Lincoln Unified School District public meetings in 2023
22 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
John McCandless Charter School
The John McCandless Charter School Executive Board will hold its annual organizational meeting, electing officers and setting the 2024 meeting calendar. The board will also consider adding campus monitor and bilingual interpreter positions, approve personnel matters and payment reports, and receive the First Interim financial report.
- Approve additional .125 FTE campus monitor, funded by Supplemental/Concentration Grant, est. $5,500 annually
- Approve .375 FTE bilingual interpreter, funded by Supplemental/Concentration Grant, est. $23,000 annually
- Ratify payment report for Nov 8-30, 2023
- Receive First Interim Report for period ending Oct 31, 2023
- Approve minutes from Sept 20 and Oct 26, 2023 meetings
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees held its annual organizational meeting, electing Sandra Chan as president and approving officers, sub-committee chairs, and the 2024-2025 meeting calendar. The board also approved a consent agenda covering routine items such as minutes, study trips, personnel matters, contracts, and financial reports. Closed session items included student discipline cases and legal consultation.
- Elected Sandra Chan as Board President, effective immediately until the 2024 Organizational Meeting
- Approved annual organization: Bonnie Centers as Vice President/Clerk, Superintendent Kelly Dextraze as Secretary, and committee appointments
- Approved study trips: Lincoln High cheer to JAMZ State Championships (Bakersfield, Feb 9-11, 2024, $80/student) and Brookside Elementary to CASL Conference (Ontario, CA, Apr 11-14, 2024, $550/student)
- Authorized short-term hire of Conditioning Trainer-Wrestling, not to exceed $800
- Adopted Resolution 23-35: Annual Accounting of Developer Fees for 2022-23
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified Board of Trustees is holding a regular meeting with a closed session for personnel and student matters, followed by an open session. The board will consider approving a tentative contract agreement with the California School Employees Association (CSEA) that includes an 8.22% salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2023, and a health cap increase to $1,000 per month effective July 1, 2024. The agenda also includes consent items for personnel actions, study trips, consultant contracts, and payment reports, as well as a public hearing on the CSEA agreement.
- Tentative CSEA contract: 8.22% salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2023; health cap to $1,000/month effective July 1, 2024
- Public hearing on AB 1200 disclosure for CSEA and unrepresented employees
- Extended study trip: Lincoln High School band to Carnegie Hall, NYC, April 12-18, 2024, ~$2,500 per student
- Consultant requests: Wayne Houchin magic/science assembly ($995 per assembly, not to exceed $1,695); Colors and Canvas art lessons (not to exceed $15,000)
- Ratification of delegated contracts including UOP agreement, SJCOE MOUs, and PearDeck subscription
John McCandless Charter School
The John McCandless Charter School Executive Board will hold a closed session on personnel matters, then reconvene in open session to hear reports and take action on several items. Key actions include approving the September 20, 2023 meeting minutes, personnel changes, payment reports, and a proposed timeline for the 2024-25 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). The board will also consider creating a part-time paraprofessional position to support kindergarten reading, funded by Title I.
- Approve minutes of September 20, 2023 regular meeting
- Approve employment, resignations, leaves, releases, assignments, and other personnel matters
- New Paraprofessional I position: .30 FTE, 181-day calendar, annual cost $11,942.00, funded by Title I for kindergarten reading support
- Ratify payment reports for September 1 - October 16, 2023
- Approve proposed timeline for 2024-25 LCAP development
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees is holding a special study session to review School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) presented by principals. The board will discuss the plans but formal approval will occur at a later regular meeting. Public comment is limited to agenda items only.
- Study session on School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA)
- Public comment limited to agendized items, 3 minutes per speaker
- Next regular meeting scheduled for October 25, 2023
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Board of Trustees met to approve various consent agenda items including student travel, personnel matters, and district business. The session also included a closed session to discuss student expulsions and labor negotiations.
- Approved $3,000 for author Matt de la Pena to conduct school assemblies
- Approved student trips for wrestling, cheer, basketball, and CASL leadership
- Approved $53,693.74 in total donations via the Gift Report
- Approved use of up to $2,000 in student funds for three yearbook cameras
- Rejected claim #627642 against the District's General Fund
John McCandless Charter School
The John McCandless Charter School Executive Board will hold a regular meeting with several action items, including approving personnel matters, adopting two resolutions for teacher assignments outside credential areas, and approving the 2022-2023 unaudited financial statements. The board will also consider changing the October meeting date and hear reports from the superintendent, principal, and on CAASPP test results.
- Approve employment, resignations, leaves, releases, assignments, and other personnel matters
- Adopt Resolution 23-27: Authorization for Certificated Service Outside of Credential Area with Units
- Adopt Resolution 23-28: Authorization for Certificated Service Outside of Credential Area with Skills and Experience
- Approve 2022-2023 John McCandless Unaudited Actuals Year-End Financial Statements
- Change next meeting date from October 25, 2023 to October 26, 2023
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting with closed and open sessions. The board approved the consent agenda, including personnel matters, payment reports, and contracts, and took action on several policy and governance items. The meeting also included a public hearing on instructional materials and a discussion of the Grand Jury report on school safety.
- Approved extended study trips: Sierra Middle School to CASL State Leadership Conference (Ontario, CA, April 2024) and Boys Varsity Basketball to Las Vegas and Palm Desert tournaments (December 2023)
- Ratified delegated contracts with Sierra School of San Joaquin, EKC Enterprises, and Whitecastle
- Approved waiver of Board Policy 3452 to allow Lincoln High School Student Council to spend up to $7,775.03 on a cart for USB Trojan Corner
- Approved Engineering and Construction Academy scholarships totaling $2,500 to three students
- Approved revisions to Board Policy 5145.9 (Hate-Motivated Behavior) and first reading of new Board Policy 0415 (Equity)
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting with a closed session for legal, student, and personnel matters, followed by an open session. The board approved the consent agenda, which included personnel changes, a high school trip to Disneyland, ratification of contracts, and surplus textbooks. They also held a public hearing on the initial contract proposal to CSEA and adopted resolutions for certificated service outside credential areas.
- Approved extended study trip for ~300 Lincoln High seniors to Disneyland Grad Night, May 19-20, 2024, cost ~$450 per student
- Ratified delegated contracts including Courtyard Riverside, ZSpace, Xerox, and others
- Declared surplus textbooks for disposal at CH, CL, and Porter schools
- Adopted Resolutions 23-20, 23-21, 23-22 for certificated service outside credential areas
- Approved new .625 FTE Delivery Driver position at estimated annual cost $32,618
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
This is a special meeting of the Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees, held for a CSBA governance training workshop. The board and district cabinet will participate in a work study session on governance practices, including roles, responsibilities, and goal setting. Public comment is limited to agendized items only. The next regular meeting is scheduled for August 30, 2023.
- Governance workshop with Dr. Sepideh Yeoh, CSBA Consultant
- Public comment on agendized items only, 3 minutes per speaker
- Next regular meeting on August 30, 2023
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting with a closed session for personnel and labor negotiations, followed by an open session. The board will vote on consent items including minutes, personnel matters, payment reports, and contracts, as well as action items such as a Mello-Roos tax resolution, revisions to board policies on weapons and graduation requirements, an associate superintendent salary increase, and adoption of school handbooks and course catalogs.
- Resolution 23-17: Mello-Roos CFD 1995-1 (Brookside) tax roll adoption for 2023/24, with $99 per single-family dwelling
- Revisions to Board Policy 5131.7 (Weapons and Dangerous Instruments) to include metal detectors at events
- Revisions to Board Policy 6146.1 (High School Graduation Requirements) allowing alternative pathway with 30 fewer elective credits
- Salary increase for Associate Superintendent position
- Gift Report totaling $6,650.00
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on June 28, 2023, with a closed session for personnel, student discipline, and labor negotiations, followed by an open session. The board approved the consent agenda, which included extended study trips, consultant requests, personnel matters, contract ratifications, and a waiver to allow the senior class to gift a new mascot costume. The board also approved the gift report and took action on student matters.
- Approved extended study trips for Lincoln High School students to competitions in Long Beach, Riverside, and Seattle, with per-student costs up to $2,500.
- Approved consultant requests including a $3,250 literacy assembly, $2,000 social-emotional training, $5,000 threat assessment workshop, and $40 per service for summer theatre musicians.
- Ratified delegated contracts with various vendors including SCOE, Delta College, and Keenan.
- Adopted Resolution 23-12 to establish temporary interfund transfers for fiscal year 2023-24.
- Approved waiver of Board Policy 3452 to allow the 2023 senior class to spend $3,803.50 on a new Trojan mascot costume.
John McCandless Charter School
The John McCandless Charter School Executive Board held a regular meeting with a closed session for personnel and student matters, followed by an open session. The board approved the 2023-2024 budget, the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), and took action on four student expulsion cases. It also ratified the payment report and approved personnel items, including a provisional intern permit.
- Approved 2023-2024 budget adoption
- Approved Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
- Acted on 4 student expulsion cases (closed session)
- Ratified payment report
- Approved provisional intern permit for staff member
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees held a special meeting on May 26, 2023, with a closed session for personnel matters and an open session for action items. The board approved a partnership with Orenda Education for the 2023-2024 school year to address low academic achievement and equity gaps, funded with one-time money. Several construction change orders and a consultant request were also approved.
- Approved Orenda Education partnership for $375,375
- Approved $890,903 GMP for asphalt at Transportation and annex site
- Approved $61,726 change order for Colonial Heights asphalt
- Approved $167,685 change order for Lincoln Elementary painting
- Approved $175,942 change order for marquee signs
John McCandless Charter School
The John McCandless Charter School Executive Board is meeting to consider several personnel and financial actions, including increasing a counselor position, adding paraprofessional support for kindergarten, changing hourly pay rates, and offering a signing bonus. The board will also review the draft 2023-24 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and approve payment reports and prior meeting minutes. The meeting includes a closed session for employee discipline, dismissal, or release.
- Approve increasing a 0.2 FTE Counselor position to 1.0 FTE, costing about $31,000, fully funded by the Charter
- Approve two 2-hour paraprofessional positions for kindergarten classrooms, costing about $25,119
- Approve changing certificated hourly pay from $50/$35 per hour to a single $45 per hour rate
- Approve offering a one-time signing bonus for difficult-to-fill positions, increased from $1,500 to $4,000
- Review draft 2023-24 LCAP; budget allocations to be shared at a future meeting
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting with a closed session for personnel and student matters, followed by an open session. The board will recognize student achievements, including the valedictorian, State Seal of Biliteracy recipients, and competition winners, and will vote on consent items including consultant contracts, petty cash funds, and a facility use waiver.
- Consultant contracts: Tony Hoffman ($5,000 first assembly, $3,000 additional) for mental health/substance abuse talks; Richard Woodruff ($105/hour, $5,000/workshop) for esports and SEL support
- Ratification of delegated contracts including transportation and county agreements
- Petty cash funds approved: Maintenance & Operations $100, Transportation $100, Business Services $25, Human Resources $100, Child Nutrition $250
- Waiver of Board Policy 1330 to rent Lincoln High Stadium, Gym, and End Zone for the Brandin Cooks Football Camp on July 1, 2023
- Recognition of 54 seniors for State Seal of Biliteracy and 'Best in Show' at Design Build Competition
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting with a closed session for personnel, labor negotiations, and student matters, followed by an open session. The board approved a consent agenda covering minutes, personnel actions, study trips, payment reports, contracts, and surplus property. A public hearing was held on a tentative agreement with the Lincoln Unified Teachers Association (LUTA), and the board took action on student matters and a gift report.
- Public hearing on tentative contract agreement with Lincoln Unified Teachers Association (LUTA)
- Approved consent agenda including employment, resignations, and leaves
- Approved extended study trips to Sacramento and Clovis for Lincoln High School students
- Ratified payment report and delegated contracts
- Declared surplus textbooks and other district property for disposal
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a closed session for personnel and student matters, then reconvene in open session to act on routine consent items and several staffing and curriculum recommendations. Key actions include naming the Don Riggio School Multi Use Room and music classrooms the 'Chris Anderson Center for the Arts', approving a registrar calendar change, adding a part-time bus driver position, and adopting new textbooks.
- Naming Don Riggio School Multi Use Room and music classrooms the 'Chris Anderson Center for the Arts'
- Reclassifying Lincoln High School Registrar to 12-month calendar at $12,674 ongoing cost
- Adding .4375 FTE bus driver position at ~$22,100 annual cost ($7,500 this fiscal year)
- Ratifying delegated contracts including a $333,057.75 grant sub-agreement
- Approving textbook adoptions for TK, AP US History, AP Spanish, AP Chemistry, and Chemistry
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees is meeting to decide on several action items, including a resolution to reduce a JROTC teaching position due to low enrollment, authorizing a request for proposals for 275 two-way radios, and ratifying the 2024-2025 certificated work and instructional calendars. The board will also consider consent items such as personnel matters, consultant contracts for summer theatre, and ratification of delegated contracts. A closed session precedes the open meeting to discuss personnel, labor negotiations, safety plans, and student expulsions.
- Resolution 23-05 to reduce a JROTC certificated position by 60% and issue a layoff notice
- Authorize RFP for 275 two-way radios at $300-$400 each for school safety
- Ratify 2024-2025 certificated work and instructional calendars
- Consultant contracts for summer theatre choreography and costume design, each up to $2,500
- Closed session includes 6 student expulsion cases and 1 student matter
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting with a closed session for personnel, labor negotiations, and student matters, followed by an open session. The board will consider consent items including personnel actions, study trips, consultant contracts, and payment reports, as well as policy updates and a proposal to open facility naming for community nominations. A key discussion will focus on recommended changes to high school enrollment and services at Village Oaks High School, Civic Pride Independent Academy, and Lincoln High School for the 2023-2024 school year.
- Approve extended study trips: Lincoln High wrestling to CIF State Tournament (Feb 22-26, $209/student) and cheer to JAMZ State Championship (Feb 10-12, $80/student)
- Approve consultant requests: Lisa Cheney for Independent Education Evaluations (up to $10,000) and Stockton Soul concert at Lincoln Performing Arts Center (no charge)
- Ratify delegated contracts including Elevo, MOU with SJCOE, and service agreement with Magallanes
- Approve gift report totaling $57,163.00 in donations
- Approve buildings for naming consideration: Lincoln Public Safety Department, Tully C. Knoles Library, Don Riggio Multi-Use Room
John McCandless Charter School
The John McCandless Charter School Executive Board is meeting in open session to handle routine business, including approving minutes from a joint meeting with the Lincoln Unified School District Board and ratifying payment reports. The board will also receive reports from the superintendent, principal, and education services, including the annual School Accountability Report Card (SARC). Public comment is limited to non-agenda items.
- Approve minutes of joint meeting with LUSD Board of Trustees on January 23, 2023
- Ratify December payment reports
- Receive School Accountability Report Card (SARC) for 2021-22
- Public comment limited to 2 minutes per speaker, 20 minutes per topic
Imported Meetings: 2007- 2025
The Lincoln Unified School District Board of Trustees and the John McCandless Charter School Executive Board will hold a joint meeting to discuss and act on items including a charter school LCAP timeline, consultant contracts, and study trip approvals. The agenda includes a closed session for student discipline and expulsion matters, followed by an open session with consent items and reports.
- Approve Resolution 23-02 recognizing School Board Recognition Month
- Approve LCAP timeline for John McCandless Charter School for 2023-2024
- Ratify JMC Payment Report for December
- Approve consultant request for FACES Faith in Action, $110/hour up to $24,000
- Approve study trips to CASL Conference and Disney Performing Arts, costs up to $1,000 per student