Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday February 13, 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: 82416209876
Passcode: 647813
Directors Present
K. Yevmenkina (remote), M. Louderback (remote), N. Taylor (remote), O. Gunday Heerma (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
K. Brown (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
N. Taylor arrived to meeting at 6:20pm.
II. Presentations
A.
Marlo Hartsuyker, Director of Charter Schools Support and Oversight
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
No public comments at the Board meeting
IV. Reports
A.
Governing Board
President- Reminder to return Form 700 by the deadline.
Finance and Facilities- Looking to improve the financial situation with increased enrollment.
Safety School Culture and Academic Excellence- Next meeting is in April. Ozgee is meeting with a parent next week who expressed interest in joining this committee.
B.
Director and Assistant Director Reports
Director Report:
- The TK program for next fall is being assembled. This program will run Monday thru Thursday. A TK teacher has been retained. Already have a waiting list for the program
- Administrative Goals-Reported on Board policy cycle
- Equity Conference at VCOE- March 7th from 3-6 in person. We encourage all Board members to attend
- Performing Arts Program- The Wizard of Oz will be March24th-26th. Students and parent volunteers have been working hard to put on a spectacular show
Assistant Director:
- Yosemite was a great success. We had 23 students and 3 chaperones go
- Atsrocamp-Takes place this week. We are sending 54 students and 9 chaperones
- FYI- Our students participated in the annual Healthy Kids Survey
V. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
VI. Business and Operations
A.
Approval of Contract with ERC Funding
B.
Business Memo -- Reduction of Revenue
VII. Special Projects/Programs
A.
Comprehensive School Safety Plan
VIII. Facilities
A.
Preliminary Offer of Facilities
We have received the preliminary offer of Facilities for the 2023-2024 school year. We are still negotiating and will know more at the next Board meeting.
IX. Governing Board
A.
Return to In-Person Board Meetings
The Governor's emergency orders will be expiring soon, forcing us to return to return to in person Board meetings. Our next Board meeting on March 20th will be in person.
The Board would like to still offer a virtual option for those who are unable to make it in person.
B.
Consideration of Change in Time for Monthly Board Meetings
The Board will bring this vote back to a future meeting. The time of the Board meetings will remain at 6:15 until further notice.
X. Closed Session
A.
Business Pursuant to Government Code ยง 54957 (b)~
Discussed the consideration of appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of an employee
B.
Return to Open Session
We returned to open session at 7:44 pm.
Marlo applauded Bridges Charter School for a very well received programmatic audit.