01.02.22 Special Meeting - Board of Education

143 ADOPTED MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT January 2, 2022 District Office Boardroom 1900 W. Olive Avenue Burbank, California MEMBERS PRESENT: Charlene Tabet Steve Ferguson Emily Weisberg Steve Frintner Also present were Sharon Cuseo, Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Services; Debbie Kukta, Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Services; John Paramo, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services; and Sarah Niemann, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources. 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice President Ferguson called the meeting at 4:04 p.m., and announced that President Tabet would be participating remotely via Zoom Webinar. Ever Huerta, BUSD student, led the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 2.a Public Communications Vice President Ferguson directed staff to provide a method for the public to participate in Public Comments virtually [due to the COVID-19 pandemic] for future meetings, acknowledged the presence in the audience of Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes, and explained the safety protocols in place to protect in-person attendees. Elizabeth Isabella, parent, urged the District to keep schools open but advocated for the District to better explain aerosol transmission to the school community, for better mask protocols, for better ventilation, and to abandon required lunch shelter gatherings. Erin McAnoy, parent, said the District should have known this was happening and planned better rather than convening this emergency meeting the day before school resumes. She said she believes that keeping students out of school is more harmful than the pandemic itself and that the answer cannot be to close down schools again. Max Sinovoi, parent, asked to have the schools remain open for the mental health of District students. He said student suicide is a real threat and that the District has experienced zero deaths from the Omicron variant so far. If students are not in school he feels they may end up at the movies or in restaurants without a mask. Lana Sinovoi, parent, said she was perplexed as to why the District decided to wait until the Sunday before students return to class to hold an emergency meeting. She said she believes that kids need to be in school.

Board of Education 144 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 Taylor Sinovoi, BUSD student, spoke against postponing the start of Spring Semester to January 10 from January 3. Ashley Sinovoi, BUSD student, spoke against the idea of postponing the start of Spring Semester. Angela Mathis, parent, said that while the concept of independent study is making her nervous as her student has four AP classes and needs in-person instruction, she said the District is offering families a choice, which is important. She asked how well the COVID “honor system” that families have been asked to participate in is working. She urged the Board to proceed cautiously and not take unnecessary risks with students' health, which needs to come first. Robert Hammell, BUSD teacher, said that District teachers do not feel it is safe to reopen school in the midst of a surge in the pandemic. The Burbank Teachers Association sent out a survey to members earlier today and, while the number of respondents was low, members who responded were overwhelmingly in favor of delaying the start of Spring Semester due to a variety of factors including student and staff absences, a shortage of substitute teachers, and student health. Chris Nappi, parent, said he does not believe that delaying the resumption of classes is a good idea. He feels that COVID is here to stay and we need to learn live with it. He says his son suffered due to distance learning and pointed out that families who prefer remote learning still have that choice. Gregory Broese, parent, advocated for school resuming tomorrow. He said that the LACDPH has not said that schools must close so he feels it is overreach by the School Board to close down schools. He said he feels that the District has misled parents and that while he hears some of the concerns that have been stated, those concerns are not going away in one week. Ernest Mathis, parent, said he appreciates what the District is doing to try to keep our kids safe. He read aloud a variety of headlines stating that many California schools, colleges, and universities are cancelling events and are delaying reopening so he questions why BUSD would choose to reopen. He feels that children who have travelled during Winter Break are going to come back to class and could potentially infect others as most younger students are not vaccinated. The most important thing right now is to keep students safe. He feels it is better to be safe than sorry and advocates keeping schools closed for one more week. Kate Spencer, parent, school site council chair, and mom of a child who had COVID-19, said she believes the safety measures the District has in place have worked and that her children are already worried that they will not be able to return to school. Her primary concern in her children's socioemotional health. She said she is disappointed that this meeting was called today considering we have long known about the January 3rd return to school date and have known about Omicron since November. She said that Glendale Unified and Los Angeles Unified provide great access to testing and that Glendale Unified has provided testing for all students throughout the holiday break. She feels that BUSD’s provision of testing for tomorrow [1/3] and Tuesday [1/4] is quite frankly insulting. She believes the disparity in some students staying at home and some being given childcare is a massive disservice to the students and their families. She mentioned the email sent out that suggested taking this week off “so we can build greater public confidence around a plan to return” and said she already has little confidence and will lose what little she has left if school does not resume tomorrow. Debra Wahe, BUSD teacher, said that while she thinks she is probably in the minority, she believes that it is a mistake to delay the return to school and that another week away from class will be extremely

Board of Education 145 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 disruptive and detrimental to students. She said staff is ready and doing a great job which is borne out by our case statistics. Stacy Lieberman, parent, echoed the sentiment that students have lost so much, and said she advocated for classes to resume as scheduled tomorrow with increased safety protocols, including ramping up and increasing testing. She said her son's academic performance plummeted with distance learning and now he is once again thriving. Diana Abasta, President, Burbank Teachers Association; teacher; and parent of a former BUSD student, was called to speak. She said that Superintendent Hill's email of December 29, 2021, failed to instill confidence in her members that staff and students would be returning to school safely tomorrow morning when testing was not scheduled to begin until tomorrow afternoon. She said that keeping students safe is a constant battle with masking protocols and asked whether the surgical masks the District said they would provide were already at the sites and whether District parents were all able to provide the correct masks with nose wires. The moment she received the email she replied to Superintendent Hill and the Board but did not even receive a response until Saturday [1/1] at 7:00 p.m., which is unacceptable and does not instill confidence. She pointed out the lack of substitutes and the need to provide in-class instruction and Google Classroom lessons for students who are ill or quarantining. She said she is asking for an actionable plan to help instill confidence for the immediate future and looking further ahead including a workplace policies and practices checklist; measures to create distancing where feasible; measures to optimize infection control; communication with employees, students, families, and the public (an area where she feels we have not instilled confidence). She says she does not understand why we didn't have a plan in place, whether case numbers rose or not, and asked whether the District has something in place for February, Spring conferences, and Open House. She believes the District needs to take measures to ensure equitable access to critical services for colleagues who traveled to visit their families during Winter Break but now have nowhere to go to get tested. In closing, she mentioned the District colleagues and their family members who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Cathy Dore, parent, said the District needs to focus on the anxiety and depression of District students if the start of school is delayed. She is imploring the District to keep the schools open. Richard Ramos, parent, said he feels that students need to be in school. He said that people have been eligible to receive booster shots since October and if people did not take advantage of that opportunity they cannot now ask the District to delay the resumption of school. He believes the schools need to remain open. Ever Huerta, BUSD student, said that many students feel anxious about returning to school and that their mental health is suffering. He said many students have expressed to him their frustration over the lack of a plan but said he is grateful that this meeting has been called today. Many students do not wear their masks or do not wear them properly, and that delaying the start of school by one week and extending the school year by one week would provide a good solution. Roman Yemetz, BUSD student, said many students are worried and scared to come back to school. He said there is currently a lack of testing and physical distancing is not being maintained at the sites. He said there is a petition circulating asking the District to delay the resumption of school citing the fact that both staff and students are at risk because of activities such as group lunchtimes, etc. He advocates keeping schools closed for another week. Finn Krol, BUSD student, said he believes that case numbers will increase if students come back to school tomorrow and urged the District to delay the return to school until January 10th.

Board of Education 146 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 Tracy Collazos, BUSD teacher, said many teachers would like to see students and staff provide a negative test result before returning to campus. She urged the Board to adopt a later start date, perhaps January 10, if that would provide enough time for students and staff to get tested. Tracy Sorensen, BUSD employee, said that staff members do not want to return to distance learning, but would like to just have a few more days in order to get more people tested. She knows 10 people who currently have COVID and said that staff just wants to keep everyone safe. Rob Wasilauski, parent, said that holding this meeting the night before school resumes shows that the District needs to take a few more days to be sure we are doing the right thing. He feels that a negative COVID test should be the minimum bar for students and staff to return to school and work. Ryan Davila, BUSD student, said that he is concerned with returning to school tomorrow because there currently is no mask mandate outdoors at his school (John Burroughs High School). He said that students do not wear masks regularly during passing periods. He said it is hard to find at-home test kits and many students travelled during Winter Break and will not have an opportunity to test before returning. Jason Lewis, parent, said he feels that delaying the start of school by a week is not going to accomplish anything. He said that he is willing to volunteer as a substitute teacher if that is what it takes to keep students in class. M'Lisa MacLaren, BUSD Classified employee, said that the District is assuming that staff, parents, and students have been irresponsible during Winter Break. She said her department, Food Services, will be dramatically affected by a shutdown, both operationally and financially, as they are not funded through the General Fund, but have to make their own money. A return to distance learning means a change in the way we feed students, which requires different foods and considerable planning. She worries about what will happen to employees in her department who work paycheck to paycheck in the event of a closure if they are asked to surrender pay. Jeannette Elliott, BUSD teacher and BTA union site rep at Monterey High School, said she would like to see the District produce a stringent plan to deal with COVID. She said the case numbers changed very quickly and this is causing concern among some staff and students. She said that teachers are exhausted and are looking to exit the profession. She said she obtained a Master’s degree to be a teacher, not a babysitter. She believes there should be consequences for students who do not wear their masks. She would rather delay a few days to get better prepared. Calibrooke Myers, BUSD student, requested a delay of one week for students to return to school. She said if that delay saves even one life, it is worth it. She said she has a family member currently in the ICU suffering with COVID. Luke Martinez, BUSD student, said that the last time the District went into Distance Learning it was the week following Spring Break and he is fearful that this delay will turn into the same situation as then. He said the District should have seen this surge coming and obtained a stock of tests to prepare for it, instead of holding a meeting the day before school resumed. Samantha Wick, community member, said she does not know of one person who is returning to work tomorrow due to COVID. She said the fact that the District is just now holding this meeting is embarrassing and feels the District should do whatever it takes to keep students safe.

Board of Education 147 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 Kyle Daou, JBHS student and Vice Chair of the Burbank Student Mental Health Board, said that perhaps two or three days of delay would be better than a week and that this couple of days would give students a chance to get tested. He said that many students struggled with mental health and that the District should consider the potential for increased student suicide rates which might result by keeping the schools closed longer. 2.b Staff Responses Sharon Cuseo, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services, thanked all of the speakers for coming and explained the background to the District's decision process with regard to the resumption of classes in light of the current spike in COVID cases. She said that there was pre-planning, however, the District was waiting on direction from the State and the Governor regarding the question of voluntary vs. mandatory testing. She said the District does take responsibility for the fact that they did not anticipate the low volume of voluntary testing in the community and the shortage of available test kits. She said they did not anticipate that and possibly they could have, but that is why they did not plan for testing during the break. She said that the District feels that resuming classes as planned would be their first choice and the least disruptive and said she agrees with some of what was said today with regard to the question of what will be different the coming Monday versus tomorrow, since we still have to grapple with the after-effects of New Year's and Epiphany [1/6]. The District has followed and will continue to follow guidelines from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, such as having proper PPE, masks, etc., which were brought up as legitimate concerns by Ms. Abasta, and that making sure staff has access to that so we can be as safe as we can is important. She said she believes the Board of Education has some difficult decisions ahead of them this evening in light of the comments that have been made here tonight, but reiterated that everyone is trying to make the best decisions possible for everyone involved. 2.c Board Members' Comments and Responses President Tabet thanked all of the speakers and all of the people who sent emails. She said that during her 9 years on the Board that they have worked to ensure that students get what was best for them educationally and psychologically and says she heard parents talk tonight about the need for their children to be at school and in class. She said she listened to the teachers and the teachers' union leadership say that they are afraid to go back to school and while she is open to hearing that, she pointed out that our on- campus staff members are 100% vaccinated and the least likely to be affected by the Omicron variant. She spoke about the changes to mask guidance. She said she must make her decision based on what is best for the majority so she agrees with Assistant Superintendent Cuseo that the best place for staff and students is in class. Steve Frintner thanked all of the speakers and said he knows there are a lot of high emotions and strong opinions on both sides of this issue and said that they have received a lot of emails regarding this issue. He said they wanted to give everyone a chance to weigh in and could not have foreseen the increase in cases two weeks ago without a crystal ball. He said that he prefers to wait with the rest of his comments. Clerk Weisberg thanked all of the speakers and the approximately 200 people who have emailed and said she will eventually respond to everyone. She said she does not feel that being responsive to stakeholders' concerns is being alarmist. She said she is an 8th grade history teacher at a private school which doesn't require testing or vaccination so she is a little freaked out. She said that we all agree that the best place for our students is in school and she has seen the impact firsthand of the pandemic on her students. She said this is about asking ourselves if we have taken enough time to keep people safe. She said we are not talking about distance learning. She would like to see the District take a proactive approach to aggressive testing this week so we can feel confident that we are doing what we need to do keep our kids safe after

Board of Education 148 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 two weeks of traveling and parties and hanging out, which not everyone but many did. Whenever there is a holiday, there is a surge. She said she takes responsibility for not being more proactive earlier. She said she would like to take a week to provide people the opportunity to test, which is necessary and important, and that asking people to test after school resumes defeats the purpose as we won't have the results until after we are already back. She is looking forward to talking about better mask enforcement, our ability to provide N95 masks for our students as well as our employees, and the question of whether or not we can provide daily testing next week. She wants to follow up on whether or not we can provide meals and child care if we delay return for a week. Vice President Ferguson said that the District has met with District Custodians and he met personally with the Superintendent and yet there are still far too many custodial vacancies for them to cover all of the cleaning duties that need to be performed in order to safely reopen school sites. He said that he does not want to return students to remote learning, but when he hears that there was a plan he has to ask what plan includes communicating at 7:00 p.m. on a Sunday evening the day before school resumes. He said he had personally asked for test kits to be sent home for every student back in November and December, but it didn't happen. He said if there was a plan it should have been communicated earlier because now there are more questions than answers. He said he hopes they can arrive at a mutual decision this evening, without deadlocking, and be accountable for the time that we are requesting and his hope is that we would use that time to work collaboratively with the District's labor groups to get key pieces of information to our staff and parent community to help them and equip them to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. He said this is a hard conversation, but we are all neighbors. He said that more than 60% of staff who responded to a survey said that they do not feel ready to return to class. He asked if we want professionals who are already taxed operating with even less information. 3. NEW AND/OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3.a Motion that an emergency situation exists in accordance with Government Code Section 54956.5, as determined by a majority of the members of the Board of Education. An emergency is defined as a work stoppage, crippling activity, or other activity that severely impairs public health, safety, or both. That the Board of Education consider approving a motion that an emergency situation exists in accordance with Government Code Section 54956.5, as determined by a majority of the members of the Board of Education. An emergency is defined as a work stoppage, crippling activity, or other activity that severely impairs public health, safety, or both. It was moved by Steve Frintner, and seconded by Emily Weisberg, that the Board of Education approve the item as recommended. The motion carried 3-1 with the following roll-call vote: AYES – Ferguson, Weisberg, and Frintner; NO – Tabet. Board Members discussed that this Motion is simply acknowledging that an emergency exists, which is the rationale for holding the meeting. President Tabet said that she voted no with regard to holding this meeting as she has seen that the case numbers are actually down from where they were in mid-December, so she said she is assuming that she would need to vote NO now, as well. 3.b Approval of Emergency Measures Regarding a Safe Return to School

Board of Education 149 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 That the Board of Education discuss the pros and cons of starting the Spring Semester on January 3, 2022 or January 10, 2022, and then vote on a start date and other measures needed to be implemented. President Tabet said that several CSEA employees had contacted her and she believes that if the District shuts down classrooms for a week that the entire District should be shut down as she feels if it is not safe for students to return then it is not safe for staff to return, including food services workers, child care staff, etc. She said she reluctantly must confront the fiscal reality of shutting down as part of her job is to protect the budget, so to potentially avoid cost consequences she suggested that if this week of in-person learning is lost that perhaps Spring Break could be used as a swap so that students could make up the classroom time when the COVID outlook might be better. Member Frintner said he understands why many people are afraid of COVID and that he understands the stress that teachers and all District staff have been operating under. He explained that some of the guidance that local Districts was provided was not received until the evening of January 31st. He said he feels that if vaccinations are not made mandatory for students that testing won't have as much effect. Under the new guidelines mask wearing will be mandatory outdoors and during passing periods. He said that if they push back the start of school he is afraid that many people will not use the time to get tested or change their behavior. He said he is concerned with the problem of staff shortages and asked Assistant Superintendent Cuseo or Niemann to speak more about that. Clerk Weisberg asked how long it would take to test the all students and all staff. Assistant Superintendent Kukta said that services are in high demand right now and that approximately 250-350 tests can be administered an hour, but she cautions that each test only provides a snapshot in time. She also said that the District is expecting to receive enough test kits tomorrow to send a two-test kit home for each K-12 student, and that approximately 7,000 students and 900 staff members have registered to be tested early next week at the District's testing clinics. Clerk Weisberg urged families to practice safety by not going to the movies, sporting events, or large group gatherings, and asked what it would take to make testing mandatory. Vice President Ferguson said that would likely involve the Board passing another resolution at another Emergency Board Meeting. She asked what measures could be taken to enforce compliance with masking and Assistant Superintendent Cuseo indicated that staff were currently discussing various measures the District could take such as removal from class. She also asked about what can be done with regard to child care and families experiencing food insecurity and if there is any possibility that the State would honor a “hold harmless” agreement to help districts financially. Member Frintner asked what plan is in place to deal with potential staffing shortages. Assistant Superintendent Niemann indicated that, as of this moment, there were 7 teachers, 1 CC teacher, and 19 classified staff members whose positions are currently not covered for tomorrow, but that she has District Office staff who could be deployed to take their places. Vice President Ferguson asked how many employees had called in indicating they will be absent tomorrow and Ms. Niemann indicated that number to be 87, but said that coming out of a holiday period there is normally an upward spike in absenteeism. Vice President Ferguson said much of the work the District has been doing recently is with regard to equity and he is mindful of that with this evening’s decision citing, for example, immunocompromised students who, despite being vaccinated, may not have the option to return to class. He reiterated his frustration that more custodians and substitute custodians have not been hired and said he would like a status update. Dr. Niemann responded that we currently have one custodial opening and that the problem is the day-to-day call-out rate and the fact that the substitute custodians' pay is bound and the District cannot increase it like they did for the substitute teachers. Vice President Ferguson said that a delay would enable temperatures to deescalate and more provisions to be put in place with regard to safety protocols

Board of Education 150 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 and enforcement of those protocols. He said a delay would give the District two days to meet with labor groups who will have to enforce these measures and three days for outreach to parents. He said that this would provide time for parents to ask questions, for staff to resume measures such as social distancing and develop a mask enforcement policy, for principals and the District to hold town hall meetings, and for communications to be sent home in multiple languages. He thinks getting to mandatory testing will involve two to three weeks to implement at minimum, so perhaps could be deployed by March 1. He thinks we could use a week to breathe to promote confidence among site staff and said if there is a middle ground he is open to it because approximately half of the school community is really terrified of school tomorrow. President Tabet said she disagreed with many of Vice President Ferguson's points and said we have just heard from 32 speakers of whom she estimates that 20 were parents who wanted to get their children back into school and 9 were staff members who felt we needed more time. She said that while she agrees with Vice President Ferguson’s thoughts and ideas about putting more aggressive plans in place, she does not believe that students need to be out of school in order for staff to implement the needed measures to keep people safe. She thinks it may be the case that the 7,000 students who signed up for testing are likely the same kinds of people who followed the safety protocols to begin with and she is not sure it is possible in that one week to get people who were resistant to vaccination and mask wearing to change their behavior. She questions what will happen a week from now when we are in the same exact spot. Staff members will get an extra week to relax and regroup and plan, but if they knew they were going back to school tomorrow that should have already taken place. She is not sure we need to spend an additional $2.9 million to give them more time to do a job they should have already been planning to do. Clerk Weisberg said she anticipates increased student and staff absences next week and pointed out that when students are absent the teachers' work increases [by needing to provide classes both in-person and online] and we already have a shortage of substitutes. Member Frintner said if we are talking about testing mandates for students in March he questions how waiting a week to resume classes now will take care of that issue which will not be addressed until March. On the subject of child care, he wonders if it is not safe enough to return to school how is it safe enough for our employees to provide child care. He questioned Vice President Ferguson's assertion that half of the school population is scared to return to school tomorrow. He said that might be true, as is his assertion that there is a lack of faith and confidence in the District, but says he feels like whichever way they decide tonight there is going to be a loss of faith and confidence in the operations of the District. Vice President Ferguson suggested an alternate plan of delaying the return at least a couple of days to begin work on a student testing protocol and to create a hard list of things that need to be effectuated before the end of next week. He said we have a lot of work to do together to build back confidence. He said we need to call a Special Board Meeting for Friday to ensure that these measures are being put into place and that we work with labor groups to identify policies for in-class mask wearing, which needs to be done before the end of the week. Clerk Weisberg asked that the suggested Friday meeting be incorporated into the currently planned Saturday session and the Board Members agreed to that approach. Vice President Ferguson said he believes that the District should be working towards fast-tracking testing and booster mandates. He said he is frustrated that District messages are not being posted to Facebook and said that for every email sent out by the District he wants to see a Facebook post and that the level of communication needs to double. He would like the District's Executive Cabinet to develop a plan by Friday [1/7] as to how they are going to instill confidence in working with principals and site leadership and faculty chairs. He said he is getting feedback that people do not feel heard and that if they do speak up, they will be retaliated against. He said we need to create safe spaces for employees to voluntarily talk about their experience. He also wants fast-tracking of identification of potential testing strategies, fast-

Board of Education 151 Emergency Meeting – January 2, 2022 tracking of employee booster implementation, hopefully by April. He said his main choice is to vote no, but he feels this is at least a pathway forward. Clerk Weisberg said her first choice would be to delay returning to class, but that it does not sound like that is feasible. She said supports to ensure mask wearing need to be developed and put into place. She also wants to ensure that all communications are translated in Spanish and Armenian. She asked what supports are in place for student and staff mental health and asked staff if they could determine whether additional testing beyond Monday and Tuesday can be organized. Clerk Weisberg said that she feels this is a great time to work towards a student council committee to get input from our student stakeholders and more directly communicate with students. Member Frintner asked if the District is still considering contracting out for custodial substitutes to help alleviate the shortages and Ms. Kukta said they were still looking into that. Vice President Ferguson said if that is done, he would like it to be done on a temporary basis only. President Tabet says that we are going to need a lot of time next month to get through all of that and this puts a lot on the plates of already overloaded District staff so she thanked staff for their work to help implement the Board's directives. Vice President Ferguson said he would like each site principal to send out an email with contact information for complaints, comments, suggestions, etc., and he would like a District contact list developed as well that contains auto-responders. President Tabet said it's 7:45 p.m. and we have a motion on the floor and we need to communicate to people what we have decided. Member Frintner suggested amending the Motion that we will open on January 3rd with the measures requested by the Board to be implemented by the end of this week. Vice President Ferguson suggested that he work with President Tabet and staff to write and send out an email to parents and staff summarizing what was decided this evening. Approval of Emergency Measures Regarding a Safe Return to School.pdf (OF 29,193) It was moved by Steve Frintner, and seconded by Emily Weisberg, that the Board of Education approve the item as recommended. The motion carried 3-1 with the following roll-call vote: AYES – Tabet, Ferguson, and Frintner; NO – Weisberg. 4) ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 p.m. MINUTES APPROVED: ______________________________________ MATTHEW HILL, SUPERINTENDENT SECRETARY OF THE BOARD 2/3/2022 ________________ DATE _____________________________ EMILY WEISBERG, CLERK

Any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in a Board meeting may request assistance by contacting the Superintendent’s Office at (818) 729-4422. BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING Sunday, January 02, 2022 EMERGENCY MEETING ORDER OF BUSINESS 4:00 p.m. BUSD District Office Third Floor Boardroom 1900 West Olive Avenue Burbank, California AGENDA The entire agenda packet is available for review online at www.burbankusd.org/boemeetings; at the District Office Building, Superintendent's Office, 1900 W. Olive Ave., Burbank, 91506; and at the Reference Desk in all Burbank City Libraries at: 110 N. Glenoaks, Burbank, 91502; 300 N. Buena Vista, Burbank, 91505; and 3323 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank, 91505. 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. REQUESTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 2.a Public Communications An individual or group representative may address the Board of Education on any agenda item or subject within its jurisdiction by completing a blue request card. Speakers are requested to state their name prior to speaking to the Board. Not more than five (5) minutes may be allotted to each speaker, except by unanimous consent of the Board of Education. The Superintendent may refer the matter to the proper department for review. 2.b Staff Responses 2.c Board Members' Comments and Responses 3. NEW AND/OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3.a Motion that an emergency situation exists in accordance with Government Code Section 54956.5, as determined by a majority of the members of the Board of Education. An emergency is defined as a work stoppage, crippling activity, or other activity that severely impairs public health, safety, or both.

Burbank Unified School District Board of Education Special Meeting - Sunday, January 02, 2022 Page 2 of 2 Matt Hill, Superintendent, recommends that the Board of Education consider approving a motion that an emergency situation exists in accordance with Government Code Section 54956.5, as determined by a majority of the members of the Board of Education. An emergency is defined as a work stoppage, crippling activity, or other activity that severely impairs public health, safety, or both. 3.b Approval of Emergency Measures Regarding a Safe Return to School Matt Hill, Superintendent, recommends that the Board of Education discuss the pros and cons of starting the Spring Semester on January 3, 2022 or January 10, 2022, and then vote on a start date and other measures needed to be implemented. Approval of Emergency Measures Regarding a Safe Return to School.pdf 4. ADJOURNMENT