The Flag Salute was led by C. Young.

A. Rubalcava presented C. Young with the certificate from Councilmember Bob Blumenfield in recognition of receiving the Distinguished Educator Award from the Charter College of Education.

There were no public comments.

A. Rubalcava presented a certificate of recognition to Alejandro Quezada for obtaining the 2015 GELB Family Scholarship Award.

K. Hourigan, Director of Student Services, explained that the changes made to the school safety plan were based on the changes of the MSA-Santa Clara facility. She addressed all board member questions. 

Mr. Diaz told the Board that he had presented the revised budget to the Finance Committee. He explained that revenue had decreased due to enrollment numbers. Dr. Young explained that the on going contracts that are presented in this budget are within the budget, some contracts are allocated to the schools budgets such as legal fees. She also gave detail on the current and new positions listed in the budget. Mr. Diaz explained the budget of the schools who have had financial hardship. Mr. Diaz and Dr. Young addressed all Board member questions. The Finance Committee recommended approval of the budget and on going contracts.

O. Diaz explained to the Board that the changes in Financial Policies were presented to the Finance Committee. Changes requested by the Finance Committee were incorporated in this item for board approval, these changes were explained to the Board. S. Orazov reported out on this item based on the feedback from the Finance Committee from which he is part of.

T. Boatman, Director of Human Resource, explained to the board that Magnolia staff has been doing studies to insure that all human resource data is in compliance. The human resource information system being presented will support and assist the Human Resource department by insuring and keeping track of all files that need to be in compliance. An RFP has been done for this item. She explained the benefits of this stream lined process and the risks of continuing the current process. O. Diaz explained the budget implications of aquiring the system and him and T. Boatman addressed all Board members questions.

F. Gonzalez, Chief Growth Officer, explained the Gym project for MSA- Santa Ana. He explained the grant amount and the money that the project will be receiving. He explained where Magnolia stood in the previous authorization of the construction and he explained the current situation. He also explained the loan and its' repayment plan. Mr. Diaz agreed that this loan would repayable based on the budget situation of the school. F Gonzalez addressed all Board member questions.

C. Young explained that Magnolia Properties Management, Inc. (MPM) does the financing for MSA-1. The board of Magnolia has the obligation to appoint 3 members for this committee. C. Young gave a brief background on each of the three committee member candidates. She explained that the main responsibility of this committee is to look out for the best interest of the school and the committee also approves the annual audit for MSA-1. C. Young addressed all Board members' questions.

T. Boatman explained the Performance Cycle Process to the Board. She explained that this would be a 360 evaluation and that this approval approves the cycle of the perfomance process not the format. The current practice and new practice of evaluating performance were explained. T. Boatman addresses all Board member questions. 

A. Gokce, Chief of Staff explained that Magnolia has received multiple requests about expansion. He gave brief background information on past and current growth plans and the pros of growing for a Charter schools. He explained the pressing deadlines for these charter petitions, the funds that could be received, and the cons of not opening schools now. C. Young explained the structure and benefits of opening schools in cohort and how the regional directors would support this growth. A. Gokce went over the details of each resolution and petition. He esplained that Magnolia could get the district approval and open within 3 yrs. C. Young explained what has been done at the Magnolia home office to be able to support this growth. She gave the reasoning behind opening in these areas and she explained the process of charter approvals. The Board discussed the need of a Growth Committee to support the growth of these new charters.

A written report of the item was given to the Board, there was no discussion on this item.

A written report of the item was given to the Board, there was no discussion on this item.

M. Crumpton, Chief Academic Officer, explained the NWEA data. She explained the IT related issues that affected some of the test scores and she mention that in Spring Magnolia will have more aligned data. She also explained that Magnolia did not have Common Core material in the past. M. Crumpton explained that the longer students are with Magnolia the better they perform.  C. Young explained that the schools that had summer school had less drop offs on the score data. S. Acar, Magnolia Principal, explained some of the data and performance compared to other schools. M. Crumpton and the academic team addressed all Board member questions. This was an information item and no actions were taken.

A written report of the item was given to the Board, there was no discussion on this item.

A written report of the item was given to the Board, there was no discussion on this item.