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\"The RFQ is a formal process that our office uses to solicit qualifications,\" said Joseph Lumpkin, who presented the RFQ overview on Jan. 8. Lumpkin described an online RFQ and selection workflow (OpenGov/Bonfire), committee-based scoring that includes community and parent reviewers, service matching to district needs, contract terms and monitoring and a planning cycle that coordinates school calendars, resources and training for contractors.

Lumpkin said the district assesses partner performance through attendance, academic measures, standardized after-school evaluation metrics, surveys and family feedback. The RFQ awards roughly 40 partner agreements covering after-school programming and family-engagement services; staff provide support such as devices and space when necessary for program delivery.

Committee members asked how the district chooses evaluators and how frequently partners are monitored. Lumpkin said the district recruits reviewers with relevant experience, includes parents who have worked with the district and typically conducts quarterly reviews tied to marking periods.

Separately, Finance staff presented the monthly financial report and noted a large reduction in grant funds compared with prior years. \"We are down 42%\" in grant funding compared with 2023–24, the finance presenter said, and staff warned that reductions in federal funds will make it difficult to sustain some after-school, spring-break and summer programming without alternate funding sources. Chairman Wilcox and Lumpkin both said they expect the district to use Title I and other available funds where possible but that summer programming, in particular, faces shortfalls.

The presentation was informational; the committee asked that the RFQ materials and an example evaluation tool be posted to board documents and suggested the district return with specifics about likely program reductions and mitigation plans.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","New Haven BOE 2025-01-06 NHBOE Finance and Operations Committee Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","YFCE staff described the RFQ process for selecting after-school and family-engagement partners and said falling federal grant totals will make summer and enrichment programming difficult to sustain without additional funding.","taxTitle","New Haven School District, School Districts, Connecticut","taxId",13002,"location","Connecticut","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},6393623,"District explores cost options to convert Betsy Ross (BROMS) into high school; combining routes with ESAMS would reduce expense",154,3822000,3976000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5&start=3822&end=3976","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5/thumbnail_3822000.jpg","/articles/6393623/Connecticut/District-explores-cost-options-to-convert-Betsy-Ross-BROMS-into-high-school-combining-routes-with-ESAMS-would-reduce-expense","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393623-14c8bb34ed6431c502d4a77e16fbfd7a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770959788&Signature=m6AnN2M0wg4PXATGDhG5LoVKL7kVusORvQGUh868yw9vf02V6ZAGq1tw422YLjThgYr7Ft9-Ogj6LIiUCcJ4j3qRGTHEYr7vXLtNBp9PSZEaXaevhs5lQGEiuAhVf2K5ISKYStkiXrRrb9OhtjbJIw0kyYFxTvyrihNSwNc64HLxCUzkN2bbUw8ltTBAFNeCNUJg5c0Ipk6F~tGYeTUgDDFzTONOu8hJl~B-FSpunC~RKk~u2IaRFplZSxNVylz0k3N0F3JJFIu5RiNd1GzNrG-Q2asMezmYOme6~yHV7kve1TUITICVvCRHJYV6xxXw0R8o3nYKf8a6fKbb~f-whQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District staff presented transportation options on Jan. 8 tied to a grant-driven plan to transition Betsy Ross (BROMS) into a high school. The change requires adjustments to the district’s tiered bus system and carries material cost implications.

\"If we were to move BROMS to the 1st tier with dedicated buses ... it would cost us an additional $2,200,000,\" a district transportation official said, describing a scenario with eight New Haven-operated buses and ten out-of-district buses dedicated to BROMS students. The official added that the district’s tiers place most high schools on the first tier, which runs earlier and uses buses not shared with other tiers.

Staff presented an alternate plan to combine BROMS routes with those of ESAMS, an existing early-start middle/high program. That option, which would share buses between the two schools, would raise costs by roughly $150,000 compared with current operations but avoid the multi-million-dollar increase of fully dedicated service.

District staff noted the schools are about 2.3 miles apart — roughly a nine-minute drive — and said route overlap and scheduling adjustments could allow shared buses to serve both sites. The presentation also proposed phasing in grades as the conversion proceeds: BROMS would add grades over several years rather than converting immediately to a full high school.

Staff said the change could allow BROMS students to participate in high-school athletics and seek internships or jobs earlier, rather than waiting until later grades. Committee members asked that the presentation be posted to BoardDocs and shared with school planning teams (SPMTs) and parents for further input. No formal action was taken; staff will continue analysis and community outreach before a final recommendation to the full board.

The committee asked staff to post the transportation slides to board materials and labeled the shared-route option as the lower-cost scenario under current constraints.","Officials presented transportation scenarios tied to converting Betsy Ross into a high school. Dedicated buses would add about $2.2 million to the budget; sharing routes with ESAMS could increase costs by about $150,000. Staff recommended further scheduling analysis and community outreach before final decisions.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6393626,"Committee reviews two MOUs: tutoring provider seeks test-score data; school requests community-service tracking access",0,770000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5&start=770&end=770","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5/thumbnail_770000.jpg","/articles/6393626/Connecticut/Committee-reviews-two-MOUs-tutoring-provider-seeks-test-score-data-school-requests-community-service-tracking-access","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393626-3b52957f8661a7d850d831329ac64c5e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770959788&Signature=W3tKd880jp1GakIDEYTyjScJRk1ceFqIzUjJob4Irt1dGDLDeehi~uSx0oL8DQtKR5oJ-tWlByrIjQThgUt9ei5Nb-2Qwcpm5Vod3rNNPivLicxdz~5QL1LsgNsXGoTBaQl2MK31aZpj-LHJeBp5AsYr6Gtd7Kyd-97wAVoSOUwDoSqTX4rIZep8zGfaDlK0-3jI9tq1j3dvN5HMc6XO9GuD0Nvl8OR8OyQlgEnQ4uBiuPQYX9xNZ5xWmW3Xnb7gFzdmspTplnxnlLZLnSyBHZhC4fVPKW9VMmnciGNt8NucrBjccnaJHb2hG1tUFm0CgXYSuxoxg3tME4Q4vuygQQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Finance & Operations Committee reviewed two memoranda of understanding on Jan. 8: a data-sharing MOU with tutoring provider New Haven Counts and a community-service tracking MOU with MobileServe LLC.

Mister Nguyen described New Haven Counts as a tutoring program seeking student assessment data to measure its effects on state (SBA) and district (iReady) outcomes for 2022–25. \"New Haven Counts is a tutoring program to boost literacy and numeracy among students,\" Nguyen said. He said the group requested SBA levels for 2022–25 and iReady levels for 2022–24 to evaluate program effectiveness.

Doctor Yarbrough asked whether the shared data would be anonymized and who would need to sign to permit sharing. Mister Nguyen said the program would need to obtain parent permission and that he would follow up with more details on how programs acquire parent consent. Later in the discussion staff noted the paperwork cites a school-official exception to FERPA and includes a district data-privacy agreement. \"My reading of the documentation is that it would be identifiable data because it's gonna have specific test scores, and it's citing a school official exception to FERPA,\" a committee member said. The committee asked in-house counsel to review and confirm what student-identifying information would be shared and whether parental consent is required.

MobileServe LLC’s MOU would provide an interface for a school to track community-service hours. Mister Nguyen said the school requested fields including first and last name, school email and cohort year so MobileServe can log and report hours. Committee members asked how community-service hours are currently tracked and whether MobileServe would be a pilot that would inform future vendor decisions.

Attorney Alexiadis noted she had been reviewing legal questions in the background and would coordinate offline with district counsel. Committee Chair Mister Wilcox said staff should circulate legal conclusions and any corrected MOU attachments before the full board meeting. The committee forwarded both MOUs to the full board with a recommendation to approve, with the request that legal clarifications about identifiable data and parental consent be completed first.

No final contract was executed at the committee meeting; the items were forwarded to the full board for consideration.","Committee members asked legal staff to confirm the scope of student data sharing in a New Haven Counts tutoring MOU and reviewed a MobileServe agreement that would let a school track student community-service hours using limited student fields.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6393631,"District outlines Title IV-A uses: college transition supports, bullying prevention, technology",231,164000,395000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5&start=164&end=395","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5/thumbnail_164000.jpg","/articles/6393631/Connecticut/District-outlines-Title-IV-A-uses-college-transition-supports-bullying-prevention-technology","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393631-ff3f03de6444469536ea17b97681f1b6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770959788&Signature=Dol~ffG838FDFI1F9TViu48w8Sz5JKkpJin-LXdtDgT4~qz1b2VKBVNxBPZ13TNIg4J~k9V0LdaeMOLcDKuBN00d3QcLXkdnx3-INip-daqTRjs39fb2YejwwWDbPBgLeX9Y5kMSV7vL1TcoGVvyMticulACHNt7KNVo1k2CSMpNAkZCPkjteyF0narYTBqwocUvBhpXQo6JpaV6X4XWznZC44SeShON24ptdVHTTGtZ~6uxZbgGyBPM~fvY2T80G0ZAgXjPQ-sFPQ67pIVXnncpC~oPZf5sSzJmRBuZnRpZKZ9kE4tW3rvIlWtNqhaSmfIwvPjsVzbU0eURFOrtKg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Miss Haxey, the district staff member presenting the Title IV-A student support and academic enrichment program, told the Finance & Operations Committee on Jan. 8 that the grant covers a broad set of activities across three required areas.

\"This is a Title grant,\" Miss Haxey said. \"There is 2 year use but we write it every year. ... There are 3 buckets: well rounded educational opportunities, safe and healthy schools, and effective use of technology, and the grant application requires us to have a certain percentage in each of these buckets.\"

Examples provided by Miss Haxey under the well-rounded-education bucket included college-and-career advisors, college-prep textbooks, AP training and exam payment, funding to increase access to STEM, world languages, arts and social studies, limited curriculum-writing support, and purchases such as maps and globes. She said the district funds field trips and college visits and cited a small Chinese-language program at Clinton Avenue and Fairhaven as an example.

Under safe and healthy schools, Haxey listed anti-bullying and social-emotional learning initiatives, climate surveys, student-council activities, parent-involvement tools (including phone-translation services) and at-risk student programs for middle and high school. She said the district will fund bullying-prevention training and fund conference attendance for staff (\"we're gonna pay for a conference for Doctor Baker to get more training\"). Haxey also noted the district planned to purchase sanitary products for girls in school laboratories, citing recent state legislation enabling that use of Title IV-A funds.

For effective use of technology, Haxey said the grant pays for classroom apps and digital instructional tools (Screencastify, Padlet, Gimkit, Kami and similar platforms) and supports a district blended credit-recovery program that combines online and in-person elements.

Doctor Yarbrough thanked Haxey for the overview and asked that the district report outcomes tied to these investments. \"You named a number of things that have been expressed as very important to members of the district,\" Yarbrough said. \"I look forward to hearing about some of the outcomes.\"

The presentation was an information item; the committee did not take formal action on the grant at the meeting. Committee members asked that outcome measures and needs-assessment results be tracked and shared as the district implements the funded activities.","New Haven School District staff summarized how Title IV-A funds will be used across three federally required buckets — well-rounded education, safe and healthy schools, and effective use of technology — including college-trip support, bullying-prevention training and classroom apps.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6393636,"Finance & Operations Committee votes to forward 1 abstract, 2 MOUs, 3 agreements, 1 amendment, 2 change orders and 10 purchase orders to full board",35,2257000,2292000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5&start=2257&end=2292","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2106582-3020154b59b9ec94fa060e89d8138fb5/thumbnail_2257000.jpg","/articles/6393636/Connecticut/Finance-Operations-Committee-votes-to-forward-1-abstract-2-MOUs-3-agreements-1-amendment-2-change-orders-and-10-purchase-orders-to-full-board","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393636-5e5412153349fd02579b8353909daa3e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770959788&Signature=kjkhtyns4GcEqWyDNiqYRrTH8fX217bxNqxgt1V2krWTxkqu3GLTBO9msXy5MrGagRDjhP9t-M5imtG3sl5oKowvMVMOa-dcZwaKog9067JXFnuPD6DFOUqJuYZfIoppgy4JuDYgKiLuNtAmLmnJ6HYDORQDV6qGbipjDtQ0~uxVwrIpBsumnT2rD-9vBx4pcvFOue5YGT72AGs988RrcNw8TueuYBcbtVnqbSH7n5YMqF852XnZrskdADCIXu2mjVJmdD1xZqbXXeGthtjnUVHLqMPslUOIhQTgKtViG6oaMiiWZH15cMZeQ1h3~JnnDSTQbNHhzMrTx86OB44M5g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The New Haven School District Finance & Operations Committee voted Jan. 8 to send a package of items to the full Board of Education with a recommendation to approve them.

The motion covered one information abstract, two memoranda of understanding (MOUs), three vendor agreements, one contract amendment, two construction change orders and ten purchase orders. Committee Chair Mister Wilcox moved approval and the motion was seconded; Doctor Yarbrough and President Rivera voted in favor. The motion carried.

Votes at a glance
- Abstract: Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant (information item) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- MOUs: New Haven Counts (tutoring/data-sharing) and MobileServe LLC (community service tracking) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve; committee asked that legal counsel confirm data privacy/FERPA details for New Haven Counts before final execution.
- Agreements: Custom Insight (climate surveys), Lifeline Cares (on-call nursing for field trips), United Illuminating (LED retrofit reimbursement at three schools) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- Amendment: Increase to legal services contract with Shipman & Goodwin by $150,000 — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- Change orders: Tyson Prepared Foods (additional food costs) and JTM (food-service related work) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- Purchase orders and time extensions: Ten items ranging from flooring and playground work to mechanical and security projects — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.

Committee members said the package represents routine operational business scheduled for the full board. Several members asked for follow-up items to be available before the full board meeting: copies of an MOU attachment misfiled in one agenda packet, energy-usage tracking for the LED retrofit agreement, and documentation clarifying Lifeline Cares selection and scope.

The committee’s affirmative recommendation does not itself approve contracts; it forwards the items for consideration and final vote by the full Board of Education at its next meeting.

The committee recording shows the motion being made and the subsequent roll call vote; the full board will now consider the recommended approvals at its next scheduled session.","At its Jan. 8 meeting the New Haven School District Finance & Operations Committee voted to send multiple items — including two MOUs and retrofit and service agreements — to the full board with a recommendation to approve. Committee members voted in favor and the recommendation will appear on the board agenda.","actionData","errors"]

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District staff outlines RFQ process for after-school partners and warns reduced federal grants will strain summer and enrichment programs

District explores cost options to convert Betsy Ross (BROMS) into high school; combining routes with ESAMS would reduce expense

Committee reviews two MOUs: tutoring provider seeks test-score data; school requests community-service tracking access

District outlines Title IV-A uses: college transition supports, bullying prevention, technology

Finance & Operations Committee votes to forward 1 abstract, 2 MOUs, 3 agreements, 1 amendment, 2 change orders and 10 purchase orders to full board