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It will be business not quite as usual when the Central Unified School District trustees hold their regular board meeting on Tuesday.
Because of orders by Gov. Gavin Newsom for Californians to shelter in place and also to avoid large public gatherings to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Centralโs board meeting will be broadcast on the districtโs YouTube channel.
Each participant will appear on the screen via the Zoom video teleconferencing app, which allows multiple participants to be seen and see each other simultaneously.
District spokeswoman Sonja Dosti nicknames it the โBrady Bunchโ view โ similar to the TV showโs opening, when the various members of the blended family appeared in side-by-side squares โ although itโs better known as the gallery view.
Comment Via Telephone
Members of the public with access to the internet can watch the meeting and, when itโs time for public comment, call (559) 276-3150.
Even though this means that residents who donโt have internet access wonโt be able to observe the meeting and comment, itโs not a violation of the stateโs open meetings law.
Gov. Gavin Newsomโs March 12 executive order suspended some requirements of the Brown Act but had required legislative bodies to provide a physical location for the public to observe a meeting and make comments.
But the requirement for a public gathering spot was overturned six days later in a subsequent executive order from Newsom that said because of the state of emergency caused by COVID-19, meetings were lawful so long as the public could observe and address the board telephonically or electronically.
New High School, Portables On Agenda
The Central Unified meeting highlights include:
- Vote on final plans for the ballfields, snack bar with restrooms, and soccer fields for the new $104 million high school under construction at Grantland and Ashlan avenues. Total estimated cost: $5.5 million.
- Vote on relocating portables previously used at Tilley Elementary to Harvest Elementary and the district office. Total estimated costs: $1.6 million.
- Consider replacing the scoreboard at Koligian Stadium, at an estimated cost of $209,000. The board would vote on the proposal at the April 28 meeting.
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