Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday October 14, 2019 at 6:15 PM
Location
Bridges Charter School - 1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 - Rm 14
Directors Present
A. Geld, D. Fante, M. Flaherty, M. Louderback, O. Gunday Heerma, R. Urias, S. Trowbridge
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
B. Martinez, K. Hans, K. Simon, M. Gore, M. Hartsuyker, Meredith Johnson, R. Calasin
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 Monday Oct 14, 2019 at 6:17 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approval of Agenda
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the agenda.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approve Minutes from Special Board Meeting 9-16-19
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve minutes from the Special Board Meeting on 09-16-19 Special Board Meeting on 09-16-19.
A. Geld seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Approval of Minutes from September 9, 2019
O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 09-09-19 with one abstention - Allsion Geld. Board Meeting on 09-09-19.
S. Trowbridge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
F.
Minutes - Board Retreat, August 9, 2019
S. Trowbridge made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Retreat on 08-09-19 Board Retreat on 08-09-19.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Presentations
A.
PAC Report
Meredith Johnson, PAC President gave the PAC report:
- November 12th - Fundraiser - 5:00pm
- Silent Auction/Gala will take place in the Spring
- Green and Garden will do pumpkin patch
- Bridges Got Talent Show will be held on October 25th at 6:30pm in the MPR.
B.
Marlo Hartsuyker - VCOE Charter School Oversight~
There was no report.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
There were no public comments.
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
Board Reports:
President Mike Louderback:
President Mike Louderback:
- Ozge Heerma & Shannon Trowbridge-
- Nov 8th is first meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee.
- Mike Flaherty & Damian Fante- Finance and Facilities -
- Trying to set up meeting for next week
- Richard Urias - Finance -
- Committee is set. Meetings will be calendared soon.
B.
Director and Assistant Director
Dr. Kelly Simon:
Enrollment Report was shared with the board.
Prop 39 - In the process of requesting the facilities - due Nov 1 -
Credentialing Audit -Marlo did annual site visit and went over the checklist of what the authorizer is looking for.
Dr. Cesar Morales - Cl.ame with Marlo Hartsuyker to visit our charter school
Visit with Authorizer was successful
Meetings with CVUSD
Enrollment Report was shared with the board.
Prop 39 - In the process of requesting the facilities - due Nov 1 -
Credentialing Audit -Marlo did annual site visit and went over the checklist of what the authorizer is looking for.
Dr. Cesar Morales - Cl.ame with Marlo Hartsuyker to visit our charter school
Visit with Authorizer was successful
Meetings with CVUSD
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
R. Urias made a motion to approve the consent items.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VI. Personnel
A.
Consideration of Revised Salary Schedule 2019-2020
R. Urias made a motion to approve the revised salary schedule, 2019-20.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Consideration of Revised Employee Handbook 2019-20~
R. Urias made a motion to approve the revised Employee Handbook, 2019-20.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
VII. Special Projects/Programs
A.
2019-20 Local Dashboard Indicators
R. Urias made a motion to approve the 2019-2020 Local Dashboard Indicators.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Charter Renewal Updates
Dr. Simon spoke to the board about the potential changes to the charter.
VIII. Charter Policies
A.
Discussion/Vote Consideration of Revision of BP 9270 Conflict of Interest~
R. Urias made a motion to approve revised BP 9270, Conflict of Interest.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Revision of BP 1240 Volunteers~
The board discussed the BP 1240 Volunteers.
C.
Consideration of AR 1240.1 Parental Custody
A. Geld made a motion to approve AR 1250.1 Parental Custody.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
IX. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9
The board went into closed session at 7:50pm.
B.
Business Pursuant to Government Code § 54957 (b)
C.
Return to Open Session
A. Geld made a motion to return to open session.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
X. Open Session
A.
REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
There was no report.
XI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
M. Flaherty made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
D. Fante 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 8:29 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Hans