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Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to increase the dissipation of ELL families at school events, i.e, Data Night, Family Literacy night, ELAC and SSC meetings; focus on increasing parent and caregivers access to resources to support their children's education; provide weekly on-going transition for non-bilingual teachers by writing notes and making phone calls to Spanish Speaking parents regarding school events, student progress, challenges and successes; work to organize parent volunteers; distribute and post flyers, call families to extend personal invitations to school events such as those listed herein; facilitate parent trainings in use of computer lab sessions and provide other services, as described in the Scope of Work, incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth, at New Highland Academy, for the period of September 1, 2014 through June 11, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $9,956.90.