WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:19.000 Okay, calling meeting to order the board will establish a quorum by roll call this evening trustee saying is remote so all items will be roll call vote. 00:25.000 --> 00:26.000 President Bond? 00:26.000 --> 00:27.000 Here. 00:27.000 --> 00:28.000 Vice President Singh? 00:28.000 --> 00:29.000 Here. 00:29.000 --> 00:30.000 Here. 00:30.000 --> 00:31.000 Clerk Mortensen? 00:31.000 --> 00:32.000 Here. 00:32.000 --> 00:33.000 Trustee Chen? 00:33.000 --> 00:34.000 Here. 00:35.000 --> 00:37.000 Do we have a motion to adopt the agenda? 00:37.000 --> 00:38.000 So move. 00:38.000 --> 00:39.000 Second. 00:39.000 --> 00:40.000 All in favor? 00:40.000 --> 00:41.000 Oh, roll call. 00:41.000 --> 00:42.000 Sorry. 00:42.000 --> 00:43.000 President Bond? 00:43.000 --> 00:44.000 Yes. 00:44.000 --> 00:45.000 Vice President Singh? 00:45.000 --> 00:46.000 Yes. 00:46.000 --> 00:47.000 Clerk Mortensen? 00:47.000 --> 00:48.000 Yes. 00:48.000 --> 00:49.000 Trustee Chen? 00:49.000 --> 01:00.000 I would like to notify the audience that open session will be audio taped broadcast and recorded for the district's recording channel. 01:00.000 --> 01:10.000 And the next item will be the Pledge of Allegiance and Siebert, will you please. 01:10.000 --> 01:14.400 pledge allegiance to the Blacks of the United States of America 01:17.600 --> 01:22.720 one nation under God through liberty and justice for all 01:26.000 --> 01:34.000 thank you our next item is roaring soaring uh we do not have any public comment for this is that 01:34.000 --> 01:42.800 correct correct correct superintendent rocha yes thank you president bond board uh it's roaring and 01:42.800 --> 01:48.240 soaring board recognition time tonight we'll be spotlighting the incredible contributions of our 01:48.240 --> 01:53.200 school community by honoring a certificated staff member a classified staff member and a student 01:53.760 --> 01:58.480 each honoree was recommended by our schools and is recognized for the vital role they play 01:58.480 --> 02:04.400 and making our campuses such a supportive and inspiring place to learn and work the reasons 02:04.400 --> 02:09.440 for recognitions were so long for each honoree we will be reading a condensed version as always 02:09.440 --> 02:12.560 and have printed a full recognition for each person take with them 02:13.280 --> 02:18.400 our certificated staff member who is warren and soren this meeting is los gatos high school 02:18.400 --> 02:34.800 teacher Kathy Palma. Kathy, you want to come on up? 02:35.520 --> 02:40.880 For 25 years at Los Gatos High School, Kathy has exemplified what it means to be an outstanding 02:40.880 --> 02:46.960 educator. Dedicated to her students, deeply supportive of her colleagues, and always willing 02:46.960 --> 02:53.520 to help when her school community needs her this year alone she has led the chemistry team through 02:53.520 --> 02:59.920 curriculum revisions mentored three teachers new to the school or curriculum and stepped in on 02:59.920 --> 03:07.120 short notice to teach ap chemistry for the first time kathy's impact reaches far beyond her own 03:07.120 --> 03:12.240 classroom when the department needed additional support for substitute teachers covering a leave 03:12.240 --> 03:18.720 last year kathy went above and beyond by checking in daily modeling lessons grading additional 03:18.720 --> 03:25.120 assessments and labs and coordinating grades her organizational skills thoughtful planning and 03:25.120 --> 03:31.040 well-developed systems to make her an invaluable resource to the entire department as one colleague 03:31.040 --> 03:38.000 noted kathy is not only an outstanding teacher of students but also an outstanding teacher of 03:38.000 --> 03:43.360 teachers please join me in thanking kathy for countless contributions and the immeasurable 03:43.360 --> 03:50.880 difference she makes in the lives of our students staff and entire los gatos high school community 04:08.000 --> 04:25.000 Our classified staff member, who is roaring and soaring, is Jean Sue, a registrar at Saratoga High School. She could not be here tonight, but we still wanted to celebrate her and Tony and I are going to go to Saratoga tomorrow and recognize her. 04:25.000 --> 04:30.040 as saratoga high school's registrar jean manages some of the school's most detailed and essential 04:30.040 --> 04:35.720 work with incredible accuracy professionalism and care her office is often where students 04:35.720 --> 04:41.960 families and staff arrive when an urgent problem and somehow after a few minutes with jean they 04:41.960 --> 04:47.800 leave reassured smiling and knowing everything will be okay jean's impact extends throughout 04:47.800 --> 04:53.320 both saratoga and los gatos high schools from student records and enrollment to master scheduling 04:53.320 --> 04:59.080 mosaic assignments and countless data requests known for her attention to detail and willingness 04:59.080 --> 05:05.480 to help jean is often referred to as a real life magician and truly one of the behind the scenes 05:05.480 --> 05:12.440 people who keeps our schools running she's also a proud falcon who brings her enthusiasm to rallies 05:12.440 --> 05:18.440 dress up days staff celebrations and the greater saratoga community congratulations gene and thank 05:18.440 --> 05:23.720 you for the professionalism consistency warmth and care you bring to our district every day 05:28.360 --> 05:32.920 and last but definitely not least our roaring and soaring student honoree 05:32.920 --> 05:35.320 is saratoga high school's alma garniak 05:35.320 --> 05:48.960 Alma is a bright, compassionate, and selfless leader who consistently puts others before 05:48.960 --> 05:56.380 herself. As senior class president, president of the MENA club, vice president of Spanish 05:56.380 --> 06:02.060 club, and a varsity field hockey athlete, she is deeply involved at Saratoga High School, 06:02.060 --> 06:08.340 but her leadership is defined by service. She supports our CBI students through intramural 06:08.340 --> 06:15.500 basketball and the CBI dance, welcomes visiting international students, and works tirelessly to 06:15.500 --> 06:21.640 make sure her classmates feel represented, included, and connected. Much of what Alma does 06:21.640 --> 06:27.660 happens behind the scenes. She has spent months planning prom, worked over the summer on senior 06:27.660 --> 06:33.980 sunrise created senior jerseys for homecoming and cement tutorials and weekends organizing 06:33.980 --> 06:41.580 and teaching quad day performances to more than 100 seniors as one of her teachers said alma brings 06:41.580 --> 06:48.540 thoughtful ideas to leadership and then makes these ideas into a reality while making sure others are 06:48.540 --> 06:55.580 included and respected through it all she brings warmth humor humility and a genuine desire to help 06:55.580 --> 07:00.540 her classmates create meaningful relationships and memories during their time at saratoga 07:01.100 --> 07:05.020 please join me in thanking alma for all she does to make saratoga high school 07:05.020 --> 07:09.180 a remarkable community for students staff and families congratulations 07:13.980 --> 07:19.900 i just want to start off by saying that i'm super grateful to be able to be part of such an 07:19.900 --> 07:25.020 inclusive and supporting community but mainly i just wanted to say thank you for all the work 07:25.020 --> 07:31.100 that you guys have put in and i'm super grateful for all of it so that i can live in such an 07:31.100 --> 07:35.260 environment where i feel welcomed and just a happy life thank you 07:40.780 --> 07:54.140 take a moment to take a photo 08:55.020 --> 09:06.780 okay we'll resume the meeting uh we're going to go on to item f public comment on non-agenda 09:07.340 --> 09:13.340 agendized and closed session items members of the public May address the board regarding items 09:13.340 --> 09:19.100 within the board's jurisdiction that are not listed on the agenda or closed session items 09:19.100 --> 09:25.820 that are listed on the agenda at this time please raise your hand now to make a public comment on 09:25.820 --> 09:32.780 non-agendized or closed session items and our executive assistant will then record all 09:32.780 --> 09:40.140 participants who have raised their hands at this time to speak on a public comment item participants 09:40.140 --> 09:47.580 must raise their hand immediately after the call for comment okay do we have any raised hands online 09:49.100 --> 09:55.660 we have one raised hand in person no raised hands online okay please come to the podium thank you 09:59.900 --> 10:05.580 ah thank you you guys have such happy board meetings um my name is laurie peters i am the 10:06.140 --> 10:12.540 rms the redwood middle school pta president in saratoga and i wanted to come here today i know 10:12.540 --> 10:17.900 that i think everyone knows we have an election coming up on November 3rd and for the saratoga 10:17.900 --> 10:24.540 union school district we have three seats open five people running and so the four ptas in saratoga 10:25.340 --> 10:30.540 joined forces and we are hosting a candidate forum on Sunday it's going to take place at redwood 10:30.540 --> 10:35.900 middle school from 6 to 7 30 p.m there is a moderator from west valley college coming 10:35.900 --> 10:40.860 dr sophia forbes she's selecting all the questions and there are three confirmed candidates 10:40.860 --> 10:45.580 participating and so i wanted to just extend an invitation to all of you if you'd like to come 10:45.580 --> 10:50.140 anyone in the community obviously is welcome to come and particularly any overlap we have a 10:50.140 --> 10:54.780 saratoga union school district voters uh we would love to see you there so again redwood middle 10:54.780 --> 11:02.380 school and the npr which is the the gym um from 6 to 7 30 on Sunday thank you thank you lloy for 11:02.380 --> 11:14.380 coming thanks okay um moving on we have no raised hands to our item g union representatives dta 11:14.380 --> 11:20.220 CSCA principals student representatives board of education and superintendent reports 11:21.420 --> 11:26.300 we would like to start with our union representatives would you like to come to the podium 11:27.740 --> 11:35.420 thank you okay so this is my first time here this year it's been a little crazy but 11:35.420 --> 11:43.100 hello everybody the union has been sort of busy we have endorsed a candidate for 11:44.380 --> 11:49.660 the school board seat we have endorsed sangeeta malik and we will be canvassing for sangeeta 11:49.660 --> 11:53.660 after our pd day when we've been inside all day we're just going to go walk the precinct 11:55.100 --> 11:59.980 we also are going to be walking in support of the bond and we will be passing out canvassing 11:59.980 --> 12:09.740 in support of our bond during that canvassing we are also gearing up for sunshining for our 12:09.740 --> 12:14.300 negotiations we've been working with dagmar uh in trying to figure out what date we're going to 12:14.300 --> 12:20.060 sunshine together and then i think last but least not least is we're just surveying our members and 12:20.060 --> 12:25.660 trying to figure out like what it is we will be bargaining this year yeah so that's it thank you 12:25.660 --> 12:33.820 very much okay um moving on uh why don't we start with mr p 12:37.500 --> 12:45.900 thank you um so our school had a usa theme 9 11 game against clovis and we had two f15 flyovers 12:45.900 --> 12:51.260 that was super cool and we had close to 5 000 people in attendance so it was a big big game 12:51.260 --> 12:54.700 um and it was really fun 12:55.500 --> 13:00.300 it was a lot of fun it was but it was a packed house it was it was a lot 13:00.300 --> 13:05.820 um so and in fact we had a packed front lawn and packed second floor of science 13:05.820 --> 13:09.900 for people so it might have been over 5 000 with all of that 13:09.900 --> 13:15.020 um this week we started the very first meeting of the principal student 13:15.020 --> 13:18.220 advisory committee and we had a good discussion about the 13:18.220 --> 13:24.620 ways in which Los Gatos High School is functioning as an inclusive and welcoming school and areas in 13:24.620 --> 13:29.900 which we need to improve and how we can best support civil discourse between our students 13:29.900 --> 13:38.060 and our conversations at school. On September 22nd, we successfully hosted Taiwanese students 13:38.060 --> 13:44.700 from the Taichung Municipal Taichung Girls Senior High School. It was mostly our leadership students 13:44.700 --> 13:49.340 but also non-leadership students and they could shadow us throughout the day and actually 13:49.340 --> 13:53.980 participate in the class activities and we would introduce them to our school and also 13:53.980 --> 14:01.820 play games during lunch together yeah i want to send a quick shout out uh you know if you've 14:01.820 --> 14:07.580 ever come out to watch our girls flag football it is an incredibly fast-paced game really fun 14:07.580 --> 14:12.540 to watch there's a reason why our attendance is skyrocketing for girls flag and it's becoming 14:12.540 --> 14:18.460 one of the top gates in and all of all of lg so currently with a record of eight and one girls 14:18.460 --> 14:23.420 flag football is currently ranked number one in the ccs they're ranked number nine in the entire 14:23.420 --> 14:28.060 state of California and they are right on the edge of being ranked in the top 25 in the nation 14:28.060 --> 14:33.340 so they're a phenomenal uh group of athletes so come out and see our girls flag football team 14:33.340 --> 14:39.980 they're impressive um we had our second mosaic on September 23rd and it was about time management 14:39.980 --> 14:45.660 and stress and learning how to balance academic stress with all our extracurriculars and also how 14:45.660 --> 14:51.180 to have fun during the school year and we're going to have a third mosaic on October 14th 14:51.180 --> 14:55.420 and it's going to be different topics for each grade level and it's designed by our 14:55.420 --> 15:01.660 student mosaic team so for like upperclassmen they'll mostly be about like college apps 15:01.660 --> 15:06.540 and academics while um ninth and tenth grade it'll be more about adjusting to high school 15:06.540 --> 15:13.940 a quick thing on our safety drills we held our first shelter in place drill on 9 24 15:13.940 --> 15:20.840 and we have an upcoming earthquake drill on October 15th and then we have an unplugged 15:20.840 --> 15:26.600 talent show it's actually today happening from 7 to 9 p.m we have incredible 15 acts 15:26.600 --> 15:31.340 with singing dancing and even our color guard performing so super exciting 15:31.340 --> 15:37.820 uh the month of September saw our first two meetings of our binge drinking task force which 15:37.820 --> 15:42.620 is now formed and we held those first two meetings on September 2nd and September 28th 15:42.620 --> 15:47.500 our next meeting is planned for October 19th uh right before the homecoming dance and we're 15:48.620 --> 15:55.260 building the student population of it we were also joined by um representative from anne sereno's 15:55.820 --> 16:02.380 city council and we're going to have one of their members of their student rep board join us as well 16:04.860 --> 16:09.820 in leadership we're like rolling out our class fundraisers now we had our senior class fundraiser 16:09.820 --> 16:14.220 and the freshmen also had their class fundraiser and now the sophomore class are having a chipotle 16:14.220 --> 16:22.780 fundraiser on October 5th from 5 to 9 pm okay i love this can-do attitude here by our new band 16:22.780 --> 16:27.900 director michael walker so all summer long there was a plan that they were the opening band for 16:27.900 --> 16:35.420 starship at mountain winery for uh September 24th and very late in the game starship canceled the 16:35.420 --> 16:41.740 end of their tour so they didn't have the opener at mountain winery and michael walker said the 16:41.740 --> 16:46.540 heck with it we've been practicing for six weeks to get ready for this opening act that we're 16:46.540 --> 16:50.540 going to do for starship we're just going to host the concert at the apprentice brown theater and 16:50.540 --> 16:56.140 do it ourselves so despite the fact that starship bowed out our kids didn't so they held the the 16:56.140 --> 17:01.180 jazz band fall concert on September 24th at the apprentice brown theater and kind of impromptu 17:01.180 --> 17:07.980 last minute decision to just go let's you know the show must go on um so that was really cool 17:07.980 --> 17:15.180 uh next week the uh the fall concerts are all happening at the mcafee so on October 6th at 7 17:15.180 --> 17:21.980 p.m. we'll have our fall band concert on October 7th at 7 p.m. in the mcafee we'll have our fall 17:21.980 --> 17:28.460 orchestra concert and on October 8th we will have our fall choir concert so that's all taking place 17:28.460 --> 17:35.020 next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday um the spirit week is coming up in October which will be from 17:35.020 --> 17:40.380 October 19th through um October 23rd like the entire week will be filled with dress-up days 17:40.380 --> 17:45.660 and also spirit games during lunch and on the Friday we'll have a huge rally and our homecoming 17:45.660 --> 17:51.420 game is also on Friday um October 23rd and it's against menlo and then we'll have our homecoming 17:51.420 --> 17:57.820 dance on the Saturday after that on October 24th and we reveal the theme as the um under the city 17:57.820 --> 18:04.940 lights okay i have the last couple right here uh our wellness center hosted an evening event 18:04.940 --> 18:09.740 for parents and guardians uh sponsored by the national alliance on mental illness called 18:09.740 --> 18:16.380 understanding mental health on September 28th we have an upcoming professional development day on 18:16.380 --> 18:21.660 October 12th that we're looking forward to and working on our yellows and then finally this is 18:21.660 --> 18:28.300 really important this is a nationwide event that's occurring uh it's the united against hate week 18:28.940 --> 18:35.740 and at lg we are hosting that on October 13th 14th 15th and 16th it's a nationwide movement to 18:35.740 --> 18:42.620 stand together against hate and promote respect for all identities so we will be meeting every 18:42.620 --> 18:48.780 day at lunch the week of October 13th through the 16th building an identity wall creating paper 18:48.780 --> 18:54.220 chains of connection with each other creating sign making for a March that will happen on 18:54.220 --> 18:59.420 Friday the 16th and on Friday the 16th we'll have a March against hate at los gatos high school 18:59.420 --> 19:02.420 And that's the LG report. 19:04.420 --> 19:09.420 No, well, that was an impromptu one that was created by the students. 19:09.420 --> 19:11.420 This is one that we're shaping. 19:11.420 --> 19:14.420 We are going through the campus. 19:16.420 --> 19:19.420 Seabird? 19:19.420 --> 19:26.420 Okay. So at Saratoga, this week and the next two weeks will be really busy for us. 19:26.420 --> 19:28.080 So this week, we had Spirit Week. 19:29.500 --> 19:31.920 So Monday, it was Surfers vs. Bikers. 19:32.320 --> 19:34.060 Tuesday was Yeehaw Tuesday. 19:34.600 --> 19:36.000 Wednesday was Concert Attire. 19:36.580 --> 19:40.140 Thursday, which is today, it was supposed to be Greek Life Thursday. 19:40.140 --> 19:45.040 But due to recent events at Cornell, we decided to transition to wearing teal, 19:45.200 --> 19:47.760 which is the official color for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. 19:48.520 --> 19:51.300 And Friday, it will be anything but a backpack day. 19:51.300 --> 20:00.820 um and then over the weekend on Sunday we all have a lot of quad day practices for next week's 20:00.820 --> 20:06.780 homecoming quad day performances so i think on Sunday entire each class like book two hour period 20:06.780 --> 20:11.600 so start in the morning all the way to late in the evening more people students will be practicing 20:11.600 --> 20:17.860 um so in terms of homecoming week next week we start off with a rally on Monday um and then we 20:17.860 --> 20:23.460 have staff quad day performance that lunch freshman performance Tuesday and then sophomores 20:23.460 --> 20:29.320 Wednesday juniors Thursday and then seniors on Friday and then we'll have our homecoming football 20:29.320 --> 20:36.900 game uh that uh which is american America themes uh that night and then on Saturday next day we'll 20:36.900 --> 20:45.140 have our homecoming dance and the theme is coach shall um yeah and then the week after that we 20:45.140 --> 20:51.620 have united against hate week as well so Tuesday tutorial we plan to chalk the pathways with nice 20:51.620 --> 20:57.580 messages and make notes to hang up nice notes to hang up in the student center Tuesday lunch origami 20:57.580 --> 21:04.280 club will be leading making org origami hearts so that people can give them to their friends 21:04.280 --> 21:09.940 a Wednesday tutorial we have our civic engagement mosaic lesson Wednesday lunch we have animal 21:09.940 --> 21:16.180 assisted happiness day where we'll have animals on campus um Thursday tutorial we'll have a 21:16.180 --> 21:20.740 i know um the district have or at least in leadership class we talked a lot about 21:21.300 --> 21:26.180 the saratoga high school's culture so we'll have like a round table discussion about how to improve 21:26.180 --> 21:31.540 the culture of saratoga to kind of raise awareness and spread ideas that we have been talking about 21:31.540 --> 21:37.220 but to the rest of our student body um there's a lunch the wellness center is hosting an 21:37.220 --> 21:42.900 interactive activity Friday tutorial we will also have a walk against hate with posters made by 21:42.900 --> 21:49.860 leadership students to promote kindness and Friday lunch there's art um art for heart club will be 21:49.860 --> 21:57.380 hosting activity for making bracelets and that is all from the student side as hebert said there's a 21:57.380 --> 22:04.340 lot going on because of September was very busy and October is going to trump that um so last 22:04.340 --> 22:11.500 Last Wednesday, we had our College and Careers in the AI area, PTSO educational event, and 22:11.500 --> 22:12.780 it was pretty awesome. 22:12.780 --> 22:17.420 I think we probably had 350, 400 people in the theater. 22:17.420 --> 22:20.400 Heath closed us up at the very end with some great comments. 22:20.400 --> 22:25.700 It was moderated by Brian Safin, and it was a fantastic panel. 22:25.700 --> 22:27.420 The video is in the Friday Letter. 22:27.420 --> 22:32.260 If you guys had a chance to click on it, you can watch the video for that. 22:32.260 --> 22:33.660 This past Saturday, we had our Hall of Fame. 22:33.660 --> 22:38.780 our second year of doing our Hall of Fame at the Villa Raguso. It was a little bit longer of a 22:38.780 --> 22:45.180 night than I had anticipated but overall it was a it was a good experience again and our honorees 22:45.180 --> 22:51.500 were very appreciative and I've also talked about how they want to continue to contribute to our 22:51.500 --> 22:57.820 our school and our community. Tuesday was our mosaic lesson that's focusing on healthy behaviors 22:57.820 --> 23:03.340 and more specifically about wellness and so again there was an opportunity for students to be able to 23:03.340 --> 23:08.940 recognize what is available to them but also to help break down the stigma of going and asking 23:08.940 --> 23:15.340 for help so again another fantastic lesson with that and some videos and that lesson and those 23:15.340 --> 23:19.900 videos will be shared in this Friday's Friday letter if you guys want to be able to look over 23:19.900 --> 23:27.100 that in terms of this Friday we have a few things going on we have our comedy sports improv team 23:27.100 --> 23:33.820 that will be there. We have our Friday family time that I do in the mornings with the community 23:33.820 --> 23:39.980 that comes in just as an open agenda and they get to ask questions of myself, Mrs. Safine, 23:39.980 --> 23:48.380 and Sierra. On Saturday we have our SAT school day so we'll have, I forget the number to my head, 23:48.380 --> 23:56.300 170 some students I think in the gym and in the library taking their SAT. That evening 23:57.100 --> 24:03.420 our uh will be our fifth annual garba night um and so that is in the evening from 7 to 10 30. 24:04.060 --> 24:09.900 um and then uh we are also super excited to announce the numbers of our national merit 24:09.900 --> 24:15.900 scholars uh 34 semi-finalists and i believe this number is correct 72 commended students 24:16.620 --> 24:22.860 um for this uh this graduating class and then last but definitely not least uh we have our wasp 24:22.860 --> 24:29.660 visiting committee coming to us October 19 through the 21st so yes we're very much looking forward 24:29.660 --> 24:41.980 to the morning of the 22nd so thank you do you need any board attendance to the WASP not at this 24:41.980 --> 24:48.060 time but I'm gonna have another meeting with the chair to confirm what else that or who else you'd 24:48.060 --> 24:53.580 like to be able to meet with but after our initial meeting there wasn't a need for that okay thank 24:53.580 --> 25:01.660 you very much sounds like everyone's very super busy right now okay we're moving on to our our 25:01.660 --> 25:09.500 action and discussion and information items oh teresa yes your guys's update and mine oh yeah 25:09.500 --> 25:16.060 absolutely why don't why don't we go ahead uh you want me to go first yes please um so i've had the 25:16.060 --> 25:20.620 opportunity recently to give several state of the district presentations to parent groups and 25:20.620 --> 25:27.340 community organizations including saratoga rotary last week los gatos kiwanis this afternoon and 25:27.340 --> 25:33.420 later this month uh yeah later this month lakeside school district each of these conversations gives 25:33.420 --> 25:38.140 us an opportunity important opportunity to connect with our community celebrate the many accomplishments 25:38.140 --> 25:43.580 of our students and staff highlight our academic successes and current priorities and talk about 25:43.580 --> 25:49.740 what lies ahead i want to thank greg kristin matt and the staff and students at saratoga high school 25:49.740 --> 25:54.540 for welcoming our board members to campus for the recent site visit board members have the 25:54.540 --> 25:59.580 opportunity to visit classrooms see our teachers and students in action and experience firsthand 25:59.580 --> 26:05.580 the learning and engagement happening across campus some students talked about the site visit 26:05.580 --> 26:13.180 from tai chung girls high school and greg talked about the ai workshop i want to give a shout out 26:13.180 --> 26:19.580 for brian uh for moderating that uh and putting that together it was an incredible one of the 26:19.580 --> 26:25.260 best turnouts i've ever seen and i think because of the topic ai for a parent education series so 26:25.260 --> 26:31.260 i think uh the beginning of more to come i also attended the hall of fame on Saturday 26:32.060 --> 26:40.220 greg was a great emcee and i think if you ever wanted to get a feeling of what makes saratoga 26:40.220 --> 26:44.940 what it is you go to the hall of fame and you learn about all the people that come out of there 26:44.940 --> 26:51.580 i think one thing is interesting and it's for another conversation probably our study session 26:51.580 --> 26:57.500 uh with dr mccurgy will lead on curriculum instruction about ai i took a lot of notes 26:57.500 --> 27:01.420 from all the speakers because they gave recommendations for our students of what are 27:01.420 --> 27:08.780 the skills that you need even now the ai and if i would have had a bingo card of i kind of broke it 27:08.780 --> 27:13.260 down and kind of eight tenants which i'll share with the board if i had a bingo card i would have 27:13.260 --> 27:19.340 checked every square on what the hall of fame said saratoga developed and what they think is 27:19.340 --> 27:25.100 important and made them successful in their career so it was interesting um have a couple awards to 27:26.300 --> 27:32.940 announce uh i want to first start by giving a shout out to los gatos high school manufacturing 27:32.940 --> 27:37.980 technology teacher aaron payne and saratoga high school physics and engineering teacher matt 27:37.980 --> 27:44.860 wheelander who have been named recipients of the santa clara office of education 2026 innovation and 27:44.860 --> 27:51.820 stem awards aaron has been selected to receive the perseverance in stem recognizing the incredible 27:51.820 --> 27:57.420 hands-on manufacturing program he has built and continually evolved over his 15 years at 27:57.420 --> 28:03.180 los gatos high school matt will receive the collaboration and stem award for his work 28:03.180 --> 28:08.300 bringing students educators and disciplines together to create meaningful stem learning 28:08.300 --> 28:14.540 opportunities aaron and matt will be honored at the county teacher recognition celebration October 28:14.540 --> 28:21.180 19th alongside saratoga high school media arts teacher jason friend our district's 2026 teacher 28:21.180 --> 28:30.540 of the year congratulations to aaron matt and jason and then just today um we received a notice 28:31.100 --> 28:36.700 and i'm very proud to announce that our english learner development program has officially been 28:36.700 --> 28:42.860 named a 2026 golden bell award winner by the California school boards association 28:44.460 --> 28:48.060 this recognition is especially meaningful of the journey behind it 28:48.620 --> 28:55.580 in 2023 our english learner progress indicator was red the lowest lever level on the California 28:55.580 --> 29:02.940 dashboard rather than accept that outcome dr mccurgy and her team came together to completely 29:02.940 --> 29:09.340 rethink how we support our multilingual learners through dedicated eld instruction individualized 29:09.340 --> 29:15.820 support plans site-based support teams stronger family partnerships and a focus on belonging and 29:15.820 --> 29:21.020 opportunity we have since moved from red all the way to blue the highest performance level 29:21.900 --> 29:27.340 this award belongs to the educators and staff who believed we could do better and most importantly to 29:27.340 --> 29:34.140 our students who continue to inspire us with their perseverance and success our english learner 29:34.140 --> 29:42.220 progress rate has grown from 50 percent in 2023 to nearly 80 percent in 2025 and reclassification 29:42.220 --> 29:49.260 has increased from 19 percent to 33 percent those numbers represent students finding their voices 29:49.260 --> 29:54.380 accessing more opportunities and seeing what is possible for their futures we look forward to 29:54.380 --> 29:59.100 celebrate this tremendous accomplishment at the golden bale award ceremony in san diego this 29:59.100 --> 30:05.020 December and we will have our eld staff join us at our December meeting so we can celebrate their 30:05.020 --> 30:12.620 work and accomplishments to end my report sorry thank you uh let's go to um uh board clerk 30:12.620 --> 30:19.620 Excuse me, Heath, I don't think it was conveniently, 30:19.620 --> 30:23.620 but he did leave off one award that was also given earlier last month, 30:23.620 --> 30:27.620 which was the AIM Advocate for Youth Award, because I'm assuming he didn't bring it up, 30:27.620 --> 30:29.620 because he's the one actually that received it. 30:29.620 --> 30:35.620 So first ever, I believe, inaugural, and I think it's fitting that it goes to you, Heath, 30:35.620 --> 30:39.620 because of the passion that you have shown for the well-being of our students, 30:39.620 --> 30:44.620 mental health, not only these last six very important years, but obviously in your years leading up. 30:44.620 --> 30:52.620 So big congrats to you and thank you for the passion you have for that subject and continuing to lead by example in that world. 30:52.620 --> 31:00.620 I want to give a shout out to Mr. Louie and your team, the admin team that put together just another wonderful day on the campus there. 31:00.620 --> 31:05.620 I've only done a handful, but it was like my favorite that I've done with your staff. 31:05.620 --> 31:08.180 I think I feel like we formatted it a little bit different. 31:08.280 --> 31:11.980 We had a little more like autonomy to go and kind of check out some different classrooms, 31:12.580 --> 31:18.060 which I found really cool because we got to see some just incredible teachers in action. 31:18.060 --> 31:24.060 And I, you know, learned a little bit about the Odyssey, got to see Siebert in his element leading his ASB crew. 31:25.540 --> 31:31.600 And then, yeah, had a really great, I feel like a real great conversation with some just incredibly well-spoken kids, to be honest. 31:32.340 --> 31:34.480 They brought some really great feedback to the board. 31:34.480 --> 31:38.500 some you know heartening and some like you know challenges that we really have 31:38.500 --> 31:42.880 to work on and so we need to hear both of those things and they delivered it 31:42.880 --> 31:47.560 in a very I thought a very calm and professional way so I was very impressed 31:47.560 --> 31:50.980 by the entire day but I wanted to thank you again and your admin team for putting 31:50.980 --> 31:56.140 together an awesome day so that I think covers it for me and what communications 31:56.140 --> 31:59.380 Oh, while we're doing our updates, right? 31:59.640 --> 32:00.140 Oh, you can go. 32:01.220 --> 32:03.020 Okay, all right, board correspondence, sorry. 32:03.740 --> 32:05.840 Board received emails on various topics, 32:05.940 --> 32:07.940 including world skills number two 32:07.940 --> 32:10.000 and a letter from Saratoga Head School parents 32:10.000 --> 32:10.940 to the board of trustees. 32:12.580 --> 32:13.700 Yes, so just a couple things. 32:14.200 --> 32:17.900 So I was actually there at the 24th of the jazz concert. 32:18.420 --> 32:22.060 It was incredible because, you know, 32:22.060 --> 32:24.240 they thought it was going to be a bigger audience, 32:24.240 --> 32:31.240 and they really prepped the song selection was quite complicated for high 32:31.240 --> 32:35.400 school students I thought it was really impressive the other thing I wanted to 32:35.400 --> 32:40.020 say is that board office hours kicked off at LG last year last week with for 32:40.020 --> 32:45.540 the teachers and staff and it was it was actually fairly well attended and I 32:45.540 --> 32:52.040 think next week we meet at Saratoga for the parents and the students in the 32:52.040 --> 32:56.680 morning so i encourage anyone who has who would like to talk to us we will be there 32:59.080 --> 33:04.840 and yeah i think i got 10 000 steps in at that thing i mean that was all day you know usually 33:04.840 --> 33:09.640 were just like one period or two periods that was uh that was a lot of walking so it was great 33:09.640 --> 33:17.640 thanks uh trustee singh would you like to go sure uh thank you again you know for the uh saratoga 33:17.640 --> 33:23.680 staff and then Principal Louie, you know, to hosting the board visitation. It was incredible 33:23.680 --> 33:29.840 days, you know, to meet up, to see amazing, you know, teaching in the classroom and also 33:29.840 --> 33:35.940 had the chance to talk to our students. And especially we get a lot of the insight, you 33:35.940 --> 33:41.160 know, from that conversation. Thank you for the opportunity for that. And also wanted to shout 33:41.160 --> 33:48.280 out for Principal Louis and his team, you know, on September 26, I attended Saratoga High School 33:48.280 --> 33:55.480 Hall of Fame. I did not, you know, did not anticipate, you know, so much spark, you know, 33:55.560 --> 34:01.680 coming from that evening, because there are just a lot of the people, you know, from, you know, 34:01.860 --> 34:08.600 from the community, maybe knowing each other for 20, 40 years ago, they reconnect due to this event. 34:08.600 --> 34:19.880 And they all talk about, you know, their best friend, their best memory of the Saratoga High School, how they shaped them in their future career and their life. 34:20.280 --> 34:25.640 And so, like Superintendent mentioned, it's really worthwhile to attending. 34:26.020 --> 34:33.440 Hopefully, if we continue on this one, you know, we can learn more and then get more insight onto that. 34:33.440 --> 34:41.980 And in September 22nd, President Bond and I, we attend a board office hour at the Saratoga High School. 34:42.160 --> 34:44.980 We have a couple of the staff come to talk to us. 34:45.260 --> 34:47.880 So that's conclude my remarks. 34:48.400 --> 34:49.680 Thank you very much. 34:49.740 --> 34:52.080 And the only thing that I would add is the site visit. 34:52.080 --> 34:57.660 It was wonderful to be able to spend so much time with the students, both at tutorial and at lunch. 34:57.660 --> 35:04.820 so we got a large perspective and got to talk to a lot of the students so thank you very much 35:04.820 --> 35:13.200 all right we covered everyone so far no one's forgotten okay let's continue moving on to action 35:13.200 --> 35:19.420 discussion information items members of the public attending the meeting in person or virtually 35:19.420 --> 35:24.940 wishing to address the board regarding items on the agenda May do so when the item is under 35:24.940 --> 35:31.500 consideration assuming the item falls within the district's the board's jurisdiction please raise 35:31.500 --> 35:38.140 your hand when the specific item is called and public comment is open our executive assistant 35:38.140 --> 35:44.300 will then record all participants who have raised their hand at that time to speak on the item 35:44.300 --> 35:50.540 participants must raise their hand immediately after the call for comment late or second hand 35:50.540 --> 36:00.220 raises uh will not be accepted for that item moving on to item a uh resolution 2627-05 36:00.220 --> 36:08.060 sufficiency of instructional materials for the 2026-27 school year do we have any public comment 36:09.740 --> 36:15.740 we have no raised hands online or in person no public comment thank you dr pekerji uh good 36:15.740 --> 36:22.460 evening board at the last board meeting the board held a hearing for the sufficiency of instructional 36:22.460 --> 36:29.260 materials we are bringing the item back to the board for the resolution i'm happy to report 36:29.260 --> 36:37.100 that staff have conducted a thorough inventory of instructional materials and we can certify 36:37.100 --> 36:42.140 that we have enough instructional materials for every student in the courses included 36:42.140 --> 36:52.700 thank you uh do we have a motion in a second i move that we approve resolution uh our action 36:52.700 --> 36:59.740 item a resolution 2627-05 sufficiency of instructional materials for the 2627 school year 36:59.740 --> 37:04.220 uh second thank you uh students uh claire would you like to vote 37:04.220 --> 37:16.460 um i'm four and super four and then we'll go to roll call them president bomb yes vice president 37:16.460 --> 37:25.980 sin yes clerk mortensen yes trustee chin yes thank you uh moving on to item b authorization 37:26.780 --> 37:32.060 to join central coast purchasers cooperative do we have any public comment 37:34.220 --> 37:37.700 We have no raised hands online or in person, no public comment. 37:38.060 --> 37:42.540 Okay, I will let Toby present the item before he does. 37:42.540 --> 37:44.020 I will I will just say 37:45.700 --> 37:47.940 the cafeteria program in our district is a point of pride. 37:48.700 --> 37:52.300 And as the district transitioned from a sale based model 37:52.420 --> 37:55.580 to a free lunch for all student model 37:55.780 --> 37:57.980 that brought with it a variety of new requirements 37:57.980 --> 38:00.060 that the district had not experienced before. 38:00.060 --> 38:03.940 And if you think the procurement rules for the state of California are difficult, 38:03.940 --> 38:08.940 Let me introduce you to the federal procurement rules that govern student student nutrition services. 38:08.940 --> 38:16.940 This was not an area strength of the prior contractor that used to facilitate that used to run food service in the district. 38:16.940 --> 38:28.940 And so, as we have brought in our own staff, when Toby took over for food services, this was an area that he focused on in bringing our procurement procedures in alignment with both state and federal guidelines. 38:28.940 --> 38:31.940 And we're happy to bring this to kind of close out that process. 38:31.940 --> 38:34.940 So Toby, I'll let you speak to the item. 38:38.940 --> 38:40.940 Sorry. Good evening everyone. 38:40.940 --> 38:43.940 Before you tonight is a request to authorise the district 38:43.940 --> 38:46.940 to join the Central Coast Purchases Cooperative. 38:46.940 --> 38:49.940 This cooperative is made up of 22 school districts 38:49.940 --> 38:52.940 that agreed to work together to purchase food and supplies 38:52.940 --> 38:55.940 for their school meal programs. 38:55.940 --> 38:59.940 By purchasing together, districts have greater buying power, 38:59.940 --> 39:05.620 which can help us secure better pricing, reduce staff time managing the purchasing process 39:05.620 --> 39:10.660 and improve the reliability of our food and supply deliveries. 39:11.700 --> 39:17.700 It also provides access to pre-approved vendors offering organic, locally grown and locally 39:17.700 --> 39:24.020 sourced products. The cooperative currently serves districts across Santa Cruz, Monterey 39:24.020 --> 39:28.260 and San Benito counties and our district will be its first member from Santa Clara. 39:28.260 --> 39:43.260 At an annual membership cost of just $250, this partnership allows our child nutrition services team to spend less time on procurement and more time focused on what matters most, providing our students with high quality nutritious meals. 39:43.260 --> 39:48.260 Thank you. Do we have a motion in a second? 39:48.260 --> 39:56.020 in a second. Can I ask two real quick questions? So just clarifying, how is it done now? Is that 39:56.020 --> 40:02.100 a district function or is the procurement done by the cafeteria staff at each school? 40:03.780 --> 40:09.780 So it should be a district function and we've become a lot more active in that process which 40:09.780 --> 40:16.900 is how we discovered that we weren't really following the federal regulations because we 40:16.900 --> 40:21.520 we receive those funds and that's what started on this path to correct those 40:21.520 --> 40:27.160 things got it so we work in conjunction with our on-site staff to identify 40:27.160 --> 40:33.160 vendors build purchase order lists and then move forward from there this will 40:33.160 --> 40:37.780 solidify that process and it'll make it a lot easier for our cafeteria staff 40:37.780 --> 40:42.220 okay and then the second question is I know you the the administrative burden 40:42.220 --> 40:47.080 going to be great reduced can you give us a guess how much money we're going to 40:47.080 --> 40:55.420 save on centralized procurement a year I don't have that because as Patrick 40:55.420 --> 41:01.540 mentioned the previous groups that were running the cafeteria we didn't really 41:01.540 --> 41:07.540 keep a record of what we purchased and what we sold so part of the process when 41:07.540 --> 41:12.640 took over was to solidify that, making menus, knowing what we were going to do 41:12.640 --> 41:19.180 in six months time. That process has allowed us to join this co-op. At the end 41:19.180 --> 41:23.980 of this year we'll be able to give you those details. I do know that to issue 41:23.980 --> 41:29.940 an RFP, Procurement for Child Nutrition Services, because this was 41:29.940 --> 41:35.140 shared to me by the lady that's the director at Los Catas, it takes up 41:35.140 --> 41:44.180 roughly 100 hours of her time to run that procurement model thank you any more questions 41:45.940 --> 41:48.500 okay do we have a motion 41:52.500 --> 41:59.860 sure i'll make a motion to uh for authorization to join the central coast purchasing cooperative 42:00.500 --> 42:06.580 second okay uh student preferential vote sievert four 42:08.900 --> 42:12.900 i'm also four thank you and then roll call vote please 42:15.540 --> 42:23.300 president bond yes vice president singh yes club mortensen yes trustee chen yes thank you very much 42:23.300 --> 42:31.460 for the presentation moving on to item c approve legal services agreement with franz law group for 42:31.460 --> 42:41.380 purposes of canvas data breach litigation do we have any public comment we have no raised hands 42:41.380 --> 42:50.580 online or in person no public comment okay go ahead i'm at the so at the the board's last 42:50.580 --> 42:55.620 meeting in in closed session the board considered joining a class action lawsuit 42:56.820 --> 43:01.540 connected to the data breach of the the instructor canvas program 43:02.580 --> 43:08.260 staff at the board's direction brings this service agreement with the franz law group 43:08.900 --> 43:14.020 that would represent the district and all similarly situated districts across the united states 43:14.020 --> 43:44.000 in pursuit of that class action lawsuit for the members of the public, the district's primary concern are the potential future unknown costs of the data breach, though the data breach was certainly inconvenient without a detailed understanding of what personal data the hackers achieved to capture steel, I should say, from the canvas 43:44.000 --> 43:51.440 system we May not know for a long time the potential impact on our students if potentially 43:51.440 --> 43:56.960 someone were to take out credit in their name using personally identifiable information that was 43:56.960 --> 44:02.400 uh obtained through the canvas breach that could potentially create a significant liability for 44:02.400 --> 44:06.800 the district in the future and so to safeguard against that we would seek through this lawsuit 44:06.800 --> 44:17.240 To transfer that liability to instructor and so that the board, as it must approve all legal service agreements, we bring this legal service agreement. 44:17.780 --> 44:30.020 There is no upfront cost to the district of the class action lawsuit is pursued on a contingency fee basis, the lawyers only get paid if they win, and then they take a percentage of the of the potential settling. 44:31.280 --> 44:34.100 Thank you, do we have any questions. 44:34.100 --> 44:47.100 No? Okay. Let's see. I don't see students preferential vote. Is this a yes or no? Okay, great. Claire? 44:47.100 --> 44:51.100 Should we make a motion? Do we want to make a motion? 44:51.100 --> 44:53.100 Yes. 44:53.100 --> 44:59.100 Move the way to approve the legal services agreement with France Law Group for purposes of Canvas data breach litigation. 44:59.100 --> 45:03.100 I second. Hey, Katherine, we miss you. 45:03.100 --> 45:06.940 you're on top of these things i'm having to read too much 45:09.500 --> 45:17.820 back to claire yes yes i'm four and siebert four okay and then roll call please 45:19.740 --> 45:26.620 president bond yes vice president singh yes clerk mortensen yes trustee chain yes thank you 45:26.620 --> 45:34.780 moving on to item d is an information item uh first reading of csba quarterly updates and 45:34.780 --> 45:40.460 district requested updates August 2026 do we have any public comment 45:42.540 --> 45:48.140 we have no raised hands online or in person no public comment so this is the first reading of 45:48.140 --> 45:53.980 the August 2026 quarterly updates and district requested updates these policies bylaws will 45:53.980 --> 45:58.380 come back for a second reading approval with our next meeting and this aligns with the district 45:58.380 --> 46:06.460 standard two-step review and approval process thank you okay that was an information item only 46:06.460 --> 46:14.700 no action taken and we're moving on to item three the consent calendar the board May bundle a number 46:14.700 --> 46:20.060 of items and act upon them together in one motion through the use of a consent calendar 46:20.060 --> 46:26.140 consent agenda items or routine items deemed to be non-controversial for which board discussion 46:26.140 --> 46:31.900 is not anticipated and for which the superintendent recommends approval there will be no discussion 46:31.900 --> 46:36.620 of these items prior to the vote unless any member of the board requests specific items 46:36.620 --> 46:43.580 to be removed for discussion do we have any public comment we have no raised hands online 46:43.580 --> 46:52.220 or in person no public comment okay do we have any board comments no do we have a motion 46:53.980 --> 47:01.020 this is an information item right oh we're on the consent calendar oh okay 47:02.140 --> 47:10.700 uh i move that we approve the consent calendar items a through j i can second thank you um 47:10.700 --> 47:19.820 a roll call vote thank you it's president bond yes vice president sinh yes clerk mortensen yes 47:19.820 --> 47:28.780 trustee chin yes okay excellent uh that concludes our open session for tonight and we will adjourn 47:28.780 --> 47:32.780 to close session. Thank you. 47:40.780 --> 47:44.780 ...2636 significant exposure to litigation against the district 47:44.780 --> 47:48.780 pursuant to government code section 54956.9 47:48.780 --> 47:52.780 D23 cases. 47:52.780 --> 47:56.780 Item B conference with labor negotiators pursuant to 47:56.780 --> 48:05.260 government code section 54957.6 agency designated representative directors human resources employee 48:05.260 --> 48:12.220 organization district teachers association California school employees csca and unrepresented 48:12.220 --> 48:20.140 employees item c public employee discipline dismissal release complaint pursuant to government 48:20.140 --> 48:45.100 Code section 54957 okay reconvening from closed session the board took the following action 48:45.100 --> 48:53.980 regarding item 4.a case one the board took action to approve by a vote of four zero a confidential 48:53.980 --> 49:02.860 student agreement number 2627-04 the members voted as follows motion made by uh trustee sing 49:02.860 --> 49:12.940 motion seconded by mortensen um votes were bond yes sing yes mortison yes chen yes case two the 49:12.940 --> 49:21.260 board provided staff with directions and parameters case three no action taken regarding item 4.b the 49:21.260 --> 49:28.780 board provided staff with directions and parameters regarding item 4.c no action was taken we are 49:28.780 --> 49:29.620 are adjourned.