The proposal includes the following: 

-  Create opportunities for current Bridges families to share about Bridges' programs

-  Create a consistent branded presence on all social media platforms highlighting all of Bridges' offerings and what sets them apart

-  Consistently & strategically post on all social platforms

-  Identify opportunities to advertise or share resources within community (i.e. local partners, publications, areas for visual placements around community.)

Programmatic audit moved to May

Gearing up for the Fun run-April 19th

Annual Carnival Donations underway

Bake Sale-$384 dollars raised

Shake Shack-$466.00 raised. Best one year to date

Mouthful fundraiser- waiting to hear back

Seussical the Musical- 4 performances. Tickets to go on sale at the end of the month. 

Governance Report:

Discussed and Revised two board policies. 

Revision of BP6163.4: Acceptable Use and Internet Safety

Revision of BP 5141: Health and Safety

Charter Excellence Committee:

Reviewed the healthy kid survey

Reviewed the safety.

Director Reports: 

• Attendance Initiatives -- given our discussion in our January meeting, and given feedback from teachers, we are taking the following approaches to improve attendance: 

1. I will send out a weekly text on Fridays with the attendance rate for the week to bring more awareness to the connection between attendance and school funding. 
2. We will stop providing makeup work for any unexcused absences. 
3. Classrooms will be working together toward positive class attendance. When all students are present in a class, then they will earn a letter in the word ATTENDANCE. When the class spells the full word, they will earn a popsicle party. 

• Enrollment and Lottery Updates

1. Current enrollment is 384
2. Lottery numbers look strong and healthy

• Prop 39 response from CVUSD -- we have received our preliminary offer from CVUSD. The rate of increase was reasonable, with an increase of about $4000. I will be drafting a response with Sarah Kohlman to address the lack of upgrades made to our site and their requirement to provide "comparable " facilities as well as adjustments to our projected enrollment numbers.
• Westlake Village Symphony Performance -- the Symphony will be here on February 22nd. They will do workshops with our middle school students, and all classrooms have been invited to the performance of Peter and the Wolf.
• Ventura County Resident Artists -- One of the resident artists just cancelled, so we are only bringing in Suzy Thatcher as a teaching artist through the program. She will be teaching a storytelling/drama class in Ms. Megan's room as well as a class with our homeschool students. She may also take over the after school class. 
• Enrichment Program and ELOP Update -- We are offering 4 after school enrichment classes (Art and the Environment -- will probably become Storytelling and Improv, Farm to Table Cooking, Rock Band, and Spanish)
• CalPads MisAssignment Report -- we are certifying our teacher credential data, and the county found two mis-assignments that have been corrected. Both were related to the CLAD certificate that credentialed teachers in California are required to have if they have second language learners in their classroom. The first was with our librarian. We corrected this assignment by switching the student to a different elective class. The second was our middle school humanities teacher. We corrected this assignment by filing for an emergency CLAD waiver. This assignment will still appear as a mis-assignment on our final report. There are no significant repercussions aside from being flagged by the county office of education. 
• ERC Filing Updates -- we have received the full refund from ERC Funding. Michael submitted the appeal to the IRS at the end of January. We will be withdrawing Q3 2021 in the amount of $205,407. We may need to refile Q2-2021, but the claim is defensible, so we are going to leave it as is depending upon the IRS' response.