Ratifies up to $7,200 for The Mosaic Project's five-day 4th grade retreat for Reach Academy
The Mosaic Project will run a four-night, five-day experience that brings together 4th grade classes from schools that differ in income, race and ethnicity, using games, discussion and song. It also serves as a professional development retreat for teachers. The dates are May 4 through May 8, 2026, which began before this Board vote ratifying the agreement.
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- Vendor / partner
- The Mosaic Project · Oakland, CA
- Action
- New agreement
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- May 4, 2026 – May 8, 2026
- This vote
- $7,200
- Schools
- Reach Academy
- Funding
- CCSPP Implementation Grant
- Resource / site
6332-193- Vendor no.
002941- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
26-0869· agendaO.-48- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 13, 2026
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and The Mosaic Project, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide a four night, five day experience that unites 4th grade classes from schools that differ socioeconomically, racially, and ethnically, placing students at the center in diverse groups within a setting and directly addresses issues of difference while building self-esteem and community, with students learning through shared challenges, exciting game activities, hones discussions and conversations as well as through the power of song; serves as a professional development retreat for teachers who learn and experience on a path that parallels their students, designed for scholars and teachers to take tools back to their communities and to build peaceful environments to support student success and growth at Reach Academy, for the period of May 4, 2026 through May 8, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $7,200.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report