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Meeting Date:
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12/20/2023 - 5:30 PM
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Category:
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DIVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PUPIL SUPPORT SERVICES
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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12.5 Agreement with The Harris Project for 2023-2024 School Year
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District Goals:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Rationale:
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Special Education: -GML-104B
1. Agreement with The Harris Project
Term: December 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
Amount: $40,175.00
Account: 490-5241-24H343-2110-B2300
490-5241-24H343-2110-B2520
Scope: The Harris Project will provide a comprehensive Middle School/High School curriculum focused on increasing awareness of the relationship between mental health, trauma, and substance misuse/addiction (co-occurring disorders), including pathways to use, risks of self-medication, and negative consequences of use on the developing brain. This will include a combination of information sharing, knowledge building, skills development and norms clarification, for students, staff and parents.
BOE Recommendation: Stated Meeting 12/20/23
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Funding:
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Amount: $40,175.00
Account:
490-5241-24H343-2110-B2300 $25,200.00 (Opioid Settlement Special Project)
490-5241-24H343-2110-B2520 $14,975.00 (Opioid Settlement Special Project)
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Resolution:
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with The Harris Project to provide these services to Yonkers students in grades six through twelve (middle school and high school)
WHEREAS the District has determined that the services can best be provided by The Harris Project, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with The Harris Project in a total contract amount not to exceed $40,175.00
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Stephanie McCaskill - Interim Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Tom Collich - Purchasing Director
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Signed By:
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Finance Department - Finance Reviewer
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Signed By:
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Elizabeth Janocha - Deputy Commissioner
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Signed By:
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John Liszewski - Commissioner
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Signed By:
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Matthew Gallagher - Corporation Counsel
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Signed By:
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Dr. Luis Rodriguez - Interim Superintendent of Schools
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Amjed Kuri Moved, Member Gail Burns seconded to approve the Original motion 'Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with The Harris Project to provide these services to Yonkers students in grades six through twelve (middle school and high school)
WHEREAS the District has determined that the services can best be provided by The Harris Project, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Board of Education hereby authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to enter into an agreement with The Harris Project in a total contract amount not to exceed $40,175.00'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 8 - 0 | | | | | Rosemarie Linton | Yes | | Amjed Kuri | Yes | | Sheila Greenwald | Yes | | Gail Burns | Yes | | Dr. John Castanaro | Yes | | Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio | Yes | | Kevin Cacace | Yes | | Rev. Steve Lopez | Yes | |
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