School Board Meeting Report

August 14, 20025

Here are the links to the agenda and the YouTube video of the  meeting. 

Times noted are  time stamps from the video.  All of the powerpoints noted can be found in the agenda.

Note:  The study session from 4 - 5 pm prior to closed session is summarized at 6:48 in the recording when the board voted on the Lease-leaseback contract for preconstruction in SFID #3 New High School.

• [2:11]  Welcome to our new student school, board members.  Eveleen Lopez Patraca, CHS Senior, and Addie Luong, Vista del Lago HS senior.

• [2:15] Consent agenda passed

  • Discussion item A  moved up to approve contract for new Assistant Superintendent of Student Services

  • [ 614:  ]  Welcome to new employees or some familiar faces who have changed positions

  • (New) Assistant Superintendent of Student Services:  Channa Pitt, Ph.D., you might remember Channa from a previous stint at FCUSD as Director of Social and Emotional Learning (2018 - 2020)

  •  Executive Director of Special Education and SELPA:  Jason Stricker:  

  • AP for Kinney/Prospect:  Shawn Kivley

  • (New):  Sandra J Gallardo Elementary Principal:  Doyle Martin…board announcement and back to school night all in one night - welcome!

• [2:43]  FCEA President Jeannette Sansenbach’s welcome back report

• [2:50] There was a study session from 4-5 pm this evening to follow up on the Board’s concerns regarding the Lease-leaseback contract for preconstruction with CORE West, Inc for the SFID#3 New high school from the June 5th board meeting.  There is an updated Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation and Submissions and a review of the overall process for board members. 

• [2:54]  Discussion/action pursuant to district desire to authorize the expenditure of bond proceeds generated by Measure M to acquire certain real property outside the boundaries of SFID No. 3 and known as 215 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, California (the “Property”). In order to authorize the District to do so, it is necessary to approve the issuance of an additional series of bonds under Measure M, in an aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000 (the “Bonds”). See the presentation on the agenda for the goals and plans for this location.  ppt on the agenda

• [3:30]  Per school board request from Feb, 2024 requesting that we engage value engineering and cost estimating service for a new HS/MS in the Folsom Planning Area.  Their proposal is submitted tonight for board approval.  ppt on the agenda

• [3:39]  Update on virtual public comments. Rarely used at this point, for the 2024-25 school there were 12 comments at a cost of $11,549.  If someone can’t come to the board in person they can use the google form for comments. Some discussion of ending the time on the google forms before 3 pm to allow enough time for board members to read them prior to the meeting. Like in person comments, google public comments go into the public record.   Also discussed reading those comments into the record at the time of the related agenda item.  Google comment form currently opens at noon the day before of a meeting and ends at 3 pm.  Could open earlier and close earlier.  Recommendation consensus:  Open at 8 am day before a meeting and closing at 2pm day of the meeting.  Board members get a report with comments to that time at 4 pm the day before, 10 am and 2 pm the day of the board meeting.  Will use parent square to inform the community of this change and to provide a link to the agenda and the google comment link on the Tuesday before a Wednesday board meeting.  Plan to start with the September 4th meeting.