A.2.a. PUPIL PERSONNEL - Student discipline Education Code (c)(k-12)

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1 Attendance Taken at 6:05 PM: MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES REGULAR MEETING, 6:00 PM, MHUSD Board Room and the following teleconference locations: Trustee David Gerard: Montoya Circle, Morgan Hill, CA 95037; Trustee Tom Arnett: 500 East 4th St, Austin, TX, 78701; Trustee Gino Borgioli: La Escuela Court, Morgan Hill, CA Closed Session 4:00 PM Present: Gino Borgioli Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch Absent: Tom Arnett David Gerard Updated Attendance: Tom Arnett was updated to present at 4:06 PM David Gerard was updated to present at 7:25PM Gino Borgioli was updated to absent at 8:51 PM A. CALL TO ORDER A.1. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION TOPICS There was no public comment. A.2. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION (4:00 PM) A.2.a. PUPIL PERSONNEL - Student discipline Education Code (c)(k-12) A.2.a.1. Recommendation for Expulsion and Rehabilitation Plan for Student E 17/ A.2.a.2. Recommendation for Expulsion and Rehabilitation Plan for Student E 17/ A.2.a.3. Recommendation for Expulsion and Rehabilitation Plan for Student E 17/ A.2.b. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section : two cases A.2.c. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION - Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code A.2.c.1. Denise Reilly v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, Case No. 16CV A.2.c.2. A Voice for Choice Advocacy, Inc., v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, et.al, Case No. 17CV A.2.c.3. Santa Clara Superior Court Case No. 17CV319128; EL 17/ A.2.c.4. KF v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, ASCIP Case Number A.2.d. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Government Code ) Morgan Hill Classified Employees Association (MHCEA) and Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers (MHFT), Designated representative: Fawn Myers / Morgan Hill Educational Leaders Association (MHELA), Unrepresented employees, Designated representative: Steve Betando, and Superintendent, Designated representative: Karen Rezendes, Lozano Smith Page 1 of 7

2 A.2.e. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code ) A.2.e.1. Property: APNs Hale Avenue) Agency Negotiators: Steve Betando, Superintendent; Kirsten Perez, Assistant Superintendent; Phil Henderson, Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson Negotiating Parties: Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment for potential purchase A.2.f. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE-DISCIPLINE / DISMISSAL / RELEASE / REASSIGNMENT / COMPLAINT (Government Code and ) A.2.g. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT (Government Code 54957): Principal Los Paseos A.2.h. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT / PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Government Code 54957) Title: Superintendent A.3. RECONVENE TO PUBLIC SESSION A.4. CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice President Patterson called the meeting to order at 6:05pm and led the Pledge of Allegiance A.5. INTRODUCTION OF BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF Board members and staff introduced themselves. A.6. RECOGNITIONS / PRESENTATIONS A.6.a. Altersville, Future City Team Presentation Martin Murphy Middle School teacher, Eileen Resnick and Tom Esch, Altersville Team Mentor introduced the Altersville, Future City team members, Jacob Esch, Giovanni Tlaxcalteco, and Rhowen Frakt as the team shared their award winning model, Altersville, with the Board. A.6.b. Presentation of Vision Zero Morgan Hill Presented by Interim Deputy City Manager, Chris Ghione A.6.c. Delta Kappa Gamma International Penne Ferrell awards Margaret Rodrigues and Caroline Caracciola, Co Presidents of Gamma Alpha, presented Penne Ferrell Literacy Awards to Sarah Melville (Paradise Valley), Nichole Praisewater (Jackson), Marcela Olmos (Walsh), Jacklyn Rubio (Walsh), Stephanie Maes (Los Paseos), Wei Guevara (Los Paseos), and Sarina Santiago (Nordstrom). A.6.d. Acknowledge Michelle Mestaz, Student Board Member for second trimester , and announce Emily Pfefferlen, Student Board Member for third trimester Vice President Patterson acknowledged Michelle Mestaz for her time served as Student Board Member and welcomed Emily Pfefferlen as the third trimester Student Board Member B. ADOPTION OF AGENDA / APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR Motion Passed: as amended moving item G.5 prior to G.1, with a motion by Donna Ruebusch and a second by Ron Woolf. Tom Arnett Gino Borgioli Absent David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch Page 2 of 7

3 C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES C.1. Approve the minutes from the Regular Board meeting of February 6, 2018 Motion Passed: with a motion by and a second by Teresa Murillo. Tom Arnett Gino Borgioli Absent David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch D. PUBLIC COMMENT / COMMUNICATIONS The following individuals addressed the Board expressing their concerns regarding the administrator, moral, safety during recess, and the future of the students and community at Paradise Valley Engineering Academy: Megan Telfer, teacher and parent Rachel Marquardt, teacher and parent Denise David, parent Brenda Sandoval, parent Nehal Osman, parent Dawn Brickner, parent E. COMMUNICATIONS E.1. Closed Session Action Report (Government Code ) There was no report out. E.2. Report: Student Board Member Michelle Mestaz reported the following high school events: Sobrato, Grad night committee meeting is scheduled for March 13; March 19 is the School Site Council meeting, Athletics Boosters meeting and Career Day. Career day consists of various seminars from different career choices/fields. Central, March 5 is the start of the new semester; we volunteer at Cecilia s Closet on Tuesday s and Interact shirt pre-sales will be at the end of this week. Live Oak, Spring sports have officially started; the Academic Awards are Thursday, March 8; AP students are expected to take the respective exam for each AP class in which they are enrolled. The cost of each AP exam is $94 and can be purchased in the ASB office between February 8 and March 28, E.3. Reports: Superintendent / Staff Superintendent Betando, reported on Feb 8 he attended the Economic Development Committee meeting where they discussed the changes in the rental of commercial space and the development of housing in Morgan Hill; he participated in the Amgen Bide Race announcement and was in a tricycle race; he and Kirsten Perez accepted a grant from the Live Oak Foundation which will be officially announced in a future recognition; Feb 9 he attended the Britton Awards, more students received awards than in past years; Feb 10 attended the Chocolate & Wine for Valentine fundraiser put on by the Teacher Aide Coalition, who raise funds for teacher supplies; Feb 13, Rock the Mock was held at Live Oak; on Feb 14 prior to the Santa Clara County Superintendents meeting we attended the City Schools Collaborative, which is with San Jose since we have two schools and a large attendance area that is in San Jose; also on Feb 14, met with the City of San Jose with Kirsten Perez and Anessa Espinosa regarding plans to work towards getting a stadium at Sobrato HS; Feb 16 with Donna Ruebusch and attended the City / School Liaison meeting held at the District Office; and toured Cupertino HS with Kirsten Perez and Casino Fajardo; on Feb 28 attended the School Linked Services Committee meeting; and, with Donna Ruebusch attended the Santa Clara County School Board s Association meeting; on Mar 1 attended the Chamber of Commerce Breakfast meeting with, where I shared information on our Visual and Performing Arts Page 3 of 7

4 and what safety precautions we are taking relative to the Parkland, Florida shooting; and, attended and was a judge at the Martin Murphy Talent Show. Dr. Zavala, Assistant Superintendent Educational Services reported that March is Youth Arts Month and Heather Nursement has displayed many pieces of art work around the District Office from our school sites and pointed out the wall in the Board Room that has been dedicated to the Sobrato students. We will continue to honor our art students by continuing to display some of their artwork in the District Office. Last week a meeting was held on continuing the development of our VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts). We will present our plan to the Board at a future meeting. Fawn Myers, Assistant Superintendent Human Resources, reported that the Human Resources department has attended their first recruiting fair of the year at CSU Monterey Bay and have started the interview process with some of the good candidates from the fair. Announced Debbie Stewart as the new Principal of Los Paseos Elementary, Debbie has held this position as interim principal since the start of the school year. E.4. Reports: Board Members Trustee Woolf, spoke of his experience with the 4 th graders during the 4 th Annual Read-In; announced that the first TAC giveaway will be on March 19 at 3:30pm at PA Walsh Steam Academy; he attended the 2018 Celebrate Morgan Hill Awards Dinner and gave a shout out to Ariana Berumen, Live Oak student who won Student of the Year, Britton teacher Jim Green, Teacher of the Year, and Brian and Kathy Sullivan, Man and Woman of the Year. Trustee Ruebusch, announced that on Feb 15 the Live Oak Girls Varsity Basket Ball team took league and shared some positive experiences from the last game of the season; attended the Santa Clara County School Board Association with Superintendent Betando and spoke of the two Stanford researchers who were presenting on trauma and how trauma effects children. Research shows a mindset shift from looking at children wondering what s wrong with then to What happened to them. Bonnie Macs sent a copy of the slide show which she will share with the trustees; partnered with Kirsten Perez in reading to a 2 nd grade class at JAMM for the 4 th Annual Read-in; Mar 3 attended the Santa Clara County School Board Association s Legislative Brunch with Superintendent Betando, Trustee Woolf, SCCOE Trustee Claudia Rossi, and Bob Benevento; she will share her notes with the Board. Trustee Patterson, thanked our fiscal team for all of their time and hard work on Right Sizing the Budget and putting together the community forums. E.5. Reports: Employee Groups: Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers / Morgan Hill Classified Employees Association / Morgan Hill Educational Leaders Association Gemma Abels, Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers President, reported on the present negotiations; announced on April 24 the 3 rd Annual Friends and Family Festival at Nordstrom Elementary from 11:00am 3:00pm; March is the CFT Convention in Costa Mesa and will also be attending the Orange County March for our Lives. Locally they are working with parents to hold a March for our Lives in Morgan Hill; MHFT hopes to organize and transport some students to the march in San Jose; also, acknowledged the activisms the Federation has been seeing within our District, town and Country within the last several weeks. Is very proud of her fellow teachers in West Virginia who have left their classrooms so they could make teaching a sustainable profession in the mountaineer state; attended the AFT Cornell Collective Bargaining Conference in New York; attended a meeting where businesses learned how to prepare for ICE raids. Morgan Hill Classified Employees Association, representative not present Patrick Buscher, Morgan Hill Educational Association President, extended the associations congratulations to Jenna Mittleman and Debbie Stewart for their new appointments; our schools are presently looking at their campus procedures to ensure they are doing what they can to ensure the safety of our students and be prepared in the event of an unexpected incident on campus; MHELA will be part of Legislative Action Day on March 13; our Visual and Performing Arts committee is close to finalizing a master plan, as well as our Family Engagement Plans are being finalized; our Special Education department was able to attend the ACSA Every Child Symposium in San Diego. E.6. Calendar: Upcoming events Vice President Patterson read from the calendar of events. Page 4 of 7

5 F. CONSENT ITEMS F.1. BUSINESS SERVICES F.1.a. Adopt resolution to accept donations made to the Morgan Hill Unified School District F.1.b. Adopt resolution to accept increases to budgets as a result of donations and make changes between funds as needed F.1.c. Approve elevator special inspection services for the Britton Middle School Transformation Project F.1.d. Approve School Facility Needs Analysis Study, prepared by School Works, establishing and recommending fees for Levels I, II and III F.1.e. Approve residential and commercial/industrial development fee justification study F.1.f. Ratify additional services agreement for Indoor Environmental Services F.1.g. Ratify material testing services for Britton Middle School Transformation Project F.1.h. Ratify geotechnical inspection services for the Britton Middle School Transformation Project F.1.i. Ratify geotechnical and geohazard inspection services for Nordstrom Elementary New Classroom Building Project F.1.j. Ratify testing and special inspection services for Paradise Valley Multi-use Building and Administration Modernization Project F.2. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES F.2.a. Approve/Ratify contracts for Special Education Services for in the amount of $256, F.3. HUMAN RESOURCES F.3.a. Approve personnel action to employ, re-employ, promote, reassign, accept resignation, accept retirement, and authorize related compensation F.4. SUPERINTENDENT F.4.a. Request for authorization to attend CSBA's Legislative Action Day, March 13, 2018 in Sacramento, California G. GENERAL BUSINESS - PUBLIC SESSION ITEMS FOR BOARD DISCUSSION G.1. Telephonic Participation and The Brown Act Presented by Manuel F. Martinez of Lozano Smith, District's legal counsel. G.2. Public Hearing: Adopt resolution to update the Level I Developer Fees for Residential Construction and Commercial/Industrial Construction Open Public Hearing: 9:06pm There was no public comment Close Public Hearing: 9:07pm Presented by Kirsten Perez, Assistant Superintendent Business Services Motion Passed: with a motion by and a second by Donna Ruebusch. Tom Arnett Page 5 of 7

6 David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch G.3. Approve Second Interim Budget for the General Fund as reported in the Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) report Presented by Victoria Knutson, Director of Fiscal Services Motion Passed: with a motion by Donna Ruebusch and a second by. Tom Arnett David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch G.4. Equity Item: Partnership for Dental, Vision, and Hearing Screenings Presented by Jenna Mittleman, Director of Special Education, Kathleen King, CEO Healthier Kids Foundation and Noel Weeks, District Nurse Healthier Kids Foundation honored Jim Carrillo, Victoria Hoyle-Kent, and Jacob Ochoa from MHUSD s IT Department for pioneering smart solutions for the health and wellness of our students. G.5. School safety presentation and adoption of resolution banning assault weapons This item was presented prior to G.1. Presented by Glen Webb, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Linda Row, Director of Student Services and Jeff Brandon, Morgan Hill Police and Student Resource Officer Motion Passed: to amend final paragraph to read the Morgan Hill Unified School District will transmit copies of this resolution to City, County, Federal and State elected officials... with a motion by Donna Ruebusch and a second by. Tom Arnett Gino Borgioli David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch G.6. Update on Right Sizing the Budget Presented by Kirsten Perez, Assistant Superintendent Business Services G.7. Update on Charter School of Morgan Hill Memorandum of Understanding Presented by Kirsten Perez, Assistant Superintendent Business Services G.8. Adopt resolution to decrease the FTE of classified position due to lack of work Presented by Fawn Myers, Assistant Superintendent Human Resources Motion Passed: with a motion by Donna Ruebusch and a second by. Tom Arnett David Gerard Page 6 of 7

7 Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch G California School Boards Association (CSBA) Delegate Assembly Election Ballots Due March 15, 2018 G.10. New business: future agenda items / recognitions There were no future items or recognitions requested. H. PUPIL DISCIPLINE H.1. Recommendation for Expulsion and Rehabilitation Plan for Student E 17/ Motion Passed: to approve expulsion and adoption of rehabilitation plan with a motion by and a second by Donna Ruebusch. Tom Arnett Abstain David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch H.2. Recommendation for Expulsion and Rehabilitation Plan for Student E 17/ Motion Passed: to approve expulsion and adoption of rehabilitation plan with a motion by and a second by Donna Ruebusch. Tom Arnett Abstain David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch H.3. Recommendation for Expulsion and Rehabilitation Plan for Student E 17/ Motion Passed: to approve expulsion and adoption of rehabilitation plan with a motion by and a second by Donna Ruebusch. Tom Arnett Abstain David Gerard Teresa Murillo Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch I. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:43pm Steve Betando, Superintendent March 20, 2018 Page 7 of 7