DSUSD Future and Past Meetings

June 10, 2025

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Points of Interest

1. Item 22.1 Title IX Resolution. Please visit this link for complete breakdown:
2. Item 17.1 Public Hearing No. 14/2024-2025 Local Control and Accountability Plan The Desert Sands Unified School District’s Board of Education will hold a public hearing on June 10, 2025, at which time parents, teachers, members of the community, and bargaining unit leaders are encouraged to make comments regarding the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

The State of California has adopted the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and legislation has established a set of requirements relating to school districts and accountability. Districts are required to adopt an LCAP by July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, to review the progress toward meeting the LCAP goals and include the following:

State Priorities: Conditions of Learning State Standards Parent Engagement Parent Involvement Pupil Engagement School Climate Course Access Pupil Outcomes

3. Item 17.3 Public Hearing No. 16/2024-2025, 2025-2026 Budget Adoption

The Board of Education is holding this public hearing to receive public comments regarding the 2025-2026 Budget. Adoption of the Budget will be presented as a General Function item, at the June 24, 2025, Board meeting.

4. Item 25.2 Independent Contractor Agreement with ConnectED, LLC.

Contract with Hayward Unified educator, Lili Velo, steeped in restorative justice, earth based healing, "ancestorial healing," and other DEI tenants, for English Learner parents: "ConnectEd, LLC., is led by a full-time trauma-informed educator and parent trainer. Miroslaba Velo draws on over 10 years of experience, as both a mother and educator—to help families and educators understand the impact of trauma. Her approach supports children in processing their emotions, developing self-regulation skills, becoming lifelong learners, and thriving in school environments."

Visit Lili's Hayward page here.

May 20, 2025

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Points of interest:

1. LCAP Indicators PDF boasts of "Certified Mental Health Therapist" access at every school. Elementary schools share Therapists, while secondary school have a full-time Therapist on-stie. This is concerning as Public Schools should not be practicing Mental Health Care. In addition, past research has shown most therapists are LGBTQ+ Activists.
2. Item 24.4 is a contract, with a sizable grant, to replace six (6) diesel powered busses with electric ones. Cost to the DSUSD is $172, 057 while the grant is over $2 million. There are no contingency plans for mandatory California blackouts when the energy grid is overloaded (often).
3. Item 25.3 is for remedial instruction with DSUSD students that attend Xavier--I don't get that one. Remediation consists of taking a final, receiving instruction on weak areas, and retaking same final. Grade can be no better than C-.
4. Item 25.4 is an agreement with Emily N. Stewart Consulting. While Stewart's website demonstrates an unflinching dedication to all things DEI, here "Transitional Kindergarten Training" follows the CDE guidelines exactly. Problem here is with the California Department of Education.
5. Item 32-Future Agenda Items. I have been informed by Superintendent Kelly May-Vollmar, that the board will bring up the public's request to place a Title IX Resolution on a future agenda. The public can urge the board to do so during the open comments section of the meeting.

May 6, 2025, General Board Meeting Agenda Points of Interest.

DSCW notes in Bold See full agenda Here

1. Land Acknowledgement after Pledge of Allegiance—Complaint filed with the Department of Education
2. Item 17 Public hearing, items 1 and 2 for DSTA contract negotiations-**-See attachment below for DSTA concerns **
3. Item 18.7 General Functions - Business Services--Application for Exemption from the Required Expenditures for Classroom Teachers' Salaries: Required to spend 55% of budget on teacher salaries but overly spent on mental health and counselling services, plus covid era Expanded Learning Opportunities.
4. Item 19.15 General Functions - Educational Services--First Reading of Revised Board Policy 1312.2, Instruction: COMPLAINTS CONCERNING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Reflects new law SB 153 (2024) see BP 1312.2 below. Changes include considering if parents just “dislike ideas” and materials will NOT be banned if they are considered to have “diverse and/or inclusive perspectives”.
5. Item 19.16 General Functions - Educational Service--First Reading of Revised Board Policy 6142.93, Instruction: SCIENCE INSTRUCTION: Policies must change to conform with California Next Generation Standards. Changes include causes and effects of climate change (hoax and scam) and methods to mitigate
6. Item 19.17 General Functions - Educational Service--First Reading of Revised Board Policy 6142.94, Instruction: HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTION: Policies must change to conform with California Next Generation Standards. Focus on “appreciation of different ethnicities” and mandatory Workplace Readiness Week lessons from the Ca. Dept. of Education—Week of April 28 each year
7. Item 20.2 General Functions - Personnel Services--2. Independent Contractor Agreement for Professional Services with Trudy Arriaga, Ed.D.: $14,400 for DEI and LGBTQ+ Equity based training for classified staff. Arriaga is the former Dean of Equity and Outreach at Cal Lutheran University. Arriaga believes that men pretending to be women are women