May 2026 Meeting of the Board of Trustees

May 7, 2026 Board Meeting Livestream

show up I'm sorry I gave you the double now I did I heard it how you doing Daisy okay we're gonna call this meeting to order everybody ready to begin in the United States 1 nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all I have a motion to approve the agenda second all those in favor so in closed session the board approved the Personnel list which included certificated management 1 resolution and 1 Promotion uh certificated staff 1 Rez nation and 3 temporary employee releases and classified 2 ations I was motioned by Bernie seconded by Brooke and on a 40 vote with 1 absence the board also took action to approve resolution 252614 regarding the non-employment of temporary certificated employees ID numbers 1 917 438 and 859 uh on a motion by Bernie and seconded by Jennifer and a 40 vote um that motion passed also in closed session the board took action to approve improve a uh the board approved administration's recommendation of a stipulated expulsion of student number 228924 that was on a motion by Brooke a second by Bernie and a 4 o v with 1 absence and there was nothing to report on conference with legal Council so that's the closed session report thank you uh next item is recognition hello everybody we are here at the happiest meeting of the year uh to honor our retirees and our employees of the year um I would like to begin tonight's meeting by recognizing our retirees from assembly UniFi collectively our retirees represent Decades of wisdom patience and institutional knowledge that have shaped the very fabric of our district so we'd like to begin by acknowledging uh Debbie Miller who is here with us so as we celebrate the career of Debbie Miller we honor our pillar of our special education department who was dedicated 24 years unwavering service so the students of why USD for over 2 decades Debbie has committed her life to advocating for her students and ensuring that every child feels seen supported and capable of success her tenure represents more than just a length of service the legacy of patients specialized expertise and a deep-seated belief in the potential of every student while she moves into a well-deserved retirement the impact of our nearly a quarter Century of devotion will continue to be felt by the countless families and students whose lives she transformed so Debbie she said she did not want to say anything perfectly acceptable okay okay so we do actually have a couple of retirees who could not be here with us tonight so Susie shimoni who was our yhs Cadet tour Core Teacher Lydia Lewis the yhs cafeteria lead and Ed Helm are yusd lead mechanic could not be here with us tonight but we still want to congratulate them recognize them and wish them luck as they move into the next chapter of their moving on to the next agenda item we're good okay so tonight it is my distinct honor to present the euse Unified School District life employees of the year um these individuals represent the best of our district their leaders their Educators and their support staff who go beyond above and beyond to ensure that students feel safe valued and inspired tonight's honor raise embody the dedication that that and pride that make District a community so it's a privilege to recognize these employees and then I'll call your name up as I recognize you guys so Sylvia sloes is our teacher of the year uh she's not here with us tonight so I still do want to say something about Sylvia um she's she is watching her daughter and lately blonde right now over at yhs so a good reason to not be here um so Sylvia slows to the veteran educator with 25 years experience the last 13 of which has been nurturing some of our youngest Learners at River go Sylvia the champion for social emotional learning integrating empathy and kindness into her daily curriculum to ensure every child feels safe and valued she is also very much a creative leader you can often find Sylvia with a guitar in her hand and believe it or not she even authored the song that now serves as River Gold's vision statement for the entire school so which is pretty cool Beyond her class Sylvia's impact is felt districtwide through her roles as a master teacher uh an induction mentor to to more than 1 2 teachers this year and a key member of The Guiding Coalition for professional learning communities her education to teaching the whole child and her leadership and in instructional continuity make her an invaluable asset to the district so if you see Sylvia and she was just here but congratulate her on a very very well-deserved award okay would next like to recognize our classified employee of the year which is actually Breton bragged in our librarian our library Tech at you or yhs is a true Badger success story these are proud graduate of why yhs who has since dedicated 10 years of her life working with the students in the school that she graduated from Ashley is truly the heart of the library she has transformed form the space in the vibrant Hub where students and staff not only have academic resources but they also have mentorship in the listening ear Ashley's versatility is unmatched she was a campus supervisor she was a para uh she recently took on um organizing the career fair she's doing the uh Community Awards so really just very invested in our students um whether she's advocating for students as being the interact Club advisor or playing an active role in promoting uh school spirit around yhs which she does she's involved in every everything there um she consistently goes above and beyond for campus culture and she exemplifies a deep commitment to the badger community so congrats on this very well-deserved honor all right lastly I would like to recognize our administrator of the Year Jessica Fairbanks as the principal of yhs and and adopts just a quick Fairbanks Springs 19 years of educational experience and a unique perspective as a former Badger herself fun fact she is the first former Badger to graduate and come back and Lead wages since taking the helm Jessica has led a transfer of efforts that resulted in 16.4% increase in the high school graduation rate and significant gains in student performance in both math and Ela her leadership is characterized by assist systems focused approach and she has successfully navigated complex initiatives like wasp and mtss Frameworks while maintaining a tight-knit campus culture Jessica came to yhs at a time where we really needed the badger Spirit back she's fully in The Challenge and she has accomplished that more so congrats to just that's it for tonight so everybody thank you Jamie and thank you to our retirees and our honores thank you so much okay our next agenda item is the recognition of the student representative to the board all right so I've had the honor and pleasure of uh being able to not just sit next to him but he asked me to be his mentor quite some time ago for his senior year um our Pathways crossed from a incident a minor misstep um and uh Bernie wasn't sure what to do about it and I said bring them over here so uh he uh split 2 truckloads of wood for his dad and he had to hear me preach to him for a little bit and uh and um he's uh been an outstanding young man and um thank you for sitting here and participating and congratulations on University of Chicago that's that's a huge accomplishment and uh uh you know good luck on your Journeys thank you it's been awesome having you on the board thank you thank you all appreciate it you said a new record for remote reports I was going to say we're glad you're here tonight wow we missed an April and I don't know if you could you could probably tell from his report but he was doing it in the Salt Lake City Airport thank you board report so I'm not sure if you could pick up on that but it's hard find a quiet corner of an airport in Salt Lake yeah we can hear the boarding all right do we have yes so we have 1 public comment so DC good evening hope you're all doing well tonight as you know my name is dicey Wheaton and I'm speaking tonight because I am deeply concerned about the conduct of Beth Kirkley in the way special education matters are being handled within useme Unified School District I have experienced what I have experience is not a simple miscommunication or an isolated mistakes there appears to be a pattern of intentional delay tactics um and denial by delay that prevents students from receiving timely services and supports I've repeatedly had to request records push for legal required assessments and fight for basic communication was National Education law in my experience when direct questions are asked they are often met with deflection instead of clear answers conversations become a smoke and mirrors experience where the focus shifts away from the actual concerns being raised I have felt gas lit dismissed and redirected rather than treated as a parent and Advocate seeking straightforward information and lawful compliance these delays and tactics have real consequences students go without Services assessments are postponed IEP processes are stalled parents are felt are left felt frustrated exhausted and filling unheard while trying to advocate for their children's educational needs parents should not have to spend weeks chasing records reminding staff of legal timelines or arguing meaningful parent participation in IEP meetings the district has a legal and ethical obligation to act in good faith and prioritize students over bureaucracy I have taken then the appropriate action by bringing these concerns to Beth Kirkley supervisors yet I have not seen meaningful change that is why I am now addressing the board directly Beth is currently impeding these processes and the result is that children within euse Unified School District are being greatly affected students with disabilities deserve better their parents deserve better thank you I all right so we'll move on to reports so Tony is the president good evening thank you Lucas thank you to all the honores and uh later on the board agenda uh we start the process of negotiations for uh yusimi Unified Teachers Association you should be you know if I School District we look forward to uh collaborative discussions and getting to the right place for each and every 1 of our students and the little littles to the big big and thank you for your time and I'm going to cut it off there all right thank you so all right CSC president all right student uh student representative report Lucas um so I'm going start with alternative education uh kind of a new new report here but um Ray MC Granite high school has continued to grow its Community involvement this year students and staff are regularly uh volunteering County food banks monthly distribution and have supported local events like placing flags at the Raymond Cemetery for Veterans Day and decorating footman park for the winter holidays also in April uh HS students and Mr mccarten also helped bring back stick horse races at the Raymond parade so good job there uh moving on to River Gold River Gold Elementary is in a very busy time this right right about now they're currently in the middle of casting and also celebrating staff appreciation week with support from their PTO students had an outstanding showing at the Madera County Regional spelling earning multiple top placements across grade levels making it 1 of river Gold's best years at the event their eighth graders attended law day and you Valley where several students were recognized for their essays and fifth graders had a unique overnight experience on the usss hornet moving on to core School Elementary Corps school is celebrating staff appreciation week as well with daily treats and activities recognizing their staff Junior High study hall in eighth grade meetings are also going well and continuing to support students casting also began this week with nearly 100% participation showing an increase from last year looking ahead they are caring for the end of the year testing celebrations and upcoming field trips including fourth grade and fourth through sixth grade students visiting the USD High School pool on that note moving on to yose high school in a very busy stretch last year begins to wrap up seniors have been participating in senior board workshops over the past 2 weeks helping prepare for the end of the year activities along with graduation speech trials coming up senior project is also coming up on May 19th at 6 PM where students will present the work they've completed this year the theater program has most of you know is also active right now putting on Legally Blonde Junior from May 7th through the 10th at the same time AP and IB testing has begun this week and will continue over the next few weeks with many students focused on performing well on those exams students and staff students and staff are also looking forward to the day off this Monday and looking ahead the FFA end of the Year banquet is coming up along with the spring Sports rally which will celebrate students athletes and wrap up the spring season so that's all I got thank you and the administrative staff starting with Jessica I was getting mad at me because I didn't know we were allowed to show videos good evening um so let's start off because we had a busy month since the last time I saw you so Raymond Granite um we have received full was accreditation um and the kids are graduate this year will have uh graduated from a was accredited school um we will have a full visit in 2 years and what they're going to do is push the WASP visit we had next year for edops to the same year and they're going to come by in the 3 schools together so we actually will not have a wasp visit next year so that's also awesome um with edops um the continuation teachers John and Stewart along with the council that down there just went to the continuation conference last week um I have yet to meet with them but they sent me lots of texts throughout the time of some different things they would love to do and some changes so it sounds like it was a a good conference for them to attend um State Testing started last week for us if not really the first week we came back on that Friday um we have we're almost through the makeups but with bnap testing it's going to probably be through the end of next week before we get through that um I'm hoping we hit the 95% Mark I'm a little worried about Evergreen we've had some opt outs there um and the amount of students is not high for for 11th graders so it could be under um but we're getting as many kids tested as we possibly can um we have already started to do planning for summer school we have about 2 teachers signed up um and getting students signed up for summer school right now um our boys volleyball was in their inaugural year this year they had their last game uh last week um and they beat Moretz and it was amazing night um there was 33 team that um went to playoffs and we were number 34 but it was our first year and it's kind of amazing that we were that close um in the league uh Fallon Vaughn was named the defensive player of the year uh first team Daniel Shepard was named and second team Jake Ramsey so we had a great showing for our first year for boys volleyball and it's just going to keep growing I think from there it was uh it's it's been a good addition to the sports um every 15 minutes thank you for all that attended um it was a massive undertaking and I don't think we um we knew what it was going to be about but I don't think anyone was necessarily prepared for the emotional toll it was going to take um the kids were really good um um some thought it would be funny to joke with me about having things on them at prom but they were really good with their searches and they opened up and I can tell you the problem was well attended and and it was safe it was really good it was gorgeous too Rebecca Hardison did an amazing job um and then you know in the midst of all of this uh we did hire um a new assistant principal for next year Mr Matt Wilkinson and so he will start coming and visiting me here in a couple of days as soon as we can get our head above water and state testing right yeah um but I'll give him some time to thank you uh good evening um want to say thank you for this opportunity um my family couldn't be here tonight my wife is coaching my uh 2 young boys um so I have the third grader at uh River Gold uh and then a first grader River Gold in mlos class um so yeah um I'm I'm thrilled uh this doesn't feel real to me yet but I'm sure it will soon um I'm also somebody High School grad so um I'm like I'm I'm honored I'm humbled to to have this opportunity and I um I'm really excited to to get started so thank you so much appreciate it Jessica and congratulations Matt very wise J Europe good evening everyone Tessy is going well this week um also it was mentioned earlier that we have a staff appreciation so every day we've had a different uh theme around food so staffers love that so I'm going to give you guys some data points today make this really quick um our chronic absenteeism rate which is measured on the dashboard we're right around 18% last year we finished at a little over 26% on The Chronic caps tism rate I had a smart goal of 20% so right now I'm a little bit ahead of that goal with 24 days left in school our daily attendance rate which is not measured on the dashboard is currently at 95 5% this time last year was at 91% uh my goal for the school was 93 so I'm a little bit ahead of that so that's good news there our climate and culture data point which is your suspension rate and the dashboard is currently at 2.6 percent year to date last year it was we finished the school year last year 3.6 my smart goal attached to that is 2.6 so I'm I'm right there on that and that's all I have tonight thank you all right and so um this evening instead of me giving a presentation we have a video for you um a few months ago I want to say um we opened up our Family Resource Center and we had a um a film crew come in and um interview myself a parent and a um ESA some of our um teachers and this is the beautiful wonderful video they put together for you this place is really special to me and I've lived for over 20 years and both my kids graduated from Corso Elementary and you know this place is just unique it's its own environment we are a rural school we have a number of Native American students and a very diverse uh population on our campus families find it really important to be involved to be be known by the staff here to be able to just sort of feel like they have a role in this community and a role in this school and sort of a way to fit in the community is very tight-knit everybody knows everybody we see each other with the grocery store and at local gas station local restaurants we do house Madera counties uh special education program on our campus so our school population is much different than a lot of other schools so it's really important for us to tap into all of those cultures the best that we can and you make them feel welcome on our campus so we have students from a variety of backgrounds that go to this school we also have students from our local um to Chauncey Native American tribe being able provide a lot of resources right here on our campus sort of helps posture that desire that a lot of our families have for connection when I came in that they had given a community Grant and at first I didn't know so we were pretty excited about getting some of the things that we've been able to put on our campus within the last 2 years I've seen a lot of changes that involvement that engagement and the growth is at an all-time high it's not just about the kids it's about the community too and bringing together everybody as a whole so we've been able to provide after school clubs like game club Art Club those sorts of things that give kids something else to do outside of school kids wanting to be here kids feeling belonging and feeling that they have a place to Safe space to be there's 1 of the pillars of Community Schools is expanded learning so I've made sense that I would kind of focus in on this particular Community which has its unique needs this is the first time that we've had a really dedicated space for a garden area the kids will then get to see you know the tomatoes growing the radishes growing and then be able to use those in the cafeteria is kind of the big picture that we have so now they're really just seeing the whole cycle of this is a real tangible thing that happens it's not just something we learn about in a book or go buy seeds at a store they don't forget those experiences being able to have our students learn through science through actually growing food to be able to also get their sensory needs met by something as simple as sifting compost and then another space I think you're going to see is we are all being painted by brand Barnes who is a former graduate of course got Elementary and they have taken the wall out there and have created a space uh the entire mural is about native plants here in California so it's really cool to be able to come back and use my skills and you know give something to the next generation of kids and like make the school a better place and the idea again with that space is that kids will then have you know some Buy in you know some that's mine I did and that couldn't have been done without Community Schools if mental health of a student is not in where it needs to be there's no way they're going to go into a classroom and want to learn what I hope that the zenen provides for our students is a safe place when they they are having big emotions sometimes a child comes to school and they've had a traumatic experience they're not ready to learn that space has served very well for all of the kids on our campus not just certain kids we have a Hoover closet which uh this room was actually the old home neck room uh 30 years back in this room was was old the Community Schools Grant was able to enhance this space replacing the appliances housing clothing for students as well as adults if for that this is a rural area I didn't grow up here but when I moved to this area I realized just how limited uh something the resources are in this area for families so I think this space has really provided an amazing resource in need school is not just about learning to read and do math and history and science there are so many other things that are important in our world I want my kids to find a passion I want them to find something that they feel like they're good at I want them to find a place where they belong they don't forget those experiences and so that's what my hope is for the community schools and the garden specifically just getting the kids involved getting their hands dirty getting them thinking and new and creative ways the number of families that are on our campus now compared to when I started has grown exponentially and when you've got the community working with the school with the kids there's nothing but wonderful things that can come from that I want my students to know that they're loved and they're cared for but with does it mean Perfection right excellent means you learn we grow and when you leave here you look back and can appreciate that they're walking away with pride they're walking away with you know an education not only in the book education but education in it means to be a wonderful person how can you go out and make it so that the world is better than you know where we all left it very very cool um it was last month we got um this is the school before the board meeting and have to see some of that stuff in the first of the garden and all that stuff is very very impressive very cool all right um so I'll just say knowing that we were going to show this video and it was a little longer than we normally have I've decided to give my time to mini to be able to show this video so nothing further to say plus I know I might be a little bit up after watching that video didn't want to embarrass myself so member reports all right so I'll speak closer firstly Danielle thank you thank you for the amazing snacks I know many of us show up here after a long day and and uh it sure helps you know so thank you very much I'd like to congratulate Debbie Susie and Lydia and Ed for so much amazingness and dedicating so much time to um helping our youth grow and become become something in the world you know that's it's an honor to graduate and or graduate retire from from that kind of service and then of course Sylvia slows I talked to her before but Ashley and Jessica thank you guys for being such amazing leaders you know what you guys have done is is uh the best you guys have done the best job it's just awesome so proud of you guys um Matt Wilkins Wilkinson welcome welcome um sounds like uh you know you're going to be uh following up Jessica that's those are some big shoes and I'm sure she'll keep you very very busy and congratulations for the new position thank you um and 1 more time Lucas really a a superstar you know he wasn't here his all of his videos were from his videos of his reports were while he was out playing sports and scoring touchdowns and oops and all of that good stuff so again congratulations on there um and uh thank you I appreciate you all for being such Champions here mark yeah thank you thank you Brooke for uh hanging out with Lucas and mentoring him teaching him lots of things that could never learn from me and sending me a video of him climbing a tree with you still kind of makes me a little nauseous to watch but I really appreciate Lucas you know how proud I am you don't I'm saying that publicly so proud of you man good job next year we have Chewie kachoo or Jesus kachoo who goes by chewy right and he's the ASP president he couldn't come tonight but I just wanted to kind of give the fellow board members a heads up of who won the election and who we will see here in September or do they get here in August already I can't remember but September so we'll see Chewie as he's known in uh he's a cool kid I coached him in basketball so I know him a little bit excited about him coming down and continuing the the grand tradition um you know you our kids can that Lucas is my third child to come through here and I my wife is from another country where in rural areas if you're nowhere and you're not going anywhere unless you out of there and um so when I had to get it took her a lot of convincing that I said here our kids can get anywhere they want to go from a rural school and still have the rural experience and still have all these and so every year whether 1 of my children is part of the group or it's not my daughters are 27 and 25 approximately so it's been a while since I've had a kid graduate here but every I'm just so gratified and so ecstatic to see where these kids go and all the diverse things they do with their lives and um keep hearing about new things each year that every year now at least 1 or 2 kids are going to North Carolina to become linemen you know and stuff that there's just these new openings and pipelines open up and then the traditional ones too with the junior college for your college military or into the workforce and uh you guys all do such a great job and I keep and my wife can't deny it anymore you can get anywhere you want to go from here and our kids did and I I still believe that I still believe with enough effort and with the help of the yusd staff any kid can get where they want to go and so thank you for making that possible and specially specifically thank you for my son who's going to a big old University from yhs and couldn't happen without you the folks here um Matt that's great I don't have any fond memories of any vice principal I ever met in my in my life so enjoy that that sounds like a lot of fun Danielle thank you again for the food it's really spectacular I guess you already left but really cool and the decorations um congrats to Walker Vaughn Jessica mentioned the volleyball program I coached basketball within the last 2 years we're both assistants on the varsity basketball team and so I got to know him I knew him from back in the day too he's a few years younger than me but I went to school with his brothers and so I know his family and we got to know each other better and he was excited to do it he's he's really reinus I think Jessica you know you deserve some credit for that you know he's kind of reinvigorated he got some new equipment he got some backup in the admin as far as kids who don't dress out and the next thing I know is really excited and he took on that new coaching job rather later in his career right I mean he's been in like 28 years or something so he was so excited I'm glad to hear how well that went and I know he he really was thrilled to be able to do that so thank you for making that possible um I was inspired by Tony and Brian giving up their time but not inspired enough to give up any of my time as you can see uh to all the retirees congratulations I think they've all left now but uh that's got to be a great feeling little jealous to watch that happen every year and then uh Ashley and Sylvia and Jessica congratulations again you're doing a great job and I know you will continue this is the second time Sylvia's um she wanted 2020 but it was Co total lockdown so she didn't get any kind of plaque or anything like that so she's a 2-time winner which is pretty cool I'm not I'm not sure how many of those we have but that was really awesome to see um Beth Kirkley thank you I I'm getting a lot of good feedback from staff and parents about you thank you very much for all the good work that you're doing and um and that's it thank you very much thank you yes I'm I'm finding it uh twice during recent periods here I'm getting choked up once that every 15 minutes presentation that was tough to get through some of that um both days and then the seems like uh some of the video here kind of hit me pretty hard there was a very nicely done video uh so the uh warts tonight Jessica Sylvia dashley congratulations on those very nice to see that Matt congratulations on your um accepting the position of the assistant role there good to see that Lucas boy oh boy oh boy a new guys like you when I was in high school didn't get to know any of them very well we just didn't run in the same circles it's been good to get to know you it's been good to see um the mentorship from from Brooke it's been good to see how you've navigated uh a lot of the challenges some some of the things you've done here and your school challenges your sporting uh the Athletics uh competitions done so well academic it's great to see um it's an inspiration really I I've been I've appreciated witnessing it um I want to speak just real briefly to some of the vulnerability that Brooke demonstrates when he speaks of with pride about you and your dad too uh that that sincerity is is really appreciate it it doesn't come really to any adults I I don't think very easily but to men in particular I think it it shows a a real transparency a sincerity and genuine uh in and it's good to see that mentorship exist I anyways it's been good to work with you on the board congratulations on where you're heading thank you Charlotte 1 last thing I want to say about Charlotte that presentation you gave a couple of weeks ago 2 3 weeks ago it was about it was not about it was the hands down best budget preparation presentation I've ever seen great documentation you were right up front you shared that you you used AI transparent and all transparency to help pull it together and I appreciated that also because I firmly believe that a I enabled leadership is where everybody should be going you should all be utilizing tools and it was nothing other than what your mind and your experience shaped using the tool but it was wonderful contain all of the foundation information and a great look forward uh and and how our budget works and so I really appreciated that thank you for spending the time and pulling that together for us thank you I think that's it I I've had a pretty intense day if I've missed anything um it's a good day to not be the systems administrator for instructure uh we're just dealing with the with the aftermath and repercussions of of a vendor that we subscribe to and hopefully our student population didn't get uh hooked into some password harvesting that was hopefully maybe successful we'll we'll see how that plays out anyways I'm sorry I was late to the meeting thank you for letting me share a few comments with you to those in the lounge in the back just want to make sure you're with us right away okay so um I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the recognitions that we heard earlier uh retirees I don't think any of them are are here but um there's something about daily presence and consistency over years and the impact fact that happens with students long after a person retires and um I just want to acknowledge that for the employees of the year um it's really special to recognize people who show up in a way that makes things better for for everyone day after day after day and in a way that you're you know visibly recognized for so um I want to acknowledge the employees of the year and um take a moment to recognize our student representative Lucas I haven't really had the pleasure of getting to really know you like Brooke has um but um I wish I would have had more time to do that you're always engaged your thoughtful you your disposition your cheerful and my impression is that um you're always curious and up for something you're ready for whatever the next big thing is and um I can see amazing things happening in your future because of that so um thank you for being with us for the past school year and I wish you all the best wherever you go thank you so much I appreciate it you're welcome um okay the every 15 minutes program uh I was there for both days and I was deeply deeply moved by the experience you know I can remember when and I was back in high school how many kids we lost to um drinking and driving accidents and um it's just kind of been an ongoing tragedy that that we live with especially as parents when our kids are going you know to and from events so I shared about it already but there's moments in the room in that room the second day where everything was still very emotional very reflective and you could feel people you could feel people feeling it um and it wasn't just the students everyone present and it created a space for all of us to really pause and to reflect and to really consider the choices made in life again not just a student but all of us um and that kind of awareness doesn't come from a textbook it comes from moments that allow people to feel something really real and see it in a different way so I want to acknowledge the administration and the staff who made that experience possible the planning and the coordination and the intention behind that it takes a lot and it was very visible the work it took and it just was so seamless and because programs like this go beyond the academics what we're kind of you know what our job is every day in a in a school district it really supports the whole human being and I really uh think that that's so important it's not just what what kids learn what they absorb and you know how well they're doing on their their tests it's it's kind of you know we have we have kids in this District in our care for a period of time and any time we can influence who they're becoming in world and um how they're making their choices and how they're reflecting uh anytime we can have that impact is just it's it's an honor and it's a responsibility and I I felt that through that whole presentation the budget study Workshop we did was so valuable Charlotte um not all of us come in with the background in budget like many of the board members have up here and you did such a great job of breaking things down complexity of a School District budget and putting it together with all the pretty pictures thank you and um and you know it helps us to understand deepen the understanding of the decisions that we're making because they're crucial so um I want to thank you for that thank you for that work and thank you for that extra um help it was awesome so I was at the course called Rodeo Grounds on Saturday and I give a shout out to our high school football team they were doing cleanup bustling around in the little in the little cart and they were so polite they were so attentive and they were totally on it um you could really culture and the leadership um coach Jeremiah it was just the kids definitely respected him and um and it shows and how they conducted themselves and I just wanted to um say that I was really impressed by that so overall I just appreciate the different ways that we're supporting students uh not just academically but as people and helping prepare them for Life Beyond School in many different ways the end um I I don't really have much to say other than what's already been said so I'll just um ditto everything that everybody said um retirees congratulations honores thank you for everything you've done as well deserved um Matt welcome to your new role I think this would be awesome Lucas it's been great having you here and yeah it's just knew making the right decisions for kids and moving forward in that direction continue to do with that we will move on to the consent agenda so can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda second second all those in favor of taxes uh discussion items first reading and consideration of revised board policies probably tired of hearing this but we're trying to stay on top of board policies so as you know they come to the board for 2 months so this is the first month I think we have 12 board policies to study uh for this month and we'll bring them back in June for consideration to approve questions comments concerns thank you Brian uh moving on to action items so first action items the second reading of adopted revised board policies so along those same lines um we brought these 9 board policies to the board last month for study and so they are now in front of the board uh for as an action item and I would recommend approving all 9 policies approved so moved second second discussion items discussion anybody all those in favor all right okay Item B approval of the agreement for the Mountain Area Youth Organization the micro 2026 2027 scooter good evening Board of Trustees I'm bringing um as I brought the past 3 years um the the Mountain Youth Organization my club we use our elot funds to sustain this program my kids go um they've done a great job bringing Community doing a lot of different Services um I'm really impressed with what they're providing to our students um during school and outside of school so I'm asking for the approval once again um the 2026 school year need a motion to approve to approve second second discussion or questions with Dr Morty I was thinking asking them to manage my life for me too they're they just keep expanding their sphere of influence that's pretty amazing and then all everything that I hear everything runs pretty well yeah they're not only working with Schools they're providing extracurricular activities outside of that taken on football baseball so they definitely are in it for um the community and the kids all those in favor say I and then we have for the uh Mike club for the swimming pool so this is the same program but extended and focus on the pool somebody that have been on the board for years probably know just the complexity you've had with the pool um just some ongoing type of issues I'm happy to say that my club has kind of um taking it over and provided a great program that again supports the community and our students so not only will our students um here in Bass Lake and be able to access the pool through my club um through a program um third they do things within our community too to to keep it running so again I'm asking for the approval um for the summer swim program second second discussion discussion all those in favor say I I good morning all right approval of the 2026 127 course offerings for yusd high school in Jessica good evening again okay um you saw that there was an attachment um this is just our updated version of the course offerings that we have um it is a little bit more detailed I was able to add in uh the online curriculum that we use down at aani and Evergreen you can see those courses the the new courses that we have especially with the changes uh kind of phasing out IB and bringing in AP um we've offered a lot of AP courses especially at edops but we're offering them in person now um 1 class that we will have is called Studio Art Ceramics that's not AP uh but we're just um expanding our art offerings it really doesn't add additional courses it just within the section he can teach ceramics um AP seminar um actually there's going to be 2 levels here AP seminar is a requirement for the diploma program for AP um this next year Juniors and sophomores will take it and I'll explain you have to have that course along with ap research um and 4 other courses to get the AP diploma um but your allowed to offer it to 10th graders for their English so it's like a 2 being like you take that course and you get credit for English and then you get credit for the diploma so for the students that like to pack their schedules full of different things more AP courses or for advanced courses or even courses they want to have fun with that gives them the opportunity um AP Spanish language and culture um AP psych AP World History AP you're European history AP US History lots of histories um AP Calculus AP precalc and then we also have senior seminar um within the book um you can see all of the course numbers uh for each school um and sometimes they're a little bit different because if it's offered online um through a program called subject it has a different code compared to what we offer in person um it's just the way things get up loaded so just a requirement um because every course has to be different in the portal that we upload for the CSU the UC portal we call it um so that's why you'll see those different codes but it's really the same class um and the um alternative diploma pathway is listed in there as well have any questions about all of the brand new lots and lots of classes that will be offering and District who's teaching the AP psych class uh this next year it's actually going to be Gina Skov she's very excited about it AP seminar will be taught by Ben kitsmiller but the ELA 10 because it has taught by an English teacher Ela 10 seminar will be taught by Alicia Meyer and I almost have the schedule done and I don't want to say it out loud but it's looking very beautiful and possible common preps for each department was an undertaking yeah so thank you I just want to say how amazing it is all of the schedule revamping you're doing is is is pretty awesome so thank you it's like a puzzle I can promise you any other questions that there was lots of additional classes that we all software that lets you work the schedule out or do you it it's filled Within the system and we're learning I went to the training we're learning on how like some of the things we can set up but really what makes it hard we have to make it um so we can say well pick this class over this class so we'll see a kid and they'll be like oh you know you got 4 complex and then we try for another period and see but sometimes the conflicts are something silly like it shows a random elective that was probably just they just had like as their third pick instead of the pick that they meant to have you know uh the ROP classes kill this they're hard with the schedule because it's a 2 period block so but we have so many Singletons that also kill like you know a lot of other districts have a couple Singleton well we have a lot especially moving from IB to AP there's a lot of Singletons so they tell you to put in your Singletons first well that's 60% of my schedule so then you have to go back and then you think you have it and you're like oh there's no conflicts but then a class that you had 30 kids in now has 10 so so it it does take some time and we're learning the system um to try to make it work as best that I do think I I know a lot of small districts kind of struggle with this especially with the special type classes that we offer we're we're we're using the software but sometimes it also needs a real brain No 1 want to hear about the senior seminar class or all good perfect all right the motion to approve motion to approve second second any further discussion all those in favor say I okay uh item e adoption of the Paradigm map is a direct Core math curriculum for transitional kindergarten through 8 so my first year I established a curriculum adoption cycle so math got pushed off a year because of the framework and um I'm speaking with other colleagues that's pretty typical sometimes the state will say hey we're gonna adopt a framework now all right so it doesn't go as we want all the time so we push math off and what I'm about to say might surprise you so um we have teachers now in K8 that are excited to teach math so we got teachers excited to teach math um and this came about through strategies through curriculum development through um mapping through lesson design through Swan math who works at both k8s we have a coach pay for that through our lcap and then teachers got really interested in wanting to get more immersed into what the curriculum look like so what ended up happening this moved pretty quickly um our teachers came were like hey we love we want to use Swan math we want to continue to utilize it because they were supplementing because HMHS are adopted curriculum so I'm happy and excited to bring forward Paradigm math which SCI Swan that's what I'm saying Swan math SCI Swan developed this it's state approved um and teachers have been um some teachers have been used it as supplemental and now next year they can use it as Core Curriculum so I'm asking the board to approve this okay need a motion to approve so moved second second discussion or questions all those in favor and moving on to reveal map for the the 9th to 12th hello again um for math uh 9 through 12 grade um is seeking approval for re reveal math with McGrath Hill um as the district Core math curriculum for 9 through 12 12th grade um this will give us actual course books textbooks for the content that that we teach which is integrated math 1 2 and 3 um so it's it's curriculum specific to the type of math that we want to teach here um all the teachers have been in a pilot since January the 3 Math teachers here have been using it um exclusively and um they have met with the Publishing Company twice for well actually 3 times for uh different training and input sessions and seeking some different things so we they've done a lot of work with it and testing it out and playing with different areas of the curriculum and they really like the math and what it can do and how how to help with them a little bit more on planning and not having something at least a shell to start with and not doing everything on their own and it will be really helpful considering 1 of the biggest things we're noticing is that students are not seeing problems in the real world they're seeing a lot of problems that they sell but they don't see it in like word problems which the text book can help the teachers with it so with that um we are seeking approval to adopt this curriculum thank you for that just good do we have a motion to approve so moved second second any discussion item or questions all right all in favor say I I just want to comment on curriculum adoption that's been kind of a long time coming and this is the first time we've been able to bring a Core Curriculum in front of the board but as you can see it's a long process that involves teachers involves looking at all the different curriculums out there um in this case in math we had to wait for the state to actually adopt a framework we didn't want to get out in front of that and then have to go buy a new textbook so what's the board we'll see now we have we've now be in a cycle where you'll see a different subject coming in front of the board each year after teachers pilots and curriculum and look at them deeply so I think next up is English write English and then social studies and then science so you'll begin to see that cycle about every 7 years we'll we'll revisit a specific subject area preview of coming attractions excellent thank okay uh approval of sunshine of initial bargaining proposals from the 70 unified Teachers Association Unified School District so as is protocol for the collective bargaining process um teach uh the Teachers Association and the district actually do what's called Sunshine which is make public uh what they plan to bargain uh about and so we had this come to the board last month um to actually make it public and then this month it's back at the board um for your approval and once it's approved that would then begin the bargaining process for the 2627 school year motion to approve so moved second second discussion all those in favor and the reverse the 70 unified to the teachers union kind of address both in what I said but yeah same thing just the other way motion approve move to approve second all those in favor I okay um next item eradication of Grant procurement and program Management Services disposal with school leaders Inc for the California preschool transitional kindergarten in full day kindergarten facilities grant program Charlotte I'm not going to repeat that long 1 but essentially we're asking for ratification because we had to move quickly to apply for this grant uh Charlotte I finished the application last Thursday so this is essentially yeah the deadline so this is essentially School leadership Inc helped us with this process got us all the documentation so we could apply for this so just asking for ratification on the contract motion to approve so moved second discussion or questions all those in favor say I and then ratification of Professional Services agreement with school leadership for anel Adams so this is with same company we're asking for ratification on this contract they are going to be assisting us with filing for hardship funds to hopefully do some repairs to the Ansel Adams Building um that we had in the past because of some of the flooding and damage that we've had so we're asking for approval of this contract that ratification okay let's see motion to approve move to approve second second um discussion or questions all those in favor say I I thank you thank you Andy next item consideration of adoption of resolution uh 25 2615 resolution of intention to form school facilities Improvement District Number 1 of the useem Unified School District Sharp good evening so we have been talking a lot about possibly going out for a bond and 1 of the things when we in our study session was we talked about the sfid or school facility improvement district so this is the first step in being able to show that we're proposing the creation of an sfid um so this resolution taking that will also establish a date time and a location for a public hearing on June 18th going in the direction of setting that up so if we go for a bond we would be able to to go for 1 with just that area for River Gold and coarse gold instead of the entire yusd boundary all right a motion to approve move to approve second second discussion or questions I think we call this drilled into our brains by now um all those in favor say I I thank you thank you okay consideration of a resolution 2025 2026 that's 13 we resolution implementing eliminations that's left and or reduction in force of a particular kinds of certificated Services change so the certificated layoff process is a 2-Step process in March we brought you a resolution to approve a reduction of particular kinds of service for certificated staff tonight we bring you a resolution to implement that reduction that you guys approved in March so we are asking for approval on the resolution motion to approve so moved second second discussion it was a questions all those in favor hi and for the resolution 2021 26-6 implementation elimination lab and or reduction in force for classified Services due to lack of working so the classified laugh process is also a 2-Step process the same thing in March we brought you guys a resolution to approve to reduce classify services for a lot of work or lack of funds tonight we bring you a resolution to implement that reduction so for approval on that resolution motion to approve so moved second second discussion questions all those favorites say hi hi and approval declaration for need a fully qualified teachers 2026 227 so each year the district must submit this declaration of need that teachers Commission on teacher credentialing this declaration outlines specific credentials of need based on anticipated vacancies um and also teacher availability so we are looking for approval on our 2627 declaration of need motion to approve second discussion or questions all those in favor say I I thank you hear me moving on to item 10 information items just to enrollment in this fund report yeah these next 3 items are just information items so you guys have these in your packet but I'll comment on at least the first 2 so District enrollment at this point we are down by 33 students from where we were at this time last year so that's obviously concern right that we're down 33 students compared to about this time last year and then also comment on the discipline report because this is actually better news um the days of suspension at this time now versus this time last year is 140 days less we're getting close to almost an entire School year of you know student Behavior being addressed in different ways than sending them home proud of our staff are doing this work I mean this is just so that's the report on assignments vacancies and qualifying experienced teachers that's just a an annual report that comes to the board and that's typically done just as an informational item it's open to the public and you can see it as well is there any for a second to close session uh next uh Board of trustee meeting will be June 18th here all right and then I need a motion to adjourn the meeting move to adjourn second second all those in favor all right