East Bay Innovation Academy
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Location
EBIA's regular board meetings are held in person at EBIA, 3400 Malcolm Avenue, Oakland, CA at 3 PM.
Directors Present
Brad Edgar, Brett van Zuiden, Erin Fredrick, Kelly Garcia, Safia Omar, Shyam Kumar
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Erin Oh, Miranda Thorman, Nora Bullock
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Review and Approve Minutes from 10/20/2025 REGULAR Board Meeting
D.
Opening Session - Public Comment (Any Agenda or Non-Agenda Items)
II. Board Governance & Consent Agenda
A.
Review and Approve East Bay Innovation Academy Consent Agenda Items
Board discussed consent agenda items:
- October 2025 Check and Credit Card Registers
- Proposition 39 Application (Malcolm Ave campus)
III. Finance and Development
A.
East Bay Innovation Academy - Finance Update
Jessika Welcome from EdTec presented a finance update, including updates to the Brown Act.
IV. Academic Excellence
A.
EBIA Executive Director's Report
Miranda Thorman presented the Executive Director's Report.
-- California Secondary School Redesign Grant Awardee!
Board members expressed excitement about the current direction of the partnership with Envision, and enthusiastically encouraged Executive Director to keep pursuing it.
V. School Governance and Other Matters
A.
Confirm Board Meeting Dates through 2023 - 2024 School Year (and early 2024 - 2025)
Confirmed availability of board members to attend December 15 meeting.
B.
Closing Session - Public Comment (Any Agenda or Non-Agenda Items)
Public comment raised re: job security for Lower School employees.
No public comments.