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Kellen Salampa, a history teacher at Gladstone Middle School, said Galloway had been asked not to return and \"was not given a reason\" or an opportunity to improve; Salampa urged the board to ask for a reason. Multiple students spoke in support: Joel Gonzales and Andre Jimenez described Galloway as an effective and caring teacher who helped students feel safe and succeed academically. Parents including Yvette Jimenez and Sylvia Gonzales described Galloway as an asset to their children’s education and said his presence had improved attendance, academic engagement and student confidence. Student speakers including Kailani and Esperanza Corona asked the board to consider student input and said they feared losing a teacher who made class engaging and who served as a GATE instructor and DLI (dual-language immersion) teacher; Esperanza asked whether a DLI-qualified replacement had been identified.

John Mark Galloway addressed the board in public comment and thanked supporters. He described collaborative work with colleagues during a serious campus incident earlier in the year and said he and others built trust with students through shared supports and programming such as boys’ groups.

Later in the meeting, during reports, Superintendent Arturo Ortega summarized recent student walkouts and praise for site staff’s handling of them but said the district cannot \"continue to sustain\" staff joining or officially supporting walkouts. Ortega announced that effective immediately the district will no longer accompany or join student walkouts; per board policy, students who walk out may be subject to discipline and will be unaccompanied. Ortega said staff and families will be notified and that the district will seek other channels for students to express voice.

The transcript records emotional public testimony and requests for transparency about staffing decisions. Speakers repeatedly said they had not been given a reason for Galloway’s nonrenewal and asked the board to reconsider or to provide rationale; the transcript does not record any board response on the teacher’s employment status during public comment. No personnel vote, hearing or formal personnel action occurred on the public record during this meeting.

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Jenny Wiebe, Director of Community Schools, told the board restorative practices such as community circles and peer mediation are central tools to foster belonging and to repair harm. Wiebe said the work includes training for classified staff and teachers so the whole campus — secretaries, library aides, instructional aides and security staff — understands trauma-informed approaches.

Julie Lara, a special-education instructional aide at Paramount Elementary, described how the training has changed her daily practice: greeting students each day, offering restorative choices instead of punitive responses, and using positive language to create a safer classroom climate. Wiebe also summarized research by Dr. Dana Mitchell, who conducted 83 student and staff interviews; Wiebe read student comments describing community circles as a way to connect to peers and to address intergenerational trauma.

Board members applauded the presentation and asked the district to consider sharing the work more broadly. Board Member Grier suggested developing video or other media to explain restorative practices to parents and the community; other board members thanked staff for the work and recommended continuing community circles at school events such as coffee-with-the-principal.

No formal board action or policy change was taken at the presentation; the item was a report to the board. Staff said the district plans to continue training and expand restorative practices and trauma-informed care across sites.

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Superintendent Arturo Ortega told the board that Taylor Morrison, the buyer for the former Powell Elementary School site, requested additional time to complete due diligence because of unexpected delays; a first amendment to its purchase-and-sale agreement was brought to the board for consideration. Ortega also reported that TrueMark submitted notice ending its agreement to purchase the former Mountain View site; the board voted on a new sale authorization that night.

The board considered and approved two related items: a first amendment to the purchase-and-sale agreement with Taylor Morrison of California LLC and Resolution No. 24-2523 authorizing staff to proceed with the sale of the former Mountain View Elementary School and making related findings. The first amendment was moved and seconded on the floor and \"motion passes\" was announced. The resolution (24-2523) was adopted by hand vote, with Board Clerk Rodriguez Pena, Member Ramos, Member Grier and the board president recording “yes” votes on the roll call conducted by the vice president.

Board members did not ask substantive policy or process questions during the motions; Ortega’s update was the principal public explanation of the transactions. The superintendent told the board a new purchase-and-sale agreement with Taylor Morrison (the Powell buyer) was on the agenda that evening for consideration following TrueMark’s withdrawal.

The board’s action authorizes staff to proceed with sale steps described in the purchase-and-sale paperwork and related findings in the resolution; the resolution text and the purchase-and-sale agreement amendment were the controlling documents presented to the board that night.

No dollar amounts, closing dates, or changes to the sale prices were specified in the board discussion. Ortega indicated the buyers are continuing due diligence and that the amendment extends Taylor Morrison’s due-diligence period; specific extended dates were not stated on the record.

Votes at the meeting were recorded as follows: the first amendment to the Taylor Morrison purchase-and-sale agreement was approved (motion and second recorded on the minutes; vote tally not specified on the record). Resolution 24-2523 authorizing the sale of the former Mountain View Elementary School was adopted by hand vote (Rodriguez Pena — yes; Ramos — yes; Grier — yes; Board President — yes).

The board did not discuss relocations of programs, site reuse plans, or funding tied to the sales during the public meeting beyond the procedural motion and the superintendent’s due-diligence update.

Looking ahead, the board packet included the amended agreement and resolution for board consideration; staff will proceed under the authority granted by the resolution and amendment. The transcript contains the superintendent’s surplus-property update and the motions and votes recorded for both items.

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