Opening Items

Michael Louderback, President
Ozge Heerma Gunday, Vice President
Richard Urias, Treasurer
Shannon Trowbridge, Secretary
Michael Flaherty, Parliamentarian
Damian Fante, Member

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

Academic Excellence

Representatives from the Math Committee attended the California Math Conference with the intention of gathering ideas to inform future curricular decisions and whole staff professional development. Dr. Simon, Ms. Mc Carthy along with several math committee members will share with the board key takeaways from the conference as well as our plan for implementing new ideas at Bridges. 

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

• Vice President - Ozge Heerma
  • Form 700
• Budget - Richard Urias
• Safety School Culture and Academic Excellence - Ozge Heerma & Shannon Trowbridge 
• Facilities  - Michael Flaherty & Damian Fante 
• Governance -  Allison Geld and Mike Louderback 

Kelly Simon

• Enrollment Report
• Prop 39 Update
• Family Math Night
• Spring Parent Education Series 
• Upcoming Staff Development Days

Cindy McCarthy

• Board Member Classroom Observation
• Who's Who History Bee

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       Financial Reports
            6.1.1    Approval of Checks
            6.1.2    Approval of Financial Statements
            6.1.3    Approval of Purchase Orders
            
6.2        Personnel Report          
           

Attached for your review are the Memorandum of Understanding and Administrative Services Agreement between VCBE and Bridges Charter School. 

Board Approval is recommended.

The redlined changes reflect key legal updates to our bylaws that were last updated in 2009. These changed address SB 126 (which impacted the meeting location language and other sections addressing compliance with Government Code Section 1090).  Please pay particular note to detailed comments regarding (1) compensation of directors and (2) officer titles. 

 

Governance

Technology

Dr. Simon will present the Charter Renewal Petition to the board and invite discussion. 

 

For your review is a revised draft of our Comprehensive Sexual Health Board Policy that more closely aligns to the new state mandates as outlined in the California Healthy Youth Act. Approval of this amended policy is recommended. Additionally, an overview of the  program has been attached for your information. 

In order for the City Counsel to recommend approval of this board policy to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, a small revision is required.  On page 3, under Conflict of Interest, paragraph 2, the word Education was replaced with the word Supervisors, as well as the new approval date of 01/20/2020 on the same page.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation: Significant Exposure to Litigation pursuant to subdivision (d) (2) of Section 54956.9 (1 case)  (SID #1001649)