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Meeting Date:
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2/24/2022 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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Finance & Operations - Votes
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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11.2 Resolution to Accept
School Improvement Grant – Cohort 4R No-Cost Extension
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Strategic Plans:
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Priority 1.1 1.1 Organize and align departments and resources to support district priorities, strategies, and initiatives.
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Enclosure
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SIG Grant Acceptance Letter
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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Whereas, School Improvement Grants (SIG), are issued through State educational agencies (SEAs), to local educational agencies (LEAs) for use in schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources to raise substantially the achievement of their students in their lowest performing schools; and
Whereas, the United States Department of Education approved the New Jersey Department of Education’s request to extend the availability of federal FY-16 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds. This extension will, in part, allow Avon Avenue School to use its FY-21 SIG carryover; and
Whereas, the NJ Department of Education awarded Newark Board of Education the no-cost extension for Avon Avenue School in the amount of $391,518 to focus on two key areas: Data analysis and Backwards Design and Unit Planning;
Whereas, the SIG no-cost extension grant period ends May 15, 2022.
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Funding :
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$391,518
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Recommendation to the Board:
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Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, the Newark Board of Education accepts the no-cost extension of the School Improvement Grant for Avon Avenue School in the amount of $391,518 and intends to implement the SIG-funded activities throughout the extended project period.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Michelina Thornton - Director of Grants
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Signed By:
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Nicole T. Johnson - Deputy Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
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Signed By:
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Roger León - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Hasani Council Moved, Member Josephine Garcia seconded to approve the Original motion 'Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, the Newark Board of Education accepts the no-cost extension of the School Improvement Grant for Avon Avenue School in the amount of $391,518 and intends to implement the SIG-funded activities throughout the extended project period.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 9 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 9 - 0 | | | | | Josephine Garcia | Yes | | Flohisha Johnson | Yes | | Dawn Haynes | Yes | | Asia J. Norton | Yes | | Shayvonne Anderson | Yes | | A'Dorian Murray-Thomas | Yes | | Hasani Council | Yes | | Vereliz Santana | Yes | | Daniel Gonzalez | Yes | |
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