Pays Safe Passages up to $25,000 for newcomer English help and family translation at Laurel Elementary
Safe Passages of Oakland will provide 350 hours of targeted help for newcomer students, who speak English as a second language and have been in the country less than a year. The help covers conversational and academic English, phonics, vocabulary, reading and writing, plus translation support for families. It runs from August 7, 2023 to May 24, 2024 at Laurel Elementary School.
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- Vendor / partner
- Safe Passages · Oakland, CA
- Action
- New agreement
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- Student health, support & family services
- Term
- Aug 7, 2023 – May 24, 2024
- This vote
- $25,000
- Schools
- Laurel Elementary School
- Funding
- CCSPP Implementation Grant
- Resource / site
6332-131- Vendor no.
003729- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
23-2369· agendaE.-57- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Nov 16, 2023
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and Safe Passages, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 350 hours of targeted intervention to students designated as "Newcomers", students who speak English as a second language and have been in the country for less than one year, with a focus on developing basic conversational and academic English and including help with phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing; and additionally, providing translation support for families or newcomers at Laurel Elementary School, for the period of August 7, 2023 through May 24, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.
History
- Not Discussed and/or Taken Up
- Adopted on the General Consent Report
Also on the agenda: Nov 8, 2023