Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee 5/21/12
The Board's Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee met on Monday, May 21. The meeting started just after the scheduled start time of 4:00. All three committee members, Marty McLaren (chair), Sharon Peaslee, and Harium Martin-Morris, were present. No other board members were in attendance. They quickly approved the agenda without amendments and then approved the minutes from the previous meeting, also without amendments.
The first order of business was an MOU regarding Neighborhood House. Neighborhood House is a local non-profit that is seeking a federal grant to build a cradle to college pipeline for children living in low income communities. The federal grant is highly competitive and Neighborhood House is a real contender. They finished 10th nationally in the competition for this grant last year but only the top five entries were funded. They are trying again this year. The federal grant is a matching grant but it will match either cash or in-kind contributions. Neighborhood House would like to include some in-kind contributions from the school district on their grant application. The district's contribution is all stuff that the District is already doing and is already committed to continuing to do. Neighborhood house has a number of other public and private agencies that are also
The first order of business was an MOU regarding Neighborhood House. Neighborhood House is a local non-profit that is seeking a federal grant to build a cradle to college pipeline for children living in low income communities. The federal grant is highly competitive and Neighborhood House is a real contender. They finished 10th nationally in the competition for this grant last year but only the top five entries were funded. They are trying again this year. The federal grant is a matching grant but it will match either cash or in-kind contributions. Neighborhood House would like to include some in-kind contributions from the school district on their grant application. The district's contribution is all stuff that the District is already doing and is already committed to continuing to do. Neighborhood house has a number of other public and private agencies that are also