Robla School District Packet Summary — 2026-08-20
Meeting: 08/20/2026 - 05:30 PM Regular Board Meeting Board Meeting
Closed Session: 5:30 PM
Open Session: 6:30 PM
Location: Robla District Office, 5248 Rose Street, Sacramento, with live streaming available on the district's YouTube channel.
The Robla School District Board of Trustees is scheduled to consider contracts and partnerships involving campus security, student attendance, mentoring, family health coverage, communications, and staffing. The agenda also includes an informational presentation reviewing the district's 2026 summer academic and enrichment program.
Key Items on the Agenda
Robla Preschool Fencing and Security Improvements
The board is scheduled to consider a $30,625 professional services agreement with Alaniz Construction, Inc. for new fencing and gates at Robla Preschool. The project is intended to address safety, security, and California State Preschool Program facility considerations identified through campus walkthroughs.
The proposed work includes approximately 98 linear feet of 4-foot iron fencing, pedestrian gates, and push-bar gates across designated areas. Installation would occur on both concrete and asphalt surfaces.
- Proposed cost: $30,625
- Funding source: IEEEP Grant (Early Ed Expansion), Resource 6128
- Contract term: August 24, 2026 through June 30, 2027
- Purpose: Establish more clearly defined and controlled boundaries while maintaining accessible entrances for families, staff, and emergency personnel
Districtwide Attendance System
Staff recommends a $20,000 contract with SchoolStatus, LLC to implement the company's Attend Advanced/Leadership attendance program and associated student-data systems. The agenda describes the system as serving approximately 1,900 students and supporting attendance tracking, reporting, student-information-system integration, and Tier 1 attendance interventions.
Included intervention tools would cover excused and unexcused attendance letters, conference notification reminders, and leadership letters. Contract materials estimate approximately 3,000 mailed interventions, excluding leadership letters.
- Contract value: $20,000
- Service period identified on the agenda: August 24, 2026 through June 30, 2027
- Program focus: Student attendance and participation
- LCAP connection: Strategic Goal I — Academic Achievement
- Data contemplated by the service: Attendance and demographic information and other student information used for reporting and intervention services
The SchoolStatus order form also provides for text and email interventions when the district has the necessary parent or guardian consent.
Student Mentoring at Robla Elementary
The board is scheduled to consider a $10,000 agreement with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento for school-based mentoring and community outreach at Robla Elementary School.
The supporting agreement describes a program involving 10 students and 10 community-vetted volunteers. Big Brothers Big Sisters would conduct outreach, assist prospective mentors with applications and onboarding, and coordinate with the school. Robla Elementary would provide space, designate a coordinator, support scheduling, and—when authorized by parental consent—share relevant student information such as grades and attendance for program purposes.
- Proposed cost: $10,000
- Funding source: Community Schools Grant (Site), Resource 6332
- Services: August 12, 2026 through June 18, 2027 under the supporting MOU
- LCAP connection: Strategic Goal I — Academic Achievement
Consent Agenda
Personnel Report #27-02
District administration recommends approval of Personnel Report #27-02, covering new hires, changes in employment status, and other personnel matters.
The report includes proposed employment actions for several instructional and intervention assistants. It also lists the resignation of the district's Chief Business Official effective September 11, 2026, along with another staff resignation.
Taylor Street Elementary Entry Security
The consent agenda includes a proposed $12,379.49 agreement with Sacramento Valley Lockworks, Inc. for security improvements at Taylor Street Elementary School.
The project would add a surface-mounted video intercom and electric strike at the right side of the main entry gate, with a desk station allowing communication and remote gate unlocking.
- Proposed cost: $12,379.49
- Funding source: Ongoing Maintenance, Resource 8150
- Contract term: August 24, 2026 through June 30, 2027
- Installation estimate in the vendor proposal: Two days, with an estimated two-to-three-week lead time between acceptance and scheduling
Communications and Community Outreach Services
The board is scheduled to consider a $15,000 service agreement with Creative West Graphic Solutions. The district describes the proposed partnership as supporting communications, family outreach, enrollment, branding, website content, digital marketing, and community engagement.
The supporting estimate covers design and print services during the 2026–27 school year, including graphic design, print materials, signage, digital media, and related creative services.
- Proposed allocation: $15,000
- Funding source: General Fund
Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance
The consent agenda includes a memorandum of understanding with Community HealthWorks to provide health insurance enrollment assistance to families.
The supporting MOU calls for Community HealthWorks to provide a staff member one day per week at Robla Elementary School to assist families needing health insurance for their children. The school would provide private appointment space, limited document storage, and opportunities for outreach to families.
The MOU covers July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 and allows either party to terminate with at least 30 days' written notice.
College Corps Partnership
The board is also scheduled to consider continuing the district's participation in the College Corps Partnership. The district has previously hosted College Corps Fellows from Sacramento State, and the proposed agreement would allow fellows to continue supporting academic interventions, enrichment programs, and other student services.
Supporting materials describe potential K–12 service activities including tutoring, mentoring, classroom support, after-school programming, workshops, events, curriculum preparation, and other educational assistance.
Summer Academic & Enrichment Program
The board is scheduled to receive an informational presentation on the district's 2026 Summer School Program. The presentation describes a program combining academic instruction with enrichment and student support.
Academic programming included:
- Language arts: 1.5 hours daily, including phonics for kindergarten through third grade and reading comprehension, fluency, and writing for fourth through sixth grade
- Math: 45 minutes daily
- Science: Hands-on and project-based activities
- Music: 50 minutes weekly
- Physical education: 50 minutes weekly
- Art: Integrated with academic instruction
Instruction ran from 8:00 AM to noon, with breakfast and lunch provided. Staffing included 22 certificated teachers, 12 instructional assistants, music and physical education staff, a nurse, behavior specialists, inclusion instructional assistants, community liaisons, and other support personnel.
Reported daily attendance generally ranged from 163 to 216 students across the weeks shown in the presentation. The program also incorporated technology, hands-on activities, small-group and one-on-one support, and other interactive learning opportunities.
The presentation further identifies a 6Crickets Attendance Recovery component used from July 1–10 to help students make up missed instructional time outside regular school hours for the 2026–27 school year.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items connect directly to student services and campus operations:
- School security: The board will consider $30,625 in fencing and gate work at Robla Preschool, while the consent agenda includes another $12,379.49 for controlled-entry improvements at Taylor Street Elementary.
- Attendance intervention: The proposed $20,000 SchoolStatus contract would introduce districtwide attendance tracking, reporting, and intervention tools for approximately 1,900 students.
- Student mentoring: The proposed Big Brothers Big Sisters partnership would establish school-based mentoring involving 10 Robla Elementary students and 10 community-vetted volunteers.
- Family services: The Community HealthWorks MOU would bring weekly health-insurance enrollment assistance directly to Robla Elementary families.
- Staffing: Personnel Report #27-02 includes new instructional and intervention assistant hires as well as a Chief Business Official resignation effective September 11, 2026.
The agenda also provides an opportunity for public comment. The next scheduled board meeting is Thursday, September 10, 2026, with closed session at 5:30 PM and public session at 6:30 PM in the Robla School District Boardroom.
