Opening Items

Terri Childs, Secretary
Marcy Crawford, President
Michael Flaherty, Parliamentarian
Erin Morrissey, Vice President
Margot Parker, Member
Bryan O'Patry, Treasurer
Bill Paules, Member

Nancy J. Carroll, Ph.D., Interim Director
Ellen Smith, Interim Director
Cindy McCarthy, Curriculum Coordinator

Kathee Hans, Recording Secretary

Academic Excellence

CEO Support And Eval

Persons wishing to address the Board may do so at this time upon recognition from the President. Please state your name, community or organization you represent, and the topic you wish to share with the Board. You will be given 3 minutes to make your presentation. Pursuant to the Brown Act, the Board cannot enter into formal discussion with individuals making public comments to the Board. The Board cannot take action on any issues raised during public comments that are not on the meeting agenda. Individual members may respond to public comments during the individual Board Members section.

 

Facility

Board Members

• Board President - Marcy Crawford   

• Nancy J. Carroll
  • Enrollment

Finance

Consent Items: Items proposed for the consent calendar are noted on the posted agenda and are considered by the Director to be of a routine nature.  Any item may be removed from the consent calendar at the request of any Board member and placed under the appropriate action category.  A vote will be taken for the consent calendar so that any items requiring a vote can be properly addressed.  It is recommended that all consent items be approved.

5.1       Personnel Report
5.2      Contracts 
             a. Dial Security
             b. Ventura County Office of Education Courier Service

Governance

Technology

For your consideration, is the Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators.  This request acknowledges that there are insufficient numbers of fully credentialed teachers in several areas statewide, such as mathematics, science, special education, bilingual ed, etc.  We are requesting approval of the Declaration of Need in the areas of mathematics and special education for the 2017/18 school year.  While we have been actively searching for a fully credentialed math teacher since March of 2017, we have been unsuccessful to date.  If necessary, the approval of this form will allow us to employ a teacher who is in process of attaining certification to teach mathematics at the middle school level.  I recommend approval of this request.

 

It is recommended that Richard Urias be approved as a coach for the new Director during the 2017-18 school year.  It is proposed that he work a maximum of 12 days at $500 per day.  The budget can support this expense.

It is requested that Nancy J. Carroll and Ellen Smith continue to provide support to the new Director and Bridges Charter School during the 2017-18 school year.  It is proposed that they work a maximum of 10 days each at $600 per day.  The budget can support this expense.

Presented for your consideration, is a job description for Administrative Coordinator.  This job description more accurately describes the duties and responsibilities currently held by by Kathee Hans, Office Manager. Approval of the job description is recommended as well as moving Kathee Hans from the Office Manager position to that of Administrative Coordinator.

One of the goals for 2016/17 was the revision of the existing Safe Schools Plan.  This plan, which is a required document, is to be Board approved annually. The preliminary plan is a compilation of prior plans and new requirements, and should be re-visited during the Fall 2017/18 school year.  Recognition is extended to Norma Delgado for assisting in this endeavor.  I recommend approval.

For your consideration, is the final draft policy regarding student attendance. Appropriate letters are attached as Exhibits.  Approval is recommended.




 

For your consideration, are Board Policy 3580 and Administrative Regulation 3580, regarding the retention of school documents.  The policy delineates  which student, personnel, and other school records must be retained.  The AR details how the records must be kept and when, if ever, they may be destroyed. I recommend approval of BP 3580 and AR 3580.

 

Two first aid kits were purchased by Jay Guidetti via his personal PayPal account on 2/18/16. Board Approval is sought to reimburse Mr. Guidetti for this purchase since both first aid kits are at the school site.  Approval of this motion is recommended by Roger Scott, Esquire, Young, Minney & Corr, LLP.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Significant Exposure to Litigation pursuant to subdivision (d) (2) of Section 54956.9 (1 case)