TJUSD Board Meeting - January 12, 2017
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:51 am
The agenda for this meeting consisted of one business item and was the shortest agenda I've seen for a regular meeting and I've been attending these meetings since 2006. There were no community members present. Other than one student and five board members, all present were TJUSD employees. Nevertheless, there were a few items from the meeting worth mentioning:
1) Get Focused / Stay Focused - The district is considering the possibility of replacing the current AVID program with another program called Get Focused / Stay Focused. During the superintendent's report, Keith Tomes explained that this new program includes the college prep components which are part of AVID, but also focuses on career preparation beginning in the ninth grade.
2) Water Damage During Winter Break - The elementary school sustained water damage during winter break in two locations: near the office and in a classroom next to one of the restrooms. In the first case, flooring had to be ripped up, involving the removal of asbestos. As a result a company specializing in asbestos removal was hired to take care of that problem. Precautions were taken to keep staff and students safe. In the second case, the sixth grade class had to be relocated to a different classroom.
3) Loma Linda Dental Program - Elementary principal, Alan Tsubota, briefed the board on free dental work being offered to elementary students. A screening was conducted this week and a team from Loma Linda will return late in February to do work on students with dental issues. Not only will a room be set up to do this work, but a mobile dental office will also be parked in the elementary parking lot to facilitate more involved dental work.
4) TTA Report - TTA president updated the board on on-going payroll issues and thanked the district for working hard to resolve these issues.
5) 2015-2016 Financial Report - Financial officer presented report and talked mostly about two findings: 1) Food services is deficit spending, and 2) procedures need to be developed to track fixed assets. In the case of the deficit spending by the cafeteria, it was acknowledged in the report that the small size of the district makes it difficult to achieve "economies of scale" and combined with other factors makes it impossible for the district not to deficit spend in this area. As for fixed assets, procedures to track them are being developed.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: FEBRUARY 09, 2017
1) Get Focused / Stay Focused - The district is considering the possibility of replacing the current AVID program with another program called Get Focused / Stay Focused. During the superintendent's report, Keith Tomes explained that this new program includes the college prep components which are part of AVID, but also focuses on career preparation beginning in the ninth grade.
2) Water Damage During Winter Break - The elementary school sustained water damage during winter break in two locations: near the office and in a classroom next to one of the restrooms. In the first case, flooring had to be ripped up, involving the removal of asbestos. As a result a company specializing in asbestos removal was hired to take care of that problem. Precautions were taken to keep staff and students safe. In the second case, the sixth grade class had to be relocated to a different classroom.
3) Loma Linda Dental Program - Elementary principal, Alan Tsubota, briefed the board on free dental work being offered to elementary students. A screening was conducted this week and a team from Loma Linda will return late in February to do work on students with dental issues. Not only will a room be set up to do this work, but a mobile dental office will also be parked in the elementary parking lot to facilitate more involved dental work.
4) TTA Report - TTA president updated the board on on-going payroll issues and thanked the district for working hard to resolve these issues.
5) 2015-2016 Financial Report - Financial officer presented report and talked mostly about two findings: 1) Food services is deficit spending, and 2) procedures need to be developed to track fixed assets. In the case of the deficit spending by the cafeteria, it was acknowledged in the report that the small size of the district makes it difficult to achieve "economies of scale" and combined with other factors makes it impossible for the district not to deficit spend in this area. As for fixed assets, procedures to track them are being developed.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: FEBRUARY 09, 2017