Board of Education — February 14, 2023

Thank you. I would like to call this meeting to order. Thank you for coming tonight. Before we do the Pledge of Allegiance, we would like to have a moment of silence for one of our former employees. Immediately following the Pledge of Allegiance, please remain standing. Diana Holmes passed away a few days before her 94th birthday on January 9th, 2023. Diana was a Redlands resident and taught kindergarten at McKinley Elementary School until her retirement in 1986. Diana remained dedicated to Hawaiian roots and continued to perform the hula until she was 90 years old. Diana participated in several Redlands area organizations, including AAUW, Assistance League, PEO, Breakfast Club, Retired Teachers, and Red Hats. Please remember to remain standing and we'll move on to the Pledge of Allegiance. Student Trustee Maria, will you please lead us in the pledge?

She's seated, thank you.

Please note for the minutes that all board members are present and accounted for. Up next is our approval of the minutes. Is there a motion to approve the minutes of January 10th, 2023? Regular meeting. I move. Second. Alex has to take that first, Patty second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Moving on to public participation, this is a section of the agenda that is meant for any member of the public to address the board on any agenda item listed tonight. Are there any cards here? Okay. All right, seeing that there are no cards, we are moving on to C, presentation. Is that correct? Okay. No, we don't have a public hearing. Presentation 2021-22, Redlands Unified School District, audit report, Edie Bailey, LLP, Royce Townsend.

Hi there, good evening. And I'm here to present to you the outcome of your audit for your financial statements. So there are three specific areas that the audit is really speaking to. One would be the audit of the financial statements. One would be the audit specific to the federal programs that you receive. The third would be related to the state award monies that you receive and the compliance associated with it. So before I actually speak to the outcome, I'd always like to just remind the audience here and the governing board, of course, that this is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, and that's in contrast to total assurance. Total assurance would mean that we're looking at every single transaction, and that's really not what happens here. I'd also like to remind you that everything within this report is yours, other than the opinions that the auditors provide on those three specific areas that we mentioned. But lastly, the thought is that the audit is intended to provide you an insurance related to the information that you get from your business management when you're making your decisions as a governing board. So let's speak about the outcome of the audit. In relation to the three specific areas that we spoke to earlier, As it relates to the financial statements, we are providing you an unmodified opinion. And by the way, an unmodified opinion is the highest level of assurance that the audit can provide. Anything other than that, then you really want to ask why that's the case. As it relates to the federal awards, and we actually, this year we looked at three major federal programs, including a whole lot of COVID-related programs. We are also providing you an unmodified opinion. And then lastly, in relation to the state awards, and this year we probably tested over 30 different state programs. We are providing you an unmodified opinion, except for two specific programs that we identified some issues, and they're noted within the audit report itself. And then lastly, we always find some areas that we believe we can improve upon and so we have some management letter observations in the back related to student body activity. So this is generally the outcome that you want to hear from an audit report and as always, we're here to answer any questions you may have related to your audited financial statements.

Thank you, Mr. Townsend. Do any board members have any questions or comments?

Alright, thank you Mr. Thompson. Well, I thank you so much. Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Thank you. Next we have Mr. Quartz with an innovation update. Mr. Quartz, what do you have for us this evening?

Good evening board members, cabinet and guests, and happy Valentine's Day. This is probably going to be our last innovation update for the school year and I just want to thank everybody for your support and enthusiasm for these programs going on in our school district. I do want to say probably the most exciting thing for me has been the ability to introduce district stars. innovation to you. And this week we have a district star named Courtney Dawson that I'm going to introduce to you. She's assistive technology and special services and she's doing something so innovative that the CEO of the program has recently contacted us to do a special research project on how our district is showing impact on this project for students. So I'm going to introduce Courtney Dawson to you.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm here to talk about Florio today. And Florio is a virtual reality program that was adopted originally by Jason Hill. And I'm happy to carry on the torch and continue using it in our schools. It is meant to teach behavioral, social communication, and life skills to students who have autism, ADHD, and other neurodiverse conditions in a very accepting and reinforcing way. So we're able to target very specific tools and skills for them that's safe and reinforcing so that our kids can experience success in a way that's different from a regular implementation. So they're immersive lessons that we would love to show you today. So right now we're at 12 different schools. We have 14 teachers. And SLPs, our speech and language pathologists, are utilizing the program. And right now we have 20 licenses. But with this new research project that we're partnering on, we're hoping to have, we will have, an additional 100 licenses to work on a research grant with St. Joseph's University. Let me make sure it's paired. One second. All right. So we're going to give you a little look at what we can. So what you see up here is what's on my iPad. I do a guided lesson, and our learner uses the virtual reality here. We're going to practice a conversation at a park. And one of the things that you'll see when we start. One of the things you'll see when we start is that I can adjust the volume that our learner is experiencing. And as our students tolerate different interferences, it'll be higher or lower, depending on how they feel. So today we're going to do a low background traffic level. So I think today we're going to have a conversation about movies. So I'm going to say, let's practice joining a conversation. First, listen to the topic. Now she'll hear it coming from the phone that she has with her. We're just listening yet. So the conversation's just still in progress. We're listening. Do you know what they're talking about? You do? What are they talking about? Perfect. Make a comment to keep the conversation going. And that was on topic. Good job. So when I end this lesson, what we can see is that our learner today did an exceptional job. She mastered all of the different topics that we were trying to get her to look at. She was on topic and identified what the topic of conversation was. So this will actually fuel IEP goals and help us progress monitor on those. You're going to keep going. It's cool, right? It's really cool. Thank you. Thank you so much. Great. Do you want me to unplug? Thank you. OK, unplug.

Okay, so I think that would definitely be students using cutting-edge technology and students exploring learning experiences through virtual reality. We just want to make sure that we thank the people who helped make this happen. Supporting Courtney in her program is obviously Jason Hill. His vision is the one who introduced us to the school district. So thank you, Jason, and I want you to know that we're keeping the dream alive. Obviously Courtney, and this has taken perseverance for getting this off the ground and moving it forward. Patty Buckmiller for her leadership and support. She's the executive director of special education. And our IT support, David Massaro, Mike Neumeier who's here, Marcus Stashoff, and the whole staff for making the technology work. This is not easy. The last thing that I want to show you today is some things that we saw earlier. It was the Garner Holt Golden Bell Award, but this is actually taking Garner Holt to the next level, putting it together in real life. This is a collaboration between the Garner Holt Program and the Advanced Woodshop Elective Classic Clement Middle School. This is so spectacular, and we have Karen Pineda, who made her first video as media specialist in our school district, a spectacular video highlighting an innovative program in our school district. So I'm going to have Mr. Massaro hit play on this.

Mine and Mr. Davis' classes come together for our advanced class, which is our Clement Entrepreneur's Club. And what that allows us to do is take advantage of the different equipment in the two rooms. My equipment is more artistically themed and Mr. Davis' equipment is more industrial manufacturing themed.

We're taking the things that we make in this class and taking it over to Mr. Hatchert's class. using the laser engraver and 3D printers over there, fixing materials. So it really allows the kids to be innovative and work together with both of our minds coming together with the kids.

The Garner Holt class has a lot of 3D printing, the millwork, paper and stitching, all that stuff. and then in woodshop we have all like the woodworking we have like um saws um we have these like other machines that make like uh stuff and wood that's already cut but there's a lot of stuff that they do together that um probably they couldn't accomplish if they were separate i think the two classes together are good because we have extra hands to work on big projects and we also have nice machines that if we ever get stuck we can ask another student for help

When kids have a really great idea, I like to try to make that happen and we use what we have to make that happen. I like my class to be about the students and what their interests are and what they want to do. I like that they can have a buy-in in my class.

Currently we're working on tables to give to an elementary school. So right now we're working on putting cutouts into the table so that way the shelves and all the different sides, the bottom and the top, the wheels, all of it will fit together into one. We're making about 10 tables, I want to say.

take an idea I have, build it in the computer, make sure it works, and then print it with the prototype, make sure the prototype works for the actual job it's doing, and then depending on how well it's doing its job, it'll be able to mass produce it really easily. The feeling of accomplishment when you know that you did something on your own or you achieve something on your own, it feels great.

What I like most about the manufacturing class is that we get to make stuff. This hasn't been something that I have ever done before.

What I enjoy most is really just getting to know other people that have similar ideas. It's just a good opportunity to make more friends while doing something that I really love.

I really like this class and I really hope that in the future that there will be more students getting involved with this class because it is really fun and you get to learn new things every day.

A few months ago, we went to Brenner Fielding Manufacturing in Riverside for a field trip with our advanced group and just discussing with some of the staff there what our kids were working on and some of the kids that had moved beyond us that we were playing catch up to try and keep up with their abilities. And when we got done explaining to the manufacturing company what they were doing, their next question was, well, do they have a resume? And these kids are 12 years old. So we're very excited to see what some of them are going to be doing here in the community in the very near future.

Karen, great job with that video. There she is. So I'll close with this. In October, I told you that there was way too much to show you in one board meeting. And I'm going to tell you, there is way more to show you. So stay tuned for more way down in the future. And I just want to say this. Good luck finding a school district of our size anywhere, anywhere that's doing all of this, not just in isolation, but as a full district, including what we're doing in special ed. So, Courtney, where do you go? Come back up here. This is your opportunity, board, to ask some questions. Thank you.

You're Mr. Quartz, and thank you, Courtney. Do any board members have any questions or comments? I'm just going to say that was really cool. That was really fun, sorry. Excuse me, that was good. Michelle?

Thank you for everything you're doing, wonderful.

I just have a couple of comments. I think it's amazing what we're doing with our special ed population, because when it comes to our babies with autism, one of the biggest things that we need to increase is their social awareness, their social cues, social readiness, and having this technology to allow them, without them feeling fearful of a conversation, they're having the conversation you know, virtually, so that's awesome. And then our maker space. Our maker space, we've created constructivist classrooms to help our students prepare for the future. We are building complex problems, the students are completing complex problem solving. They're using their creativity. one of the kids said that They like to be able to talk to their friends and communicate. Nowadays, most of our students, you know, if they're hanging out, they're like talking to themselves, you know, by texting. And we're making sure that our students continue to build on their people skills and the interdisciplinary knowledge that they end up getting from attending the Makerspace classrooms is just amazing. Great job.

Yes, indeed. Thank you very much. That's just very exciting to see. And I want to acknowledge our superintendent for his amazing vision of innovation for our district. And of course, the operational people that put this into practice. We have our business people and our purchasers who have to go out and find this stuff. And then we have you, Jamie, and your team, and David Masaro and his team to support all this technology. And most importantly, our teachers and staff that are at the front line of all of this innovation and learning how to implement it and support our students with it and make a difference in their lives. I can't thank you enough. I appreciate you so much. Thank you so much.

Ditto with my colleagues, but what a great partnership we've had with Garner Holds. So I want to make sure that we thank that partnership with him. And to all of you, thank you for all your work.

Thank you guys, really appreciate you guys. Everything you do, all your hard work, and you're bridging a gap. And so we really appreciate that, so thank you.

I'm sorry, may I ask Jamie one more question, Jamie? I could probably ask you this after the meeting, but is that video online somewhere that we can share?

It's on YouTube, so Christine can get you access to that.

Yeah, I'd like to share that with the community, people in the community.

All right, last but certainly not least, we have the Redlands High School AFJROTC to tell us about the AFJROTC program. Is it Ms. Cinda?

Uh, it's Ms. Sinay. Sinay. Uh, yes. Uh, good evening. Um, I am Cadet, uh, Lieutenant Colonel Sinay, and I am here with, um, my team, uh, Cadet Major Owajori, uh, Cadet, uh, Captain Gursich, Cadet Captain Thomas, Cadet Captain Fernales, and Cadet Chief Master Sergeant, uh, Martinez. Um, they're just there. Yes, please, like the slideshow. So once again, I would like to introduce us formally as Renlands High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, also abbreviated as AFJ ROTC. We are Unit CA-2005, and we are here to brief you on the importance of our program and how we like to serve our community. No. Once again, I would like to emphasize that we are Reynolds High School, AFJROTC. We are a cohesive unit that strives to succeed in all aspects of regarding our unit and our community. We are the 2022 to 2023 cadets of the school year, and we are whenever we are needed.

All right, today we will be covering our cadet leadership about AFJ ROTC, our aviation program, and our activities.

First, we will go over our cadet leadership. So first, I would like to formally introduce myself as Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Sherry Cindy. I am the group commander. Basically, I oversee all of the cadets in the program, and I ensure that all things that are necessary to get done for the program is done. I assure that everything is turned in in a timely manner, and I collaborate with our instructors, the SASE and ASI, to make sure that all cadets are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

Good evening. I am Cadet Major Jasekeen Sola-Orajori, and I am the deputy group commander of our unit. I ensure that everything done by the squadron commanders and OSS commanders is relayed to the ASI and SASI and the cadet group commander. I make sure that whenever anything is delegated that each cadet completes their tasks and gets their information in on time. Thank you.

Good afternoon. I'm Cadet Captain Gabriel Gursage. I am the Operations Support Squadron Commander. My job is to make sure that everything in our Operations Support Squadron goes as planned. So everything from logistics to personnel, making sure that everybody has the correct uniforms and paperwork and everything is filled out correctly.

Good evening, I'm Cadet Queenie Mavic Dean Fernales, and I am the Alpha Squadron Commander. I'm in charge of the flights before lunch.

And I am Cadet Captain Thomas. I am the Bravo Squadron Commander. I am in charge of all the flights after lunch.

Being a squadron commander entails overseeing our respected flights and marching our respected flights, along with reporting to our deputy group commander and group commander, and relaying information to and from our flight commanders.

Good evening, everyone. I'm Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Derek Martinez, and my job is to make sure that all enlisted cadets know their basic knowledge of AFGROTC. We also teach them their leadership skills to know the I'm sorry, that they know the importance of leadership and that they know what the program is about. And all cadets are given the opportunity to rank up or be promoted to a higher rank. They are also taught the description of each job and what it is that they need to do.

Next we will proceed with informing all of you about our program. What is our mission? Our mission is to develop citizens of character dedicated to serve their nation and community. We do so by encouraging our cadets to participate in multiple in and out of school community service.

So our code of honor and core values. We do not lie, cheat, or steal, nor condone those who do so. A cadet that does not lie, making a partial truth, is still a lie. A cadet that does not cheat, giving unauthorized assistance either outside, inside the classroom, is the same as cheating. And a cadet that does not steal, unlawfully taking or receiving others' properties, is the same as stealing. and our code of honor, integrity first, service for self, and excellence in all we do. Inside school, outside school, in the classroom, outside classroom.

Our program has a set of goals that we would like to achieve for the school year. One of our goals is having a minimum of eight hours of community service for all of our cadets. That also includes all of us leadership. We encourage our cadets to participate more in our special groups. This includes our color guard group. This includes our color guard. This also includes drones, raiders, and a lot of other activities that we like to provide for our cadets, and those will be explained more in the later slides. We also would like to encourage our cadets to work and collaborate with the parent group of our program to ensure that our program gets the necessary funding that we need. Recently, we did have a fundraiser at the Chaga Tea Bar near our high school that a lot of our cadets did participate in.

Our next goal is to have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA for all cadets in our program. We achieved this goal through our Kitty Hawk Society, which is a group where cadets with high GPAs that are in higher grades help their younger cadets study and prepare for any upcoming tests or exams they might have. Our next goal is also to have at least eight cadets participate in the ground school and have at least four of them applied for the private pilot's license scholarship. The ground school is in participation with another school in Maryland through Zoom where the cadets get together for about three days and learn the basics of how to fly a plane and aviation. and the private pilot's license, bless you, is a scholarship by the Air Force that allows an AFJROTC cadet to go over summer to a university and learn about aviation and earn their private pilot's license. Finally, oh, this year I was chosen to participate in that and I got the scholarship for this summer. Thank you. Finally, we would like to increase our recruiting efforts by visiting other middle schools and high schools in our district. I believe next week we will be visiting Beatty Middle School to recruit cadets, to recruit eighth graders for the upcoming year of AFJRTC. Thank you.

Up here are our departments under Operation Support Squadron. The first one is Logistics, which is in charge of issuing all uniforms to every cadet and to keep track of all the sizes. We also input all of those into WINGS, which is a computer system that the Air Force is able to use to track everything that has been issued to our cadets. Our second department is Community Service, which manages all the community service hours that our cadets have to achieve that eight-hour goal per cadet. community service schedules, different events with schools and with other places to do things like cleanups, or we've also helped with toy drives during the holiday seasons. Our third department is personnel, which manages and reviews all the documents that architects are required to fill out. And we also put those into the wings for the Air Force to review, which allows us to do stuff with our cadets, sorry, so that we are able to film them and post on our Instagram.

So our 1,100 hours has recently been updated to 1,200 hours. And we have, sorry, 1,200 hours of community service in total as the core of AFTRLTC. We have 73 cadets in our program, including cadets from Redlands East Valley High School, Citrus Valley High School, and Orangewood. And our command staff spends about 10 hours or more during lunch after school or even sometimes in the mornings reviewing plans that we have for future events or things we need to go over.

Next, we will begin by talking about everything that our program has to do with aviation. So as Cadet Major Owajuri has mentioned, we do partner up with a school in Maryland to allow our cadets to take the ground school. Basically, it's a requirement in order to get your private pilot's license. So far, I believe we have had 10 cadets participate in the ground school this year, in which three of them were able to get a flight suit. In order to get a flight suit, cadets must take the ground school first and then take an exam that comes with the ground school once we've returned back from school. We also offer orientation flights. It is a partnership with the Luxfer Airport at the San Bernardino International Airport where cadets get the opportunity to fly with a licensed pilot to fly in a Cessna and fly around Southern California, yes, with civil air patrol pilots. For example, some of our cadets have also gotten the opportunity to fly across Newport Beach and fly around Disneyland.

Like I mentioned before, the Air Force Flight Academy is a two to three month program during the summer where cadets train to earn their private pilot's license. During this program, cadets also earn some college credit towards their college careers. To earn this program, you must have a high GPA and a good presidential fitness scores. We currently have two cadets that underwent the program and gained their private pilot's license. And one of those cadets, oh, and I will be going to that academy during the summer.

Our program also has several other aviation scholarships for our cadets that by being in our program you're eligible for. One of those is Aim High, which is similar to the previously mentioned scholarship, but instead is only three weeks long. And this will allow students to attain their first solo flight, which is one of the first milestones in earning your private pilot's license. Currently we have one cadet on the alternates list for this scholarship, so hopefully a spot will open up and she'll be able to attend this summer. Another scholarship that is available is a J-100 scholarship, where a senior JROTC cadet is able to apply to have a full ride scholarship to college. The only requirements are that they have to join ROTC in college and serve in the Air Force afterwards. We have one cadet who won this scholarship this year.

In our last topic, we will be discussing our different activities that we do.

Like previously mentioned, our community service. We have over 1,200 hours of community service. We have done many, many things for community service. We have done a Christmas toy giveaway, citrus blossom, two citrus blossoms to be corrected, multiple snack bars for our football and soccer teams, multiple car shows down in Yucaipa, a Veterans Day stand, a Veterans Day parade, my bad. And flag detail where we essentially go over and we raise and lower our flags for our school. Hurdle crew where we go to check and field and we set up hurdles, take away hurdles, et cetera, et cetera. And memorial honor detail. This one is a big honor because we go over into a veteran cemetery and we perform three round volleys for fallen veterans. Active duty and nonactive duty. For funeral services.

Color Guard. Color Guard is our ceremonial unit where we present our colors in many in and out of school events. We've done rallies, car shows, and even performed in schools which don't have their own color guard, such as CSUSB, Redlands University, and even at the VA hospital in Loma Linda.

The Memorial Honor Guard detail is a special team that visits Riverside's National Cemetery to perform a three-round volley and play the bugle for deceased veterans. Cadets earn about nine hours of community service, and it's held from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday of each month. Cadets do miss out on school, but we have a very large group for MHD, so each month, cadets get switched out. During the MHD, we have currently performed 40 services for the MHD, and we plan to perform more in the future.

So Raiders team is a competition team. It's a group of cadets who train. We try to train every two times a week in advance for our competitions where we compete against other ROTC schools. Our first competition We were lucky enough to win third place And I think if I'm not mistaken in our logistics group we got third place And you do different Different events or sorry Yeah, different events at the Raiders teams competition. Sometimes there will be PT, like climbing over walls or doing push-ups, sit-ups, and we, sorry. You got this, you're okay. Sorry. And we have two team captains, which is Cadet Captain Gursage and Second Lieutenant Negrete, who pick a, if I'm not mistaken, it's six or 11 cadets on their team. And we also have alternate cadets in case those cadets who were put on the first list to go, those alternates are there to fill in their spot.

Our program partners with the University of Redlands. Professor Dr. Stephen Moore comes every Thursday after school for an hour to teach our cadets everything they need to know to be able to obtain their drones license. So we learn everything, every single part of an aerial unmanned system. We learn all about the different classifications of air spaces and different classifications for drones. Currently we are working to build our own drones with FPV goggles. So once those are up and running, we'll be able to have races with the drones too. And using this program, our cadets will be able to get their drones license and possibly even work for commercial reasons, taking photos and stuff. And to map schools in case of disasters.

Our school also holds numerous events throughout the school year. For example, we have CIAs, which is abbreviated to curriculum in action. During these curriculum in actions, we hold field trips where cadets can learn the basics of, for example, physics or learn some topics about leadership. For example, I believe it was two weeks ago, cadets were able to attend a leadership seminar where a guest speaker explains to them how they perceive leadership and how it allows them to become a leader. Last semester we also had a field trip to iFLY where we learned the basics of physics and what it takes to actually create the wind tunnel that operates at iFLY. We also have sports day where all cadets are mandatory to attend. And we do a lot of physical training exercises and compete, which is in two teams, which is Alpha Squadron flights and Bravo Squadron flights. And whoever is the best squadron in those sports day events wins a trophy. And actually, this Friday, we also have an awards banquet where cadets are able to get their own awards. And you all are welcome to come to this awards banquet. It's this Friday at 6.30 p.m. in our Terrier Hall. And at the end of the year, we also have our annual military ball. At military ball, it's very similar to prom in high school. It's mandatory for all the cadets to attend, and it's very highly formal. And all male cadets have to wear their blues uniform, which is what I'm wearing right now. And once again, it's very formal. We have a color guard to present the colors. We have guest speakers. And we also announce our programs, Queen and King.

These are a few quotes by our First Sergeant, Brian Joshua. Procrastination is right there. Procrastination is a killer, which is a quote she tells us every time we have anything due and never reinvent the wheel.

And lastly we would like to thank you for your time on that slide show. There is our Instagram page at redlandshighschool.afjrotc underscore. So please feel free to follow us for any updates about our program.

Thank you guys. We'll do some board comments, and then if you guys aren't opposed to, we can get a picture afterwards. You guys with the board?

So we'll start on the Senate. Patty, do you have any questions or comments?

Thank you very much for joining us tonight. My cousin is actually at the Air Force Academy. She is in her third year, so I actually booked my ticket already for graduation next year, and it was an awesome experience. I was there for parents weekend with my cousin and family, so I know all the hard work that goes into that. And second, I was able to use the junior ROTC for one of my events at a color guard, remember that? And it was for Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and you guys did a phenomenal job, so we'll have to check again and see if you're available later on. Thank you, keep up the great work.

Well, you know, my heart is just swelling with pride, respect, admiration for every one of you tonight. You've shown great commitment and I'm so thankful that you are enlisted in this program and so very proud to have you here tonight and listen to your journey so far. I assume that you're going to Beatty next week, right?

Yes, we are going to Beatty Middle School.

Yeah, did you arrange for your helicopter flight up there? They have a pretty big playground up there. You should be able just to land right there on the playground. That'd be awesome, wouldn't it?

Yes, we could see if that's an option.

I also serve in the Kiwanis Club, and just today we had a presentation on the Riverside National Cemetery. And I wished I had known that you had participated in some of those events over there, burials. I learned that there are 100,000 veterans buried now at the Riverside National Cemetery, and they keep expanding. And they have like seven or eight Medal of Honor recipients there as well. So it's an amazing place. If people have never been to the Riverside National Cemetery, it is an amazing place. And it's a very moving and, you know, heart-touching moment to be out there with all those veterans. I will... The guy told me today in a presentation that they average about 40 burials a day and that they have honor guards for every one of those vets. So I'm glad that we're over there participating. I'd love to go over there when you're over there and see what's going on. I heard that July 3rd is an amazing day there at the National Cemetery, an outdoor amphitheater and people could come. It's a free concert. They have the Philharmonic there and fireworks display. And I heard it's a very moving ceremony. So that's on my bucket list now. But I'll move on. We do have a staff member within our district, Dwayne Coles. He is in charge of our, you'll see him doing movies, production, digital storytelling, all of that. But in his military life, he was an Air Force drone pilot. And he might be an exciting speaker to come visit and share some of his war stories, because he's had action through his drone. And that might be really interesting. So I hope Duane doesn't mind that I just volunteered him to come out to visit your school site. But you guys are awesome.

Thank you so much.

It's a really great program. I've been watching this program, oh gosh, since 1999, I've been watching the new cadets come in every year. It's a really great program. And even if you end up not being in the Air Force one day, you have learned some really valuable lessons and skills that you will use for the rest of your life. I've talked to students who were in the program who ended up not going in the military, and they used all the skills they learned. I'm very excited about all these things you're doing, I thank you for the invitation for Friday, and I'll try and be there.

Thank you so much.

It's obvious that you're- One more thing. Go ahead.

I didn't know you needed a license to do a drone. Does everybody have to have a license to do a drone?

It depends on the weight of the drone.

Interesting. Thank you.

I have a license. I have a license. FAA approved.

I just wanted to let you all know that you are all very talented. I know it's difficult to come up and speak in front of, I don't know, approximately 70 people. You did an excellent job, and you have all definitely learned what it means to develop some kind of system. to run things so that operations run smoothly. I think we can definitely use many of you in our district whenever it comes to problem solving. You are all amazing young men and women, and I'm very proud of your presentation tonight. Keep up the good work.

Do you have anything? No pressure, just that. Thank you, Jim.

I think it's actually a really good program. I don't hear much about it myself, but I'm a marching band kid, so I do see a little bit of similarities in some of the activities you guys attend to, and my band director's actually part of the services and stuff, so I do hear some stories, and I think it is really great about what you guys do for the community and places around.

I just want to comment and tell you guys that I think you are all amazing individuals and I am very proud of you. I see you guys after school. I am picking my son up from football and I do see you guys not just at school events, but even when nobody's looking and you are the same people there that you are here in front of us. And I know that it comes from a lot of determination and self-discipline, but I also know it comes from a lot of support from the adults behind you and all those supporting you. So I want to thank not only you, but them as well. So if we can give everybody a round of applause. Thank you, and those of us that can make it, we'll definitely try to make the banquet on Friday. So thank you again.

So if you guys could join us up front and we'll go ahead and get a photo.

One, two, three. Do you guys want to take a picture?

Next we'll be moving on to the student trustee report. Tonight we are welcoming Maria Norton from Redlands East Valley High School, and we're so glad that you could join us. And this is your opportunity to report on not only REV, but any other school you may have a report on.

Yes, I do have reports from Redlands eAcademy and Seavey, and also with the past, it's been almost two months since the last student report, we've also had a lot of shared school events that recently have happened, so a lot of it does overlap a little bit. But Seavey's recently has had a lot of fundraisers happening between their band, choir, sports, and it's been all over February. I'm going over the past events that happened. Some of their water polo placed in CBL and qualified for CIF. And their girls soccer had an undefeated CBL season, making them back to back CBL champions, and they are qualified for CIF. and their cheer became CBL champs and took 4th and State moving on to Nationals. And their song plays first at their comp and is moving on to Nationals as well. And their Possibilities Club hosted an event where students could buy flowers and send a kind note to a special education student. Some upcoming events that they have is on February 15th, they have varsity baseball, varsity softball, and JV softball, and they all have games. Their varsity baseball is at Kaiser, and their varsity softball and JV softball are at South Hills. On February 16th, they have their varsity baseball versus La Quinta, and then they have their JV baseball at West Covina. On February 17th, they have their JV baseball, and it is at Upland. For Redlands Academy, some high school ASB held a middle school Palatines dance, and it was a really great hit with their online academy. Multiple fundraisers included students' candy grams, probably based on Valentine's Day coming on today. They had Kindness Week, where most kids participated. For REV, we've recently had grand night tickets go on sale, and recently we've had eight wrestling students place in CIF, and then on March 11th and 10th, they have a Guys and Dolls musical performing, which brings together all of their performing arts program, including their band, their choir, their drama program. And recently they had their ASB class cabinet open up and they recently started a special needs choir to welcome up performing arts into more diverse to special needs. Recently with all schools we've had many events that were shared. Recently we had an all-county honor band. It was open to all the schools and we have had members from CV, Rev, and Redlands High School all attend and it was a really great concert. It recently happened this past Saturday. We recently also had an academic decathlon competition, and it took place almost for the last weekend, Saturday of January, and the first Saturday of February, and it involved RHS, CV, and Rev. RHS ended up placing second place, and they placed in the top three, and Rev placed in the top five, and it was very exciting. Me, myself, I'm also involved, so I was there at the banquet, it was very nice. And recently we had a school-wide, not school-wide, but district-wide dance, and it was called Genesis, and it was open to all high schools, including Rev, RHS, Seavey, and Orangewood. And it was a great turnout, many people showed up, and it was very nice to see all the schools come together. One thing for student trustees, we recently had our board meeting yesterday and one of the main topics is that we were just talking about communicating with other school boards and trying to get input of how they run things because our student trustee board is still very new and is developing and we are just trying to work together for futures of the student trustee board. Thank you.

Any comments from board members or anything? We won't hold you hostage, so if you feel like you want to go, I'm sure you have homework or something. If not, you're welcome to stay. But next up, we'll move on to board member committee reports, and we'll start with Carop and Mr. Vara.

Redlands High School Career Readiness Specialist hosted 8th and 9th grade students and toured the ROP classrooms while learning about various pathways. At Citrus Valley High School, the criminal justice program participated in a crime scene scenario related to a homicide with an emphasis on identifying and preserving shoe print impressions. At Redlands East Valley High School, the video production students toured KESQ News Channel 3 to observe how professional studios function and they also hosted a mental health students. So the mental health students club visited classes on campus to promote their club and share mindfulness meditation practice along with promoting their mental health fair, their mental health awareness fair that will take place on May 3rd.

Thank you, Mrs. Renner for Redlands Compact.

The meeting was last week. All the students are looking forward to the mixer this Thursday at the Orton Center, and they have been practicing their networking skills. Mock interviews for CB will be on the 24th of February. Redlands High School had theirs about a week ago. CBHS has had to cancel their meetings for the remainder of the year because they do not have an advisor. She had to step down. And so CBHS's AVID students from the Rochford Foundation will be attending the mixer and participating in the mock interviews that will be at the end of February. Compact students will need to get their files and their portfolios together. The date for turning those in will be coming soon. Some of the club members will be job shadowing in the next few months, and each school is working on obtaining career speakers. If anyone is interested in being a speaker or allowing a student to job shadow you, contact the advisor at the school. Their next meeting is March 7th.

Okay, next we have, oh, Mrs. Renner with REP.

Rep was presented a check for $500 from the Redlands Community Foundation. That's a big help. It goes a long way to getting arts in our schools. AAA Academy will be expanding the spring day camp to two weeks because of the interest parents had in wanting a longer camp. They are taking reservations now for that. Students in the ACES program have made Valentine's cards for Loma Linda University Hospital, and those have been delivered. The Harlem Wizards basketball game is going to be on April 21st at REV, and so one player from each school site is being asked to participate, so if you know who that might be, Evening of appreciation is on May 10th. Just keep that on your calendar. And donations are always welcome to rep. You go to repforschools.com and make your donation. And their next meeting is in the middle of April.

Thank you, Mrs. Renner. On to Mr. O'Neill for City of Redlands Cultural Arts Commission.

I have nothing to report on that, but I'd like to ask Michelle what was that evening of appreciation? May 10th. May 10th. The AAA Academy, do you have the dates on that yet?

The spring camp is during, sorry, it's during spring break.

What's the whole two weeks? Yeah, yeah. The whole two weeks, got it.

Elementary.

Okay.

They'll be at Kingsbury.

Thank you. I have another report, sorry, on the Arts Commission.

Mrs. Rendler back back to mrs. Rendler for Parks and Rec.

Okay the meeting last week there were many State Street business owners asking about the new market morning date and time that was the big topic. Ryan Johnson who's the chair of the Parks and Rec Advisory Commission explained that it was the decision of the City Council as that Commission is just an in an advisory capacity. So they will have to go to the city council with their complaints. How our parks are looking and the upkeep that may be needed to be done was discussed by all the commissioners. They each have five parks that they're in charge of. And there's an artist, her name is Kathleen King Pace, and she would like to donate a 26 foot sculpture of bicycles. riders to the city of redlands before the redlands bicycle classic starts and it's going to go to the city council for approval because the parks and mission uh... they like the idea so it's going to go move on and that is all to report thank you uh... miss holohan for sendouts i am turned off from send out so we can probably remove thank you

Okay, Mr. O'Neill for CSBA Region 16 Delegate Assembly.

Nothing to report on that, haven't had a meeting. And I'll go ahead with the next one, the coalition to support the completion of the Rev Athletic Stadium. I know my colleagues, a couple of my colleagues, Michelle and Maria and myself and the superintendent and his cabinet. were at the first official soccer game and they honored the seniors from the boys soccer team and they won and that's always a good thing. But it was an exciting event. It was freezing cold, we all felt that. But seeing the beautiful field and the crowd was big and they toughed it out, it was a very exciting event and I know obviously having the home field advantage now it'll be nice for them to play their soccer games for the rest of the season and and track is just ahead that's a beautiful track and field for sure so it was really nice even the RHS players were so happy that rev won their first game on their field they were very happy for them even though you know they wanted to win but they were very happy for those red students the first group that actually used the field Maria was

It was actually their marching band. I know that because I'm a marching band, but we were invited by the principal to do a little mini staff ceremony opening for it. So they had us come down to the field and we did, we played some peptunes and we did open up the The stadium for the first time it was very nice as marching band students because if you guys are unaware for the past few years We've had to every Monday pack up all our equipment and trailers and drive down to RHS or CV For the past few years and have a late-night rehearsal and then go back to rev unpack and then go back home eventually So that would be around 11 p.m. So it was very nice for for the school to invite marching band to do it it was very personal to myself and We had a lot of our band program, not involved in marching band, but who were wanting to attend anyway and be a part of that. And it was a really big meaning to the school. It was a very nice field, too. It was very nice for me.

And do you want me to share? Do you want me to share the surprise that every time a goal was scored, what happened at the field?

Yeah, so one thing that was very unique to our field was every time a goal was scored, the lights actually flash red. And it was very different, because I don't think anyone really knew that was happening until it happened. And it was a surprise to me, because that doesn't happen at RHS or at CV, and it was very different. But it was a very good surprise, and it was actually very, Yeah, it was very different and I didn't expect it at all. And it was very cool because it flashes red and it made the whole field turn a different color and it was very fun. It made it very more, it made it a lot more fun to attend.

Fireworks. Yeah. Yeah, it was great without the smoke. Okay, that's all I have.

All right, thank you. Up next is the superintendent's report, Mr. Arellano.

Hi, well good evening. I want to start off by thanking the RHS ROTC program. As you saw, they're just outstanding group of young people who are learning leadership. And I thank the squad commander BJ. I've known her for years, for 20 years as a matter of fact. She does a great job with the kids and of course accolades to Kate too for continuously supporting that program. It's a great program. I know we're working hard to continue to grow the program, so I really am happy to see that we're attempting to recruit students and get them to understand what the program brings to them, so thank you guys for a great job. I want to thank Jamie and all of his crew and the teacher, Courtney, to do the demonstration of the Florio. Having our students who need support in learning social cues and to be comfortable to communicate in a real world setting and to be able to use artificial intelligence and virtual reality to help them is just amazing. So kudos, Jamie, to you and everyone who continues to have the courage to use all this new technology to help our students have a better experience. Thank you so much for that. And again, another example of the district and the district team supporting our special needs students across the district. So thank you to both those folks today. David, if I may, if I can get you to kickstart. I want to just do some celebrations, as I always do each year. And it looks like we're already out of order. Oh, no. We're in order. Okay. Very good. Thank you, Carrie Ann. Thank you for putting all this together. So go back one, please. There you go. So this is, RHS has their special education program. Teacher Natalie King has worked to work with our kids to put together the Terriers Grounds Company coffee shop. And the students there learn how to run a actual coffee business. And this is in one of the portables there at RHS, but they're not landlocked to the school. They also come and do sales and service to the district office and the different departments, doing an amazing job. And the students get an opportunity to take your order. They will make you your expresso, your latte, or any type of coffee with any type of flavoring. You pay, somebody runs the register, you get the cash, you know, your change back, and they handle it very professionally. So again, another great example of how our district is coming together to support our special needs programs and just to continue to show the world that every student has brilliance. It's our job. to find it. So that's all of us on the day we were there to get our, I think I ordered a caramel macchiato something or another. Man, it was good. I haven't thrown some cinnamon sprinkles or something. It was delicious. So kudos.

That's the first time I see you without a tie.

Yeah, I don't remember why I'm not wearing a tie there, I don't remember. But yeah, good observation, Mr. Barra, appreciate that. It happens rarely, right? Next slide, David. So here we have students from Smiley Elementary School. Kingsbury Elementary School and Orange Wood High School who competed in the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, which was held this year actually at Rialto Unified School District. And I'm pleased to present that these three schools came away with some bling bling. Smiley won the Mission Impossible award for putting together a device that seemed impossible to make and put together, so kudos to Smiley. Kingsbury won second place in the machine competition, but won the sportsmanship award for the contest, so kudos to the Kingsbury group. And Orange Wood High School, they won second place in the competition and also won the Creative Spark Award. So what you see here is teachers who have put their brilliance together to help our students continue to learn STEAM opportunities. But like Board Member Varro was talking earlier, What's more important about these opportunities is the students to have their creativity, their collaboration, working together as a team to solve complex issues. So we're very proud of those three schools. Next slide, please. And as was mentioned by Maria, she stole my thunder a little bit, but that's okay. She did a better job than I'm sure I will do presenting this. But we did have teams who participated in San Rio County. uh... academic decathlon competition which is sponsored by samuel county schools and you see uh... superintender tennel hundred has been a great supporter of the runs unified school district as maria shared are ruddens high school team took second place and uh... the ruddens east valley team uh... took fifth place so it was great to see two of our schools uh... place high and that competition next slide please Oh, sorry, we're skipping out, okay. I'm glad I look up first. So we had the opportunity to have the Honorable Pete Aguilar, whose son attends Moore Middle School. Teacher Danny Gonzalez reached out to Pete Aguilar and asked if he could come and talk a little bit about the three branches of government and his experience serving as the mayor of Redlands. So all of the eighth grade students had the opportunity to come into the multi-purpose room, hear a little bit about the three branches of government and how they work, They got to hear a little bit about Pete's life experiences serving as a city council member and as a mayor and what it takes to be an elected politician. And then the students had the opportunity to come up and ask Pete a bunch of questions about his work and how laws come to fruition and how committee works etcetera. So I want to thank Pete for taking time out of his busy schedule to come and share with the eighth grade social studies classes all about government. Next slide. So as you know, this past month, or this current month, we're still in February, is Black History Month. And so I wanted to share with you a few pictures of some of the activities that are going on throughout the district. But I wanted to remind the Board of Education that you should have received already, as we do every year, a booklet that shows all of the activities and additional learning opportunities that our schools put forth for Black History Month. So I hope you've had an opportunity to take a look at a lot of the activities that are happening and a lot of the opportunities for our students to learn and to share their life experiences. So we're glad that this tradition continues. And we hope that you get an opportunity to look to that NOVA because I think it's important for you to see what's being celebrated, what's being taught, what's being talked about, and the different opportunities our students have an opportunity to learn. Next slide, please. And that good looking group right there, minus one, I'll take myself out. Everybody else, great looking group here. This was San Marino County of Schools, Ted Alejandro each year does a special ceremony to celebrate any of the schools within San Marino County. who have won a Golden Bell award. So I know our audience and community already knows is this year, Redlands Unified School District was once again recognized by a Golden Bell for the Garner Holt Automatronic Lab. And so first I just want to congratulate Chino Valley School District, Rialto Unified, Victor Valley Union High School, and Chaffey Joint School District. They were the other four school districts that won a Golden Bell in our county this year. And I just want to remind everyone, once again, I know you've heard me say it many times, this is our fourth Golden Bell in four years. And we should all be very proud of that because it's very hard to just win one. But to win four in a row really says something about the great work that's being done by our staff across this district to be innovative and unique. So that good-looking group was there to be celebrated for the Golden Bell. Next slide, please. And then here before you, you see the Orangewood High School logo. And what I'm proud to announce tonight is that just yesterday I received an email from State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education letting us know that once again for the third time Orange Wood High School has been deemed a model continuation program, award-winning program. So kudos, yes, absolutely. Kudos to Principal Carley and the amazing staff at OHS. And of course, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention retired Principal Carol Room. who started that traditional legacy. So all of them have done just a great job creating an outstanding program at Orange Wood High School. So congratulations to everyone and we'll have an opportunity to formally celebrate that at a later time. So next slide please. And this is the same day, Alex, so it's not a different day without me in the suit and tie. But I had the opportunity to host every year Mariposa Elementary School, they pick a principal for a day. And so I had the opportunity to meet Sylvia Kessex, who is a third-grade student at Mariposa. And you see the principal there, Larissa Gill. And Sophia was just sweet, very intelligent, great personality, wanted to know a little bit about what a superintendent does and what my role is and what the role of the district office is. So very bright young lady. So it was really very nice to meet her. And I loved her shoes. You know, those were great shoes. Next slide, please. I want to take a moment to thank the City of Redlands City Council and the mayor there, Eddie Tejeda, who reached out to me a couple weeks ago and wanted to begin implementing the opportunity for Redlands Unified School District elementary students to do the flag salute before every meeting. And so this is a picture of the first opportunity for Redlands Unified School District to do so, which was, I believe, a couple of weeks ago, if I remember correctly. And this is Franklin Elementary. So I want to thank the city council members and the mayor for giving this opportunity. And I believe Cram Elementary is up next, right, at their next meeting. So we want to thank the city for giving us the opportunity to be a part of that. Giving the kids and their parents an opportunity to see something different and to see how City Council meetings operate next slide And as was mentioned also by Maria, we wanted to recognize, and again, we'll have an opportunity to formally recognize them at a later time, but this is the cheerleading squad from Citrus Valley High School who won the CIF Southern Section Championship. So congratulations to the cheerleaders at Citrus Valley High School. They did a great job. Next slide, please. All right, and before we lead into this next part, as everyone knows and board, you know, we've made a conscientious effort this year to really augment the portion of our district website that speaks to all of our Act Now initiatives. All of the different safety protocols that we've been putting into place over the last several years. And one of our goals was to put together little video vignettes of the different protocols and systems so that if parents wanted an opportunity to sit down with their children at home to talk about some of these things, it would give them a prompt and a better understanding of what they are. So currently, right now, when you access the Act Now tab on the website, you'll find the video that corresponds with Board Policy 4019-1. You'll also see the video that corresponds with the WeTip and Sprigio app for reporting. And you see a video that speaks to the see something, say something, send something, say something posters. So tonight I'm proud to announce that we will be adding the video that speaks to our school resource officers. As you know, we're very proud. Four years ago, we brought back the SROs to our school sites, and we just recently and proudly renewed our contracts with both the Runlands Police Department and San Marino Sheriff's County Department. And so thank you to Rebecca Maszczak for this video. Everyone gets to see it for the first time here tonight. So David, if you can play it for me, I'd appreciate it.

Our role is to first protect the school, the students, the staff. So it's a protective role, security role. Second, I would say it's a counseling role. And the third, I would say it's a resource. You have it all here available for you immediately.

You know, there's safety officers, teachers. They're coming to us looking for answers.

So having somebody here really provides a safety net and a faster response.

We're not employees of the Reynolds Unified School District. They have a contract with us for law enforcement services. So our school security does a great job, but their function is really, really different than the police officer function. Their function is to kind of facilitate the kids going to class safely, but they don't do anything related to the penal code or to like child welfare, any of those other issues that the law enforcement is trained for. It's a total different function, although we work closely together.

I've made a promise to myself that no one's going to harm my students, whether it's outside or inside. 100% I will take a bullet for anybody if it were to happen. I would be the first one to go down and I have no shame in admitting that. My goal here is to protect the students and to ensure that nobody other than myself gets hurt if it comes down to that.

I will be the first person probably to confront whatever happens. I'm going to be here to protect and put my life on the line for the students. So yeah, that's definitely at the forefront ahead of everything else. Biggest misconception is that we're here to take kids to jail and that's not the case.

My favorite part of my job is actually interacting with the students. They really make my day. I don't mind that they roast me on the daily, but I actually find them incredibly funny, incredibly intelligent.

The part of the job I enjoy the most is definitely talking to kids and being a positive influence and humanizing the police profession to the kids, to the staff, and to the parents.

Becca, thank you for a great video. Beppi's still here? Great job. And Officer McLaughlin's here. He'll be signing autographs of an eight by ten glasses, right sir? Thank you guys for all your support. So tonight I just want to end by wishing everybody a happy Valentine's Day. And I also want to wish my wife a very happy anniversary. I know you're watching, I love you. Thank you for being a great soulmate to me and thank you, that's all I have tonight. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Arellano, and my apologies to Kim for that. We don't want to have you here, but I'm sure she wants you here less. All right, next up we'll be moving on to the superintendent's recommendations. First up will be consent items under business services. Mr. Hill, do you have any changes or corrections?

Thank you, President Aielycantaro. I have no changes or additions tonight.

Okay. Can I get a motion to approve item A, consent items B through X? Move. Thank you Michelle, and thank you Alex. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Sorry. All right, on to business services action items. accept the 2021-22 financial audit report as presented by Edie Bailey. Is there a motion?

So moved.

Discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. And B, adopt resolution number 22, 2022-2023, authorization to designate authority to transact banking services for secondary schools associated student body accounts. Is there a motion?

So moved.

Second.

Discussion? All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Item C, adopt resolution number 23, 2022-2023, resolution continuing authority to hold virtual meetings pursuant to AB 361. Is there a motion?

So moved.

Second. Discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Item D, adopt resolution number 24, 2022-2023, transfers of appropriations. Is there a motion? So moved. Good. Discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Item E casts up to six votes for the California School Boards Association, CSBA 2023 Delegate Assembly Subregion 16B. Delegate board members as a whole may vote for up to the total number of vacancies, six in region 16B. The delegates will serve two year terms beginning April 1st, 2023 to March 31st, 2025. The following individuals are listed on the official 2023 Delegate Assembly ballot for Subregion 16B. Gwen Dowdy Rogers, Senator Dino, COE. Maria Gomez, Hesperia, USD. Ronald Newton, Mountain View, USD. Gabriel Stein, Victor, ESD. Eric Swanson, Hesperia, USD.

And Kathy Thompson, Central, ESD. Can I get a motion?

So moved.

Second?

Did you second that? You can second that.

I'll second that. Any discussion?

All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Approve the 2023-2024 Board of Education meeting dates. Can I get a motion? So moved. Discussion? All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Moving on to consent items under educational services. Dr. Wagner, do you have any changes or corrections?

Thank you, President Aiella-Cantaro. No changes or corrections.

All right, can I get a motion to approve item A, consent items B through L?

So moved.

A second? Second. Any discussion?

Happy to see RHS spirit leaders, and the debate team, and the wooden salvo all going on their trips.

If there's no other discussion, all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Up next is educational services action items.

Let's take items A through E. Is there a motion to approve items A through E?

Motion to approve A through E. Second.

Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Moving on to consent items under human resources. Dr. Robertson Phillips, do you have any changes or corrections?

At your place this evening, please find the correction for consent item 16AC. Thank you.

Can I get a motion to approve?

I'll move approval B through AI, and I am going to abstain on number G as in girl.

As corrected, correct? Can I get a second?

Second.

All right, all those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Under human resources action items, we have four items to approve.

ratify and adopt revised resolution number 9, 2022-2023, improve appointment of certificated personnel effective 2022-2023 school year based on the approval by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing Education Code credential requirements.

Can I get a motion?

So moved.

Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.

Aye. Any opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. Item B, certificated ratify and approve revised 2022-2023 declaration of need for fully qualified educators for submission to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

So moved.

Second.

Discussion? All those in favor say aye.

Aye. Any opposed?

Chair votes aye and so ordered. Item C, management. Establish position and approve job description for director three, title nine in compliance position effective February 15th, 2023.

So moved.

I'll second that. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered.

Item D, approve student attendance calendar for the 2024-2025 school year.

So moved.

Discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Chair votes aye and so ordered. In closed session, the board took action to appoint. Rachel Rehage to the position of assistant principal of Redlands High School, effective February 15, 2023 at step one of the management team salary schedule with the following vote. Ayala Quintero, Holohan, O'Neill, Renler, Vara voting aye. Rachel, are you here tonight? Welcome.

Do you have any family here with you tonight?

That's wonderful. Welcome.

Okay, we do not have any discussion items. We'll be moving on to the community input portion of the agenda. This is the time that any member of the public may address the board on any agenda item before or during the board's consideration of the item, provided the person submits a completed registration card to address the board form to the clerk of the board or his or her designee prior to the time the chairperson calls the item for the board's consideration. This is not meant to be a debating period. Complaints and problems relating to policy matters will be referred to the superintendent. The person wishing to address the board shall, when recognized by the chairperson of the board, step up to the podium and announce his or her name. 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 majority of the board deems that a different time limit is appropriate. Up next, we will start. Up first, we have David Kovach. David Kovach.

I work in tech services here in our school district. I'm here to make a comment about our diversity and equity program. Diversity and equity program has quite a bit of resources committed to its development. The speakers are clear and the presentation is well organized. The premise of the department program seems to be to be respectful and inclusive of all faiths and cultures and the things we say and do. To be truly inclusive, you must seek to include those groups of cultures and faiths that you may or may not be a part of yourself. Recently, I was directed to attend a meeting by the Diversity and Equity Department. The presentation included topics such as gender neutral bathrooms, non-binary teachers, talking to elementary school kids about safe places for LGBTQ identification. This content evokes strong emotions and crosses acceptable boundaries of many faiths and cultures. I suggest an opening statement that purposely shows regards to all cultures and faiths. I acknowledge that some of the content I'm going to be presenting may evoke strong emotions in some of you. It may even cross boundaries in regards to your faith and culture. If that is the case, you may feel free to leave the meeting or express your viewpoint without consequence. When you omit such a statement, diversity and equity department comes off as an agenda that is being pushed rather than a viable resource to love on everyone. It's hard enough being a kid growing up and learning the differences between boys and girls without adding more confusion. You need to be 16 to drive a car, 18 before you can serve in the military, and 21 before you can drink alcohol. These life landmarks are in place so that as we grow and develop, we acquire the skills and education needed for these momentous landmarks. I agree LGBTQ and gender dysmorphia are serious topics and need to be as dressed as needed. However, isn't deciding whether or not you want to transition from a boy to a girl or to live an LGBTQ lifestyle at least as important as drinking an alcoholic beverage or joining the military? I respectfully submit that the point of the educator is to teach students how to think, and not what to think. Thank you.

Thank you. Next, we have Jeanette Wilson.

Hi, my name is Jeanette Wilson, as you know. I just wanted to share that I have been communicating a little bit with Mr. Wagner. I had emailed him asking for the written guidelines that the librarians use to approve books coming into the library, which he sent to me immediately. And then I asked him regarding that, because it just stated a date that it was created, and his email had said to me that it was an updated guideline and so I emailed him back asking if this is revised or new. It appeared to be a new guideline and at that point I also asked if there was some procedure for reviewing for viewing the reviews being done on the books so that I could see that the librarian is actually following these guidelines and have some transparency there. And at that point, I haven't heard anything back, which I kind of found concerning because I'm just asking for some transparency there. He also shared that the library books are governed by the board and that the board believes, quote, this is a section of it, the school libraries have a responsibility to nurture intellectual growth and freedom by providing materials that present opposing sides controversial issues so that students may learn with guidance how to analyze and think critically about what they read. And my concern is that some of the books that are in the library should be utilized with guidance. And they're just there for kids to read. And I would say this book, Tricks, which is in the library at REV, does not seem to meet up with the board's belief about information that should be shared with children and reviewed with children. And this is Trix, you probably already know, is a book about five teens that fall into prostitution. And it gives graphic descriptions of sex with adults, rape, abuse, graphic language. It's almost to me like the author wants to be as graphic as she can. I think, and many of the people reviewing the books feel that parents should read it first and then discuss it with their children. So my suggestion, instead of making parents research what books are there, go in and sign that their kids can read them or can't read them, I should say. Have parents go in to say their kids can read them. That's a very few parents would probably sign for these kids to read these books. Thank you.

Thank you. All right, up next we have Candy Olson.

All right. All right, I'm Candy. I'm just so tired of you guys and your lack of communication. I don't understand why you don't hold a town hall, because none of you are communicating with us. We have serious, legitimate concerns. I'm tired of your stonewalling. It's just like the article that Mr. Tomberg so eloquently described you all, the stonewalling, the art perfected. It was in the community news. You guys should read about yourselves. It's just really frustrating. It took you like a year to answer Nicole about the food situation. That's pathetic. She's been up here talking to you guys about the food forever, and it took a year to address her. You know, in October we brought up the issue of these obscene books in the library. Jim told us there's a book committee that approves books. Turned out that wasn't true. Then about a month later, behind closed doors, you create a policy. Don't tell any of us which we wanted to know. Where's your policy? What's going on? How do you do this process? You know, I got tired of reading the filthy stuff to you guys, so my husband emailed an excerpt for you to read at the last meeting. But for the first time in three years, you chose not to read the emails. And there was only three of them. But you chose not to read them because you couldn't do it. Because it's disgusting. And it's in your libraries. An anonymous teacher just informed me yesterday about another inappropriate book in her elementary school called Guts. I looked it up, and yes, in fact, it's in Kimberly and Mission Elementary schools. We've asked for you to put this issue on the agenda. Michelle asked for proof of the books. I've sent PDFs of nine books physically in your libraries. They're all here. I have all nine again, but Michelle has them. So does Mauricio. But you guys don't seem to care. The location, sub-location on here has a call number, the barcode, and the status of every single book and where it is. You act like this isn't happening, and it's not true. I've only gotten down on my list to D in the alphabet, and I'm not doing any more until you guys get rid of A through D, and then I can continue on. I've detailed exactly how to access your online library that's RUSD sponsors, which has almost every single sexually obscene book available for the kids to check out. There's only one I didn't find, which was genderqueer. The rest are all there. The kids just can get in there and read them in the privacy of their bedrooms. It's just like soft porn and you guys are fine with it. It's RUSD on there, but no response. Sorry, the response is you have to fill out a form and do the eight step process. You all are not understanding. I'm not filling out a form for the hundreds of books you've allowed into our libraries. Are you kidding me? I didn't make this mess. We didn't create this mess. You guys did. You allowed it in. Now clean it up. If there was an x-rated film discovered in your library, you wouldn't ask us to get rid of it. You would take care of the situation. Please take care of the books. Thank you. Thank you.

Up next, Tina Golt.

I'm here to discuss concerns about child safety and IEP programs. I'm here on behalf of my son, Benny. He's a fourth grader. He was sexually assaulted on a bus ride home numerous times by another classmate. Even though the principal is taking the steps to resolve the matter, I find it concerning that he would shoot the lady, the girl that committed the assault was not removed from the class. Even after numerous students came forward and confirmed that they were also assaulted by the same student. I had to remove my son because he told me, Mommy, I can't be in the same class as her. I can't be in the same bus as her. Please don't make me go to school. And I'm really concerned about it because you guys need to do better on protocol and procedures. When a child is coming to you and telling you that this person is doing this, that child needs to be removed immediately. She should not be around any other kids She's a danger to them, and she needs to seek help. But instead, they offered me to remove my son. Why should I have to remove my son? Why don't you remove the abuser? So I just came to my attention because I feel like the child that did the attack is a victim of grooming herself, and she's at risk of becoming a groomer. And I found this came to my attention because my son started doing the acts that she exposed to him at home. So I have to put in my power to make sure my son doesn't expose his younger siblings to it and show him the right way. So all I ask is that more supervision on the buses, more supervision on students. And please, I understand they need cell phones, but please be monitored them. Because she also showed gay porn or fabric films to my kid and the other several kids. Keep in mind, she's a grade older. She's in fifth grade, and my son's in fourth grade. He's only 10, and he doesn't know anything about that situation. So the principal has advised me that he's handling it, but I don't see anything being handled because that girl is still able to go to school. She's still able to be a kid, and my son is excluded home because he's afraid to go to school. And he was excluded from a Valentine's Day party from his classmates. She got to go to Valentine's Day party. She got to have fun. My son had to stay home. So that's the reason why I'm here on behalf of my son and the safety of the students. Thank you.

Thank you. Bail broom.

Hello, my name is Dr. Dale Broom. I'm a physician and a resident here in Redlands, and I'm also here to speak out about the books that are in the school library that are sexually explicit and either normalize or promote the homosexual and transgender lifestyle. These books desensitize our students with sexual images, storylines, situations, and destroy their sexual innocence and corrupt their minds. Many of these books normalize and extol homosexual activity and transgenderism with no warning about the high risk of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS which are associated with these sexual lifestyle choices. I would also like to bring the attention to the school board. I want you all to go to the Redlands East Valley High School website. Click on the library tab. Then you'll see below a tab that says Banned Book Week, Banned Books Week. This is still promoting banned books, even though that book week ended in October 3rd, 2022. This basically, when you click on that tab, it takes you to a REV webpage, which draws information from the American Library Association Advocacy Group and discusses the dangers of censorship and book burning. It effectively castigates parents who want to challenge schools to remove or restrict certain books from the school library because of the sexually explicit content. Such parents are not Nazi book burners. They're not Soviet censors. They're concerned parents who are responsible looking after their children. And they are not trying to ban books. These books can still be accessed outside of the school library and purchased by the parents and read even when that child becomes an adult. It's not censorship to protect students' minds from age-inappropriate material which is sexually explicit or promotes unhealthy sexual behavior and gender confusion. It's not censorship. It's moral prudence. Something the REV librarian and hopefully the school board will take into consideration. This web page also lists the ten most controversial and challenged library books throughout the nation. These are like the top ten bad books that have been banned in a lot of schools, okay? And the website, our website, the REV website brags that six of these ten books are in their library. including Out of Darkness, The Hate U Give, Absolute True Story of Part-Time Indians, The Bluest Eye, Beyond Magenta. This webpage effectively promotes these books to our students. So if you have a mischievous student who goes to that website, he's going to say, wow, these books are supposedly controversial. Maybe I should look at them and start to browse through them. So in other words, the school is promoting these books instead of trying to limit their access. So I want to urge the school board To set up a committee to review these controversial books, a committee of parents. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. That's it for our card. So we'll be moving on to board member comments. We'll start with Michelle. Mrs. Renly.

Last month we heard the presentation about the rapid MOOC and I want to thank Dr. Acosta and Mr. Flowers. I have been able to see it firsthand at Franklin with Mrs. Thaler's fourth grade class and at Kingsbury with Mrs. Jorgensen and Mrs. Shields in the after school club videoing the good news bears. I even got to be on camera which made me pretty nervous. I want to thank Dr. Patel and Mrs. Burke at Victoria for allowing me to visit and see the amazing things that the Tigers are doing in the Animaker Space Garner Holt Lab. I love seeing all the great innovations that our district has to offer being used at all our school sites. I want to thank all the teachers for stepping up for your students by learning this new technology. And I'm kind of sad, Jamie, that this is your last presentation of the year because I look forward to them. I attended the fentanyl awareness assembly at RHS. It was very eye-opening for many students. I also learned that Narcan, that they were giving to the students, the person who was handing them out told me they're also good if you have elderly grandparents or anybody who takes medication, it can be used if they take too much and they didn't mean to. So you can use that before you get medical help. For the past three weeks, I've participated in the Family and Community Engagement Workshop Series, which is part of the PTA School Smarts Program. Topics include family involvement, lifetime learning, and understanding the education system. Tomorrow's lesson is going to be on understanding the local school system, so that should be interesting. On February 3rd, I was invited to Kingsbury to have coffee, or in my case, tea, from the Traveling Terrier Coffee Grounds. I want to thank Natalie Kling for this wonderful program for our special needs students. She does a wonderful job with them. I met Michaela, who was putting the coffee and the cake pops together for the classroom deliveries. and she told me that she wants to work with animals someday. I hope she reaches her goal. Thank you again to Oliver, who always makes me a great cup of tea every time I go. On that same day, I attended a talk given by Congressman Pete Aguilar at Moore. It was well received by the students, and they had many, many questions for him. I was even reminded of a few things from my government class. I participated in the first wellness committee organization meeting. Many leaders in our district were there to offer their expertise on the subject of nutrition, mental and physical wellness. I'm so happy that as a district we're moving forward in understanding how this all fits together to help our students be successful in all areas of their lives. I want to thank Betty Crocker for including me in that meeting. I also need to apologize to Crystal Regalado and the spirit leaders at RHS. Last Saturday, I was invited to and planned on attending their 2023 national showcase. At 4 p.m., I had every intention of going, and then at 6 o'clock, it was for at 6 o'clock. But then all I could think about was what I was going to have for dinner. So needless to say, I forgot to go and I remembered at one in the morning. I'm looking forward to the Compact Mixer this Thursday evening and Read Across America in a few weeks. Happy St. Valentine's Day to everyone. And as my three-year-old grandson said this morning, bring joy to others everywhere. And I think that sums it up. Have a good night. Thanks.

So I'll be brief so you can go home still. There's a few hours left here tonight. Attended the Redlands Chamber Annual Dinner, and congratulations to Barbara Cram Reardon, who was Redlands Woman of the Year, and from the Cram family of which we have in Highland. So way overdue and happy that she won. I, too, want to thank Congressman Pete Aguilar. I don't know if we can send a letter and let him know. Thank you. We appreciated that. And the students got to come up and give some questions, and one of them was, we want to know how much money you make. So that was pretty funny. And then, just briefly, I do want to say I was very sad to see Miguel Almeida is retiring today. We approve that today. His 31 years of service, those of you who know Coach Miguel Almeida, he has been at Redlands High School for many years and with the football program. So I want to thank him for everything he has done with the Redlands football program and with Redlands Unified in general. Have a good evening and happy Valentine's.

About 53 things I want to go over. I'm just kidding. No, I figured you all be my Valentine date tonight. I want to wish everybody a happy Valentine's Day. Last week, I don't know if you know that I'm on the state CIF board, and last week the board approved a new sport for girls high school flag football. And it was well received, it was a unanimous vote. And we look forward to some girls flag football coming up next year. And today in honor, my last comment in honor of Black History Month, I'd like to share a quote by Dr. Mae Jameson. She's the first African American female astronaut. And she states, never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. Thank you, everybody, and have a good night.

Thank you, Mr. Marra.

Thank you. Well, on that note, the Black History activities and opportunities that our staffs have put together at our schools, it is an amazing list, Mr. Superintendent. So I'll make sure that you let them know how much we appreciate all that stuff. You know, to recognize the African-American contributions and certainly the positive influences on our nation throughout history is an important part of what we need to do. The celebrations that are covered at each school site are amazing, so thanks to us for that. I went on the CRIRAP tours. I got to two of them. I didn't go to RHS. I missed that one. I had a good excuse. But the other two I did. And, you know, the ROP program that we have with our Colton-Yucaipa partners is amazing. The presentations were amazing. The kids and students, ambassadors, did an amazing job in sharing those programs. You know, we have a fully functional, except for the driving part, ambulance in one of the classrooms at Citrus equipped. They have patients that they can work on. I mean, it's pretty extensive. And then seeing the collaboration with our staffs and counselors, because it was a counselor road show, a lot of opportunities for our students. through the RLP program. So it was great to see that. I want to thank the accounting team for another great year of accounting. I'm glad they're there. But thank you very much for their hard work on that. Mr. Ariana, the video vignettes on that now page are great, and this is a great addition. And certainly a shout out to our SROs, but also to our school security staff. Raise your hand, school security staff. There you are. Keeping our students and teachers and staff members safe. We know it's a tough job sometimes. Kids will be kids sometimes, and worse than that, But we know you're there to protect and serve and certainly keep our students and staff safe at our campuses. So we all appreciate that very much. And maybe you need a little vignette too for our campus security people. We'll work on that later. That's all I have tonight, Madam President. Happy Valentine, everybody.

Thank you. I really don't have anything to say tonight, except I want to thank you all for being here and spending your Valentine with us. I know it's probably not the most exciting thing to do. I want to thank my Valentine for coming in tonight and during the meeting with me. And hopefully if you have a significant other that didn't get you anything for Valentine's, hopefully they had a little time while you were here to run to the store and pick something up. So I will adjourn this meeting at 8.52. Thank you, everyone.