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AUGUST 24, 2015
within our schools and district. I am confident of this belief! ✴ Today, I attended the Eastlake Educational ✴ I have been meeting with many people, within Foundation Golf Tournament to show our the district and outside the district at events and appreciation to EEF and the golfers! It was the meetings. I would like to thank and acknowledge first time, I am told, that a SUHSD Imelda Genovese, Superintendent’s Assistant, for superintendent has attended. It was definitely working miracles every day. She has received the first time both CVESD and SUHSD numerous phone calls and emails requesting a superintendents were there together with a meeting with the Superintendent. Everyone is common focus and purpose. Our schools, our being accommodated and given a warm students and staff are the direct benefactors of welcome when they arrive for the appointment EEF’s 20-year commitment to fundraising efforts. or scheduling an off-site meeting. I could not do We are so grateful for their ongoing efforts. this alone. I really appreciate you Ms. Genovese. ✴ Finally, I wanted to share that one of our former ✴ I now have met with our site and district employees, Dr. Tris Hubbard passed away earlier curriculum specialists and our principals and this year. Tris was an educator for 35 years and directors regarding my expectations around worked in SUHSD for 10 of those years. He curriculum implementation, instructional served as the Director of Special Services and delivery and planning for instruction. First, my Director of Student Services as well as the assessment of our current state of teaching and Director of the MAAC Charter School until they learning is that we have some really good could find a permanent replacement. Dr. structures and practices in place. With that said, Hubbard positively influenced and impacted our it is also important to know that we have a lot of students and families for many years and we are initiatives on our plate as well. The message I grateful for his service. The best way to honor have been sharing with staff has been consistent, someone who is not with us anymore is to and that message is I am not expecting anyone to continue living our life and keep their memory change course. However, we do need to have alive through everyday connections with our more clarity about what is important and students and families. We know Dr. Hubbard research-based; in other words, we need to would have wanted that. We send our warm narrow the focus. My experience and knowledge regards to his two surviving sons Kyle Hubbard supports this “clarity of focus” perspective. of Los Angeles and Bruce Hubbard of San Diego. Second, I have asked teachers and administrators to think about a clarity of focus in our district’s Thank you for the opportunity quest for mastery. What does mastery look like in to serve and support you! the planning of teaching and learning? Do we have a common understanding of mastery? So, I am asking all of us to look at our work this year through the lens of quality first instruction – what does quality first instruction look like in planning and delivery? I know we will make progress this year because we have the answers
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Board Presentation SBAC/ CAASPP Update The Board of Trustees heard a report from Assistant Superintendent Ana Maria Alvarez, Director of Curriculum, Dr. Roman Del Rosario and Grants and Communications Director, Manny Rubio regarding the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). Ms. Alvarez presented a framework for what the SBAC/CAASPP are and what they were designed to measure in students. Dr. Del Rosario spoke about the shifts in curriculum and instruction that have occurred over the past few years in Sweetwater. Rubio spoke about the plan for communicating results to students, staff and the entire community, sharing that toolkits for schools have been provided to share common talking points and messages. Scores are expected to be released in early September.
ATHLETICS
A"er hearing informa.on about poten.al guidelines for high school teams opera.ng outside of their athle.c season, the Board of Trustees took ac.on on an item that established a clear policy for teams and coaches. The board unanimously chose “Op.on 1” that limits the fees that are allowed to be collected by teams and also limits fundraising or any other par.cipa.on fees to only be charged during the season of sport. This op.on also ensures that coaches must have an ac.ve membership status and facility use applica.ons must be submiCed to the Sweetwater District. For more informa.on on this, please visit the SUHSD Athle.cs page at hCp://athle.cs.sweetwaterschools.org/
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GRADUATION
T h e B o a rd o f Tr u ste e s b e ga n a conversa.on of providing reimbursement to sites for onsite gradua.on expenses. Recently, 2013-‐2014 gradua.on cost informa.on was provided to the board of trustees. Staff provided the informa.on in response to concerns raised about equitable funding of district gradua.ons. The facility use fees charged by SWC and Sleep Train Amphitheater for district schools conduc.ng off site gradua.on was not absorbed by those sites. Schools conduc.ng gradua.ons on site did absorb that cost. Considering the number of students gradua.ng from the schools conduc.ng their gradua.on ceremonies at either SWC or Sleep Train Amphitheater and the cost of ren.ng those facili.es, the computed cost per student was $11.83 in 2013-‐2014. The item was tabled for discussion at a future mee.ng.
PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
Board of Trustees approved bid and awarded contract to provide the replacement of doors and hardware for the following schools: • Bonita Vista High • Castle Park High • Chula Vista Adult • Chula Vista High • Eastlake High • Southwest High Board of Trustees approved bid and awarded contract to repair stadium lights for the following schools: • Chula Vista High • Eastlake High • Hilltop High • Mar Vista High • Montgomery High • Olympian High • Southwest High • Sweetwater High 2
