Refer to attendance information recorded above.

No public comments were given at this time.

A.Rubalcava, CEO & Superintendent, announced tragedy at Uvalde, Texas concerning the tragic loss of students and staff at Robb Elementary School. There was a moment of silence held. He then thanked school site personnel who comforted families and students after hearing the news.

S.Covarrubias announced that the Board would be going into Closed Session to discuss public employee performance evaluation for the CEO & Superintendent and would report out any actions taken.

This item was discussed in Closed Session.

S.Covarrubias announced in Open Session at 6:47pm that the Board discussed the item and the directed staff to follow up on certain items. 

The Home Office Departments; Outreach & Communications Department, Finance Department, Facilities Department, Academic Department, Accountability Department, Operations Department, and the CEO Department presented their glows, grows and priorities for the 2021-22 year. Board Members directed questions to the staff and applauded the staff at the Home Office and school site staff for their continued work and efforts during trivial times. 

D.Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, opened up the discussion regarding this years annual authorizer oversight reports. A letter from the CDE was received from MSA-Santa Ana's visit stating that the school is in compliance. For MSA-San Diego and Los Angeles County Office of Education authorized schools - MSA-1,2,3 and 5 - the visits were were successful however the reports are not yet submitted. MSA-4,6,7 and Bell - who are authorized by Los Angeles Unified School District - did receive their reports in which the schools rated well in the categories. In Governance all schools received a 4. The Fiscal category improved from last year to a 3 rating. There was no rating for Student Achievement has there was no official dashboard for this year. Staff went over the report and mentioned steps on improving. 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 were included for the exposure management policy per Cal/OSHA and vaccination policy for students before the first day of school in Fall of 2023.

P.Ontiveros General Counsel & Director of Facilities, provided an update to the Board from when escrow was opened up earlier this year. He added that the Board had previously approved in extending the contingency period once as it gave time to receive feedback from the authorizer and continue the process of locking in a lender. MPS identified a lender, CLI Capital, and a term sheet was presented. Staff would come later to the Board for their approval to close the loan and close escrow. Board Members questions were addressed by staff. 

M.Sahin, MPS Project Manager, added that MSA-1 administrative team reached out about the need of adding turf on the lot of the campus for the purposes of making that area more appealing and welcoming to students. The property that the school is in had given MSA-1 an extension of their lease for 3 years. B.Plonka, Principal at MSA-1, added the significance of what this would provide students which is a proper area for physical education. An RFP was released with four proposals being sent to staff to review before picking this vendor. M.Sahin explained the warranty.