Post Board Meeting Agenda, April 4, 2017

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 3:30 p.m., Room 2249
Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information  

·         Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=AC3S9970DF39                

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print agenda and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

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Please refer to the below links for upcoming meetings, agendas, and minutes of the board advisory committees:

·         Audit and Finance: https://www.sandiegounified.org/node/528

·         CAC: General Membership—https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2016-17-general-meeting-schedule-and-information; and Executive Board—https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2016-17-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information 

·         CTEAC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2016-17-meeting-schedule-and-information

·         CSFC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/csfc-2016-meetings-schedule       

·         DAC: General Membership—https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2016-17-general-meeting-schedule-and-information; and Executive Board—https://www.sandiegounified.org/dac-2016-17-executive-meeting-schedule-and-information 

·         DELAC: General Membership and Executive Board—https://www.sandiegounified.org/delac-2016-17-meeting-schedule-and-information  

·         ICOC: https://www.sandiegounified.org/icoc-meeting

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

Post Committee Meeting Notices: ICOC Executive/Governance Subcommittee

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Meeting Cancellation: ICOC Executive/Governance Subcommittee Meeting—April 5, 2017, 4:00 p.m.

·         Notice of Change of Date: ICOC Executive/Governance Subcommittee Meeting—Changed from May 3 to May 8
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/executivegovernance-subcommittee   

 

Please forward to staff as appropriate and print notices and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

 

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551-Direct

( (619) 725-5550-Office

7 (619) 297-5624-Fax

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

 

MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Unified’s ULTIMATE Spring Break FUN Guide - FREE and FUN resources Parents can utilize while school is out to keep students active, healthy and sharp-minded during vacation

MEDIA ADVISORY
March 24, 2017
San Diego Unified's ULTIMATE Spring Break FUN Guide
FREE and FUN resources Parents can utilize while school is out to keep students active, healthy and sharp-minded during vacation

WHAT: Media is invited to visit the City Heights Recreation center for information on fun and free resources provided by The San Diego Unified School District that parents can take advantage of this Spring Break. San Diego Unified's Spring break runs from March 27 through 31 for traditional schools and March 27 through April 25 for year-round schools.

WHERE: City Heights Recreation Center, 4380 Landis St., 92105
WHEN: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

DETAILS:

1. STAY ACTIVE! – San Diego Unified "Play-All-Day" Joint-Use Fields OPEN for community use
Even though schools are closed for Spring Break, their joint-use parks/fields will be open. For six decades San Diego Unified School District has been maximizing the use of its facilities by developing joint-use agreements that benefit the schools and the communities around them. The school district has 76 joint use agreements with the City of San Diego for turf playfields and recreation facilities at which the schools use the facilities during school hours, then the communities use them after school is out and during school breaks.


2. FREE LUNCH! – San Diego Unified Food and Nutrition Services serving lunches all break long
San Diego Unified Food and Nutrition Services is once again serving free lunches at city recreation centers during the spring intercession, March 27 through April 25. Lunch is free for any child 18 years or younger. No paperwork, income verification or applications required.

This year, lunches will be served at:
City Heights Recreation Center
Colina Del Sol Recreation Center
Copley Price YMCA
North Park Recreation Center.


3. FUN FREE PROGRAMS! – Sign up for swimming lessons, arts and crafts programs, Teen Center events and lots more at a local Parks & Rec Center.
After enjoying your lunch, stay for some fun! San Diego Parks & Rec offer a variety of fun classes available during spring break!


4. STAY ENGAGED! - Avoid Spring Break "Brian-Drain"
San Diego Unified's Family and Community Engagement Department (FACE) will be on hand to share a few tips on how parents can avoid the "Spring Break- Brain Drain" by using their High Impact Home Strategies. High Impact Home Strategies, are research-based practices, linked to student learning, that when utilized by parents and caregivers at home, have been proven to have significant impacts on student learning and academic achievement in school.

VISUALS: Children receiving free, healthy lunch; demonstration of healthy meal options. Demonstration on High Impact Home Strategies. City Heights Recreation Center Program visuals.

**PLEASE CONFIRM MEDIA COVERAGE PRIOR TO EVENT DATE**

Media Contact: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, 619-341-2343 Imcneil@Sandi.net<mailto:Imcneil@Sandi.net>

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MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Unified’s ULTIMATE Spring Break FUN Guide - FREE and FUN resources Parents can utilize while school is out to keep students active, healthy and sharp-minded during vacation

MEDIA ADVISORY
March 24, 2017
San Diego Unified's ULTIMATE Spring Break FUN Guide
FREE and FUN resources Parents can utilize while school is out to keep students active, healthy and sharp-minded during vacation

WHAT: Media is invited to visit the City Heights Recreation center for information on fun and free resources provided by The San Diego Unified School District that parents can take advantage of this Spring Break. San Diego Unified's Spring break runs from March 27 through 31 for traditional schools and March 27 through April 25 for year-round schools.

WHERE: City Heights Recreation Center, 4380 Landis St., 92105
WHEN: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

DETAILS:

1. STAY ACTIVE! – San Diego Unified "Play-All-Day" Joint-Use Fields OPEN for community use
Even though schools are closed for Spring Break, their joint-use parks/fields will be open. For six decades San Diego Unified School District has been maximizing the use of its facilities by developing joint-use agreements that benefit the schools and the communities around them. The school district has 76 joint use agreements with the City of San Diego for turf playfields and recreation facilities at which the schools use the facilities during school hours, then the communities use them after school is out and during school breaks.


2. FREE LUNCH! – San Diego Unified Food and Nutrition Services serving lunches all break long
San Diego Unified Food and Nutrition Services is once again serving free lunches at city recreation centers during the spring intercession, March 27 through April 25. Lunch is free for any child 18 years or younger. No paperwork, income verification or applications required.

This year, lunches will be served at:
City Heights Recreation Center
Colina Del Sol Recreation Center
Copley Price YMCA
North Park Recreation Center.


3. FUN FREE PROGRAMS! – Sign up for swimming lessons, arts and crafts programs, Teen Center events and lots more at a local Parks & Rec Center.
After enjoying your lunch, stay for some fun! San Diego Parks & Rec offer a variety of fun classes available during spring break!


4. STAY ENGAGED! - Avoid Spring Break "Brian-Drain"
San Diego Unified's Family and Community Engagement Department (FACE) will be on hand to share a few tips on how parents can avoid the "Spring Break- Brain Drain" by using their High Impact Home Strategies. High Impact Home Strategies, are research-based practices, linked to student learning, that when utilized by parents and caregivers at home, have been proven to have significant impacts on student learning and academic achievement in school.


**PLEASE CONFIRM MEDIA COVERAGE PRIOR TO EVENT DATE**

Media Contact: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, 619-341-2343 Imcneil@Sandi.net<mailto:Imcneil@Sandi.net>

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MEDIA ADVISORY:San Diego Unified School Police “True Blue Buddies - Police Interaction with Youth” Mentorship Program Student Graduation Ceremony

MEDIA ADVISORY
March 23, 2017
San Diego Unified School Police "True Blue Buddies - Police Interaction with Youth" Mentorship Program Student Graduation Ceremony

WHAT: 5th grade students from Porter Elementary will graduate Friday from a school police mentorship program geared at building positive relationships with Police Officers at an early age. This program is unique to The San Diego Unified School District and due to its success and popularity will be implemented at schools throughout the district in the near future.

The yearlong mentorship program includes various events over the school year, including educational workshops and Holiday gatherings. The primary goal of the mentorship program is to provide support through small group mentoring, as well as instill positive values and teach lifelong lessons students will use throughout their futures.

WHERE: Porter Elementary School North
445 S 47th St., 92113

WHEN: Friday, March 24, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.

Media Inquiries: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, 619-341-2343 Imcneil@Sandi.net<mailto:Imcneil@Sandi.net>

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student “Chavistas” from 22 San Diego Unified Schools Honor Cesar Chavez at 8th Annual Mañanitas Breakfast with Acclaimed Playwright Luis Valdez

MEDIA ADVISORY
March 23, 2017

Student "Chavistas" from 22 San Diego Unified Schools Honor Cesar Chavez at 8th Annual Mañanitas Breakfast with Acclaimed Playwright Luis Valdez
More than 900 students will take part in the celebration of the civil rights leader's birthday at the San Diego Convention Center


WHAT: The 8th Annual Las Mañanitas Breakfast will host several hundred elementary and middle school students who participate in the Cesar Chavez Service Clubs at their schools. The San Diego Unified School District has 35 Cesar Chavez Service Clubs within the district. Since 2001, the Cesar Chavez Service Clubs have offered an exciting and innovative leadership development club. The Clubs are built on the ten values of Cesar Chavez and are designed to engage Club members in leadership and community service activities.

This year the event will honor widely acclaimed playwright Luiz Valdez, who is considered to be the founder of Chicano Theater. Luis Valdez will be honored for his lifelong influence on Chicano culture.

For more information on the Cesar Chavez Service Clubs visit: www.ChavezClubs.org

SPEAKERS AVAILABLE: Luis Valdez, Honoree
Linda and Carlos LeGrette, Founders, Cesar Chavez Clubs
Cindy Marten, Superintendent, San Diego Unified School District
"Chavista" Student participants

WHEN: Friday, March 24, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: San Diego Convention Center, 111 W Harbor Dr., 92101
**PLEASE CONFIRM MEDIA COVERAGE PRIOR TO EVENT**

Media Contact: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, 619-341-2343 Imcneil@Sandi.net<mailto:Imcneil@Sandi.net>

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MEDIA ADVISORY: 300 San Diego Unified High School Girls Take Part in Women in Biotech Conference with Nobel Peace Prize Winner

MEDIA ADVISORY
March 22, 2017
300 San Diego Unified High School Girls Take Part in Women in Biotech Conference with Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Nobel Peace Prize Winner among conference presenters at STEAM Leadership Series

WHAT: Students from SIX San Diego Unified High Schools will participate in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) Leadership Series focused on career opportunities within STEAM fields. The Series will connect business leaders to San Diego Unified students in an effort to bridge the science, education and high-tech business communities and encourage Career Pathways that empower young women to dream big and pursue careers that will change the world.

The STEAM Leadership Series is a program of Intellectual Capital Chapple and Kids Eco Club in partnership with the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) with support from The San Diego Foundation, SDG&E, USS Midway Museum, Illumina, the Moxie Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, and others.

WHERE: Salk Institute for Biological Studies Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium
10010 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, 92037

WHEN: Thursday, March 23, 2017

DETAILS:
9:15 - 9:20: Introductions:
Welcome by SDUSD / Meaning of Linked Learning in Smart City San Diego
Steve Chapple, Exec. Dir, STEAM
Becky Petitt, Vice Chancellor UCSD
9:20 - 9:40: Elizabeth Blackburn, President of Salk Research Institute, Nobel Prize Winner – "Women in Science, Health, and Biotech"
9:40- 9:50: Q&A Career PANEL

**PLEASE CONFIRM MEDIA COVERAGE PRIOR TO EVENT DATE**

Media Contact: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, 619-341-2343 Imcneil@Sandi.net<mailto:Imcneil@Sandi.net>

[cid:image001.jpg@01D2A312.5F900AE0]Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, President of Salk Research Institute, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009 for discovering the molecular nature of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving genetic information, and for co-discovering telomerase, an enzyme that maintains telomere ends. Blackburn's tenure as Salk's president began on January 1, 2016.


Dr. Becky Pettit, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversion, and Inclusion at UCSD will briefly welcome us and introduce Dr. Blackburn
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CAREER PANEL
Asako Navarro serves San Diego Zoo Global as a Research Coordinator in Genetics.<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/9> She is currently involved in a number of research projects using genetic techniques to assess populations of local endangered species such as the Stephens' kangaroo rat,<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/7021> Pacific pocket mouse,<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/7027> and Peninsular bighorn sheep.<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/7001> Her responsibilities also include performing genetic sexing, paternity, and species identification. [cid:image003.png@01D2A312.5F900AE0] Additionally, she helps with the maintenance and expansion of the Frozen Zoo®<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/7254> tissue and DNA collection.




[cid:image004.jpg@01D2A312.5F900AE0]Dr. Megan Owen serves San Diego Zoo Global as Associate Director of Applied Animal Ecology<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/4>. In this role, she oversees the division's large carnivore research programs, including giant panda<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/7016>, polar bear<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/7080> and Andean bear<http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/node/6997> programs, establishing key links with other divisions and departments across San Diego Zoo Global, government agencies, and partner NGOs working to conserve large carnivores (primarily bears) around the world. Megan's work spans across a range of conservation applications, from conservation breeding, to developing post-release monitoring strategies, to mitigating the impacts of industrial activities in critical wildlife habitats. Megan also leads our polar bear conservation research program, focusing on building strong links between field-based and zoo-based conservation research efforts.

Pantea Khodami Manager, Market Development at Illumina, MIT
[cid:image005.jpg@01D2A312.5F900AE0]Pantea has an undergraduate and graduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a minor in management from Sloan School of Business. She started at Illumina ~ 7 years ago and has had both managerial and technical roles at the company. She has been a product manager, a senior application scientist and now a market manager. One of her career highlights is launching the HiSeq X Ten instrument, the system that broke the 'sound barrier' of human genomics by enabling the $1,000 genome. In her spare time, she mentors high school students applying to top universities and helps MIT with the interview process of the applicants. She has also been part of the board for MIT chapter of San Diego as the VP of Programs. She deeply believes in giving back and empowering more women to achieve their highest potential.

[cid:image006.jpg@01D2A312.5F900AE0]Ida khodami Sr Manager, Engineering at Illumina, University of Waterloo
Ida has a master's degree in Electrical and Computer engineering and after graduate school, was recruited to work at Illumina as a senior engineer. Before joining Illumina Ida worked on design and development of a biomedical device for vain detection. She holds a patent in her name for this invention and through this experience Ida found her love for engineering devices which can help human health. Ida has been with Illumina for 8 years and has led different teams from Instrumentation Design/Development to Operations (Outsourcing/Cost saving) to Consumables Software Management. She currently works in the bioinformatics department as the core team lead for a very exciting project related to Internet of Things (One part of the project that she can share is to make Illumina sequencers Smarter.) Ida loves traveling, wine tasting, cooking and yoga.

[cid:image007.jpg@01D2A312.5F900AE0]Dr. Corina Antal from the Evans Gene Expression Lab
Corina Antal, a Salk research associate in Ronald Evans'<http://www.salk.edu/scientist/ronald-evans/> lab, has garnered attention for her leading work on proteins that suppress tumor growth. The 29-year-old landed a spot on Forbes' 2016 "30 under 30" list that is comprised of "bright entrepreneurs, breakout talents and change agents" in 20 sectors. Antal was also named a Damon Runyon Fellow in November 2015 by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for her efforts to increase the efficacy of pancreatic cancer therapies.

Dr. Elena Blanco-Suarez from the Allen Molecular Neurobiology Lab.
[cid:image008.jpg@01D2A312.5F900AE0]Research Associate, Post-doctoral researcher<https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10095/>
• In vivo studies in CRISPR KO.
• RNA extraction, RT-PCR, transfection in primary cell and cell line cultures.
• Dissection, immunopanning, primary cell cultures, cell line cultures.
• SDS-PAGE and Western-blot.
• Cloning. 
• Immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging.
• Data analysis, scientific writing.