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14-0998 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between the District and Tiago J. Robinson, Pinole, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 200 hours of service as follows: coordinate the Safe & Supportive Schools (S3) site project; monitor project implementation to ensure that programmatic interventions are implemented as described in the work plan; coordinate the annual Cal-SCHL Survey among all students, staff, and parents and ensure a 60% response rate for students and staff; maintain required documentation of all project services, activities, accomplishments, and program records; work with school and District staff to develop and submit the S3 annual progress reports and expenditure reports and maintain and/or monitor any budget or project modifications; work with site and District staff to ensure that funds are expended for allowable costs in compliance with the approved budget; comply with CDE evaluator requirements; coordinate ongoing data collection for evaluation purposes; facilitate and document S3 intervention team meetings; assist principal in organizing and conducting monthly town hall meetings in different locations throughout Oakland; organize 'No Bully' training for teachers and other staff; and coordinate and monitor the S3 project, at OHS, for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an additional amount not to exceed $10,000.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $60,000.00 to $70,000.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0998 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Tiago J. Robinson - Oakland High School (OHS)

14-0917 Approval by the Board of Education of new Board Policy 5145.14 - Tracking and Reducing Student Contacts With and Arrest by Law Enforcement - OSPD Responsibilities and Obligations. The proposed policy seeks to track and reduce student contacts with and arrests by law enforcement in order to reduce reliance on police for disciplinary and/or minor offenses, while at the same time paralleling the District's commitment to the Voluntary Resolution Plan and ensuring the safety of schools.

Legislation Text 14-0917 Board Policy 5145.14 (New) - Students - Tracking and Reducing Student Contacts With and Arrest by Law Enforcement - OSPD Responsibilities and Obligations

14-0919 Approval by the Board of Education of the new Board Policy 5145.13 Tracking and Reducing Student Contacts With and Arrests By Law Enforcement: OUSD Staff Responsibilities and Obligations. The proposed policy seeks to track and reduce student contacts with and arrests by law enforcement in order to reduce reliance on police for disciplinary and/or minor offenses, while at the same time paralleling the District's commitment to the Voluntary Resolution Plan and ensuring the safety of schools.

Legislation Text 14-0919 Board Policy 5145.13 (New) - Students - Tracking and Reducing Student Contacts With and Arrests By Law Enforcement: OUSD Staff Responsibilities and Obligations

14-0925 Approval by the Board of Education of amendments to Board Policy 5030, as delineated herein, bringing policy in compliance with Education Code, other state and federal requirements, which aims to ensure the social, emotional, and physical health of students in order to foster college, career, and community readiness.

Legislation Text 14-0925 Amendment - Board Policy 5030 - Students - Wellness

Finance and Human Resources Matter(s)

14-0627 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Memorandum of Understanding between the District and Eagle Village Community Center Youth & Family Services, Oakland, CA, for the later to provide a Family Resource Coordinator to perform services described in the amended Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the After School Program at Westlake Middle School, for the period of July 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014, in an additional amount of $14,464.19, increasing the MOU not to exceed amount from $87,805.00 to $102,269.19. All other terms and conditions of the MOU remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0627 Amendment No. 1 - Memorandum of Understanding - Eagle Village Community Center and Family Services - Westlake Middle School

14-0637 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Agreement between the District and Debbie Koppman, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 205 hours of arts integration teacher training and model lessons, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, in an additional amount of $10,252.00, increasing the not to exceed amount of Contract from $15,800.00 to $26,052.00 at Sequoia Elementary School, for the period of October 15, 2013 through June 12, 2014. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0637 Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract - Debbie Koppman - Sequoia Elementary School

14-0729 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between the District and Linda Orear, Orinda, CA, for the latter to provide 191.00 additional hours of Professional Development services for school site instructional and administrative staff; provide on-going professional development services that will enable teachers to provide a more effective instructional program and improve student academic achievement in curriculum areas of Reading Language Arts, Reading, and or Mathematics at St. Leo the Great School, in an additional amount not to exceed $8,977.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $6,298.00 to $15,275.00, for the period September 30, 2013 through June 30, 2014. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0729 Amendment No. 1 - Professional Services Contract - Linda Orear - St. Leo the Great School

14-0778 Approval by the Board of Education of an After School Programs (For School Based Programs Not Funded By ASES, 21st CCLC and OFCY) Memorandum of Understanding between the District and Playworks, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a full-time coordinator to support students and teachers to transform recess and play into a positive, community-building experience that promotes collaboration and physical and emotional safety, in order to improve academic achievement, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Markham Elementary School, for the period July 1, 2013 to August 29, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $20,933.00.

Legislation Text 14-0778 Memorandum of Understanding - Playworks, Inc. - Markham Elementary School

14-0781 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Great Books Foundation, Chicago, Ill., for the latter to provide professional development services for school site instructional and administrative staff; provide on-going professional development services that will enable teachers to provide a more effective program and improve student academic achievement in curriculum areas of Reading Language Arts, Reading, and/ or Mathematics, in an amount not to exceed $2,000.00 at Oakland Hebrew Day School, for the period of April 8, 2014 through June 30, 2014.

Legislation Text 14-0781 Professional Services Contract - Great Books Foundation - Oakland Hebrew Day School

14-0786 Ratification by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement Between Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute, Oakland, CA and the District, to include Salad Champions as persons hired with Grant Funds and to extend the term of the Agreement from September 1, 2013 through August 30, 2014 to August 30, 2015. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0786 Amendment No. 1 - Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement - Marcus A. Foster - School Based Produce Markets

14-0789 Approval by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Agreement between the District and Peer Health Exchange, San Francisco, CA, for the latter agency, using trained college students, to provide health workshops to 9th grade classes, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at named District high schools through the Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department, for the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, at no change to the District.

Legislation Text 14-0789 Memorandum of Agreement - Non-Profit Organization - Peer Health Exchange - Community Partnerships - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0799 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Dan Augustine, Hayward, CA, for the latter to provide services to configure the Chromebook management interface and Meraki wireless access points and document their configuration, including all testing, documentation and configuration of necessary network equipment to maximize the network, and design and document the Chromebook, cart, and network deployment, for the period of February 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0799 Professional Services Contract - Dan Augustine - Technology Services Department

14-0809 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Zachary Reidman, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to expand a community garden at Oakland International High School located at 4521 Webster Street; coordinate with bilingual community navigators to support newcomer refugee families with garden plots and affiliated programming, and coordinate and consult with FSCP staff member Nate Dunstan, Refugee and Aslyee Program Specialist; oversee family outreach and "on-boarding", building of the garden beds, planting, necessary materials and donations, and the development and implementation of a garden based ELD and health curriculum, so refugee families who participate in the garden will have a plot of rich soil to grow their own food and work with their family and others from the community, practice and improve their English and increase their comfort and experience interfacing with District staff and school campus which, in turn, will increase their comfort interacting with their child's school; finally, they will be able to spend a significant amount of time outside each week, taking part in a healthy, productive activity that will benefit their family in a variety of ways, for the period of October 1, 2013 through August 15, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0809 Professional Services Contract - Zachary Reidman - Refugee and Aslyee Program - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0811 Acceptance by the Board of Education of the After School Education and Safety Program Grant, from the California Department of Education, in the cumulative amount of $7,856,113.50, in particular the specific amount awarded each school named therein, for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof.

Legislation Text 14-0811 Grant Award Acceptance - California Department of Education - Oakland Unified School District - After School Education and Safety Program Grant