CABRILLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 498 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 MINUTES (Adopted) Thursday, June 26, 2014 Governing Board Meeting 7:00 P.M. District Office Board Members Present: Mr. Rob Pappalardo, President Ms. Kate Livingston, Vice President Mr. Michael John Ahern, Clerk to the Board Dr. Kirk Riemer, Member Ms. Freya McCamant, Member Administrators at the Table: Student Member: Dr. Tony Roehrick, Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Schuck, Associate Superintendent Mr. John Corry, Assistant Superintendent Ms. Crystal Leach, Director of Fiscal Services Miss Irma Ramos, Student Board Representative - Absent 1. CALL TO ORDER/QUORUM ESTABLISHED AT 6:03 PM 2. ROLL CALL Mr. Rob Pappalardo, President Ms. Kate Livingston, Vice President Mr. Michael John Ahern, Clerk to the Board Dr. Kirk Riemer, Member Ms. Freya McCamant, Member 3. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC RELATED TO ITEMS ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 4. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION AT 6:03PM 5. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:07PM The Governing Board met in closed session from 6:03 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. President Pappalardo reported that there was no action taken in closed session. 6. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Cullen McGee, incoming 9 th grade student at Half Moon Bay High School. 7. ADOPTION OF AGENDA AS PRESENTED/AMENDED Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 87
President Rob Pappalardo made a motion to amend the agenda by moving Discussion item 15.a Discuss the Immersion Study Group Recommendations to Report item 11.d. Member Freya McCamant seconded the motion. (M-97) Passed 5-0 Motion to adopt the agenda as amended was made by Member Kirk Riemer and seconded by Member Kate Livingston. (M-98) Passed 5 0 8. STUDENT/STAFF/COMMUNITY RECOGNITION The Governing Board recognized Emma Moctezuma for her outstanding efforts in enrolling coastside residents for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The Governing Board recognized Tanya Goldberg for her outstanding efforts, dedication and leadership since the inception of the Children's Health Initiative and for being named the July 2014 Children's Health Initiative Coalition Partner of the Month. 9. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC RELATED TO ITEMS NOT ON THIS AGENDA None 10. REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS CSEA Representative Mr. Stig Lynne, said the classified staff are working at full speed and many departments are working hard, cleaning classrooms, doing repairs, working on getting new technology up and running, working on the budgets and hiring staff for the next school year. 11. REPORTS/PRESENTATIONS a. Receive Report on New Single Plan for Student Achievement For All School Sites Dr. Elizabeth Schuck, Lynn Kelly-El Granada School Teacher/Administrative Designee, Joy Dardenelle- Farallone View Principal, Jim Ward-Hatch Principal, Diane Siegal- Kings Mountain Site Director, Cathie Treulich-Cunha School Teacher/School Site Council Member, Allison Silvestri-Half Moon Bay High School Principal, and Rajan Bechar-Pilarcitos High School Principal, presented and spoke about their respective Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA). The purpose of the SPSA is to coordinate all educational services at the school site. Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 88
b. Receive Report on 2014-2015 District-Wide and Site Staff Professional Development Plans Dr. Elizabeth Schuck, Lynn Kelly-El Granada School Teacher/Administrative Designee, Joy Dardenelle- Farallone View Principal, Jim Ward-Hatch Principal, Diane Siegal- Kings Mountain Site Director, Cathie Treulich-Cunha School Teacher/School Site Council Member, Allison Silvestri-Half Moon Bay High School Principal, and Rajan Bechar-Pilarcitos High School Principal, presented the District-wide and Site Staff Professional Development Plans which are aligned to the SPSA plans. The District-wide and Site Professional Development Plans were created based on identified criteria, including focus on Common Core State Standards and the Local Control Accountability Plan goals. c. Receive Report Regarding 2014-2015 District Budget Ms. Crystal Leach, Director of Fiscal Services, presented the 2014-2015 proposed district budget to the Governing Board. The proposed budget is based on assumptions known at this time and will be revised, as necessary, after details of the State budget become known. d. Discuss the Immersion Study Group Recommendations Public comments regarding 11.d Discuss the Immersion Study Group Recommendations (formerly 15.a) Ms. Jodi Paik, 427 Correas St., Half Moon Bay, Ca. 94019, Ms. Amy Risk, 360 Granelli Ave., Half Moon Bay, Ca, 94019, and Ms. Ramona Alvarado, 575 Poplar Street, Half Moon Bay, Ca., 94019, Immersion program parents, came to the meeting to jointly address the Governing Board regarding their concerns and ideas in support of the District s Immersion Program and ways they can strengthen the Immersion program. Mr. Miguel Guevara-Ramirez, 415 Casa Del Mar Drive, Half Moon Bay, Ca 94019, came to the meeting as a former Immersion student to address the Governing Board regarding his successes in the District s Immersion program. Mr. Michael Alifano, 660 Magnolia Street, Half Moon Bay, Ca. 94019, came to address the Governing Board as an Immersion parent to say how happy he is that his student is in the program. Dr. Tony Roehrick presented five of the eight recommendations from the Immersion Study Group to the Governing Board at the May 8, 2014 meeting for Board consideration and approval. The Governing Board tabled the item on May 8 th wanting an opportunity for greater discussion. Member Rob Pappalardo said what he has learned from the data is that if the district is to continue with a clear Immersion Program, the district must to find a way to extend the data acquisition to deal with the issues. Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 89
Member Freya McCamant recommended that the District begin strengthening the K-5 program by having fidelity to best practices to the program at the elementary level. Ms. McCamant also said that there needs to be much more in-depth research and evaluation on how to expand and strengthen the program to K-8. Member Kirk Riemer said he is troubled at the lack of data after an having an Immersion program of twenty years. He asked what is the clear definition of a student s success in the program at the High School level and how can it be measured. He said time needs to be taken to look as the many issues and get a clear 360 o view. He also asked how the district could make the Immersion program or other programs equitable to all students who wish to participate. Member Kate Livingston said for Cabrillo Unified being a small school district, the district may need to look at things with a different lens so that all students at every campus can benefit from a second language program. She said the district could look at resuming neighborhood schools. Member Michael Ahern said the district could go back and look at more data from Dr. Molina, and others mentioned to find out what benchmarks they are using to create better programs. Dr. Tony Roehrick said it would be important for the district is to evaluate what is the true purpose of offering an Immersion program. What are the goals? Are students truly becoming bi-literate with a deep level of fluency at the end of the program? It would be important to know where the program is going and what the desired outcomes are. Dr. Roehrick recommended two things that can be done to improve the Cunha experience: 1. That students who enter in kindergarten and continue through the 5 th grade have access to the program in 6th, 7th, 8th grade. Specifically the English Language Learners should not be removed from the program due to scheduling conflicts. Also to improve the program at Cunha, which is a language based program, and restructure it by making it a content based instruction program in zero period beginning next year. This would provide at least one period of content rich instruction where students will be writing and thinking in Spanish. 2. The district needs to return to the Immersion Study Group for further analysis and to be sure the district s resources are utilized to the best advantage for our students. The Governing Board supported the above two recommendations from Dr. Roehrick for the Immersion program for 2014-15 school year. Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 90
12. COMUNICATIONS Board Members: Member Kirk Riemer said the Cunha Promotion ceremony was a blast. Everything went well. Member Michael Ahern said he appreciated the flexibility of everyone by adding him to the Cunha ceremonies. Member Ahern said he also participated in the Los Listos promotion ceremony, Hatch promotion ceremony, Pilarcitos High School graduation ceremony and the Half Moon Bay High School graduation ceremony. Mr. Ahern said it was very exciting to participate in the phone banking and that Measure B passed. Member Kate Livingston thanked everyone on the Measure B Steering Committee for the recent success of passing Measure B. Member Freya McCamant thanked the community for the passing of Measure B. Ms. McCamant said she attended the Kings Mountain Promotion Ceremony; it was a very special ceremony. She said she also attended the Farallone View promotion ceremony as a parent. President Rob Pappalardo said the 70% passing of Measure B was fantastic and thanked everyone involved. Mr. Pappalardo said he also participated in the High School Graduation ceremony and it too was fantastic. Superintendent: Superintendent, Dr. Tony Roehrick, made the following report- Big Lift Preschool Grant: The Big Lift is a county-wide effort with the overall goal of increasing on grade performance in reading for 3 rd grade students. One of the Big Lift s strategies is to increase the participation in preschool for 3 and 4 year olds, especially among low income and second language learners. The Big Lift initiative has received $10 million from the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, as well as securing other grants and gifts. o The first RFP has been issued with the purpose of expanding preschool opportunities. Cabrillo has been invited to apply for these funds. The grant requires districts work with outside agencies and we have secured the cooperation of Coastside Children s Programs. Dr. Schuck is leading our application process. The application is due on August 26, so we know her summer is now fully occupied. Summer Schools: Our various summer school programs began this week. The secondary program is again being held at Cunha School which began on Monday. The elementary summer school program began yesterday and is being held at El Granada Elementary School. The switch was made from Hatch this year in preparation for next summer s modernizing at Hatch. We will be on a very tight schedule to move the teachers out of classrooms, so we are taking advantage of this summer to go through the facility and begin to purge as much stored, but not needed, stuff as possible. Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 91
Columbine Locks: We are on schedule to replace this summer door cylinders to allow teachers in classrooms to lock their doors from within their classrooms. At the same time, we are installing ADA approved door handles. Dr. Roehrick thanked the community and all members of the steering community in the successful passing of Measure B. 13. CONSENT ITEMS a. Approve Attendance of Half Moon Bay High School Math Teachers at Bay Area Regional Seminar 2 at Half Moon Bay High School - Agile Mind Training, August 14 and 15, 2014 b. Approve Attendance of Half Moon Bay High School Teachers to Advanced Placement Institute at Stanford c. Approve Attendance of Half Moon Bay High School Teachers to AVID Conference d. Approve E-Rate Technology Plan e. Approve 2014-2015 District-Wide and Site Staff Professional Development Plans f. Approve Certificated Personnel Report g. Approve Classified Personnel Report h. Approve the San Francisco State University Student Teaching Agreement from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017 i. Accept Enrollment Report for the Ninth Month of 2013-2014 j. Accept Donations to Cabrillo Unified School District k. Approve and Adopt Minutes of May 29, 2014, Regular Governing Board Meeting l. Approve Cabrillo Unified School District Governing Board Policy Updates and Adopt the Proposed Revisions as Recommended by the California School Boards Association Member Kirk Riemer made a motion to approve the Consent items as presented. Member Freya McCamant seconded the motion. (M-99) Passed 5-0 President Pappalardo asked for a motion to continue the Board meeting past the 10:00 p.m. curfew. Motion to continue the meeting past the 10:00 p.m. curfew was made by Member Freya McCamant and seconded by Member Kirk Riemer. (M-100) Passed 5-0 Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 92
14. ACTION ITEMS a. Adopt the 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 Three-Year Local Control Accountability Plan Motion to adopt the 2014-15, 2015-16, and the 2016-17 Three Year Local Control Accountability Plan was made by Member Freya McCamant and seconded by Member Kate Livingston. (M-101) Passed 5-0 b. Approve Revisions to the Common Core State Standards Local Implementation Plan Motion to approve revisions to the Common Core State Standards Local Implementation Plan was made by Member Kirk Reimer and seconded by Member Kate Livingston. c. Approve New Single Plan for Student Achievement For All School Sites (M-102) Passed 5-0 Motion to approve the new Single Plan for Student Achievement for all School Sites was made by Member Kirk Riemer and seconded by Member Michael Ahern. (M-103) Passed 5-0 d. Approve the Cabrillo Unified School District and Cabrillo Unified Teachers Association, California School Employees Association, and Management (Non Represented Employees) One-Time Negotiated Payment Motion to approve the one-time negotiated payment for the Cabrillo Unified School District and Cabrillo Unified Teachers Association, California School Employees Association and Management (Non Represented Employees) was made by Member Freya McCamant and seconded by Member Kirk Riemer. e. Approve Budget Adoption: Fiscal Year 2014-2015 (M-104) Passed 5-0 Motion to approve the budget for the Fiscal Year of 2014-2015 school year made by Member Michael Ahern and seconded by Member Freya McCamant. (M-105) Passed 5-0 f. Approve Resolution No. 11-14 Authorizing the District to Spend Funds Received in 2013-2014 from the Education Protection Account in Accordance with Article XIII, Section 36 of the California Constitution Motion to approve Resolution No. 11-14 authorizing the district to spend funds received in 2013-2014 from the Education Protection account in accordance with Article XIII, Section 36 of the California Constitution was made by Member Kirk Riemer and seconded by Member Freya McCamant. (M-106) Passed 5-0 Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 93
Roll Call: Freya McCamant - aye Rob Pappalardo aye Kate Livingston aye Michael John Ahern aye Kirk Riemer aye g. Approve Resolution No. 12-14 Establishing Temporary Interfund Transfers of Special or Restricted Fund Monies Motion to approve Resolution No. 12-14 establishing temporary Interfund transfers of special or restricted fund monies was made by Member Kate Livingston and seconded by Member Michael Ahern. (M-107) Passed 5-0 Roll Call: Freya McCamant - aye Rob Pappalardo aye Kate Livingston aye Michael John Ahern aye Kirk Riemer aye h. Approve Resolution No. 13-14 Withdrawing Approval of the Half Moon Bay High School Track and Field Project, Withdrawing Project Notice of Exemption, and Rejecting Bids for Construction of the Project Motion to approve Resolution No. 13-14 withdrawing approval of the Half Moon Bay High School Track and Field Project, withdrawing project Notice of Exemption, and rejecting bids for construction of the project was made by Member Freya McCamant and seconded by Member Kirk Riemer. (M-108) Passed 5-0 Roll Call: Freya McCamant - aye Rob Pappalardo aye Kate Livingston aye Michael John Ahern aye Kirk Riemer aye i. Approve Termination of Architectural Agreement for Convenience with DT Architecture, Inc. for Design of a Dual Gymnasium at Cunha Intermediate School Motion to approve termination of Architectural Agreement for convenience with DT Architecture, Inc. for design of a Dual Gymnasium at Cunha Intermediate School made by Member Kirk Riemer and seconded by Member Kath Livingston. (M-109) Passed 5-0 Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 94
15. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Discuss the Immersion Study Group Recommendations By request of President Pappalardo a motion was approved to amend the agenda and move this item to Reports/Presentations item 11.d. 18. RETURN TO CLOSED SESSION (IF NESCESSARY) President Pappalardo adjourned open session at 10:37 p.m. and the Governing Board returned to closed session. The Governing Board met in closed session from 10:38 p.m. to 11:27 p.m. No action was taken in closed session. 19. ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING Motion to adjourn made by Member Freya McCamant and seconded by Member Kirk Riemer. (M-110) Passed 5-0 Meeting was adjourned at 11:27 p.m. Minutes prepared by Patricia Serrano, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Minutes presented by Dr. Tony Roehrick, Secretary to the Board Certified by Michael Ahern Clerk to the Governing Board Date Minutes (Adopted) 06-26-14 08-14-14 95