S. Geldiyev, MPS Board Member, joined as a community member at the start of the meeting and started voting in item IV A. 

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

C. Brimmer, community member, invited the board and community members to an event called, "Taste of Sound". R. Vaughn, marketing vendor, informed the board of his services. No other comments were made. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, congratulated the MSA-1 congressional winners and invited the winners to speak about their experience in the prgram. In addition, he presented details on the first day of school and principals that were present elaborated on their first day experience, he invited board members to the MSA-1 ribbon cutting and gave them details about the upcoming board retreat and governance academy. I. Soto, MPS Director of Development and Communications, presented the plan of the Portrait of a Graduate to the board. S. Daniel, MSA-3 Principal, asked for a moment of silent for a former student. No other public comments were made. 

A. Rubalcava, gave a brief overview on the compliance monitoring reports. This item was previously approved by the MPS Board Academic Committee.

S. Daniel, MSA-3 principal, briefly explained the need for the additional staff member to her campus. N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer, stated that the cost was budgeted for this year. This item was previously approved by the MPS Board Academic Committee.

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, announced that the board would be going into Closed Session to discuss eight matters under potential litigation and one matter in existing litigation, the board would report out in Open Session any actions taken. 

The board discussed these items in Closed Session. 

The board discussed this item in Closed Session. 

S. Sherkhanov, announced in Open Session that the board did not take any actions in Closed Session. 

There was no discussion on this item, the item went straight to approval. However, P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director,  announced that payment would be from  the operating budget rather than from reserves as originally stated in the board report.

This item was previously presented in the August 2019 board meeting but approval had been postponed until further documentation was provided. S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, stated that he thanked the central office for providing the requested documents. There was no discussion on this item. 

S. Sherkhanov, announced that approval of the unaudited financial actuals would be postponed for further review and revisions. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, informed the board that MSA-Santa Ana was notified by the California School Finance Authority (CSFA) that they were awarded the CSFIG grant to be disbursed over 3 years to be used in mortgage/debt service costs of the facility.

R. Monoshev, IT Director, explained the RFP process related to the computer lease agreement and the difference between purchasing and leasing the items in regards to their costs and benefits. M. Sahin, MSA-1 Principal, added his input on this purchase and stated that other school stakeholder gave their input on the items being purchased and agreed on the final choice. All questions were addressed. 

N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer, explained the purpose of opening a new bank account under MSA-1 to fund the construction expenditures, a written report was provided, there was no further discussion.

J. Hernandez, MSA-8 principal, gave a presentation on the Summit Learning Program and addressed all board member questions. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, explained the authorizer site visit process and how these visits are for authorizers to ensure MPS is providing the right services to the community. He went over the areas that are reviewed by authorizers; academics, governance, and fiscal with the support of the c team lead for each area. C-level staff went over the recommendations provided for each category and how they would be addressed. E. Acar, MPS Chief Academic Officer, elaborated to state the recommendations that were given to each school. N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer, talked about recommendations pertaining to the back office providers and other financials items. 

E. Acar, MPS Chief Academic Officer, presented data on staffing, academic programs, past and future events and other relevant academic information. This presentation was previously presented to the MPS Board Academic Committee. 

I. Soto, Director of Development and Communications, presented the current enrollment numbers to the board and gave a brief overview on the 2019-20 recruitment strategy.

D. Hajmeirza, MPS Human Resource Director, updated the board on staff head count, turn over rates, mandatory trainings, and open positions. She addressed board member questions. 

N. Montijo, informed the board Vavrinek, Trine, Day and Co, LLP (VTD) the current MPS internal auditing firm joined Eide Bailly LLP, one of the top 25 CPA and business advisory firms in the nation. No action was required, the announcement was a formality. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, gave the board an update on ongoing facility projects for MPS, all questions were addressed.