Download minutes PDF Minutes Draft

Allegiance STEAM Academy

Minutes

Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

Date and Time

Tuesday February 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Location

Meeting of the Board of Directors 
ONSITE MEETING LOCATION:
5862 C St.

Chino, Ca. 91710

 

SATELLITE MEETING LOCATIONS:

7420 Locust Ave.

Fontana, Ca. 92336

 

Zoom Link: 

https://zoom.us/j/93641432194 

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD BY PARENTS AND CITIZENS
 

Allegiance STEAM Academy- Thrive charter school (“Allegiance STEAM Academy”), also known as ASA Thrive, is a direct-funded, independent, public charter school operated by the Allegiance STEAM Academy nonprofit public benefit corporation and governed by Allegiance STEAM Academy, Incorporated corporate Board of Directors (“Board”). The purpose of a public meeting of the Board, is to conduct the affairs of Allegiance STEAM Academy in public. We are pleased that you are in attendance and hope you will visit these meetings often. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school.


 

1. Agendas are available to all audience members at the meeting. Note that the order of business on this agenda may be changed without prior notice. For more information on this agenda, please contact Allegiance at: info@asathrive.org


 

2. “Request to Speak” forms are available to all audience members who wish to speak on any agenda items or under the general category of “Public Comments.”


 

3. “Public Comments” are set aside for members of the audience to comment. However, due to public meeting laws, the Board can only listen to your issue, not take action. The public is invited to address the Board regarding items listed on the agenda. Comments on an agenda item will be accepted during consideration of that item, or prior to consideration of the item in the case of a closed session item. Please turn in comment cards to the Board Secretary prior to the item you wish to speak on. These presentations are limited to three (3) minutes.


 

4. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and upon request, Allegiance STEAM Academy may furnish reasonable auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals who require appropriate alternative modification of the agenda in order to participate in Board meetings are invited to contact Allegiance STEAM Academy

Directors Present

M. Jones, S. Odo, S. Thompson

Directors Absent

S. Bhojani, T. Stevens

Guests Present

E. Lee, S. Cognetta

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Odo called a meeting of the board of directors of Allegiance STEAM Academy to order on Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Pledge of Allegiance

D.

Approval of Agenda for the Regular Board Meeting February 11th, 2025

M. Jones made a motion to Approval of Agenda for the Regular Board Meeting February 11th, 2025, with postponement of Board Focus and Governance Training due to Board attendance.
S. Thompson seconded the motion.

Approval of Agenda for the Regular Board Meeting February 11th, 2025, with postponement of Board Focus and Governance Training due to Board attendance. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Thompson
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent
T. Stevens
Absent
M. Jones
Aye
S. Odo
Aye

E.

Honor Deanna Campagna

Dr. Cognetta honors Deanna Campagna for her dedication to Allegiance STEAM Academy and her amazing years of service in education.

F.

Student Celebrations

ASA Chino 1st and 2nd grade Mandarin students in Mrs. Janice Lien's class share poetry and song. The participating students are:

Emery Codero

Mia Figueroa

Travis Zhou

Jackson Sanders

Emerie Sanders

Alexsander Gonzalez

Emery Gonzales

Nelson Dy

Olivia Gaytan

Ellie Valdivia

Moana Bahr

Lucas Hanafi

Hailie Lopez

G.

Principal Reports

ASA Chino:

ELOP with all the wonderful activities!

  • Beginning our last session

Clash with the Pack 

Basketball & Volleyball at SoFi 

Cross Country Dual Meet

  • In January 
  • Vs. Litel Elementary

AI Initiative

  • 4 Staff members participating
  • Oakland

Chinese New Year - Another amazing Chinese New Year celebration put on by Mrs. Janice! Everyone was so appreciative!

  • Grade level & teacher dances

Instruction Partners 

  • PLN Cycle Celebration
  • Walkthroughs including teachers 

Learn With Me TV

  • Gancz & Guillen - Congrats! We can't wait to see their episode.
  • Air on PBS
  • SBCSS

MS Dance - Wonderful event! Huge thanks to PACK, parent volunteers, and Leadership for all their hard work. 

Friendship Grams

Organized by 7th Grade leadership 

  • Every student gets one.
  • Get 3 extra with a hygiene donation

SLCs 

  • 2/19 & 2/20

End of Trimester 2

ELPAC Testing

 

 

ASA Fontana

Clash with the Pack

  • The event was a fabulous success this weekend!
  • Special thanks to staff from Chino who made the trip to support.
  • Huge shoutout to our PACK for their hard work on decorations and the snack bar!

Last Session of Club

  • Grateful for our paras, proctors, and teachers making these opportunities possible for students. Practically every staff member is involved in leading, tutoring, or supporting the ELOP program – thank you!
  • Special thanks to Carmen for overseeing the program and keeping everything running smoothly.

Friendship Grams & Leadership Team

  • PACK has been working hard to support the Friendship Grams initiative.
  • Our Leadership Team has been actively involved in making this successful.

Black History Month – Morning Live Assemblies

  • Big shoutout to our enrichment teachers for leading Morning Live Assemblies!

Chinese New Year Celebration tomorrow!

  • Rain or shine, we are making it happen.
  • A huge thank you to our parent volunteers for their crucial support.

Student-Led Conferences (SLC)

  • Teachers are working hard to prepare for SLCs.
  • Students are actively preparing to showcase their learning.

Instructional Partnerships Walkthrough-Math, Reading and Phonics


 

H.

PACK Reports

ASA Chino Pack given by Mrs. Holt  

Movie Night: Fun night. Looking forward to planning more.

Middle School Dance: Leadership helped plan. Amazing job! 

Color Run is coming up & in the planning stages. A 6th grader to design the Color Run tee shirt. 

Huge Thank you to all that help support our amazing PACK!

 

ASA Fontana PACK - update not provided

I.

CEO Report

CEO Updates:

Partnerships: 

  1. Silicon Schools Fund - Charter Accelerator Network - hosted leaders from Tulsa, OKC, Austin
  2. CDE: Fontana awarded the PCSGP Waiver +$216K  for this fiscal year
  3. Cal Poly Pomona - submitted Grant App Teacher Residency Implementation Grant

Authorizers:

  1. FUSD: Notice of Violation (NOV) - completing NOV requirements prior to the deadline of March 18
  2. CVUSD: addressing CVUSD’s concern re intra-org borrowing, including tonight’s agenda’s resolutions
  3. Community Forums held at each site over the past weeks to discuss NOV and ASA’s response- Thank you to community members in attendance

Enrollment:

  1. Chino: 958 (960 in Jan; 2 offers out) 

Fontana: 271; (264 in Jan; 3 offers out); 17% increase (last year was a 48% increase) 

Lottery:

  1. Fontana - tomorrow, Feb 12 Grades 2, 3, 4, 6 (116 applications received)
  2. Chino - Feb 25 All Grades (415 applications received) 

Other items:

Special Board Meeting in March needed - March 10 board meeting conflicts with CCSA conference 

Agenda:

24-25 Calendar - Promotion Date

Audit Findings (Chino)

  • ELOP 
  • Mode of Instruction- Valid Certification 
  • Independent Studies 


 


 

J.

Public Comments - Items not on the Agenda

No public comments

II. Items Scheduled for Consent

A.

Approve Minutes

S. Thompson made a motion to approve the minutes from Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors on 01-13-25.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent

B.

Approve Check Registrar

M. Jones made a motion to Approved check register.
S. Odo seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Thompson
Aye
S. Odo
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
M. Jones
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent

C.

Revision 2024-25 ASA Fontana School Calendar

S. Thompson made a motion to Revision 2024-25 ASA Fontana School Calendar.
S. Odo seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Odo
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Bhojani
Absent

D.

ASA Chino 2025-26 School Calendar

M. Jones made a motion to ASA Chino 2025-26 School Calendar.
S. Thompson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Odo
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
M. Jones
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent

E.

ASA Fontana 2025-26 School Calendar

S. Odo made a motion to ASA Fontana 2025-26 School Calendar.
S. Thompson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Thompson
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
M. Jones
Aye

F.

2023-24 CLA Independent Auditor's Report

M. Jones made a motion to 2023-24 CLA Independent Auditor's Report.
S. Thompson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent
M. Jones
Aye

III. Governance

A.

Governance Training - Procopio

Governance Training - Procopio : Postponed

*(See above) Approval of Agenda for the Regular Board Meeting February 11th, 2025, with postponement of Board Focus and Governance Training due to Board attendance. 

B.

Title IX Update

Title IX Update - Governance Training - Procopio : Postponed

*(See above) Approval of Agenda for the Regular Board Meeting February 11th, 2025, with postponement of Board Focus and Governance Training due to Board attendance. 

IV. Items Scheduled for Discussion or Action

A.

Request for Allowance of Attendance Due to Emergency Conditions

Discussion for Request for Allowance of Attendance Due to Emergency Conditions

B.

2023-24 School Accountability Report Card - Chino

S. Thompson made a motion to 2023-24 School Accountability Report Card - Chino.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Bhojani
Absent
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Thompson
Aye
S. Odo
Aye
M. Jones
Aye

C.

2023-24 School Accountability Report Card - Fontana

M. Jones made a motion to 2023-24 School Accountability Report Card - Fontana.
S. Odo seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent

D.

2024-25 Mid-Year LCAP Update Chino

S. Thompson made a motion to 2024-25 Mid-Year LCAP Update Chino.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Odo
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
M. Jones
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent

E.

2024-25 Mid-Year LCAP Update Fontana

M. Jones made a motion to 2024-25 Mid-Year LCAP Update Fontana.
S. Odo seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Bhojani
Absent
M. Jones
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Odo
Aye

F.

Prop 39 Facilities—Charter School Response to District Offer

S. Odo made a motion to Prop 39 Facilities—Charter School Response to District Offer.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Bhojani
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Thompson
Aye

G.

Resolution: Amendment to Intraorganizational Loan Agreement

S. Odo made a motion to Resolution: Amendment to Intraorganizational Loan Agreement.
M. Jones seconded the motion.

Discussion Resolution: Amendment to Intraorganizational Loan Agreement, including repayment structure. 

 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Thompson
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent

H.

Resolution: Intraorganizational Due-To/Due-From Agreement

M. Jones made a motion to Resolution: Intraorganizational Due-To/Due-From Agreement.
S. Odo seconded the motion.

Discussion on Resolution: Intraorganizational Due-To/Due-From Agreement.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Bhojani
Absent
S. Odo
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent

V. Finance

A.

FY24 Budget - ASA Chino

S. Thompson made a motion to FY24 Budget - ASA Chino.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Odo
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent
S. Thompson
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
M. Jones
Aye

B.

FY24 Budget - ASA Fontana

S. Thompson made a motion to FY24 Budget - ASA Fontana.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Thompson
Aye
M. Jones
Aye
S. Bhojani
Absent
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Odo
Aye

VI. Communications

A.

Communications - Comments from the CEO

Communications - Comments from the CEO 

A special thank you to Mrs. Janice Lien and her wonderful 1st and 2nd grade Mandarin students for their delightful poetry, singing, and dancing performance! It was a beautiful example of what ASA is all about: students learning new skills outside their native language, fostering growth, and opening doors to new aspects of the world.

We also extend our sincere gratitude to the Board for their time and diligent efforts in reviewing the Resolutions to Amend the Intraorganizational Loan Agreement and the Intraorganizational Due-To/Due-From Agreement, including the repayment structure. Their thorough questions and thoughtful consideration are greatly appreciated.

Finally, thank you to our community and staff for your continued support. 

 

B.

Communications - Comments from the Board of Directors

Communications - Comments from the Board of Directors

 

S. Thompson: Looking forward to the upcoming SLCs. The new pick-up and drop-off system is working very smoothly, which is great to see. The Middle School dance was a resounding success! Thank you to everyone involved for their hard work in making these events so positive

 

M. Jones: A huge thank you to PACK for all their amazing work! She encourages everyone to attend the PACK meeting tomorrow morning in Chino if you're able. The Movie Night and Middle School dance were both fantastic events. Thank you to our Fontana campus for hosting the football game and for the wonderful snack bar! It was a fun event that truly highlighted how we are all one big ASA family, regardless of campus. A special shout-out to Mr. Alex for his tireless efforts! We're looking forward to SLCs and are so appreciative of all our staff.

 

S. Odo: A big thank you to the Fontana PACK! Though Mrs. Odo was unable to attend, her son had a wonderful time at the football game and enjoyed the snack bar. The Middle School dance was a huge success, and the kids had a blast. The new pick-up and drop-off system has been running incredibly smoothly. Thank you, Dr. Cognetta, for explaining the financials and answering all the questions. And finally, thank you to all our staff for your hard work and going the extra mile to make ASA such an amazing place.

VII. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

S. Thompson made a motion to Adjourn Meeting.
M. Jones seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Odo
Aye
S. Thompson
Aye
T. Stevens
Absent
S. Bhojani
Absent
M. Jones
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:12 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
E. Lee
Documents used during the meeting
  • December 2024 -ASA-Board Summary (2).pdf
  • Fontana 24-25 Academic Calendar _ DRAFT (2).pdf
  • 2025-26 DRAFT Academic .pdf
  • 2025-26 DRAFT Academic .pdf
  • Allegiance STEAM Academy 2024 Signed Final Governance Communication (3).pdf
  • Allegiance STEAM Academy 2024 Signed Final Report and Financial Statements (2).pdf
  • j13a ASA Fontana Sep 9-13 2024.pdf
  • j13a ASAC 1_8_25 (1).pdf
  • SOE_Palisades-Fire_1-7-25_Formatted.pdf
  • 1.11.24-SOE-Airport-and-Bridges-Fires.pdf
  • 2025_LCAP_Mid-Year_Monitoring_Report_for_the_2024-25_LCAP_Allegiance_STEAM_Academy_-_Thrive_(Chino)_20250208 (3).pdf
  • 2025_LCAP_Mid-Year_Monitoring_Report_for_the_2024-25_LCAP_Allegiance_STEAM_Academy_-_Thrive_(Fontana)_20250208 (1).pdf
  • ASA Response to Jan 28, 2025 CVUSD Preliminary Proposal of Facilities.pdf
  • ASA_ DRAFT Amendment to Intraorganizational Loan Agreement.pdf
  • Resolution Of The Board Of Directors Of Allegiance STEAM Academy INC. To Approve Amendment To Intraorganizational Loan Agreement and To Approve Intraorganizational Due-To:Due-From Agreement.pdf
  • ASA_ DRAFT Intraorganizational Due-To_Due-From Agreement.pdf
  • Resolution Of The Board Of Directors Of Allegiance STEAM Academy INC. To Approve Amendment To Intraorganizational Loan Agreement and To Approve Intraorganizational Due-To:Due-From Agreement.pdf
  • RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Allegiance STEAM Academy INC. Regarding 2024-25 Intraorganizational Due-To:Froms.pdf
  • December 2024 -ASA-Board Summary (2).pdf
  • December 2024 -ASA-Board Summary (2).pdf

• Where All Children Can Thrive •