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 (One Potential Case)
b) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (OAH Case No. 2023120718 and OAH Case No. 2023120695)
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 54957.6(a) and (b) Negotiations/Conference with Labor Negotiator, Non-Represented Employee: Interim Superintendent (District Representative: Board President)
3.4 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
3.5 Education Code 35146- The Board will hear staff recommendation on the following student expulsions from 23-24: Expulsion #4 2023-2024 (David Van Natten)
3.6 Government Code 54957- Public Employee Appointment
a) Approve – Principal, Father Keith B. Kenny
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 Jamee Villa
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.
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
- Native American Parent Committee
9.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
10.0 PUBLIC HEARING
11.0 BOARD WORKSHOP/STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
11.1 Surplus Property: Options and Overview of Process (Nathaniel Browning)
12.0 COMMUNICATIONS
12.1 President’s Report (Lavinia Phillips)
12.2 Student Member Report (Liliana Miller Segura)
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:
13.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)
13.1c Approve Donations to the District for the Period of January 1-31, 2024 (Janea Marking)
13.1f Approve Minutes for the February 15, 2024, Regular Board of Education Meeting (Lisa Allen)
13.1g Approve Resolution No. 3392: Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Lisa Allen)
13.1h Approve Staff Recommendation for Expulsion #4 2023-2024 (David Van Natten)
13.1k Approve 2023-24 Transportation Plan (Ron Hill)
13.1l Approve Traditional School Calendar 2024-2025 & 2025-2026 School Year (Cancy McArn)
13.1m Approve Adult Education Calendar 2024-2025 & 2025-2026 School Year (Cancy McArn)
13.1n Approve New Technology High School Calendar 2024-2025 & 2025-2026 (Cancy McArn)
14.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS
15.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
- April 4, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:30 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
- April 18, 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 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 relating to an open session item will be available for public inspection at the Serna Center, at 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, during normal business hours or on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu.
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