Page 2 April 27, 2017 Wiseburn School Board Discusses San Bernardino Shooting and Being Safe. A behavior matrix has been created, and all campus staff members have been trained to consistently implement the matrix expectations and reinforcement with the Cub cards. Concluded Lynch: “I hope you can see that having a full-time counselor is making a huge difference for our students.” Board member queries about the Cabrillo program then followed. Superintendent Tom Johnstone then added his thoughts, also recognizing Lynch for a recent achievement. “We haven’t really been publicly able to recognize Margaret for her achievement as elementary school principal of the year for the entire state of California,” he said. Mazzarella’s presentation focused on the Wiseburn Child Development Center, which offers preschool and before/after school care programs. She gave her update, noting that “we are very, very busy. We are serving approximately 360 students throughout the District, and we are full.” She also shared parental survey results, which gave the program very high marks in all categories, and highlighted how the positive behavior matrix developed at Cabrillo and was mentioned in the prior presentation is also utilized in Child Development Center programs. She noted ramped-up professional development opportunities for WCDC staff, and the increased access to technology for the District’s young learners. Increased safety enhancements were broached--critical in light of recent school-site violence, including door-locking procedures and the installation of doorbell and video cameras as well as alarms. Increasing campus safety, always a priority, has been highlighted because of the recent horrific shootings in San Bernardino. Mazzarella mentioned that preschool parent training sessions have taken place, although the parental turnout has been somewhat sparse. 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After the presentation, Johnstone noted, “I don’t think we could have done what we have” [without the seamless transition from the prior group that had run the program to the WCDC]. “We have taken an awesome program and made it that much better.” Board members and District administrators then had their turn to make comments, with the presenters departing and one of the folks who left at this point of the 90-minute meeting jokingly imploring Board members to “make good decisions tonight.” The success of recent District events, including “Rock-Around-the- Block,” were lauded, with kudos going out to the hard work of the Wiseburn Education Foundation. Board Vice President JoAnne Kaneda voiced her appreciation of how well the event was staged. Kaneda also brought up the recent tragic events that took place at the San Bernardino elementary school. Said Board President Israel Mora, “Unfortunately, it is a reality of life and something that we are going to have to look at closely. We all know that we don’t want our schools to be prisons.” Talk ensued about how the San Bernardino shooter, who then committed suicide, easily gained access to the classroom to murder his estranged wife and an innocent By Duane Plank As construction at the Wiseburn/Da Vinci High school site on Douglas Street continues, with the first day of school slated to be on August 22 and the ribbon-cutting ceremonies set to take place on August 12, the Wiseburn Unified School District School viewed special presentations from Juan Cabrillo School Principal Margaret Lynch and District Program Specialist Peggy Mazzarella. They also addressed the recent campus shooting incident that occurred in San Bernardino, resulting in the deaths of an elementary school teacher and one of her students. Lynch’s presentation was supported by Juan Cabrillo counselor Elisa Lopez, who has established a program that has as one of its main components a school-wide Positive Behavior Support System (PBS). Lynch called her presentation a “thank-you note to the Board” because two years ago, the Board had approved a part-time counselor at Cabrillo. “This is the first year we have had a [full-time] counselor at Cabrillo School. We want to share with you how that is supporting students, and the data that is supporting the effectiveness of the program,” said Lynch. Lynch and Lopez spoke of “behavior expectations” at Cabrillo, as well as three tiers of support in place on the campus that teach students from Kindergarten through second grade. Lopez mentioned components of the counseling program, including “whole-body listening,” “expectation assemblies,” and the implementation of re-aligned “Cabrillo Cub cards” to reinforce positive behavior. The presenters also shared gathered data on the decrease of negative disciplines at the school since the implementation of the PBS program. Data showed that student “warnings,” “white slips,” and “in-school suspensions” have decreased substantially since the advent of the campus counseling program. Lynch and Lopez also spoke of the 3Bs that are among the cornerstones of the program, including Being Respectful, Being Responsible, student. Mora said it was an important topic, and if District personnel are having “issues” with a significant other, “maybe it needs to be discussed--but of course, nobody likes to do that. Things happen in the country, and we just can’t say that it is not going to happen here.” Superintendent Johnstone, addressing the devastating fallout from the school-site shooting, said that the District was working on its sign-in protocol to limit visitors and family members on-campus during the school day and after-hours. He also touted the “activeshooter” training taking place for District teachers and “significant office staff” on April 27. Next year, he said, District members will become certified to deal with possible “active shooters” on campus, through the “ALICE” Training Institute. Action items were next on the agenda, including the approval of the safe school plans--a huge issue considering recent developments. Construction change orders at the new high school were next briefly mentioned, with all well heading towards the start of school on August 22. Consent items followed, with personnel issues quickly addressed. School open houses blanket the May District calendar, with Burnett holding its event on May 31. The next meeting Wiseburn School Board meeting has been moved up on the calendar, because of scheduling issues, and is now set for Thursday, May 4. •
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