Desert Sands Unified School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
56 min · 0 public speakers
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- Humberto AlvarezPRESIDENT
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Desert Sands staff present student safety and belonging report to school board 31:51
- Students presented the Amistad High School Associated Student Body report, describing school programs and their experiences. 20:21
- The board heard a presentation on advancing safety and sense of belonging, in which a district staff member described an anonymous reporting system and a district Google Form for reporting concerns. 31:51
Item by item (10)
- Opening, minutes and agenda 0:00
- Humberto Alvarez said roll call would reflect that all board members and cabinet members were present. 0:52
- The board considered the minutes of the October 6th, 2026, regular meeting and the agenda for the October 20th, 2026, meeting. 0:52
- Humberto Alvarez announced that the motions to approve the minutes and the agenda carried. 1:15
- Employee recognitions 1:48
- A staff member presented October recognitions for outstanding performance to a classified employee, a certificated employee and a management employee. 2:06
- Board and superintendent comments 8:05
- Michael Duran asked students to show up to school every day, calling attendance a sliver of school economics that can be controlled. 11:00
- Humberto Alvarez invited the community to an event the next day to give input on a new high school project. 14:54
- A staff member said a national organization named a district employee one of the top 100 influencers in education in the nation. 17:02
- Public comment and information items 18:58
- Amistad High School student report 20:28
- Students described a points system, an academic success class and a new floral elective at Amistad High School. 22:58
- Michael Duran and Humberto Alvarez thanked the students for presenting, and Linda Porras said the students did a great job. 28:49
- A staff member presented a plaque to the student board member for service over the last 2 meetings. 30:53
- Student safety and belonging presentation 31:51
- A presenter said every school site has trained crisis teams and over 135 district staff have been trained on the framework. 36:05
- A staff member described the Say Something anonymous reporting system and a district Google Form for reporting bullying and sexual harassment. 41:39
- Michael Duran said the data is very important and asked staff to let the board know of any way it could be of more assistance. 45:13
- General functions items 47:41
- Consent items 50:47
- Michael Duran noted a $15,000 Anderson's Children Foundation grant award to Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School for new books and library collections and thanked the foundation. 51:18
- Humberto Alvarez announced that the motions on the business services, educational services and student support services consent items carried. 51:02
- Certificated and classified personnel actions 52:02
- Future agendas and announcements 54:33
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Video: posted by the district as “Regular Board Meeting of October 20, 2026”