Diane Calles

This AI Handbook for Colton Joint Unified School District (CJUSD) guides the ethical, responsible, and equitable integration of Artificial Intelligence in education. It details the district's philosophy of AI as a supportive tool for enhancing learning, creativity, and operational efficiency while upholding digital citizenship, academic integrity, and data privacy. Guided by core values such as equity, accessibility, and human-centered relationships, the plan provides comprehensive guidelines for AI use by students, staff, and leaders across curriculum and operations. The three-year roadmap, spanning 2025-2028, aims to build AI literacy and prepare students for a technology-rich future.

This Expanded Learning Opportunities Program Plan for Colton Joint Unified School District outlines the strategy to provide comprehensive expanded learning programs. It focuses on expanding after-school and intersession opportunities for TK-6th grade students, particularly those not currently served by ASES grants, by offering 30 additional 9-hour programming days. The plan aims to support the whole child through active and engaged learning, skill-building, fostering youth voice and leadership, promoting healthy choices and behaviors, and ensuring diversity, access, and equity. Key goals include developing student engagement through new learning opportunities, supporting academic skills across multiple content areas, and creating environments that support social-emotional development. The program emphasizes continuous quality improvement through collaborative partnerships with Think Together and robust program management.

The Board meeting included various administrative and educational agenda items. Discussions covered student field trips, staff development consultants, and the acceptance of gifts. The Board authorized competitive negotiations for student information systems and approved contracts for consulting services, architectural feasibility studies, and construction projects, including the Birney Elementary School classrooms and restroom project and the Lewis and Lincoln Elementary Schools portable classrooms project. Additionally, the Board appointed a new member to the Measure B Citizens' Fiscal Oversight Committee and amended several Board policies and regulations. Resolutions were adopted to recognize various student achievements, retired personnel, and special observances such as Labor History Month, National School Nurse Day, and the California Day of the Teacher. The meeting also addressed student discipline matters and personnel actions in closed session.

The board reviewed and processed a comprehensive list of district disbursements and payments across various departments and vendors. Key discussion items involved the approval of payments for maintenance contracts, instructional materials, utility expenses for electricity and water, transportation equipment and repairs, security services, and various operational supplies. The meeting provided a detailed breakdown of batches containing payments for services such as copier maintenance, conference expenses, mileage reimbursements, and bus parts.

The meeting included the presentation of the district's mission statement and the conduct of interviews for the provisional appointment to Trustee Area #3. Additionally, the board president provided an overview of the public comment process and guidelines for addressing the board regarding agenda and non-agenda items.