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East Bay Innovation Academy

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday August 21, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT

Location

EBIA's regular board meetings are held in person at EBIA, 3400 Malcolm Avenue, Oakland, CA at 8 PM. 


 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 8:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Rochelle Benning 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Rochelle Benning 1 m
  C. Review and Approve Minutes from 6/8/2023 REGULAR Board Meeting Approve Minutes Rochelle Benning 1 m
    Minutes for Board Meeting on June 8, 2023  
  D. Opening Session - Public Comment (Any Agenda or Non-Agenda Items)   Rochelle Benning 15 m
   
Public comment is limited to a maximum of 3 minutes of comment time per speaker
  
II. Board Governance & Consent Agenda 8:18 PM
  A. Review and Approve East Bay Innovation Academy Consent Agenda Items Vote Rochelle Benning 5 m
   

Consent Agenda Items:

  • Core Data Collaborative MOU and Data Sharing
  • Elevate K12 contract (10th grade ELA teacher)
  • June and July Check and Credit Card Registers
  • EBIA Student and Family Handbook 2023 - 2024
  • EBIA Staff Handbook 2023 - 2024
  • Updated 23-24 school calendar
  • Consolidated Application
    • Protected Prayer Certification Data Entry
    • LCAP Federal Addendum Certification Data Entry
    • Certification of Assurances Data Entry
    • Application for Funding Data Entry
  • Individual Services Agreement for Non-Public School
  • Revolution Foods 23-24 Agreement
  • Apex Contract 23-24
  • PowerSchool Contract 23-24
  • New Tech Network (Echo) contract 23-24
  • LLN Contract (8th-grade Spanish teacher) 23-24
  • Resolution to Designate Bank Signatories 
  • Achieve 3000 purchase order 23-24
  • Lina's Janitorial Services Contract 23-24
  • Policy for skipping a grade level

 

 

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  B. EBIA Board of Directors Addition: Brett van Zuiden Vote Rochelle Benning 10 m
   

The EBIA Board Chairman is recommending that the EBIA board approve the addition of Brett van Zuiden to the EBIA board. 

 

Brett van Zuiden is the Chief Information Officer for Summit Public Schools. After over a decade working in the technology sector, Brett strives to empower Summit educators with insights and tools to better serve our students. Brett got his start in education at Clever where he built data products used by millions of teachers and tens of thousands of schools. He then joined Outschool, a provider of live online classes for kids, where he led the team responsible for the learner experience and online classroom. Now at Summit, he brings his background in technology leadership and product development to ensure Summit leaders and educators have the information and capabilities they need to improve student outcomes. Brett graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, with minors in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. He lives in Oakland with his wife and 18 month old son and enjoys lots of hobbies, including soccer, guitar, surfing, reading, and cooking.

  
  C. Board of Directors Resignation: Ken Berrick FYI Rochelle Benning 5 m
   

Ken Berrick has resigned from the EBIA Board of Directors

  
III. Academic Excellence 8:38 PM
 
Academic Excellence
 
  A. EBIA Executive Director's Report Discuss Miranda Thorman 15 m
   


- Summer and Start of School

- Staffing Update

- Initial Observations and 2023 - 2024 Priorities

- Verbal Enrollment Update

  
     
  B. EBIA Academic Report - SBAC, MAP, and AP Results for 2022 - 2023 Discuss Miranda Thorman 20 m
   

SBAC, MAP, and AP results from 2022-2023

Action steps for 2023-2024

  
     
  C. 2023 -2024 Staffing: Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators Vote Miranda Thorman 5 m
   

2023 -2024 Staffing: Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators

  
     
IV. Finance and Development 9:18 PM
 
Finance
 
  A. East Bay Innovation Academy - Finance Update FYI Miranda Thorman 5 m
   

EdTec will join the EBIA Board at the September, November, February, April, May and June 2023 - 2024 Board Meetings. Alternate month updates will be high level as needed provided by the Executive Director and/or Senior Director of Operations. 

 

 

 

 

  
     
V. Facility Updates 9:23 PM
  A. Facilities Updates Discuss Miranda Thorman 5 m
   

- Verbal update on facilities matters

  
VI. School Governance and Other Matters 9:28 PM
  A. Confirm Board Meeting Dates through 2022 -2023 School Year (and early 2023 - 2024) Discuss Rochelle Benning 1 m
   

Current board meetings through the end of the school year are scheduled as follows - do we need to make any adjustments that we can incorporate into our schedule now?

 

8:00 PM Wednesday, 9/20/2023

8:00 PM Wednesday, 10/18/2023

8:00 PM Wednesday, 11/15/2023

 

December 2023 Winter Break

 

8:00 PM Wednesday, 1/17/2024

8:00 PM Wednesday, 2/21/2024

8:00 PM Wednesday, 3/20/2024

8:00 PM Wednesday, 4/17/2024

8:00 PM Wednesday, 5/15/2024

8:00 PM Wednesday, 6/12/2024

 

July 2024 Summer Break

 

8:00 PM Wednesday, 8/21/2024

  
  B. Closing Session - Public Comment (Any Agenda or Non-Agenda Items) FYI Rochelle Benning 10 m
   
Public comment is limited to a maximum of 3 minutes of comment time per speaker
  
VII. Closing Items 9:39 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Rochelle Benning 1 m