Agenda for May 23 Board of Education Meeting (edit this)
Here is the agenda for the May 23 SF Board of Education meeting which will begin at 7 p.m. at the BOE’s Chambers at 555 Franklin:
1. First Reading of Commissioner Sanchez’s resolution that calls for all JROTC units at district campuses to shut down at the end of the 2006-07 school year, due to the military’s policy of excluding persons known to be gay or lesbian from its enlisted ranks. The resolution is being co-sponsored by Commissioner Kelly.
2. First Reading of Commissioner Mar’s Resolution in Support of Expanding Mandarin and Other Language Immersion Programs in SF Schools. The resolution is being co-sponsored by Commissioner Chin.
3. First Reading of a Resolution to Support Proposition 82 for All-Cosponsored by Norman Yee and Jill Wynns
4. Update on Language Immersion Programs
5. Update on School to Career Programs
6. Action Items to Increase Compensation for Unrepresented Certificated and Classified Management Employees who are not members of a District Bargaining Unit. This would include staff at the superintendent’s and other central office’s departments.
7. Action Item to Direct the Superintendent to include $26,334 in the 2006-07 budget to reimburse the City for televising BOE meetings on SFGTV Channel 26 and to instruct the Community Advisory Committee to include that $250,000 of Prop H money (from the “third” undesginated third of Prop H) as inkind services from the City for the budget of 2007-08. At last week’s BOS’ Budget Committee, the BOS was very clear that they wanted BOE to include and accept more inkind services as a portion of the Prop H funds to the District from the City, beginning in 2007-08.
8. Discussion on 2003 Prop A Bond and Future Bond Planning-2003 Prop A Bond is being used to mainly to bring schools in compliance to the Americans with Disabilities Act and Fire/Life Safety measures.
9. Resolution to Grant or Deny the Envision Schools Petition for Renewal of Charter for Creative Arts and Technology High School (CAT). The Curriculum and Program Committee & the Budget and Business Services Committee both agree to recommend granting the renewal.
10. Resolution to Grant or Deny San Francisco Sheriff’s Charter School (Five Keys) Petition for Renewal. The Curriculum and Program Committee & the Budget and Business Services Committee both agree to recommend granting the renewal.
11. Promoting and Regnizing Graduating Seniors’ Community Services by Commissioner Jill Wynns, Student Delegate Diana Suen and Student Delegate & TACT (The Association of Chinese Teachers) Scholarship Winner Jason Wong (who at the TACT awards ceremony this weekend said that he thought that it was interesting mix to learn drama at SOTA and then attend the BOE meetings as the student delegate. His line drew laughter from the crowd.)
12. Adoption of Instructional Materials for 10th Grade Modern World History, Conceptual Physics, General Physics, AP Physics B (Alegra based) AP Physics C (Calculus based), AP Biology and AP Chemistry
13. Discussion on the Joint Meeting with City College and how SFUSD & SFCCD’s Board of Trustee are looking at developing joint research on the High School Exit Exam
14. Aproval of Student Travel of Nine Students and 2 Certificated employees of George Washinton Carver ES to Washington DC-no cost to the district
15. Approval of Student Travel for 26 students and 2 certificated employees from Abraham Lincoln HS to Toronto for the International Dragon Boat Championships-no cost to the district
16. Approval of student travel for Francisco Middle School of three students and one certificated employee to Italy and Greece at no cost to the district
17. Approval of student travel for 25 students and 2 certificated employees from James Denman Middle School to Marin, CA to learn more about the ecology of Tennessee Vallley-cost to the district of $760 (cost of two substitutes)
18. Retroactive Authorization for Travel for Board Member Jill Wynns for her attendance at the Council of Great City Schools Legislative/Policy Conference in Washington D.C. on March 18-20. The agenda item does not include the amount of the costs expended for this trip.
19. Retroactive Authorization for Travel for Board Member Jill Wynns for her attendance at the National School Boards Association/CUBE 66th Annual Conference in Chicago, IL on April 6-10, 2006. The agenda item does not include the amount of the costs expended for this trip.
20. Retroactive Authorization for Travel for Board Member Eric Mar for his attendance at the Celebrating Education Opportunities for Hispanic Students in Tempe, AZ on April 28-29, 2006. The agenda item does not include the amount of the costs expended for this trip.
21. Amendment to Resolution 56-28B4 to increase the funds spend for legal services from the City of San Francisco’s City Attorney’s Office of Legal Services-No amount is given for this agenda item.
22. Authorization to Approve the following contracts:
a. $15,000 to Miller Company Landscape Architects for Sherman Elementary School to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
b. $19,356 to Construction Testing Services for George Washington High School to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
c. Reassign the contract originally awarded to 450 Architects to LevyDesign Partners for work on Lincoln High School’s modernization/bungalow replacement contract. The agenda item does not state what the original contract was for-or how much will be spent for this portion of the contract.
d. $23,680-Modification to a contract with Gelfand Partners for Mission High School to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
e. $33,508 to Thompson Pacific Construction, Inc. for a modficiation of a contract for Thurgood Marshall High School’s modernization to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
f. $23,054 to CLW Builders for a modification of a contract to install elevators at Dr. Charles Drew Alternative Elementary School to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
g. $8,803 to KCK Builders for a modification of a contract for modernization of Commodore Sloat Elementary School to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
h. $23,155 to Olivia Chen Consultants for a modernization of a contract regarding construction at George Washington HS (Olivia Chen doesn’t do contruction jobs-but is able to do construction management and other project related duties) to “”encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
i. $19,480 to Alpha Bay Builders for a modification to a contract for Alavarado Elementary School to “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
j. Modification of a contract with Cambridge CM for Lincoln High School-no change of original award amount
k. $421,000 for L.C. General Engineering and Construction for Bryant Elementary School “encumber sufficient funds from the Proposition 39 School Repair Program Fund.”
l. $592,000 to U.S. Electric Technologies for Phillip and Sala Burton HS from the 1990 School Facility Safety Special Tax Funds (Fund 21/90360)
m. $800,300 for Gold Spring Construction for Rooftop Elementary School from the Capital Facilities Fund (Fund 25/00000).
23. Approval of “Administrative, Secondary, Elementary Certificated Personnel Actions” The recommendation is “that the Board of Education approves the following personnel actions as summarized.” But there isn’t any more detail listed in the agenda.
24. Authorize to accept a grant of $2,224,309 from the Dept. of General Services for matching funds for ADA upgrades, fire/life safety upgrades, hazardous materials remediation and other modernization to schools under Proposition A 2003 Bond Program.
25. Authorization for Budget Transfers for Fiscal Year 2005-06-No amount is shown in the resolution nor is any backup documentation included to show the amount of funds being transferred from the unrestricted general fund and restricted general fund.
26. Consultant contracts-those that would include expenditure of general unrestricted funds are:
a. $1,650 to Karen Liu to provide lessons integrating Houghton Mifflin with visual arts at Hillcrest.
b. $3,900 to Alyssa Morgan to guide students on the design and implementation of a school mural based on the Giannini family history per grant from the Claire Giannini fund (but the funds are being spent out of unrestricted general funds) for A.P. Giannini Middle School.
c. $1,000 to Mike Curtis to aquire and install a sound system for the school auditorium at George Washington High School
d. $9,855-Little Design Group to design and produce an illustrated calendar for the 2006-07 school year with the Office of Parent Relations
e. $250,000-Infinite Control Systems to provide maintenance and services of the Automatic Controls for the Heating System-no location is specified
f. $54,500-School Innovations & Advocacy (SFUSD’s lobbying firm) to develop a site service plan for designated sites and to provide on-site training and advisory services. The fee connected to the Site Service Plan will be payable when the State Controller’s Office resumes payment of Mandate Reimbursement Claims.