Education for Change Public Schools
Minutes
Full Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 28, 2021 at 4:30 PM
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Directors Present
C. Ryan (remote), D. Grant (remote), E. Camp (remote), L. Weston (remote), M. Barr (remote), N. Driver (remote), R. Leyva (remote)
Directors Absent
L. Gaines
Guests Present
K. Andrews (remote), L. Adam (remote), N. Bradley (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
E. Camp called a meeting of the board of directors of Education for Change Public Schools to order on Thursday Oct 28, 2021 at 4:45 PM.
C.
Emergency Declaration Notice
M. Barr made a motion to VOTE on Emergency Declaration Notice.
C. Ryan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Public Comments
C. Ryan brought up changes happening at Cox and how there is a desire for parents to shadow admin and staff. Asked how they could go about doing that. L. Adam encouraged her to have conversation directly with principals.
E.
Adopt the Agenda
M. Barr made a motion to approve the agenda.
L. Weston seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Coalition for Education for Change Updates
A.
Discussion with CEFC Representative
No one from CEFC was present to lead discussion.
III. Vaccine Mandate
A.
Vaccine Mandate Resolution
L. Weston made a motion to approve a resolution to make plans to enable a vaccine mandate for eligible students (students 12+) within EFCPS.
R. Leyva seconded the motion.
Making a note to follow FDA's definition of age and requirements.
IV. Board Committee Updates
A.
Family Leadership Council
C. Ryan and committee met a few weeks ago and talked about vaccine mandates and how they would handle the personal beliefs in regards to families not wanting to get the vaccine. L. Adam brought a program to their attention that they want to present to their parents. They also wanted to communicate clearly to their parents about that opportunity.
B.
Executive Committee
E. Camp resented. Met on 10.22 and they talked about a potential retreat and goals for the year.
C.
Finance Committee
M. Barr presented and then met earlier today (10.28.21) and they talked through facility financing update with Lazear. They had a quick update on the audit as well.
D.
Student Outcomes Committee
R. Leyva presented on their meeting at the end of September. They went over the beginning of year academic data and KPI's. They also discussed some staffing updates in regards to the shortages of teachers & subs in the area. R. Leyva will be stepping into D. Tillotson's role as head of committee.
V. Business
A.
Approve Minutes from 9/7/21 Board Meeting
Skipped and to be approved at the next meeting.
B.
Consent Items
D. Grant made a motion to approve the Consent Items.
M. Barr seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
C.
Board Management (Committee assignments & other logistics)
This was spoken about during the Executive Committee. New board members D. Grant and R. Leyva are being added to the Student Outcomes Committee and R. Leyva will be the head of that committee and E. Camp will be stepping off. Finance Committee remains the same. Executive Committee is R. Leyva and E. Camp and N. Driver will step back into place after his staff term at EFC. E. Camp talked about establishing a baseline with some of the Board OnTrack assessments that are built in the platform. E. Camp will be sending out the assessments in the next week. and they want to do another assessment at the end of the board year. E. Camp will also be collecting cell phone numbers of Board members so there is access and potential for a rapid response system. Use the Dec. 2 Board meeting and extend it slightly to have a board retreat that will be focusing on board goals and the results of the assessments.
D.
ESSER III Expenditures Plans approval (all sites)
E. Camp made a motion to approve ESSER III Expenditure Plans.
M. Barr seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
E.
KPI targets approval
M. Barr made a motion to approve KPI targets.
L. Weston seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
F.
Superintendent goals approval
E. Camp made a motion to approval of Superintendent goals for SY 21/22.
R. Leyva seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
G.
Approval of contracts related to Latitude Facility Project
M. Barr made a motion to Approve contracts related to Latitude Facility Project.
E. Camp seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
H.
FIA charter board leaders meeting
L. Adam joined Board of Families in Action (FIA) as a representative of EFC. A goal is to get more families involved in FIA and have more access to that. FIA will be joining next family leadership meeting. Site level Family Leadership Councils will get access to leadership trainings, more politically aware of what is going on in their city, and knowledge of campaigns locally.
I.
Campus Beautification Day at Lazear Charter Academy on Saturday, Oct. 30th
Commemoration for Dirk Tillotson this Saturday from 10-1 pm. Lazear's building was finished but the landscape is needing some help. Plan is to plant some of the trees from Dirk Tillotson's memorial service in honor of him in doing what he loved. L. Adam extended the invitation to the board and to bring their own tools.
VI. Closed Session
A.
Vote for Closed Session
L. Weston made a motion to go into closed session.
C. Ryan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Conference with Labor Negotiators
C.
Report out on Closed Session
E. Camp reported that no action was taken in closed session.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:22 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
K. Andrews