P.-27 19-1774 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Leslie Lopez, Oakland , CA, for the latter to provide parent engagement and training around key academic support areas, particularly focusing on the new demands of the Common Core State Standards, and how it may affect the type of work students are asked to do, both in school and at home; training and information on A-G course requirements and strategies for supporting academic language and literacy in the home; specialized support and strategies for Families, who are English Learners, and whose children and English Learners, in assisting and supporting the educational development of their children; and teach parents how to monitor and support homework completion and ways in which to assist their children in building critical language skills at Elmhurst United Middle School, for the period of August 12, 2019 through May 31, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $29,970.00.