Board of Education

Heidi AsHcrAft, PresideNtBoard Member-at-Large

WilliAm WAtkiNs, ed.d., Vice PresideNtEl Segundo Unified School District

idA VANderPOOrte, clerkManhattan Beach Unified School District

Alice GriGsby, memberBoard Member-at-Large

bArbArA lucky, esq., memberPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

terry rAGiNs, memberTorrance Unified School District

brAd WAller, memberRedondo Beach Unified School District triNA l. WilliAms, memberInglewood Unified School District

cHristiNe A. HOffmAN, ed.d.Superintendent

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Southern California Regional Occupational Center 2300 Crenshaw BoulevardTorrance, CA 90501310.224.4200www.socalroc.com

May 16, 2013

the socal rOc board of education held its regularly scheduled meeting on may 16, 2013. At the meeting, the board heard the following:

PrOGrAm HiGHliGHtSoCal ROC American Sign Language I/II Instructor, Lori Smith-Hillman, presented an overview of the American Sign Language pro-gram to the Board.

The American Sign Language I/II class is a University of California (UC) approved a-g course that fulfills the entrance requirement for the area of foreign language.

Ms. Smith-Hillman commented that she has been interpreting for thirty-five years and uses sign language during her class lec-tures. Ms. Smith-Hillman stated that the most rewarding part of the course is when the students are a natural at interpreting using the right body language, facial ex-pressions, and rhythms.

Ms. Smith-Hillman introduced three American Sign Language students: Maya Adhikari, a senior at South High School, Karla Pineda, a junior at City Honors High School, and Taylor Tuleja, a junior at Palos Verdes High School. The students in-terpreted songs and finger-spelled to the Board.

Board President Heidi Ashcraft presented Ms. Smith-Hillman with a Board Certificate of Excellence.

cONseNt cAleNdArThe Board approved the following items:

On-the-Job Training Affiliation Agreements for the following businesses: The • Alston Group, Inc., Postal Max, Etc., Western Avenue Dental Center, and Jin H. Yang, DDS.

The Five-Year Plan for Deferred Maintenance.•

2012-2013 Year-End Appropriation transfers.•

Maya Adhikari Tuleja Taylor Karla Pineda

Heidi Ashcraft and Lori-Smith Hillman

studeNt VOicesSarah Muller, a South High School senior, shared her School of Health Sci-ences career pathway with the Board. Since the beginning her sophomore year, Ms. Muller completed the following courses: American Sign Language I/II, Emergency Medical/ First Responder, Medical Front Office, Fundamen-tals of Nursing, and Medical Assisting Clinical. Currently, Ms. Muller volun-teers in the labor and delivery unit at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, San Pedro. In the fall, she will be attending California State University, Dominguez Hills, as a Community Health major. Her career goal is to become a Pediatric Nurse, in which she plans to pursue the Registered Nursing (RN) program at the University of California, Los Angeles in the future. Ms. Muller attributed her success to the valuable training that she has received from her instructors at SoCal ROC. Ms. Muller recently was awarded a scholarship at the annual SoCal ROC scholarship recognition event. Board President Ashcraft presented Ms. Muller with a Board Certificate of Excellence.

stAff rePOrts update Governor’s Proposed local control funding formula and cte Superintendent Hoffman gave a brief review of the Governor’s timeline for the budget. Traditionally, the Governor presents his preliminary state budget in January. The Governor’s May revision of the budget is pre-sented taking into consideration changes to the state’s economic situation included increases or decreases in revenues Superintendent Hoffman stated that currently the state’s revenues look much better than anticipated in January. Superintendent Hoffman stated that the Governor’s May revise included three lines that pertain specifi-cally to ROC/Ps: that direct funded ROC/P JPA’s would receive funding for two additional years. Superintendent Hoffman stated that while this reprieve is welcome news, there are still some uncertainties which linger. The pri-mary uncertainty for SoCal ROC is how much state revenue SoCal ROC will receive during these next two years. Superintendent Hoffman stated that the answer to this question should be forthcoming in the next few weeks and commented how successful the grassroots effort to save SoCal ROC has been. Superintendent Hoffman con-cluded with a thank you to the Board Members, staff, students, businesses, and communities for all their support and to local legislators Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), Senator Roderick D. Wright (D-South Los Angeles), and Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) for all their work in Sacramento on SoCal ROC’s behalf.

suPeriNteNdeNt remArksSuperintendent Hoffman informed the Members of the Board of upcoming events: 1) May 29, 2013, Fashion Show “An Evening in Paris”, 7:00 p.m.; 2) May 30, 2013, Retiree Reception from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; and 3) June 5, 2013, year-end staff luncheon, 11:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. at SoCal ROC. Superintendent Hoffman thanked Member Watkins for facilitating and supporting the efforts of the El Segundo City Council’s to save SoCal ROC. Superintendent Hoffman thanked everyone for their support and stated that SoCal ROC will continue to be optimistic and move forward in preparing for the 2013/14 school year.

Brad Waller, William Watkins, Ed.D., Ida VanderPoorte, Heidi Ashcraft, Sarah Muller, and Alice Grigsby

Sarah Muller

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