The YPICS Board and Executive Team would like to extend a warm official welcome to Dr. Tony Jake as she joins the YPICS Board of Directors. We are deeply grateful to have your experience, dedication, and leadership guiding our schools forward.

END OF STATE OF EMERGENCY AND NEW REMOTE PARTICIPATION RULES - Assembly Bill 2449
 

Governor Newsom announced that the COVID-19 state of emergency ended on February 28, 2023. With the end of the state of emergency, agencies are no longer able to utilize pandemic-era virtual meeting procedures. However, board members may continue to participate remotely by telephone and/or videoconference under traditional Ralph M. Brown Act teleconference rules. Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill 2449 (AB 2449) allows individual board members to participate in meetings remotely during "emergency circumstances" or for "just cause." Specific requirements may be found in the full text of AB2449 (California Legislation Information).  All requirements for attendance by the YPICS Board of Trustees are adhered to in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.

Instructions for Presentations to the Board by Parents and Citizens

YPICS (or the "Charter Schools") welcome your participation at the Charter Schools' Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors ("Board") is to conduct the affairs of the Charter Schools in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our Charter Schools. To assist you in the case of speaking/participating in our meetings, the following guidelines are provided:

If you wish to make a public comment, please follow these instructions:

1.  The public may attend in person or may join via Zoom.  If joining in person, the public may complete a “Request to Address the Board” (on an agenda item or non-agenda item) card which will be available at the door.  If joining via Zoom, the following procedures should be followed:

2.  Speakers may attend the board meeting virtually through the Zoom invitation link on the top of the agenda.

3.  A Google survey “sign-up” will be open to members of the public 30 minutes prior to the public meeting.  This survey will take the place of the “speaker cards” available at meetings. The form link is: https://bit.ly/YPICSspeakercard.

4.  Speakers will fill in their names and select if they wish to address the board regarding a specific agenda item or a non-agenda item.

5. When it is time for the speaker to address the board, his/her name will be called by the Board Chair and the requesting speaker’s microphone will be activated.

6.  Speakers should rename their Zoom profile with their real name to expedite this process.

7.  After the comment has been given, the microphone for the speaker’s Zoom profile will be muted.
 

When addressing the Board, speakers are requested (but not required) to state their name and address from the podium and adhere to the time limits set forth. Non-agenda items are limited to three (3) minutes and total time allotted to not exceed fifteen (15) minutes and Items on the agenda are limited to five (5) minutes. 

Ordinarily, Board Members will not respond to presentations and no action can be taken. However, the board may give direction to staff following a presentation.
 
Any public records relating to an agenda item for an open session of the Board which are distributed to all of the Board members shall be available for public inspection on the Charter Schools website at ypics.org or at 2670 W 11th Street, Los Angeles, California 90006, 12513 Gain Street, Pacoima, CA 91331, 9400 Remick Avenue, Pacoima, California 91331 and 10660 White Oak Avenue, Granada Hills, CA 91344.

YPICS adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Should you require special accommodations, or more information about accessibility, please contact us at least 48 hours in advance at (818) 834-5805,  (213) 413-9600 or (818) 480-6810  or at info@coronacharter.org, info@romerocharter.org. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations.

1. Board Academic Committee update presented by Committee Chair, Cesar Lopez
 

2. Board Finance Committee update presented by Committee Chair, Michael Green

3. January Board Retreat update presented by Board Chair, Mark Keipp

This is an informational item containing a letter concluding the William's visit determined Monseñor Oscar Romero Charter School to have a "sufficiency of instructional materials in each of the specified classes visited during the review."

All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and will be approved/enacted by the Board in one motion in the form listed below.  Unless specifically requested by a Board member for further discussion or removal from the agenda, there will be no discussion of these items prior to the Board's vote on them.  The Executive Director recommends approval of all consent agenda items.

There are no items on the consent agenda this month.

This is a recommendation from administration to approve the YPICS September 2026 financials and check registers as submitted.

This is a recommendation from the Executive Director to ratify the $300,000 Banc of California draw from line of credit.

This is a recommendation from Executive Administration to close out the current CD with East West Bank and reallocate the capital.

This is a recommendation from Executive Administration to consider opening an account with Cathay Wealth Management.

The next YPICS Regular Board Meeting is scheduled for December 7, 2026 in the Conference Room of the Learning & Support Center Office and streamed via Zoom.

• December 7, 2026
• February 1, 2027
• March 1, 2027
• March 29, 2027
• April 26, 2027
• May 17, 2027
• June 14, 2027
• June 28, 2027