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St. Louis Public School District

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

October 30, 2008

1.0 Preliminary

1.1 CONSENT AGENDA

1.2 Information Items Only

a) Request for expansion of the Reading First Program

Dr. John Wright

b) September 2008 Year to Date Budget to Actual Report

Mr. Enos Moss

1.3 Business Items – Action Required

10-30-08-01 To approve the Monthly Transaction Report for the month of September 2008.

10-30-08-02 To approve the SLPS bus routes for the period beginning August 18, 2008.

10-30-08-03 To approve a contract with Janice Jamison to provide professional development for the period October 20, 2008 through June 3, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $7,350.00. (Waiver of Board Policy P3323.5 is requested.) (Funding source: 110-2215-824-6319-00 [Professional Development])

10-30-08-04 To approve a contract with Jana Crosby to provide observations and debriefing for each Early Reading First Classroom for the months of October 2008, December 2008 and May 2009, in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00. (Funding source: 298-2239-840-QJ-298-6319)

10-30-08-05 To approve a contract with St. Louis Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (Sole Source Provider) to provide a full-time, multi-aged enriched and extended academic program for those highly gifted students who need an alternative to the regular classroom, for the period August 18, 2008 through June 30, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $48,000.00. (Funding source: 110-1272-828-00-110-6311 [GOB])

10-30-08-06 To approve a contract with NCADA, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Sole Source Provider) to provide the program (CPR) Comprehensive Prevention and Resiliency to SLPS students and staff, for the time period September 19, 2008, through June 30, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00. (Funding source: 629-2214-6319-814-T2)

10-30-08-07 To approve a contract with Kronos Hardware and Software Maintenance Support for maintenance and support for the district’s 4500 terminals for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $99,960.03. (Funding source: 6358-981-75-110-2828 [GOB])

10-30-08-08 To authorize acceptance of funds for the Interchange Professional Development Project. DESE will provide these funds through the Federal Title II Set Aside Funds for a time period of two years, in an amount of $13,625.25. (At no cost to the district.)

10-30-08-09 To approve a contract with Webster University School of Education to provide professional development for early childhood educators for the period October 2008 through May 2009, in an amount not to exceed $19,600.00. (Funding source: 110-2215-840-00-110-6319)

10-30-08-10 To approve a contract with Systemic Enterprises, LLC (Sole Source Provider), to assist administration in gathering and reporting information requested by the Monitoring and Support Task Force, for the period November 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00. (Funding source: 110-2321-6319-810-00-110)

10-30-08-11 To approve a contract with Interchange Technologies and Learning for workstation installation for the time period September 11, 2008 through June 30, 2009 in an amount not to exceed $18,000.00.

10-30-08-12 To approve an agreement with Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) to provide claim services for Direct Service Medicaid Billing, at no cost to the district.

Business Items – Action Required – Not Presented at Previous Meeting

10-30-08-13 To approve a resolution authorizing and directing the issuance, sale and delivery of $39,295,000.00 principal amount of General Obligation Bonds (Missouri Direct Deposit Program) Series 2008.

1.4 Items for Consideration and Review for November 12, 2008 Meeting

11-12-08-01 To approve acceptance of funds for 21st Century Community Learning Centers/After School Programs for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, in the amount of $359,520.00. (Funding source: [no cost to the district] 21st Century Fund 298-M7)

11-12-08-02 To approve acceptance of funds from the Community Development Administration to support the community education program for the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, in the amount of $800,000.00. (Funding source: [no cost to the district] 827-00-268-268-1671-XXXX)

11-12-08-03 To approve a contract with K12, Inc., in partnership with Kaplan Virtual Education to provide virtual courses and services in support of the St. Louis Public Schools’ Virtual School, for the time period August 2008 through July 2009, in an amount not to exceed $976,000.00. (Funding source: 981-QZ-110-2223-6319)

11-12-08-04 To approve acceptance of funds for 21st Century Community Learning Centers/After School Programs, for the period 2008-2009 school year, in the amount of $874,836.00. (Funding source: [no cost to the district] 21st Century Fund 298)

11-12-08-05 To approve a contract with the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit of Missouri Family Court-Juvenile Division for the Truancy Initiative, to work collaboratively with targeted elementary and junior high/middle schools for the 2008-2009 school year, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00. (Funding source: 880-110-2124-BG-6319)

11-12-08-06 To approve a contract with Susan Nall (Sole Source Provider) to conduct two one-day workshops on Communicating Respect through Teacher-Child Verbal Interaction and provide two observations for each of the 26 ERF preschool classrooms for the school year 2008-2009, in an amount not to exceed $23,750.00. (Funding source: 298-2239-840-QJ-298-6319)

11-12-08-07 to approve a contract with the Institute for Family Medicine in order to provide Medical Director Services to St. Louis Public Schools for support of its health services program for the period November 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009, in an amount not to exceed 12,000.00. (Funding source: 880-110-2124-00-6312)

11-12-08-08 To approve a one year contract with Steven R. Carroll & Associates to provide legislative representation for St. Louis Public Schools in an amount not to exceed $68,000.00 ($48,000 for services, $5,000.00 for expenses, $15,000.00 for a minority contract lobbyist when needed). (Funding source: 110-2311-6319-800-00)

This consent agenda contains the routine operational contracts of the District and the items thereon are subject to change, addition and removal up to the time of the meeting.

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