May 07, 2025 Board Meeting

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CALLING TO ORDER OUR MEETING. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL?

[1.01 Roll Call]

BOARD CLERK ERIC LEWIS, PRESENT. TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BURKE IS ABSENT.

TRUSTEE SHIN-LU HERE. TRUSTEE MARIANA RIOS, TRUSTEE SANDRA SALAZAR WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

STUDENT TRUSTEE KATHY LAY HERE. AND PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO HERE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE DOES ANYONE WANT TO REORGANIZE THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I DIDN'T GET ANY CARDS. NO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

WE'RE MOVING ON. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

OH, OKAY. SORRY, ORLANDO. I'M GOING TO GO FIRST.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A YES VOTE ON ITEM 3.03, THE APPROVAL OF THE SERP. THIS PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT FISCAL OPPORTUNITY, POTENTIALLY SAVING THE DISTRICT $3 MILLION THROUGH THE UPCOMING 22 FACULTY RETIREMENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE RETIRING FACULTY MEMBERS, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, REPRESENT A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS ACROSS NUMEROUS DISCIPLINES, FROM STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES TO HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, STEM AND THE HUMANITIES, AND COUNSELING ARTICULATION.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR MATSUURA. THEIR LEADERSHIP IN ROLES SUCH AS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND FACULTY SENATE UNDERSCORES THEIR PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS. APPROVING THE CERB ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO REALIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREERS AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE ESTEEMED FACULTY STRONGLY RECOMMENDS A YES VOTE ON ITEM 3.03 TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COULD I HAVE YOLANDA LOPEZ? I WAS TRYING TO HIDE BACK THERE, BUT YOU FOUND ME.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU. NO, IT WAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE OUR JOB SHADOW FOLKS AND GET TO INTERACT WITH THEM.

WE WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT TODAY WITH CRYSTAL AND DOCTOR FIERRO, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION. AND THE INTERACTIONS WERE, LIKE, ALWAYS VERY POSITIVE.

AND VERY FORTUNATE RIGHT NOW TO SEE THREE OF MY CLASSIFIED STAFF BEING REPRESENTATIVE AS A JOB SHADOW.

SO WE HAVE ESTELLA AND BLANCA AND ISMAEL. AND SO THAT BRINGS A LOT OF PRIDE TO US.

JUST TO SHOW OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY THE INITIATIVES AND THE DRIVES THAT ARE CLASSIFIED, HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE EVEN IN THE ROLES THAT THEY HAVE.

THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO GROW, PARTICIPATE AND DO MORE.

AND SO IT'S REALLY SUCH AN HONOR FOR ME TO SEE THEM HERE AND SHINE TONIGHT.

AND LIKE LYNN SAID, WE DO WANT TO SEE THIS GROUP GO THROUGH.

OUR FOLKS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND TO ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THEIR LIFE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND I BELIEVE TERRENCE'S FACULTY SENATE IS NOT HERE.

I DON'T SEE HIM. SEE HIM. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.01, INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION,

[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Cerritos College Art Students]

AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JAMES. MAC, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. MCDEVITT, FACULTY AND DIRECTOR CURATOR OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE ART GALLERY, WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION AND TALK ABOUT THE ART PIECES.

DOCTOR HARRELL WILL PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO ETHAN.

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THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS WORK WHEN HE CAME TO OUR AWARD CEREMONY LAST WEEK. AND AFTER SEEING ETHAN'S WORK IN THE WINDOW, HE REQUESTED THAT WE BRING IT ON OVER TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE.

I WOULD MAKE A REQUEST THAT IN RETURN, YOU ALL, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO HIKE OVER TO THE ART GALLERY TO SEE ALL OF THE OTHER 135 WORKS THAT WE COULDN'T SCHLEP OVER HERE TODAY. BUT I JUST BROUGHT A RANDOM SAMPLE OTHER THAN ETHAN'S, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE SHOW. THE MAIN CRITERIA WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD FIT THEM IN OUR ARMS TO BRING THEM OVER HERE.

SO ON A RANDOM SAMPLING OF PIECES FROM DIFFERENT MEDIA FROM FREEHAND DRAWING AND LIFE DRAWING, PAINTING, PRINTMAKING AND PRINTMAKING AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

AND I ALSO BROUGHT OUR PAINTING INSTRUCTOR, A NIGERIAN, AND THE ARTIST ETHAN CALVARIO, WHO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. SO.

I WANT YOU TO WELCOME. OH. FALCON BLUE. HI. NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE. I'VE BEEN AT THE COLLEGE FOR 26 YEARS, BUT THE BOARD HAS CHANGED.

I TEACH IN THE STUDIO ARTS PROGRAM IN FINE ARTS, DRAWING AND PAINTING.

ETHAN IS AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER WHO TOOK MY COLOR THEORY CLASS.

NEVER PAINTED. STILL SWEARS HE'S NOT A PAINTER.

THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT WAS 18 BY 24, WHICH IS MODEST.

HE GOT THIS FOUR BY FIVE FOOT CANVAS AND THEN SPENT A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PAINT.

BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS STORY OF HIS FAMILY AND THEIR ACCLIMATION TO AMERICA AND THEN HIMSELF.

SO I'LL LET HIM. I THINK HE CAN SAY IT BEST, BUT ANYONE A GREAT PRIZE FOR THE PAINTING IN THE SHOW.

AND, ETHAN, PLEASE TELL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE PRESIDENT THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US.

THANK YOU. JUDY. ALL RIGHT, SO MY NAME IS ETHAN CALVARIO.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO MY NAME IS ETHAN CALVARIO, AND THIS PAINTING IS CALLED THE LOZENGE.

THE ENTRANCE OF THE CALVARIO INTO THE WORLD, WHICH IS A REFERENCE TO JAMES ANSWERS CHRIST'S ENTRANCE INTO BRUSSELS, WHICH YOU COULD FIND AT THE GETTY MUSEUM. SO, LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF I REFERENCE IS LIKE TOWARDS THE VERY TOP LEFT IS ACTUALLY MY GRANDPA. BUT I DID IT IN A WAY WHERE I GRABBED MY PAINTING PALETTE AND THE THICK LAYERS.

I WOULD CUT IT OFF AND I WOULD COLLAGE IT ON THERE AND USE GEL MEDIUM TO KEEP IT ON THERE.

AND THEN YOU SEE WHO IS WHICH IS WHO IS MY GRANDPA, WHICH IS JOSÉ CALVARIO.

AND IT'S KIND OF TELLING YOU THE STORY ABOUT HIM, WHAT HE WAS AND WHAT HE DID.

HE GREW UP. HE WAS BORN IN PUEBLA. BUT YOU START RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS METRO.

HE ACTUALLY WORKED ON MEXICO CITY'S LINE ONE OF THE METRO AS A LEARNING HOW TO BE A CONTRACTOR.

SO FROM THERE, HE HE, HE WOULD LEARN, LIKE, HOW TO DO CONTRACT WORK AND GET CONTRACTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

SO THAT'S THE SUBWAY, ACTUALLY. AND THAT LITTLE LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE A RAINBOW.

IT'S A REFERENCE TO THE APPLES. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GET THE THE LITTLE RAINBOW, IT STARTS APPEARING IN A CIRCLE.

SO THE TRAINS COMING OUT OF THERE, AND YOU SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE SUBWAY STANDS STANDING RIGHT BELOW IT IS ACTUALLY A REFERENCE TO PUEBLA AND THE MAIN CHURCH THAT'S THERE, WHICH THE CHURCH THAT I COLORED, IT WAS BASED OFF OF A FAMOUS CHURCH THAT'S FROM THE BAROQUE STYLE IN MEXICO, IN PUEBLA ALSO, BUT NOT THE MAIN ONE. IT'S CALLED SAN FRANCISCO OCOTEPEC.

SO I USED THAT COLOR OF ALL THESE BRIGHT COLORS AND PUT IT ON THAT CHURCH.

BUT I ALSO KIND OF GOT INSPIRED BY THE OLD TACO BELL LOGO.

SO IT'S KIND OF RIGHT THERE ON THE BELL. RIGHT BELOW IT IS PROFESSOR, WHICH REALLY INSPIRED ME THROUGH THE CLASS THAT I TOOK ON COLOR THEORY. I PUT THEM IN THERE, AND THEN I PUT THEM IN A COLOR THEORY WAY WHERE IT'S A BUNCH OF COLORS AND SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE LEARNED. AND THEN A LITTLE UP, YOU SEE, LIKE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT YOU SEE, LIKE BLUE GREENS, REDS. THAT'S LIKE A VERY THICK LAYER, IMPASTO LAYER THAT I APPLIED THAT ACTUALLY SOMETIMES TOOK 3 TO 4 DAYS JUST TO DRY.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S ACRYLIC, NONE OF THIS IS OIL.

BESIDES THE PASTELS THAT I USED THAT'S IN A VERY THICK LAYER.

AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE NEAR THE SUBWAY IS ONCE IT ENDS, YOU KIND OF SEE A CAR.

THAT'S MY GRANDPA'S OLD FORD PICKUP THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO THE HOUSE.

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SO I LEARNED HOW TO DRAW AND LEARNED ALL THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND USE IT TO MY ADVANTAGE, LIKE PERSPECTIVE AND ALL THAT. SO ON TOP, YOU SEE, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DRESSED IN UNIFORM OF THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT BATTLE FOR MEXICO. AND THE IT'S LIKE A VICTORY BATTLE FOR THE THE WAR THAT TOOK IT TOOK THAT TOOK THAT HAPPENED AT THAT TIME.

BASICALLY, PUEBLA DE IGNACIO ZARAGOZA WOULD WIN THE BATTLE.

KICK OUT THE FRENCH. BUT IN THE END, THEY WOULD END UP GETTING KICKED FOR A WHILE, BUT THEN COME BACK VICTORIOUS.

SO MY GRANDPA WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IGNACIO ZARAGOZA, THE FAMOUS GENERAL IN THAT BATTLE.

AND RIGHT THERE IS MY WHAT? WELL, RIGHT THERE IS MY UNCLE, MY DAD, AND THEN MY OTHER UNCLE.

ONE OF THEM'S A BARTENDER, SO HE'S HOLDING A BOTTLE OF JACK DANIEL'S.

MY DAD'S A MACHINIST, SO HE'S HOLDING A DIAL CALIPER.

AND MY UNCLE IS A MECHANIC ACTUALLY GOING TO THIS SCHOOL, LEARNING IT RIGHT NOW.

SO HE'S HOLDING AN IMPACT GUN. AND I DECIDE NOT TO LET THEM HOLD WEAPONS BECAUSE THEY CAME TO THIS UNITED STATES TO DO GOOD AND WORK AN HONEST LIVING AND THE AMERICAN DREAM.

SO THEY ALL CAME OVER HERE WANTING TO HAVE THAT AMERICAN DREAM, AND THEY ALL ARE DOING THAT AMERICAN DREAM IN A WAY.

SO I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE THEM A YOU KNOW, THAT BECAUSE I LOOK UP TO MY UNCLES AND MY DAD AND THEN ALSO MY GRANDPA, EVEN THOUGH I NEVER GOT TO MEET HIM. HE DIED IN 2001.

BUT ALSO I HAVE A ACTUALLY I CUT OUT AND COLLAGED AN OLD SMOKEY THE BEAR POSTER FROM 1982.

BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS KNOW SMOKEY THE BEAR'S LIKE, SAYING IS ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT A FIRE.

SO IN THE WAY I APPLIED IT TO THIS SCENARIO, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH MY GRANDPA WAS LOOKED UP TO BY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN HIS TOWN, AND EVEN WHEN HE DIED, A BUNCH OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS AND OTHER OF HIS WORKERS CAME OUT, AND IT WAS A HUGE CROWD. YOU GOT A MINUTE LEFT? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. HE HE WASN'T ALWAYS PERFECT.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT THESE CELEBRITIES AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. AND HE HAD HIS OWN MISTAKES THAT HE DID IN HIS LIFE THAT AFFECTED MY UNCLES AND MY AUNTS AND ALSO MY GRANDMA. BUT, YOU KNOW, ONLY YOU COULD PREVENT A FIRE.

SO HE KIND OF STARTED THAT FIRE IN THE FAMILY.

SOME PROBLEMS. BUT EVEN THOUGH HE HAD HIS MISTAKES, HE TRIED TO LIVE HIS LIFE AS BEST AS HE COULD.

AND THEN RIGHT THERE, I ALSO COLLAGE ANOTHER COMIC BOOK A LOBO COP, WHICH IS A COMIC.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PARODY OF ROBOCOP, BUT THE REASON I PUT IT LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE ONE OF MY UNCLES MAKES SOCKS AND OWNS A BUNCH OF MACHINERY, SO I JUST PUT HIM AS A ROBOT. RIGHT THERE TOWARDS THE VERY TOP.

RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT SQUARE IS ACTUALLY THE CASKET.

THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TOP VIEW OF THE PEOPLE OF THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF ALL THE PEOPLE CARRYING THE CASKET.

AND THEN NEXT TO IT, YOU SEE AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, WHICH WOULD BE ONE OF HIS LAST FINAL PROJECTS FOR THE AIRPORT IN PUEBLA, WHICH YOU COULD WHICH IS STILL THERE AND ACTUALLY SAW IT WHEN WE WENT TO PUEBLA AND LANDED THERE.

YOU STILL SEE IT? IT WAS ONE OF HIS FINAL PROJECTS, BUT HE ACTUALLY WAS ALL THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE GAINED ON CODES AND CONSTRUCTION.

HE DESIGNED AND BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE, WHICH AT ITS TIME WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT SEEN, A THREE STORY LIKE HOUSE.

AND THEN HE ALSO IN HIS AREA, HE IMPLEMENTED NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WERE NOT SEEN IN HIS TOWN.

AND THEN I PUT MY MOM AND DAD, WHICH ARE SEEN IN THAT CUTOUT BLOCK PRINT WHICH IS DONE IN, LIKE, A GERMAN EXPRESSION WAY. IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE MY MOM OR DAD, BUT I DID IT IN THAT WAY, IN THAT STYLE, WHICH MY GRANDMA WAS TELLING ME NOT TO DO.

BUT I DID IT STILL. AND THEN YOU SEE RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS KABOOM! IT'S LIKE, RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PANCHO VILLA SHOOTING LIKE A FLARE GUN, AND IT SAYS KABOOM! AND THEN IT SAID THE DEATH OF JOSÉ CALVARIO. SO IT'S LIKE THIS LIKE DISTRESS CALL IF YOU WANT TO SAY LIKE THAT, HE DIED. AND THEN YOU SEE RIGHT THERE THE CHARACTERS.

IT'S ME, MY COUSINS, AND THEN MY BROTHER. AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY IN THE VERY, VERY BOTTOM.

RIGHT. IT'S A COLLAGE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT.

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SO IT'S LIKE SOMEONE CHASING AFTER. LIKE AFTER HE DIED, SO.

OH, AND THEN I ALSO PUT SOME FOR LOS ANGELES.

I PUT A REFERENCE TO THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND MY UNCLES CAME TO LOS ANGELES, SO I USE THAT. AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE GODZILLA DESTROYING SOME OF THE BUILDINGS IN LOS ANGELES, SO. OH, AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OF MY DOGS IN THERE, AND ALSO ON THE SIDES.

I ALSO USED ALL THE SPACE THAT I HAD. NOTHING WENT TO WASTE ON.

ACTUALLY, ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S LIKE WAVES, LIKE A HUGE STORM.

AND AT THE VERY END YOU'RE CLEARING IT. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE LIFE.

YOU HAVE UPS AND DOWNS, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO CLEAR IT OFF AND GO THROUGH THESE HURDLES.

AND THAT'S IT ABOUT THE ENTRANCE OF THE INTO THE WORLD.

AND MY NAME IS ETHAN CALVARIO. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. YEAH, SURE. SO. YEAH. THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE PUT SOME BOOKS ON YOUR YOUR YOUR DESK OVER THERE.

IT'S A COPY OF OUR MOST RECENT CATALOG. WE HAVE NOT YET PRODUCED THE CATALOG FOR THIS SHOW.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT. IT SHOULD BE READY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND THEN THE BIGGER ONE IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WAS THREE DIFFERENT EXHIBITIONS, OUR FACULTY, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR ALUMNI ALL TOGETHER.

SO IT REALLY IS KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE DO.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO MENTION THAT LAST DECEMBER, OUR ART GALLERY HAD AN EXHIBITION THAT INCLUDED AN ARTWORK THAT WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY THE ENTRY OF CHRIST INTO BRUSSELS. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED, OR THE MAIN IMAGE FOR THE EXHIBITION BY PETER CARR WAS INSPIRED BY THIS SAME PAINTING. AND WE GOT A WRITE UP IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE WRITEUP IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, THIS WAS IT.

JAMES JAMES FOUND THE ARTIST BROUGHT HIM TO OUR SCHOOL AND NEW YORK TIMES.

YEAH, IT WAS AN ARTIST WHOSE WORK HAD BEEN SITTING IN STORAGE FOR 40 YEARS AND NOBODY HAD SEEN IT.

SO PRETTY, PRETTY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK PRESIDENT FERRERO. CAN ETHAN GET A PICTURE OF YOU AND HIM IN THE PAINTING, PLEASE? SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR NOT ONLY CARRYING THE ART HERE, BUT HOLDING IT THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO BRING IT HERE, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN AT THE GALLERY TO SEE THE STUDENT EXHIBITION, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. THE PIECES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE EQUIVALENT TO WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT THE GALLERY.

IF THEY DON'T TELL YOU THAT THE STUDENTS, YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXHIBITION THINKING THE SOME ARTISTS FROM SOMEWHERE CAME HERE AND CURATED THE WORK. IT IS VERY GOOD. THE PIECES ARE GREAT, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE AWARD CEREMONY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

BLOWN AWAY BY THE TALENT OF THE STUDENTS, THE COMMITMENT OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF THE ART DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THIS. THANK YOU FOR FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BRING THE ART TO THE BOARDROOM.

HOPEFULLY AS WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WE'LL HAVE MORE PERMANENT AND MAYBE A ROTATING.

THANK YOU. JAMES. A ROTATING COLLECTION IN THE BOARDROOM.

I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING THE ART. AND IN THE GALLERY ARE LARGE CERAMICS, THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, VIDEOS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULDN'T BRING. SO, YEAH, PLEASE COME VISIT UP FOR ANOTHER WEEK.

AND NOW I HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR FOR ETHAN. OH.

BRAVO, TRUSTEES. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR COMING TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING YOUR WORK TO US.

IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE SEEN NOTHING ELSE ON THE GALLERY AS YOU GO THROUGH THE WALKWAY FIRST HAND ON THE WINDOW, THE REST MOST OF THE YEAR, YOU WILL SEE THIS AS THE FIRST PHASE AND TRAVEL FROM HERE TO THE PARKING AND OF COURSE, THE ATTENTION. BUT AS YOU KIND OF LOOK THROUGH IT, YOU THAT IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR CREATIVITY, DEDICATION AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US TODAY.

BRAVO.

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I MEAN, ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE HARD WORKING.

KIDS ARE GOING TO PUT IT ALL IN THERE.

HELLO. HELLO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I'LL GRAB THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH OF COURSE.

THANK YOU. I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO MESS IT UP.

THANK YOU ALL. I'LL SEND YOU A BILL FOR IT. ITEM.

[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Traci Ukita, 20 years of service to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society]

TRACY. YOU. YOU. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY, AND THE PERSON DOING THE PRESENTATION IS DOCTOR ROBIN KRAMER, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND FELLOW CERRITOS CONSTITUENTS.

IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE SOMEONE WHOSE DISTINCTION HAS TRULY SHAPED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

AND THAT'S TRACY AKITA. THIS YEAR MARKS 20 YEARS OF TRACY S OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS AN ADVISOR TO THE BETA ALPHA BETA CHAPTER OF PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY, AND FOR TWO DECADES, SHE HAS BEEN A GUIDING FORCE BEHIND THE STUDENTS EXCELLENCE AND CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE AMONG OUR CAMPUS HIGHEST ACHIEVING STUDENTS.

BUT TRACY'S INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND. HER INCREDIBLE DEDICATION IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF STUDENT SUCCESS ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN INITIATIVES LIKE PACK AND GUIDED PATHWAYS, AND IS ALWAYS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS NOT ONLY FIND THEIR WAY, BUT THRIVE THROUGH PERSONALIZED SUPPORT AND CLEAR ACADEMIC DIRECTION AND A DEEP SENSE OF BELONGING.

AND NOW, STARTING THIS SUMMER, SHE WILL SERVE AS OUR ARTICULATION OFFICER, LAUNCHING A BRAND NEW CHAPTER IN HER CERRITOS COLLEGE STORY.

AND, TRACY, YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR VISION HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF UNWAVERING SERVICE AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A WELL-DESERVED ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO TRACY UCHIDA.

OKAY? YEAH. AND I WASN'T EXPECTING ALL THOSE WONDERFUL, KIND WORDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROBIN. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS OVER THE YEARS.

THE PHI THETA KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY IS AN OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION TO ENGAGE SOME OF OUR MOST ACADEMICALLY HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS, AS I'M SURE DOCTOR WONG AND DOCTOR MIXON CAN ATTEST, AS BOTH HAVE SERVED AS ADVISORS IN THE PAST AS WELL.

BUT AFTER 20 YEARS, I AM GOING TO HANG UP MY BOOTS IN TERMS OF BEING AN ADVISOR, AND I'M WORKING TO TRANSFER THE ADVISING DUTIES TO TWO FANTASTIC, NEWER COUNSELORS. SO MONICA RUIZ AND KEVIN CASTILLO ARE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER AS A PHI THETA KAPPA ADVISOR.

SO KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN TO HEAR GREAT THINGS COMING THROUGH THE PHI THETA KAPPA CHAPTER WITH MONICA AND KEVIN AT THE HELM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT

[2.03 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Women's Wrestling Team, CCCAA State Champions]

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LONG TIME LISTENER. SO I GET TO FOLLOW TRACY, WHO'S OBVIOUSLY GREAT, AND AND THE PAINTERS AND INTRODUCE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND ONE OF OUR 19 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. WHILE DUSTIN IS ROUNDING THEM UP, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

WE HAVE 19 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS ENCOMPASSING ABOUT 500 FULL TIME STUDENT ATHLETES THAT PARTICIPATE IN ABOUT 20 HOURS OF COMPETITION AND PRACTICE AND ANOTHER 20 HOURS OF CLASSES ON CAMPUS AVERAGING 15 UNITS, COMPLETING OVER 12 COMPLETING OVER 30 A SEMESTER WITH GREAT GPAS. FIVE OF OUR TEAMS HAD GPAS OVER 3.0, AND PROBABLY MORE THAN 50% HAD OVER 2.2.5.

SO THEY DO GREAT THINGS. WOMEN'S WRESTLING HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR THREE YEARS.

SO AFTER TWO YEARS OF COMPETITION UNDER HEAD COACH DUSTIN KIRK, WE'D WON TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SO DUSTIN AND THESE 40 YOUNG LADIES DID NOT WANT TO STOP THERE.

THEY HAVE NOW WON THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM. AS YOU CAN SEE, LOTS OF THEM.

40 STUDENT ATHLETES FULL TIME. MULTIPLY THAT BY ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS DOING GREAT THINGS ON THIS CAMPUS.

DUSTIN, YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD, A FEW WORDS ABOUT THESE YOUNG LADIES? YES.

THIS IS DUSTIN'S CANVAS. HE DOESN'T PAY VERY WELL, BUT THIS IS HIS CANVAS.

YES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT FARROW AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR GIVING THESE WOMEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEL BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY. WITHOUT THIS PLATFORM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ABOUT 90% OF THESE GIRLS ARE EITHER LOOKING TO TRANSFER AND WRESTLE ON AN ACADEMIC ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP OR JUST TRANSFER TO THE FOUR YEAR LEVEL, UNIVERSITY LEVEL.

SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM FOR THAT. WE ENCOURAGE A GROWTH MINDSET HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, AND THEY HAVE ALL BOUGHT OF THAT CULTURE. AND SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO KIND OF HAVE THEM UP TODAY.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.

THIS YEAR AT THE THREE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WE HAD 24 STUDENT ATHLETES PARTICIPATE.

12 WRESTLERS ARE ALLOWED TO SCORE POINTS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SCORE 232 TEAM POINTS, OUTSCORING MOUNT SAC BY 20 POINTS.

AND THIS WILL BE OUR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS IS OUR THIRD CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS COULD BE AN ANNUAL THING. AND WE COULD ALWAYS BE UP HERE EVERY YEAR.

BUT I KNOW, AND THESE YOUNG LADIES KNOW THAT IT ALWAYS TAKES WORK.

AND THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. AND THESE GIRLS ARE CAPABLE AND COMPETENT TO GET THAT DONE.

OUT OF THE 24 GIRLS, WE HAD 20 GIRLS. WHEN STATE MEDALS, WE HAD 11 ALL-AMERICANS.

WE HAD NINE IN THE FINALS, AND WE HAD FOUR STATE CHAMPIONS.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO WIN THE NCW HEAD WRESTLING COACH OF THE YEAR, AND FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE TIME AS WELL.

SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. AND FUN FACT I ACTUALLY WRESTLED HERE IN 2014.

I WON AN INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE AS AN ATHLETE, AND I WAS A PART OF THE LAST TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE MEN'S WRESTLING TEAM.

AND SO I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE BACK HERE, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS A COACH AND LET ALONE THREE TIMES.

SO WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. AND I WILL SAY THIS TOO, I LOVE STORY.

THIS IS MY HOME. I LOVE EVERYTHING THE SCHOOL HAS TO THIS STANDS FOR.

AND I HOPE ONE DAY I COULD EARN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE FULL TIME.

AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO FINISH JUST BY SAYING AGAIN, THANK YOU.

WOMEN'S WRESTLING IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND WITHOUT PEOPLE BELIEVING IN THEM AND GIVING THIS SPORT AN OPPORTUNITY THESE YOUNG LADIES WOULD ONE NOT HAVE MET EACH OTHER AND TWO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AND GROW THEIR LIVES AND SET GOALS AND TRY TO ACHIEVE THEM.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING THEM THIS PLATFORM.

AND DUSTIN, THANK YOU. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE OLYMPICS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, YES, THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. ON TOP OF THAT, ACTUALLY, JUST RECENTLY WE WERE AT THE US OPEN AND WE HAD A FORMER STATE CHAMPION FOR US, ANYA DRURY. SHE JUST WON THE US OPEN, WHICH PUTS HER IN THE COMPETITION FOR FINAL X, IF SHE WINS THAT SHE REPRESENTS THE UNITED STATES ON THE SENIOR LEVEL FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST PINNACLE FOR WOMEN'S WRESTLING.

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT FIERRO. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU, DUSTIN, AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND BRINGING THE ENTIRE TEAM OR I SUPPOSE NEARLY THE ENTIRE TEAM.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AS ALL OF US WE CAN SEE, KIRK IS KIRK. KIRK IS A PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE.

IT SHOWS NOT ONLY ON THE MAT, BUT ACADEMICALLY.

SO WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU, NOT JUST HOW YOU PERFORM IN THE MAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW YOU PERFORM AS A STUDENT BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO WIN IN BOTH PLACES. BECAUSE TRANSFER IS THE, THE MAIN GOAL.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE YOU WIN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR ALL OF YOU ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THOSE. I'LL GO THERE TO COACH KIRK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PICTURE, BUT. I'LL GO RIGHT HERE.

YOU WANT TO. YOU WANT TO SPREAD BEHIND THEM? YEAH.

OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. YEAH. SPREAD BEHIND. YEAH.

NOT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE PICTURE. COME ON. IT'S GOING UP RIGHT NOW.

DON'T WORRY. NOW YOU CAN COME ALL AROUND. THERE WE GO.

COME AROUND. YES. OKAY. YEAH. AT LEAST. OH, WOW.

OH, YOU EVEN GET TO SIT DOWN. SEE? THERE YOU GO.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? DO WE HAVE EVERYONE? OKAY.

DOCTOR FIERRO OVER HERE. YEAH. YEAH. NO PROBLEM.

HAVE A LENS WIDE ENOUGH. YEAH. SO MOST OF THEM ARE HERE, AND YOU GUYS ARE TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER.

SQUEEZE IN, SQUEEZE IN. YEAH. OKAY. A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THERE WE GO. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO.

THREE. ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU GO, RORY, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT DID YOU HAVE THE RUNDOWN OF THOSE TEAMS THAT ARE IN THE FINAL SEMIFINALS AND GOING TO THE NEXT ROUND? I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TEAMS, SO JUST TO GIVE THEM ALL A MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK IS AT SADDLEBACK STILL IS AT SADDLEBACK THIS WEEKEND.

BASEBALL IS HOME THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK.

THEY PLAY TWO OTHER TEAMS OUR RIVAL EL CAMINO AND GLENDALE.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL. BEACH IS AT MOUNT SAC TOMORROW FOR STATE.

AND SOFTBALL IS DOWN AT PALOMAR ON FRIDAY SATURDAY.

SO ALL OF OUR TEAMS HAVE PROGRESSED TO STATE PLAYOFFS IN SOME SENSE.

AND OBVIOUSLY WOMEN'S WRESTLING IS ALREADY DONE WITH THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP.

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

[2.04 REVISED: Institutional Presentation: Recognition of the 2025 Inclusion Excellence Award Recipients]

MERCEDES GUTIERREZ IS ALREADY UP THERE AND READY TO DO HER PRESENTATION ON INSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE 2025 INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE INCLUSION EXCELLENCE AWARDS.

LAST YEAR, THESE WERE KNOWN AS THE DIVERSITY AWARDS. SO WE'VE JUST SHIFTED.

THE AWARD IS A PREMIER INITIATIVE. WELL, I SAID IT ANYWAY.

OKAY. I SAID IT ANYWAY. THE LAW IS THE LAW UNTIL IT CHANGES, RIGHT? OKAY. SO THE AWARD IS A PREMIER INITIATIVE ACROSS CAMPUS TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY FOR THEIR WORK AND DEDICATION TO

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THEIR ADVOCACY LEADS TO ACTIONS THAT ELIMINATE EQUITY GAPS FOR DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES ON THE CERRITOS COLLEGE CAMPUS.

WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF FOR THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS IN ADVOCACY TOWARD UNITY ACROSS THE BOARD.

NOMINATED INDIVIDUALS MET ONE OR MORE CRITERIA OF THE FOLLOWING.

SERVED AS A ROLE MODEL OR ALLY IN ADVOCATING UNIFICATION EFFORTS.

CREATED AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE BY ACTIVELY ENGAGING ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

TOOK STEPS TO INCREASE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND POSITIVE CHANGE ACROSS CAMPUS.

LEFT POSITIVE ACTIONS OR INTERVENTIONS TO CLOSE EQUITY GAPS AND ENABLE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

TOOK A PROACTIVE ROLE IN EDUCATING THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY ON MATTERS OF INEQUALITY OR DISPARITIES.

PROMOTED CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIONS, AND SELF SELF-DISCOVERY OFFERED PROGRAMING TO HELP THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY LEARN MORE ABOUT PRACTICAL WAYS TO ENHANCE EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, AND APPLIED EVIDENCE AND SERVICE EXCELLENCE PRINCIPLES TO TACKLE ISSUES EFFECTIVELY TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO, EACH RECIPIENT WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THE COLLEGE IN RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

EACH RECIPIENT WILL ALSO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE FROM ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECO OF DISTRICT 64.

AND HERE TONIGHT IS HER FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, JUST GENESIS POMPA.

AND ADDITIONALLY, ALTHOUGH CONGRESSWOMAN LINDA SANCHEZ OF DISTRICT 38 AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR BOB ARCHULETA OF DISTRICT 30 ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, THEY HAVE ALSO PROVIDED CERTIFICATES FOR THE RECIPIENTS.

SO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TEN RECIPIENTS, TWO WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT THE REST ARE HERE.

AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND RECEIVE YOUR AWARD AND YOUR CERTIFICATES? AND YES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER PHOTO OP. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH KEVIN BUTLER, CUSTODIAN FROM OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

ALRIGHT KEVIN DON'T LOSE YOUR KEYS. YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE END.

CLOSE TO THE END. CAN'T HOLD YOUR LAST PAYCHECK BECAUSE YOU LOST YOUR KEYS.

OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE GLADYS CALDERON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES.

AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. YVETTE DIAZ PROGRAM FACILITY FACILITATOR FOR OUR UNDOCU PROGRAM. DANIEL GARDNER, ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR AND LEAD IN PUENTE.

FATIMA OBREGON, STUDENT AND SCC VICE PRESIDENT.

ELIZABETH PAGE, COUNSELOR IN OUR STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES.

VANESSA SALAS, PROGRAM ASSISTANT AND COUNSELING SERVICES.

AND GISELLE URSABIA, STUDENT WHO SERVES AS AN EMBEDDED TUTOR IN OUR SKILLS LAB.

HAVE THEM COME TO THE CENTER. AND. SHOULD WE STAND UP? NO. NO, NO. YEAH. YEAH I COULD.

YOU HAVE TAKEN MORE PICTURES TODAY THAN YOU HAVE IN.

ONE, TWO. ONE. TWO. THREE.

YAY! THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

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[2.05 Institutional Presentation: Data Snippet]

I KNOW I MADE I MADE A SCENE WHO WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING ALL PINK, BUT SHE'S NOT.

WE TRIED TO COORDINATE OUR PINK TODAY, BUT WE'RE THE INVERSE.

SHE'S GOT THE JACKET AND THE PANTS. AND THEN I GOT THE TOP AND THE SHOES.

YEAH, THE INVERSE PINK. SHE TOLD ME TO WEAR PINK.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS GOING TO TELL THE STORY OF TRANSFER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US. THE CHALLENGES OUR STUDENTS FACE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP.

BY UNDERSTANDING THESE CHALLENGES AND IMPLEMENTING TARGETED STRATEGIES, WE CAN HELP MORE STUDENTS ACHIEVE WHAT THEY CAME HERE TO DO.

TRANSFER. SO TRANSFER IS KEY TO OUR STUDENTS FIRST FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS OUR TEN YEAR EDUCATIONAL MASTER PLAN.

WE SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL TO GRADUATE AT LEAST 50% OF OUR STUDENTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OR LESS.

WITHIN THE STUDENTSFIRST FRAMEWORK, WE HAVE FOUR LEVERS OR FOUR MAIN GOALS.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO SHED LIGHT ON LEVER C, WHICH IS CAREER AND TRANSFER SUCCESS.

WITHIN THIS LEVER, WE HAVE A KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, OR KPI, THAT TRACKS THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER WITHIN TWO YEARS AT CERRITOS.

SO THE SECTION IS REALLY GOING TO DIVE INTO OUR TRANSFER DATA AND SHED LIGHT ON STUDENTS JOURNEY HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

SO WHEN EXAMINING OUR KPI, WE SEE THAT 17% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TRANSFERRING OUT WITHIN TWO YEARS.

THIS TWO YEAR MARK IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T TRANSFER WITHIN TWO YEARS, THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF TRANSFERRING AT ALL DECREASES.

SO YOU CAN SEE FROM 2 TO 4 YEARS THERE'S ONLY A 1% INCREASE OF STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM 17 TO 18%.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER, 11% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LEAVING WITH AN AWARD, COMPARED TO 6% WHO ARE NOT. AND WHILE OUR TRANSFER OUT RATES ARE ON PAR WITH STATEWIDE AVERAGES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF OUR STUDENTS LEAVING CERRITOS COLLEGE WITHOUT A DEGREE BY 2%.

SO WHEN WE EXAMINE OUR MOST RECENT STUDENTS, THE FALL 2024, WE HAD 935 STUDENTS TRANSFER, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF OUR ANNUAL TRANSFER OUT NUMBERS.

TYPICALLY, 1000 STUDENTS TRANSFER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS 80% OF OUR STUDENTS COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE WITH THE INTENT TO.

WE JUST HEARD THAT FROM OUR WRESTLING COACH THAT 90% OF OUR GIRLS WANTED TO TRANSFER.

SO THERE'S A BIG GAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO TRANSFER AND THOSE WHO DO.

SO THE REALITY IS, FEWER THAN 1 IN 5 STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRING FROM CERRITOS.

SO HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF OUR FALL 2024 STUDENTS.

AND IT'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN OUR CSU DATA COMPARED TO OUR UC.

SO ON THE LEFT IS CSU INFORMATION AND THE RIGHT IS UC.

ABOUT 82% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER APPLY TO A CSU AND THE OTHER 18% TO A UC.

WHAT'S CONCERNING IS THAT OUR CSU APPLICATIONS ARE DOWN BY 19% IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND SO WHAT'S ALSO MORE SURPRISING IS THAT 80% OF OUR STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FEE WAIVERS.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY HAVE FOUR FREE APPLICATIONS TO CSUS AND UCS.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT WHILE ALL STUDENTS ARE USING FOR FOR THE UC APPLICATION, ON AVERAGE STUDENTS ARE APPLYING TO ONLY THREE CSUS.

SO THEY'RE LEAVING AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE TABLE.

WHEN WE MOVE DOWN TO ADMIT RATE, WE SEE THAT OUR RATES ARE STRONG FOR BOTH CSU AND UC.

NINE OUT OF TEN STUDENTS ARE GETTING IN GETTING ADMITTED TO THE CSU, WHICH IS 1% HIGHER THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

SO OUR ADMIT RATE FOR CSU IS 92%, COMPARED TO 91% AT THE STATEWIDE.

FOR UCS, SEVEN OUT OF TEN STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED, WHICH MATCHES THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

SO WITH ALL THIS DATA, THIS IS TELLING US THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING IN, BUT NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS ARE APPLYING.

SO OF THOSE WHO ARE ADMITTED NOW LET'S EXAMINE WHERE THEY ENROLL, WHICH IS DEFINED AS THE YIELD RATE.

SO OF THOSE 1100 STUDENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED TO THE CSU 805 ENROLLED, WHICH MEANS OUR YIELD RATE IS 70%, WHICH IS 5% HIGHER THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE OF 65%.

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WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS 86% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TRANSFERRING TO A CSU.

THE REMAINING 14% ARE GOING TO A UC. AND MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE STAYING IN THESE TOP FOUR CSU'S.

SO ALMOST 90% OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLL IN EITHER LONG BEACH, FULLERTON, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, OR LA.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE YIELD RATE FOR UCS, WE CAN SEE THAT 64% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ENROLLING, WHICH IS MEANS THAT THEY'RE COMPETITIVE AND THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED.

SO NOW WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. WE JUST NEED MORE STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY APPLY AND GET THERE.

SO REMEMBER, OUR TRANSFER OUT RATE FOR FOUR YEAR IS AT 18% AND 7% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE TRANSFERRING WITHOUT A DEGREE.

WHICH IS 2% HIGHER THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

BUT WHAT'S CONCERNING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF UNITS STUDENTS LEAVE WITH WITHIN FOUR YEARS? WE'RE SEEING THAT STUDENTS WITH AN AWARD ARE ACCUMULATING 19 MORE UNITS THAN THOSE WITHOUT AN AWARD.

WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IS AN ADDITIONAL FIVE CLASSES OR AN EXTRA YEAR HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

AND SO EARNING A DEGREE REALLY SHOULD MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT, NOT CAUSING STUDENTS MORE TIME AND MONEY.

ANOTHER THING I WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IS THAT STUDENTS TRANSFERRING WITHOUT A DEGREE ARE STILL EARNING 67 UNITS, BUT THEY'RE NOT EARNING AN AWARD. SO THEY'RE COMPLETING SUFFICIENT UNITS TO COMPLETE A DEGREE BUT NOT TAKING THE RIGHT CLASSES.

SO SOME GOOD NEWS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOUGH WE DID LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION IS WORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN WHAT IS

[3.02 Consideration of Approval of MOU with Downey Unified School District]

SO THEY BECOME OFFICIALLY A CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENT.

WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THEY WE WILL HIRE THEIR OWN FACULTY TO DO THE CLASSES AND RUN THE PROGRAM.

WE WILL DO THE BACK END AND USE THIS PARTICULAR MODEL TO GROW, LEARN, AND EVENTUALLY INVOLVE ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER THE SAME CONCEPT.

THIS THIS MODEL ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE SUMMER RECOVERY CLASSES PROGRAM CREDIT ADVANCEMENT THROUGH CERRITOS COLLEGE, RECOVER SOME COSTS OF OPERATION THROUGH REVENUE TO A REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT.

SO WHEN WE RECEIVE APPORTIONMENT FOR THESE CLASSES, WE WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE MADE WHOLE BASED ON THEIR INVESTMENT.

AND WE ARE MADE WHOLE. AND THAT WAY, WE CAN PROVIDE THE STUDENTS THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY THEY WILL BRING US ON THIS IF THEY ALREADY HAVE THE STUDENTS AND THE FACULTY.

A WHILE BACK IT WAS DECIDED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE SCHOOLS STILL NEEDED TO OFFER THE REMEDIATION CLASSES, THE SUMMER SCHOOL, BUT THEY WILL NOT GET APPORTIONMENT FOR THAT.

SO ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE TO SPEND DOLLARS EVERY SUMMER TO DO THE CREDIT RECOVERY OR CREDIT ADVANCEMENT.

THAT DOES NOT COUNT FOR THE GENERAL APPORTIONMENT.

IF WE PARTNER AND WE DO THIS, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE SERVICES, MAINTAINING THE VIABILITY OF THE PROGRAM, ALLOWING THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE CONTACT WITH THEIR TEACHERS AT THEIR HOME INSTITUTION AND RECOVER THE COST OF OPERATION FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR US THROUGH A DIFFERENT FUNDING LINE.

SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WAS THIS ENABLED BY A RECENT CHANGE IN LEGISLATION, OR JUST KIND OF NEED NEEDED SOME MOMENTUM TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A OUT OF THE PARK IDEA IN A GOOD WAY. IT HAS BEEN IT HAS BEEN.

THE LAW HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.

SO SOME SCHOOLS ARE NOT OFFERING SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AND SOME ARE JUST SIMPLY ABSORBING THE COST INTO THE OPERATION BUDGET.

BUT IT IS IT IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO RUN THE PROGRAM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO RECOVER THE APPORTIONMENT.

SO RATHER THAN REDUCING SERVICES, THE IDEA WITH DOWNEY UNIFIED WAS, OKAY, WE CAN WE CAN PARTNER WITH THIS, CONTINUE TO OFFER THE SERVICE REDUCE YOUR OPERATIONAL IMPACT AND RECOVER SOME OF THE COSTS FOR US THROUGH APPORTIONMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO. COULD I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 3.03.

[3.03 REVISED: Consideration of Approval of the Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP)]

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AND. YEAH. SO WE'RE BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION AS BOTH LEON AND YOLANDA MENTIONED, ITEM 3.3, WHICH IS OUR SO WE THE SUMMARY BEFORE PHILIPPE EXPLAINED THE DETAILS IS THAT WE HAVE NEARLY 60 EMPLOYEES 53 EMPLOYEES.

THEY SUBMITTED THE THEIR DESIRE TO TO RETIRE IF THE SERP WAS GOING TO TO HAPPEN.

WE WERE REQUIRING ABOUT 50 EMPLOYEES, 25 CLASSIFIED AND 25 FACULTY MEMBERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD, BUT WE EXCEED THE NUMBER TOTAL. BUT WE ARE SHORT THREE ON THE FACULTY SIDE, BUT THE NEW ONES GOES ON HOW THE CALCULATIONS ARE DONE AND AND HOW THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE WILL WILL WORK FOR THE INSTITUTION.

SO PHILIP WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE DETAILS. JUST REALLY QUICK DETAILS ON THAT.

SO LIKE DOCTOR FIERRO SAID, 53 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN TO 22 FACULTY ON THAT.

THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM HAVE AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE OF 28.9 AND AVERAGE RETIREMENT AGE OF 67.4.

REGARDING CSEA MEMBERS, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 29 PARTICIPANTS.

THE AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE FOR CTIA IS 29.1 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF RETIREMENT IS 64.5.

WE HAVE TWO MANAGERS REQUESTING OR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE IS 9.24 AND WITH THE AVERAGE AGE OF 64.4.

GIVEN THE ANALYSIS DONE THIS CAN POTENTIALLY SAVE THE COLLEGE UP TO $4 MILLION OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

SO IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, EVEN THOUGH THE RESOLUTION CALLED FOR 25 PARTICIPANTS, EACH GROUP OVERALL, IT IS DEVELOPING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS.

AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO FOR THE BOARD TO ACCEPT AND AN APPROVED THE THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THEIR RETIREMENT DATES NOTED IN THE DOCUMENTS TO PROCEED AND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SERP.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING. NONE.

CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

[3.04 REVISED: Conference Request for Travel Outside the United States – Taiwan (Taipei and Taichung City)]

[3.05 Conference Request for Travel Outside the United States – San Jose, Costa Rica]

BOTH OF THEM RELATE TO REQUESTS FOR TRAVEL. ONE IS TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S TO CONTINUE OUR ADVOCACY WITH OUTSIDE UNIVERSITIES FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ABROAD. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THOSE TWO TRAVEL REQUESTS. CAN I GET A MOTION? I CAN GO AHEAD AND MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

A SECOND, SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. THE MOTION CARRIES. AND A QUICK COMMENT.

I WISH I WAS JOINING YOU. OKAY. CAN I STILL MODIFY THE ITEM? OKAY. THE NEXT IT'S ITEM FOUR REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICIALS.

[4.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH KATHY, OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE.

HI, EVERYONE. JUST TO RECAP, WE HAD OUR ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER DESI AMERICAN WEEK CELEBRATION.

I WAS HONORED TO HOST ONE OF THE EVENTS ON MONDAY.

FOR AND THEN THANKS TO DOCTOR WANG FOR THANKING HER.

SO, ME AND ASHLEY YANG, WHICH IS OUR ACC PRESIDENT.

WE HOSTED AN EVENT ON MONDAY, WHICH IS WAS IN THE MEDIA CENTER WHERE ALL THE STUDENTS WERE STUDYING.

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AND THEN AND THERE WAS JUST CANDIES. AND THEN WE HAD SOME KOREAN GAMES AND SOME MAHJONG FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN AND BUT. YEAH. AND THEN I ATTENDED ALSO THE PTA GRADUATION WITH OUR WITH SOME PACIFIC ISLANDER DANCES. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO ATTEND AND ALSO DOCTOR PHIL AND ANDREA WAS THERE AS WELL.

BUT YEAH, BUT I HOPE THAT I MEAN, JUST FROM LIKE THIS CELEBRATION, I HOPE THERE'S LIKE AN EXPANSION OF MORE CULTURE CELEBRATION, NOT ONLY WITH LIKE, OUR ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER BUT ALSO WITH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND MORE HISPANIC CULTURE AS WELL, WHICH IS MY NEXT POINT IS WE HAD OUR CULTURE SHOWCASE WHICH WAS THE SAME WEEK, WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY.

SO IT'S A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LATINX, ASIAN AND INDIGENOUS AS WELL.

SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. I THINK IT'S THANKS TO THE FOOD.

WE HAD LOTS OF FOOD. SO THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME.

BUT YEAH, BUT I HOPE THAT BUT I HAD HEARD FROM STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS THAT THEY WISH THAT THIS WILL BECOME AN ANNUAL THING.

AND BUT IT WILL BE UP TO THE, OUR SUCCESSOR OF LIKE CLUBS AND ALL THAT.

BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT YEAH. AND I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE OF THE EQUITY IN MENTAL HEALTH ON CAMPUS COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAD EXPANDED IT TO GOING TO CLUBS AND PROGRAMS AND ALSO GIVING PRESENTATION TO PROFESSORS AS WELL.

I WAS I WENT TO PSYCHOLOGY CLUB AND HUMANITARIAN CLUB TO PRESENT ON THE THE RUBRIC REVIEW, WHICH IS LIKE A 13 PRINCIPLE TYPE THING THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A PRINCIPLE LIKE, OH, IT'S LIKE THIS INSTITUTION SPECIFICALLY HERE COLLEGE. ARE THEY MEETING THESE PRINCIPLES? SO THESE PRINCIPLES ARE BASICALLY THE SUM OF, LIKE THE THAT WE PRESENTED THAT IS THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND THE PROGRAM SERVICES AND THE FACULTY HERE ARE, ARE NOT ONLY ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING TO STUDENT SUCCESS, BUT ARE THEY CATERING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS AS WELL.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS LIKE WHAT WE HAD, SO A POSITIVE THAT THEY SAID THAT, THAT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF REPRESENTING THESE STUDENTS AND ALSO COMMUNICATING WELL WITH THE STUDENTS, AND THEY FEEL SUPPORTED AS AS MUCH.

SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE EMOJA OR EOPS AND KIND OF LIKE A HALF AND HALF THING THAT THEY SAID WAS THAT SURVEYS THEY FOUND SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH SURVEYS, AND OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SURVEYS AS WELL.

BUT YEAH, BUT I THINK THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF SURVEYS BECAUSE.

YEAH. YEAH. BUT I THINK THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF SURVEYS BECAUSE WHENEVER I GO TO LIKE THESE SERVICES, LIKE THE SUCCESS CENTER, THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S LIKE A, LIKE A QR CODE TO GIVE FEEDBACK.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON SURVEYS, BUT AND THEN ALSO HALF AND HALF ON PROFESSORS.

THAT'S A VERY BIG CONTROVERSIAL THING BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THERE ARE PROFESSORS WHO ARE REALLY GOOD AND THEY'RE REALLY THEY'RE VERY LENIENT ON, LIKE THE GRADING POLICIES AND LATE POLICIES AND ALL THAT.

BUT THERE ARE PROFESSORS IT IS A GOOD THING TO BE STRICT ON THE STUDENTS, SO TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM WITH SUCCESS. BUT IT'S ALSO GOOD TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE LEAN BACK AND ALSO SEE THAT THESE STUDENTS, THEY'RE THEY'RE ALSO WORKING. THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR LIVES.

SO IT'S BEST TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE HELP THE STUDENTS.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF ALSO 50, 50, 50 ON THAT. AND ALSO JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHO WE ARE HIRING BECAUSE I THINK STUDENTS DO WANT TO SEE MORE PROFESSORS OF COLOR AS WELL, INSTEAD OF JUST I KNOW THAT FOR PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS THEY MOST OF THE PROFESSORS THEY SEE ARE LIKE MOSTLY WHITE INSTEAD OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE ASIAN OR LATINX PEOPLE.

BUT YEAH, AND THEN A LAW THAT THEY SAID WAS GENERAL COUNSELING, SO NOT COUNSELING AND EOPS OR LIKE EMOJI, BUT GENERAL COUNSELING. AND I THINK THAT'S SUCH A BIG THING TOO AS WELL, BECAUSE BOTH IN PSYCHOLOGY CLUB AND HUMANITARIAN CLUB AND IN ACC STUDENTS HAVE SAID THAT SOME OF THOSE COUNSELORS, THAT ONE, THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT REACHING BACK TO THE STUDENTS.

IT TAKES LIKE, LIKE A WHOLE MONTH FOR THEM TO REACH OUT.

AND THEY ALSO ARE NOT GOOD AT, LIKE, TALKING TO STUDENTS.

SO THEY, THEY SAY THAT SOME OF THEM ARE RUDE AND THEY'RE REALLY LIKE, VERY LIKE THEY'RE VERY,

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BUT BUT YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TELLING ME ABOUT AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL AS WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THE STUDENT FIRST FRAMEWORK AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE COUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL, AND MAYBE HIRING MORE COUNSELORS, WHICH I KNOW IT'S LIKE A BIG BUDGET THING. BUT YEAH.

AND ANOTHER THING THEY HAVE SAID WAS SORRY. IS THAT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THEY ALSO SAID THAT MAYBE HAVING MORE KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNSHIPS AND CAREERS, LIKE OUTSIDE OF COLLEGE I MEAN, WE CAN SEE THAT WE CAN WE CAN SEE THAT BEING PROMOTED IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND CLUBS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY ISOLATED, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT IN THOSE CLUBS, IF YOU'RE NOT IN THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU WON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT YEAH, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN LIKE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HOW SERIOUS COLLEGE CAN ALSO PARTNER UP WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY, IS THAT WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRING MORE JOBS IN. BUT YEAH, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR SHIN-LU. OH, OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO SHARE MY AMAZING FULL EXPERIENCE THIS MONTH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL FOOD.

I ATTEND CULINARY PROGRAMS, JAPANESE CUISINE.

ON APRIL 8TH, THEN VIETNAMESE FUSION ON MAY 6TH.

AND A PIZZA CELEBRATION BY DOCTOR WAYNE'S INDIAN FOOD.

THAT'S GREAT. REALLY? BUT I ALSO ATTEND SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I ONLY GET FOR FOOD.

I ALSO ATTEND SOME SEVERAL MEANINGFUL EVENTS.

OKAY. I ATTEND THE APRIL 3RD TEACHERS TRACK 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

I ATTEND DOCTOR FIERRO'S APRIL 16TH, DOCTOR FIERRO'S DAY OF THE COLLEGE.

AND ALSO IN APRIL 24TH, I ATTEND THE CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDY ABROAD IN TAIWAN PROGRAM.

THERE'S A ORIENTATION HOSTED BY TACO ON APRIL 24TH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCTOR DON GREENE. SORRY.

STILL RINGING. OKAY, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A FEW EVENTS, AND I WANT TO SHARE OUT.

I WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AT THE TEACHER TRACK.

IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL EVENT. AND WHILE I'M.

I WON'T SAY FAIRLY, I'LL SAY FAIRLY NEW TO CERRITOS COLLEGE.

IT WAS JUST AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A FAMILY CERRITOS COLLEGE TRULY IS, BECAUSE EVERYONE THAT I'VE KIND OF INTERACTED WITH, THEY WERE ALL MENTIONING HOW IT'S LIKE A FAMILY REUNION.

THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THE PAST AND OF COURSE PEOPLE FROM THE PRESENT.

AND WE JUST ALL GOT TOGETHER FOR SUCH AN AMAZING CAUSE.

AND SO THANK YOU TO OUR FOUNDATION AND ALL THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TEACHER TRACK EVENT.

I WAS ALSO ABLE TO BRIEFLY ATTEND THE ACADEMIC AWARDS FOR OUR SCHOLARS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

THAT WAS ANOTHER AMAZING EVENT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY SHOUT OUT TO ALL THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE HONORED THAT EVENING.

A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS ACTUALLY THE CERRITOS COLLEGE SENIOR DAY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. MY TWO WORLDS COLLIDED.

AND SO I WAS ABLE TO COME WITH LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND VISTA HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED.

AND THEN I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND AS A FIRST TIME, AS, YOU KNOW, A BOARD MEMBER.

SO I WAS LOOKING AT IT THROUGH MULTIPLE LENS.

THAT DAY, BUT WITH BOTH OF MY DIFFERENT LENS ON, IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT.

MY HEART WAS SMILING THE WHOLE TIME. I EVEN PARTICIPATED IN A TOUR HERE FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE. AND JUST SEEING OUR STUDENTS IGNITED WITH WITH JUST THAT DESIRE TO WANT TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND TO COME TO CERRITOS. IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE AND EVENT.

SO I AM SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE SOME FUTURE FALCONS.

WHOOP WHOOP. SO AGAIN, A WONDERFUL EVENT JUST TO SEE ALL THE RESOURCES, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY AND, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.

NEXT, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE CERRITOS STATE OF THE DISTRICT.

ANOTHER PHENOMENAL EVENT THAT WE HAD. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT WE HAD A PACKED HOUSE FILLED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE HAD BUSINESSES. WE HAD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

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AND SO IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL TIME TO RECEIVE THE UPDATES AND GET TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS, OR HAVE OTHERS GET TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

ALSO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE THE PROFESSORS AND FACULTY MEMBERS THAT PRESENTED.

ALSO, I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEM SHARING OUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE DOWNEY FIRE AND POLICE AWARD LUNCHEON, AND SO THAT WAS ALSO A GREAT EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE THAT SERVE AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY OF DOWNEY. LAST WEEK HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT THE APIDA AWARENESS WEEK EVENT, THE LOTUS LORETTE, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AND RICH CELEBRATION OF CULTURE.

AND FOR OUR GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2025, I GOT TO SEE DOCTOR MIXON.

MIXON AND DOCTOR FERRO DO A LITTLE DANCE. AND THEY DID WONDERFUL.

WE DIDN'T DANCE TOGETHER. DOCTOR WANG AS WELL.

YESTERDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR CERRITOS COLLEGE K-12 PARTNERSHIP MEETING, AND THAT EVEN ALWAYS BRINGS A SMILE TO MY HEART, BECAUSE OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IN OUR EARLY COLLEGE IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

SO BEING ABLE TO GET REPORTS OUT FROM OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS ALWAYS JUST FULFILLING BECAUSE WE ARE TRULY MAKING GREAT STRIDES WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE PROGRAMS HERE AT CERRITOS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND REALLY OFFERING OUR STUDENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE AND RECEIVE THEIR A DEGREE OR RECEIVE JUST COLLEGE CREDITS BEFORE ACTUALLY GOING TO COLLEGE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS JUST EVEN HAVING THEM UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN GO TO COLLEGE, I AM CAPABLE OF BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SPREAD MORE AWARENESS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE K-12 SECTOR. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY.

AND SO HERE'S JUST A LITTLE LETTER THAT I'M GOING TO READ.

BUT IT SAYS DEAR FACULTY, AS TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY AND WEEK UNFOLDS, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU DOES HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS, YOUR PASSION FOR YOUR SUBJECTS, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A SUPPORTIVE AND ENRICHING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. YOU INSPIRE, YOU CHALLENGE, AND YOU EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

AND FOR THAT, WE ARE DEEPLY THANKFUL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COULD I HAVE MARIANA TRUSTEE.

MARIANA RIOS? SURE. JUST A QUICK CONGRATULATIONS TO ARTESIA HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY HAD. THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE NIGHT TONIGHT.

I WAS HERE AT OUR MEETING. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ALMOST 100% OF THEIR GRADUATING SENIORS GOING TO COLLEGE, MANY OF WHOM ARE COMING TO CERRITOS COLLEGE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, NO REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LEWIS, I HAD THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO THE NORWALK MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST ON THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL AND THEN THE CERRITOS COLLEGE STATE OF THE COLLEGE. WHICH DOCTOR FIERRO.

I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS AFTERWARDS FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS.

THAT WAS JUST NOT JUST ON THE DELIVERY AND THE, THE SPEECH ASPECT OF IT, BUT THE THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT WAS SAID IN THERE AND HOW INSPIRING IT IS AND HOW MUCH WE DO AT THIS COLLEGE, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, IT'S WE HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SET OF INITIATIVES THAT REALLY TOUCH ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE FIELD THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET.

THE THEMES STARTING FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE HIGHS TO THE LOCALIST TO THE LOCALIST.

AND IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT WE DO. AND I'M ALWAYS INSPIRED EVERY DAY, NOT JUST BY, YOU KNOW, THE EXACT TEAM AND EVERYONE ELSE, BUT AS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, EVERYONE FACULTY, CLASSIFIED STAFF, OTHER CONFIDENCIALES, ALL THE CATEGORIES HERE AT THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND THEN THE AD 60 FOR STATE OF THE DISTRICT WITH BLANCA PACHECO OVER IN DOWNEY.

YOU DON'T REALLY GET TO SEE A LOT OF STATES OF THE DISTRICTS.

FOR BY AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY GREAT BY BLANCA, TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND SAY,

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AND IT'S NOT A D OR AN R ISSUE, IT'S AN ISSUE OF THE PEOPLE.

AND I WANT TO THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

I WENT TO THE LA MIRADA MAYOR'S COMMUNITY BREAKFAST HOSTED BY MY DAD, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED WITH MANY, MANY PEOPLE. AND SHERIFF DEPUTY RICHARD CONTE GAVE US A GOOD SPEECH ABOUT THE THEME OF HOW MUCH WE CAN COME TOGETHER IN A TIME OF CRISIS DURING THE EATON FIRES IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRES, AND HOW MUCH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DID TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS WELL FACILITATED AND EVERYTHING DIDN'T JUST SUDDENLY DESCEND INTO CHAOS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO A REMINDER OF EVERY DAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO KEEP OUR SOCIETY TOGETHER BECAUSE OF HOW FRAGILE IT REALLY IS AND HOW MUCH WE DO EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES AT IT WITH A GOOD HEART TO CONTINUE TO PROGRESS IN WHAT WE DO.

NOT ONLY AS A COLLEGE, BUT JUST AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN FINALLY THE K THROUGH 12 BREAKFAST YESTERDAY WITH THE MOST PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN AT A DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST JUST THE SHADOWS THAT CAME THAT ARE HERE NOW AND THAT SHOWED UP THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN THOSE BREAKFASTS, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A TRADITION, BUT HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT WE GET BY NOT JUST SAYING, HERE'S WHAT WE DO, HERE'S WHAT WE DO. CONGRATULATIONS.

SEE YOU LATER THIS YEAR. NOW WE ACTUALLY GIVE EACH OTHER HOMEWORK.

WE CREATE INITIATIVES LIKE WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON TONIGHT FOR YOU KNOW, CREATING THE CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL WITH DOWNEY UNIFIED THAT HOPEFULLY AND I EXPECT WILL BE YOU KNOW, PARTNERED WITH ALL THE OTHER FEEDER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S JUST SUCH A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.

EVERYBODY HERE PUTS OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO WHAT YOU DO AND WHY YOU COME TO WORK EVERY DAY TO BETTER THE STUDENTS LIVES.

IT'S STUDENTS FIRST. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SEPARATE VISIT AFTERWARDS WITH NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED TO TO DISCUSS FURTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM AS WELL. AND TOMORROW I WILL BE EATING FRENCH, VIETNAMESE DINNER.

SO, SHIN, WAS IT GOOD? OKAY. OH, GOOD. I'LL BE THERE.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR FIERRO. THANK YOU. SO IN SUMMARY, I ALSO ATTENDED MOST OF THE TOUR OF THE DOCTOR ATTENDED. WE ATTENDED TOGETHER TO MOST.

I ALSO DID NOT ATTEND ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FOOD.

RIGHT. SO FIRST YOU MAY SEE FOOD ON TV, OR YOU WERE IN THE AUDIENCE EARLIER.

SOME FACES THAT YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE AROUND THE TABLE.

SO WE STARTED HOPEFULLY A NEW TRADITION AT CERRITOS COLLEGE IN WHICH WE ARE DOING A SHADOW DAY.

SO WE HAVE FOUR. I THINK FRANK BROKE HIS SHADOW.

SO MAYBE TOO MUCH WORK IN ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OR SOMETHING.

BUT THE REST OF US WERE ABLE TO UPLIFT OURS AND AND BRING THEM TO THE FINISH LINE.

SO SO IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, I THINK, AT LEAST FROM OUR END.

HOPEFULLY THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY. AND THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY DOING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

WE DO AT OUR OFFICE ON ARBOR DAY. USUALLY IT'S BUSIER THAN USUAL, SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF SPLIT AT A MOMENT.

AND, AND CRYSTAL HAD TO FINISH A MEETING WHILE I CAME OUT TO ANOTHER MEETING.

AND LATER ON CRYSTAL JOINED ME FOR, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

SO IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE, AND WE HOPE THAT IT BECOMES A TRADITION ON CAMPUS, NOT ONLY ON A SHADOW FOR US, BUT US BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AT SOME POINT AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH OTHERS AT OTHER DESKS LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DO.

AND THIS IS PART OF A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER THAT IS EC EQ CONNECT,

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AND I THINK IT HAS GONE A LONG WAY. EASY GAMES IS ONE OF THOSE OTHER ACTIVITIES IN WHICH WE COME TOGETHER EVERY FEW WEEKS, AND WE DO A COMPETITION, AND TOMORROW IS THE GRAND FINALE, AND TODAY THE CONDITIONS OF IT WAS RELEASED.

SO PROBABLY WE'LL BE PLAYING SOME OLD SCHOOL VIDEO GAMES AND AND DETERMINING THE CHAMPION OF THE INAUGURAL EC GAMES.

SO I HEAR THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME TIME TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

I AM MISSING SOME TEAM MEMBERS, SO I THINK I SHOULD GET YOU IN MY TEAM.

HOW OLD SCHOOL ARE WE TALKING? LIKE BEFORE I WAS BORN OR OH MY GOODNESS.

MARIO KART SMASH BROTHERS. 60. MORTAL KOMBAT 64.

ARE WE TALKING MARIO KART EIGHT OR ARE WE TALKING? I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW SO MUCH, YOU SHOULD BE ON MY TEAM TOMORROW BECAUSE I'M MISSING A TEAM MEMBER.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE YOU SHOULD JOIN TEAM WE ALL CHEER IN FOR ANY TEAM BUT HER TEAM.

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY. SO.

SO IT HAS BEEN A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR COMMONALITY, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY COMPETITIVE.

SO THE TEAMS ARE ACTUALLY ACROSS CAMPUS, AND AND YOU HAVE TO BUILD A TEAM THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE FROM MULTIPLE DIVISIONS, DIFFERENT TENURE ON CAMPUS OR DIFFERENT NUMBER OF YEARS ON CAMPUS THAT DO DIFFERENT THINGS, AND AS A RESULT, WE ALL HAVE GOTTEN TO INTERACT WITH MEMBERS OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY THAT OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T INTERACT REGULARLY.

SO THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT EVENT. GRADUATION IS COMING UP.

SO PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO, TO BE THERE. WE HAVE A FEW GOOD THINGS, AND THEY SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER.

SO NUMBERS ARE ON TRACK TO MATCH OR EXCEED THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE. IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST 72 STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE GRADUATING WITH US BEFORE THEY EVEN GRADUATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO NOW WE HAVE COLLEGE GRADUATES BEFORE THEY ARE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

THIS IS, I THINK, THE LARGEST NUMBER WE HAVE HAD, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS NUMBER.

WHERE THE IDEA WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT THAT WANTS TO DO THAT CAN DO THAT, AND THAT THE PATHWAY IS THERE.

THE NEXT PART IS THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 66% OF OUR ADT DEGREES WHICH IS ONE OF OUR BENCHMARKS.

WE WILL FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF STUDENTS VERY TIMELY, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD TODAY WITH TRANSFER AND AT 8% ON OVERALL AWARD OF ASSOCIATE DEGREES SO FAR. SO WE'RE STILL DOING THE COUNT.

ADMISSION AND RECORDS CONTINUE TO DO SOME OF THAT MANUAL WORK.

HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING OR WORKING ON THE BACK END TO, TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS TO DO THAT IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.

SO I WANT TO THANK OUR FACULTY OR STAFF OR ADMINISTRATORS AND ESSENTIALLY EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE WELL, I GET TO TELL THE STORY WHEN WE DO THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE OR WE GO OUTSIDE IS THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING ON CAMPUS WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS AND WHAT I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TEAM ON THE SPOT, BUT I WILL.

SO I'M GOING TO LET CRYSTAL INTRODUCE HERSELF SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHO IS DOING THE CHAT TODAY.

AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF OUR MEMBERS.

HI, I'M CHRIS. OH GEEZ, I'M CRYSTAL OVER HERE.

I TEACH GEOGRAPHY HERE. I ALWAYS SAY THAT I'M LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE, AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN SEEING WHAT THESE GUYS DO BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME FOLLOW YOU AROUND FOR THE DAY.

SEE YOU TOMORROW AT SEVEN. HI. MY NAME IS ESTELLA CHAVEZ PRADO.

I'M A RESEARCH ANALYST FOR STUDENT EQUITY. I WORK WITH AMBER.

SO I AM THE DATA NERD. I LOVE NUMBERS, AND THAT'S WHAT I DO.

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HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BLANCA GAMEZ. I AM THE CALWORKS PROGRAM FACILITATOR HERE AT CERRITOS.

I LOVE WHAT I DO AS WELL. I'M ALSO A NUMBERS PERSON, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS HER.

SHE BEATS ME. BUT I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I GOT TO SHADOW MERCEDES TODAY, SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

I LEARNED A LOT FROM EVERYONE, SO IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE AND HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS ISMAEL ZEPEDA.

I AM A PROGRAM ASSISTANT TO IN THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE.

I DO A LOT OF THE FINANCIAL AID OUTREACH TO ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SHADOWING FELIPE LOPEZ.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST A CHERRY ON TOP, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING DOWN FROM THE TOP BOTTOM AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

SO KUDOS AND HATS OFF TO EVERYBODY HERE. BUT DEFINITELY IT WAS A PLEASURE.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS CONTINUES SO YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN US ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE ENDING OPEN SESSION BEFORE TEN, BECAUSE I HAVE PROMISED THEM AT 10 P.M. DAY, BUT I GUESS WE HAVE TO LET THEM GO EARLY NOW.

OKAY. I ACTUALLY GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE THAT WE, I WENT TO GREAT PRESENTATION, DOCTOR FIERRO. EVERYBODY WAS IMPRESSED WITH JUST THE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, YES, IT WAS REALLY GOOD AT SHOWCASE WHAT WE DO HERE.

I ALSO GOT TO GO TO THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ANY ONE FROM EITHER THE ASSEMBLY OR THE SENATE OR STATE SENATE HAS EVER GIVEN A REPORT, AT LEAST IN DOWNEY.

I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ANY STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER OR SENATOR OR ANY CONGRESSMAN HAS GIVEN A REPORT AS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR US, WHAT BILLS ARE IMPORTANT, HOW THEY'RE WORKING.

MAYBE ACROSS THE TABLE. WHAT WAS GREAT TO SEE WAS ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES.

I GOT TO SEE MEMBERS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM LA HABRA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CUDAHY, MEMBERS, FROM EVERY SINGLE CITY THEY'RE REPRESENTING THEIR CITY, HEARING WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND ALSO A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS. FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, I ALSO WENT TO DOWNEY POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION AWARDS.

THAT TO ME, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME.

MY SON IS A FIREFIGHTER, SO THAT'S WHY I DEFINITELY WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT AND WHAT THEY SEE AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.

NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS AND SOMETIMES WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE. THEY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE A TOLL MENTALLY ON THEM.

AND SO ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR THEM IS IMPORTANT.

AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR PARTICULAR ROLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE TO PROTECT US, WHETHER IT'S POLICE OR WHETHER IT'S A FIRE FIGHTER OR RESPONDER. THE OTHER THING I WENT TO WAS THE RN PINNING DOCTOR MIXON WAS THERE WITH ME. AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

SEEING THE GRADUATES GO THROUGH AND FINISH AND BE PINNED AT THAT CEREMONY.

AND I WANT TO SAY HAPPY NURSES WEEK BECAUSE THIS IS NURSES WEEK.

AND ALSO HAPPY TEACHERS WEEK. SO THEY DECIDED TO COMBINE BOTH OF THOSE.

SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE TEACHERS HERE AND WISH THEM AND CLASSIFIED STAFF WISH THEM ALL A HAPPY WEEK BECAUSE YOU DO SO MUCH FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

AND YOU GIVE YOUR ALL AND TO ME THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE NEXT WORKFORCE, YOU ARE PUTTING OUT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PROTECTING US OR THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE CARING FOR US OR THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE WATCHING OUT FOR US. AND IT'S THROUGH YOUR EDUCATION AND YOUR DEDICATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE OUTCOMES.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

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[5. Closed Session]

THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF ELMER C GOMEZ AS DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL

[6. Closing Items]

THERE WE GO.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.