HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-22-2002 MINUTES
DATE:
July 23, 2002
TO:
City Council
FROM:
City Manager
SUBJECT:
DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY OF DUBLIN
LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING – JULY 22, 2002
The City’s Liaison Committee representatives, consisting of Mayor Lockhart and Vice Mayor McCormick, along with myself, P&CS Director Diane Lowart, and Community Development Director
Eddie Peabody, met with representatives from the Dublin Unified School District on July 22, 2002. School District representatives included Boardmember Kevin Hart, School Superintendent
John Sugiyama, and Business Manager Gene Turner. The results of that meeting are as follows:
1. Update on School Daycare Facility Expansion: The School Superintendent indicated that he would look at the need expressed at the various elementary schools; however, it was agreed
that this was not a high priority and that this issue would be deferred for one year.
2. Open Media Centers: The School Superintendent indicated that he would discuss this issue with his staff after school starts and return to the Liaison Committing in October with a
proposal for opening a school media center, which could possibly be jointly paid for by the City and the District.
3. Joint Use Agreement: The School Superintendent indicated that the District wanted to look at the potential use of the Swim Center for physical education classes. He also indicated
an interest in looking at new school facilities being planned in eastern Dublin for future joint facility improvement opportunities (i.e., Stager Gym).
4. Future School Planning: Most of the meeting was spent discussing the District’s efforts on future school planning. The Superintendent indicated that there were currently four high
school options being considered. These options included 1) expanding the current facility, 2) rebuilding Dublin High School on its current site, 3) building a new high school on a
different site, and 4) building a second high school. He indicated that District Staff is not convinced that two high schools can work with only 2,300 students and would result in
a substandard educational program for students in both high schools. He indicated his intention to meet with the Board of Trustees by October on the high school issue.
The School Superintendent indicated that District Staff were attempting to get the development community to build schools, including expanding the current high school.
The issue of the current junior high school/high school site was discussed. The District Superintendent indicated that it was evaluating options if it could not get access to the site
by Spring 2003 due to the inability of the Developer to obtain the Army Corps of Engineer’s 404 Permit. He indicated that they might look at developing the Green Elementary School
site first, adjacent to Ted Fairfield Park, and then look at expanding elementary schools to K-6 in order to provide more capacity at Wells Middle School. He indicated that this was
one of several different alternatives that the School District was evaluating. I indicated that the City has no record of a letter from the District releasing the 25 acres at the southern
portion of the middle school/high school site in
Area F. The Superintendent indicated that he would look into that issue. The Superintendent also indicated that they had 70 more children than anticipated at Dougherty Elementary School.
However, the other elementary schools in the District were down in enrollment.
Some time was spent discussing the future of the District offices. School Representatives indicated that they would need 7 – 10 acres.
5. High School Voucher Status: The School Superintendent spent considerable time explaining the impact of the Title 1 Program and its relationship to the issue raised in the newspapers
regarding Dublin High School test scores. He believed that this issue would be moot in the near future because the District would be losing its Title 1 funding. He also anticipated
that the test scores were increasing.
6. Mega High School: This issue was covered under our discussion of future school planning.
7. LAVTA Letter for Bus Passes: I indicated that I would be talking with my Staff regarding the progress on this project and report back to the Council. The School Superintendent indicated
that he would check with Wells Middle School.
8. Other Business: It was agreed that the City and the School District would work on having a joint meeting between the entire City Council and the School District Board of Trustees
in mid-October, and that the School Superintendent would develop a list of topics.
Boardmember Kevin Hart indicated that he would be raising the issue of instituting random drug testing at the middle school and high school for students participating in extracurricular
activities. He also discussed the canine drug detection program.
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