14-1565 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Kids First, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide Peers Advising Students to Succeed (PASS-2) programming for Oakland Technical, Skyline, Fremont, Castlemont, and Oakland High Schools two days a week during the 2013-14 school year to train upper classmen to mentor 9th grade students so they are successful graduating high school and attending college; conduct additional workshops at 4 additional high schools that do not offer the program and 3 middle schools; provide REAL HARD programs at Oakland Technical, Fremont and Castlemont High Schools, and a Culture Keeping class at Oakland Tech, all via the Family, School and Community Partnerships Department, during the 2013-14 school year, for the period of March 14, 2014 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00.