Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

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 (Four Potential Cases)

3.2Government 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 54956.8—Conference with Real Property Negotiators Property: 4591 Perry Ave, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Ca 95820 Agency Negotiator:  Chris Ralston Negotiating Parties:  Southgate Parks and Recreation District Under Negotiation:  Price and terms

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 Lavinia Phillips

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
  • Community Schools Advisory Committee
  • American Indian Education Program Parent Committee

9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

9.1 Middle School Mathletes Awards & Recognition (Suzie Craig)

9.2 2024-2025 Classified Champions (Dr. Tiffany Smith-Simmons)

PPT

9.3 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year (Dr. Tiffany Smith-Simmons)

PPT (same as 9.2)

9.4 Approve Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resolution No. 3413 (Board Member Jasjit Singh)

9.5 A-G Incentive Grant (Christina Espinosa)

PPT

9.6 Black/African American Advisory Board (B/AAAB) Annual Update (Terrence Gladney)

PPT

9.7 Special Education: CDE Notification of Continued Noncompliance (Yvonne Wright & Geovanni Linares)

PPT

CDE Notification of Continued Noncompliance Letter

10.0 PUBLIC HEARING

10.1 Public Hearing: AB 1200 Public Disclosure and Approval of MOU between SCUSD and the Teamsters Classified Supervisors (TCS) (Cancy McArn & Janea Marking)

PPT

10.2 Public Hearing: AB 1200 Public Disclosure and Approval of MOU between SCUSD and the Teamsters, Local 150 Union (Cancy McArn & Janea Marking)

PPT

10.3 Public Hearing: AB 1200 Public Disclosure and Approval of MOU between SCUSD and the United Professional Educators (UPE) (Cancy McArn & Janea Marking)

PPT

11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE

11.1 Approve Resolution No. 3412: Authorizing Execution of Delegate Agency Agreement From the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Employment and Training Agency (Yvonne Wright)

PPT

11.2 2023-24 Annual LCSSP Grant Update: Student Attendance & Engagement and the CARE Team (Jennifer Kretschman)

PPT

 12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Student Member Report (Liliana Miller Segura)

12.2 President’s Report (Lavinia Phillips)

12.3 Information Sharing by Board Members

13.0 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.

13.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

13.1a 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 (Janea Marking)

13.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn) 

13.1c Approve Donations to the District for the Period of March 1-31, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1d Approve Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of March 15, 2024, through April 14, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1e Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers Issued for the period of March 1-31, 2024 (Janea Marking)

13.1f Approve California Middle Field Trip to Ashland, OR from June 7-9, 2024 (Mary Hardin Young and Jerad Hyden)

13.1g Approve Facility Use Agreements for Charter Schools: California Montessori Project, Sol Aureus College Preparatory, St. Hope Public School 7, St. Hope Â鶹ÊÓƵ Charter High School, & Yav Pem Suab Academy (Mary Hardin Young, Amanda Goldman, & Nathaniel Browning)

13.1h Approve Resolution No. 3413: Resolution of Intention to Convey Public Utilities Easement to California- American Water at Nicholas Elementary School (Janea Marking)

13.1i Approval of Unauthorized Vendors (Janea Marking)

13.1j Approve SETA Head Start Budget COLA for 2024-25 School Year (Yvonne Wright)

13.1k Approve SETA Head Start Budget Modification (Yvonne Wright)

13.1l Approve Resolution No. 3414: Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Lisa Allen) 

13.1m Approve Resolution No. 3415:  Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Lisa Allen)

13.1n Approve Resolution No. 3416:  Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Lisa Allen)

14.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS               

14.1 Business and Financial Information: Enrollment Report – Month 7 Ending Friday, March 22, 2024 (Janea Marking)

15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • June 6, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
  • June 20, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

16.0 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 relating to an open session item will be available for public inspection at the Serna Center, at 5735 47th Avenue, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, during normal business hours or on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu.

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