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. 2022110682 and Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2020-00282457) 

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

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

3.4 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsions: Expulsion# 12,13,14, and 15 2022/2023 (Lisa Allen)

3.5 Government Code 54956.8-Conference with Real Property Negotiators Property: 3200, 3301 37th Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95824 Agency Negotiator:  Superintendent or designee Negotiating Parties:  SCUSD and La Familia 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 Jasjit Singh       

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 https://www.scusd.edu/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 Approve Women’s History Month Resolution No. 3309  (Board Member Jamee Villa)

9.2 Approve Trans Day of Visibility Resolution No. 3310 (Nicole Kangas)

PPT

PUBLIC COMMENT

9.3 COVID-19 Update (Victoria Flores)

PPT

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

PPT

10.0 PUBLIC HEARING

10.1 History/Social Science K-12 Instructional Materials Adoption: Program Recommendations (Erin Hanson, Assistant Superintendent Curriculum and Instruction Shannon Pella, Director Professional Learning Literacy, ELA, Humanities Kari Lofing, Coordinator GATE and AP Programs Erinn Leone, Teacher and History/Social Science Department Chair, Luther Burbank High School)

PPT

11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES

11.1 2022-23 2nd Interim Financial Report and FCMAT Update (Rose Ramos)

PPT

11.2 Transportation Allowance for Home-to-School Transportation Services Plan (Ron Hill)

PPT

11.3 Review and Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement for Independent Contractor Services- SA23-00043 (Rose Ramos)

11.4 Revision to Board Policy 6170.1- Transitional Kindergarten (Yvonne Wright)

PPT

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

PPT

11.6 Review and Approve Amendment No.1 to Agreement for Legal Services- SA23-00158 (Rose Ramos)

11.7 Review and Approve Contract for Auditing Services-          SA23-00533 by Crowe LLP (Rose Ramos)

12.0 COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Superintendent’s Report (Jorge A. Aguilar)

12.2 President’s Report (Chinua Rhodes)

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 (Rose Ramos)

13.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)

13.1c Approve Donations to the District for the Period of February 1-28, 2023 (Rose Ramos)

13.1d Approve Business and Financial Report: Warrants, Checks and Electronic Transfers issued for the Period of February 1-28, 2023 (Rose Ramos)

13.1e Approve Minutes for the November 3, 2022, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)

13.1f Approve Sutter Middle School Field Trip to Boston, MA May 21-26, 2023 (Lisa Allen and Vanessa Buitrago)

13.1g Approve Sutter Middle School Field Trip to Washington, DC March 30-April 4, 2023 (Lisa Allen and Vanessa Buitrago)

13.1h Approve Retention of Eleven (11) Firms for the DSA Inspector of Record Pool in Response to Request for Qualifications (Rose Ramos)

13.1i Approve Staff Recommendations for Expulsion#12, 13, 14, and 15 2022/2023 (Lisa Allen and Stephan Brown)

 13.1j Approve C.K. McClatchy High School University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions Debate April 13-18, 2023 (Lisa Allen and Vanessa Buitrago)

14.0 BUISNESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/ REPORTS     

14.1 Business and Financial Information:

Enrollment Report- Month 5 and PO Board Report Period of January 15, 2023, through February 14, 2023 (Rose Ramos)

15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS

  • April 13, 2023, 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
  • 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

16.0 ADJOURNMENT

NOTE:  The Sacramento 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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