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Tentative agreement with CSEA

The board voted to approve a tentative agreement with California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter 103 covering the 2024–25 school year. The district disclosed the financial impact in the agenda materials. According to district staff, the agreement contemplates an 8.5% increase on the salary schedule for 2024–25, reclassification of library specialist positions and minor language changes. The motion to approve was made by Vladimir and seconded by Stella; the board voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously.

Measure N budget revision

The board considered a revision to the Measure N bond budget to record several project adjustments and new allocations the district described, including planned portable removal at Almond School (budgeted at $125,000), parking lot and ADA work at Gardner Bullis and other project reconciliations. Trustee Brian moved to approve the budget revision subject to an adjustment that would place the Almond expenditures in the correct budget category; the motion was seconded by Vladimir and passed unanimously.

Bond program management contract (Measure EE kickoff)

Trustees approved an initial contract not to exceed $260,000 with a program management firm (identified in the staff report as Cummings Group) for bond program management services to support rollout of Measure EE (a $350 million bond the community passed in November). District staff said the $260,000 purchase order covers services through the end of the fiscal year and that staff will return with an amendment for services in the next fiscal year as needs are defined. The motion to approve the agreement was made by Vladimir and seconded by Stella; the board approved the contract unanimously.

CSBA delegate assembly vote

The board cast its ballots to fill four vacancies on the California School Boards Association (CSBA) delegate assembly. After brief discussion, the board voted to cast its four votes for Theresa Castellanos (San Jose Unified), Naomi Nakano Matsumoto (Fremont Union High School District), George Sanchez (Franklin‑McKinley Elementary School District) and Shelly Cirque (Los Altos School District). The motion to cast the ballot was made by Stella and seconded by Jim; the motion passed unanimously.

Motions, movers and formal outcomes cited above are recorded in the meeting minutes and the agenda packet. No roll‑call vote tallies beyond unanimous passage were read into the public record during the motions; the clerk announced the motions passed.

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The presenter said the district has completed or is making progress on all 18 actions across the LCAP’s four goal areas. In the “thriving students” goal, staff reported a roughly 50% reduction in the number of students designated as chronically absent compared with the prior year; staff said all nine schools showed improvement and a new attendance process and manual were rolled out.

Under “empowered educator,” the presentation noted implementation of a teacher advisory group and listening sessions across all nine schools to bring teacher and classified‑staff input into decision making. For “engaged families,” the district said Lynette White will join as communications director and will present on district communications at a future meeting.

In the finances area, staff reported progress toward competitive compensation and said a tentative settlement with the California School Employees Association (CSEA) will be presented as an action item later in the meeting. The presenter shared that the district will bring a settlement proposal for the classified employees’ group and invited board questions on the attached midyear report and executive summary.

No formal board action was taken on the midyear LCAP update; the item was an informational report and staff moved on to related action items on contracts and bargaining later in the agenda.

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Dickerson said the program, which began 55 years ago after budget cuts reduced arts instruction, achieved a 100% teacher lesson sign‑up rate and a 97% order rate in the most recent year. The program created 51 unique lessons across eight grade levels, maintains a library of about 150 video lessons for classroom use, and added three new lessons this year, with further second‑grade lessons in development.

Recent curriculum ties include a kindergarten printing lesson using cardboard and fingerprints and a sixth‑grade “Pleasing Pastels” lesson aligned to math concepts (ratios, Fibonacci). For TK the program added a “line box” lesson using tempera sticks; first grade received a light‑color collage tying into transparency/translucency/opacity and color mixing.

Dickerson said 72 returning docents were active this year (back to pre‑COVID levels) and 20 new trainees completed training. The program plans student art shows at Allman (April 3), Covington (April 24) and Loyola (May 22) during school open houses, and a Gallery 9 downtown exhibit in June.

Dickerson noted the program’s reliance on PTA funding for consumables and partnerships with district staff and LAEF. She said the program has switched to an electronic teacher feedback form, which she described as producing more detailed input for lesson improvement. The program’s current five‑year goal is to expand lessons in lower grades to eventually reach eight lessons per grade.

Board members asked about representation of contemporary and culturally diverse artists; Dickerson said the program will emphasize underserved and contemporary artists going forward. Trustees discussed display options for open houses; Dickerson said teachers already spotlight art projects in classrooms and she will explore feasible ways to expand visible displays during open houses.

No board action was taken; the item was an informational update.

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Teacher Miss White described how the class used livestream observations to form questions—“How many eggs… How long until they hatch?”—and co‑constructed text and charts tracking the birds. Miss White told the board the class began watching the webcam in January and logged that the first egg was laid around Jan. 22; by March 3 students observed pipping and early hatching activity.

The presentation tied classroom activities to the state preschool/transitional kindergarten learning foundations and guidance from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Miss White said, and included examples of students’ observation journals, oral language development and cross‑curricular links to early math and science skills.

Parents who spoke at the meeting described how the project extends into home conversations. Arun and Chitra, parents of a TK student, said their child described scientific vocabulary at the dinner table and could recount parts of civil rights stories the class had discussed. Other parents, including Mitra LaRosa and Jessica (identified as Evelyn’s mother), said children bring home complex vocabulary—examples included evaporation/precipitation and the distinction between dormant and extinct volcanoes—that surprised them for children ages 4–5.

Miss White also described classroom uses of an early childhood education AI planning tool (Learning Genie) to help generate unit plans aligned to the TK learning foundations and said the class will compare the seagull project to later life‑cycle studies such as volcanoes. The teacher invited the board and community to an Oak open house in May to see student investigations and products.

Although the presentation included several student speakers who described features such as the “pip” (the first crack in a hatching egg) and classroom activities, no formal board action was taken on the presentation itself.

Board members and the superintendent praised the student speakers and the teacher; Superintendent McGonig described the work as an example of district deeper‑learning priorities. The board heard the presentation as part of the scheduled school presentation segment of the meeting.

The district noted some related dates: students observed the first egg around Jan. 22 and recorded additional eggs through early March; the superintendent reminded the board that March 28 is planned for an AI Literacy Day event with Mountain View High School student interns that will inform the district’s AI philosophy.

The presentation illustrates how the district’s TK program is integrating observation, vocabulary building and cross‑disciplinary inquiry in early childhood instruction.

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