New BP and AR 0460 – Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)

New BP and AR 6171 – Title I Programs

Deletion of BP and AR 6171 – Compensatory Education

Revised BB 9150 – Student Board Members

Revised AR 9150 – Student Board Members, Student Communication Council

Fee Amendment No. 2 from Koury Engineering & Testing, Inc., for testing and inspection services for the Hart High School Two-Story Classroom Building and Related Site Work Project is presented for approval.

Due to the complexity of the geology of the soil/slope conditions at Hart High School and the additional excavation in the slope to lower a water main, the geotechnical engineering staff at Koury Engineering & Testing, Inc., has been dispatched to the site for site observation many more times than expected. Because of this, Koury’s fees are higher than expected. However, it is necessary to involve the geotechnical engineer whenever there is an issue with the soils or geology on the site.

Not to exceed $95,935 from Measure SA (Fund 21).

Award of Bid Package No. HA1910A-09 for the Hart High School Two-Story Modular Classroom Building Fencing, Guardrail, and Retaining Wall Project to the lowest responsive/responsible bidder, The Nazarian Group.

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, the District received and opened bids for the Hart High School Two-Story Modular Classroom Building Fencing, Guardrail, and Retaining Wall Project. This is a single contractor bid for the entire scope of work.

Lundgren Management Corporation and District staff have reviewed the low bidder’s submitted bid documents and qualifications for responsiveness and responsibility. Based upon our review, verifications, and discussions, it is staff’s recommendation to award the contract to the lowest responsive/responsible bidder, The Nazarian Group.

Award of Bid Package No. SA1910A for the Saugus High School Field Restoration Project to the lowest responsive/responsible bidder, Clean Cut Landscape Incorporation.

On Thursday, October 24, 2019, the District received and opened bids for the Saugus High School Field Restoration Project. This is a single contractor bid for the entire restoration project.

District staff has reviewed the low bidder’s submitted bid documents and qualifications for responsiveness and responsibility. Based upon review, verifications, and discussions, it is staff’s recommendation to award a contract to the lowest responsive/responsible bidder, Clean Cut Landscape Incorporation.

$30,122.60 from Measure SA (Fund 21).

This agreement will allow schools to generate advertising revenue for their athletic programs, and provide a reliable method for recording games instead of using a student manager or parent volunteer to do so.  The Hart District stands to enhance its reputation in athletics through the live-streaming component of this agreement, and coaches will also be able to upload the content into any third-party game-film-analysis platform for use by coaches.

BP and AR 5145.7 – Sexual Harassment

BP and AR 6020 – Parent Involvement

Education Code Section 44258.2 states that the holder of a Single Subject or Standard Secondary Teaching Credential, with his or her consent, may teach an assignment in grades 5 through 8 provided the teacher has completed six (6) upper division or graduate units or twelve (12) semester units of course work in the subject to be taught.

Education Code Section 44256(b) states that the holder of a Multiple Subject or Standard Elementary Teaching Credential may teach, with his or her consent, any subject in departmentalized classes below grade 9 provided that the teacher has completed a minimum of twelve (12) semester units or six (6) upper division or graduate semester units of coursework in the subject to be taught.

Resolution No. 19/20-10 is based upon these three provisions of the law which allow specific teachers to teach in subject areas other than their credential authorization.  This is an on-going requirement that necessitates Board approval each year.

Analysis of each plan reveals necessary updates and revisions.  Each school site council has approved its revisions, after consulting with school leadership teams and advisory councils, and recommends them to the Board for approval.  All legal requirements remain in place for each plan that was approved in June 2019. Annual evaluations conducted at that time meet the requirements of Board Policy 6190.

Attached are the revisions for the school plans of Canyon High School and Placerita Junior High School for the 2019/20 school year. Goals and action plans remain aligned with LCAP District goals and school goals for increased student achievement.

The District historically has purchased diesel and gasoline fuel through a Los Angeles County (County) piggyback contract.  The above mentioned County contract with Falcon Fuels, Inc., expired on October 31, 2018.  They extended the contract (No. MA-IS-1640101-15) to the same vendor, Falcon Fuels, Inc., to  October 30, 2020.  Staff recommends the District continue to utilize this piggyback contract extension for the purchase of diesel and gasoline fuel for the period of November 2, 2019, to October 30, 2020.

The term “piggyback” refers to procurement specific to Public Contract Code Section 20118, which allows public entities to purchase materials, supplies, equipment, vehicles, and other personal property by participating in another public entity’s existing contract or by using the other public entity’s contract terms to purchase directly from the vendor, provided the board has determined it to be in the district’s best interest.  Hart District Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3311 authorize the District’s use of piggyback contracts consistent with Public Contract Code Section 20118.

The initial agreement term was for one year, from November 18, 2015, through November 17, 2016, with the option to extend by mutual, written agreement for four additional one-year periods.  Attached is Agreement Renewal No. 4 to extend this agreement through November 6, 2020.  In the event the contractor fails to perform its contracted obligations, the District may terminate the contract effective after fifteen (15) days written notice.

A contractor retention reduction, pursuant to Section 19.10 of the General Provisions of the Construction Services Agreement for the Castaic High School Project (Castaic HS Construction, Inc.), is presented for approval.

By contract and public contract code, the District is entitled to withhold five percent of the total contract cost from the contractor until the entire project is completed. There are situations when the District, at its discretion, can release a portion of the retention early. In situations where a project spans months or even years, the District may, out of fairness, release a portion of the retention early.

Pursuant to Section 19.10 of the General Provisions of the Construction Services Agreement between the William S. Hart Union High School District and Castaic HS Construction, Inc., (CHSC), CHSC has requested a retention reduction.  The requirement for reduction of retention described in Section 19.10 requires the work to be at least 50 percent complete and that the Governing Board determines that the work is satisfactorily progressing. The work is currently over 90 percent complete and the District has assumed beneficial occupancy of the school.

Since both requirements of Section 19.10 appear to have been met, and at the discretion of the Governing Board, staff and Lundgren Management recommend approval of the retention reduction.

AMG & Associates, Inc.

Bid Package No. SV1801A-03 – General Construction