Claremont Unified School District

170 W. San Jose Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-2697 (909) 398-0609

Memorandum

To: Board of Education Date: July 13, 2010

From: Lisa Shoemaker Re: Business Operations Agenda

Recommendations for Approval -
July 22, 2010

The Business Operations Board Members have reviewed the following items as well as supporting
documentation. All documentation is available to all School Board Members upon request. The Business
Operations Board Members recommend the following for approval:
1. Board Orders
Recommended Action: To accept “B” Warrants issued for the month of June 2010, totaling
$1,981,064.72 on the General Fund, Adult Education Fund, Child
Development Fund, Deferred Maintenance Fund, Building Fund,
Capital Facilities -RAD Fund, Special Reserves Fund, Self Insurance
Fund and Payroll Clearance Fund; “A” Warrants issued during the
month of June 2010 totaling $3,868,618.08.

2. Obsolete Items
Recommended Action: To authorize the District to declare obsolete and dispose of the
following for Condit Elementary School:
Three (3) Apple Computers # 05967, 05563, 0-254
Three (3) Zenith Televisions # c-0181, 00323, 00355

To authorize the District to declare obsolete and dispose of the

following for Special Projects & Programs:
One (1) View Sonic Computer monitor # 40414
One (1) Tangent monitor # 40417

3. Gifts
Recommended Action: To accept with gratitude the following gifts and direct letters of
appreciation be sent:
Kiwanis Club of Claremont, $1,000 donation to be used for the
“needy in resistance training” at the Adult School
Chaparral PFA, $730 donation to be used for bus transportation for
the 2009-2010 school year at Chaparral Elementary School
Chaparral PFA, $1,054.56 donation for copies made by the PFA
during the 2009-2010 school year at Chaparral Elementary
School
Claremont High School PFA, $140 wish list donation for Ms.
McKown, teacher, for use at Claremont High School
Wells Fargo Foundation Matching Gift Program, $100 to be used
for school supplies at Condit Elementary School
Condit PFA, $358.17 donation to be used for bus transportation at
Condit Elementary School
Condit PFA, $55.18 donation for kindergarten lamination charges
at Condit Elementary School
Condit PFA, $706.79 donation for Condit Elementary School
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Gifts continued
Condit PFA, $14,000 donation for the 2010/2011 school year
at Condit Elementary School
Condit PFA, $2,066 donation for Artmasters at Condit Elementary
School
Chase Bank, $67.78 donation to be used for school supplies at
Condit Elementary School
Four (4) books and Fifteen (15) paperback books from the Deshais
Family for use at Condit Elementary School library
Two (2) books and three (3) paperback books from the Brubaker
Family for use at Condit Elementary School library
Five (5) books and four (4) paperback books from the O’Leary
Family for use at Condit Elementary School library
One hundred and ten (110) T-Shirts from J&G Specialties for the
participants of the Bike Marathon at El Roble Intermediate
School
Claremont Stars Soccer Club, $6,500 donation to pay for materials
to improve the soccer field at El Roble Intermediate School
Chase Bank, $67.16 donation to be used for office supplies at El
Roble Intermediate School
El Roble PFA, $810.97 donation to be used for English books at El
Roble Intermediate School
Pamela Deahl, $125.02 donation through Edison International
Employee Campaign to be used at El Roble Intermediate
School
El Roble Music Boosters, $300 donation to be used for Music
consultant Pat Kuenning at El Roble Intermediate School
Edison International Gifts matching contribution of $125.02 to be
used at El Roble Intermediate School
Marc Graue Recording Studios, $240 donation to be used for
transportation for Julie Villanueva’s class at El Roble
Intermediate School
Spring J. Schuster, $262.08 donation through Wells Fargo
Educational Matching Gift Program for use at Mountain View
Elementary School
Mountain View PFA, $518.33 donation to be used for field trip
transportation at Mountain View Elementary School
Truist Altruism Connected, $48.10 donation for use Oakmont
Elementary School
Mat, Frame, six (6) custom 8x10 art prints from Sue Keith to be
used as prize/auction items for a school event at Oakmont
Elementary School
Jamba Juice Fundraising Program, $284.84 donation to be used at
Oakmont Elementary School
Rotary Club of Claremont, $500 donation to be used for a reading
program at San Antonio High School
Christine Ilgen, $50 donation to be used for binders and biology
transparencies at San Antonio High School
Lifetouch School Studios, $592 donation for use at Sumner
Elementary School
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Gifts continued
Sumner PFA, $125 donation to pay for the jazz band leader to play
at Multicultural Day Assembly
Sumner PFA, $1389.99 donation for field trips at Sumner
Elementary School
Sycamore Governance Council, $1,562 donation for field trip
transportation at Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Governance Council, $121.44 donation for office
supplies at Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Governance Council, $26.74 donation for supplies for
room 12 at Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Governance Council, $349.23 donation for work study
salaries at Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Governance Council, $614.93 donation for classroom
supplies for room 2 at Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Governance Council, $1,968.92 donation to purchase
document cameras for use at Sycamore Elementary School
One (1) Intel Pentium4 computer from Rosemary Henderson for
use at Vista del Valle School
Claremont Chamber of Commerce, $435 Best BET donation to be
used for technology at Vista del Valle School
Barbara Biderback, $20 grant/donation for CUSD Elementary
Music Program
Judith & Alejandro Segura-Mora, $50 grant/donation for CUSD
Elementary Music Program
Sergio & Victoria Lemus, $250 donation for interdistrict transfer
Claremont Educational Foundation, $103,000 donation for
Claremont Unified School District

4. Authorization to Enter into an Agreement

Recommended Action: To approve the agreement with Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a
law firm, to provide Bond Counsel services should the District plan
solicitation of voter approval for issuance of General Obligation
Bonds. Total compensation for providing Bond Council for all of
the pre-election and post-election services will range from 1/10 of
1% to 1% depending on the amount of bonds issued.

To approve the agreement with Piper Jaffray & Co., an investment

banking firm, to provide underwriting services in relation to the
potential issuance of General Obligation Bonds. Total compensation
for all of the pre-election and post-election services shall not exceed
1.10% of the total principal amount of each individual General
Obligation Bond issue.

To authorize the District to enter into an Agreement for Services

Contract between the Claremont Unified School District and Baldy
View Regional Occupational Program for the construction teacher
for the 2010/11 school year. The District shall pay the ROP $2,500
to cover the cost of the construction teacher.
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Authorization to Enter To authorize the District to enter into an Agreement for Services
into an Agreement Contract between the Claremont Unified School District and Baldy
continued View Regional Occupational Program for the criminal justice
teacher for the 2010/11 school year. The District shall pay the ROP
$13,000 to cover the cost of the criminal justice teacher.

To authorize the District to enter into a contract between Arrow

Therapy; Canyon View School; Casa Colina; Center for Autism and
Related Disorders; Devereux– Glenholme; Devereux–Texas; LeRoy
Haynes School; Lovaas Institute for Early Intervention; Oxford
Consulting Services, Inc.; Pediatric Therapy Works; Provo Canyon
School; Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School; Susan Spitzer, Ph.D.,
UHS Keystone and the Claremont Unified School District for the
2010/2011 school year. These schools and agencies provide services
to meet needs for special education students identified by the IEP
team. In using them, a contract is provided through the East San
Gabriel Valley SELPA and signed by the school district and the
agency or school. The contract assures that the school or agency is
compliant with the California Education Code and has NPA and/or
NPS status in California.

To adopt Resolution # 01-2011 authorizing District staff to enter into

a one year agreement beginning July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011
with the State Department of Education for the State Preschool
Contract #CSPP-0178 and to authorize designated personnel to sign
contract documents for Fiscal Year 2010-11.

To adopt Resolution # 02-2011 authorizing District staff to enter into

a one year agreement beginning July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011
with the State Department of Education for Family Child Care
Homes Contract # CFCC-0010 and to authorize designated
personnel to sign contract documents for Fiscal Year 2010-11.

5. Approval of Service Agreement Change Order

Recommended Action: To approve an increase to the service agreement with TBWB Public
Finance Strategies, LLC for fees and costs related to polling
activities originally anticipated not to exceed $25,000 with actual
expenses totaling $34,732. The increase in cost was due to a change
in the structure of the polling process to a “split sample survey”
which significantly increased the number of voters polled.

6. Authorization to make routine budget revisions, adjustments and transfers

Recommended Action: To adopt Resolution #03-2011 authorizing District staff to make
routine budget revisions, adjustments, and transfers as necessary for
the payment of District obligations and to effect technical
adjustments of the board-adopted budget during the 2010-11 fiscal
year.

Recommendation: To recommend these transactions to the Board of Education for

approval.
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