Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday January 8, 2018 at 6:15 PM
Location
1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 - Room 6
Directors Present
B. Hodge, E. Morrissey, M. Crawford, M. Flaherty, M. Louderback
Directors Absent
M. Parker
Guests Present
B. Martinez, C. McCarthy, K. Hans, K. Simon, M. Hartsuyker, Rudy Calasin
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 Jan 8, 2018 at 6:18 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approval of Agenda
E. Morrissey made a motion to amend the agenda to strike the closed session.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approve Minutes of December 11, 2017
B. Hodge made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 12-11-17 Board Meeting on 12-11-17.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Marlo Hartsuyker - VCOE Charter School Oversight
Invited everyone to come to the VCBE meeting in support of the programmatic audit.
II. Presentations
A.
PAC Report
No report.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
There were no public comments.
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
Governing Board
Board Members
Board Members
- Board President - Marcy Crawford
- Form 700 - Must be completed for year 2018
- Board Member Classroom Observation
- Governance - Will be meeting with BoardOnTrack via conference call on Friday. Teacher Megan Chism will be working on the governance committee.
- Committees
- Budget - Michael Louderback - Will begin meetings with BSA in January.
- Branding/Marketing - Erin Morrissey - First PIN coming up soon.
- Educational Excellence - Bonnie Hodge - Looking forward to attending the next staff meeting.
- Facilities - Michael Flaherty - No report.
- Homeschool - Margot Parker- Not present.
- Technology - No report.
B.
Director and Assistant Director
- Kelly Simon
- Enrollment Report - Reviewed the enrollment.
- LCAP Report -- Appropriate progress is being made.
- Prop 39 Energy Plan - Project is going well and will be completed in the near future.
- Annual Programmatic Audit - Board members are invited to attend the meeting
- Holiday Concert - Concert was amazing . The performance was touching.
- Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Progress - Student speakers spoke about diversity. Next month there will be an interactive assembly about bullying.
- Cindy McCarthy
- SARC - The SARC has been submitted.
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve the consent items.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Personnel
A.
Stipend for Extensions Homework Support, NTE $550 per Quarter, 2017-18
B. Hodge made a motion to approve the stipend for Extensions homework support, NTE $550 per quarter, 2017-18.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VII. Charter Policies
A.
Replacement of BP 6158 Short Term Independent Study Policy
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve the replacement policy 6158 - Short Term Independent Study and amend title to 6158.1.
B. Hodge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VIII. Business and Operations
A.
2016/17 Financial Audit Report from Vicenti, Lloyd, Stutzman
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the audit.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IX. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
E. Morrissey made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
B. Hodge 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 7:43 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Hans