It was noted that there were approximately 20 guests in attendance and 60 call-in participants.

Chris Clauson
Next week Fall Spirit Week
Footfall Fest this Friday - Blackout game; clubs; fundraising
Student Senate next week
Senior Tie-Die September 10th
Enhanced testing on campus has been very helpful
Students he has spoken to don't want for teachers to have to do simulcast teaching; hard to do both live teaching and simulcast teaching at the same time but there does have to be a plan for quarantined students
HRC Student Task Force has been working over the summer continuing the research

 

Jewlz Fahn - Concerns from parents about the teaching for kids in quarantine; hopes that there would be recordings in the classroom for those absent; also hearing about needing clear communication.

James Wells - hearing from parents about needing some sort of teaching for those students who are not in person; things have changed for the quarantine requirements for vaccinated students
When dropping his son off he has noticed students not wearing masks

Monica Batts-King
Doesn't see why the teachers cannot record their classes; if a student on a sports team gets it then a lot of students can be affected. Concerned about Covid testing; forced to use Pali testing based on the hours; parents have contacted her about receiving bills
 

Andrew Paris
Traffic and testing at the start of school has been quite manageable; thanks to Don Parcell and John Achen to getting many entry-ways opened up; and thanks to the students for making it work

Brenda Clarke
Students are being phenomenal about what is expected of them; very positive atmosphere; appreciate the emails to trustees in general.
Read the teacher report - teachers dedicated to dealing with teaching and mental health; UTLA and administration reached a contract for this year with negotiations continuing for the next 3 years.
PDs in person and online
Concerned about compliance issues and hoping for answers on conflict of interest questions
Interested in Lifetime Benefits investments

Lisa Saxon
Thankful to be back on campus and the joy that the students bring to the room; many teachers are working 10 to 14 hours a day; with regard to zoom, some teachers are happy to do it but there are issues with doing it and need to know that there are students who are out there who want it.
A big thank you to Jeff Roepel, the school nurse Stephanie Boyd, Oscar Herrera, and Monica Iannessa for putting together a wonderful PD program

Maggie Nance - moving forward with a consistent way for the faculty report will be based on the systematic collection of data.

 

 

Report stands as submitted; approximately 20 new employees; UTLA agenda later in the agreement

Report stands as submitted. Faculty and classified employees have done a fantastic job and it has been a group effort; gone fairly well and it will improve over time.

Report stands as submitted.

Report stands as submitted. LTSP is tomorrow; there will be a discussion of federal relief funds that have to be spent by a deadline.

Pam Magee
This year the focus is on being a community and equity and care.
Equity in grading; support and access to services and intervention
Takes an effort to be a tight-knit community; challenges to this that require an immense amount of patience; de-escalate when we can.
Growth mindset here for the students and for ourselves.
Thanked those who came to the meeting and asked for their empathy.
Many teachers worked throughout the summer for mini-grants; worked on grading practices and curriculum; in an effort to provide the best education to the students
Thanks to many on the management team with Monica Iannessa on the PD.
LAUSD Board meeting is in session. Pali is finally on the list to get air conditioning in all of the classrooms.
Echoed what Juan Pablo Herrera said about attending LTSP meeting tomorrow.
Back to school night is September 23rd; working on what that will look like; current plan is for it to be in person but that will depend on the Delta variant.

Juan Pablo Herrera.
Have selected an investment advisor that has a low cost fee. In order to transfer the money to the investment account, the BOT must approve a Investment Policy Statement. Thanked Michael Rawson for his help.

Don Parcell
Multiple gates open to distribute everyone as much as possible; things have improved over the last 5 days
Mask wearing - students have been pretty good; masks are available at every checkpoint; the school has plenty of masks; each room has a teachers kit that includes masks, hand sanitizer, wipes
Testing - two points on campus; one near to the buses and one near to the elevator by the library; options to open up others; change in testing to eliminate problems with kids eating food prior to testing so now nasal
Window fans in classrooms with windows
Mary Bush
Teachers are getting used to being back in the classroom and getting used to the protocols
Any slowness in getting things out is due to the changes that keep occurring
School nurse is contact tracing
Slide on the latest Covid cases in Los Angeles; some information that rates are going down
UTLA voted in favor of mandating vaccines
PESPU are considering it for a vote
Pali is considering mandating vaccinations; LAUSD has mandated vaccines for staff, Culver City for students and staff; LA County employees by October 1st
Prepared for compliance with LA County mandates; on Friday, August 13th received the mandate from LAUSD that was different than the County orders; orders keep changing and the school has to modify its protocols based upon the changing orders
Slide on what to do when testing positive - testing positive must isolate for 10 days and can come back (the slides will be added to the materials). 
Exposure to a confirmed case difference for vaccinated and unvaccinated; unvaccinated must quarantine but vaccinated if not symptomatic do not
New plan is on the website
Encouraging teachers to post as much as possible on Schoology and are holding zoom office hours for those who are absent; study center is open and is there to provide support for students in isolated/quarantined
Jewlz Fahn brought up that new sports teams protocols were just announced; the school needs to review the policy before letting everyone know
It is not always up to the school as to when things get shut down
Jim Wells asked how many of the Pali kids are out on quarantine - there is a Covid dashboard; right now there are 10 active cases; still contact tracing; new cases every day; number of kids who are in quarantine will go down because of the change in protocols. Asked about having a webcam in the classroom. Don Parcell  responded that Pali has the infrastructure to accommodate a webcam-like system but that is something that has to be worked out with the teachers. Mary Busch brought up that the state-mandated in-person instruction and this might cause issues with that. Brenda Clarke brought up that changes to the teaching contract have to be negotiated.
Brenda Clarke asked about if and how any vaccine mandate would be enforced if a mandate is adopted.
Pam Magee brought up that any mandate will be brought to the BOT for approval; administration is in talks about teaching for students who are absent
Brenda Clarke asked whether students are required to inform the school that they are covid positive; they don't but many parents have 
Comment from a parent that her son did not receive his covid test results - reach out to Mary Bush if that is a problem.




 

Public comment - not in favor of changing the attendance policy for this semester; worried that parents are sending their kids to school when sick.
Pam Magee asking for the suspension of the attendance policy; want people to stay home if they are not well.
 

Chris Lee
Assembly 104 is a bill passed over the summer.
Materials have a summary
For any class last year, student can change it to an NC or to a pass. Deadline is 8/31. Key thing is to consult colleges because not clear what colleges will accept a pass. UCs and Cal States will accept it. If applying out of state or private, the student needs to contact the college.
Only applies to the 2020-2021 school year; legally Pali cannot take any applications after 8/31.
If a student changes a math grade from a D to a pass then they would move up to the next level math class and they would HAVE to move up. 
Interim grade retention request - in the past students could repeat a grade but that hasn't been the case for over 20 year; students can do credit recovery but they are not retained; students can request to repeat a grade if they received deficient grades in 50% or more of their classes; doesn't apply to this year's seniors; class of 2021 and 2022 can graduate with the California Department of Education (CDE) requirements, which are different than Pali's graduation requirements but this does not meet the A-G requirements; students do have to be enrolled full time
PCHS requires 230 credits but CDE requires 130 credits
Pali's graduation rates did not decline during covid
 

Chris Lee
Partnership with SMC; great opportunity to get college credits and to be exposed to college classes
Another partnership with WLA college.
WLA is on Schoology and SMC is done within the classes
WLA - Sign Language, Psychology, and Criminal Law; ASL meets the language requirement for at least some colleges (UCs and Cal State)
WLA has a representative that works with Pali to get the kids signed up
Classes that students can take for Pali credit are posted on Schoology

Agenda materials have the updated budget. The budget was approved in June. There have been changes in the last few weeks. In some cases the revenue increased and these increases are reflected in the materials; there was a decrease in revenue (also reflected in the materials); some minor expenditure increases; the revenue increases increased Pali's positive balance but there the UTLA agreement, which the BOT is being asked to approve does increase the school's expenditures; there is still a positive balance of approximately $226,000.
LTSP is on zoom tomorrow.
 

Proposed contract is in the materials. It includes one time payment depending on whether the loan is forgiven.

Several violation of the Brown Act and Pali's Code of Conduct policies.
The Code of Conduct was signed by the trustees
Governance is not management; fiduciary duty to make decisions for the school, not based on a personal agenda
Replying all to emails violates the Brown Act and there are other continuing violations
The Brown Act is the law in the state of CA, not a Pali rule
We are all here to do the best for PCHS
We need to understand these guideline to work together
You cannot have a conversation with a majority of the trustees; cannot text all of the trustees
Duty to conduct the people's business in public; violating the rights of the people
Multiple conversations end up being a serial meeting; it includes direct conversations or through intermediaries
Pali High email should be used for communications; do not forward your Pali High email to your personal email; if you have any trouble using it, training can be provided
Violations cause our stakeholders to question our leadership and our overseeing a budget of over $40 million
Code of Conduct was provided to each BOT member and read by the Chair
Governance policies are on the Pali website and all BOT trustees are bound by these as well
Policy GP #6 
Slide stating these policies
Cannot let stakeholder affiliation to interfere with fiduciary duty to at in the best interests of PCHS as a whole
Exercise powers and duties honestly and in good faith
Cannot make personal promises or take private action that would compromise their position as a trustee
Cannot exercise individual authority over the organization
Following the Brown Act is necessary to protect the school.
Address concerns in a way that is measured or steady.
Question from James Wells about putting things on the agenda needs 2 people. 
Chair is on the agenda but if two people want something on the agenda so long as it is lawful it must be put on the agenda but there does have to be time for the administration to prepare for the agenda item so it might now be on the next agenda
Discussion was held about emails being sent out by BOT members. 
Chair decides who talks when; doesn't like a parent rep being attacked
Have to move away from saying that we represent our constituency groups; we voice what they say but we don't vote for any particular group
Chris Clausen pointed out that we represent the best interest of the school but we have to be conscious of the image that we are putting out
Jewlz Fahn talked about how she represents the best interests of the school; there are no malintentions; everything she sends out she makes sure that it has factual information; she is doing the best she can to communicate with the parents; she is just trying to communicate.
Brenda Clarke commented that it is important to go to committee meetings; encourages BOT members to attend these meetings
LIsa Saxon commented that the emails did have similarities; she also pointed out that the number of emails are about 2% of the parents; she also mentioned that there were discussions on NextDoor that contained a lot of misinformation; the loud voices do not necessarily represent all of the parents and we need to keep that in mind; important to make the best decisions possible for this institution
Brooke King brought up that we should not be guided by email campaigns; we need to make decisions based upon information.

Saturday September 18th Board Retreat at 9:00 am
FPCC will do a free training with us.
Next BOT meeting is September 21st
We need to decide dates for the FPCC training - date proposed is September 28th for a zoom FPCC meeting; BOT went into closed session.

No reportable action taken during closed session.