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Review of 1 year of contracts for SRCS. I went through 1 years data 2024 of SRCS contract approvals and I made some line cuts. You may or may not agree with what is essential for a school district. But with my "imaginary" cuts the savings were ~2.5 million dollars and no district staff was laid off. Some budget highlights. The French Charter school paid 20,000 dollars for a juggling and magic instructor. MHS spent 5,000 dollars on piano accompaniments. The budget is littered with nonsense training and consultations that are not required to run a school district. Paying 67,000 dollars for a software cyber high to determine metrics.... District paid Renaissance 77,160 dollars for "DnA platform for administering assessments and providing teachers with learning data analytics." I do not understand at this era the school district is paying a subscription to a textbook service. A school district can easily find a better solution then paying 70,395 dollars for McGraw Hill K-5 Math program online resources. Does the school district lack in house lawyers? "business and legal counsel" from Fagen, Friedman & Fulfrost (F3) for 890,000 dollars. King Consulting 102,500 dollars to "help SRCS identify and apply for modernization funding" Going to be real there is no value in a 10,000 dollar Pyramid Educational Consultants two day training for teachers. Lawrence Hall of Science charges 810 dollar for a 50 minute lesson. I love the idea of supporting music but paying 58,000 dollars for Mariachi Camp for 300 K-12th graders. Another program Play Marimba 42,200 dollars "Provides [rental] 52 marimba instruments and lessons" Ethnic studies is important but paying 127,500 dollars for a Ethnic Studies PD is absurd. Spend that money on a reading teacher. Here is the raw data. I cherry picked contracts to "cut" but to give you an idea of potential savings. I removed all last names. Provider | Cost | Description provided by SRTA ---|---|---- Pyramid Educational Consultants | 4700 | Provide one day PD on behavior management to over 75 Teachers and Specialists Lawrence Hall of Science | 810 | ABES students will have a 50 minute lesson Feb 12 on “Solids, Liquids and Gases” Lawrence Hall of Science | 840 | BHES students will have a 50 minute lesson Feb 8 on “Build, Engineer, Invent” Fun Science | 800 | Two interactive assemblies for RVMS from the LCAP. Educaonal Services / Samuel | 1800 | Abigail will provide professional learning to Joe | 20625 | Magic and Juggling classes for students at FACS Sonoma State University (SSU) School of Extended Education | 168000 | SS EXCEL for 300 3rd-7th grade students Luther Burbank Center for the Arts | 58000 | SS Mariachi Camp for 300 K-12th graders LandPaths | 100800 | SS six week long outdoor camps for 240 6-13 year olds Springboard Collaborative | 264000 | SS Early Literacy program for 400 K-4th grade students Pyramid Educational Consultants | 10000 | This two day training is designed for educators of children on the autism spectrum encourages creativity and innovation on the teacher’s part and utilizes a broad spectrum of behavior analysis principles. Cardea | 2500 | Up to two two-hour workshops for high school teachers on strategies for to support question and answer sessions for students (How to Answer Sensitive Questions in the Sex Ed Classroom) and One, one-hour, Q&A webinar for current seniors. Rosa | 900 | Will teach SRMS students Krump, Hip Hop and freestyle dance in 1-hour sessions @$150/hour. Sonoma County Fair & Exposition, Inc. | 2590 | April 4th rental of Hall of Flowers for 8th grade Career Day. Santa Rosa Plaza | 2100 | Posters for summer school in Santa Rosa Mall (ELOP funded) Wine Country Radio | 4500 | 135 radio promotions for summer school across three stations from April 29 through May 17. Lawrence Hall of Science | 1200 | 70 minute Parent/Student science night for 3rd to 6th grade ALPS students May 28 King Consulting | 102500 | This addendum doubles the original contract to $205,000 to help SRCS identify and apply for modernization funding from the state. ClassLink | 40462 | Provides online access for all students and staff. When used, it provides analytics. How many staff and students just directly log in to sites, bypassing this extra step? McGraw Hill | 70395 | Provides extension of online resources for K-5 Math program. Play Marimba | 42200 | Provides 52 marimba instruments and lessons for the Blitz program. This averages over $800 per instrument. Miramba Rental SF appears to offer rentals for $300. Mystery Science by Discovery Education | 19435 | K-5 online hands-on curriculum. Cyber High | 65139 | Is any metric used to assess learning and future success for students served by Cyber High? Albert.i.o/Learning by Doing | 12886 | Given the improvements to the College Board website, why is this contract being extended? Hannah Long Design | 20000 | Doubles initial contract for updating district website and supporting the redesign and updates to site websites. Code to the Future (CSI) | 33000 | Computer Science program for Biella (was put on hold during and after Covid.) Acosta Latino Educational Partnership | 127500 | Ethnic Studies PD Colors of Spanish | 30372 | Music and movement classes to enhance/teach Spanish language vocabulary and early literacy skills for CCLA students Code Rev Kids, Inc. | 57000 | Coding classes and Rev Robotics for FACS students. Portuguese Futbol Academy | 9660 | 24 hours of enrichment during lunch for CCLA students LiftForward | 4326 | This license allows SRCS to use the free online MS Office applications and to download and use the full desktop MS Office suite on up to 5 devices and new Office 365 A3 license for 100 staff to allow them to use the desktop MS Office suite. Renaissance | 77160 | DnA platform for administering assessments and providing teachers with learning data analytics. This is expected to be the last year for contracting with this vendor. Fagen, Friedman & Fulfrost (F3) | 890000 | business and legal counsel Droplet | 5000 | Droplet will revolutionize the Field Trip Request process by replacing the current paper or PDF forms with a dynamic, district-wide submission system. Steve | 10200 | Continue with development and implementation of the SPARQ Observatory and SRG (SPARQ Research Group). This year had 12 students completing projects at PHS. Alongside | 4800 | Provides 500 licenses for SRMS providing clinician-powered AI for research-based support for adolescents. 111 hours were utilized last year. Minga | 29487 | Provides full access to Minga, a Campus Management Platform for tall HS to enhance the efficiency, security, and accountability of day-to-day operations. Cardea Services | 7000 | Provide staff training to implement SexEd in PE 1 to meet CHYA. FCMAT | 2500 | FCMAT will conduct a 3.5 hour associated student body finance workshop Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. | 1595 | Two performances for students. Site funded. Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. | 1795 | Three performances for students. Site funded. Beyond Equity in Education (Bay Jones) | 6875 | By 6/30/25 1. Establish leadership structure 2. Stakeholder input 3. Analysis and Draft 4. Present implementation plan for adoption. TechSmith Corporation (Snagit) | 712 | For 35 administrators to capture, edit and share video EdPuzzle | 20720 | Unlimited interactive video platform for all students at LBES, CCLA, SRAccCS, SRCSArts, SRFACS,HCMS, SRMS, EAHS, MCHS, and PHS. Restorative Resources | 8000 | To support SRCS staff members seeking resolutions to conflicts and heal harms. Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. | 1795 | IXL Learning | 10200 | Online platform for Math, Science, History and English for HCMS (Site Funded) Vocabulary.com | 3145 | Online platform for HCMS (CSI Funded) Empathy Studios, LLC | 1349 | Training videos and materials to support empathy based community engagement, de-escalation, and training for Student Safety Advisors and APs to support individuals impacted by intoxication Solution Tree | 20000 | ALES, HSMS and MHS staff members will do PD on data analysis to improve school culture and climate. JetBrains | 458 | DataGrip will allow Information and Evaluation Services to access databases, prepare reports, and to complete other data intensive tasks. Ad-Vantage Marketing Inc. | 30000 | Preparation and printing services for all elementary and secondary report cards. SeeSaw Learning | 2625 | Engaging FACS students with multimodal learning tools that allow students to show what they know (photo, video, audio, drawing, and more). SeeSaw Learning | 3413 | Same as above for CCLA students. Richard Tunheim, dba Aarrestad-Gjervik Consulting | 51000 | Three year contract @$17,000 per year for assisting SRCS with E-Rebates. SRCS collected $1.4 million in rebate in 2024. Walker Creek Ranch | 26905 | Four days of outdoor ed for HVES. Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. | 1795 | School assembly for ABES. StuntMasters | 1425 | School assembly for ABES. Solution Tree | 15000 | Provide 6 days of professional development training to EAHS leadership team to analyze data and focus on improving school culture and climate. Sonoma County Fair & Exposition, Inc. | 4571 | The Sonoma County Fairground Hall of Flowers Facility Use Agreement for a Career Day for 8th grade students on Oct 2. Explore Learning | 3836 | Two apps: Reflex, which is a gamified basic math fact fluency and Frax, which develops conceptual understanding of fractions for PTES. Deaf Ninja / Kyle | 3500 | Kyle is a deaf motivational speaker for HVES. Chris | 2000 | Piano Accompaniment for MHS. Amanda | 600 | Piano Accompaniment for MHS. Janet | 2400 | Piano Accompaniment for MHS. Free to Be | 1350 | My Life aims to empower youth with knowledge, tools, motivation, and support to build positive self-esteem, develop healthy relationships, learn how to respond appropriately to bullying, make well-thought-out decisions, make positive choices in peer pressure situations, and navigate social media safely. For SR Accelerated Charter students. Paid for with Site LCAP funds. Jared | 3000 | Motivational Speaker for 2 Culture Shift Tour Assemblies at SRMS paid with Site Funds. Edpuzzle, Inc. | 2182 | Interactive lessons offer all our students different modalities for increased engagement for HSMS funded by site LCAP. Santa Rosa Police Department | 841 | Security for Commencement Ceremony at MCHS, paid by site funds.

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