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Board Meeting Highlights is published after each board meeting to provide the community with highlights of the meeting. This issue covers the first Regular Board Meeting of 2014-2015 held on August 14, 2014. The board agendas and packets are available here.
The next Regular Board Meeting will be August 28, 2014; however, there will be Special Board Meeting/Workshop on August 21. The dates of the 2014-2015 board meetings are available here.
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Jim Negri
Jim Negri, Superintendent
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Rinda Bartley and April Wong Appointed AdministratorsThe board appointed Rinda Bartley as the Director of Student Services to replace Dr. Tony Shah who accepted a position as Assistant Superintendent with the Monterey Peninsula USD. Ms. Bartley is coming from Dublin Unified School District where she has been principal of Valley High School and the Adult Education program.
April Wong was appointed as Assistant Principal at Canyon Middle School to replace Annie Flores-Aikey who accepted a position of middle school principal in the Rodeo USD. Ms. Wong has been a teacher at Canyon Middle School. She has served on the District Technology Committee and the LCAP Steering Committee as well as numerous site and district committees over her career. She is a graduate of Castro Valley High School.
Please welcome both Rinda and April to their new positions.
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New Reporting Forms Explained
Dr. Candi Clark, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, explained two new reporting forms that the board will be receiving. As the district has moved to a new purchasing system, the Purchasing Report has taken a slightly different format. The board discussed what information that it would like to see on future reports, which will be presented at the August 28 meeting.
The second reporting form was a Position Control report for all employee positions in the district. This report is a budget report that tracks open, unfilled positions and positions that have been closed and are no longer included in the budget.
After discussion, the board approved both reports, which when finalized will be included on the Consent Agenda in the future.
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Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) Updated
Superintendent Jim Negri reported that the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) requested additional information to three questions as part of the process to approve the district's Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). ACOE will formally approve the LCAP on August 15 and issue technical clarification letters by August 29. The LCAP submitted to ACOE is available here. Please note the document is 126 pages.
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September is PTA Membership Month
The board adopted Resolution 06-14/15, Declaring September 2014 to be PTA Membership Month. Read the resolution here. All parents are strongly encouraged to join their local PTA or parent club to support our schools. Research clearly demonstrates that active, engaged parents make a difference in the achievement of their students.
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School Attendance is Critical to Student Success
The board adopted Resolution 05-14/15, Declaring September 2014 Attendance Awareness Month. Read the resolution here. Research clearly shows that student success and achievement is very dependent on students being present to take advantage of every learning opportunity. The more often that a student misses school, the opportunity to learn is reduced; however, the district is not encouraging parents to send sick students to school. The schools and district will work with parents to support student attendance.
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Consent Agenda Action
On the Consent Agenda, the board
- approved the renewal of contracts for the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent - Business Services, Assistant Superintendent - Educational Services and Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources;
- approved Courses of Study for middle school English Learners in mathematics, science and social studies;
- approved the disposal of obsolete/surplus equipment;
- approved teaching assignments;
- approved the Bargaining Unit 2 Salary Schedule;
- approved the contract for the State Preschool program at Marshall Elementary School; and
- accepted the quarterly William Uniform Complaint Report.
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Contact Members of the Board of Education
The members of the Board of Education welcome and appreciate input from the community. You may contact board members through their voicemail or email. For voicemail, please call 510.537.3335 and the extension for the specific board member. For email, please use the address for the specific board member.
 Charmaine Banther
ext 1689
 Jo A.S. Loss
ext 1693
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Our Schools
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for information about a specific school.
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John Barbieri 
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