Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms
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, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (District Representative Cancy McArn)
3.2 Government Code 54956.9 Conference with Legal Counsel:
a) Existing litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) of Government Code section 54956.9 (Black Parallel School Board, et al. v. SCUSD, et al., Case No. 2:19-cv-01768-TLN-KJN)
b) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)
c) Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(4) of Government Code section 54956.9 (One Potential Case)
3.3 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Reassignment
3.4 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Performance Evaluation:
a) Superintendent
3.5 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Appointment
a) Phoebe Hearst Elementary – Principal
b) Instructional Assistant Superintendent
4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance
4.2 Broadcast Statement (Student Member Ang-Olson)
4.3 Stellar Student Recognition: Source Media Agency, SCUSD Youth Media Team; Presentation of Certificate by Student Member Ang-Olson
5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION
7.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
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 African American Achievement Task Force (Vincent Harris and Task Force Members)
9.2 Be HERE Grant and Attendance Update (Doug Huscher, Ken McPeters, and Jennifer Kretschman)
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.
10.1b Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)
10.1c Approve Donations List for the Period of August 1-31, 2019 (Rose Ramos)
10.1d Approve Board Policy 5113.1 Revision: Truancy (Doug Huscher and Jennifer Kretschman)
10.1f Approve Minutes of the September 5, 2019, Board of Education Meeting (Jorge A. Aguilar)
10.1k Approve Resolution No. 3104: Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Jessie Ryan)
11.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS
12.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
October 3, 2019 – 4:30 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
October 17th, 2019 – 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 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 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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