Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday June 11, 2019 at 6:15 PM
Location
Bridges Charter School - 1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 - Rm 14
Directors Present
M. Crawford, M. Flaherty, M. Louderback, O. Gunday Heerma, R. Urias
Directors Absent
E. Morrissey
Guests Present
B. Martinez, C. McCarthy, D. Fante, D. Ouerbacker, J. Frazier, K. Hans, K. Simon, R. Calasin, S. Trowbridge
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
M. Louderback called a meeting of the board of directors of Bridges Charter School to order on Tuesday Jun 11, 2019 at 6:19 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approval of Agenda
M. Louderback made a motion to approve the agenda.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approval of Minutes
O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 05-13-19 Board Meeting on 05-13-19.
R. Urias seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Approval of Minutes from Special Board Meeting
M. Crawford made a motion to approve minutes from the Special Meeting on 05-16-19 as amended to include Ozge as present. Special Meeting on 05-16-19.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Presentations
A.
PAC Report
The bridging ceremony was successful. Final PAC meeting was promising and will be meeting to plan school year in the near future.
B.
Homeschool Teachers
Homeschool teachers Jill Frazier and Darcie Ouerbacker shared a presentation about the homeschool program at Bridges.
C.
Educational Excellence Committee
Ozge Gunday Heerma shared a presentation about academic excellence.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
There were no public comments.
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
Board Members Committee Reports
- Mike Louderback - President
- Thanked Marcy for her service
- Welcomed new Board Members Damian and Shannon
- Retreat -will be held on 8-9-19 and will focus on a Brown Act Refresher, Academic Excellence, and Team Building
- Board Governance Workshop - 9-11-19 at VCOE 5:00p-7:30p
- Charter Renewal Committee - Kelly Simon is working on the editing of the Charter Renewal
- Need to look for grants
- Budget Richard Urias - Would like to pre-calendar dates for next year's budget planning meeting that begin at 3:00p.
- Culture and Climate - Erin Morrisey - Not present at this meeting.
- Educational Excellence -
- Facilities - Michael Flaherty - No report
- Governance - Marcy Crawford - Elections were success and we will discuss Kelly's evaluation later
- Safety -Ozge Heerma - 9 Cameras were installed on campus
B.
Director and Assistant Director
Kelly Simon
- Enrollment Report - Have healthy waiting lists for next year.
- Local Board Relations Met with Mike Teasdale -Our local rep at VCOE - Mike - Megan Winters was just elected on the board at MATES - should help strengthen our relationship. Also met with Betsy Connelly and she was very positive. We need to forge forward and reach out and share our practices and how we contribute to students who enter CVUSD high schools. Urged us to collect that data. Spoke about P39 - out of district charged diff rate and she said that the district is likely going to be charging us an diff rate but not when.
- Prop 39 - Not much new info this year w except of the in and out different pro rata - added to memorialize that they don't have to provide facilities for ood students. Should give us some notice if it happens. P 39 says whatever the other schools are getting, we should get, auditoriums, parking lots, etc and offer us a school that's the equivalent.
- Measure I - Met with Tim McCabe re fencing and the parking lot to be installed in the field. They plan to expand the central kitchen.
- Stemposium - summer workshop that our teachers can attend. But a small group is going to talk about hosting it here at BCS.
- Parent Education - Always had strong representation of parents.
- Bridging Ceremony - Fantastic - well organized and offered a warm ceremony
- PAC Budget Meeting - Discussed earlier.
- Washington D.C. Field Trip - Group of 8th graders went to WDC with LB and HN learned a lot and were complimented everywhere for their good behavior and representing BCW well.
- CAASPP - The scores are in and the information is being disaggregated - This year info was provided via the parent portal.
- Eighth Grade Culmination - Always exciting to see our 8th graders participate First group of students to go from K-8. Parents decorated beautifully. Always and honor to hear the students speak.
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
R. Urias made a motion to approve the consent items.
M. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Business and Operations
A.
Approval of Proposition 30, 2019/20~
R. Urias made a motion to approve the Proposition 30, 2019-20. Post to school website.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Approval of Budget 2019-20
Benny Martinez, Director of School Business Services, led a discussion regarding the budget with the board.
R. Urias made a motion to approve the 2019-20 budget.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
M. Flaherty made a motion to extend the board meeting.
M. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Approval of 2017-18 Annual Tax Exempt Returns
R. Urias made a motion to approve the 2017-18 Annual Tax Exempt Returns.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approval of Consolidated Reporting and Application System - CARS, 2019-20~
R. Urias made a motion to approve the Consolidated Reporting and Application System - CARS, 2019-20.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Approval to Accept the Year End Resolutions from BSA for Fiscal Year 2019-20~
R. Urias made a motion to approve the Year End Resolutions from BSA for Fiscal Year 2019-20.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
F.
Approval of Facilities Agreement with CVUSD (Prop 39), 2019-2020
R. Urias made a motion to approve the Facilities Agreement with CVUSD (Prop 39), 2019-2020.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
G.
Approval of VCOE Escape Financial & Payroll/Personnel, 2019-2020~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the VCOE Escape Financial & Payroll/Personnel, 2019-2020.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
H.
Approval of VCOE Courier Services Agreement, 2019-20, NTE $1801.00~
M. Flaherty made a motion to VCOE Courier Services Agreement, 2019-20, NTE $1801.00.
M. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
I.
Approval of VCOE -Software Licensing for Q Food Service 2019-20, MTE $2160.00~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the VCOE -Software Licensing for Q Food Service 2019-20, MTE $2160.00.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
J.
Approval of Ventura County SELPA Agreement for Occupational Therapy Services 2019-20, NTE $12,240.00
M. Crawford made a motion to approve the Ventura County SELPA Agreement for Occupational Therapy Services 2019-20, NTE $12,240.00.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
K.
Approval of Revised Bell Schedule, 2019-20~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the revised Bell Schedule, 2019-20.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
L.
Approval of Agreement with CharterSafe, 2019-20, NTE $62,513.00~
M. Crawford made a motion to approve the Agreement with CharterSafe, 2019-20, NTE $62,513.00~.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
M.
Approval of Document Tracking Services, 2019-20, NTE $320.00~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the Document Tracking Services, 2019-20, NTE $320.00.
M. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
N.
Approval of Chromebooks from STS Pacific One Source, NTE $21,672.00~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the purchase of Chromebooks from STS Pacific One Source, NTE $21,672.00.
M. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
O.
Approval of Promethean Boards from STS Pacific One Source, NTE $9544.61~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the purchase of Promethean Boards from STS Pacific One Source, NTE $9544.61.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VII. Personnel
A.
Approval of Certificated & Classified Salary Schedule, 2019-20~
R. Urias made a motion to approve the Certificated & Classified Salary Schedule, 2019-20.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Approval of Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators~
O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to approve the Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators.
M. Crawford seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Consideration of Revised Director Job Description~
M. Crawford made a motion to approve the revised Director Job Description.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VIII. Special Projects/Programs
A.
2019-20 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Budget
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the 2019-20 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Budget.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IX. Governing Board
A.
Board Election Results
The board election results were shared and new members welcomed.
B.
Consideration of Board Meeting Schedule for 2019-2020~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the Board Meeting Schedule for 2019-2020 as amended to change the training date to August 9, 2019.
R. Urias seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
X. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9
The board went into closed session at 8:56 p.m.
B.
Business Pursuant to Government Code § 54957 (b)~
C.
Return to Open Session
M. Crawford made a motion to return to open session.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
XI. Open Session
A.
Report on Actions Taken in Closed Session
There was no report.
XII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
M. Crawford made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The motion did not carry.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:34 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Hans