Regular Board Meeting
San Leandro USD
August 20, 2019 7:00PM
San Leandro City Council Chambers
835 E. 14th Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
Closed Session - 6:00 pm
Open Session - 7:00 pm
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| Meeting was called to order at 6:00pm. It was noted that Trustee Rodriguez was absent. |
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| There was no public testimony on closed session items. |
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| The Board recessed into closed session at 6:00pm |
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The Board reconvened to open session at 7:01pm.
It was noted that Trustee Rodriguez arrived into closed session at 6:15pm. |
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| There were no reportable items from closed session. |
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| President Sheridan led all present in the pledge of allegiance. |
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Passed with a motion by James Aguilar 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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| 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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Catherine Baldi spoke on behalf of PERK, which stands for Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids. This group has a coalition of parents across the state. She is a parent of students within the school district. She wanted to bring a few items to the board's attention since it can impact our school district.
SB 276 is currently making its way through the California government. Catherine summarized the bill and expressed concern of it's impact on our students, particularly the Latino community. The law collects the data of students with medical exemptions. She believes its relevant to the school district for several reasons:
* Student medical exemptions can be shared out to a number of agencies listed in the bill. It raises concern about the 'not limited to' clause since parents don't know where that data will go.
*The bill stipulates that vaccine status is placed on student's permanent scholarship record. This causes concern on how the educational institution will view these students as they move through the educational process.
*Concerned about the financial impact this can cause the school district: enrollment can drop since parents may withdraw their students in order to home school them; a potential increase in IEPs, an increase in more neurological damage to students, which can cause a great strain on the school district's budget.
* requested the administration take careful measures not to allow our student's data and records to be open to anyone. She provided handouts to all board members.
Tami Resendez spoke on behalf of Military Moms Against Mandates
Tami reiterated what Catherine said. They are both working with legislators concerning SB 276.
Provided a brief bio - her husband is a veteran of 24 years; have 3 sons together; 2 are currently in the school district. As a military family, she is representing two communities, the military and a Latino family. If this bill passes, her family does not have the option as military personnel to leave the state to accommodate their personal needs.
She highlighted that there are people with a predisposition for side effects from vaccines. The bill will make it harder for military families to protect their children. Her youngest son has a medical exemption; her concern is if the law passes her son's medical exemption will be voided.
*It will put a hardship on Latino families if they have students with chronic illnesses
*If the bill passes, several students will be taken out of the school system. Parents and the school district will suffer collectively.
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| There was no Recreation & Parks Commission Report. |
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| Dr. Reginald Richardson & Dr. Ronald Richardson |
Dr. Reginald Richardson, co-principal of San Leandro High School, provided the following report for this meeting:
* Mentioned the district retreat: collaboration is important to the success of our students
* First week at high school went well. Students obtained their schedules online which facilitated a smoother first day of school
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| Aaron Kerrigan, Director of Facility & Operations |
Dr. Kevin Collins, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, provided a brief update as follows:
* Modular Construction - although it was a complicated project over the summer, all modulars landed where they were supposed to; DSA approved all modulars for occupancy
* Special challenge at Garfield elementary occurred: the contractor scheduled major concrete and asphalt work on the first day of school. Flaggers and several other adults provided assistance in navigating around the school site. His department will work to avoid a situation like this in the future
* Appreciated the patience of all teachers whose classrooms were not ready until close to the start of the school year
* Last minute conversion at Madison - their library was converted to a kindergarten classroom due to enrollment increase
HVAC update
- installed in classrooms at all sites
- timely with recent heatwave
- have some training to do for some teachers who did not receive training in the spring
Lighting contract was recently approved to upgrade to efficient lighting. Working with Keziah Moss, Director of Community and Employee Engagement on branding and messaging this project
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Education Code Sections 60119 [as revised by Chapter 900, Statutes of 2004 and CCR, Title 5, Section 9531 (c)], requires the Board of Education to annually certify through a resolution as to whether each pupil in each school in the district has, or will have prior to the end of that fiscal year, sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, or both, in each subject, including English learners, in mathematics, science, laboratory science equipment for science laboratory classes in grades 9-12, foreign language, health classes, history-social science, and English/language arts, including the English language development component of an adopted program, consistent with the content and cycles or the curriculum frameworks adopted by the state board. If the Board of Education determines that there are insufficient textbooks or instructional materials, or both, the Board of Education shall provide information to classroom teachers and to the public, setting forth the reasons that each pupil does not have sufficient textbooks or instructional materials and take action to ensure that each pupil has sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, or both, within two months of the beginning of the school year in which the determination is made. This required public hearing informs parents and community about the compliance and statement of assurance for the pupil textbook and instructional materials sufficiency or insufficiency of instructional materials for the 2019-2020 school year and offers them the opportunity to address the Board regarding this matter.
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A motion was made to open the public hearing for this agenda item. Passed with a motion by Monique Tate 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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Seeing there were no public questions or comments, a motion was made to close this public hearing agenda item. Passed with a motion by Evelyn Gonzalez and a second by Diana Prola. |
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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Public Notice-Sufficiency 2019-20
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| Trustee Tate read all correspondence since that last board meeting. |
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Dr. Mike stated that he will meet with the student board member and alternate student board member prior to the next board meeting.
It is anticipated that both students will attend the September board meeting. |
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| There were no union representative reports. |
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The Board of Trustees summarized various events taking place on their respective committees.
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Passed with a motion by James Aguilar 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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| These items are considered routine and may be enacted by a single motion. At the request of any member of the Board, any item on the Consent Agenda shall be removed and given individual consideration for action as a regular agenda item. |
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Education Code Section 60119 as revised by Chapter 900, Statutes of 2004 and CCR, Title 5, Section 9531(c) as amended, requires the Board of Education to annually certify through a resolution as to whether each pupil in each school in the district has, or will have prior to the end of that fiscal year, sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, or both, in each subject including English learners, in mathematics, science, laboratory science equipment for science laboratory classes in grades 9-12, foreign language, health classes, history-social science, and English/language arts, including the English language development component of an adopted program, consistent with the content and cycles or the curriculum frameworks adopted by the state board.
The District has worked diligently to ensure schools have appropriate State approved standards-based core academic instructional materials in every classroom. The District process for acquiring textbooks and instructional materials is consistent with the content and cycles of the curriculum framework adopted by the State Board of Education.
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Res. 19-43 Sufficiency of Instr. Materials 2019-20
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Harbor House Ministries in Oakland has requested an extension to an existing contract for our Food and Nutrition Services program to provide 60 meals per day on four days per week during the school year. Harbor House staff is responsible for picking up and serving the meals.
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Approve agreement with Harbor House Ministries.
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The agreement will bring in gross revenue of approximately $25,000 for the Food and Nutrition Services program per year, with an estimated net profit of $12,000 per year.
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Harbor House Ministries Agreement 2019
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The following Personnel Document reports details of Certificated, Classified and Coaches employment and terminations along with changes to assignments.
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Personnel Report
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The recently approved classified management and CSEA positions require updates to the current salary schedule, classification titles, and calendars. |
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Staff recommends to approve the revised calendar: CSEA 12 month calendar with the addition of the Data Support Technician position CSEA classification list with the addition of the Data Support Technician position
Classified Management salary schedule with the addition of the Personnel Services Coordinator, Student Enrollment Manager, and Director of Safety and Emergency Classified Management calendar with the addition of the Personnel Services Coordinator, Student Enrollment Manager, and Director of Safety and Emergency |
There is no fiscal impact. |
12 Month Classified Calendar
Classified Management Salary Schedule
Classified Management-Confidential Calendar
CSEA Bargaining Unit Classifications
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| San Leandro Unified School District will support the multilingual language translation needs of families who require assistance of linguists to perform language services including but not limited to in person interpretation, telephone interpretation and document translation. Outlined in the English Learner Master Plan and under state law, schools must provide written communication in the primary language of the parent when fifteen percent (15%) or more of the students speak a language other than English as indicated on the Language Census report. |
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Staff recommends to approve the renewal contract with Interpreters Unlimited. |
Not to Exceed $15,000. General Fund.
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Renewal Contract with Interpreters Unlimited
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These books have been weeded for one or more of the standard reasons below: - Poor and/or unappealing physical appearance; worn
- Other copies in better condition exist in the collection
- Old publication date
- Inaccurate information
- Damage
- No longer relevant; dated
- Few/no check-outs
Once approved for discard, the library site will follow the standard procedure of offering these books to staff and students before disposing of them.
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Garfield Library Discards
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N2Y provide three systems that San Leandro Unified's Special Education teachers use: Unique Learning System, News-2-You, and Symbolstix PRIME. Unique Learning System allows all students the opportunity to reach their full potential with six grade bands along with access to the general education curriculum and content standards. News-2-You is a weekly newspaper connecting students with special needs to the world around them, through relevant current events topics. SymbolStix PRIME is a communication tool for learners with speech and language difficulties to create meaningful dialogue and understanding
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Approve renewal of N2Y.
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| $13,041.03 from Supplemental and Concentration
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N2Y Renewal 2019-20
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| This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is between the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD), the City of San Leandro, and Family Violence Law Center (FVLC). The purpose of this MOU is to establish and maintain an effective working relationship between parties for implementation of the Teen Violence Prevention efforts of the City of San Leandro. The term of this MOU is August 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. This partnership will support development of a program to prevent, reduce, and mitigate teen violence and to support the implementation of SLUSD's Myrna and Mariah Resolution to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. |
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding between San Leandro Unified School District, City of San Leandro and Family Violence Law Center. |
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MOU SLUSD, City of San Leandro and FVLC
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This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is effective from August 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 and outlines the collaboration between Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area (BBBSBA) and the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD). Mentorships are a Tier 2 behavioral support for students that is outlined in SLUSD’s Multi-tiered Integrated Intervention Support System (MIISS) and the spirit of this project is to work collaboratively to provide caring adult mentors in the lives of students within SLUSD, thus helping to promote positive student development and educational success. |
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding 2019-2020 between Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area and San Leandro Unified School District. |
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Big Brothers Big Sisters
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The Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) Partnership Agreement, MOU is by and between the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Center for Healthy Schools and Communities and San Leandro Unified School District. This MOU supports the coordinating of school health programs to maximize resources with the intended outcome to increase access to health coverage and public benefits for youth and their families in San Leandro Unified School District. This will occur through coordinated efforts to educate and enroll families in health care coverage and other programs such as CalFresh, Medi- Cal , HealthPAC, CalWorks and Covered California.
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding between San Leandro Unified and Connecting Kids to Coverage Program for the 2019-2020 school year. |
$15,000 Supplemental Concentration Funds
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MOU with Connecting Kids to Coverage
Contract Service
Clearances
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Memorandum of Understanding between San Leandro Unified School District and Project Eden for the purpose of providing counseling and support groups on Health, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ALOD) services for SLUSD students during the 2019-2020 school year. |
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding Between San Leandro Unified School District and Project Eden.
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Project Eden
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Community Youth Courts offers a disciplinary option (diversion program) to at-risk SLUSD students. We offer youth a second chance via restorative justice, positive peer support and interaction, and person growth opportunities. Services to include but not limited to: referring students to targeted community service projects; case management and counseling. The plan will improve our district’s capacity for servicing students at risk for future disciplinary conduct. Community Youth Courts will conduct regular youth court sessions to address the early stages of juvenile delinquency by bringing students before a jury of their peers. “Sentencing” includes restorative sanctions such as community service, jury duty, Life Choices class, apologies and/or restitution using restorative justice principles. Emphasis is placed on engaging students in character building experiences and maintaining respectful treatment of offenders and victims. Participating youth learn about making responsible choices and accepting the consequences for their actions. Community Youth Courts is a program offered for intervention and prevention services for students in SLUSD.
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding between San Leandro Unified School District and Community Youth Courts (CYC). |
$16,000 - Youth Reinvestment Grant
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Youth Court MOU
Contract Youth Court
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This agreement is between The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of UC Berkeley's Center for Educational Partnerships’ Destination College Advising Corps and Early Academic Outreach Program ("University") and San Leandro High School. This agreement will fund a full time College Advisor Fellow to support San Leandro High School students enrolling in college who experience barriers to college access. EAOP helps students at underserved schools prepare for college and the workforce, complete all UC and California State University (CSU) admissions requirements, and apply for college and financial aid. EAOP also guides families by showing them how to navigate complex college preparation, college application, and financial aid processes.This agreement also includes free service to the Transcript Evaluation Service. TES is a web-based tool that applies UC and CSU admissions policies, including repeat and validation rules, to student transcripts to provide a snapshot of student progress toward completion of the universities’ “a-g” requirements. Reports generated by the tool provide high schools, districts, students and parents timely, specific information that enables them to make data-driven decisions designed to keep students on the path to a higher education.
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Staff recommends approval of agreement between The Regents of the University of California and San Leandro Unified School District on behalf of San Leandro High School.
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$25,000 - Supplemental and Concentration Funds
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UC Berkeley and SLHS
DCAC MOU
TES Agreement
TES Overview
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2019/2020 Non-Public Schools | Student | DOB | Location | | # 1 | 11/03/2003 | The Phillips Academy | | # 2 | Various Students | California Therapy Alliance, Inc. | | | | |
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Approved the 2019/2020 Non-Public School & Agency contracts.
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$191,294.00 - Special Education funds
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California Therapy Alliance, Inc.
The Phillips Academy
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Nominations for CSBA Director-at-Large African American, American Indian, and County are currently being accepted until Saturday, October 5, 2019. The nominations for Directors-at-Large must be made by a CSBA member board and the nominee must be a board member from a CSBA member district or county office of education.
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| Upon discussion, Trustee Tate mentioned that at the recommendation Trustee Prola, before accepting a nomination for Director-at-Large she would run for a delegate assembly position. This would better prepare her for a nomination for a Director-at-Large in the future. |
Based on a discussion, a motion was made to not nominate anyone from our school district for the Director-at-Large position. Passed with a motion by Diana Prola 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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CSBA Director-at-Large Nomination
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Staff recommends to approve the re- entry for E02- 17/18
Passed with a motion by Peter Oshinski and a second by James Aguilar. |
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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The Boys and Girls Club will provide one additional staff person to support the after school supplemental enrichment program. This staff person will allow the ASES staff to provide enrichment course to 20 non-ASES students from 2-4 p.m. each day and 20 ASES students from 4 -5 p.m. each day. This program will be in place for the entire school year at Washington Elementary School.
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Recommend to approve Memorandum of Understanding between San Leandro Unified School District and Boys and Girls Club at Washington Elementary School for the 2019-20 school year.
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Recommend to approve Memorandum of Understanding between San Leandro Unified School District and Boys and Girls Club at Washington Elementary School for the 2019-20 school year.
Passed with a motion by Monique Tate and a second by Diana Prola. |
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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$14,695 - After School Enrichment Fund (Supplemental Concentration Funds)
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San Leandro Boys & Girls Club - Washington ES
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This Memorandum of Understanding is between San Leandro Unified School District and Catholic Charities of the East Bay for behavioral health counseling and restorative justice interventions for Bancroft Middle school. Catholic Charities of the East Bay will provide one Clinician and one Restorative Practices Specialist for the 2019-2020 school year. The clinician and specialist will provide individual counseling and social-emotional groups throughout the year. Restorative justice interventions will be provided as needed, including harm circles, reentry circles, and community building circles.
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding Between San Leandro Unified School District and Catholic Charities of the East Bay for Behavioral Health Counseling and Restorative Justice Interventions for Bancroft Middle school for 2019-2020.
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Staff recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding Between San Leandro Unified School District and Catholic Charities of the East Bay for Behavioral Health Counseling and Restorative Justice Interventions for Bancroft Middle school for 2019-2020.
Passed with a motion by Christian Rodriguez and a second by Evelyn Gonzalez. |
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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MOU CCEB
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This agreement is between Cabrillo Community College District and San Leandro Unified School District. San Leandro Unified School District's grant application titled "Alternate Pathways to Career Success Through a Comprehensive Pre-Apprenticeship Program" was awarded $156,599 through the Bay Area Community College Consortium K12 Strong Workforce Program. The proposed pathway improvement will support SLUSD students with an alternate path to career success after high school in the areas of industrial arts and trades through a certified and nationally recognized Multi Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) pre-apprenticeship program. This agreement outlines the terms and conditions of SLUSD acceptance of the K12 Strong Workforce Program award.
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Staff recommends approval of Bay Area Community College Consortium K12 Strong Workforce Program Agreement between Cabrillo Community College District and San Leandro Unified School District. |
Staff recommends approval of Bay Area Community College Consortium K12 Strong Workforce Program Agreement between Cabrillo Community College District and San Leandro Unified School District. Passed with a motion by Peter Oshinski 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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Grant award of $156,599 |
K12 Strong Workforce SLUSD Grant
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Youth enrichment programs for schools - 22 week program at McKinley Elementary School.
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Recommend to approve Contracted Service Agreement between San Leandro USD/McKinley ES and Nexplore USA.
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Recommend to approve Contracted Service Agreement between San Leandro USD/McKinley ES and Nexplore USA.
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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$10,000 - K-5 Enrichment via supplemental and concentration funds
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Nexplore USA - McKinley ES
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The regulations of the Williams lawsuit settlement require school districts to complete “Quarterly Complaint” reports that document the number of complaints for textbooks and instructional materials, teacher vacancies and mis-assignments, and facilities conditions. Additionally, effective January 2008, as a result of settlement with the California State Department of Education, districts are required to implement the Valenzuela Settlement Legislation (Assembly Bill 347). Notification regarding the complaint process is integrated into the Williams Complaint form which is posted in every secondary classroom as required. For the period of January - March and April - June, 2019, the school district did not have any complaints.
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UC Qtrly Rpt Q1 2019
UC Qtrly Rpt Q2 2019
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All cabinet members provided brief updates on recent events in their respective departments.
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Board representatives summarized various meetings and events affiliated with their designated associations.
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| Trustee Gonzalez suggested the contracts on all future agendas be marked as renewal or brand new. |
Consensus Items 8.20.19
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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 Board meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm. |
Passed with a motion by James Aguilar 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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| 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 |
| Absent | Christian Rodriguez |
| Present | Leo Sheridan |
| Present | Monique Tate |
| Present | Zarina Zanipatin |
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| Present | Christian Rodriguez |
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