Vice President Valerie Fields called the meeting to order at 3:12 p.m.

The following Board Members were present: Ms. Julie Korenstein, Mr. Mike Lansing, Mr. David Tokofsky, Ms. Caprice Young, Ms. Genethia Hudley Hayes and Vice President Valerie Fields.
Ms. Victoria M. Castro arrived at 4:28 p.m.

Student Member Natalie Hernandez from San Fernando High School was present. Student Member Nidhi Gupta from Reseda High School arrived at 3:27 p.m.

Ms. Hayes led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mr. Tokofsky thanked Ms. Hernandez for bringing forward her issues and the school's successes to the Board. He also stated that San Fernando High School is in the process of selecting a new principal and suggested that the students be involved in the interview and selection process.

Later in the meeting, Mr. Howard Watts addressed the Board regarding the report.

Mr. Lansing moved that the report, with the staff's recommendation to delete Recommendation No. 3 be adopted. Ms. Young seconded the motion.

Mr. Tokofsky moved to postpone action on Recommendation No. 1 to the scheduled January 11, 2000,
Board meeting. Ms. Fields seconded the motion, which on roll call failed 4 noes, 2 ayes, Mr. Tokofsky and President Hayes.

Mr. Tokofsky moved to further amend the report to have all agreements and support agreements come to the Board for approval. Ms. Fields seconded the motion.

After discussion the amendment was withdrawn.

On roll call the report as amended was adopted, 6 ayes. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

Ms. Rosalyn Cooperman highlighted the history of the Sunshine Committee and the importance of the Rodda Act.

The Board will be receiving the District's initial negotiating proposal to the Associated

Administrators of Los Angeles regarding the Administrator Assistance Review and Peer Coaching Program. There will be an opportunity to address the Board on the initial proposal at the regular Board meetings of January 11, and 25, 2000, in Room H-160 (Board Room). Those persons who wish to address the Board on the proposal should call Area Code (213) 625-6273 or (818) 997-2300, ext. 6273, prior to 10 a.m. the days of the meeting.

Item 10 of the "Resolved" portion of the resolution be changed to substitute January 25, 2000, as the date of the public hearing rather than January 11, 2000.

All properties within Zone A of the Communities Facilities District (CFD) will be assessed an annual special tax calculated as a sum of $87 or less times the tax units assigned to the property.

All properties in Zone B Communities Facilities District (CFD) shall be assessed

an annual special tax calculated as a sum of $33.50 times the tax units assigned to the property.

Ms. Young seconded the motion, which on roll call was adopted as amended, 5 ayes. Ms. Castro and
Ms. Korenstein were absent.

Ms. Siboney Rincon

Ms. Betty Forrester

Mr. Bill Higbee in place of Joseph Hill

Mr. Paul Hernandez in place of Steven Bingler

Mr. George Richter

Ms. Sue Welsh

With the approval of the Board, the President suspended action on the Consent Calendar in order to hear Ms. Ana Fernandez, Senior Class President of Belmont High School, who addressed the Board on the need to complete the Belmont Learning Complex. She indicated the students at Belmont High School have met with President Hayes, Board Member Castro, Mr. Howard Miller, Chief Operating Officer, and
Mr. Ramon Cortines, Advisor to the Superintendent, and extended an invitation to all Board Members to attend another meeting in January. She thinks that the Board should contract with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for their services concerning the Belmont Learning Complex.

Ms. Loretta Lindholm

Ms. Lois Arkin

Mr. Jefferson Crain, Executive Officer of the Board, announced:

Staff has requested that Section (1) of Facilities Committee Report No. 1 be amended by deleting Richard Joseph Niezgodzki from the report.

Ms. Young moved the adoption of the following reports designated as Consent Calendar items in accordance with Board Rule 61 with the requested amendment.

BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORT NO. 1
FACILITIES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1

Ms. Castro seconded the motion. On roll call, the Consent Calendar was adopted as amended unanimously, 7 ayes.

Ms. Fields moved to postpone the report to the scheduled January 11, 2000, Board meeting.
Mr. Tokofsky seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted.

Ms. Young moved that the report be adopted. Ms. Castro seconded the motion.

Mr. Tokofsky moved to amend the report by withdrawing Agreement Nos. 0000652 and 0000599.
Ms. Fields seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted.

On roll call, the report as amended was adopted unanimously, 7 ayes, with the following abstention:

Ms. Castro abstained from voting on Agreement No. 981288 in Section (1) of Board of Education
Report No. 3 for reasons previously recorded in the Minutes, Regular Meeting, February 20, 1996,
and voted aye on the balance of the report.

Mr. Ed Zschoche

Ms. Korenstein moved that the report be adopted. Ms. Fields seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Mr. Tokofsky and Ms. Young were absent.

Ms. Fields moved that the report be adopted. Ms. Korenstein seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Ms. Young was absent.

Mr. Jon Jones Recommendations on How to Improve the Curriculum

Mr. Ali Kalhoro Sub-Contractors

Mr. Manual Caldera Promotional Campaign and Recognition of
Children's Centers

Ms. Susan Rocha Special Education

Mr. William Bloom Hiring Practices

Ms. Dawn Martin Abstinence

Ms. Lorena Jaramillo Accountability

Mr. Aureliano Cortes Accountability

Ms. Angelica Guevara in place of Richard Arthur Children's Right to Learn

Ms. Nanci Fajardo New South Gate Site

Ms. Janet Marin in place of Cesar Quintero New South Gate Site

Mr. Davy McClay Social Promotion

Mr. Sigifredo Lopez Students

Ms. Rasha Dakhil Public Comment

Mr. Tokofsky moved to amend the report as follows:

Pending the final authorization by the Superintendent, Chief Operating Office and General Counsel
the Board extend the current medical, dental and vision contracts.

Ms. Castro seconded the motion, which on roll call failed 5 noes, 2 ayes, Ms. Castro and Mr. Tokofsky.

On roll call, the report was adopted 6 ayes, 1 no, President Hayes.

Ms. Korenstein requested that Section IX, Unisys Contract, be separated out since it required a unanimous vote and moved to adopt the item. Ms. Castro seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted.
The following speakers addressed the Board on the report:

Ms. Debbie Dodson representing Tetra Pak

Mr. Steve Seeley representing Tetra Pak

Mr. Michael Gersick representing Aim

Mr. Arnie Fontes representing Clearbrook Farms

Ms. Castro moved to withdraw Bid No. C-201 and extend the existing contract for l month. Ms. Fields seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Ms. Korenstein and Ms. Young were absent.

By general consent, the report as amended was adopted. Ms. Korenstein and Ms. Young were absent.

Ms. Young moved that the report be adopted. Mr. Lansing seconded the motion.

After discussion, the report was adopted by general consent. Ms. Castro, Ms. Korenstein, and
Mr. Lansing were absent.

Mr. Crain announced:

Staff has requested withdrawing Recommendation No. 1.

Ms. Castro moved that the report be adopted as amended. Ms. Young seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

After discussion and by general consent, the report was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

After discussion and by general consent, the report was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

Ms. Young moved:

Whereas, It is the mission of the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide its students with the best educational opportunities and support network possible;

Whereas, It is the commitment of the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles to provide all of its schools the best possible environment for collaboration with its surrounding communities;

Whereas, The Northeast Los Angeles community known as Elysian Valley lacks a neighborhood public library, a parent resource center and a community center;

Whereas, Beginning in January, the Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will offer a full service lending library, accessible to the public;

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will be a parent resource center for Allesandro Elementary School, Dorris Place Elementary School, Washington Irving Middle School, and John Marshall High School;

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will host continuation classes for Central High School;

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will host City of Angels Independent Study Program;

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will host adult education classes for Hollywood Community Adult School;

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will establish a multimedia area, providing student, parent and community internet access capability;

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center will be a drop-in community site for the Northeast Division of the Los Angeles Police Department; and

Whereas, The Elysian Valley United Community Services Center has offered its facilities as a remote station for the Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department, providing a counter space, desk and telephone line; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Los Angeles Unified School District assign a location code to the Elysian Valley United Community Center in order to make it eligible for e-rate designation and reduced rates on system hardware and services for internet access, as well as routine facilities patrol by the Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department.

After discussion, Ms. Young moved to amend the "Resolved" as follows, which was accepted by the seconder as a friendly amendment:

Resolved, That staff confirm eligibility of E-rate designation for the Elysian Valley United Community Services Center, and if it is not, directing staff to work on its eligibility and application for E-rate funding.

By general consent, the motion as amended was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

Budget Services and Financial Planning Division No. 1 - Emergency Closure of Palisades Charter High School, Roosevelt High School and Roosevelt Adult School; Attendance Allowance Due to Emergency; Payment of Employees: Assigned to Regular Calendar

Business Services Division No. 1 - Ratification of Agreements and Amendments, Agreement for Personal/Professional Services Over $250,000, Agreements for Personal/Professional Services Aggregating Over $250,000, Amendments to Agreements for Personal/Professional Services, and Amendment to Agreement for Personal/Professional Services Aggregating Over $250,000: Assigned to Regular Calendar

Facilities Services Division No. 1 - Award of Advertised and Unadvertised Contracts: Assigned to Regular Calendar

Facilities Services Division No. 2 - Acceptance of Judgment for Belmont/Hollywood New Primary Center No. 2 Site: Assigned to Consent Calendar

Personnel Division No. 1 - Nonroutine Personnel Actions: Classified Employee Dismissals: Assigned to Consent Calendar

Ms. Young seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

President Hayes announced:

Before action is taken on the Report of Correspondence regarding correspondence from Delaine Eastin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, concerning receipt of a notification of non-compliance, Compliance Investigation Case No. S-0176-99/00, a public hearing must be held.

This constitutes a public hearing and those individuals who wish to address the Board on these item will be heard. Anyone who wishes to speak to these items should go to the recording booth at the back of the Board Room and fill out a speaker's card. Those individuals will be heard after the speakers already on the list.

Ms. Young moved that the recommended disposition of the items as indicated in the Report of Correspondence be approved. Ms. Fields seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

There will be an augmented Facilities Committee Meeting held on January 6, 2000, at 2 p.m.,
in Room H-160 (Board Room) to discuss routine business.

Mr. Crain announced the following:

• The Instruction and Curriculum and Budget, Finance, Audit and Technology Committee meetings

• The Legislation Personnel and Policy Committee meeting will be held on Friday, December 17,

Ms. Fields moved:

That a Special Board Meeting be called for 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 6, 2000, in Room H-160 (Board Room) to consider and take action on Student Expulsions and any other items requiring Board action.

Ms. Young seconded the motion, which by general consent was adopted. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

Mr. Crain announced:

There will be a meeting of the Citizens' Committee for the Search of the Superintendent on Thursday, December 16, 1999, at 3:30 p.m. in Room H-163.

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District is deeply committed to providing safe and equal access to education to all of its students;

Whereas, Hate incidents and hate crimes can destroy students' security, ability to learn, and sense of well-being;

Whereas, More than half of all hate crimes in the state of California are committed by juvenile offenders;

Whereas, The two most common bases on which hate crimes are committed in California are race/ethnicity and sexual orientation;

Whereas, Knowing more about the patterns, frequency, correlates, and effects of hate incidents and hate crimes at school can greatly assist the District's efforts to intervene and prevent such incidents;

Whereas, The Los Angeles Unified School District has approved certain programs and projects to reduce intergroup conflict, hate incidents, and hate crimes, such as the Safe Haven Project and the Human Relations Education Commission;

Whereas, In order to be fully effective, such programs need baseline data to guide their interventions and, in the case of the Safe Haven Project, follow-up data to assess its impact;

Whereas, The Safe Haven Project Student Safety Survey was designed in partnership with professional researchers and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center to assess the prevalence of hate incidents and hate crimes experienced and witnessed by students in District high schools on the basis of their race and ethnicity and their perceived or actual sexual orientation, to uncover patterns associated with such incidents and crimes, and to identify factors correlated with them; and

Whereas, The survey will subsequently be revised and clarified after being tested with a small sample of students from one of the schools currently hosting the Safe Haven Project; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the survey, as submitted today, will be implemented by the Assistant Superintendent of the Office of Intergroup Relations, who will work directly with school principals to insure that the survey is carried out;

Resolved, That 12 high schools will be surveyed from January to March of 2000, and again in 12 months;

Resolved, That of these 12 schools, the three in which the Safe Haven Project is already underway will be surveyed for the purpose of establishing current climate; six schools will be surveyed prior to the Safe Haven Project intervention, and three schools will function as control schools, and will not receive the Safe Haven Project intervention during the time of the study;

Resolved, That all students in any given school will be surveyed simultaneously for the duration of one class period; that each of the schools will survey no less than 50% of the student body;

Resolved, That teaching staff in each school in which the survey is conducted will receive training from the Safe Haven team at a staff meeting prior to the administration of the survey in order to administer the survey in a uniform manner;

Resolved, That the material costs of the survey will be shared by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the Los Angeles Unified School District; and

Resolved further, That analysis of the data will be managed jointly by Dr. Terri Conley, Ph.D., (independent research psychologist), Dr. Edward Dunbar, Ed.D., (Assistant Clinical Professor and Instructor, Department of Psychology, UCLA, Research Psychologist, Center for the Study and Resolution of Interracial/Interethnic Conflict, UCLA), and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and that the collection of the data from school sites and storage of it will be managed by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, in such a way that all interested parties, including the District, will have access to it.

Whereas, College or university enrollment and completion are fundamental hopes for every child that is taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District's pre-k to 12 education;

Whereas, Some students have difficulties with the traditional paths of pre-k to 12 education;

Whereas, Students who do not complete 12th grade and graduate are at a disadvantage in the work world and have real and perceived troubles continuing on to post-secondary schooling;

Whereas, The California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) is only offered twice yearly (dates) for students; and

Whereas, The CHSPE allows students, who pass the exam, the knowledge that they have met high school standards, and that they may continue on to post-secondary education immediately and without stigma; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles ask the Superintendent to communicate to the California legislative delegation, the State Superintendent of Public Education, the Governor and his Education Secretary, the desire to see the California High School Proficiency Exam offered bi-monthly for students in California.

Comments by Mr. Tokofsky focused on the celebration of National Geography Week Celebration at Fletcher Drive Elementary School. Students and faculty enjoyed dances and food from many countries.
Students at Farmdale Elementary School held a fundraiser by bringing in pennies everyday and raised nearly $800 for the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission. He thanked Ms. Teresita S. De Palma, Principal, for her work and also thanked the students and parents who participated. It was noted that State Senator Dianne Feinstein and Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante visited Monte Vista Elementary School to emphasize the importance of childhood health. Pacoima Elementary School students and the Tree People Plant Trees, took part in the continuing Cool Schools Project and planted 16 Sequoias, 1 Ash and 2 Oak trees.

The meeting adjourned at 11:33 p.m. Ms. Korenstein was absent.

APPROVED BY BOARD: January 25, 2000

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GENETHIA HUDLEY HAYES JEFFERSON CRAIN
PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD
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