COVID Safety, Budget and TDR Sales

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Monday, January 25, 2021 LASD Board meeting will start its open session at 7:00pm and it will be held using the Zoom webinar platform.  To register in advance for the meeting, click here.  The entire agenda and supporting documentation for this week's meeting can be found here.

First up, Jeffrey Baier will give us a School Reopening Update.  This is a discussion item and his presentation can be found under agenda item H.1.  As of today (1/21/21), all of our elementary grades (TK-6) have returned to hybrid learning at all of our elementary campuses.    Our Junior Highs have been halted from reopening because we had not reopened them to at least one full grade level before we moved into the Purple Tier.  Our Junior Highs can't return in person until we are in the Red Tier.  

Next, and in conjunction with the School Reopening Update, Jeff will present LASD's COVID-19 Safety Plan.  This an action item and his presentation is included in H.1 and supporting documentation can be found under H.2.  The Board is asked to approve LASD's COVID-19 Safety Plan to submit to state as part of California's COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Framework of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.  LASD's Safety Plan includes a state COVID-19 School Guidance Checklist and LASD's already approved Safely Reopening Our Schools in the 2020-2021 School Year. That is to say, LASD already has done what is required and this additional approval is a formality to be done before the District sends our reopening document along with the state's checklist.

Then, Randy Kenyon will present LASD's Collective Bargaining Agreement with LATA.   This is an action item and the Agreement, along with other supporting documentation can be found under agenda item H.3.  The Board is asked to approve the Agreement that gives our teachers 2% raises this school year and next.  Like I stated at the last board meeting, I am pleased to be able to give our hard working teachers this well deserved raise. 

Jeff, will next ask the Board to review LASD's Community Expectations to In-Person Reopening of Schools.  This is an action item and it can be found under agenda item H.4,  The Board is asked to make comments and offer additional direction to staff.  These expectations are the Compact we are asking all our community members (staff, students and families) to agree to in order to safely keep our schools reopened.  In short, LASD is asking that each community member make their health and safety a priority, as well as that of other community members through the practice of COVID safe behaviors.

Randy will then give the Board an update on the 2021/22 State Budget.  This is a discussion item and his presentation can be found under agenda H.5.  The short story is the CA economy as a whole is doing better than expected, so the state budget for education is slightly better, but not necessarily for LASD.  

Last up, Randy will present a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Purchase and Sale Agreement with The Sobrato Organization. This is an action item and the agreement (and a summary of the deal terms) can be found under agenda item H.6. This is the first TDR purchase and sale agreement brought to the Board. Once certain conditions are satisfied from the agreement, LASD will receive a total of $10,400,000 for the transfer of 80,000 square feet of development rights (we own from purchase of the 10th site) to The Sobrato Organization.  The Board is asked to approve the agreement.     

Please note, these are just the highlights of what to expect at our 1/25/2021 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.