16-1309 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Tree Of Life Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to work with students in an 8th grade English Language Arts (ELA) class on writing poetry, helping students to express themselves, at West Oakland Middle School, at West Oakland Middle School, for the period of May 02, 2016 through June 09, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $1,400.00.