BOARD REPORT for Board of Trustees Meeting January 24, 2006
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Regular Meeting of the Governing Board was held at Lynbrook High School,
1280 Johnson Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129

STUDY SESSION ON ENROLLMENT AND CAPACITY PROJECTIONS
The District has been working with consultants this past year to acquire comprehensive enrollment growth projections for the next several years. Per their reports, the projected enrollment for the 2006-07 school year shows an increase of 221 students districtwide and an additional 148 students for the 2007-08 school year. This gain of 349 students over the next two years is significantly below the 615 student increase the District has experienced the past two years but will not be evenly distributed among our existing high school attendance areas. Cupertino and Fremont High Schools are expected to show the greatest increase with each adding over 150 students by 2008 and potentially 700+ students in the next decade. The projections show Monta Vista High’s enrollment will decline after the 2006-07 school year, Homestead High will increase by 118 students in 2006 and remain stable thereafter, and Lynbrook High will remain the same in 2006 and then decline with much smaller enrollment than our other four high schools by 2009. The District is also monitoring the capacity of our high schools and the effect of additional students from new development within the Cities of Cupertino and Sunnyvale. (Staff is working closely with staff from both cities regarding the impact of new housing developments on District enrollment.) The Board of Trustees reviews enrollment and capacity figures yearly and will address this at a future Board meeting.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Superintendent Dr. Steve Rowley announced that Bill Blattner has resigned from School Services. Blattner was a key advisor to basic aid districts regarding statewide legislative and budgetary actions. • Dr. Rowley introduced Linda Todd, a partner with Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, LLP, the District’s independent auditor. Todd reported that her audit firm made no adjustments to the District’s unaudited actuals and gave no recommendations for change. The Board of Trustees accepted the 2004-2005 Independent Audit. Board Members Nancy Newton and Barbara Nunes served on the audit committee this year; we are one of the few districts in the state with Board involvement on this committee.

LYNBROOK HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
Principal Mike White stated that he found the new format for the annual school report easier to work with than in the past and that the data is more exact and meaningful. For an overview of the Lynbrook High School Report, see District Bulletin. School Plans are online at www.fuhsd.org.

MID-YEAR UPDATE ON LONG RANGE PLAN
Summary of update will soon be online at www.fuhsd.org/lrp.htm

UPDATE ON CAHSEE RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF
OPTIONS FOR NON-PASSERS IN THE CLASS OF 2006
As of January 24, 2006, 93% of the class of 2006 districtwide have passed the California High School Exit Exam, a requirement to receive a high school diploma. One hundred and fifty four (154) seniors have yet to pass. Of that number, 68 are students who are also behind in number of credits required to graduate in June. That leaves 86 seniors who are currently on track to meet all graduations requirements except passing the Exit Exam—37 of the 86 seniors are in special education and the state legislature is proposing to postpone the requirement to pass the exam for this year only for those students. That leaves 49 seniors still in jeopardy of not graduating of which 41 of them are English Learners. Each high school has specific, targeted interventions to help these students pass; their last chance to take the test before graduation is in March. The Board of Trustees and staff discussed concerns and options such as alternative certification for those seniors who will not have passed by June. In the next couple of months, staff will bring a matrix of policy options for Board action.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES...

• Awarded Contract Amendment 2, in the amount of $237,596, to Syserco, Inc., for the District Wide Energy Management System (EMS) Master Contract, including System Wide Components, programming, start up, service contract and warranty; and authorized staff to issue change orders, as necessary, pursuant to Public Contract Code 20118.4
• Authorized staff to file Notice of Completion for the Library and Auditorium Modernization Project at Monta Vista High School
• Reviewed the 2006 Board Calendar and scheduled a March 7th Study Session on the Modern Language Program. The Board also rescheduled the February 7th Board meeting with open session to begin at 7:30pm so they can attend a forum on the CAHSEE at the County Office of Education prior to the meeting.

FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS
TUESDAY, February 7, 2006 at Homestead High School — Closed Session 7pm,
Open Session 7:30pm
MONDAY, February 27, 2006 — Board of Trustees Dinner with IDC at
5:30pm at Monta Vista High School
TUESDAY, March 7, 2006 at Fremont High School — Study Session on Modern Language Program 5pm; Closed Session 6pm, Open Session 7pm
TUESDAY, March 21, 2006 at Monta Vista High School — Study Session on Multi-Year Financial Projections/Second Interim Report 5pm; Closed Session 6pm, Open Session 7pm
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