Regular Board Meeting - Celebrate Schools
San Leandro USD
May 21, 2019 6:00PM
San Leandro Arts Education Center
2250 Bancroft Avenue
San Leandro, CA 94577
Open Session: 6:00pm
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| Meeting was called to order at 6:00pm. |
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President Sheridan led the audience in the pledge of allegience.
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Approve the amended agenda, placing Bancroft Middle School's presentation, agenda item C.5, at the top of the list of school presentations. Passed with a motion by Evelyn Gonzalez and a second by Peter Oshinski. |
Yes James Aguilar.
Yes Evelyn Gonzalez.
Yes Peter Oshinski.
Yes Diana Prola.
Yes Christian Rodriguez.
Yes Leo Sheridan.
Yes Monique Tate.
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| President Sheridan requested a motion to pass an amended agenda, which would move Bancroft Middle School's presentation, agenda item C.5, Bancroft Middle School, to begin the Celebrate Schools presentations. |
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Jefferson Elementary School will be sharing their successes with implementation of the 2017-2020 SLUSD Strategic Plan for the 2018-19 school year and honoring their volunteers of the year.
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Principal Nikki Seaberg and Assistant Principal Doris Castillo displayed images and reviewed activities and events pertaining to what is happening at their school site via implementation of the strategic plan.
Displays and their presentation included:
Goal 1 -Teach, Learn and Achieve
- Project Based Learning (PBL)
- Science Camps
- SF Opera Partnership
- Reclassification/Biliteracy
- Assemblies
- Enrichment classes
Goal 2 - Equity and Inclusion through College and Career Readiness:
College and Career Readiness
- College Banners of faculty displayed in hallways
- College gear Fridays
- Community Circle
- AVID training for 4th and 5th grade teachers
Student Leadership
- Friday morning announcements
- Field trip to UC Berkeley
- Kindness Day and Inclusion Week
Goal 3 - Collaborative and Engaged District Culture
- Community Building
- Restorative Justice
- Friday treats
- Weekly S'more
- Wellness days for staff:
----Zumba
----Neighborhood walk
Goal 4 - Family and Community Engagement
- School Smarts Workshops
- Cyber Safety Workshop
- Xtreme Science Family Night
- ELAC
- SSC
- PTA meetings and community events
- African American Student Parent Group
- Lunar New Year Celebration
- Multicultural Night Celebration
Goal 5 - Facilities and Technology
- Security Cameras
- New Furniture
- Flexible Seating
Volunteers of the year at Jefferson Elementary School were:
- Heather David
- Manelli Monroy
- Ida Reyes
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Celebrate Schools - Jefferson 5.21.19
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McKinley Elementary School will be sharing their successes with implementation of the 2017-2020 SLUSD Strategic Plan for the 2018-19 school year and honoring their volunteers of the year.
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Grozelia Ward, Principal, McKinley Elementary shared the success of McKinley school implementing the strategic plan throughout the school year.
Mrs. Ward stated the theme throughout the school year was how everything is connected.
McKinley is privileged to have a STEAM lab on their site.
Discussed STEAM at McKinley in utilizing the 5 goals.
Goal 1 - Teach Learn Achieve
Learning about voltage in the STEAM lab
Goal 2 - College and Career Readiness
tk students releasing snails and using language pertinent to their project
Goal 3 Collaborative and Engaged School District Culture
-STEAM lab coordinator works with the students and collaborates with the students weekly
-Students have an opportunity to work on their PBL projects.
Goal 4 Family and Community Involvement -
-Ribbon cutting ceremony involving parents and the community
-All guests and staff participated in a science project --They were challenged to build a tower with materials provided
Goal 5 Facilities and Technology
-Students created a mural on the school site via an enrichment class
-Students created a news video of current events taking place
-Through PBL student collaborate and work together to create the news daily
Mckinley Elementary volunteers:
- Marissa Nicolas
- Jonathan Liu
- Denice Pozos
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McKinley 2019
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Roosevelt Elementary School will be sharing their successes with implementation of the 2017-2020 SLUSD Strategic Plan for the 2018-19 school year and honoring their volunteers of the year.
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David Kumamoto, Principal of Roosevelt Elementary School, presented the school's successes implementing the strategic goals.
Goal 1 - Teach learn and achieve
-Discussed the benefits of 5th grade students participating in the outdoor education program for 3 days.
Goal 2 - Equity and Inclusion through college and career readiness
• This year students formed ‘Garbalogy kids’
o Students completed a trash audit
o Students developed ideas on how to reduce waste at the school
• Student leadership
o Students created a video and shared it with the school, audience members
Goal 3 Collaborative and Engaged District Culture
-The principal and all faculty participated at their school sites Variety Show
Goal 4 Family and Community Involvement
Students and parent volunteers participate in the school drop off where staff and students aid families dropping their kids off to reduce traffic in front of the school.
Principal Kumamoto explained an incident where during drop off a car got stuck in the sink hole in front of the school - all water was shut down. District staff assisted by arranging a delivery of portable toilets and bottled water for the school. The support of the administrative staff was phenomenal.
Goal 5 Facilities and Technology
-Classrooms have benefited from the new HVAC systems
-Piloting a program called dreambox
--Program that gamifies math lessons which makes students more engaged
Roosevelt honored two volunteers:
- Jenny Larsen
- Steve Moore
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Roosevelt Celebrate Schools 5.21.19
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Washington Elementary School will be sharing their successes with implementation of the 2017-2020 SLUSD Strategic Plan for the 2018-19 school year and honoring their volunteers of the year.
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Elisa Alvarez, Washington Elementary School Principal, provided a presentation on their school site implementation of the strategic plan.
The principal invited several students to display and share what they've learned in the dual language immersion classes.
A video was also displayed showing the students' progress in the dual language immersion classes.
Strategic Plan implementation:
-Family Group assemblies
o Students and staff gather to learn about patience, respect and how to treat one another
o Idea originated with a professional development last year when staff attended a Museum of Tolerance workshop in LA and trained in the social justice standards
Math and Literacy Seminars
o Students spoke about how they prepare for 6th grade math
o Students get to see a portion of what they will learn next school year.
o Provides a great challenge and students find it very interesting
o Students also discussed how their library book club meets once a week to discuss the book they are currently reading
o Every class at Washington has a book club
o A video was displayed pertaining to the math and literacy seminars
School Wide College and Career PBL
o Students explained that they had a visit from high school seniors, who explained how they enrolled in college
o Through this process students learned what they needed to do to attend college
o Kindergarten students learned how they could be meteorologists as a career option
o A video was shown with students explaining weather predictions
Enrichment programs
• 2018-2019 Course Offerings
o Robotics
o Gardening
o Quilting
? Students displayed the quilts they’ve made
utilizing this enrichment program
o Lego Math
o Cheer
o Ballet Folklorico
o Drumline
o Photography
o World of Dance
o Instrumental Music
o Yearbook
Volunteers of the Year at Washington Elementary were
• Cristina Frias
• Monica Galindo
• Sydney Sisenstein
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Celebrate Schools - Washington 5.21.19
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Bancroft Middle School will be sharing their successes with implementation of the 2017-2020 SLUSD Strategic Plan for the 2018-19 school year and honoring their volunteers of the year.
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Valentin del Rio and his admin staff provided a presentation on successes at his school site utilizing the strategic plan:
Goal 1 - Teach Learn and Achieve
• Sylvan Learning
• Grading for Equity training
• Read-A-Thon
o Challenges students to read more books
o Included staff to share why they read and posted it around their campus
• Science Engineering Projects via Project Based Learning
• Teaching Strategies
o BMS hires teachers who are innovative with their teaching practices
• Peer Mediation program
Goal 2 - Equity and Inclusion through College and Career Readiness
• College Field Trips for 8th graders
• Robotics
• Maker's Space
• Black History Month
• Peer Mediation program
• Women in Sports Field Trip
Goal 4 - Family and Community Engagement
• Women's Festival field trip with SLED support
• Girls Who Code fieldtTrip
• Mentoring Young Students
o Partnership with Davis Street Preschool and Washington Elementary
• No one eats alone
• Bronco Award Club 'We' day
• Family Science Night
• Earthquake Emergency project via project based
learning
• Black History Month Project
Goal 5 - Facilities and Technology
• Earth Team and campus Beautification
• Murals via Season of Service
• Bancroft Bistro
• Entrance (Safety) - enhanced student and staff safety
• College signs for teachers - posted outside of classroom doors
Volunteers recognized at Bancroft Middle School were:
• Jill Stowe
• Richard Beckett
• Carol Love
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Celebrate Schools - Bancroft 5.21.19
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| Leo Sheridan, Board President |
The Board of Education and Superintendent will present Delaware Montion with the Certificate of Commendation for her outstanding service as a Student Board Member for the San Leandro Unified School District. |
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| President Sheridan presented Delaware Montion with a Certificate of Commendation for her outstanding service as a student board member throughout the school year. |
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| All board members and the superintendent provided feedback and comments pertaining to all the presentations |
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| Members of the audience who wish to address the Board are asked to complete the yellow card available at the entrance and submit it to the Board's Administrative Assistant. Speakers who have completed the card will be called when the item is reached on the agenda or, for non-agenda items, during the Public Testimony. Cards are to be turned in before the item is reached on the agenda. Please note that the meeting is being recorded.
State law prohibits the Board of Education from taking any action on or discussing items that are not on the posted agenda except to A) briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by the public in attendance; B) ask questions for clarification; C) provide a reference to a staff member or other resource for factual information in response to the inquiry; or D) ask a staff member to report back on the matter at the next meeting and/or put it on a future agenda. (Government Code 54954.2(a)). |
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| There was no public testimony on non agenda items. |
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*Regular Board Meetings shall be adjourned at 10:30 p.m. unless extended to a specific time determined by a majority of the Board. The meeting shall be extended no more than once and may be adjourned to a later date. (Board Bylaw 9323).
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| The meeting was adjourned at 7:48pm |
Passed with a motion by James Aguilar and a second by Monique Tate. |
Yes James Aguilar.
Yes Evelyn Gonzalez.
Yes Peter Oshinski.
Yes Diana Prola.
Yes Christian Rodriguez.
Yes Leo Sheridan.
Yes Monique Tate.
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| In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, assistance will be provided to those requiring accommodations for disabilities. If you need special assistance to participate in a Regular Board meeting, please contact the Superintendent's Office at (510) 667-3522 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. |
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| Present | James Aguilar |
| Present | Dr. Kevin Collins |
| Present | Evelyn Gonzalez |
| Present | Dr. Mike McLaughlin |
| Present | Peter Oshinski |
| Present | Sonal Patel |
| Present | Diana Prola |
| Present | Christian Rodriguez |
| Present | Leo Sheridan |
| Present | Monique Tate |
| Present | Dr. John Thompson |
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The resubmit was successful.