Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday October 23, 2017 at 6:15 PM
Location
Bridges Charter School, 1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 - Room 6
Directors Present
B. Hodge, E. Morrissey, M. Crawford, M. Flaherty, M. Louderback
Directors Absent
B. Paules, M. Parker
Guests Present
C. Holder, K. Hans, K. Simon, M. Hartsuyker, R. Urias
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
M. Crawford called a meeting of the board of directors of Bridges Charter School to order on Monday Oct 23, 2017 at 6:17 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approval of Agenda
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the agenda.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approve Minutes of September 11, 2017
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 09-11-17 Board Meeting on 09-11-17.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Presentations
A.
Marlo Hartsuyker - VCOE Charter School Oversight
VCOE Charter Oversight Director Marlo Hartsuyker provided Bridges with a new tobacco free sign. She also offered assistance with programmatic audit preparation.
B.
Carmen Holder - PAC Report
PAC President Carmen Holder reported about the PAC budget for 2017-18.
III. Reports
A.
Governing Board
Board Members
- Board President - Marcy Crawford
- Staff meeting Sept 15 - Enjoyed being at the meeting and seeing the teachers interact.
- Board Representative to PAC - Asked Board members to take turns attending PAC meetings.
- Governance Committee - Bill Paules resigned from the Board.
- Board members select two staff meeting - Invited the Board to attend at least one staff meeting this school year.
- Committees
- Budget - Mike Louderback - Working to connect with Benny Martinez.
- Branding/Marketing - Erin Morrissey - No report
- Educational Excellence - Bonnie Hodge - No report
- Facilities - Michael Flaherty - No report
- Homeschool - Margot Parker - Not present
- Technology - Bill Paules - Not present
B.
Director and Assistant Director
- Kelly Simon
- Enrollment Report - Continuing to come up in both site based and homeschool enrollment. Average daily attendance is doing well and percentages are better than they were last year.
- LCAP Report - First goal is to improve student achievement and we are doing a lot of work to identify strands and growth in student learning. Writing strand to improve student learning. Science NGSS - Norm ourselves around science and project based learning and curriculum maps to ensure we are building and not having too many overlaps. Working on cohesiveness. Reading Intervention is pushing in to assist children who need extra help and Cindy McCarthy and Kelly Simon working with higher students in math and writing all going well. Training and supporting teachers to implement -STEAMscience and cross curriculum. - we need to stay competitive- STEAM and project based learning.
- 3 - Learning environment and whole child - started parent education series with the expert who lead teacher development - compassionate parenting. It takes place on Tuesday evenings at 6:30. There has been great success with social emotional learning. Student council has done well implementing assemblies based on that curriculum.
- Prop 39 Facilities - Being prepared.
- Measure I Funds - Met with CVUSD regarding these funds.
- Opportunities for Parent Engagement - Marcy Crawford has been leading wonderful mindfulness groups for teachers and parents - integrating mindfulness into our personal practice. Additionally, every other Thursday, Marcy Crawford is leading a lunchtime mediation moment of stillness.
- VCOE Director Meeting - Attended a meeting at the County with other directors hosted by Marlo Hartsuyker. Young, Minney & Corr gave a presentation and all directors had the opportunity to collaborate with other directors.
IV. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
B. Hodge made a motion to approve the consent items.
E. Morrissey seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
V. Charter Policies
A.
First Read, Replacement of BP 6158 and AR 6158 Short Term Independent Study Policy
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve the replacement of BP 6158 and AR 6158 Short Term Independent Study Policy as amended to include the date range of the independent study request.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
First Read, BP 5145.5 and AR 5145.5 Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination, Bullying
M. Louderback made a motion to approve BP 5145.5 and AR 5145.5 Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination, Bullying as amended. {Remove parentheses from first paragraph. Kelly Simon to confer with attorney to confirm wording "with" vs "without".].
E. Morrissey seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
1st - Revision of BP 5145.3 and AR 5145.3 Title 9 Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination, Bullying
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the revision of BP 5145.3 and AR 5145.3 Title 9 Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination, Bullying.
B. Hodge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
First Reading, BP 5141.2 Hot Weather Conditions
M. Louderback made a motion to approve BP 5141.2 Hot Weather Conditions as amended to add the word "has "instead of "will have" #1 and replace the word "should" with "will " in #4.
E. Morrissey seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
First Reading, BP 5145.5 Suicide Prevention
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve BP 5141.5 Suicide Prevention as amended to correct policy number and include contact information for County of Ventura Child Protective Services.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Governing Board
A.
Board Committees 2017/18
President Marcy Crawford led a discussion regarding Board Committees.
On the motion of Michael Flaherty, seconded by Michael Louderback, the motion to extend the meeting by 30 minutes was approved.
B.
Bylaw Revisions
President Marcy Crawford led a discussion regarding possible minor changes to Bridges bylaws.
VII. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code 54957(b)(1)
The Board went into closed session at 8:30 p.m.
VIII. Return to Open Session
A.
Report from Closed Session
The Board returned to Open Session at 9:27 p.m.
There was no report.
There was no report.
IX. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
M. Louderback made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:28 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Hans
Michael Flaherty, Parliamentarian
Bonnie Hodge, Secretary
Michael Louderback, Treasurer
Erin Morrissey, Vice President - Arrived at 6:24
Margot Parker, Member - Was not present at this meeting
Bill Paules, Member - Was not present at this meeting
Kelly Simon, Director
Cindy McCarthy, Assistant Director - Was not present at this meeting
Kathee Hans, Recording Secretary
Richard Urias - Arrived at 6:29
Marlo Hartsuyker - Arrived at 7:00