Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
10/30/2024 - 6:30 PM  
Category:
OFFICE OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
3.8 Yonkers Partners in Education  
District Goals:
Goal 1 Student Achievement
Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
 
Enclosure:
 
File Attachment:
YPIE BOCS.pdf
Schedule B- YPIE at Obama ESD.pdf
Schedule B- YPIE at Obama PTECH.pdf
Schedule B- YPIE at YMA.pdf
Signed Schedule A.pdf
 
Rationale:
Term: October 2024 - August 2025 Amount: $79,499.80 Scope: The services will provide high-level College, Career, and Civic Readiness for students at Barack Obama School for Social Justice and Yonkers Montessori Academy administered by the partners in Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE). This includes college and career exploration activities, mentoring meetings, college application process, guidance, transcript analysis, college representative meetings, Naviance access, and training for school counselors and teachers.  
Funding:
PTECH OBAMA - 490.5273.25J348.2110.B2300 - $60,000.00 YMA Smart Scholars - (Pending NYSED approval) - $2,499.80 ESD Obama - (Pending NYSED approval)- $17,000.00  
Resolution
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Yonkers Partners in Education to purchase consulting services to support high-level college and career advising and access services to students at Barack Obama School for Social Justice and Yonkers Montessori Academy, administered by Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE). This includes college and career exploration activities, advising meetings, college application process guidance, transcript analysis, college representative meetings, Naviance access, and training for school's guidance counselors and teachers for the 2024 – 2025 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Yonkers Partners in Education a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and, WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Yonkers Partners in Education to provide these services, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Yonkers Partners in Education at a cost not to exceed $79,499.80.  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
RoseAnne Collins-Judon - Associate Superintendent
Signed By:  
Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
Signed By:  
Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
Signed By:  
Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
Signed By:  
John Liszewski - Commissioner
Signed By:  
Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
Signed By:  
Anibal Soler, Jr. - Superintendent of Schools
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Sheila Greenwald Moved, Member Dr. John Castanaro seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Yonkers Partners in Education to purchase consulting services to support high-level college and career advising and access services to students at Barack Obama School for Social Justice and Yonkers Montessori Academy, administered by Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE). This includes college and career exploration activities, advising meetings, college application process guidance, transcript analysis, college representative meetings, Naviance access, and training for school''s guidance counselors and teachers for the 2024 – 2025 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Yonkers Partners in Education a program which meets the objectives set forth by the Board and the New York State Education Department, and, WHEREAS the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Yonkers Partners in Education to provide these services, and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with Yonkers Partners in Education at a cost not to exceed $79,499.80.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 8 - 0
   
Felix Rios     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Dr. John Castanaro     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes