Refer to attendance information stated above.

No public comments were given at this time.

A.Rubalcava, CEO & Superintendent, congratulated MSA-1,3 and Bell students and staff who ran the Los Angeles Marathon. He highlighted MSA-2 for their successful WASC visit and thanked S.Covarrubias, Board Chair, for joining. He mentioned that school sites celebrated spirit week for Pi Day. He congratulated MSA-San Diego Archery team who placed 2nd place at the Conference Championship. He congratulated MSA-7 student who participated in the Scripps Spelling Bee. He thanked M.Muhammedov, Board Member, for his attendance at the MSA-1 and MSA-5 school site visit. M.Muhammedov, thanked the staff from MSA-1 and MSA-5 and mentioned the visit was successful and hosted David Downing, Indra Ciccarelli and LACOE Board Member, Yvonne Chan. 

S.Covarrubias announced that the Board would be going into Closed Session to discuss public employee performance evaluation for the CEO & Superintendent and conference with legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation for two cases and would report out any actions taken.

This item was discussed in Closed Session.

This item was discussed in Closed Session.

S.Covarrubias announced in Open Session at 7:09pm that the Board directed staff to follow on the items with the recommendations provided by the Board and the Board assigned two Board members to lead the CEO evaluation. 

Magnolia Science Academies-Santa Ana and San Diego presented their Glows Grows and Priorities Presentations. Board Members and the public were given an opportunity to give questions and comments at the end of each schools presentations.

Public Hearing for A-G Improvement Grant Plans was held on March 10, 2022 Regular Board Meeting. School teams such as School Counselors, Deans of Academics, and Principals met with the Accountability Department and Academic Department from the home office to develop the plans. W.Gray, College and Career Readiness and TOSA Coordinator, provided a high level overview of the processes and outcomes when developing the plans. He mentioned schools observed their data to finalize their plans to address A-G non-completers. He mentioned how some schools will be spending their grant money to address this such as training for teachers on how to support students in class, providing credit recovery options especially with students with learning disabilities, expanding dual enrollment for students taking college courses, and some campuses sought to make a College & Career Readiness Centers for educational partners to come and learn how to get on track. S.Keskinturk, Principal at MSA-Santa Ana, detailed the schools plan. Board Members questions were addressed by staff.

E.Acar, Chief Academic Officer, presented the approval of adding HopSkipDrive to the approved vendor list to continue providing transportation services for students who are in need of this specific need based service. He had outlined the services that were sought while also commenting that this was to ensure that students are able to get access to a free and appropriate education. An RFP was established and HopSkipDrive was the only proposal that was submitted by the deadline. The service would be purchased as a consortium to include all schools. 

R.Monoshev, Director of Technology, spoke regarding the E-Rate application of MPS for the upcoming fiscal year. He said that discounts were based on the percentage of enrolled students eligible for Free/Reduced Lunch per school site. He assed that MPS discount for FY 2022 is expected to be 80% for Internet, WAN connectivity and network infrastructure components. The discount for voice services is expected to be 80% for FY 2022. Staff reached out to all school sites to identify their needs. He detailed the process. Board Members questions were addressed by staff.

D.Hajmeirza, Director of Human Resources, presented the updated Health and Safety Policy and IIPP Addendum which reflects recent guidelines from CDC, CDPH and other county public health officials. Changes include the testing and reporting guidelines and masking guidelines. Board Members questions were addressed by staff.  

P.Ontiveros, General Counsel & Director of Facilities, presented that the Office of Public School Construction opened up a new application filing round for the Charter School Facility Program (CSFP). During that time, $94million dollars was available for projects. He expressed that applying for this program would go towards facility projects that MPS is working on with some of the schools. In the past, MSA-Santa Ana's project was funding through CSFP. Application window is from May 2nd to June 3rd of 2022. He went over the requirements of submitting for this program and has notified the school district as per one of the requirements. Board Members questions were addressed by staff. 

Item was presented to the Stakeholder & Development Committee on March 10, 2022. S.Covarrubias, Board Chair & Chair of the Committee reported out from the Committee's discussion. To stay consistent with State Board of Education, MPS would adopt the replacement term of "educational partners" instead of stakeholder as it was no longer being utilized when referring to parents, staff and community members. She reported that the functions of the committee would remain the same. 

This item was presented at the Nominating/Governance Committee on March 17, 2022. U.Yapanel, Vice-Chair & Chair of the Committee reported out on the Committee's discussion. He said that critical information was added that would be useful for a new board member to reference and that information regarding MPS goals and vision and mission were included. The Committee had voted previously to recommended full approval to the Board. The Board gave their thanks on the completion and edits to the Handbook.