MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES REGULAR MEETING, 6:00 PM Closed Session 4:00 PM MHUSD Board Room Attendance Taken at 4:03 PM: Present: Tom Arnett Gino Borgioli Mary Patterson Donna Ruebusch Ron Woolf Steve Betando, Superintendent Emily Pfefferlen, Student Board Representative Absent: Teresa Murillo David Gerard Updated Attendance: Teresa Murillo was updated to present at: 4:21 PM David Gerard was updated to present at 4:40 PM A. CALL TO ORDER A.1. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION TOPICS There was no public comment. A.2. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION A.2.a. LIABILITY CLAIMS - Governmental Code Section 54956.95 A.2.b. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: two cases A.2.c. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION - Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code 54956.9 A.2.c.1. Denise Reilly v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, Case No. 16CV303125 A.2.c.2. A Voice for Choice Advocacy, Inc., v. Morgan Hill Unified School District, et.al, Case No. 17CV316128 A.2.c.3. Santa Clara Superior Court Case No. 17CV319128; EL 17/18-001 A.2.d. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Government Code 54957.6) Morgan Hill Classified Employees Association (MHCEA) and Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers (MHFT), Designated representative: Fawn Myers / Morgan Hill Educational Leaders Association (MHELA), Unrepresented employees, Designated representative: Steve Betando, and Superintendent, Designated representative: Karen Rezendes, Lozano Smith A.2.e. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code 54956.8) A.2.e.1. Property: APNs 764-16-028 (Main @ Hale Avenue) Agency Negotiators: Steve Betando, Superintendent; Kirsten Perez, Assistant Superintendent; Phil Henderson, Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson Negotiating Parties: Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority Under Negotiation: Price and terms of Page 1 of 6
payment for potential purchase A.2.f. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE-DISCIPLINE / DISMISSAL / RELEASE / REASSIGNMENT / COMPLAINT (Government Code 54957 and 54957.1) A.2.g. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT / PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Government Code 54957) Title: Superintendent A.3. RECONVENE TO PUBLIC SESSION A.4. CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE President Arnett called the meeting to order at 6:10pm Nancy Altman led the Pledge of Allegiance A.5. INTRODUCTION OF BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF Board members and staff seated around the dais introduced themselves. A.6. RECOGNITIONS / PRESENTATIONS A.6.a. Recognize Emily Pfefferlen (Ann Sobrato High School), Michelle Mestaz (Central Continuation High School), and Grace Smith (Live Oak High School), Student Board Members for 2017-18 Superintendent Betando and President Arnett recognized the 2017-18 Student Board Members and presented them with a commemorative clock and certificate of appreciation for their time served on behalf of the students. Michelle Mestaz and Grace Smith were unable to attend the meeting. B. ADOPTION OF AGENDA / APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR Motion Passed: Amending item F.1.d s attachment, Section II, third bullet adding the word construction before documentation with a motion by Donna Ruebusch and a second by Gino Borgioli. Yes Tom Arnett Yes Gino Borgioli Yes David Gerard Yes Teresa Murillo Yes Mary Patterson Yes Donna Ruebusch Yes Ron Woolf C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES C.1. Approve the minutes from the Regular Board meeting of May 15, 2018 and Special Board meeting of May 30, 2018 Motion Passed: Passed with a motion by Gino Borgioli and a second by Ron Woolf. Yes Tom Arnett Yes Gino Borgioli Yes David Gerard Yes Teresa Murillo Yes Mary Patterson Yes Donna Ruebusch Yes Ron Woolf D. PUBLIC COMMENT / COMMUNICATIONS The following individuals addressed the Board: Page 2 of 6
Julia Cook, TK 12 Science Tosa, spoke of the Summer Science Symposium scheduled for June 12, 2018 at Christopher High School and extended an invitation to the Board. Peter Mandel, community member and past MHUSD Trustee, spoke regarding the decision that the Board made at the meeting to change the Parcel Tax resolution to include the Charter schools. Mr. Mandel feels strongly that the Parcel Tax Committee worked diligently for months with the direction of the Board, and then at the final hour the Board changed the resolution to include the Charter schools. He is concerned that Voices Academy was approved by the County Office of Education, and they should be supporting them. The district is taking money from our teachers to fund the Charters. E. COMMUNICATIONS E.1. Closed Session Action Report (Government Code 54957.1) E.2. Report: Student Board Member Emily Pfefferlen reported the following site activities: Sobrato June 1-4 are Senior finals; June 4-7 are minimum days for finals week; June 8 th is the last day of school and graduation. Central Graduation will be held on June 7, 6:00pm, at the Community and Cultural Center. Live Oak Live Oak Seniors had their last academic day on Monday, June 4. Other finals are June 4 7; Senior Disney Trip is tonight and graduation is on June 8 at 2pm with Grad Night following. E.3. Reports: Superintendent / Staff Superintendent Betando, spoke of the Amgen Tour that took place in Morgan Hill on May 16 and stated there was very little interruption to our school schedules; on May 17 he attended Nordstrom s Open House and the Sobrato Pops Concert; on May 18 he attended the School Services May Revise for the budget; on May 21 attended the first Sobrato Championship Banner Signing; May 23 he met with the Morgan Hill Police Department on suicide prevention, and how we could develop a partnership where we could share information; May 24 met again with the Morgan Hill Police Department regarding the Britton Carnival incident and discussed possible protocols and advanced planning, if we should have this event again; also on May 24 he attended the Martin Murphy Career Day, Barrett s Open House and Live Oak s Senior Awards; Rotary of Morgan Hill started their new For the Love of Literacy project which was piloted at Barrett today and all of the third graders received book bags including a book that Rotary purchased along with additional goodies for the students. The Rotarians were on hand to presentthe book bags to the students and spoke about the value of reading. This project replaces their Dictionary Project. Kirsten Perez, Assistant Superintendent Business, spoke of the Breakfast Meeting Food Services provided for all of the principals which included an open dialogue regarding the breakfast the principals were served a sampling of different breakfast offerings. Fawn Myers, Assistant Superintendent Human Resources, announced and introduced Jessica Jessie Swift as the new Coordinator of Student Support Services. Jessie thanked the Board and shared some of her background and her successes. E.4. Reports: Board Members Trustee Patterson, attended Barrett s Open House and was very impressed with the students work. She visited a Special Education classroom and was pleased to see the teacher was from Morgan Hill and is a graduate of Live Oak High School. Also, spoke with the representative for Second Harvest Food Bank table who was offering families resources such as health care and applications for Medi-cal; talked about the call she received Sunday evening of the bomb threat at Martin Murphy and thanked all staff who went out on that night to assist the San Jose Police to sweep the buildings and grounds. Even though she received the recorded message alerting parents as she was on her way to drop off her child at Martin Murphy, she felt confident that it was safe for her child to be there. E.5. Reports: Employee Groups: Morgan Hill Classified Employee Association / Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers / Morgan Hill Educational Leaders Association Page 3 of 6
Morgan Hill Classified Employee Association no representative Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers, Gemma Abels, President, made a suggestion that we should reschedule next year if we have a Board meeting scheduled on election night. Gemma mentioned that she doesn t have a ratified contract for them at this time. The budget item and LCAP item reveal some good things after some hard meetings which included Right Sizing the Budget. Morgan Hill Education Leaders Association, Patrick Buscher, President, talked about the closing of the school year events, ceremonies, academic awards and graduations. E.6. Calendar: Upcoming events President Arnett read from the calendar of events. F. CONSENT ITEMS F.1. BUSINESS SERVICES F.1.a. Adopt resolution approving addendum to the 2017-18 Facilities Use Agreement with Charter School of Morgan Hill extending the current agreement through June 30, 2019 F.1.b. Adopt resolution for the District to become subject to the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act F.1.c. Approve agreement with Quatrocchi-Kwok Architects to provide design services for Britton Middle School Transformation Project F.1.d. Approve Amendment #2 to the design-build contract with Blach Construction Company-Quatrocchi-Kwok Architects for Britton Middle School F.1.e. Ratify testing and special inspection services for the Britton Middle School Transformation Project F.1.f. Approve master planning services agreement with McKim Design Group for the Jackson Academy of Math and Music's new multi-purpose room/gym project F.1.g. Ratify additional services for McKim Design Group for the Paradise Valley New Classrooms and Parking Lot Project F.1.h. Adopt resolution to accept donations made to the Morgan Hill Unified School District F.1.i. Adopt resolution to accept increases to budgets as a result of donations and make changes between funds as needed F.1.j. Approve fiscal year 2018-19 expenditure plan for Proposition 30 funds F.1.k. Approve participation in purchasing consortium F.1.l. Approve three-year audit contract with Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP for Annual Financial Audit F.1.m. Ratify agreement for special services with School Services of California for Fiscal Year 2018-19 F.1.n. Ratify agreement with Michael's Transportation Services Page 4 of 6
F.2. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES F.2.a. Approve agreement with Advanced Via Individual Determination (AVID) Center to provide an AVID program at the secondary level for 2018-2019 F.2.b. Approve contract with California Association for Bilingual Education F.2.c. Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Santa Clara County Office of Education for Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) F.2.d. Approve Overnight Stay for Ann Sobrato High School Marching Band August 10-11, 2018 F.2.e. Approve travel for Ann Sobrato High School Future Farmers of American (FFA) F.3. HUMAN RESOURCES F.3.a. Approve personnel action to employ, re-employ, promote, reassign, accept resignation, accept retirement, and authorize related compensation F.3.b. Approve revised job description for Paraprofessional F.3.c. Approve internship MOU with Brandman University F.3.d. Approve student teaching MOU with Brandman University F.3.e. Approve student teaching MOU with San Jose State University F.3.f. Approve MOU with San Jose State University for teacher candidates teaching under a Teaching Permit for Statutory Leave (TPSL) F.3.g. Approve student placement agreement with Arizona State University F.4. SUPERINTENDENT F.4.a. Adopt resolution for Order of Election, Specifications of the Election Order and Consolidation Request for the November 6, 2018 election G. GENERAL BUSINESS - PUBLIC SESSION ITEMS FOR BOARD DISCUSSION G.1. Public Hearing: Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) Open Public Hearing: 6:48pm Comments: No public comments Closed Public Hearing: 6:48pm G.2. Public Hearing: 2018-19 Budget Adoption Open Public Hearing: 6:49pm Comments: No public comments Closed Public Hearing: 6:49pm G.3. Public Hearing: Disclosure of District reserves and reasons Open Public Hearing: 6:49pm Comments: No public comment Page 5 of 6
Closed Public Hearing: 6:49pm G.4. Equity Item: Family Engagement Plan Presented by Heather Nursement, Director Supplemental Programs G.5. Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) Update Presented by Glen Webb, Director Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments G.6. Board discussion of 2018-2021 Local Control Accountability Plan This item is a placeholder for Board questions and discussion. G.7. Proposed 2018-19 Adopted Budget for the unrestricted and restricted General Funds as reported in the Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) report Presented by Victoria Knutson, Director Fiscal Services G.8. New business: future agenda items / recognitions Trustee Gerard, would like information on the naming of a school or building. Trustee Borgioli, asks for a discussion on agenda presentation item time limits. Trustee Borgioli also requested an item at the next meeting to vote on a new Vice President due to Trustee Patterson s move to complete President Arnett s assignment. H. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:37pm Steve Betando, Superintendent June 19, 2018 Page 6 of 6