Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

4:30 p.m. Closed Session
6:30 p.m. Open Session

Agenda

1.0 OPEN SESSION / CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL

2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION

3.0 CLOSED SESSION

While the Brown Act creates broad public access rights to the meetings of the Board of Education, it also recognizes the legitimate need to conduct some of its meetings outside of the public eye.  Closed session meetings are specifically defined and limited in scope.  They primarily involve personnel issues, pending litigation, labor negotiations, and real property matters.

3.1 Government Code 54956.9 – Conference with Legal Counsel:

a) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)

b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2023020832 and OAH Case No. 2023010109)  

c) Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (District Representative Pam Manwiller)

3.2 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Reassignment

3.3 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsions: Expulsion# 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19 2022/2023 (Lisa Allen)

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance

4.2 Broadcast Statement

4.3 Stellar Student introduced by Board Member Christina Pritchett

5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION

7.0 PUBLIC COMMENT                

Members of the public may address the Board on non-agenda items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.  Public comment may be (1) emailed to publiccomment@scusd.edu; (2) submitted in writing through the district’s website at /submit-public-comment; or (3) provided in-person at the meeting.  The submission deadline for written public comments shall be no later than noon on the day of the meeting.  If you intend to address the Board in-person, please fill out a yellow card available at the entrance.  Speakers may be called in the order that requests are received or grouped by subject area.  We ask that comments are limited to two (2) minutes with no more than 15 minutes per single topic so that as many people as possible may be heard.  By law, the Board is allowed to take action only on items on the agenda.  The Board may, at its discretion, refer a matter to district staff or calendar the issue for future discussion.  

PUBLIC COMMENT

8.0 COMMUNICATIONS

8.1 Employee Organization Reports: 

  • SCTA
  • SEIU
  • TCS
  • Teamsters
  • UPE

8.2 District Advisory Committees:

  • Community Advisory Committee
  • District English Learner Advisory Committee
  • Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent Advisory Committee
  • Student Advisory Council
  • Black/African American Advisory Board

8.3 Student Member Report (Liam McGurk)

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 Building Site Leadership Capacity to Foster A Collaborative Culture focused on Improving Student Achievement (Yvonne Wright)

PPT

9.2 LCSSP Annual Update 2022-23: Student Attendance &         Engagement and the CARE Team (Jennifer Kretschman)

PPT

9.3 Board Policy 3100 (Rose Ramos)

PPT

10.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

10.1 Revision to Board Policy 6170.1 Transitional Kindergarten (Yvonne Wright)

PPT

10.2 Revision to Board Policy 6158- Independent Study (Yvonne Wright)

PPT

10.3 Review and Approve Amendment No.2 for Legal Services- SA23-00158 (Rose Ramos)

11.0 COMMUNICATIONS

11.1 Superintendent’s Report (Jorge A. Aguilar)

11.2 President’s Report (Chinua Rhodes)

11.3 Information Sharing by Board Members

12.0 CONSENT AGENDA                       

Generally routine items are approved by one motion without discussion.  The Superintendent or a Board member may request an item be pulled from the consent agenda and voted upon separately.

12.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

 12.1a Approve Grants, Entitlements and Other Income Agreements, Ratification of Other Agreements, Approval of Bid Awards, Approval of Declared Surplus Materials and Equipment, Change Notices and Notices of Completion (Rose Ramos)

 12.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Dr. Cancy McArn) 

12.1c Approve Rosemont High School Trip to Houston, TX, April 19-24, 2023 (Lisa Allen and Tuan Duong)

12.1d Approve Staff Recommendations for Expulsion, # 14, 16,17, 18 and 19 2022/2023 (Lisa Allen and Stephan Brown) 

12.1e Approve Minutes for the March 2, 2023, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar) 

12.1f Approve Mandatory Reporting to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ County Office of Education- Uniform Complaints Regarding the Williams Settlement Processed for the Period of January 2023 through March 2023 (Dr. Cancy McArn)

13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • April 27, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
  • May 4, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

14.0 ADJOURNMENT

NOTE:  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public meeting process.  If you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the public meeting, please contact the Board of Education Office at (916) 643-9314 at least 48 hours before the scheduled Board of Education meeting so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you.  [Government Code § 54953.2; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, § 202 (42 U.S.C. §12132)] Any public records distributed to the Board of Education less than 72 hours in advance of the meeting and relating to an open session item will be available on the district’s website at www.scusd.edu

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Cable Viewing

This meeting of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ City School Board is being videotaped in its entirety and will be cablecast without interruption on Metro Cable 14, the government affairs channel on the Comcast and SureWest Cable Systems. A reply of the meeting will be shown Monday, April 17th at 12:00 PM and Tuesday, April 25th at 6:00 PM. 

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