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

Students from the MSA 2's student government team presented their activities and accomplishments to the board, an MSA-2 parent requested that the board look into adding an additional classroom to the campus for parents to use for the various activities they are responsible for. MSA- SD Principal, G. Serce, informed the board of the charter petition renewal of MSA-San Diego. P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director thanked the students for speaking to the board. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, elaborated on the MSA-San Diego charter petition renewal and introduced the new principal of MSA-2. Board members asked for all principals who were present to give and update on their school sites. 

H. Beliak, MPS Board Chair, announced that the board would be going into Closed Session to discuss one potential litigation matter, one public employment matter and the board would report in Open Session any actions taken.

This item was discussed in Closed Session. 

This item was discussed in Closed Session. 

H. Beliak, informed the public that the board had directed staff to follow up on the closed session matters but no actions were taken. 

H. Beliak, MPS Board Chair, informed the board that this item was to replace the board members that had been formerly designated to oversee employment compensation adjustments and are not longer in the board. 

B. Plonka, MSA-5 Principal reported to the board the need for new textbooks at MSA-5 for students to not have a need to share books and still have the opportunity to have books to take home. In addition to the need to replace books that are in poor condition, there has been an increase in enrollment that requires additional books. Board Member, S. Orazov asked for clarification on the funds budgeted for the books in the current year versus the additional funds being requested and asked for more careful planning during the budget process for future years. H. Beliak, MPS Board Chair, suggested to have history teachers present to board members their feedback on the history books being purchased and the curriculum being used during at a future time. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO and Superintendent, informed the board of the progress on the financial benchmarks that was part of the settlement agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District. He elaborated on the bank reconciliation reports, credit cards process, ACH, and other fiscal reporting procedures. A. Rubalcava, also mentioned that this report would be going to the authorizer to inform them of the progress on the benchmarks.

This item was previously presented to the MPS Finance Committee. S. Orazov, MPS Finance Committee Chair, gave the board background information on how and why first interim reports are created. He explained that there was a decline in the revenue due to the student enrollment being lower than what was budgeted in the approved 2019-20 budget, these changes are reflected in first interim. A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, went over the areas and funds that affected the revenue causing some of the schools to be in the red and how staff plans to address these changes. S. Orazov, suggested for staff to be more conservative in future budget proposals to be proactive about possible student enrollment declines and create a contingency for ADA funds. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, informed the board that the audit reports are not finalized and staff recommended to postpone the discussion and approval of these reports until the board retreat on December 15, 2019.

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, explained the upcoming RFP process to the board for the school information system. J. Wade, MPS Assistant Executive Office Manager, explained how staff was getting feedback from the different stakeholders and what steps would follow to meet the internal deadlines of the RFP process and the evaluation process. D. Yilmaz, told the board that staff had done research on possible new SIS vendors and which work with the current vendor that can help the transition. All questions were addressed.

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, gave the board updates on the ongoing facility projects for all MPS.