• Christopher Vega, Mt. San Jacinto High School

The Student Board Member Reports will be presented by Palm Springs High School Student Board Member Keona Corona.

E-mail Comments: Submit your public comment to the Board of Education's Senior Administrative Assistant electronically. Comments may be emailed to mrizya@psusd.us. Written comments are limited to 250 words. To provide adequate time to compile and distribute, please submit no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All written comments will be distributed to the Board of Education and will be included as part of the record.

Telephonic Comments: You may provide telephonic comments by calling the District Office at (760) 325-8760 no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting to be added to the public comment queue. At the appropriate time, a staff member will call you so that you may provide your public testimony to the Board of Education. When called, please reduce the meeting video volume to reduce any echoes or feedback.

All comments are to be directed to the Board, be under three minutes and shall be devoid of any personal attacks. Members of the public are expected to maintain a professional, courteous decorum during public comments.

The District has partnered with the four local law enforcement agencies to provide School Resource Officer services to the schools within their respective jurisdictions.

The program will be aligned with the National Association of School Resource Officers and the “SRO Triad of Responsibility” (law enforcement officer, law related counselor, law educator). Specific targets that are measurable, such as total number of Intervention plans developed and total number of students supported will be used for metrics to evaluate the program.

Leadership Associates, LLC, will provide continuing support and coaching for the Palm Springs Unified School District Governing Board, Superintendent, Cabinet and directors in their effective practice of Coherent Governance.  An agreement has been negotiated for services for 2021/2022 fiscal year which will include three workshop sessions during the period of July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.  

Board of Education Budget

Not to exceed $33,000

Board Culture Policy BC-6 establishes an Annual Work Plan that includes monitoring and review of all policies. The Annual Work plan requires that the Results Policy and/or interpretations of policy on Academic Achievement for Core Academic Disciplines Mathematics (R-2.2) be presented each year.

In the Coherent governance system, the Superintendent's reasonable interpretations, selection of appropriate indicators, sufficient data, and evidence of progress toward each result are reported each year.

Signed into law by Governor Brown in 2017, Assembly Bill 24 established the State Seal of Civic Engagement encouraging students to become civically engaged in at the local, state and national levels.  This resolution formally adopts the California State Seal of Civic Engagement beginning with opportunities for the graduating class of 2022 and full implementation by the class of 2025.  Students who complete the criteria outlined by the California Department of Education will earn the Seal on their diplomas.

Palm Springs Unified School District and Think Together entered into a License Agreement on November 17, 2020, for the use of the premises located at 1000 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA, Building A, for term ending on September 16, 2021.  Think Together submitted a notice of move-out for September 16,2021, however, they now desire to extend the original license agreement through October 31, 2021, as their new location is not available yet. 

The amendment represents a change to the Section 3 Term date, no change in compensation amount and all other terms and conditions of the original agreement shall remain the same.

Agreement No. C0003972 with Los Angeles Air Conditioning for the installation of HVAC equipment and roofing at Desert Hot Springs High School locker rooms in the amount of $692,000 included a contingency of $100,000 to address unforeseen issues.  Additional work not included in the contract and DSA approved plans was required and includes replacement of 10 existing roof skylights, replacement of 4 existing exhaust curbs, repair to 9 control conduit penetrations, replacement of existing non-compliant roof unit platforms and various wiring, piping, and programming adjustments in the amount of $81,779.93.  Change Order No. 1 provides a credit for unused portion of the contingency in the total amount of $18,220.07.

Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $18,220.07 is a decrease to the contract and results is a 2.63% decrease to the contract.

The construction for the installation of HVAC equipment and roofing for the Boys and Girls Locker Rooms at Desert Hot Springs High School has been completed per plans and specifications by Los Angeles Air Conditioning.

A “Punch List” was prepared and provided to the contractor for the project and the items have been corrected.  In the event that any new items are discovered, they are covered by the one-year labor warranty period and extended equipment warranties.

The Facilities Planning and Development staff and DSA Project Inspector have verified that this work is complete and that the Notice of Completion be filed with the Riverside County Recorder.

Presented for approval are the agreements ten thousand dollars or more and other contracts as presented for 09/01/2021 through 09/15/2021.

As specified for each agreement.

The Purchase Order Report from 09/01/2021 through 09/15/2021 is presented for review and approval for the following funds:

As specified in the report.