P.-70 18-2666 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Keith Welch, Alameda, CA, for the latter to conduct a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation funded early literacy cohort initiative, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, via the Early Childhood Education Department, for the period of August 20, 2018 through June 30, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.