Special Meeting
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Meeting Resources
[15] Phuong Nguyen: Newark Unified School District Board of Education special meeting. For meeting practices and information for the public, NUSD has opened its boardroom for in-person meeting and will follow the state and Alameda County safety guidelines for public gatherings. Please refrain from attending in-person meetings if you have any of the following symptoms, any of the following COVID symptoms. lost taste of smell, difficulty breathing, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, cough, headaches, sore throat, runny nose. For additional COVID information, please go to https www.newarkunified.org slash COVID-19 or https www.acoe.org forward slash guidance. To observe the Board of Education meeting, members of the public may observe the meeting via NUSD YouTube channel, live transmission on Comcast channel 26, or in person at the NUSD boardroom. Spanish translation will be available via Zoom except for tonight. So public comment, the public has the opportunity to address the Board of Education regarding non-agendized matters and agendized items with live audio-only comments via Zoom, with advance notice requested by email at publiccomment.atnewarkunified.org, a written comment by submitting a speaking card via email at publiccomment.atnewarkunified.org, or with live in-person comments by submitting a speaker card with the executive assistant. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Please begin.
[119] Terrence Grindall: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[133] Phuong Nguyen: Thank you. And roll call, please, Ms. Gutierrez.
[140] Nicole Pierce-Davis: Board member Zeng. Board Member Marquez?
[144] Aiden Hill: Present.
[145] Nicole Pierce-Davis: Board Member Hill?
[146] Aiden Hill: Here.
[147] Penny DeLeon: Vice President Grindel?
[148] Aiden Hill: Here.
[148] Penny DeLeon: President Nguyen? Here. All present?
[150] Phuong Nguyen: All present. Next on the agenda is the approval of the agenda. May I have a motion to approve the agenda, please?
[158] Bowen Zhang: I move to approve the agenda. I'll second.
[160] Phuong Nguyen: Motion made by Member Zhang, seconded by Member Grindel. How do you vote, Member Zhang? Yes. Member Marquez? Yes. Member Hill? Yes. Member Grindel?
[170] Terrence Grindall: Yes.
[171] Phuong Nguyen: And I am also yes. Five ayes. In closed session, we will be, are there any public comments on closed session tonight? In closed session, we will be discussing item 3.1, public employee performance evaluation for the superintendent. Now we, oh, actually, I forgot. We opened the meeting at six o'clock this evening. Now we will be moving and recessing to closed session. Thank you.