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Previous MeetingMarch 09, 2010 05:30 PM
Regular Board Meeting
South Pasadena Unified School District
1020 El Centro Street
South Pasadena, CA 91030

 

  
Preliminary Information

"IGNITING STUDENTS' POTENTIAL!"

South Pasadena Unified School District

Vision and Mission Statement

Board Approved December 11, 2007

Vision

(the best future state for SPUSD students)

Our students reach their individual potential by developing intellectual abilities, emotional maturity, unique talents, love of learning and responsibility for their own learning. They confidently participate in the complex, global environment.

Mission

(what the District will do to attain the vision)

The SPUSD will provide:

  • challenging, rigorous and relevant curriculum that prepares students for college and the world of work.
  • formative experiences that develop the physical, social, emotional, ethical, linguistic, creative and cognitive pathways of learning.
  • a commitment to recognizing and valuing the abilities of all students and to providing them the encouragement to reach their full potential.
  • effective teaching in an environment that is intellectually stimulating, as well as physically and emotionally safe for students and adults.
  • qualified, caring and motivated adults who are inspiring and encouraging.
  • a professional environment that attracts, supports and retains the highest quality professionals in every position in the District.

 

6:30 P.M. 

5:30 P.M. – Closed Session   

South Pasadena Unified School District
Board of Education


David Adelstein
Elisabeth Eilers
Michele Kipke, Ph.D.
Joseph Loo
Richard A. Sonner, M.D.

 

Members from the community are free to speak on a specific item on the Agenda once the item is on the floor for discussion. The President will recognize any individual who wishes to speak. You are asked to complete a yellow speaker card, located at the back of the room, and turn it in to the secretary, and to repeat your name and address once called to the podium. Please limit remarks to three (3) minutes unless given prior permission by the Board President. The President may limit discussion on each topic and each speaker if it appears that a long time is required to dispose of a particular concern or proposal.


(D) Discussion Item
(V) Can Vote
(C) Consent Item
Unfold I.  OPENING   
 
         
1. Call to Order     
 
         
2. Roll Call     
 
         
3. Opportunity for Public Comment on Closed Session Items     
Unfold II.  ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION   
 
         
1. Consideration of readmission for expelled student #9939.      (V)  
 
         
2. Conference with Labor Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 conference with District Negotiator Julie Jennings, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Services regarding negotiations with TASP.      (D)  
 
         
3. Conference with Labor Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 conference with District Negotiator Julie Jennings, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel Services regarding negotiations with CSEA.      (D)  
Unfold III.  RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION/REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION   
 
         
1. Report out findings of re-admission hearing for student #9939.      (V)  
 
         
2. Pledge of Allegiance     
 
         
3. Reading of District Vision/Mission Statement     
 
         
4. Ordering and Approval of the Agenda     
Unfold IV.  COMMUNICATION   
 
         
1. Visitor Comments     
This time is reserved for those in the audience who wish to address the Board of Education. The audience should be aware that the Board may not discuss details or vote on non-agenda items. However, board members may respond briefly. Your concerns may be referred to staff or placed on a future agenda. Note: Public input will also be taken during all agenda items. In order to address the Board, a speaker card must be submitted to the Secretary to the Superintendent prior to the beginning of the meeting. TIME ALLOTTED PER SPEAKER: THREE (3) MINUTES.
 
         
2. Correspondence     
 
         
3. PRESENTATION: Recognition of Oliver Mittelstaedt, California's Youth Governor as part of the YMCA Youth and Government Program         (D)  
 
         
4. Designated Reports from Represented Organizations     

Teachers' Association of South Pasadena (TASP)

California School Employees' Association (CSEA)

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

South Pasadena Educational Foundation (SPEF)

 
         
5. Board Reports     
 
         
6. Superintendent's Report     
 
         
7. Middle School Construction Update     
 
         
8. Budget Update     
 
         
9. Public Hearing - In the Matter of the Restricted Categorical Sweep and Flexibility Funds Reclassification to Designated Reserves - BURCH     
OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND ACCEPT COMMENT

This is the public's opportunity to comment on the Restricted Categorical Sweep and Flexibility Funds Reclassification to Designated Reserves.

CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING
V.  REPORTS/DISCUSSIONS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS   
Unfold VI.  ROUTINE ACTION ITEMS   
 
         
1. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes - SHAPIRO      (C)  
 
         
2. "B" Warrants - BURCH      (C)  
 
         
3. Purchase Orders - BURCH      (C)  
 
         
4. Financial Reports - BURCH      (C)  
 
         
5. Request Approval For Change Order #1, High School Softball Field Renovation - BURCH      (C)  
 
         
6. Request Approval for Change Order #2, High School Softball Field Renovation - BURCH      (C)  
 
         
7. Request Approval to Renew Intelligent Computer Concepts (ICC)Agreement - BURCH      (C)  
 
         
8. Ratification of Title I Waiver - SEAFORD      (C)  
 
         
9. SPHS Band/Orchestra Overnight Field Trip to Santa Clara CA for Heritage Music Festival - SEAFORD      (C)  
 
         
10. Approval of the Conference Report dated March 9, 2010 - JENNINGS      (C)  
 
         
11. Approval of the Consultant Report dated March 9, 2010 - JENNINGS      (C)  
 
         
12. Approval of the Personnel Report dated March 9, 2010 - JENNINGS      (C)  
Unfold VII.  ACTION ITEMS   
 
         
1. Approval of Resolution 2009-2010-31: PARS Supplementary Retirement Plan - SHAPIRO      (V)  
The Superintendent recommends approval of Resolution 2009-2010-31, to adopt the PARS Supplementary Retirement Plan for certificated employees with a minimum of ten (10) participating employees.
 
         
2. Approval of Administrative Agreement with Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) - SHAPIRO      (V)  
The Superintendent recommends approval of the Administrative Agreement with Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) to provide counseling, analytical, and administrative services necessary to implement an early retirement incentive program.
 
         
3. Approval of Second Interim 2009-2010 Budget - BURCH      (V)  
 
         
4. Request Approval of Resolution 2009-2010-29, Child Care Enterprise Fund 63 Transfer - BURCH      (V)  
 
         
5. Request Approval of Resolution 2009-2010-32, Deferred Maintenance Transfer - BURCH      (V)  
 
         
6. Request Approval of Resolution 2009-2010-33, Transfer Funds to Decrease Certificates of Participation - BURCH      (V)  
 
         
7. Request Approval of Resolution 2009-2010-35, Tier III Categorical Program Sweep for 2009-2010 Fiscal Year - BURCH      (V)  
VIII.  DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT OR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS   
IX.  COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD   
Unfold X.  ADJOURNMENT   
 
         
1. Items on the Agenda     
The foregoing agenda includes all items brought to Staff’s attention for consideration by the Board of Education prior to the printing of the Agenda.  State law dictates that no other matter will be considered by the Board unless specific finds are consistent with the Brown Act, and the matter is declared to be emergency in nature.  While this law does not preclude audience comments on non-agenda matters, the audience should be aware that the Board may not discuss details or vote on non-agenda items.  They may be placed on the next agenda.  


 
         
2. Public Access to Board Meeting Agenda Packets, Documents Distributed Before a Meeting, Viewing of Board Meetings     
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item appearing on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the South Pasadena Unified School District to all or a majority of the legislative body fewer than 72 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at the Superintendent’s Office, located in Room 6, 1020 El Centro Street prior to the meeting. During the meeting, these documents will be included as part of the “Counter Copy” of the agenda packet kept in the Board Room. Documents distributed during the meeting will be available following the meeting at the Superintendent’s Office.

A DVD of regularly scheduled meetings is available for viewing at the South Pasadena Public Library. DVD copies of the meetings can be purchased from the Superintendent’s Office.

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Americans with Disabilities Act 

South Pasadena Unified School District conforms to the protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation hereof. A request for disability-related modification or accommodation, in order to participate in a public meeting of the South Pasadena Unified School District, shall be made at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to: 

 

Sylvia Carroll, Office of the Superintendent 

South Pasadena Unified School District 

1020 El Centro Street South Pasadena, California 91030 

(626) 441-5810, ext. 1100 scarroll@fc.spusd.net 

 

I declare under penalty of perjury that I posted this notice of agenda on the bulletin board in the breezeway of the District Office at 1020 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, CA, as required by law. 




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