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| Oakland, California 94612 |
| LaTonda Simmons, City Clerk |
| Hearing Room 1, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor |
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| The Oakland City Council Education Partnership Committee convened at 6:00 |
| P.M., with Vice Mayor Chang and School Board Member Gallo presiding as |
| Co-Chairs. |
| Councilmember Present: 7 - Co-Chair Chang, Member Brunner, Member Wan, |
| Co-Chair Gallo, School Board Member Kakishiba, School Board Member |
| Hamill and Member Quan |
| SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER KAKISHIBA WAS NOTED PRESENT AT 6:19 |
| P.M. |
| Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Committee Meeting held on April 29, 2003 and |
| June 29, 2004 |
| A motion was made by Member Quan, seconded by School Board Member |
| Hamill, to *Approve the Minutes. The motion carried by the following |
| vote: |
| Votes: |
| Councilmember Aye: Co-Chair Chang, Member Brunner, Member Wan, |
| Co-Chair Gallo, School Board Member Kakishiba, School Board Member |
| Hamill and Member Quan |
| A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member Wan, to |
| *Approve as Submitted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
| Votes: |
| Councilmember Aye: Co-Chair Chang, Member Brunner, Member Wan, |
| Co-Chair Gallo, School Board Member Kakishiba, School Board Member |
| Hamill and Member Quan |
| The Committee directed staff to return with a report on the police services |
| program and a report on funding for middle school sports. |
| Subject: Truancy Reduction and the Attend and Achieve Program |
| From: Oakland Unified School District |
| Recommendation: Action on a Report from the Oakland Unified School District on the Attend |
| and Achieve/Truancy Reduction Campaign (04-0793) |
| A motion was made by Co-Chair Chang, seconded by School Board |
| Member Hamill, that this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the |
| following vote: |
| Votes: |
| Councilmember Aye: Co-Chair Chang, Member Brunner, Member Wan, |
| Co-Chair Gallo, School Board Member Kakishiba, School Board Member |
| Hamill and Member Quan |
| The Committee directed staff to investigate the following issues: |
| - ways to recruit more people to assist with the operations at the truancy center |
| - statistics on the success and non-success of the truancy center |
| - information for a discussion on best practices and education offered at |
| truancy centers at state and national levels |
| - statistics the Student Attendants Review Team (SART) |
| - suggestions for getting Community Officers involved in the truancy reduction |
| campaign |
| - data on the number truancy students picked up that are absent vs. sick |
| - information on the number of (SART) cases that are not being addressed or |
| have been dropped because of staff shortage |
| - a list of the problems with the process and suggestions to resolve them |
| - possibility of scheduling a extensive discussion regarding safety issues |
| The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
| - Sanjiv Handa |
| Subject: Afterschool Safety and Security - Oakland Technical High School |
| From: Councilmember Brunner |
| Recommendation: An update and discussion regarding lunchtime and afterschool safety and |
| security in and around Oakland Technical High School (04-0802) |
| A motion was made by Member Brunner, seconded by Member Quan, that |
| this matter be Accepted. The motion carried by the following vote: |
| Votes: |
| Councilmember Aye: Co-Chair Chang, Member Brunner, Member Wan, |
| Co-Chair Gallo, School Board Member Kakishiba, School Board Member |
| Hamill and Member Quan |
| The following individual(s) spoke and did not indicate a position on this item: |
| - Sanjiv Handa |
| The following individual(s) spoke under Open Forum: |
| - Sanjiv Handa |
| There being no further business, and upon the motion duly made, the Oakland |
| City Council Education Partnership Committee adjourned at 7:07 P.M. |
| In the event of a quorum of the City Council participates on this Committee, the meeting is |
| noticed as a Special Meeting of the City Council; however no final City Council action can |
| be taken. |
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