Bridges Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 9, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Location
ONSITE MEETING LOCATION
Bridges Charter School
1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
SATELLITE MEETING LOCATIONS
(required for board members joining remotely)
In Ventura County:
1196 Portside Drive
Ventura, CA 93001
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ONSITE MEETING LOCATION
Bridges Charter School
1335 Calle Bouganvilla, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
SATELLITE MEETING LOCATIONS
(required for board members joining remotely)
In Ventura County:
Outside Ventura County"
Community Members may choose to join in-person or via Zoom Meeting at:
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Passcode: 477881
Community members wishing to speak publicly must be present at the board meeting in person.
Community members wishing to speak publicly must be present at the board meeting in person.
Directors Present
C. Dapello, K. Yevmenkina, N. Hashemi
Directors Absent
H. Kruse
Guests Present
C. McCarthy, I. Rhode, K. Brown (remote), K. Simon, M. Hartsuyker, R. Calasin, S. Stifel (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approval of Agenda
D.
Approve Minutes
II. Presentations
A.
Report from Marlo Hartsuyker, VCOE Director of Charter School Support and Oversite
- Upcoming equity conference
- TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025
- 4:00 - 7:30 pm
- In Person
B.
Report from PAC
- Harvest festival was a huge success
- Left over Harvest Festival items are in the MPR
- Musical rehearsals are up and running
- PMC- Lots to come after the first of the year
- PAC is raising money for a new laminator
C.
Reports from the Directors
D.
Presentation of Key Takeaways from CSDC Conference
Dr. Kelly shared her takeaways from CSDS Conference.
- Charter Sector Vital Statistics
- Economic & State Revenue Updates
- Key School Funding Programs Updates
- Labor Relations & Employment Updates
- Accountability & Renewal Update
- 24 Election & Legislative Updates
- 2025 Legislative Session Prospects
- Law and Litigation Updates
Charter sector remains healthy, notwithstanding 2019 legislative setbacks
Starting new, expanding existing schools remains do-able, but requires more careful
planning, focus, and political organizing
Economic, financial picture OK for now, wide range of possible future trajectories
Declining enrollment will be a major consideration for next decade+
Presents both challenges and opportunities
Fraud, financial abuse is charter sector's greatest current threat
Employment litigation, sexual abuse also present major threats
Post-AB 1505 renewal laws remain little tested, bring growth data, start early, be
shrewd
Legislative and policy arena remain challenging
Now is time to engage your legislators, especially new ones
III. Governing Board
A.
Consideration of Dr. Brandy Yee, PhD as Board Member
IV. Consent Items
A.
Consent Items
V. Business and Operations
A.
Library Media Specialist Salary Schedule
VI. Facilities
A.
Prop 39 Response from CVUSD
- Bridges is starting to negotiating with CVUSD regarding our facility and will be submitting a response to them by the end of the month
- Bridges currently has strong enrollment numbers
VII. Finances
A.
First Interim Budget 24-25
B.
Review of Request for Proposals
- On October 14th, the Bridges Board moved to solicit proposals for backend business providers. The Board adopted an official RFP as well as a rubric for evaluating the bids.
- Bridges closed bidding on December 2nd. Bridges received five (5) competitive bids from a variety of qualified vendors across California. Six (6) educational partners provided feedback on the bids. On December 6th, Bridges administrators and President Yevmenkina met to review feedback, to solicit necessary referrals, and to answer questions brought forward to ensure that we were making a decision based on accurate, thorough information.
- Using the adopted rubric, Dr. Simon, Ms. McCarthy, and President Yevmenkina collaboratively ranked the bids using the feedback provided by the educational partners.