Jun 03, 2026 Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. THE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2026 REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM.

[1.01 Roll Call]

BOARD PRESIDENT. DOCTOR DON GREEN.

PRESIDENT. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT. ZURICH LEWIS. PRESIDENT. BOARD CLERK. DOCTOR SHIN LIU HERE TRUSTEE. JAMES CODY BIRKEY PRESIDENT TRUSTEE MARIANA PACHECO HERE.

TRUSTEE MARIANA RIOS PRESENT.

TRUSTEE. DOCTOR. SANDRA SALAZAR.

STUDENT TRUSTEE. CARMELLA FABIAN AND PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO PRESENT.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY TRUSTEE RIOS.

[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.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL LOOK AT ITEM 1.03 AGENDA ORGANIZATION.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT.

NEXT ITEM 1.045 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR CONSTITUENT GROUPS.

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

THANK YOU DOCTOR. MR. MULLINS ISN'T HERE.

OKAY. STUDENT OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO AREA TWO,

[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Installation of 2026-2027 Student Trustee]

THE INSTALLATION OF OUR 2026 2027 STUDENT TRUSTEE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

IT IS MY HONOR AND MY PRIVILEGE TO DO THE INSTALLATION OF OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE, CARMELLA FABIAN. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT MET HER, YOU WILL BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER.

VERY INDUSTRIOUS, INCREDIBLY INVOLVED ON OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND A FUTURE NURSE AND POSSIBLY AN JD.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MANY GOOD THINGS THAT WE'LL SEE CARMELLA DO WITH US OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SO THE WAY WE DO THIS OH, YOU GOT IT.

SO I'LL READ A PART, YOU REPEAT IT, AND BY THE TIME WE ARE DONE, YOU WILL FEEL SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT OVER YOUR SHOULDER ABOUT 24000 STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT THERE. I CARMELA FABIAN, I, CARMELA FABIAN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE.

I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.

AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER, UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE 24,000 THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY? YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CARMELLA, AND I'M HONORED TO BE SWORN IN AS THE STUDENT TRUSTEE FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE.

AS A PRE-NURSING STUDENT AND THE PRESIDENT OF SCRUBS AND SNOUT SOCIETY, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH STUDENTS WHO BALANCE SCHOOL, WORK, FAMILY, AND BIG DREAMS. THOSE EXPERIENCES SHAPE HOW I LEAD WITH EMPATHY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS.

IN THIS ROLE, MY PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE STUDENT VOICES ARE HEARD CLEARLY AND

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THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME WITH WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY.

I AM READY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HELP STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE ALL PROUD TO BE A PART OF.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELCOME, CARMELA, TO THE BOARD.

YOUR VOICE AND REPRESENTATION FOR OUR STUDENT BODY IS TRULY APPRECIATED.

NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS.

[3. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]

[4. Consent Items - Office of Business Services]

[5. Consent Items - Office of Human Resources]

YES, I'D LIKE TO PULL 3.04.

OKAY. WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO 3.0 FOR DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. SO IN ITEM 3.04, OUR FACULTY STIPENDS FOR THE CAMPUS PREP MODULES FOR THE BOOT CAMP.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BOOT CAMPS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY TRANSITION SUCCESSFULLY INTO OUR MATHEMATICS COURSES BEGINNING IN THE FALL.

THIS SUMMER IS NO EXCEPTION.

AND OUR CLASSES WILL BEGIN ON THE 22ND, I BELIEVE.

WE'LL GO FOR A PERIOD OF SIX WEEKS.

FOR FOUR WEEKS? I'M SORRY.

THE BOOT CAMPS ACTUALLY START PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SEMESTER, AND STUDENTS WILL ATTEND THOSE TRANSITION INTO THEIR MATH CLASS.

THE AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FALL SEMESTER.

THE BOOT CAMPS ARE IN AUGUST AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAP OR THE CANVAS PREP MODULES, WHICH ARE THOSE MODULES ARE FOR STUDENTS.

THEY CAN ENROLL IN THOSE PRIOR TO THE TO TAKING THE COURSE, OR THEY CAN USE THEM AS CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AS WELL USING THEM FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY SKILLS. THESE ARE THE, THE BOOT CAMP AND THE, THESE PREP MODULES ARE THE ITEMS THAT DEAN MICHAEL PAGE IAN MCCANTS AND AMIRO PRESENTED TO THE BOARD EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

WE HAVE SHOWN SUCCESS RATES HAVE PARTICULARLY WITH THE PREP MODULES IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY.

THEY IMPROVED WITH THE BOOT CAMPS AS WELL, BUT THE, THEY IMPROVED EVEN MORE WITH THE WITH THE PREP MODULES.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THE. WE HAVE A GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR AB 1705.

THAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSFER ENGLISH TRANSFER MATH.

AND WE ARE USING THE FUNDS FROM THAT GRANT TO PAY FOR THE PREP MODULES AND FOR THE BOOT CAMPS. I HAVE TO CORRECT THE DATES FOR THE ONLINE MODULES.

THE, THE BOOT CAMPS OPEN JULY 7TH, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST 13TH.

AND IT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT HOUR COMMITMENT.

THE CLASSES THAT ARE SUPPORTED ARE STATISTICS SURVEY OF MATH, COLLEGE ALGEBRA, PRE-CALCULUS, AND CALCULUS ONE.

AND THE IN-PERSON BOOT CAMPS ARE AUGUST TO THE SEVEN FROM 9 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. LUNCH IS PROVIDED.

THE SAME TOPICS AS STATISTICS, TRIGONOMETRY, PRE-CALCULUS, AND CALCULUS.

ONE. THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH.

THE REASON I PULLED THE ITEM IS THAT I NOTED THAT PART OF THIS BOOT CAMP IS THE STUDENT SUCCESS ANALYSIS. AND AS YOU PRESENTED DOCTOR MIXON, THAT SUCCESS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE BOARD.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT AFTER THE CAMP THAT YOU BRING THAT SUCCESS BACK TO US AGAIN.

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I KNOW THERE'S A HUGE FOCUS, AT LEAST IN MY TERM IN REGARDS TO IMPROVING OUR MATH AND IN ENGLISH STUDENTS PASSING OF THESE COURSES.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW THAT THAT STATISTICS HAS BEEN IMPROVING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THESE CAMPS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING FORTH THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF IT, THE, THE INSTRUCTORS COMING TOGETHER AND ANALYZING THE SUCCESS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS OR MAYBE IMPROVEMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD.

AND THE MATH DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF COLLABORATING AND BUILDING THE SUPPORT AROUND SEVERAL IMPORTANT TRANSFER LEVEL COURSES.

SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN WE HAVE I'M SORRY.

ITEMS 4.01, WHICH IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF TEMPORARY FOREIGN CASH BORROWING FROM THE DISTRICT AND 4.02 THAT IS CASH BORROWING RESOLUTION.

ALSO TEMPORARY TRANSFER FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TREASURER.

YES. SO AS WE ENTER INTO YEAR END CLOSING.

SO THIS IS PART OF OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS EVERY YEAR FOR EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO WHAT THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS ALLOW US TO DO, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE DONE THIS.

SO AS PART OF OUR OPERATING STANDARD PROCEDURES, THIS GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE EVENT THERE IS A CASH SHORTAGE.

THE FIRST RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO BORROW WITHIN OUR ACTUAL INTERFUND TRANSFERS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN BORROW WITH FROM OTHER FUNDS TO MEET CASH FLOW NEEDS.

SO TO MEET IF WE EVER RUN INTO ANY CASH FLOW SHORTAGES.

SO IN THE EVENT WE LIKELY WOULD DO THAT ONE FIRST.

THAT GIVES US FLEXIBILITY TO BORROW WITHIN OURSELVES.

THE SECOND IS ALTERNATIVE IS ALLOWS US TO BORROW DIRECTLY FROM THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE. THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS THAT WE CAN BORROW FUNDS.

OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN BORROW FUNDS IS THROUGH A TRAN.

WHY WE WOULDN'T JUST GO THROUGH A TRAN IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, WE MAY NEED CASH IMMEDIATELY.

SO WE LIKE USING THESE TWO METHODS BECAUSE THESE TWO METHODS ALLOW US TO MAKE THESE REQUESTS ON THE SPOT. IF FOR ANY PURPOSE WE.

THE DAY COMES WHERE WE NEED CASH LIKE TOMORROW ALLOWS US TO MAKE TO OUR LOCAL COUNTY TREASURY. THE TREASURY DOES ALLOW US TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY BORROWING.

SO THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS ALLOW US TO DO THOSE THINGS JUST TO MANAGE CASH.

AND SO AS A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, AS WE ENTER INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WE ALWAYS GET THESE APPROVED AS WE ENTER THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

THIS THEN THE COUNTY HAVING THESE RESOLUTIONS, THEN THESE GET FILED WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE COUNTY THEN ALLOWS US, IF THAT EVENT EVER HAPPENS, THESE ARE ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY.

AND THEN IF THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN, WE CAN USE THOSE RESOLUTIONS TO PROCEED IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO BORROW CASH.

BUT SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO USE THOSE.

AND WE HOPE TO NEVER HAVE TO USE THOSE.

BUT THESE ARE JUST ONE OF THOSE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE WANT IN OUR BACK POCKET, JUST IN CASE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. QUICK QUESTION.

SO DO YOU FORESEE ANY NEED FOR THEM THIS YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY WE WE WE HOPE TO NOT.

BUT I WOULD NEVER WANT NOT TO HAVE THESE ON THERE.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THE STATE, WITH THE STATE'S BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE'S BUDGET.

THAT'S PRIMARILY ONE OF THE REASONS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE IMPLEMENTED THIS WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE NINE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THIS DISTRICT HAD AN AUDIT FINDING.

AND ONE OF THOSE AUDIT FINDINGS HERE IS THIS DISTRICT RAN NEGATIVE CASH.

THE YEAR I ACTUALLY BEFORE I ARRIVED.

SO ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES THAT DOCTOR FIERRO AND I IMPLEMENTED ON MY ARRIVAL IS DOCTOR FEAR AND I, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, DO A CASH REVIEW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE WEEK TO MONITOR CASH AS AN IMPLEMENTING MEASURE TO ENSURE THAT WE NEVER GO INTO THIS SITUATION.

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AND I APPRECIATE YOU INDICATED THAT YOU HAVEN'T USED IT THUS FAR, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS.

IF YOU DO USE IT, WOULD THAT COME BACK TO THE BOARD? OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND LIKELY WE WOULD BE NOTIFYING YOU IN CASE THIS EVER HAPPENED.

ON THAT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, DOCTOR FERRER AND I WOULD BE WELL INFORMED IF THIS WAS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE CAN MOVE INTO A MOTION AND VOTE FOR CONSENT ITEMS UNDER THREE AND FOUR, INCLUDING THE ITEMS PULLED.

MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO.

I DO APOLOGIZE, I DON'T THINK I SAID CONSENT ITEM FIVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A VOTE FOR CONSENT ITEMS UNDER FIVE WHICH IS 5.01.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT MOTION? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SECTION SIX.

[6.01 Adoption of Cerritos College's 2028-2032 Five-Year Construction Plan (5YCP)]

ADOPTION OF CERRITOS COLLEGE 28 THROUGH 2032.

FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN.

REAL QUICK ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL ITEM.

THAT'S DUE TO THE STATE THIS IS OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN.

SO THIS IS DUE TO THE STATE EVERY YEAR IN JULY.

AND SO THIS IS ALWAYS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

AND IT'S UPDATED FOR REVIEW IN JUNE.

AND SO THIS IS THE, THE SAME REPORT WE PROVIDED LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S UPDATED WITH THE NEW PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SO THE FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN INCLUDES THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION PROJECT, OUR CAMPUS POLICE BUILDING, THE STADIUM.

IT ALSO INCLUDES FUTURE RENOVATIONS TO OUR SOCIAL SCIENCE BUILDING.

IT DOES ALSO HAVE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING.

WE DO HAVE A, WHAT THEY CALL A PFP, WHICH IS PART OF THIS ITEM WHICH STANDS FOR FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL.

AND OUR CTE BUILDING, WHICH IS OUR IPE THAT'S ALSO ON THIS ITEM, WHICH IS OUR INITIAL PROJECT PROPOSAL.

SO THOSE ARE TWO POTENTIAL STATE FUNDED PROJECTS THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR STATE FUNDING. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY GET APPROVED THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATE BOND. SO THERE IS POTENTIAL TALKS FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT OF A STATE BOND.

BUT FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO TO ACTUALLY BE APPROVED, WE HAVE TO PUSH THESE THOSE TWO PROJECTS FORWARD ON THAT.

THE ONE THAT'S IN THE QUEUE POTENTIALLY ON THE LIST TO GET FUNDED IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING. THE INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY GO WHERE THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WOULD, WOULD GO.

AND SO THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

ONCE SSA IS FINISHED AND EVERYONE MOVES OUT OF HERE, THE, THIS IS SLATED TO BE DEMOED AND THEN A NEW BUILDING WOULD GO INTO THIS PLACE, WHICH ALSO WOULD THEN DEMO B E AND THE DEMOLITION OF MULTI-PURPOSE AND SO WHICH THEN WOULD CREATE A NEW INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING ONE.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM BELLA USED TO BE CALLED THE BELLA BUILDING, BUT WE NO LONGER USE THAT TERM.

IT WAS KIND OF A JOINT LIKE LANGUAGE OR LIBERAL, I THINK LIBERAL ARTS AND BUSINESS.

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WE JUST BASICALLY CALLED THEM UNDER THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAT WE CREATED IN 2020. WE STARTED CLASSIFYING JUST INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDINGS, A INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDINGS, B INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDINGS.

C BECAUSE THERE WERE BASICALLY MULTI.

DISCIPLINARY IN THERE.

AND SO BECAUSE IT STARTED GETTING CONFUSING ON THE BUILDINGS AND SO SO SO THAT'S WHAT THE FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN IS.

THE OTHER TWO DOCUMENTS ARE THE FP P WHICH IS INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING A WHICH WOULD GO INTO THIS LOCATION. THAT IS THE BUILDING.

IF THERE WAS A STATE FUNDED STATE BOND, THAT ONE WOULD LIKELY BE SUCCESSFUL FOR STATE FUNDED. AND THAT ONE WOULD BE FUNDED AT 50% ON THAT AND WOULD REQUIRE 50% MATCH FROM LOCAL BOND. AND THEN AND THEN THERE'S AN APP FOR THE CTE BUILDING.

THAT'S IN THE MASTER PLAN.

AND SO WE HAVE NOT CONVERTED THAT INTO A PHP YET.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THE 50% MATCH YET ON THAT. SO SO THAT WHY THAT ONE'S STILL CONTINUING AS A IPP, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO REMOVE IT FROM THERE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO KEEP IT IN THE QUEUE FOR STATE FUNDING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR PLACE.

AS FOR POTENTIAL STATE FUNDING DOWN THE LINE ON THAT.

SO. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE QUEUE FOR ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING. ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WELL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO A VOTE FOR 6.01 ADOPTION OF CERRITOS COLLEGE'S FIVE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN.

MOTION. MOTION. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES. I WOULD LIKE TO.

[6.02 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: New Board Policy 1400 titled Equitable Student Success and Completion]

[6.03 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: Revised Board Policy 4005 titled Duties and Responsibilities of Faculty Members]

[6.04 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: Revised Board Policy 7210 titled Academic Employees]

[6.05 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: Revised Board Policy 7240 titled Confidential Employees]

[6.06 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: Revised Board Policy 7340 titled Leaves]

[6.07 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: Revised Board Policy 7340 titled Leaves]

BUT TAKE ITEMS 6.02 THROUGH 6.07 FOR VOTE.

THESE ARE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED THESE IN A PREVIOUS MEETING.

SO WE WOULD JUST BE VOTING UPON THEM TONIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I.

MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ITEM 6.08.

[6.08 Consideration of Approval of Master Agreement between District and Cerritos College Foundation]

[6.09 Consideration of Approval of the Cerritos College Foundation Cost Benefit Report to District]

[6.10 Consideration of Approval of Naming of Facilities: Mayor Grace Hu Student Center Building]

AND WE HAVE DOCTOR ETELVINA JURADO HERE.

AND CHIEF, WITH YOUR PERMISSION WE CAN TAKE SIX, NINE AND TEN ALL TOGETHER.

GOOD EVENING. THE MASTER AGREEMENT IS PRETTY STANDARD.

IT'S A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT.

ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU PLEASE RENEW IT AS OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THERE, WE INDICATE THE VALUE THAT THE FOUNDATION BRINGS TO THE DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE IT WAS DONE FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.

YOU SEE THAT, AFTER ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE PROVIDE, WE'RE STILL SHOWING $812,000 IN BENEFITS.

AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE'RE LOOKING AT 899,000.

FISCAL YEAR 23 1.2 MILLION.

FISCAL YEAR 24 531,000.

FISCAL YEAR 25 652,000.

AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM 610.

ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAS GRACIOUSLY WANTED TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION AND THE COLLEGE BY NAMING ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE STUDENT CENTER.

AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE NAMED MAYOR GRACE HU STUDENT CENTER.

SHE'S AN ELDERLY LADY IN HER 80S.

SHE'S GOT DEEP ROOTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS THE MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF CERRITOS.

SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REALLY SUPPORTING A LOT OF THE EFFORTS HERE AT THE COLLEGE.

WE FEEL THAT TO HONOR HER, IT WOULD BE SPECIAL IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO MAYOR. GRACE, WHO STOOD IN CENTER.

ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. ARE ANY BUILDINGS NAMED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF THE PERSON AND.

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IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU GUYS.

USUALLY IT'S JUST THE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS CASE I JUST FELT THAT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO YOUR APPROVAL IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE'S INDICATED TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE AN HONOR FOR HER IF SHE INCLUDED HER HER TITLE AS MAYOR, BECAUSE SHE HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WITH DISTINCTION.

YEAH. WHAT IS THE COST FOR THE NAMING? IT'S HALF $1 MILLION. IT'S UNRESTRICTED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION.

AND MONEY'S COMING FROM FROM HER.

SHE'S. SHE'S. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OR BOARD POLICY ALLOWS.

I MEAN, IT'S ULTIMATELY OBVIOUSLY UP TO THE BOARD.

BUT THE BOARD POLICY DOES ALLOW THE USE OF THE TITLE IN ADDITION TO TO THE NAME.

SO IF IF YOU WANT IT THAT WAY, IT CAN BE DONE.

AND IF YOU DON'T, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO SPECIFY.

SO IT'S FLEXIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND DOCTOR, MAY I ON 6.08 THE AGREEMENT HERE DATES 2020.

ARE WE LOOKING TO. RENEW.

EFFECTIVE NOW. EFFECTIVE NOW.

IT WAS. IT WAS SIGNED LAST ON FEBRUARY 16TH OF 2021, AND I LIKE FOR IT TO BE RENEWED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AN EXTENSION.

SO SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DOCUMENT. CORRECT? YES.

SO WHEN WE VOTE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WOULD SAY WITH THE DEMON AS AN EXTENSION A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION. OKAY.

IT COULD BE AN ADDENDUM, RIGHT.

BECAUSE IT SAYS EFFECTIVE DATE UPON MUTUAL AGREEMENT MAY BE EXTENDED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS OF FIVE YEARS EACH.

YES, IT COULD BE ANOTHER YEAR.

CORRECT. SAVE YOU A TRIP.

THANK YOU. FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE NAMING OPPORTUNITY.

IS THAT COLLECTED PRIOR TO THE NAMING? SO. NOW THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS, WELL, FIRST SHE HAS TO PAY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

YES. AND IT'S PAYABLE OVER THREE YEARS.

AND THEN ONCE WE'VE RECEIVED THE FULL AMOUNT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE NAMING GOES UP.

OKAY, SO NOT UNTIL THE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

CORRECT. OKAY. AND SHE HAS THREE YEARS TO PAY.

OKAY. OR ANY OTHER OF OUR BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER INDIVIDUALS.

WE HAVE A FEW BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS.

YES. THE LIBRARY, THE BURNETT CENTER USED TO BE NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF CERRITOS COLLEGE. THE LIBRARY IS NAMED AFTER DOCTOR MICHAEL.

DOCTOR MICHAEL, WHO WAS PRESIDENT HERE IN THE LATE 70S, EARLY 80S. THE MAIN ROOM OF THE STUDENT CENTER IS NAMED AFTER BHUPESH PATEL, COMMUNITY MEMBER. THEY MADE A DONATION AND OR AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIPS IS NAMED AFTER SUTHERLAND I THINK ASSOCIATION.

THEY DONATED ABOUT 1 MILLION OR $2 MILLION.

I CAN RECALL AND WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE THE, THE STUDENT SERVICES ENTRANCE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO SPEAKER EMERITUS DOCTOR ANTHONY RENDON.

AND HE SECURED 16, NEARLY $17 MILLION FOR THAT BUILDING.

HE'S ALSO AN ALUMNUS, AND HE'S ALSO AN ALUMNUS.

DOCTOR. YAY! THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR PROGRAMS, AND EVEN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'RE DELIGHTED BY THE DONATION.

BY THE WAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO A VOTE FOR ITEM 6.08 THROUGH 6.1.

6.08 BEING AN ADDENDUM TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN DISTRICT AND CERRITOS

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DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.

SECOND. WOULD WE GO INTO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THIS OR IT WOULD JUST BE OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO SECTION SEVEN REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM

[7.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

DID SHE DO ALL OF HER ZERO NINE AND TEN OR IS THAT ALL TOGETHER? IT WAS ALL TOGETHER. ALL TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE. TRADITIONALLY WE DO.

OKAY. WE SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT AHEAD OF TIME. IT'S OKAY.

I MY REPORT FOR TODAY IS OUR VERY RECENT MIND AND MIND EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN MAY 6TH. WE HAD BAND PERFORMANCES, WE HAD HENNA TATTOOS.

WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS CAME AND IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

IT WAS OUR VERY FIRST HUGE EVENT FOR SCRUBBING SOCIETY CLUB.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU.

A C C AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WENT THERE AND HOPEFULLY WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT AS AN ANNUAL EVENT. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR SALAZAR. I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME STUDENT TRUSTEE CARMELLA AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AND HAVING A GREAT YEAR.

TRUSTEE. PACHECO. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE GRADUATING STUDENTS ON OUR COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. IT WAS GREAT AND I WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AND BASICALLY THE STADIUM WAS FULL TO CAPACITY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RETHINK OF HOW WE DO OUR GRADUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCH LARGE GRADUATIONS AND YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY WON'T. OUR STADIUM WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THE FULL CAPACITY OF OUR GRADUATING STUDENTS. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.

AND I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CELLULAR CITIES HAD UNIVERSITY SIGNED UP FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT IT WASN'T JUST FOR THE UNIVERSITIES.

IT WAS ALSO FOR STUDENTS THAT WERE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WERE GOING TO COLLEGES. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, HELPING THESE STUDENTS GET SCHOLARSHIPS AND BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AND GO INTO EITHER A UNIVERSITY OF THEIR CHOICE OR, AND SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY WERE STUDENTS THAT HAD ALREADY DURING HIGH SCHOOL HAD TAKEN COLLEGE COURSES.

AND SO IT MADE IT A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO EITHER A COLLEGE OR A UNIVERSITY. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT AND THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LEWIS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT LA MIRADA WITH MY COLLEAGUE TRUSTEE MARIANA PACHECO AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER BLANCA PACHECO AS WELL.

SO WE'RE THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I APPRECIATE YOU. AND THEN OF COURSE, GRADUATION, WHICH I'M TOLD IS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DEGREES THAT WE HAVE EVER AWARDED IN A YEAR.

AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT? IT'S SPECIFICALLY. YES.

OKAY. THE LARGE NUMBER OF ADTS EVER GRANTED.

AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CONTINUALLY BREAKING RECORDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR ABOUT THE LAST TEN YEARS.

AND IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY PUTS INTO IT.

TO SEE THE FRUITION OF IT IS TRULY A BLESSING.

SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.

AND ESPECIALLY FOR EACH STUDENT THAT IS TOUCHED BY THAT IMPACT THAT YOU DO.

AND THEN OF COURSE, TODAY WAS THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE EXPANSION THEREOF.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, I THINK, HOW DID YOU PUT IT, DOCTOR FIERRO, THAT IT'S A AN IMPACTED PROGRAM THAT MAKES AN IMPACT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS. SO I LIKE THAT TURN OF THE PHRASE THERE.

BUT THIS IS GOOD NEWS AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT SUMMER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

LEWIS. DOCTOR LIU TRUSTEE LIU OH YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND YOU KNOW AND APPRECIATE OUR DOCTORS AND NURSES PACHECO

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WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

YEAH. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. CONGRATS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES.

I THINK IT'S A PERFECT PROBLEM TO HAVE.

TRUSTEE. PACHECO THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T FIT EVERYBODY IN A STADIUM IS A GOOD SITUATION TO HAVE.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND I WISH EVERYONE A GREAT SUMMER.

GO FALCONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR HERE.

AND OUR PRESIDENT JUST AS OUR PREVIOUS PRESIDENT PRESIDENT GREEN, WENT AHEAD AND SHOOK EVERY SINGLE STUDENT'S HAND.

AND WE STAYED TILL THE VERY END.

AND IT'S JUST SO AMAZING TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE STUDENTS.

THE SPEECHES WERE AMAZING.

TOTALLY MOVED BY THE, THE STUDENT SPEAKER HOW SHE IS SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR HER FOR HER DAUGHTERS AND YOU KNOW, PUSHING THEM, PUSHING HERSELF TO MOVE FORWARD AND PUSHING EVERYBODY TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO HELP, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO THINK WHEN THERE'S A SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE OXYGEN MASK FIRST, RIGHT? HOW CAN YOU NOT YOU NOT HELP EVERYBODY ELSE.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT ASSISTING YOURSELF AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU PUSH FORWARD, YOU HELP EVERYBODY ELSE COME FORWARD.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST SO AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND BE IN THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS.

I WAS ABLE TO ALSO JOIN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM GRADUATION, THE PINNING CEREMONY AND WOW.

EVERY TIME I GO TO THESE EVENTS, I'M JUST I KNOW LAST YEAR I DID THE TRACK AND DOCTOR PIERRO GOT THE APPLE AWARD AND I'M JUST SO AMAZED BY ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO AS A COLLEGE TO PUSH PEOPLE FORWARD.

THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE TO STUDENTS LIVES.

AND SO THEY HAD A CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY.

SO EACH, EACH EACH, EACH MEDICAL ASSISTANT IS GIVEN A CANDLE.

AND SO THEY TAKE IT BACK TO THE 1860S WHEN FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE STARTED, THIS TRADITION WHERE SHE LIT A CANDLE TO HER STUDENTS, AND THEN HER STUDENTS PASSED IT ALONG TO EVERYBODY ELSE. SO JUST IMAGINE SEEING EACH MEDICAL STUDENT LIGHTING EACH OTHER'S CANDLES AND JUST BEING OF SERVICE TO WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WORK.

AND THEY NAMED THEMSELVES AS LEADERS AND BEING ADVOCATES FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.

IT'S JUST, IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING AMAZING EVENT.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY GONE, BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST ONE. SO PLEASE ALLOW ME THIS MOMENT.

AT THE END THEY READ THIS ROSE SPEECH WHERE THEY SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF, OF A ROSE AND THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE GROWING FROM SEEDLINGS TO ROSES, ETC. AND THEY HAVE THESE VASES OF ROSES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EVENT AND YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THEM BEING A FIRST TIMER AT THAT EVENT.

AND THEN AT THE END, THEY OFFER THE ROSES TO THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE ROSE. EACH STUDENT GETS ONE AND THEY GIVE THE ROSE TO THE PERSON.

OBVIOUSLY THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE JOINED BY FAMILIES.

LOT TONS OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY GET TO SELECT ONE PERSON THAT HAS REALLY IMPACTED THEIR CAREER, IMPACTED THEIR LIFE.

AND SO YOU SEE THE STUDENTS GRABBING THE ROSES.

IT WAS JUST SO EMOTIONAL.

AND I'M LIKE, I WAS TEARING UP AS I WAS SEEING THEIR JUST THE, THE HUGE IMPACT THAT AND THE GRATEFULNESS THAT THEY HAVE WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE RETURNING THE ROSE TO FAMILY MEMBERS TO STAFF, WHOEVER IT IS THAT THEY GAVE IT TO THEM THAT HELPED THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO THIS EVENT.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A PLEASURE TO BE THERE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES.

WE'RE THE FIRST IN IN RETURN.

RIGHT. OF, OF MONEY. SO SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO THANK YOU. RETURN OF INVESTMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR GREEN.

SAME COMMENTS ON GRADUATION.

IT WAS IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENING.

AS WAS STEVE BIRKEY SAID GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE.

THIS IS, THIS WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD CONFIRMED FOR GRADUATION AND WORK. IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

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WE ARE ALREADY IN CONVERSATIONS TO, TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THE.

THERE IS. THERE IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS TO FOLLOW THE TIMELINES THAT.

WE HAVE SAID. THERE IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SUFFICIENT TICKETS FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE, THE, THE CEREMONY TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BE A TWO CEREMONY SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY IF WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

ONE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE, MORE FAMILY ON THE STADIUM UNLESS WE WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TICKETS.

TWO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON THE FIELD, IN THE FIELD REPRESENT OTHER CHALLENGES AS WELL. BUT IT IS A GOOD, EXCELLENT PROBLEM TO HAVE.

I THINK WE WENT FROM HAVING 5 OR 600 STUDENTS TO GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE ALMOST TRIPLING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WALK THROUGH.

SO. SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEM.

IT'S JUST WE NEED TO, TO, TO WORK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CELEBRATE AND STAY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

WE ARE REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE PROCEDURES, AND WE'RE BEGINNING NOW TO ENSURE THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO NEXT YEAR, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE STUDENTS, THE FAMILIES AND HAVE A A NEW AND IMPROVED PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE.

AS TRUSTEE RIOS MENTIONED THE CEREMONIES WERE AMAZING.

THE CEREMONY AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS VERY WELL DONE CEREMONY TO SO, SO IT WAS NICE TO BE THERE, BUT I'M ALWAYS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.

I THINK THIS YEAR I GOT TO ATTEND ALL OF THE STUDENT CELEBRATIONS ON CAMPUS AND, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE ONE TO BE INVITED AND TO, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE STUDENTS, CELEBRATE WITH THEM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR FAMILIES. THE. THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMILIES AND HOW HAPPY THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR SUCCESS.

AND, AND THE DOORS THAT ARE OPEN PALES TO ANYTHING THAT WE DO ON, ON THIS CAMPUS AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO TO ALL OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF AND THE ENTIRE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, BIG THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE DREAMS BECOME A REALITY AND THOSE CELEBRATIONS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO CARMELLA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT STUDENT VOICE AND REPRESENTATIVE AND THAT LIAISON, THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE STUDENTS.

AS A BOARD. WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DATA AND POLICY.

BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR VOICES.

AND SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE YOUR PRESENCE HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEW YEAR WITH YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, YES, GRADUATION SEASON 2026 HAS COME TO A CLOSE. HOWEVER THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE EVERY YEAR, IT'S JUST SUCH A JOYOUS OCCASION AND JUST A TIME OF CELEBRATION.

AND SO I DO MY VERY BEST TO ATTEND AS MANY OF THOSE CELEBRATIONS AND CEREMONIES AS I CAN.

AND I WILL SAY THAT ONE CELEBRATION IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR, THE BLACK GRAD REALLY SPOKE TO ME IN THE SENSE WHERE I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT I WANTED TO BE IN A CHOIR UNTIL I WAS AT THAT PARTICULAR CEREMONY, BECAUSE CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS A GOSPEL CHOIR.

AND WHEN I TELL YOU THEY WERE AMAZING, THEY WERE AMAZING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO BE IN THE CHOIR TO BE A GUEST.

BUT NO, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

AND SO FOR ALL OF OUR GRADS, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND JUST AS DOCTOR PIERRO SAID, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.

AND SO FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS A HAND IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR COLLEGE.

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AND SO I WAS ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, BE A KEYNOTE FOR THIS YEAR'S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.

AND IN MY HEAD, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, NO.

BUT I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT LIFE COMMITTEE WHO'S REQUESTING THIS. AND SO IT CAN'T BE.

NO. IT HAS TO BE. YES.

AND SO I DID TAKE THAT LEAP.

AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND WHEN I WAS PLANNING AND IN CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT I WANTED THE MESSAGE TO BE, WHAT I DID KNOW IS THAT I WANTED IT TO BE IMPACTFUL.

AND I HAD TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE MANY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES THAT I'VE BEEN TO.

AND IT'S JUST LIKE, I DON'T NECESSARILY REMEMBER THE WORDS THAT WERE SHARED, BUT I DO REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE, THE FEELING THAT I WALKED AWAY WITH.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORDS THAT I SHARED WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY LEFT SOME TYPE OF FEELING AND SOME TYPE OF TAKEAWAY THAT THEY CAN CARRY ALONG WITH THEM INTO THAT NEXT STEP OF THEIR JOURNEY.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I AM SO THANKFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND ASSISTANCE WITH THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A PLEASURE TO SHARE THE STAGE AS A KEYNOTE WITH, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLY PERSON PACHECO WITH OUR STUDENT SPEAKER, LYNETTE BAUTISTA, WHO DID AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL AS DOCTOR FIERRO.

I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME DOCTOR FIERRO HAS EVER BEEN SURROUNDED WITH BOOS, BUT IT WAS A GREAT JOKE.

IT WAS A GREAT JOKE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, JUST GO BACK TO THE VIDEO AND YOU WILL SEE HOW HOW THAT PLAYED OUT.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO A STUDENT WHO SHARED KIND WORDS OF APPRECIATION IN REGARD TO THE ADDRESS THAT I SHARED WITH OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WAS AVA. MUNOZ.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND THANK YOU TO HER FOR VALIDATING, YOU KNOW, MY WHY. AND SHE, YOU KNOW, JUST EXPRESSED THAT SHE THE MESSAGE REALLY RESONATED WITH HER AND HER WORDS JUST REALLY FILLED MY HEART BECAUSE THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HAPPEN.

AND SO HEARING THAT JUST TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2026 AND HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[8. Closed Session]

8.02 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS.

8.03 CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.

VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.

8.04 CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.

VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.

8.05 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.

AND FINALLY. 8.06 STUDENT EXPULSION.

WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND COME BACK WITH A POSSIBLE OR SOME READOUTS.

YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD REPORTING BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEM 8.03.

[9. Closing Items]

THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS FIVE.

YES. GREEN. RIOS. PACHECO.

LEWIS. BIRKEY. TUNO. SALAZAR.

LEWIS ZERO. ABSTAIN. ITEM 8.04.

IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF DOCTOR ROBIN BREMER AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, TO EXTEND THE TERM OF EMPLOYMENT FROM AUGUST 25TH, 2026 TO AUGUST 24TH, 2028.

THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS UNANIMOUS.

ITEM 8.05. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE MANAGERS FROM JULY 1ST, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027, AS LISTED AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON JUNE 3RD, 2026. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS UNANIMOUS.

ITEM 8.06 THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION ON THE STUDENT DISCIPLINE MATTER AGENDIZED UNDER

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THERE IS NO REPORTABLE FINAL ACTION AT THIS TIME.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.