Pays Street Academy Foundation up to $736,835 to run Street Academy alternative high school

Street Academy Foundation, of Oakland, will operate the Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, an alternative high school for credit recovery and dropout prevention. It serves about 115 at-risk students in grades 9 to 12 with a college preparatory and career readiness program, using independent study and teachers who also act as counselors and mentors. The agreement runs August 7, 2023 to May 23, 2024. The agreement period began before this vote.

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Vendor / partner: Street Academy Foundation · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Aug 7, 2023 – May 23, 2024
This vote: $736,835
Schools: Emiliano Zapata Street Academy
Funding: General Purpose-unrestricted
Resource / site: 0000-313
Vendor no.: 004105
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 23-2253 · agenda T.-58
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 25, 2023

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and Street Academy Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to operate the Emiliano Zapata Street Academy (aka Street Academy), as a credit recovery/dropout prevention alternative high school, providing a fully accredited college preparatory and career readiness program implementing the independent study model of attendance using work samples as well as daily attendance which allows the best support for enrolled students to meet their needs and to keep them in school, assisting at-risk students (approximately 115 students in grades 9-12); and having the Counselor Teacher Mentor (CTM) model provide a holistic educational experience with teachers also serving as counselors and mentors utilizing a restorative justice model of interaction, for the period of August 7, 2023 through May 23, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $736,835.00.

History

Oct 25, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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