Opening Items

Governance

- Proposed EBIA Board Member Removal - Laurie Jacobson Jones effective August 31, 2021

Laurie is a co-founder and board vice chair and treasurer of the East Bay Innovation Academy. A technology leader with 20+ years of experience, Laurie is currently a Vice President of Development at Oracle. Previously. Laurie founded Customer Zen, a consultancy practice supporting technology companies to build and scale customer delivery operations. She has also worked as the VP of Operations at Salesforce.com, VP of Professional Services Operations at SupportSoft, VP of Global Customer Support at Embarcadero Technologies, and as the VP of Customer Support at PeopleSoft. Laurie has a BA from San Jose State University and a certification in early childhood education. Early in her career, Laurie taught and was the assistant director of a preschool. Her work with children has continued since through volunteer roles at the Junior Center of Arts and Science, Girl Scouts, Girls Leadership Institute and Camp Reel Stories. Laurie lives in Oakland with her husband and two daughters.

- Proposed EBIA Board Member Addition - Jennifer Afdahl Rice effective August 1, 2021. 

Jennifer Afdahl Rice, Bay Area Executive Director at Pacific Charter School Development, has 15+ years of charter school financial management experience. She also has 20+ years of finance experience at several non-profits as well as CSMC and Harris Bank. She heads up the Bay Area office of PCSD, a non-profit developer of charter school facilities.  She has served as the Board President and Treasurer for Community Learning Center Schools, a CMO in Alameda, and on the audit committee for Bread for the World. She obtained her Masters in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago.

Consent Agenda Items

- CARS title funding application
- Revolution Foods SY 22 agreement
- Naviance college readiness platform agreement
- Linked Learning consultant agreement


 

Academic Excellence

- Employee Handbook
- Student/Family Handbook
- Student Freedom of Speech and Expression Policy
 

• Discuss any emerging issues, regulatory mandates, or guidance from OUSD, Alameda, or California state agencies
• Update on in-person instruction

In accordance with Section 11701 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations,  setting policy pursuant to Education Code section 51747, the Board shall consider, in a public hearing, the scope of its existing or prospective use of independent study as an instructional strategy, its purposes in authorizing independent study, and factors bearing specifically on the maximum realistic lengths of assignments and acceptable number of missed assignments for specific populations of pupils or adult education students. This policy shall reflect an awareness that excessive leniency in its terms can result in pupils falling so far behind their age peers as to increase, rather than decrease, the risk of their dropping out of school.

The Board will review and consider approving the proposed board resolution and policy regarding modified graduation requirements and other procedures to mitgate student hardship caused by COVID-19 as authorized by Assembly Bill 104.

 

 

 

Finance

• Review the FY 22 California State Budget, specifically the guidance for education

Facility

 

• Update on HNU space