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Board honors staff and students; public comment heard from three community members
Summary
The board recognized district staff and STEAM students, and heard public comments from Dan Pinedo, Khaled Omar and Lisa Towery during the open comment period; no closed-session public comments were recorded.
The Rio School District Board opened its May 20 meeting with staff and student recognitions. Interim Superintendent Veronica Rauschenberger noted administrators honored at ACSA Region 13 awards, student winners at the Ventura County Spanish Spelling Bee, and Rio Lindo's arts program recognition for the Kelp Forest Project.
Jarkko Myllari recognized STEAM Tech Team students (Esai Batis, Jacobo Cervantes, Santiago Coria, Alyssa Desporte, Hamza Khan, Marshall Xander, Keyla Perez Vargas, Jameson Ransom, Nicolas Reese, Messiah Serratos, Ulises Vargas, Cole Waskewics) and mentor Jair Leal; "Each student shared information about the projects they have been working on," the minutes state.
During the public comment period, three community members — Dan Pinedo, Khaled Omar and Lisa Towery — addressed the board. The minutes record that public comment occurred and list speaker names but do not include verbatim statements or the topics of their remarks in the excerpt provided. The board reiterated expectations for respectful conduct at meetings at the outset, including that "discrimination, threats, foul language, racial slurs, and verbal or physical attacks are unacceptable."
