Pays Sown to Grow up to $748,000 for student wellness check-in software and training through 2026
The district is hiring Sown to Grow, Inc. of Oakland for its platform licenses and support, which let students do a weekly social-emotional check-in. The package also covers a screener, curriculum, training for teachers and principals, coaching and reports, rolled out in all schools from TK to 12th grade. The limit is $748,000 for December 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026.
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Pulled from the consent vote. Failed in its own vote on May 22 (2–5), instead of with the rest of the consent report.
· Postponed to a Date Certain (passed). A Motion to Postpone to Time Certain - next Regular Meeting, May 8, 2024, this matter, was made by Director Bachelor, seconded by Director Brouhard, subsequent to the Motion to Adopt, made by Director Thompson, seconded by Director Lerma to Approve Item.The Motion To Postpone carried by the following vote:.
- Anevay Cruz Absent
- Vida Mendoza Absent
- Jennifer Brouhard Aye
- VanCedric Williams Aye
- Jorge Lerma Aye
- Valarie Bachelor Aye
- Clifford Thompson Abstained
- Mike Hutchinson Absent
- Benjamin "Sam" Davis Aye
· Postponed to a Date Certain (passed). A motion was made by President Davis, seconded by Director Brouhard, that the Services Agreement 2023-2024 - Sown To Grow, Inc., be Postponed to a Date Certain, Next Regular Board Meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:.
- Anevay Cruz P Aye
- Vida Mendoza P Aye
- Jennifer Brouhard Aye
- VanCedric Williams Aye
- Jorge Lerma Aye
- Valarie Bachelor Aye
- Clifford Thompson Aye
- Mike Hutchinson Aye
- Benjamin "Sam" Davis Aye
· Failed (fail). A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Vice President Hutchinson, that this Services Agreement 2023-2024 - Sown To Grow, Inc. - Chief Academic Officer, be Adopted. The motion failed by the following vote:.
- Anevay Cruz Absent
- Vida Mendoza Absent
- Jennifer Brouhard Nay
- VanCedric Williams Nay
- Jorge Lerma Nay
- Valarie Bachelor Nay
- Clifford Thompson Aye
- Mike Hutchinson Aye
- Benjamin "Sam" Davis Nay
- Vendor / partner
- Sown to Grow, Inc. · Oakland, CA
- Action
- New agreement
- Category Categories and sub-categories are assigned by AI from each item's official text, using a fixed set of definitions. They can be wrong. How categories work
- Student health, support & family services
- Term
- Dec 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026
- This vote
- $748,000
- Funding
- S&C Carryover
- Resource / site
0006-903- Vendor no.
004010- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
24-0837· agendaT.-28- Outcome
- Failed, May 22, 2024
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2023-2024 by and between the District and Sown to Grow, Inc., Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide its proprietary platform licenses and support for teachers, students, and Administrator staff that allows students to do a weekly social-emotional check-in, and pre and post survey to measure wellness; provide trainings for teachers and principals through-out the year and roll out in all schools TK-12; assist with the District implementation of its Comprehensive Program, which includes core modules (emotional check-in, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and academic), SEL screener, SEL curriculum, software licenses for teachers, students, and admin, PD/training, ongoing coaching, and administrator data reports to measure growth in student well-being, SEL skills, and technical support, via the Chief Academic Officer (Multi-Tiered Support Systems Department), for the period of December 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $748,000.00.
History
- Postponed to a Date Certain
- Postponed to a Date Certain
- Failed