There were no additions or corrections to the agenda. 

The executive team is in the process of creating the FY 18-19 school calendars and will be bringing the calendars back to the Board at the next board meeting. 

The reorganization is our yearly process determining who plans on returning, resigning, or wants a transfer for the following school year.  The process is on track to be completed by the next board meeting.  As of now the schools have received the following information: 

• Oscar Romero - one teacher will not be returning
• Bert Corona Charter High School - all teachers plan on returning;  one support staff will resign
• Bert Corona Middle - All teachers returning, one teacher looking to transfer to our high school

This month all schools have been conducting performance evaluations (reflections) with all staff members.  At Monsenor Oscar Romero the evaluations consist of a four step process - self reflection, recording of entire lesson taught by teacher with reflection on performance, watching a colleague's class lesson, and a full reflections with setting a goal for the future. 

An update will be provided at the next board meeting. 

The Form 700's were distributed to the board members who were present, signed and returned.  The board members who were on the phone will be mailing in their forms to the YPICS Learning and Support Center by March 15, 2018. 

MORCS - the construction project has the potential to be completed up to ten days sooner than planned, but this is contingent upon rain.  The budget for goods inside the buildings is $1.5M.  

BCCS - Mr. Duenas and Irina are working on making the numbers work for the facility updates needed. 
 

Bert Corona is looking at SFA, SFA supports, and it's fidelity.  Fifty-four percent of teachers are doing a reasonable job, while forty-six are not at that level.  Bert Corona is also working on creating a culture for it's students. 

There are two items to highlight:

1. MORCS conducted a SPQR where leaders from different schools were invited to attend, including Berendo's leaders.  The leaders feedback was MORCS has a good system in place and should start diving deeper.  
2. A math (Aleks) competition was held where the cohort with the most students who finished fifty math topics on Aleks would get to go on a field trip (the funds for the field trip were raised by the parent coordinator.)  In the cohort that won the field trip to go play laser tag, twenty of the thirty students met the fifty topics benchmark.  Two to three of the highest ranked students from all other cohorts will get to participate as well. 

BCCHS 9th, 10th, and 12th graders will be taking the NWEA Maps test in March, just before spring break. BCCHS 11th graders have been taking the state’s interim assessments to prepare for the SBAC exams. The good news is that our scores for this year’s cohort will be significantly better than last year’s mini-cohort, if the interim assessments are predictive in any way. The bad news is that we are not yet commensurate with the highest performing LAUSD public schools, but we are not far off. (See attached performance docs). This SBAC test is the primary focus of this spring’s testing efforts. YPI is graciously handling the PSAT-9 and the PSAT-10. Those take place on separate dates and times. The seniors recently took their placement exams at LA Mission College, to mixed results. Some students placed college-ready, others were far off. It’s a very mixed little bag, this senior class (12 students, 10 on pace to graduate). They were a surprise, and have been our biggest academic challenge as a group. There is so much disparity in their skill levels and their performances, but we are committed to get them across the finish line. They will graduate at the Pacoima City Hall Building during the first week of June.  
    We have a number of students taking credit recovery courses through Acellus, an online credit recovery program utilized by a number of local high schools, and presented to us by our guidance counselor, Ms. Palafox. We are realizing that it is going to take several iterations of online learning to build it permanently and successfully into our culture, but we are committed to it as we recognize that the future of education will depend more and more on this delivery method, and we want our students prepared.

Over 30 students are taking the 5th concurrent enrollment college course offered at BCCHS. It is a psychology course entitled “General Psychology 1” taught by a fun and engaging professor, Craig Smardan. The students feel that the class is engaging, informative, and fun. We feel very fortunate to continue to be able to offer this opportunity to our kids.


School Safety
This month, two BCCHS students were arrested and booked for criminal threats during the weekend after the school shooting in Florida. The details of both police actions are attached in separate documents, as is the plan for reintegrating both students back into the school community. While the reality of arrest is both traumatic and damaging to the students involved, the specifics of the behavior that triggered the arrests could not be ignored as student safety is paramount. Please see attached documents for further detail.