Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday January 13, 2020 at 6:15 PM
Location
Bridges Charter School - 1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 - Rm 14
Directors Present
D. Fante, M. Flaherty, O. Gunday Heerma, S. Trowbridge
Directors Absent
A. Geld, M. Louderback, R. Urias
Guests Present
B. Martinez, C. McCarthy, H. Newberry, J. Harris, K. Hans, K. Simon, M. Hartsuyker, R. Calasin
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
O. Gunday Heerma called a meeting of the board of directors of Bridges Charter School to order on Monday Jan 13, 2020 at 6:16 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Approval of Agenda
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the agenda as amended.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
Remove Mike Louderback and add Ozge to Closed Session
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
D.
Approve Minutes
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 12-09-19.
S. Trowbridge seconded the motion.
Page 2 of minutes for November 12th and La Reina on page 8 is misspelled.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Presentations
A.
PAC Report
B.
Marlo Hartsuyker - VCOE Charter School Oversight~
Excited about the upcoming renewal. Working with Kelly Simon and will review the MOU.
C.
Math Committee Presentation
Dr. Kelly Simon, Ms. Cindy McCarthy, Heather Newberry and Jeff Harris spoke to the board about the highlights and ideas for implementation from the California Math Conference.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
There were no public comments.
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
Board Members / Committee Reports
- Vice President - Ozge Heerma
- Form 700
- Budget - Richard Urias - The first meeting went well and was informative.
- Safety School Culture and Academic Excellence - Ozge Heerma & Shannon Trowbridge - Next meeting will be held on January 22 to review the school safety plan.
- Facilities - Michael Flaherty & Damian Fante - No report.
- Governance - Allison Geld and Mike Louderback - No report.
B.
Director and Assistant Director
Kelly Simon
- Enrollment Report was shared with the board.
- Prop 39 -
- Family Math Night - Lots of activities and will be fun evening.
- Spring Parent Education Series - Shoshana Wheeler will be doing 2 parent education nights: (1) 2/18/20 at 6:30pm Helicopter Parenting, and (2) 4/2/20 at 6:30pm Parenting an Adolescent
- Upcoming Staff Development Days - There will be 2 early release days for staff development this month; 1/15/20 and 1/29/20. Will be working with PBL and school wide norms.
- Board Members are invited to come and observe a classroom or two. Please feel welcome to contact us to set that up.
- Who's Who History Bee was a trivia contest for grades 3-5. Bridges is proud of all the students who entered. Our top winner was Cooper and he will be move to the next round and may have the opportunity to advance to NY to complete nationally.
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the consent items.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
VI. Business and Operations
A.
Approval of the 2018-19 Independent Audit Report~
Benny Martinez, VCSBSA Director of School Business Services spoke with the board about the 2018-19 Independent Audit report.
S. Trowbridge made a motion to approve the 2018-19 Independent Audit Report.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Consideration of MOU with VCOE and VCBE, 2020-2025~
Dr. Kelly Simon led the board in a discussion about the MOU, including the SELPA.
D. Fante made a motion to approve the MOU with VCOE and VCBE, 2020-2025.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
C.
Revision of Bridges Charter School Bylaws~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the revised Bridges Charter School Bylaws as amended to replace the word Treasurer with the words Chief Financial Officer.
S. Trowbridge seconded the motion.
Dr. Kelly Simon led the board in a discussion about the bylaws.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
VII. Special Projects/Programs
A.
Charter Renewal Petition
S. Trowbridge made a motion to approve the Charter Renewal Petition as amended.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
Director Kelly Simon led the board in a discussion about the Charter Renewal petition including achievements since last Charter Renewal and significant updates made to the new Charter petition.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
M. Flaherty made a motion to extend the meeting by 30 minutes.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
VIII. Charter Policies
A.
Revision of BP 6142.1 Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Instruction~
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve revised BP 6142.1 Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Instruction as emended in the note section.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
Assistant Director, Cindy McCarthy, led the board in a discussion about the revised board policy.
As amended to change the word diseases to infections (line 4.)
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
As amended to change the word diseases to infections (line 4.)
B.
Revision of BP 9270 Conflict of Interest
S. Trowbridge made a motion to approve the revised BP 9270 Conflict of Interest.
M. Flaherty seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
IX. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9
The board went into closed session at 8:22 pm.
B.
Return to Open Session
M. Flaherty made a motion to return to open session at 8:29 p.m.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
X. Open Session
A.
REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
M. Flaherty made a motion to approve the legal agreement regarding student ID #(SID #1001649)
S. Trowbridge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
S. Trowbridge seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
XI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
M. Flaherty made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30.
D. Fante seconded the motion.
The board VOTED 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 8:31 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Hans
The middle school dance is February 24th.