Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms

Board of Education Meeting

4:30 p.m. Closed Session
6:00 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 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA, SEIU, Non-Represented/Confidential Management, TCS, Teamsters, UPE

3.2 Government Code 54956.9 Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:

a) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2017090138 and OAH Case No. 2017090969)

b) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9

c) Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(4) of Government Code section 54956.9

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

3.4 Education Code Section 35146 – The Board will hear staff recommendations on the following student expulsions:

a) Expulsion #12, 2017-18

4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.1 Broadcast Statement (Student Member Nguyen)

4.2 The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Sutter Middle School’s Girls’ Basketball Team
• Presentation of Certificate by Member Cochrane

5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION

7.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

7.1 Approve Resolution No. 2998: In Recognition of National      Women’s History Month, March 2018 (Jessie Ryan)

7.2 Approve Resolution No. 2999: In Recognition of the Life and Memory of César E. Chávez (Mai Vang)

8.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may address the Board on non-agenda items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board.  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.

9.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

9.1 Consider Resolution No. 2993 or 2994: Renewal Charter Petition for Aspire Capitol Heights Academy (Jack Kraemer and Lane Weiss)

9.2 Consider Resolution No. 2995 or 2996: Renewal Charter Petition for Bowling Green Charter School (Jack Kraemer, Susan Gibson and Sylvia Silva-Torres) 

9.3 Approve Father Keith B. Kenny Grade Restructuring (Iris Taylor, Mary Hardin Young and Gail Johnson)

9.4 Approve K-12 ELA/ELD Instructional  Materials Adoption (Iris Taylor, Matt Turkie and Denise Leograndis)

9.5 Approve 2017-18 Second Interim Financial Report (Gerardo Castillo, CPA)

9.6 Approve Nutrition Services Price Increase (Cathy Allen and Diana Flores)

10.0 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.

10.1 Items Subject or Not Subject to Closed Session:

10.1a 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 (Gerardo Castillo, CPA)

10.1b Approve Personnel Transactions 3/15/18 (Cancy McArn)

10.1c Approve Consolidated Application 2017-18 Winter Report (Vincent Harris and Lisa Hayes)

10.1d Approve Staff Recommendations for Expulsion #12, 2017-18 (Lisa Allen and Stephan Brown)

10.1e Approve Exclusive Negotiating Agreement – Old Marshall School, 2718 G Street (Cathy Allen)

10.1f Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers Issued for the Period of February 2018 (Gerardo Castillo, CPA)

10.1g Approve C.K. McClatchy High School Field Trip to Atlanta, Georgia April 13-16, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Mary Hardin Young)

10.1h Approve C.K. McClatchy High School Field Trip to Louisville, Kentucky April 26-30, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Mary Hardin Young)

10.1i Approve C.K. McClatchy High School Field Trip to Ashland, Oregon April 6-8, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Mary Hardin Young)

10.1j Approve C.K. McClatchy High School Field Trip to Reno, Nevada April 13-15, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Mary Hardin Young)       

10.1k Approve George Washington Carver High School Field Trip to Ashland, Oregon March 26-29, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Chad Sweitzer)

10.1l Approve Hiram Johnson High School Field Trip to Reno, Nevada April 13-15, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Olga Arellano Simms)

10.1m Approve Hiram Johnson High School Field Trip to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania April 26-29, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Olga Arellano Simms)

10.1n Approve John F. Kennedy High School Field Trip to Calgary, Canada April 4-7, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Tu Moua-Carroz)

10.1o Approve Luther Burbank High School Field Trip to Reno, Nevada April 13-15, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Tu Moua-Carroz)

10.1p Approve Sutter Middle School Field Trip to Ashland, Oregon April 4-6, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Mary Hardin Young)

10.1q Approve West Campus High School Field Trip to Reno, Nevada April 13-15, 2018 (Iris Taylor and Chad Sweitzer)

10.1r Approve Vote for 2018 California School Board Association Delegate Assembly Representation, Sub Region 6-B (Jessie Ryan)

10.1s Approve Minutes of the March 1, 2018 Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)

11.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS

11.1 Business and Financial Information:

• Purchase Order Board Report for the Period of December 15, 2017 through January 14, 2018

11.2 Head Start/Early Head Start/Early Head Start Expansion Reports

12.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

• April 5, 2018 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

• April 19, 2018 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting

13.0 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 are available for public inspection at 5735 47th Avenue at the Front Desk Counter and on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu.

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