Board of Education Meeting
Serna Center Community Rooms
5:00 p.m. Closed Session
6:00 p.m. Open Session
Agenda
1.0 OPEN SESSION / CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
3.0 CLOSED SESSION
While the Brown Act creates broad public access rights to the meetings of the Board of Education, it also recognizes the legitimate need to conduct some of its meetings outside of the public eye. Closed session meetings are specifically defined and limited in scope. They primarily involve personnel issues, pending litigation, labor negotiations, and real property matters.
3.1 Government Code 54956.9 – Conference with Legal Counsel:
a) Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Government Code section 54956.9 (Three Potential Cases)
3. 2 Government Code 54957.6 (a) and (b) Negotiations/Collective Bargaining SCTA SEIU, TCS, Teamsters, UPE, Non-Represented/Confidential Management (Cancy McArn)
3.3 Government Code 54957 – Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
4.0 CALL BACK TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4.1 The Pledge of Allegiance
4.2 Broadcast Statement
4.3 Stellar Student introduced by 1st Vice President Tara Jeane
5.0 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
6.0 AGENDA ADOPTION
7.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may address the Board on non-agenda items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. Public comment may be (1) emailed to publiccomment@scusd.edu; (2) submitted in writing through the district’s website at https://www.scusd.edu/submit-public-comment; or (3) provided in-person at the meeting. The submission deadline for written public comments shall be no later than noon on the day of the meeting. If you intend to address the Board in-person, please fill out a yellow card available at the entrance. Speakers may be called in the order that requests are received, or grouped by subject area. We ask that comments are limited to two (2) minutes with no more than 15 minutes per single topic so that as many people as possible may be heard. By law, the Board is allowed to take action only on items on the agenda. The Board may, at its discretion, refer a matter to district staff or calendar the issue for future discussion.
8.0 CONSENT AGENDA
Generally routine items are approved by one motion without discussion. The Superintendent or a Board member may request an item be pulled from the consent agenda and voted upon separately.
8.1b Approve Contracts Report >$15,000 (Janea Marking)
8.1c Approval of Unauthorized Vendor Payments (Janea Marking)
8.1f Approve Donations to the District for the Period of February 1-28, 2025(Janea Marking)
8.1g Approve Revision to Board Policy 5030 School Wellness (Janea Marking)
8.1h Approve Personnel Transactions (Cancy McArn)
8.1i Approve Adoption of Instructional Materials for AP African American Studies (Yvonne Wright)
8.1m Approve Notice of Exemption for Fern Bacon Modernization Project (Nathaniel Browning)
8.1n Approve Notice of Exemption for Pacific Elementary Modernization Project (Nathaniel Browning)
8.1o Approve Job Descriptions (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)
8.1p Approve Salary Schedules (Cancy McArn & Dan Schallock)
8.1r Approve Resolution No. 3488: Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Superintendent Lisa Allen)
8.1s Approve Resolution No. 3489: Resolution Regarding Board Stipends (Superintendent Lisa Allen)
8.1t Approve SETA Head Start Grant Application (Basic and TTA) Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (Yvonne Wright)
9.0 COMMUNICATIONS
9.1 Employee Organization Reports:
- SCTA
- SEIU
- TCS
- Teamsters
- UPE
9.2 Student Member Report (Justine Chueh-Griffith)
9.3 President’s Report (Jasjit Singh)
9.4 Information Sharing by Board Members
10.0 SPECIAL PRESENTATION
10.1 Recognition of National Arab American Month (1st Vice President Tara Jeane)
10.2 Earth Day Recognition and Sustainability Update (Chamberlain Segrest)
10.3 Adult Education Week Presentation (Marla Clayton Johnson)
10.4 Special Education Update (Yvonne Wright, Becky Bryant, & Iris Taylor)
11.0 PUBLIC HEARING
11.5 Determination Hearing for Charter Renewal for The MET (Amanda Goldman, Ed.D.)
12.0 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION/REPORTS
13.0 FUTURE BOARD MEETING DATES / LOCATIONS
- May 1, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
- May 15, 2025, 5:00 p.m. Closed Session, 6:00 p.m. Open Session, Serna Center, 5735 47th Avenue, Community Room, Regular Workshop Meeting
14.0 ADJOURNMENT
NOTE: The Sacramento City Unified School District encourages those with disabilities to participate fully in the public meeting process. If you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the public meeting, please contact the Board of Education Office at (916) 643-9314 at least 48 hours before the scheduled Board of Education meeting so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you. [Government Code § 54953.2; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, § 202 (42 U.S.C. §12132)] Any public records distributed to the Board of Education relating to an open session item will be available for public inspection at the Serna Center, at 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, during normal business hours or on the District’s website at www.scusd.edu.