Malcolm X Unity Coalition

SAVE THE DATE Y'ALL! FOOD, MUSIC, SILENT AUCTION, COMMUNITY, LOVE! COME SEE WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN 2012!!!! SUPPORT SPIRAL GARDENS!!!

FYI...

You are invited to a bilingual community meeting with School Board Members, Beatriz Leyva-Cutler and John Selawsky to discuss:

· The proposed Parent Liaison /Family Engagement Specialist Program

· Information regarding the new Superintendent search

This Tuesday February 28 from 6-7:30 at Berkeley Technology Academy, located at 2701 Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

If you have any questions, please contact 644-8991 for more information.

I hope you can attend.

Maya Hernandez
[email protected]

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At the board meeting on February 22, 2011 the Board discussed the following items:

View photos of Board Meetings at flickr.com: 53901376@N04/sets/72157629472709089/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/53901376@N04/sets/72157629472709089/



Report on Closed Session and Approval of Agenda

See Report on Closed Session and Agenda Approval on Vimeo.com: http://vimeo.com/37570683



The Board approved the agenda, pulling Consent Items 5,1-C Approve an Increase to Contract with

Baker Vilar Architects for Services Related

to the West Campus Board Room Project and 5.2-C Approval of Reciprocity Agreement between UC Berkeley and Berkeley Unified School District for Usage of field for discussion. The Board also accepted 3.1-I Revised Administrative Regulation on Anti-Bullying and 5.2-I Maintenance and Measure BB Update for information without a presentation. Note: All Consent Items including pulled items were approved. See Approval of Consent Calendar and pulled items: http://vimeo.com/37574196



Board Recognition

The Board recognized Tom and Jane Kelly of KyotoUSA for their work in the development of the BUSD Solar Master Plan. See Board Recognition: http://vimeo.com/37570901



Public Comments

See Public Comments: http://vimeo.com/37571785



Union Comments

See Union Comments: http://vimeo.com/37572100



Board and Superintendents Comments

See Superintendent Comments: http://vimeo.com/37572333

See Board Comments: http://vimeo.com/37572847



Action Items

The Board opened Individual Public Hearings for Items 2.1-A; 2.2-A and 2.3-A, and closed the hearings with no comments.



2.1-A Initial Proposal for Successor Agreement with BFT; 2.2-A Initial Proposal for Successor Agreement with Local 21 and 2.2-A Initial Proposal for Successor
Agreement with UBA

At the conclusion of Public Comments with no comments made, the Board approved all three agreements. ** See all three on Vimeo.com: http://vimeo.com/37574585



Information Items



2.1-I Classification and Compensation Study

See 2.1-I: http://vimeo.com/37578365



2.2-I Conference with Consultant to Develop

Leadership Profile for Superintendent Search **

See Item 2.2-I Part One: http://vimeo.com/37491340

See Item 2.2-I Part Two: http://vimeo.com/37493872

See Item 2.2-I Part Three: http://vimeo.com/37495283



3.1-I Revised Administrative Regulation on Anti-Bullying.

The Board accepted the report without a presentation.



4.1-I School Enrollment and Attendance Report

See 4.1-I: http://vimeo.com/37580689



5.1-I Surplus Property Information

See 5.1-I: http://vimeo.com/37576710



5.2-I Maintenance and Measure BB Update

The Board accepted the report without a presentation.



5.3-I Presentation on Solar Master Plan

See 5.3-I: http://vimeo.com/37577658



Approval of Minutes

Approval of Minutes for February 4 and February 8, 2012

** See Approval of Minutes: http://vimeo.com/37580240



** Complete information about these items is available for review in the February 22, 2012 Board packet, located in the Board Meeting section of the BUSD

website:http://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/02-22-12_packet.pdf



Schedule of Upcoming Board of Education Meetings

March 7 - March 28 - April 11 - April 25 -

May 9 - May 23 - June 6 - June 20



All Board meetings are broadcast live on Berkeley

Community Media Cable Channel 33 re-broadcasted

on channel 33 the following Thursday morning at 9 AM
and the following Sunday at 2 PM.

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When you see this, please holla back if you can help with outreach.

Thank you!!!

To the ports!