Student/Staff/Community Recognitions or Presentations

ALL CONSENT AGENDA items are considered to be routine by the Board of Education and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items before the Board vote unless a Board Member, staff, or citizen requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda.  It is understood that the Administration recommends approval on all Consent Items. Each item on the Consent Agenda approved by the Board of Trustees shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended. 

Purchase Orders: January 10, 2018 - February 7, 2018 = $717,263.32

Payroll - January 2018 = $3,731,974.25

Accounts Payable: January 11, 2018 - February 7, 2018 = $1,183,104.09

This is the second time that Sunset and Dawson have participated in Pennies for Patients. The last time was very successful and the students enjoyed participating in the different daily spirit themes. 

Administration recommends approval.

Cost of the agreement is $50,000. We will find this program with Title I, and I expect to be working with the company for three years to implement and build capacity with our admin and counselors.

Due to a scheduling conflict, it is requested that the April Board Meeting is moved from the 24th to the 17th.

Administration recommends approval.

Fresno County Superintendent of Schools has worked with BrainPOP to form a consortium which entitles all districts to subscribe to BrainPOP at a 35% discount.  

Administration recommends approval.

Costs of the program will be paid for with Title I funds.

ROP Multimedia will be traveling to Universal Studios on April 12, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. and returning on April 13th at 12:00 a.m. The class will be touring the backstage studios and offices to see behind the scenes of filmmaking.

Administration recommends approval.

Total cost of $11,696 will be paid for from ROP Grant funds.

This will be the 90th State FFA Leadership Convention this year; and for the first time, it will be held in Anaheim, CA.

Through this conference, students will meet other high school students from the state. Along with meeting new people, the students will also participate in voting and be discussing new rules and regulations that will take effect this year and/or next year. The students will also visit a career show that will feature colleges and companies in the Ag industry.

Administration recommends approval.

The estimated cost of the trip: 

Lodging: $4,294.20

Convention, Farm Tour, Disneyland: $3,354

Transportation: $1,264.08

The trip will be paid for with Perkins/Ag Incentive funding.

Coalinga High School is requesting approval for Mr. Chagoyan to attend the Event Apart-2018 Conference in Seattle, Washington. The conference focuses on Design, Code and Contend in reference to Web Page Design.

Administration recommends approval.

The estimated cost of the conference is $2,872; to be paid for with Perkins Vocational Education Program funding.

This will allow Frank Palmieri to participate in the Clear Administrative Services Credential "CASC" program through Fresno County Office of Education.

Administration recommends approval.

Total cost for 2017-18 is $3,500 to be paid from Title II funding.

Goalbook is a specialized online program for Special Education Teachers, Psychologists and Speech and Language Pathologists to use while formulating IEP Goals and individualized instruction that ties common core state standards, goals and targets into working chunks for educators.  This program will allow our staff to quickly and efficiently locate standards and identify specific learning goals for students, then access specific steps, ideas, and activities to help children achieve the goals.  This will save our educators a great deal of time searching for the right goals and objectives for their students and will help differentiate and improve common core instruction for our students.

Administration recommends approval.

Costs through June 2019 is $22,848.00 and will be paid for with Title I funding.

Approval of contract with Harris Ranch for the 2018 Coalinga High School Prom.

ASB will be paying $3,428.70

Pacific Crest Actuaries (PCA) will provide the Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District with an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2016, setting forth all District liabilities for its postretirement health benefit program. Our report will contain the following information.

• Disclosure of the postretirement benefit obligations, ARC and Annual OPEB expense in accordance with the GASB Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB) accounting standard (GASB 45), for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017;
• Projected annual pay-as-you-go employer expenditures for the next 50 years;
• Recommended level annual funding amounts, to pre-fund the obligations as a flat dollar amount, a constant percent increase each year or a level percent of unfunded liability;
• Breakout of valuation results components by employee or retiree; and
• Summary of plan provisions, actuarial assumptions, and certification.

In addition to the report, and as part of this assignment, they will provide ongoing assistance in the preparation or review of GASB 45 footnote disclosures at the time the District prepares its financial statements.

Approval of the proposal with PCA

 $4,000  all-inclusive based on the scope of the project outlined above. No other expenses would be charged to the project. 

Optional Services: 

 The $4,000 does not include the cost (including any direct expenses) of an on-site presentation to the District's Board.

As pointed out at the January 30th special board meeting, some funding for the new construction had to come from state matching funds, which we won't have for a couple of years; so one project needs to have a delayed start date and they need to choose which ones. Based upon decisions made on January 30th to group the Huron projects together, the two choices come down to Dawson and Bishop.

As we pointed out on the January 30th special meeting, some funding for the new construction had to come from state matching funds which we won't have for a couple of years so one project needs to have a delayed start date.  Based upon decisions made on January 30th to group the Huron projects together, the two choices come down to Dawson and Bishop.

This agreement is for architect services related to the bus barn paving project on an as-needed hourly basis, plus reimbursable expenses, for a total not to exceed $15,000.

Administration recommends approval.

Total costs not to exceed $15,000.

Coalinga High School is requesting approval of the attached agreement for the June 7, 2018 graduation ceremony.

Administration recommends approval.

Total cost is $4,000.

On June 27, 2017, Governor Brown signed legislation that requires public agency employers to give union representatives access to new employees during orientation sessions.  The bill also requires employers to provide specific employee information to the union.  The district has negotiated with both local bargaining groups on this matter.  The MOU with CSEA represents the conditions that have been mutually agreed upon.  The MOU incorporates practices that are currently in place.

District administration recommends approval. 

There is no identifiable cost to implement the conditions of the MOU.

On June 27, 2017, Governor Brown signed legislation that requires public agency employers to give union representatives access to new employees during orientation sessions.  The bill also requires employers to provide specific employee information to the union.  The district has negotiated with both local bargaining groups on this matter.  The MOU with CHUTA represents the conditions that have been mutually agreed upon.  The agreement incorporates practices that are currently in place.

District administration recommends approval. 

There is no identifiable cost to implement the conditions of the MOU.

Donor: BPO Eagles - Amount: $1000.00 - Designee: CHS Boys Basketball 

Donor: Coalinga Aerie FOE Eagles - Amount: $100.00 - Designee: CHS Boys Basketball. 

Donor: Mangini Associates - Amount: $1000.00 - Designee:  Scholarship

Donor: Keller Motors - Amount: $5000.00 - Designee: Drama

Donor: Wonderful Giving - Amount: $500.00 - Designee:  Alicia Maldonado 

Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kerr in memory of Bob Vert - Amount: $50.00

Donor: Coalinga Elementary PTO - Amount: $2,000.00 for each grade level totaling $14,000.00

Designee: Grade levels TK/Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, and SDS Classes 

Approval of the Donations