Fontana Unified
School District
September 17, 2025 Meeting - Jesse Turner Center
- To open the meeting, Superintendent Miki Inbody provided a district update:
- Open to dialogue with the community portion included the following comments and discussions:
To open the meeting, Superintendent Miki Inbody provided a district update:
- Welcome new school leadership - Dr. Rita Baynes, Principal at Sierra Lakes Elementary, Mr. Derek Cohen, Principal at Palmetto Elementary, Dr. Kim Moyer, Principal at Wayne Ruble Middle School, and Mrs. Anne-Marie Cabrales, Principal at the New Secondary Academy to open Fall of 2026.
- New Secondary Academy will be a grade 7-12 facility and will open in 2026-2027 School Year. For the first year, the school will have students grades 6th-9th only. 6th grade to help alleviate overcrowding at the elementary level until the new elementary will can open in 2027-2028. This school will not house sports, but students may be able to play a sport at their "home" school and still attend this school for high school. The school will offer dual enrollment classes through local colleges.
- Next steps for Measure I funds - In May we held town hall meetings to discuss community recommendations regarding priorities within each trustee area. In September, a priority list will be presented to the board for discussion, then the board will approve the list. The plan is to have something done to improve each school, but we also have a few larger projects on the list.
- September is Suicide Prevention Month and we have had some engaging events taking place on each campus to encourage all students to seek help if they are struggling with emotional feeling or know of someone who may harm themselves.
- Exciting news to share from Summit High School regarding the ELA Growth. In the past year student achievement in ELA has improved from 63.9% to 76.1% of students at or above standard.
- Engagement with our school community remains a priority at FUSD. We have many opportunities for all stake holders to engage with our district, for students and parents we have school and district level councils and committees. We also partner with many community organizations to offer our families a variety of resources and services.
Open to dialogue with the community portion included the following comments and discussions:
Q: Mango Elementary has too much traffic around the area. There are no sidewalks or crosswalks for students. The speed of cars driving is really fast. There was a bad accident near Mango recently. What can be done to reduce speed and make thing safer for students walking in and out of campus?
A: Chief Randolph confirmed that he has two officers currently assigned to patrol the area around the school They also have two moving radars that are being used to monitor speed and traffic. Once we have a better assessment, we can create a long term safety plan.
Q: When will Redwood start with Bond improvements?
A: Townhall meetings were held in Spring, now we will be taking the priority list to the board for approval this month. Once the list is approved, we can begin the projects.
Q: We have over 200 English Learner students at Redwood and only 1 bilingual aide. We are requesting more support.
A: We will work with administration to confirm that needs are being met. Staffing is provided based on need, so if there is more need, that is something we will need to re-assess.
Q: Mango Elementary has a really bad ant problem. Can we do something about it?
A: We will ask our facilities team to go out and assess the issue and take care of the problem.
Q: Sierra lakes pick up and drop off area is really busy and there is not enough parking. Parents get tickets if they try to park because there is no where to park. Is there a specific designated area to pick up lower grade level students so they don't have to wait by themselves while parents try to park to pick them up?
A: The Executive Director from Teaching and Learning shared that there are two pick up areas one on the north end of campus and one on the south end of campus, and teachers are there with the students to help them during pick up.
Q: The corner of Mango Ave & Randall Street is a spot where people run stop signs and speed. Do we have plans to add speedbumps in that area?
A: Chief Randall shared that we will definitely discuss the concern with the City as something like speedbumps would be something the City would have to put on. The district doesn't have any control of that, however we do have regular conversations with the city about traffic safety.
Q: What happened to Walk & Talk at Mango Elementary? We used to have it now the new principal doesn't do it.
A: The district will follow up with the school to see what they are doing at the school now. Each principal has their own style and way to manage students who arrive early to school, so it may be different than what was previously done.
Q: There was a gun threat at Entrepreneur high school, which is very near both Juniper and Mango Elementary. Why were parents not notified about the lockdown there and told about the threat.
A: Entrepreneur high is not part of Fontana Unified School District, therefore our school police do not respond to threats made to that school, nor are we notified of those threats by Fontana PD unless they directly affect our schools. Just like if there is police activity in the neighboring community, we are not informed unless the threat is close enough to our schools, in which case we would go on lockdown and parents would be notified. The threat at E-high did not cause that to happen.
Q: Earlier there was a mention of using AI in the district? How much is that being used by administration and district management, and is information and ability being lost?
A: Our district does embrace technology and AI is one area that we are studying and starting to use. Like all technology, responsible use is needed to make it beneficial for our district.