Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 11/20/2024 - 6:00 PM
Category: OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Type: Action
Subject: 17.5 The Urban Assembly, Inc.
District Goals:
Goal 1 Student Achievement
Strengthen academic outcomes and graduation pathways through culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum and instruction.
Enclosure
File Attachment:
BOCS Worksheet.pdf
Performance Based Contract Guidelines - 10 Questions - Schedule A.pdf
Schedule B.pdf
REQUEST FOR NON-COMPETITIVE CONTRACT Rev.9.6.24.pdf
Sole Source Provider Statement.pdf
Rationale: (The Urban Assembly, Inc.)
Term: 11/21/2024-10/31/2025
Amount: $102,500
Scope: The Urban Assembly is a sole-source provider of tailored consulting services for leaders and teachers to identify and catalog their Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions for both academics and social emotional learning (Grades K-8) in their school-based MTSS plans. The Resilient Scholars Portal from Urban Assembly will house the school-based interventions that feed into our district-wide MTSS plan. This work will support 6 target schools (Cross Hill Academy, William Boyce Thompson School, Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School, School 5, Museum School 25) for Learning Loss and 4 target schools (Casimir Pulaski School, Enrico Fermi School, School 5, Cesar E. Chavez) for Mental Health.
Funding: RECOVS: Learning Loss Grant (Pending NYSED Approval)
RECOVS: Mental Health Grant (Pending NYSED Approval)
Resolution: WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with The Urban Assembly, Inc. to purchase consulting services to support leaders and teachers to identify and catalog their Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions for both academics and social emotional learning (Grades K-8) in their school-based MTSS plans from 11/21/2024-10/31/2025,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with The Urban Assembly, Inc. 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 Urban Assembly, Inc. 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 Urban Assembly, Inc. at a cost not to exceed $102,500.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Michael McDonald - Executive Director
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 Kevin Cacace seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with The Urban Assembly, Inc. to purchase consulting services to support leaders and teachers to identify and catalog their Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions for both academics and social emotional learning (Grades K-8) in their school-based MTSS plans from 11/21/2024-10/31/2025,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with The Urban Assembly, Inc. 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 Urban Assembly, Inc. 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 Urban Assembly, Inc. at a cost not to exceed $102,500.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes
Felix Rios     Yes