Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday May 9, 2022 at 6:15 PM
Location
Due to COVID-19, this meeting will be held via teleconference only. Members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment using the information below:
NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE OPTIONS FOR MEETING
This meeting of the Bridges Charter School Board of Directors will be a teleconference meeting where one or more members of the Board will be attending the meeting via teleconference/video conference.
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Directors Present
M. Bleckley (remote), M. Louderback (remote), O. Gunday Heerma (remote), S. Trowbridge (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Lennon, K. Wheeler
Guests Present
C. McCarthy (remote), K. Brown (remote), K. Simon (remote), M. Hartsuyker (remote), R. Calasin (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Board Finding of Finding of State of Emergency
D.
Approval of Agenda
E.
Approval of Minutes
II. Presentations
A.
Marlo Hartsuyker, Director of Charter Schools Support and Oversight
B.
2022 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Public Hearing
Dr. Kelly presented the 2022 LCAP plan. She went over the three goals, action steps, and expenditures.
Goal 1: Improve student achievement for all students and subgroups.
Goal 2: Train and support teachers to implement effective instructions.
Goal 3:Provides an environment for learning based upon the whole child tenets.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
Lacey from PAC (VP/Acting President) informed the Board and community of the following:
Parent night out May 21st
Fun run on campus May 26st
Carnival on June 3rd
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
B.
Director and Assistant Director Reports
Dr. Kelly spoke on the following:
- Enrollment for next school year. Our projection is 330 students and 70 homeschool students.
- Teacher leadership committee- This group consists of 9 teachers which include specialists. So far, the committee has met three times with one more meeting this school year.
- Board governance training- Revisited the roles and responsibilities of the Board and how to field complaints shall they arise.
- Upcoming site visit-Marlo will visit us this Wednesday May 11th.
- Upcoming Audit with Clifton and Larson- May 19th. We will report back the preliminary findings.
- Progress on UTK development- We will not be starting a TK program this school year. This will go into effect in 2023-2024.
Cindy spoke on the following:
- Art Contest- This was student lead by grades 4-5.
- They raised $118 which will go towards specialist supplies
- The 6 winners on the contest had a pizza party
Middle School Dance:
- This was also student lead.
- It was in the MPR from 7-9
- The largest attendance in years. 75 students.
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
VI. Business and Operations
A.
2022-2023 Bell Schedule
The bell schedule will change to a universal schedule. Start time 8:20 and end time at 2:45.
Fridays will continue to be early release day.
B.
School Food Authority Contract 2022-2023
This approved contract does have a slight increase. Bridges will also tell CVUSD we would like to continue offering healthy choices for our students.
C.
Approval of Year End Resolutions from BSA for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
This will allow BSA to process monetary/fiscal responsibilities during the summer months while Bridges is closed.
VII. Special Education
A.
Training in Alternative Dispute Resolution, NTE $5,200
Dr. Kelly participated in this program thru Pepperdine University. This training was recommended by SELPA. This was funded by ADR and SELPA.
B.
Updated OT Agreement for 2022-2023
This agreement with our SEPLA represents an increase in contracted hours for OT services from 3-5 hours based on projected services for 2022-2023 school year.
VIII. Charter Policies
A.
Student Attendance, Absence and Truancy Policy-Revised
This board policy was amended to reflect appropriate language reflective of current law and aligned with our charter.
B.
Independent Study Policy Revision
- The revision includes a clause requiring on-site participation in annual assessments.
- Students in independent study must be residents of Ventura County or an adjacent county and must be made available for standardized testing during April and May.
C.
Behavioral Interventions for Special Education Students
Bridges has been aligned with the practices outlined in this proposed policy but is in need of formally adopting a policy to align with state mandate.
D.
Use of Seclusion and Restraint
This is a new Board policy for the use of seclusion and restraint. Bridges has been aligned with the practices outlines in this proposed policy but is need of formally adopting a policy to align with state mandate.
E.
Safe Schools for Immigrants Policy
This is a new Board policy for the use of seclusion and restraint. Bridges has been aligned with the practices outlines in this proposed policy but is need of formally adopting a policy to align with state mandate.
F.
AR 6159.4 Behavioral Interventions for Special Ed Students.pdf
IX. Governing Board
A.
Reduction of Board of Directors
The Board discussed going down to 5 members next year. We decided this needs more discussion, so the Board agreed to table it.
Jennifer Lew made a public comment. Her concern is with decreasing the amount of Board members and also believes the Board members should be part of our community.
B.
Board of Directors' Process for Filling Vacancies
The Board of Directors Process for Filling Vacancies needs more discussion time. This will be tabled and brought back to the June meeting.
X. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code § 54957 (b)~
B.
Return to Open Session
We will return to open session at 9:14
Marlo will be coming for a site visit on Wednesday May 11, 2022. She also wanted everyone to save the date for Wednesday Oct. 12th for the Board governanace training.