your budget's still not going down. You're not doing your job. I want you to stop trying to make any health decisions for my kids. Never again make our kids wear masks. No more mandatory vaccinations, including COVID, HPV, or meningitis, anything new on the agenda. But let me tell you what something you can do. How can you help my kids be healthy? The low equity schools have been the most impacted. They're the furthest behind. Allow salad bars back at the school. I can't believe I have to ask you to do that. Eliminate processed foods on the lunch menu. The other day, my kids came home. The options on the menu include hot dogs, corn dogs, breadsticks. You are applying no nutritional value for our kids, for their brain, for their immunity, for their heart. If you are going to approach health and say you are worried about our kids' health after I've taken care of them at their most delicate stage, you want to step in when they're old enough to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom by themselves, It's unacceptable. Teach basic cooking skills. We know the most healthiest people cook at home. You don't need a stove or a knife. You can make overnight oatmeal. Imagine how much fun a kid would have being stirring all the ingredients, nutrients. At last month's board meeting, it was documented there were 25,000 VAERS deaths from COVID on the website. This is a government website that stands for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, VAERS.HHS.gov. As of Friday, there now are 29,129 deaths. That's over a 3,000 increase since I spoke to you last month. You are crazy if you think I'm going to allow you to give my kid or mandate one other vaccination.

I'm sorry your time is up, but thank you for your input.

Hello. I first want to thank all the parents that went more into depth than I will have time for tonight with all the issues that I'm very passionate about, including nutrition.

Your name, please.

I'm Christine Collinsworth and I'm here tonight to address the board's cowardly behavior. We parents have been through hell the last two years. Our children have been through hell. Whether it doesn't matter how you feel about politics, we can all agree on that. We all know that's a fact. All the parents who have been fighting for medical freedom and the values we believe in have been slandered, smeared, and vilified. We have had threats and attempts of intimidation. Now we have the board attempting to intimidate us. us parents who love our children, we love our children too much to cower to the radical left here in town. Okay? If you thought you could intimidate me, I'm so sorry, but you have the wrong person. I am unapologetic. I am not sorry you were uncomfortable with a loving mother handing you a stack of papers. I am not sorry you were afraid. This is not my problem. I have every right to serve my board, as you even stated in your cease and desist letter that was certified, not signature guaranteed, by the way. Spend the extra couple dollars next time. This is such a joke. We are parents who will never back down. There is nothing that would deter us from protecting our children or America with our last breath. Even if I homeschool my child next year, I will be here speaking at every meeting in defense of children who are not even mine. And I will be encouraging other parents to stay strong. All of our grievances have been ignored by you all. Instead of supporting concerned parents, you double down and wage war against us. RUSD has broken the law. Although mandates change, the law hasn't. Ed code has not changed. You have refused in-person education for students, and there will be consequences. I want you to think really, really hard about your next moves.

Thanks for your input. Is there anyone else wishing to address the board? There you are.

No, it's just me. We have no more public comment.

All right. Thank you. We'll move on to our agenda item. We have no public hearing scheduled for tonight. We have no presentations scheduled for tonight. And we don't have a student representative report, so we'll move to board member committee reports. We'll start with the cry-rop. Patty.

Tomorrow night is our PI-ROT meeting, so I have no report. I will report out next week, or next meeting.

Next meeting, okay. Redlands Compact, Michelle.

The meeting was last week. The officers of each club evaluated the dinner next Thursday. The kids thought it went really well, and I'll say the students did a tremendous job introducing the adults at their tables. They talked about getting sponsors next year for the dinner. It was a little bit costly this year. Their award tonight, the CV Bistro. Multiply your generosity projects. Their written reports for their project are due on the 22nd of April. They will have mock interviews or actually they were already held last week and our next meeting is May 3rd and it will be held at CD.

Thank you. I'm sorry I didn't catch the awards night for compact what was that?

Their awards night May 18th.

At where? Oh, CB, okay. Thank you.

Meeting that night.

What's that?

We just made a meeting that night.

Yeah, we just, oh, we did, we scheduled a meeting that night. Okay. Yeah, we might have to check that calendar date for that. So let's continue. REP Foundation, Melissa.

Yes. The Harlem Wizards tickets are on sale now. The event is Friday, April 22nd at REV at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6. Save money to buy and buy online early because the price does go up at the door. There are also online only options for reserved and courtside seats, courtside plus seats. so if interested, and I hope everybody is please go to repforschools.com and Go ahead and purchase your tickets, okay?

Should be exciting very fun event for sure Cultural Arts Commission I haven't met yet, so Let you know we meet again Parks and Rec I had the March meeting and welcomed a new student commissioner Muse Choi

And they have a meeting this Thursday.

OK. Sandabs.

No report at this time.

OK. Delegate assembly, we have something coming up. Let me get this real quick here. I believe it was, well, I didn't bring that piece of paper out. But the county is having a virtual recognition. I believe that's on the 28th of this month. Is that right, Heidi? Is that ring a bell? I'll make sure everybody knows that. But it's a virtual program. And they're going to be giving the Medal of Honor to different people throughout the county. So I'll make sure everybody gets that in an email. And Jason, I was unable to attend the coalition for the Rebs Stadium. Do you have any update for that?

Yeah, we received.

Item 9, superintendent's report.

Good evening members of the board and members of the audience. Just a few things to report out since the last time that we were together. First of all, big thanks to Mr. Tim Roxford for hosting once again the yearly celebration at the flag at a very first grade students from Kingsbury to come and honor the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance and spend an afternoon playing and being involved in activities on that beautiful property there. As you know, the impetus behind the celebration is that Mary Bakler, who was a teacher at Kingsbury from 1921, is attributed as being the person that passed the expectation in law to have the Pledge of Allegiance done in every single classroom on every single day. So that's really cool. situation has started here at Redlands and so to honor the teacher, the moment of course our great flag, Mr. Rochford provides this opportunity. Kids have lunch, parents are there, it's a good event so hopefully in the future more folks can attend but Mayor Paul Barich was there, Police Chief Chris Catron was there, New Fire Chief Rich Sessler was there, City Manager Charles Dugan was there, just to name a few of the dignitaries. to meet some of the leaders in the city. I also want to extend a congratulations to the Redlands High School Academic Decathlon Team. The last time we were together, if you recall, they had been invited to the state championship, and were about ready to compete that weekend. Well, that weekend has come and passed. And we are proud to say that they finished 10th at the state competition level. When you think about the number of high schools that are in the state of California, Coming in second in the county, 10th in the state, is an amazing accomplishment. So congratulations to the young people and students on the academic team at the RHS. Quite an accomplishment. I want to let you know that on April 22nd, the San Marino County Schools will be presenting their multi-link positive impact on our English language learners. And this year we have five employees from the Redlands Unified School District being recognized. Sandra Miller, who is a teacher at Mission, Darren Espinosa, who is a teacher at REV, Brian Rice, who is a teacher at RHS, Carolyn Brooks, who is a teacher at Franklin, and Marlene Ocampo, who is a parent professional, will be recognized on the 22nd for their outstanding service to our English language learners. I'm also looking forward to Thursday night for the Teachers of Excellent event, which is hosted by the Redlands, CA stake of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints. We have also five recipients who are being recognized that evening. Danielle Day from Lagonia Elementary, Douglas Porter from REV, Leslie Canales from Crafton, John Smith from McKinley, and Ryan Flair I also want to give a shout out and kudos to our Human Resources Department and all of the RUSD staff that participated at our bus driver recruitment event that was hosted this last Saturday at Redlands High School. It was our effort to attempt to recruit bus drivers, which is an important and crucial role as part of our day-to-day operations. of getting kids to school in a safe and a happy manner. And so we had many representatives from HR, from our bus driving department that were there interviewing folks, providing information, recruiting, providing information to hopefully get them ready to fill some of our vacancies for our transportation. My wife and I and my kids showed up there after basketball extravaganza at the YMCA And there was a kid zone. So Sabine, thank you for providing a family atmosphere. Kids who showed up with their parents there, got their face painted, their hands painted, there was treats and all kinds of fun stuff. So it was kind of a family event. So Sabine, kudos to you for putting that together and making it a family event. Also proud to announce that the Reynolds Unified School District will once again be hosting the UC Davis C-STEM Conference. Over the years, we've held it over at University of Reynolds. This year, University of Reynolds was not available. Luckily, the San Rio County School of Education County Schools has provided the Dorothy Ingram Center so that we could host the C-STEM And for those in the audience who don't understand what C-STEM is, it's our computer science program that has been built into our math curriculum to give kids a different opportunity to learn math, which sometimes they struggle in just a traditional setting. So that will be happening on Thursday the 21st. I've been invited to be part of a panel of superintendents to discuss with the audience why we use C-STEM, why it's important, what the data is showing in terms of improved grades. improved outcomes. I know Dr. Wagner will also be present doing a presentation about the implementation and the importance of C-STEM and how we train teachers on the campus, so we're very much involved in that symposium coming up. I'm also very pleased to announce that we had scheduled one last week and one tomorrow, last week at COPE, tomorrow at Beatty Middle School, inviting in Diane Cranley, who is a leading expert on sexual abuse prevention, first parent training evening last Wednesday, and we'd like to invite more parents to come out tomorrow. From six to eight o'clock at Beatty Middle School, Diane Crannell will be talking about how to identify grooming behaviors of adults on children. It's very informative, it is a very serious topic, but it is important for all of us to know how to identify those behaviors so that we can address them prior to them becoming a serious matter. Please invite any member of the community to come on out and be a part of that. Again, that's tomorrow from six to eight at Beatty Middle School. I was also proud to represent the district last week as well as Jason Hill at the City of Highlands Chamber of Commerce award event held at the ELFS Club in San Bernardino. And the purpose of us being there, of course, is our support and partnership that we have with the chamber, but also because one of our own, Kari Hill, who's a teacher over at Citrus Valley High School, is part of the chamber and represents the district on the board. And this coming year has been selected as the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. So we were there to root her on and congratulate her for continuing to build this partnership between the district and the city of Highland and all the businesses there. And just to let the board know, coming up later this month, I will be representing the district on the 21st at the Crafton Hills 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner. So I've been invited as a special guest, President Kevin Horan, so I will be there. Sitting next to Kevin during this great event and then also on April 23rd. I've been invited by mr. Garner Holt as his guest to attend the themed entertainment award show held at the Disneyland Hotel on the 23rd and Garner Holt will be receiving an award from his industry the industry of entertainment for the inspirational attraction award for the animaker spaces that he has Worked in partnership with districts mostly rather We have four we have four of his animaker spaces, but he's being recognized for that So I will be representing the district on that evening So a lot of good things to celebrate and we're happy to be a part of and that's all I have for tonight.

Thank you Fantastic. Thank you I apologize, but board members, I skipped a couple of emails that were intended to be for public comment. So if it's OK with everybody, I'd like to go back to the public comment and read those emails, if that's all right. I apologize. So Alyssa, if you'll time me for three minutes, we'll go ahead. So these are, I have three emails. Superintendent Arellano and members of the board, I respectfully request that the school's administration provide an explanation why they have chosen to remove Mr. Matthew Fachhampore from his position as ASB director effective the end of the 2021-22 school year. To all of the students and parents impacted by this decision. No transition plan for the 22-23 school year has been provided to students and parents, and the regular ASB summer camp event, where incoming students get connected through team building and event planning, is now in jeopardy, leaving the entire student body feeling abandoned by the school's administration. Mr. Fashinpur or Fash, as he is known, has been steadfast constant for students, Excuse me, a steadfast constant for students dealing with not only the normal stress of high school, but a global pandemic, the uncertainties of distance learning, and a champion for supporting all the great activities REV has to offer students, sacrificing countless hours outside of work to ensure REV students are provided a safe and inclusive environment to grow. ASB students learn much about government under Mr. Fashionpour and are challenged daily to be critical thinkers and problem solvers, learning skills that will help them be productive members of society upon graduation. The ongoing show of support for Mr. Fashionpour underscores the respect students and parents have for his leadership of ASB and the devastation they feel due to the lack of transparency and the poor manner in which the school's administrators have handled the situation. Many parents and students have reached out to Principal Clary voicing concerns over the unilateral decision to remove Mr. Fashonpour with complete disregard for input from the ASB student body. However, Mr. Clary has declined to provide transparency in the matter or substantive support for his decision. Requests submitted to Reynolds Unified School District are met with a similar response, with parents being redirected to Mr. Clary for comment. The district has a longstanding history of withholding information and is party to multiple lawsuits involving the mishandling of information and student endangerment. And the refusal to address this issue is in direct conflict with the district's policy for improved transparency with parents. I look forward to your response at this evening's board meeting. Brent Jones. OK. You ready for the second one? Dear superintendent and board members of RUSD, I'm writing this letter to you today as a frustrated and saddened parent of RUSD graduate class of 2019 and of a current student class of 2023. Last month, I was disappointed to learn that the principal of Redlands East Valley High School, Mr. Robert Cleary, has relieved the ASB director of his ASB duties for the 22-23 school year. This news was very upsetting because I know first hand what an impact Mr. Fashunpur, Fash as he is commonly referred to, has on his students. He is a well respected teacher by the students and by other teachers and staff members. His class size is practically double what normal class sizes are and yet he can channel the students energy for good while still teaching them and helping them grow as individuals. In the stories I have heard from my children and their friends, Fash sets expectations for his students and they know him. They don't cross the line on those rules and they get stuff accomplished. If there is an issue, he encourages the students to work it out on their own while providing sufficient guidance and guardrails. He provides ways to grow by empowering the students to accept the leadership roles without micromanaging and by supporting them to the best of his ability. As a parent, I couldn't ask for anything more. I trust Fash with my children and look forward to the next year with him as the ASB director. These kids spend a lot of time on campus, especially during homecoming week and before rallies. I have always felt that he puts the best interest of all kids first and I trust him to ensure that the campus is safe and the children are safe during those events. In fact, during homecoming, when the students were working on their floats in the auto shop as a parent, I feel that this was the best and safest place on campus to work and I appreciate him securing the location. That self contained area brought so much peace to me as a parent. He had various advisors monitoring them in the evenings when they worked. My understanding is that this might have caused an issue at the time the students mentioned a problem with the location being cleared out and reflecting on it. Perhaps this is the basis for why we are. We are where we are today. I would urge you to investigate this in more detail. I believe everyone can agree that the pandemic caused COVID and the subsequent rules, mandates, and madness have been a disruption to not only ourselves, but to our children. It has caused illness, depression, anxiety, and so much more. Speaking only of the high school age kids, and in particular, my child who is currently a junior, they haven't had one regular school year in their high school career. Last weekend, they celebrated at prom 22. The Board did receive that email, all these emails. This one was from Connie Rios, Reb High School parent. Okay, final email is from Michelle Derry. Your Board of Trustees is Superintendent Arellano. I am emailing to express my family's desire for Mr. Matthew Fashinpour to be reinstated as ASB Director for the 22-23 school year. As you are aware, there has been an outpouring of support from students and parents alike to keep Fashion Poire's AFD directed. Mr. Fashion Poire is a remarkable and beloved teacher and mentor, the type of role model that makes a lasting impression, the kind of teacher one remembers 20 years from now. We all had teachers like this in high school. They inspire students to be their best. Mr. Fashion Poire has helped my son be independent, resourceful, self-reliant, and confident. Under his leadership, the kids prosper. Why he is not allowed to continue in this role is a troubling mystery to everyone, and I implore the board to look into this decision. There must be other options. This is not just another personnel decision. It is the decision that impacts our kids negatively. During COVID, Mr. Fashonpour was there for the kids. He supported them. He talked to them. He treats them with dignity and respect, and so they respect him. I will never forget the kindness he showed my son during these dark times. Instead of being appreciated for his service, he is abruptly told he will no longer be ASB director with little explanation provided. Parents have called the districts to do this lead a peaceful protest. Does this mean nothing? This decision to remove Fashampore has left parents and kids feeling demoralized and concerned about the administration's judgment. He's an example of excellence, yet he has been treated the opposite. I ask the board to discuss this decision and see if there's another option to removing Mr. Fashampore. Sincerely, Michelle Derry, parent of Kirsten. That completes the email request for input to our meeting tonight. So back to our agenda in order, superintendent's recommendations. So for under business service consent items, item number 11, I would ask for a motion to approve all consent items detailed in 11B to 11B.

So Luke, is there any additions or corrections though?

Yeah, I probably should ask that, shouldn't I? Any additions or corrections, Jason?

No additions or corrections.

And I will go ahead and continue my motion.

Thank you for bringing that up, former Madam President. Did you move? Did you motion that? I'll second. And Melissa seconds. Any discussion on any of those items?

I just want to say one thing. Go ahead. After touring the Central Kitchen, when I did that a few months back, I'm just really happy to see money being put in for improvements. With all the meals they provide daily for all our students, the adults knew and getting more stuff in there. If you haven't been to that kitchen, you should go and look at it. What they do in there is amazing.

Thank you for sharing that. Any other discussion? All right, call for the vote. All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye, so approved. Let's go to our service action items, item number 12. A, approve the 2022-23 Board of Education meeting dates. I have a motion to approve. So moved.

Second.

Discussion. Patty, did you want to bring up that?

Yes, I would like to see if we can change our date in November because it is the day that we're meeting is election day on November 8th.

So on the schedule, on the calendar for next year's meetings, November 8 is a scheduled board meeting, but it is also election day.

Correct.

Yes.

So either input from the previous or after the 15th would work.

Alex, what do you think on that? Push it off the election day? It's scheduled for November 8th on the schedule. Can we do a week before? What would that be, the first?

My recommendation was either to pull the 8th or go ahead and do the prior one. So probably the 15th then.

Yeah we only have or we could skip it all together.

Do we have two in November or just one? Just one.

We only have the one meeting in November.

We can move it to the 15th that'd be great.

Okay. Yeah. Michelle, you all right with that?

I vote for that.

So will, do you want to restate your motion with that?

Yes.

Correction.

So.

Will you move to approve the calendar with the.

Yeah, I'm gonna, I didn't. With that. Move to approve it, but I will move to approve the 22-2023 meeting calendar. taking out November the 8th and including November 15th, 2022. All right.

That's a good catch.

Is there a second? Second. Okay. Any further discussion on that? Second would be good, Superintendent Arellano. All right. Thank you. All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

And Chair votes aye. So that is approved. Yeah, that was a good catch, Patty. Thank you for that. B, 12B, adopt resolution number 35-2021-2022, resolution to authorize temporary borrowing between funds of the school district. I have a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second. Any discussion? Hearing none, call for the vote. All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye, so approved. Letter C, adopt resolution number 37-20-21-22, resolution continuing authority to hold virtual meetings pursuant to AB 361.

So moved.

Second. Any discussion?

When does this go away?

This just covers our bases. Hopefully, we'll get back to the meetings in public.

Does this ever go away, this AB 361?

It does eventually sunset.

Yeah, it's in the 2023 school. I think it's January 2023.

OK, I'll call for the vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Chair votes aye, so adopted. All right, we'll move to ed services. Dr. Wagner, any additions, corrections?

So I'll take a motion to approve items 13b to 13n.

Second. Any discussion?

I'll call for the vote. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye, consent items approved. On our action items, we'll take each one of these. 14A, approve the implementation of the student trustee concept to begin in the 22-23 school year. So moved.

Second.

Any discussion? I'm excited for our students to have not only a voice, but a participatory voice. I think that will be really exciting for our students and for us as well.

I'd like to thank Mr. O'Neill and Mrs. Aila Patero for doing the subcommittee on this. Thank you guys for all your work on this.

I think our work is just beginning.

I know, but you started it.

Yeah, but it'll be great. Thank you, Patty. All right. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye. Aye.

Chair votes aye. So approved. Yay. Adopt resolution number 36-2021-2022. Resolution in support of AB 1703, Ramos, the California Indian Education Act to encourage ongoing collaborative relationships with local tribes to further Native American student achievement and establish positive and inclusive collaborative relationships with district Native American families.

So moved.

Second. Discussion? OK. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye.

So adopted.

Letter C, approve the panel explosion regarding student 2021-2022 022 expulsion through the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year. So moved.

Second.

Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye. So approved. Dr. Robertson-Phillips, for human resources, do you have any corrections, additions, changes?

No.

All right. So I will take a motion to approve all consent items as detailed in items 15b to 15e. I'll move. Second. Oh, you can have that.

That's good for you.

busy. I'll call for the vote. All those in favor say aye.

Aye. Aye.

So approved. For the action items, I think we're okay to take items A through H. There's no objection. I'm saying that I think, you know.

If we can, then we can.

I think we can.

Then let's do it. I'll move.

All right. I'll second. OK, you second it. Go ahead. Any discussion on any of those? Lot of good work, lot of hard work. Appreciate it. It's a good thing. All right, I'll call for the vote. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye. All approved. I have something to read out. In regard to the public employee appointment part of the agenda, I would like to report the following. In closed session, the board took action to appoint Cynthia Camper to the position of Elementary Assistant Principal, Victoria Elementary School, effective to be determined at year four of the management team salary schedule with the following vote. Ayala Quintero, Holohan, O'Neill, Redler, Varro, all voting aye. In closed session, the board also took action to appoint Lori Jacobs to the position of Elementary Assistant Principal, Arreo Verde Highland Grove Elementary Schools, effective April 18th, 2022, at year two of the management team salary schedule with the following vote. Ayala Quintero, Holohan, O'Neill, Redler, Varro, voting aye. In closed session, the board also took action to appoint David Monaco to the position of Technology Services Manager, effective to be determined at year one of the management team salary schedule, with the following votes. Ayala Quintero, Holohan, O'Neill, Rendler, Varrock, all voting aye. In regard to the public employee discipline dismissal release part of the agenda, in closed session, I would like to report the following. In the closed session, the board took action to terminate the employment of classified employee 2021-22-02, effective April 13, 2022. Swing to the Education Code Section 45123 and direct the superintendent or designee to send out appropriate legal notices with the following vote. Ayala Quintero-Johann, O'Neill, Redler, voting aye. Our next item is item 17. We have a discussion item. Student trustee, look. We have a short handout, a little bit to discuss here on that. Find my paper. Here we go. So our concept is approved. So look at discussion item. This is a timeline, open to discussion, but here's what we need to do is get rolling. We need to open an application window. And so we need to talk to principals and get the word out, Christine, that the window is open. We did have a little description about their roles and responsibilities. Melissa and I have some information on that. And we'll get that ready to have principals kind of look at that. The 18th is just a guideline. We might not make that. It's pretty quick. It's like next week. And I doubt if we can get that early. But when I typed this up, you know, So it's like a challenge high hopes, you know, we put it out there and then we've got something to work toward But I feel like we probably need to have the process That process done by the end of April because then we have to screen Applications and we have just let kids know that their interview is going to be coming up and then the week of May 16th interview the top three candidates, so I What's your feeling about how we're going? Do we want the principals to make that sole decision? Do board members want to be involved in part of that process and making a decision? Seems like we should be. Well, that's what the discussion is about. Michelle thinks we should be part of that selection process.

I think we should. I agree. OK. But I would ask that we move that to the next week, if we could.

Well, dates here are very fluid. Don't worry so much about the dates. But we have to get close to these dates, because we're running out of time. School's going to end. We'll never capture them again. So I'll work with Mauricio on getting these dates, and then Kim, you too. We'll work together on getting those dates, because we have to communicate this with principals. What we could do is maybe split the schools up in trustee areas.

Oh, that's a good idea. That's a good idea.

Would that sound like so? So you could take Citrus, and you could take Redlands. Redlands, RHS. And I could take Rev. And Michelle, obviously, you can just pick one. If Alec wants to participate, you can just.

Orangewood.

Oh, there's Orangewood, too. Is Orangewood? Yeah, it is. It's an orange move, definitely. So that works. OK, let me make a note of that. Does everybody agree with that? We'll use trustee areas to help ensure at least one rip. I'll try to be very active and involved in it, for sure. And then May 24, hopefully, we'll have our decisions made. And I want to remind everybody on the board that we're going to have a soft start because really it's the developmental year. It's going to be a lot of setting protocols and learning about how the board operates and what kind of rules you're going to have and electing the officers. So it's probably going to be three or four months before they really feel like they're a student trustee board, if you will, and operating the way that we envision, kind of build it as we go. That make sense with everybody? And we're going to make mistakes and we're going to, you know, it's going to be some trial and error through the process, but I think it's going to be an exciting process and it'll give kids ownership, kids, students ownership and part of the process. You guys are kind of quiet tonight, so this is a discussion. Discuss it. And then I noticed in June, I kind of thought we should have, or Melissa and I felt like we need to know who they are and invite them to a meeting and kind of get them excited. And then in August, now here's where we need some input, is we need a student board workshop. We need some time there. And the management team is, Conferences win. Mauricio?

June.

Oh, it's in June. That's right. It's not in August. And school starts like the 10th or something like that, isn't it? The 10th. Yeah, the 10th. So we've been trying to get these student board members into a workshop before they actually got started. Does that look okay? They're not really overcommitted with a lot of things that they have to do at school at that time, are they? Because their first day of class isn't until the 10th.

Unless they're in owner's classes then they have tons of homework. I guess it would depend on orientation.

Yeah, some might have orientation.

Some might have orientation from high schools.

Okay, so we'll have to try to... Well, more than likely the students won't be freshmen who are selected.

These ones are probably students that are in high school. some of the organizations that do link crew. They might be hosting tours or they might be doing part of the registration process.

So it might have to be an evening thing. Yeah.

Or the week before.

Okay. All right, well we still have a lot of work.

Sometimes when we can work with principals they can help us make a better time frame.

That'd be great. So when is the next secondary principals meeting? Is there one this month? Or do you already have it?

No, we have.

It's the 21st. Yeah, but they canceled that one. We're talking to them this Thursday.

Well, Melissa and I could do a Zoom with them, couldn't we? At some point. How about that? Would they appreciate that, not having to leave their campus and do all that? We could have some sort of... Is that okay with you?

Yeah.

All right. I'll set that up with Dr. Wagner. Okay. All right. We'll do that. Take this, kind of look at it, make notes on it, let me know, let Melissa know. So we start to refine this, because we have to get it to a point where we can launch. That's basically it. We're fueling the rocket right now, and we're getting close to launch time. OK? All right. Well, thank you, colleagues. I can't tell you how excited we are When we get together, we get really excited. Doesn't seem like it, but we are. But we really are, yes. But we also realize that it's a huge task. There's a lot to it. But I don't want to pressure the board, and I don't want to feel like the staff is pressured to, oh, man, we got to get this done. We're going to start it. And like I said, we're just going to work with it and build it. And if it doesn't roll out, we're We're not going to have all the pieces in place in the first time, that's okay. So I don't want anybody over there sweating bullets. We've got a lot going on this time of the year, so we'll work it out, okay? All right, thank you. So we're up to item 18. Board comments, start down with Michelle.

Okay. Well, if you weren't able to attend the meeting last week on the child abuse prevention basics from Diane Cranley, you can go tomorrow night from six to eight at maybe. It was a really good talk and it kind of opened my eyes to some things that I didn't really know kind of were happening. So it was a good talk. And I want to congratulate the CBHS swim team on going to state. And also their track team going to state. So way to go CB. I wish all the students from REV are participating in the Anaheim Heritage Festival. They all have a really good time on their instruments. And I want to congratulate our new AP, Cynthia Camper and Lauren Jenkins. Congratulations on your new appointments. And our tech services manager, our new tech services manager, David Mocco. Oh, and the other thing, the family in community engagement. I had the opportunity to go to the first three workshops that they've had. The first one, they introduced the liaisons for each school. Nicolette Wilson, Karen Pineda, and our newest one, Cynthia Beltran, just introduced her today. The second workshop, they taught parents how to navigate through ARIES, which really is a needed And then today, they talked about the importance of attendance and what that means for your students in their school. It was very good. I want to thank Juanita Watkins for organizing this and putting this on. They're really good workshops, so if you can get to the next one, I believe the next one is May 16th. It'll be in the morning, and at night, they'll have two different sessions.

And that's all I have.

OK, thank you. Let's go to the other end of the table. Patty.

I attended a virtual from the San Bernardino County Schools Award Ceremony for AVID and that was on a virtual on March 17th. Congrats to all the winners. Also, I want to thank Superintendent Orellano for arranging the presentation. Thank you for arranging that. Hopefully there will be more people that come out tomorrow, but it doesn't matter because if you just had one parent and one person got something out of it, then that's great. So I want to thank everyone at COPE for hosting it. We appreciate that. It was great. I want to thank Mr. Rochford as well for hosting us for the flag raising ceremony at Kingsbury. It was nice to see Mr. O'Neill and Mr. Ianno and Dr. Wagner and Jean. Thank you so much for attending that. It's just a nice event that the kids look forward to from Kingsbury. And if we can send a thank you letter to Mr. Rochford, I would appreciate it. on behalf of the board. He provides lunch and he provides everything for the students. It's a nice event. So thank you. I attended the Redlands Benchformers annual fundraising event last week where former RHS alumni Brian Billick and the former NFL Super Bowl coach was there and they roasted him. But I thought what was so nice is that they had a live auction and one of the auctions was a dinner at Burrage Mansion that was donated. And then, just as a surprise, Coach Billick said, You know what, I'll match whatever you raise tonight. So, that is just a testimony to some of the tributes from an alumni from Redlands High School and what he did. So, that was awesome. And the money goes to all of our RUSD athletics here at the Redlands Unified School District. And finally tonight, regretfully, we had to accept resignations today for the people that are going to retire. And one of them is our dear friend here and staff member, Heidi Macklemore. So Heidi, I just want to thank you for the many years. As long as I've been here for 15 years, you've only given me whatever I wanted and more. So thank you for being on top of everything. Thank you for providing us to be at these meetings every week. It means a lot to me, and we will surely miss you. And I know now why Mr. Arellano was kind of quiet tonight, because he knows he's beginning to fill it, and you're not even gone. So thank you for the many years. 33 years that you gave. That's just remarkable. So thank you. And along with your retirement, actually, there's a few other ones tonight. And one was Coach Bill Barich from Rev Basketball. Pam Holcomb, who is a teacher at Redlands East Valley High School, 31 years. I remember we were both hockey parents together when our kids were younger, and now her kids both teach also for the district with us. So, that's kind of nice. Martha Mendoza will be leaving Special Services. That's a big gap to fill for her, so thank you, Andrew. Thank Martha for that. Andrew Neuenschwander from Lagonia Elementary is leaving after 33 years. And he's pretty much been at Lagonia most of the time, too, which is just amazing. Kathy Butts is leaving Redlands High School in 22 years. And Dan Kibbet is leaving Rev after 22 years. Marcus Mascueta after 24 years. So to all those, and these are just a few names from here, but everyone is dedicated so much over the many years to Redlands Unified School District and we appreciate your employees. We thank you and we will certainly miss you. And that's my report.

Thank you. Thank you for sharing that.

Mr. Barra? Prior to the spring break, I visited Lagonia Elementary. And it was their last day before they went off. And they were having an awards assembly. And it was awesome to see all the parents and students participating in the awards assembly. I just got a text message today from the red football coach. He's having his kickoff for the fundraiser and it's on May 14th. It's a golf fundraiser for the team and they need foursomes nice. They start at 500. So one of you want to go with me Jim and we'll get two other people to yeah. Do you want to join us?

I also got that text with the account number to send them to.

Alright, so maybe we can get together and take care of that.

Where is that? Where's the tournament?

It's going to be at the Gridrin Club Golf Tournament. Is it in Beaumont? It's Morongo Golf Club. So I just want to give a shout out to all of the administrators right now, because we're still dealing, as administrators, we're still dealing with the aftermath of COVID. And not only do we as administrators have to assist our students, but we have to assist our staff. and our teachers and our parents, and we have to be the go-between between everybody and work with everybody as a team. And right now I know many of the school sites and many of the students and teachers and parents, we're all still dealing with the aftermath of COVID. And it's been difficult because we have a wide range of issues that we're still dealing with, anxiety, depression, divorced parents, bullying, social and emotional development at the younger ages, and I just want all the administrators to know that we appreciate everything that you do to ensure that our students have everything that they need and that our parents have everything that they need and that they're able to come into your offices and you're able to talk to them and They have a voice and somebody to reason with because it's still not easy. As administrators, you're constantly building relationships and we have to build the relationships with the students, the parents and the staff and the community. And I just want to give a shout out to all of our administrators for doing such a great job and just hanging in there because we're still having to run schools as if everything is still normal and we're still not in a normal state. And I want to give a shout out to the counselors. When I was at Lagonia, the counselors were getting ready to have an ice cream social for the elementary students. And I know that many of the counselors across the district are doing special things for our students, especially during these times when we're back together somewhat of a normal situation. And I know they're doing an outstanding job. we appreciate everything that you know you all do so just continue to hang in there and And just know that As a board and as the the district we all know that it's it's not an easy situation So just keep your chin up and thank you for all that you do Okay, thank you

I just before spring break, I was had the opportunity. Thank you, Christine for attending our sham rock and roll. Grab and go with CNS and I wasn't supposed to be there for very long. You know, I had to go pick up my kids from school, but. Realized quickly that I Had to rearrange my plans and I could not leave that because it was so inspiring. It was so amazing being there The biggest thank you to everybody at CNS and all the volunteers the RHS football team who also came out to Put bags and trunks. It was fun. It was I Very eye-opening to see how much hard work goes into these events, and I appreciate everyone for the long, exhausting hours they spent there, making sure that all our district families got food that they needed before break. So thank you to everybody. It was a blast, and I will be there again. I will be doing that again next time. Should it come up? So thank you. And as small, we will miss you, Heidi. I haven't gotten to as long as everybody else has to know you and work with you, but I enjoyed every minute of it. So, thank you.

Not so fast, Heidi, you know. He still has some things to do, and I'm not ready to give you my farewell goodbye.

Well, no, we accepted her resignation today.

Yeah, I know that. I'm just saying, I don't want her to get too inspired and say, wow, I'll end it now. Goodbye. Well, certainly everybody's heartfelt appreciation, no question about it. And we're looking forward to the last few weeks that we have with you. We're going to relish every month. Yes, a few months. We're going to relish that time. But we're very, very, very happy for you and certainly appreciate the countless hours of service that you have done on behalf of us and the entire district. And yeah, it was great. Great to see. I'm happy for a lot of my colleagues that worked with me. I'm looking forward to seeing them that are now retiring. I hope they can come to our recognition when we do recognize all the retirees next month. We have great people that are retiring and it always leaves a hole, not only in our hearts, but in our workforce, but it spawns opportunity for the next generation of people that will come and work in Reynolds Unified, so certainly appreciate. and recognize all of the hard work and the countless hours and years of services. It's been an amazing run. So everybody, your sharing tonight was awesome. So thank you for that. There's nothing really I can add other than thank you for your attention today. And staff, thank you. I'm going to go ahead and adjourn this meeting. And we have no closed session, so we are adjourned.