Pays Family Engagement Lab up to $56,500 for text messages that support literacy at home
The district is paying Family Engagement Lab, of San Francisco, up to $56,500 for its FASTalk system. Working with the district's literacy and early childhood teams, it sends text messages that suggest home activities tied to what students are learning in school. The agreement runs from August 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
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- Vendor / partner
- Family Engagement Lab · San Francisco, CA
- Action
- New agreement
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- Student health, support & family services
- Term
- Aug 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
- This vote
- $56,500
- Funding
- Schusterman Family Foundation Funds
- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
20-1705· agendaP.-22- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 14, 2020
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Agreement 2020-2021 between the District and Family Engagement Lab (FEL), San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide its FASTalk System and will work with District’s English Language Arts/Literacy team, Early Childhood Education team, and other District leaders as needed to select and send text messages that coordinate with District’s academic scope and sequence to support home activities that promote literacy development and perform relates services, as described in Exhibit A of Agreement, via the Academics and Instructional Innovation Department, for the period of August 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $56,500.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report