15-1828 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Gynelle McBride, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 1,080 hours (30 hours per week) of academic intervention for low-achieving students, combined with Basic Interviewing Interventions (derived from Motivational Interviewing evidence-based practice) for students who are identified as using substances on school site or during school hours to reduce students' risk of continued and/or escalating substance use/abuse and as an alternative to suspension, at Oakland Technical High School, for the period of August 17, 2015 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $32,400.00.