Board Meeting Brief – Tuesday, April 28, 2020

To continue to follow our local and state guidelines, our Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, will be a virtual meeting. Please see links below for access to Board Meeting video and online form to submit public comments. April 28, 2020, NMUSD Board of Education Meeting: (Meeting starts on April 28, 2020, at 6:00 pm) Habrá interpretación al español a través del mismo enlace de Zoom Public Comment Form – / All sections must be filled out in order to be read as part of the Board Meeting In the interest of keeping the community informed, please see below for a brief review of some items on the upcoming Newport-Mesa Unified School District (NMUSD) Board Meeting. The NMUSD Board of Education meeting agenda is posted online the Friday prior to the meeting. Click the following link to view the full . Board Meeting Agenda Highlights: Community Input 9.a. Comment Cards are to be electronically submitted by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (see links above Report 13.a. ISSAC Charter Agreement for the 2019-20 School Year 13.b. Census 2020 Support Update Consent Calendar 15.a.5. Approve Award of Bid #102-20 with Best Contracting Services, Inc. for Roof Restoration at Sonora and Paularino Elementary Schools 15.b.1. Approve the 2019-20 Career Technical Education Advisory Committee Members 15.b.2. Approve Secondary Textbook Adoption A History of Western Society Since 1300 for AP, 13E The American Pageant 17E American Government: Stories of a Nation, 1E Krugman’s Macroeconomics for the AP Course, 3E 15.d.1. Approve Agreement with the Orange County Department of Education to Refer Students to OCDE Summer Session Discussion/Action 17.a. Emergency Resolution COVID-19, Grading and Graduation Requirements Board Meeting Overview Board meetings are where elected officials conduct the business of the school district. Agendas for regular meetings of the NMUSD typically consist of a closed session and an open session. Closed session agenda items are confidential and cannot be shared with the public. If the board agenda contains a closed session, the topics will be routinely related to confidential employee or student issues and/or pending litigation. The Board may also discuss various negotiations with its chief negotiator in a closed session. Open session items are non-confidential agenda items in which the board conducts its business in view of the public. Open session agenda items are divided into the following sections: Public comment is provided so that members of the community can speak to the Board. If a speaker addresses an issue that is not on the agenda, the Board is restricted from responding to the speaker. If a speaker addresses an issue that is on the agenda, the Board may respond when the agenda item is scheduled to be addressed in the agenda. The purpose of the open meeting law, commonly referred to as the Brown Act, guarantees that public organizations will only make decisions or address issues that have been publicly posted. Public comments on non-agenda items do not meet this threshold. Presentation is when an item is being presented to the Board or from the Board. Examples include presentation of a check or proclamation to the Board, or the Board presenting a Distinguished Service Award to a staff member. Report is a verbal communication from staff on a topic of interest to the Board. Consent calendar items are routine items of business that occur on a regular basis. The board will approve the consent calendar in one vote, unless the board pulls it for discussion. Often, consent calendar items are related to contract renewals, construction change orders, purchase of previously approved instructional materials, supplies and routine approvals required by state law. Discussion/action calendar items are required to be publicly approved separately. Items in this category are new items that have not been previously approved, require a policy change, or are related to compensation changes for all employees.
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