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Ukiah Unified board takes up revised learning recovery block grant budget 31:57
- Staff also shared the timeline for building the district's next 3-year strategic plan, with a goal of having a draft by January. 14:35
- A district staff member presented a revised budget for the learning recovery emergency block grant, citing a $340,000 Title I reduction and $275,000 for staffing that Title I can no longer cover. 22:21
- A motion to approve the revised budget and confirm revisions made with superintendent approval under the budget framework was made and seconded, and a vote was called. 32:12
- The board discussed member representatives to superintendent's committees and topics for board workshops. 33:49
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Item by item (10)
- Opening, agenda, consent and donations 0:01
- The presiding speaker said item G15 would be pulled from the agenda because it was not ready and would return at a later meeting. 0:01
- Motions were made and seconded to approve the agenda without item G15 and to approve the consent agenda. 0:16
- Donations totaling $2,984.27 included backpacks and supplies and a gift to the UHS ASB Athletic Fund. 0:47
- Employee association report 1:51
- Leadership team report on Yokayo 2:42
- A staff member said Yokayo would hold a kinder and TK orientation for about 120 children and their parents. 3:00
- The staff member said the school dropped by a couple of points in both ELA and math and would focus on going deeper rather than adding initiatives. 8:54
- The staff member said the school was accepted to present to the World Association of Lesson Study in November. 11:53
- Strategic plan and LCAP timeline 14:19
- A staff member said the district is in the 3rd year of its strategic plan and would hold a guiding coalition kickoff meeting on September 14th. 14:35
- The staff member said the LCAP is 140-something pages while the strategic plan, used as its communication tool, is about 10. 14:35
- The staff member said the district advisory committee has 60 people and the district hoped to have a draft plan and a board workshop in January. 15:29
- Learning recovery emergency block grant budget 18:50
- A staff member said the district has until June 30th of '28 to spend the grant and that the state made the funds more restrictive. 19:36
- The staff member described a $340,000 Title I reduction and recommended $275,000 for staffing and about $82,000 for professional development, leaving about $870,000 to plan for. 22:21
- One board member asked about the staff covered, and another board member said they appreciated the focus on positions supporting schools and on professional development. 30:08
- Board agenda planning calendar 32:30
- Board representatives to committees 33:38
- A staff member said the committees are superintendent's committees, not Brown Act committees, and listed the City Schools Committee, District Advisory Committee, Grading Task Force, negotiations and facilities. 33:49
- The presiding speaker noted that the superintendent makes the committee decisions. 34:46
- One board member said they were happy to serve on the facilities committee. 35:29
- Board workshop dates and topics 36:21
- A staff member proposed a strategic plan workshop in January, a governance workshop in February and a data system workshop in October. 36:30
- One board member said they would like to hear more about progress on the after-school program and partnerships with the city. 38:20
- Another speaker suggested adding tutoring to that workshop because of the investment involved. 39:38
- Superintendent's report 40:25
- Board reports and agenda planning 43:54
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Video: posted by the district as “Ukiah Unified School District Board Meeting August 13th, 2026”