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

MSA- Santa Ana administration team thanked board members for visiting their site and invited them to visit again. S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, updated the Board on the meetings he had with staff and informed them on the new awarded grant from The Walton Foundation. C. Brimmer, MPS Board Member, went over the schools she visited and encouraged board members to visit the different sites. There were no other public comments.

Item II G was removed based on Facility Committee recommendations, which recommended for staff to seek to negotiate further payment from the general contractor of the project. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda, MPS Academic Committee recommended its approval.  

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda, MPS Academic Committee recommended its approval. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda, the MPS Academic Committee recommended its approval. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda. 

This item was removed from the agenda, it  will be brought back to the board after further negotiations are made.

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda, the MPS Facility Committee recommended its approval. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda, the MPS Finance Committee recommended its approval. 

This item was approved under the Consent Agenda, the MPS Finance Committee recommended its approval. 

S. Keskinturk, MSA-2 Principal and D. Garner, MSA-2 Dean of Students, presented the proposed surveillance camera policy to the Board. They explained the need for the cameras and went over common practices amongst local schools. MSA-2 administrators obtained feedback from various stakeholders and incorporated the feedback when creating the policy. S. Covarrubias, MPS Board Member and MSA-2 parent, gave her feedback on the different conversations held regarding this policy. She stated that staff and parents believe this is good practice to prevent the school from going through similar situations that happened in the past regarding various incidents. Board Members stated their concerns on the policy, they requested that all staff who are given access to the footage be given prior authorization by the CEO, staff must review the footage when in pairs only, and all necessary language pertaining to the Student/Parent Handbook be directly explained in the policy. C. Brimmer, MPS Board Member, suggested that all MPS schools be notified of this implementation so they can implement at their school sites in the near future. 

R. Monoshev, MPS IT Director, explained the technology back up services agreement to the Board. He explained the RFP process and stated that MPS received one quote. He also elaborated on why the evaluation committee recommended this particular back up service.  R. Monoshev, briefly went over the budget implications and mentioned that these amounts were budgeted by the schools. Board members asked questions regarding other potential vendors and recommended that more vendors be seeked for future technology items. All questions were addressed. 

R. Monoshev, MPS IT Director, explained the Chromebook purchase to the Board and went over the evaluation matrix and the negotiation process. Staff's recommendation was to use Staples Business as the vendor. He explained the purchase was needed to replace the broken units and to obtain new units to address the enrollment increase. R. Monoshev went over the RFP and stated that six different quotes were received. All questions were addressed. 

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, explained to the Board the concerns that were shared with him regarding the composition of the MPS Facilities Committee. He discussed with the Board the importance of this committee due to the multiple ongoing projects. The Board decided that adding an alternate committee member to this committee was a good idea for now.

Presentation of this item was postponed until the next Board meeting. 

I. Soto, Director of Partnerships, presented the current enrollment numbers versus the projected numbers. He explained the marketing strategies and went over which schools needed the most support. H. Beliak, MPS Board Member, gave his input on the strategies and presented a possible plan to attract all demographics. There will be a followup enrollment update at the next board meeting.

Presentation of this item was postponed until the next Board meeting. 

Presentation of this item was postponed until the next Board meeting. 

Presentation of this item was postponed until the next Board meeting. 

The Brown Act training was conducted by Kristine Kwong from Musick, Peeler and Garrett, LLP(MPG). All MPS Board Members participated except S. Orazov. 

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, announced in Open Session that Board Members would go into Closed Session to discuss two matters under anticipated litigation and the public performance evaluation of the Chief External Officer and Superintendent of Magnolia Public Schools. 

The Board discussed this item in Closed Session.

The Board discussed this item in Closed Session.

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, announced that the board discussed the above mentioned items in Closed Session and no actions taken.