Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 20, 2023 at 6:15 PM
ON-SITE MEETING LOCATION
Bridges Charter School
Room 14
1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
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Directors Present
K. Yevmenkina, M. Louderback, N. Taylor, O. Gunday Heerma
Directors Absent
K. Wheeler
Guests Present
C. McCarthy, K. Brown, K. Simon, R. Calasin
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approval of Agenda
D.
Approval of Minutes
II. Reports
A.
Governing Board
- The governance committee will meet next month in April (tentative date 4/27)
- Form 700 has been submitted to the county.
- Finance and Facilities- Rudy will present the 2nd interim budget tonight. Facilities- The school will keep an eye out for any sort of landscape issues(sink-holes due to the rain) that they see on campus.
- Safety School Culture and Academic Excellence- Suggested Nicole Taylor join this sub committee because of her background and expertise in this area.
B.
Director and Assistant Director Reports
Dr. Kelly discussed her Administrative Goals.
- Attendance rates are down to 92.3%; impacting our budget
- Healthy lottery list of 213 students between site and homeschool
- 88 Kindergarten and TK Students
- Our Support Service Team led a well attended Screen time parent info night
- We have an upcoming Career Day with 26 parent volunteers and are planning a Creative Arts Open House on May 11th
- Our leadership meeting met to identify an area of focus for 2023-2024. We will continue to focus on Diversity and Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Bridges Charter is still in Prop 39 negotiations. CVUSD increased the rate for out of district students. Bridges made a counter offer which they took to their Board. We are expected to hear by April 1st.
CCSA Report- Dr. Kelly presented her key take aways from the conference.
- Governance Overview with Teachers, 3/21 at 3:15
- Board on Track will meet with teachers tomorrow
- Board is welcome to attend
- Topics will include:
- Role of the Board at a Charter School
- Scope of Board Governance vs. School Management
- Recruiting Diverse Board Members with targeted expertise
- Bridges is looking to update our security system. This will includes panic buttons in central areas, video entrance and buzz-in system, and a key-card entry into common areas.
Active Assailant Training
Proposal is for teachers, substitutes, and staff for a 3 hour training session in:
- Classroom and office strategies for fighting a dangerous intruder and how to effectively stop a shooter
- Medical and Trauma training
- Tactical practice in executing reality based scenarios with dangerous intruders
III. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
IV. Business and Operations
A.
Approval of Agreement for Business Services with Ventura County Schools Business Services Authority July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
B.
Approval of Bridges 2022-23 2nd Interim Budget
C.
Approval of CliftonLarsonAllen Prepared Audits / Federal and State Taxes for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2022
D.
Consideration of Security System
Bridges is looking to update our security system. This will includes panic buttons in central areas, video entrance and buzz-in system, and a key-card entry into common areas. This is an initial quote from STS who we currently are contracted with for security. Dr. Kelly will also be obtaining other quotes to compare.
V. Special Projects/Programs
A.
Consideration of Active Assailant Training Program
Dr. Kelly discussed the consideration of the Active Assailant Training Program. It is recommended that the Bridges staff invest in more extensive tactile training. The proposal is from American Tactile Defense for a 3 hour on site training during our August professional development day.