GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING PREVIEW
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ON THE AGENDA
The following are a few of the items the school board is slated to discuss tonight:
RED RIBBON WEEK
The board will get information on Red Ribbon Week next week and the activities planned for it.
Red Ribbon is a national anti-drug program. The program, during which students wear red ribbons and are asked to pledge their support to a drug-free lifestyle, was created after a Drug Enforcement Agency agent was killed in 1985.
This year’s theme is “catch the drug-free wave.”
WHAT TO EXPECT
The board will not take any action.
MEASURE K UPDATES
The board will hear an update on Measure K improvements at schools and how construction work is going.
Glendale voters approved Measure K — a $187-million bond for upgrading schools — in 1997.
The report will include news that there are still troubles with the contractor at Glenoaks Elementary School and that the district is getting legal advice on how to proceed.
Work is expected to be done this month at Monte Vista Elementary School.
Work is 25% completed at Horace Mann Elementary School.
Planning is underway for improvements to Glendale and Hoover high schools, and plans for the modernization of Marshall Elementary School have been approved.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The board is not expected to take any action.
TOBACCO MINI GRANTS
Supt. Michael Escalante will ask the board to approve the submission of three mini grant applications for a Tobacco Use Prevention Education program at Toll and Roosevelt middle schools.
The Los Angeles County of Education Healthy Schools Office has announced grants of up to $4,000 to assist students and teachers with projects to present at the Youth Summit. The Youth Summit will kick off on Nov. 9, and projects will be presented on May 31.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The board will likely approve submitting grant applications.
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM
The board will consider authorizing the district to apply to expand the After-School Education and Safety program.
The California Department of Education notified the school district that it has the opportunity to apply for funding to expand its after-school program. Five schools are in the program: Balboa, Columbus, Jefferson, Marshall, Wilson and Edison elementary schools.
The purpose of the grant is to create programs that provide academic enrichment in a safe environment for students in first through eighth grades.
The funding would be for a three-year period, and would be renewable.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The board will likely approve applying for funding.
FYI
WHAT: Glendale Unified School District board meeting
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today
WHERE: 223 N Jackson St., Glendale
CONTACT: (818) 241-3111