All board members attended in person.

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

H. Beliak, MPS Board Chair, thanked all board members for being there in person. No other public comments were made. 

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, presented the schools' dashboard data to the board. He explained how to read the data and went over growth and improvements needed. The Academic Department members elaborated on the processes and supports that have been implemented in the various academic departments to support teachers and students in the successful growth. All questions were addressed. 

All ten MPS principals had the opportunity to inform the board of their progress in the 10 school goals, their subgroup information and elaborated on next steps. Board members had questions regarding enrollment numbers and plans for next year. Principals along with home office staff addressed all questions. 

This item was postponed and will be discussed at the January board meeting. 

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, went over the updates from his department which included updates on SARC reports, stakeholder surveys, and LCAPs for all MPS. 

K. Yoder, Chief Financial Officer of Delta Management Solutions, explained the action plan for MSA-Santa Ana building depreciation reporting. He explained that there would be monthly reports along with in depth reports on a quarterly basis. Board members had questions regarding the action plan and presented their suggestions to the finance staff.

H. Beliak, MPS Board Chair, informed the public that the board would be going into Closed Session to discuss two public employment matters and would be going back into open session to report out. 

These item were discussed in Closed Session. 

H. Beliak, MPS Board Chair, announced that staff had been directed to follow up on the Closed Session matters but no actions were taken. 

M. Wittek, MSA-7 Principal, explained the need of adding a full-time computer teacher position at MSA-7 and she went over the budget implications. All questions were addressed. Board Member S. Orazov was not in the room for the discussion and approval of this item.

S. Acar, Chief Operations Officer, explained the possible conflict of interest between the independent vendor Direct Ed and MSA-7 due to the marital relationship between employees of both entities. Due to the possible conflict of interest, staff recommends for the contract to be approved by the board rather than the principal. Staff went over the expected expenses of the services provided and explained why it was recommended to enter into this contract with this vendor as opposed to a different vendor. All questions were addressed. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director, went over the need to extend the contract for Noflin Enterprises  who is affiliated with former Board Member, C. Brimmer. He explained the need to extend the contract for two additional months for the work that is still pending completion and he went over the budget implications. 

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO and Superintendent, explained the content of the board resolution recommending the material revision of MSA 4 and MSA 6 that would authorize for both schools to be merged starting July 1, 2020. He went over the details and elaborated on the reason behind the presented recommendation, the action plan and preparation details. The board explained their concerns and asked relate questions which staff addressed. 

J. Clement, Senior Manager at Eide Bailley audit firm, presented the audit reports to the board. He explained the functional expense report, liquidity of the buildings, debt cover ratio, and gave an overview of the consolidated report. He also went over the details on how auditors reach their reports, what they look at and what compliance they follow. 

B. Torres, MPS Board Secretary and Executive Assistant informed the board that the Fair Political Practices Commision (FPPC) rejected the new Conflict of Interest Code approved by the board in September 2019 and recommended for Magnolia Public Schools to continue using the previous version approved by the FPPC in 2017. Staff recommended the board agree with the FPPC recommendation. 

I. Soto, MPS Director of Development and Communications explained to the board the role of the intern position being requested. He went over the duties for the intern and how that role would support the success of the department. Budget implications were also identified.