Regular Board Meeting - Celebrate Schools

Speaker

Roxanne Ansolabehere

Rationale

Roxanne Ansolabehere, Assistant Director, Bond Services, will provide an update of all renovated libraries at the elementary and middle school sites.

Minutes

Roxanne Ansolabehere, Assistant Director of Bond Services, addressed the Board Trustees and the audience as follows: Her 38 year career is coming to an end. She displayed photographs in 6 libraries in a before/after format, reflecting renovations that have taken place in the libraries over the past year. This took place when our district leadership changed in 2013. The Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent heard the wishes of the community and reopened the libraries. 12,000 books a month were being checked out throughout the district, which was considered an unabashed victory. The renovations will enable the students to help them become innovative and creative thinkers. Our district libraries can be pointed to as state of the art, inviting, robust and well used, as our community and our students deserve. Roxanne sincerest hope is that this progress continues. We now have wonderful tools for enrichment in the after school programs. She encouraged all to utilize these resources to serve our students and maintain the staffing. Libraries are dynamic living entities. On a personal note Roxanne acknowledged that it takes a village and used this platform to thank the board members for supporting the vision; thanked the Cabinet, Director of Facilities and Operations and the library staff who give it their all daily. Lastly, she thanked Superintendent McLaughlin for pursuing the renovations and making the libraries the best.

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Bradley Frazier, Principal

Rationale

Students and staff from the San Leandro Adult School will update the Board on 2017-2018 student successes, program outcomes, activities, and Career Technical Education program plans for the new year.

Minutes

Bradley Frazier, Principal of the Adult School provided a summary of students, services provided, activities and programs taking place at the Adult School. - Transition Center: First adult school in Alameda County to open a transition center This year they've served 303 people: 122 Education Services 154 Employment Services 27 Social Service Referrals Various Student Activities: - Provided a Student Appreciation Day September 14th & 16th - Displayed a photo of all who participated in Beautification Day October 7 - Advisory Board meets twice annually - Student Advisory Forum: the morning and event forms meet several times a year - Free flu shots provided by Kaiser Permanente in October- provided 200 shots - Career Technical Education (CTE) Open House took place in December. The CTE offers nine certificated training programs. Currently, there are 19 students currently enrolled in the Accounting Technician certification program. 23 students have completed the Administrative Assistant Certification Program. - Mid Alameda County Consortium Professional Development Symposium took place February 16 - Students volunteered at Taste of San Leandro March 27 - Alameda County Hire Presentation April 16 - provided a presentaion - Chabot College provided an open house on the adult school site April 25 - WASC visit (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) from April 30 to May 2 - received glowing reviews from the WASC staff. The Adult School has received phenomenal support from the Board of Trustees and the Superintendent. - Graduation takes place June 4 Programming Updates - Alameda County Workforce Development Board Member - Principal has worked on this board for several years. It is beneficial to provide more opportunities for our students. Several Upcoming events include - Winter 2018 - CTE will provide several certification programs which include the following: Optometric Technician certification program - 19 students have been placed Anatomy & Physiology, which is a prerequisite to the VN program - 20 students currently enrolled Homecare Worker Certification Program - 33 students certified Medical Term Bootcamp - 10 students have completed Nurse Assistant & Home Health Aide Training Progrms - 16 students have completed this course Parent Help - Math/Algebra class - there are currently 34 parents enrolled in this class Seniors 55+ Office Skills - workforce reentry program - 12 students have completed this program Two students attended this board meeting to share their success stories with the Board and members of the audience: Crystal Navarro - was unable to attend this event but her success was summarized by Assistant Principal Rachelle Parham. Crystal earned her diploma in the fall and then transferred to the adult school. She enrolled in the Nurse' Assistant & Home Health Aide training program. Upon completion she received her CNA certification. She is now working full time at Eden Medical Center. The adult school, along with her family, are proud of her and her success. Ida Washington currently enrolled at the adult school. Her journey began in January 2017. She was employed with Kaiser Permanente for 25 years as a senior claims assistant. In January 2013 her department was outsourced and she was laid off. In 2017 she enrolled in the CTE program for health careers at the adult school. She comppleted the home care program and then enrolled the certified nurse's assistant and home health aide program. In December of 2017 she received her certification. Ida is currently taking pre requisite courses for the LVN program. Her goal is to earn her LVN license. She resides and is employed as a caregiver in san leandro. This makes her career change less stressful. The staff is very supportive of student success. She thanked the administrative staff at the adult school for their support. Malik Shields - I attended the adult school to earn his high school diploma. When he arrived at the school, the staff was helpful and friendly. The course was difficult but he passed with a B. He graduated February 6. He was happy and his family is proud of him. Before he graduated he utilized the transition center. Staff at the transition center assisted him with college and employment applications. He received an offer from a company and he is now a machine operation. His next step is to enroll in Contra Costa college engineering program. The support of the advisors of teachers motivated him to continue his education. SLAS offers the best opportunity to earn your GED or diploma. Volunteer Recognition: The adult school honored Bud and Shirley Beal for parent and The Home Depot for the business volunteer. The Home Depot provided tan bark for the front of the school. Every year they donate money and tools for Beautification Day Bud and Shirley Beal have contributed so much to the students and staff at the adult school They've donated money to establish scholarships for the students. They are at the campus picking up recyclable items and personally take them to the recycling center and donating the proceeds to the adult school. This aids students who need additional support. They are always willing to go the extra mile. The students know them on a first name basis. Bud and Shirley participate in almost every activity at the adult school. The adult school appreciates everything they do. Certificates of Appreciation were provided to a representative of The Home Depot and Shirley and Bud Beal.

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Speaker

Stephen Brady, Principal

Rationale

Lincoln Alternative Education Center will present the following items to Board Trustees: Pilot we prepared with Chabot College for Early Childhood Education Next school year we are looking into College-style course collaboration, the details of which have yet to be determined, where we will take what we learned this year and introduce students into college generally and specifically to guided pathways Similarly, we collaborated with 18 Reasons on student nutrition (Cooking Matters) to build our Tourism and Recreation pathway Our volunteer celebration honors Shirley Beal, who is funny, kind, smart, and student-centered, helping out everyone in the school, which is the whole of the main office

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Stephen Brady, Principal of Lincoln Alternative Education Center (LAEC), presented the following items to the Board: Currently working on two pathways at LAEC; a hospitality pathway and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Pathway. These pathways enables students to move directly into the work force. Chabot College partners with us for the ECE pathway. This pathway. provides elective credits and gives students a glimpse of college life. Concurrent enrollment provides for high school and college credit. Hospitality Pathway: Tourism and Recreation and Hotel. LAEC is emphasizing the culinary portion of the pathway. The site does not have a kitchen so they are using prepared foods. LAEC was fortunate to have an outside organization that came to them; taught students about healthy foods. They also received a college experience since staff from the college come and work with the students. This pathway also provides concurrent enrollment credit. There was a unit on hotels which hopefully will be expanded in the next school year. Lincoln volunteer recognition is going to Shirley Beal. Photos were displayed of her involvement at the school site and the community. Stephen stated that Shirley never quits. He referred to her as the shadow principal of the school. A certificate was then presented to her for her outstanding work at the school.

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Speaker

Dr. Reginald Richardson & Dr. Ronald Richardson

Rationale

At San Leandro High, we celebrate our growth as a strong school community. Our p urpose is to inspire and adequately prepare all of our scholars for college and career readiness and life after high school. Our students created this video through our state of the art broadcasting studio to show their brilliance and ability to collaborate with one another on a presentation that highlights San Leandro High School's progress in the 2011-2018 school year. Enjoy the presentation from our amazing scholars.

Minutes

Dr. Reginald Richardson and Dr. Ronald Richardson, co-principals at San Leandro High School, surprised the Board and members of the audience by having the marching band come into the room and performed a song. The principals used this moment to celebrate the marching band and its growth in the school district. The marching band began as a vision three years ago and the principals thanked the Board and Cabinet for their support in bringing this to life. They introduced three scholars who created a video utilizing our state of the art broadcasting studio to highlight the schools progress during this school year. Their names are Rodrigo Venture, Katherine Ngo and Matthew To. Each student summarized their experiences and what makes SLHS special to them. Highlights include: - attending SLHS provides a sense of family, love and unity - excited to come to school not only to be with friends but to learn from their teachers - involvement in student government and leadership - involvement in the band program is an amazing experience - excited about the new science standards that allow students to take biology, chemistry and physics during the first three years of high school - diverse culture and teachers are easy to talk to when assistance is needed - Classes provided enable students to expand their education - The athletic courses unite students outside of academics - challenge included the March 14 lockdown at the high school --upon return students were provided an opportunity to speak about their experience with school wide and class restorative circles Upon providing a verbal presentation the students displayed the video they created detailing this school year. After viewing the video, Dr. Richardson and Dr. Richardson provided volunteer recognition to Dewayne Cornelius and Nicole Hankton. Both recipients were provided certifciates for their significant volunteer contribution at the high school.

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Speaker

Monique M. Tate, Board President

Rationale

The Board of Education and the Superintendent will present Liz Toledo with a Certificate of Commendation for her outstanding service as a Student Board Member for San Leandro Unified School District for the 2017-2018 school year.

Minutes

Student Board Member Liz Toledo received a certificate of commendation for her attendance and participation in school board meetings throughout the school year.

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The Board of Education took the following actions in closed session in accordance with Government Code 54956, Education Code 44929.21(b), Education Code 44954, and Education Code 44939: To appoint Jessica Bonduris to the Director of Personnel Services position by a 6-0 vote. This action was moved by Trustee Gonzalez and Seconded by Trustee James. The Board has directed the superintendent and/or designee to deliver the proper notifications to the affected employees.

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