Resolution No. 08, 2021-22  Appointment of Secretary to the Board, is an operational resolution which appoints the Superintendent as Secretary to the Board and authorizes signature. 

Administration recommends approval of Resolution No. 08, 2021-22, Appointment of Secretary to the Board.

Administration recommends the Board elect its officers.

Administration recommends approval of the 2022 Board Meeting Calendar as presented.

Government Code Section 66006 requires local agencies, including school districts, to annually provide information regarding developer fees collected. The information is to be made available to the public within 180 days of the last day of the fiscal year, and shall include the items identified in section 66006(b)(1)(A) through (H) for the prior fiscal year.

Government Code section 66001(d)(1) further requires that for the fifth fiscal year following the first deposit into the developer fee account or fund, and every five years thereafter, the local agency make certain findings demonstrating that the agency still needs the unexpended fee to achieve the purpose for which it was originally imposed and that the agency has a plan on how and when the unexpended balance will be used to achieve that purpose with respect to that portion of the account or fund remaining unexpended, whether committed or uncommitted.

Currently: The information required pursuant to section 66006 (annual information) was made available to the public and the Board is required to review and approve the report. The findings required pursuant to section 66001 (five-year findings) were made in connection with the public information required by section 66006. The Board is required to review and adopt the findings. The purpose of the Resolution before the Board is to comply with the requirements of Government Code sections 66001 and 66006.

Pursuant to UTA contract section 7.1:  "The School Calendar shall be negotiated annually for the following school year by the last work day in December".  A committee of certificated, classified, and administrative employees met to develop calendars for 2022/23 and 2023/24.  The attached calendars are preferred by the majority of administration and UTA members.    Administration is recommending board approval.

Minutes reflect actions taken and provide information for the public. 

Administration recommends approval of board minutes as presented.

Administration recommends approval of the contract with Non-Public School (NPS) Mountain Valley Child and Family Services, Inc. for the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) placement of special education student(s) for the 2021-2022 school  year.

The agreement with Scoir will provide Ukiah High School, South Valley High School, and Ukiah Independent Study Academy with a cloud-based College and Career Guidance Management System that connects students, families, high school counselors, and colleges for a better admissions experience.   

This Memorandum of Understanding is with Mendocino County Office of Education (MCOE) for the event known as Poets in the Schools and assigns poet Blake More to provide 12 sessions at Ukiah High School for the 2021-22 school year.

Mendocino County Office of Education will reimburse the District for an amount not to exceed $720.00.

These policies refer to state or federal programs/funding that no longer exist. Because the policies are outdated, it is recommended that we delete these policies from the policy manual.

BP 0420.1 - Policy and regulation deleted since School-Based Program Coordination was effectively eliminated by the local control funding formula (LCFF).

BP 311 - New Law (AB 97) repealed sections of law containing requirements pertaining to derferred maintenance categorical funds. Pursuant to AB 97, such funds have been redirected into the LCFF and the Board has the exclusive authority over the use of the funds.

BP 4139 - policy and regulation deleted due to the elimination of the PAR program pursuant to New Law (AB 97, 2013). Key concepts incorporated into new BP 4131.1 - Teacher Support and Guidance.

Removed and installed a 3 ton American Standard gas pack. Proposal included rerouting exiting gas line from curb location to proper roof penetration and rerouting electrical from curb penetration to unit return cavity. Existing skirting on curb was replaced along with curb adapter, economizer, and barometric relief damper. New copper condensation line was installed to roof drain. Durablocks were used to support condensation line. Electrical disconnect was installed along with new gas flex and gas shutoff valve.

This approval meets the District's legal obligation to file a Notice of Completion.

This school year we are resuming assessing students for GATE using the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test® Third Edition (NNAT3). Students will be screened for the GATE program in grades 2, 3 and 4 using the online Pearson platform of the NNAT3. Students in grade 3 and 4 will be assessed in January and February and students in grades 2 will be assessed in May.

This quote includes the terms and conditions for the purchase of the licenses.

Removed old unit and installed a 4 ton gas package unit. Included new curb adapter, outside barometric relief damper, outside air damper, new 3 phase disconnect. Proper installation with rerouting of exiting gas line was done. Also installed new copper condensate line to nearest roof drain. All electrical was run in liquid tight with included low wattage control wiring.

This approval meets the District's legal obligation to file a Notice of Completion. 

This privacy agreement is for the Migrant Education Program. Ukiah Unified School District (UUSD) is to provide to Butte County Office of Education (BCOE) Migrant Education Program with data regarding migrant-eligible students in UUSD; including enrollment, US entry, language status, assessment results, attendance, graduation status, demographic and family contact information.

Ukiah Unified School District will receive $1,557,787 in Educator Effectiveness Funds (EFF).

Educator Effectiveness funds may be used to support professional learning for certificated teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, certificated staff, and classified staff who interact with pupils. Funds may be expended during the 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26. 

EEF may be used to support professional learning for certificated teachers, administrators, paraprofessional educators, classified staff who interact with pupils, and certificated staff. Funds can be expended for any of the following purposes:

1. Coaching and mentoring of staff serving in an instructional setting and beginning teacher or administrator induction, including, but not limited to, coaching and mentoring solutions that address a local need for teachers that can serve all pupil populations with a focus on retaining teachers, and offering structured feedback and coaching systems organized around social-emotional learning, including, but not limited to, promoting teacher self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, and responsible decision making skills, improving teacher attitudes and beliefs about one’s self and others, and supporting learning communities for educators to engage in a meaningful classroom teaching experience.

2. Programs that lead to effective, standards-aligned instruction and improve instruction in literacy across all subject areas, including English language arts, history-social science, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science.

3. Practices and strategies that reengage pupils and lead to accelerated learning.

4. Strategies to implement social-emotional learning, trauma-informed practices, suicide prevention, access to mental health services, and other approaches that improve pupil well-being.

5. Practices to create a positive school climate, including, but not limited to, restorative justice, training around implicit bias, providing positive behavioral supports, multitiered systems of support, transforming a school site’s culture to one that values diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and preventing discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation based on actual or perceived characteristics, including disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, language, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

6. Strategies to improve inclusive practices, including, but not limited to, universal design for learning, best practices for early identification, and development of individualized education programs for individuals with exceptional needs.

7. Instruction and education to support implementing effective language acquisition programs for English learners, which may include integrated language development within and across content areas, and building and strengthening capacity to increase bilingual and biliterate proficiency.

8. New professional learning networks for educators not already engaged in an education-related professional learning network to support the requirements of subdivision (c).

9. Instruction, education, and strategies to incorporate ethnic studies curricula adopted pursuant to EC Section 51226.7 into pupil instruction for grades 7 to 12, inclusive.

10. Instruction, education, and strategies for certificated and classified educators in early childhood education, or childhood development.

As a result of not being able to fill all Speech Therapist positions, the District has contracted with the Non-Public Agency, Presence Learning, to provide online speech therapy to students with speech services listed in this Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). These therapy services are provided online to students during the school day in the presence of a paraprofessional.

This is an additional amendment to the Presence Learning Contract that was brought to the board on June 15, 2021. 

Cost to the District is an additional approximate $161,000 plus additional costs of assessments in Special Education funds.

This agreement between Mendocino County Aikido and Ukiah Unified School District (UUSD) outlines the services provided to UUSD.  South Valley Continuation High School students will receive instruction in mindfulness, which will provide students with the necessary tools which current research has identified to provide healing from traumatic experiences, as well as adverse childhood experience (ACEs).

Mendocino County Aikido will provide 30 sessions between January 3, 2022 and June 1, 2022.  Each session will be 30 minutes led by two facilitators including a mindfulness teacher and licensed clinician. Sessions can include a lesson, mindfulness activity, and meeting with the staff/teacher as appropriate.

The Universal Transitional Kindergarten initiative will expand Transitional Kindergarten (TK) over the next four years. Transitional Kindergarten will eventually be available for all four year old students as part of a two year Kindergarten program (TK and Kindergarten).

The phase-in model begins in the 2022-23 school year with following age eligibility for children enrolling in Transitional Kindergarten. 

• 2022-23: 5th birthday between September 2 - February 2

• 2023-24: 5th birthday between September 2 – April 2

• 2024-25: 5th birthday between September 2 – June 2

• 2025-26: 4th birthday by September 1st

This presentation will share information regarding the transition timeline, staffing and planning requirements. Facility needs will be discussed during the facilities presentation and enrollment projections will be discussed during that agenda item.

The presentation will be attached on Friday, December 10.

The estimated 2021-22 Unrestricted General Fund ending fund balance is $1,809,285, and the estimated 2021-22 Restricted General Fund ending fund balance is $12,106,220.

The District maintains the State-required 3% Reserve for Economic Uncertainties, and additional reserves up to the Board-mandated 9% total reserve, in Fund 17.  The estimated 2021-22 ending fund balance in Fund 17 is $8,074,105, or 7.8%.