Huntington Beach City School District Wrap-up

Andrew Wainer

ISSUE: Alcohol and drug prevention

VOTE: 5-0

SUMMARY: The board approved an agreement with the Orange County

superintendent of schools to provide funds to implement the anti-drug

‘Club Live’ program.

The community-based program seeks to develop alternatives to alcohol

and drug use by altering the environments that contribute to these

activities.

The Orange County Department of Education will reimburse the district

$1,000 per school site advisor.

ISSUE: District database

VOTE: 5-0

SUMMARY: The board approved a contract with Data Works to maintain a

districtwide data base that provides student performance data for

educational planning and accountability purposes.

The California Department of Education requires that accountability

data be reported each November.

For the 1999-2000 school year, Data Works will charge the district

$12,000.

ISSUE: Consultant services VOTE: 5-0 SUMMARY: The board approved

funding for the California Weekly Explorer Program, which provides an

interactive assembly for fourth- and fifth-grade classes. The cost of the

Explorer program is $1,285.

The consultant services of Donna Inglima of the Laguna Playhouse were

also approved. The play, “By the Great Horn Spoon” is a curriculum-based

play for fourth- and fifth-graders. Inglima’s services cost the district

$600.