It is recommended that the Board of Trustees receive information about the Capturing Kids' Hearts training that was held on October 2nd and October 3rd at Scotts Valley Middle School.

Capturing Kids' Hearts is a national program aimed at improving the relationship between teachers and students.

The Capturing Kids' Hearts training shows teachers "how to create high-achieving centers of learning by strengthening students’ connectedness to others through enhancing healthy bonds with their teachers and establishing collaborative agreements of acceptable behavior."  

The program "is a process that is working in thousands of classrooms across the country to provide the strategy and training for teachers and administrators to achieve success in today’s classrooms."

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees accept for first reading the Board Policies as listed in the Rationale.

BP/AR 3551 - Food Service Operations/Cafeteria Plan (BP/AR revised)

Policy and regulation updated to reflect NEW FEDERAL GUIDANCE (U.S. Department of Agriculture Memorandum SP 46-2016 and SP 23-2017) which mandates any district participating in the National School Lunch and/or Breakfast Program to adopt a written policy on meal charges, including the collection of delinquent meal charge debt, no later than July 1, 2017, and to annually communicate that policy to parents/guardians. Policy and regulation also reflect NEW STATE GUIDANCE (California Department of Education Management Bulletin SNP-03-2017) which requires district policy to ensure that students with unrecovered or delinquent meal charge debt are not overtly identified, requires that debt collection efforts are consistent with specified cost principles, and establishes conditions for reclassifying unpaid debt as bad debt. Policy also revised to reflect the Buy American provision of federal regulations which requires districts, to the maximum extent practicable, to purchase domestically grown and processed foods.

BP 6142.93 - Science Instruction (BP revised)

Policy updated to reflect the NEW CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK for science instruction adopted by the State Board of Education in November 2016 and the Next Generation Science Standards. Policy also adds new material related to the required course of study, science courses required for high school graduation, staff development, program evaluation, and safety in science laboratories.

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the minutes from the October 10, 2017 board meeting.

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Warrant Register for October 24, 2017.

It is recommended that that the Board of Trustees appoint Sharlene Ames, Director of Student Services and Linda Wahler, SVUSD Special Education Teacher as voting members of the North Santa Cruz County Community Advisory Committee.

The purpose of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is to improve and promote communication between schools, parents, and public agencies to increase community awareness, facilitate parent education and support, and to coordinate activities on behalf of children with exceptional needs.  Each of the 12 LEA members of the North Santa Cruz County Special Education Plan Area are required to appoint voting board members for a term of two years as set forth in the CAC bylaws as follows:

The voting members of the Community Advisory Committee shall be appointed by, and responsible to, the Governing Board of each participating district or county office, or any combination thereof, participating in the Local Plan. Appointment will be in accordance with a locally determined selection procedure. Such procedure shall provide that terms of appointment are for at least two years and are annually staggered to ensure that no more than one half of the membership serves the first year of the term in any one year (Ed. Code 56l91).

The function and responsibilities of the Community Advisory Committee are to serve in an advisory capacity and shall include but not be limited to:

A.  Program and Quality Review

1.   Advising the policy and administrative entity of the Local Plan Area (LPA) regarding the development and review of the Local Plan. The Special Education Coordinating Agency (SECA) Governing Council and the Special Education Council (SEC) shall review and consider comments from the Community Advisory Committee (CAC).

2.   Recommending annual priorities to be addressed by the plan.

3.   Reviewing budget revisions annually and reporting to the SECA Governing Council the results of their review.

4.   Reviewing and commenting upon policies under consideration by the Governing Council.

5.   Conducting an annual self-evaluation of its effectiveness.

6.   Reviewing all new/modified laws and regulations pertaining to the Local Plan for Special Education on an annual basis.

7.  No person may advocate for a child as a CAC representative or speak for the CAC without prior written approval of the membership.

B.  Community Involvement/Education

8.   Assisting in parent education, including parent awareness of the importance of school attendance.

  9.   Assisting in the recruitment of parents and other volunteers who may contribute to the implementation of the plan.

  10. Encouraging community involvement in the development and review of the Local Plan.

  11.  Supporting activities on behalf of individuals with exceptional needs.

Staff recommends that the Board of Trustees approve the Certificated Action Report.

As per Board Policy 4117.2 the Board authorizes the Superintendent or designee to accept the written resignation of an employee and to set its effective date.  

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees gratefully accept the donations for the period of June 1, 2017 through October 5, 2017.