12-2795 Ratification by the Board of Education for a Professional Services Contract between District and Anika Hardy, Oakland, CA, for the latter, to serve as School Readiness Enrollment & Outreach Coordinator Consultant, responsible for coordinating, initiating, participating in community-wide collaborative planning meetings, events, and data analysis in support of boosting internal & external awareness & interest in enrolling children in District preschools, District Summer "PreK to K" bridge programs, and District Transitional & Traditional Kindergartens across the District, with particular emphasis on Region 3, and Region 1 heartland schools, with all meetinga and events of the Initiative centered around the following four research-based pillars for families in the early years and early grades: Multiple Literacies in a 21st Century world, Attendance, Nutrition, & Health & Wellness, for the period of October 15, 2012 through December 15, 2012, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00.