Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday February 12, 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, M. Parker
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
C. Holder, C. McCarthy, K. Hans, K. Simon, 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 Feb 12, 2018 at 6:18 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
Margot Parket arrived at 6:48 pm.
C.
Approval of Agenda
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve the agenda.
B. Hodge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approval of Minutes of January 8, 2018
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 01-08-18 Board Meeting on 01-08-18.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Presentations
A.
PAC Report
No Report.
B.
VCOE Charter School Oversight
No report.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
No public comments.
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
Board Members
- Board President - Marcy Crawford
- Form 700 - Reminded the Board that Form 700 needs to be completed.
- Programmatic Audit - Noted that Director Kelly Simon and Assistant Director Cindy McCarthy did a phenomenal job presenting for the VCBE.
- BoardOnTrack Webinars - Asked the Board members to continue their education to further enhance the strength of the Board as a whole.
- Committee Volunteers - Sign ups are going well. There are lots of people volunteering to be on committees.
- Governance report - The committee met recently and will begin working on the Director Evaluation process.
- Budget - Michael Louderback - Will begin budget meetings in the near future.
- PAC Report - Shared some of the PAC issues.
- Branding/Marketing - Erin Morrissey - Committee is focusing on the PINs, tours and enrollment.
- Educational Excellence - Bonnie Hodge - Connected with volunteers and working on surveys.
- Facilities - Michael Flaherty - Committee is growing.
- Homeschool - Margot Parker - Homeschool is up to 60 students and thriving.
- Technology - No report
B.
Director and Assistant Director
Kelly Simon
- Enrollment Report - Kelly Simon shared the enrollment report with the Board
- Parent Information Nights - Thank you to Erin Carmen and Nicole for being incredibly organized and promoting our school so well. We have a great team of 8th grade students answering questions about the school.
- Programmatic Audit - Went smoothly and Kelly Simon felt supported. Bridges is taking some new initiatives in math.
- LCAP Report - Director Kelly Simon shared a snapshot of the LCAP.
- Goal 1 - Goal for this year is 4% higher than 2016.
- Goal 2 - Disabilities and socioeconomically disadvantaged scores grew
dramatically and population of all students grew slightly. - Goal 3 -Middle and end of year surveys will be done in coordination with the Educational Excellence Committee to assess student and parent perceptions and experiences.
- Middle School Science Fair Recap - Proud of Mr. John for getting the students to think so critically, which was evident in their projects. 15 Bridges students have entries being submitted to the County Science Fair.
- Coffee Chat 2/8 - Parents are willing to help with math and seeing real world math outside of the textbooks. March coffee chat will be held in the evening.
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve the consent items.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Curriculum and Instruction
A.
Consideration of Approval of Overnight Field Trips, 2017-18~
E. Morrissey made a motion to approve the overnight field trips, 2017-18.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Enrollment 2018-19
Director Kelly Simon and Assistant Director Cindy McCarthy discussed enrollment for 2018-19.
VII. Personnel
A.
Ratification of Stipends for Parent Information Nights Held in January, 2018, NTE $500
B. Hodge made a motion to ratify stipends for Parent Information Nights held in January, 2018, NTE $500.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VIII. Charter Policies
A.
BP 3541.1 Transporation for Volunteers and Employees
M. Flaherty made a motion to table BP 3541.1 Transporation for Volunteers and Employees until March.
M. Louderback seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
AR 3541.1 Transporation for Volunteers and Employees
B. Hodge made a motion to table AR BP 3541.1 Transporation for Volunteers and Employees until March.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IX. Business and Operations
A.
Consideration of Approval of Bridges 2018-19 School Year Calendar~
M. Louderback made a motion to approve Bridges 2018-19 School Year Calendar with corrected student days counts in months where staff development days were added.
B. Hodge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
At 8:15pm, on the motion of Michael Flaherty, seconded by Michael Louderback, in a unanimous decision, the board approved extending the meeting by half and hour.
X. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code 54957(b)(1)
The Board went into closed session at 8:25pm.
XI. Return to Open Session
A.
The Board returned to open session at 8:55 pm.
There was no report.
XII. 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 8:56 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Hans