S. Dikbas, MPS Board Member, arrived to MSA- San Diego at 7:09pm and started voting during item II E. C. Brimmer, MPS Board Member, joined as a member of the public during Closed Session only. 

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

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, apologized to the public for starting late and explained that it was due to a campus evacuation. G. Serce, MSA-SD Principal, informed the board about the student success in various competitions. B. Lopez, Assistant Director of Student Services, invited Board Members to the upcoming events at MSA-8. J. Terzi, MSA-6 Principal, invited the Board to the school's multi cultural event and E. Acar, Chief Academic Officer, invited the Board to the MPS-Wide STEAM Expo. S. Daniel, MSA-3 Principal, announced her school's recognitions and thanked her staff for their hard work. B. Torres, MPS Board Secretary, read off two letters from MSA-1 teachers and staff regarding salaries. A video from the SBE trip for MSA-Santa Ana was shown and A. Rubalcava, CEO & Superintendent explained the efforts of getting the charter petition approved. No other comments were made. 

Nothing was reported in this section. 

B. Lopez, gave a brief description on this item.

This item was taken out of the consent agenda for further discussion. S. Keskinturk, MSA-2 Principal, explained that this item was previously approved by the Board but it was now being brought back with additional revisions that include feedback from legal, board members and authorizers. D. Yilmaz, MPS Chief Accountability Officer, elaborated on the changes that had been made. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, explained that he was requesting the board to approve two new change orders. He explained the budget implications, what work has already been done, what was recommended by the consultants and what work would be done with these change orders. P. Ontiveros, elaborated on PCI 23 and went over the net cost and reimbursements MPS has received for this project, he stated that the underlined total project budget will not change because of the budgeted line item for site work. A. Rubalcava, CEO & Superintendent, explained that although this was not discussed by the committee, both him and P. Ontiveros went over this item with the Facility Committee Chair extensively. He stated that C. Brimmer was in support of both of these items. P. Ontiveros, explained why these changes are being done now and were not reported on sooner. Staff addressed all questions. 

R. Monoshev, MPS IT Director, explained this item to the board. He went over the RFP process and the bid evaluation process. Board Members asked principals how they have liked this product and if they recommend it. B. Plonka, MSA-5 Principal and S. Keskinturk, MSA-2 Principal explained how they use this product at their sites and the positive feedback from staff. R. Monoshev, stated that this product can be evaluated better once MPS has owned them for at least 3 years. All questions were addressed. 

R. Monoshev, MPS IT Director, presented this item to the board. He explained what products this item includes and why specific schools need to work with these products. R. Monoshev, went over how Erate works and how it helps the budget implications. He gave a timeline of when the work on these items would be done at the school sites and elaborated on other budget implications and funds. All questions were addressed.

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, explained the need of valuing and recognizing MPS teachers through an increase in their base pay. He elaborated on the difference in base pay for MSA 1-8 and MSA San Diego and MSA Santa Ana and the budget implications. He also stated the recommendations requested from the Finance and Stakeholder Committees in regards to this item. He went further into comparing salaries amongst other schools. H. Beliak, MPS Board Member, asked the reasoning behind other schools being able to afford higher base salaries and A. Rubalcava responded that other schools receive money from different grants and partnerships which MPS is starting to become part of also. MPS Principals who participated in the meeting gave their feedback on this base salary increase. A. Rubalcava, went over each school's budget and enrollment but the board requested to see a multi-year projection with the additional salary expense. S. Covarrubias, MPS Board Member, stated her disagreement with postponing this item and her concern with spending money in other items rather than in salaries. S.Orazov, MPS Board Member, presented his concern regarding budget capacity to cover this expense in the upcoming years. The board made 2 motions on this item.  

This item was tabled as described in the item above. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, explained the need to add an associate position to the facilities department. He gave examples on how this additional staff member would support the department in the current needs and in future projects. A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, explained the budget implications and what funds would be used to cover this additional expense. N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer, explained that there are funds in the current year's budget but this salary expense would have to be added to next years budget. The board wants this position to be evaluated after six months of hire and for it to be with an at-will agreement. 

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, announced the Closed Session items and stated that any actions taken will be reported out in Open Session.

This item was discussed in Closed Session.

This item was discussed in Closed Session.

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, reported out in Closed Session that several directions were given to staff regarding the closed session items but no actions were taken. 

Written report was provided, there was no discussion on this topic. 

Written report was provided, there was no discussion on this topic.