BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District

 

SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES

333 South Beaudry, Board Room

1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 7, 2004

 

The Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles, acting as the Governing Board of the          Los Angeles Unified School District, met in special session on December 7, 2004, at the            Los Angeles City Board of Education Administrative Offices, Board Room, 333 South Beaudry, Los Angeles, California.

 

President Josˇ Huizar called the meeting to order at 1:59 p.m.

 

The following Members were present:  Ms. Marlene Canter, Mr. Mike Lansing, Mr. David Tokofsky, and President Josˇ Huizar. Ms. Julie Korenstein, Ms. Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, and Mr. Jon Lauritzen arrived at 2:02 p.m.

 

Superintendent Roy Romer was present.

 

Ms. Canter led the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

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President Huizar modified the Order of Business.

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RECEIPT OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR ACTION AT NEXT BOARD MEETING

 

Board of Education Report No. 197 Š 04/05

Approval of Revised Measure R (Phase III)

 

Mr. Joseph Mehula, Deputy Chief Facilities Executive, provided an overview of the cost and status of new construction projects to provide two-semester calendar schools in compliance with the settlement of Williams v. State of California. 

 

Mr. Mehula, Superintendent Romer, and Mr. Kevin Reed, General Counsel, responded to questions from Board Members.

 

The report was assigned to the Regular Calendar.

 

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President Huizar resumed the Order of Business.

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SPECIAL REPORT AND PRESENTATION

 

2004-05 FIRST INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT

 

Mr. Ken Gotsch, Chief Financial Officer, called upon Mr. Richard Knott, Controller, to begin the presentation of the First Interim Report.  Mr. Knott described the categories and shared the revenue assumptions for the DistrictÕs budget presented in the First Interim Report which is being filed with the Los Angeles County Board of Education.

 

Mr. Lorenzo Tyner, Budget Director, provided information regarding the Specially Funded Programs, program deficits, and expenditures.

 

Mr. Knott, Mr. Tyner, Superintendent Romer, and Mr. Richard Sheehan, Special Counsel to the Board, responded to questions from Board Members:

 

The following speakers addressed the Board on the First Interim Report:

 

      John Perez representing United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)

 

      Bev Cook representing UTLA

 

      Rosalyn Savage representing the California School Employees Association

 

      Lois Kern representing UTLA

 

      Ruth Sarnoff

 

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Ms. Canter moved that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Sharon Mendez, a tenth-grade student at Palisades High School.   Ms. LaMotte seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted.  Mr. Lansing was absent. 

 

The meeting adjourned at 3:46 p.m.

 

 

APPROVED BY BOARD:  April 12, 2005

 

 

 

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                       JOSE HUIZAR                                                   JEFFERSON CRAIN

                         PRESIDENT                                    EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD

 

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