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Approval by the Board of Education of Amendment No. 1, Professional Services Contract between the District and Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide an additional 685 hours of ongoing translation services for non-bilingual teachers, outreach to families to increase participation of ELL families at school events, i.e., Data Night, Family Literacy Night ELAC, SSC Meetings and Parent-Teacher conferences; focus on increasing passing caregivers access to resources for their children's education as well as organizing volunteers; hold Kinder orientation meetings and to home visits to share activities and strategies to support Kinder students' academic and behavioral successes in Kinder and work with passing guidance to increase Kinder students attendance rates as well as their dissipation of volunteer opportunities on school site, at RISE Elementary School, at an additional cost not to exceed $13,700.00, increasing the Contract not to exceed amount from $10,000.00 to $23,700.00. All other terms and conditions of the Contract remain in full force and effect.