10th Site, BCS, and More!

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The Monday, February 5, 2024, LASD Board meeting will start its open session at 7:00pm and contemporaneous public comments may only be made in person in the LASD Board Room. We use the Zoom webinar platform for community members to follow our meetings at home. If you cannot attend in person, and have a comment that you would like the LASD Board to consider in its decision making, please email all of us at [email protected].  To register to watch the board meeting from the comfort of your home, click here.  The entire agenda and supporting documentation for this week's meeting can be found here.

Before we get started with regular business, we will hear from Almond Elementary School.  They will share information on how students are promoting a school filled with safety and belonging.

Dr. Carrie Bosco will start regular business by presenting the Local Control and Accountability (LCAP) Mid-Year Report.  This is a discussion item and the mid year report and other supporting documentation can be found under agenda item I.1.  By all accounts LASD is on its way to meet its LCAP goals. 

Next, Dr. Bosco will present the District's Planning for 2024-25 School Year.  This is a discussion item and her presentation can be found under agenda item I.2. In a nutshell, the goals for the 24-25 school year for LASD is to ensure the best education for our students while keeping the District fiscally solvent. Pre-registration shows that the district can have at least 1 TK at every elementary campus.  Based on enrollment and expired COVID financing, the District still needs to continue right sizing staffing in order not to deficit spend.  As always, the District will look to do this through natural attrition. 

Then, Greg Drummond with give an Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP)/Summer Program Update. This is a discussion item and his presentation can be found under agenda item I.3.  One section of the LASD Student Experience wheel is Integrated Support Systems.  One of those integrated support systems is ELOP for our economically disadvantaged and English learning students.  ELOP is a state mandated program that requires all school districts to offer care and enrichment activities for economically disadvantaged and English learning students after school, during school breaks (during school year and summer break).  This summer, LASD plans to have programs for ELOP students located at both Santa Rita and Almond this summer.  

Sandra McGonagle will next present a 10th Site Update.  This is an action item and her presentation and other supporting and historical documents can be found under agenda item I.4.  The update includes a review of all work done by the staff, Board and community to date.  It includes the top six solutions for long term facilities for BCS generated by the Community Engagement Process and narrowed down by the Board (picture of list above), the history/context of BCS facilities allocation over the years, staff work and developments as it relates to the 10th site, BCS, and LASD as a whole.  The Board is asked to consider/direct staff regarding the following: 

• Which option(s) will the Board consider implementing?
• What further information do we need to consider?
• What will be the next steps?

Erik Walukiewicz will then present LASD's Audited Financial Report for our 22/23 budget year.   This is an action item and our auditor's presentation and the audited financial report can be found under agenda item I.5. The Board is asked to approve the Audited Financial Report that our auditors, Chavan and Associates, found to have no exceptions, no material weaknesses, no disagreements with management, and no significant passed on adjustments.

Next, Erik will present an Agreement with Parametrix.  This is an action item and the agreement can be found under agenda item I.6.  The Board is asked to approve this contract with Parametrix to supply safe routes to school consulting services in conjunction with 10th Site's Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and CEQA process. 

Then, Sandra will present the 2024-2025 Board Meeting Calendar.  This is an action item and it can be found under agenda item I.7. The Board is asked to approved the calendar which generally tracks with the school year and all years I have been a Trustee.  

Last, but not least, Sandra has a bunch of Board Policy Updates and one Board Policy Deletion for the Board to review. This is a discussion item and all of them can be found under agenda items I.8 and 9.  The California School Boards Association (CSBA) frequently advises local school districts on updates and deletions to board policies, bylaws and regulations based on recent changes to California state law and regulations and our Board gradually updates our policies based on CSBA's recommendations. 

Please note, this is just the highlights of what is on the agenda for the 2/5/24 meeting.  You can inform yourself about the rest of the agenda at the link provided above.  As always, feel free to email me with any questions.