Being honored tonight as Teachers of the Year by their individual schools are:  Michele Siner, Academy of the Canyons; Jessica Meraz, Arroyo Seco Junior High School; Ravinder Athwal, Bowman High School; Mary Purdy, Canyon High School; Jamie Foderaro, Golden Valley High School; Martin Kirby, Hart High School; Denise Baker, Learning Post; Jessica Dabbeekeh, La Mesa Junior High School; Monica Ludlow, Placerita Junior High School; Carine Clewis, Rancho Pico Junior High School; Matthew Sheridan, Rio Norte Junior High School; Monica Lunde, Saugus High School; Teri Rodriguez, Sequoia School; Stephanie Caneday, Sierra Vista Junior High School; Brenda Monteleone, Valencia High School; Linda Cox, West Ranch High School; and Marci Gabriel, Golden Oak Adult School.

For the 2017/18 school year, the District recognizes Mary Purdy as the Hart District Teacher of the Year.  Mary has recently concluded her teaching career after 39 years, 35 of those with the Hart District and the past 26 of those at Canyon High School.  She was an outstanding music educator whose passion for the arts inspired her students and her colleagues.  Mary has done amazing things at Canyon High School with her various choral groups and has put the School and District on the map nationally.  The Canyon High School Choirs have traveled to New York, San Diego and Canada, among other locales, and often receive high accolades by the adjudicators.  Most recently, a trip to perform in Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2016 was a highlight to Mary’s career.  But Mary did much more on campus that made her stand out as the Hart District’s Teacher of the Year.  Mary created the Tri-M Music Honor Society, was the advisor for various clubs, including the Bible Club, and you could often find her with a smile on her face around campus.  Mary will be missed by Canyon High School and the Hart District, but her efforts will not go unnoticed as she has set up students for success whether by going on to college or beginning their careers.

Honorees and their school principals have been invited to the Board meeting.

A representative from Flewelling & Moody and District staff will give an update on the Hart High School Two-Story Modular Classroom Building Project.

SB 550 defines “sufficient instructional materials or textbooks” as each student, including English Language Learners, having a textbook or instructional materials to use in class and to take home to complete required homework assignments.  SB 550 specifies that this language does not require two sets of textbooks for each pupil.

SB 550 also requires the Governing Board to determine that each student enrolled in a foreign language or health course has sufficient standards-aligned textbooks and that laboratory equipment is available to students in grades 9-12.

At the time that the District develops its annual budget, the ending balance for the prior fiscal year is estimated based upon prior year patterns of spending, current legislation and established time lines. This estimate is truly just that: an estimate. By year-end, when actual goods and services are received, and revenues earned, these figures can change. However, the importance of this report is two-fold. First, it establishes the actual ending balance of the prior fiscal year, which then becomes the beginning balance of the current fiscal year. Second, it finalizes the actual revenues and expenditures of the prior fiscal year. These figures will change only if there is an audit adjustment as a result of the annual financial audit.

To calculate the Gann limit, the base year (1978/79) appropriation limit has been increased annually for both inflation, as measured by the annual percentage change in California per capita personal income, and population, as measured by the annual change in average daily attendance (ADA).  All calculations (see attached) have been prepared in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory law as provided for by the California Department of Education SACS Form GANN.  The District’s Gann Limit for 2016/17 ($118,285,725.75) and the estimated limit for 2017/18 ($122,552,348.65) do not exceed the limitations imposed by Proposition 4.

Therefore, staff requests the Governing Board adopt Resolution No. 17/18-8 declaring that the District’s budget appropriations in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 fiscal years do not exceed the limitations imposed by Proposition 4.

Request approval of Resolution No. 17/18-10 dedicating an easement to Newhall County Water District at Hart High School for roadway and utilities purposes.

On August 30, 2017, the Board approved Resolution No. 17/18-6 – Intent to Dedicate an Easement to Newhall County Water District at Hart High School for Roadway and Utilities Purposes. On September 1, 2017, Resolution No. 17/18-6 was posted in three public places, (the Hart District Administrative Center, the Valencia Public Library, and the Santa Clarita City Hall), and was published in The Signal newspaper on September 7, 2017, as required by law.

Resolution No, 17/18-10 will dedicate the easements to Newhall County Water District at Hart High School for roadway and utilities purposes. The resolution must be approved by two-thirds of all of the Board members.

Approve Resolution No. 17/18-10 dedicating an easement to Newhall County Water District at Hart High School for roadway and utilities purposes.

Dennis Mifflin, a teacher at Valencia High School, is requesting authorization to attend two out-of-state conferences:

(1)  PACK EXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 25-26, 2017

(2)  DECA New York Experience conference, in New York, NY, November 29-December 3, 2017.

Dr. Mariane Doyle, Director of Career Technical Education, is requesting authorization to attend the 2017 National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Conference in Washington, D.C., October 8-11, 2017.

Joe Monteleone and Jon Gedalia, Valencia High School teachers, are requesting authorization to attend the Simulation User Network Conference (SUN), October 8-11, 2017, in San Antonio, Texas.

Linda Cox, a West Ranch High School teacher who also handles Career and College Readiness strategic projects, is requesting authorization to attend the National Career Pathways Network Conference, October 25-27, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dennis Mifflin’s expenses to attend the PACK EXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 25-26, 2017, and the DECA New York Experience Conference, in New York, NY, November 29-December 3, 2017, will be paid from the Perkins Grant.

Dr. Mariane Doyle’s expenses to attend the 2017 National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Conference in Washington, D.C., October 8-11, 2017, will be paid from the California Career Pathways Trust Grant.

Joe Monteleone and Jon Gedalia’s expenses to attend the Simulation User Network Conference (SUN), October 8-11, 2017, in San Antonio, Texas, will be paid from the Perkins Grant.

Linda Cox’s expenses to attend the National Career Pathways Network Conference, October 25-27, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri, will be paid from the Perkins Grant.

This report may contain open purchase orders with not-to-exceed amounts facilitating regular small purchases from single vendors. Open purchase orders with not-to-exceed amounts facilitating larger purchases from single vendors may indicate a publicly bid contract number and/or the date the Governing Board approved the vendor.  In an effort to efficiently process payments, the accumulated total of these purchases may be processed and paid as a single transaction.

Please note: The August Purchase Order Report includes purchases previously ratified but not completed and closed by June 30, 2017.  These purchase orders are included here again due to their necessary creation within the District’s new financial system.