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

Ms. Erin Hirsch, one of our 4/5 teachers will present the work that she is doing to enhance our STEM/Robotics Program. She will share her vision for the future of STEM and Robotics at Bridges including a proposal for a summer program for local students. 

Four teachers, two administrators, and our board president attended the annual CCSA conference in Sacramento. The teachers who attended will share their inspiring take-aways from the conference. 

Dr. Simon will present key points from the programmatic audit that was presented to the Ventura County Board of Education on Monday, March 18th. There will be time for questions and 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
  • LCAP
  • Whole Learner Symposium 
  • Visit to Stevenson Elementary 
  • CCSA 
• Cindy McCarthy
  • County Science Fair
  • CAASPP Progress
  • Teacher and Staff Evaluations
  • Fun Run and After Party Date Change

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       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


           

A few items were added to the 2019-20 calendar to make it more comprehensive:
ELPAC Testing Dates,
CAASPP Testing Dates
Physical Fitness Testing Dates
Semester Beginning/End Dates
 

VCSBSA’s Board took action to approve a 3-year contract extension with CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP.   Attached please find the CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP engagement letter for the June 30, 2020 through June 30, 2022 audits.  I have also attached a copy of the fee schedule for the audits. 

In order to have the State of California reimburse Bridges for monies lost due to school closure on November 9 and November 13-16, 2018, for a total of 5 days, due to the fires and the cleaning of the school, CDE Form J-13A must be completed, and then signed by each Board member.   I recommend approval of this item.

The board is asked to discuss and form a resolution about state legislation that has the potential to significantly impact Charter Schools. 

There will be a presentation about the work of California Charter School Advocates whose mission is to increase the involvement of the charter school community in the public policy arena, to create a pipeline of charter school supporters and activists, to elect public officials who support California charter schools, and to grow the political influence of the California charter school movement.

Governance

Technology

It has been proposed that, as an option for parents who sign a liability release provided by CharterSafe,
Bridges Charter School considers allowing the use of ride share applications, such as Hop Skip Drive, a voluntary ride share transportation group, to pick up students from Bridges Charter School and take them home.

The board is asked to consider the resignation of board member Bonnie Hodge.

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