Opening Items

Academic Excellence

Any persons present desiring to address the Board of Directors on any proper matter. 

The YPI Charter Public Schools ("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:  
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 at 1157 S. Berendo 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.

Americans with Disabilities
YPI Charter Schools, Inc. 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 info@coronacharter.org / info@romerocharter.org. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations.

The reorganization of the schools and assignment of teachers was reconstructed during the 2014-2015 school year to ensure voice from the teaching staff and clear expectations from administration.  For the 2018-2019 school year we will be continuing with the process that was initiated during the 2014-2015 school year. Teachers who serve as teacher leads (instructional coach, data leads, committee chairs, lead teachers, coordinators) for YPICS will assist as part of this process this year. The process has been designed to best accommodate all schools.

YPICS believes that Performance evaluations are one of the most important communication tools an organization can use. They need not be complicated; they just need to be done.  Performance evaluations benefit both employee and employer.  It is a time to provide feedback, recognize quality performance and set expectations for future job performance.  It is also a time to have candid conversations about performance that is lacking and how performance can be improved.  Ongoing performance discussions can assist in avoiding serious problems in the future. During the month of February YPICS has been in the process of have performance conversations will all employees.  We are on track to complete the process no later than 3/15/18.

Statements of Economic Interests - Form 700. Every elected official and public employee who makes or influences governmental decisions is required to submit a Statement of Economic Interest, also known as the Form 700. The board will review their form 700s and prepare to submit to the LAUSD Ethics office.

1. Academic Committee Reports
2. Climate and Culture Committee Reports
   1. Student Leadership Council
3. Parent/ Committee Advocacy/ Engagement Reports
   1. School Site Council
   2. English Learner Advisory Committee
4. LCAP Advisory Committee Reports

This update is for all of the YPICS' schools. 

Audit

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 removed 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. 

Recommendation to approve the YPI Charter Schools December 2017 and January 2018 financials with the check registers as submitted. 

As part of its fiduciary responsibilities to the nonprofit, the board is responsible for oversight of the charitable nonprofit’s accounting functions and the performance of the independent auditor if one is hired. The board of directors as a whole is responsible, unless it delegates this authority, such as to an audit committee.