Finances and 10th Site

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The Monday, January 22, 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 Blach Intermediate School.  They will share information on the district's newly implemented 1-to-1 student device implementation in our junior highs.   

To start our regular business, the Board will receive the Citizens Advisory Committee for Finance (CACF) Mid-Year Report.  It is a discussion item and their presentation can be found under agenda item I.1.  CACF is tasked with ensuring LASD spends its parcel tax according to the letter of the law.  That being said, CACF does a lot more, including looking out for the general financial health of the district and factors that effect such.  Among other things, the CACF advises the District to

• Discontinue deficit spending and create a balanced budget for the 2024/25 school year
• Create a strategic plan aligned with District values and considering fiscal solvency
• Consider costs of expanded TK, a possible transition to middle school, and the construction and operation of a 10th site, maintenance of aging facilities, and hiring and retention of qualified staff
• Plan for expenditures related to unfunded and underfunded mandates such as TK, universal meals and ELOP.  

​Next, Erik Walukiewicz will give a 10th Site Update.  This is a discussion item and Erik's presentation can be found under agenda item I.2.  His presentation highlights that our CEQA process is set to begin public review of the 10th site's Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in mid March.  It also reiterates that the District and the City of Mountain View have determined where the 2 acre park will go on the site and that the District has determined where the buildings and field will go on the site.  Furthermore, at our last meeting, the Board directed staff to put out an RFQ for Design Build Services to consider vendors for the build out of the 10th site.  An RFQ was published on 1/11/24, with responses due on 1/30/24.  Lastly, the Board is expected to pick a vendor in March 2024.  

Then, Dr. Carrie Bosco will then ask for discussion items for a City of Los Altos/LASD Schools Committee Meeting.  This is a discussion item with no supporting documentation.  For prior meetings of this committee, topics have included, among other things, safe routes to schools, crossing guards, and back entrance of Egan Jr. High.  Vladimir Ivanovic and I are the LASD Board representatives to that committee.  I look forward to hearing my colleagues ideas of subject matter.  

Please note, this is just the highlights of what is on the agenda for the 1/22/24 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.