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THIS AMEND NT to Professional Services Contract (hereinafter “Amendment”)

made this 3D" day of antl 2015, in the Territory of the Virgin Islands, by and

between the GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, DEPARTMENT OF

PROPERTY AND PROCUREMENT, on behalf of the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,

1834 Kongens Gade, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802-6746 (hereinafter referred to as

“Government”) and Generation Ready Inc., 352 Seventh Avenue, Floor 12A, New York, NY

10001 (hereinafter referred to as “Contractor”’). The Government and the Contractor are

collectively referred to as the “Parties.”



WITNESSETH:



WHEREAS, on September 30, 2013 the Government and the Contractor entered into

Contract for Professional Services No. PC170DOE13 (“Contract”) for the Contractor to

provide researched-based practices and job embedded site based professional development in

reading and writing to enable specified teachers of the five (5) secondary schools in restructuring



to align the rigor of the Common Core State Standards (“CCSS”) into curriculum and daily

instruction; and



WHERKEAS, the expiration date of the Contract is September 30, 2016 and the Parties

wish to amend the Contract to add additional services to include the Head Start Programs and

the Elementary and Secondary Schools in restructuring; and



WHEREAS, the subject Amendment to Professional Services Contract shall result in a



change to Addendum I (Scope of Services) and Addendum II (Compensation) of the Contract:

and



WHEREAS, the additional services shall require an increase in compensation of Eight

Hundred Fifty Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($850,500.00) increasing

the total contract in amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand, Five

Hundred Dollars And Zero Cents ($975,500.00); and



NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree that the Contract is amended as follows:

1. Paragraph 2, (TERM) of the Contract is amended to state the following:



“This Contract shall commence on September 30, 2013 and shall terminate on

September 30, 2017. The Government shall have the option to renew the

Contract for one (1) additional one (1) year period, subject to the

appropriation and availability funds, and provided that the Government serve

written notice of its decisions to exercise said option prior to the expiration of

the contract term”.



2. Paragraph 3, (COMPENSATION) of the Contract is amended to state the



following:

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“The Government, in consideration of the satisfactory performance by the

Contractor of the services described in AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM I

(Scope of Services), agrees to pay Contractor in an amount not to exceed,

Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars And Zero

Cents ($975,500.00) in accordance with the provisions set forth in

AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM _II (Compensation) attached hereto,

incorporated herein and made a part of this contract by reference.”



3. Paragraph 22, (NOTICE) is amended to state the following;



“Any notice required to be given, by the terms of this Contract shall be

deemed to have been given when the same is sent by certified mail, postage

prepaid or personally delivered, addressed to the parties as follows:



GOVERNMENT: Cecilia Milliner-Emanuel, Acting Commissioner

Department of Property & Procurement

Building # 1 Sub Base, 3 Floor

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802



Sharon A. McCollum, PhD., Commissioner Designee

Department of Education



No. 1834 Kongens Gade



St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802-6746



CONTRACTOR: David Alderslade

Vice President-Finance

Generation Ready Inc.

325 Seventh Avenue, Floor 12A

New York, NY 10001”



4. Paragraph 31, (OTHER PROVISIONS) is amended to state the following:



“Addendum I, Addendum II, Amendment to Addendum I, Amendment to

Addendum II and the Contractor’s eligibility documents are attached hereto,

made a part of this Contract and are incorporated herein by reference.”



5. ADDENDUM I (Scope of Services) is deleted in its entirety and replaced by

the attached AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM _I (Scope of Services),

attached hereto, incorporated herein and made apart of this Contract by

reference.



6. ADDENDUM II (Compensation) of the Contract is deleted in its entirety and

replaced by the attached AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM __ Il



(Compensation) outlining the compensation to be paid to Contractor for the

services described in AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM I (Scope of Work),



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in the amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand, Five

Hundred Dollars And Zero Cents ($975,500.00).



. This Amendment of the Professional Services Contract is subject to the

approval of the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the appropriation and

availability of funds.



Except as expressly amended herein, all other terms and conditions of the

Contract remain in full force and effect.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties intending to be legally bound have hereunto set



their hands on the day and year first above written.



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AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM I

(Scope of Services)



The Contractor shall complete fifty (50) days of professional development training, which shall

be delivered over ten (10) 5-day blocks for a total of ten (10) consultant days per school for the five (5)

schools targeted for restructuring in the St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix Districts. The Contractor

shall provide site based, job embedded professional development in the implementation of the CCSS in

reading and writing and shall work with teachers to ensure they receive the skills, strategies, and

confidence needed to implement the CCSS. The Contractor shall work collaboratively with the schools

and district leadership teams to develop and provide a written school-based Professional Development



Plan for each of the five (5) targeted schools, outlining the specific reading and writing focus across

the curriculum in relation to the CCSS.



The Contractor shall provide a qualified consultant to work in the five (5) restructuring schools

to conduct concentrated 5-day interventions, which shall be inclusive in the ten (10) week blocks of

professional development. The professional development shall reflect research that shows higher-

performing school programs are rigorous, innovative, transparent, evidence-based, and strategic in



challenging and supporting all students to perform at higher level as well as provide support to teachers

in:



e Building teachers’ own body of professional knowledge around literacy teaching and

learning in general, as well as their specific disciplinary literacies, in relation to the

rigorous demands of the CCSS;



e Familiarizing them with the CCSS and assist their planning in relation to these standard;



e Raising expectations for all students;



e Becoming more aware of what makes the teaching of reading and writing more

effective for students;



e Becoming move strategic in their instructional practice and differentiating instruction to

cater for a range of learning styles and abilities;



e Developing coherence and consistency in the teaching practices of reading and writing;

and



e Seeing themselves as members of a professional learning community and reflecting

critically on their own practice.



The professional development delivery of services shall be in accordance with the Gradual

Release of Responsibility Model processes which are as follows:



e Plan demonstration lessons with selected team teachers using the gradual release of

responsibility paradigm to model the lesson planning process with its constituent

components of data (provided by each teacher) analysis, development of focus (based

on data results of students level and needs for next level of learning) planning of tiered

delivery to provide access for different learning styles and abilities, planning of higher

order questions and high level discussion and ways of checking for understanding with

the interdisciplinary team.



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instruction with students to ensure teachers get a clear understanding that

demonstration lessons are conducted within the context of the students’ everyday

learning, based on the data provided by the teachers, with the ongoing unit of study,

and emphasizing that each teacher’s knowledge of his/her students as leaners and the

use of that knowledge in the planning process is critical to a successful outcome for

student and brief teachers on what to look out for during the demonstration.



® Conduct debriefing sessions for teacher teams to assess and adjust discussions based on



the teams’ observations, comments, and conclusions to ensure that all participants have

a coherent common understanding of the experience and develop an individual goal for

carrying and applying their new learning to their own classrooms.



Observe and provide feedback to teachers as they demonstrate mastery of the strategies

used in demonstration lessons and shall discuss the lesson in terms of the learning

outcomes for students in relation to the goals and objectives of the lesson, the relevance

and importance of the lesson in the context of the unit and the relevant CCSS and the

teachers’ belief about what students need next for their learning and what the teachers’

next steps need to be to move students closer to meeting and exceeding CCSS. With

each school’s team, the Contactor shall explore a rubric for effective teaching that

ensures the high expectations as well as the rigor and depth of knowledge required to

lead students to meet and exceed standards, which shall be translated into classroom

practice with the team planning of demonstration lessons, the team viewing and

debriefing of lessons, and the reflection upon lessons within the context of the CCSS.



Deliverable 1 (“D1”):



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The Contractor shall hold a general introductory session to include teachers and administrators

from all five (5) of the targeted schools to present the goals and objectives of the professional

development training. The Contractor will work with each individual school to build on the previous

professional development that the schools have already received to ensure a consistent approach and



understanding.



The planned professional development for each of the five (5) schools listed below is based on

previous experience to provide support in:



1. Arthur Richards Junior High School:



Deepening teachers’ knowledge of the CCSS and how these standards need to drive

future instruction and assessment;



Developing teachers literacy knowledge to support the reading and writing progress of

individual learners;



Developing plans of learning that meet the needs of students as a whole and as

individuals rather than a continuing focus on working through the “Expert 21” materials

as if it was a curriculum;



Increasing the recognition of the needs of individual learners such that planning to

support those learners can be integrated into the classroom curriculum;



Developing effective management routines such that students’ learning needs can be

better addressed;



Developing support mechanisms such as co-teaching and other instructional

arrangements to support learners with special educational needs in mainstream

classrooms; and



Deepening teachers’ knowledge of instruction for English learners in mainstream

classroom environments.



2. John Woodson Junior High School:



Deepening teachers’ knowledge of the CCSS and how these standards need to drive

future instruction and assessment;



Deepening most teachers’ literacy knowledge to support their planning for diverse

groups of students;



Integrating the instructional needs of students with special educational needs into the

classroom curriculum; and



Increasing opportunities for students to work independently to develop both their

stamina and problem-solving skills.



3. Elena Christian Junior High School:



Examining of student work in a systematic manner;



Ensuring that Independent Reading is at the core of student practice;



Utilizing the reading programs linked through the appropriate use of resourced and

leveled classroom libraries;



Supporting processes in writing that more closely match Writers Workshop and

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supports student writing;



Supporting teachers in the development of greater links between content areas through

demonstrations, co-teaching and planning; and



Content-based research and writing skills including note taking and editing to support

the new both the CCSS and the reading and writing state expectations.



4. Addelita Cancryn Junior High School:



Deepening teachers’ knowledge of the CCSS and how these standards will need to drive

further instruction and assessment;



Building general education and special education teachers’ literacy knowledge such that

they can better recognized the needs of their students and to plan for their diverse needs;

The broadening of learning experiences in the classroom such that students can interact

with materials that reflect their cultural background and which will engage and

challenge them in their learning;



Building teachers’ pedagogical knowledge such that classroom learning experiences

focus on building students’ independent action as learners; and



Deepening the knowledge of the teachers of English learners worked with in providing

support to students that will ensure r4apid progress in English language acquisition.



5. Julius Sprauve School:



Ensuring that Independent Reading is at the core of student practice. Utilizing the

reading programs linked through the appropriate use of resourced and leveled classroom

libraries;



Supporting processes in writing that more closely match Writers Workshop and

supports student writing;



Supporting teachers in the development of greater links between content areas through

demonstrations, co-teaching and planning;



Providing demonstrations and planning in the development and implementation of

cohesive units of work;



Providing support for teachers in content-based research and writing skills including

note taking and editing to support the new both the CCSS and the reading and writing

state expectations;



Supporting and providing for Professional Development linked to CCSS; and



Supporting for a systematic process across the school for the examination of student

work.



The Contractor shall meet with principals to discuss the effectiveness of the work completed

and shall provide weekly reports to the State Office of Curriculum and Instruction regarding the status

of the consultancy. The Contractor shall provide to each School District Superintendent along with the

school’s principal an extensive outline of both the consulting provided as well as the steps needed for

the school to reach its specifics goals and targets at the end of each block of five (5) days.



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Il. Deliverable 2 (“D2”)



Head Start:



The Contractor shall provide four (4) days of Job-embedded support to two (2) head start sites;

(one (1) site in the St. Croix district and one (1) site in the St. Thomas/St. John) for a total of eight (8)

days of services. The Contractor shall provide side-by-side practical and consistent learning

opportunities for the two (2) early childhood learning community head start centers and will focus on

the development of oral language and vocabulary development through using read aloud, shared

reading and other appropriate instructional practices. The Contractor will assist teachers and site

coordinators by helping them:



e Develop a common vision for Pre-k teaching and leaning

e Increase their own knowledge of child development theory

e Examine their beliefs about themselves as teachers and about children as learners



e Build their own body of professional knowledge around early childhood teaching and learning

opportunities within a standards-based curriculum



e Become more aware of what makes early childhood teaching most effective



e Foster developmentally appropriate curriculum in Early Childhood classrooms

e Examine children’s work



e Engage and effectively communicate with parents and community members



e Grow more strategic in their instructional practice, differentiating instruction to accommodate

a range of learning styles and ability levels



e See themselves as members of a professional leaning community, reflecting critically on their

own practice.



Grade 5 and Grade 8 Labs:



The Contractor shall conduct Grade Lab classrooms in a selection of schools in Grades 5 and 8

to provide opportunities for teachers within the grade and outside the grade levels to share effective

teaching practices and learn from colleagues. The lab classroom will provide the context for teachers to

experience in-depth, sustained professional growth within a collaborative learning community. The

Contractor shall assign a consultant to each lab school to provide support to the teacher and at-risk

students though collaborative teaching, lessons modeling, assessment administration, and intervention

services. The school Principals shall work as instruction leaders, and will be observing the consultant

and teachers (where possible) during their sessions. The selected lab schools shall receive four (4) lab

sessions which will serve as an in-house professional development model that will take place in a host

teacher’s room during the normal school day. The Contractor shall provide side-by-side coaching to

teachers to ensure they receive the appropriate support to create a physical environment for successful

literacy learning.



Elementary Schools:



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The Contractor shall provide one hundred forty-five (145) days of job-embedded professional

learning for five (5) schools and additional twelve (12) days of Grade 5 Labs to three (3) schools. The

Contractor shall provide training, oversee implementation processes, work with schools to review data

for frequent progress monitoring and lead discussions for adjusting instruction based on results; as well

as:



Coaching teachers to understand the reading process and how students lean to read and write

Teaching comprehension explicitly



Facilitating small group text-based collaborations



Monitoring comprehension



Supporting student at risk



Locating suitable resources



Strengthening assessment through the use of reading and writing rubrics



Implementing and demonstrating a gradual release of responsibility with shared, guided, and

independent reading and writing



e Developing standards-aligned units of study with embedded performance tasks



e Implementing small group work



e Engaging student in meaningful talk around texts



e Creating multiple entry points for students



1. Juanita Gardine Elementary School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-one (31) days of professional services and four (4) days of

Grade 5 Lab Site. The professional services shall include Job-embedded consultancy to teachers in

content-based reading and writing skills to support the CCSS and will build on previous work that has

been achieved at the school. The Contractor will assist the teachers to: use data to inform their

instructional practices, adopt a consistent assessment model across the grades and to use this data to

inform tier instruction as a natural part of teaching. Participants will be encouraged to analyze student

work using rubrics to ensure a consistency of teacher judgments; and teachers will also be provided

with strategies to improve student motivation and rigor.



2. Charles H. Emanuel Elementary School



The Contractor shall provide twenty-one (21) days of professional services and four (4) days of

Grade 5 Lab Site. The Contractor shall deliver differentiated school based consultancy support to

Charles H. Emanuel Elementary School to meet the specific needs of the learning community. The

Contractor will assist teachers with strategies that allow their students to develop a deep understanding

of essential literacy concepts and processes and ways to engage their students in complex and holistic

thinking rather than focusing on simple and discrete skills. Participants will be encouraged to ensure

that he school’s curriculum is vertically aligned and developmentally appropriate to meet the needs of

all their students.



3. Eulalie Rivera Elementary School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-one (31) days of professional services and four (4) days of

Grade 5 Lab Site. The Contractor shall provide support to teachers in literacy instruction around the

CCSS on an individualized basis depending on the needs of each teacher to enable them to differentiate

their instruction based on the diverse needs of their students. Participants will be provided with



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practical strategies base on current research that assists them to differentiate the content process and

assessment tasks to increase instructional rigor and student motivation.



4. Lockhart Elementary School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-one (31) days of professional services through a targeted

professional learning plan that will enable teachers to analyze their understanding of the instructional

implications of the Common Core Learning Standards and their school-based curriculum. The

Contractor shall demonstrate best practice pedagogy that demonstrates to teachers strategies to

differentiate their instructional practices to ensure that all students meet the new standards. Participants



shall receive support to examine their curriculum and assisted with developing meaningful

performance based assessments.



5. Julius E. Sprauve School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-one (31) days of professional services to support teachers in

the implementation of the Common Core Leaning Standards by providing specific support based on

the needs of each teacher. The Contractor shall build on the teachers’ knowledge of the standards and

will develop coherence between assessment processes and instructional practices. Participants will

receive support in aligning their current curriculum with the standards with a focus on incasing the use

of information texts and promoting interdisciplinary literacy.



Junior High Schools:



The Contractor shall provide one hundred eleven (111) days of job-embedded professional

development to one hundred thirty-one (131) teachers, and twelve (12) school-based administrators to

include an additional sixteen (16) days of Grade 8 Labs to four (4) junior high schools. The Contractor

will provide classroom-based job-embedded support to develop teachers’ skills in creating

appropriately rigorous, sequenced, developmentally appropriate learning experiences. The professional

learning will include providing the teachers with strategies on engaging adolescent learners, what

rigorous instruction looks like and how to make time to confer with students. Participants shall be

provided support in aligning their current curriculum with the standards with a focus on increasing the

use of informational texts and promoting interdisciplinary literacy.



The focus of the support and consultancy will be to support a grade 8" English teacher to focus

on student engagement; particularly, independent reading and classroom management activities in

support of the CCSS as well as:



Coaching teachers to understand the reading process and how students lean to read and write

Facilitating small group text-based collaborations



Monitoring comprehension



Supporting student at risk



Locating suitable resources



Strengthening assessment through the use of reading and writing rubrics



Implementing and demonstrating a gradual release of responsibility with shared, guided, and

independent reading and writing



e Implementing small group work

e Engaging student in meaningful talk around texts



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e Creating multiple entry points for student



1. Arthur Richards Junior High School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-seven (37) days of professional services and four (4) days

of Grade 8 Lab Site and shall continue to strengthen the sills of the teachers based on the previous

year’s consultancy work which includes: helping teachers to explore their assessment practices; align

their assessments to their units; co-construct meaningful curriculum based on the requirements of the

district and ensure that this curriculum meets the diverse needs of their learners. The Contractor shall

provide support to teachers and leaders in professional learning around creating a coherent and

meaningful learning environment and teams to share best practices and the implementation of school



wide instructional improvements to promote shared responsibility for the learning of all teachers and

students.



2. Elena L. Christian Junior High School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-seven (37) days of professional services and four (4) days

of Grade 8 Lab Site and shall continue to build on the professional learning around the effective

implementation strengthen the sills of the teachers based on the previous year’s consultancy work

which includes: helping teachers to explore their assessment practices; align their assessments to their

units; co-construct meaningful curriculum based on the requirements of the district and ensure that this

curriculum meets the diverse needs of their learners. The Contractor shall provide support to teachers

and leaders in professional learning around creating a coherent and meaningful learning environment

and teams to share best practices and the implementation of school wide instructional improvements to

promote shared responsibility for the learning of all teachers and students.



3. John H. Woodson Junior High School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-seven (37) days of professional services and four (4) days

of Grade 8 Lab Site and will continue to be collaborative, ongoing and focused on developing a clearly

articulated shared vision. The Contractor shall provide professional learning to promote clear links

between theory and practice and provide the teachers and leaders with support that is classroom-based

and lined to improving outcomes for students. The professional learning will grounded in inquiry and

refection and participant driven; as well as focused on improving Participants professional practice.

The Contractor shall provide support that will enable participants to build on their existing knowledge

of the CCSS and creation of standards based learning tasks, and performance based assessments that

show evidence of student learning. The Contractor shall provide participants with professional support

in interdisciplinary literacy and assist teachers from other content areas as required by the CCSS.



4. Addelita Cancryn Junior High School



The Contractor shall provide thirty-seven (37) days of professional services and four (4) days

of Grade 8 Lab Site. The Contractor shall provide the professional learning to help teachers and

learner’s build on the work that has been previously done around the CCSS. The professional learning

will assist participants to align their curriculum, task development and the instructional pedagogy used

to deliver this curriculum. The Contractor shall provide consultancy to support teachers in the English

Language Acquisition Program to integrate their planning and instruction. Participants will be

supported to identify the critical role assessment plays in the common core learning standards

classroom and shall receive strategies on how assessments can be collected and used to inform their

instructional practices and provide feedback to students and parents.



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High Schools:



The Contractor shall provide four (4) days of professional services to two (2) High Schools; St.



Croix Central High School in the St. Croix district and Ivanna Eudora Kean High School in the St.

Thomas/St. John district. The Contractor shall provide job-embedded consultancy that will support the

teachers with teaching strategies that will assist the student to:



Employ explicit textual evidence in their literacy analyses and technical research



Understand the development of multiple ideas through details and structure and track the

development of complex characters and advanced elements of plot such as frame narratives and

parallel storylines



Create writing that will reflect the ability to argue effectively, employing the structure,

evidence, and rhetoric necessary in the composition of effective, persuasive text



Construct college-ready research papers of significant length and will have built strong and

varied vocabularies across multiple content areas, including technical subjects



Employ rhetoric and figurative language, purposefully construct tone and mood, and identify

lapse in reason and ambiguities in texts



Familiarity with important foundational documents from American Literature, Literature and

Composition from the development of literature over time will accrue before the end of grade

12



Ability to communicate in multiple modes of discourse demonstrating a strong command of the

rules of Standard English



The Contractor shall provide support to district personnel to ensure consistency of focus and to



build internal capacity through a series of four (4) professional learning sessions. The sessions shall

focus on assisting the district elementary, language arts, English language acquisition, and special

education coordinators personnel to:



Clarify their beliefs and understanding around instructional pedagogy and to reflect on these in

light of current research focusing on the new CCSS



Identify the critical role assessment plays in instruction



Discuss the variety of assessments that can be collected and used by educators to inform

instruction as well as provide feedback to students and parents



Investigate the revision of the existing curriculum to better align with the new CCSS and map

the changes



Develop deeply into the processes of text complexity; evidence based questioning and close

reading and their impact on instruction



Explore ways for school leadership teams in their district to develop student discourse, look at

student work, participate in or begin instructional rounds



Explore strategies that they could use to incorporate these processes in their school’s buildings.



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AMENDMENT TO ADDENDUM II

(Compensation)



The Government agrees to pay the Contractor for the satisfactory performance of the services,

as described in ADDENDUM I (Scope of Services), in an amount not to exceed Nine Hundred

Seventy-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars And Zero Cents ($975,500.00) to be paid in

accordance with the following deliverable amounts, which may be billed in partial and multiple

billings in accordance with tasks completed:



FEE INSTALLMENTS FEES



Quarterly Installments for D1l:Arthur Richards Junior High School, due

and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification

that the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five

hundred dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed ten (10)

workshop days and in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand

Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D1:John Woodson Junior High School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed ten (10) workshop

days and in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and

Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D1l;Elena Christian Junior High School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed ten (10) workshop

days and in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and

Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D:1Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, due

and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification

that the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five

hundred dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed ten (10)

workshop days and in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand

Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D1:Julius Sprauve School, due and payable after

receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the services

were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred dollars and $25,000.000

zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed ten (10) workshop days and in an

amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents



Total Fee Installments for Deliverable I Services in the Amount Not To

Exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars And Zero Cents $125,000.00



$25,000.000



$25,000.000



$25,000.000



$25,000.000



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FEE INSTALLMENTS FEES



Quarterly Installments for D2:Head Start St. Croix due and payable after

receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the services were

provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred dollars and zero $10,000.000

cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed four (4) sessions in an amount not to

exceed Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2:Head_ Start St. Thomas/St. John due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred $10,000.000

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed four (4) sessions in an

amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2:Juanita Gardine Elementary School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-one (31) sessions

and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand Five

Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



$87,500.00



Quarterly Installments for D2:Charles H. Emmanuel Elementary School,

due and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification

that the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five

hundred dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed twenty-one

(21) sessions and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed Sixty-Two

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



$62,500.000



Quarterly Installments for D2:Eulalie Rivera Elementary School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-one (31)

sessions and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed Eighty-Seven Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



$87,500.000



Quarterly Installments for D2:Lockhart Elementary School, due and payable

after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the services

were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred dollars and

zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-one (31) sessions in an

amount not to exceed Seventy-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and

Zero Cents



$77,500.000



Quarterly Installments for D2:Julius Sprauve Elementary School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-one (31)

Sessions in an amount not to exceed Seventy-Seven Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars and Zero Cents



$77,500.000



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Quarterly Installments for D2: Arthur Richards Junior High School, due

and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that

the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-Seven (37)

sessions and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Two

Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2:Elena L. Christian Junior High School, due

and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that

the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-Seven (37)

sessions and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Two

Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2: John H. Woodson Junior High School, due

and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that

the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-Seven (37)

sessions and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Two

Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2: Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, due

and payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that

the services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed thirty-seven (37)

sessions and four (4) Labs in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Two

Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2:Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred $10,000.00

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed four (4) sessions in an

amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2:St. Croix Central High School, due and

payable after receipt of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the

services were provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand, five hundred $10,000.00

dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) per day not to exceed four (4) sessions in an

amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents



Quarterly Installments for D2:District Support, due and payable after receipt

of a properly completed invoice(s) and verification that the services were

provided and invoiced at a rate of two thousand dollars and zero cents $8,000.00

($2,000.00) per day not to exceed four (4) sessions in an amount not to exceed

| Eight Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents



Total Fee Installments for Deliverable IT Services in the Amount Not To

Exceed Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars And Zero $850,500.00

Cents



TOTAL FEE INSTALLMENTS IN THE SUM NOT TO EXCEED NINE

HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS $975,500.00

AND ZERO CENTS



$102,500.00



$102,500.00



$102,500.00



$102,500.00



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