Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday January 9, 2023 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.
ID: 85811659673
Passcode: 912786
Directors Present
K. Wheeler (remote), K. Yevmenkina (remote), M. Bleckley (remote), M. Louderback (remote), O. Gunday Heerma (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
C. McCarthy (remote), K. Brown (remote), K. Simon (remote)
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 Jan 9, 2023 at 6:19 PM.
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
C.
Board Finding of Finding of State of Emergency
O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Continue the State of Emergency.
M. Bleckley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
D.
Approval of Agenda
M. Bleckley made a motion to Approve the agenda.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
E.
Approval of Minutes
K. Yevmenkina made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 12-12-22.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Reports
A.
Governing Board
- The academic excellence committee met on 1/9/23.
- There is a new member who is also a parent. Carly Tedeski.
- Next meeting is April 25th.
B.
Director Reports
- Dr. Kelly sent in the Prop 39 response to the district. We stand firmly on our projected enrollment numbers.
- In the response we asked for all of the current classrooms back for next school year.
- Programmatic Audit- Dr. Simon has submitted the written report and the slides to Ms. Hartsuyker for review. This audit will be presented to the county board on Jan. 23rd. Dr. Simon is encouraged by the data and is excited to present this.
- The Acorn- 9 middle school students passion projects were featured in the article.
- Progress on Administrative goals- Dr. Simon discussed progress on several annual goals including an update on enrollment and marketing.
- We are not seeing a decline in enrollment. It is slow, but steady. Since the beginning of school we have had 7 new students enroll.
- Dr. Simon is very pleased with our new marketing platform. Dr. Simon is giving approximately 2-3 tours per day. The prospective family is booking the tour on the website.
- Bridges will be sending out a satisfaction survey to current families and will address any concerns before re-enrollment begins for next school year.
- Ms. Cindy spoke about The National Art Nominations. Out of 2400 submissions, 127 were selected. Out of the 127 selected, 3 were 8th grade students from Bridges.
III. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
M. Bleckley made a motion to Approve Consent Items.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
IV. Business and Operations
A.
School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the SARC Accountability Report Card.
M. Bleckley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Consideration of approval of 2023-2024 School Calendar
K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the 2023-2024 School Calendar.
K. Wheeler seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| K. Wheeler |
Aye
|
| M. Bleckley |
Aye
|
| K. Yevmenkina |
Aye
|
| O. Gunday Heerma |
No
|
C.
Draft Bell Schedule 2023-2024
K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the Bell Schedule.
M. Bleckley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
V. Governing Board
A.
Consideration of Resignation of Matt Bleckley
O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the Resignation of Matt Bleckley.
K. Wheeler seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Consideration of Appointment of Nicole Taylor
O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Appoint Nicole Taylor.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:35 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Louderback