There were no public comments.

Mike Louderback: 
    Board training at VCOE was informative. Another board training is being offered by our attorneys in Los Angeles if board     members are interested. 
    Form 700 for new board members should be submitted. 
    
Richard Urias:
     Attended Bridges first PAC meeting and reports they were organized and ambitious and left him with favorable impression.

    Meredith Johnson is conscious of being in alignment with rules and regulations of PAC. The new family welcome had a good turnout,     and families were pleased with the way that it went. School cleanup day is September 29th. 

The board acknowledged the transition from Marcy Crawford to new Board President, Mike Louderback. 

Kelly: 


 

• Kelly Simon
  • Enrollment Report - Enrollment is strong. We have wait lists in most grades and open spots are being filled.
  • Committees - Teacher committees are being formed along with a school wide Safety Committee and a Charter Renewal Committee. 
  • Facilities Meeting with CVUSD - Facilities meeting with CVUSD was discussed along with Measure I funds.
  • Traffic Control Meeting - Sergeant Patterson visited our school during pickup and provided some suggestions to administration.
  • Programmatic Audit - Our Programmatic Audit with the county board has been scheduled. Board member attendance is encouraged.
  • PAC Meeting - The PAC meeting had a good turnout of new parents eager to help out.
• Cindy McCarthy
  • Parent Orientation Trainings - Parent orientations were strongly attended and Shoshana Wheeler shared strategies for volunteering in the classroom.
  • Website Update - Updates have been made on our website to the curriculum tabs particularly for Social Emotional Learning, Digital Citizenship, and 21st Century Learning.
  • CCSA Conference - CCSA Conference is a good opportunity and we hope that a board member can attend this year. 
  • Fire Days - Fire Day was approved and will be fully funded. 
  • Career Counseling and Education - Our Middle School teachers are working on integrating career education into their curriculum and will coordinate a big career day and a college day. Goal is to foster an awareness of college and career readiness 
  • Service Learning Project - Service Learning project in middle school is beginning this year; the Service Learning Project will become a meaningful opportunity for students to integrate outside projects with classroom learning. 

 
 


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Our Mid Cycle WASC visit is October 22nd. Dr. Simon presented the report and discussed the school's progress in meeting the identified action steps from our initial WASC visit.

Adjustments to the school related field trips policy is being updated to reflect current recommendations from Bridges insurance company. 
 

The board discussed this policy and plans to vote on it at the next meeting.  

Dr. Kelly Simon discussed the school's procedures for seeking, evaluating, and providing services for students identified as having disabilities.

Dr. Kelly Simon discussed the difference between the 504 policy and the Comprehensive Special Education Policy describing the process for protecting students with disabilities from discrimination based upon disability.
 

The board has not required the second meetings, so we are suggesting that we remove these meetings from our calendar. 

The board discussed changing the committees to: 

Culture and Climate (Erin Morrisey) 
Safety (Ozge Heerma)
Charter Renewal Committee (Mike Louderback)
Educational Excellence (Bonnie Hodge)
Facilities  (Michael Flaherty) 
Governance (Marcy Crawford)
Budget (Richard Urias)

Board members were appointed to lead each of the identified committees.

Board President Mike Louderback shared the board's final response to a grievance.

There was no report.

The board discussed a one time bonus for all returning Bridges employees.