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14-0325 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and East Bay Agency for Children, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide services in partnership with the Title I funded morning summer school program in order to provide an additional three hours of afternoon enrichment, including physical activity, and other summer learning opportunities for Students, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, via the Department of Family, School and Community Partnerships Department, for the period of July 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0325 Professional Services Contract - East Bay Agency for Children - Summer Learning Programs - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0326 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Latino Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse-Alameda County, Oakland, CA, for the latter to serve one (1) District secondary school to train students in tobacco free advocacy towards making a presentation to adults who make tobacco policy; train students to identify adult tobacco policy decision makers in their community and make a presentation to them to influence them to reduce community exposure to Big Tobacco products; instruct an 18 lesson curriculum approved by CDE, on developing presentations for adult decision makers who can reduce exposure to tobacco in their own community, and perform other services, as delineated in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, through the Department of Family, School and Community Partnership Department, for the period of September 26, 2013 through June 6, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $4,500.00

Legislation Text 14-0326 Professional Services Contract - Latino Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse-Alameda County - Health and Wellness - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

14-0328 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and David D. Gibson, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide restorative justice support as well as mentoring to underserved youth, including conducting student, staff, and parent circles, one on one case management, home visits, parent communication, student academic support and supporting teachers facilitate community building and harm circles and perform other services delineated in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at Edna Brewer Middle School, for the period of November 18, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $31,230.00.

Legislation Text 14-0328 Professional Services Contract - David D. Gibson - Edna Brewer Middle School

14-0329 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Hero, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a variety of counseling/mentoring services to target student population - Title 1, Latino and African American - in the form of social skills classes five days a week, boys mentoring program once a week, Young HERO Leadership Program for Upper Grade students twice a week and professional development for staff as needed and appropriate, at Laurel Elementary School, for the period of September 16, 2013 through June 13, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $27,994.60.

Legislation Text 14-0329 Professional Services Contract - Hero, Inc. - Laurel Elementary School

14-0331 Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Hero, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a variety of mentoring services to target student population - Title I, Latino and African American students - in the form of social skills classes five days a week, boys mentoring program once a week, Young HERO Leadership Program for upper grade students twice a week, social skills class for SDC students once a week, and professional development for staff as needed and appropriate, at Manzanita SEED Elementary School, for the period of August 26, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $28,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0331 Professional Services Contract - Hero, Inc. - Manzanita SEED Elementary School

14-0339 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and George Epps II, Concord, CA, for the latter to provide one day a week, meeting with each class forty five minutes blocks per class, music instruction focused on multicultural math concepts and Open Court themes; presentations by Kindergarten and 5th grade class during their promotional program in June and provided service to the entire student body at Lafayette Elementary School, for the period of November 12, 2013 through June 10, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $4,357.09.

Legislation Text 14-0339 Professional Services Contract - George Epps II - LaFayette Elementary School

14-0341 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Tao Shi, San Leandro, CA, for the latter to teach students musical techniques, note reading, proper phrasing of Chinese and other multicultural folk songs and orchestral music; history of Chinese and Asian music; use music and songs to teach students about history as well as increase their literacy in History and Language Arts at Lincoln Elementary School, for the period of December 2, 2013 through April 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $6,499.85.

Legislation Text 14-0341 Professional Services Contract - Tao Shi - Lincoln Elementary School

14-0343 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Man Cheng, for the latter to coach students in percussion, bowing, and plucking instruments; teach individual lessons and music theory to students; teach a music ensemble class; musical techniques, note reading, proper phrasing of Chinese and other multicultural folksongs and orchestral music, fifteen hours per week; provide instruction on the history of Chinese and Asian music and use music and songs to teach students about history as well as increase their literacy in History and Language arts, for the period of January 6, 2014 through April 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $6,500.00.

Legislation Text 14-0343 Professional Services Contract - Man Cheng - Lincoln Elementary School

14-0365 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Super Stars Literacy, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide daily early literacy intervention and social development programming to kindergarten through second grade, after school until 5:00 p.m., to increase the percentage by double digits of students performing at benchmark or above at Reach Academy, for the period of September 9, 2013 through June 12, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0365 Professional Services Contract - Super Stars Literacy, Inc. - Reach Academy

14-0367 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Project Re-Connect, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: 1. Provide Gang Awareness/Prevention and Family Strengthening Education Program for a minimum of 80 parents and caregivers of youth involved in gangs or at high risk of gang involvement: a. Program shall include four workshop series during the year. b. Each workshop series shall include six sessions serving a minimum of 20 parent/caregivers. c. Each session shall be two and a half hours long; 2. Participate in quarterly Interagency Gang Prevention Collaborative meetings and work groups; and 3. Provide data for program evaluation, for the period of October 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $60,800.00.

Legislation Text 14-0367 Professional Services Contract - Project Re-Connect - Office of Alternative Education

14-0372 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MMOU) between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services for the 93 students served daily, increasing program services, using Menu of Service Option H: Day Time Academic Support, for students and families at Reach Academy, for the period of July 1, 2013 through August 22, 2014, in the additional amount of $15,000.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $93,960.00 to $108,960.00. All other terms and conditions of the ISA remains in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0372 Amendment No. 1, Individual Service Agreement - Bay Area Community Resources - Reach Academy

14-0373 Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Individual Service Agreement to the Master Memorandum of Understanding (MMOU) between the District and Bay Area Community Resources, San Rafael, CA, for the latter to provide additional services for the 93 students served daily, increasing program services, using Menu of Service Option K: Health and Wellness, for students and families at Esperanza Academy, for the period of July 1, 2013 through August 22, 2014, in the additional amount of $19,950.00, increasing the ISA not to exceed amount from $65,131.00 to $85,081.00. All other terms and conditions of the ISA remains in full force and effect.

Legislation Text 14-0373 Amendment-Bay Area Community Resources-Esperanza Elementary

14-0388 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Community Matters, Sebastopol, CA, for the latter provide a two day training for students, staff, and parents; a parent workshop; pre-and post-training coaching support; program materials; and additional online resources during the 2013-2014 school year; work with staff, parents, and students to train them in the Safe School Ambassador Program in order to build a foundation of social skills and relationships that support positive classroom behavior and overall school climate, equipping students to become change agents and to stand up against mistreatment; teach students nonviolent communication and intervention skills so that they can take action and speak up and intervene when they see mistreatment at Emerson Elementary School, for the period of September 12, 2013 through June 13, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $7,650.00.

Legislation Text 14-0388 Professional Services Contract - Community Matters - Emerson Elementary School

14-0431 Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Soccer Without Borders, Oakland, CA, for the latter to be responsible for the following activities for at least 25 newly-arrived refugee middle and elementary school students: weekly boys soccer training session (for 15+ students) and weekly games; weekly girls soccer training session (for 10+ students) and weekly games; integration of weekly goal-setting and teambuilding activities into all weekly trainings; Friday afternoon "soccer school" for 15+ refugee boys, that includes high school planning, report card review, goal setting and tutoring; and end of year celebration integrating family members, coaches, students and teachers; responsible for planning and implementing all lessons, acquiring all necessary equipment and securing field space, ensuring a safe, constructive and positing learning environment for youth, with the expect outcomes to be that 25+ refugee students will have weekly access to healthy, constructive and safe outdoor activities, opportunities to make friendships across cultures, incentives to learn and practice English and confidence and excitement to set and maintain positive goals for the school year, for the period of October 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

Legislation Text 14-0431 Professional Services Contract - Soccer Without Borders - Transitional Students and Families - Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department

13-2883 Approval by the Board of Education of an Individual Service Agreement between District and Ed Support Services - Pupil 13-14-V056374-32191 for services specified herein for the period of August 26, 2013 through June 30, 2014 in an amount not to exceed $53,700.00 pursuant to terms and conditions of Master Contract with Ed Support Services.

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