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Union speakers described training pipelines and local hiring goals. Luke Romero, a member of the plumbers’ union who said he lives “about three miles” from the district, urged the board to support the agreement because it would create “good and local jobs” and keep tax dollars in the community. Multiple union business representatives and apprenticeship program officials described apprenticeship placement, veteran prioritization and efforts to recruit women and formerly incarcerated residents into the trades. Ironworkers, electricians, pipefitters, sheet‑metal and labor representatives spoke in favor of the agreement.

Several community speakers voiced opposition to a separate proposed development on district-owned property known in public comments as the Flanner (Planner) site. Residents said the community lacks parks and would lose green space, expressed traffic and safety concerns for nearby streets, and asked the board to consider dedicating more of the site to recreational or community uses. One resident asked the board to “reconsider that decision” and argued the Flanner project should allocate more space for community use and include a stage or central gathering area. Several speakers said they believed the labor agreement and the Flanner proposal were linked and urged transparency; board members and the superintendent later clarified the CWA covers district construction projects funded by district bond money and is not directly tied to any private development or Flanner site transaction.

Other commenters raised contract-level concerns about the CWA. One speaker, Sam Brown, noted provisions in the draft agreement that allow rules to be posted at the worksite and amended and urged the board to consider oversight mechanisms and local-hire enforcement before finalizing terms. Brown asked the board to consider tabling the item for a detailed review. Several residents asked for clearer metrics about how the agreement will ensure local residents receive promised work.

Board discussion included statements of union support from board members who identified as pro‑union and said the agreement is intended to prioritize a trained, skilled workforce and local dispatching by union halls. Several board members explicitly stated the agreement is separate from any proposed private development on district land and said the agreement will apply only to district projects funded with district dollars.

Action: The board approved the community workforce agreement on a motion (mover not specified in the record), seconded (not specified), by a roll-call tally recorded as five ayes, zero no votes and zero abstentions; the motion carried.

Clarifying details recorded during public comment included a reference to a local-hire target of 30 percent cited by a commenter and contract clauses noted by a public speaker that allow posted rules to be amended; those points were raised as community concerns and requests for additional oversight and transparency.

Ending: Board members directed staff to continue communication with community stakeholders and to shepherd implementation details for district projects. The board emphasized the CWA applies to district-funded construction and is not the vehicle for private development on surplus district land.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Bassett USD Board Meeting 03-25-2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Bassett Unified School Board voted unanimously March 25 to approve a community workforce agreement with the Los Angeles and Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council after a lengthy public-comment period during which union speakers urged local jobs and residents urged parks instead of private development.","taxTitle","Bassett Unified, School Districts, California","taxId",72566,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6275024,"Bassett Unified details districtwide SEL and mental-health supports; reports thousands of check-ins and lessons delivered",871,1558165,2429609,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2777110-05649178d9f010ed807540337e62df10&start=1558&end=2429","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2777110-05649178d9f010ed807540337e62df10/thumbnail_1558165.jpg","/articles/6275024/California/Bassett-Unified-details-districtwide-SEL-and-mental-health-supports-reports-thousands-of-check-ins-and-lessons-delivered","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6275024-77e2804a715597e866fac66a1ed39e18/orig.mp4?Expires=1771146702&Signature=byb0SUP9flj5BiU0dzk15YYIm1swMusTGF3usC-7e8ChVP1QbLhZE8EQsliswqH9v9CboN0PHiQmFuwkroJJ4t~OjyGq7Oivb5Y6AYGo4AB00qPJq7aR4k0TyyjblumlUuDH6ejTDgUHBLynhfkKEcJvUeMoZhyFR1NpgwJ8RwLyLJPp-nR2E-3PYpaaaXu9JhECypwf7bMuUs5PeDLm8c38hotIAiZq5YjlBw-3WjtXsePhEZMgq8dnGcqeQqXixTlwGYtuOKIlknzGto6WL8vbf1hyK4cK03GyxygdtoY7N0o-dUr5huJeXU7k80xAgpSPDAUePnif-aw0Tg6CZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bassett Unified School District staff presented a status update March 25 on districtwide social-emotional learning (SEL) and mental-health services, describing a multi-tiered system of on-site counselors, telehealth, community providers and a crisis response team.

Mister Salama, who led the presentation, said the district has implemented universal screening across sites and coordinated referral forms with community providers. He reported a high completion rate for a recent California Healthy Kids Survey and said district efforts include a district crisis response team that was activated at a school earlier in the year.

Salama provided data on usage and interventions. He said teachers conducted more than 2,800 well-being check-ins so far this school year, students completed 4,644 assigned SEL lessons and submitted over 15,000 journal entries. The district’s tele-mental-health partner Hazel Health served 23 students with 113 visits so far this year; Salama said 42 percent of visits took place in students’ homes and 58 percent on campus. He also said six students had been escalated to ongoing one-on-one counseling.

Salama described tiering of services: bedrock supports from school counselors and social workers, intermediate group interventions and telehealth, and tier‑3 individual therapy when required. He listed community partners involved in service delivery, including county and health-plan partners that bring clinicians on‑site to reduce transportation barriers and increase continuity of care.

On screening and strengths assessment tools, Salama said the district uses Thrively for strength assessments and well-being playlists, noting approximately 23 percent completion among third- and fourth-grade students and broader use in middle and high school. He said the district has pilots for creative well-being and a Student Behavioral Health Initiative partnership; several sites have established wellness spaces for students and staff.

A board member asked how students with special needs, displaced students and academically at‑risk students are represented in the data. Salama said the district does not share individual-identifying data with third-party partners and that more granular, site-level information could be provided to the board after staff follow-up.

The presentation also described an intern program that places supervised graduate and undergraduate interns at schools for classroom presentations, small-group work and crisis support. Salama said the district plans to continue expanding on-site services and partnerships.

Ending: The board asked staff to follow up with site-level, disaggregated data for board review and requested continued reporting on usage, referral outcomes and capacity for one-on-one care.","Bassett Unified School District staff presented a status update March 25 on districtwide social-emotional learning (SEL) and mental-health services, describing a multi-tiered system of on-site counselors, telehealth, community providers and a crisis response team.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6275028,"Bassett Unified wins $800,000 Strong Workforce grant; district outlines CTE expansion into middle schools",828,705915,1534895,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2777110-05649178d9f010ed807540337e62df10&start=705&end=1534","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2777110-05649178d9f010ed807540337e62df10/thumbnail_705915.jpg","/articles/6275028/California/Bassett-Unified-wins-800000-Strong-Workforce-grant-district-outlines-CTE-expansion-into-middle-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6275028-021a0537bbd371bed67a61faf8aa4bfd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771146702&Signature=Gq93EfXae7FjAhEJO0ZYzJztK1iUvS4rku~PmV2cwQ-OcOAKBH56Nh6em2jn6p2eGpXXbbk5RcMzXEb5zeZiBgj0gNfhnCftX0zH14bD04m9rHcC2l0tohur1~iW~Bj5f8KzDqbzpzqlamVZZcqHwabU-7iTSSd0lRW0jEGSYw48whazRs35F-muz~DBXu0E~UTFzk-l4bWt2xVfP39~3wyw3-zquQg~L~Krnvxbt66M-hSGfAc3IZ1wM8esmOMoAvBIDFv3SqdioRjjBUkq9K9pBIS6Fj2Bz-x8SmcEEZOLr9hBuXh3WrH7Z1dz30WOOUK75IWUB6fWfu~C0Z9Jog__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bassett Unified School District officials told the school board on March 25 that state and federal grants will fund an expansion of career technical education (CTE) pathways and supports for students from middle school through adult education.

Doctor Julie Harrison, presenting the district’s CTE update, said the district asked for $1 million from the state’s Strong Workforce grant Round 7 and secured $800,000. “We asked for a million dollars, and they gave us 800,000,” Harrison said, adding the award covers the current school year through 2027 and is written to support grades 6–12, the comprehensive high school and the continuation school Nueva Vista.

The district plans to use the Strong Workforce funds to expand middle-school career exploration, add sections where demand is high, purchase industry-standard equipment, fund extra hourly support and sustain CTE counseling to keep students on pathways. Harrison said the grant also will allow Nueva Vista students to continue accessing adult-education offerings and pursue industry certifications, including OSHA-10 and trade-specific credentials.

Harrison described other grants that together support the district’s CTE program: a Golden State Pathway planning award of $220,000 to help lay groundwork for an engineering focus and child-development pathway; a California Partnership Academy award of about $50,000 to support a medical pathway “school-within-a-school” model, including travel for competitions; and the federal Perkins grant at about $43,000 a year, typically spent on one large piece of equipment and professional development because of strict federal tracking rules.

Harrison said the district already uses adult-education facilities to provide hands-on trade instruction to high-school students and highlighted recent examples—students working on HVAC and medical-assisting simulations. She also described a recent SoCal trades tour on campus that brought more than 35 career-technical employers and training representatives to speak with students.

A board member asked for more detail about how a planned middle-school component would look, including curriculum, learning objectives and the course catalog. Harrison said counselors have broadened their work to include CTE counseling and that the district will provide additional detail to the board and stakeholders as the planning proceeds.

The presentation emphasized that CTE pathway completers statewide typically graduate at higher rates and that industry partnerships and continued grant-writing will be necessary to sustain equipment-intensive programs.

Looking ahead, Harrison said the district will continue pursuing grants and building community partnerships with local unions and trades to create internship and career-entry opportunities for students. She noted the Strong Workforce funds run through 2027 and that the district will use a mix of state grants and local funds to support the pathways.

Ending: The district’s CTE team will continue to present planning details to the board as grant-funded projects move from planning to classroom implementation. The board heard that students will compete at Cal State LA in April and that the Strong Workforce award provides multi-year funding to expand exploration into middle school and maintain adult-education links for high-school and continuation-school students.","District CTE lead Julie Harrison told the school board the Strong Workforce Round 7 award of $800,000 and other state and federal grants will fund pathways, equipment and counseling to expand career technical education from high school into middle grades and support Nueva Vista and adult education courses.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":46,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6275013,"Votes at a glance: Bassett Unified board meeting, March 25, 2025",663,16285436,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2777110-05649178d9f010ed807540337e62df10&start=16285&end=16948","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2777110-05649178d9f010ed807540337e62df10/thumbnail_16285436.jpg","/articles/6275013/California/Votes-at-a-glance-Bassett-Unified-board-meeting-March-25-2025","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6275013-b60b33e1757c2afcef1888205acd63b4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771146702&Signature=M8rZ5P4joTgzL~inQn8S-6sJjEdoHNKJOKOiNlRtd46biMOs8mJYUm6f9HI0sVMayxsuu~AoB98Q-YFKOgORDAb3JnOH7qQz1UAWGfQWPKXJBHx8y25TkODSGwDZeAhbZcfXK~tT0~IJJHOF0xoVK1LVVPf~Eo1GNbwuNz8aOPEDpmkx6h5tnQFHEa05YaQHZxMgfeXyLsSDLEzBHepbO0xOna3hN~kyCAoxnpljiwhSMyJJxdlED1lxhm0lHa2q18EakGJuJtQaOFqDNHUNId1qe7EC7XV21AIy1x2lVPPln0EGBba~xvwcurivNY7HQjKVRtpQLOOGlYTiWttsPw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bassett Unified School Board took several formal actions at its March 25 meeting. Below are the motions, outcomes and immediate follow-up items recorded in the meeting minutes.

1) Community workforce agreement (CWA)
- Action: Approved community workforce agreement between the district and the LA & Orange County Building & Construction Trades Council and signatory craft councils/unions.
- Outcome: Approved (roll-call tally recorded as five ayes, zero no votes, zero abstentions).
- Follow-up: Facilities/Construction staff to provide implementation and local-hire metrics to the board (planned by April 30, 2025).

2) Closed-session settlement: Parker v. Bassett Unified School District (case no. 22 p s c v o 2768)
- Action: Approved settlement and compromise in the amount of $700,000 to resolve claims between the parties.
- Outcome: Approved in closed session on a motion by a board member and second, recorded as a 5–0 vote.
- Follow-up: Clerk recorded settlement and board directed staff to carry out the settlement terms.

3) Board bylaws
- Action: Second reading and approval of revised Board Bylaw 09/2023 (retitled Board Meeting Rules and Procedures).
- Outcome: Approved by roll call (motion carried).

- Action: Second reading and approval of new Board Bylaw 9323.5 (Public Participation and Conduct at Meetings).
- Outcome: Approved by roll call (motion carried).
- Clarification: Counsel and staff discussed that sign-up cards will be the district-provided public-speaker form and that the public-comment cutoff for submitted cards occurs when the presiding officer finishes reading the public-comment script; the board and counsel advised this procedure is consistent with the Brown Act and that sign-up cannot be required as a condition of attendance.

4) Resolution 039-25, Cesar Chavez Day (March 31)
- Action: Resolution proclaiming March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day.
- Outcome: Approved (motion carried).

5) Consent calendar
- Action: Approval of routine items on the consent calendar as presented.
- Outcome: Approved (motion carried).

Ending: The board set its next regular meeting for April 22, 2025, and directed staff to deliver requested follow-up reports on CWA implementation details and disaggregated mental-health data to the board before subsequent meetings.","The board approved the community workforce agreement, two bylaws, a resolution honoring Cesar Chavez Day, a closed-session settlement and the consent calendar. Key votes and immediate next steps are listed below.","actionData","errors"]

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