Please refer to attendance information stated above. 

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

There are were no public comments. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, congratulated MSA-1 students who received gold medal congressional awards, he confirmed the board retreat date and presented the two new principals. U. Yapanel, Board member, recommended to the new principals to look into grouping students into cohorts, he believes this will help increase student retention. E. Acar, MPS Chief Academic Officer, debriefed board members on the recent Magnolia wide symposiums. 

A. Rubalcava, introduced the action items and stated that there would be no changes to the Board approved budget with the addition of the requested positions due to the allocation of the Home Office Management (HOM) fees. He explained how the HOM savings were created and how these funds will assist the schools. Board members asked staff to focus on grants and partnerships to allocate more funds to the schools to assist with expenses. J. Hernandez, MSA-8 Principal, explained the need for his school to add an Intervention Coach and how this position would support the school. 

J. Hernandez, presented that partnership between the two colleges and MSA-Bell. He went over the benefits of the partnerships and explained the role of staff with the interns. A great benefit is these interns may become part of the pool of potential employees for any vacancies. 

S. Daniel, MSA-3 Principal, explained the need of the textbook purchase. She went over the requests that student made regarding courses taught and what was needed to meet these requests. U. Yapanel, asked her to share her best practices for student retention, S. Daniel explained the connection with the parents and the programs that have been implemented that have retained students. All questions were addressed. 

Expenses for the College Board vendor were budgeted but the vendor itself was not approved, therefore, this item was being brought to the Board for approval of the vendor with no budget implications. E. Acar, explained the services this vendor provides to the school and why it is a sole service provider. Board members wanted additional information to be added to the Board report, they want to see details on service costs and further explanation on it being a sole service provider. 

N. Montijo, went over the changes that were made to the Board approved budget per LACOE's request. The changes were made to the budgeting codes but there were no monetary changes. All questions were addressed. 

A. Rubalcava, presented this item to the Board, he explained that the resolution was reviewed and approved by the MPS Nominating/Governance Committee and committee members had agreed that due to the unconditional support over the years that former Board member, R. Oten, gave to the organization it was with great pleasure that Magnolia recommended to name the MSA-Santa Ana gymnasium in his honor. U. Yapanel shared his support of this recommendation. S. Dikbas asked staff about the process of this recommendation, and the CEO addressed his question. 

This item was removed from the agenda. 

A. Rubalcava, explained the need to replace the former Facility/Audit Chair due to the resignation of the former Chairperson. Due to proximity to the ongoing projects, staff recommended the appointment H. Beliak. 

A. Rubalcava, informed the Board of Board membership renewals coming up in the current fiscal year and Board member recruitment efforts. This item was previously discussed by the MPS Nominating/Governance Committee, there were no actions needed at this time.

P. Ontiveros, gave the Board updates on all the ongoing facility projects.

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, announce that the Board would be going into Closed Session to discuss two legal matters and would report our any actions taken during Open Session.

These items were discussed in Closed Session.

S. Sherkhanov, reported out that no actions were taken during Closed Session.