Opening Items

Marcy Crawford, President
Michael Flaherty, Parliamentarian
Bonnie Hodge, Member
Michael Louderback, Member
Erin Morrissey, Vice President
Margot Parker, Member
Bill Paules, Member

Kelly Simon, Director
Cindy McCarthy, Assistant Director
Kathee Hans, Recording Secretary
 

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   
  • Board Retreat
  • Brown Act
  • Meet & Greet with Marlo Hartsuyker, Director of Charter School Support and Oversight
  • Picture Day
  • First Day of School Table for Board Members

• Kelly Simon
  • Board Retreat
  • Enrollment Report
  • LCAP Report
  • Safety Inspection Response
  • Photographer, Nicholas Sage
  • CORE Orientation and K-5 Parent Teacher Meetings
  • PAC Welcome Back Parent Social
• Cindy McCarthy
  • CAASPP Report

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.

6.1       Personnel Report

6.2       Financial Reports
            6.2.1    Approval of Checks
            6.2.2    Approval of Financial Statements
            6.2.3    Approval of Purchase Orders

6.3        Contracts
 

Governance

Parent square is a parent communication platform that allows teachers the capacity to communicate with their families in a consistent and easy way. They can communicate attendance, grades, and send messages, and create an online parent community. Parent square will be utilized at the classroom and administrative level in order to communicate with parents. It will help us not only in achieving consistency in parent communication, but it will support our LCAP Goal 3, focused on an effective environment for learning that is aligned with the whole child and the charter. Approval is recommended. 

The family handbook for the 2017-2018 school year has been rewritten to include important updated policies and procedures, to delete redundancies, and to outline expectations for students and families in our Bridges community. Approval is recommended. 

Staff Development was held on campus by grade level on August 4 and August 11 for kindergarten, first, and second for our new foundational reading program, Express Readers.  All staff members attended and are excited to implement the program into their classroom.  Materials were delivered in full. Staff would like to thank the board for their support and our investment in this program. 

Technology

We are asking the Board to approve a contract for our new teacher inductee's which states they will fulfill their obligation to complete the induction program. They must also agree to teach at the school an additional year for each year of financial support.  Should they leave Bridges of their own choice prior to fulfilling their obligation they must repay the school the cost of the induction program. This contract is standard practice in most of the schools in our county. Approval of this contract is recommended. 

We did a trial period with Empire Therapeutic and Creative Services in the spring 2017 that was successfully implemented that addressed a gap in our services for student social emotional needs. As a result of the success and the need, approval of this contract is recommended. 

Marc Starkey will present to the board an updated proposal for Prop 39 funds. Approval is recommended. 

This positive behavior contract outlines our school wide approaches to creating a safe and healthy school environment for all students and staff. The contract outlines expectations and policies for behavior along with potential consequences for off track behaviors. Students and parents in all grade levels will be expected to sign the contract in order to acknowledge receipt of expectations and policies. Approval is recommended.



 

This policy and administrative regulation are created to meet compliance and set expectations for all users of the Bridges network.  All users will be expected to sign an acceptable use agreement. Approval is recommended for BP 6163.4 and AR 6163.4.

Edlio, a website design service for institutions of education, will redesign our website to be more user friendly and informative for current and prospective families. This website redesign will enable us to more easily add resources for parents, and communicate policies to our community in support of our LCAP goal #3. Approval is recommended. 

CORE is moving from semesters to quarters as indicated on the revised 2017-18 calendar.

The approved bell schedule contained an error. There was one minute during a middle school passing period that has been adjusted.    Approval of this item is recommended.

Academic Excellence

                    Consideration of Appointment, Employment, Evaluation of Performance,
                    Discipline, or Dismissal of an Employee. 

Kelly's goals were revised based upon feedback in the board retreat.