Board Chair, Charles Friedrichs, asked each site if there was anyone present at their site who wanted to address the board on items on the agenda. There was none. South Bay's location logged on the meeting at 2:35, which is when Charles asked if there was anyone present at their site who wanted to address the board on items on the agenda. There was no one present at any site. 

Board Chair, Charles Friedrichs, asked each site if there was anyone present at their site who wanted to address the board on items on the agenda. There was none. South Bay's location logged on the meeting at 2:35, which is when Charles asked if there was anyone present at their site who wanted to address the board on items on the agenda. There was no one present at any site. 

The Oceanside campus Principal, Jessica Leahy, provided the campus update. She gave updates on the two nights of collegiate awards where they celebrated over 150 students for their testing performance. She also gave an update on the open house where scholars and their families were invited to tour the school nd see everything the students have been learning about and working on. The school also hosted a Career Carnival where the ASB organized booths with different colleges and careers for the students to explore. Lastly, Leahy provided an overview of how well the SDCOE oversight visit went. 

Executive Director, Jason Watts, provided the organization update. Jason briefly spoke about how he was at the Oceanside campus for Rick Shea's, San Diego County Board of Education member, visit and for the SDCOE oversight visit. Jason also shared a video of the collegiate awards hosted at South Bay, highlighting how the event went. Jason gave a shout out to Rachel Foy and her team for capturing these events and all of their work in regards to marketing. Board Chair, Charles Friedrichs, asking what platforms we are on and Jason answered by letting him know that we are advertising on everything (Instagram, X, etc.). 

Jason then moved into a quick update on the Riverside School. Charles asked what the population is in the area of the Riverside school, Jason answered by explaining that the canvasing team is not canvasing the whole city but they are talking to residents about a mile to a mile and a half out from the proposed school site. 

Next was the the San Bernardino campus update. The decision will now be on April eighth, rather than the original march date. 

Lastly, Jason gave an overview of the CCSA conference that we sent nine team members to the conference. He spoke about the team members who provided presentations at the conference, a synopsis of the main idea from their presentation, and how each session went. 

Kate Eng from Charter Impact provided the second interim presentation. This is one of a few updates that they present to the authorizer, County, and State. The first one would be first interim, which is through October. This presentation is the second interim, so Kate presented actuals through January and then projections for the rest of the year. 

Charles asked what this project was, if it was a demolition of a room and addition of a track. Jason answered and said explained that we are contracting with this company to create a plan that to submit to the city that would  remove the existing house that we use for grades Tk and K and replace it with school-sized portables to accommodate the students we have now, as well as the anticipated additional students as well.

Charles also asked is if this item is to get approval to get a proposal for these. Jason said yes, because the plan cost is extensive, and we have to go through the full process in order to be approved by city. 

Charles also asked if we rent portables, or if we buy them? Jason said that it will depend on the cost. 

Charles clarified that the "oceanside declaration of need for fully qualified educators is just more of a proclamation." Jason Watts answered explaining that these were put in place, due to the challenge of finding qualified educators during and post covid. This provides some flexibility to schools and districts when it comes to the process of finding fully credentialed teachers for classroom instruction.

Charles asked where in that declaration does it state that the steps, or the proof
that we have made those steps to so to look for a qualified educator? Jason explained that part of the proof is in the actual application itself. In the application, we not only provide the information about the school and the process by which we took to try to find these qualified educators, but also the type of staff you have.

Charles asked, "once you're (Jason Watts) in charge, if there are any changes, or there are any updates that you would present those to the board and status of everything? You're going to be the conduit through which we receive this?" Jason answered and said yes. Jason also explained that he will not be doing this independently and will work directly with Sarah Schoenfeld-Nakamoto, Chief Operating Officer, as well as the advisory support of Charter Impact who We meet with weekly.

Board Member, Pete Watson, asked if we have an investment policy in place. Jason explained that we are in the process of creating that policy, it is something that we talked about during the CCSA Conference with some folks we met with as well as our legal council Procopio. Jason said that we may have the policy at the next Board meeting. Charles noted that he likes the idea of having a policy to approve at the next meeting. 

Jason explained that this is a resolution that essentially is identifying all Scholarship Prep officials, board members, and cabinet level members who file these statements of economic interest and have to adhere to government code section p.7200, which is the ongoing conflict of interest code. Charles asked if there were any question on this item, there was none. 

The Board entered the closed session at 2:50pm.

Board Chair, Charles Friedrichs, reported out of close session at 3:28pm. There was nothing to report out of closed session.

Jason explained that Scholarship Prep has been working with the new song team for quite some time on some significant changes and upgrades to this campus, including things like Hvac enhancement, electrical system enhancement, some other cosmetic types of changes, and the possibility of culinary arts and program. Jason is anticipating that we may be bringing an item to the board for a vote at the next meeting that would include a comprehensive plan development from a contractor that includes all the things previously listed.