Opening Items

Michael Louderback, President
Erin Morrissey, Vice President
Michael Flaherty, Parliamentarian
Richard Urias, Treasurer
Ozge Heerma Gunday, Secretary
Bonnie Hodge, member
Marcy Crawford, member

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

Academic Excellence

Virginia Beck, Director of Child Nutrition Services, will present information about the food service contract submitted by CVUSD. She will specifically share information about the process for becoming a National School Lunch Program, the lunch and breakfast menus offered by CVUSD, and the nutritional content of foods in relationship to Bridges' Healthy Eating Policy. There will be time for a Q&A discussion. 

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 Committee Reports

• Mike Louderback - President
  • Charter Renewal Committee

 

• Budget Richard Urias
• Culture and Climate - Erin Morrisey
• Educational Excellence - Bonnie Hodge
• Facilities - Michael Flaherty
• Governance - Marcy Crawford
• Safety -Ozge Heerma  

AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY

• Kelly Simon
  • Enrollment Report
  • Performance Indicator Review
  • Spelling Bee
  • Professional Development and Teacher Committees
  • Programmatic Audit Update 
• Cindy McCarthy
  • Science Fair
  • Student Leadership Volunteer Agreements
  • School Resource Officer Visit

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       Contracts Report

6.2       Stipends Report

6.3       Financial Reports
            6.3.1    Approval of Checks
            6.3.2    Approval of Financial Statements
            6.3.3    Approval of Purchase Orders
            6.3.4    Approval of Credit Card Purchases

6.4      Certification of Lost Receipt

           

Governance

We are asking the board to approve this position as a temporary service to support students in grades 3-8 who have been identified as low performing or at-risk. This position will be offered to provide supplementary pull-out math intervention for low performing and at risk students in preparation for state testing. This position will be funded with the low performing block grant funds. 

For your consideration, the Miscellaneous Certificated Salary Schedule, 2018-19, has been revised to include a "Tutor" position.

Technology

Presented for your consideration is the 2017-18 Bridges Charter School SARC. In November 1988, California voters passed Proposition 98, also known as The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. This ballot initiative provides California's public and charter schools with a stable source of funding. In return, all public and charter schools in California are required annually to prepare a School Accountability Report Card (SARC) and disseminate it to the public. SARCs are intended to provide the public with important information about each public school and to communicate a school's progress in achieving its goals.

Governing boards are required to approve the publication of their SARC on an annual basis, publicize those reports, and notify parents and guardians of pupils that a hard copy will be provided upon request.

State and federal laws require specific items to be reported in the following categories: demographic information, school safety and climate for learning, academic data, school completion, class size, teacher and staff information, curriculum and instruction, post secondary preparation, and fiscal and expenditure data.

Approval of the 2017-18 SARC is recommended.

Bridges Charter School Safety Committee met four times in the 2018-2019 school year to review and revise policies and procedures with the intent of ensuring the ongoing safety of students Bridges Charter School. Our Safety Committee performed a needs assessment and identified three areas of our Safety Plan to focus on revising. These three areas were related to student discipline, expectations for a safe learning environment, and our emergency procedures. Our 2019-2020 Comprehensive Safety Plan reflects these changes, is in alignment with state Educational Code, and has been reviewed and revised in collaboration with students, parents, and law enforcement. The 2019-2020 Comprehensive Safety Plan is recommended for approval. 

The Bridges Board meeting scheduled for March 11th coincides with the Ventura County Board of Education meeting during which Bridges Administration will be presenting our annual programmatic audit. Because of this conflict, we are asking that the March board meeting be rescheduled to March 25th. 

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