2/9/14 OUSD Trustees’ Meeting - OEA notes

YouTube video of meeting

 No public comment.

Employees of the month: Dara Slevin (certificated) and Dawn Kurisu (classified).

The Board approved the OEA request for collective bargaining.

An agreement was approved Premier Security Solutions for an alarm system at the new district office.

CA School Boards Association: Trustee Julie Rossiter placed her name for consideration as a Contra Costa County representative on the CSBA Delegate Assembly. Discussion By Trustees Butler and Krumholz re: potential delegates familiar to them and process of nominations (which were unclear or not received by them). Trustees supported three delegates including Trustee Rossiter.

Parcel Tax: Dean Burnick member of Parcel Tax Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee. Audit showed that funds from Measure A and B are appropriately spent. The Committee recommends that the district communicate information within school communication resources and via community communication resources. Currently all members of the PTICOC are not staggered and therefore suggest that in the interest of continuity that the committee membership be staggered by 2:3. By laws will need to be modified.

Governor’s Proposed 2014-15 Budget:

5.5 billion one time and ongoing Prop 98 (to help restore); 11.4% increase however under Local Control Funding districts are diversified. OUSD expected to receive an additional $417.00 per ADA.

Under LCFF no school district will receive less than previously funded prior to LCFF

State identified cola: 0.86%

cola: 0.86% for special eduation

Supplemental grant percentage for OUSD: 1.159%

All districts will equally share any state funded provided colas

Trustee Butler asked how input is collated for $ decisions as she wants to see all stakeholders included. Unclear response. The former Fiscal Advisory Committee that included two OEA reps and two CSEA reps has been disbanded. 

The state now identifies “small class size” as 24 students.

2014-15 Calendar presented: based on Curriculum Committee input

1^st student day: Tuesday August 25, last student day: Friday June 12

Holidays aligned with AUHSD (high school starting on Monday rather Wednesday as in the past)

Friday, August 22, Monday, January 26, Monday, March 9 full day staff development

Friday, August 29 and Monday, February 27 half-day staff development

Mrs. Marshall was complimentary re: the efforts of the Curriculum Committee members and Trustee Severson expressed his gratitude as well

Portable classrooms: $115,000 per year lease; portables range in age from 5-45 years

$443,000.00 is cost to buy out leases,  $457,000.00 to replace worst portable classrooms with newer portables; $2,300,00 to replace portables with green fab buildings

8 portables considered in poorest condition

$8,000,000.00 balance remaining from Pulte funds

Board Reports:

Trustee Butler:

Advocacy Day

CSBA Training on Human Resources and Collective Bargaining

Trustee Krumholz complimented the options available to students at OIS

Dr Jaconette:

Bay Sci grant a la LHS building awareness

Trustee Butler again requested that LCFF clarity be included on the next agenda. See Ed Code on this.

Minutes respectfully submitted by,

Colleen Sullivan

OEA VP