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July 11, 2019 (7-9:00pm)

JULY 11, 2019 (7-9:00PM)

REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Redwood City, California

APPROVED MINUTES OF BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

July 11, 2019

7:00-9:00 PM

  1. Call to Order

President McBride called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. at the District Office, Redwood City School District (“RCSD”), 750 Bradford Street, Redwood City.

Present at the meeting: President Dennis McBride, Vice-President Janet Lawson, and Trustee Alisa MacAvoy.

Others present: Dominic Dutra from 3D Strategies, Jorge Quintana, Gonzálo Cordova, Antonio Pérez, Shana Hackworth, Leslie Stafford, Carol Anne Bauman, Sheila Martin, Maureen Morley, Bob Lombardi, Tom Grossi, Patty Holubar, Karen Inaba, Jennifer Reif, David Gasroll, Rey Krome, Michael Shostarch, Alberto Hernández, Anjuli Dow, Lisa Eli, Marc Fernandez, Kit Davey, Susan Green, Polly Layer, Carolyn Chow, Collin Chow, Angelo Castellucci.

  1. Welcome

2.1 Welcome

2.2 Pledge of Allegiance President McBride welcomed those present. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

  1. No changes to the Agenda
  1. Approval of Agenda

The board approved the agenda as submitted, (Lawson, MacAvoy; 3-2).

  1. Oral Communication

None.

  1. Discussion Items

6.1 Discussion Item - Lease of District Surplus Properties

The Redwood City School District (RCSD) School Board discussed the steps that the school district will take to identify surplus properties and lease these surplus properties. The properties are 3150 Granger Way (formerly Adelante), 2950 Fair Oaks (formerly Fair Oaks), 909 Roosevelt (formerly Hawes), 815 Allerton (formerly Orion), and the District Office at 750 Bradford Street, in Redwood City. A previous decision has placed two charter schools on the Fair Oaks site. And, there has been some informal discussions about the possibility of studying the District Office in downtown for teacher and staff housing. 

These properties are now vacant due to the RCSD School Board’s vote in November of 2018 to merge and move programs and consolidate schools as part of the district’s process called Planning for our Future to rethink how to focus on the organization’s mission: Educating Every Child for Success. 
 
The Planning for our Future process was undertaken because an independent financial consultant concluded that with declining enrollment, RCSD could not sustain 16 schools with 7,500 students and specifically schools with an enrollment of less than 400 students. The district has lost close to 2,000 students in six years as a result of families moving out of the Bay Area due to the high cost of living and three charter schools that operate within the RCSD attendance zone.
 
RCSD has formed what is known as a 7-11 Committee, comprised of faculty, staff, and parents/community members, which is a California law required committee with the objective to advise the School Board in the use of real property no longer needed for school purposes. (Education Code Section 17388). 
 
As RCSD moves through the process to find tenants for these properties, the district invited friends and neighbors to hear an update from the district’s consultant, Mr. Dominic Dutra of 3D Strategies, and to provide their input for their future new neighbors.

  1.  Adjournment (Action Required)

The board adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m. (Lawson/McAvoy; 3-2)

Alisa MacAvoy, Clerk