Jul 15, 2026 Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE JULY 15TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT.

704. WE WILL MOVE INTO ROLL CALL NOW. BOARD PRESIDENT DOCTOR DON GREEN, PRESENT.

[1.01 Roll Call]

SHIN LIU IS ABSENT. TRUSTEE. JAMES CODY BIRKEY PRESENT.

TRUSTEE. MARIANA. PACHECO. PRESENT. TRUSTEE. MARIANA RIOS WILL BE ARRIVING MOMENTARILY AND TRUSTEE DOCTOR SANDRA SALAZAR WILL ALSO BE ARRIVING MOMENTARILY.

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

ALL RIGHT. IF I CAN GET EVERYONE TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GIVE A MOMENT FOR TRUSTEE RIOS BEFORE I ASK THE NEXT QUESTION.

OKAY. WE ARE AT ITEM 1.03 AGENDA ORGANIZATION.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

CAN YOU HEAR ME? JOHN PAUL DREYER. BOTH ARE HIGH CERRITOS COLLEGE ALUMNI.

I'M THE FIRST STUDENT BODY OFFICER TO BE ELECTED TO THE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND I RECENTLY ATTENDED THE BUTLER HIGH GRADUATION.

AND WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE DOCTOR FIERRO HELPED TO CREATE OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT.

AND I WAS JUST. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE I WAS A STUDENT.

THIS WOULD BE AVERAGE STUDENT. AND I TOOK CLASSES HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AS A JUNIOR AND A SENIOR.

BUT WHEN THEY HAD THE STUDENTS WHO WERE RECOGNIZABLE FOR HIGH GRADUATION.

IT WAS ALL THE THE A STUDENTS OR THE HIGH HONORS STUDENTS THAT WERE HONORED WITH THE DUAL ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT HAPPENED WITH MY NIECE AT MAYFAIR. LIKE SHE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE SHE WAS GIFTED AND HIGH HONORS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE B STUDENTS. I DIDN'T SEE C AVERAGE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM.

I AND ZURICH WAS SAYING TO ME EARLIER THAT IT WAS NORWALK HIGH.

THERE'S A BIGGER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.

SO IT'S MY ALMA MATER, I, THIS I AND BELLFLOWER AND CERRITOS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT TO GET MORE STUDENTS INTO THE PROGRAMS LIKE AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.

THEY WORK WITH A LONG BEACH CITY, LONG BEACH SCHOOLS FOR HAVING MORE STUDENTS.

THEY GET THEIR THEIR DIPLOMA AND A, A, A LIKE THAT.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR GOAL IN SETTING UP THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.

BUT SOME HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DOING A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS.

HOW COULD THAT BE REPLICATED AND TRAINED OR MENTORED AT BOTH OUR HIGH AND OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT PICKING UP THE PROGRAM AS WELL? SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I THIS I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND THAT I VOTED, YOU KNOW, I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM. AND THEN GOING TO THE GRADUATION, IT WAS I WAS KIND OF A LETDOWN BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SPREAD IT OUT TO MORE STUDENTS. THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THE FREE TUITION AND BOOKS AND THE DOUBLE COUNTING ENROLLMENT FOR THE COLLEGE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE MARK. MARK WILLIAMS. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARQUIS WILLIAMS. IS THE BLUE LIGHT ON? IT IS. YES. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARQUIS WILLIAMS. I AM A CURRENT STUDENT HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND I JUST COMPLETED A STUDENT GRADE GRIEVANCE.

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AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITHOUT MENTIONING ANY NAMES.

SO ONE WAS EVIDENCE SUPPRESSION. I REQUESTED.

MY OWN RECORDS FROM THE INSTRUCTOR THEN FROM, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO INDICATE WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, BUT FROM THE INSTRUCTOR AND ONE OTHER PERSON IN ADDITION TO ONE PERSON WHO REVIEWED MY COMPLAINT, WHO PROMISED ME RECORDS AND I WAS DENIED MY OWN RECORDS TO HELP BUILD MY APPEAL AND MY ARGUMENT FROM THE TWO THAT I REQUESTED THEM FROM.

AND. IN THE DENIAL BY THE INSTRUCTOR, HE ACTUALLY COPIED TWO OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO REVIEWED MY GRIEVANCE AT DIFFERENT STEPS.

AND SO THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF HIS ERRONEOUS FERPA CLAIM AND THEY DID NOTHING.

TO THIS DAY I HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED ACCESS TO MY OWN RECORDS.

THERE WAS ALSO MISCONDUCT THAT WAS RAISED, AND THE FIRST PERSON THAT I ESCALATED IT TO, I WOULD SAY DID THEIR JOB AND THEY REFERRED THAT COMPLAINT TO, I GUESS THE APPROPRIATE PERSON.

THAT PERSON SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE COMPLAINT IMMEDIATELY.

THEY NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ME. I REACHED OUT AGAIN WITH FURTHER MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS, AND I WAS AGAIN PROMISED THAT THOSE COMPLAINTS WOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND THAT EITHER THAT INDIVIDUAL OR SOMEONE THAT HE DESIGNATED WOULD LOOK INTO THOSE COMPLAINTS.

NO ONE LOOKED INTO THOSE COMPLAINTS. NO ONE EVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ME.

LET ME SEE. HAD EVERYTHING WRITTEN. BUT IT HAS THESE PEOPLE'S NAMES, SO.

EXCUSE ME. YES. OH, YES. SO ALSO THE IN GOING BACKWARDS THE PERSON WHO PROMISED ME MY RECORDS DID SO ON RECORD DURING THE STEP. OH, DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT DURING THE MEETING THAT WAS RECORDED, THEY WERE ON RECORD PROMISING ME THAT THEY WOULD OBTAIN THOSE RECORDS THAT I REQUESTED AND GIVE THEM TO ME AND THEY NEVER DID.

LET ME SEE. OKAY. AND AT ONE POINT IN THE APPEALS PROCESS. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REVIEWING MY COMPLAINT AT THAT PARTICULAR STEP, HAD PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED MY COMPLAINT.

I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THAT MEETING OR WELL, I WAS YEAH, I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THAT MEETING AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. AND AT THE LAST STEP.

THERE WERE PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS THAT I POINTED OUT.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE DENIAL.

SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AND I AM A CRIER, BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO BE THE BEAUTIFUL, BLACK, STRONG WOMAN THAT I AM AND NOT SHED TEARS FOR THE HORRENDOUS WAY THAT I'VE BEEN TREATED.

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AND YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT MY PLANS ARE, BUT STUDENTS SHOULDN'T BE TREATED THE WAY THAT I WAS.

AND I WILL BE REACHING OUT FURTHER WITH REGARDS TO THE MATTER.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO NOW

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

WE HAVE DOCTOR WILL MITTENDORF. HEY GOOD EVENING BOARD.

DOCTOR FERRO. COLLEAGUES. FRIENDS. TONIGHT THE BOARD WILL VOTE TO APPROVE, I BELIEVE, 19 NEW FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY FEDERATION.

I JUST WANT TO WELCOME THOSE NEW INSTRUCTORS AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR TRANSITION AND IN YOUR NEW POSITIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO AREA

[2.01 POSTPONED: Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]

AND DOCTOR FIORA WILL SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR GREEN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

TONIGHT WE ARE MISSING OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, BUT I DID NOT WANT TO LET THE OPPORTUNITY GO BY WITHOUT AT THE VERY LEAST, PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

AND, AND FOR OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH TO BE ABLE TO THEN LATER ON REVIEW IT.

HE WANTED TO BE HERE VERY BADLY, BUT HE HAS A SECOND JOB.

AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD VOLUNTEERED AND COMMITTED TO GO.

AND AS THE PROFESSIONAL THAT HE IS, HE SAID, I WILL GO TO WORK EVEN THOUGH I'M BEING RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.

SO HE SAID, I CAN GO LATER AND WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE TOGETHER.

AND, AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S FINE, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU IN PUBLIC.

SO OUR EMPLOYEE OF I'M SORRY, IS DONNY HAWKINS.

HE'S OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND HE IS JUST A FANTASTIC GUY.

AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU RUN INTO DONNY ON YOUR DAY TO DAY AROUND CAMPUS.

HE'S IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM, HE'S PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON THAT YOU WILL SEE WEARING SUNGLASSES 247 AROUND CAMPUS THAT MAYBE DONNY.

HE'S ALWAYS A GREAT GUY WITH A SMILE AND AND REALLY READY TO WORK AND, AND HELP ANYONE, INCLUDING COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, AND PARTICULARLY STUDENTS. SO DONNIE EMBODIES THE VERY BEST OF SERVICE, DEDICATION AND COMPASSION, CONSISTENTLY GOING FAR BEYOND THE EXPECTATIONS OF HIS ROLE TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED, WELCOME AND CONNECTED TO OUR CAMPUS NO MATTER THE CHALLENGE.

SPECIFICALLY, THE LAST MINUTE FACILITY NEEDS THAT FREQUENTLY ARISE IN DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS CAMPUS THAT NEED SOMEONE YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON.

HE RESPONDS WITH HIS PROFESSIONALISM, RELIABILITY, AND GENUINE, GENUINE WILLINGNESS TO HELP, OFTEN STEPPING INTO WITHOUT HESITATION TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

HIS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT OTHERS REFLECT NOT ONLY AN EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC, BUT ALSO A DEEP SENSE OF PRIDE IN SERVING OUR COLLEGE COMMUNITY.

WHAT REALLY SETS DONNIE APART, HOWEVER, IS THE KINDNESS AND POSITIVITY HE BRINGS TO EVERY INTERACTION IN HIS WARM SMILE, FRIENDLY DEMEANOR AND AUTHENTIC CARE FOR OTHERS LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON EVERYONE HE MEETS.

DONNY, YOUR DEDICATION, DEPENDABILITY, AND HEARTFELT COMMITMENTS TO STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE MAKE YOU MORE THAN DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU FOR BEING A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE SPIRIT OF CERRITOS COLLEGE SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF HERE.

HE'S ALSO THE HEAD COACH OF THE KICKBALL TEAM, THE STAFF TEAM THAT HAS CONSECUTIVELY WON THE

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SO YOU CAN THANK ME FOR THAT. CARMELLA. SO CONGRATULATIONS, DONNY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE OFFICE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PLAQUE AND RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE.

HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO GET HIM ON OUR SIDE? HE IS IN OUR SIDE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN WINNING 300.

ALL THE BETTER. NOT AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM 2.02 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF RETIREES.

[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Retirees]

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY FELIPE LOPEZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.

LINDA, GET ALL EXCITED. YES. IT'S NOT FOR ME.

DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP HERE? DO YOU WANT TO SIT THERE? IT'S UP TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO HIM ANYMORE.

ALL RIGHT. TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AND EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY PERSON, LINDA KAUFMAN. LINDA'S JOURNEY AT CERRITOS COLLEGE BEGAN ON MARCH 21ST, 1988, WHEN SHE JOINED CERRITOS COLLEGE AS A SHORT TERM HOURLY AND BECAME PERMANENT ON JULY 24TH, 1989 AS A DIVISION CLERK IN THE HUMANITIES SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION.

SHE FAITHFULLY SERVED THE DIVISION FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS BEFORE BEING PROMOTED ON DECEMBER 9TH, 1999 TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND BUSINESS SERVICES, WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LINDA'S CAREER, THE NUMBERS ARE IMPRESSIVE.

MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF DEDICATED SERVICE, COUNTLESS PROJECTS COMPLETED, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHE HAS HELPED ALONG THE WAY.

THE NUMBERS ALONE DON'T TELL LINDA'S STORY. HER LEGACY IS FOUND IN THE RELATIONSHIPS SHE.

SHE HAS BUILT, THE PROFESSIONALISM SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED EVERY DAY IN THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT SHE HAS PROVIDED TO EVERYONE AROUND HER. ONE REMARKABLE FACT ABOUT LINDA'S CAREER IS THAT SHE HAS WORKED FOR EIGHT DIFFERENT VICE PRESIDENTS.

EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED IN HIGHER ED KNOWS THAT EVERY LEADER HAS DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STYLES, DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS.

THROUGH EVERY TRANSITION, LINDA REMAINED STEADY.

THE STEADY CONSTANT SHE ADAPTED WITH GRACE, MAINTAINED HER PROFESSIONALISM AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT, NO MATTER WHO ACCOMPANIED THE OFFICE NEXT DOOR.

THAT KIND OF CONSISTENCY, FLEXIBILITY AND DEDICATION IS RARE AND IT SPEAKS VOLUME ABOUT WHO LINDA IS.

PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH LINDA FOR THE PAST NINE AND A HALF YEARS.

DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE NOT ONLY HER INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC, BUT ALSO HER ADVICE, HER INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND HER WILLINGNESS TO HELP WHENEVER NEEDED.

LINDA HAS BEEN SOMEONE WHO YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON.

SHE APPROACHED EVERY CHALLENGE WITH CONFIDENCE AND EVERY TASK WITH ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

SHE MADE DIFFICULT TASKS LOOK EASY, AND SHE DID IT WITHOUT SEEKING RECOGNITION OR PRAISE.

PEOPLE LOOK AT. PEOPLE LIKE LINDA ARE TRULY THE BACKBONE OF AN ORGANIZATION.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP THINGS MOVING BEHIND THE SCENES, WHO SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE EVEN REALIZES THERE IS ONE.

AND WHO WHO CREATE STABILITY DURING TIMES OF CHANGE.

LINDA HAS DONE THIS FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS.

AS LINDA BEGINS HER NEXT CHAPTER, SHE LEAVES BEHIND MORE THAN A POSITION.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCELLENCE.

WHILE SHE WILL CERTAINLY BE MISSED, SHE HAS MORE THAN EARNED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY HER RETIREMENT AND ALL THAT COMES WITH IT.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR KINDNESS, AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

IT HAS TRULY BEEN MY PLEASURE WORKING BESIDE YOU ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHOSE LIVES YOU HAVE TOUCHED THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH, GOOD ADVENTURES, AND PLENTY OF TIME TO ENJOY THINGS THAT THAT BRING YOU JOY.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING LYNDA KAUFMAN ON AN INCREDIBLE CAREER AND WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST AND A WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT.

OKAY, I WILL. YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO THIS POINT IN YOUR CAREER AND YOU THINK OF ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY, AND THEN YOU GET UP HERE AND YOU'RE LIKE, I CAN'T SAY IT.

THE FIRST PERSON THAT I REALLY HAVE TO THANK IS MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS CHERYL.

THREE BACK HISTORY. CHERYL AND I LIVED TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE IN OUR EARLY 20S, AND SHE BROUGHT HOME A FLIER FOR THE DIVISION OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.

IT WAS THE THEY HAD JUST BROKEN OFF FROM LIBERAL ARTS AND WERE THEIR OWN DIVISION.

THEY WERE STARTING THEIR OWN DIVISION AND THEY NEEDED A SECRETARY.

I APPLIED, GOT THE JOB, AND I WENT FROM PRIVATE INDUSTRY INTO EDUCATION, AND IT WAS AN EYE OPENER.

AND I LOVED MY FACULTY. MY FACULTY WERE WONDERFUL.

A LOT OF THEM AREN'T HERE ANYMORE. BUT THEY TAUGHT ME A LOT.

AND WHEN THIS POSITION CAME OPEN, I DIDN'T WANT TO APPLY.

I SAID, NOPE. AND THE ONE REASON WAS, IS I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MINUTES OF PLANNING AND BUDGET.

AND THAT WAS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE. I, I DON'T LIKE TAKING MINUTES AND SO I KNOW CHERYL'S WATCHING. SO CHERYL, I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO WORK FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. I WASN'T SURE.

CERRITOS HAS PROVIDED ME WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES, WONDERFUL FRIENDS. EXCITING WORK, CHALLENGING WORK. AND I FEEL TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS INSTITUTION FOR 37 YEARS.

IT'S. WE'RE, WE'RE A FAMILY, SOMETIMES DYSFUNCTIONAL, BUT WE'RE A FAMILY.

AND YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THAT IN THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET AND IN AND THE STUDENTS THAT YOU HELP AND AND ALL THAT AND. I WILL SAY THAT. I MADE MY DECISION TO RETIRE A YEAR EARLY, AND I KIND OF THREW PHILIP OFF GUARD. AND THERE WERE MANY REASONS, BUT THE HARDEST PART OF SAYING THAT I WAS GOING TO RETIRE WAS TELLING HIM BECAUSE OUT OF ALL THE AND I HAD LIKE 5 OR 6 DEANS TO.

SO LET'S JUST ADD THAT TO THE PILE UP. OUT OF ALL MY BOSSES IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.

PHILIP IS THE BEST. HE ABSOLUTELY CLAP. HE SUPPORTED ME, TAUGHT ME THINGS, ENCOURAGED ME, CHALLENGED ME, PROVIDED ME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OTHERWISE.

LISTEN TO ME. THERE WERE TIMES THAT I GRIPED.

THERE WERE TIMES THAT I WAS UPSET. THERE WERE TIMES THAT I WOULD JUST.

AND HE WAS PATIENT AND HE WAS KIND. AND RETIRING EARLY AND TELLING HIM WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING I'VE HAD TO DO IN A VERY LONG TIME. AND SO TO PHILIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

AND I THINK OUT OF EVERYTHING, I'LL MISS YOU THE MOST.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR BEING BY YOUR SIDE AND HELPING YOU ALL THESE YEARS.

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AND TO AGAIN, TO CERRITOS COLLEGE THE STUDENTS, THE BOARD.

DOCTOR FIERRO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING FOR THIS COLLEGE.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN I'M GRATEFUL ALL THE TIME FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT PROVIDED TO ME.

AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT AS MUCH AS I LOVE THIS COLLEGE, THE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT I LOVE THE MOST ARE MY CHILDREN.

AND IF THEY'RE WATCHING, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE, BUT TO THEM, THEY ARE MY LIGHT AND MY LIFE, AND I COULDN'T I WOULDN'T BE THE PERSON I AM TODAY WITHOUT THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HONOR AND FOR JUST BEING HERE.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE HAVE YOUR BACK.

AND I'M SAD I WON'T BE MOVING INTO THAT NEW BUILDING.

SO ENJOY IT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

AND THANK YOU ALL.

OH, I'M LIKE, WHAT? I THOUGHT I WAS DONE. NOPE.

OH, I GOT. NO. SORRY, CHERYL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEXT RETIREE, RUBEN LEONE, MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTOR PRESENTED BY DOCTOR FRANK MIXON, VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.

NOTHING FOR RUBEN. SO I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR FIERRO FOR LETTING ME FOLLOW THAT. AND RUBEN, I JUST I'LL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE NOW BECAUSE I DON'T I HAVE SOME VERY NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU, BUT WE DID NOT WORK SIDE BY SIDE FOR 20 YEARS.

SO I WILL GO OFF SCRIPT AND SAY THIS THOUGH. I HAVE KNOWN REUBEN FOR A LONG TIME.

HE IS A MATH INSTRUCTOR, I AM, I WAS AN ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR, SO WE ARE POLAR OPPOSITES.

WE BUT WHEN I WAS THE SLO COORDINATOR AND JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY DISLIKED SLOS, INCLUDING REUBEN, REUBEN WAS ALWAYS VERY NICE. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY NICE TO ME COMING AROUND AND ASKING PEOPLE WHEN WHEN OTHERS WERE NOT.

AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REUBEN.

TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PROFESSOR REUBEN LEON, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COLLEGE.

REUBEN JOINED CERRITOS COLLEGE IN 1990 FOLLOWING THE GRADUATE STUDIES FOLLOWING THE HIS GRADUATE STUDIES, EXCUSE ME, GRADUATE STUDIES AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.

OVER THE YEARS, HE SERVED AS CO-CHAIR OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN DEVELOPING AND REVISING OUR CURRICULUM FROM TRIGONOMETRY THROUGH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA.

HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AND FACULTY SENATE HELPED ENSURE ACADEMIC RIGOR ACROSS OUR OFFERINGS.

RUBIN HAS ALSO BEEN A STEADY PRESENCE FOR OUR MOST ADVANCED STUDENTS, AND HE'S CONTRIBUTED CREATIVE PROBLEMS TO BOTH MATH FIELD DAY AND MATH CLUB INTEGRATION B OVER THE YEARS. OUR GRADUATES CONSISTENTLY POINT TO HIM AS SOMEONE WHO HELPED THEM SUCCEED, AND WHO HAD A REAL GIFT FOR MAKING COMPLEX MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE.

THAT SAME GIFT EXTENDED TO MENTORING NEW FACULTY WHO TEACH CALCULUS THREE AND LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.

RUBIN, THANK YOU FOR 35 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

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I'M NERVOUS NOW. I'VE BEEN A MATH PROFESSOR FOR 36 YEARS, AND I'M NERVOUS.

BUT MY REASON FOR BRINGING, BRINGING THAT UP IS THAT 35 YEARS AGO, I WAS HERE IN THE SUMMER GIVEN THE JOB, AND I WAS JUST AS NERVOUS. MOSTLY I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON ME.

I STARTED AS A PART TIMER IN, IN 1988, I TAUGHT ONE CLASS AN 8:00 IN THE MORNING ALGEBRA ONE CLASS AND DID A COUPLE OF YEARS OF FREEWAY FLYING AND, AND APPLIED FOR A JOB.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO, NO CHANCE IN, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE WERE LIKE 212 APPLICANTS AND FOR MY POSITION AND YOU TOOK A CHANCE ON ME.

I HAD, I HAD I HAD VERY LITTLE TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT THE, AT THAT TIME AT, AT THAT TIME I HAD TWO CHOICES. I, I HAD GRADUATED, I WAS 87 AND I THOUGHT I'M EITHER GOING TO GO FOR MY PHD AND FOLLOW MY DREAM OF OF BECOMING A MATHEMATICAL PHYSICIST, A PHD, OR I COULD FEED MY NASTY HOBBY OF NEEDING TO EAT.

SO I APPLIED FOR A JOB AND THOUGHT AND I NEVER WENT BACK FOR THE, FOR THE PHD.

AND I FOUND IT WAS IT REALLY WASN'T NECESSARY.

I SPENT THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF MY CAREER TRYING TO MAKE MYSELF AS BIG AS POSSIBLE, THE BEST INSTRUCTOR, BUT ALWAYS THAT I CAN DO IT. I CAN DO IT. I CAN MAKE THEM LEARN.

I SPENT THE LAST YEARS, THE OTHER HALF OF MY, MY CAREER TRYING TO MAKE MYSELF AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S WHEN I HAD THE MOST SUCCESS. I, I TURNED MYSELF OVER TO MY STUDENTS RATHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE MYSELF A BETTER INSTRUCTOR.

I THOUGHT, WHY DON'T I SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE THEM BETTER STUDENTS? AND THAT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU, BUT IN DOING THAT I BECAME, I GUESS, I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT HUMBLE IN TERMS OF NOT PROJECTING WHAT I THINK THEY NEED, BUT ASKING THEM WHAT THEY NEED FROM ME.

AND IT WORKED. IT SEEMED TO WORK. I'M LEAVING.

I'M LEAVING THIS CAREER REALLY HAPPY WITH WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO PASS ON, I HOPE, I HOPE VERY FEW STUDENTS EVER COME BACK AND ACTUALLY SAY THANK YOU AND STUFF, BUT BUT THOSE WHO, THOSE WHO HAVE HAVE SAID, YOU ARE TEACHING ME, YOU TAUGHT ME WHAT I, I REALLY NEEDED.

AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY COOL. I FINISH REAL QUICK THE I KEPT TELLING MY, MY COLLEAGUES FOR YEARS AND YEARS THAT I, I HAVE NO PLAN TO EVER RETIRE, THAT I REALLY LOVED MY JOB AND I DID AND, AND THAT I WANTED TO, TO DIE AT THE, AT THE CLASS AT THE, AT THE CHALKBOARD OR THE WHITEBOARD.

NOW, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DOING A PROBLEM AND THEN HAVING THE STUDENT SAY, WELL, BEFORE YOU GO, IS THAT GOING TO BE ON THE TEST? THAT KIND OF THING? THAT WAS A JOKE.

THAT WAS A RUNNING JOKE. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT CHANGED MY MIND WAS AND IT'S NOT THAT THAT MUCH OF A DOWNER.

IT'S ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, THE PANDEMIC, WHEN DOCTOR FIERRO SENT US THAT MESSAGE SAYING, WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM, FROM SPRING BREAK, THAT EXTRA WEEK, THAT, THAT, THAT THANK GOD HE GAVE US TO PREPARE.

IT'S YOU AND YOUR COMPUTER. AND I SAT IN FRONT OF THIS COMPUTER SCREEN ON, ON SPRING BREAK THINKING, OKAY, DUDE, IT'S YOU AND ME. I'D NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE IT.

THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE OF THE END FOR ME.

AFTER THE AFTER THE PANDEMIC. THINGS, THINGS NEVER THINGS NEVER REALLY CAME QUITE BACK.

THE STUDENTS, STUDENTS FORGOT HOW TO LEARN. THEY, WELL, THEY WERE NEVER INTRODUCED HOW TO LEARN.

WHEN WHEN I WALKED IN DOCTOR NIXON WAS, WAS CHATTING WITH SOMEBODY ABOUT THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON SOMETHING NOW AND I JUST CAUGHT A BIT OF IT. IT USED TO BE SLOWS. NOW IT'S RSI AND THAT'S, I THINK THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD OR THE BEST THING SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

WHEN, WHEN THE PANDEMIC STRUCK, I FOUND IT REAL EASY TO TURN MY ONLINE LECTURES INTO A CORRESPONDENCE CLASS. IT, I, I FELT REALLY, REALLY EASILY, EASILY INTO THAT.

AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IN FACT, NONE.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS A FOCUS NOW ON THEY'VE GOT SOME REAL NICE NAMES FOR WHY IT'S AROUND, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TO KEEP US, TO KEEP US IN LINE AND AGAIN, START MAYBE OUR OR MY HUMAN NATURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

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I HAVE, I HAVE NO REGRETS AND SAYS I HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS BEFORE I COME BACK TO BE A PART TIMER.

AND SO I'M WAITING FOR SPRING 27 TO, TO BE GIVEN MAYBE A CALC THREE OR A DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS COURSE.

SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. OH MAN.

ARE. MY HANDS SHAKING.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE TWO RETIREES RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.

YOUR LONG STANDING CONTRIBUTION AND DEDICATION TO CERRITOS WILL ALWAYS BE NOTEWORTHY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT ITEMS.

[3. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]

[4. Consent Items - Office of Business Services]

[5. Consent Items - Office of Human Resources]

[6. Consent Items - Office of the President]

[7. Consent Items - Office of Student Services]

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE SECTION SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS. OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES ITEMS 7.01 THROUGH 7.03.

DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE CONSENT ITEMS? MOTION. SECOND. MOTION PASSES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO SECTION EIGHT.

[8.01 Discussion of Board Self-Evaluation]

SO IS IT OPEN DISCUSSION. OH SORRY. I WAS PUTTING A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. GARIN. SO EVERY YEAR WE DEPLOY THE THE EVALUATION SURVEY. AND IT HAS BEEN TRADITION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WE HAVE ALIGNED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE GOALS UP FOR THE BOARD THAT WE ESTABLISHED DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE PERFORMANCE AND COLLABORATION ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.

SO THE RATINGS ARE VERY STRONG ACROSS BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL OF THE GOALS ACTUALLY. SO IT'S RELATIVELY LITTLE TO DISCUSS AS IT SEEMS THE THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE COLLABORATION, THE, THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR CONSISTENTLY HAVE HELPED US MOVING FORWARD, FORWARD. EACH ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD ON THE BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD BY THE SEVEN MEMBERS.

YES. AND I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT THE BOARD SELF EVALUATION IS VERY KEY TO ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS TRANSPARENCY FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS. WE ARE TASKED WITH, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE EFFECTIVE AND THE GOALS THAT

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AND SO THIS IS A SOMETHING THAT WE DO ANNUALLY.

AND IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REFLECT ON YOUR PRACTICES, TO UNDERSTAND AND USE DATA TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR EFFECTIVENESS IS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD. WE ARE OPERATING AS ONE VOICE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE SET HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I IF I MAY COMMENT ON GOAL NUMBER TWO, EVALUATE AND EXPAND THE HIGH SCHOOL PILOT CERRITOS COLLEGE WILL COMPLETE AN EVALUATION OF BELLFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM TO DETERMINE ITS IMPACT ON ACCESS.

DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT CAME UP AS WELL. AND I THINK WE'RE DOING AMAZING WORK WITH THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT I COULD REQUEST A PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC AS TO THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING AMAZING WORK AS A COLLEGE AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.

ABSOLUTELY. TRUSTEE RIOS AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT PRESENTATION.

THIS PAST YEAR ACTUALLY HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN OUR EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TWO PIECES THERE.

THE FIRST ONE, THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AND THE LAYERED ON TOP, THAT IS THE EARLY COLLEGE.

SO ESSENTIALLY, THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE BY THE TIME THEY COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER, ABOUT 140 STUDENTS AND A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THOSE STUDENTS.

THE EXACT NUMBER ESCAPES ME, AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE WRONG NUMBER.

WE'LL DO THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION CAME FROM BELLFLOWER HIGH AND WE HAD THE BELLFLOWER HEIGHT SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR SIMMONS AND I BELIEVE TRUSTEE GARZA AND A COUPLE OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF BELLFLOWER HIGH ATTENDING COMMENCEMENT THIS YEAR AS WE CELEBRATED ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WERE EARNING THE CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMAS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. SO SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HAVE THAT DIFFERENTIATION THAT BOTH PROGRAMS ARE GROWING.

BUT OF COURSE, THE RAMP UP OF THOSE WHO COMPLETE FULL PROGRAMS TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.

BUT, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR INDEED.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE THE COMMENT THAT OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT, WE DEFINITELY USE AN EQUITY FOCUSED PROCESS WHEN WE ARE RECRUITING OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE BOARD FOR WHO ENTERS INTO OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT AND K-12 PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM IS REALLY WORKING TOWARDS IS ENSURING THAT THAT AWARENESS IS THERE. AND SO WE WANT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS, OUR PARTNERS TO BE AWARE THAT THIS EXISTS.

AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE ALL STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT, NOT JUST THE TOP STUDENTS, BUT ANY STUDENT WHO WANTS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND, AND TAKE THESE STEPS TO COMPLETE THEIR COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, DEGREE BEFORE GRADUATION. IF YOU. TRUSTEE.

GARIN. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THE PROGRAM STARTED WITH THAT IN MIND, IN FACT, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS OR THOSE THAT FIRST HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM IN FACT, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO MOVE TOWARD ENROLLMENT CLASSES AND CERTIFICATES INTO COMPLETION ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, CONTINUATION, AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, THEY TRADITIONALLY DO NOT GET THOSE SERVICES.

SO THOSE ARE CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO ENSURE THE COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE.

BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THOSE WHO BENEFIT THE MOST ARE DUAL ENROLLMENT AND EARLY COLLEGE ARE THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE GOING STUDENTS.

SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT'S OPEN FOR EVERYONE.

AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT TO MAKE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GREEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

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BUT I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SETTLING FOR, WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD CLIMATE SURVEYS OF OUR OWN CAMPUS.

WE TAKE SURVEYS OF OURSELVES ALL THE TIME. AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE COMMUNITY PERCEPTION TO BE A PART OF THAT IN SOME WAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT TO THE EXTENT WHERE WE SEND AN EMAIL BLAST TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER IN OUR CITIES.

BUT I WOULD THINK AT LEAST START WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ASK THEM, WHAT DO THEY SEE IN THEIR PERCEPTION OF CERRITOS COLLEGE AND WHAT ARE THEIR CONSTITUENTS? WHICH ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS? SEE IN WHAT CERRITOS COLLEGE CAN IMPROVE ON BASED ON WHAT OUR GOALS ARE? I MEAN, DO THEY SEE THAT WE'RE DOING ENOUGH IN DUAL ENROLLMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION BECOMES REALITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN MAKE A GOAL TO INITIALIZE AND PARTNER WITH THEM TO SHOW THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, HOW ARE WE DOING BASED ON YOU AS AN ELECTED SEEING IT WITHIN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY? I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US A BETTER ANGLE AND PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WHAT IS ALREADY GREAT, BUT CONTINUES TO BE GREATER EACH YEAR. SO. AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, TRUSTEE LEWIS, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE AS OUR PARTNERS, NOT JUST THE BOARD MEMBERS, ARE ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR AREA OFFICIALS, I MEAN, THERE ARE VOICE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE MORE THEY KNOW ABOUT OUR AMAZING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGING TO DO MORE, OF COURSE, BUT THERE ARE ADVOCATES AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING IT WORK. SO DEFINITELY I WOULD, I WOULD TOTALLY, TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OH I'M SORRY.

NO, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SECTION NINE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[9.01 Adoption of Resolution No. 26-0715A in Recognition of National Disability Pride Month]

IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH.

THANK YOU. I AM PROUD TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JULY AS NATIONAL DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

THIS RESOLUTION IS MORE THAN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.

IT REFLECTS A COMMITMENT THAT WE LIVE OUT EVERY DAY.

THE COMMUNITY IS THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE MINORITY GROUP IN OUR NATION, ENCOMPASSING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE EXPERIENCES ACROSS EVERY LINE OF RACE, AGE, GENDER AND BACKGROUND. ITS MEMBERS ENRICH EVERY CORNER OF OUR CAMPUS AS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS STRENGTHEN THE WHOLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

RECOGNIZING DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH AFFIRMS DISABILITY IS NOT A LIMITATION, BUT AS A NATURAL AND VALUED PART OF HUMAN DIVERSITY.

IT REMINDS US THAT ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION ARE NOT AFTERTHOUGHTS.

THEY ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE SERVE.

WHEN WE BUILD AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN PARTICIPATE FULLY AND THRIVE, WE HONOR OUR DEEPEST VALUES AS AN INSTITUTION, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION IN THE COMMUNITY IT CELEBRATES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION TEN.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT? MOTION TO ADOPT, I APOLOGIZE.

SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. SECTION TEN REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.

[10.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

I HAVE FOUR UPDATES TO SHARE THIS EVENING. SO FIRST SCRIPT IS NOW IT'S HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH SUHAS AT A FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR IN ARTESIA ON THE 22ND OF JUNE.

OUR CLUB MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED BY ASSISTING WITH HEALTH SCREENINGS, INCLUDING TAKING VITALS.

VISION SCREENINGS WITH FREE EYEGLASSES, HEMOGLOBIN TESTING, CHOLESTEROL, AND HELPING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS SERVICES THROUGH A MOBILE MAMMOGRAM VAN.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WHILE GAINING VALUABLE HANDS ON HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN ON THE 27TH OF JUNE, I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE DENTAL ASSISTING PINNING CEREMONY.

FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T BEEN TO ONE, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST GETTING A PIN.

IT REPRESENTS COUNTLESS HOURS OF HANDS ON PRACTICE STUDYING COMPLEX ANATOMY AND MASTERING THE POSITION IT TAKES TO KEEP PATIENTS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE.

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NEXT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO SACRAMENTO WITH DOCTOR ROBIN ON THE 2ND OF JULY TO ADVOCATE FOR AB 1636, AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE BILL PASSED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER SOLIS FOR AUTHORING THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION, WHICH WILL HELP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BETTER NAVIGATE THE TRANSITION INTO COLLEGE AND MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION MORE ACCESSIBLE.

LASTLY SCRUBS WAS INVITED BY THE CITY OF NORWALK TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL ON THE 3RD OF JULY.

WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY BOOTH WHERE WE SOLD OUR HOMEMADE BANANA PUDDING AS A FUNDRAISER, PROVIDED FACE PAINTING AND A DOODLE STATION FOR FAMILIES, AND DISTRIBUTED DISTRIBUTED EDUCATIONAL FLIERS ON HOW TO KEEP PETS SAFE DURING FIREWORKS.

IT WAS A FUN EVENT THAT ALLOWED US TO ENGAGE WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY WHILE PROMOTING ANIMAL SAFETY AND RESPONSIBLE PET CARE.

MY SUMMER HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE SO FAR. I HOPE YOURS HAS BEEN TOO.

THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SALAZAR.

NO REPORT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. PACHECO. I ATTENDED THE BELL GARDENS 4TH OF JULY EVENT.

THEY REALLY DID HAVE FIREWORKS. NO DRONES. TONS OF FIREWORKS.

BUT IT WAS FUN. IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE COMMUNITY.

AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS IS NOW TRYING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.

AND I ATTENDED CUDAHY AND BELLFLOWER, THAT SOLAR REGENTS, THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE MORE OF A WALKING PATH ON ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THE BRIDGES TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE A LADS AWARD BANQUET. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE THE RECOGNITION THAT OFFICERS ARE GIVEN FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENT THAT I ATTENDED, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RETIREES FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE SO FAR FOR THIS THAT THEY DID FOR THIS COLLEGE AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS INSTITUTION.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LEWIS. ON JULY 3RD, WE HAD A FIREWORKS CELEBRATION, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR AT LA MIRADA REGIONAL PARK.

WHERE WAS FIREWORKS DID YOU HAVE. WE HAD DRONES.

WE HAD DRONES ON JUNE 6TH FOR THE TWO, JUST FOR THE TWO 50TH AND THEN THE FIREWORKS ON JULY 3RD, AS WE ALWAYS DO EVERY YEAR. AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST ONE YET FOR THE TWO 50TH OF 324 SHELLS.

I THINK THAT HE WAS SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YEAH IT WAS REALLY GREAT. LOTS OF PEOPLE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AS IT ALWAYS IS.

SO WELL PUT ON. AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY WAS THE LA MIRADA MAYORAL TRANSITION THAT OUTGOING MAYOR ED NG.

I PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF US TO HIM FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE CITY, AS WELL AS EDUCATION, BECAUSE HE'S ALSO A PROFESSOR AS WELL AS WELL, NOT AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, BUT HE MAYBE IF YOU GUYS CONSIDER HIM, THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY SOLID. BUT HE IS OUTGOING.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN INCOMING MAYOR, ANTHONY OTERO, WHO WAS THE LAPD AND LAPD CAPTAIN, NOW RETIRED.

AND THIS WILL BE HIS SECOND TIME BEING MAYOR OF OUR GREAT CITY.

SO AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE INSTALLATION OF THE UNOPPOSED COUNCIL MEMBERS, JOHN LEWIS AND MICHELLE VELASQUEZ BEING FOR DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO FOR THEIR SEATS.

SO ALL AROUND A VERY GOOD NIGHT, WELL ATTENDED BY, BY VERY MANY PEOPLE IN THE LA MIRADA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LEWIS TRUSTEE BIRKEY MADE THE ENORMOUS SACRIFICE.

THE LAST OVER THE LAST SINCE THE LAST MEETING ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO ATTEND NOT ONE, BUT TWO BELLFLOWER STREET FESTIVALS.

AND I, ONE EVEN INCLUDED A SOCCER GAME THAT WAS GOING ON FROM THE WORLD CUP, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY IT WAS TOUGH, BUT I, I WAS ABLE TO DO IT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND REPRESENT OUR COLLEGE THERE IN FRONT OF SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, YOU ARE IN LUCK BECAUSE TOMORROW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AND TANYA.

TANYA SU NUEVA ERA IS PLAYING, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE BIGGEST BELLFLOWER STREET FEST.

WHENEVER WE CAN GET THE LATIN POP OUT AND IT'LL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER TOMORROW NIGHT.

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BIRKEY. TRUSTEE RIOS. NO REPORT. DOCTOR FIERRO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

TRUSTEE BIRKEY. I KNOW THAT WAS A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU TO DOCTOR BRAMMER AND TRUSTEE FOR THE REPRESENTATION IN SACRAMENTO.

VERY WELL DONE. AND THE BILL WAS QUITE WELL RECEIVED.

SO WE ARE HOPING THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE AHEAD.

SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR DOING A GREAT JOB THERE AND CONTINUING TO PUSH OUR BILL.

AB 1636 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FOR, FOR THE SUPPORT YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A SCHOOL AND SCOLDED BY SOME OF OUR YOUNG STUDENTS ARE OUR ADULT AND CONTINUING ED PROGRAM.

SO EVERY SEMESTER, EVERY SUMMER, WE HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUNG STUDENTS.

YESTERDAY I WENT THERE TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.

THERE WAS LEARNING HOW TO MAKE PIZZA. APPARENTLY THEY HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK TO GIVE ME BASED ON MY COOKING ABILITIES AND THE, AND THE PIZZA THAT I PUT TOGETHER.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY FUN. BUT INITIALLY THEY WERE BEING VERY, VERY POLITE.

RIGHT. AND, AND THEN SERAFINA WHO HELPS US WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SAID, NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN SAY AT LEAST AT LEAST ONE, ONE BAD THING. AND ONE BECAME A VERY LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT I NEEDED TO IMPROVE ON HOW TO, TO MAKE MY PEACE A LITTLE MORE FLUFFY AND NOT QUITE AS FLAT.

SO SO IT WAS REALLY FUN AND AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT EVENT, BUT VERY GREAT, VERY GOOD SERVICE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. APPARENTLY LONG WAIT LIST FOR THE PROGRAM.

ALL THE STUDENTS WERE HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME, AND ALL THE FACULTY AND VOLUNTEERS OF THE PROGRAM WERE DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH THOSE YOUNG STUDENTS. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THEM ON CAMPUS DURING THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO. THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO SECTION 11 CLOSED SESSION WITH THE ITEMS AS FOLLOWS.

[11. Closed Session]

NUMBER 54957.611.02 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS.

11.03 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT. 11.04 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT. 110511.05 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT.

11.06 THE SAME AS WELL AS. 11.07. WE WILL REPORT BACK.

REPORTING BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEM 11.03.

[12. Closing Items]

BRIDGET PRESIDIO HERNANDEZ AS TRIO MANAGER, GRADE 27.

STEP ONE $9,938 PER MONTH ON THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH, 2026.

THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES. ZERO. NO. ONE ABSENT.

TRUSTEE. LIEU. ITEM 11.04. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EMPLOYMENT OF BILL HARE AS ACTING MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES, GRADE 22. STEP ONE $8,439 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH, 2026, NOT TO EXCEED JANUARY 16TH, 2027.

SOONER IF THE DISTRICT HIRES A PERMANENT FULL TIME MANAGER OF OPERATIONS, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO. NO. ONE ABSENT.

TRUSTEE LIEU ITEM 11.05. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMIE KYROS AS DEAN OF COUNSELING. GRADE 42. STEP ONE $16,233 PER MONTH.

OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH, 2026, THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO.

NO. ONE ABSENT. TRUSTEE LIU. ITEM 11.06. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF XU

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OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH, 2026, THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO.

NO. ONE ABSENT TRUSTEE LIU. ITEM 11.07. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF SAM AGHDASSI AS DEAN OF BUSINESS EDUCATION, GRADE 42. STEP FIVE $18,484 PER MONTH.

OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 16TH, 2026, THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO.

NO. ONE ABSENT TRUSTEE LIU. THAT ENDS OUR CLOSED SESSION READOUT.

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