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� . i ��- � <br /> AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE <br /> LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY THROUGH ITS JOHN W. <br /> GARDNER CENTER FOR YOUTH AND THEIR COMMUNITIES AT <br /> STANFORD UNIVERSITY (THE "GARDNER CENTER"), THE <br /> ZEDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, (THE "ELEMENTARY SCHOOL <br /> D'STRICT") AND REDWOOD CITY 2020 THROUGH ITS FISCAL <br /> � AC=�NT THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FOR THE ACADEMY FOR <br /> COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT <br /> RECITALS <br /> A. On or about June 27, 2003, the Gardner Center executed an Agreement <br /> of Cooperation (the "Cooperation Agreement") with Redwood City 2020, which allowed <br /> the Gardner Center to become a partner in Redwood City 2020 and assist in providing <br /> oversight to multiple collaborative programs designed to improve the health and quality <br /> of life in Redwood City and to provide a forum for collaborative needs assessment and <br /> community planning based on the National Civic League Healthy Communities Model. <br /> B. The Elementary School District is also a partner in Redwood City 2020. <br /> C. The Elementary School District and Redwood City 2020 have expressed <br /> an interest in converting a subset of its schools into °community schools° that combine <br /> the rigorous academics of a quality school with a wide range of vital in-house services, <br /> supports and opportunities to promote children's learning and development. <br /> D. The Gardner Center has designed a process to support the Elementary <br /> School District in this conversion. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS <br /> AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: <br /> 1) PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT <br /> A) To agree on the vision and general scope of the work involving the Gardner <br /> Center, the Elementary School District, and Redwood City 2020, and the <br /> participating schools, Fair Oaks School, Hoover School, Kennedy Middle School, <br /> and Taft School (the "Schools") as part of the Academy for Community Schools <br /> Development (ACSD), an initiative originally outlined in the Cooperation <br /> Agreement. <br /> B) To describe the roles and responsibilities of �rimary representatives of each <br /> Party in maintaining collaboration and communication on the agreed upon work <br /> for ACSD. "Party" refers to the identified leadership team on behalf of the <br /> Elementary School District, the Schools, Redwood City 2020, and the Gardner <br /> Center staff. <br /> C) To outline the various arrangements between the Gardner Center, the <br /> Elementary School District and Redwood City 2020 that will support the <br /> Atty/AgdAgr.178 <br /> 042104 1 <br />