S. Sherkhanov arrived at 6:24 pm, he was present for all consent and action items. N. Huynh arrived at 7:15 pm, he did not participate in the information items or consent agenda items, refer to individual votes for participation information. 

The Flag salute was led by K. Hourigan, Chief Operations Officer. 

G. Serce, MSA San Diego Principal, gave an academic update of MSA San Diego's academic accomplishments.

There were no Oral Communications.

The Board approved the Magnolia Science Academy-8 resolution to change the lottery date from May to February, under consent agenda. 

The Board approved the teacher collaboration contract between California State University of Long Beach and Magnolia Public Schools, under consent agenda.

The Board authorized the CEO or designee to negotiate and execute a contract for architectural services for the design and engineering of the DeAnza site for MSA San Diego. The contract amount shall not exceed $156,508 in total compensation for professional services. The item was approved under consent agenda.

This item was tabled until the next board meeting.

The Board approved the resolution accepting the terms and conditions of the Facility Incentive Grant for MSA-1 and MSA-7. This item was approved under consent agenda.

The approval of the 2015-16 Unaudited Actuals was removed from consent agenda for further discussion. The Board received and reviewed the 2015-16 Unaudited Actuals that had been previously reviewed by the MPS Finance Committee. The board requested an itemized report that explains the expense amounts including compensation for 2015-16. C. Young, Chief Executive Officer, explained the unforeseen expenses that were paid in 2015-16 such as previous years unpaid invoices and new legal fees. C. Young explained the changes in the processes that have been made for the current year to allow MPS expenses to align with the board approved budget. Department chiefs now have and are responsible for their own department budget. Invoices have a deadline for submission and payment to guarantee that payments are done under the appropriate fiscal year budget. Moving forward, the board would like to receive all items that exceed the budget numbers prior.

This item was removed from consent agenda for further discussion. After a lengthy discussion of the loan approval, the Board tabled the motion for a special board meeting.

President and Chairman (Article IX, Section 9); Ms. Noel Unterburger
Secretary and Vice-President (Article IX, Sections 10 and 11); Dr. Umit Yapanel
Treasurer and Vice-President (Article IX, Sections 10 and 12); Mr. Serdar Orazov
Representing Parents (Article VII, Section 3); Dr. Remzi Oten
Vice Chairman Representing Los Angeles County (Article IX, Sections 13); Ms. Noel Unterburger
Vice Chairman Representing Orange County County (Article IX, Sections 13); Dr. Remzi Oten
Vice Chairman Representing San Diego County County (Article IX, Sections 13); Dr. Salih Dikbas
 

C. Young, Chief Executive Officer, went over the 2016-17 MPS Home Office Budget. She explained that a revised budget would be presented to the Board In November. N. Unterburger recommended the approval of the 2016-17 home office budget as presented, but asking MPS staff to review the revised budget for any possible reductions by November. C. Young explained that the 2016-17 budget does not include any new school growth and the MPS staff will be focusing on stabilizing the organization. The Board wants the CMO fees to have a cap, and they would like to see these revisions added on the October Board meeting. MPS staff will continue to use the 15-16 approved CMO fee allocation until the revised one is approved. All budget and CMO allocation questions were addressed in this discussion.

The CMO fee allocation item was discussed along with the 2016-17 home office budget. The question of insufficient CMO fees for 2015-16 were discussed during the board meeting, the board agreement was with the board suggestion that the staff use the current CMO allocation formula to address the funding. Action for this item was tabled for the next board meeting. No Actions were taken.

A. Rubalcava, Chief External Officer, went over each schools' enrollment and explained the expectations and the action plan for student enrollment improvement for schools in need. He explained that MPS had projected an enrollment of 3813 students amongst all MSAs and as of now there are 3837 students enrolled. He explained some of the factors that are taken into consideration with recruitment. He addressed all questions. This was an information item, no actions were taken.

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, presented the Academic Board Report on behalf of K. Jackson, Chief Academic Officer. He went over test scores, professional development events, academic programs offered, and the EL master plan implementation amongst other academic items. He went over next year's academic goals such as having competitive academic test scores compared to neighboring schools and making sure that students of all demographics are reaching their academic goals. D. Yilmaz addressed all questions. This was an information item, no actions were taken. 

K. Dietz, from EdTec, presented the July 2016 Financial Update. This item went to the Finance Committee for discussion on September 6, 2016. She explained that all payroll adjustments will be presented in the August financials and she mentioned that the current presentation was based on budgeted enrollment and not on actual enrollment numbers. K. Dietz and C. Young addressed all questions. This was an information item, no actions were taken. 

There were no actions to report.