XIV.
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BUSINESS SERVICES CONSENT ITEMS
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| Approve all Consent Items as detailed in Items XIV.b. – XIV.v.
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| Approve Agreement with Amergis Healthcare, to provide Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services, twice a week from August 7, 2024 through December 19, 2024, funded by Special Services Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Amergis Healthcare will provide and develop treatment plans, interventions, and materials to address communication disorders while collaborating to share information and resolve issues.
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| Approve the current Memorandum of Understanding with the Grab n' Go Program, offered by Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino (FARSB), which provides food for low-income students and families on school grounds in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (Appendix Item).
Partnering with schools, FARSB supports child hunger relief. This agreement ensures the delivery of fresh produce and pantry boxes to CNS for community distribution at various times of the year.
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| Approve Agreement with Leverage Learning Group, to provide writing support and strategies, effective September 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, not to exceed $28,800.00, funded by Title One Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Franklin Elementary School has identified writing as a key area for improvement based on district and state assessment data. Leverage Learning Group will offer eight Professional Development days during the 2024-25 school year, focusing on writing instruction from planning to final product, including creating a rubric for grading students' completed work.
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| Approve Agreement with Leverage Learning Group, to provide writing support and strategies, effective September 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, not to exceed $28,800.00, funded by Title One Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Lugonia Elementary School has identified writing strategies review, calibration and analysis as a key areas for improvement based on district and state assessment data. Leverage Learning Group will offer eight Professional Development days during the 2024-25 school year, focusing on writing instruction from planning to final product, including creating a rubric for grading students' completed work.
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| Approve Agreement with Lindamood-Bell Learning Process, to provide individual student instruction, effective August 7, 2024 through June 5, 2025, at a cost not to exceed $52,020.00, to be funded by Special Education Administrative Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services to sign related documents on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes will provide individual student instruction with 2 sessions per day for 180 school days, totaling 360 sessions of 1:1 sensory-cognitive instruction, in accordance with the legal services agreement.
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| Approve Agreement No. 24/25-0110, with The Office of the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, to continue the ongoing Lease and Maintenance Contract for classrooms supporting Special Education programs and other classroom needs ( Appendix Item).
The District agrees to provide necessary utilities, custodial services, minor maintenance, pesticide application, maintenance to facilities, and provide necessary furniture, consistent with other facilities in the school district.
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| Approve Amendment No. 2 with Rod Torres, DBA, as Strategic Solutions 4 School Safety, to provide guidance and training to safety officers and a District liaison for critical incident planning, extending agreement from June 30, 2024 through August 30, 2024, to be funded by School Safety Funds (Appendix Item).
Strategic Solutions 4 School Safety has offered guidance and training to safety officers, new hires, and district staff concerning critical incident planning and student safety. This role involves advising the safety manager on all school safety issues and temporarily acting as a liaison.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement with The California State University Office of the Chancellor to provide training to teachers through the Mathematical Reasoning With Connections (MRWC) Professional Learning Workshop, effective July 8, 2024 through February 28, 2025, at a shared cost not to exceed $3,300.00 per teacher, to be funded by Title Two Funds and The California State University Office of the Chancellor. Authorize Mark Bline, Director, Secondary Education, to sign on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Mathematical Reasoning With Connections (MRWC) Professional Learning Workshop is a cohort offered through The California State University Office of the Chancellor, created to provide teachers with the necessary training that will allow them to become certified to teach MRWC to students.
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| Ratify/Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Clear View Behavioral Services, to provide mental health counseling services to students, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, at no cost to the District. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Clear View Behavioral Services is a medical group that provides effective quality mental health therapy services to the community through a staff of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, Medication Management Specialists, Psychologists, and Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners. Clear View Behavioral Services provides a host of services including psychiatric medication evaluation and management, individual, group, couple, and family mental health therapy, and psychological testing. Clear View Behavioral Services offers a wide variety of specialty services to ensure the most effective treatment based on each individual client’s therapeutic needs.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement with the CollegeBoard to administer the PSAT and SAT Test for all 8th -11th grade students at Beattie Middle School, Clement Middle School, Cope Middle School, Moore Middle School, Citrus Valley High School, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands High School, eAcademy/RISE, and Orangewood High School; and the SAT for all 11th and 12th grade students at Citrus Valley High School, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands High School, eAcademy/RISE, and Orangewood High School, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, at a cost not to exceed $210,240.00, to be funded by Local Control and Accountability Funds (Appendix Item).
RUSD, in a coordinated effort with the CollegeBoard, will be offering the PSAT for all 8th -11th grade students and the SAT for all 12th grade students in October 2024. Additionally, RUSD will be offering the SAT for all 11th graders in March, 2025. The costs associated with the PSAT and SAT administration will be paid out of LCAP funding and therefore, free of cost to all students. Providing the PSAT and SAT during the school day increases the total number of students participating in the testing administration and helps to eliminate any financial or transportation barriers students might otherwise encounter. The PSAT/SAT testing administration will be the central component around which the activities for the RUSD College Focus Month will be built during the month of October, 2024. This unique opportunity for RUSD students supports the LCAP goals and provides students with yet another opportunity to enhance their ability to be college-ready.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement with Harbottle Law Group, a Professional Corporation, to retain legal services, at a cost not to exceed $25,000.00, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, to be funded by Special Education Administrative Funds (Appendix Item).
Harbottle Law Group in conjunction with Redlands Unified School District will advise Special Services and perform legal services while keeping the client informed of progress and responding to inquiries.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement between Redlands Unified School District and Kathryn Walker, to conduct two psychoeducational Independent Education Evaluations, effective July 23, 2024 through June 30, 2025, not to exceed $7,000.00, to be funded by Special Education Administrative Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
The District to retain Consultant to provide professional and diligent services consistent with generally acceptable industry practices or better in accordance with the legal services agreement.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement between Redlands Unified School District and the Law Offices of Peter A. Sansom, to provide legal services, effective July 1, 2024 through June 5, 2025, to be paid per the attached rate sheet, to be funded by Special Education Administrative Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
The District will retain the Consultant to provide representation, advice, and legal counsel on Special Education matters. The Consultant shall deliver legal services as requested by the District, in accordance with the terms of the legal services agreement.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement with Mindfulness in Motion (MIM), to provide support and training for early education teachers, effective June 30, 2024 through July 1, 2025, at a cost not to exceed $297,550.00, to be funded by Educator Effectiveness Grant Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, and Denise Fee, Director of Expanded Learning and Early Childhood Education, to sign on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) will provide the following services to support Redlands Unified Early Education: educational consultation support, roving inclusion paraprofessional support, weekly teacher Zoom meetings, professional development and teacher trainings, early education toileting support, indirect hours, and recommendations and consultations for lending library materials.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement between Redlands Unified School District and Optum Behavioral Care of California, DBA, Gunn Behavioral Care of California to conduct a psychoeducational Independent Education Evaluation, effective May 6, 2024 through June 30, 2025, at a cost not to exceed $6,500.00, to be funded by Special Education Administrative Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Optum Behavioral Care of California, doing business as Gunn Behavioral Care of California, will provide school observations, testing, record reviews, report writing, and IEP attendance, along with peer review and court preparation services.
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| Ratify/Approve Agreement with Professional Tutors of America, Inc., to provide compensatory educational services, per the attached rate sheet, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, to be funded by General Education and Special Education Administration Funds. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
Professional Tutors of America will offer academic instruction with Special Education and General Education, including, behavior intervention, counseling, and guidance. They will also provide language speech development and remediation, including assessment and IEP attendance, occupational therapy with assessment and IEP attendance, as well as vocational education and career development services.
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| Approve the use of H & L Charter, Cnek Elite, Aerocoach Transportation, Best VIP, Cardiff Transportation, Carreras Tours, Certified Transportation, Ebmeyer Charter, Fast Deer Bus Charter, Gold Coast Tours, Inland Empire Stages, Intermex Transportation, Lin Lines, Pacific Coachways, Strack Ground Transportation, Zum Services, and Transportation Charter Services for charter transportation services in the absence of a formal bid. Authorize Juan Cabral, Superintendent; Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services; and Amy Drummond, Purchasing Director I, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board.
Board authorization is required for the use of student transportation vendors to meet the district's transportation needs.
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| Approve the use of Starks Enterprises Transportation Services for Home To School (HTS) Transportation Services in the absence of a formal bid. Authorize Juan Cabral, Superintendent; Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services; and Amy Drummond, Purchasing Director I, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board.
Board authorization is required for the use of student transportation vendors to meet the District's transportation needs.
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| Award RFP 3-25 to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, Harvest Produce Inc., for providing produce as needed for all district sites in our Child Nutrition Program, effective August 7, 2024, for one year, with the possibility of extension for up to three years. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services; Amy Drummond, Purchasing Director I; and Alyssa Cummings, Director I, Child Nutrition Services, to sign related documents on behalf of the Board.
This RFP will supply produce for the Child Nutrition Department meals, funded by Child Nutrition Funds. Three RFPs were opened on July 9, 2024, at 10:00 am.
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| Accept Donations. Instruct the secretary to write letters of appreciation on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
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| Approve Payment Transmittal Numbers 25000002 through 25000197 for August 6, 2024, in the amount of $15,775,362.82. Authorize Jason Hill, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, to sign on behalf of the Board (Appendix Item).
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