16-0506 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA, for the latter's Literacy Innovations For Teachers: Urban Partnership Project (LIFT Up) to provide professional development services to the St. Anthony Elementary School site instructional staff, aligned with the Common Core State Standards using critical thinking strategies and close reading, that will enable teachers to provide a more effective instructional program and improve student academic achievement in curriculum subjects such as Reading, Language Arts, and English, via the Office of Partnership Accountability, for the term January 4, 2016 through June 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.