Employee Organization: Teachers' Association of West Covina
Employee Organization: California School Employees' Association, Chapter #91
Negotiator: Michael F. Seaman

BOARD OF EDUCATION
Eileen Miranda Jimenez
Rose Lopez, Ed.D.
Michael Flowers
Juanita Cruz
Joe Magallanes

Jessica Ramirez, Student Representative
Savana Smethurst, Student Representative
Angelina Martinez, Student Representative
Therese Florido, Student Representative

SUPERINTENDENT
Charles D Hinman, Ed.D.

Please submit a "Request to Address the Board" form prior to the meeting. Not more than five (5) minutes are to be allotted to any one (1) speaker, nor more than twenty (20) minutes on the same subject. This portion of the agenda is for presentations to the Board and not a question and answer period where the Board enters into dialogue. if you have questions for the Board, please provide the Board President with a copy and an administrator will provide answers at a later date. Public comments beyond thirty (30) minutes will be at the discretion of the Board President.

It is requested that the Board approve the Agenda and Consent Items, as presented. Action by the Board in the adoption of the Consent Items (VIII A2; B1, B2; C1; D1, D2, D3, D4, D5) indicates that all items appearing are adopted by one single motion and vote unless a member of the Board requests that an item be removed and voted upon separately. Generally, the Consent Items are matters which are considered to be routine in nature and can be acted upon in one action to conserve time and permit the Board to spend more time reviewing items that are other-than-routine in nature.

The Board is requested to approve the Minutes of the Regular and Organizational Meeting of December 15, 2020.

Board approval is requested for the following consultant services agreements:

1. Susan Marie Branham, Curriculum Consultant, will provide a four-hour virtual training in the Corrective Reading Program to Special Education teachers during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  The training includes overview, placement and grouping, teaching techniques for in-person, virtual instructional settings, assessment, and documentation. 
   
   
2. Young Rembrandts East San Gabriel Valley will provide one 45-minute virtual art lesson for six weeks on visual arts enrichment to all students at California Elementary School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.
   
   
3. Brent Kollmansberger, game developer of Coding with K-dog, will provide twenty 45-minute virtual coding language lessons to Orangewood Elementary International Baccalaureate Primary Year Programme students in grades first through fifth during the 2020 – 2021 school year. 
   
   
4. Blattner & Associates will provide professional services to the West Covina Unified School District to advance district operational and educational outcomes during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  
   
   
5. Heather Nicole Gonzalez will provide sixteen 45-minute virtual lessons on dance performance to Orangewood Elementary International Baccalaureate Primary Year Programme students in grades kindergarten through third during the 2020 – 2021 school year.   
   
   
6. Dr. Nancy Butler Wolf from the University of California at Riverside will provide professional development for certificated staff at Mt. SAC Early College Academy on January 25, 2021 and two subsequent late start Friday meetings. The professional development will focus on increasing student engagement and implementing fair and equitable assessments during distance learning.

Cost, not to exceed, $77,200.00, will be paid as follows:

1.      $500.00   (Not to exceed)  Special Education account
2.   $5,940.00   (Not to exceed)  Site Title I account
3. $17,600.00   (Not to exceed)  Site Title I account
4. $42,000.00   (Plus expenses) District General Fund     
5. $10,560.00   (Not to exceed)  Site Title I account
6.      $600.00   (Not to exceed)  Site Supplemental and Concentration I Grant

The District enters into general agreements with nonpublic agencies for the purpose of providing special education or related services to individuals with exceptional needs under the authorization of Education Code Sections 56030-56042 and 56300-56376.  We are requesting the addition of the following nonpublic agency to the existing approved list.

Summit Speech Pathology Services, Inc.
2644 Via Olivera
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

By February 1 of each year, every school in California is required by state law to publish a School Accountability Report Card (SARC). The SARC contains information about the condition and performance of each California public school. SARCs are also intended to provide the public with important information about each public school and to communicate a school’s progress in achieving its goals.

District administration is requesting the Board approve the SARC Reports for all school sites.

The Board is requested to approve and/or ratify for payment the following purchase orders:

Purchase Order Numbers: 21-01772 – 21-01846

General Fund …..……………..……………………………………………….. $     235,183.41

Cafeteria Fund ……………………………………………………………….... $         5,974.07

Building Fund ………………………………………………………………….. $            750.00

Special Reserve Fund – Capital Project ……………………………………. $       54,831.08

The Board is requested to approve the following warrants:

A Warrant No.: C3E-C,C3E-N,343-C,343-N,344-N,349-N.…………… $    154,101.97

B Warrant Total: .………………………………………………………...... $ 1,569,481.74

Total Expenditure of $1,723,583.71

At its meeting on December 9, 2020, the Joint Board of Management of the East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program and Technical Center approved the following:

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Kate Pavri as teacher of Design Project Technology at Edgewood High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $48,316.10.

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Jeffrey Amimoto as teacher of Accounting at West Covina High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $19,326.44.

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Tyler Wigglesworth as teacher of Vocal Ensemble at West Covina High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $38,652.88.

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Andrew Lorenger as teacher of Graphics Arts/Video Production at West Covina High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $57,979.32.

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Adriana Ramirez as teacher of Sports Physical Therapy at West Covina High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $48,316.10.

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Kim Segura as teacher of Stage Technology and Professional Theater at West Covina High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $38,652.88.

• West Covina Unified School District will provide the services of Annie Tam as teacher of Business of Robotics at West Covina High School during the 2020 – 2021 school year.  Upon submission of an invoice at the close of the semester, ROP/TC will reimburse District in the amount of $9,663.22.

District Administration recommends that the Board approve the Educational Services Contracts as presented.

Staff recommends using the National Data Privacy Agreement when entering into contract with software vendors utilizing student data.

The National Data Privacy Agreement is a statewide agreement that districts can use to ensure that the vendor is aware of and complies with California’s student data privacy laws.  It will ensure the appropriate use of student data to comply with statewide regulations such as FERPA, COPPA, SOPIPA, PPRA, and AB1584.

The West Covina Unified School District, along with the majority of public school districts in California, collect developer impact fees to offset the costs associated with providing additional school facilities for increased student enrollment generated by new housing development within the District’s boundaries.  A requirement of participation in the Developer Fee program is that the District publish an annual report of fees collected and expenditures made from the fees.

CURRENT CONSIDERATIONS:

The Developer Fee Annual Report for the reporting period ending June 30, 2020 is attached.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:

The report details the revenues and expenditures for the Developer Fee fund for fiscal year 2019 – 2020 and balance for the prior four years.  The balance in the fund as of June 30, 2020 was $163,445.  

The District Administration recommends that the Board of Education approve the Developer Fee Annual Report for the reporting period ending June 30, 2020.

• January 18, 2021     Martin Luther King Day Holiday, Schools and District Office Closed
• January 26, 2021     Board of Education Meeting

There being no further business to come before the Board, the regular meeting of January 12, 2021 is adjourned at _________ p.m. by President Eileen Miranda Jimenez.