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Votes at a glance

- Consent agenda (with minutes from March 15 pulled as item B): Motion by Trustee Conley; second by Trustee Reid. Outcome: approved unanimously.

- Resolution 01-032025 affirming the district's commitment to LGBTQ+ student rights, protections and inclusivity: Motion by Trustee Conley; second by Trustee Reid. Outcome: approved unanimously.

- Second interim budget report for 2024–25 (summary and SACS files attached to agenda): Motion by Trustee Conley; second by Trustee DeFazio. Outcome: approved unanimously. Staff reported an updated general-fund projection with an ending balance at the second interim and described assumptions used in the three-year forecast.

- Award of contract to Hula Networks for network equipment (E-rate category two upgrade of core and edge switches): Motion by Trustee Conley; second by Trustee Henry. Outcome: approved unanimously. Staff said the purchase would proceed through the E-rate procurement forms (Form 470, 28-day bid window, then Form 471 to request funding) and that equipment ordering would follow funding approval.

All recorded votes were voice votes taken during the meeting and recorded as unanimous \"aye\".

What the votes mean

The LGBTQ+ resolution reaffirms district policy to maintain an inclusive school environment and cites state and federal protections; the resolution text was read into the record and trustees discussed its importance in the current climate for students.

The second interim budget adoption moves the district forward in its budget calendar and keeps the district's multi-year projections and reserve planning on record; staff noted specific revenue and expenditure changes between first and second interim reports, including assessed-value growth, one-time credits and updated medical-billing collections.

The Hula Networks award funds an E-rate–eligible upgrade of the district's network core and edge switches; staff said the upgrade is aimed at improving capacity before subsequent wireless access-point upgrades and that remaining E-rate category-two funds would be used.

No board member opposed any of the items recorded; trustees said they expected to receive additional detailed budget and procurement information as part of standard follow-up reporting.

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At a presentation on the staff-housing project, consultant Peter Ingram and district staff summarized operational progress, occupancy and next steps toward a stabilization plan. The board heard that property management has moved on site, construction activities continue around the property and staff are preparing detailed pro forma financial analysis to inform decisions about rent levels and whether to exercise a purchase option.

Ingram described visits to other district-owned housing projects and recommended the board consider forming a separate governance entity to operate the building if the district retained ownership. He cited Jefferson Union High School District's 501(c)(3) housing corporation as an operational model that the board might study.

A slide staff shared listed a current snapshot of residents tied to district employment: of 34 employees indicated as residing (or soon to reside) in the building, that snapshot showed 6 counselors/behavioral technicians, 5 instructional aides, 11 teachers and 3 clerical/custodial staff. Staff said they would provide more detailed occupancy and unit-type breakdowns on request.

Members of the public raised concerns about how the district displays and aggregates occupancy information. One commenter said an earlier slide's presentation of teachers versus other staff was misleading when categories were regrouped; another asked for a clear breakdown of how many units are occupied by district employees versus other entities and for how many median-income units remain available.

Dr. Westover (district presenter on finance) and Interim Superintendent Bair answered questions about next steps: staff will complete pro forma analyses, review rent-rate options, and bring study sessions to the board. Westover said ownership would remain with the district under the 501(c)(3) oversight model used by other districts; that model would delegate operational decisions to a nonprofit board while the district retained the underlying asset.

After the update the board considered a staff recommendation to pause some Measure T projects and earmark available capital and other funds while deciding whether to buy the land. Trustee Lambert moved to approve the recommendation; Trustee Henry seconded. The motion to make approximately $29 million available for a possible purchase passed unanimously.

Motion: approve staff recommendation to set aside funds for a potential purchase of the land under staff housing. Mover: Trustee Lambert. Second: Trustee Henry. Vote: unanimous (Board recorded voice vote as \"all in favor, aye\").

Trustees also directed staff to hold two study sessions to permit deeper review of the pro forma analyses and to return with recommendations on longer-term governance options, including steps to form a nonprofit oversight entity if the board decides to pursue that route.

Public commenters asked for clearer itemized accounting of legal and administrative costs tied to the staff-housing project; trustees and staff agreed to follow up with additional financial reporting and occupancy details at upcoming study sessions.

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The presentation described a first-year rollout of the Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum and a districtwide emphasis on “structured literacy” rooted in the science of reading. Staff said they have used district professional development, instructional coaches and cross-site professional learning communities (PLCs) to help teachers implement the new curriculum.

Ms. Nguyen, the district presenter, said the new approach emphasizes “systematic explicit phonics” and knowledge-building across grades. She described PLCs that bring teachers from across schools together monthly to unpack curriculum units and share techniques, and she said instructional coaches will spend up to 40% of their time next year providing small-group reading intervention.

District staff told the board that an early-literacy team is working at the sites with the greatest numbers of students in need of intervention — Castro, Mistral, Mauna Loma, Vargas and Faricoff — and that “every school has some form of reading intervention,” either during RTI time, after-school tutoring or through district-provided reading teachers.

Parents and community members at the meeting urged the district to expand intervention beyond kindergarten through second grade and to make interventions more uniformly available across schools. Christine Case Lowe, a longtime community advisory committee representative, asked the district to create permanent, local special-education advisory committees, saying the recent merger of several county advisory committees into a single regional committee has reduced parents’ access and local responsiveness.

\"We asked districts to create standing advisory committee for special education in each district,\" Case Lowe said during public comment.

A public commenter, identified in the record as Ms. Goode, said she was concerned that the Amplify materials for third through fifth grades rely too heavily on read-alouds and complex text without enough explicit instruction for students who still struggle to decode. \"Students also need to learn how to read themselves rather than just being read to,\" she said, and urged the board and staff to consider additional or different interventions for older students and for students with dyslexia.

Trustees thanked staff for the intentional rollout and the emphasis on explaining the research base to teachers. Trustee Conley and others praised the PLC work and coaching model, while noting chronic absenteeism and basic needs also affect students’ ability to benefit from improved instruction. Staff noted they would pursue follow-up on after-school integration and provide more detail on intervention results and site-level coverage.

No formal board action was taken on the literacy presentation at the meeting. Staff said they will continue rolling out writing instruction next year and expand reading-intervention staffing and training so each site can provide trained small-group instruction.

The discussion included public questions about which schools receive the district early-literacy team and how intervention is scheduled; staff reiterated the list of schools served and said coaches and the early-literacy team will coordinate training and service models across sites.

Looking ahead, staff said they plan ongoing monitoring of outcomes and will present additional data on iReady and other measures in future meetings.

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Board roundup: consent agenda approved; LGBTQ+ student-rights resolution, budget and equipment contracts pass unanimously

Trustees set aside roughly $29 million for possible purchase of staff-housing land after update; public pushes for transparency

Board hears literacy rollout; public and trustees press for expanded intervention for older students