great it is 7 o'clock so we can go ahead
and get started um if we can have a roll
call please trusty Marquez is absent
trusty Weekley present trusty mavo vice
president Wells here president Lawson
I'm
here welcome to the first board meeting
of the 2425 school
year um let's see the public is
encouraged to speak to the board on
issues of concern whether or not the
issue is on the agenda to address the
board please complete a speaker's card
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noted sorry I had a pop up um if you
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at the time the item is being considered
by the board if the item is not on the
agenda you'll be called on during oral
communication double check our attendees
it look like we don't have anybody
needing
translation um
so all right so that brings us to
changes to the agenda um with Cecilia
absent we wanted to pull 6.1 and we can
go over those when she's here to add to
the discussion anybody have any other
changes none do we have a motion to
approve I'll move to approve second all
those in favor I thank
you um let's see we do not have any or
do you have a card that's for a later
item yeah yeah okay okay um so that
brings us to our consent
calendar I'll make a motion to approve
second all those in favor I just flying
through this agenda you guys
goodness so that brings us to uh 8.1
adoption of resolution one approval of
Ed code options for teaching assignments
for the 2425 school
year there any questions this was a
similar to the agenda item brought in
June and we have a few lingering items
on there so before the school year
starts any
questions okay is there a motion to
approve I think we approve
8.1 I'll second all those in favor I I
8.2 approval of the lcap federal
addendum for the 2425 school
year does anyone have any questions on
this with the addend
on Katherine's online too if there any
questions oh she
yeah um oh yeah okay Katherine is here
if you guys
might be worthwhile just to give the
public 30 seconds of like what is this
it MH yeah
definitely Anna would you like
to I think Catherine yeah she's yes she
is she is she can speak so she can speak
also hi can you hear me yeah yes hi
wonderful hi so uh thank you uh so for
the federal addendum is an additional
component of our annual lcap and the
federal addendum specifically addresses
how we're going to use our federal
dollars so we have Title One title two
title three title four so Title One is
supplemental that's how we support our
students our unduplicated students with
supplemental education um in resources
title two is specifically in the area of
uh supporting teachers and improving um
educational outcomes with best practices
in instruction with teachers and in
administration and site and and school
personnel and so we use federal funds in
title two for things like PD which we've
been doing all this week um title three
is specifically allocated uh federal
dollars for our English
Learners and uh title three also has a
component for uh supporting our
immigrant youth
um and then title four uh the last of
our title title funds that we receive in
Redwood City School District is
specifically for um additional
educational opportunities Beyond uh just
um academics so things like science art
um uh Mental Health social emotional
learning um so those four funds uh we
receive in the rwood city school
district um and use for many of our
students to
um to support the elcin so we have
allocated our funding you can see in the
plan in the different four areas and
really focusing um in all of our title
areas for um intentional planning and
instructional practices to address our
English Learners um throughout this
school
year and then just to clarify this isn't
a change to the lcap this is just a
reporting requirement of how the how the
These funds are being spent for it you
are correct you are
correct well thanks for the explanation
Katherine I'll make a motion to approve
seconded all those in favor I I great
thank you Katherine appreciate it thank
you
thanks um 8
point3 approval of agreement between
rcsd and swing
education thank you so swing education
has been in existence in our district
for a few years and it was a result of
the concern and worry of filling
primarily teacher substitute absences
either through typical um absences sick
and personal but also the need for
planning days we've prioritized them for
hardto fill vacancies such as special ed
middle school and
bilingual um and have actually had quite
a great success our our complaints of uh
lack of Subs have decreased dramatically
which is pretty remarkable not saying
it's doesn't it's not um you know out of
existence but it has um it's been quite
amazing in fact um one board member
asked me for some data I was able to
pull I did pull a report last March we
had about
445
sub days that were utilized um in lie of
an unfilled absence which is which is
great so in this particular um item we
are asking for the board to approve our
contract that we have had in the years's
past but also a new item which is an
out-of-the-box idea is that we are going
to partner with swing who will be paying
essentially a grant to us to hire a
halftime credential analyst who will
process substitute applications and then
we have priority to utilize these
individuals who live in SEL and Santa
Clara counties for 5 days out of the
subsequent 60 days after their
application is processed so it's an
automatic way for us to increase our
subpool um quite remarkably and they're
expecting between 10 to 20 applications
a week so I'm looking forward to seeing
what that's going to be like it will be
Year bye but we've agreed on a
three-year term um for this particular
idea um and we also get a discount on
the
subservices the swing Services I should
say so that is the swing contract
brought to you
tonight you any questionss sounds like
they're a vendor we've been using we've
been relatively happy with them um is
this the sort of thing that we would bid
out and check other folks or is it just
a small enough contract and it's worked
well enough that there's no real need to
do a aggressive bidding no great
question there's very few gigs in town
so similar to the item that's brand new
on consent that was just approved scoot
that's a new company two years old so we
have um really exhausted all of our
local searches for substitutes that's
really what we're looking for people
that live locally and the companies that
um work with them but we're always on
the lookout so the HR Network in san
monel county is pretty strong and we're
consistently sharing ideas similar to
how we're sharing ideas with others
about our International teacher pool um
that's how I found scoop is through a
call league so to answer your question
yes we are definitely um and earnestly
looking for others that do similar work
to reduce any type of vacancies that we
have even with absences
yeah so Wendy one question I had because
you know I saw the scoot then in the
consent and then this one under action
so how would you just could you just
walk through like how it would work in
the morning or I guess the day before or
the week before depending upon when you
I mean sometimes you know the sub's
ahead of time because it's for a
training day or whatever but then
sometimes it's someone's sick right so I
was curious how these would complement
each other and then what other sources
you might be using just sure yeah well
there's multiple Pathways so if we're
speaking about just absences so a sick
day here a personal day there a planning
day the planning days and probably
about um I would say 40% of our absences
we know in advance maternity leaves
planning days for PD um uh substitutes
that are called for SST IEP meetings
things like that and so for that we
always put out to our our regular subs
first for a few reasons one we have
relationships two it's less expensive
and three um you know the schools have
adapted uh relationships with
individuals and it's a little bit more
seamless when it gets to a point where
we have not been able to fill so it
depends on the timeline if we know about
a maternity leave and we have three
months that's a different window than if
we know tomorrow then for hard to fill
positions we will utilize swing next we
haven't started with scoot yet so this
will be brand new um and Scoot also does
more of a pool of classif ified staff as
well they have teachers and they
actually have a grow your own program
too which we're entertaining and
learning about um where a person would
essentially be like a guest teacher for
a year and then move into an intern
program so that's really new for them
we're starting out with a sub piece
first but we can move into that area and
that's theou talks about that so so
scoot would then also be another group
that we look for for our classified
staff which historically is really not
happened we this year have had librarian
substitutes and an office and Paras but
other types of classified roles really
haven't been part of our subpool we
essentially manage um until the person
returns unless it's a long-term
situation that's a little different so
to answer your question there are
multiple Pathways it just depends on the
circumstances um what's nice about the
swing Subs is that they um pick up our
hard to fill positions quickly so we
still do reach out to our Standard Group
but within 48 hours if something's not
filled we want it filled within 24 hours
of the person having the absence at
least so that's been you know our
aggressive timelines we've been working
with and what are the level of like
qualifications or certifications that
the teachers that we get from swing you
know compared to a teacher that we would
hire for the district exactly the same
thank
MH well thanks for answering my
questions about how swing was effective
I remember when we had approved it um
like 2021 I think and then uh you know
doing it again now um and then the you
know at the time it was sort of pushing
like hey this is new and a new kind of
platform and it's it's neat to see that
we're continuing to push how we can
creatively think outside the box for
filling these positions with this grant
um and how that sort of gives Priority
Access to Sam to you know substitutes
that are in area um so it' be it' be
neat to see how that works for filling
these positions so thanks no I agree um
and just one more item to add what's
interesting is the buyout rate for a
swing substitute to start on the teacher
pipeline pathway is relatively small so
I just was speaking to somebody this
morning um who went to our new teacher
orientation because she's starting off
in a classroom for an international
teacher that is going to be delayed and
uh she she just was so excited about all
the district had to offer and that would
and and so we're starting the pipeline
process with her and that's one great
example of how we are are looking at
different ways to um to look at the
shortage differently yeah sounds like a
great way to start building a
relationship at the very very top of the
funnel um before they've even decided
that they want to become a teacher so
that's great yeah it's good fantastic um
I'm curious what are some things that we
do maybe as a district to make sure that
the handoff is smooth like if let's say
a teacher is going to be out of town for
a week and we want to make sure that uh
things continue smoothly in the in the
uh class with continuing on with the
curriculum that's there what what are
some ways that we we hand that off to
the sub and then hand it back to the
teacher as they come back in yes so for
the swing substitutes they have thorough
trainings through swing because that's
what they're doing all day every day we
just finished our substitute trainings
through Nicole Crawford for rcsd
substitutes um and so that's sort of a
generalized training to start off the
year but then the teachers upload their
lesson plans and their Bell schedules
and their class lists and so forth to a
private platform for that handoff and
then the office manager greets the
substitute and carries them through the
day essentially with the principal
check-ins um for those that were going
to be in long-term positions meet with
the staff development team uh to get
caught up and to assist and then of
course our special ed Department Jude
noise has created a whole module uh for
people that will be in the class
temporarily so so great I I remember
when I was a kid and whenever the
teacher was out a sub would come in and
just like play a movie for us it was
just great and so just I I think it's
great that we have really highly
qualified substitute teachers coming in
in a handoff plan that's thoughtful for
making sure that we're continuing to
deliver curriculum to kids yes and
that's a really good point because we
want it to be continuous um or else the
teacher also gets frustrated about being
out and recognizing the the delays and
so forth so uh for our current Subs in
Redwood City um outside of swing and
Scoot um we we really have I I think a
nice comprehensive handoff and the
relationships I mean we have teachers
emailing and calling the substitutes
that are frequent or schools that build
up these relationships and so there's
sort of there's a whole favorite system
on on our Frontline platform that that
people utilize um for you know to help
with that and for those people that are
going to be out for long period of time
we also provide some crossover time with
the teachers on maternity lead so forth
so they're in the classroom together
before the teacher leaves and it's a yes
really soft hand off and Stu like kid
yeah either before and after yeah
yes I know teacher been with me for
months there's yeah it's true so we're
always growing in learning and always
interested in new ideas on how to do
this because we have all this great work
we want do in general aside from sick
days and and personal days for our
planning days and we need there to be
consistency so so Wendy I just want to
say thank you very much because you know
going back 17 years ago 15 years we
didn't have any of this and I remember
like upstairs you know you'd have
somebody making frantic phone calls and
all of this and I know you've really
sought out these different platforms and
stuff so thank you for doing that I
think it really makes a difference
because for the last couple years we
haven't heard from as many you know
remember we were hearing from school
sites that oh my good we we can't find
any subs or you know we'd hear
complaints from parents or teachers or
whomever so anyway I I haven't heard
that certainly last year in the same way
so anyway I just want to say thank you
because I I know it's taken some extra
work to make this happen yeah you're
welcome and big kudos to the tech
department um that I don't know if you
recall an earlier board meeting a
teacher was like wouldn't it be great to
have a laptop I mean we're thinking oh
my gosh these littlest things you know
that
of course so you know we worked on
making that happen so we know we're
growing and and changing as we
technology has come a long ways right we
didn't have any of this back to day so
anyway that's great yeah thank you I'm
glad to hear that that the uh laptop
thing has worked out because when I
can't remember who it was that said that
but I was like um yeah that's something
we should be
doing how have we not been doing that
yet well it makes sense you know the
teacher takes
uh their laptop home just in typical
live and they were like wait we don't
have one I know we have amazing student
leaders in the room that always kind of
assist in that department and it works
out but yes that was sort of a
no-brainer but live and learn thanks
thank you very much so all right well
I'll make a motion to approve this
seconded all those in favor I I great
thank
you this is 8.4 approval of personal
changes so on that note one of the items
here is that credential analyst that I
just mentioned in the previous item for
swing we also have a need um that have
popped up over the summer two needs
actually one for an additional LVN for a
special ed student and then due to
enrollment changes at Kennedy
increases there is a need for a a new
art teacher an additional art teacher uh
to help it with the elective program
there it all the other classes work
worked out number-wise but we needed one
more elective
teacher do you know off the top of your
head as the current art teacher at at
Kennedy full-time yeah so this is adding
it right it be 1.5 1.5 yeah it's great
and that person's been hired so that's
was nice
too there are another questions we need
a motion I move we approve I'll second
hi hi wonderful
8.5 um approval of the tenative
agreement between California School
employee
Association chapter five and the r City
School
District thank you well I'm so pleased
to bring this tonight what a success big
thank you to the district team Rick and
Patricia pre of course leading the
charge and we also have Shannon Laney
representing the administrators and then
of course to the csca team uh that is
represented by uh one representative in
each classification so it's a quite a
large team actually but we were able to
get through many things um in
negotiations and uh for typical contract
things and so forth but one big
celebration was the Forward Thinking of
csca to for the first time in my tenure
certainly in HR look ahead for um you
know agreeing to essentially a 24 25
compensation proposal
we still will have one other article to
open uh which is fine and health
benefits of course that occur in January
but in general I'm really pleased with
this new step forward so that was a nice
celebration over the
summer right and then so just to clarify
for the audience then CSEA will be
caught up in the salary
increases yes as the other employees
have been because we were able to settle
those in advance in advance right and so
this is great because CS for a while has
been operating in the rears um you know
not getting anyway so I was super
excited to see this for sure yes it was
it a great step forward um so all of
csca members will receive the 2324 raise
and then the 2425 Rays as well as the
business office can accommodate those
changes yeah and then the time sheets
the retroactive of course will be a
little more delayed but in general um
theyve they've been working hard on that
so yeah congratulations to the negoti
team for bring over I just you know
thank you for working right up to the
July 4th
holiday I don't remember the exact date
of it it was like the end of June the
very beginning of July so that was a a
great summer you know great thank you
you're
welcome I'll move to approve I'll second
all those in paper hi great thank you
very much um let's see we are on
so bread 8.6 through 8.9
um are all related and we do have a
speaker card on this if we want to take
that now speaker yeah J come on
up we also have a short presentation
it's GNA kind of oh do you want to do
the presentation first we want to give
the presentation is that okay Jessica
and then how it public comment yeah
sorry I didn't realize there was a
presentation and then Janet do you want
to talk about all together
or like how do you want to how do you
want well it depends on the presentation
I'm assuming all going to be together
yeah it's going to be a presentation all
four of the audience and then we can go
yeah we'll have to do the
separ uh and tonight doing the
presentation I guess we should start at
the
beginning Rich wi
are still new uh director of Child
Nutrition Services uh is here to talk
about the uh four bids that uh we put
out publicly uh over the summer uh in
preparation for the 24 25 school year so
with that I'll hand it over so
Richie you can just turn your microphone
on real quick on the right side oh the
um no the the one next to the three
dots not not yet press the one with the
person button on it there you go there
okay got you perfect well hello and
thank you board uh cabinet and
superintendent Baker this is awesome to
be standing in front of you right now
for this reason um as you know that the
school district went out four bids for
our student Nutrition department so um
next slide
please so the RFP background
expectations in process as of July 1st
the district I would say smoothly
transitioned from being under the Helm
of management company for a significant
amount of years and we jumped right into
our summer program without a hitch
continued to feed students and
everything so it was uh quite an
accomplishment and it gave a lot of
confidence I hope to the district and
Community but also to our team
um now with the bid process something
that's really important for us as a
department specifically managing these
vendors and with the RFP is to create
the standards and expectations they're
not going to be just supplying a service
for us but they're going to be an
extension of what we want our program to
be so it's going to be about how we
manage them to make our program the best
we can um of course ensuring food safety
standards are met and the highest
quality products are delivered now that
we are going to start to reinvest in the
program we want to bring in better
product local product um we are breaking
the old school model of ordering Advance
freezing items and things like that so
we want to utilize we're in one of the
most amazing places in the country
and we have access to so much so we want
to take advantage of
that um the grocery RFP breakdown was um
posted for nearly a full month uh just
so many items are in this group of
grocery and we had two uh what we call
broadliner bids broad liners are more
like National companies that do a little
bit of everything they cover anything
from your uh grocery products they'll
even have cleaning agents um containers
you know serviceware things like that
they're kind of a One-Stop shop to have
um for any food operation the selected
vendor was Cisco and um that's it on the
next slide
please the produce RFP was uh posted for
a little bit shorter amount of time we
were very fortunate to have four bids to
compare against one another and um and
it was it was a great opportunity based
on where we're at the selected vendor
was Pacific Rim produce and they're
based in the East Bay and they service
all over the area um they'll be
providing fresh fruits and vegetables
for
us the bread and bakery RFP was posted
for the same amount of time as the
produce we were fortunate to have three
companies come and bid on that business
as well and the selected vendor was
bonami Baking Company um the products
that they be providing will be any of
our bread products um it can range from
breakfast and lunch the whole grain
component is um mandatory on our menus
as one of the compliant items so working
with a local bakery that has um
traceable product more freshly M and
sourc product that's going to be easy
easier to digest for the
students and then the dairy was done as
an ifp um as most of the dairy products
are all relatively the same so as done
just based on pricing and daylight Foods
came out on top for that and uh we're
excited to work with them as
well any
questions questions first and then we'll
take public comment and then
discussion there
any so first off I I I really appreciate
the sequencing that we used here of
using a rubric for how we were going to
go and evaluate these vendors we had
multiple vendors apply in each we scored
them and we we selected the best so I
just think like that uh that's really
good operational discipline and I I want
to applaud that um kind of wish I could
have been on the bread tasting committee
right I'm I'm glad they actually have
people try try stuff out so I think
that's great um where there were like
large vendors that maybe didn't apply do
we have any idea like why like uh you
know uny United Natural Foods like
that's like Whole Food suppliers like um
if there were other big companies like
Cisco that might have applied but didn't
do we do we have any signal on on why
they didn't apply not directly but
that's a great question so a lot of
these larger companies sometimes do not
have a school specific division so with
the ones that did apply have a very
school specific division that that
manages that type of of accounts so as
schools they know operate very
differently than some of your um
restaurants and things as Cisco and
Goldstar would service restaurants in
the area and hotels um they can also
have a division that helps support and
recognize what's needed for school
districts so some of those might have
the ability to but they they might not
might not be as a high of a priority for
them fa and and I I love The Stance as
well of like trying to get regular fresh
deliveries versus just like bulk
delivery and Chuck it in the freezer I
think that's fantastic um it does imply
that maybe there's some uh fragility in
terms of supply chain because like if we
need regular de deliveries and then
regular delivery doesn't show up do we
have a sense for like a plan B um for
what what we do how we handle it if Like
A supplier is temporarily unavailable
absolutely U and and you got to stay
Nimble in this side of the world um
having been in a previous School
District during the pandemic we never
use the the term supply chain issue
shortage once um partnering with your
vendors again being having them be an
extension of us and we set out what we
need and we'll also always have backups
for what we need as well um staying
within our purchase threshold so we do
have backups for these as well but these
are going to be our primary awesome um
in in terms of safety I noticed we
selected the bonami Baking Company of
pit Pittsburgh uh and it looks like the
FDA issued them a warning letter in 2022
um was that resolved to your
satisfaction absolutely cool yes okay
great thank you so much for your
thoughtfulness yeah you're very welcome
okay um Jessica we'll take your public
comment hi everyone I am the parent of
two kids at oryion um I am really
excited about the changes that rcsd is
making to their school meals um and I
support the food supplier bid awards
that you're considering today these
awards are important for the District to
be able to Source School Meal
ingredients and to have the ability um
to build a menu that meets the needs of
our district and students so thank you
so much Richie Rick and the rest of the
District staff who have worked so hard
on the rfps on the full bid process um I
love the diversity of options and the
flexibility that these give us um so I'm
really excited I'm also hopeful that
having these vendors in place will kind
of lay the groundwork for the central
kitchen or the U major kitchen
infrastructure improvements that are so
diar needed um to be able to continue to
feed our students um that funding was
one of the line items that we campaigned
on for the school bond measure s and
there's still a lot of interest and
excitement around it so thank you so
much thank you very much for being here
appreciate it
I think this is your first time coming
and speaking to the board Richie so
welcome to Redwood City School District
we're very excited to have you here and
that the changes that you're going to
bring and congratulations on the smooth
transition to um you know in July into
the summer program so that's that was
great to hear um I I like this I like
the concept that you you call it
breaking the old school model I think
that there are quite a few things in you
know in education that we look at and
say maybe these are old school models
and we need to make the change there and
Food Service of course is one of them
and it's really neat to see it coming
together uh and the traction in there um
I like the scorecards as well I thought
that it was really easy rubric I really
appreciated the focus on local sources
small businesses underrepresented
suppliers and owners I thought um what a
great way to make sure that uh we're
doing right by the world but also being
able to encourage um you know uh
suppliers that may not have um said hey
I want to go off and Supply school from
you know being able to come in and have
an advantage over some of the you call
them broad liners but these more
National companies that might be able to
compete on price but not quality um and
we needed to be able to get that into
the scorecard so I really appreciated
seeing that um the one thing I did want
to ask was the um oh and also you
answered a bunch of my questions over
the weekend and your presentation did
too I didn't know what grocery products
were versus like all the other ones were
really kind of self-explanatory so um
that you know we got covered there um I
didn't ask this one because wikip BD
answered it to me but I didn't a bread
conditioner was so that was really um
you know I'm really glad that that was a
lows scoring item after reading about it
so uh uh thank you that and then uh for
the grocery products um you know one of
the things I was wondering was that it
you know there were the only two bids
but now that I know what's what how many
what the variety of things that they
need to supply that kind of made sense
to me um the one thing I did want to ask
and I I'll do all Ricks here too is just
the the Nazi exceed mounts came up to
about the same amount of our our fund 13
budget last year so around 2.6 million
ion and I'm just curious like is that in
basically in ballark of what we were
budgeting for from the approved budget
like no surprises there that all makes
sense okay cool yeah this is exciting um
you know I look forward to uh maybe in
one of the school sites going in and
buying a school lunch and uh trying it
out myself so
thanks yeah so um welcome Richie I I was
it was nice to meet you towards the end
of the school year last year and it
sounds like you're really busy in the
summer so that's great um seems like
things are off to a really good start so
I wanted to say thank you and welcome
and I won't repeat everything that Mike
said and David said but totally agree
love the whole scoring sheet and
everything that you're using so that's
great um I did want to give a shout out
to Jessica who spoke and just say you
know thank you for your leadership in
really evolving helping us evolve our
program you was kind of the leader of
the parent group and the whole parents
who got together you worked really
collaborative
with the board with Dr Baker with our
District staff with our nutritional
people to really um share information
with us and you know I know it took a
little while to make a movement but as
you know none of these things move
quickly particularly when you've been
working with an a vendor for a long time
and that something's new nobody wants to
be the guinea pig so anyway you really
helped us get there so I just wanted to
say thank you I I really appreciate it
and I think it's a great example of when
we work well with our parents and our
community that we can make great things
together um and that's really what you
know the board of directors is here
we're supposed to be lisons with the
community and I feel like you know that
that this really was sort of an example
of how that works in democracy so
important to give you a shout out
Jessica and all the parents who helped
us get here um and then just finally
again welcome Richie and I'm really
excited and I'm with Mike I I need to
get out there and buy a
lunch come out and see it so thank
you just want to underscore that yeah
thank both of you I I think it's it's
really great just to see democracy in
action that a very small number of
people with a really Clear Vision for
something that really ought to happen
working inclusively and cooperatively um
can get big things done so Bravo to that
and um can't wait to see more of that in
action and I will just second everything
that was said here is Jessica thank you
um just all of your work on this too I
really appreciate the the parent l
effort um to make these changes and
Richie welcome um I'm really excited
about you know the direction the
district has gone with this so wonderful
thank you for the presentation
also yeah I'd just like to add a couple
things you know formal welcome to Richie
in this menu as well um and just the
enormity of what's transpired you know
since the end of April um shouldn't be
understated right um as mentioned we've
had a long-standing relationship with a
vendor M uh we brought in a very
qualified candidate to lead the ship so
to speak of CNS uh and he's been able to
go in there uh and make immediate
changes uh as well as one thing that we
didn't talk about tonight but we will at
a future presentation after the school
year starts just the uh increase in
um staff morale I think even uh has been
already witnessed right with them having
uh ownership and being able to assist
with maybe not making the final decision
but putting input into the decisions
that are happening in the kitchens uh
one thing that we also didn't talk about
tonight uh you know Richie took a couple
of Staff members to Culinary Institute
of America this summer for some training
you may have seen some of the pictures
uh but that brought a new level of
ownership in with that department as
well and that spread even with the
members who weren't able to go or
weren't selected to go at that point in
time right so a lot of good things are
happening um and this is is just the
first step right so uh you know having
our own food contracts now rather than
going to one vendor and saying hey we
need all of this and then they pull it
from their resources right so now we are
uh the next the next person in line that
has to hold them accountable as which
you mentioned in the presentation uh so
that's really exciting uh so a lot of
good things are happening uh and as I
said after we get through you know a
month or two a school we'll come back
with kind of uh philosophical and
visioning and where we're at now and
where we'll be uh in the future uh but
changes will be small at first and maybe
higher quality product but some things
will look similar when we first start
the school year right staff hasn't been
here all summer uh so he's gaining back
all of his staff over the next couple of
days uh and then moving forward with
that so we'll keep you updated on that
and we're very excited and and thank you
Richie for uh the work on this
so I think we need to take these one by
one right so um we'll start with 8.6 the
bid to supply Bread and bakery
products I approve
bread I'll I'll second the motion all
those in favor all great uh 8.7 Award of
bid to supply grocery
products I want to do I want to do fresh
produces all right I already I already
made my comments about grocery so I'll
uh with that I'll make a motion to
approve seconded all those in favor bye
uh 8.8 award to Award of bid to supply
fresh produce and services um I'll make
a motion for fresh produce and
Services I second freshness all those in
favor I I great and uh 8.9 Award of bid
to supply Dairy
Services I move to approve Dairy I'll
second all those in favor I excellent
thank you very
much all right all right uh item nine
board and superintendent
reports anything to
report I've got nothing from this summer
yet excited to be
back well we started uh last week with
our principal professional development
and we met every day Monday through
Friday for half a day and uh it was
exciting and um at sometimes little
stressful and anxiety because of
everything that's moving forward uh we
do have some new assistant principles
with us and some Vice the vice
principles assistant principles and then
also some other coordinators that are
working as um coordinators for student
services as opposed to Vice principle
and they'll you'll get to meet them in
the near future but we will do a
presentation I start with a present with
probably the next board meeting of what
we covered and where we're going this
year with the administrators the other
thing that started also we have been
working with a couple of well we started
with Garfield working with Garfield the
other day and some staff members at czi
Anna was uh very much present at that
meeting along with Sarah shackle who led
it and was doing a very good job and
then there was another presentation
today with the
crlp was it not that was not
I got confused uh today well with the
Roosevelt and Garfield this right um CSI
for the CSI schools we were we have
Partnerships with um teacher creative
materials which is our language are but
they also provide professional
development with teachers in terms of
integrated ELD and so um it was
wonderful to see you today we had uh I
would say we almost had had about maybe
90% of the Roosevelt and Garfield staff
present all our staff development was
present um because we're look we're
looking out to roll out a little bit
more of a different type of coaching
model um at the sites um and so because
they're in the CSI we decided to do this
training along with the trainer today um
and really let just shed a little a
light of things they know um but really
the teachers I was reading because we
asked for feedback I it was not one
negative feedback everybody was just so
like I want to take this back and I want
to take this and these are my next steps
so I think it was great to start the
year and then we realized Katherine and
I were sitting there like we should have
had this with all of the schools but you
know it it comes down to where to hold
it and how because we we just happen to
be able to do this with the CSI schools
um but we're now starting to plan for
next year um but it was really wonderful
to see the teachers all engaged all
really looking forward to the new year
um and so even our new teachers who
attended the serial P training Monday
and Tuesday today um great group of new
teachers we don't have a lot um um so
it's been nice cuz we hadn't didn't have
too many um but they were all very
excited and welcomed and we had them
welcom today too for the new teacher
Institute so it's been great to see
everyone coming back smiles and happy
and tomorrow's our big kickoff so it's
been busy right and today was the new
teachers all new teachers had
induction not induction not the
induction program itself but a an in
uction to the school district and it
started this morning at 8:15 I believe
8:30 and many of us were there to
introduce ourselves and talk about the
district um I know Anna you came later
on in during the day but we also had
Wendy we had uh Carlos was there about
technology and your needs and what you
need to do if something does happen and
you computer's not working this is what
you're who you're going to call and
we'll make sure we get it done for you
right away Plus talking about different
platforms so Carlos took that on today
the other person that was there was um
Patrina Patrina talked about her
position as the wellness coordinator in
the district I should say the director
and also how we want people them want
them to be healthy mentally physically
so there is going to be a roll out of um
resources for all our staff members in
case you're feeling anxious in case
you're feeling depressed or or whatever
um here's where you can go and this is
provided by the seoa healthcare district
so that was good to become come forward
and as I said onon was there to talk
about student services so and then Wendy
of course HR and she took on a slide
from the business office that was in
there we forgot to get somebody from the
business
office sorry Rick but we had the
information we had everything that
contact for what um so and it's a great
it's a great group of people that were
there with us today they're brand new to
the some brand new to the profession
spoke to a teacher who is from coming
from mered uh it's his first year he's
going to be teaching fourth grade at
Hoover very excited was doing sub some
subbing in Merced prior but now um he's
here and he's Liv I said and where are
you living goes I'm Living in Sunny B
that's great and I go very different so
I was you know he's he's very pleased to
be here so it's it's a good group of
people that that we had with
school well they were there the whole
day but I was just there uh for about a
couple hours in the
morning so yeah that's that's neat to
hear about and and an I just wanted to
say thanks for sharing the TCM update
because we just approved the agreement
tonight so that's like the fastest
approval
feedback it sounds really positive so so
we'll be providing you with further
information future
board let's see um so we're on 10.1 the
quarterly Williams report any question
com questions about
that
correspondence SP
quiet
right yeah I so there's some to Tak
last um let's see
12.1 uh other business or suggested
items for the
future changes to the board meeting
calendar I don't think we have any there
changes it's time all right so 7:45 that
brings us to the end of
our yeah agenda if we have a motion to
adjourn I'll move to adjourn seconded
those in favor a wonderful first day of
school next week I hope everything go
smoothly enjoy your delicious
bread for