Michael Louderback, President
Ozge Heerma Gunday, Vice President
Katerina Yevmenkina, CFO 
Matt Bleckley, Secretary
Keith B. Wheeler, Parliamentarian 

Kelly Simon, Director
Cindy McCarthy, Assistant Director
Kami Brown, Recording Secretary

Given AB361, The Governing Board must make a finding every 30 days on the continuation of the State of Emergency in order to continue holding board meetings virtually. The Board will consider the circumstances of the State of Emergency and determine if the current State of Emergency continues to directly impact the ability of members to meet safely in person. A State of Emergency can be declared if the officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing.

Mitchell Slater will join the board to present strategies for marketing, retention, and enrollment. The automation of the data systems simplifies the enrollment process, ensures that our Board has real time authentic feedback from current and prospective families, and automates administrative tasks, thereby alleviating often time-consuming tasks from administrative staff and providing real data to inform marketing decisions. 

Lacey Powers, PAC President, will share school news and updates. 

 Board Member Reports

• President - Mike Louderback 
• Finance and Facilities - Katerina Yemevmenkina
• Safety School Culture and Academic Excellence - Ozge Heerma

• COVID policy updates -- Dr. Simon will provide an update on the shift in testing requirements for employees and volunteers.
• Jacqui Irwin visit -- Local Assembly woman, Jacqui Irwin will visit our campus on December 7th at 9am to tour our school and meet with middle school students. 
• Cyclical Monitoring -- The California Department of Education (CDE) is required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 34 Section 300.600 to monitor student performance in special education programs operated by local educational agencies (LEAs). Bridges Charter school was randomly selected for monitoring activities beginning in September 2022. We will conduct a self-review of 1. Policies and Procedures, 2. Practices, or student record review of up to 25 students, 3. Educational Benefit Review of up to 10 students. Our county SELPA will be providing support during the review process. The self-study is due no later than December 5th, 2022. 
• Enrollment Report -- Dr. Simon has been working with PAC to boost school enrollment. Further, Dr. Simon will begin meeting with the kindergarten teachers to develop early strategies for building kindergarten enrollment for the 2023-2024 lottery. 
• Board Committees -- Board committee meetings have been calendared and both teacher and student representatives have been secured.  

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    Checks
            6.1.2    Financial Statements
            6.1.3    Purchase Orders
            6.1.4    Amazon Purchases
            6.1.5    Contracts Report

     
6.2        Personnel Report

6.3        Slater Strategies
                  
           

BoardOnTrack is the online board management platform that we use to maintain board meeting business and have contracted with for 7 years; the renewal contract was offered with no increase in fees.
 
Approval of this item is recommended.

Slater Industries will provide marketing and administrative support for enrollment by providing support with the following. This contract will cover a full year of marketing and enrollment support with a monthly charge of $1500. Another marketing firm was solicited for a bid, however, Slater Strategies was able to provide a more comprehensive package to fit Bridges' needs. 

• Zenrollment Software and Systems support 
• Website Maintenance and Management including Domain name and Hosting
• Online Listings Management (Listing Distribution & Listing Sync Pro)
• Reputation Management Software and support 
• Customer Voice Software
• Social Marketing Software
• Review Request 
• Review Response (Google & Facebook)
• Student Social Media Team Coaching (Student Lead Team, 1 meeting a month)
• Local SEO (GBP)
• SEO (Up to 2 target cities, 10 total keywords)
• Monthly Review Meeting for marketing analysis 

Approval of this contract is recommended 

In accordance with Board policies regarding field trips (BP 3541 and BP 6153), we are requesting Board approval for an overnight trips planned for 2023. The trips directly support each grade level’s social studies and science curricula.

Dates to Yosemite  1/30/23 to 2/3/23

Date of Catalina 4/5/23 to 4/7/23

Recommendation of approval is requested.

This policy must be revised every two years to remain compliant with Ventura County.  Updates were made to include  the the number of designated positions under Exhibit A.

Approval of this item is recommended.

Dr. Simon will be at the Charter School Development Conference on Monday, November 14th. The Board will vote to change the November meeting to an alternative proposed date of November 7th, 16th, or 28th.