Scholarship Prep
Minutes
Scholarship Prep Special Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday December 22, 2022 at 1:00 PM
Location
Virtual Via Zoom
Zoom Meeting Information:
Meeting ID: 826 8631 5896
Passcode: 940801
The meeting will be accessible via teleconference using the information listed above and at the campus locations above.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
The public attending the teleconference are invited to address the Board during the meeting using the teleconference information above. The public in attendance at any of the teleconference locations are also invited to address the Board for comments. Alternatively, public comments can also be submitted via email to comments@scholarshipschools.org with “Public Comment for Board Meeting (on date of the Board Meeting)” in the subject line. The comment should include the name of the commenter, the Agenda Item number, and the topic that is to be discussed. Comments must be received by 4:30pm of the day before the scheduled Board Meeting and will be read during the meeting based upon time limitations. If the statement is not read online due to time limitations, the comments will be provided to the board members.
Testimony shall be limited in content to matters pertaining to Scholarship Prep. The Board may not take any action on matters discussed during the public testimony period that are not listed on the agenda.
Directors Present
C. Friedrichs (remote), J. Ing (remote), L. Otero, M. Toan (remote), P. Watson (remote)
Directors Absent
C. Madaule
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
L. Otero
Guests Present
A. Congo (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Quorum Check
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Pledge of Allegiance
D.
Reading of the Scholarship Prep Mission Statement
E.
Approval of the Agenda
Amendment made on the agenda was a date change to contain the correct date for the next Board Meeting on January 10, 2023
F.
Invitation to Address the Board on Items on the Agenda
G.
Invitation to Address the Board on Items Not on the Agenda
II. Information Section
A.
2022-23 First Interim Presentation from Charter Impact
B.
Organization Update
Deputy Director Andrew Crowe presented the academic data update from CAASPP testing for all three Scholarship Prep schools. Across the state, schools saw a decrease in overall performance as did Scholarship Prep. In Orange County, Scholarship Prep is still outperforming the surrounding school district but saw a drop in performance but with Scholarship Prep's service demographic being a higher rate of McKinney-Vento students, those student's performance far outpaces the school district.
Board Treasurer John Ing asked how Scholarship Prep's learning model may have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic in regard to academic performance. Deputy Director Andrew Crowe answered that Scholarship Prep's project-based learning model is built around answering a central question across weeks at a time and the disruption to learning because of quarantine protocols, distance learning, and other variables really affected Scholarship Prep.
In Oceanside, Scholarship Prep saw similar trends but Scholarship Prep's test scores did not drop as dramatically as the surrounding school district and Scholarship Prep increased the gap between the school district and subgroups. Of note, Oceanside saw half the rate of chronic absenteeism as the surrounding district.
In South Bay even though overall the campus underperformed the surrounding middle schools (about 15 schools), across subgroups Scholarship Prep outperformed the surrounding schools. Andrew Crowe noted that this school has really only had about half a year of uninterrupted in-person instruction even though it has been open for 3 years.
Jason Sitomer from Charter Impact presented an update on the board-approved budgets for the current fiscal year and any material changes to expenses and/or revenue.
Oceanside saw a $266,000 increase to revenue versus last month brought on by a larger-than-expected COLA increase from the state and an increase in the nutrition program.
Orange County saw a $155,000 increase to revenue versus last month brought on by a larger-than-expected COLA increase from the state and an increase in the nutrition program.
South Bay saw a $120,000 increase to revenue versus last month brought on by a larger-than-expected COLA increase from the state and an increase in the nutrition program.