The recommendation is to approve the agenda as presented.

Erica Tindell, representative from the  Regional California Association for the Gifted is presenting  Mr. Claudio Martinez with an award for regional GATE teacher of the year.

The recommendation is to approve the conflict of interest waiver for Schools Legal Services regarding issues related to possible unification.

Members of the public shall have an opportunity to address the Board of Trustees either before or during the Board's consideration of each item of business to be discussed at regular or special board meetings.  Each member of the public wishing to speak must completely fill out an individual Request to Speak form prior to the start of the meeting.  The time allotted shall be three (3) minutes (6 minutes when translation is required) with a maximum of twenty (20) minutes in each subject area.  This time may be used to address any item on the agenda, or any matter of concern within the jurisdiction of the Richland School District. Each person who addresses the Board must be first recognized by the presiding officer.  Comments must be addressed to the Board as a whole and not to individual members or District employees. The Board and staff are not obligated to comment on, or respond to, addresses by the public.  If appropriate, comments will be referred to staff for response at a later time. 

All the items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered by the Board to be routine and will be enacted by the Board in one action.  There will be no discussion of these items prior to the time the Board votes on the motion, unless member of the Board, Staff, or public request specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar.

Currently, fourth grade has funds to pay for the total estimated cost of the field trip.  The field trip will be paid for with money from fundraising events, PTO donations, and field trip admission fees budgeted from Golden Oak SSC.

Prior to the field trip, fourth grade students will be studying a unit about wild animals.  Students will conduct research and write a research paper about wild animals (physical traits, nutrition, behavior, and the animals living environment.)

The recommendation is to approve the field trip for 4th Grade Golden Oak students to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo on April 3, 2014.

The Los Angeles Zoo will provide a deeper insight of the different types of animals around the world. The field trip will assist students in gaining a deeper understanding of English Language Arts, Science, Writing and Reading content standards.

The recommendation is to approve the field trip for 3rd grade students from Redwood to go to the Los Angeles Zoo on April 3, 2014.  The field trip will be paid through fundraising. 

Gloria Zion, PIVOT Learning Partners, will present the quarterly DAIT progress report.

The Second Interim Financial Report must be certified by the Board of Trustees and filed with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools by March 15, 2014.  This report must include actuals through January 2014.

The recommendation is to approve the second interim financial report.

The recomendation is to approve Interdistrict Agreement Requests as presented.

It is recognized that each board member may have items of interest to share that will benefit the district.  Each member will be given the opportunity to comment at this time.