Final

Bridges Charter School

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday February 8, 2021 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

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance and Guests
   
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
  C. Approval of Agenda
  D. Approval of Minutes~
    Approve minutes for Board Meeting on January 11, 2021
II. Presentations
  A. Marlo Hartsuyker - VCOE Charter School Oversight~
III. Public Comments
  A. Public Comments
   

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.
IV. Reports
  A. Governing Board
   
Board Members / Committee Reports
  • President - Mike Louderback 
    • Form 700
  • Chief Financial Officer - Damian Fante 
  • Vice President - Ozge Heerma
  • Parliamentarian - Michael Flaherty
  • Secretary - Shannon Trowbridge 
  • Member - Amanda Lennon
  B. Director Report
   
Dr. Kelly Simon, Director
  • Enrollment and Outreach -- Dr. Simon shared current enrollment numbers and strategies for building enrollment for 2021-2022 school year. 
  • Programmatic Audit -- Dr. Simon shared information about our upcoming programmatic audit with VCBE due on March 1st and presented on March 15th. 
  • School Compliance Reports -- Dr. Simon shared information about compliance reports including the Comprehensive Safety Plan and the Cal/OSHA COVID prevention plan 
  • Prop 39 Update -- Dr. Simon provided an update on Prop. 39 negotiations with CVUSD.
  C. Assistant Director Report
   
Cindy McCarthy, Assistant Director
  • Healthy Kid Survey for 5th grade, 7th grade and Staff  -  Cindy McCarthy reported that the surveys will begin in late February and the results should be in by mid to late April. 
  • Hybrid versus DL -  Cindy reported on the statistics of those particpating in hybrid onsite learning versus distance learning. 

 

 

 
V. Consent Items
  A. Consent Items~
   
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
VI. Personnel
  A. Consideration of Job Description for Health Technician~
   
Dr. Simon will present to the board a new job description that has been created in order to allow Bridges Charter School to hire a Health Technician who can provide more in-depth care for students' health needs while on site. An accompanying salary schedule has been created and reviewed with BSA for this new position. 

 

Approval of this item is recommended. 

 

 
  B. Consideration of Revised Salary Schedule 2020-2021~
   
This Salary Schedule represents some changes made to meet the minimum wage requirements; We have also included a new schedule for substitutes for Extensions Assistant and Instructional Aides along with a new salary schedule for Health Technician. This salary schedule reflects steps that were already projected and built into the budget but were not printed on the previous approved salary schedules. Additionally, steps for salaries less than minimum wage have been removed. 

 

Approval of this agenda item is recommended.
VII. Business and Operations
  A. Consideration of Approval of Bridges Charter School 2021-2022 School Calendar~
   
We have created the school calendar for year 2021-2022. This calendar is closely aligned with CVUSD's calendar, provides days for Staff Development, and meets requirements for instructional days and instructional minutes. The calendar was created with input from teachers and staff. 

 

Approval of this item is recommended.
  B. Consideration of Revised Bell Schedule & Instructional Minutes, 2021-2022~
   
Due to the re-opening of site based school on November 30th, slight amendments had to be made to the bell schedule to accommodate they hybrid on-ste plans.

 

Approval of this item is recommended.
VIII. Parents and Community
 
Governance
IX. Curriculum and Instruction
 
Technology
X. Special Projects/Programs
  A. WASC Accreditation
   
Bridges will be engaging in the 6 year WASC Accreditation Self Study in the 2021-2022 School year. Dr. Simon will share the process for accreditation and Bridges' plan for engaging stakeholders. The WASC Accreditation date is scheduled for November 15th-17th, 2021, and our self-study report is due no later than October 4th. 

 

 
XI. Special Education
XII. Pupil Personnel
XIII. Support Services
XIV. Facilities
XV. Charter Policies
XVI. Governing Board
  A. Consideration of Second Board Meeting~
XVII. Pending Agenda Items
  A. The March Board Meeting will be held on Monday, March 8, 2021~
XVIII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting