SPECIAL MEETING Ravenswood City ESD January 09, 2020 6:00PM Board Meeting Room
2120 Euclid Ave.
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
6:00 p.m.
NOTE: Trustee Ana Maria Pulido will attend the Meeting via teleconference from 2403 Fordham St., East Palo Alto, CA 94303.
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We engaged Ravenswood families, staff and board in November to identify factors to consider when merging schools (see appendix). In early December, we shared a merger proposal with the board, families and staff (after considering >12 possible scenarios). On December 12, trustees asked for alternative scenarios to consider. In December and early January, staff shared more detail about alternative scenarios (see appendix for details). Of the other scenarios, Alternative A is most viable.
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New information to consider: Leasing options Private schools interested in leasing are all >600 students - they won’t fit at McNair site KIPP is >500 next year, and also won’t fit at McNair site If we don’t have one of our schools at the McNair site next year, we won’t be able to lease it in Fall 2020 (no private school will lease it, and any other use requires CEQA and other steps) We need lease revenue and KIPP’s pro rata share payments during the 2020-21 school year
Timelines RTA requires we provide the intent to return forms by January 10, which we will not be able to do if we do not know which schools will be operational. Must notify KIPP of a site by February 1 (Prop 39) Process to declare a site surplus takes 3 to 4 months and delay will result in failure to lease a site in the fall.
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If the board recommends something other than the original proposal, we recommend deferring the final vote by one week to allow time to communicate the new proposal to affected families and staff.
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Published: January 8, 2020, 5:42 PM
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The resubmit was successful.