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Duluth Trading everyone take very much for attending the Beverly Hills Unified School District regular Board of Education for May 10th 2016 at 5:09 now  Community call to order may I please ask Tina Findlay to lead us in a fight UPS weather 5-day forecast since you're good I was actually looking for you to do the flag salute but I just got here all right we have other things for you what are the do if we have youth in government Republic and number of people here present government to what are we like to do is move to accommodations the recognition you can government super  I think I think we'll start off dr. pepper marketing to participated in collaborate springhills unused and government Jay we have our coordinator special projects for really staying here he's going to prevent symptom information including the proclamation regarding our youth in government day thank you I want to tell you what the an Ethics which month is given to and then Thompson company learn about what it is running a meeting making decisions and then later on we found out that the city council employees who are actually responsible for these decisions were watching they were watching the students needing to televise throughout City Hall and some of the decisions of the season of the decisions that some of the city council is considering I'm proposing as realistic responses to this issue so very exciting to see us stirring up the props abbreviated one stop at Wilshire and La Cienega and the other Wilshire and Rodeo so the surgeons were asked to prepare for the arrival of the purple I'm at La Cienega and Wilshire and they were given a map so here's the axle prompt imagine yourself you look graduated from high school he'll be about 21 years old and may perhaps be pursuing a college education living in Beverly Hills working in downtown Los Angeles even starting a family now and picking yourself at the architect for the future of Beverly Hills do you see the city blocks around the Metro how do you say this is lox stop looking describe your concept for the look and feel of his patients what does the Saab look like how do you attract Beverly Hills residence it's important to anticipate the needs of local businesses restaurant Fridays and residence consideration train from infrastructure development City Planning brickworks public spaces Social Services recreation park marketing Transportation traffic flow information technology and sore throat essays to address this prompt was awesome so I know we have a super hero ever since I'm sure ready for finals tomorrow I'm going to list I'm going to stay all of the names and then when you hear your name if you could just come and prevent yourself in front of the board members and then we'll light up together number take our pictures together that you're going to Facebook a good question thank you. Mayor taking care of us  so did Sargon start with Diane Horace Mann Kobe's from BV Charles Levy from ER how many hacker from Hawthorne Willis zigenfus from Horace Mann show me Rudolph from Beverly Vista Lewistown from El Rodeo Jasper Sandy from Hawthorne's Michelle Isla Horace Mann Clifford from Beverly Vista Alexa honey from ER  Brittany City I'm from Hawthorne Alejandra Bergquist from Horace Mann Joseph Gluckman from Beverly Vista Luke Jankowski from El Rodeo and Malcolm Sue from Hawthorne produce Palace say one more thing because I can't clearly I can't say enough I'll very impressed with the way the decision for to talk about concerns that we have that adults have and they addressed the concerns and one of my favorite moments Republican talking and they're talking talking about budgets in the running numbers and teachers and one of the students said oh yeah we're going to do business in 20 minutes I could okay that'll be four million dollar budget how much is the motor if I was very impressed with you please tell your friends all very impressive you we were all very pleased good job and I'd also like to thank the project to help to implement this wonderful program thank you everything congratulations so now the proclamation to our school board who who will be accepting on behalf of the school thank you president 732 Bedford for individuals in the back if you speed up front we can't have people standing Block in the door so that we have a that's one way to do it come on up front please alright moving back to her agenda have a motion to approve the agenda please order the flu at home Frankie would have been here to see her son honor this evening but cannot make it to see the plan Express her appreciation to the youth in government program thank you  sitting on from report of professions superintendent  thank you president of Goldstein in clothes play some the board took action to non reelect probationary certificated employees identified by numbers w4484 5:08 rg12 43240 aq130 +765-552-758-9588 64342 to RR 36149 +1-421-508-3670 AC 259-976-4022 me 808-679-4743 452 w 06842 606-680-5828 +968-918-083-8313 UT 34064 808 90757 Amistad y m 866-666-5422 code section to 9.21 be effective at the end of the 215 2016 school year and directed by the superintendent for designee to send out a free legal notices on a vote of 5-0 the board also approved a settlement agreement with employee number ga 06374 6 which includes the employees voluntarily resigning as assistant principal of Beverly Hills High School and being reassigned to the position of athletic director on a boat 5 - 0  thank you superintendent going to move into the agenda giving. The comment I just want to make a payment each finger where the number of people who want to read everybody for rules and government code for 3 minutes the time to them also at the end of each item after 20 minutes we're going to close down public speaking on that topic unless anyone else something new to add to the conversation good evening  but if you friends with me the members of the Board of Education District administrator and members of the community my name is Kelly C and I'm a teacher at Beverly Hills High School and speaking on behalf of the Beverly Hills Education Association in two lessons from the past two years ago organized and attended a Board of Education meeting to express to the board that the Educators in the district where the fair settlement in terms of calories the district and BHA were able to work together at the eleventh hour to finalize an agreement and a new era of collaboration trust and teamwork between both side was established one year ago in March 2015 BHA and a bit District came to a consensus 40 Health and Welfare benefit what a bargaining team but later that month the district negotiation team backtrack and said it would not agree to this after all just let your more Oregon Macklemore discussions between DHA the district and a board of education the issue was resolved and an agreement was reached to increase our annual Health and Welfare benefits $1,000 starting 2016/17 the lesson from the past two years are clear one when it came down to it be play and the district in the Board of Education could come together and work things out to the district and the board of education has taken tremendous two-letter Educators deal more value three of the five board members who voted to increase employee salaries and health benefits are still here today Howard Goldstein Noah Margo and Lisa Corbett all NBA thank you  the third and perhaps most important lesson is that miscommunication Above All Else needed to be avoided as negotiations began this school year before the start bargaining the school year the Executive Board of BHA and the bargaining team made sure that they were on the same page as related to what would be bargain What outcomes we open tube and what direction to go stations were going every single month two times a month BAC leadership devote at least an hour discussing bargaining weeks set up a district in the Board of Education we're doing the same and probably for a longer amount of time we trusted the board and the district could be in constant communication with their bargaining teams figure which hosted the process and DHEA made a commitment to be an organization the Board District and a community to trust Oregon classroom side hi I'm Lori Goldsmith I'm a parent at Beverly decide to kids here when in kindergarten and wanted seventh grade and I'm concerned the Kraken size I think that's why a lot of us are here this evening we'd like to keep the classroom sizes on the smaller side obviously so our children can get the one-on-one attention that they need and they don't suffer and their grades say up so I hope you're dressed up this evening thank you Marlboro light outside hey this is my wife I'm a teacher Beverly Hills and I'm speaking on behalf of the Beverly Hills Education Association in regards to try to get break in the Board of Education came through for Beverly Hills play in the areas of celery and Health and Welfare benefits the last two years as result the trust and positive relationship between pH and the district was at a high depressed the past is the reason why when the Board of Education asked to bring the 2016-2017 calendar back to the bargaining table your doctor's already agreed upon the Executive Board of Bata said yeah we can talk about it bapa could have said no and the conversation could have end right there but the leaders of the ATA wanted to work with the district as they had students best interests in mind so they agreed to discuss the calendar the beta Sir Barton Kings met and agreed to a revision of the 2016-2017 calendar when the calendar was presented to the BHA leadership some concerns around the transit pretend paycheck to an 11 paycheck cycle the fact that beta with allowing a single item to be voted on the fact that ETA was not leveraging the district desired Levi's 2017 calendar without getting something in return so distinct that the bargaining team and our president had surveyed our members beforehand and a majority of our men indicated they supported such a change we did not leverage for something in return because one we felt the calendar would benefit all stakeholders especially are deceiving who wanted to work with the district and the board of education for students and the community despite the objections of the small that broke apart of our membership and despite they hit some of us might take American team and present stood firm and kept her promise and commitment to work with the district and the Board of Education in the spirit of trust and collaborate thank you Haven Syfy zombie Apple bapa my name is Ethan Smith and I'm a teacher at Horace Mann school speaking on behalf of the Beverly Hills Education Association in regards to classify the Board of Education discussed the revision of class size and its board see this revision would increase the hard cap of 20 and T3 classrooms 223 parents of the community were in an uproar this would mean immediate 15% increase in classified BHA encourages members trust the Board of Education and the process and her main conference bargaining team had reached an agreement with a different to maintain Kate reclast sizes at 22-1 and allow for twenty first student in kaytree class only when all of the classes of that particular grade level across the district was at 20 as we all know our contract supersedes for policy we were also confident that like DHEA the board of regard is tools and their education has taught her already small classes support student learning we encourage our members not to publicly expressed concerns of the board because this because of it because we knew that the district were to renege on its agreement it would be an unfair Labor practice and at the could get in trouble give him the spirit of trust and collaboration that have been established DHEA chose to give the Jitters and the board the benefit of the doubt the bargaining team on both with an attorney present for the district started to work on a contract language and the district were on their way to agreement that would benefit educators man greatly thank you Leslie theater on classroom size  I listen to the board my daughter zygote Desta Sierra bhusd board members I'm ones always supports efforts of Educators I'm making school because both my parents are teachers and had to deal with class play the increase was very upsetting to them I saw their struggle the teachers at they say I myself was going to classical art class and 5 and so I know the troubles that I had to face I'm writing to you with a plea to start going to consider expand the classroom size increase to keep the limit where it is now last year we moved here primarily to the district because of the class but I know hundred percent as overcrowding my twin my twin space and the previous school was a huge disadvantage to them and they struggled because of it a different for only one year and I could tell difference between my daughter's in a short. Time that they were in the difference because of their performance I feel that each deserve you know that individual attention the top five schools in Chicago with an average of 29 this affordable for both my twins teachers complain because that man's of a working conditions because I could not get all students attention of each proud of her Citra call Chicago Public Schools run on daughter of a local place beside the sense of themselves because I had to Gray's excelled in touch with high on standardized tests so soon as I need imagine how much further on each team would be if they have a few proper attention from their teacher we by no means are Chicago public schools which is something else that I want to point out I feel like you should be ashamed of yourself for considering doing something other horrible for the district and has a reputation United States of one of the best school to put a student's first this is not the first of the policy that it says policy changes you'll have to overlook you have go to other districts I really hope to hear us and consequences Exchange Kim Harley unclassified I'm reading a letter written by fellow second grade parent at Beverly this phone which Echoes my sentiments dear I put on board member I'm writing this letter as a concerned parent I have a second grader going into third grade and a fourth grader going into 5th grade at Beverly this Elementary I want to make sure that our school district the Beverly Hills School District keeps its remarkable reputation class size must remain as small as possible teachers should be able to spend time with each student so that each student can love to learn with too many students even our bets teachers spend more time on discipline teacher is very important to me because of the environment of the classroom because environment of the classroom leads to more productivity and higher level learning from children will fall through the cracks and so sorry my your classroom according to the Washington Post research on the kitchen as well as hundreds of Articles and studies that come across class size is a significant factor in in all aspects of development and learning especially in the Mill Elementary School grade I think we need to give the community some options on how we can achieve Optimum learning within Arkansas we definitely don't want to take any programs away but we need to be creative and handsome solutions for both sides here this is a complicated issue but we live in at 2 to be competitive with the best of the best after studying all of the research these past few weeks online you the board can pretend it doesn't matter but it does barely Nicole Ehrlich Rebecca Kersten on classified I am Becky Hershman and I'm a parent of the second grader at Beverly Vista Heckler & board members the only reason they wanted our sons and overcrowded classrooms can you call you a speech but we absorb the high cost of living in Beverly Hills because education is so important for we love to come part of as ever Seth Rollins here in the classroom every Friday and have supported every fundraiser for the past three years you were part to make TV a great school and back to school board to have the same priorities education student achievement and respect for teachers but inside 73 teachers about tapping class you're not only breaking your promise to them you're breaking your promise to the parents and voters of Beverly Hills who voted to you had our children Enterprise  it is common knowledge that class size is inversely proportionate between the two months I don't think I have to explain all the reasons why but college professor I can tell you from experience that larger class sizes make a teacher's job more difficult and less effective  now I don't have to deal with children who talk back or passes for act up and my CDs already know how to read and write I can't even imagine how hard increase class sizes will be on teachers in that respect what I do know is that a class needs to be at a prize that allows teachers to get to know each student so we can recognize their different instances and learning issues and give them the hell attention but it is our job to provide  obedient taking any students in construction and other Beverly Hills School is to be calm or maybe teachers to be moved from the other school to but our children and their teachers should not be punished for our generosity I'm taking and each other to me it's not that difficult problem to figure out put the money where the children are so he can hire more teachers he keeps class chapter 20  and on another note  you're both very disrespectful and insensitive to change the rules around Beverly Hills teachers to have their children in Beverly Hills cool no doubt the courage many good teachers from applying to teach in our school district I thought was great to treat working parents of school-age children making your life harder and their options more limited and it's another slap in the face procedure for the ones is great as they are location Sharon a cigar call. I am Sharon extra. a parent at Horace Mann at three kids my oldest is in kindergarten first I'd like to think email transparent and communication is really important share information through word-of-mouth and God says that's when the fierce dark so I hope that this is the beginning of a lot more open communication that we can have with one another I think we're all on the same to you we want the best schools that we can have where proteins are report Pro students I'm really concerned and disappointed about the class size and the news about technology I know that in your email you had to explain about technology in the pot and  I understand the Common Core the not required of digital literacy and the teachers are getting trapped I just can't imagine a classroom with more children and now the teachers be responsible for teaching more technology and I have to tell you personally was so disappointed first of all I was so excited to go to my kids open house f******* and my husband and I were ready to ride the big fat track for technology and we did but I have to tell you I would throw a stop when I walked into my kids school Wednesday to volunteer like I do every Wednesday and hear the technology was just cut some more in the school was discount everyone was on a high from open house and then and I don't know what happened but I you to know going back to communication the more things are communicated the more you guys are out front I think that it will increase a lot of the sphere Aaron's app we can all work together at said this before when I spoke up here I know you guys inherited a budget has a lot of inefficiencies in it and that's not your fault but I'm really thinking about the younger guys the young Gunners because you know that affects my kids and I know a lot of your kids have grown up so I'm just reminding you again please let's not take this out on our young let's give him the smaller class sizes you know let's not take away so many of these programs and give them the same opportunities that you know I had when I thank you for opening your hearts and listening to me and I look forward to seeing a lot of Chase thank you Elena Crow on Southside I am a lot of crow and it's a pleasure to be here and thank you guys for your service I imagine this is job on my family and I live in Beverly Hills my daughter and Karen friends and she does Beverly Vista and she's been there for you so on  you know I guess I'll start off by saying that my my family and I are only living here because my daughter gets I believe this guy and John you know we're all paying the heavy premium and housing costs as I'm sure you guys understand you know that's the 30% the rest of this decided town  so alive open there for years and while her grades are very good he is a good student email we supplement with tutoring and Mathnasium and all kinds of things to help her in school because there's only so much that Mom and Dad can do after stay at work late so the original sizes for all the reasons that have been so eloquently put where is evenings but mainly I think she is trust and how such a critical issue could sort of bees handled by just a few people is is talking to me and that's why I'm there today you no end and no I I I guess I'm guilty for not really understand all the issues in being present at all the board meeting if you know that's my responsibility as a parent but at the same time I only need it for this issue until a parent Center mass email out that look what's happening and so I feel like this issue because it's so critical should have been flagged and perhaps you should have had forums about this  that's really at midnight so I would beg you to reconsider and because I feel like if I'm moving in this direction and then it will just open up the floodgates for more potential class and princes and we'll all be here in six months eight my 12 months from now with a famous or so thank you The Courier hi there my name is like zecharia my wife and I both went to Beverly Hills School siblings went to Beverly Hills schools and our kids are now first graders at Beverly Vista we are extremely disappointed with the direction this new board is taking voted this board on in on the promise that they would do everything in their power to promote smaller class sizes investment Superior technology provide facilities and do all they could to support our volume teachers instead just months into their into their term this board is that the nuclear option of increasing class sizes by the 2017-18 school year did boards grand plan is to increase class I 223 kids also they can fire a teacher's and save $800,000 it's purely a money grab and it's a bit extreme disregard teachers and students Craigslist  the board is already Stripped Away critical supports are kids and teachers heavily relied on which included teacher's assistants the English language learner program and reading specialist and this proposal would further diminish was it the district in every way this move by the board is destructive and an example of uninspired leadership so here we are the schools are crumbling support systems are being eliminated and teacher layoffs are in an eminent what do we do we need to raise money and it's Our obligation as parents and community members to raise it we need to learn how other districts and other do it and take note Manhattan Beach Public Schools for example for their wine auction and other events raise over four million dollars a year Beverly Hills races less than a million  Loyola High School shut down the road raises 1.3 million with a single charity event a naturally one school  yeah we have nothing of real significance in place and bake sale simply won't cut it this one is on Ice Terrace my wife and I want with the Coalition of other concerned parents and Community leaders and the VHF are going to spearhead a campaign to raise an additional $800,000 in the next year  our first meeting is already on the books for May 26th and it's acrid is now taking shape for this to happen however if the board has to put their swords down the Board needs to put doctor and if it into increase class sizes at least 2 years and join it will take a concerted effort but together we can and will do this thank you alright we're now over 20 minutes I don't want to cut anybody's short so I'm going to call turn name if you have something in the dick bad please feel free to come up and fix Steven Cutler  I'm okay  Joker Fletcher the Third Mexican I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak and I plan to keep this short as you may recall I spoke at the last board I am the topic is the same there a few points at others haven't raised raped wrongly that I'd like to raise first of all the reason I'm here is on The Beverly Vista parent my daughter is getting ass nominal education at Beverly V one of the reasons that we live in own a house in Beverly Hills excellent education here in fact it's the primary reasons in many of the other discussion you'll see there a large number of Beverly Vista parents here that's because what we can do here is the increase of trap cards with hits ever leave it strong and hard it because it's the school not under construction can my daughters getting an excellent education doesn't seem to me that uneven even if there's a 23 caps constitute an equal education then I'm a lawyer by trade and I am things also taught law classes that was an Adjunct professor I had the privilege to teach seminars most of my seminars were 8 to 14 doing with 8 to 14 you can imagine the interaction involve I also know having taught a class with about 25 students at that interaction goes down should be no situation under which something to happen where there are four examples 19 students and Hawthorne class and students are moved into that's why I have to have 22 in case you're three it differently but that simply isn't Equitable and it doesn't help to better get to children who cares what anybody else hi I heard wonderful things about a 50 screen million-dollar bond proposal Farm proposals aren't free there's a limited borrowing capacity and there's an annual maintenance to find proposals I love the idea of increasing technology in this District most children have their own technology most children have iPads laptops but if they don't have them let's have a program to subsidize that that might be 2000 a million 2 million dollars before we before we in Zapped 53 million dollars which comes out at the property owners pocket and they'll have to are in a technology program let's make sure that class size is kept to a level where children get a primary let's not replace teachers with computer screens first and foremost can teachers have the largest influence on a child education are there everyday teachers nurture computer screens don't I love the technology but let's get our priorities right thank you very much Gabby radomski and find you please keep your comments to the new additional information thank you my name is Gabrielle radomski and the third grade teacher at Beverly Vista Webster second and fourth grade at Jesus for 16 years of second third and fourth Fred's open education specifically in our educational support systems including El Librarians and now Technologies class size and teacher responsibilities I am concerned about the recent board and District decision dsusd Educators and parents out of Technology tractor where are the board study sessions on these issues what is the reason are we keeping in mind or students and their education I believe that the teachers have been discussing class size increasing to the first mentioned at the board meeting on March 8th and April 4th I'm not going to read the letter but we wrote a letter to the board and superintendent then published in the Beverly Hills so I encourage you to read it we stated far feelings are opinions as Educators and how we found them turn children I would like to know that the board change the policy from 20 to 1 - 23 - 1 Beverly Vista in kindergarten pre-kindergarten receives a prostitute classes from 16 to 19 it is a big concern teachers who have the smaller class sizes are standing with us and understand our position with a different 221 next to take food and I just want to make that point clear that yesterday even if he has a small classic that are calling to have an entire classes are having a harder time and it is a lot more work and I just question teachers were in this conversation thank you Polly Bergen set a reminder to get the information to me to take it thank you very much my name is Carl Sagan and I'm currently a second grade teacher at Beverly Vista school I've been teaching in our district since 2007 in a general education classroom Elementary Middle School let the testing for later at our school site I also serve as the great level specials for 2nd grade in addition to being very involved in our district I have 3 children under 6 with one currently attending kindergarten at the editing  the reason I'm here today is to explain my points regarding class size and teacher permit speak in the flashlight in the last month policy was made to lift the cap and class size and allows 43 classes to be increased to 23 - 1 is already been a 21st child added to my own son's kindergarten classroom in kindergarten first second and third grade classrooms 21 children is far too students learning expectation of school that will stay with them for their entire School career over the years I've seen the removal of AIDS and reading intervention specialist increasing the number to make a tree classroom will make it difficult for these young minds to learn the basics of Reading Writing and arithmetic  second Ricky 7 standard and the river that is involved in teaching our kids today increasing class sizes Wilmington impossible forever to get here LOL to make it that much more challenging to get every child ready to move forward to the next grade and the last year is too scared to roll down from Upper Grade to the lower grade play free transportation for the younger students we have a greater responsibility to not only expose our students the contest but haven't mastered the skills for the state test can you start earlier in preparing them for at this advance in the younger grades since Evergreen Mills apartment working for many years special education teacher I know how important it is provide students with the least restrictive environment didn't have the right to be included in the general education environments to the maximum extent I stated in their individualized educational program or if we increase class sizes this leads restrictive environment only becomes more impacted and negatively affected with the increase the amount of students who qualify for special education services I'm concerned that this will make it provide essential differentiated instruction for the Dever child can reach his or her potential next I do understand being physically found it makes sense to be sure that do what happened last year open another classroom just to serve a handful of students I feel we can achieve this by looking at our moment over the summer and making sure that there is a pay for incoming students since many students join us in the middle of the Year let's be financially responsible by making sure we do not max out nearly every classroom before the year begins finally some schools of replacing an increase in class size due to the fact the School site is not undergoing construction there are also four passes that pop up with more physical space even though. specifically BT's for her second grade hallway potentially some classrooms to get 13 or 14 students While others might be a 22 or 23 I cannot see how she thinks 13 students would be the same as teaching 23 the severity is already happening in the 4th and 5th grade classrooms at Beverly Vista where they always had the higher number in another full site we need to change purse language so they we are sure there is equity among the school's I will not move my attention to teacher permit if the board of the direction of the Void if removed from her permit I am very concerned that we will make it more difficult for teachers to do their jobs the accessible before and after will fasting help I will make it much more challenging to be involved in treating hemorrhoids after cities some truly amazing educator we would not be able to fruit or retain highly qualified teachers in the future I meant no many teachers myself included who were well beyond the school day to ensure their classrooms are ready for the instruction that will I'm fine if he checked out of work at the end of the day to pick up their children and other school districts they will not be able to perform their job to the best of their ability Dental Altima tire for the sub days do the calendar differences between districts also teachers may not even decide to apply wear District if they cannot have their own children attender the decision to cut teacher permits will be detrimental to the teaching staff and the community and we may never recover  furthermore Happy Teachers me happy students and happy Parents Maryland Tam author of the happiness Choice states that when people aren't happy with their jobs or their employer they don't show up incident they produced and their work quality suffer Gretchen Rubin off of the author of the best-selling Happiness Project says a workplace is far likelier should be a happy place when policies are in place to ensure that people regularly get acknowledgement and prayed for a job well done and where people feel that their happiness at work matter to them when we have our children going up around after your happy when we are happy we will be more productive when I work while I freeze when there's a perv students get a better teaching at our school score for the opportunity to send our children to the Beverly Hills Unified School District I want to personally thank the board for allowing us to give our own children this your education in closing let me reiterate my points number one increasing the number of students in the class will make it difficult for you to learn the basics of number to increasing class sizes will make it much more difficult to differentiate instruction to ensure every child is ready move forward to the next grade number 3 I understand the need to be financially responsible but we need to look at the bigger picture to save room for the influx of students in the middle of the Year number for we need to be sure that there is in Popeye the schools are District Number 5 if we remove teacher from it will make it difficult to do their jobs we will leave some truly amazing educator tell me will not be able to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers in the future number 6 happened teachers me happy students and parents and number 7 or teachers are very grateful for the Stefano children to be at UFC with information I hope you'll accept a conceptual agreement that was reached by the bargaining team regarding last Byzantine for permits thank you for time Carly Reagan proud second grade teacher the Beverly Hills Unified School District and mother-of-three future graduates of Beverly Hills unified RPV Beverly Hills class of 2028 class of 2013 class of 2033 Quizlet mark Molly Peterson thank goodness but if you did on behalf of the Beverly Hilton vacations Association and regards the broken promises at the bargaining session last April the district now I could not sign off on the agreements that were made on class side in addition the district also stated it could not sign off on the agreement made regarding permits children of employees in the district when there was no reason given financial implications have been brought up here in there but up until actor David did not respond to bapa request to meet and discuss by The District's interpretations of the numbers in the budget were so different from by going back on the agreement already made regarding class size and permit the district is put in Jeopardy agreements made and several other that's including the 2017-2018 2018 and 2019 calendar improvements in the working conditions of substitute teachers a long-overdue increase in compensation for substitute teachers with the loss of countless instructional hours due to our significant Subs Shore the district backing out of these agreements have far-reaching consequences that affect all of us in this community particularly didn't and verification The District in the Board of Education are stating that there was miscommunication between their team and the board and regard what was happening at the bargaining table and that their negotiations team made a mistake but these are not mistakes you can fix by saying who let's start over these are mistakes that need to be fixed by working together and keeping promises and commitments that have been made just like VA Afghan time and time again  now it's May and we have an opportunity  the situation is a big test for all of us what state does the positive working relationship between DHEA and the district at stake is the welfare of our Educators and substitute teachers Upstate is what it means to make and keep a promise Integrity most importantly at stake is the education and well-being of our students we have one final schedule bargaining date and it is for this Friday Friday the 13th it is imperative that batam the district just like it has in the last few years come together work together to do cast for educators and students  and I don't know how to turn the ending the magic  the opportunity to turn this into the district's finest hour so let's make that happen you  Paris all of us are together in this challenge will you meet us halfway call Melanie Foster hi my name is Melanie Ford service we like many of family from Beverly Hills primarily for the benefit of having our children attend Superior school with small class sizes and back of the Line Warner Avenue School news to Beverly Hills because of the 20 to 1 ratio versus LAUSD 24 to 1 ratio Beverly Hills was seen as a refuge from overpriced private school an underserved public schools of Los Angeles what we're finding is that that superiority of Beverly Hills schools is a myth over the past years we've observed be short coming to Basic School in pet Necessities appear to be luxuries in the district that used to financially able to financially insulate itself from the limitations of State funding donating copy paper markers and paper towels from day one I could not believe it in this District in this city we were asked to provide the most rudimentary of the then we find the PTA and bats to help further bolster District shortcoming providing for the Arts and Technology and even specialize instructors for for these programs and all the while we see nothing being added by the district to help our children maximize their academic potential bills at least we had smaller class sizes for a motivated and supported teacher could attend to their students unique needs now even that is in Jeopardy next formal technology education for middle schoolers and it being severely limited if not eliminated arkaden 5 students yes it may be delivered in another format with poor teachers Lisa Technologies  but that is not how to back to Bella Park students in this Society limiting access to Dedicated technology education is certainly a retarded decision by our board and superintendent I do not know how to District maneuver to talking about the financial mess that they cannot provide the superior education and for our students are children deserve but no long-term vision and solution for bringing the agency that the status at once house as others have mentioned it hurts our students The Prestige of this district and City and the values of the value of homes we have sacrificed to purchase to be able to not only Mass to academic rigor and standards of LAUSD school but it's eat them are district to the competing with the private schools in the not LAUSD can we certainly should not be trailing la do when it comes to Preparing our students for success I hope the vision of our board and superintendent is not to further cut programs in this District already suffering I hope you for key awareness and dedication to build a district to be a shining example of public education I hope that you could not raise the level of our active standards schools in the area but you also invest in providing we must maintain smaller 20 - 1 and we must provide Superior technology education instead of cutting computer lab boots for K through five with the board did this week most importantly our teachers need to know they are supported and valued by the district they can provide our program with the education and the guidance and the support they deserve since you China Poland Cedar Finance  hi my name is Anna Poulin I go to Beverly Vista sixth grade middle school I scarcely made a petition to save technology and get it back with a really important class for school I got are 200 people to sign it and that it just in 1 hour PlentyofFish Alexandria Pawn do you want to bring up the positions okay I think it's a beautiful and the kids zipline Church in the beach address to save them technology classes and I can remember to school in Middle School's acknowledging I just like to fly these cry when I hear they all front of the Jets you kids who would be affected but invite him technology classes in here we are talking about almost 3,000 seats in Elementary School and Middle School's when you're implementing can you pick knowledge you don't start doing anything technology teacher I think it's a slap in the face I think it's a slap in the face of OT technology compared to hire another mutated director receipts Lane just for people who make over 400,000 in a year and I think it's a slap in the face of OT care so ask for another woman. billion dollars in me to college access now I would like the safe to keep it going to both electric practice and cool acknowledge across the kids breakfast and they're in the classroom only to class the TVs and everything we are using today in our workspace only two classes exam opportunity to go to high school and text to you Spanaway to start in high school in I know by going to interviews and conducting interviews in Austin conference room how Microsoft Works knowledgeable do that are you ready learning management today we don't want our kids to be behind I need a research on oldies to dance in Eatonville we like to say we don't compare yourself to others know we do because it keeps moral become seat she's older graduated from sanctimonious and somebody in the Orange County of Sacramento in a movie about space Orange County needle School directions Computer Applications to Computer Applications of three Advanced Middle School Los Angeles theater book Middle School elective Copa do the Palms yearbook which is made available in the end of the year they take for the council's then to use computers in beer production block and lot of computer imagination to compose Pages for the yearbook next time Phantom or you could use today if not Cathedral School Middle School application Club deals on keyboards fusing skills such as the chief sixth and seventh grade can you prevent yourself application in hoodoo word processing inspection in web page development and I can continue this because have this closet and just to pay for my personal professional experience and I do realize it's all latest programs 30 million just fine tools hurts you have to keep the classes as they are you have to Kurt teacher to teacher in the small plastic step stools that you are abusing him in when they're too comfortable remember you are the teacher you cannot overcome our teacher on top of everything they have to repeat every day with new tools and I'm doing this with my voice everyday I'm about to smoke teams with the program as professional and then we see if you can can you have anything original to this but nothing but another future moms and once I receive that in trailers our problems are going down high school was that the status of improvement from last year in on top of we are using this search the trailer for May 6th mileage before 30 million it's like leaving a trailer but Vines fanciest horny download examples of team up to know  I just believe in star steppers song experience in blank invitations and I really believe that you would season and keep our technology yearbook classes in elementary school and middle school received class pictures I want to say get play for their time in the public comment we went a little longer than anticipated I want to give everybody opportunities on the matter go with damn public comments is closed and we are now moving on please don't run out of here just yet we have an accommodation recognition of our student board member so may I have a motion to approve resolution 2015-2016 dad 0 3 8  the Beverly Hills Unified School District revegetation resolution 2015-2016 10038 is presented to Shawna. Whereas, dude a senior at Beverly Hills High School served at student member of the Board of Education June 2015 through May 2016 and we're at Shawna Duke electric by his high school peers with student rep Brockton from The Beverly Hills Unified School District and where at Pizza fills his leadership role in a professional manner diligently keeping informed all issues and we're at son with the strong advocate for empowering Devil Hills High School students and we're at son was intelligent bright spokesperson for all student super knowledgeable, and meaningful contributions to the board meeting now therefore be it resolved that the Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education. bike immense, dude for his contributions to the Board of Education as a student representative with its resolution presented this 10th day of May 2016 signed by the superintendent and all five board members the two dudes thank you for your service Bianca  Super Mario looking to say about on this Urdu I wrote it on the card you're about to give them all right they're not start up  tonight I just that say it was really a pleasure serving with you the last board member Josh change was engaging and delightful and you were Martin Short is that I want to thank you for making us proud and shining and you're off to Harvard am I right Sanford how do you made the right he made the decision to stay in California but do turn down Harvard it's their loss and Stanford's game so I wish you every success and I know you'll be in California silver that's once in awhile alright good luck with everything night gives herbs with affection the resolution says it all but I just want to say you've said a high standard for the next student member good luck  Sean I gave my comment to Presley don't have to wait till the end of the week or what I had to say about you but I do on behalf of the board in the superintendent like to put those this envelope on you May cover probably 1 textbook at Stamford superintendent thank you is announcement congratulations I'm sure Stanford well off for those who don't know Sean was accepted to Princeton University Harvard University Stanford University and the USB but congratulations I also at this time would like to make the announcement that Sean was just named a National Merit scholar which is actually faster population of song  and I do consider it an honor to have gotten to know you over the last sky's the limit for you off you go anywhere to sit on the floor almond seriously for really engaging name of the person that are taking played for years ago I tended my first board meeting at a middle school president didn't really know what was going on in member those discussion of should we drug test our students are not and and and it was really fascinating for me and I was like why their student sitting up what would that group of a dolphin's enemy I knew something I want to be a part of I didn't know much else and it was a group of adults and some weird seeing him sitting there so as time went on there's a lot of stuff going on especially the Tune board member during that time. And finally the time came when I could run for election then I kind of just went for it and I knew I wanted it and it really has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my high school career I remember one of my first ever one work meetings you had a discussion on who do the high school principal and I remember coming into the board there was a lot of talk about the board micromanaging the district and I was like nnw recommendation made to hire someone and that recognition didn't go through it in my mind I was like oh what everyone else right was there really with micromanagement I went on as I got on the board I realized it's not a micromanagement it's just that everyone on this board genuinely cares about the students and it's really trying to put the students first at every and I make it so important to realize I think I think that everyone community in Ferb search for made such an impact on my life the board the administration for children's children learn a different races to ancestry have to be purpose of a fat so what child who may be just transferred into our district is very unsure of them so don't have a lot of friends there not performing up to live with h the two months in the year of the show these tremendous rates of growth that the effective Educators and will take that child and move them in the appropriate placement as well children who Perhaps Perhaps replace a little bit too high they're not achieving well it's affecting your self-esteem so the educator would take them down to the level it's really a question of these they consider driving in on each into a child and giving them exactly what they need and we should call that the oven floor with Groove just because your pussy in one particular group does not mean that you stay there  are there good night with the King. Groceries way back when we actually had high middle and low in 4th and 5th grade yes we did we have we have three teachers E-Trade level in YouTube I remember though it was the collaboration of the three grade level teachers that really prefer I did some excellent because again is a child started in low and showed to do better we move them up until 4 not as well as boring treatment for regular coming for from Redford and for consistency and all of our t-shirts thank you  well I do have some comments about this pseudo in Surprise football  I want to thank dr. Tedford and her staff so this proposal to restore rigor and challenge intervention and advancement and progress monitoring to our math curriculum  see if it's in his kiss program is implemented successfully we should be on track to bring our school district back to academic prominence so I'm very very pleased and appreciative  can in the to my comment understand that I want to be positive and helpful  that may not agree with my comments but I want to offer them spirit  first of all I want to say that I agree with that carries of concerns current  Common Core program and I have two additional concerns for your consideration the first pills sing in a quality of instruction currently being delivered to our students district-wide as a result of rhetoric variances into classrooms effectiveness I think that needs to be addressed whether we keep this programmer improvements  how does my second concern Hughes assigning students of all lassitude group work in homogeneous classroom because you called differentiated instruction is inconsistent from teacher to teacher evaluation of Indy Reads the individual student progress is difficult finding any of that the learning process more advanced than less Advanced through these integrated  Critter more  those educational and assessment shortcomings of the group I'm home with Genie is classroom I believe will prove inconsistent with the objectives of the math placement active 2015 regarding the selection of the new map program  I will have to reconsider the choice of your because it is a refined form of Common Core  I am going to pass chart look at this chart Publix by educates and I shouldn't have said that you prefer to your college before you deserve phone okay Planet public education for grade 1 through 8 as you can see from the green bar Eureka is the only one that is can aligned to Common Core vintage hero also aligned with group work and homogeneous classroom and not sufficiently rigorous for challenging  in recommending Eureka  when I get to do some may be wrong but it may be that some teachers are inclined simply implying towards retaining Common Core maybe the others Wonder with what is the furthest burdensome process of real change and maybe that other prefer they use your work clothes  the walrus education provider core knowledge recommend to elementary math curriculum they are text Elementary School Maps  Singapore map  set the recommended Singapore math addition there many Fierce era the distance from Singapore Math the one they recommend is primary mathematics definitely not Math in Focus it's like I'm pissed I can send you a copy of this if you like if staff really wishes to pursue its recommendation of Eureka over Singapore primary math for Saxon  I would need a comparison of specific areas between between these programs and reasons why the recommended program is superior age area  but once again I compliment you and I really appreciate what you've done we will explore his other programs Miss Justice think we will explore those programs will make sure that we are looking at the correct version of Singapore Math we will also look at Faxon Elementary we did not look at that for thank you for the recommendation we are happy to explore that bring that to you Singapore away from message play Doctor Pepper this evening we got a lot of catching up technology and Technologies in the classroom send this to be a minister online William Eureka we actually would provide teachers with a hard copy find you're going to have manipulative and the bucket list for help of opportunities and options okay fun and stuff down the fact that it's lying to the Common Core state standard what is a math educator I'm reading about it like it is for focus and I'm planning on Sundays from now have sex for four got into it and it is weird and problem a very similar to The Common Core so again I will be interesting to see when you bring it in Final it's more of an outline form here to get her to take on anything else other than worth exploring on the curb it brings up some pictures of I appreciate you turn into that so we can get those to help him out there is nothing wrong with it they look at all the options for the theater but it sounds like the math department heads and folded and found it to be most beneficial program for students moving forward Spokane the articulations on describe it will really include a robots interaction between teachers nk5 yes and that's an area that we do I don't want to save it. But we do more of that then what we do but I'm recommending here with this I really want to see grades four and five articulates I want to see great cyprian for articulation Church articulate don't provide enough of that and it's the Wednesday morning to pick up so quickly and forgot for a reference in this proposal why we needed not just for the transition to 5th to 6th between oh and we were fine but it's because we've identified that are from one grade level to the max about that Core math free which is why I looked at that in this proposal and so I think someone breaks facts on a regular basis for the starting point that I have to tell you I think we still need to reflect out the details of that you are correct that we can't get enough of that and I building that Aunt on a regular basis will be both challenging and essential because when I talk to 6 and 7:30 to drink a lot of District the cross the sixth grade teacher has said without a great number so I suggest not strong that they come in a little bit weaker than they had expected grade teachers the point is I guess it is only good for circulation to take her Benadryl would like to see happen to see your point I'd like to see the fifth grade teachers really articulate you know I did perfectly because I like what I like happens is assertive checks and balances you know how am I doing now that they've gotten to you in 6th grade for example and I teacher who does that with the 5th grade Team every year how are my students doing are missing anything that articulation is fair but I think it needs flip it and schedules on a regular basis for third grade teacher years ago was feeling badly about her performance and to know what more I could do to talk to the fourth grade teacher and she's like well no but ironically a parent who had her third and whose kid was fourth had both into the fourth grade teacher and got a laundry list of things she felt that her child came in unprepared so I gently sent a who told Renee here's what I heard this on my God I feel relieved I'm going to go talk to that fourth grade teacher and she did and she said the best ion Center for Hershey we're not mind-readers information to know what the next size thinking of the performance is there a way you know when I read your proposal is leaning towards now go to Singapore I understand that Eureka an online thing I kind of feel that Singapore and it's like you know it's it's been there done that I'm not that's absolutely correct but I also want to go back and make sure that we're looking at the version of Singapore that mr6 recommended because I'm not sure that we have and so I want to verify we've actually done that we would buy hard copy Services Park top and it did between online access teacher passes over to have those will be anything further  thank you, I just like to publicly thank the Border excellent comment about this proposal and I'd also like to mention especially the mistress if I thought your comments were very very cerebal and I do that I use to supplement my. So I'll be happy to take a hard look at it and I really volunteer comments thank you board policy 15.1 math placement okay we get we do and I know that two of us are on a time crunch here so we're going to try who's the first meeting so I have 6 minutes left I think I have to leave yesterday I'm excited yeah I'll make it really brief I just want to know why are they have a problem with it being intentionally so Meghan so up to the teachers because I think I think when when when the when the legislation was passed in Sacramento the intention was to kind of highlight and makeup processes if you're in eighth grade and you want to be in honors math or whatever this is these are the requirements you need to meet or a combination of these requirements so that there wasn't any ambiguity and features kind of subjective about who who was like mother than who wasn't in kind of like to make it fair and clear throughout the district and in The Proposal intentionally left very vague and up to the teachers for each grade level courts is a fairly lengthy document and in fact for revision on that and so . I also share with you what wasn't happening that this policy prompted the diagnostic assessment survey for coming status is were implementing not across the board for grades seven through up through High School it doesn't exist where do you think the level test is another objective criteria as well as State Testing on I will share with you the truth happening before coming so they're not always useful for placements or you do not really as a backup to confirm placement and if their tubes or perhaps marginal we can use that as well as another I could pray. But each course has its own specific criteria is very objective the language that I asked asked to take out of their documents number of students in their policies that went like this didn't have some work habits very productive or chemistry analytical skills to remove subjective language that remains seat recommendations and Grey's Anatomy and subjective criteria point that we're allowing to remain in any of the in-house documents and happy to throw those in help documents the pressing need in this particular case that has prompted some sleep and posted on our district website for the fall added to their you'll notice it says grade 5 through 9 and this is going to come to Temple for acceleration that we talked about in the program proposal so we will be looking at assessing students in grade 5 at the beginning of the year in order to potentially qualify for grade 6 on or what I also like doing stuff to the end-of-grade for as an additional measure and so we're looking at that as well. for grade 5 and really all the way up to require getting a day's diagnostic replacement  any other requests couple quick questions on the exhibit or the paper criterias order is there is no particular order and infect the liberated that I have them numbered for the randomly an employee of Nathan can you pull up playing not necessarily prioritize by not having an order acceptable with the Avatar babies it's not going to uniform and it's it's it's not in an order that will eventually the same technique do you use to Value 82 but I'm praying for are we going to go if one year you won't decide that the teacher recommendation is going to be the first obviously have to proceed stop in the first week I don't know why Define program recommended my second question we looked in our fifth grade special as well so that was before the cast test people opt out of that so I'm do I not have any of these remaining. add language for happy to do that area that we do have available obviously we use the criteria we have on the students transferring it's for kind of not necessarily have everything that is listed in it I just I want to make sure I really he was okay with the ambiguity of the order price. Comfortable with a lot of put on teacher with zipper you can't tell me because of the teacher recommendation so long as we understand it may or may not be number one criteria being you is going to be a criteria I'm good thank you very much. Yes I do have a few questions first of all I just want to have an understanding because I see an exhibit and I feel board policy is easy understand blessed with math placement access inflation it with is this an ed code  great question so the math placement act legislation required the components you see in the exhibit however cspa board policy that lives in our opinions and in fact when I texted her different Arkham person to search including they had an additional document either or an administrative regulation and Siri have an accompanying document naughty a policy or anything that requires and therefore we provided an exhibit will then let me ask this question on the exhibit  which you explain really reflux it cold or okay  they're very clear the district will take into consideration the following multi academic measures identify how can that be left out of our buffalo Mo hoverboards if they specify all these because the board policy is not the implementation generally it's an exhibit or an administrative regulation that is implementation and if you did I know you no more policy and administrative regulations that is often the case policy of the General Lee with the general reference to Ed code and the administrative regulation or exhibit 10 specific implementation play absolutely meant to post since I have a couple of other questions full of jectors academic Majors one of them is  to take into consideration cast cell  parents have the right to opt out of the cab don't think so that's a little confusing to me so  selected opt out of using this as a negative pi understand so if a parent off to that account for any of the remaining that are listed and what's the criteria are that you must include objective criteria only  exhibits .3 under the current Guardian pull recourse for challenging  .3 parents and Guardians they sign a waiver requesting the pupil be placed in the next play another word promoted as I understand this against the professional recommendation of the administration and we must go along with it as well accreditation  several years back and much too I would venture to guess our boards for tracing as well required to have a policy in which students could override into a class against the recommendation of the teeth open and Open Access remember that from you go and you'll notice I only have that ladies at the high school level and that specific positive, dates the law requirement for accreditation  thank you  alright snow for the rain Cory homesaver 5940 Phantom professional 3 showbiz unless you approve the arena verbatim 15a directions to approve of agreement for government Consulting Services of America Custom Cakes on the Tabor I have a free zero communication from board members Oxford Michigan to say thank you all one more time I'll still see you on Thursday so cousin our last time together but been really great year so thank you pray thank you not exactly I'm good but thank you all in that case we are ignorant thank you everyone

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