Marielle Levine - Dear Board Members - I had to drop my child off at school wearing a mask today knowing now all of the dangers associated with it, yet our Governor is going around town not doing the same, I'm sure you have all seen the pictures . There is no law that requires our children to be wearing masks. I ask you to remove your mask policy immediately. Please see the links below illustrating, with empirical evidence, that masks are not only ineffective (as stated by Fauci in the attached video), but they are also incredibly dangerous to children’s physical and mental health. I implore you to look at this evidence and remove the masks for our children as other local and state schools have done throughout California. I must reiterate that there is NO LAW that requires the masking of our children. There is not even a mask mandate. There is only a "guidance" from the CDPH which I have linked herein.  I know you probably feel bombarded with all the requests, but I hope you understand that we are fighting literally for the lives of our children and we can’t stay quiet. Please put them first - that is our duty - all of us.  Those of us that need the masks removed are in the majority and if there are parents that are fearful then, quite frankly, they should keep their kids at home because the masks will not prevent infection anyway. Our kids are suffering needlessly and egregiously, and you have the authority to stop it. As a parent, I am begging you to do so.
 

Fundraisers for both Freshmen & Sophomore classes in the past two weeks.  Lunar New Year celebration hosted by ASU including decorations up around school all this week and an event in the quad Feb 8.  All through this month we are celebrating Black History Month by having BSU announcements over the PA every week and BSU put together a playlist commemorating black artists that is playing in the quad everyday.  Valentines Day Events:  Voter Registration Drive, Parkland Memorial, Teddy bear walk, Bake sale, Senior dating game.  Wrapping up February are ASB Elections Interest Meetings on the 22nd and 23rd for all students who would like to join the ASB class.

M Batts-King - nothing to report

J Wells - Has been thinking about mask mandates and wants PCHS to consider removing the mask mandate.  D Williams clarified that when the Dept. of Public Health issues a mandate it is a law and therefore the mask mandate on campus needs to remain.  Mask mandate will be reconsidered by LACDPH when certain metrics are met.  Guidelines from LACDPH were discussed.  Updates are pending and possibly as soon as this Friday per Dr. Magee.

A Paris not in attendance and no update given.

B King stated that although she is elective as an administrative position anyone can reach out to her to share concerns or thoughts.  She had nothing else to report.

Report reviewed and stands as submitted.  Comments were collected via Google Docs vs. just faculty just contacting their Board representatives.  It was noted that focusing on forgiveness of PPP loan should be focused on student centric improvements.  Discussed the inequity of what is being taught in person vs. virtual and questioned if both groups are being prepared equally for testing.  It was clarified that the online classes are approved but it was noted that they are different than curriculum which is being used within the classroom.  It was asked whether the school could supplement what is being taught for online class to be more consistent with in-person learning.  It was clarified that the concern between in-person and on-line learning pertained only to PCHS Virtual Academy.  C Lee discussed the challenges of providing what is needed to students who can't physically on campus for in-person learning.  

L Saxon clarified that the concerns regarding virtual learning are coming from Math and English Depts.  She discussed milestones/benchmarks which are required for in-person learning.  It was agreed that this would be discussed with the Administration and Dept. Chairs to ensure that concerns are being addressed.

B Clarke reported there was difficulty with kids being placed in classes and struggling.  Wanted to know as a Board if we're going to keep vaccine mandate for the fall.  There appears to be additional students who want to move towards Virtual Academy but now it is full.  She also discussed negotiations and the cost-of-living increases and asked that these are considered as part of those discussions.

Patti Jaffe discussed HR report and it stands as submitted.  She noted that HR has started to post some of the jobs on EdJoin.  Working with Dr. Lee to start working on staffing for next year.  They will be starting to send out intent letters to determine if anyone is not planning on coming back, taking leaves or returning from leaves to ensure that we are appropriately staffed.  Classified positions are also posted on additional job search websites.  It was also clarified that Administrators and teachers look for positions on EdJoin.  She noted that PCHS can also post positions on LinkedIn, etc. if needed.

It was also noted that the new school psychologist is a position that has been funded by relief funding but the position had not been filled as of yet.

D Parcell - report stands as submitted.  It was clarified that the 95% Transportation Occupancy referred to home to school buses and S Margiotta requested that this report also provide additional statistics for school to home ridership 5/6 buses, 7th period buses and late buses.

M Rawson - Reviewed and stands as submitted.

JP Herrera noted it was reviewed and stands as submitted.  He highlighted the budget deficits and will providing proposals to balance the budget next month to B&F Committee and to the Board for approval.  It was also clarified that Charter Schools are pushing to be included in the revised ADA funding models currently being proposed by the State.  He also informed the Board that PCHS's waiting list is robust for next year and the school expects to be at full capacity for the 2022/2023 school year.

P Magee reviewed and it stands as submitted.  Discussed enrollment criteria included in report.  She clarified that Administration will be looking at concerns re: Virtual Academy.  She reminded everyone that PCHS is currently included in LAUSD's vaccine mandate for the upcoming fall semester.  It was clarified that all prospective families are being informed that the potential students must be vaccinated to attend PCHS.

D Williams also discussed current Charter language re: admissions.  She noted that when the Charter was renewed the last time the discussions regarding preferences decided to keep Revere higher in the preferences and perhaps the Charter Committee might look to swapping preferences to put Free and Reduced students ahead of Paul Revere.  It was also asked whether the busing is successful in providing the diversity which is so important to the school.  P Magee stressed that we need to consider those Charter changes with next renewal.  Also stressed the need to look to other ways to increase diversity, noting that this has declined over the past few years.

Messaging to potential parents re: transportation is that it is currently up in the air and looking to making decisions.  M Nance also noted that Free and Reduced lunch application is self-reported and was concerned that this might become an easy way for students to prioritize themselves.

Vaccination mandates were discussed, and it was noted that the last requirement set by LAUSD did include Charter schools so there is nothing for the Board to review/discuss at this point.

B King noted that the Safety and Security Team is a multi-disciplinary Team as outlined per the CA Dept. of Public Education made up of teachers, admin, school resource officer, students, and parents.  Group is through our compliance checklist and working on the upcoming lockdown drill which is next week.  (Materials attached to the agenda today are for school community.)  They are working on recommendations from third party security group the school contracted with:  a safety and security committee, providing training for staff for our Community and for staff safety drills which we're getting for free directly from the State. The federal government Department of Education provides all this information to us so we're we're tapping into that information we're filtering it and we're bringing it to our campus and working on distributing it to our faculty and staff. Also, we are working on an infographic making our school emergency operations plan more accessible. Committee wants everyone to be familiar with what we are doing, we want parents to know what our safety plan is, we want students to know, we want teachers to know and have it easily accessed so everybody's on the same page. B King also clarified that the makeup of the committee is prescribed by the California Department of Education and she is pleased with the group that has been put together.  Committee is also working on a package program for school that we can reference annually, currently working on lockdown piece. It was noted from the Board materials that two of the things school should do are a stakeholder survey and based upon conversations fencing should be included. D Williams also noted she would like Committee to do a threat assessment.  B King also noted that a cell phone APP which is readiness and emergency management for schools and is a free program.  She noted they will also be looking at mitigation measures and how resources are allocated on a campus which will walk the campus and address the way mitigation measures have been employed and ways to improve.  They will also doing a vulnerability assessment using a rating system to determine what level of security is best for the school, including fencing, push doors (locking them), etc. so the Board could make informed decisions about any potential changes to current security measures.  Committee working on packaging programs for the rest of the safety drills for the rest of the remainder of the year.  Committee really working on focusing on a positive school climate and how that pertains to safety and security.  B King will continue to report back to Board on Safety and Security Committee progress.

B Clarke reported that there is still a lot being discussing, most importantly the new bell schedule with the new, required 8:30 am start time.  Discussions about how this will pertain to schedules, negotiations, etc.  There was also discussion about limiting the number of AP classes students would be allowed to take.  The biggest issue being discussed involved creating some time for study periods for students.  The goal is to have a proposal to be included in spring negotiations.  Surveys were being discussed to understand faculty priorities as well as those of all stakeholders.  It was noted that proposed schedule has to be done by June 30, 2022 for the UTLA contract.  L Saxon also noted that the Administration is working with Dr. Ngo and R Tenan-Snow to ensure that timelines are met.

S Margiotta reported that B&F Committee had a Special meeting last week and their regular meeting on Feb. 7, 2022.  Special meeting was held to review contracts all committee recommendations were included in documentation submitted with each contract.  She reported that Committee discussed upcoming bill AB367 which requires school to provide free menstrual products to students.  Students have expressed desire to begin program as soon as possible rather than wait until law goes into effect and committee was supportive of this.  She noted that there were discussions about product types and it was agreed that the staff/ASB would survey students in various forums:  Student Senate, Tideline, PE, etc. so that the school could order products that the students were comfortable with but also being mindful of costs associated with the program.  Committee also reviewed the request to continue current HR staffing Consultant Services and approved the request with the caveat that the costs of these services do not exceed the dollar amount that was projected to be spent on full-time HR Director.  These services were approved as it is believed that this is helping reorganize HR department which might help with cost savings in the future.  Committee also began discussions regarding Transportation Scholarships and then general consensus was that scholarship amounts should not increase given current projections for next year however, no recommendations were made.  The discussion will continue at the March 2022 meeting.

D Williams noted that committee needs to address preferences and transportation in the Charter with renewal.  Transportation is getting extremely costly, higher than inflation, along with driver shortages and other challenges.  She proposes convening the committee towards to the end of the year so that the committee can begin conversations at the start of the school year for 2022/2023.  L Saxon agreed to continue with Charter Committee for the upcoming year.

Meeting on zoom this Friday to kick off the Committee.  Electing officers, etc. and packet will be available for potential candidates at the end of February.  D Williams noted that serving on the Board is very rewarding and encouraged anyone interested in reaching out and consider running.  All seats are 2 year terms unless noted below.  Seats available:

1 Community

1 Teacher - Student Elected (1)

1 Teacher - Faculty Elected

2 Parent - Parent Elected

1 Administration - Management/Administration Elected

Reports stands as submitted.  It was noted that M Rawson will no longer be continuing on the committee

Audit Committee (D Williams and B Clarke) met with auditor and results were very positive.  One issue was noted which will be reported out with the auditor's report.

Grade Appeals Committee met and did uphold 1 appeal.  The other appeal is pending.

Survey Committee has not met.  This should be started as surveys are usually done in April and results shared out in May.

T Wilson presented noting that school is still in a temporary surge.  945 student historical cases with 32 in isolation.  59 staff historical cases cited with 11 currently in isolation.

There will be updates for K-12 schools coming and will shared.  UCLA is providing a contact tracing training which they will be attending.  In Health Office some additional support was brought in to help notify faculty and parents in a timely fashion of positive COVID cases. Decline is cases is also helping with communication.  

The current communication was being utilized because the school was experiencing a temporary surge.  School is doing their best to stay current but flexible as potential changes arise.  False positives were also discussed, and it was reported that the guidance is to err on the side of caution and assume that the test result is positive.  If false positives continue to be an issue, PCHS can continue to work with the lab to follow-up and address these issues.  It was noted that the school should contact LAUSD/DPHS to see alternatives to school's current response to potential false positive results or inconsistent results.

M Batts-King asked whether kids could be required to test on Monday/Tuesday.  T Wilson noted that it was more important to ask students to self-report symptoms and exposure prior to coming on campus.

P Magee discussed noting that there were very robust discussions surrounding Virtual Academy involving PCHS - UTLA, Dr. Lee and other stakeholders.  Dr. Lee gave a shout out noting that it was a very collaborative process in response to increased enrollment in Virtual Academy to meet state requirements and need for additional teachers.  P Magee also reported that these salary updates have already been accounted for in the current working budget.  It was noted that the UTLA reps have approved it and will vote on it in the near future if needed.

Presented by P Magee noting that the conference supports our LCAP and long-term goals.  She recommends that the Board approve the conference as it supports schoolwide goals.  It was also noted that the costs are coming from PD funds set aside for Fuzera Unida.  It was also noted that the stakeholders at the school are in support of this PD.  It was requested that if this money has not been specified in the PD development plan presented to the Board by M Ianessa the PD development plan be updated to reflect this and financials adjusted accordingly.

Reviewed by P Magee and stands as submitted.  It was clarified that this is a self-reported report.

JP Herrera presented noting that this is the 3rd security vendor and they started in Jan.10, 2022 through June 2022.  CBO and HR will work with vendors to secure 1 vendor for the 2022/2023 school year.  This does not present a cost impact.

JP Herrera presented noting that the price increase that ATS imposed on us in Oct. 2021 had not been formalized and presented to B&F/Board for approval previously.  JP Herrera stated that one of the sources of cost increase is a Special Education Bus.  He discussed B&F request to try to re-negotiate Year 2 and Year 3 contractual rates.  It was noted that Transportation has been exploring ways to reduce the cost of this Special Ed but ATS is currently the most cost effective option that has been found.  Exploration of less expensive options continues.  JP Herrera was also asked to report back regarding the length of commitment of this Special Ed bus for budgetary purposes.  Given the higher costs of transportation, D Williams recommends that the extension of the busing commitment be added to the next Board meeting agenda.  

B King noted that it is important to create a plan for the use of any potential cost savings by discontinuing transportation to ensure that it is in support of other student supports.  D Williams noted that these cost savings can also go to tools to support learning in the classroom, supporting teachers, etc.

M Batts-King is concerned about the perception noting that the majority of students on the bus are black.  She also noted that the majority of kids bused from Revere come to PCHS.  She is concerned that discontinuing busing might affect enrollment and would send the wrong message.  She doesn't have a financial solution but is concerned.  D Williams noted that the diversity at Revere is going down.  She also noted that the kids who are bused for free to Paul Revere are part of the magnet program and the high school magnet was moved to Uni.

There were discussions to create an Administrative Committee to evaluate.  Concerns over timing were also discussed as well as Financial Impact.

M Nance noted that everyone's goal is to keep Pali diverse but is there an unlimited dollar amount (?), asking whether this is financially responsible.

L Saxon noted that the African American population in LA is 8.1% so PCHS is over this population.  She also discussed the donations made to support this program.

JP Herrera clarified the dates of the contract are April 1, 2021 with no end date but Board motion is to approve it for 2021/2022 school year, ending June 30, 2022.  He noted that Finance will be rebidding for next year.

TPE Contract was presented by JP Herrera and it accounts for price increases which they have imposed on PCHS.  It was noted that this is a second security company who was hired because the first security company could not meet PCHS's needs.  He noted that B&F has requested that these contracts be rebid and also highlighted Clause 4c.  He clarified that he did speak with the vendor and they are willing to remove the clause as it pertains to Independant 3rd parties.

JP Herrera presented and clarified that the Dept. Chair meeting is now scheduled for 2/9/22 vs. 2/23/22.

Tech Dept has developed a plan to have in person meetings with zoom capabilities.  This will cost approximately $10,000.  D Williams requested that this be brought to B&F Committee for review/approval.  Currently, zoom Board meetings are currently only allowed through 3/31/22.  Any extension beyond that would require a Board declaration.

D Williams has re-written it as an abstention policy and doesn't feel like the recusal is necessary.  This has been approved by Dr. Magee and legal counsel who suggested minor changes.  These will be made and brought to the Board next month for approval.

D Williams noted that she has written this and submitted to Dr. Magee for review.  This is now with the attorneys for review.  She will adjust this to reflect the Regis contract.  B King and B Clarke expressed their support in D William's efforts.

Next Board meeting is Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5 pm.

Non-Interested parties went into closed session at 8:54 pm.

Returned to open session at 9:22 pm.  There is nothing to report from closed session.

There is nothing to report from closed session.