CVUSD's Communication Snapshot

• CVUSD Proudly Celebrates Inclusive Schools Week: December 2nd - 6th
• 🍏 What's Cooking: Check out the December Cafeteria Menus for Your School
• CVUSD Delivers $1.7M+ in Savings to Local Taxpayers
• Apply to Serve on CVUSD's Surplus Property "7/11" Committee
• Congratulations to our CVUSD CIF-SS Division Champion Teams
• Community Partner Spotlight: Anthem Church Hosts Annual Thanksgiving Feast for Conejo Valley High School
• Sharing Appreciation: Three Teachers are Surprised with "Dude Be Nice" Awards at Colina's Annual Gratitude Assembly
• 🎥VIDEO - Welcome to Class: Experiencing the Arts in CVUSD

The week of December 2-6, 2024 is Inclusive Schools Week. All year through, but especially this week, CVUSD celebrates our commitment to providing supportive and quality education to ALL students. We recognize each child is unique and when differences are celebrated, a community of inclusivity, kindness and respect results, which enhances learning for all.

Inclusive Schools Week is a nationally recognized, annual event that provides an opportunity for our schools to reflect, discuss, and celebrate how to successfully include and educate all children. This year's theme, Every Voice Matters, highlights the importance of fostering inclusive environments where every voice is heard, valued, and respected. Click here to learn more.

• The school cafeteria menus for December are available on the My School Menus website!
• Click here to access the breakfast, snack and lunch menus along with the nutritional information for all school meal programs for the month ahead.
• 🥪 Important Reminder: School meals are available at NO COST for all students.

CVUSD is proud to announce its most recent initiative to benefit students and community members. Under the leadership of the School Board, the District chose to take advantage of the recent decrease in interest rates and refinance some of its old Measure I G.O. Bonds in order to deliver some taxpayer relief.

During the refinancing process, District staff worked with two national bond credit rating agencies and secured upgrades to “Aa2” from Moody’s and “AA” from Standard & Poor’s. The combination of decreasing interest rates and increased bond credit ratings abled the District to reduce the interest rate on some of the old Measure I Bonds from 4.42% to 2.57%, reducing the community’s tax bill by about $1.7 million from 2025 to 2030.

Some of the reasons for the credit rating upgrades are the District’s growing economy, good governance, sound financial position and prudent fiscal management of the District.

While the District itself will not receive any part of the savings, the Board, the Superintendent and District staff pursued this opportunity strictly on behalf of local taxpayers as part of their continued support for the education of the children of the community.

Some of the highlights of the 2024 refinancing are:

• $1,711,487 of Savings from 2025 to 2030
• Average Old Interest Rate: 4.42%
• Average New Interest Rate: 2.57%
• 1.17 to 1 Repayment Ratio
• Bond Credit Rating Upgrade by Moody’s from “Aa3” to “Aa2”
• Bond Credit Rating Upgrade by Standard & Poor’s from “A+” to “AA”
  
  

Learn more about Measure I at: www.conejousd.org/MeasureI

Pursuant to Education Code Section 17388, before excess real estate property is sold or leased, the Governing Board of a school district must appoint an Advisory Committee to advise the Governing Board on the disposition of the property. Education Code Section 17389 requires that the Advisory Committee be composed of not less than seven (7) and no more than eleven (11) members. This commonly is called a Surplus Property “7-11” Committee. The Committee will review the use(s) of the Property, consider community input on acceptable uses, and forward its recommendations to the Governing Board. The Governing Board will then consider the Committee’s recommendations and decide what to do with the Property.

Community members, Parents/Guardians of students, and CVUSD teachers/administrators are sought to serve on this Committee, which will be reviewing the following properties:

• Triunfo School – 975 Evenstar Ave, Westlake Village CA 91361
• 703 Rancho Conejo Road, Newbury Park CA 91320
• 711 Rancho Conejo Road, Newbury Park CA 91320

The deadline to apply to serve on this Committee is Friday, December 20th at 12pm.

📍 Click here to read the complete overview of the Committee's purpose, duties and meeting timelines.

📍Click here to access and complete the online application.

We are so proud of all of our CVUSD scholar-athletes for their incredible dedication and accomplishments this fall sports season. We also commend our talented coaches, support staff and volunteers for their exceptional support and guidance of our scholar-athletes.

For more than a decade our Conejo Valley High School has been treated to a Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings, provided and served by community volunteers. This year the tradition continued thanks to the generosity and kindness of Anthem Church Thousand Oaks.

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During this season of giving, and all year through, we share our immense gratitude to all who donate their time and energy to making a positive impact for our students and schools. We appreciate YOU and your partnership!

When it's the last day before Fall Break, and you think you are randomly selected to play a friendly round of name that tune at the Colina Middle School Gratitude Assembly....BUT you are actually the school's THREE 2024 "Dude Be Nice" awardees!

Congratulations to teachers: Sarah Morton, Monica Kern and John Braaten who were surprised with this special recognition, including plaques, gifts, and kind words of appreciation for the positive impact they have made at Colina throughout their collective 84 years of service with the CVUSD. Currently, Ms. Morton teachers Grade 6 History, Social Science and ELA, Ms. Kern teaches Grade 7 Honors History/Social Science and Mr. Braaten teaches Grade 6 Science and Math. All three educators will be retiring at the end of this academic year. Thank you for your dedication to our Colina community, and for showcasing and cultivating a culture of care and kindness.

CVUSD is proud to offer a robust arts program to our scholars. Recently, members of the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Conejo Program had the opportunity to experience the arts in the CVUSD, firsthand. Watch this video to learn more about the arts in the CVUSD and this community partnership.