Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms
5:00 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 (Two Potential Cases)
b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2023061055 and OAH Case No. 2023100821)
3.2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management(Cancy McArn)
3.3 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
3.4 Government Code 54957- Public Employee Appointment
a) Approve – Chief Legal Counsel
b) Approve – Principal, John Morse Therapeutic Center
c) Approve – Principal, New Joseph Bonnheim
d) Approve – Deputy Chief of Academics
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 Chinua Rhodes
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.
8.0 COMMUNICATIONS
8.1 Employee Organization Reports:
- SCTA
- SEIU
- TCS
- Teamsters
- UPE
8.2 District Advisory Committees:
- Student Advisory Council
- Community Advisory Committee
- District English Learner Advisory Committee
- Local Control Accountability Plan/Parent Advisory Committee
- Black/African American Advisory Board
9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
9.1 Youth Development Support Services Department Overview (Manpreet Kaur)
9.2 English Learner Advisory Committee Update (Olga Simms)
10.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
10.1 2023-24 First Interim Revised Budget Approval (Janea Marking)
10.2 Annual Organizational Meeting of the Board of Education Board
- Committee Assignments
- Election of Officers: The Board Shall Elect a President, Vice President, and Second Vice President
11.0 COMMUNICATIONS
11.1 Superintendent’s Report (Lisa Allen)
11.2 President’s Report (Chinua Rhodes)
11.3 Student Member Report (Liliana Miller Segura)
11.4 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:
12.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)
12.1d Approve Donations to the District for the Period of October 1-31, 2023 (Janea Marking)
12.1h Approve Resolution No. 3368: Luther Burbank Pool Replacement (Janea Marking)
12.1i Approve Resolution No. 3369: Umoja International Academy HVAC Replacement (Janea Marking)
12.1j Approve Resolution No. 3370: Miwok Middle School HVAC Replacement (Janea Marking)
12.1k Approve Minutes of the October 3, 2023, Special Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)
12.1l Approve Minutes of the October 5, 2023, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)
12.1m Approve Minutes of the October 31, 2023, Special Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)
13.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS
13.2 Contractual Procedures Update (Janea Marking)
14.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
- January 18, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
- February 1, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
15.0 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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