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Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools (YPICS)

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday May 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT

Location

Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter School - 2670 W. 11th Street, Los Angeles CA 90006
Meeting Call In Number: (605) 313-5086, Access# 1004153.
Board Members calling in from 17112 Minnehaha Street, Granada Hills, CA 91344; 501 S. Bixel Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017; 25024 Highspring Avenue, Newhall, CA 91321; 1625 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015; 17037 Chatsworth Street, Granada Hills, California 91344.
 

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Yesenia Zubia 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Mary Keipp
  C. Flag Salute   1 m
  D. Additions/Corrections to Agenda   Mary Keipp 1 m
  E. Approval of April 22, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes Mary Keipp 1 m
    Minutes for Board Meeting on April 22, 2019  
II. Communications 6:04 PM
 
Academic Excellence
 
  A. Presentations from the Public FYI Mary Keipp 5 m
   
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:
Agenda Items: No individual presentation shall be more than five (5) minutes and total time for this purpose shall not exceed thirty (30) minutes per agenda item. 
Non-Agenda Items: No individual presentation shall be for more than three (3) minutes and total time shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. 
 
When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to state their name and address from the podium and adhere to the time limits set forth.

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 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.

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 (818) 480-6810  or at info@coronacharter.org, info@romerocharter.org. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations.
 
III. Items Scheduled For Information 6:09 PM
  A. School Climate Grant Update FYI 10 m
   
Shawn Bolton and Jesse Noonan will provide the Board with a grant update. 
 
     
     
  B. YPICS Fiscal Policies and Procedures Manual FYI Yvette King-Berg 5 m
  C. Update from AD HOC Health Benefits Committee FYI Ruben Duenas 10 m
     
     
     
  D. LCAP Update FYI Yvette King-Berg 5 m
  E. Committee/ Council Reports FYI 5 m
   

Each month council and committee meeting minutes are provided for the board to review. Board members will direct senior staff regarding any minutes or committee concerns that may arise.
  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
  
  F. Facilites Update FYI Ruben Duenas 5 m
   

This update is for all of the YPICS' schools. 

  
  G. Bert Corona Executive Administrator Report FYI Ruben Duenas 5 m
  H. Monsenor Oscar Romero Executive Administrator Report FYI Rene Quon 5 m
     
  I. Bert Corona Charter High School Executive Administrator Report FYI Yolanda Fuentes 5 m
     
  J. Executive Director's Report FYI Yvette King-Berg 5 m
     
IV. Consent Agenda Items 7:09 PM
 
Audit
 
  A. Background FYI
   
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. 
 
  B. Consent Items Vote Yvette King-Berg 5 m
   
1. Recommendation to approve 2019-2020 calendars
2. Recommendation to approve the Relay Graduate School of Education MOU
3. Recommendation to approve the 2019-2020 YPI ASES and 21st Century MOU
 
 
     
     
V. Items Scheduled For Action 7:14 PM
  A. APRIL 2019 YPICS Financials Vote Irina Castillo 10 m
     
  B. FY 18/19 Spring ConApp Vote Irina Castillo 5 m
     
  C. FY 19/20 Preliminary Budget Vote Irina Castillo 5 m
  D. Recommendation to approve 2019-2020 Kaiser Permenante and Medical Plans for Benefitted Employees Vote Ruben Duenas 5 m
  E. Recommendation to approve extension of contract with Better 4 You Meals Vote Diana Gamez 5 m
  F. Recommendation to approve continued membership in the California Charter Schools Association Vote Yvette King-Berg 5 m
     
  G. Recommendation to approve AD HOC Committee to nominate YPICS Board Members for the 2019-2020 Vote Mary Keipp 5 m
  H. Recommendation to receive and file LAUSD Annual Performance-Based Oversight Visit Available Reports Vote Yvette King-Berg 5 m
     
     
  I. Review Executive Director Salary Study Discuss Joe Lucente 5 m
  J. Recommendation to approve GEAR UP MOU with YPI Vote Yvette King-Berg 5 m
     
VI. Closed Session 8:09 PM
  A. Matters to be discussed are those permitted by Government Code Section 54957 and 54956.9 Discuss Yvette King-Berg 5 m
   

The Board of Directors will now be moving into closed session to discuss matters describe in Section VI.  Matters to be discussed are those permitted by Government Code Section 54957-Public Employee Performance Evaluations and Public Employee Appointment, and Government Code Section 54956.9-Conference with Legal Counsel-Anticipated Litigation

  
  B. Government code 54957 Discuss 5 m
   

Government code 54957 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION-Evaluation of Executive Director

  
  C. Government code 54956.9 Discuss 5 m
   

Government code 54956.9 - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

  
VII. Open Session 8:24 PM
  A. Items Scheduled for Action FYI Mary Keipp 5 m
VIII. Announcements 8:29 PM
  A. Closing Announcements FYI Yvette King-Berg 2 m
IX. Closing Items 8:31 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote