10:06Call to Order1min
1.10:06Roll CallProcedural
20:20Oral Communication on Closed Session Items Only
2.1If you have public comment related to a Closed Session item, please post it on the links under Public Content prior to the Closed Session Meeting or immediately upon the meeting opening.Information
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30:20Closed Session – 5:45 - 6:45 p.m.
3.1Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Government Code: § 54957) Title: SuperintendentDiscussion
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40:20Reconvene to Regular Session at Approximately 7:00 p.m.2min
4.10:06Roll CallProcedural
4.20:20Report Out on Closed Session from April 16, 2025Information
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50:28Welcome1min
5.1Welcome by the School Board President, Mike WellsProcedural
62:09Changes to the Agenda1min
6.1Additions, Deletions, or Modifications to the AgendaDiscussion
72:10Approval of Agenda1min
7.1Approval of AgendaAction
82:20Oral Communication
Finbar Rafferty (3min) — A third-grade Orion student described his love of advanced learning (referencing a college-level paleoanthropology course he completed), his ADHD challenges in a non-differentiated classroom, and advocated for more advanced classes in school.
Megan O'Reilly Green (3min) — Advocated for changes to board policy 5123 to explicitly support acceleration for high-ability students, citing research supporting acceleration and warning that without advanced options families will leave public schools.
Saoirse (Usha) (3min) — An Orion student heading to Kennedy next year argued from personal experience that advanced coursework is essential for continued growth and that high-performing students cannot be assumed to thrive without appropriately challenging curriculum.
Elmer Molina (1min) — A KIPP Excelencia parent requested that air conditioning be made a top priority for KIPP students, describing children appearing heat-stressed at pickup.
Jose Talavera (2min) — KIPP Excelencia's associate director of advocacy urged the board to include facility upgrades for KIPP's campus in the facility master plan discussion at the upcoming study session, and invited board members to a campus tree-planting event.
Carmen Flores (2min) — A KIPP Excelencia parent asked the board to include KIPP in the facility master plan budget, citing concerns about heat and water quality affecting her two daughters.
Juan Bale (2min) — A KIPP Excelencia parent congratulated Hoover on improvements and asked the board to similarly consider KIPP Excelencia for facility upgrades, including playground improvements.
Chris Terry (3min) — An Orion parent praised the district's equity efforts but argued that Kennedy Middle School should offer advanced classes so that students who don't attend Northstar have equitable access to accelerated coursework without relying on costly private tutoring.
Pam Barish (3min) — A 34-year kindergarten teacher at Henry Ford raised two concerns: (1) the newly installed temporary AC units are disruptive and unsuitable for classrooms, and (2) kindergarten teachers are losing their traditional minimum-day assessment period at the start of the school year.
May (2min) — A mathematician and Orion parent advocated for policy changes to increase access to advanced middle school curriculum, framing it as an equity issue that prevents financially disadvantaged high-ability students from reaching their potential.
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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933:01Discussion Items15min
9.1Board of Trustees Graduation/Promotions Assignments for the 2024-25 School YearDiscussion
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Rationale: The School Board will discuss the 8th-grade graduation and 5th-grade promotion assignments for the 2024-25 School Year. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Evelyn Campos, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
1037:24Consent Items1min
10.137:24Approval of Consent ItemsAction
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10.237:24Approval of the March 26 Board Meeting MinutesAction (Consent)
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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: Evelyn Campos, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent 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. §
10.337:24Ratification of Warrant Registers, March 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025Action (Consent)
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Rationale: In accordance with Education Code Section 42631, all payments from a school district's funds must be authorized by a written order from the governing board. The attached report outlines expenditures totaling $7,621,486.59 for the period of March 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025. These expenditures are drawn from various funds within the district. Financial Impact: The total disbursement from the San Mateo County Treasurer's Office amounts to $7,621,486.59, reflecting the actual expenditures for all district funds during the specified period. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Rick Edson, 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. §
1137:40Action Items45min
11.1Approval of the School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) for Orion Alternative, Henry Ford, Taft, and Garfield Elementary SchoolsAction (Consent)
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Rationale: State accountability initiatives require districts to write a three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) that is developed with stakeholders to establish goals, actions, and services for the students in their district. Aligned with the LCAP goals, each school site writes/updates yearly School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) that operationalize how each goal is met and correlated actions and services are funded at each site. RCSD 2024-2027 LCAP goals are: 1. By June of 2027, every student in the RCSD will receive appropriate social-emotional support designed to meet their needs in an inclusive and supportive environment through the implementation of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework. By June of 2027, the LEA aims to reduce Chronic Absenteeism by 3% each year in all student groups across the LEA, specifically the African American Students and student groups of English learners at Clifford, Henry Ford. Improve Attendance rate by 2% each year in all groups. Reduce suspensions by 0.5% for district and other subgroups: SED, ELs, and Homeless each year and by 1% annually for African Americans, Students with Disabilities, and a subgroup of English Learners LTELs. 2. By June of 2027, 55% of 2nd - 8th grade English Learner (EL) students will progress by a minimum of one level on the ELPAC each school year as measured by the Summative ELPAC Assessment. Increase our reclassification rate to 20%. Decrease our Long Term English Learner to 10% 3. By June of 2027, all RCSD students will increase at least 4% annually in ELA and Math on iReady, the district's local assessment program. English learner students in grades 3-8 will increase in meeting or exceeding the standard in ELA to 20% and in Math to 16% on the CAASPP, the state assessment program. Components of the SPSA: Some basic requirements of each site that have been designated as a School-wide Program for Title I funding: information on the academic achievement of students a description of the strategies designed to: provide opportunities for all students, including meeting state standards strengthen the academic program address the needs of all students, particularly those at risk of not meeting state standards For all district sites, the SPSA is used as the tool for school-wide planning, with input and approval from the School Site Council (SSC). Metrics have been aligned with the LCAP and targets have been set by each site for improvement in the areas of suspension, chronic absenteeism, reclassification of English Learners, and achievement in reading and mathematics. Financial Impact: Described in each site budget. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Anna Herrera, Assistant Superintendent of Ed. Services 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. §
1249:43Board and Superintendent Reports10min
12.1Report 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: Evelyn Campos, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent
1354:52Information15min
13.1Quarterly Williams Report, 3rd Quarter, January 2025 through March 2025Information
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Rationale: As per Education Code 35186 and the Williams legislation, AB831, districts are required to adopt and use uniform complaint procedures to identify and resolve complaints regarding deficiencies related to instructional materials, emergency or urgent facilities conditions that pose a threat to the health and safety of students or staff, and teacher vacancy or misassignment. The Superintendent or designee shall report summarized data on the nature and resolution of all complaints to the Board and the County Superintendent of Schools on a quarterly basis. As per AB831, on October 12, 2005, the Redwood City School Board approved the revisions to Board Policy 1312.5, Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures Notice to Parents/Guardians: Complaint Rights. Submission of Quarterly Reports on Williams Uniform Complaints were required beginning April 2005. The Redwood City School District has not received any complaints and continues to remain in compliance by submitting the required reports to the Redwood City School Board and the County Superintendent of Schools on a quarterly basis. Financial Impact: None when the School District remains in compliance. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Evelyn Campos, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
1455:00Correspondence1min
14.1Correspondence
1555:54Other Business/Suggested Items for Future Agenda1min
15.1Possible Other Business/Suggested Items for Future AgendaInformation
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Rationale: The following Schedule of Agenda Items for the 2024-25 School Board meetings (attached hereto) has been revised by the administration. This schedule of board agenda items will be routinely updated, as needed. Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Evelyn Campos, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
1658:46Board Meetings Calendar1min
16.1Changes to the Board Meetings CalendarInformation
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Rationale: The following School Board Meetings Calendar for 2024-25 (attached hereto) has been revised by the administration. This calendar of school board meetings will be routinely updated, as needed. Upcoming Board Meetings: 4/23/2025 - 6:00 PM (Special) 5/14/2025 - 7:00 PM (Regular) - 6:20 PM (Closed) 5/28/2025 - 7:00 PM (Regular) Financial Impact: None. Submission for Approval Prepared by: Evelyn Campos, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Approved by: John R. Baker, Ed.D., Superintendent §
1758:47Adjournment1min
17.1Adjourn the MeetingAction