Mountain View Whisman School District

Agenda Item for Board Meeting of 2/8/2024

Agenda Category:  Contracts

Agenda Item Title:  Contracts

Estimated Time: 

Person Responsible: 

Rebecca Westover, Ed.D., Chief Business Officer

Background: 

On November 19, 2015, the District's Governing Board approved Resolution No. 1580.11/15 delegating authority to award contracts to the District's Superintendent, Chief Business Officer, Associate Superintendent(s), and Assistant Superintendent(s) pursuant to Education Code sections 17604 and 17605.

All contracts approved by those authorized to do so pursuant to that delegation authority are to be submitted to the District's Governing Board for ratification. Contracts that do not, however, involve an item of expenditure in excess of the bid limits specified in Public Contract Code section 20111 need only be reviewed by the District's Governing Board every 60 days.  The applicable bid limits are $15,000 for construction contracts and $114,500 in 2024 (adjusted annually) for the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies, non-construction services, or repairs including maintenance.

Presented for ratification are the following contract(s): 

Presented for review are the following contract(s): 

1. Active Learning in the Arts, Inc.- Will provide an after-school music program for up to 25 students in grades 2nd-5th at Castro Elementary every Monday from 3:00-5:00 PM starting February 12, 204 through May 20, ,2024, $6,000.00.
2. American Lives: History Brought to Life- Will provide one performance of Revolutionary Women to three 5th grade classes at Imai Elementary on March 1, 2024, $1,232.00.
3. Deer Crossing Press-  Will provide a Leadership 4-part series for all 5th grade students at Imai Elementary.  5th grade students will engage in leadership training, creativity enhancement, goal setting and achieving from February 15, 2024 through March 14, 2024, $3,100.00.
4. Nathan Hale LLC- Will provide 2 cartoon drawing presentations for all grades and 2 writing workshops for 4 classes in grades 3-5 at Bubb Elementary on March 5, 2024, $5,000.00.
5. Peopleologie- Will provide 2 in-person workshops for 1st grade students at Imai Elementary in which students will engage in integrated learning opportunities blending history, culture, social studies, science, and critical hand crafting sensory experiences from February 9, 2024 through May 9, 2024, $1,160.00.

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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify or review the contracts, as presented.