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B. Torres, Executive Assistant, led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Kara Glover, senior student at MSA 3, presented her concerns on the need of additional resources such as smart boards and funding for more student activities. Sharon Whitaker, parent of 7th grade student at MSA-3 offered her public comment, she believes the school needs more support in the classroom for teachers, and recommends that a nurse be on campus along with school police. She also suggested that there be more lighting in the parking lot at night to ensure safety for the students walking in the dark. She stated that she is happy with the school because it has remained a small campus. Staff committed to looking into these issue. C. Brimmer, Board Member, mentioned her concerns about the trash bins at MSA 5 and she recommended that staff communicate with LAUSD about the issue. She also told staff that she is providing a sample board report from a different entity as a resource for staff to use moving forward. No other public comments were made.

Items in the agenda were taken out of order based on the urgency of certain items and on the time of presenters. 

This item was originally requesting approval of resolutions for MSA 4 and MSA 5, however, MSA 4 was approved by LAUSD and there was only a need to approve the resolution for MSA 5. I. Soto, Interim Chief External Officer, presented this resolution to the Board. He explained the timelines and work involved for the appeal to the county. Board Members asked the team how MSA 5 would be addressing the academic scores. K. Jackson, Chief Academic Officer and B. Plonka, Principal of MSA 5, explained the academic action plan for the school and they went over the current successes. 

N. Montijo, Chief Financial Officer, explained that state funds are currently based on last year's enrollment numbers. However, the current enrollment numbers are much higher and the revised funds will be given later in the year. Therefore, the loan being requested will be paid off once those funds are received. All questions were addressed.

N. Montijo, Chief Financial Officer, and K. Dietz from EdTec presented the budget details to the Board. They went over the details from all sites and explained what adjustment had been made. C. Young, Chief Executive Officer, explained what actions would have to be taken if schools do not meet their enrollment numbers. All questions were addressed. 

This item was discussed after Closed Session. N. Huynh left after Closed Session, he did not vote on this item. 

There was no discussion on this item, it was tabled for a future meeting.

This item was discussed in Closed Session but voted on in Open Session.
 

C. Young, Chief Executive Officer, explained why we are continuing with the same auditors, she mentioned that these auditors have worked with us for the last three years and they have began to work with our LLCs. N. Montijo, Chief Financial Officer, also offered her input on contracting with the same auditor for next three years. All questions were addressed. 

This item was brought back from the last board meeting. C. Young, Chief Executive Officer, explained the additional documentation that was provided from the last time this item was presented. She addressed all questions.

T. Buresh, Construction Manager from PrimeSource, gave a detailed presentation regarding the MSA-1 current project and possible expansion projects for the same location. M. Sahin, Principal of MSA-1, was present in person and helped address some of the questions Board Members had. CEO, C. Young, was also present to address questions. The Board appreciated the detailed presentation. T. Buresh's question was whether the board would accept or decline the extension, he offered his opinion and presented the master plan. C. Brimmer explained to the Board the importance of paying attention to the master plan. C. Brimmer, recommends that we find the money to move forward with the master plan. The Board directed T. Buresh to not make any changes to the high school design, he will complete the current design, move forward with obtaining permit process, then go out to bid and return to the Board for contract authorization. In regards to the middle school building, T. Buresh will continue his due diligence regarding the condition of the building under the change order already authorized by the Board for Franco Architect. Staff will move forward with the plan of constructing a shade shelter instead of a third building at MSA-1, the Board will have to approve a solar consultant contract at a future meeting for this project. T. Buresh explained that site improvements will have to be done in phases. For now, he will do the minimum to obtain plan clearance for the high school building (infiltration and striping) and later a plan to add perimeter fencing and the residential block wall will be created. There were no actions taken in this item, directions were given and approvals will come at a later time.

M. Lengly from Gafcon presented the details of the MSA-Santa Ana project. He spoke in detail about the bids received and their amounts. He also explained what affected the cost, such as recent natural disasters and how the cost reconciliation was made. Per Board request, I. Soto, Interim Chief External Officer will work on finding funders for the project such as Home Depot. All questions were addressed. There were no actions taken on this item.

The Board went into Closed Session to discuss this item. 

S. Sherkhanov, Board Chair, announced in Open Session that the Board would go into Closed Session to discuss two matters under Anticipated Litigation.

S. Sherkhanov, Board Chair, announced in Open Session that no actions were taken during Closed Session.

I. Soto, Interim Chief External Officer, presented the Advisory Committee Proposal to the Board. This proposal was reviewed by the MPS Governance Committee in a previous meeting, U. Yapanel, chair of this committee reported out on what was discussed with the committee. The Board will continue to review this proposal and provide input to I. Soto. This proposal will come to the full Board for approval at a future meeting.

This item was not discussed, the Board directed staff to discuss this item in the next Academic Committee meeting.

This item was not discussed, the Board directed staff to discuss this item in the next Academic Committee meeting.

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, gave the Board an update on the MPS progress on meeting local performance indicators on the CA school dashboard. He explained what resources students currently have and addressed all questions. This was a discussion item, no actions were taken.