10:05Call to Order
1.1Roll CallProcedural
20:05Oral Communication on Closed Session Items Only
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3Closed Session – 6:30 p.m.
3.1Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code Section 54956.9: One case.Information
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40:40Reconvene to Regular Session at Approximately 7:00 p.m.
4.1Roll Call
4.2Report Out on Closed Session from June 22, 2022
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50:53Welcome
5.1Welcome by the School Board President, María Díaz-SlocumProcedural
60:53Changes to the Agenda
6.1Additions, Deletions or Modifications to the AgendaDiscussion
70:53Approval of Agenda
7.1Approval of AgendaAction
82:10Oral Communication
8.1If you have public comment related to a Regular Board Meeting item, please post it on the links available under Public Content prior to the Regular Board Meeting or immediately upon the meeting opening.Information
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Public Comment Links: English: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexN3rAtNYJrhCjKT0s9AG__Eq0-_iAUFPI6ID3Mo0Jn8yeGA/viewform?usp=sf_link Spanish: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMO3Wo8kjGmJF7KNhihQqanOLfzfoyQ7IT904jU9QtFFF28Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
92:22School/Community Reports
9.12:22Information Regarding Recent Panorama Climate Survey: Spring Administration Results and Comparison to Fall Administration ResultsInformation
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Rationale: The Panorama Climate Survey has been administered yearly in the Redwood City School District to ascertain the perception of students (grades 3 - 8), families (all families), and school staff in regards to school climate and culture, positive relationships and school safety. Items in the school climate and culture section measure the social and learning climate of the school environment, including rules and norms, behaviors, student engagement and physical facilities. In the positive relationships section of questions, social connectedness and interpersonal relationships between students and teachers (like the sense of belonging and valuing of school) are measured. School safety questions relate to the physical and psychological climate and safety at school, including questions about bullying, violence and availability of support for students. When compared with fall survey results, Panorama spring results, across all survey taking groups, show a decline in favorable responses. This spring, additional items were added to the Panorama Climate Survey to cover items related to drug and alcohol use that have been surveyed historically in the California Healthy Kids Survey. This change was made in order to reduce the number of surveys students were taking at the end of the year, in addition to state and local testing. While not displayed in the slides, the data from the Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug (ATOD) portion of the Panorama survey showed that there is a high perception of peer and high school ATOD use. The data shows a wide gap in actual use versus perceived use amongst peers. This can lead to drug prevention opportunities partnering with teachers and local agencies to have discussion with students about their thoughts around actual vs perceived norms, perceptions vs misperceptions and why they're important to student health and also decision-making and peer support for non-use. This data will also give feedback to our high school program for incoming 9th grade students that will help them to develop discussion around ATOD with students regarding the perceived notions about high school and how to make the right choice. Financial Impact: Panorama contract. $22,775, yearly Submission for Approval Prepared by: Liz Wolfe, Assistant Superintendent, Ed Services Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
9.230:00Information Regarding Recent iReady Diagnostic Exam Results and Comparison to Fall ResultsInformation
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Rationale: i-Ready is an integrated mathematics and reading program that consists of i-Ready Assessment (a K-12 adaptive diagnostic with standards mastery and growth monitoring) and i-Ready Instruction (a K-8 personalized learning program). Teachers in the Redwood City School District have been using i-Ready since the fall of 2020. iReady was administered three times during the school year 2021-22 (fall, winter, spring) to assess and monitor each student’s growth in mastery of their reading and mathematics grade level standards. The attached presentation compares the results of the fall 2021 assessment to the spring 2022 assessment in reading and mathematics. Financial Impact: $220,000 yearly Submission for Approval Prepared by: Liz Wolfe, Assistant Superintendent, Ed Services Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
10Bond Program Consent Items
11Bond Program Action Items
1242:26Discussion Items
12.142:26Discussion of the Board Meeting Calendar for the 2022-23 School YearDiscussion
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Rationale: It is the Administration's recommendation that the School Board review and discuss the proposed calendar of board meeting dates for the 2022-23 school year. Once the School Board has discussed the dates, the calendar will be presented at the June 29th board meeting for final approval. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Eliana García, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
1346:16Consent Items
13.1Approval of Consent ItemsAction
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13.2Approval of May 25th Board MinutesAction
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Rationale: The board minutes have been reviewed by the Clerk, the Superintendent, and Administration. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Eliana García, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
13.3Approval of June 1st Board MinutesAction
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Rationale: The board minutes have been reviewed by the Clerk, the Superintendent, and Administration. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Eliana García, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
13.4Approval of June 13th Board MinutesAction
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Rationale: The board minutes have been reviewed by the Clerk, the Superintendent, and Administration. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Eliana García, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
13.5Approval of Agreement between Adrian Amandi and Redwood City School District for Visual Impairment ServicesAction (Consent)
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Rationale: Adrian Amandi will provide trainings, assessments, and direct vision services during the 2022-2023 school year to students with visual impairments so they may access the core and expanded core curriculum. Financial Impact: Services for the 2022-2023 school year = $249,256.67. Special Education Fund. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Patricia Pelino, Director of Special Education Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert’s Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Most of the items listed under the consent agenda have gone through Board subcommittee review and recommendation. Documentation concerning these items has been provided to all board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. §
13.6Approval of Agreement between Rebekah Will and Redwood City School District for Audiology ServicesAction (Consent)
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Rationale: Dr. Rebekah Will will provide trainings, assessments, and audiology services during the 2022-2023 school year to RCSD students so they may access the core and expanded core curriculum. Financial Impact: Services for the 2022-2023 school year = $73,125. Special Education Fund. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Patricia Pelino, Director of Special Education Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert’s Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Most of the items listed under the consent agenda have gone through Board subcommittee review and recommendation. Documentation concerning these items has been provided to all board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. §
1446:52Public Hearing
14.146:52Public Hearing and Discussion of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) for 2022-23Discussion
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Rationale: The LCAP is a critical part of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). The LCFF Supplemental & Concentration Grant portion of the LCFF entitlements are expected to be principally directed toward the success of English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless, and Low Income students. The state requirements for Stakeholder Engagement in the LCAP development are: The School Board must: hold at least one public hearing with an opportunity for public comment and recommendations regarding the specific actions and expenditures proposed in the LCAP adopt the LCAP and the district's budget at a separate public meeting RCSD has engaged parents, educators, employees, union members, students and community to update the 2021-22 LCAP and make revisions for the 2022-23 LCAP through a series of meetings and through an analysis of local data. The final draft of the Annual Update and LCAP were taken to the LCAP Committee and DELAC for review on May 31, 2022. The attached document contains the following items: LCFF Budget Overview for Parents Supplement to Annual Update for 2021-22 LCAP 2022-23 LCAP Plan Summary Engaging Educational Partners Goals, Actions, Services Increased or Improved Services Expenditure Tables: 2022-23 Total Expenditures Table 2022-23 Contributing Actions Table 2021-22 Annual Update Table 2021-22 Contributing Actions Annual Update Table 2021-22 LCFF Carryover Table LCAP Instructions Financial Impact: The total General Fund revenues contained in the 2022-23 LCAP is $75.2 million of which $66.6 million is from Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) sources/Basic Aid Property Taxes, $6.3 million from Federal, $2.2 million from State, and $166 thousand from Local revenue sources. Of the total LCFF entitlement calculations, $9,063,280 is generated in LCFF Supplemental & Concentration Grant funding based on the projected enrollment of high needs "unduplicated" students (foster youth, English learner, and low income students) for the 2022-23 school year. The projected percentage to increase or improve services for the unduplicated pupils is 14.94%. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Liz Wolfe, Assistant Superintendent, Ed Services Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
14.21:20:12Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Budget Overview for ParentsDiscussion
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Rationale: Education Code (EC) Section 52064.1 requires each local educational agency (LEA) to develop the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Budget Overview for Parents in conjunction with the development of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) on or before July 1 of each year. The Budget Overview for Parents is intended to provide fiscal transparency to parents and the community by providing a quick summary of how much the district expects to receive in General Fund revenues and how much it plans to spend to provide high-quality education, social-emotional support and nutrition to its students as described in the Local Control Accountability Plan. All LEAs are required to prominently post their Budget Overview for Parents on the homepage of their website along with the LCAP. Financial Impact: The total budgeted expenditures in the LCAP is $75,246,038 and the total budgeted expenditures that are identified as contributing to the increased or improved services for high needs students is $11,097,661. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Priscilla Aquino-Dichoso, Chief Business Official Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
14.31:30:54Proposed Preliminary Budget for 2022-23 Fiscal YearDiscussion
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Rationale: Education Code Sections 42103, 42122, and 42127 requires the Governing Board of each school district to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget prior to its adoption. The public hearing is required to be held no less than three working days following the availability of the proposed budget for public inspection. At the hearing, any resident in the district may appear and object to the proposed budget or any item in the budget. The RCSD proposed budget was made available for public inspection on June 17, 2022 through June 24, 2022 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The budget must include expenditures necessary to implement the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The proposed budget show itemized statement of all estimated revenues and expenditures for the next fiscal year as well as comparison of revenue and expenditures for the current year. Beginning in the 2015-16 fiscal year, local educational agencies are required to present a statement of reasons that substantiate the need for an assigned and unassigned balance in excess of the minimum reserve level if projected ending fund balances include an assigned and unassigned balance in excess of the state-recommended minimum level. The budget shall not be finally adopted by the governing board of the district until after the public hearing has been held. The RCSD Governing Board is scheduled to take action on the 2022-23 Preliminary Budget for adoption on June 29, 2022. Financial Impact: The District projects General Fund revenues of $126.2 million and expenditures of $130.8 million. The projected General Fund ending fund balance at the close of the 2022-23 fiscal year is approximately $10.28 million. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Priscilla Aquino-Dichoso, Chief Business Official Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
14.42:18:482022-23 Statement of Reasons for Reserves in Excess of the Minimum State-Recommended LevelDiscussion
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Rationale: Education Code Section 42127 (a)(2)(B) requires a statement of reasons that substantiates the need for Assigned and Unassigned ending fund balances in excess of the minimum reserve standard for economic uncertainties for the fiscal year identified in the budget. The Criteria and Standards established by the State Board of Education specify that the minimum reserve for local educational agencies are, as follows: The greater of 5% or $65,000 for districts with 0 to 300 average daily attendance (ADA) The greater of 4% or $65,000 for districts with 301 to 1,000 ADA 3% for districts with 1,001 to 30,000 ADA 2% for districts with 30,001 to 400,000 ADA 1% for districts with 400,001 and over ADA The minimum reserve levels are calculated based on total General Fund expenditures and other financing uses. Once the school district has calculated the total assigned and unassigned ending balances and the required minimum reserve level, the minimum is subtracted from the total and a positive difference is the amount in reserve that is above the minimum requirement. The Ed Code requirement is to provide the following at the public hearing for the budget adoption: The minimum reserve level required in each year The amount of assigned and unassigned ending fund balance that exceeds the minimum in each year Reasons for the reserve being greater than the minimum Attached are the Balances in Excess of Minimum Reserve Requirements for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Financial Impact: The minimum state-recommended reserve level for Redwood City School District is 3% or approximately $3.9 million. The amount in reserves that is above the minimum requirement is approximately $1.8 million. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Priscilla Aquino-Dichoso, Chief Business Official Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
152:21:54Action Items
15.12:21:54Adoption of Resolution 40, The Education Protection Account for Fiscal Year 2022-23Action (Consent)
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Rationale: Proposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, approved by the voters on November 6, 2012, temporarily increases the states sales tax rate for all taxpayers and the personal income tax rates for upper-income taxpayers. The revenues generated from Proposition 30 are required to be deposited in an account called the Education Protection Account (EPA). Pursuant to Article XIII, Section 36 of the California Constitution, school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts are required to determine how the moneys received from the EPA are spent in the school or schools within its jurisdiction, but with the following provisions: The spending plan must be approved by the governing board during a public meeting; EPA funds cannot be used for the salaries or benefits of administrators or any other administrative costs; Each year, the local agency must publish on its website an accounting of how much money was received from the EPA and how the funds were expended. In accordance with Proposition 30, districts are required to report annually the EPA funds received and how those funds are spent. Redwood City School District is planning to use the EPA funds for salaries and benefits of classroom teachers. Financial Impact: The calculated Education Protection Account funding for 2022-23 fiscal year is approximately $1.3 million. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Priscilla Aquino-Dichoso, Chief Business Official Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert’s Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Most of the items listed under the consent agenda have gone through Board subcommittee review and recommendation. Documentation concerning these items has been provided to all board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. §
162:23:01Board and Superintendent Reports
16.12:23:01Report from Board Members and SuperintendentReports
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Rationale: The School Board and Superintendent Baker will report out on meetings, attended events, upcoming events, school site visits, etc. Financial Impact: None at this moment. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Eliana García, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent
172:25:04Information
17.12:25:04Information on San Mateo County Investment Fund - May 2022Information
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Rationale: Education Code Sections 41001 and 41002 generally provide that all money received by or apportioned to a school district shall be paid into the county treasury "to be placed to the credit of the proper fund of the district". Pursuant to California Education Code Section 41015, the District may invest all or part of funds deposited in a Special Reserve Fund or any surplus monies not required for the immediate necessities of the District in any of the investments specified in California Government Code Sections 16430 or 53601. Historically, districts in San Mateo County have been depositing all of their funds to the county treasury. The County Treasurer has made investment decisions for the school districts, which is not a unique practice statewide. School district funds on deposit with the county treasury, along with funds deposited by other agencies, are placed in a County "investment pool", and profits and losses realized from these invested funds are shared among the pool participants in proportion to the amount invested. Financial Impact: Gross earnings for the month ending May 2022 were 1.062%. Current average maturity of the portfolio is 1.49 years with an average duration of 1.43 years. The portfolio continues to hold no derivative products. Please copy and paste the link below to view the investment report for May 2022: https://www.smcgov.org/media/128376/download?inline= Please copy and paste the link below to view the copies of the Investment Reports and the Compliance Reports: https://treasurer.smcgov.org/ investment-information Submission for Approval Prepared by: Priscilla Aquino-Dichoso, Chief Business Official Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
182:25:15Correspondence
18.1Correspondence
192:25:37Other Business/Suggested Items For Future Agenda
19.1Possible Other Business/Suggested Items for Future AgendaInformation
202:25:37Board Agenda Calendar
20.12:25:37Changes to the Board Agenda ScheduleInformation
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Rationale: The following Schedule of Items for the 2021-22 School Board meetings (attached hereto) has been revised by administration. This schedule of board agenda items will be routinely updated, as needed. Changes: None. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Eliana García, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
212:26:10Adjournment
21.1Adjourn the MeetingAction