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Bridges Charter School

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Special Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday June 14, 2023 at 2:00 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, N. Taylor (remote), O. Gunday Heerma

Directors Absent

None

Guests Present

C. McCarthy, K. Brown, K. Simon, mike, nikki

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

K. Brown called a meeting of the board of directors of Bridges Charter School to order on Wednesday Jun 14, 2023 at 2:04 PM.

C.

Approval of Agenda

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to approval of agenda.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Approval of Minutes

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 05-08-23.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

E.

Approval of Minutes

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 05-19-23.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Presentations

A.

Marlo Hartsuyker, Director of Charter Schools Support and Oversight

B.

Local Control and Accountability Plan

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve LCAP.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.

Reviewed annual LCAP Report. Plan includes goals, action steps, and metrics for measuring the success of the goals. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Local Indicators

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the Local Indicators.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.

These indicators will be published to the public dashboard. The indicators are Bridges Charter School's self-assessments of the schools progress in meeting the needs of our students. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

PAC Report

DR. Kelly read a letter from PAC. 

66,200 check went to Bridges after their expenses and also has a surplus for next year.

 

III. Reports

A.

Governing Board

B.

Director and Assistant Director Reports

From Dr. Kelly:

  • Summer professional development and planning for Fall
  • Acknowledgement of Mike Louderback's service to Bridges
  • Thank you to the Brinker Family for the donation
  • Update on Farm to Table Grant and Limeade stand- 6 month waiting period for grant. 
  • 1st grade class made $400 on a mock-trial of the program. Donated $ to make a wish foundation. 

Assistant Director:

  • Bridging Ceremony- family involvement, full school wide event. One goal for next year is a better sound system. 
  • 8th grade Culmination- outdoor event was magical and everyone would like to continue this event being outside. 26 graduates in person. Total graduating class was 30. 
  • Senior walk through with 9 kids

IV. Consent Items

A.

Consent Items

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve consent items.
N. Taylor seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

V. Business and Operations

A.

Approval of CharterSafe Insurance Agreement for 2023-2024, NTE $87,835.00

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the Insurance Agreement from Charter Safe.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

2023-2024 CA-ERP Escape Frontline Agreement, NTE $5,518.03

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the Frontline System.
N. Taylor seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

2023-2024 STS Education- Chromebooks NTE $13,732.75

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Replace 60 Chromebook's for the 23-24 school year.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

2023-2024 Adopted Budget

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the adopted budget for 23-24 school year.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

E.

Approval of 2023-24 Proposition 30 Report

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the Prop 30 Report.
N. Taylor seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

F.

Approval of Year End Resolutions from BSA for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the year end resolutions from BSA 23-24 Fiscal Year.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

G.

2022-23 CARS Winter Release

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the 22-23 CARS Winter release Report.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

H.

Arts, Music and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant Expenditure Plan

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the arts, music, and instructional materials grant.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

I.

School Food Authority Contract 2023-2024

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Approve the Food Service Authority Contract 23-24 SY.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.

There is a small increase in price and a few edits were made to meet state compliance and guidelines. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

J.

Consideration of Agreement with BSA, 2023-2024

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the agreement with BSA.
N. Taylor seconded the motion.

Contract for Services with BSA for SY 23-24 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

K.

2023-2024 Bell Schedule

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve 23-24 Bell Schedule.

Change in middle school. Start and end the day with a homeroom. (MBW) Mind, body, wellness- will be a new program. Blended course for 6-8th graders. MBW will consists of passion projects, wellness piece built in, art history, social emotional. Well rounded course that all students will pass through. Elective class at the end of the day. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

L.

Calendar for 2023-2024

N. Taylor made a motion to Approve the Revised 23-24 Calendar.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.

This new calendar shows our extended school year dates for the summer of 2024. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

M.

23-24 Updated Employee Handbook (Draft)

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve Employee handbook.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.

A few minor updates. 

Staff will now call Frontline instead of the admin coordinator if they will be absent.

Page 30: Revised Parental Leave- Instead of 100 it is now down to 60. We are aligned with CVUSD. 

Page 43-45: Took out some of the leaves that have historically not applied to our school.

 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

VI. Personnel

A.

Job Description for Specialists

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to New job description for generic/homeschool specialist.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

VII. Facilities

A.

Prop 39 Agreement with CVUSD

Received the fully executed agreement with the District for the one year lease of our facility. Raised by 18% this year, and will increase next year by 28%.

 

Out of district students cost more money. Rate increase is difficult for us to sustain. 

VIII. Curriculum and Instruction

A.

2023-2024 SY Kendall Hunt Publishing: Illustrative Mathematics Curriculum For Grades 1-5

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Kendall Hunt Publishing-Approve the 23-24 math curriculum for K-5.
N. Taylor seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

NextGenMath, LLC 2023/2024 Subscription Grades K-8, NTE $6,014

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to NextGen Math 23-24 SY Subscription Grades K-8 NTE $6,014.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IX. Governance

A.

Appointment of Nikki Hashemi as Board Member

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to Appoint Nikki Hashemi as a Board Member into a 3 year term.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Appointment of Katerina Yevmenkina as Board Member

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Renew Katerina's term for 3 years.
N. Taylor seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Oath of Office

Newly seated board members Katerina and Nikki will take the Oath of Office for Bridges Charter School. 

D.

Consideration of Board Retreat for 2023-2024 School Year

Table for next Board meeting. 

E.

Schedule second meeting in June

K. Yevmenkina made a motion to To approve a 2nd Board meeting in June. Will be on Zoom. 1:00 on Tuesday June 20th.
O. Gunday Heerma seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

X. Other Business

A.

Annual Statement of Need

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Approve the Annual Statement of Need.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.

If an emergency comes up, we need to have this on file 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Declaration of Need for Highly Qualified Educators

O. Gunday Heerma made a motion to Declaration of need for highly qualified educators.
K. Yevmenkina seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

XI. 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 4:14 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
K. Yevmenkina