Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
12/17/2024 - 5:30 PM  
Category:
Curriculum and Instruction  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
10.3 Approval of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Azusa Unified School District (AUSD) and University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts (USC)  
Strategic Goals:
1. Student Learning
Every student will receive a well-rounded education that meets their diverse needs and ensures their growth, achievement, and success.
4. Community Engagement
To welcome, build, and sustain strong partnerships with students, parents, families, residents, educational institutions, community organizations, and the civic and business communities to support student wellness and achievement.
 
Policy:
 
Enclosure:
 
File Attachment:
MOU between AUSD and USC.pdf
 
Rationale:
Using theater arts as a program model, USC will provide services in the goal areas of youth leadership development, social-emotional wellness, and community and civic engagement. USC will offer their students to AUSD and use them as mentors to high school students and their families by providing effective ways to build compassion, empathy, and respectful civic engagement in discussion of intergroup issues and then work to address and counter identified anti-bias behavior in AUSD's school community. This is the first time AUSD is working with USC.  
Budgetary Impact:
 
Recommendation
It is recommended the Board of Education approve MOU between AUSD and USC.  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Lisa Allen - Secretary to the Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Signed By:  
Norma Carvajal-Camacho - Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Signed By:  
Arturo Ortega - Superintendent
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Yolanda Rodriguez-Peña Moved, Member Adrian Greer seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended the Board of Education approve MOU between AUSD and USC.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 5 - 0
   
Yolanda Rodriguez-Peña     Yes
Adrian Greer     Yes
Gabriela Arellanes     Yes
Sandra Benavides     Yes
Carlos Ramos     Yes