All committee members participated in the meeting.

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

There were no public comments. 

Item II A Approval of the Proposed School Leader Salary Scale and Item II B  Approval of the MPS Employee Pay Raise Scale for Full-Time Teaching Positions were presented and discussed together. C. Young, MPS CEO and Superintendent, explained the proposed changes to the salary scales. She explained that the proposed scale would increase the base salary and salaries will vary based on performance, experience and other categories that are explained in detail in the scale. C. Young, explained that with the current budget, MPS does fall in the negative but staff is confident that with higher student enrollment numbers and budget cuts, all schools will be able to meet their budget targets. N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer, explained that each school budget was reviewed individually to ensure all schools were able to sustain the new scale. O. Revish, MPS Human Resources Director, explained that she had done a comparison of salary scales amongst other charter management organizations, she stated that even with the new proposed scales, MPS salaries are lower than other similar organizations. D. Yilmaz, MPS Chief Accountability Officer, explained the process of the creation of the proposed salary scale, he explained that input from different stakeholders was considered. There was a lengthy discussion on the proposed salary scales, all questions were addressed. 

Item II A Approval of the Proposed School Leader Salary Scale and II B  Approval of the MPS Employee Pay Raise Scale for Full-Time Teaching Positions were presented and discussed together. Refer to information above for more details. 

C. Young, MPS Chief Executive Officer, explained the Home Office Salary Benchmarks to the committee. She explained that staff had done a comparison of salaries amongst similar executive teams at other charter management organizations before presenting this item.  Her recommendation was to adjust the salary band for the Chief Financial Officer position which was the only position that was reaching the higher end of the  salary band. S. Sherkhanov, Committee Member, recommended that this item be reviewed by the Finance Committee. This was a discussion item, no actions were taken.