The Interim Superintendent/Principal will informally update the board on his initial work for the District. Among topics to be addressed will be:

• Approval of CDE waiver of election to change Board from 5 to 3 members
• Communication with individual Board members
• Status of 2018-19 enrollment and class configurations
• Plan for participation in County and Regional meetings

Superintendent recommends approval as presented.

This item was pulled from the Consent Agenda due to a lack of a quorum of members who were present at the June 20, 2018 meeting. 

Approve

Approve

Approve

A quarterly report to the Board of public complaints filed by members of the public related to violations of Williams Legislation. The broad areas of this report include:

1. Textbooks and Instructional Materials
2. Teacher vacancy or misassignment
3. Facilities condition

A fourth category is included on the form, however, this category is related only to high schools. 

For Board information only 

Resignation of Eric Wingreid, District Director of Transportation, Operations, and Maintenance, effective July 27, 2018

Accept Resignation

At the July 20 meeting, the Board discussed entering into a contract with an individual recommended by leadership at the Santa Barbara County Education Office for the purpose of exploring options for addressing the District's fiscal crisis and unsustainable deficit spending. 

At this time a formal contract is being negotiated with support from the Santa Barbara County Education Office to provide such services. Staff recommendation is to approve an initial expenditure not to exceed $5,000.00 to allow contract service to begin with the provider in advance of formal contract approval. A formal contract with specific terms and amounts will be presented to the Board for ratification at the Regular Board Meeting on September 12, 2018.

Approve

This form is being revised to reflect the appointment of new Trustee, Ryan Harrington and the resignations of Trustees Oswaldo Medina and Gabby Flores.

Approve

This is approval of a revision to the Authorized Signatures document to add the Interim Superintendent/Principal's name to the list of personnel approved to act as District Agents.

Approval

This resolution is authorizes the Interim Superintendent/Principal or the Fiscal Manager to make cash and budget transfers between district funds as necessary for payment of obligations of the district.

Adopt Resolution No. 01-2018-2019

Pursuant to Government Code Section 87306.5, the District is required to review its Conflict of Interest Code, beginning July 1 of each even-numbered year. The attached sample Bylaw and Exhibit are reviewed annually to assure legal compliance by California School Board Association's Gamut Online policy maintenance service. 

The bylaw revision presented for first reading here shows highlighted change that keep the bylaw compliant with current law. The Exhibit, which constitutes the District's Conflict of Interest Policy, is revised to add the District's Fiscal Manager as a position requiring annual Conflict of Interest Reporting. Reporting is accomplished by means of filing a Form 700 with the Clerk of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

The attachments to this item include:

• Fair Political Practice Commission 2018 Conflict of Interest Code Biennial Notice Instructions for Local Agencies
• A revised version of Board Bylaw and Exhibit 9270
• A comparison version of the revised documents with the current documents

For Board Discussion

The District has been selected to participate in a Scaling UP Multi-tiered System of Support (SUMS) Statewide grant for $25,000.00. The Interim Superintendent/Principal will:

1. Provide details and purpose of the grant;
2. Discuss requirements for grant acceptance;
3. Present the Board with options for possible grant implementation, and;
4. Seek direction regarding next steps.

For discussion only

Revenue of $25,000.00 for purposes of certificated staff development

Recently, the District was informed by a County Fire Inspector that the velour curtains on the stage proscenium are not appropriately flameproof. The black side curtains on the stage are compliant. 

Staff is seeking Board direction regarding options for remediation of the fire inspection report. Options include:

1. Treating curtains with flame retardant (fire year estimated retardant life)
2. Replacing curtains with new permanently flame retardant curtains (twenty years estimated retardant life).
3. Removing curtains and delaying a decision on repair/replacement.

For Board discussion only

Staff will provide an update on the status of connecting the District's solar panel array to Pacific Gas & Electric. 

For Board information only