Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
10/30/2024 - 6:30 PM  
Category:
OFFICE OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
3.26 16.27 The North Star Project - Amendment #1 to Resolution 8.3 (BOE approved 8-21-24 BOCS approved 8-27-2024 to increase the contract by $73,000 for a grand total of $98,000.  
District Goals:
Goal 1 Student Achievement
Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
 
Enclosure:
BOCS Performance Based Contract Guidelines Schedule B  
File Attachment:
BOCS- The North Star-Amendment #1.pdf
Performance Based Contract Guidelines - 10 Questions - Schedule A-Amendment 1.pdf
Performance Based Contract Guidelines - Schedule B-Amendment 1.pdf
 
Rationale:
The North Star Project Term: September 2024-August 2025 (no change to term) Amount: $73,000 Scope: Amendment #1 to Resolution 8.3 (Contract# 2025-00000347 BOE approved 8-21-24 BOCS approved 8-27-2024) to increase the contract by $73,000 for a grand total of $98,000. The North Star Project will continue to provide consulting services for different Yonkers Public Schools initiatives including: • Professional Development Workshops • S.I.F.E. Saturday Program • Yonkers My Sister’s Keeper Yonkers Program • The Solidarity Project @ Hermanas Mirabal Community School - Students as Agents of Social Change/Social Justice-Based Initiative  
Funding:
Title I- 490.5241.25J152.2070.B2300 Pending NYSED Approval  
Resolution
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with The North Star Project to provide various consulting services for Yonkers Public Schools for the 2024-2025 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with The North Star Project 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 The North Star Project 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 The North Star Project at a cost not to exceed $98,000.00.  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Madelyn Guzman - Executive Director
Signed By:  
Lissette Colon-Collins - Associate Superintendent
Signed By:  
Dr. Daisy Rodriguez - 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 The North Star Project to provide various consulting services for Yonkers Public Schools for the 2024-2025 school year, WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with The North Star Project 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 The North Star Project 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 The North Star Project at a cost not to exceed $98,000.00.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 8 - 0
   
Lawrence Sykes     Yes
Felix Rios     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Dr. John Castanaro     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes