All MPS Board Members participated in the meeting, there were no absent Board Members.

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

Two family members from MSA 3 students (Ms. Reed and Ms. Aubrey) presented their concerns regarding the needs of the school which included math and science aids and more teacher support. Staff from MSA 3 and MSA 7 (Ms. Mendez, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Yusuf, Ms. Smith, Ms. Benji, Ms. Vasquez, Ms. Garcia, and Mr. Priest) commented on the need for salary increases for teachers. They stated that they liked working for MSA but needed to meet economic needs for themselves and their families which would be addressed with a reasonable increase. Mr. Acar, South Regional Director, informed the Board that MSA Santa Ana would have a WASC visit and the presence of board members was required. Dr. Young, MPS CEO, stated details on the process of LCAPs and how student family members and staff should be involved in the process to help address the request they are making regarding school budgets. No other public comments were made. 

Approval of these minutes was postponed until the next meeting. 

I. Soto, Interim Chief External Officer, briefly explained the details of the Memorandum of Understanding and Conditions of Authorization between Magnolia Science Academy- 5 (MSA5) and Los Angeles County Of Education (LACOE). 

Item III. B Employee Pay Raise Scale for Full-Time Teaching Positions & Non-Classroom-Based Academic Positions and Item III. C MPS Employee Pay Raise Scale for School Leaders were discussed together. S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair and MPS Personnel Committee Member, informed the Board that the Personnel Committee had reviewed these items and recommended their approval. D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, went over the details of the scales and the feedback that was received from the different stakeholders. Scenario C would be the scenario being approved for implementation. S. Orazov, MPS Board Member, stated he fully supports the recommendation to raise teacher salaries. S. Sherkhanov, wants to ensure that money is allocated primarily to schools. MPS Principals who attended the meeting provided their feedback on the scales, they reported out on what comments that had received from their school staff. All questions were addressed. 

This item was discussed with the Item III. B mentioned above.

This item was postponed to a later meeting.

P. Ontiveros, MPS Facilities Director and General Counsel, explained the plan of the shade structure for the MSA-2 site, he went over the cost and the RFP process that took place. S. Keskinturk, MSA-2 Principal, explained that all three companies who submitted quotes went to the site to review the work that was needed. S. Covarrubias, MPS Board Member and parent of a MSA-2 student, stated that the school needs this structure. All questions were addressed. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, explained the need for the change order in the MSA- Santa Ana gym project which was an item that was informally brought to the Board by the Project Manager during an early Board meeting. P. Ontiveros stated  that some scope was left out of the original drawings and these items now have to be addressed. This item was discussed at length during the MPS Facilitates Committee Meeting. 

K. Jackson, MPS Chief Academic Officer, told the Board about the upcoming MPS Wide Teacher Symposium event. She went over the sessions that would be provided and who would be the participants. This was and information item, no actions were taken.

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, explained that the updates on school safety and emergency staff training, supplies, equipment and procedures was being presented per Board Member's request. We explained the process principals went through to complete the accountability sheet for these items. All questions were addressed, this was an information item, no actions were taken. 

K. Dietz, EdTec representative, presented an overview of the Second Interim Financials and addressed all questions. This item was previously presented to the MPS Finance Committee Meeting, it was an information item, no actions were taken.

A written report for this item was delivered, there was no verbal update.

P. Ontiveros, General Counsel and Facilities Director, presented updates on the MSA-San Diego facility project. T. Buresh, from PrimeSource, gave updates for the MSA-1 ongoing facilities project and M. Lengly from Gafcon gave updates on the MSA-Santa Ana project. The facilities update was a discussion item, no actions were taken, all questions were addressed. 

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, reported in Open Session that the Board would be going into Closed Session to discuss one legal matter and the CEO evaluation. Once back in Open Session, S. Sherkhanov reported out that no actions were taken during Closed Session.

This item was discussed during Closed Session. The Board Chair reported out that no actions were taken.