Minutes of the Governing Board

Minutes of the Arvin Union School District Board of Trustees Regular Meeting held on August 18, 2009.

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Stoner at 6:30 p.m.		Call to Order

Members Present: Mr. Bill Stoner, President Mr. Tim Owens Mrs. Anabel Rubio Mrs. Joycene Tarver Mr. Albert De Leon		Members Present
Members Absent: None		Members Absent

Staff Present: Mrs. Jerelle Kavanagh, Superintendent Mrs. Marilyn Thompson, Assistant Superintendent Mrs. Kathie Kouklis, Director of Student Support Services Ms. Melanie Meadows, El Camino Real/Bear Mountain Vice Principal Mrs. Laurie Bowden, Sierra Vista Vice Principal Mr. Gayle Hui, Haven Drive Vice Principal Mrs. Debbie L. Hearron, District Secretary Mrs. Ludim Llanes, District Receptionist Mr. David Zamarron, Director of MOTS Mrs. Betty Guyton, Migrant Education Coordinator Mr. Rey Ramos, El Camino Real Custodian/Driver Mr. Randy Hooser, Haven Drive Custodian/Driver Mr. Rick Perez, El Camino Custodian/Driver Ms. Marilyn Florez, Preschool Custodian/Driver Mrs. Ofelia Ramos, MOTS Secretary Ms. Sylvia Balteria, Bear Mountain Custodian/Driver Mrs. Marlen De Leon, Sierra Vista School Clerk Mr. Enrique Arambula, District Custodian/Driver Mr. Robert Rangel, Haven Drive Custodian/Driver Mr. Antonio Montelongo, Sierra Vista Custodian/Driver Mrs. Jacalyn Roberts, Sierra Vista Teacher, ATA President Ms. Martha Mortimer, Bear Mountain Teacher Ms. Virginia Hemingway, El Camino Real Teacher Mr. Michael Castaneda, Sierra Vista Teacher Ms. Barbara Castle, Sierra Vista Teacher Mrs. Marvella Johnson, Haven Drive Lead Cook		Staff Present
Others Present: Mr. Anthony Leonis, Legal Counsel; Ms. Lorelei Oviatt, Kern County Planning Commission; Felipe Mendoza; Alicia Mendoza; Lucia Camacho; Silvia Casiano; Maria Sanchez; Cristina Rios; Rodolfo Falomir; Zenovia Rodriguez; Maria Moreno; Rafael Moreno; Maria Medel; Salvador Hernandez; Maria Hernandez; Emma Tapia; Victoria Tapia; Ana Perez; Mr. Garland Johnson; Ms. Amber Johnson; Martha G. Ceja; Maria Rocha; Silvia Rocha; Martha Rocha; Yesenia Lopez; Lorenzo Tirado; Leticia Santoyo; Ramiro Perez; Concepsion Cisneros.		Others
Mrs. Rubio led the Pledge of Allegiance.		Pledge of Allegiance
Mrs. Kavanagh informed the board that the agenda had two items that needed to be revised; · Item 6.1 – Certificated Personnel – New Staff · Mr. Miguel Rivera is a Haven Drive SDC Teacher not a Sierra Vista RSP Teacher · Item 7.3 – Please add cost of $34,992.00 to the contract with Arvin Police Department for Resource Officer services. Mrs. Kavanagh also recommended changing the order of the agenda as follows: 1. Proceed with the approval of the Minutes 2. Presentation of Proclamation – Mrs. Marvella Johnson 3. Public Communication 4. Reports On motion of Mrs. Tarver, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously approved Minutes of the Regular Meeting on July 21, 2009 and Special Board Meeting on August 4, 2009. Mrs. Kavanagh recognized Mrs. Marvella Johnson, retired Haven Drive Lead Cook, by reading a proclamation in honor of her thirty-two years of dedicated service to the Arvin Union School District. Mrs. Johnson’s husband, Garland and daughter, Amber were introduced by Mrs. Kavanagh.		Adoption of the Agenda Minutes – Approved Proclamation Presentation – Marvella Johnson
At this time, Mr. Stoner announced the opportunity for public comment. Mrs. Jacalyn Roberts, Sierra Vista Teacher and ATA President, felt it necessary to communicate information to the parents when the board meetings are held. It was suggested that dates be included in annual notices to parents at the beginning of the school year. She also asked if it would be possible for teachers to pay for field trips out of their pockets. Parent, Zenovia Rodriguez of 3652 David Road, addressed the board regarding the change in bus routes for the country students. The new stop is near a women’s rehabilitation center and she is concerned for the safety of her children. The parent suggested the stop be located at David & Wheeler Ridge Road. Lucia Camacho, parent to a kindergartener and fourth grade child, living near Tejon and Malovich Road, wanted the board to know the bus stop had been moved from her neighborhood and feels it is too far for her children to walk to the bus stop. “What can be done?” Parent, Ana Maria Perez of 700 Herring, shared her children are walking farther this year than last year to get their bus stop at Herring and Rancho Road. She also feels it is too far from their home near Herring and Tejon Road. She informed the board her child did not get home until 5:00 p.m. and she was worried, therefore she called the police. Parent, Maria Moreno of 320 Ives Court, expressed to the board that her children’s bus stop had been changed and their walking distance was much farther than last year. She asked that the board consider returning the bus stops to the same locations as in 2008/2009. Alicia Mendoza, 4531 No. Rancho Drive, shared with the board the stop nearest her home is Herring and Rancho Road which is two miles away. Maria Hernandez, 2601 So. Edison Road, felt there is a serious problem with the location of the bus stops because they are too far from their homes. She asked the board please help to resolve this problem. Ms. Sylvia Balteria, 925 Lomita Drive, Bakersfield, Bear Mountain Custodian/Driver, shared she drives for twenty six Special Education and Special Needs students, door to door. The bus that she is driving does not have adequate air conditioning for is very hot for the students. She feels it is dangerous for these special needs students. The students are on the bus for two hours and feels they need to be transported in a bus that has better air conditioning. Victoria Orozco, 6105 Teal Road near Wheeler Ridge Road asked the board to return the bus stops back to last year’s stops. Parent, Alicia Mendoza, expressed she had a concern that teachers were asking students to provide classroom supplies this year. Mrs. Kavanagh informed the parents that they are welcome to donate if they are able, but it is not mandatory that they do so. Ms. Martha Mortimer, Bear Mountain Teacher, requested the board consider changing the board meeting location from the district office to El Camino Real cafeteria. Ms. Sylvia Balteria addressed the change in her assignment hours from 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. for this school year, explaining it has become a hardship on her to make doctor appointments. She asked the board to consider returning her schedule to her previous times. Mr. Robert Rangel, Haven Drive Custodian Driver, shared with the board that after driving the first two days of the new school year with new morning bus stops and dealing with parents, he wanted the board to know parents are not happy about the changes. Gloria Garcia, 828 Stockton, Haven Drive Custodian/Driver, stated she understands the purpose of the budget cuts and how it has affected every area of services to the students, but she feels the changes have interfered with the safety of the students. Mr. Stoner thanked the audience for their comments and continued with the next agenda item. Mrs. Kavanagh introduced Lorelei Oviatt, Division Chief for the Kern County Planning Commission. Ms. Oviatt addressed the board in regards to the Tejon Mountain Village Project and the Specific and Community Plan for the project. The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) of this project reflects the property includes land within the boundaries of the Arvin Union School District School, El Tejon School District and Kern High School District. Arvin Union School District submitted a Response to Comments to the EIR explaining there is a different generation factor than presented in the EIR and that the district has no intention of releasing our property to El Tejon Unified. The plan has yet to be approved by the Kern County Board of Supervisors but is set for September. Mrs. Thompson introduced Betty Guyton, 2009 Migrant Summer School Principal. Ms. Guyton explained Migrant is a supplemental program used to fill in the gaps for Migrant students’ education in Pre-K to 7^thgrade. She reviewed the curriculum used to drive instruction for Reading, Math and Writing. She also shared results of testing and assessment in Reading, Math and Writing. Skills of the Arts for Learning were used in Literature, Music and Science. Overall, the 2009 Summer School Program was a success, serving approximately 400 students. Mrs. Thompson shared that the results for the 2009 California STAR test which were released on Tuesday, August 19^th. She explained the bar for 2009 was 46% in ELA and 47% in math for students to be proficient or above, but we did not make that bar, even though our scores showed that we made growth at almost every grade level (we didn’t actually make growth in every grade level). Mrs. Thompson also shared results of the AMAO1 and AMAO2 assessments. She explained the district is required by Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to establish annual measurable achievement objectives (AMAOs) for the English language acquisition and academic achievement of limited English proficient (LEP) students.		Communications from the Public J. Roberts Z. Rodriguez L. Camacho A. Perez M. Moreno A. Mendoza M. Hernandez Ms. Sylvia Balteria V. Orozco A. Mendoza M. Mortimer S. Balteria R. Rangel G. Garcia L. Oviatt, Kern Co. Planning Commission B. Guyton/Migrant Summer School M. Thompson/STAR M. Thompson/AMAO 1 & 2
On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mr. De Leon, the board unanimously approved the following consent agenda: Purchase Order Numbers 100075- 100128 and 13010012-13010027 Bill Payments 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Payroll Numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 Interdistrict Attendance Requests for the 2009/2010 school year based on parent request. (indicates renewal). Eric De la Fuente – Grade 7 – Arvin to Lamont Interdistrict Attendance Request for the 2009/2010 school year based on child care. (* indicates renewal) Alexander Victoria – Grade 8 – Arvin to Lamont Ashley A. Flores – Grade 3 – Arvin to Lamont Mary Elizabeth Moreno – Kgn – Arvin to DiGiorgio Daniela Garcia – Grade 1 – Arvin to Lamont Lizbeth Perez – Grade 3 – Arvin to Lamont Israel Perez – Grade 2 – Arvin to Lamont Intradistrict Attendance Requests for the 2009/2010 school year. (* indicates renewal) Baltazar Penaloza – Grade 3 – BME to SV Devalynn Penaloza – Grade 1 – BME to SV Leonard Rodriguez – Grade 4 – SV to BME Esmeralda Gonzalez – Grade 1 – SV to BME Jacob Gonzalez – Grade 2 – SV to BME Abigail Cantu – Kgn – BME to SV Martin Chavez – Grade 2 – BME to ECR Rachel Chavez – Kgn BME to ECR Harrison Gama-Kadrmas – Grade 6 - ECR to BME Vanessa Gama-Kadrmas – Grade 4 – ECR to BME Ian-John Graham – Grade 4 – BME to SV Chloe Graham – Grade 1 – BME to SV Bryanna Montelongo – Grade 2 – SV to BME Manuel Montelongo – Kgn – SV to BME Ricela Perez – Grade 4 – SV to ECR Elizabeth Perez – Kgn – SV to ECR David R. Reyes – Grade 1 – SV to ECR Elizabeth E. Reyes – Grade 1 – SV to ECR Brian Sanchez – Grade 6 – ECR to SV Rosa Isabel Sanchez – Grade 3 – ECR to SV Alvaro Tamayo – Grade 6 – ECR to SV Maricela Tamayo – Grade 4 – ECR to SV Peter Garcia Tellez – Grade 3 – ECR to SV Natalia Navarro – Grade 2 – SV to BME Mauricio Gomez – Grade 6 – ECR to BME * Naidelyn Gomez – Grade 1 – ECR to BME Obsolete items as follows: 33 Laptops 33 Towers 27 Monitors 15 Keyboards 3 Projectors 5 Copy Machines 7 Printers 7 Mouse 1 Television 1 Scanner 1 Therma Fax Machine The board went into closed session at 8:16 p.m. to consider matters related to re-admitting expelled students. After reconvening at 8:33 p.m. the following action was taken. On motion of Mr. De Leon, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously disapproved the motion to re-admit Student #D:2008/2009. The vote taken was Ayes – 0, Nay – 5. On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved to re-admit Student #G: 2008/2009. On motion of Mr. De Leon, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously disapproved the motion to re-admit Student #I:2008/2009. The vote taken was Ayes – 0, Nay – 5. On motion of Mrs. Tarver, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously ratified the Subscriber Agreement between Discovery Education, Inc. (“Discovery”) and Arvin Union School District for the term September 5, 2009 through and including September 4, 2010 for a cost of $6,280.00. On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously ratified the recommended revisions made August 3,2009 to the Haven Drive Middle School 2009/2010 Graduation Policy.		Consent Agenda Purchase Orders Bill Payments Payroll Interdistrict-09/10 Parent Request Interdistrict-09/10 Child Care Intradistrict-09/10 Obsolete items Closed Session/Re-admitting Expelled Students Reconvened Student #D:08/09 Student #G:08/09 Student #I:08/09 Discovery Education, Inc. Revised HD 09/10 Graduation Policy
On motion of Mr. De Leon, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously approved the following employment, resignation, retirement, leave of absence, change of status, and termination of the following certificated staff for the 2009/2010 school year: New Staff: Miguel Rivera – Sierra Vista RSP Teacher (should be 8^th grade SDC Teacher) Ma. Ruby Calderon – District Speech Pathologist Additional Assignments: Debra Vietti – 2009/2010 District BTSA Facilitator 2009/2010 - Technology Assistants Sierra Vista – Jobshare Haven Drive – Jobshare Jacalyn Roberts Charlie Haycock Corey Schmidt Darren Jones Bear Mountain - Jobshare El Camino Real John Bullard Michael Taylor Christy Vargas Jill Gyll On motion of Mrs. Rubio, seconded by Mr. De Leon, the board unanimously approved the following employment, resignation, retirement, leave of absence, change of status, and termination of the following classified staff for the 2009/2010 school year: Returning Instructional Aides from the 39 Month Rehire List: Yesenia Bautista – Sierra Vista 2-1/2 hr. – Afterschool Instructional Aide Esther Serrato – Sierra Vista – 2-1/2 hr. Afterschool Instructional Aide Olivia Gonzales – Bear Mountain – 2-1/2 hr. RSP Instructional Aide Maria Jimenez – Bear Mountain – 2-1/2 hr. Afterschool Instructional Aide Maria Vidales – El Camino Real 2-1/2 hr. RSP Instructional Aide Resignations: Raya Ashaif – El Camino Real Instructional Aide – resigning effective 7/27/09 Paulino Cruz – Sierra Vista Behavioral Health Instructional Aide – resigning effective 8/12/09 On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved the employment of Geneva Banks as Administrative Secretary to the Superintendent effective October 29, 2009. After a brief discussion regarding the school crossing guard program, the following action was taken. On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved the agreement between the Arvin Union School District and Gordon Special Services, Inc., a California corporation dba J & J Special Services for Administration of School Crossing Guard Program beginning August 1, 2009 and remain in effect until July 31, 2012. On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Rubio, the board unanimously approved the following Interfund transfers for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. 970015 – Clear Due to Cafeteria/Due from General Fund $7,883.97 $7,883.97 970189 – Temporary Loan Fund 17 to Fund 21 – COP payoff $756,063.00 On motion of Mrs. Rubio, seconded by Mrs. Tarver the board unanimously approved the contract between the Arvin Union School District and the Arvin Police Department for services rendered for a School Resource Officer during the 2009/2010 school year at a cost of $34,992.00. On motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Rubio, the board unanimously approved to authorize the Superintendent to contact the City of Arvin to pursue the District Office facade repair/replacement under the Arvin Community Redevelopment Agency. The board went into closed session at 9:00 p.m. to confer with district negotiator regarding CSEA negotiations. The board reconvened at 10:15 p.m. with no action to report. Mr. Stoner was interested in the Afterschool Program and asked how the Bear Mountain Recreation Department was paid for their services. Mrs. Kavanagh explained the district receives monthly invoices from the recreation department for their employees that work during our Afterschool Program. On motion of Mr. De Leon, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously adjourned the meeting at 10:18 p.m.		Certificated Personnel Classified Personnel G. Banks/Administrative Secretary Crossing Guard Agreement Gordon Special Services dba J&J Special Services 09/10 Interfund Transfers School Resource Officer Contract 2009/2010 District Office Facade Repair/Replacement Closed Session Reconvened Board Member Report for Future Agenda Adjournment


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