Probation Department Agenda / Minutes

DPC Minutes 01.09.2024

Meeting Date & Time 11:00 AM 1/9/2024
Location County Office of Education Board Room, 3350 Education Drive. San Luis Obispo, CA
Description 01.09.2024 Minutes
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  1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 11:10 a.m. – a quorum was present
  2. Approval of Minutes: The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the December 5, 2023 meeting. Carried unanimously.
  3. Correspondence: none
  4. Public Comment: none
  5. Comments / Information from Agencies:
    1. Juvenile Court – Gayle Peron
      • Annual tour of the Juvenile Hall
      • Very impressed with the CVA.
      • Court is going well
    2. County Office of Education – Chris Balogh:
      • Loma Vista is back in session tomorrow – currently at 81 students (with 10 referrals) – Court School has been back since January 2
      • They will have a second Probation Officer on campus starting tomorrow; she is female and bilingual – both will start by trailing the school buses
      • WASC accreditation is this year; SLOCOE’s report is due by June; there will be a visit in September
      • 3-year plan for expelled students; one gap is how do you get kids back from Community or Court School to their residential school; their teacher not know the student is not just absent; there is no plan for getting work done at school of residence
    3. Probation / Juvenile Hall – Robert Reyes:
      • 15 youth in facilities – 1 detained by the Court; 4 long-term; 10 in CVA (8 boys + 2 girls)
      • BSCC unannounced inspection was passed with flying colors
      • Co. Board of Supervisors approved projects at Juvenile Hall – concrete pad for mobile CTE trailers; updated laundry; upgrading bathrooms in old facility (hopefully it will start in 2024-2025)
      •  Juvenile Justice Realignment sub-committee will be looking at, and possibly updating our current plan
      • AB 207 position: as it will not move in time to be voted on, there is no need to look at taking a position at this time. 

Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m.