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Votes at a glance: the board approved (1) an Aruba network-switch replacement under RFP 25-105 to modernize aging switches, (2) a contract with T‑Mobile to expand Wi‑Fi on school buses by using cellular connections (making the service E‑Rate eligible), (3) a contract with Sacramento Valley Lock Works to install additional digital door locks at the district office, (4) the district’s 2024–25 second interim report with a positive certification, (5) resolutions to dismiss certain certificated probationary employees (Resolution 9-20) and certain certificated temporary employees (Resolution 9-21), (6) adoption of the first day of school for 2025–26 (Resolution 9-22) as Aug. 13, 2025, (7) playground repairs at Bell Avenue Preschool, and (8) campus field and play-area renovations at Taylor Street, Bell Avenue and Glenwood. The board also approved sunshine proposals for bargaining negotiations between the district and the Classified School Employees Association (CSEA) chapter 285 in both directions.

IT and operations staff told trustees the Aruba switch project is a phased replacement because E‑Rate reimbursement limits and funding cycles prevented replacing all sites at once. An IT speaker said E‑Rate “reimburses the district between 80–90% the overall cost” for eligible items and explained phasing helps staff learn to operate and maintain new equipment.

Board members asked questions about the bus Wi‑Fi item, including whether electric buses are in daily use; staff confirmed the district is using electric buses daily and that the T‑Mobile contract will make bus connections available as a student Wi‑Fi hotspot in addition to vehicle telemetry. Trustees also asked whether digital locks are planned for school sites; staff said the immediate contract covers the district office and that a cost-benefit analysis would be needed before expanding to school sites.

All action items on the agenda were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with no recorded no votes or abstentions.

Details on several approved items:

- Aruba network switch solution (RFP 25‑105): approved; staff said equipment replaces aging, unsupported switches; funding in part from E‑Rate; rollout will be phased to match E‑Rate cycles.

- T‑Mobile bus Wi‑Fi: approved; expands cellular connectivity to provide Wi‑Fi on buses and is E‑Rate eligible because the district is repurposing existing cellular telemetry connections.

- Sacramento Valley Lock Works (digital door locks): approved for additional locks at the district office; staff said district office needs more restricted access than school sites and that a future cost-benefit analysis would be required to expand the system to campuses.

- Playground repairs and campus field renovations (Bell Avenue Preschool; Taylor Street, Bell Avenue and Glenwood): approved to enhance outdoor learning and play areas; staff said landscaping and field upgrades will expand program and after-school opportunities.

- Personnel resolutions (Resolutions 9‑20 and 9‑21): trustees adopted resolutions to dismiss certain certificated probationary and temporary employees; the motions carried unanimously.

- School calendar resolution (Resolution 9‑22): trustees adopted Aug. 13, 2025, as the first day of school for 2025–26; staff said calendar-setting is coordinated with the teachers’ bargaining unit and was needed to meet scheduling timelines.

Several trustees thanked staff and noted continued attention to security, technology and after‑school programming. No items failed or were tabled at the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Robla School District Board Meeting -March 13, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At a regular meeting, the Robla School District Board of Trustees approved multiple contracts for network switches, bus Wi‑Fi and digital locks; adopted personnel dismissal resolutions; set the 2025–26 school-start date; and approved playground and field renovations. All motions carried unanimously.","taxTitle","Robla Elementary, School Districts, California","taxId",76648,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6278401,"Robla board certifies second interim budget as enrollment declines and federal funding lags",838,2461000,3299000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2641207-7bcf61e8891fd65578fe50781c65f0e1&start=2461&end=3299","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2641207-7bcf61e8891fd65578fe50781c65f0e1/thumbnail_2461000.jpg","/articles/6278401/California/Robla-board-certifies-second-interim-budget-as-enrollment-declines-and-federal-funding-lags","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6278401-ac8452a245e97a0be4a0fea6d42dcb20/orig.mp4?Expires=1770870483&Signature=I9U5dsJ7nG3KlyYfIlUjTFZxaV-8dUY11GcO8dVvt1Zfd0yLgWZrpTmbFrsL1JhbRG39MKztblzcpTKrsTtYA0mSuWcffRYpb72-k73rd8YvxFuwx5fRRsIsd1wh3FLPF3NhSLYPE-zeFOhQ2KNBLinhedIK9XdLuuIz3mH7uYkp~9ovNtwXoTBy3daKpUXQbZmFtmOEAEieT8sUhzOpeMHQo866kFCykJKugdUwPeP11aivx9Of8B0uo-hcH-ujY5Tasx0gsJ4ZmR76-yncUlpd01scC1I5Y5UVZwzW6D4OpVwSuhLzhb2njIjozLp~Ul0GDF8JkOOYFmQArM3uJQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Robla School District Board President DeLuis and district business staff presented the district’s 2024 second interim report and recommended a positive certification for the general fund. Board members voted unanimously to approve the report.

The presentation summarized key budget drivers, enrollment trends and program funding. The staff presenter said the district’s total unrestricted general fund is about $28.9 million, of which roughly $27.1 million comes from the Local Control Funding Formula. Combined district revenue was presented at about $37.9 million, with combined expenditures around $41.8 million and unrestricted expenditures near $23.3 million. The presenter said staffing accounts for about 83% of unrestricted expenditures.

Business staff told trustees the district has been in declining enrollment for the last several years and that the district lost 28 students from last year to this year — a decline the presenter said reduces revenue by more than $400,000. The presenter said federal CARES funding ended Sept. 30, 2024, and flagged uncertainty about future federal funds. The presenter told the board that the district expects to use some restricted one-time funds (for example, learning recovery and student support block grants) during 2024–25 and that those one-time funds are not included in baseline assumptions for 2025–26.

Staff described other specific items that are not in the 2025–26 budget assumptions: one-time block grants for student support and learning recovery, a transitional-kindergarten staffing ratio change, and bargaining outcomes that remain unsettled. The presenter also said the city of Sacramento will transfer management of an After School Education and Safety (ACES) grant to the district; the presentation listed that ACES grant at about $750,000 pending transfer.

Board members asked about the need for additional meetings if the May Revise produces significant budget changes and about statutory deadlines (for example, March 15 notices) that limit some personnel steps. Business staff said the district will attend a May Revise workshop and that the 2025–26 budget and Local Control Accountability Plan will be prepared on the May Revise assumptions.

The board then voted to approve the second interim report with a positive certification, meaning staff concluded the district can meet its financial obligations for the current and following two years under the assumptions presented. The motion carried unanimously.","Trustees unanimously approved the 2024–25 second interim report with a positive certification while staff warned of declining enrollment, federal funding uncertainty and planned deficit spending in restricted programs.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6278406,"Robla reports rise in special-education identification, expands inclusion supports",1272,1247000,2519000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2641207-7bcf61e8891fd65578fe50781c65f0e1&start=1247&end=2519","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2641207-7bcf61e8891fd65578fe50781c65f0e1/thumbnail_1247000.jpg","/articles/6278406/California/Robla-reports-rise-in-special-education-identification-expands-inclusion-supports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6278406-138e108e651fcce165b8164f656f375c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770870483&Signature=RL9IsaaE4mSzGrrpshVIitDK6tTiH~TagFhTrXpbQ2mwrP59gza-0hHlITMExi7KvRz7ICgn7hLyhmQzqS5Hg5xFop6aeZfV~ksdmoxexMohaArn2e9vx8REQk7-Vc600L3sXCQw~Hykax9G~-vz5YTmZBBPEh7hKIJ0-iZRoKwRT4qRS0lYroK1RirezNKo0uIN1u-YKk0eU8r4h9pVmWq8zOMB94O3jbPmwXDnCaEV0kSz5KycqIHAH9em-ezKkIA1bvBfqMAGK5ODcN--GELekhXNGiSWn~M5lvfhmdFZ2CiZU2h2348WROxEmfBebz4zBdOtfDxdfdvCOpVqUg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Janet Horowitz, the district’s director of special services, told the Robla School District Board of Trustees that 331 students — 16.4% of the district’s preschool-through-sixth-grade enrollment of 2,018 — were eligible for special-education services in 2024–25, up from 12.6% the prior year.

The increase, Horowitz said, follows statewide trends and may reflect pandemic-related learning and socialization impacts: “A lot of that, in my personal opinion has to do with COVID,” she said. Horowitz also flagged a particularly large rise in students identified with autism, especially at the preschool level, and added that some preschool students later no longer meet the eligibility criteria after additional early intervention.

The update is significant because the district is shifting from a model that relied more on pull-out special-education placements to one that emphasizes inclusion and push-in supports in general-education classrooms. Horowitz said Robla has moved to hire inclusion staff and coaches, contracted for districtwide professional development in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and enrolled sites in coaching and classroom walkthroughs to support teachers.

Key details Horowitz gave to the board include: the district’s total enrollment of 2,018 students; 331 students eligible for special education (16.4%); state average cited as 14.3%; a rise in autism identifications concentrated in preschool; and recent operational changes that returned 15 students to their home schools. Horowitz described program shifts in service delivery — more speech-and-language-only services for younger students, greater use of push-in instruction and fewer students in self-contained settings.

Horowitz said the district expanded staff more than originally planned: instead of one inclusion specialist for preschool–third grade and two independence facilitators, the district added two inclusion specialists and six independence facilitators. She said those hires allowed the district to implement inclusion at five sites and return students to neighborhood schools.

Horowitz described outcome measures the district will use to evaluate inclusion efforts, including teacher pre- and post-surveys on attitudes and comfort with inclusion, classroom observation and anecdotal progress. When Board President DeLuis asked, “What sort of data are we looking at to determine the, the success in that in that way?” Horowitz described a pre/post teacher survey and cited individual student results — for example, a student who moved out of a self-contained classroom and later scored at grade level on math without accommodations, and another student who is “currently performing at grade level in math and nearly grade level in English Language Arts.” She also read a case summary from an inclusion specialist documenting behavioral gains, increased participation and academic progress for a kindergarten student.

Horowitz said the district’s CDE-monitored targets show improvement: students spending more than 80% of the day in general education are “slightly above” the target, and students in self-contained settings (less than 40% general education) dropped from a high of 31% to 18%. She reported only two students placed in nonpublic separate settings across the past two years.

Partnerships and funding cited in the presentation include contracts with Changing Perspectives and consultant Sam Drazen for UDL and inclusive-practice training; a philanthropic gift from College Futures to support the Drazen contract; monthly Playmakers inclusive-sports sessions with peer mentors; Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) professional development; an Inclusive Early Education Expansion Grant for preschool inclusion; and training through WestEd’s Beginning Together program. Horowitz said one inclusion specialist is pursuing an inclusion-facilitator certificate through Beginning Together.

Board members asked how the district will measure programmatic impact beyond anecdotes. Horowitz said the district will run post surveys in May and track IEP and classroom-level indicators; she also offered to return with end-of-year goal outcomes.

The presentation closed with Horowitz inviting trustees to observe inclusion work and with the board expressing support for the direction and interest in future outcome data.","Robla School District reported a rise in identified special-education students to 16.4% of enrollment and described steps to increase inclusive classroom supports, including new staff, professional development and partnerships.","actionData","errors"]

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