In the interest of conducting the business of public education in a timely manner, there is a two or three-minute limit per individual speaker which, at the discretion of the board president, may be modified depending on the number of speakers.  A maximum of thirty (30) minutes for the comment period may be imposed.

In order to maintain a respectful public forum, members of the audience will please limit applause to occasions of student performance, employee recognition, and significant community contributions which are celebrated by everyone present.

During this public comment period, the law does not allow the Board of Education to take action on any item not explicitly posted on the agenda in advance.  However, Board members may ask for clarification, refer concerns to staff, and/or request that an item be placed on a future agenda. 

Certificated Personnel Report No. 22-19 covers 7 Conversions from Temporary to Probationary Status, 3 Employments, 1 Temporary Employment, 6 Temporary Release Rehire, 1 FTE Increase, 2 Temporary FTE Increases, 6 Partial Leaves of Absence, 3 Resignations, 1 Retirement and possible addendum covering 5 Employments, 5 Resignations, and 5 Retirements.

Classified Personnel Report No. 21-19 covers 1 FTE Increase, 2 Promotions, 5 Resignations, 2 Partial Resignations, 1 Retirement and possible addendum covering 5 Employments, 5 Promotions, 5 Resignations, 5 Retirements and 10 Coaching Variable Services Agreements.

Accept for information the quarterly report on Williams Uniform Complaints from the Davis Joint Unified School District staff.

The Williams Uniform Complaint requires that all school districts report to their governing board and to the County Offices of Education on a quarterly basis.  Ed Code 35186(d) states “A school district shall report summarized data on the nature and resolution of all complaints on a quarterly basis to the county superintendent of schools and the governing board of the school district.  The summaries shall be publicly reported on a quarterly basis at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board of the school district.  The report shall include the number of complaints by general subject area with the number of resolved and unresolved complaints.  The complaints and written responses shall be available as public records.”

The quarterly report is attached.  This form reflects only the required reporting elements.

Approve the Annual Report for Alternative Schools for Davis School for Independent Study.  

The California Department of Education asks that each district operating an alternative school shall annually evaluate such school. The evaluation shall include testing of basic skills for student participants, and must identify the variables which may have affected student academic achievement. The process of evaluation shall also include teacher, parent, and student input from the alternative school itself. These evaluation reports shall be sent to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction on or before August 1st of the following year and shall be annually reviewed by persons designated by the superintendent who are not employed by the district operating the alternative school under review.

None.

Approve 2019-2020 School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA), which have been approved by each site's School Site Council. 

Schools that receive state and federal categorical funding through the Consolidated Application process must annually develop a School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA). The purpose of the SPSA goals and actions are to “improve the academic performance of all students to the level of the performance goals.” 

The School Plan for Student Achievement involves a cycle of continuous development, implementation and monitoring.  The following steps are completed at the site level in the development of a school plan: 

Once approved by the Board of Education, a copy of each school's SPSA will be available for review on the DJUSD website and in the Instructional Services Department at the District Office. The 2019-20 SPSAs have been approved for implementation by each site's School Site Council.

As described in each plan.

None at this time.

The Davis Schools Foundation continues to generously support important and needed programs in the DJUSD and will again fund instructional support at elementary school sites, counseling services and support for technology for student use in the 2019-20 school year. The combined total of the grant award is $60,000. 

Accept the proposed Board Policy amendments as a first reading, waive the second reading, and approve the revised Board Policies as presented. 

CSBA, through its Board Policy service, prepares comprehensive updates to insure compliance with statutory changes and/or provide clarity to existing policies.  By following CSBA guidelines, the District's Policies, Procedures and Bylaws incorporate the most up to date local/federal mandates and laws.  The Board Policies and Bylaws listed below have been reviewed by the Board Policy Subcommittee, staff, and Superintendent and are recommended for Board approval.

Staff recommends the Board approve the draft timeline for redistricting 

Background:  At the District Board meeting held on May 16, 2019, the governing Board adopted a resolution of intention to transition the District’s governing Board member election method from an At-Large method to a By-Trustee area method in order to insure compliance with and avoid liability under the California Voting Rights Act (“CVRA”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Election Code section 10010, there are a number of public hearings required both prior to map creation and post-map creation.  These hearing dates as well as additional dates for community forums are included on the attached timeline.  This timeline is provided in furtherance of transparency and to encourage and facilitate community involvement in the redistricting process.  While the dates, times and locations of hearings and meetings identified on this timeline are subject to change based upon changing needs and circumstances, any such changes will be accompanied by legally-required advanced notice.

For the most current information on the redistricting process, members of the public are encouraged to visit the section of the District’s website, to be available June 21, 2019 entitled "By Trustee Area Election System" located at www.djusd.net.

Adopt letter of support for AB 331 and formally submit letter of Board of Education support to the Chair of the Senate Education Committee.

State adoption of an ethnic studies graduation requirement will be beneficial to DJUSD students and programming. Passage of AB 331 will further instruction of ethnic studies in California and in DJUSD by encouraging school districts to build on existing courses and/or develop new courses, as well as integrating ethnic studies across the curricula.  As ethnic studies seeks to engage students in school and in their learning, we believe this effort will help close the achievement gap by reducing student absenteeism, improving student graduation rates, and better preparing Californian youth to be college, career, and civic ready.

In accordance with Board Policy 1221, Citizens Advisory Committee, Citizens Oversight Committee for Parcel Taxes, each Board member nominates one person each year to serve on the Parcel Tax Oversight Committee for a two-year term.  Vacancies have been created as the terms of committee members have expired.  

These are the nominees to serve on the committee for the July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2020 term. 

Education Code Section 17545 authorizes the governing board of any school district to sell for cash any personal property belonging to the district if the property is not required for school purposes, or if it should be disposed of for the purpose of replacement, or if it is unsatisfactory or not suitable for school use. The governing board may choose to conduct a sale of personal property under this section by means of a public auction conducted by employees of the district or other public agency or by contract with a public auction firm. The Board of Education may delegate to the district employee responsible for conducting the auction the authority to transfer the personal property to the highest responsible bidder upon completion of the auction and after payment has been received by the district.

The Technology Department has collected an inventory of obsolete computer related equipment.  All items were found either to be not serviceable for use or are not repairable.  The district will use a state-approved vendor, PC Assets Recovery and Disposal, Inc., who will pick up surplus equipment from each site and recycle according to state and federal environmental laws and then provide a certified report detailing the services performed.

No financial impact. 

The Board of Education approved the 2019-20 tax rates for Measure H, CFD No. 1 and CFD No. 2 on May 3, 2019. Subsequently, the Yolo County Auditor/Controller’s Office has requested that a Certification of Assessment for each tax be submitted to their office.

Staff recommends that the Board of Education ratify the Certification of Assessment forms from the Yolo County Auditor/Controller’s Office for the 2018-2019 Measure H, CFD No. 1 and CFD No. 2 tax assessments.

These forms allow the District to assess the local taxes on the 2019-20 County property tax bills.

Award the milk and dairy contract to Crystal Creamery for 2019-20 school year.

Davis Joint Unified School District, Student Nutrition Services, issued a Request for Quotes (RFQ), utilizing the procedures required by California Public Contract Code, for the 2019-20 Milk and Dairy contract with a deadline of May 31, 2019.

Three sealed bids were received. Staff recommends Crystal Creamery be awarded the contract based on a lower unit price for all of the bid items. 

The term of this agreement is from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, with the possibility of two (2) one-year extensions.

The financial impact to the District is approximately $93,406 annually from the Cafeteria Special Revenue Fund (Fund 13).  There is no impact to the General Fund.

Per Board Policy 3300, the Clerk of the Board shall review and report to the Board all transactions entered into by the Superintendent or designee on behalf of the Board every 60 days.  (Education Code 17605.)

These reports cover the periods from April 1 to April 30, 2019, and May 1 to May 31, 2019.

Per Board Policy 3300, the Clerk of the Board shall review and report to the Board all transactions entered into by the Superintendent or designee on behalf of the Board every 60 days. (Education Code 17605.)

These reports cover the periods from April 1, 2019 to April 30, 2019 and May 1, 2019 and May 31, 2019.

Accept the gifts totaling $5,067.36 for this period, presented for use in the District's programs.

The Board of Education gratefully accepts donations totaling $5,067.36, which have been received by the District since the Board of Education meeting held on May 30, 2019. A summary of gifts received is included in the Board packet.

Approval of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). 

In preparation for Board adoption of DJUSD's Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), staff have attached full documentation of the plan and an executive summary, which include DJUSD's LCAP goals, actions, and services to align with the Board of Education Priorities and the State LCAP Priorities.

Also, DJUSD's 2019-20 LCAP includes an additional budgetary feature. Assembly Bill 1808 added California Education Code (EC) Section 52064.1, which requires that County offices of Education (COEs), school districts, and charter schools (LEAs) develop the Local Control Funding Formula Budget Overview for Parents in conjunction with the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP).

LCAP Goals include the following: 1) All students will experience 21st Century Teaching and Learning; 2) Davis Joint Unified School District educators will close the Opportunity and Achievement Gap; 3) Classrooms and school communities will be inclusive and safe communities. 

The work of achieving these goals will be accomplished through a Multi-Tiered System of Support that is driven by: evidence-based professional learning communities, effective instruction, and research-based social emotional learning. To close the opportunity and achievement gap, we will also continue to provide English Learner Specialists and a coach to guide English Learner Instruction in Secondary classrooms.  Additionally, we will provide focused professional development to increase educator effectiveness for language acquisition and content knowledge in all subject  areas.

Additional supports that have been effective, and will continue, include expanding Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) at Montgomery Elementary School, and interventions for English Learners and low income students at Davis Senior High School (including the para-educator support in World Civilization courses, an English Learner Mentor Program, and Parent Liaison).  

The DJUSD LCAP also targets professional development for English Learner Specialists, classroom teachers, and site administrators to deepen understanding and implementation of English Language Development standards and interventions.  Furthermore, the Wellness Center at Martin Luther King Junior Continuation High School increases our ability to create a trauma sensitive school environment for all students, particularly low income and English Learners; support of the Wellness Center will continue and, in time, will inform the development of similar programs elsewhere in the district.  

Ongoing reading and literacy supports at the primary grades will continue.  A focus remains on how Long Term English Learners develop goals to acquire reclassification status. This includes additional staff of English Learner Specialists to coach teaching staff and manage student case loads towards their graduation. 

Revisions and additions this year include the position of an Interventionist for Homeless and Foster students, emergency resources for socioeconomically disadvantaged youth, and the use of the Low Performing Student Block Grant funds to launch comprehensive MTSS structures across DJUSD.

As aligned with the District budget. 

Approve the 2019-20 District Adoption Budget as presented, including fund balance reserve report and 2018-19 Budget Revision (Estimated Actuals).

The budgets were completed based on the latest information available to date. For the current year, 2018-19, budgets were revised to project estimated actual revenues and spending. For 2019-20, the proposed budget contains projected funding for LCFF growth and other one-time State level funding to mitigate the level of STRS pension rate cost increases. These projections are from the Governor's May Revision and are subject to change with the Final State Budget.

The District has developed a spending plan for next year that addresses the following needs;

• Required (State/Local) Expenditures

• Employee Compensation
• State Pension Cost Increases
• Inflation/Cost Increases
• K-3 Class Size regulations and local teacher staffing
• Deficit Spending Reduction
• Services/Goals for Student Learning (LCAP)

The Adoption Budget is built on the assumption of continued revenue growth over the three years. The District is experiencing declining enrollment, insurance cost increases and deficit spending which requires future budget reductions to maintain the State required minimum reserve of 3%.

Receive an update from staff and fellow Trustees regarding the 2018-19 Board Listening Tour.

DJUSD Board of Education Listening Tours began in the 2017-18 school year, driven by the passage of  the We All Belong Resolution and Trustees' desire to hear directly from students about their daily school experience. In 2018-19, Trustees focused their questions for students on the DJUSD Graduate Profile. Staff will provide an overview of the basic structure of the Listening Tour meetings and Trustees will be asked to share what they learned from students and how this can inform the pursuit of Board Goals and other District initiatives.

The calendar is a fluid, working document used by the Board President and Superintendent in support of the Board conducting efficient and effective Board meetings. Changes in the date of future agenda items occur frequently to best fit Board items into the time parameters of Board meetings and District priorities.  

The next meeting of the Board of Education is scheduled for August 1, 2019. The Board will convene in open session, and immediately thereafter adjourn to closed session at 5:30 p.m. in the Susan B. Anthony Administration Building at 526 B Street, Davis, California. The Board will reconvene in open session at approximately 7:00 p.m. in the Community Chambers at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California. 

In compliance with the Brown Act regulations, Monica Roque legally posted this agenda on June 14, 2019.

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to access the Board meeting room or to otherwise participate during this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Superintendent's Office at (530) 757-5300 ext. 142. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the District to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the Board meeting.

Agenda Packets are available for review at the Davis Joint Unified School District office, 526 B Street (530-757-5300 x 142); or online at https://davis.agendaonline.net/public/davis.