WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:29.760 Okay let's call this meeting to order let's start with establishing a roll call 00:29.760 --> 00:36.000 thank you president bond here vice president sin here clerk mortensen here trustee chin here 00:37.440 --> 00:41.520 and item b is adopting the agenda do we have any changes 00:44.720 --> 00:50.960 not at this time he'll he'll talk to it when it comes okay great a motion please so move 00:51.920 --> 00:58.080 second all in favor aye aye item c 01:00.880 --> 01:07.840 i would like to notify the audience that this is audio taped and streaming and recording for 01:07.840 --> 01:14.880 the open session um on the district's recording channel and now we'll move to the pledge of 01:14.880 --> 01:20.000 Allegiance and Siebert would you like to lead 01:20.000 --> 01:37.000 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 01:41.220 --> 01:46.700 Moving on to item E, Roaring Soren, Superintendent Rocha. 01:47.420 --> 01:52.780 yes president bond thank you it is roaring and soaring board recognition time tonight we'll 01:52.780 --> 01:58.460 be spotlighting the incredible contributions of our school community by honoring a certificated 01:58.460 --> 02:04.860 staff member a classified staff member and a student each honoree was recommended by our 02:04.860 --> 02:10.460 schools and is recognized for the vital role they play in making our campuses such a supportive and 02:10.460 --> 02:16.860 inspiring place to learn and work our certificated staff member who is roaring and soaring this 02:16.860 --> 02:20.940 meeting is los gatos high school teacher jen young jenny come up 02:31.260 --> 02:36.780 a dedicated math teacher long-time department chair and passionate advocate for students and 02:36.780 --> 02:42.860 colleagues jen exemplifies the very best of the wildcat community her colleagues describe her 02:42.860 --> 02:47.820 as an extraordinary educator whose knowledge compassion and commitment make a lasting 02:47.820 --> 02:53.260 difference in the classroom jen creates a welcome and supporting environment where students feel 02:53.260 --> 02:59.980 safe asking questions taking risks and building confidence known for her endless patience calm 02:59.980 --> 03:05.820 demeanor and genuine care she has a remarkable ability to meet students where they are 03:05.820 --> 03:12.300 identify gaps in learning and help every student feel valued and capable of success jen's impact 03:12.300 --> 03:17.740 extends far beyond the classroom as a long time math department chair she fostered a culture of 03:17.740 --> 03:23.660 collaboration and shared responsibility she has also been a tireless advocate for staff 03:24.300 --> 03:30.860 Serving as DTA president and lead bargainer during challenging times, whether navigating 03:30.860 --> 03:36.460 difficult conversations, listening to different perspectives, or finding common ground. 03:37.500 --> 03:44.540 Jen leads with professionalism, compassion, and a commitment to what is best for everyone. 03:45.260 --> 03:50.300 As one colleague shared, Jen has a remarkable ability to make things better wherever she goes. 03:51.100 --> 03:56.460 What truly sets Jen apart is her ability to combine exceptional leadership with genuine 03:56.460 --> 04:03.180 kindness, humility, and friendship. She is always willing to lend a hand, share her expertise, or 04:03.180 --> 04:08.780 simply listen. And her colleagues would be remiss not to mention her amazing spreadsheets 04:08.780 --> 04:17.420 and legendary homemade birthday cakes. Jen, your impact on our students, staff, and entire district 04:17.420 --> 04:22.700 truly is immeasurable. Please join me in thanking Jen for her countless contributions and the 04:22.700 --> 04:26.660 immeasurable difference she makes in the lives of our students, staff, and entire Los 04:26.660 --> 04:29.700 Gatos High community. Thank you, Jen. 04:29.700 --> 04:35.700 Would you like to see if you wait? No. Okay. Thank you. 04:41.700 --> 04:43.700 Okay. Thank you. 04:46.700 --> 04:48.700 Okay. Yes, thank you. 04:48.700 --> 04:57.820 Our classified staff member who is roaring and soren is Andrew Hickey, custodian at Saratoga High School. 05:03.820 --> 05:08.780 A dedicated and hard-working member of our school community for nearly two decades. 05:08.780 --> 05:15.100 Andrew began his career at Los Gatos High School in 2002 before joining Saratoga in 2006. 05:15.740 --> 05:21.420 What started as a substitute position quickly became a permanent role thanks to his quiet 05:21.420 --> 05:28.220 dedication, helpful nature, and strong work ethic. Since then, Andrew has worked tirelessly 05:28.220 --> 05:33.340 behind the scenes to keep Saratoga High School looking its best, from raising their flags each 05:33.340 --> 05:38.620 morning to maintaining clean facilities and preparing spaces for student meals, meetings, 05:38.620 --> 05:45.900 and special events. Andrew takes tremendous pride in his work, his attention to detail, consistency, 05:45.900 --> 05:52.220 and commitment help create a welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors every day. Andrew 05:52.220 --> 05:58.300 is also the person everyone can count on when the unexpected happens, whether it's gathering 05:58.300 --> 06:04.540 supplies for Treasure Toga, providing extra garbage cans for a pumpkin smashing event 06:04.540 --> 06:10.860 or cleaning up glitter after seven performances of The Nutcracker involving 300 young performers 06:11.660 --> 06:15.660 Andrew approaches every challenge with flexibility and professionalism. 06:16.300 --> 06:22.540 But perhaps his greatest contribution is the work that often goes unnoticed, the daily effort 06:22.540 --> 06:28.140 to keep our campus clean and safe, always carried out with patience, reliability, and what his 06:28.140 --> 06:36.380 colleagues describe as a stern kindness. What makes Andrew so special is his unwavering commitment to 06:36.380 --> 06:41.740 putting students first and his willingness to help wherever he is needed. His teamwork, 06:41.740 --> 06:46.940 dependability, and pride in his school make him an invaluable member of the Saratoga High School 06:46.940 --> 06:53.180 family. Please join me in thanking Andrew for his countless contributions to Saratoga High School. 06:53.180 --> 07:17.540 Okay, and last but definitely not least, our Roaring Story Student Honoree is Saratoga 07:17.540 --> 07:27.540 High School's Ethan Lee. Ethan, you want to come up? 07:29.540 --> 07:36.980 Ethan is a remarkable combination of talent, determination, compassion, and humility. 07:36.980 --> 07:42.900 As senior drum major, he leads more than 240 students and staff with a level of maturity, 07:43.620 --> 07:50.980 confidence, and dedication well beyond his years. A gifted musician, Ethan is also the principal 07:50.980 --> 07:57.940 bassist for Saratoga's concert band and symphony orchestra, as well as the California Youth Symphony. 07:58.740 --> 08:04.980 Despite a demanding academic and extracurricular schedule, he still finds time to mentor younger 08:04.980 --> 08:11.300 musicians through Music Education with Saratoga, supporting the Redwood Middle School Music Program. 08:12.260 --> 08:18.100 While Ethan's accomplishments are extraordinary, what truly sets him apart is his genuine care 08:18.100 --> 08:24.100 for others and his commitment to making sure everyone feels they belong. This past summer, 08:24.100 --> 08:30.180 Ethan and his fellow drum majors developed a creative activity during band camp to strengthen 08:30.180 --> 08:37.060 connections among the more than 230 members of the marching band. Students and staff earn stickers 08:37.060 --> 08:43.140 by completing activities that encourage conversations, friendships, and teamwork. What they 08:43.140 --> 08:48.100 didn't know was that their individual sticker cards would eventually come together to create 08:48.100 --> 08:57.460 one giant Ted Lasso-inspired believe poster. The final reveal was a powerful reminder that every 08:57.460 --> 09:02.500 individual matters and that the strength of a community comes from everyone working together. 09:02.500 --> 09:09.460 But what made this project especially meaningful was Ethan's motivation. He had noticed classmates 09:09.460 --> 09:14.800 who struggled to feel included and was determined to help ensure that no one else felt that way 09:14.800 --> 09:21.620 as one of his teachers shared, Ethan was determined to not let that happen again for any other student. 09:21.620 --> 09:29.880 It was a beautiful example of leadership rooted in recognition, empathy, and a desire to lift 09:29.880 --> 09:38.140 others up. Ethan's teachers describe him as one of the most thoughtful, hard-working, and well-rounded 09:38.140 --> 09:43.720 students they have ever known. He approaches everything with purpose, leads by example, 09:43.720 --> 09:49.360 and holds himself to the highest standards without ever losing his humility or kindness. 09:50.120 --> 09:56.280 As one teacher so perfectly put it, Ethan is respected because of his remarkable 09:56.280 --> 10:03.680 talent and work ethic, yet loved because of his approachable nature and humble leadership. 10:03.680 --> 10:08.300 Please join me in thanking Ethan for all he does to make Saratoga High School a remarkable 10:08.300 --> 10:12.400 community for students, staff, and families. Thank you very much. 10:26.280 --> 10:29.040 Yes, let's take a break. 10:29.040 --> 10:30.900 Yeah, congratulations. 10:44.900 --> 10:53.220 Okay, reconvening to our open session, item F, public comment. 10:53.220 --> 11:00.040 Public comment on non-agendized and closed session items. Members of the public may address 11:00.040 --> 11:06.320 the board regarding items within the board's jurisdiction that are not listed on the agenda 11:06.320 --> 11:12.860 or closed session items that are listed on the agenda. At this time, the board is committed to 11:12.860 --> 11:19.180 maintaining a respectful, productive environment that fosters a culture of civility where staff, 11:19.180 --> 11:25.820 the community, and the board feel safe expressing themselves and are free from bullying, harassment, 11:25.820 --> 11:32.060 and threats. The board welcomes your comments and requests that you express yourself accordingly. 11:32.060 --> 11:37.260 Members wishing to address the board are allotted three minutes per speaker, but this may be reduced 11:37.260 --> 11:42.780 to two minutes per speaker depending upon the number of speakers. For items, the total time for 11:42.780 --> 11:48.300 public comment on the closed session agenda, open session agenda, or topics within the board's 11:48.300 --> 11:55.500 jurisdiction that are not on the agenda shall not exceed 20 minutes in total. Please note that the 11:55.500 --> 12:01.340 speaking time cannot be delegated to another person. Please raise your hand now to make a 12:01.340 --> 12:09.100 public comment on non-agendized or closed session items, and our executive assistant will then record 12:09.100 --> 12:15.260 all participants who have raised their hands please note to speak on a public comment item 12:15.260 --> 12:21.420 participants must raise their hands immediately after the call for comment late or secondhand 12:21.420 --> 12:30.940 raises will not be accepted for that item does anyone have non-agendized items or closed session 12:32.940 --> 12:41.740 i'm seeing no hands raised online or in person thank you moving on to item g union representative 12:41.740 --> 12:48.940 cta csea principals student representatives board of education and superintendent reports 12:50.220 --> 12:54.060 we'll start out with our union representative dta 13:05.500 --> 13:09.020 we change it up put you first moving forward 13:09.020 --> 13:17.420 don't even start with me um so we just uh came off of the school board election in which 13:17.420 --> 13:21.900 uh we endorsed a school board candidate and i believe that candidate is still continuing to 13:21.900 --> 13:32.860 be ahead so we canvassed and we worked with um with uh our members at saratoga and here at las 13:32.860 --> 13:41.500 status we also had a bunch of canvassing for measure in uh and yeah we're sunshining tonight 13:41.500 --> 13:45.820 i'm later down on the agenda but that's really kind of all we've got going on at the moment 13:46.780 --> 13:48.780 thank you very much for all your efforts 13:53.180 --> 14:02.060 do we have anyone from csea we have no one okay moving on to principals and student representatives 14:02.060 --> 14:05.740 um uh who would like to go first 14:07.980 --> 14:16.460 okay uh it's a longer one because i think i believe our next one is December 17th so 14:16.460 --> 14:21.260 trying to encompass a lot here first off uh we want to do some congratulations out to 14:21.260 --> 14:28.700 students for accomplishments uh congratulations to our three united against hate uh week essay 14:28.700 --> 14:34.940 winners uh thomas gallagher shai shoham and james gallagher who wrote essays thomas gallagher's was 14:34.940 --> 14:39.900 the cost of silence shai shoham was a star we shouldn't have to hide james gallagher deciding 14:39.900 --> 14:44.380 who belongs is simple all you have to do is make a few assumptions so congrats out to those three 14:45.020 --> 14:49.660 for reminding our community on what it looks like to stand up against hatred 14:49.660 --> 14:58.660 I want to congratulate Marcel Reilly and our choir students, the LGHS Honor Choir students. 14:58.660 --> 15:03.660 We had 17 Honor Choir students selected for the coastal region. 15:03.660 --> 15:07.660 It is the highest number of acceptances for any high school in the coastal region, 15:07.660 --> 15:14.660 Which is a remarkable achievement by our students and also by Ms. Reilly as well. 15:14.660 --> 15:19.660 A big congratulations to our marching band and color guard. 15:19.660 --> 15:25.660 We had a first place finish in October at the WA Independence Band Tournament. 15:25.660 --> 15:31.660 They followed that up with second place in their division at the Scarlet Regiment Tournament of Bands at Hollister High School, 15:31.660 --> 15:39.660 which gave them entry into the regional championships at James Logan this upcoming Saturday, November 14th. 15:39.660 --> 15:44.500 So between the choir, the band, and our essay writers, congrats to all three. 15:47.100 --> 15:52.640 And then on November 4th, Wednesday, we had a mosaic on alcohol and binge drinking. 15:53.000 --> 16:00.280 And personally, I think it was really helpful for all the students because Mr. P has been telling me the numbers have been rising, unfortunately. 16:00.600 --> 16:05.640 And I have been seeing, like, these cases arise around me as well, unfortunately. 16:05.640 --> 16:07.840 So I think it was really necessary and helpful. 16:09.660 --> 16:29.660 On Friday, October 30th, our Wellness Center staff hosted a celebration of Dia de los Muertos, and they had pizza and shared ideas on creating space on the LG campus for all Hispanic and Latino students to feel safe and welcome on our campus. 16:29.660 --> 16:37.800 And then going back to homecoming week we had our homecoming football game which had a lot of 16:37.800 --> 16:43.520 attendance as usual and then we had our homecoming dance on October 24th which was also really 16:43.520 --> 16:49.800 successful and then our most recent home football game was the senior night football game last 16:49.800 --> 16:56.080 Friday on November 6th and it was against Wilcox. Um, that JV played out four and then varsity played 16:56.080 --> 17:01.760 at seven and we had our theme as snow storm and both varsity and JV teams were undefeated league 17:01.760 --> 17:09.440 champs a lot of ski goggles in the student section that night that was fun to see and snow parkas 17:10.240 --> 17:18.240 Um, upcoming on November 18th we have our wellness center. We'll be hosting a webinar 17:18.240 --> 17:24.480 on substance abuse and our teens. Uh, in conjunction with a gentleman from Aptos who works with 17:24.480 --> 17:32.480 teenagers on substance abuse. Um, and then in leadership we created a feedback form following 17:32.480 --> 17:37.520 up from Spirit Week after hearing multiple feedback about like Spirit Dress Up Days, 17:37.520 --> 17:42.240 our games and homecoming dance but we've heard a lot of feedback but after making the feedback 17:42.240 --> 17:47.280 form we haven't received a lot of feedback but still we want to create a space for students to 17:47.280 --> 17:54.680 give feedback to us if they wanted to. LG students will be attending the SVCTE 17:54.680 --> 17:59.660 shadow day coming up on November 19th one week from today and they will be 17:59.660 --> 18:06.160 able to attend two classes at the SVCTE campus so they can take a look at what 18:06.160 --> 18:11.460 taking a class at SVCTE will be all about so they can sit in on any of the 18:11.460 --> 18:15.800 classes that interest them so that's coming up one week. 18:15.800 --> 18:23.940 And then Leadership is hosting a Giving Corner from November 9th to November 20th for the Thanksgiving season. 18:23.940 --> 18:29.640 And we have like food drive, yarn drive, and book drives collaborating with our clubs on campus. 18:30.980 --> 18:31.920 Okay, and it's crazy. 18:32.080 --> 18:35.860 This is our winter sports are off and running. 18:36.020 --> 18:40.000 So we hosted our winter sports parent information night on October 26th. 18:40.000 --> 18:43.340 We are currently in the midst of early practices, tryouts, etc. 18:43.340 --> 18:49.500 And so winter sports are officially running and we'll start basketball supervision next week 18:49.500 --> 18:57.280 and then the juniors are hosting their annual candy grams fundraiser from November 12th to 18:57.280 --> 19:03.760 December 5th. It's been successful these past few years so I'm hoping they gain a lot of 19:03.760 --> 19:11.640 money from it. Okay, uh, fall sports round up, try and do this really quickly. We had five league 19:11.640 --> 19:18.380 champions. Boys cross country, field hockey, flag football, football, and girls golf were all 19:18.380 --> 19:26.420 league champions. Every sport made CCS playoffs this year. Girls tennis just lost on Tuesday in 19:26.420 --> 19:32.240 the quarterfinals against Monta Vista. Girls golf finished in 11th place overall in the entire CCS. 19:32.880 --> 19:38.660 Girls volleyball lost in the quarterfinals in the CCS Open and then went on to NorCal's after that. 19:38.660 --> 19:46.240 Girls water polo was in the D1 CCS quarterfinals. Field hockey was in the CCS D1 quarterfinals. 19:46.240 --> 19:53.180 Boys water polo plays tonight against Middle in the CCS Division One semifinals with a chance 19:53.180 --> 20:00.020 to go on to Saturday's championship game. Girls flag football played Menlo School for the second 20:00.020 --> 20:07.700 year in a row in the CCS open division and finished as runners up in a tight 19 to 13 game. 20:07.700 --> 20:23.700 CCS cross country finals are on the Saturday and boys football opens up playoffs versus Sacred Heart Cathedral on Saturday at City College of San Francisco at one o'clock. So a lot happening here at the end of the season. 20:23.700 --> 20:32.060 The seniors are also hosting a fundraiser. It's a seize candies fundraiser from November 19th to 20:32.060 --> 20:38.020 December 4th. It's very easy virtual fundraiser. It's a tradition I started in sophomore year 20:38.020 --> 20:45.460 and we've earned a lot of money from it. I'm glad we're getting in before the dogs. The fall play 20:45.460 --> 20:50.660 Inherit the Wind was excellent. If you had a chance to go, I mean, the amount of just sheer language 20:50.660 --> 20:54.860 which those kids had to learn, memorize, and perform. 20:54.860 --> 20:58.340 Kudos to them, kudos to producer Ben Brotsman 20:58.340 --> 21:00.760 and director Katerina Kelly on a great show. 21:03.200 --> 21:06.460 And then coming up, we have our teacher appreciation lunch 21:06.460 --> 21:08.320 next Thursday, November 19th, 21:08.320 --> 21:11.440 and leadership is going to write teacher appreciation letters 21:11.440 --> 21:12.840 for every one of our teachers. 21:12.840 --> 21:15.240 And then we also opened up a Google form 21:15.240 --> 21:16.600 for the rest of the student body 21:16.600 --> 21:18.860 to write letters to their teachers. 21:20.660 --> 21:30.740 Okay, next week on November 18th, we're going to be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner celebration for our EL families to celebrate. 21:30.860 --> 21:34.020 There'll be a parent meeting at that time with Ms. Gaustad and her team. 21:36.940 --> 21:42.120 And then since our next meeting isn't in a little while, we have our blood drive coming up with Stanford. 21:42.120 --> 21:49.340 That's on December 4th, and our students and staff can participate, and we're handing out like $20 gift cards and ice cream. 21:50.660 --> 21:59.660 And since the next time we meet will be December 17, and at that point finals and the first semester will be over. 21:59.660 --> 22:13.660 One more December note, our band, orchestra, and choir winter concerts are all the first week of December. Band is on December 1, orchestra December 2, and choir December 3, 7 p.m. in the McAfee. And that's the report from LG. 22:13.660 --> 22:32.620 Thank you very much. All right. Principal Louie and Siebert. Yeah. So for student updates, currently we have intramural badminton going on. So we have around 80 plus people filling both the small and large gym. So it's pretty packed for both last week and this week. So it's ending on Friday. 22:32.620 --> 22:39.420 And for Thanksgiving we have Turkey Trot next Friday so it's a tradition we do and every 22:39.420 --> 22:45.020 two lap students run around the track they'll get pizza and cookie and it might rain next Friday so 22:45.020 --> 22:51.800 we if it does rain we do plan to move Turkey Trot to the gym for dodgeball and then next week we 22:51.800 --> 22:57.120 also have a half spirit week so it'll just be Wednesday through Friday so on Wednesday it'll 22:57.120 --> 23:02.300 be Zoom meeting attire on Thursday it'll be sweater weather which is wear sweater or flannel 23:02.300 --> 23:07.020 Friday is fall foliage so we're brown yellow orange or red and then we'll 23:07.020 --> 23:12.540 also have a full spirit week after after Thanksgiving break for more of like 23:12.540 --> 23:18.600 December theme, yeah, we also will have appreciation letters that students could 23:18.600 --> 23:23.520 write thank you notes to teachers as well for Thanksgiving, and we also have a 23:23.520 --> 23:27.800 family giving tree currently going on. So we started with 325 tags, and now we have 23:27.800 --> 23:36.440 around under 100 tags. The gifts will be due after Thanksgiving break, and since our next meeting 23:36.440 --> 23:43.160 is in a while, we also have a Sunday study session on December 13th for finals week from 12 to 4 pm, 23:43.800 --> 23:49.560 and for leadership updates, leadership students are assigned different days. You go check in in 23:49.560 --> 23:53.480 person with clubs. So we're going to every single club and kind of checking in and making sure 23:53.480 --> 23:59.480 they're doing everything correctly. We have our ASB meeting next Wednesday as well. The seniors 23:59.480 --> 24:04.360 had a meeting with Herff Jones regarding graduation cap and gowns, and juniors are 24:04.360 --> 24:07.800 currently visiting prom venues, and yeah, for students. 24:12.120 --> 24:17.800 I want to make a reference to Siebert and to Mr. H. As Siebert mentioned, the intramural 24:18.360 --> 24:23.000 badminton that we've had the past couple of weeks, pretty much the entire semester, it's been a 24:23.000 --> 24:28.840 mission of Mr. H's and Siebert's to do something at lunchtime for students. And so we've already had 24:28.840 --> 24:34.740 foosball tournaments. We've had basketball intramurals, badminton intramurals. When there 24:34.740 --> 24:39.060 isn't something big and organized that they have, at the very least, there's the ******** and the 24:39.060 --> 24:44.300 spike ball. There's music out there every day. And so it really helps to set the culture and give 24:44.300 --> 24:49.540 students something active and collaborative that they can do together. So kudos to Siebert and to 24:49.540 --> 24:53.120 Mr. Higashioka, our activities director, for doing those things. 24:53.900 --> 24:57.340 Today was our mosaic lesson, which was focusing on being inclusive. 24:58.180 --> 25:02.900 And so I work with 20-ish seniors as my class. 25:04.240 --> 25:12.060 And ultimately, the conversation is how can we be more mindful of recognizing when students are not necessarily being included in something. 25:12.060 --> 25:17.700 And in the three different ways, right, are you the person who is dominating the conversation 25:17.700 --> 25:23.580 and needs to sort of reflect on how that you can be able to invite others in? Are you the person who 25:23.580 --> 25:28.280 doesn't feel like you want to speak, and so how are you mindful of that? And then the third version 25:28.280 --> 25:32.720 is, you know, if you're a witness to these things, how do you again sort of help and contribute to 25:32.720 --> 25:38.060 that inclusive environment um and so that was something that uh all of our groups worked on 25:38.060 --> 25:46.200 today for Mosaic. For marching band, they went down to San Diego this past weekend, and I'm 25:46.200 --> 25:52.120 excited to share that marching band and color guard placed second overall in the field of 30 25:52.120 --> 25:56.740 other schools across Southern California. They also placed first in the music effect category, 25:56.900 --> 26:02.900 as well as first in the percussion category. And there's a lot of things that Mr. Schwinn's 26:02.900 --> 26:07.940 excited about in terms of how then there was also collaboration with Rancho Bernardo High 26:07.940 --> 26:14.900 School and some history there between Rancho Bernardo and Saratoga High School. In terms of 26:14.900 --> 26:20.980 our math club update, in the most recent on-campus math contest, California Math League round one, 26:21.860 --> 26:28.180 Saratoga scored a perfect score of 30 as a team. The team's score is the sum of the five highest 26:28.180 --> 26:33.540 scores, and the following students scored a perfect score on that, including the gentleman 26:33.540 --> 26:42.480 to my right, Siebert, Matthew Lau, Boyan Han, Jonathan Lee, Roman Perfetto, Ha-Ding, Ditya 26:42.480 --> 26:49.380 Ashok, and Ravpreet Hoosia all, again, scored perfect for Saratoga High School's math club 26:49.380 --> 26:49.680 team. 26:50.560 --> 26:54.360 For our fall sports, proud to say that we also had five league champions this year. 26:55.040 --> 27:03.280 For cross country, we had our cross country team do very well, and Arnav Agrawal is a 27:03.280 --> 27:09.460 senior who finished the race first uh and is a league champion sophomore classmates um arjun 27:09.460 --> 27:16.040 garlapati and alex uh kane ran in tandem taking eighth and ninth respectively um as a team the 27:16.040 --> 27:21.660 boys varsity also had their highest finish in year in years placing third behind only las 27:21.660 --> 27:26.900 gaddis and lynn brook um agora also won the bob rush sportsmanship award for character and 27:26.900 --> 27:32.160 sportsmanship on the girls varsity side uh there were similar outstanding results claire zau who's 27:32.160 --> 27:38.980 a junior, earned second place, while Saisha Saro, a freshman, placed 17th overall, and 27:38.980 --> 27:40.580 the rest of the team placed fourth overall. 27:41.220 --> 27:47.220 In JV Boys, Jake Calvelli, who's a freshman, placed ninth overall and was the number one 27:47.220 --> 27:47.520 freshman. 27:48.120 --> 27:51.480 He also earned all-league status and will move up to varsity for CCS. 27:52.000 --> 27:58.360 His time was 17 minutes and 14 seconds, and was the seventh fastest overall for the team. 27:59.160 --> 28:01.300 So they have CCS on Saturday. 28:01.820 --> 28:04.400 Hopefully, weather cooperates where they can be able to do that. 28:04.800 --> 28:09.260 Arnov obviously will be a top competitor for the CCS individual title. 28:10.480 --> 28:13.840 And then after that, there's an opportunity to potentially compete at the state level. 28:14.780 --> 28:17.420 Saratoga Boys Varsity is top 10 in the state right now, 28:17.860 --> 28:20.360 specifically number nine in Division 4. 28:21.160 --> 28:25.420 For football, we finished as co-league champions in the Lake Division in the PIL. 28:26.160 --> 28:28.160 We finished with an overall record of 9-1. 28:28.680 --> 28:31.680 We finished tied for first in the league play as 5-1. 28:32.380 --> 28:36.520 Unfortunately, this year was the new Division VI playoffs, 28:37.180 --> 28:40.860 and there were four seats for that, and we were the fifth team. 28:41.200 --> 28:43.600 So unfortunately, we didn't make the top four for that. 28:44.660 --> 28:46.800 It was definitely disappointing for our coaches and our players, 28:47.460 --> 28:50.940 but this was the inaugural year of a Division VI playoffs, 28:50.940 --> 28:53.360 and maybe it expands a little bit more over time. 28:53.360 --> 29:00.180 For girls golf, after finishing the regular season in a tie for first place with a record 29:00.180 --> 29:06.080 of 11 and 1, they also then finished the league tournament in second place over 15 among 15 29:06.080 --> 29:12.740 schools. They went on to the CCS tournament last Tuesday at Laguna Seca. Julie, who is a sophomore, 29:12.740 --> 29:18.000 turned in a stellar performance, shooting a spectacular 72, which is just five shots off 29:18.000 --> 29:19.720 of the leader to finish 29:19.720 --> 29:21.420 tied for eighth out of 118. 29:22.200 --> 29:23.700 She was followed by a trio 29:23.700 --> 29:24.860 of freshman Falcons, 29:25.760 --> 29:28.340 Ara Darwadkar with an 87, 29:28.480 --> 29:29.580 Jacqueline Su at 88, 29:29.840 --> 29:31.940 and Aditi Gokul with an 89, 29:32.080 --> 29:34.780 while sophomores Luna Huchindel 29:34.780 --> 29:36.540 and Sanjina Aswani 29:36.540 --> 29:38.260 also shot solid rounds. 29:38.940 --> 29:40.560 Julie's 72 was two shots away 29:40.560 --> 29:41.360 from making the cut, 29:41.760 --> 29:43.500 while the team finished seventh overall. 29:44.740 --> 29:46.060 And ultimately, as you may have noticed, 29:46.300 --> 29:47.460 I only mentioned freshmen and sophomores 29:47.460 --> 29:49.760 because that's all we had on the team for our girls' golf team. 29:50.180 --> 29:52.940 So that's pretty exciting for the future of our girls' golf team, 29:53.400 --> 29:54.620 if we can keep them up. 29:55.120 --> 29:57.740 Girls' tennis also finished as co-league champs. 29:58.140 --> 30:00.760 On Tuesday, our number two girls varsity tennis team 30:00.760 --> 30:03.560 defeated number seven, Stevenson, 5-2. 30:03.560 --> 30:06.700 Today, they played number six, Aptos, in the semifinals 30:06.700 --> 30:08.100 and won 4-3. 30:08.720 --> 30:11.100 They play Saturday, again, weather permitting, 30:11.580 --> 30:13.860 at 11 a.m. for the Division III finals. 30:13.860 --> 30:18.300 They're hosting the No. 5 Santa Catalina School for Monterey, 30:18.300 --> 30:21.920 who they just defeated the No. 1 team, Homestead, 4-3. 30:22.820 --> 30:25.100 And the girls' volleyball finishes league champs. 30:25.560 --> 30:29.300 On Saturday, October 31st, they defeated No. 12 Mills, 3-0. 30:30.000 --> 30:32.580 And then we traveled to Archbishop Reardon a couple days later 30:32.580 --> 30:34.520 And unfortunately lost to them 3-0. 30:35.380 --> 30:37.900 As Dave said, winter sports information, 30:38.300 --> 30:40.520 winter sports has started for all of us too. 30:40.600 --> 30:42.820 Our winter sports information night is tonight at 7 o'clock. 30:42.820 --> 30:49.600 And all of our winter sports are going on. What we have noticed again as we've talked about, 30:49.600 --> 30:54.040 athletics, we have a dip in the number of our junior athletes. And when we talk to our junior 30:54.040 --> 30:58.100 athletes, they say that the junior year for them, they feel like it's pretty heavy, so they feel 30:58.100 --> 31:03.420 like they take something off their plate. So we have to figure out a way to keep them as student 31:03.420 --> 31:07.080 athletes and support them in their endeavors. So that's something we're working through. 31:07.080 --> 31:12.580 We also noticed the fall season and the winter season we have a drop in female athletes. 31:12.580 --> 31:15.300 So we're trying to explore what's the situation for that. 31:15.960 --> 31:22.100 Our boys' basketball, boys' soccer, and wrestling actually have a fair amount of male athletes. 31:22.360 --> 31:27.020 This year, right now, we have 10 males signed up for wrestling and one female. 31:28.100 --> 31:33.740 And for our girls' basketball team, we had, at the time, 17 girls come out for both teams. 31:34.380 --> 31:37.180 We've got a few coming out of fall sports that helped push that up a little bit. 31:37.180 --> 31:40.280 But again, we're not bursting at the seams. 31:40.800 --> 31:42.560 It's something we need to continue to figure out. 31:42.580 --> 31:50.300 The fall play again, Mr. Brotsman is a madman because he's doing amazing productions at Las 31:50.300 --> 31:54.240 Gadas and then he comes over and does amazing productions at Saratoga. I don't know if he's 31:54.240 --> 32:00.020 cloned himself yet or he just doesn't sleep. But the fall play is a tragedy of Macbeth that opened 32:00.020 --> 32:06.540 last weekend. They have shows tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday. They start at seven o'clock. And then 32:06.540 --> 32:11.360 Sunday is their matinee, their final show at two o'clock. It's unique in terms of the fact too that 32:11.360 --> 32:19.100 it changes venues. So tonight, with the weather being nice, there will be three different locations 32:19.100 --> 32:23.760 as part of the play. Tomorrow night, with the potential rain, it'll just be the two venues. But 32:23.760 --> 32:29.600 they'll start off in the TDC and then migrate over to the McAfee. And then if they incorporate our 32:29.600 --> 32:34.320 redwood deck um for the with weather permitting then they everybody migrates over to the redwood 32:34.320 --> 32:40.720 deck for the final act so again it's as ambitious uh project as you can imagine for both mr brotsman 32:40.720 --> 32:45.980 in our students um and then lastly just put on your calendars if you haven't planned already 32:45.980 --> 32:52.160 our winter concert season's coming up uh percussion winter concert is on November 18th next week at 32:52.160 --> 32:57.500 seven o'clock we have comedy sports scheduled for Friday the December 4th uh we have the band winter 32:57.500 --> 33:02.980 concert on December 8th the choir and jazz winter concert on December 9th and the orchestra winter 33:02.980 --> 33:07.440 concert on December 11th and all those things start at seven o'clock thank you very much 33:07.440 --> 33:18.440 Thank you very much. Okay, we'll move on to the Board of Education. Does anyone want to go first? 33:18.440 --> 33:19.440 Go ahead. 33:19.440 --> 33:30.440 Hey, so I'm your KCAT representative and we had a meeting and other than having a great fundraising year, their summer media camps are doing great. 33:30.440 --> 33:37.800 had 410 students participate in their summer camps this past year so that was a record number 33:38.360 --> 33:43.720 and they expect they it's so popular they opened up winter sessions and they they're expecting 40 33:43.720 --> 33:50.360 kids for that and not only do they have a lot of student interest but that leads to jobs they 33:50.360 --> 33:57.880 they actually paid 21 paid high school and college interns so this media program is still 33:57.880 --> 34:03.880 up and running and then the other thing is I went to the City Council session 34:03.880 --> 34:10.060 with Heath at Saratoga they do the all the school districts and I think the 34:10.060 --> 34:12.640 only thing that's really interesting we all the districts get a couple of 34:12.640 --> 34:17.260 minutes to talk what they were mentioning what they were doing you know 34:17.260 --> 34:21.580 it sort of makes us sort of sort of super proud of the administration and 34:21.580 --> 34:25.600 the foresight because one district is just starting to look at UDL 34:25.600 --> 34:30.160 implementation another school district just got their wellness center in this 34:30.160 --> 34:36.160 year and so the fact that you know we've started been there done that it's a 34:36.160 --> 34:40.640 testament to to the foresight and the planning that this district has that's 34:40.640 --> 34:47.180 it's really good that's it just one quick thing I was able to attend the 34:47.180 --> 34:51.780 the pumpkin smash at Saratoga which which is actually a real cool treat so 34:51.780 --> 34:56.260 So, got a great little tour by one of the team members on the robotics team. 34:56.440 --> 35:01.140 And then anyway, it was fascinating to me because today looking at some of the results 35:01.140 --> 35:07.200 of the, you know, belonging within the school on the California Healthy Kids, I can't help 35:07.200 --> 35:10.540 but think that events like that really help with that feeling. 35:10.680 --> 35:12.340 And you sort of see that bear out. 35:12.340 --> 35:16.180 But, you know, young kids getting their first taste of the junior robotics programs up to 35:16.180 --> 35:20.720 the obviously three different levels of the high school program, just a really cool community 35:20.720 --> 35:25.160 field there and I want to say kudos to the Saratoga team for pulling that 35:25.160 --> 35:28.640 together and making it a really special day and emceed by some really great 35:28.640 --> 35:35.120 students there as well. So really well done. Thank you. Quick question. I hear 35:35.120 --> 35:41.300 that from both principal reported about the student visit the SVCTE so Lascado 35:41.300 --> 35:48.600 is next Friday and is that Saratoga also the same day? 19. Okay thank you. 35:48.600 --> 36:07.600 Great, and we're going to have a presentation by the superintendent of SVCT in a few minutes, so we'll go on that I was able to attend their board meeting, and it was very exciting looking forward to seeing their presentation, and I also was able to send the Santa Cruz 36:07.600 --> 36:15.600 county board of supervisors meeting who put on their agenda following us roads so they have 36:15.600 --> 36:22.880 they're doing a road study specifically some areas of the unincorporated rural 36:22.880 --> 36:27.040 areas that are within our district and they're going to bring it back in February 36:28.640 --> 36:31.120 and then we want to move on to board communications 36:31.120 --> 36:40.000 okay board correspondence uh the board received emails on various topics uh including afford of 36:40.000 --> 36:45.280 town of los gatos integrated pest management policy and then a request for written policy 36:45.280 --> 36:54.000 clarification on AP exam eligibility thank you and then superintendent rota yes i'll keep it brief um 36:54.960 --> 37:03.280 i wasn't planning on talking about it but uh and i i just looked this up but this year is year seven 37:03.280 --> 37:08.960 where we have implemented mosaic we started as advisory during the shutdown so it's pretty 37:08.960 --> 37:15.680 remarkable to hear claire talk about mosaic uh and binge drinking and greg talk about inclusivity 37:15.680 --> 37:21.520 and from advisory to mosaic every year it's gotten better better before the board meeting 37:21.520 --> 37:26.000 for those in the public we had a study session we reviewed the California healthy kids survey 37:26.560 --> 37:33.120 And the growth and development and involvement of students as part of Mosaic is really remarkable. 37:33.120 --> 37:38.080 To see the growth and again, we're not there yet. We still hear students say they're not engaged or 37:38.080 --> 37:44.560 doesn't apply to them. But to hear it mentioned twice tonight again warms my heart. So, number two, 37:44.560 --> 37:49.680 again, great study session. Before I want to thank the board for the two hours before this meeting, 37:50.320 --> 37:56.960 but I really enjoy the discussion and collaboration between the board and the administration. And then, 37:56.960 --> 38:02.320 finally, the district continues to closely monitor election results for Measure N and our board of 38:02.320 --> 38:09.200 trustees, Trustee Area 2 race, as ballots are still being counted in both Santa Clara and Santa Cruz 38:09.200 --> 38:13.520 County. I want to thank our community for participating in this important election, 38:14.080 --> 38:18.880 and for its continuing engagement in the future of our schools. That's the end of my report. Thank you. 38:19.680 --> 38:27.600 All right, moving on to item two, action discussion information items. Members of the public attending, 38:27.600 --> 38:33.440 the meeting in person or virtually, wishing to address the board regarding items on the agenda, 38:33.440 --> 38:38.560 may do so when the item is under consideration, assuming the item falls within the board's, 38:38.560 --> 38:45.440 jurisdiction. Please raise your hand when the specific agenda item is called, and public, 38:45.440 --> 38:51.360 comment is open. Our executive assistant will then record all participants who have raised their, 38:51.360 --> 38:56.560 hands at that time to speak on the item. Participants must raise their hand immediately, 38:56.560 --> 39:01.600 after the call for comment. Late or second-hand raises will not be accepted for that item. Do we have, 39:02.720 --> 39:13.040 any public comment on item A, Los Gatos Lions Club and Saratoga High School Foundation, 39:13.040 --> 39:23.840 therapy dog funding? I see no raised hands online or in person. No public comment. Okay, over to you... 39:23.840 --> 39:35.120 Who let the dogs out? It's uh, the favorite board meeting of the year, um, and it's a true community, 39:35.120 --> 39:45.040 partnership. And so we have many fellow lions here. Lion Dave Burt from the Lions Club and, 39:45.040 --> 39:53.680 Steven Zoo from Saratoga High Foundation. Because of these two partners, we have therapy dogs at our, 39:53.680 --> 40:00.940 wellness centers every day. And they are such a fabric of our school community. And so, Dave, do, 40:00.940 --> 40:07.180 want to come on up to the microphone as well as Steven to say a few words, uh, and Dave always brings, 40:07.180 --> 40:18.460 a giant check. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. If you'll push the button, Dave, there, um, yeah, so, um, 40:20.060 --> 40:24.220 this is I don't know how many years we've been supporting the therapy animals at Las 40:24.220 --> 40:31.480 Los Gatos High School, but it's been our pleasure to be able to do that. The 40:31.480 --> 40:36.760 proceeds that we raise to do that are through an annual fundraiser that we 40:36.760 --> 40:44.200 hold, and the last one was in early September this year, which we know poses 40:44.200 --> 40:49.060 a problem with the lag of school starting in August, and that's not having 40:49.060 --> 40:54.900 money to fund the dogs until late September, so we're working on that, but we'll probably move 40:54.900 --> 41:02.580 it back to the late May, early June time frame. I am the Mental Wellness Committee Chair for 41:02.580 --> 41:12.260 Los Gatos Lions Club, but the real applause and recognition needs to go to our Date Night Committee 41:12.260 --> 41:20.260 who works their tails off to put that event on and raise the money to be able to do that. 41:21.380 --> 41:28.340 They are here. Let's have them stand up. Thanks, guys. 41:32.740 --> 41:39.060 Lion Bob Calpine in the blue sweatshirt is our chair this year for the event. He did a 41:39.060 --> 41:50.180 wonderful job. To his left is Lion Lisa Scarlato, Adrian Paolini McGrath, and Kevin Kelly. They all did 41:50.180 --> 41:56.980 a tremendous job in making that event happen. Attendance was down a little bit this year, and 41:56.980 --> 42:03.620 thus, proceeds were down a little bit this year. We were hoping to be able to come up with full funding 42:03.620 --> 42:12.660 for the dogs, but going into our last Lions Club board member meeting, we just didn't have the money 42:12.660 --> 42:21.600 to do that. And out of the proceeds from the event, and God bless our Lions Club board, 42:21.600 --> 42:30.540 they kicked in some of our holdback money in order to make that contract amount. So we're 42:30.540 --> 42:38.140 very thankful that that was able to happen. So that's about it. Thank you. 42:38.140 --> 42:40.720 Thank you, Dave. 42:42.380 --> 42:49.560 Hi, it's our fourth year funding the program, and our students love it. So 42:49.560 --> 42:53.300 Saratoga High School Foundation is very proud to be the sponsor of the program, 42:53.300 --> 42:57.860 and we hope to continue to do that. Thank you. 43:00.540 --> 43:07.800 So, President Vaughn, can we take it, or maybe the board has questions for them, or does anyone have any input that you'd like to? 43:10.320 --> 43:13.680 Yeah, okay, we just want to thank you and come pet your puppies. 43:17.220 --> 43:21.660 Yeah, okay, and we'll vote when we come back because we need to accept that. 43:21.660 --> 43:24.180 Nope, no vote, just information. Just take a quick break. 43:30.540 --> 43:40.460 Okay, all right, thank you very much. Uh, moving on to item B, information item. 43:40.460 --> 43:46.860 Silicon Valley Career Technical Education update. Do we have any public comment? 43:48.460 --> 43:53.340 We do have one public comment in person. Oh, and I see no raised hands online. 43:53.340 --> 44:13.020 Good evening. My name is Aman Atwal, and I'm one of the dental assisting instructors at Metro Ed and 44:13.020 --> 44:20.620 a member of our union, Silicon Valley Career Teacher Association. As we probably heard that 44:20.620 --> 44:31.020 from our board member is saying that, um, that, um, Silicon Valley Career Technical Education at Metro 44:31.020 --> 44:39.820 Ed is, um, it's from the union, Silicon Valley, uh, that, sorry, I lost my thought, uh, board member, Valley 44:39.820 --> 44:45.500 that Career Technical School at Metro Ed is a special school. We're proud of our difference, what 44:45.500 --> 44:52.540 we make in student life. For example, some of my students have gone into actual jobs, so 44:52.540 --> 44:58.300 Los Gatos High School, Saratoga High School is not the largest district in Metro Ed, 44:58.300 --> 45:04.940 but around 15 to 20 students attend Metro Ed. Your district pays about ten thousand dollars per 45:04.940 --> 45:11.420 student to attend a Career Technical Education class, but your students do count, and they do 45:11.420 --> 45:18.540 matter to us. And we are facing a teacher retention crisis at school. In the last five years, Metro had lost 45:18.540 --> 45:25.500 about 16 teachers out of 24 positions, and some of the classes have been reduced to 45:26.620 --> 45:33.260 have been changed three different times in the last three years. Our auto program has been reduced, 45:33.260 --> 45:38.780 and we haven't been able to hire an electrician instructor in the last two years, and that program 45:38.780 --> 45:45.820 has been closed as well. Your students deserve a class that they are promised and have experienced, 45:45.820 --> 45:52.620 teachers who know both the industry and how to teach. Negotiation with the district have installed 45:52.620 --> 45:58.780 after they propose a massive increase on our health care costs while rejecting our last proposal 45:58.780 --> 46:04.460 for a sustainable raise. We stand to lose more teachers to the jobs in a district that will 46:05.420 --> 46:11.340 that will be better support them and their families. We, at the moment, are preparing 46:11.340 --> 46:18.780 for a fact finding on November 16, and teachers are preparing for a possible strike if this happens. 46:18.780 --> 46:24.780 Does Metro plan have to turn away the buses or send your students back to their schools? 46:25.740 --> 46:29.500 We are going to put those students. Where are we going to put those students? 46:29.500 --> 46:35.860 Or will Metro Ed put 600 students who come every morning and afternoon into the cafeteria? 46:35.860 --> 46:42.500 we don't know but here's the thing we don't want to strike we believe the difference between our 46:42.500 --> 46:50.740 proposal it's just about 250k over last three years so metro ed is sitting about 15.7 million 46:50.740 --> 46:59.620 dollar in unrestricted reserve that's about 90 percent reserve level those dollar that you paid 46:59.620 --> 47:05.780 for your students to thrive at svct could help retain teachers and stabilize the school 47:06.660 --> 47:12.740 so i'm asking you as the elected representative of los ghettos saratoga union high school district 47:12.740 --> 47:20.020 students families taxpayers to urge the metro management to agree to fair raise and affordable 47:20.020 --> 47:24.340 access health care thank you very much thank you for your comment thank you 47:30.980 --> 47:39.300 okay good evening board i would like to welcome to the podium metro ed district superintendent 47:39.300 --> 47:45.140 erin o'neill to present data regarding silicon valley career technical education programs 47:45.140 --> 47:52.180 she's accompanied by two of our students our very own um sort of falcon and wildcat 47:52.180 --> 48:00.500 from los carros welcome thank you so much it's good to see you all 48:02.900 --> 48:05.620 as you know svcte oh thank you 48:08.020 --> 48:09.620 wonderful thank you make it easy 48:09.620 --> 48:23.620 SVCTE and Metro Ed is part of the JPA. Six of you districts came together and wanted to do something that was really difficult for any of you to do alone. 48:23.620 --> 48:37.620 And so creating SVCTE, where we can hire industry experts like you heard from, we can have this space where students can learn industry level skills, participate in work based learning, 48:37.620 --> 48:42.900 earn certificates and participate in leadership activities exactly what we try to deliver and 48:42.900 --> 48:46.980 you're going to hear more uh intimately about that from your students tonight 48:49.620 --> 48:55.300 i want to share just a few highlights and i want to thank mr chen who last year challenged me to 48:55.300 --> 49:00.340 get our summer exploration registration out much earlier i don't know if you remember that 49:00.340 --> 49:06.260 and so we committed to doing it in February this year we're going to do the same we also altered 49:06.260 --> 49:12.800 the program based on your feedback and made it all day instead of a half a day for three weeks 49:12.800 --> 49:18.940 where students could then walk away with up to five credits. So you really did more than you 49:18.940 --> 49:24.640 thought you did by challenging us to think differently. We were at capacity of 252 students 49:24.640 --> 49:29.660 with over 100 on the waiting list. That's how successful it was. In the past, our summer 49:29.660 --> 49:36.540 exploration had about 60 students so jumping from that to 252 again based on your inspiration 49:37.180 --> 49:43.180 was a great for students across Santa Clara County. That program is funded through strong 49:43.180 --> 49:48.780 workforce grant through Santa Clara County. So that isn't funded even from your funds that come 49:48.780 --> 49:54.140 to our district or the C Tigger strong workforce that come to us. It is funded through a partnership 49:54.140 --> 50:03.020 with Santa Clara County. 100 of our I'll just go over a couple of these 100 of our courses are a 50:03.020 --> 50:08.540 through G. It's really hard for students to make decisions about the courses that they need to 50:08.540 --> 50:14.220 take to graduate. So we're really really excited to do that. Over a thousand certifications again 50:14.220 --> 50:21.900 thanks to the leadership of our industry experts as teachers. Nearly 200 internships. You heard from 50:21.900 --> 50:29.020 him on shortly and all of his students participate in internships in the spring. And then we also had 50:29.020 --> 50:34.620 our first ever hackathon last year. 100 students. This year we're doubling it. We're having 100 of 50:34.620 --> 50:38.860 our students. And then we're also inviting your students to come and participate with us on 50:38.860 --> 50:45.740 February 4th and 5th. We have five thousand dollars in first, second, and third prizes donated by our 50:46.700 --> 50:52.380 foundation. So if your students come, they participate and you get first prize, you could 50:52.380 --> 50:58.060 win up to twenty-five hundred dollars. We're recruiting judges and mentors from the field 50:58.060 --> 51:05.020 to help us out with those couple of days. And then next won't go into detail, but you have copies of 51:05.020 --> 51:13.260 this. This is the reason SVCTE exists as you can see. The 17 students that come from Los Gatos, Saratoga, 51:13.260 --> 51:18.540 pick from a variety of programs. And for you to offer each of these alone would just be too 51:18.540 --> 51:24.220 costly. The same for our districts. And so we're happy to serve you in that way. Offering 22 more 51:24.220 --> 51:30.060 options for your students to participate. Okay, but most importantly for our presentation, it's time to 51:30.060 --> 51:36.300 hear from a couple of students. I'd like to see. They're all nodding. I told you. I told you. They 51:36.300 --> 51:42.220 couldn't wait for you. So up first is Elizabeth Teamoff. She is part of our medical sciences class. 51:42.220 --> 51:50.220 She is also the vice president of our Skills USA chapter. So Elizabeth, thank you. Good evening, all. 51:50.220 --> 51:56.700 I am here today to speak about the value of career technical education. Career technical education 51:56.700 --> 52:02.700 isn't just for the benefit of our current students, but for our future workforces. With career 52:02.700 --> 52:08.060 technical education, the child struggling in math gets to protect our community by becoming an 52:08.060 --> 52:16.140 officer. A child struggling to speak up gets to find their voice in Skills USA. When I first heard 52:16.140 --> 52:24.620 about svcte through my principal's newsletter i saw an opportunity what most people scrolled past 52:24.620 --> 52:31.260 i focused on a program filled with hands-on learning certifications and real industry 52:31.260 --> 52:37.820 professionals is something unheard of while in high school at first i really wasn't sure 52:37.820 --> 52:46.060 if it was my place so I decided to take a tour and for every hour I was on the SVCTE campus 52:46.700 --> 52:53.900 I saw connection I saw learning and I saw a true community of future industry professionals 52:54.940 --> 53:00.380 I went home that same day and I applied because I knew it would suit my passion for learning 53:01.260 --> 53:06.140 I was fortunate enough to enroll in Dr. DeSala's medical health science and careers class 53:06.140 --> 53:13.260 as you can see on my sleeve right here. Dr. Dasala's class, though it has been quite challenging, 53:13.260 --> 53:19.580 has taught me a lot about emergency preparedness. Whether someone's seizing or if a baby's choking, 53:19.580 --> 53:23.980 I am able to step in and save them thanks to the industry knowledge given to me. 53:25.180 --> 53:30.220 But it's not just about being prepared for your field or being prepared for an emergency. 53:31.180 --> 53:38.140 Dr. Dasala saw potential in me, something I never saw in myself. I've always been outgoing and loud, 53:38.140 --> 53:44.220 but I never knew how to speak out meaningfully. Dr. Dasala helped me find my voice by sharing 53:44.220 --> 53:50.140 her own stories and giving lessons toward the whole class about social and emotional learning, 53:50.140 --> 53:54.380 where we all get to learn more about different behaviors and how they are controlled. 53:54.380 --> 54:08.380 Dr. Dasala encouraged me as I campaigned for SkillsUSA Vice President, and for those who don't know, SkillsUSA is a student-made and student-led organization that students compete in real career readiness-based skills. 54:08.380 --> 54:15.380 And what an honor it has been to be a part of the leadership for the SVCTE chapter. 54:15.380 --> 54:25.380 I have learned responsibility and I have formed lifetime bonds with my fellow leaders, all because the teacher saw potential in me. 54:25.380 --> 54:32.380 I get to stand here today because Dr. DeSala saw something in me that wasn't seen before. 54:32.380 --> 54:41.380 The Los Gatos Saratoga Unified High School District's partnership with Silicon Valley Career Technical Education gives students a place to learn. 54:42.100 --> 54:48.820 not just useful hands-on education i know it's great but also learning about their voice in the 54:48.820 --> 54:54.260 community i'd like to thank the board from the bottom of my heart for supporting our 54:54.260 --> 55:00.020 current students and our future workforces your support means more than anything to our students 55:00.020 --> 55:11.060 thank you hey can oh can i ask elizabeth a question absolutely so uh hi uh first of all 55:11.060 --> 55:19.300 the board is super supportive of se cte uh and you're doing a great job so can you you know how 55:19.300 --> 55:26.100 Do we get more students interested in the program? So since you went through it, could you 55:26.100 --> 55:34.420 sort of suggest one or two things that we could do to get more students interested in the program? 55:34.420 --> 55:41.300 Or things that logistically made it hard that you know of for other people to sign up? Is there 55:41.300 --> 55:48.260 things that you think we could do? Absolutely. So what I'd say, the lack of promotion surrounding 55:48.260 --> 55:55.940 SVCTE in the school is very absurd to me, despite the value it holds. I see it postered around school, 55:55.940 --> 56:00.980 but I never hear anyone speaking of it. You have to look very clearly in the principal newsletter, 56:00.980 --> 56:06.660 and it's usually not towards the middle. I believe if we had more student voices speaking about the 56:06.660 --> 56:12.340 benefits, such as the certifications and the real hands-on industry learning, that it would be a much 56:12.340 --> 56:18.660 more successful program with more enrollment as well. I think a barrier to enrolling in SVCTE 56:19.220 --> 56:26.500 was the conflict I made with my schedule. I usually don't arrive at school until 11:05, 56:26.500 --> 56:35.860 and on a usual day, our school starts at 10:55 or, or excuse me, our third period doesn't start until 56:35.860 --> 56:42.740 10:50 to 10:55. I believe if there was more room, it would make students miss less class. And I know 56:42.740 --> 56:48.100 that class work is something very important to me. I'm enrolled in multiple AP's, and it's 56:48.100 --> 56:52.420 a struggle coming in late for my classes and missing potentially important information. 56:53.380 --> 57:00.660 And I think another idea of how to bring students in was speaking more about certifications and how 57:00.660 --> 57:07.300 good it really is. I get articulation with Mission College or Best West Valley as a choice. I believe 57:07.300 --> 57:16.340 I receive eight credits for my course. And I think just highlighting the benefits would really bring 57:16.340 --> 57:22.580 more students into the program. It is an honor to be in this program, and I want more people to know 57:22.580 --> 57:32.100 about it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have one more question for you. So, uh, for your, uh, classmate 57:32.100 --> 57:39.540 at the Lascato High School, when they hear about you going to the attending the SVCt, what's do they 57:39.540 --> 57:45.940 ask you? Any question about that, or do they curious why you, you know, uh, leaving the campus for half 57:45.940 --> 57:51.380 day and then you know, disappear and come back later? Did what kind of things you know, they, your 57:51.380 --> 57:58.820 your, your friend groups asking you? So, a question I get commonly is about my uniform throughout the 57:58.820 --> 58:04.900 day. I am in gray scrubs, so it looks kind of strange when I stroll into my third period class. 58:04.900 --> 58:09.940 I'm in gray scrubs. I have my badge right here. It's a little strange. So I'd say the most commonly 58:09.940 --> 58:14.980 Asked question is about my uniform. They're like, 'Why are you wearing that?' And then I get to explain. 58:14.980 --> 58:21.160 The benefits of SVCTE. And, you know, coming in late can be a little bit great sometimes because 58:21.160 --> 58:29.340 I get to miss a little bit of work, but I catch up. Don't you worry. And I'd say some of my 58:29.340 --> 58:37.580 fellow peers have asked me, 'What do you gain from it?' And to that, I respond, I gain so much. 58:37.580 --> 58:52.580 I gain a community. I gain certifications. Right now, I'm getting certified in OSHA, HIPAA, CPR and AD, BSL, which is basic life support, as well as my CPR and mental health. 58:53.080 --> 59:01.780 So, I explain to them the certifications I get and the other courses that are there, such as our fire science and our pharmacy course and our dental assisting course. 59:02.180 --> 59:05.080 There are so many courses for people to find the right fit. 59:05.080 --> 59:10.120 So to summarize, that I know that was a little long-winded. The question I get 59:10.120 --> 59:18.040 most is about my uniform and why I come in late all the time. They have any 59:18.040 --> 59:28.040 suggestion about to reduce minutes, you know, class or anything can be can be 59:28.040 --> 59:33.020 helpful for that. I think as it stands right now, the Los Gatos High School does 59:33.020 --> 59:39.740 a great job at accommodating our students. I personally have spoken to the attendance office. 59:39.740 --> 59:44.940 And whenever I arrive at school, I get a Z marked as my attendance, which means I'm present, but the 59:44.940 --> 59:50.540 admin knows I come in a little bit late. So I think Los Gatos High School has done an excellent job 59:50.540 --> 59:55.980 accommodating you know the tardiness I experience. Great. Thank you. Thank you. 59:55.980 --> 01:00:04.300 You might hear more from Elizabeth next year. She is running as a state delegate. 01:00:05.020 --> 01:00:12.780 Currently, the California Skills USA president attends SVCTE. So I think you're going to be 01:00:12.780 --> 01:00:19.180 doing a lot of speeches. Coming up, I'd like to introduce Max Woo. He is a pharmacy student 01:00:19.180 --> 01:00:26.700 at SVCTE. Max, hey. So, um, before I start my actual presentation, I would like to help answer his 01:00:26.700 --> 01:00:30.700 question as well. So in our school, a lot of the times during lunches, we have college programs 01:00:30.700 --> 01:00:36.620 where they go up to, um, into our campus and then they set up benches where they give out flyers 01:00:36.620 --> 01:00:40.220 and tell people about the benefits of our school. And I think it would be really helpful if we could 01:00:40.220 --> 01:00:45.340 delegate somebody from SV to also go to our school and do that because a lot of students 01:00:45.340 --> 01:00:50.780 attend those events and it would help a lot of students know about the program rather than just 01:00:51.580 --> 01:00:53.980 reading about it at the bottom of some newsletter. 01:00:56.860 --> 01:01:01.820 Okay, so my name is Max Wu and I'm part of the Pharmacy Technician program 01:01:02.540 --> 01:01:07.580 and my experience at SVCT has been pretty great. I also scrolled past the newsletter, 01:01:07.580 --> 01:01:12.780 but Mr. Safin recommended to me last year because I wasn't really interested in continuing 01:01:13.580 --> 01:01:20.860 school the way a lot of people in my grade were, so he recommended SVCTE to me as a thing to do 01:01:21.420 --> 01:01:29.740 that would help prepare me for life after high school. One of the um, we earn a lot of certifications, 01:01:29.740 --> 01:01:35.180 but the most important one for us in pharmacy is PTCE. It's a Pharmacy Technician Certification 01:01:35.180 --> 01:01:41.740 Exam and it allows us to work in a pharmacy. In that, we have to memorize about 200 of the 01:01:42.300 --> 01:01:47.980 common drugs for most illnesses, along with like the 20 over-the-counter drugs. And my instructor 01:01:47.980 --> 01:01:52.380 has been really helpful teaching us multiple of those drugs every week. And that's what we're 01:01:52.380 --> 01:01:57.180 preparing for at the end. And my career goal is to go down this path and then it allows me to 01:01:57.180 --> 01:02:01.820 experiment with what I want to do in life. It allows me to experiment with what it's like to 01:02:01.820 --> 01:02:05.820 actually be in a workforce before I decide if I want to go down the path of community college 01:02:05.820 --> 01:02:11.340 college and whatnot. Because um, SV has done a really great internship program and our 01:02:11.340 --> 01:02:14.540 teacher will help us find a lot of internships at like Walgreens or CVS. 01:02:17.180 --> 01:02:21.340 We also get, I also enjoy the class because we do a lot of more hands-on activities. 01:02:21.340 --> 01:02:26.940 Because for example, when I was taking science-based courses at SHS, I was still learning a lot, but 01:02:27.580 --> 01:02:33.660 it was never as much hands-on as it is now. We get to practice counting pills. We get to read 01:02:33.660 --> 01:02:38.700 prescriptions and that just gives a different experience to anything else we do. And later this 01:02:38.700 --> 01:02:42.780 week, I think tomorrow we're also going to get to dissect a pig heart, which will be really, really 01:02:42.780 --> 01:02:47.900 interesting for us. And I just really wanted to thank everyone here for supporting the opportunity 01:02:47.900 --> 01:02:51.900 for me to go to SV. It's been a really, really fun experience and really useful for my life. 01:02:52.620 --> 01:02:54.780 Thank you, thank you, thanks, Max. 01:02:54.780 --> 01:03:05.100 I want to share two community partnerships that really help these two students. The first is with 01:03:05.100 --> 01:03:09.900 Sutter Health. They have contributed $500,000 this year for a work-based learning specialist and 01:03:09.900 --> 01:03:15.420 also to upgrade equipment and medical science and the other ones. And another partner is CVS, who's 01:03:15.420 --> 01:03:20.620 Going to help build a model pharmacy at our location for our students to have just more 01:03:20.620 --> 01:03:24.780 real-world experience. So kudos to our partners that help students all across the county as well. 01:03:26.060 --> 01:03:29.420 So just want to say thank you again very much for your time. And if you have any other 01:03:29.420 --> 01:03:35.980 questions or comments, we're happy to answer. Does anyone else have any comments? Thank you so much 01:03:35.980 --> 01:03:42.060 for coming out tonight. It was exciting. Thank you. Would it be okay for you to get a picture 01:03:42.060 --> 01:03:50.380 with these students? You bet. Thank you. 01:03:50.620 --> 01:04:08.060 We have one more comment. Okay, well, I want to take this opportunity thanks, uh, uh, superintendent 01:04:08.060 --> 01:04:14.220 O'Neill, and then two students. You know, it's a wonderful, um, opportunity to hear the testimony 01:04:14.220 --> 01:04:22.060 from our students. And then we also wanted to thank, you know, our admin teams. You know, really foster 01:04:22.060 --> 01:04:29.260 this opportunity. Alternative way to, you know, help our students. So I'm so proud of this program 01:04:29.260 --> 01:04:31.900 being part of our educational plan. Thank you. 01:04:31.900 --> 01:04:46.540 You okay. Moving on, we have another information item. California School Dashboard 2026. The results 01:04:46.540 --> 01:04:54.220 do we have any public comment? We have no raised hands online or in person. No public comment. Okay. 01:04:54.220 --> 01:05:02.140 Great. Dr. McCurdy, good evening. I'm here tonight presenting the California School Dashboard 01:05:02.140 --> 01:05:05.420 that was just published last month. 01:05:08.540 --> 01:05:14.140 The California School Dashboard is an online tool that is hosted by the California Department of 01:05:14.140 --> 01:05:21.420 Education since 2017. It allows the members of the public to access reports on the performance 01:05:21.420 --> 01:05:30.060 of schools and districts across the state. On the dashboard, we have some standardized reports 01:05:30.860 --> 01:05:36.140 and reports how district schools and student groups perform on multiple state and local measures 01:05:36.140 --> 01:05:41.420 that make up the school accountability system in California. The results are used to identify 01:05:41.420 --> 01:05:45.180 strengths and weaknesses and help ensure that the needs of all students are met. 01:05:45.980 --> 01:05:52.380 The indicators that are reported on the dashboard include a suspension rate for our schools and 01:05:52.380 --> 01:05:59.020 district, English learner progress, graduation rate, college and career indicator, academic 01:05:59.020 --> 01:06:02.380 performance in English language arts, math, and now science. 01:06:06.380 --> 01:06:10.940 The dashboard also reports several local indicators that assess how districts and 01:06:10.940 --> 01:06:16.140 Schools are meeting the needs of their students and the five local indicators for school districts 01:06:16.140 --> 01:06:21.580 are listed here. It's access to basic educational necessities, implementation of academic standards, 01:06:21.580 --> 01:06:25.740 parent and family engagement, local climate survey, and access to a broad course of study. 01:06:26.460 --> 01:06:31.740 Performance on these measures is determined through a self-reflection tool developed by 01:06:31.740 --> 01:06:43.980 the State Board of Education. The dashboard for 2026 became public on October 15th. The dashboard 01:06:43.980 --> 01:06:49.980 release occurred a month earlier than last year. For the past few years, if the board remembers, 01:06:49.980 --> 01:06:56.060 the dashboard release has been earlier every year. That allows us to bring you this report 01:06:56.060 --> 01:07:08.620 earlier in the year rather than later on. The dashboard we see reports and data that is 01:07:09.820 --> 01:07:16.940 that is reported for our entire district and our entire student body, but also student subgroups 01:07:17.580 --> 01:07:22.060 and the numerically significant subgroups that are reported for our district include our Asian 01:07:22.060 --> 01:07:26.860 students, our English learners, students, and long-term English language learners. 01:07:26.860 --> 01:07:31.660 That particular group is a significant subgroup for the district as a whole, but not necessarily 01:07:31.660 --> 01:07:37.020 a significant subgroup for each of our, for our individual schools. Our Hispanic students, 01:07:37.020 --> 01:07:41.900 our socioeconomic disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, students who 01:07:41.900 --> 01:07:44.380 report two or more races, and our white students. 01:07:44.380 --> 01:07:54.380 The dashboard displays performance for students based on two factors. 01:07:54.380 --> 01:08:02.380 It's a current year data for the measure that is the status and difference between the current year and the prior year, which is the change. 01:08:02.380 --> 01:08:13.380 The performance level or color is determined by the point at the point at which these two levels intersect on a five by five or a three by five color-coded table. 01:08:13.380 --> 01:08:21.540 Colors range from red, which represents the lowest rating or lowest performance level, to blue, which represents the highest performance level. 01:08:22.340 --> 01:08:24.740 The dashboard is released each year in the fall. 01:08:25.280 --> 01:08:35.260 This is a snapshot of the 2025 dashboard in which the district earned an all blue rating, the only high school district in the state to do so. 01:08:35.260 --> 01:08:44.260 This is the current dashboard based on data collected from the 25-26 school year. 01:08:44.260 --> 01:08:51.260 The district was able to maintain the blue rating in six of the seven indicators that are reported on the dashboard. 01:08:51.260 --> 01:09:01.260 We suffered a setback in our English learner progress where our performance level slipped from the blue to the orange rating. 01:09:01.260 --> 01:09:11.340 Later in the presentation, we will go into the reasons that potentially led to this decline. For whatever it is worth, because I know Superintendent Rocha is very competitive. 01:09:12.380 --> 01:09:17.220 No other high school districts in the state earned all blue across the dashboard this year. 01:09:17.980 --> 01:09:23.100 Only one other high school district in the state had a better outcome, slightly better than us. 01:09:23.100 --> 01:09:28.100 They also earned blue in six of the seven indicators, like us. 01:09:28.100 --> 01:09:37.100 Their English learner progress was not blue, but they're slightly better than us because they have a green rating in that indicator. 01:09:37.100 --> 01:09:42.100 I thought I would put that in public. 01:09:42.100 --> 01:09:52.100 The academic rankings and the academic data that is reported on the dashboard include English language arts, math, and science. 01:09:52.100 --> 01:09:58.080 The English language arts and math CAASPP assessment that is used to report these results 01:09:58.080 --> 01:10:04.460 have been around for a while, so we have comparative data across the district. 01:10:04.460 --> 01:10:10.660 Among high school districts, our English language arts performance remains the highest ranking. 01:10:10.660 --> 01:10:17.280 82 percent, a little over 82 percent of our 11th graders who took the CAASPP assessment 01:10:17.280 --> 01:10:25.120 in English language arts either met or exceeded standards. In math, we have the number two spot 01:10:25.120 --> 01:10:30.640 among high school districts in the state with 70 percent of 11th graders who took the assessment 01:10:31.280 --> 01:10:33.200 meeting or exceeding standards. 01:10:36.080 --> 01:10:44.000 Local indicators, what I mentioned earlier, these were the access to basic necessities, academic 01:10:44.000 --> 01:10:51.760 standards. The district earned a standard met for each of those indicators, and these are 01:10:52.400 --> 01:10:54.080 reported on the dashboard as well. 01:10:58.800 --> 01:11:04.000 In the next six slides, I will review student performance indicators reported on the dashboard. 01:11:04.000 --> 01:11:09.120 I'll explain how each indicator is calculated, our overall performance, as well as the performance of 01:11:09.120 --> 01:11:14.160 different student groups. Suspension rate is calculated as the percentage of students who have 01:11:14.160 --> 01:11:19.120 been suspended for at least one aggregate day in a given school day. Students who are suspended 01:11:19.120 --> 01:11:25.200 multiple times or for multiple days are only counted once. Overall, blue on this indicator for 01:11:25.200 --> 01:11:32.160 the district, our suspension rate has declined over the past several years. We had a suspension rate 01:11:32.160 --> 01:11:39.120 of two percent in 2019 and declined over the past several years to point four percent 01:11:39.120 --> 01:11:46.560 in the past. In the previous school year, six of the subgroups earned the blue rating, with 01:11:46.560 --> 01:11:52.100 one subgroup, the English learner subgroup, earned a green rating and long-term English 01:11:52.100 --> 01:12:01.300 Learners earning a yellow rating. Graduation rate is reported as a percentage of students 01:12:01.300 --> 01:12:07.140 who received a high school diploma within four or five years of entering ninth grade. 01:12:07.140 --> 01:12:14.340 Overall, our graduation rate is at 96.8 percent, which is the envy of any high school district. 01:12:14.340 --> 01:12:19.380 We have maintained this high level over the last several years. 01:12:19.380 --> 01:12:25.620 Majority of our graduates were in the four-year cohort, with only two of our graduating cohort 01:12:25.620 --> 01:12:29.700 made up of students who were fifth-year graduates from our schools. 01:12:29.700 --> 01:12:35.940 We had while the overall rating was blue, our students with disabilities were at the green 01:12:35.940 --> 01:12:42.340 rating as well as our Hispanic students. And those two student groups are the ones who were 01:12:43.540 --> 01:12:45.380 not in that overall blue category. 01:12:49.700 --> 01:12:55.220 The dashboard reports two academic indicators, or three academic indicators. English language arts 01:12:55.220 --> 01:13:00.660 being one of them. For high school student performance is measured on the 11th grade 01:13:00.660 --> 01:13:07.700 Smarter Balanced Assessment and the California Alternative Assessment for students who qualify 01:13:07.700 --> 01:13:13.460 for that assessment. They're used to determine the results for these indicators. Each academic 01:13:13.460 --> 01:13:20.260 indicator is calculated using again two components: distance from standard and distance between a 01:13:20.260 --> 01:13:26.980 student score on the Smarter Balanced test and the lowest possible scale score under the Every Student 01:13:27.620 --> 01:13:34.100 Succeeds Act. All states must test at least 95% of their 11th graders in English language arts, 01:13:34.100 --> 01:13:40.100 math, and science. If a district fails to meet this target, California is required to assign 01:13:40.100 --> 01:13:47.300 a lowest obtainable score to each student needed to bring the participation rate to 95 percent. 01:13:47.300 --> 01:14:02.300 The loss of that lowest rating that is assigned to each of these students who did not test are used to then calculate our ranking and our performance in that test. 01:14:02.300 --> 01:14:09.300 Taken together, current year data and its comparison with the prior year is what is used to assign the performance level. 01:14:09.300 --> 01:14:14.340 Level. We are overall blue in English language arts. Like I said, we are the top-ranking high 01:14:14.340 --> 01:14:19.220 school district with more than 82 percent of our students meeting or exceeding standards. 01:14:19.220 --> 01:14:26.660 However, our students with disabilities earned the performance level of red, even though the 01:14:26.660 --> 01:14:32.740 percentage of students in that group posted an increase over the previous year. As to what 01:14:32.740 --> 01:14:38.660 percentage of students with disabilities met or exceeded standards, they increased but at the same 01:14:38.660 --> 01:14:49.120 Time their overall performance level placed them in that red level. 01:14:49.120 --> 01:14:55.320 Students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds were also rated in orange because 01:14:55.320 --> 01:15:01.260 there was a decline in their performance over the previous year. 01:15:01.260 --> 01:15:03.620 Moving on to math, overall. 01:15:03.620 --> 01:15:07.420 So Deepa, can you just remind us how this is scored? 01:15:07.420 --> 01:15:08.660 It's kind of confusing. 01:15:08.660 --> 01:15:15.580 Is it a percent, is blue because we were way over the norm, or is it also progress? 01:15:15.780 --> 01:15:19.560 Because we just said we had progress, but we're still a red. 01:15:20.060 --> 01:15:23.580 So does that mean there's an absolute score that matters too? 01:15:23.860 --> 01:15:25.640 It is the distance from standard. 01:15:25.640 --> 01:15:28.600 What is determined as a distance from standard? 01:15:29.380 --> 01:15:35.340 And it is your current score, the distance from standard, as well as the change over the previous year. 01:15:35.340 --> 01:15:42.680 So here, there was a positive change over the previous year, but the distance from the standards still remained too far. 01:15:43.340 --> 01:15:45.340 And I'm going to speak to this later. 01:15:45.900 --> 01:15:54.340 For our students with disabilities, it was one of those, it was a paradox, because if you look at their performance, it increased. 01:15:55.160 --> 01:16:00.560 The percentage of students in that group who met or exceeded standards increased. 01:16:01.180 --> 01:16:03.720 But their overall performance was still in the red 01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:07.680 because we had a significant percentage of students in that group 01:16:07.680 --> 01:16:08.880 who did not test. 01:16:10.180 --> 01:16:12.000 But it didn't take the test. 01:16:12.020 --> 01:16:15.000 It did not take the test, and when that happens, 01:16:15.100 --> 01:16:17.940 the state assigns the lowest possible score 01:16:17.940 --> 01:16:20.420 to all the students who are missing the test, 01:16:20.460 --> 01:16:23.480 and then that contributes to that lower overall performance. 01:16:23.480 --> 01:16:25.840 And did they not take that by choice, their choice? 01:16:26.040 --> 01:16:29.000 They're allowed through the IEP process to opt out. 01:16:29.000 --> 01:16:36.880 And so it's an effort every year, and Dustin's continued to educate parents about the impact 01:16:36.880 --> 01:16:41.380 of them not taking that test, but it is their right through the IEP process to waive that 01:16:41.380 --> 01:16:42.380 test. 01:16:42.380 --> 01:16:43.380 Wow. 01:16:43.380 --> 01:16:50.500 I'll review the percentage in terms of what percentage did not actually test. 01:16:50.500 --> 01:16:52.760 So it's 95 percent for each subgroup too? 01:16:52.760 --> 01:16:53.760 Correct. 01:16:53.760 --> 01:16:57.860 That's basically almost everyone has to take it or else we get penalized. 01:16:57.860 --> 01:17:01.920 And especially when we have the smaller groups of students, even if you have two or three 01:17:01.920 --> 01:17:03.920 students not testing. 01:17:03.920 --> 01:17:05.920 Yeah. 01:17:05.920 --> 01:17:12.420 There's no appeal of individual tests based on IEPs. 01:17:12.420 --> 01:17:26.300 It's not an accurate measure, especially when they're allowed to. 01:17:26.300 --> 01:17:42.300 So moving on to mathematics, you know, we are overall blue, like I said, we are number two in the state in math performance, but we do have some groups of students who are not at that overall blue level. 01:17:42.300 --> 01:18:01.980 Our students with disabilities, once again, even though they a higher percentage of them actually met or exceeded standard, but they are in that red performance level our low socio economic students were rated orange and some of the other student groups were in green. 01:18:01.980 --> 01:18:17.980 Going on to college and career indicator, this is probably one of the indicators that is the most complex on the dashboard because you can meet this meet the standards for this indicator by multiple ways, you know you can meet it by. 01:18:17.980 --> 01:18:31.980 you know, being or meeting or exceeding standard on the standardized assessment, you can meet it by completing dual enrollment courses, you can meet it by taking certain number of AP courses. 01:18:31.980 --> 01:18:38.980 So there are multiple ways in which a student can count towards meeting this college preparedness. 01:18:38.980 --> 01:18:51.360 Most of our students meet the college preparedness indicator through either the graduation rate or through the performance in the CASP, which is the 11th grade assessment. 01:18:52.020 --> 01:18:59.920 We maintain a pretty high level of college preparedness with college and career preparedness with 85.2% of our students who are prepared. 01:18:59.920 --> 01:19:13.920 And, you know, they do that primarily by meeting A through G graduation requirements or meeting the standardized assessment, meeting or exceeding the standardized assessment performance. 01:19:13.920 --> 01:19:20.920 We have seen, though, college and career preparedness for our Hispanic students and our Asian students. 01:19:20.920 --> 01:19:26.680 our asian students hispanic students declining from green to yellow on the dashboard and with 01:19:26.680 --> 01:19:36.200 our asian students declining from blue to green coming to english learner progress 01:19:37.560 --> 01:19:43.160 As I pointed out, this was our one spot where we declined over the previous year. 01:19:43.960 --> 01:19:49.560 This indicator is calculated based on the percentage of current English learner students 01:19:49.560 --> 01:19:55.400 making progress towards English language proficiency or maintaining the highest level of proficiency 01:19:56.760 --> 01:20:03.720 as measured by the summative ELPAC assessment. This past year 61.6 percent of our English 01:20:03.720 --> 01:20:08.200 learners either progressed one performance level or maintained at the highest level. 01:20:09.160 --> 01:20:15.320 This is down from the 78.5 percent of our students who increased or maintained at the highest level 01:20:15.320 --> 01:20:25.000 in 2025. So that explains the decline from the blue to the orange. 17.9 percent of students 01:20:25.000 --> 01:20:31.160 declined the performance level and that's what contributed to our overall rating declining. 01:20:31.800 --> 01:20:38.200 The 17.9 percent of the students actually comes out to be about seven students. So we had seven 01:20:38.200 --> 01:20:45.340 students who declined in their summative ELPAC rather than making progress. So 01:20:45.340 --> 01:20:50.680 that's a total from a total of 44 English language learners who took the 01:20:50.680 --> 01:20:56.960 summative summative ELPAC. Do we have anything to attribute that to at all or 01:20:56.960 --> 01:21:03.700 you know the we will use this as a case study in in our in my meetings with 01:21:03.700 --> 01:21:09.780 the assistant principals that's coming up next week. We kind of knew this was going to happen 01:21:09.780 --> 01:21:14.820 because the summit of ELPACs are given at the end of the year. So this test was given last spring 01:21:15.460 --> 01:21:21.140 and we knew the data. And when I saw the data and I saw students, some of the students slipping 01:21:21.140 --> 01:21:28.820 I knew that this was probably going to be the outcome. Many of these students are you know not 01:21:28.820 --> 01:21:34.660 in any of our English learner programs. Uh, they you know they have been in English learner programs 01:21:34.660 --> 01:21:41.780 for a long time. So they are taking all main gen ed mainstream courses. Um, and even though English 01:21:41.780 --> 01:21:46.260 learner the services have been offered, some of these students have declined the services 01:21:47.460 --> 01:21:51.700 so there may be a variety of reasons why we are we are seeing this outcome. 01:21:51.700 --> 01:21:58.420 Um, you know sometimes our testing coordinators have a hard time you know assessing times 01:21:58.420 --> 01:22:03.860 to assess these students. Some there may be some extenuating circumstances in play in some cases. 01:22:03.860 --> 01:22:09.940 There may be students who are ill or not attending school on a regular regular basis. Then getting 01:22:09.940 --> 01:22:18.580 them they're doing the the complete assessment. There are a variety of reasons why uh but the 01:22:18.580 --> 01:22:24.820 Number is very manageable for us to do a very deep dive and analysis as to why 01:22:24.820 --> 01:22:28.660 this happened and how we can prevent it so they have a choice to push 01:22:28.660 --> 01:22:33.100 themselves into a gen ed course even if the language is still a bit of a barrier 01:22:33.100 --> 01:22:40.420 versus staying in all English learners have the ability to take all of our 01:22:40.420 --> 01:22:46.420 courses and but we offer very structured English language support for students 01:22:46.420 --> 01:22:51.120 who are especially newcomers to the country 01:22:51.120 --> 01:22:53.200 and maybe within their first three years 01:22:53.200 --> 01:22:55.160 of being in the country. 01:22:55.160 --> 01:22:57.660 Beyond that, we have some support courses 01:22:57.660 --> 01:22:59.860 that are available for our English learners 01:22:59.860 --> 01:23:01.360 who may have been in the country for longer 01:23:01.360 --> 01:23:03.340 than three, four, five years, 01:23:03.340 --> 01:23:05.380 but still have not reclassified. 01:23:06.280 --> 01:23:08.080 So those support programs and classes 01:23:08.080 --> 01:23:11.340 are offered to all our English learners, 01:23:11.340 --> 01:23:15.680 but they have the option of opting out of the services. 01:23:15.680 --> 01:23:22.120 Is that course specific, like you can opt out of, and sorry, I'm kind of trying to understand this. 01:23:22.120 --> 01:23:33.260 So if somebody is super proficient at math, but they obviously are struggling maybe with the English course or something, can they take ESL as an option for certain courses and not others? 01:23:33.400 --> 01:23:35.420 Or is it a straight curriculum across the board? 01:23:35.440 --> 01:23:45.480 The support course that we have is built to support language proficiency and to continue to build academic vocabulary. 01:23:45.480 --> 01:23:50.840 It is not specific to academic vocabulary in a particular subject it is a general academic 01:23:50.840 --> 01:24:03.720 language development course okay okay uh science is a relatively new entrant to the dashboard last 01:24:03.720 --> 01:24:10.760 year a status was a performance level was assigned to science but we did not have subgroup level data 01:24:10.760 --> 01:24:25.760 We are, you know, are at the blue performance level overall with some of our student groups at yellow or or at green. 01:24:25.760 --> 01:24:34.760 So highlights and to summarize what we shared, we maintained the blue highest performance level in six of the seven dashboard indicators. 01:24:34.760 --> 01:24:42.560 Unfortunately, we are not able to report that we have no red on the dashboard, which we were able to report last year. 01:24:42.680 --> 01:24:48.140 We had some subgroups who were placed in the red performance level in certain indicators. 01:24:49.320 --> 01:24:56.860 Our Hispanic students improved their performance in all three academic areas, language arts, math, and science. 01:24:57.060 --> 01:25:00.980 Our students with disabilities, and here is the contradiction, right? 01:25:00.980 --> 01:25:06.480 They are in the red performance level, but they improved their performance in terms of percentage 01:25:06.480 --> 01:25:12.120 of students meeting or exceeding standards in all three academic areas. Our overall test 01:25:12.120 --> 01:25:18.960 participation rates met target. What I mean by that is that as a district, we tested 95% of our 01:25:18.960 --> 01:25:26.260 students. So that is definitely a positive. But the flip side of that is that we have certain 01:25:26.260 --> 01:25:33.140 groups that didn't meet that participation rate. Our areas for improvement are, you know, we are 01:25:33.140 --> 01:25:38.660 fortunate that we can actually call out the numbers and the numbers seem manageable. You 01:25:38.660 --> 01:25:44.820 know, students who did not meet standards or nearly met standards in English language arts, math, and 01:25:44.820 --> 01:25:49.380 science. In English language arts, we had 125 students across the district who did not meet 01:25:50.020 --> 01:25:58.020 or only nearly met standards. In math, that's 211 students, and in science, that's 239 students. 01:25:59.540 --> 01:26:04.580 English learners who decreased one performance level in summative ELPaC is seven. Right, so we 01:26:04.580 --> 01:26:10.500 had seven students. We have the opportunity in all of these academic areas to take a deep dive to 01:26:11.220 --> 01:26:16.740 understand what happened and how we can, how we can address some of the 01:26:16.740 --> 01:26:19.620 some of the trends that are emerging. 01:26:19.620 --> 01:26:23.000 Our socioeconomically disadvantaged students' performance 01:26:23.000 --> 01:26:26.100 in all three academic areas declined. 01:26:26.100 --> 01:26:30.300 So that is, we have to take a deeper look at that 01:26:30.300 --> 01:26:35.300 and see how we can remedy that performance. 01:26:35.880 --> 01:26:38.760 Test participation rates for smaller subgroups. 01:26:38.760 --> 01:26:43.760 So we had a pretty significant difference 01:26:43.760 --> 01:26:59.760 No difference for our students with disabilities, like I mentioned, who did not meet the overall participation rate and how that impacted their performance level. 01:26:59.760 --> 01:27:04.760 We tested only 71% of the students in English language arts. 01:27:04.760 --> 01:27:10.800 So that difference made up for then why they were placed in that red performance level. 01:27:11.600 --> 01:27:20.520 So in general, that's the trend that we are seeing, that even though the student performance is increasing, but the missing scores is then contributing to a lower performance level. 01:27:20.520 --> 01:27:36.520 While we celebrate these students and their accomplishment, it would be a public in a recognition of their performance if their performance level was higher than than a red and closer to a blue on the dashboard. 01:27:36.520 --> 01:27:43.520 So we have several, you know, action items and next steps that we need to address. 01:27:43.520 --> 01:27:52.520 You know, earlier today, you heard about our instructional initiatives, which are all around addressing the needs of all our students, but specifically students who are struggling. 01:27:52.520 --> 01:27:59.520 And there may be gaps that we need to need to address. You heard about the tutorial attendance taking app. 01:27:59.520 --> 01:28:04.520 How can we use interventions during the day to support these students better? 01:28:04.520 --> 01:28:16.860 We also have built an internal dashboard that correlates student performance in the standardized assessment, the 11th grade standardized assessment, with their course taking patterns when they're with us. 01:28:16.860 --> 01:28:30.820 What math courses did they take leading up to 11th grade when they took this math test? How did they do in those math courses? Which, you know, which skill areas did they struggle in the most in the math or the English language arts assessment? 01:28:30.820 --> 01:28:43.720 So we have built in an internal dashboard that we are going to review with our English, math and science departments so that we have that data and they can use the data for their instructional planning purposes. 01:28:44.280 --> 01:28:52.400 We are also trying to build in students' eighth grade performance because the last time that the students take this assessment is when they're in eighth grade. 01:28:52.460 --> 01:28:56.740 So even before they enter our schools, we know how they did in the standardized assessment. 01:28:56.740 --> 01:29:11.140 So we are trying to bring in that data as an early alert or an early sign of, you know, needing to support or needing some intervention that we can utilize. 01:29:13.300 --> 01:29:17.860 The data we articulated with the feeder school history. 01:29:20.540 --> 01:29:21.180 Okay. 01:29:21.620 --> 01:29:22.160 All right. 01:29:22.260 --> 01:29:23.300 Do we have any questions? 01:29:25.980 --> 01:29:26.580 Okay. 01:29:26.740 --> 01:29:33.700 This was an information item. Thank you very much for the presentation and moving on to item D. 01:29:34.820 --> 01:29:42.980 Initial proposal of the LGSUHSD negotiations with DTA Sunshine proposal. 01:29:50.100 --> 01:29:56.260 Okay, hello, all right, so today we are beginning the process of negotiations. 01:29:56.260 --> 01:30:01.700 For the 27 28 school year with the district's teachers association, so this is a successor. 01:30:01.700 --> 01:30:06.740 Agreement which means that the entire contract is open for negotiations, so the board is being. 01:30:06.740 --> 01:30:12.180 Asked to approve the district's initial sunshine proposal and to accept DTA's sunshine proposal. 01:30:12.180 --> 01:30:17.540 Which is in the next board item, the district is recommending that we open the following six 01:30:17.540 --> 01:30:24.020 Articles Article 5 salary and benefits Article 7 professional responsibilities and hours Article 01:30:24.020 --> 01:30:29.700 8 part-time employment Article 10 sick leave Article 12 sabbatical leaves and Article 01:30:30.260 --> 01:30:35.620 21 term once the initial proposals are approved we'll move forward with negotiations which are 01:30:35.620 --> 01:30:44.500 anticipated to start in January okay thank you we need a motion on this correct yes do I have 01:30:44.500 --> 01:30:51.060 a mobile did we ask for public comment didn't sorry do we have any public comment 01:30:54.020 --> 01:31:02.600 we have no raised hands online or in person do we have a second second okay all in favor 01:31:02.600 --> 01:31:11.060 aye thank you moving on to e initial proposal of district teachers association dta negotiations 01:31:11.060 --> 01:31:18.620 with ldsu hsd sunshine proposal public comment do we have any public comment 01:31:18.620 --> 01:31:23.200 there are no raised hands online or in person no public comment 01:31:24.020 --> 01:31:27.060 We'll pass it to Marcy Cooper, DTA President. 01:31:28.020 --> 01:31:47.600 Okay, so the DTA proposes this year, recognizing that we do have the full contract open, we propose to open Article 5, salary and benefits, Article 6, grievances, Article 7, professional responsibilities, Article 16, professional practices, and Article 23, special education. 01:31:49.340 --> 01:31:51.200 Okay, thank you very much. 01:31:51.200 --> 01:32:00.560 let's see do we have any comment from the board i see no public comment sorry no board 01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:09.840 comment do we have a motion so moved second second all right all in favor aye thank you very 01:32:09.840 --> 01:32:19.840 Thank you very much. All right, moving on to item F. 01:32:19.840 --> 01:32:29.840 Okay, District Instructional Calendar for 2028-29 and Resolution 2627-07 Holiday Observance. 01:32:29.840 --> 01:32:36.840 Do we have any public comment? We have no raised hands online or in person, no public comment. 01:32:36.840 --> 01:32:55.840 Okay, please go ahead. Thank you. So the district, in collaboration with DTA, CSCA, and our feeder districts, has developed the proposed 2028-29 student instructional calendar. I'm still in awe that we are talking about a calendar two years out, so that's fantastic, which will be used both by Los Gatos and Saratoga High Schools. 01:32:56.480 --> 01:33:01.760 You'll also see a resolution attached to this item regarding the observance of the Lincoln's Birthday 01:33:01.760 --> 01:33:07.600 holiday this resolution allows the district to adjust the date which the holiday is observed 01:33:07.600 --> 01:33:13.040 we're proposing to move the observance to February 20th and that falls within the week-long February 01:33:13.040 --> 01:33:17.440 recess as we've typically done in the past so we're asking the board to approve both the 01:33:17.440 --> 01:33:22.640 instructional calendar and the associated resolution thank you do we have any board comment 01:33:22.640 --> 01:33:33.160 do we have any student board content okay all right let's go on to we need a roll call vote 01:33:33.160 --> 01:33:38.860 please well i move that we approve item f district instructional calendar for 2029 second 01:33:38.860 --> 01:33:44.280 can we get the preferential vote from yes please 01:33:44.280 --> 01:33:47.280 Cfo? 01:33:47.280 --> 01:33:50.280 4. 01:33:50.280 --> 01:33:51.280 Claire? 01:33:51.280 --> 01:33:54.280 Also 4. 01:33:56.280 --> 01:33:57.280 President Bond? 01:33:57.280 --> 01:33:58.280 Yes. 01:33:58.280 --> 01:33:59.280 Vice President Singh? 01:33:59.280 --> 01:34:00.280 Yes. 01:34:00.280 --> 01:34:01.280 Clerk Mortensen? 01:34:01.280 --> 01:34:02.280 Yes. 01:34:02.280 --> 01:34:03.280 Trustee Chen? 01:34:03.280 --> 01:34:04.280 Yes. 01:34:04.280 --> 01:34:05.280 K, thank you very much. 01:34:05.280 --> 01:34:12.280 Moving on to Item G. Annual Organizational Meeting Date Set for December 17th at 5.30pm. 01:34:12.280 --> 01:34:14.260 Do we have any public comment? 01:34:14.260 --> 01:34:42.260 There's no raised hands in person or online, no public comment. Okay, Superintendent Rocha. Thank you. Education Code section 35143 sets forth requirement for each school district to hold an annual organizational meeting. Purpose of this meeting is to elect a president and a clerk from its members, appointed secretary to the board, seat new officers of the board, authorize signatures, and approve the board meeting schedule. So this sets the date and time for that meeting. 01:34:42.260 --> 01:34:50.260 Okay, great. Do we have any board comment? Nope. Any student board member comments? 01:34:50.260 --> 01:34:55.260 All right. Do we have a motion? Move. And a second. 01:34:55.260 --> 01:34:59.260 Do it. Do it. Do it. All right. Second. 01:34:59.260 --> 01:35:02.260 Thank you. And then, Claire, would you like to vote? 01:35:02.260 --> 01:35:06.260 Yep. I'm four. All right. And Super? 01:35:06.260 --> 01:35:09.260 Four. Thank you. All in favor? 01:35:09.260 --> 01:35:20.900 favor item H annual organizational meeting date for the district financing 01:35:20.900 --> 01:35:28.100 corporation set for December 17th at 630 do we have any public comment there's 01:35:28.100 --> 01:35:34.580 no raised hands online or in person no public comment okay great yes thank you 01:35:34.580 --> 01:35:49.580 Thank you, President Bond. Pursuant to the bylaws of the district's financing corporation, the board of directors is required to hold an annual organizational meeting. It is proposed that the annual meeting be set for December 17, 2026 at 630 PM. 01:35:49.580 --> 01:35:53.580 Okay, and do we have any board comment? 01:35:53.580 --> 01:35:58.580 No. This one does not allow us a student vote or does? 01:35:58.580 --> 01:36:03.580 It does. Okay. All right. Do we have any student comment? 01:36:03.580 --> 01:36:09.520 motion please move that we approve item h annual organizational meeting date the district financing 01:36:09.520 --> 01:36:22.020 corp no second thank you all right cbert how would you like to vote four clear yep four all right 01:36:22.020 --> 01:36:32.980 and um we have motion in a second all in favor aye item i information item first reading a 01:36:32.980 --> 01:36:43.980 The schedule of Board of Education meetings for a period of July 2027 through June 2028. Do we have any public comment? 01:36:43.980 --> 01:36:48.980 There's no raised hands online or in person. No public comment. Okay, Superintendent Rocha. 01:36:48.980 --> 01:37:01.980 Yes, this first reading Board of Education meetings for the 2728 school year takes into account the tremendous time this board puts in more than most boards. 01:37:01.980 --> 01:37:12.060 I counted up the hours between study sessions board office hours and site visits those three activities alone exceeds 60 hours per year. 01:37:12.420 --> 01:37:24.960 And that does not account for all the events you attend and so working with my team, we came up with this proposal that we believe we can meet the needs of the district, but also acknowledges the tremendous amount of time. 01:37:24.960 --> 01:37:34.960 that this board puts in. You guys have been here since 3 p.m. today. And if you look at some months, it's over 30 hours you guys put in. 01:37:34.960 --> 01:37:39.960 Thank you. Do we have any board comments? 01:37:39.960 --> 01:37:46.960 So any changes for this proposed board meeting calendar? Right now, I'm seeing it's a once a month. 01:37:46.960 --> 01:37:51.480 a month last time we talked about it's a three every three weeks or something 01:37:51.480 --> 01:37:55.300 and in certain month maybe at the beginning of the school year you know 01:37:55.300 --> 01:38:02.440 for two so I wonder yeah so yeah so the changes was transitioning to one 01:38:02.440 --> 01:38:06.760 regular meeting per month which aligns with our feeder districts and again 01:38:06.760 --> 01:38:10.580 recognize that the amount of time you guys already put in and we believe we 01:38:10.580 --> 01:38:14.960 can meet the business of the district through this 01:38:19.960 --> 01:38:22.960 Okay, great. Do we have any student board comments? 01:38:22.960 --> 01:38:25.960 No? All right. Do we have a motion? 01:38:25.960 --> 01:38:27.960 Is that an information item? 01:38:27.960 --> 01:38:28.960 It's an information item. 01:38:28.960 --> 01:38:29.960 Oh, I'm sorry. I've got it. 01:38:29.960 --> 01:38:35.960 So it'll come back at the December meeting for your vote to approve it as presented. 01:38:35.960 --> 01:38:38.960 Thank you. Moving on to item J. 01:38:38.960 --> 01:39:01.260 Resolution 2627-06, authorizing contracting pursuant to California multiple awards schedule number 3-26-01-1007, and approving purchase of security cameras, essential software, and security camera installation. 01:39:01.840 --> 01:39:03.180 Do we have any public comment? 01:39:04.440 --> 01:39:07.900 I have no raised hands online or in person. No public comment. 01:39:07.900 --> 01:39:09.900 Okay, Mr. Bernhardt. 01:39:09.900 --> 01:39:20.900 Members of the board, this item brings to a close a multi-year process of evaluating the district's existing security camera system. 01:39:20.900 --> 01:39:30.900 We heard from principals more than a year ago about the status of the existing system, its inadequacy, and the technology failure that was existing. 01:39:30.900 --> 01:39:35.900 The staff conducted an exhaustive investigation of potential options. 01:39:35.900 --> 01:39:42.900 We identified a partner to help us do that process in the form of Safe and Sound Security. 01:39:42.900 --> 01:39:49.900 We took the advice of Knowledge Saves Lives when they conducted the comprehensive school safety assessments. 01:39:49.900 --> 01:39:59.900 We used that as the template to design a camera system that would improve upon the coverage that the existing camera system had. 01:39:59.900 --> 01:40:17.900 And then we identified a variety of potential vendors for the actual technology. As we narrowed that list, we would have them in place in the field. I believe all of you have the opportunity to go and see them live at one of our peer districts in the county. 01:40:17.900 --> 01:40:30.800 To see the finalists of the Ricardo system alive, and we are now bringing to you a contract that will upgrade and fix the camera systems on campus today. 01:40:31.520 --> 01:40:36.500 It will fulfill that component of the Knowledge Saves Lives school safety plan recommendations. 01:40:37.220 --> 01:40:43.340 The procurement method used for this particular contract is a CMAS, a California multiple awards schedule. 01:40:43.340 --> 01:40:58.340 That means that the purchase price of the camera, as well as the price of the installation, was pre-negotiated by the State of California's Department of General Services, and they make that negotiated price available to public entities across the state. 01:40:58.340 --> 01:41:10.340 And so that's the CMAS agreement you see referenced in the item title. So we this was not a traditional bid. We used the negotiating power of the state. 01:41:10.340 --> 01:41:21.340 To do this, as you mentioned, they probably also buy a lot of security cameras, get pretty good pricing, and so we are making use of that. The cameras themselves come with a 10-year warranty. 01:41:21.340 --> 01:41:26.340 10-year warranty, as does the essential software license that is included in this. 01:41:26.340 --> 01:41:33.340 So we've got a we've got a 10-year solution in these, and the way that it works. 01:41:33.340 --> 01:41:39.340 If the camera breaks, the vendor will just send us a brand new one that we'll just install. 01:41:39.340 --> 01:41:47.340 So we think this is a pretty robust system that will meet the needs identified by the principals in their presentation a long time ago, and the recommendations of our Knowledge Saves Lives. 01:41:47.340 --> 01:42:01.340 Of our knowledge, saves lives consultants. The total cost of this contract is just a shade over 1.1 million dollars, and we'll fund that out of fund 40, our special reserve for capital outlay. 01:42:01.340 --> 01:42:11.340 Thank you very much. Do we have any board comment questions? No? Any student board member questions or comments? 01:42:11.340 --> 01:42:21.720 All right, how about I have a question. Yes, go ahead. Um, so where do students have access to like know where the cameras are at, or is this like all confidential? I'm just curious. 01:42:23.840 --> 01:42:32.240 The cameras themselves will not be hidden. So they're there, we will, we will not publish a map of where the cameras are, where the coverage areas are. That will be confidential. 01:42:32.240 --> 01:42:44.240 But there are no plans to disguise the cameras in any way. So as you walk around campus, you will see the camera locations. We don't put cameras in classrooms. We don't put cameras in bathrooms. That's against the law. 01:42:44.240 --> 01:42:53.240 We put cameras in outdoor areas, and we put cameras that so they can cover common areas indoors, hallways, and things of that nature. 01:42:53.240 --> 01:42:59.960 Of that nature. Okay, what are you planning? Secret and I, I will add, I, I learned throughout this. 01:42:59.960 --> 01:43:06.840 Process, uh, that while cameras are in much use in California schools, um, the it is illegal. 01:43:06.840 --> 01:43:12.680 To include audio recording as part of the cameras, uh, so as we get video but no audio as part of the. 01:43:12.680 --> 01:43:20.440 Cameras, and that is different from when a student would take a video of another student. So that's. 01:43:20.440 --> 01:43:27.960 Something that you might want to keep in mind. Okay, great. So hey, just to remind us, we know there was a. 01:43:27.960 --> 01:43:31.560 More comprehensive, we're doing this because we need the cameras right away, but there was a. 01:43:32.360 --> 01:43:38.440 Study about the locks and everything, and I recall everything's going to be compatible. I mean, so. 01:43:38.440 --> 01:43:47.000 Right, so this is part of a, this will fit into our greater security plan when we change the locks, uh. 01:43:47.000 --> 01:43:52.600 If we ever get this bond measure passed, uh, you know, and go keyless, and all those things will. 01:43:52.600 --> 01:43:58.360 Come be in sync. So this, the contract before the board is only for cameras and the camera system. 01:43:58.360 --> 01:44:03.000 So whether you, you are not obligated to any other pieces about that. Clear for the public, um. 01:44:03.800 --> 01:44:09.640 But, uh, but we have certainly, uh, in the choice of both the vendor and the installation, uh, chosen one. 01:44:09.640 --> 01:44:15.240 That is extensible and that can be incorporated into a variety of access control systems, a. 01:44:15.240 --> 01:44:20.680 Variety of, uh, of security alarm systems, that the the hope is that one day we have a, what's called. 01:44:20.680 --> 01:44:27.400 A single pane of glass, so a single either a phone or an iPad that can, uh, monitor and interact with. 01:44:27.400 --> 01:44:34.040 The cameras and the alarm systems, um, and, um, the, uh, that's right, the emergency alert system, the. 01:44:34.040 --> 01:44:37.640 Informacast system that works with exactly, we're just doing the cameras now because we need them. 01:44:37.640 --> 01:44:41.960 Yes, we, so, we're, you're not obliged to move forward in any of those other projects, but we are, we've. 01:44:41.960 --> 01:44:46.520 Chosen a vendor that will, will integrate with a variety of other options for each of those. 01:44:46.520 --> 01:44:54.120 Yes, and all four of us had the opportunity to go and see these, so that's great. And I want to 01:44:54.120 --> 01:45:00.120 thank the staff. You know, really took this on and then really did a comprehensive review. You know, 01:45:00.120 --> 01:45:08.200 and pick, so thank you. Okay, I move that we, uh, approve item J, resolution 2627-06. 01:45:08.200 --> 01:45:23.000 Second. Okay, any further discussion? All right, student roads, four in favor. Okay, a roll call vote. 01:45:23.000 --> 01:45:30.920 Please. President Bond, yes. Vice President Singh, yes. Clerk Martinson, yes. Trustee Chen, yes. Thank you. 01:45:31.480 --> 01:45:42.360 Item K, information item, first reading. By law 9250, remuneration, reimbursement, and other benefits. 01:45:42.360 --> 01:45:43.720 Do we have any public comment? 01:45:46.120 --> 01:45:51.320 No raised hands online or in person. No public comment. Okay, Superintendent Rocha, yes, this is 01:45:51.320 --> 01:45:57.560 for first reading. By law 9250, recent legislation increased compensation 01:45:57.560 --> 01:46:05.140 for boards. It's based on the size of the district. Our size, boards could be compensated 01:46:05.140 --> 01:46:11.900 $1,200 per month. What we're proposing is to increase compensation of the board from 01:46:11.900 --> 01:46:22.760 $240 a month to $480. Included and attached, in addition to the red line bylaw, is some exhibits. 01:46:22.760 --> 01:46:37.760 This is also brought up by other board members. There will be an exhibit where board members annually can choose to receive the remuneration or choose not to receive, and that would be done with Tricia in my office. 01:46:37.760 --> 01:46:42.760 So that is included for the board of public's view as well. 01:46:42.760 --> 01:46:52.760 Do we have any comment, board, and put on students? Do you have anything you'd like? No. All right. Do we have a motion? 01:46:53.820 --> 01:47:09.240 This is just information. I'm sorry. It says I'm sorry. All right. No action taken. It will come back again. Right. All right. Item L. Approval of out-of-country travel for a student-sponsored trip. 01:47:09.240 --> 01:47:14.240 Los Gatos High School and Saratoga High School. Do we have any public comment? 01:47:14.240 --> 01:47:19.240 I have no raised hands online or in person. No public comment. 01:47:19.240 --> 01:47:24.240 Okay, great. Back to you. Yes, we have two out-of-country trips. 01:47:24.240 --> 01:47:30.240 One next June with a Los Gatos High School band, choir, orchestra, color guard, and music theory. 01:47:30.240 --> 01:47:33.240 We'll travel to Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, Japan. 01:47:33.240 --> 01:47:44.240 And then the upcoming February, Saratoga High School will represent the district at the 2027 New Magic International Youth Project Design Forum. 01:47:44.240 --> 01:47:54.240 And the district delegation comprises three students, a teacher, myself, Vice President Singh, and Tricia. 01:47:54.240 --> 01:48:00.240 Okay, wonderful. Do we have any comment from the board? 01:48:00.240 --> 01:48:07.240 No? Any student comment? No. All right. Do we have a motion? 01:48:20.240 --> 01:48:24.240 Second. Students? Claire? 01:48:24.240 --> 01:48:28.240 In favor? For? All in favor? 01:48:28.240 --> 01:48:38.000 favor item m nomination of trustee to the California school board association csba 01:48:38.000 --> 01:48:44.800 delegate assembly do we have any public comment no raised hands online or in person no public 01:48:44.800 --> 01:48:51.200 comment okay superintendent yes each year member boards elect representatives to the California 01:48:51.200 --> 01:49:01.200 school boards association delegate assembly um and let's take a look here yeah go ahead trisha i 01:49:01.200 --> 01:49:08.960 know this came in late so it's all right you can um nominate someone in the lgs uhsd district to 01:49:08.960 --> 01:49:15.440 run for delegate assembly if you would like you don't need to but it's your option to um allow 01:49:15.440 --> 01:49:22.000 a board member to go ahead and put in their hat to the csba delegate assembly there's some paperwork 01:49:22.000 --> 01:49:25.920 you would have to fill out and we'd have to do it electronically by a certain date 01:49:25.920 --> 01:49:31.280 and then they'll take a vote and they'll announce who will win that seat 01:49:34.400 --> 01:49:42.080 okay uh do we need a vote on this only if you if you would like to um go ahead and have someone 01:49:42.080 --> 01:49:47.520 run if someone would like to run then we'd like to i would like to get um so that one 01:49:48.480 --> 01:49:56.240 anybody no okay um that's a no thank you 01:49:59.120 --> 01:50:06.880 uh we're on uh item three consent agenda uh the board May bundle a number of items and act upon 01:50:06.880 --> 01:50:13.360 them together in one motion through the use of a consent calendar consent agenda items or routine 01:50:13.360 --> 01:50:19.200 items deemed to be non-controversial for which board discussion is not anticipated and for which 01:50:19.200 --> 01:50:24.880 the superintendent recommends approval there will be no discussion of these items prior to the vote 01:50:24.880 --> 01:50:30.800 unless any members of the board request specific items to be removed for discussion do we have any 01:50:30.800 --> 01:50:38.480 public comment there is no raised hands online or in person no public comment okay board president 01:50:38.480 --> 01:50:49.200 bonkin uh we pull uh item b for a discussion okay thank you uh i move that we approve items a 01:50:49.200 --> 01:50:54.000 through f and subtracting b in the consent calendar 01:50:56.960 --> 01:51:02.880 okay math i mean what is that and we have a second i second okay all in favor 01:51:08.240 --> 01:51:13.120 okay okay i'm good to go okay sorry yes uh for item b you would like to amend 01:51:13.120 --> 01:51:21.280 the certificated personnel action and to admit the short-term or temporary 01:51:21.280 --> 01:51:26.980 Coaches and we'll bring that back at the next board meeting. Okay, great. Thank you. 01:51:26.980 --> 01:51:33.580 So do we need a motion to do that or we're just yes, okay. Who'd like to give 01:51:33.580 --> 01:51:40.540 that a try? I move that we approve item B contingent on the rewording that it's 01:51:40.540 --> 01:51:46.460 to be presented at the next board meeting. Just uh, admitting short-term or temporary coaches. 01:51:46.460 --> 01:51:54.700 Omitting short-term temporary coaches from the list, okay, of personnel. Second, okay. All in favor. 01:51:56.460 --> 01:52:02.780 Thank you. All right, that concludes our open session. For closed session, item four. 01:52:03.660 --> 01:52:10.460 Before adjourning, the following items will be handled in closed session. Item A, student 01:52:10.460 --> 01:52:16.780 discipline or other confidential student matters. Education Code sections, oh boy, three five one, 01:52:16.780 --> 01:52:25.580 four six four eight nine one eight. Good, good enough. Okay, uh, and so the educate uh, student 01:52:25.580 --> 01:52:35.100 matters. Education Code sections and sections stipulated expulsion case number 2627-01E. 01:52:36.060 --> 01:52:43.180 B, confidential conference with legal counsel. Anticipated litigation, 2636, significant 01:52:43.180 --> 01:52:52.220 exposure to litigation against the district pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9, d21. 01:52:52.220 --> 01:53:00.300 Case item C, conference with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6, 01:53:00.300 --> 01:53:05.740 agency designated representative, director, human resources, employee organization, 01:53:05.740 --> 01:53:12.300 district teachers association, DTA, California school employees association, CSEA, and 01:53:12.300 --> 01:53:18.140 unrepresented employees. Item D, public employee discipline, dismissal, release, 01:53:18.140 --> 01:53:27.100 uh, complaint pursuant to Government Code section 54957. And that is it. Where we will 01:53:28.140 --> 01:53:33.100 now go on to closed session. Just for a quick point of order, I believe we have two cases 01:53:33.100 --> 01:53:39.500 on the anticipated lit, so it says one, but it should be two. Okay, thank you for the correction. 01:53:39.500 --> 01:53:47.020 Okay, Larry, are we good? 01:53:47.020 --> 01:53:58.140 Returning from closed session, the board took the following action regarding item 4.8. The board 01:53:58.140 --> 01:54:04.160 took no action during the closed section on this item. We need to take action now. 01:54:04.160 --> 01:54:17.020 I would like to accept a motion to approve the stipulated expulsion agreement as presented in closed session for case 2627-01E. 01:54:17.240 --> 01:54:18.540 Do I have a motion? 01:54:19.020 --> 01:54:19.560 So moved. 01:54:19.780 --> 01:54:20.080 Second. 01:54:22.680 --> 01:54:24.220 And then a roll call vote. 01:54:25.000 --> 01:54:25.600 President Bond? 01:54:25.960 --> 01:54:26.180 Yes. 01:54:26.300 --> 01:54:27.060 Vice President Singh? 01:54:27.380 --> 01:54:27.660 Yes. 01:54:27.880 --> 01:54:28.500 Clerk Mortensen? 01:54:28.760 --> 01:54:29.080 Yes. 01:54:29.200 --> 01:54:29.700 Trustee Chin? 01:54:29.920 --> 01:54:30.220 Yes. 01:54:32.180 --> 01:54:38.660 Regarding item 4.b, case one, the board took action to approve by a vote of 4-0 an amended 01:54:38.660 --> 01:54:46.820 confidential student agreement number 2627-05. The members voted as followed. Motion made by 01:54:46.820 --> 01:54:54.740 Vice President Singh. Motion seconded by Clerk Mortensen. Uh, votes are the following. To respond 01:54:54.740 --> 01:55:01.700 yes, Sean Mortensen, yes, Steve Chen, yes, Catherine Singh. Case two, the board provided staff with 01:55:01.700 --> 01:55:11.300 directions and parameters regarding item 4.c. No action was taken regarding item 4-d. None. We are