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Pleasanton USD Minutes Regular Board Meeting August 27, 2019 6:00 PM District Office, Board Room 4665 Bernal Avenue Pleasanton, CA 94566 Attendance Taken at 6:00 PM: Present: Valerie Arkin Joan Laursen Steve Maher Mark Miller Absent: Jamie Yee 1. OPEN CEREMONY ‐ MEETING OF THE BOARD IN PUBLIC ‐ 6:00 p.m. 1.1. Call to Order Minutes: President Arkin called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 1.2. Public Comments on Closed Session Items Minutes: There were no public comments. The Board convened into Closed Session. 2. CLOSED SESSION ‐ 6:00‐7:00 p.m. Minutes: Closed Session adjourned at 7:04 p.m. 2.1. Personnel Actions (Government Code 54957 and Education Codes 44909, 44929.1, and 44954) 2.2. Conference with Labor Negotiator Pursuant to Government Code 54957.6 Agency Negotiator: Julio Hernandez Employee Organization: Association of Pleasanton Teachers (APT) California School Employees Association (CSEA) 3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ‐ 7:00 p.m. Minutes: The reconvened into Open Session at 7:08 p.m. 3.1. Pledge of Allegiance Minutes: New Student Board Member Megan Sloan led the Board and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3.2. Welcome by Board President: Valerie Arkin Vice President: Steve Maher Members: Joan Laursen, Mark Miller and Jamie Yee Page 1 of 23 11.9 Page 1 of 23 Minutes: President Arkin introduced the Board, Cabinet and Student Board Member. Trustee Jamie Yee was not in attendance this evening. Superintendent Haglund introduced all of the Student Board Members for this school year: *Megan Sloan, Amador VHS *Rachel Zhang, Alternate, Amador VHS *Derek Dressler, FHS *Mahi Patil, Alternate, Amador VHS *Mailyna Mayate, Village High School *Tyler Stewart, Village High School *Dahlia Shwan, Middle College *Giancarlo Curoso‐Suarez, Alternate, Middle College 3.3. Student Board Member: Megan Sloan, Amador Valley High School 4. ACTION OF CLOSED SESSION (5 Minutes) 4.1. Report on Action Taken in Closed Session Minutes: No action was taken in closed session. 5. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA (5 Minutes) 5.1. Approval of the Agenda Motion Passed: Passed with a motion by Mark Miller and a second by Joan Laursen. Yes Valerie Arkin Yes Joan Laursen Yes Steve Maher Yes Mark Miller Absent Jamie Yee 6. RECOGNITIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS (15 Minutes) 6.1. Summer School and Extended School Year Minutes: Dr. Janelle Woodward reported out on the following: Good Evening, President Arkin, Superintendent Haglund, and members of the board. Tonight we have the pleasure of recognizing our employee superstars who helped make it possible for 1,311 students to experience a quality education over the summer. I would like to take a minute to give the Board of Trustees a breakdown of our summer school programs. We held an enrichment program at Walnut Grove Elementary School and Amador Valley High school in which 142 students participated in a total of 14 stand‐alone enrichment classes, including Algebra Readiness, Graphic Design, Broadway dance, Page 2 of 23 11.9 Page 2 of 23 Video Production, culinary classes, and more. 112 students participated in the STEAM camp program. In addition, the City of Pleasanton Afternoon camp partnered with PUSD had 46 students participate. The extended school year program was located at Harvest Park Preschool, Walnut Grove Elementary School and Amador Valley High School. 109 high school students, 40 middle school students, and 166 preschools ‐ 5th grade students attended. 245 students participated in Intervention Summer School and English Language Development as part of PreK‐12 Intervention Summer School. The 6‐8 Intervention program was located at Amador Valley High School in which 70 6‐8th grade students attended, 600 9‐12th grade students attended, and with a total of 1003 semester courses being remediated. Last but not least, we had 7 students graduate from PUSD and non‐public schools during the Summer 2019 school term. There were 36 PUSD employees, including certificated and classified team members, that pulled together to serve our students. Those who were nominated were: *Coordinator of Summer Enrichment Programs: Heather Pereira Summer Enrichment Program Leads: *Asst. Director of Pleasanton Adult and Career Education: Beth Cutter *Summer Enrichment Principal, Joshua Butterfield *Summer Enrichment Administrative Secretary, Linda Dentler Extended School Year Leads: *Assistant Director of Special Education, Doris Qwok. *Program Specialist, Vanessa Knight *Special Education Information Systems Specialist, Jessica Mitchell Intervention Summer School PreK‐12+ PreK‐5 Intervention Leads: *Summer School Elementary Principal, Dr. Carla Henderson *Summer School Elementary Vice Principal, Dr. Elizabeth Lyons *Summer School Attendance Clerk, Elizabeth Casarez *Summer School Secretary, Soniya Joshi *Summer School Health Clerk, Chris Faubion Page 3 of 23 11.9 Page 3 of 23 6‐8 Intervention Leads: *Summer School Secondary Principal Jennifer Friesen *Summer School Secondary Vice Principal, Joseph Viviani *Summer School Attendance Clerk, Cyndy Bormann *Summer School Secretary, Coni Miller Behind the Scenes support: *Transportation Department: Laura Peters and Myla Grasso *Graphics Department: Barbara Chapman, Ashley Modar and Alicia Hengst *Custodial Staff: Nubia Garcia and Michael Bettencourt *Warehouse: Martin Israel *Purchasing: Ellen Rebosura 7. ASSOCIATIONS: Representatives from the Associations may address the Board. (10 Minutes) 7.1. California School Employees Association (CSEA) Minutes: CSEA President Laura Martinez was not in attendance as she had a prior commitment. Mr. Derek Psaros spoke on her behalf regarding the following topics: *The Classified and Certificated members have worked hard to open the schools and welcome the students to a new school year. *The Classified members have faced many challenges, with shortages in staff for graphics, warehouse, grounds and SPED, with hopes that various departments will get these important vacancies filled. *The paraprofessionals sub‐pool for SPED is still lacking the people we need to support our vacancies. *There has been much work done with our new Director of Child Nutrition Services, Mary Fell, to help fill staff at full capacity so we can continue to fill the needs of our students. *Active participation from our members is winding down from the Classification Study, as we complete the final stage of their job description review. We look forward to concluding our work with CTC Study Team. *The next step will be the negotiation process after the CTC report is received with the District. *We appreciate and thank the Board of Trustees for your support in the total Compensation Classification Study. Page 4 of 23 11.9 Page 4 of 23 *I want to recognize and thank our members for their hard work and successful launch of the school year. *Thank you and have a good evening. 7.2. Association of Pleasanton Teacher (APT) Minutes: APT President Michelle Verkuilen reported out on the following: *I have stood in awe of our APT members these first few weeks, in our short time, our association members have accessed, desegregated, conferenced, individualized, created, planned, helped, advocated, scheduled and collaborated. They go above and beyond in the time they give. *How do we best support them so they can best support our students? We provide them with a livable wage, that enables them to have a comfortable place to live within their working community, that allows them to provide for their families and to pay for their health benefits. *At the last board meeting, Dr. Haglund noted some of schools Niche's rankings. I'd like to recognize that our teachers were ranked 10 out of 738 districts, as being the best teachers in California. *APT's bargaining team looks forward to negotiations tomorrow to finalize last year's negotiations. *Thank you for your time and consideration in honoring our teachers. 8. COMMUNITY ‐ COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE Comments will be taken at 7:15 p.m., or as close to that time as possible. Minutes: Public Comments: *Linda Wadsworth and JoAnne Eteve shared their thoughts and concerns on the Classification Compensation Study regarding the Library Media Assistant 1 positions. *Steve McCoy Thompson, Executive Director of PPIE: ‐Annual Report, donated over $700K to Pusd schools. ‐Very good August Registration with parent participation rate increased up by 14%. ‐We have a close relationship with our PTA's. We are focused on staff and our parents are entrusting us with their money and agree with what we are funding. ‐Fall GALA will be held on October 11, 2019 at Castlewood. 9. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT (5 Minutes) Minutes: Student Board Member Megan Sloan reported out on a list of accomplishments and upcoming events: Page 5 of 23 11.9 Page 5 of 23 Academics: *Great start to school. *Schedule change deadline has past, so classes are getting settle for the academic year. Activities: *We are currently in the midst of the Aloha spirit week. Today was "class shirt day"! *Aloha Dance is on Friday the 30th ‐ Amador's traditional outside dance. *Leadership has been working really hard on all Aloha activities! *Link crew is doing a great job helping the freshmen feel at home with their year round mentorship program and hosting the Freshman Orientation during summer. *Teachers and students are getting ready for Back to School Night on August 29. *Solar Panel Update: Students are struggling but managing with the inconvenience of the parking situation. The district personnel and administration that has been directing traffic in the morning has been a huge help! I've heard a lot of conversations from students who are looking forward to the new traffic flow in the Santa Rita lot and shade! Athletics: *Fall Sports have all had scrimmages and are embarking on their 2019 season this week: Girls Volleyball, Football, Sideline cheer, Cross Country, Girl's Water Polo, Boy's Water Polo and Girl's Tennis *Practices were canceled and rescheduled due to the high temperatures last week, but teams are back in their practice routine as of now! 10.