Education for Change Public Schools
Minutes
Full Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 17, 2022 at 4:30 PM
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PER GOVERNOR NEWSOMS’ SHELTER IN PLACE’ EXECUTIVE ORDER DATED MARCH 19, 2020 (HERE) AND BY ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA DATED MARCH 16, 2020 (HERE):
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Directors Present
E. Camp (remote), L. Gaines, L. Weston (remote), M. Barr (remote), N. Driver (remote), R. Leyva (remote), V. Almendarez (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Ryan, D. Grant
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
L. Gaines
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
L. Weston
Non Voting Members Present
S. Chari (remote)
Guests Present
E. Peterson (remote), K. Andrews (remote), L. Adam (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Emergency Declaration Notice
D.
Public Comments
E.
Adopt the Agenda
II. Coalition for Education for Change Updates
A.
Discussion with CEFC Representative
CEFC rep shared that they are excited to start negotiations and bargaining with reopeners. Desire to settle the ESS contracts and eager to come to an agreement soon. Consideration of CMO fees to be raised and there is hope for transparency on when that vote will take place.
III. Board Committee Updates
A.
Family Leadership Council
FLC shared from their meeting there was information on summer enrichment programs as well as a COVID mask update for the school based on state changes. Also talked about safely bring back in person family engagement at the schools.
B.
Executive Committee
There has not been a meeting since the last board meeting.
C.
Finance Committee
There has not been a formal meeting since last board meeting. But there are some updates. There have been some engagements on the audit since the last board meeting and understanding what tasks need to be done for the audit.
D.
Student Outcomes Committee
There has not been a meeting since the last board meeting. Next meeting is next week at 4 pm on Thursday.
IV. Business
A.
Approve Minutes from 2.24.2022 Special Board Meeting
V. Consent Items
A.
Approval of Employee Advance Policy
S. Chari shared that they are formalizing practice into policy. In advance to Board meeting it was brought to CEFC.
B.
21/22 Charter Schools Independent Auditor Selection Form
C.
2nd Interims
M. Barr shared that this is the second time in the year they share actuals. All schools were in the positive except 1 with room to grow.
VI. Action Items
A.
Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators
L. Adam shared this is an annual document that is supposed to be submitted as an LEA. This needs to be done to prove that the school is doing their due diligence to hire staff.
VII. Discussion Items
A.
Superintendent’s Report
L. Adam shared some good news in some areas. Much better place than last meeting. In a steady decline in COVID cases since March. Which has helped in staffing levels and student attendance. Mask policy change takes affect on Monday, March 21. New mandate is to maintain the indoor mask policy but making outdoor masking optional. Based on recommendations from the Alameda County Public Health Department. Starting conversations with students and staff on what that means. Since Omicron waning there has been more focus on instruction. GLAD strategy application has been working with students. Significant increase in attendance since February.
Positive news in staffing. There has been a higher fill rate in subs since February. Updated intent to return responses are positive.
J. Boseman who works at Latitude and he is looking forward to certificated reopeners and looking forward to a swift negotiation and grateful for support.
LWL rep asked if there were votes for the ESS document tonight. And there is not. Comment to add urgency to that decision.
Question on when CMO fees would be discussed again.