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15-0006 Acceptance by the Board of Education of a donation from Internationals Network for Public Schools, to support professional development, community schools programming and the Internationals Approach, at Oakland International High School, for the period Decembe17, 2014 through December 1, 2015, in the amount of $85,000.00, pursuant to terms and conditions thereof, if any.

Legislation Text 15-0006 Donation - Internationals Network for Public Schools - Oakland International High School

15-0035 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Cantare Con Vivo, Oakland, CA, for the latter to supply teaching artists to provide 30 weekly lessons for each TK-5 , teaching a sequential curriculum, designed to teach fundamental music concepts specific to each grade level, expose students to diverse musical traditions from around the world and to build community and cooperation among students, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Cleveland Elementary School, for the term of October 31, 2014 through June 15, 2015, at a cost not the exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0035 Professional Services Contract - Cantare Con Vivo - Cleveland Elementary School

15-0039 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Oakland Public Education Fund, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: help to create donation systems through the website to help support school parent-student field trips; help to create communication systems that support consistent parent engagement such as website, email, and phone notification; support with creating college awareness with students and families; and provide parent/student education workshops on A-G requirements, high school readiness, common core, college and career and social emotional support for middle school students, at Roots International Academy, for the period October 9, 2014 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0039 Professional Services Contract - Oakland Public Education Fund - Roots International Academy

15-0040 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: serve as the Lead Agency for Roots International Academy and provide high quality, daily after-school programming for Roots students, with outcomes through services as described in the Scope of Work, at Roots International Academy, for the period January 5, 2015 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0040 Professional Services Contract - East Oakland Youth Development Center - Roots International Academy

15-0044 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and National Equity Project, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide coaching, technical assistance and professional development-in-service of developing distributed instructional leadership, as described in the Scope of Work, at RISE Community School, for the term of October 1, 2014 through June 11, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $20,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0044 Professional Services Contract - National Equity Project - RISE Community School

15-0046 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Hecheng Liu, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the Purple Silk Music Education Foundation Residency Program designed to introduce students to the joy of music, to support and enhance classroom curriculum through in-depth, sequential instruction in traditional Chinese musical instruments, folk music and opera, serving grades three through five through instruction and rehearsals for a total of 36 weeks; teach students musical techniques, note reading, proper phrasing of Chinese and other multicultural song and orchestra music; and provide instruction on the history of Chinese and Asian music and use music and songs to teach students about history as well as increased illiteracy and History and Language Arts, at Lincoln Elementary School, for the term of September 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $6,500.00.

Legislation Text 15-0046 Professional Services Contract - Hecheng Liu - Lincoln Elementary School

15-0057 Acceptance by the Board of Education of a donation from Claremont PTA, for the purchase of Chromebook carts at Claremont Middle School, for the period January 5, 2015 through June 15, 2015, in the amount of $13,153.00, pursuant to terms and conditions thereof, if any.

Legislation Text 15-0057 Donation - Claremont PTA - Claremont Middle School

15-0065 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Juan Quintana, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide daily support to groups of individuals identified as at risk students, continual context panels of interest by phone home visits, professional development - on-going - for the staff, and understanding the issues of K-5 at risk students and how these issues can be addressed during the school day, and providing parent workshops in primary language on how parents can improve student academic and social skills, at Franklin Elementary School, for the term of August 25, 2014 through June 11, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $35,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0065 Professional Service Contract - Juan Quintana - Franklin Elementary School

15-0066 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and HERO, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a K-5 physical activity program, through sportsmanship team building, self-esteem and developing gross motor skills, social skills and teaching students how to follow multi-step instructions and work specifically with special needs, at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy, for the period September 29, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0066 Professional Services Contract - HERO, Inc. - Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy

15-0067 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Z-sharp, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide weekly music classes to K-3rd graders to assist in developing a strategic plan for implementing and sustaining arts instruction for students; design a comprehensive sequential music curriculum support for music faculty that fulfills applicable instruction standards; communicate with parents, students and the community at large about the program and enlist their support, at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy, for the term of September 29, 2014 through June 6, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $14,000.00.

Legislation Text 15-0067 Professional Services Contract - Z-sharp - Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy

15-0083 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Dexter Coleman, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide intervention strategies for K, 1st and 2nd grade students by teaching them conflict resolution strategies, ways to resolve issues on the playground and ways to play on the playground, provide trainings and support to the parents of the students in the Junior Coaches program, provide problem solving and conflict resolution strategies to parents and do home visits, if necessary, at Chabot Elementary School, for the term of January 5, 2015 through June 30, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $4,125.00.

Legislation Text 15-0083 Professional Services Contract - Dexter Coleman - Chabot Elementary School

Chief Academic Officer

14-1768 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide its Artist-In-Residence Program, as specifically tailor for each of the following schools: West Oakland Middle, Frick Middle, Prescott Elementary, Carl B. Munck Elementary and Encompass Academy, and provide facilitation, mapping and planning for a STEM and arts integration strategy for West Oakland middle schools, via the Learning, Curriculum and Instruction Department, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, for the period November 1, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $73,020.00.

Legislation Text 14-1768 Professional Service Contract - Attitudinal Healing Connections - Learning, Curriculum and Instruction

14-2352 Ratification of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Renee Stepney, Oakland, CA, for the latter to coordinate and facilitate instructional gardening program, including teaching K-12 classes on "sustainable living and how to grow your own food:" ensure that garden's basic physical infrastructure (water, fencing, mulch, compost, tools... etc.) is maintained in working conditions and accessible to gardener, at Sojourner Truth Independent Study Program, for the period October 1, 2014 through June 15, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-2352 Professional Services Contract - Renee Stepney - Sojourner Truth Independent Study

14-2387 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the District and East Bay Agency for Children, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide reduced services to support a Quality Support Coach and return the funds back to the school site for the period of July 1, 2014 through August 21, 2015, in the lesser amount of $2,500.00, decreasing the not to exceed amount of Memorandum of Understanding from $95,955.00 to $93,455.00. All other terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding remain in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-2387 Amendment No. 1 - Memorandum of Understanding - East Bay Agency for Children - Sequoia Elementary School