Oakland Unified School District  
Board of Education  
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Oakland, CA 94607-4033  
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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Tuesday, June 14, 2022  
6:00 PM  
Special Meeting  
1970 Treeline Drive, Las Vegas, NV;  
Great Room, LaEscuelita Education Center, 1050 2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA  
((entrance at or near 286 East 10th St.); Internet Streamed - Zoom & Granicus;  
Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99);  
Board of Education  
President Gary Yee  
Vice President Benjamin "Sam" Davis  
Directors: Aimee Eng, VanCedric Williams, Mike Hutchinson, (Vacancy), Clifford  
Thompson  
Student Directors: Samantha Pal, Natalie Gallegos Chavez  
Staff: Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Superintendent & Secretary  
NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND  
AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY  
Members of the media and the public may attend and participate in the Board  
meeting in-person in The Great Room, La Escuelita Education Center, 1050  
2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606-2291 (entrance located at or near 286 East  
10th St.) or virtually as described herein.  
The following information is for those members of the media and public  
interested in viewing or listening to the Board meeting virtually.  
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Zoom: To view by Zoom, please click  
https://ousd.zoom.us/j/83433306461 on or after the Noticed meeting time.  
Instructions on how to join a meeting by video conference are available at:  
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting.  
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Phone: To listen by phone (via Zoom), please do the following at or after  
the Noticed meeting time: call (669) 900-9128, then enter Webinar ID 834  
3330 6461, then press “#”. If asked for a participant id or code, press #.  
Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are available at:  
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663  
-Joining-a-meeting-by-phone.  
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To view the Board meeting from the District’s Home Page - Upcoming  
Events & Live Meeting Video, please select the meeting name and click on  
the “In Progress” link under Video or go to the Legislative Information Center  
(under Board of Education on Home Page)>Calendar  
Tab>Calendar>Today>Board of Education>”In Progress” link under Video.  
Public comment in-person is permitted within the times allotted for public  
comment on the Agenda. Virtual comment will also be permitted within the  
times allotted for public comment on the Agenda in the following two ways:  
NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND  
AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY (CONTINUED)  
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To comment by Zoom, click the “Raise Your Hand” button to request to  
speak when Public Comment is being taken on the eligible Agenda item.  
You will be called on (by the name you logged in with), unmuted and allowed  
to make public comment. After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted.  
Instructions on how to “Raise Your Hand” is available at:  
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205566129-RaiseHand-In-Webinar.  
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To comment by phone (via Zoom), press “*9” to “Raise Your Hand” to  
request to speak when Public Comment is being taken on the eligible  
Agenda Item. You will be called on (by the Area Code and the last three  
digits of your phone number), unmuted and allowed to make public comment.  
After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted. Instructions of how to raise  
your hand by phone are available at:  
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663-Joinin  
g-a-meeting-by-phone.  
In addition, members of the public may submit written comments for a  
posted Board of Education Meeting Agenda Item, before a meeting or while a  
meeting is “In Progress,” from the District’s Home Page - Upcoming Events &  
Live Meeting Video by selecting Board of Education Agenda “eComment” or  
from the Legislative Information Center, as follows:  
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If before Sunday, click Calendar Tab>Next Week>Board of  
Education>eComment  
If Sunday or thereafter up thru day before Meeting, click Calendar  
Tab>This Week>Board of Education>eComment  
If day of Meeting, click Calendar Tab>Today>Board of  
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Education>eComment  
Or “eComment” in bold on the cover page of the Agenda.  
Written comments made on an eligible Agenda item, upon clicking of the  
Submit Button, are immediately sent via email to all members of the  
legislative body and key staff supporting the legislative body. Each  
eComment is a Public Record.  
NOTICE - RESUME MEETING ENTIRELY VIRTUALLY IF  
THERE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH VIOLATIONS  
If there are any violations of any state, local, or District health and safety  
protocols or other unsafe behavior in light of COVID-19 by one or more  
attendees that “would present imminent risks to the health or safety of  
attendees,” then the Board President may recess the meeting. If the violation  
is serious, if there are more violations, or if the violations repeat (after  
resuming the meeting in person) or persist, then the meeting may resume  
entirely virtually pursuant to Assembly Bill No. 361 and Resolution No.  
2122-0014_ (Making Certain Findings Necessary To Permit Virtual Meetings  
In Specified Circumstances). Prior to resuming entirely virtually, members of  
the Board attending in-person will leave the premises (The Great Room, La  
Escuelita Education Center, 1050 2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606-2291)  
and rejoin the Board meeting via phone/video conference. No teleconference  
locations need be posted pursuant to Assembly Bill No. 361 and Resolution  
No. 2122-0014_. All staff members, members of the public, and members of  
the media will need to join the Resumed Meeting virtually using the link  
provided in the Agenda. If the Board meeting is recessed and then resumed  
entirely virtually, it will resume as soon as practicable but no earlier than sixty  
(60) minutes after the in-person Board meeting is recessed.  
MEETING RULES OF ENGAGEMENT  
Five (5) minute speaking limit for Board Members  
No mingling with the audience  
Address comments to other Board Members  
Focus on agenda items  
Don't repeat what's been said  
Always be respectful  
No interruptions  
Enforce norms  
Model desired behavior  
MEETING PROCEDURES  
All Governing Board meetings shall begin on time and shall be guided by an  
Agenda prepared in accordance with Board Bylaws and posted and  
distributed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meeting  
requirements) and other applicable laws.  
A. Call To Order  
B. Roll Call  
President Gary Yee called the Special Meeting to order at 6:12 P.M.  
Present  
5 - Director VanCedric Williams  
Director Mike Hutchinson  
Director Clifford Thompson  
Vice President Benjamin "Sam" Davis  
President Gary Yee  
Absent  
4 - Student Director Samantha Pal  
Student Director Natalie Gallegos Chavez  
Director Aimee Eng  
Member (Vacancy) (Vacancy)  
C. New Business  
22-1288A  
Governing Board - District 6 Trustee Vacancy - Preliminary  
Applicant Eligibility Determination/Interviewees  
Adoption by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 2122-0093 -  
Determining Preliminary Eligibility of Each Applicant for Provisional  
Appointment to the Board of Education Member Vacancy in District 6  
and Selecting Interviewees.  
22-1288A Governing Board - District 6 Trustee Vacancy -  
Preliminary Applicant Eligibility Determination/Interviewees  
Attachments:  
President Yee stated that the Agenda Item tonight is for the Board's  
consideration of a process for filling the District 6 Board Seat Vacancy.  
President Yee subsequently called upon Josh Daniels, Chief Governance  
Officer (CGO), to review the proposal [published with the Agenda] with the  
Board and the Public.  
CGO Daniels recapped that Shanthi Gonzales, District 6 Board Member  
resigned on May 2, 2022; that the Board had elected to fill the vacancy by  
provisional appointment through an application process; that nine (9) persons  
had applied and by confirmation of the Alameda County Registrar of Voters  
Office, all nine have been confirmed as registered voters; over age 18 in  
District 6. As such all are eligible for consideration as the appointee; that all  
have submitted an application as required by the Board adopted process;  
that all applicants responded to the 250 word limit in the application, save  
one, whose submitted response has been redacted at the 250 word point. .  
Daniels then review other pertinent criteria and requirements found in the  
documentation.  
Discussion: Directors Hutchinson, Williams, Vice President Davis, President  
Yee  
The Board ultimately decided to offer an interview opportunity to all (9)  
applicants seeking appointment to the District 6 Vacancy.  
Public Comment:  
In Person: 1. Carmella Franco  
On Zoom: 1. Max, 2. Andre Spearman, 3. Kyra Mungia, 4. Carol Delton, 5.  
Assata Olugbala, 6. Craig Gordon, 7. Jill Karjian  
A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Director  
Williams,that Resolution No. 2122-0093 be Adopted. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
Ayes:  
5 - VanCedric Williams  
Mike Hutchinson  
Clifford Thompson  
Benjamin "Sam" Davis  
Gary Yee  
Absent:  
3 - Samantha Pal  
Natalie Gallegos Chavez  
Aimee Eng  
Non-voting:  
1 - (Vacancy) (Vacancy)  
Enactment No: 22-1172  
D. President's Statement Disclosing Item(s) To Be Discussed In Closed  
Session Today (Listed Pursuant To Law)  
President Yee stated the specific items to be considered in Closed Session  
today are as printed on the Agenda.  
Closed Session Item(s):  
Pupil Matter  
22-1484  
Expulsion Hearing - Student AA  
Expulsion Hearing - Student AA.  
Threat To Public Services or Facilities  
22-1588  
Threat To Public Services or Facilities  
Threat To Public Services or Facilities  
Conference with: Josh Daniels, Chief Governance Officer/General  
Counsel  
D1. Public Comment On Closed Session Items  
This section of the Agenda provides an opportunity for members of the  
Public to address the Board on any Closed Session Item on today's Agenda  
prior to the Board's recess to Closed Session for possible consideration of  
such Item.  
22-1589  
Public Comment On Closed Session Items  
Public Comment on Closed Session Items - June 14, 2022.  
1. Assata Olugbala, 2. Azlinah Parker Mom, 3. Max  
E. Recess To Closed Session  
President Yee recessed the Special Meeting to Closed Session at 7:26 P.M.  
F.  
Reconvene To Public Session  
President Yee reconvened the Special Meeting to Public Session at 8:33  
P.M.  
G. Second Roll Call  
Present  
5 - Director VanCedric Williams  
Director Mike Hutchinson  
Director Clifford Thompson  
Vice President Benjamin "Sam" Davis  
President Gary Yee  
Absent  
4 - Student Director Samantha Pal  
Student Director Natalie Gallegos Chavez  
Director Aimee Eng  
Member (Vacancy) (Vacancy)  
H. President's Statement of Reportable Action Taken In Closed Session  
and the Vote or Abstention of Members Present, If Any  
President Yee stated that Item D-1, considered in Closed Session, also will  
be voted on in Public Session momentarily and that the Board discussed  
Item D-2.  
I.  
Adoption of Pupil Discipline Consent Report  
Adoption of the Pupil Discipline Consent Report by the Board is the final  
Public Session decision, required by state law, on an individual pupil case  
from Closed Session, based on consideration of report and recommendations  
from the Pupil Discipline Hearing Panel, to either suspend, expel, grant a  
suspended expulsion, revoke a suspended expulsion order, reinstate,  
readmit, admit a pupil or not to do any of the preceding regarding a pupil. An  
individual pupil case specifics, other than as disclosed on printed agenda, is  
non-discloseable pursuant to federal and state law.  
I.-1  
22-1484  
Expulsion Hearing - Student AA  
Expulsion Hearing - Student AA.  
Approval of the Pupil Discipline Consent Report  
A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by President  
Yee, to Approve the Pupil Discipline Consent Report. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
Ayes:  
5 - VanCedric Williams  
Mike Hutchinson  
Clifford Thompson  
Benjamin "Sam" Davis  
Gary Yee  
Absent:  
4 - Samantha Pal  
Natalie Gallegos Chavez  
Aimee Eng  
(Vacancy) (Vacancy)  
J.  
Adjournment  
President Yee adjourned the Special Meeting in memory of Ruth B. Love,  
Superintendent of Schools 1976-1981, at 8:35 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: