Bridges Charter School
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 14, 2020 at 6:15 PM PST
Location
Due to COVID-19, this meeting will be held via teleconference only. Members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment using the information below:
NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE OPTIONS FOR MEETING
This meeting of the Bridges Charter School Board of Directors will be a teleconference meeting where one or more members of the Board will be attending the meeting via teleconference/video conference.
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Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| B. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
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Michael Louderback, President
Ozge Heerma Gunday, Vice President Damian Fante, Chief Financial Officer Shannon Trowbridge, Secretary Michael Flaherty, Parliamentarian Amanda Lennon, Member Kelly Simon, Director Cindy McCarthy, Assistant Director Kathee Hans, Recording Secretary |
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| C. | Approval of Agenda | |
| D. | Approval of Regular Board Meeting Minutes November 9, 2020~ | |
| E. | Approval of Special Board Meeting November 13, 2020 Minutes~ | |
| II. | Presentations | |
| A. | Marlo Hartsuyker - VCOE Charter School Oversight~ | |
| III. | Public Comments | |
| A. | Public Comments | |
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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. |
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| IV. | Reports | |
| A. | Governing Board | |
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Board Members / Committee Reports
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| B. | Director Report | |
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Dr. Kelly Simon, Director
Hybrid Re-Opening -- Dr. Simon shared details about the successful first tier of re-opening for hybrid on-site learning.
Enrollment -- Dr. Simon shared current enrollment numbers and strategies for building enrollment for 2021-2022 school year.
Prop 39 -- Dr. Simon shared information about the current status of Prop 39 negotiations with CVUSD for facilities allocation for 2021-2022 school year.
Holiday Travel Guidelines -- Dr. Simon shared holiday travel guidelines that will be required for travel for students and staff traveling internationally or domestically over the holidays.
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| C. | Assistant Director Report | |
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Hybrid Re-Opening: Ms. Cindy shared statistics on the number of students returning to our hybrid program.
Extensions: Ms. Cindy shared statistics on the number of families using our after school extensions program and the number we are anticipating for January.
Picture Day: Picture days were offered to students on 12/09-12/11. Make-up picture days will be scheduled in February.
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| V. | Consent Items | |
| A. | Consent Items~ | |
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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 6.1.4 Approval of Credit Card Purchases 6.1.5 Approval of Amazon Purchases
6.2 Personnel Report
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| VI. | Personnel | |
| VII. | Business and Operations | |
| VIII. | Parents and Community | |
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Governance
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| IX. | Curriculum and Instruction | |
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Technology
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| X. | Special Projects/Programs | |
| A. | Updates to School Re-opening Plan | |
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Dr. Simon will share current county COVID updates and trends in addition to sharing plans for our next tier of re-opening.
Bridges is scheduled to invite more K-5 students back in a second tier of re-opening scheduled for January 4th. Given county trends, K-5 students who have selected a January 4th return date can elect to return to on-site learning on January 4th or wait two weeks to return to on-site learning until January 19th. K-5 students who are not ready to return to campus by January 19th will continue in the Distance Learning program for the full school year.
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| XI. | Special Education | |
| XII. | Pupil Personnel | |
| XIII. | Support Services | |
| XIV. | Facilities | |
| XV. | Charter Policies | |
| A. | Approval of Revised BP 3310, Credit Card~ | |
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Dr. Simon will present revisions to the credit card policy that reflect updates consistent with the school's need to purchase necessary supplies to maintain the efficiency of normal school business.
Approval of this policy is recommended.
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| B. | Approval of Retirement of BP 4169.9 Catastrophic Leave | |
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Presented for consideration is the option to retire the Catastrophic Leave Policy. We recommend that this policy be retired and that the practice of providing employees options to participate in disability insurance coverage is continued each year.
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| XVI. | Governing Board | |
| XVII. | Pending Agenda Items | |
| A. | Next Board Meeting is on Monday, January 11th. | |
| XVIII. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |