Results from the parcel tax polling, mandated sexual predator reporter training and the 2017-18 district budget and Local Control Accountability Plan are all part of the June 20 board of education agenda released today.
Also on the slate are proposed renovations to the former multipurpose room at Charter School of Morgan Hill, a quarterly Measure G update, multi-year financial projections and the school board’s self-evaluation.
Closed session is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., with public session following at about 6 p.m. inside Morgan Hill Unified School District’s headquarters (16500 Concord Circle).
Parcel tax polling was conducted beginning June 1. Four hundred likely voters participated and Gene Bregman from Gene Bregman & Associates will present the results at the June 20 meeting, according to the agenda.
The purpose of the polling was “to evaluate the opinions of voters in Morgan Hill Unified School District regarding a possible parcel tax measure for 2018 and related issues.”
The board will also learn about updates to the district’s mandated reporter training program, which will be implemented for elementary and secondary teachers in Aug. 2017.
The updated training module will cover: How to recognize child sexual abuse on school campuses; types of indicators of child abuse that must be reported; behaviors of child sexual abusers so staff will know when to intercede on campus; legal requirements of reporting child abuse (goes through the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act/CANRA); and penalty and consequences of failure to report, according to the agenda.
“Beginning August 2017, the new Mandated Reporter training module will also include training on the behaviors that may cause school personnel to have a reasonable suspicion and information on the ‘grooming’ process,” the agenda reads.
District staff also plans “to implement instructional materials to train students district-wide on how to prevent and respond to bullying and other unwelcome interactions.”
This comes on the heels of the district settling for an $8.25 million lawsuit in March with victims of former Paradise Valley Elementary School teacher John Loyd, who is now serving 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting some of his students inside his Morgan Hill classroom.
Trustees will also hear an updated summary of the district’s proposed budget for the 2017-18 school year, which includes more than $106 million in revenues and nearly $115 million in expenditures. The board will vote on this item, as well as the new LCAP upgrades, after the district’s presentations.
Consent items
These items are considered routine and the board groups them in one single vote unless otherwise requested. Consent items on the June 20 agenda include:
• $538,500 budget for legal services for 2017-18;
• $139,000 agreement with South County Cal-SOAP, a statewide program that was established to increase the number of underrepresented students attending college, for 2017-18; and
• $68,723 in special education services for 2016-17 year.
