Opening Items

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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Charter Schools are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year LCAP, using the template adopted by the California State Board of Education. The LCAP identifies how schools address the State’s priorities and metrics, and how expenditures are in accordance with statutes. Dr. Simon will share an outline of the LCAP and solicit feedback for revisions from the Board of Directors.

Approval of this item is recommended.

• Enrollment - Dr. Simon shared information about current enrollment. 
• Parent Survey -- Dr. Simon shared results from the 2020-2021 Family Survey
• Equity Conference -- Dr. Simon shared key takeaways from teachers who attended the Equity Conference hosted by VCOE
• Community Circles -- Dr. Simon shared about the three community circles held with staff, teachers, parents, and student

• End of school year celebrations -

 

This salary schedule proposed for the 2021-2022 school year reflects a 2% on schedule increase. The salary schedule was discussed at length in budget committee meetings; Dr. Kelly and Ms. Cindy worked closely with Rudy Calasin to ensure that this increase is sustainable over time. 

Approval of this agenda item is recommended. 

This handbook was created using a template from CharterSafe, who provides Bridges with insurance, risk management and employee benefits.  Changes were made to page 77-80 and 87.

Approval of this item is recommended.

For your consideration, is the Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators.  This request acknowledges that there are insufficient numbers of fully credentialed teachers in several areas statewide, such as mathematics, science, special education, bilingual ed, etc. We are requesting approval of the Declaration of Need in the areas of mathematics and special education for the 2021/22 school year.  If necessary, the approval of this form will allow us to employ a teacher who is in process of attaining certification to teach mathematics or special education at the middle school level.  

Approval of this item is recommended.

The Board will be asked to consider a 3% off schedule bonus.

Approval of this item is recommended.

Rudy Calasin, Director of School Business Services VCSBSA, will outline the 2021-2022 budget.

Approval of this item is recommended.

Proposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, approved by the voters on November 6, 2012, temporarily increases the state's sales tax rate for all taxpayers and the personal income tax rates for upper-income taxpayers.
The revenues generated from Proposition 30 are deposited into a state fund called the Education Protection Account (EPA). School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools (LEAs) will receive funds from the EPA based on their proportionate share of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) amount. A corresponding reduction is made to an LEA or charter school's LCFF state aid equal to the amount of their EPA entitlement. LEAs will receive EPA payments quarterly.

Approval of this item is recommended,

In accordance with SB 1436, the legislative body shall orally report a summary of a recommendation for a final action on the salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of a local agency executive, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3511.1, during the open meeting in which the final action is to be taken.

Year End Resolutions allow VCSBSA to process our monetary/fiscal responsibilities during the summer when Bridges is closed.

 Approval is recommended.

Bridges has contracted CliftonLarsonAllen for many years to do the mandated audits and tax preparation.

Audit Services
CLA will audit the financial statements as well as the attendance audits.

Nonaudit Services
CLA will also provide the following nonaudit services: Preparation of Bridges financial statements and related notes; preparation of adjusting journal entries; and preparation of the informational tax return.

Each year, Bridges normally orders Chromebooks to replace those that have become obsolete or unsupported.  This year, there is a higher number of Chromebooks needed to replace those that were checked out to students for long distance learning due to COVID-19 and returned in disrepair.

Approval of this item is recommended.

Three revisions were made to the calendar:  

• August 19th was changed from a regular school day to a minimum day
• September 20 was changed from a minimum day to a regular day
• July 5th was added as a federal holiday

These days were switched to help make the transition back to school flow more smoothly.

The candidates elected for the board term of July 2021 - June 2024 are as follows:

Matthew Bleckley                   Ozge Gunday Heerma                    Keith B. Wheeler