Refer to attendance information recorded above.

No public comments were given at this time.

S.Covarrubias announced that the Board would be going into Closed Session regarding a hearing for appeal of expulsion determination and would report out any actions taken.

This item was discussed in Closed Session.

M.Muhammedov announced in Open Session at 9:40pm that the Board of Directors of Magnolia Public Schools voted unanimously on a stipulated expulsion with suspended enforcement. 

D.Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, went over they survey structure, questions and overall responses that were collected from the Panorama Survey. Students, families and staff participated in the survey. Overall, student and staff participation rates were high. Family participation rates were not as high as the other two categories. Four schools reached their target goals for families. The other schools will improve in the following year to get more input from their families. Each school has their own local target on LCAP in which D.Yilmaz explained. He also shared the five year trends. Results were shared with the schools and meetings were held with school leadership teams to go over the responses and feedback. The leadership teams came up with glows, grows and next steps. The survey results were used for their schools evaluations. Some Principals shared their school sites survey process and results.

P.Ontiveros, General Counsel & Director of Facilities, gave an update on the construction of the ice hockey rink which is adjacent to the MSA-1 High School property. He said that City Recreational and Parks has funded to move forward with this project. MPS agreed to partner with them for the community and students best interest to have an athletic facility. He explained that the city wants to purchase land to construct the hockey rink in which would eliminate 33 parking spaces from MSA-1. Currently, MPS is in escrow to purchase the JAM property and once in fruition would replace the entirety of the parking lot.MPS is also speaking with CitiBank for leasing spaces and will come back to the Board for approval. Board Members questions were addressed by staff.

MPS Board of Directors discussed and reconsidered the circumstances of the State of Emergency related to COVID-19 in which meeting in person can directly impact the ability of the Board in addition to the all standing Board Committees (Finance, Audit/Facilities, Academic, Stakeholder and Development & Nominating/Governance Committees) and public to meet safely. As such, local officials are still continuing to recommend measures to promote social distancing. 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. Those changes in the policy include; indoor masking is strongly encourages at all MSA school sites and individuals new to LAUSD are required to baseline test upon their start of school or work.

A.Callaham, Director of Special Education, presented that MSA-5 has fallen under the significant disproportionality as this is the third year in a row of the school having more that 3% of their Latino population under the eligibility of learning disability. They are working with schools to reduce the numbers so that are not under significant disproportionality for the following year. Board Members questions were addressed by staff. 

J.Hernandez, Director of Student Services, explained that they recognition and incentive policy originated from staff using their personal money to purchase snacks and items to show recognition to the students. The policy would seek to remedy that and to to increase effectiveness of positive outcomes of students academic, behavioral, and social emotional education. Recognizing students for not just how they are currently but also recognizing students for their continuous stride and effort. He went over the parameters of what those recognitions are. He added that he is learning from other promising practices from school districts and would be working with the Deans of Students at each school site regarding implementation. Board Members expressed their support to recognize and motivate students.

P.Ontiveros, General Counsel & Director of Facilities, provided background for this item. In November 2021 the Board approved to sign a purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of the JAM property. This opened escrow by January 2022. Since that time, MPS has been doing their due diligence. They worked with an architect to produce a master plan. Once they receive a term sheet, MPS would review and share with Los Angeles County Office of Education. The due diligence period expires April 28, 2022 and are seeking for an extension which would buy an additional thirty days to continue with their due diligence. Board Members questions were addressed by staff. 

P.Ontiveros, General Counsel & Director of Facilities, presented to the Board the need for a second extension of their due diligence period for the Winnetka property. The Board had previously approved the first option to extend. Similar to the previous item, the term sheet would be provided to the Los Angeles County Office of Education for their feedback. Board Members questions were addressed by staff.

This was previously presented at the Finance Committee Meeting in which they recommended  approval. S.Budhraja, Chief Financial Officer, presented that the finance department in collaboration with the auditors annually reviews their fiscal policy and procedures and make updates to certain information according to protocols and standards set by state and federal guidelines. He went over all of the updates made and added that this would help keep staff up-to-date with the changes. Board Members questions were addressed by staff.