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Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and the Regents of the University of California via Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to provide 158 hours for The East Bay Academy for Young Scientist (EBAYS) Science Enrichment Program, based at UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science, to present program twice a week throughout the remainder of the fall semester; provide staff and instructional materials necessary to implement the program; be responsible for scheduling, staff management, as well as maintenance and transport of learning materials; employ a series of hands-on, inquiry-based activities that reinforce science content aligned with the State of California and national science education content standards, and as such support students' learning activities that better prepare them for future academic studies; and include program project-based elements, which will provide students with opportunities to apply what they have learned in real world context, at Sankofa Academy, for the period August 30, 2011 through June 14, 2012, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.