Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 1/17/2024 - 5:30 PM
Category: DIVISION OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, FUNDED PROGRAMS & THE ARTS
Type: Action
Subject: 17.4 Yondr, 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 Yondr.xlsx
Performance Based Contract Guidelines - Schedule B - Template.xlsx
Yondr signed.pdf
Rationale: Term: January 2024 – August 2024
Amount: $6,000.00
Scope: Yondr, inc will provide solutions and guidance on creating an engaging, phone-free school environment at Barack Obama School for Social Justice. Barack Obama School for Social Justice will receive 1:1 pouches and replacements for their middle school students, along with unlocking bases, storage accessories, and collateral/signage to support their full-day, phone-free environment.
Funding: 490.5241.24h159.2112.B2300 - 1003a Basic
Resolution: WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Yondr, Inc to purchase consulting services to support the Barack Obama School for Social Justice and provide solutions and guidance on creating an engaging, phone-free school environment for the 2023-2024 school year,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Yondr, 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 Yondr, 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 Yondr, Inc at a cost not to exceed $6,000.00.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Lissette Colon-Collins - Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:
Elaine Shine - Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovation
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:
Dr. Luis Rodriguez - Interim Superintendent of Schools
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Gail Burns Moved, Member Sheila Greenwald seconded to approve the Original motion 'WHEREAS the Board of Education wishes to enter into a contract with Yondr, Inc to purchase consulting services to support the Barack Obama School for Social Justice and provide solutions and guidance on creating an engaging, phone-free school environment for the 2023-2024 school year,

WHEREAS the district administration has designed in conjunction with Yondr, 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 Yondr, 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 Yondr, Inc at a cost not to exceed $6,000.00.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Rev. Steve Lopez     Yes
Kevin Cacace     Yes
Gail Burns     Yes
Sheila Greenwald     Yes
Amjed Kuri     Yes
Rosemarie Linton     Yes
Lawrence Sykes     Yes