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The Board will convene at 6:30 p.m., approve the Agenda and immediately go into Closed Session.

They are expected to resume Open Session at approximately 7:15 p.m.

The Ravenswood City School District Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) pursuant to California Education Code, Section 52062.  The LCAP is a three-year plan that describes the goals, actions, services, and expenditures to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities. The LCAP provides an opportunity for local educational agencies (LEAs) to share their stories of how, what, and why programs and services are selected to meet their local needs. Before the governing board of a school district considers the adoption of an LCAP, they shall hold at least one public hearing to solicit the recommendations and comments of members of the public regarding the specific actions and expenditures proposed to be included in the LCAP.

The 2021-22 Ravenswood City School District budget is being presented to the Board of Trustees and community members for input and discussion. The budget will then be back to the board on June 24th for adoption and will reflect any changes the Board directs as well as any new information that affect underlying budget assumptions. The First Interim budget will be brought back to the Board in December and the Second Interim budget will be brought to the Board in March. 

The 2021-22 Ravenswood City School District proposed budget has been placed on the agenda in order to provide community members and other interested individuals the opportunity to provide input and comments prior to budget adoption by the Board on June 24, 2021. The Board of Trustees can discuss and provide their input.  It will be brought back to the Board on June 24 for adoption and will reflect any changes the Board directs along with  any new developments from Sacramento that affect budget assumptions

RCSD administration in conjunction with project manager Think Connected, Inc. request the following changes to the IT infrastructure work as shown below in order to allow completion of the Ravenswood IT Infrastructure Upgrade Project, Phase 5 at all school sites and the central office. The changes are to reconnect fiber cabling run to the Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School main network closet, which will be demolished this summer, to the new main network closet which will support both CCRMS and future central office construction. In addition, AV equipment & TVs installed at CCRMS will be dismounted and packed into boxes to protect it during construction. This work has also been deemed CCRMS Project Phase 0 because it is necessary preceding work in order to continue with all of the future construction plans at CCRMS.

Based on review and discussions, the recommendation is to award Change Order #4 to the contract for RFP #RCSD-P5CBL with AMS.net for a total amount of $65,948.96.

Note this is not a request for additional funds, but a shift of the work in the current board-approved contract. That is, an equivalent amount of work and materials will not be installed in the current District Office buildings.

The Ravenswood IT Infrastructure Project Phase 5, RFP #RCSD-P5CBL is upgrading the IT cabling in all of the elementary schools and the District Office. Since the July 13, 2020 board meeting where the contract with AMS.net for Phase 5 was approved, the board has embarked on plans to potentially move the District Office to another site, and do construction at the Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School (CCRMS). In order to prepare for long-term construction at the CCRMS site, provide continuing network connectivity for CCRMS during construction, and not waste funds on buildings soon to be demolished, we propose the attached change order to the existing contract for #RCSD-P5CBL with AMS.net.

• RCSD-P5CBL – CO4 –Use the originally planned labor and materials at the current district office site to prepare the CCRMS site for construction by moving the existing network and AV hardware at CCRMS. This includes pulling back, rerouting, and terminating fiber to the new central network closet (MDF) enclosure. - $65,948.96.

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve Change Order #4 to the contract with AMS.net, changing a total amount of $65,948.96 of work.

No immediate financial impact, but this change will save construction costs for CCRMS and future District Office projects.

The total amount of this Change Order is $65,948.96. The original 7/13/20 awarded cost of the Phase 5 Schools & District Office Structured Cabling Upgrades Project contract was $1,239,462.30, and this remains the total cost of the #RCSD-P5CBL project. Approximately $284,443.28 of this project remains unspent. The project is funded by Measure H and S Bond Funds.

the district is required to to determine and actuarially accrue retirement health benefits (Government Accounting Standard Board (GASB) standards 74 and 75). In 2018 Ravenswood City School District engaged with Total Compensation Systems, Inc (TCS) for a GASB 75 valuation with a July 1, 2018 valuation date. A roll forward valuation was proposed for the next year but due to turnover in Business department it was not completed. The Board approved a separate agreement in April 2021 and the roll forward study was incorporated in 2019-20 audit report. A new study is now needs to be completed for 2021.

Turnaround Arts: California is a partner of Turnaround Arts: National, which is a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The obligations of the program between each party begin on June 15^th 2021 and end on June 14, 2022. All reports and program documentation must be submitted according to the annual deadlines calendar which local programs receive in June. The school’s selected status level may be revisited at the end of the 2021-2022 school year for continued participation in the program in future years so long as both parties agree at the conclusion of each term.

Turnaround Arts: California will provide the following support and resources to the school throughout the

term of the program.

•  TA:CA virtual network convenings open to all Arts Leadership Team (ALT) members and Principals:

- Principal Leadership Coaching sessions (6 hours total)

- Fall Arts Leadership Team (ALT) training ( 5 hours total)

• TA:CA In-person network convenings open to Arts Leadership Team lead teachers and Principals:

- Mid-year Principal Retreat (2 days)

- Mid-year ALT Lead Retreat (2 days)

- Spring Principal Leadership Meetings (1 day)

- Spring 2022 National retreat at cost and as space is available (1-week)

• Various virtual arts integration professional development opportunities limited spaces per school

• Up to $5,000 in funding to support Strategic Arts Plan projects - Pending successful grant application

• Strategic Arts Planning and Arts Integration professional learning communities and implementation support from TA:CA program Staff through biannual support calls or site visits and up to two 1:1 principal coaching session
  
  

There is no fiscal impact to the District's General budget.

This summer many districts have expanded their summer school programming – including Ravenswood. As a result of this expansion, as well as ongoing burnout from the pandemic, it has become more difficult to bring on staff for summer school. To encourage more staff to participate in our summer programming we have offered a $200 per week stipend for all staff not contractually required to work during the summer who are interested in participating in summer school. For most staff who are working for 5 weeks, this would come to a $1,000 cost.

This proposal provides for all materials, labor and equipment to dismantle two (2) portables from the All Five campus, transport and reassemble them at the Aspire campus to replace P11 and P12, which were demolished.  Two new ramps will be installed.  In addition, a third portable from the All Five campus will be demolished and disposed of.

Anaya Construction has satisfactorily performed similar work for the district in the past.  The cost of this proposal was below the threshold required for competitive bids.

This is the final change order for this contract.  The architect and RCSD have requested various modifications over the past several months for new door hardware, door trim, lock reassignments to several classrooms, a number of new cylinders to doors and exterior gates and various alterations for the district’s new Primus Key security system at all of our campuses. 

It is recommended that the board approve this change order. 

Bill Clinton was the first U.S. President to officially recognize Pride Month in 1999 and 2000. Then, from 2009 to 2016, Barack Obama declared June LGBT Pride Month. In May 2019, Donald Trump recognized Pride Month with a tweet announcing that his administration had launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality, although critics have noted that actions speak louder than words. In 2021, President Joe Biden issued an official proclamation recognising June 2021 as Pride Month.

Ravenswood City School District seeks a 6-8 History/Social Science adoption that best serves the needs of our students.  This includes meeting the criteria for alignment to the CA History/Social Sciences Framework, availability in English and Spanish for use in our dual immersion program, and curriculum that accounts for a multitude of perspectives in history.

The 6-8 History/Social Sciences pilot and adoption team evaluated curriculum options against the criteria, and has selected the TCI History Alive! curriculum to recommend for adoption.

The Primary School is moving out of their current location this July. We posted a request for proposals for this site for this site and received several viable proposals. District staff coordinated with the facilities subcommittee to evaluate proposals before accepting the highest proposal. That proposal was from La Scoula, an Italian Immersion school with three campuses in San Francisco. Staff then worked with county counsel to create a fair lease for the site. 

Key terms of the lease include: 

• Rent for the first year will be $220,000. This amount will grow by the consumer price index (less than five percent). 
• The term of the contract is five years, with a mutual option to renew for an additional five years. La Scoula has the ability to end the contract with short notice. 
• The district has no costs affiliate with maintenance, custodial, utilities, or any other ongoing obligations with the site. 
• La Scoula would like to perform upgrades and improvements to the site, all of which would go through the Division of the State Architect (DSA). 

The site map is also described on the final page of the contract, outlining the location of The Primary School, Izzy (formerly IHSD), BGCP, and Los Robles-Ronald McNair.   

Adopt the Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators.

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