April 18th, 2023

 

Open Session / Reports

A. Meeting Practices and Public Comment Opportunities

 

 

Reports

A. Student Board Members Reports

 

 

B. Superintendent of Schools Report

 

 

Open Forum

 

 

Approval of Consent Calendar

A. Certificated Personnel Items. It is recommended the Board approve the certificated personnel items as presented.

B. Classified Personnel Items. It is recommended the Board approve the classified personnel items as presented.

C. Approval of Minutes for March 28, 2023, Regular Board Meeting. It is recommended the Board approve the minutes for March 28, 2023, Regular Board Meeting.

D. Approval of March Warrants and Purchase Orders. It is recommended the Board approve the March warrants and purchase orders as presented.

E. Annual Authorization to Purchase School Site Technical Equipment. It is recommended the Board authorize staff to purchase technology during the 2023-24 fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.

F. Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P) Contracts for the 2023-24 School Year. It is recommended the Board approve ELO-P contracts for the 2023-24 school year.

G. Elementary Grades TK/Y5s-2 Supplemental Materials Review Adoption. It is recommended the Board approve the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness curriculum as an English Language Arts (ELA) supplemental curriculum for grades TK/Y5s-2 for adoption beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

H. Resolution No. 2022-23.15 to Update District Credit Card Account. It is recommended the Board approve Resolution No. 2022-23.15 to update the District Credit Card Account list of positions for which a district credit card will be issued.

I. Authorization to Purchase and Install Playground Equipment for Magical Bridge Playground at El Carmelo Elementary School. It is recommended the Board authorize staff to: 1) Submit to the Division of the State Architect (DSA), 2) Utilize California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) contracts to purchase accessible playground equipment from Kompan, Inc., and 3) Bid on installing the Measure Z Magical Bridge Playground at El Carmelo Elementary School.

J. Authorization to Award Contracts for Move Service Management for Palo Verde and Hoover Elementary Schools. It is recommended the Board award contracts for move service management to Van Pelt Construction Services for: 1) Palo Verde staff move from the Greendell Temporary Campus to the Palo Verde Campus in the amount of $32,967, 2) Hoover staff move from the Hoover Campus to the Greendell Temporary Campus in the amount of $22,707, and 3) Incidental moves or construction services related to other campus moves during the summer in the amount of $15,000.

 

 

Action Items

A. 2023-24 Budget Assumptions. It is recommended the Board approve the 2023-24 Budget Assumptions.

 

 

B. Proposed Options to Address Declining Enrollment in Palo Alto Unified School District. It is recommended the Board approve the following initial actions to address declining enrollment in PAUSD: 1) Invite full-time Palo Alto City employees to enroll their children in PAUSD and develop enrollment timelines, 2) Reduce the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) percentage required for PAUSD employees to enroll their children in PAUSD to 75%, and 3) Notifications of school placements will be sent to families no later than five (5) days prior to the start of the first day of school.

 

 

C. Approval of Measure A and Measure Z Bond Program Project List. It is recommended the Board approve the revised Measure A and Measure Z Bond program project list.

 

 

D. Employment Agreement for the Assistant Superintendent of Innovation and Agile Teams. It is recommended the Board approve the employment agreement of Dr. Jeong Choe as the Assistant Superintendent of Innovation and Agile Teams of Palo Alto Unified School District for the term of July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025.

 

 

Discussion Items

A. The PAUSD Promise for 2023-24. It is recommended the Board discuss the proposed priority area goals for the 2023-24 school year.

 

 

B. Authorization to Bid Measure Z Summer Projects. It is recommended the Board authorize staff to solicit bids for the Measure Z projects below.

 

 

Staff Reports

Information Items

A. Healthy Attendance. This item is for information only; no action is required.

B. Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations – Social-Emotional Learning & Functionality (SELF) and Advisory at High School Level. This item is for information only; no action is required.

C. Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations – Consent Education. This item is for information only; no action is required.

D. Williams Uniform Complaints Third Quarter Report. This item is for information only; no action is required.

E. Ad Hoc Committee Updates. This item is for information only; no action is required.

F. Title IX Update. This item is for information only; no action is required.

G. Public Records Act Update. This item is for information only; no action is required.

H. 2022-23 Calendar of Board Items. This item is for information only; no action is required.

 

 

Board Operations

A. Reports

B. Information Requests

Adjournment