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Education for Change Public Schools

Minutes

Full Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday August 10, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Location

In Person:

EFC Home Office
333 Hegenberger Road, Suite 705, Oakland, CA 94621

 

Zoom Link: 

https://efcps-net.zoom.us/j/86851133365?pwd=MmxWdnIvUXZId0dBVUNTdElxbVhoQT09

 

Additional Locations:

2 Positive Pl, Vallejo, CA 94589

4150 Town Center Blvd #102, Madera CA 93636


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Directors Present

D. Ardayfio, D. Grant, E. Cisneros (remote), M. Barr, N. Driver (remote), S. Urzua, V. Almendarez

Directors Absent

E. Camp, L. Weston

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

V. Almendarez

Guests Present

A. Nunez, K. Andrews (remote), L. Adam

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

N. Driver called a meeting of the board of directors of Education for Change Public Schools to order on Thursday Aug 10, 2023 at 4:43 PM.

C.

Public Comments

Public comment was made. 

V. Almendarez arrived.

D.

Adopt the Agenda

M. Barr made a motion to adopt the agenda with the amendment of removal of item 5E.
E. Cisneros seconded the motion.

Item 5E will be discussed at the next finance committee meeting. 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Board Committee Updates

A.

Family Leadership Council

E. Cisneros and D. Ardayfio shared updates from the summer with the Family Leadership Council. 

B.

Finance Committee

M. Barr gave an update from the Finance Committee. 

C.

Executive Committee

There was a scheduled meeting for earlier today that has to be rescheduled. 

III. Consent Items

A.

Vote to approve consent items

M. Barr made a motion to approve consent items.
E. Cisneros seconded the motion.

Noted that in the minutes the BoT platform keeps labeling S. Chari as an Ex-Offio member when he is not. 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
M. Barr made a motion to approve the minutes from Full Board Meeting on 06-16-23.
E. Cisneros seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IV. Action Items

A.

Appointment of board candidate Niloy Gangopadhyay to a 3-year term on the EFC Board of Directors

S. Urzua made a motion to approve the nomination of board candidate Niloy Gangopadhyay to a 3-year term on the EFC Board of Directors.
E. Cisneros seconded the motion.

Public comment was made. 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Niloy Gangopadhyay arrived as a voting member of the board. 

B.

Appointment of Niloy Gangopadhyay to the Student Outcomes Committee

M. Barr made a motion to approve appointment of Niloy Gangopadhyay to the Student Outcomes Committee.
D. Ardayfio seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Election of Officers

E. Cisneros made a motion to elect the officers of the board.
D. Ardayfio seconded the motion.

N. Driver is voted as Board Chair and E. Camp as Vice Chair

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Approval of revised Classroom-Based Attendance Policy

D. Grant made a motion to approve revised Classroom-Based Attendance Policy.
V. Almendarez seconded the motion.

The board and the public made comments. 

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Approval of revised Financial Policies and Procedures

This item is tabled for another board meeting. 

F.

Approval of Reimbursement Policy

M. Barr made a motion to approve the Reimbursement Policy.
E. Cisneros seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

V. Discussion Items

A.

Superintendent’s Report

L. Adam shared updates from her Superintendent's report. 

 

Board members and the public made comments.

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

S. Urzua made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
M. Barr seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:38 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
K. Andrews

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE - Notice is hereby given that the order of agenda items may be changed without prior notice.

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