Board of Education — September 8, 2026

We're really excited to recognize Tmacula Middle School. So, a little bit about the National PTA School of Excellence program. Over 40 years of research shows that increased family engagement is linked to school improvement and student achievement. The National PTA School of Excellence Recognition Program helps PTAs open lines of communication and use critical thinking to make datadriven decisions to increase and sustain impactful family engagement. By completing the

program, PTAs earn a two-year national designation as a PTA school of excellence, recognizing their leadership in creating welcoming, inclusive school communities and lasting change. National PTA this year recognized 300 PTAs nationwide with this prestigious two-year school of e excellence designation. The [snorts] designation recognizes their commitment to strengthening family school partnerships and student success. Tmacula Middle School is one of only two schools in Riverside County to earn this distinction. Um, and I do know as a former principal that that not only [snorts] the parent involvement,

but I would imagine this uh application took a lot of teamwork and effort to do and much deserved. So, please help me welcome Mr. Marvin Morton, who's the principal at TMS. [applause] Good evening. Thank you. This is uh so exciting for us to win this award. There's there's something going on at TMS and and we feel that very strongly. this uh community connection. We

feel like our staff really believes in our kids and our community. Our community believes in us in turn. This is such an exciting thing. I just think there's just a synergy here uh working at TMS. And so I'd like to thank uh some of our incredible staff who worked on the application and then the incredible board from last year who's here who put in

a ton of work. And talking about a ton of work, this was last year's board president, Mr. Luke Wilson, who really did a lot of heavy lifting to help us get this award. [applause] Thank you. Thank you so much for the recognition. Um, I'm here to represent the board, the current board, and the previous board, and it it was it was an easier process for us. The National PTA puts out a great process where

we ask the parents what they think we could improve on. We give the really hard work to the amazing staff at TMS to start figuring that out. And then we go back to the parents and say uh did we do what we wanted to do? Uh and that's uh the process. And as I like to tell other folks,

uh I went to my first PTA meeting when I moved to Tmacula two years ago and I told my wife uh who we said we're going to sit in the back. We're not going to engage. We're just going to observe. And we left that meeting, me elected president and her secretary two years ago. So, uh, for any parents thinking about getting involved, there's always a spot in the back in most PTA

meetings that you can sort of hang out. So, thank you so much, uh, for for everything [applause] and staff, come on up. certificate. Now window. Any other group? Yeah. Any other conglomerations of the group? [applause] Sorry. Chapter 2: Opening and pledge Okay, this is open session. Good [snorts] evening and welcome to the regular open session meeting of Tmacula Valley Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday, September 8th,

2026 at 6 PM. In attendance this evening, our governing board, Dr. Joseph Kamaroski, myself, Dr. Melinda Anderson, Mrs. Jennifer Wearsma, Mr. Steven Schwarz, Mr. Emil Barum, Mr. Nathan Barry, student school board member, secretary of the board, Dr. Kimberly Vez, and the executive team. We will now have the pledge of allegiance from the Tmacula Middle School ASB students, Ren Allen, Caesar, AC Veto, and Jeremiah Hitchcock. Welcome.

Please take off your hats and stand for the pledge of allegiance. Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. And just give me a second.

Don't go. Don't go. We have stuff for them. Chapter 3: Board president report Okay. Uh, on to board president comment. As we kick off the 202627 school year, I wanted to share a few fun facts that really show the amount of work happening behind the scenes across TVUSD. We welcomed approximately 26,000 students across 29 school sites supported

by more than 3,300 employees. Our nutrition services team is serving about 21,000 meals every day. Transportations has 63 bus routes up and running and our technology team has 100% of its core instructional systems operational at day one. Over the summer alone, more than,400 students were enrolled. more than 25 sorry more than um 250 students participated in bases summer programming and HR interviewed more than 500 candidates as we continued building our

team. We also have 78 student teachers and fieldwork participants working across TVSD through partnerships with 22 universities helping us to build the next generation of educators. [clears throat] It really is a great reminder of how many people and moving pieces come together to make the start of our school year possible and how much happens behind the scenes to

keep the students first. Now, we're on to report of action taken in close session. Actions taken Chapter 4: Closed session report in close session must be reported to the public once close session ends. Today's close session began at 4 p.m. The board of education took the following action in close session. Dr. Anderson It was moved by member Schwarz and seconded by member Barham to ratify and approve the voluntary

demotion agreement and release dated July 20th, 2026 for classified employee number 107606 with an effective date of change of August 3rd, 2026 and a retirement date effective February 28th, 2027. The motion was approved unanimously 5 to zero. It was moved by member Kamaroski and seconded by member Barham to ratify and approve the notice of recommendation for immediate suspension without pay and dismissal from employment and statement of charges dated

August 12th, 2026 for classified employee number 366231 with unpaid status effective August 13, 2026 and dismissal effective September 9th 2026. The motion was adopted unanimously, 5 to zero. It was moved by member Schwarz and seconded by member Barham to deny the claims for damages for MH received on August 5th, 2026. The motion was Oh, the motion was approved. The motion to approve was adopted with a vote of 50-0. It was moved by

member Schwarz and seconded by member Barham to deny the claim for damages for JD received on August 7th, 2026. The vote was 50-0. The motion to approve was adopted with a vote with a vote of 5-0. And then last it was approved to direct the council to notify the author of the curand correct that the board will be taking action in open session to approve changes to the sunshine

committee. The vote was 5-0. That's it. Thank you, Dr. Anderson. And I'm going to hand it over to Mr. Barry. Recognitions, announcements, school related organizations, and this is the student spotlight. Thank you, Dr. Kamaroski. All right. Good even good evening everyone. As your student board Chapter 5: Student spotlights member, I have the pleasure of introducing tonight's student spotlights. Each month, ASB students from our high schools share recent highlights from their campuses and give us a look

at what's coming next. Just a quick reminder that each spotlight is limited to three minutes. We look forward to hearing what's happening across our high schools. First up, Chapper High School. [applause] Good evening, Superintendent Dr. VeZ board of trustees and executive cabinet. I'm Maria Rashidi and I'm Brianna Arosco. We are your chapro as presidents. Thank you so much for

having us tonight. We've had an exciting start to our school year kicking off with our luau open to all CHS students. Puma's had a blast with our DJ and vendors. It was certainly a night to remember that brought students together after the first full week of school. Following Chappro had its annual back to school night for Puma families to come and meet our wonderful teachers, counselors, and staff. As we settle into the new school year, this is an amazing opportunity for family members

to experience and gain a better understanding of their students schedule. Kicking off the start of school also brings Friday night lights. The Puma Pit has been shining loud and proud with two home games with our blueout and camo plus Safari themes. Our first game was filled with 1,167 students, only counting our own Pumas. We have more fun planned in the next few weeks

and look forward to continue bringing this Puma hype. Furthermore, Club Rush took place during an extended lunch period with the choice of over 100 clubs to sign up for. There is a large variety of clubs to choose from that are led by passionate Puma students. Club Rush provided a great opportunity to get involved through marketing flyers and one-on-one discussions. Additionally,

our class of 2030 created a special memory through their freshman movie night with the voted selection of Rio. Freshmen gathered in our quad on blankets and chairs with snacks plus popcorn. A fun night in Brazil certainly took place and allowed freshmen to meet and form new connections. Also happening is our fall Puma athletics. Our volleyball team had an away tournament

in Newport over this past weekend. Aside from our volleyball, our tennis, field hockey, girls golf, girls flag football, boys water polo, cross country, and cheer teams are all working hard in competing. Wish all of our team wishing all of our teams the best luck in representing CHS. Thank you so much for listening. Now, please enjoy our recap video and have a pumatastic evening.

Love the feeling now. [music] Tempising now. [music] [music] Next up, Great Oak High School. It's a very Michael Jackson day. [laughter] Good evening, board. I'm Cadence. And I'm Noah. And here's what's going on at Great Oak in September. Tomorrow is Teddy Bear to school event in honor of suicide awareness week. Our peer leaders have been working hard to make Great Oak a safe place

for all students by hosting senior lawn events to raise awareness. This Friday, we will also be hosting our deaf awareness fest at the senior lawn showcasing some of our ASL students. Homecoming court elections go live next Monday at 7 a.m. where students will vote for their king and queen in their grade level. This week is filled with uh fun spirit days in honor of our homecoming

week like pirates versus sailors and our blue for our homecoming gang against San Hinto. Grey Oak is also going to be a big blue ocean in our balloon game in honor of our Pirates of the Caribbean themed homecoming next Saturday. The dance is at 700 p.m. and tickets are still available for $80 with a WP card and 10 or $100 without. Guest passes are also still available at the bookkeeper.

We wrapped up August with our first home football game, a big win for the boys and a fun night for our student section. We're excited for our video to highlight all the participation in our dressup days and we hope to get even more participation next week in homecoming. Be the one to participate in school events to encourage others to step up too. Thank you, board.

[music] I said you want to be starting something. You got to be starting [music] something. I said you want to be starting something. You got to be over. You'reuck. Thank you, Great Oak High School. Next up, Tmacula Valley High School. Good evening everyone. We apologize in advance for a lack of a visual presentation. However, we're pleased to be here this evening representing TV. The school year has been flying by with so

much activity. There's lots of fun. My name my name is Caleb and I'm Carrie. This Thursday, we are celebrating the class of 2027 and all of their efforts and impressive results on the CASP test last year. Our push this year was to raise scores on all three tests, English, math, and science. The staff brought lots of enthusiasm and the students gave their best

effort and it really showed. To celebrate their excellence, the seniors are being treated with a barbecue tailgate. Burgers, hot dogs, French fries, watermelon, and our favorite, Capri Suns. During lunch, there will be a b there will be bounce houses and some challenges and games with lots of prizes. The seniors were smarter than the CASP. Now, we're going to see if they're smarter

than the staff with some trivia. We're really looking forward to it. The seniors deserve it. Two weeks ago, seniors endured the heat and came out at 6:00 a.m. to the lot to paint their spots. It's really one of our favorite traditions. The whole day has such a great vibe. Their artwork is always impressive. They get to leave their mark on campus for all to see. They have to chance to show their personality, and many families and friends came out to help. Most spots had two to

four students painting together to make their vision a reality. It's a true community event. And beyond that, ASB was out there bringing water and otter pops around, helping to make the experience as best as it can be. The football season has been amazing already. This Friday is our fourth game, and the team is undefeated, 3 and 0. We're celebrating

our hometown heroes throughout the game. There's so much engagement each game, but this Friday is going to be the best. It's TV versus Hillrest. We've got tons of future Golden Bears participating in the fun as well. Youth dance, cheer campers, and our middle school band members. We expect the pregame to be a highlight. Coming to the stadium is a flag the size of the field, 100 yards by 50 yards. It's going to take close to 250 people to unfurl it and hold it up during

the national anthem. We have students and staff all around the outside and underneath, including some from Hillrest. Can you picture it? It's going to be a big thing. Prior to our last home football game, we hosted a tailgate for the class of 2030. You can tell we love feeding the students. They played some cornhole and then joined the freshman cheer as they made their way down to

the stadium. The freshmen have had a lot of opportunities to get connected with campus. Just last week, our golden guide mentors made their way out to every 9th grade adisement class, checking on their progress and getting to know their groups. We've got a lot of heart for the students and our campus. Each Tuesday during advisement, there have been close to 40

students volunteering to help clean up campus and begin working on their community service hours. It's pretty cool to see so many students working on picking up trash in the quads. Campus is looking pretty good. Thank you for having us. We'll see you next month. Go Bears. [applause] Thank you TV. And last but not least, sorry. Last but not least, we have a presentation from Rancho Vista High School. Members and cabinet. My name is Austin.

Good evening board members and cabinet. My name is Austin and my name is Joshua. We are the 2026 to 2027 student speakers from Rancho Vista High School and we are excited to share some of the great things happening around campus. This Rancho Vista first student spotlight of the school year and we are excited to kick off the year by sharing what our students and staff have been up to.

In August, we kicked off the 2026 2027 school year with our first day of school. It was a great way to welcome everyone back to campus and start a new year together. Our first Friday evening was big games, which students had fun playing games together. We also had an Otter Pops giveaway to help cool everyone down and make everyone's first Friday a little sweeter.

On Wednesday, August 26th, we held an assembly and a club rush. Students had the opportunity to learn more about the clubs available on campus and we held our first club meetings of the year. We also celebrated our first spirit day with with jersey day. Students who participated earned Minga points for showing their school spirit. At Rancho Vista High School,

students can earn Minga points for participating in school activities, showing school spirit, and making positive choices. Those points can be used to purchase items from our Minga store. It gives students something fun to work towards while encouraging participation in school pride. We kicked off September with our first team challenge. Every student and staff member at Rancho Vista belongs to three teams: team white, team blue, or team gray. Our team challenges give

everyone a chance to work together, compete, and build school spirit. It's always fun to see students and staff getting involved and supporting teams. Just this past Friday, students had a great time during our lunch activity making slime. It was a fun way to spend lunch, be creative, and hang out with friends. We are excited for all the activities,

clubs, challenges, and opportunities that are still ahead for Rancho Vista this school year. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share what's happening at Rancho Vista High School to represent our school tonight. We hope everyone has a wonderful evening and we'll see you in November. [applause] Thank you, Mr. Barry, and thank you to all the wonderful ASB leadership at all four high schools. Thank you again. [applause] Chapter 6: Title I funding report

Okay, now we're on to information and reports. M um item one, 2026 27 title one, supporting student achievement through federal funding. Do we have any questions? I do. So, Dr. Veles, can I direct some questions to Mrs. Deis? Yes. Who oversees Title One? Yes. Okay. Um, so one of the reasons that I asked for this um was number one because I want the public

to understand that we do get title one money um from the federal government and um there's a process of allocating these funds to support student achievement and I wanted the public to understand how that process happens but primarily I wanted um the public to know that parents can have an integral voice in determining how their own tax money through Title One is allocated to

their own school. So, Mrs. Deas, could you please speak to that? Yes, absolutely. Um, I appreciate the question because we can't have our Title One plans and funding without our parents. So, through that, um, we have our school site councils. Every title one school needs to have a school site council in which they put together their single plan for student achievement the Sips

and often when you see something come to the board for approval it's completely related to their title one funding through which that SPA has to come forward because of their school site councils underneath the umbrella u requirements that title one has for us for spending. Okay. And we see those as well, right? When we approve how the each individual school is allocating their funds,

we have to bring those forward to the governing board every year for approval. Okay. All right. So, can I make one more point? Do you Is that okay? You got 24. Yeah, one more point. Um, so what I've asked for from the district and it and it can't happen tonight. um to bring back the results of how our students are doing um under title one if they're a title one school

compared to the district average because we want to make sure that our title one funds and our taxpayer money is being used efficiently to support student achievement. So I'm looking to see Mrs. Deis what that data looks like at a future meeting, maybe the next one. Thank you. May I ask a brief question of Mrs. Dis? Okay. So, piggybacking on what you shared. Obviously,

family engagements really important to everyone here. Title One mandates a school parent compact and annual meetings. And beyond attendance tallies at family math literacy nights, how do you think we can measure whether family engagement efforts have improved student academic outcomes? Is there something measurable? Every campus looks different. What would you say with that? [clears throat] I think that's a great question. Uh Mrs. Wesma, thankfully our principles

and our site leadership have interwoven their title one plans in with their strategic plans. So if I'm a site that is a title one site, I have a strategic plan that I'm also working through. That strategic plan is inherently uh a part of the conversations not just through the Sips or through the school site councils but our community advisory partnerships that we have throughout as

well. So usually when those determinations are being made and it's a consensus on a part of that school site council, it's being done in alignment with what the principal has stated their measures and metrics and goals are. So if we look at family engagement as it relates to our feeling and sense of belonging through our panorama survey, things like that that can be measurable. If we're looking at family engagement nights for literacy and math nights, that's connected to the followup

and the follow through with student scores, both formative and summitative. So all of those plans are aligned. If it's being put into professional development for their staff and teachers, that's because there's a focus that that site has instructionally that matches with their schoolwide vision, their strategic plan, and their SIPA. So our goal and what we work through is to align all

that. And I think the most important part of your question is to make sure that our parents know the why behind that so that through line is evident for them as well. Awesome. Thank you for the clarification. Appreciate that. Okay. Any other any other questions? Just quick, Mr. In case you didn't see it, there's a Oh, sorry. Uh the handout is in the back. Uh Sandy has them. If you want to

get the uh handout that inadvertently was left off the agenda, you're welcome to get it and you can look at it and see uh which schools are title one, where the money goes, and how it's spent. And it's going to be on the website. And it's going to be on the website. Thank you. Okay. And now Chapter 7: Committee and transparency

we're on to item two. That has been pulled at the beginning of the meeting. So on to item three. Demands to cure and correct cease and assist. We do have one public comment. Josh Shirley. My comments at this microphone have always centered primarily around uh how you guys conduct business and how it causes us to get lawyers. This is another example where the process was

the problem. It lacked transparency. I know that some of you campaigned on on transparency. That's something I'd actually like to see the way you did that. And I know you guys are already going to correct it. You already just said the reporting in that you're going to correct us and you and I appreciate that. I would just like you guys to focus on doing things openly with the public

engaged with transparency and not coming up with agenda items that are punitive and that attack each other. I think M.2 might have been one of those. I'm glad to see it gone. So please um my one question is with the way that happened at the last meeting, how does it help our students? How did the you doing those subcommittees in a closed session, which is not the time or place,

how did doing it that way help students? Because now it's gotten us in hot water. We've had to shell out I don't know how much amount of money to to lawyers, but is I don't think it was very transparent to do things. It's all I ask. Follow the law. Thank you guys. [applause] Okay. So, [clears throat and cough] I believe there's a report out. Oh, she already um any any

comments to this? Uh Dr. Anderson? Um again, we have not I think I don't know what number this would be. probably in our 30s to demands to cure and correct and brown acts. Um it we're not curing and correcting this. Um actually we're we reaggendized it for transparency but that was not necessary. We just did it. Excuse me. Please don't interrupt. Actually, no. I I can tell

you that we discussed this and we're not curing and correcting it. This is another and the only reason I bring this up be is because like I said, we're probably in the 30s or 40s of the number of Brown Act complaints. And we have had to cure and correct one time, but this is not a cure and

correct. And the person that did submit this will receive a response from the attorney clarifying what's happening. Miss Herszma, I'd just like to add one additional clarifying point. Thank you, Mr. Sheirlene, for your comment at the time in close session. Obviously, we can't disclose all of what was discussed, but we were counseling at the time with an attorney in speaking to this issue. So, I believe the question did come up as to what was protocol and what needed to be

done. So, just know that there was that with someone bringing the complaint forward. Here we are tonight addressing it. But as Dr. Anderson mentioned, so many of these fall flat and they're not truly a Brown Act violation. So it's almost become I don't want to say a game, but I think a lot have been brought forth that have not been valid. So let's put it that way and we'll move on.

Mr. shorts. Obviously, something was done incorrectly or else we wouldn't be here redoing it. So, [clears throat] my view of the Sunshine Committee is that they've been totally ineffective in doing their work and we need to reconfigure it. I would suggest that Mr. Barham and I be the subcommittee members for Sunshine Committee so we can actually get something done.

Okay. Any other comments, Mr. Barum? So to clarify, I mean, where does this leave us? I mean, in terms of the sub subcommittee, I'm I'm not understanding. Yeah, we can. Is that is that I'm sorry. I Is that later on? That's not for discussion right now on this item. Okay. So, it it I'm sorry, but it's later on in

action. Is that where it is? I'm sorry. Is it there? We have. Thanks, Mr. Barry. Chapter 8: Public comments Okay, we're on to general public comments. I believe we have seven. We can hear them all. First up is Rhonda Bowen, followed by Brian Emer. Oh, excuse me, Ron. Uh, Mrs. Bowen, let me read off. I forgot to do that. Um, the governing board welcomes public comments. This is the time and place for open session public comments. Public comments are allowed up to a maximum of

three minutes per comment in order received to the maximum total time of 30 minutes per item for comments on agenda items or non-aggenda items. For consent agenda item topics, a limit of three minutes total will be allowed from one speaker unless the item has been placed on the published agenda and its accordance of the Brown Act. No action shall be taken. No discussion will be

made regarding personnel issues in open session. Also, pursuant to education code section 7054, the public com uh public comment process shall not be used to show support or opposition for any ballot measure or candidate for political office, including candidates for the district board of education. All public comments are an important part of the board meeting and are carefully considered by the governing board. Okay. Thank you. Hello, I'm Rhonda Bowen and I am a parent

from area 3 um who is representing the charter parents who have been dealing with major traffic um issues since school started. We wanted the board to know that um that the we wanted the board to know about the traffic issues. Um thank you Mrs. Wersma for um getting us the four-way traffic light, the traffic study, and uh patrol in the past, but um the all the charters have grown

within the past two years. And all three charters have either added a transitional kindergarten, um more students for the schools that are growing, and then more grades like seventh and eighth grade, adding those on. and um Tmacula Valley Charter will be moving to Washington Road. Um and uh but they will that will also cause a bottleneck at Yates and Thomas on WA and Washington Road. So

um we really need an additional traffic study for Abellia and Washington and then um a dedicated police patrol. Until then, I have some ideas that I will be sharing in meetings soon. Um, I care about the protection and the preservation of our children's safety because there are some parents that are using the middle uh center lane to drive into the uh the the the um

loops and that's very dangerous for the kids that are walking to the next school. Um uh so um let's see where did I stop? Uh, so I'm committed to seeing this major issue fixed around every school, actually within our district. I'm a mama bear and I don't quit. I fight and I win. Thank you. Brian Emert, followed by Josh.

Good evening. I'm Brian Emert. I live in I've lived in Trusty Area 2 for 25 years. First, thank you Serving on a school board is a hard job that pays very little and costs plenty. Whatever else I say tonight, I don't forget that. For the past three years, I've spent a lot of evenings in that chair over there, um, listening carefully and respectfully to the people I agree with and the

people I don't as well. The passion in this room is real, but I think we have stopped listening to the people we think of as the other side. We should all be on the same side, the student side. There have been many nights in this room when I've heard the words be better. I want to talk about being better and I'm including myself in that. If I earn a seat at this table, I will be

under the same pressures you are. Everyone of us says the students come first. Half of our students are already at grade level in math. I want the other half standing right beside them. I've watched our teachers work. We can get there. That is the most urgent thing in this building. So if a parent watched the entire meeting to the finish, could they tell? Three suggestions offered

in good faith. First, put student achievement at the top of the agenda, not at 10:00 when everyone is tired and the room is emptied out. First, while we're fresh. Second, adopt board norms in writing. Read them out loud at the start of every meeting. Not because anyone here needs a lecture, but because saying a thing out loud makes it easier to keep. Disagree with the idea. Name the

person only to credit them. Third, apply one test to every item that comes to this board. How does this help a student read better or do math better in June? We can't answer. If we can't answer that one question, the item may still be necessary, but it shouldn't be the focus of our board meeting. None of that asks anyone to change their principles or agree with me. I'm asking that we do business in this district in a way that every student can watch and be proud of. We have

great teachers here. We have parents who show up. And if the five people at this table can disagree well and still get the business accomplished, the district, this district can be one of the best districts in California. Let's be better together for our kids. Thank you, [applause] Josh, followed by Angela. during the open house night at Chapperel High where I got two kids going there now. Um,

just heard back from my kids and the teachers wifi apparently is not that great at their school and I'm wondering how problematic this is uh for the district. Dr. Kamaraski, you had the environmental testing and uh the people who did the EMF testing for you. I actually thought they Hey, Dr. Kamari, I had a question for you. are they available to do network testing? Because reading their

uh reports out, I actually appreciated the quality of their study. I thought it was thorough. I'm not don't know them. I'm not partisan to them, but I actually liked the the readouts because I thought I felt they were uh honest and clear. That would be great for the district because I know that in the classroom some of the um textbooks are purely digital and if you can't connect to the Wi-Fi,

I think it was a district-wide problem. they had recently. Um, if we can do I think that would be a good allocation of a small amount of money. That'd be great if we do that for the rest of the evening. I hope you guys uh can conduct yourself. This so far it's been great. If we could not do the name calling, not do character assassinations. If we can conduct ourselves, I

agree with the with the be better. Thank you. Um, I know Greg Laneworthy hasn't been here recently, but I think his heart and mind would agree with you on that. But um if we can if we can find a way to disagree politely, civily, I would really appreciate. I had a root canal just a few hours ago. I hope the root canal is the most painful thing I have to go through today. So uh I'll leave

it to you uh who are smarter, more educated, and experienced than me. Thank you for your time. I Dr. Anders or Dr. Val is going to respond real quick. Uh Mr. Sherling, Mr. Mr. Sherling, I'll be happy to send you an update on the Wi-Fi issues because they have been all taken care of and things are working beautifully right now. So, I'll be happy to send you an update on that. Angela, followed by Lindsay.

Good evening. I'm Angela and I'm here tonight to raise serious concerns about the traffic and increasingly unsafe conditions surrounding Summit Academy, Tmacula Preparatory School, and Tmacula Valley Charter School in the Winchester area. I understand that Tmacula Preparatory and Tmacula Valley Charter School is not governed by Tmacula Valley Unified School District. However, Summit Academy is and the traffic from all three schools impacts the same surrounding streets every

morning and every afternoon. This has become more than normal school traffic. We have hundreds of vehicles, children walking, riding bikes, crossing guards, parents entering and exiting three schools in an area where the roads simply can't handle this much traffic. One of my biggest concerns is the four-way stop at Aelia Street and Charo Street. Crossing guards are stopping an already

construction intersects section, sometimes only for one or two children at a time, while vehicles are backing up and trying to merge from multiple directions. I have p personally witnessed vehicles coming dangerously too close to the crossing guards and children in the crosswalk almost daily. That is why I believe this needs to be addressed as a safety issue and not a traffic complaint. I have already reached out to the Riverside County and other school boards because I understand this

is something not one school or one district can solve alone. I'm asking Tmacula Valley Unified School District to help bring responsible schools and agencies together to evaluate the traffic and pedestrian safety in this entire area, including stagger arrival and dismissal times. better traffic control measures whether a traffic signal with a controlled pedestrian crossing will be installed at Aelia and Charles Street. There are three schools and hundreds of

families using infrastructure that is clearly struggling to accommodate them. Getting your children to school and picking them up every day should not be this stressful or feel unsafe. We should address this now before a child, a crossing guard, or even a driver gets hurt, not afterwards. Thank you very much. [applause] Next up, Lindsay, followed by Karen. Okay. Hi, I'm Lindsay. I am a homeowner in trustee area 3 and I'm here to talk about

a couple of things. So, first, I got to go over this. You know, I constantly hear it. I heard it tonight. Fighting for our kids. We hear it often and obviously we all want people sitting up on this day as here to fight for our kids. But after all of this time, we got to ask ourselves what actually has come from all of this fighting for our kids. He's not here,

but Dr. Kamaroski when he came into office, he had very specific things he wanted to take on. He challenged and said that he wanted to defend our parental rights with no mandates and fight for excellence in education and proper curriculum. But after all of this time, what's changed? All of our mandates are still here. CSE is still here. California's curriculum

requirements are still here. And honestly, I'm still waiting to hear what evidence there was that CRT is actually being taught in the TVSD classrooms in the first place. That's my biggest concern. We've spent an awful lot of time and money talking about these issues, but what did our students and families actually get out of all of it? And it's not just those

issues. I went through 24 months of action items and you know what I saw? I saw an action item that we wanted electronic voting. An action item that wanted a new boardroom with a raised deis having a parliamentarian sit up here. Public comment rules changed attorneys investigations resolutions exceptions and a ton of political statements. And some of those things may have been necessary and they are important to some. And and I'm not saying they weren't, but to some they're not.

They're not what families are asking about when they talk about their kids. They're asking about our academics, our attendance ratings, special education, school safety, traffic, and whether their kids are getting what they need at school. Mrs. Wearsma, you brought it as almost a call to action on your social media. And I want to bring up the trash tra issues in your area. You spent 45

minutes talking with a mom who reached out about this traffic problem. And I appreciate that you listened to her. But I brought up this same issue with you personally more than two years ago when hundreds of new homes were being built in the area that I live in. It was pretty predictable that hundreds of new homes would mean a lot more cars. So now with just a few months left in your term,

we're hearing that you hope whoever replaces you will fix it. That's so frustrating to hear. I literally feel like I am going to die taking a left turn from Porroy from Benton to Porroy almost every single day. You cannot drive on Ald in the morning. I cannot get to where I need to go. I have to detour almost three miles and it all rushes into Bella Vista. So, I appreciate

that you want to do something, but you had a lot of time to do it and it's it is frustrating. Um, I'm not saying that trustees shouldn't have strong opinions or fight for things that they believe in. You absolutely should, but there has to be a point where we step back and ask, what are we actually getting done? Thank you. [applause] Karen followed by Upnit.

Good evening. I'm here tonight regarding the traffic situation around Bella Vista Middle School. A concern that became all too real last week when Cal Fire reported that a student was struck by a vehicle in the intersection of Porroy and Browning. Four years ago, my trustee told this community that Bella Vista traffic would be a priority. And after four years

without meaningful progress, I believe we need solution focused discussions. And that is why tonight I'm bringing this directly directly to you, Dr. BZ, not to complain about what hasn't been done and certainly not to suggest that the district can solve a complex traffic problem on its own. I'm coming with solution and ideas that I've worked with part with partners um with work

that I've actually done. Over the past several weeks, I have been meeting with people who have the expertise and authority to help us determine what can be done. I met with Captain Regali from the Tmacula Police Department. He didn't just speak with me about the issue. He met me at Bella Vista Middle School so we could look at the area firsthand and discuss the challenges and

identify possible solutions. I also spoke with and met with uh Supervisor Chuck Washington. We discussed future infrastructure improvements which unfortunately are still years away. But more importantly, we discussed what can be done now. He committed to reaching out to CHP leadership and discuss discussing with other county supervisors the possibility of a broader school traffic safety campaign focused on educating both drivers and students. Both um Captain Regali also

informed me that Belellist does not currently have a full-time school resource officer. He indicated that with district approval, there would be an opportunity for a full-time SRO, which could provide an additional visible safety presence, including during drop off and pickup. Dr. BZ, I respectfully ask that the district explore whether that is a feasible option. I recognize that there are real um budget constraints facing our district, but when

we are talking about student safety, I believe every reasonable option deserves consideration. I would also like to propose the creation of a Bella Vista traffic safety committee bringing together the district, school administration, Riverside County, law enforcement, CHP, parents, and students. Because what has become clear through these conversations is that this isn't a problem any one agency can solve by itself. It requires collaboration. Long-term infrastructure

improvements are coming, but our students can't wait for years for safer conditions. Um, over the past several weeks, I've gone directly to the people with expertise, resources, and authority to help us um and determine what could be done right now. This isn't about politics. This isn't about pointing fingers. It's about bringing people together, focusing on solutions, and turning conversations into action. Our students are walking and writing to school today. Families are navigating this traffic every morning and every afternoon. Let's please work together

to make getting to and from Bella Vista safety safer for every student. Thank you. [applause] Good evening. So, my original comments were for action item eight. I'm guessing if I'm going to hold off on it. We're talking about traffic. I'm glad we're getting close to election time and finally we're trying to focus on actual issues focusing the students. I did go address the mayor

last year. It was around September. Uh I think she went to one of our middle schools. I'm pretty sure not to observe traffic along with uh Mrs. Versma and Dr. Kamaskki. I had to point out to her like you know rather than going protesting the existence of a student and might be better uh uh the community might be better served if you actually address actual issues facing the

student. I've talked about the kid who got hit outside grade oak, the student I saw get hit on their bike outside Chappraal High School in summer school. But I'm really glad we're paying attention to this issue just like you know two months before election finally. And we have to also talk about like what is working. TVHS had terrible I had a terrible time at pickup. They have a camp uh

campus security resource officer standing outside in the morning with the stop sign, a crossing guard who does not allow left turn, stops the traffic, lets everybody make the right turn. It has eased congestion a lot. I did see a problem with the illegal U-turn. And thank you, Mr. Pastor. I did see the motorc car go over there to prevent people from parking in front of the red curb on Margarita Road. So the solutions are there but the problem is we are

uh we don't have the opportunity to get to discuss actual issues because we're too busy curing and correcting reading out state laws trying to fight Sacramento wasting our dollars on personal polit political agendas. We will uh we don't have the opportunity to actually get to the issue. And to my original public comments that I was going to make on action item 8,

that action item is about as clear as mud. Like what is it trying to do? Sunshine committee this and that. There are very strict laws and government code regarding like when you can sunshine an article and what like what are you trying to discuss? They say we're giving input into the policy. Is it anything different from what you originally discussed? The original was

original I went back to the meeting on 15th of April of nobody really came to a conclusion what the neutral classrooms policy is. You are technically not allowed to discuss anything outside of the neutral classroom policy. If you brought a new proposal it needs to be made public within 24 hours. It the opening is in October but if you are proposing something new government code

requires you to put make it public. You cannot start discussion on any topic before putting it on the public agenda. There is a reason like I've told you before for four years understand the spirit of the law. You don't have to then you don't have to contact lawyers and stuff to figure out the letter of the law. Transparency is the spirit of the law. Nobody has any idea

what this supposed sunshine committee is doing in the dark. Thank you. [applause] Chapter 9: Textbook sufficiency All right. On to action item number one. Um, notice of public hearing resolution number 202627, sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials compliance for fiscal year 2026 27. This is in accordance with the Williams Act. Um, any question or discussion questions or discussion on

this? No. Len, uh, do we have a motion, a second to approve? All right. Who who moved that? Mr. Brian. All right. Thank you, Len. Would you mind calling role? Student board member? Yes. Mersma? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Kamaroski? Yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. We have item number two, unaudited actuals, financial report 202526. We have Mrs. Lash Chapter 10: Financial audit report

presenting. Good evening, everyone. I apologize for the rain. Every time I blow dry my hair, it decides to rain. So, I'll take all the blame for that. Um, I'm a curly hair girl and I fight it all the time. Okay. Uh, unudited actuals for 2526. We should be brief tonight. Um, so you've seen this version of the financial statements four times now in budget form. Tonight we're here to talk about the unodudited actuals, which means we're done. We're closed.

And they're called the unudited actuals because you're going to see these financial statements one more time after the auditors come out and audit them. Um, we did a fantastic job. Uh, our team, and I won't take too much credit. In fact, I'd like to say thank you to my executive director, Kevin Brain, who's here tonight. Him and his team, uh, do all the heavy lifting um, on this budget.

And so, for revenues, we budgeted uh, within 99.8% accuracy. The differences that you see off to the right were uh, because we did a a better job than anticipated in attendance recovery. And so our um revenue for ADA was a little bit higher than originally projected. For expenditures, and it looks like these colors are a little bit hard to see. Uh for expenditures,

we budgeted within 98.4% accuracy. The two major differences or changes from estimated actuals to unodudited actuals were two things. One is uh benefits. So we budgeted the off schedule to include labor related costs or pension costs for stirs and pers off schedules are not subject to stirs and pers and so we overbudgeted for our employee benefits expenditures and then

we if you'll recall applied for a ZESBY grant and we were granted it. We were hoping to get uh purchase two new electric school buses last year. Um, unfortunately the infrastructure is behind schedule and until we build that infrastructure, we're not able to purchase those buses. So now our new timeline is hopefully next summer to receive those buses, but it's all going to be contingent upon how quickly we can get the infrastructure built for the those electric

uh buses. So even with those two uh changes, we were still uh over 98% accurate in our expenditures. Um, that one's easier to see. Uh so overall multi-year projections, our ending fund balance ended up being about 8 million more than we budgeted at estimated actuals. And how that looks uh to our ending fund balance, our savings account is hovering right around 60 million,

which is amazing. Um nice and healthy compared to a lot of our neighboring districts, but uh we are still in a structural deficit. So I'm going to show you the revised multi-year projections. Here's what's changed. So, as I mentioned at both second interim and estimated actuals, the governor's final adopted budget for 2627 did come through with significantly more revenue. Uh, 23.2

million in a one-time grant. That grant is called the student support and professional discretionary block grant. We call it Spudbug for short. I hate that act, that name, but that's what it is. So, 23.2 2 million in a onetime grant. Uh and then uh the state of California increased special education funding, which is fabulous news, to the tune of $8.4 million to TVSD in an ongoing way,

which has a significant impact in a in a positive way to our overall uh multi-year projections. So, those are the increase in revenues that you're going to see on the next slide. Um I just want to remind everyone so we don't make any assumptions for compensation until we're at the table. So 26 27 doesn't make any uh assumptions. And then future revenue, just something to put on our

radar. We um we're declining enrollment and that is a statewide issue. Birth rates are low. Houses aren't affordable. And so for that reason, each year we graduate more students than we bring in. And so from last year to this year, we lost about 550 students. We projected to lose about 400. And so, um, that's going to have an impact on our not only our overall funding, um, uh, but just other

things as well. So, with all of those updates here, revised multi-year projections, you can see that, uh, because of the one-time funds projected to receive in 2627, we are not, um, in that gray area in the middle is our overall whether we're spending or more or less than we're receiving. So you can see in 2627 that's a positive number 2.9 million. That's because of the onetime $23 million

that we're planning on receiving. So we are we do have a structural deficit. We are spending more than we are bringing in on an ongoing basis. However, those one-time revenues and ongoing revenues has made our multi-year projections look a lot better than they did back in May. our savings account. You can see we are dipping into it but not at a um concerning rate. We are dipping

into it over time. And so with that, some closing thoughts. Uh we do have a structural deficit that we will need to continue to address. Um but with our healthy reserves buys us a significant amount of time so we can take slow action in addressing that. um we're going to have a new governor and that always makes all of us in the business world a little bit nervous because we don't

know what that's going to mean for school district finance and uh could be better, could be worse. Um there is a minimum guarantee of funding um and so we can rely on Prop 98, but I just want to put on our windshield that Proposition 55 uh isn't set to expire until 2030. However, permanently extending Proposition 55, which is a tax on the wealthiest of Californians, has a direct impact

on school district funding. And so whether or not that passes in November doesn't change this the minimum funding guarantee that school districts get, but it will significantly impact whether or not the state of California can afford that minimum guarantee. So, the outcome of all of those things we'll know uh soon and will potentially have an impact on school district finance. And with that, the next time you'll see me is at the first interim in December. Any questions?

If so, we could do two minutes for each board member and see where it goes. Mor. Okay. Question. Um, tell me if this is correct. Expenditures for books and supplies fell by 1.2 2 million and services and other operating expenses dropped by a million. Is is that correct? And would you say they're were they efficiency savings or are these deferrals that you would see pushing into the next year? It's a little bit of both. Um so we give allocations to school

sites and departments of what they think they're going to spend and sometimes they don't spend all of those things. Sometimes it's that they didn't get those things by June 30th and they're going to buy them in the new year. So, it is a little bit of both. Um, I would say a lot of it, if it's school site based, it's things we're not going to end up buying. If it's department based,

it's usually things that just pushed into the new year. Yeah, no problem. Say thank you for the amazing work that you guys do. To be that accurate with this amount of money is it's outstanding. It's just outstanding. We thank you. Thanks, Mr. Schwarz. Any other board comments, questions? And I was going to say the community recognizes your talent and

the and the talents of your department, including your your assistant sitting right over there. So, it's it's not only it's not only us, but I I get it all the time, you know, um especially when I'm out talking to the public or they recognize you and they recognize the talents of your department in keeping our district fiscally healthy. So, thank you and I I commend you and

uh and your team sitting over here to your to your left. Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mrs. Lash and Mr. Breen, and for the rest of the people that aren't even here that support you. Yeah. Thanks a lot. [applause] Okay. I call for a motion and a second to approve the 202526 unodudited actuals financial report. Do I have a motion in a second? Moved. Moved by Mr. Bar, seconded by Mr. Schwarz. Lay, would you mind calling role? Student board member? Yes. We Anderson,

yes. Barham, yes. Schwarz Kamaroski. Yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. Um, action item three, conduct a public hearing regarding resolution Chapter 11: Facilities and infrastructure 2026276 approving findings under government code sections 4217.10-4217.18 10-4217.18 for the replacement and upgrade of the heating and cooling systems in the central plant new battery storage system at Chapperel High School and to approve entering into contract negotiations

with Johnson Controls Incorporated. I call for a motion, a second to open the public hearing, receive public comments, and close the public hearing regarding resolution number 202627. Moved 06. Second. Moved by Mr. Schwarz, seconded by Mrs. Wisma. Len, would you mind calling ro? Student board member? Yes. Wearsma? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Comroth? Yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. Conduct the public hearing. Well, that's just a message to me.

All right, here we go. Um, this is the time and place designated for the public hearing regarding resolution 2026 27-6 approving approving findings under government code sections 4217.10-4217.18 for the replacement and upgrade of the heating and cooling systems in the central plant new battery storage system at Chapperel High School and to approve entering into contract negotiations with Johnson Controls Incorporated. I declare the hearing now open

at 6:59 p.m. Is there anyone who wishes to comment on resol resolution 2026276? No. If there are no more comments, I will declare the public hearing closed. Public hearing end time is 6:59 p.m. and we're off to action item four. I'm going to ask the board if there are no comments or discussion on action items four through 7, I'm going to propose an omnibus motion to vote them all in. Go for it. Moved. Second. All right, let me read them all off

and then I'll ask for the motion in the second. But I know, give me a second here. Here we go. Number four, resolution 2026 276 of the board of education of the Tmacula Valley Unified School District approving findings under the government code section 4217.10-4217.18 for the replacement and the upgrade of the heating and cooling systems at Chapperel High School and to approve entering into contract negotiations

with Johnson Controls Incorporated. And number five, resolution number 202627- or SL3 for wire transfer payments. And action item six, resolution number 202627 slash04 for adopting the gone limit. And action item seven, Chapperel High School central plant upgrade project scoped and budget. Do I have a motion in a second? I believe I did. What were they? Moved by who?

Mr. Schwarz. Second, Miss Worma. Len, would you mind calling roll for all uh four, five, six, and seven? Yes. Student board member? Yes. Wema? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Kamaroski? Yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. On to action item eight, Chapter 12: Sunshine committee review approval of the revives sunshine subcommittee membership. Do we have any discussion? We have public comments. Christine Masa followed by Is it two total? Yeah. Okay.

Good evening. So, as you know, I filed the cure and correct that resulted in this item being on tonight's agenda. And while I appreciate that the board is allegedly correcting this action, I am troubled by the explanation that you've included in the agenda to justify what happened. And also not sure why it had to be presented, well, it's not a cure and correct, but we are correcting

it. I'm sure Trusty Anderson will give us all her opinions on why we shouldn't hold the board accountable, but hold that thought. So on August 18th, the board voted 3 to2 in closed session to replace Trusty Kumarki with Trusty Worersma on the Sunshine Committee. That means at least three elected officials deliberated behind closed doors about which of them should participate in shaping

board policy. This decision was controversial enough that two trustees voted against it and yet the public wasn't allowed to hear a word of that discussion. Now after being challenged, tonight's agenda tells us that the Sunshine Committee isn't actually a committee. It says subcommittee has only been used generically and that these trustees are merely collaborating with legal counsel, but

your own record says otherwise. On October 14th, 2025, the agenda item was reorganization of board subcommittees. During that discussion, Trustee Anderson said, "I think we should call it the Sunshine Committee." Then she proposed a motion to quote form a Sunshine Committee. Then she said, "I want to stay on the Sunshine Committee. I want Mr. Barm removed." and you publicly discussed who would replace him. And ultimately, Trusty Anderson said, "I'm going to have Dr. Krosme work with me

on the Sunshine Committee." So, it sounds like it's a committee, but let's be clear, we didn't invent the term committee. You did. You formed it during an open session board discussion. You assigned trustees to it. You removed trustees. You replace trustees. And you did all of that in public. So this attempt to retroactively characterize the group as two trustees merely

collabor collaborating with an attorney is at best a very strained explanation just like saying this isn't a cure and correct but we're correcting it. And that's why tonight shouldn't be simply about rubber stamping a 3-2 decision in public. Have the discussion out in the open that you should have had in the first place about what the committee does and who should be on it. Tell us

why Trusty Kimoski was removed. Tell us why Trusty Wearsman was selected. And since Trusty Wearsman is leaving the board in approximately two months, explain why it makes sense for her to take a role shaping policies that will presumably outlast her tenure. But that's the import whole point of open government. We should get to hear it. Don't treat this as a box checking exercise. Use this meeting

for what it's intended for, public accountability and public trust. So tonight, you're going to fix that action, but don't fix the record by rewriting history. Your own prior practice tells us where they where these decisions belonged right here in the open session. Thank you. [applause] Good evening again. This agenda item reeks of lack of transparency. The agenda says

two trustees were authorized in close session to work with legal counsel to, and I quote, create, modify, or other otherwise provide input on board policies concerning labor negotiations. Now, we're told this group isn't this really a subcommittee, even though the recommended motion literally calls it the Sunshine Committee. But the labels aren't the issue. What exactly are these trustees creating or modifying? Government code section 3547 requires initial bargaining

proposals to be presented at a public meeting. The public must have reasonable opportunity to become informed and express its views before negotiations begin and the board must adopt its initial proposal in an open meeting. The statute actually tells us us its purpose. The public should know what issues are being negotiated, have opportunities to express its views and know the positions of its elected representatives. So if these trustees are helping

develop or modify proposals involving matters within scope of bargaining, where exactly does this private collaboration end and the public access required by section 3547 begin? And there is some irony here. Trusty Versma has repeatedly emphasized the importance of continuity. Yet, she is being placed on a group whose work is apparently expected to occur in November because you can't open the thing before October after her current term ends. How exactly does that

promote continuity? And before approving this, tell the public exactly what these trustees are authorized to do, what they're working on, and how the district intends to comply with section 3547. and the two members we have picked out for this committee. We had one member read a 10-minute uh conversation on a warrant list last meeting. We had Mrs. Versma spend $27,000 for the lawyer

Brener for settling procedural disputes. How are these two members good candidates for a sunshine committee to talk to lawyers have a free access to lawyers? I will come back and speak to the legal costs on the warrant list. Can you justifi? How are these two members justified where they have repeatedly shown poor judgment in consulting with legal attorneys? How are these two good

candidates to be put on this committee? Leave everything else aside. Thank you. [applause] All right. Any board discussion? If so, two members each or two minutes each. All right. call for a motion a second. I want I want to I'd like to Mr. Barum. Okay. So, I think it would behoove us to first of all understand what can and what can't be done in close session. Maybe we need

to review those types of things with the public because in my opinion and the attorney did give his opinion in close session. I mean, I raised my objection in close session that this is not legal and was overruled. Um, so that's one thing. The other thing is I think the public understands because I have said this in the past. I can't stand this subcommittee. I want to get rid of

it. I've proposed getting rid of it because it's not the way that negotiation should be handled. It should be handled amongst all five of us and we should be speaking to the public openly like we did back in January of 2025. I mean everything was out in the open and with this subcommittee I mean I even feel myself. I mean it's a shadow sub it's a sha I don't know what is going on in that

in that uh subcommittee. It's weird. Um and I've never seen a school district have anything like this ever. Um, so, um, I'm gonna make a motion to disband it again right now. Let's disband this. Let's be transparent. And I'm not saying that that the people on the subcommittee in the past haven't been transparent, but it's just it's strange to me. Um, and I would and I agree with with

everybody out here. It's it's not there are there are issues of transparency with this subcommittee and who is on it and who should be on it. Let's just get rid of it and do things the way that a normal school district should be doing it because this is not the way. So I'm going to make the motion to disband it. Do I have a second? Second. Point of order. Mr. Baram, did you last meeting

make the same motion? We'll have to I don't think I did last meeting. But last meeting you just asked for you and Mr. Schwarz to be in the subcommittee. But I'm I'm asking to disband it. No, I know. I'm asking. So, this is a new motion. Last meeting you just asked. Mr. Schwarz, I don't know if I made that motion. I don't think I did. Fine. There's a motion this second. Um,

let's vote on it. Is there any discussion before we vote? All right. Len, would you mind call student board member? Yes. This is to disband and then can we have a discussion? Does it continue on or do we need to if we vote? Let let's have a discussion before we vote. Okay. Yeah. All right. Any other any other board comments, Miss Wman? All right. Dr. Anderson. And but but hold on. I

didn't hear Mr. Barry um speak up. Did you in fact have a comment as well? No. Okay. Dr. Anderson, just wanted to double check. Okay. So we we started this subcommittee the January 2025 and it was in response to um PERB over overturning our flag or we rescended a flag policy that we had and um the idea of sunshining was presented to us by um Mr. aray and the attorneys and I actually think

that the best way to go about implementing these um policies is a team effort and that that's what I felt like I heard from the teachers union is that they wanted a seat at the table. It it's not as quick as some people would like and it does take negotiations and negotiations cannot be discussed in public. So, the lack of transparency isn't because we're trying to hide anything. It's

that these policies are being negotiated. And um I actually think that it's going very well. Other than that, um I I don't have any comment to make on um what sunshining is, what these policies are because like I said, they're currently being negotiated. So, that's all I had to say. Thank you, Dr. Anderson. Miss Worman, the only thing I would like to add to that and actually agree with you on is that we are moving forward and we actually had a discussion in closed session

that was very transparent with all of us on the day here and that conversation has been very fluid. It's been a long process with the sunshining and we talked about it in public from the beginning and the things that were talked about today actually did move us forward. So, it surprises me that you feel that way because I think we're actually in the best place that we've been in relation to this topic and we actually had agreement amongst ourselves. So,

I'm not for disbanding this because I think we're almost there and we should continue it out whether I have two months left or not. I'm still here as an elected official doing the best that I can and sometimes things do take time. I have learned that and you keep going and you keep going until you get there and that's what we're going to do. Can Can I finish your last minute? Um, can you take 30 seconds so I can respond to No, it's her minute. She said I can take her. You guys, you guys. Yeah,

you've already spoken and Mr. Schwar's already spoken and I have a question. I had a comment. It's Jen's time. She said I could sure comment. Um, I do think that she has knowledge. she was called names um derogatory names and I and I actually take offense at that because she has brought a lot of information even recently has brought a lot of information to the district and

to legal regarding negotiations. So I do want to say I give her credit and I I think that she's already been beneficial to the negotiations process. All right, I'm going to give my comment. Mr. Schwarz, is you ready to go? You can go. Um, we're ne we're negotiating things that have to do with teachers and classrooms. And as the two board members who have spent our careers in classrooms,

I believe we understand what the teachers are asking and what is beneficial for kids, beneficial for schools. So I I think that this process has been carried out. Maybe some progress has been made, but again, I don't think that having people who have no experience in classrooms doing negotiating about what goes on in classrooms is the best way to deal with it.

Okay, I'm going to do my comments. So Mr. Barham said that he was against this subcommittee, but in the very beginning you were on it with Dr. Anderson for a while. I in fact last close session removed myself from the subcommittee in close session which is perfectly legable uh legal and um my work was done. Dr. Anderson and Mrs. Worsma had ideas and so I said well if you guys want to

work together I have to remove myself and I did gladly. Um that's fact number two. Fact number three we did not have to agendaize this at all. It was perfectly legal what we did last session and we actually knew it in close session and in open session. It was a redundancy to agendaize what we did tonight, but we did it out of redundancy of transparency. So those are the facts before you. You can you can relay those behind the scenes if you want with Dr. Vez. That's all I have to say.

We do have a motion and a second on the floor. And can I have 10 seconds? This is to No, unless the board grants you an additional 10 seconds. Unless the board grants you an additional two minutes. grant. All right, Len, would you mind calling ro? The motion is to disband this committee. Yes. Student board member, yes. Wearsma, no. Anderson, no. Barham, yes. Schwarz, yes. Kamaroski,

no. Motion not adopted. Two to three, so or three to two, depends on how you look at it. Motion not adopted. So, the subcommittee is still in effect. Item number nine, resolution number 202627. Oh, yep. Sorry, there was a first motion, a second. I call for a motion, a second that the governing board ratify the revised membership for the sunsign subcommittee replacing trustee

Kamaroski with trustee effective August 18th, 2026. Moved. Moved by Mrs. Wear, seconded by Dr. Anderson. A student board member. I'll refrain. Weman, yes. Anderson, yes. Barham, no. Schwarz, no. Kamroski, yes. Motion adopted 3 to2. So, the official subcommittee is now Dr. Anderson, Miss Worman. Action item nine, resolution number 2026278, supporting safer landscape management Chapter 13: Landscape management

practices, continuous review of herbicides and pesticides, and the protection of student health. We have public comments. Two. Can I hear you now? First up is Maryanne, followed by Stephanie. Good evening, president and members of the board. Uh, my name is Maryanne. I'm the founder of Toxin Free Tmacula. I'm speaking tonight in strong support of resolution 9, and I want to thank Dr. Kamaroski for bringing it forward. [snorts] I didn't start this work as an activist. I started as a mom who watch a landscaper spray glyphosate along my fence line

on a windy day with my kids right there. Since then, I've spent years documenting pesticide and herbicide use across our city and increasingly near our children. A 60-day pause is not a radical ask. It's a pause. A window for the district to do what their responsible institution should do before continuing to practice with known health risks. Verify what's actually being applied,

where, how often. This gives the board time to evaluate real alternatives and those alternatives already exist. Products like suppress firehawk are effective options for weed control. Manual removal. Several Orange County cities have already moved to organic first turf management and away from routine synthetic spraying. This is happening right now close to our home. But I want to be clear about something. This isn't just about swapping one product for another. It's about a mentality shift. Synthetic pesticides don't just kill weeds. They degrade the soil over time,

which makes the turf dependent on a chemical intervention. Real lasting pest and weed management starts with regenerating the soil, building it back to its support uh as a healthy turf on its own. That's the model that we should be working towards, not another spray schedule with a different label. Children's bodies are not equipped to process synthetic chemicals

the way adult bodies are. They're closer to the ground. They put their hands in their mouths and they spend hours a day on the exact turf the products are applied. I would ask the board to use the 60 days not for not just for a pause but to start that shift toward organic methods, manual maintenance and soil health so we're not choosing between safe enough chemicals but away from synthetic altogether. I urge you to pass resolution number nine and I thank Dr.

Karowski for putting students and staff health first. Thank you so much and I appreciate you. Thank you. Next speaker, Stephanie. Hello. My comment is super quick. Just wanted to say thank you for bringing resolution 9 um to the agenda today. Um I would hope that the board approves this resolution. It's a very important um topic and it's being talked about greatly currently. There's many

cities that are actually following suit in um finding alternatives to what is being used right now. Um and this is especially important here at the district because it's directly impacting children because it's gets sprayed things that are being sprayed are on school campuses where children are. So anyhow, just wanted to thank you very much for um bringing this to uh resolution to the agenda. Dr. K. Thanks. Thank you.

Okay, I'll just do presentation. You if you want to pull up the resolution, Len. Um I'll just speak. I brought this resolution forward because of the health and safety of our students should always remain one of our highest priorities and we should continually look for opportunities to strengthen the practices we already have in place. This is no surprise to me. I've already

been involved in environmental sorry environmental ethical issues from the beginning. Whether it's EMFs coming off 5Gs, whether it's EMF, ELF coming off of power lines, this is another environmental issue and this is going to be pertain to herbicides, pesticides. There's even insecticides, rodenticides. Side indicates the killing part of it and I'll get to that in a minute. Um,

TVOSD has been proactive in this area. We follow the health schools act maintain. Oh yeah, she's keeping time I think. Yeah. [snorts] Um we already follow the pest management program provided uh pesticide information and advanced notification to the parents of the community. Um we're already working on alternative methods. There was something outdated. We were using light uh I wrote it down. It was on the website. We used uh lifeline. Now we use Cheetah Pro. That

was updated. [sighs] Um, I've already worked with Dr. VeZ, uh, Jason Osborne, director of um, operations, um, Mrs. Lash, and it's it's easily doable to halt our program for 60 days, to put it on a pause, and it doesn't put the district in any sort of bind. And if there was an emergency, we would actually still deal with it even though there's a 60-day pause. Fun fact,

we don't use an insecticide for ants. We use a natural remedy as a deterrent which is peppermint oil and rosemary oil currently used. Thought that was cool. Um first it estab Yeah, there's a 60-day pause. Um a shout out to um toxifree tmacula Maryanne Stephanie all the work you guys are doing behind the scenes. And that ends my first two-minute comments.

Any other board member want to go? Yeah, Mr. Schwarz. And then I'll finish up my two I want to say uh start by saying I agree with the spirit behind this resolution. Protecting our students from unnecessary chemical exposure is a responsibility every one of us take seriously. I come from this somewhat unique angle. Many of you don't know in my former life I owned

and operated a lawn care business for 30 years. I worked with pesticides and herbicides regularly. I understand both their risks and their proper limited use. And I want to raise some concerns about this specific proposal. A blanket 60-day pause sounds simple, but pest and weed management doesn't pause just because we do. Weeds don't stop growing. Pest populations don't wait politely.

Uh invasive weeds go to seed. Turf degrades. Pest infestations. Ants, rodents, even ticks to establish themselves in ways that are far harder and more expensive to reverse than to prevent. some cases letting a small problem grow unchecked for two months creates a bigger safety issue than the one we're trying to solve. That's why I think this process matters here. As far as I'm aware,

our IPM designate, our HSA specialist, and the people with the technical expertise to tell us what a pause would actually mean on the ground were not consulted before this resolution was drafted. Before we adopt a blanket policy, we owe it to our students, our staff, and our grounds crews to get things straight. Here's my specific ask. Rather than voting on a blanket pause,

I request the board table this resolution, direct staff to have our IPM design and HSA specialist prepare a report within 30 days assessing which applications could safely be paused or reduced and which are necessary. That gives us a policy grounded in expertise. Thank you. Any other board members? All right, Dr. Anderson. So, [clears throat] for me, this isn't about the

um pesticides and herbicides. It's about listening to the public. And I learned a real valuable lesson at the last meeting when the public approached me with something as simple as the national anthem at our sporting events. and I didn't realize how important it was or that it would I I emailed the district. We went viral again, but this time in such a great way. Um we

this the article about us listening to the public and passing um policies that our constituents and that the public wants um was it was published in several newspapers all over California. We were in Sports Illustrated and even the CSBA highlighted it. So I for me I have to say I do agree. I my son told me that my granddaughter is not allowed to play on the grass if I keep using 24 damine.

So sometimes I have to listen to him. I disagree. I think the two four diamine is fine but it's not always about what I think. So I support this. I support it because one, my kids told me that I need to be less invested in the herbicides and pesticides for the future generations, but also because I feel like what Dr. Karoski has done here is actually listened to people in the public that

brought it forward and put it on the agenda. And that's the most important part about this for me, Miss Okay, I'll finish this off. Um, I also wanted to explain community standard. So, I reached out to the trustee Lisa Solinger from Lera Ranch. That was all over the news. I take that pretty seriously because I worked in the cancer industry for 20 years. I was a PET CT tech. I still have

my license in nuclear medicine. I've injected and scanned thousands of cancer patients and it was rare that I actually scan minors. When they did come in, it was pretty heartbreaking. So when I hear the news that there's Euing saroma and other sarcomomas, senovial saroma up in Lera Ranch, there's rumor that four families in Myrietta also have at least two with Euing saroma. Two kids died

in Lera Ranch. Again, I reached out to the trustee to verify and there's multiple that were harmed. There is no causal relationship. I am not saying this exactly did that. However, there is extreme caution to the correlation between all we know is we use these chemicals and all we know is we have this very rare cancer called euing saroma. I don't want to be that school district that lets it

slide by. I want to take action, take a pause, let's re-evaluate. We can easily do this. So, as a community standard, I looked Ranch has 23 um at that time chemicals. Um, like I said, herbicide, pesticide, insecticide, robinicide, all those. TVSD seven. So, we're actually doing pretty well. Mya 63. They're licensed to use. 63. That's a lot. Lake Elsenor around 11.

Meny couldn't find the exact number. So, that's something we'll be doing behind the scenes. Um, there's a request for joint investigation into the pediatric cancer cluster in our Dera Ranch. Um, one of our assembly woman uh, Kate Sanchez is on board with that. Plus, we have the California Department of Public Health's CDPH taking this as a highest priority. So, again, this is just cautionary and we're doing it for the kids. We don't want anybody to get injured.

This also deflects to possibly the city of Tmacula as well as us. So, we'll see what happens. But I've already called for the Oh, my time's run out. I call for a motion in a second to adopt this. Moved. Moved by Mr. Schwarz. I'll second it. N would you mind calling roll? Student board member? Yes. Wema? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Pamroski? Yes.

Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. Thank you to toxic free TMCA. Thank you. Okay, now we're on to Chapter 14: Consent calendar that consent calendar and we have two pulled that was previously pulled by Dr. Anderson. She rescended, but I'm going to pull it. So before we do that though, we have four items and I'm going to vote in the others and then we'll pull these. 2 38 and 10. Yes. 2 38 and 10. one comment. What's

a public comment on what item? Warrant list. Warrant list. Okay. So, we'll do um let's vote in I call from Oh, sorry. Let me let me read this off. All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one vote. There is no discussion of consent calendar items unless members of the governing board or staff request that specific items be removed from

the consent calendar for separate action. I call for a motion and a second to adopt 1 4 through 7 9 and 11 through 23. Do I have a motion in a second? Moved. Moved by Mr. Schwarz. Second. Seconded by Dr. Anderson. Len, would you mind calling roll? Student board member? Yes. Wema? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Kamaroski? Yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. we can take

the public comment. Well, let's just do item let's just do them in order. Um two personnel items listed. Um I will pull that. And basically this is just a shout out. Not just this is a big shout out. Now I had the privilege of attending all the TMS graduations, well sorry, promotions since I've been here. And I remember the first year uh Mr. um Morton had a collage of music going. But then

the second year he he said, "Dr. K, wait till you hear this new song that I got." And it was it was really cool and it just makes you cry when you see all those students coming down the hill. Now, I know that Mr. Morton um he's been well, if we get the votes, I can't say that I know, but I

have good faith that we will get those votes. In fact, [snorts] um but he's getting promoted to director of compliance in HRD. So, I just want to give a shout out and say Marvin, you actually embody the mission, vision, values of TBUSD, and I'm really proud that you got the provotion. But it gets better. Little did you know, since you won't be playing this song again at TMS for graduation, I am playing and you and you did it to honor the students. I am playing it to honor you.

[music] [music] I won't embarrass you any longer, but congratulations, Marvin. Really proud of you. [applause] Love it. All right. Um I call for a motion and a second to adopt the personnel items listed uh September 8, 2026. I'll move. Do I have a second? Oh, sure. Yeah. Yeah. Mr. Barham, I don't know Marvin very well. I visited his school a couple of times and he doesn't say much.

Um, but he has a California distinguished school two years in a row, which is pretty phenomenal. I mean, you just don't hear about that. Um, so underlying the fact that that he doesn't say much, there's a lot going on with him, I think, inside. Okay. And he even sent me a book. He's he's like written a book about his uh about his strategies for increasing student achievement which I read

and he's got some pretty insightful um thoughts on how to increase students uh achievement and they have definitely translated. So, um I I I welcome him to the district office. Um this man has leadership skills. um he has a plan and I think he's going to do some great things in uh in HRD. So, congratulations and uh Marvin, thank you for all your past work. Uh we really appreciate you.

I didn't see you over there. I I thought you were gone. Yeah. Congratulations, Marvin. Any other comments? All right. I move. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Schwarz. Lay. Would you mind calling role? Student board member? Yes. Wema? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Kamaskki? I knew we'd get those votes. Mr. Martin, yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you,

Lynette. Okay. On to item three, warrant list. August 2026, purchase orders, contracts, Chapter 15: Warrant list review direct payments. I forget who pulled it. We do have one comment. That's right. We have a comment. Did a board member pull this as well? Yes. Got it. Dr. Anderson. Okay, take that comment. Up. Congratulations, Mr. Mortyn. We also got on the national schools to watch in TMS. Um, so I am

back with again there are legal expenditures on this. Uh, board of education has Alzano and Smith for $40,000. Then there are two new items that I see uh uh for communications. I will have to take a guess. This is because of PAS. You're going to be like public keeps making PAS. That's why we keep getting these legal bills. I would argue back that you keep doing shady shenanigans

where people do not trust you and they have to keep on asking for information because you do not provide it. Just like couple of minutes before we said we're going to add new ideas to a sunshine committee which is supposed to be just for initial proposals. This is how legal trouble starts. He said they're going to be new ideas without mentioning. The subcommittee has never

submitted minutes, never submitted an agenda. You are basically putting things into black holes and nobody hears about them till I maybe never, I don't know. So this is concerning. If you've ever been on a website called donorsechw.com where teachers request for classroom items, the entire list for Tmacula Valley currently can be filled out for $7,000. Every single

project can be filled. And here we are spending more than $170,000 on lawyers. You people are absolutely a disaster for this school district financially. You've wasted tons of money on lawyers. You've been an absolute financial disaster. Thank you. All righty. Any more discussion? Dr. Anderson, I believe you pulled So, I pulled it for Loausano and Smith and I have two reasons. $40,000. Um Dr. VeZ, can you answer? On June 24th,

the school district was served with a lawsuit. Is this related to that or can you not comment? If you can't comment, just say I can't comment. I can't comment on that. Okay, perfect. So, she can't comment on that. Um the other thing I have related to this is I have been voting on numerous um items that are either UPC complaints or um some sort of complaint, some sort of legal action and I

don't know what I'm voting on. So I requested a copy of what I want to know and I need more consensus. I think the whole board should be able to see um what what this is about. I I know it's I believe it may be related to in fact I know it is related to the lawsuit suit that was served to the

district on June 24th but I can't keep voting on these complaints if I can't see them. Um I so Dr. VeZ said that we should have board consensus to review the complaint. And one of the reasons I think that's important is at the last meeting we had one board member comment on another complaint and divulge what they believe are the findings. I asked the district I I said I never saw an

executive summary of this. Was that distributed to the board? She said no. But then in open session, we have a board member claiming um that they know the findings of that. So I think moving forward, I need transparency to keep voting on this. I a lot of times I have no idea what I'm voting for or voting on. So um the first thing was just to clarify where this $40,000 was going that

the public wanted to know, but also looking for board consensus. Um, I need I think that we should all be able to see what what is being stated that Lozano and Smith are going to do. All right. All right. Thank you. Uh, any other board comments? Nope. Okay. I just want to report out it is indeed factual that we are not allowed to report out uh things that are in close session because

they're a confidential nature. Conference with labor negotiator government code section 54957.6 six agency representative, whoever is leading that in close session, we are not in fact allowed to report that out unless that's come to a close. There's a reason it's called close session. Can't make close session transparent to the public until it's time to report out of close session. So, I

want to correct that misperception that somebody's falsely pushing into the public. And I will just give you a few facts on this warrant. Liz uh Lozano Smith for $40,000. That's a PO related to UPC complaint and future litigation. Huff, Orbach, and Huff, that's $40,000 related to PAS. And Adam, Silva, and McN, that's a $90,000 contract for the year, not related to the board. That's it.

Yeah. Can I Can I have board consensus before I approve this $40,000? I want to know what are I I I know it's related to existing litigation, but I want to know what I'm voting for. And so she said that doc that uh Mr. Huff said with board consensus, I can see that. Can we pull that single

item off the warrant list, Dr. VeZ, and vote in all the rest and give consensus for Lozano Smith? Is that it? Just just simply is it Lozano Smith? Yes. Can we do that to get consensus and see if we get consensus? I just want to clarify. Are we asking to delay Lozano Smith and the purchase order that's currently on the warrant list? Is that what you're asking in addition to looking

for consensus? I want to approve it, but I also want to know I mean do can we delay it for two weeks till the next meeting because it's existing litigation. I want to know what are what are we paying? I know what it's we can't talk about it. So, it's $40,000, but I want to know. I I'm I

actually believe that probably every board member will know exactly what that is except for me. So, that's why I want to look at it. And you said that David Huff, I need board consensus to look at. Okay. Okay. Dr. Anderson, let me simplify. You don't want to vote on that one single item, but you're okay with approving the entire warrant list besides Lozano Smith until you see what it is

about, right? Just a simple Yes. Yes. Can we do that? Do you It is completely up to the board if the board is taking that one line item and pushing it to the next meeting, which is June 22nd, it's within the ability of the board to do that. I'll say yes. Do we have consent? Yes, we have

consent. All right. Do we have a motion, a second to improve everything else but Lozana Smith on the war list? Moved. Moved by Mr. Schwarz. You know, I I have a question before we do this. Um Dr. VeZ, because I've asked you in the past, can I see the complaints? You've told me no. Correct. And that that is actually what I had shared with Dr. Anderson as well. Yeah. I mean, I haven't seen anything. I I asked to see the complaints. Can I ask a question? H how did you give all the

comment last board meeting about the findings of the complaints if you haven't seen the complaint? Not the complaint that I just asked her about. But it's out there in the public, Melinda. That's it. And that's all I'm going to say. All righty. We have a motion. Do we have a second? I'll second it. Len, would you mind calling role? Student board member? Yes. Whereisma? Yes. Anderson? Yes.

Barham? No. Schwarz, yes. Kamroski, yes. Motion adopted four to one. Thank you, Len. All right, we are on to item eight, contract carousolus. Wait, did I do I have consensus to see? Yes. Okay, Chapter 16: Contract negotiations thank you. You already had it because that was embedded in the motion in the second. Okay, so we're on item eight. Mrs. Worma pulled this. I don't believe we have public comments,

correct? No. Okay, Mrs. Horseman. I pulled this one because we've talked about it several times now and we did form a committee to try to have some questions answered. So, thank you to Dr. McTazznney for taking us through that. I had listed five or six things that concerned me and you took them to Ker Soloulless. They answered your questions and came back to us. Some of

them were resolved and some of them they said no to. I did talk to uh the lead from there today, this afternoon, with some further questions. At this point, having gone through them with her, I'm not comfortable on several levels to sign off on this. One is I'm just concerned about having enough local control. Uh K Soloulless is not considered a school official under FURPA,

but this contract assumes that they are. So I did talk about that today with them and they know how I feel. The other aspect is the EHR billing pipeline which is different from what we've traditionally had in our relationship with Kololis. Let me be clear. I want our kids to get the help that they need. I want families to get that help and I want them entwined

together making that decision together. This I still have questions over the CYBHI money. Uh, I don't know if there's other strings attached. We do know there's a movement throughout California for community schools, health care, all of those things. I don't want to open the door to that. It's not something I'm comfortable voting through. So, that's where I am tonight on this.

Any other discussion? I'm I'm still having a hard time understanding the 10% that they that they're bill. Do you can you explain to me that we were talking about directed to Dr. Bles first and then she sorry the the 10 Can I ask Dr. McTazznney the question? Yeah, Dr. McTazznney. I think you've looked at this contract quite a bit. So So can you explain to me the 10% that they're collecting?

So the temp the the care is able to go back to after they refer they're able to go back to that um billing uh through state resources to get that 10% back from what they provide to the families through the care through the services that um the care providers are are giving to the students or to the families in this case. So are they getting t so I I just don't understand that what that

means. So if somebody has an appointment for a mental health care provider, it costs $100. They would get that car's house would get the $10. Then $10 would get 10 carols would get $10. Correct. And does that take $90 away from the provider? Not that I'm aware of. Okay. So they just get $10 paid to them by the state. 10% correct. 10% by the And that's by the state through the resources like the

the one that uh Mrs. Where's my uh mention there? Okay, it's hard because I'm really struggling with this um because I do believe it provides a service and I do want to point out that I looked up their normal fees are $2.50 to $4 a student and who was it that negotiated down to $1 per student? So,

Mr. Capgro did um going back to 2018 2019. Yes. So, we're we are getting a smoking deal on this um program and we've been using it for how many years? I I believe since about 2018 2019 I'm asking Mr. Capgra for specifics but it's been quite long time. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I'll go. And and my understanding is that it is purely a referral system. The district does not provide any services. Is this correct Dr. VZ? Correct. We don't provide direct services through

carousol. It is a referral service and this is a much bigger umbrella rather than just drugs and alcohol. This covers death, suicide, loss, grief of family, etc. including drugs, alcohol. That is correct. Yes. Okay. Can I ask one other question? You can do it on my time. Once my time runs out, that's pretty much it. Okay. When I talked to Ker Solless today and I specifically discussed

the loophole that could happen with students and their parents, obviously most of the time we want that decision to be made together. But they said the reason we can't change it in the contract is because TVUSD would need to make that and could adjust contract language in and of ourselves that we could make that extra layer of protection. Does that make sense at all? Does that ring a bell?

Sorry, I'm putting you on the spot. This was just an additional piece that [clears throat] I'm trying to figure out here with with how the contract is laid out. Mr. SW, I would I I guess I'm I'm questioning what is that you're looking for there? You're looking for us to have the parental consent for that or um that there's always parental consent because one of

the things that I listed here [clears throat] was we could close the minor loophole. It talks about a warm handoff. Obviously, in the past, Ker Solus has functioned very much as a referral. Here's Ker Solless. You can go ahead and find what you need. We have it online. This is different when you bring in the billing when there can be a possible um decision on the part of a minor without a

parent. And what they told me is the district can ensure that doesn't happen by having an extra layer of protection on our end. So, that's just what it's not what I was seeing here. Yeah, I appreciate that's a great question and I know that um you know parental consent is very important to this board and in our community as well. Um since we got this only a couple hours that question a couple hours before tonight's board meeting, we just really haven't vetted that

that question at this point and I think there's some really important things for us to look at uh both the legal aspects of that um you know the furp. I know you had a furer question that goes along with that as well. So, I'm happy to look into that and see is is there a loophole that I'm sorry, is there a system that we can put into place so that we do have parental consent as

long as it's following the law. So, I'd also like to make sure that we are consulting with legal on that. I do want to point out though that our Carales contract expired as of August 31st and Carales has been gracious in allowing us to continue to use Carales through today. But starting tomorrow, if this isn't if this isn't um approved, then that that service for our students

will run out as of tomorrow. Our counselors will be left without um this this uh program, this support system for our kids. Uh but I again I'm happy to if you could give me some time to go back with um uh to talk to legal counsel and look at the FURPA issue, seeing what parental consent looks like and then being able to come back again to say what's legally um possible for us and if we need to put something in as far as a uh district process to support that. We're happy to do that as

well. Okay. Thank you, Dr. McTazznney. The time has expired and you've already have you already spoke? I was going to Yeah, but I was going to say Well, well, you have to get consensus then for two moments for each board member. one minute, but it's up to the board. I'm ready to I'm ready to vote. Okay, postponing it to Yeah. I mean, I asked for 10 seconds. She wants a minute. All right,

we're we're going to take a motion and a second to adopt. Do I have a motion a second to adopt contract carousels? It's moved by Mr. Schwarz. Second. Seconded by Mr. Barum, do you mind calling? Let's go. Let's get it going. Student board member. Yes. Wema. No. Anderson. No. Barham, yes. Schwarz. Yes. Kamroski. Yes. Motion adopted. Three to two.

Item, am I correct? Item 10. Was that pulled by Mr. Barum? Yes. Contract Oak Grove at the Ranch Nonpublic School. Mr. Barum. Okay. I wanted to pull this item to make a quick statement. For more than three decades, Tammy Wilson helped make Oak Grove Center a place of healing and hope for so many kids. Oak Grove provides education, residential care, and treatment for children facing trauma,

emotional, and behavioral challenges and special needs. These include foster youth, children with autism, and young people who need support to feel safe and succeed. Tammy joined Oak Grove in 1991 and became CEO in 2005. Alongside her team, she expanded autism services, strengthened support for foster youth, and helped young people prepare for independent living. She championed arts and athletics, helped build a new gymnasium, and brought the community together to

create opportunities for children. According to her family, early onset Alzheimer's has now forced Tammy to step away. But her legacy continues in the lives she helped change. I wanted to take a minute to honor her decades of service and offer her the compassion she gave so many others. If you want to learn more about the effort to help Mrs. Wilson during her trying portion of life,

visit gofundme.com and search support Tammy Wilson's Alzheimer's care journey. Thank you. Thank you. You any other discussion? All right. Do we have a motion? A second to approve? Moved moved by Mr. Schwarz. Second. Second by Mr. Barham. Len, do you mind calling roll? Student board member? Yes. Wersma? Yes. Anderson? Yes. Barham? Yes. Schwarz? Yes. Kamaroski? Yes. Motion adopted 5-0. Thank you, Len. We are now on to negotiations update. Mr. Arce. Chapter 17: Negotiations update

Thank you, Dr. Kamaskki. Quick update. We met with CSEA on August 31st and with TVA last Friday the 4th. We will meet again with CSEA tomorrow and with TVA on both September 25th and September 29th. That's it for my negotiations update. Dr. Kroski. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Arce. We are on to board comments. Chapter 18: Board and staff comments

Mr. Barry. Oh, excuse me. Hold on. Yeah. Yeah. Hold on. Hold on. I just had to check. Do we have it's been a while if we had student comments outside of work com you're first. Thank you Dr. Kamaskki. Uh first off just want to say I'm looking forward to meeting with Dr. Veles and Dr. Kamaskki soon. We're going to work on AR for cell phone consistency in the classroom and personal device usage. I've heard complaints from a few students about the cell phone policy being

unevenly applied still and that they're looking for opportunities to use them or their personal devices in an educational manner. I hope that with this meeting we could create some more consistency for our students to have more clarified rules in place. Next, I want to give a thank you to Mr. Schwarz and Mrs. Lash for coming out to Chapperel to check a student concern regarding

the lunch line and nutritional services. We did a thorough visit during lunch led by our principal and she took us around to show us the new standing tables. I have to say the standing tables at SHAP are a huge upgrade and I would love to try and implement them districtwide. I've been discussing that with Mr. Schwarz and I hope to work on that with him to increase lunch table availability for

students districtwide. I know that lunches can get packed due to high student populations. So having these additional tables that don't take up too much too much space or cost too much would be great to have. Next, I'm really looking forward to our first Pulse meeting tomorrow. Uh Pulse is the studentledd committee that Dr. Veles and I worked on together and our main goal

is to develop student leaders and bring student perspective into the district. I think that these students will bring lots of valuable insight into the meeting and can highlight successes, shortcomings, and solutions to these shortcomings. We have lots of fun activities uh ready for them with some Socratic seminar discussions. I think it'll be great to hear all the kids talk and

I'm really looking forward to it. Also think I'm super excited to share the results at the following board meeting to bring some more student input and transparency to this board. Finally, I want to talk about something that I was thinking about and planned on exploring. I've had some ideas myself and had some input from community members, but I would love to try and work on

internship opportunities for students. I think building a partnership with the city, Abbott Labs, or other local corporations/ businesses would be great to give high schoolers work experience and give them a cutting edge in college applications. I'm aware that we have some current internship opportunities with some of them for CTE students, but I think it'd be great to expand this program

and offer some more opportunities alongside that. Not many students are aware of this. So, I think it'd be great to increase awareness about it and promote it in our district. Uh, it'd be great for TVSD, great for the students involved. Hope I can continue this work and find an avenue to increase student achievement in our district. Thank you, Mr. Barry. Any other board members?

Mr. Schwarz. Mr. Barry, you stole my thunder about Chaparel, but that's fine. Uh, it was a great visit. Uh, Principal Miller, uh, uh, Brad from nutrition services, Mrs. Lash, we walked around. Uh, apparently the issues that they had at lunch were due to the freshman not knowing where to go and the fact that the school is really crowded. Uh, by about 20 minutes into the lunch period,

all the lines were done. Everyone had their lunch. Kids were sitting around in the shade. And that's something we're going to work on getting more tables and more shade shade structures there which because that whole open area is really very sunny. Uh also want to say I have never spoken to a board attorney and never cost the board a penny in attorney's fees. [clears throat] I

want to take a few minutes to speak in support of the bond measure that we're placing before our committee our community. As a school board member, I believe one of our most important responsibilities is to make sure our students have safe, modern, and appropriate facilities in which to learn and that we are responsible stewards of the taxpayers money. Our schools are one of the greatest investments our community has. They educate our children, support our families,

and contribute to the strength and reputation of our community. Buildings do not last forever. Roofs need to be replaced. Heating and air conditioning systems age. Plumbing and electrical systems require modernizations. Classrooms, science labs, CTE facilities, athletic facilities, and other learning spaces need to keep pace with the needs of today's students. This bond is about addressing those needs in a responsible and planned way rather

than waiting until problems become emergencies and then paying paying even more to fix them. We need to make sure bond funds are used for the purposes promised to voters, that projects are prioritized based on need, and that the community can see how these dollars are spent. I've spent many years in education, and I've seen firsthand how much the learning environment matters. A good

teacher can accomplish extraordinary things almost anywhere, but our students and teachers deserve facilities that support the work they are doing. This is also about protecting the investment of our community that have already made in maintaining and modernizing our schools. No one takes lightly the fact that a bond measure involves taxpayers. I certainly don't. That is why I believe we have an obligation to look carefully at both the needs of our schools

and the financial impact on our community. After considering those responsibilities, I believe this measure is necessary and appropriate. Ultimately, this is not about buildings. It's about children. It's about giving students safe, modern places to learn. I encourage our residents to learn about the measure, look at the needs of our schools. I will be supporting the bond measure,

and I hope our community will join me in making this important investment in our students, our schools, and our future. Thank you, Mr. Schwarz. Any other board members? I'll go next. First of all, I want to say great job to our student representatives tonight with their videos and what they've been sharing. I feel like they've just gotten better and better. Really like to see what's happening on the campuses. The social media is great. There's a lot

of energy there and I really appreciate that. Uh those of you who came to address traffic tonight, thank you so much for doing so. I remember running in 2022 and criticizing the incumbent that was in place. And then I stepped in and I did a lot of the things that were mentioned tonight. We did a traffic study, uh, Chuck Washington. We did a town hall together. We actually increased the crossing

guards. We got some of them walkie-talkies. We talked about what we could do. And this was before Summit Academy added seventh and eighth grade. It was before uh, Tmacula Valley Charter School grew. So, I'm actually saying that to encourage any of you that are talking about that because please, let's continue to work together. I think um have I solved all those issues? Nope. Will

you? Nope. Um but I think actually it's true that if we're all working together, it's going to make a difference. And I know Mr. Pastor has emailed me on this. We're going to do a second traffic study. There was an SRD that retired and that alone makes a difference because people do slow down. And I think it's a mixed bag. Of course, we want to ask parents to be as organized as you can with your schedule. And also, when it was really hot the other week,

I think Tmacula Valley Charter let their kids go an hour early and it made all the difference. So, I do think if we all continue to talk about this, we can get better. So, I appreciate each one of you that spoke on that screen usage. We're continuing to talk about that behind the scenes and it's so fascinating. I actually uh came across an article by I think Bill Gates this past

week and it blew me away. It was funny because I can't find it, but he was saying unfortunately this has negatively impacted education and I'm really concerned that our kids aren't going to think critically. So it's it's so interesting to see him step back and look at this and we're continuing to talk about it at the district. One thing that we've watched is LA and San Diego and

I think in New York pull out pull back on AI and also say what can we do to put you know pencils in the kids' hands do more writing back to basics and one thing I would like to do is we have amplify it's a curriculum for our first grade science students that's all online we adopted it back in the age of COVID and of course we were online and we had to do what we had to do but can

we bring a workbook in? Can we have additional options? Can we keep the youngest kids away from the screens for a longer period of time? We know it's here to stay. We want to utilize it properly. I know Mr. Evans has done a great job, but I think we could still do more. So, even though I only have a couple months left, I'm continuing to pursue that and what we can do. Thank you for

everyone that was here tonight. I think it was a better meeting. We all have something to give and I think that's important to recognize. So, it's only 8 o'clock. This was a successful meeting. All right. Thank you, Dr. Anderson or Mr. Barum. So, what I wanted to what I wanted to say when I uh asked for 10 seconds was that I agree with you, Mrs. Wears about what happened in close session because when we're allowed to talk and really communicate, we do get things done. So,

I wanted to commend what actually happened in close session, even though I have um reservations about the uh the Sunshine Committee. So, um, this district has done a great job in its opening and I want to commend everybody up here. I want to commend the teachers. I want to commend classified. Um, it takes a village to open and uh, Dr. Kamaroski, you stole a little bit

of my thunder. So, but I I'm in your president's comments. So, um, this is a great school district and we have an awesome team here and I can't thank you enough. I wished as a teacher when I was teaching that I had people like you folks behind me. Um, you guys are the best. Um, Mr. Barry, I want to commend you because you are doing real work. Um, and I appreciate everything that you're

doing so far in just the short time that uh you've been the student board member. Um, and it's about doing the work up here. And I think if we focus on the work and working together instead of all the other noise and all the other stuff, okay, that unfortunately we get sucked into sometime. We need to be working together for these kids like Mr. Barry is. And if we work together,

we're going to accomplish great things, greater things for this district. Um, we need to focus on the work. Many times there hasn't been unity of purpose on this board and that isn't entirely on the rest of you. It is mine as well. I'm a teacher and that doesn't get set down when I sit at the deis. When a policy lands on students, on families, on this community, or when I'm kept

from the oversight this seat requires of me, I get sharp. I have been sharp with some of you. The disagreements were real and I stand behind them. So, here's my commitment going forward. I'm going to keep it on the policy in front of us and on what's written on my shirt. Schools, students, financial responsibility. Argue the item, not the person sitting next to me. I'd ask the same in

return, but I'm not making it a condition. I'll go first. Thank you. and have a nice evening. Dr. Anderson. Oh. Um, does that mean you're going to drop the lawsuit against the district, Mr. Bar? I mean, committed. So, um, California school, I want to go back to the un unudited actual financial report and I'll spend my three minutes boring everyone. [snorts] Um, California schools

can lose local control to state. And here's how that law works. 10 California school districts have been under state and county oversight in the last 35 years because they were fiscally insolvent and required an emergency state loan to continue to operate. Currently, we have, I think, five that are repaying state loans. And school districts projected to be unable to meet their financial

obligations for the current or two subsequent fiscal years are placed on notice by their county superintendent of schools. If financial problems are not resolved, the county superintendent could assign a fiscal advisor to the district. Five districts right now, Sacramento, Pleasanton, Antioch, Sanidro, and Weed Union were unable to meet their financial obligations for two school years and were put on the state's most recent fiscal warning list in May. If a school district

ultimately requires an emergency state loan from the legislature, the loan comes with significant conditions, including the potential loss of local control. Um, Cal California legislators passed Assembly Bill 1200 in 1991 to strengthen fiscal oversight of districts, later renamed or of fiscal districts. Um, and that's it. That was my comment that I missed for Mrs. Lash, but I want people to know how important it is that we have our actual actuary and financial reports.

And part of these reports that we have done at our board meetings are at fall underneath Assembly Bill 1200 all the way back from 1991. So that's why we have these at our meetings. Anyways, thanks. Thank you, Dr. Anderson. Okay. Yes, I'm looking forward to working with Mr. Barry regarding the cell phones and hear what the other students have to say. And I want to give a shout

out to Mr. Osborne. He was in and out. I saw him back there and he's not there and he's there. Anyways, just a shout out because uh I've learned a lot about um that resolution that we just passed and what the district's already been doing. So, um excited [clears throat] to learn more and I will do a report out in October 13th. That board meeting gives the district at least a month

um and see where we are with that. And the last shout out is the students of the month. Um, I love going to that event um at Sizzlers in Mya. And this is just a shout out to Annalia from Tmacula Valley High School, Isabella Chappelle High School, and Patrick Great Oak High School. I've heard your voices and your stories, and I've seen your excellence, and you were voted amongst your

peers and your teachers and staff at the schools to be there. So, very excited for you, and that was awesome. That's it for my comments, and I look forward to school site visits. So that's that's the fun part. Okay, now we're on to superintendent comments. Um Dr. Vez. Okay, so I'm going to start Chapter 19: Adjournment actually with some really exciting news. Chapperel High School, the athletic facility over there has

been selected um as the 2026 architectural design award winner and we will be formally recognized in the next couple of weeks. It's a really wonderful recognition for a facility that our students and staff and community really get to use. So, that's a really exciting thing coming up for us. I also want to remind everyone, I've talked about this before, but we have coming up on September 20th

the law in the law law enforcement torch run. And we are partnering actually Mr. Barry's working along with alongside myself and Mr. Marble. And it is a great opportunity to bring our schools and our community together to celebrate our students and adults in this community with special needs. I hope we can have a great turnout. I know Nate's working really hard on rallying up some high school students, but that our families, staff, and community members can come out and support. It

actually starts at Pchanga and ends at the um and ends at the mall right in front of the theater. I want to provide a brief update regarding the traffic and safety concerns that have come up a couple times tonight. the principal at Summit, um, Miss Kelly McFreder, and our director of safety and security, Brian Pastor, they met last Friday to take a closer look at the concerns and begin

identifying both immediate and kind of the longer term solutions. This week, Mr. Pastor will bring together the administrators from all of the impacted schools so we can evaluate the area comprehensively and determine what the district can address and where we will need city and county partnership. We anticipate the next step will include requesting a traffic study to help

inform kind of the longer term solutions. At the same time, we are addressing concerns within our control. We are working to relocate student bike racks so students do not have to cross a big a busy entrance. Broader traffic improvements will require collaboration with local agencies, but we're continuing to pursue those solutions with student safety as our priority. Tomorrow is our

first pulse meeting. Mr. Barry talked all about it. I'm super excited to see you you in action tomorrow. I think there's about 50 students that are attending. Um we are have some great things um that we have that we're going to talk about. You post some really great questions. I'm super excited to where you're going to take that. And then finally, as we move forward into the school

year, I can't believe it's only September. Um I want to thank our staff and students across the district. There's tremendous amount of things happening on all of our campuses right now and I continue to be truly impressed by the energy, the commitment and the focus that from our students and our staff that we see every day um to really just benefit our entire community. So with that

said, have a great evening. You Thank you, Dr. Vez. Any future agenda items? Okay, I actually have one, Dr. because I've discussed it and one board member was under the impression that we could not see these complaints and I I swear I've probably voted on 10 of them and I have no idea what I voted on. I think the board should discuss it and decide as a board because it's up to the

board to decide how we want to handle these. Um, and so I would like that on the next agenda and um, I'm not quite sure how to agendaize that, but I do think we need to decide as a collective how we want to move forward with the complaints. Thank you, Dr. Anderson. Anybody else? All right. Uh, announcement of the next meeting. The next regular open session business meeting of the governing board of education is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026. Adjournment.

The meeting is adjourned on Tuesday, September 8th at 2000 or September 8, 2026 at 8:11 p.m.