Equitas Academy Charter School
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
Location
2723 W. 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005
PUBLIC COMMENT AT EQUITAS ACADEMY BOARD MEETINGS – An opportunity for the public to address the Board will be provided at the conclusion of the agenda. Members of the public who wish to speak on any item are requested to identify themselves and indicate on which agenda item they wish to speak. The Board will provide an opportunity for the public to speak for a maximum of three (3) minutes, unless granted additional time at the discretion of the Board. Testimony shall be limited in content to matters pertaining to Equitas Academy. The Board may not take any action on matters discussed during the public testimony period that are not listed on the agenda. Brown Act Compliance: Agenda posted at School
Agenda
| Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
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| I. | Opening Items | 6:00 PM | |||
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | Claudia Sanii | 5 m | ||
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | Claudia Sanii | |||
| C. | Approve Minutes | Approve Minutes | Claudia Sanii | 2 m | |
| Approve minutes for Board Meeting on February 28, 2019 | |||||
| II. | Public Comment | 6:07 PM | |||
| A. | Public Comment | FYI | Claudia Sanii | 5 m | |
| III. | Consent Agenda | 6:12 PM | |||
| A. | Approval of RFP for Nutrition Services | Vote | Maggie Ford | 2 m | |
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In accordance with regulations for the administration of the National School Lunch Program, an RFP reviewed and approved by the CDE must be released in order to contract for services.
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| B. | Fiscal Update | Vote | Maggie Ford | 2 m | |
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Add Chief of School as authorized user on corporate credit card.
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| IV. | Organizational Updates | 6:16 PM | |||
| A. | CEO Update | Discuss | Malka Borrego | 15 m | |
| V. | Academic Accountability | 6:31 PM | |||
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Academic Accountability
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| A. | Presentation: Bringing Academics to Life | FYI | Leslie Chang | 20 m | |
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In response to feedback to the Academic Accountability committee and to complete the committee goal: provide professional development to the board, the Chief Schools Officer, Leslie Chang will present the vision of academic excellence and have staff answer questions on how the vision comes to life at Equitas.
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| VI. | Audit Committee | 6:51 PM | |||
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Audit Committee
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| A. | Approve Audit Contract | Vote | Oliver Bajracharya | 5 m | |
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Audit committee has contract for board to review. |
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| VII. | Finance | 6:56 PM | |||
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Finance
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| A. | Board Review of February 2019 Financials | Vote | Samira Estilai | 10 m | |
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Review of February 2019 Financial Package, including the February 2019 Income Statements, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Variance Analysis, and Check Register.
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| VIII. | Resource Development | 7:06 PM | |||
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Resource Development
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| A. | Dev Com Dashboard and Event Update | Discuss | Claudia Sanii | 20 m | |
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Discuss DevCom Dashboard and details of June 6th event, decide on a name and ask board members to submit names of invitees, so we can send out Save-the-Date.
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| IX. | Governance | 7:26 PM | |||
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Governance
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| A. | CEO Succession Planning and Sabbatical | Discuss | Oliver Bajracharya | 10 m | |
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Governance will discuss plans for CEO succession and sabbatical planning. |
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| B. | Governance Dashboard | Discuss | Oliver Bajracharya | 5 m | |
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Governance committee will present dashboard on board attendance and give/get. |
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| C. | Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee | FYI | Tyler Bell | 10 m | |
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AdHoc Advocacy Committee will present on next steps with committee members and action steps.
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| X. | Leader Support And Eval | 7:51 PM | |||
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Leader Support And Eval
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| A. | CEO Eval and Support Update | FYI | Claudia Sanii | 5 m | |
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Committee will provide an update on CEO Evaluation and support schedule.
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| XI. | Closing Items | 7:56 PM | |||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||