Board Meeting Minutes

November 5, 2018, 6:00-7:30 PM

Minutes Approved

Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools (YPICS)

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday November 5, 2018 at 6:00 PM

Location

Monsenor Oscar Romero Charter School - 1157 S. Berendo Street, Los Angeles CA 90006

Meeting Call In Number: (641) 715-3680, 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.

Trustees Present

C. Lopez, C. Vaquerano (remote), J. Lucente, M. Green, M. Keipp

Trustees Absent

A. Reza, S. Mendoza

Guests Present

D. Gamez, Denyale Brown, I. Castillo, R. Duenas, R. Quon, V. Nutt, Y. King-Berg, Y. Zubia

I. Opening Items

A. Record Attendance and Guests

B. Call the Meeting to Order

M. Keipp called a meeting of the board of trustees of Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools (YPICS) to order on Monday Nov 5, 2018 at 6:21 PM.

C. Flag Salute

D. Additions/Corrections to Agenda

The Board voted to remove item# 5 - provisional permit for Aaron Smith and item# 6 short-term staffing permit for Jorge Gamboa from the consent agenda.

Correction to Item VI-A: Personnel item not litigation.

E. Approve September 24, 2018 Minutes

J. Lucente made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 09-24-18 Board Meeting on 09-24-18.

M. Green seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
A. Reza	Absent
M. Keipp	Aye
S. Mendoza	Absent
M. Green	Aye
J. Lucente	Aye
C. Vaquerano	Aye
C. Lopez	Aye

II. Communications

A. Presentations from the Public

There were no presentations from the Public.

III. Items Scheduled For Information

A. LAUSD Charter Schools Division Oversight Process

This year's LAUSD CSD oversight visits have been scheduled as follows:

Monsenor Oscar Romero - February 26, 2018
Bert Corona HS - March 7, 2018
Bert Corona Middle - April 3, 2018

B. Board Review the Brown Act Training Notes

The Board reviewed last year's training material while this year's official training will take place at the next board meeting.

C. Committee/ Council Reports

There were no discussions for the committee reports.

D. Facilites Update

The construction project continues to move along, yet the opening is pushed back with a set grand opening on January 6th or 7th, 2018. The issues pushing the completion date back are a lock for the electric yard which is causing a halt to the building being connected to the electrical grid and moisture found on the 1st level which is preventing the floors from being installed.

E. Bert Corona Executive Administrator Report

The report is available on BoardOnTrack and was provided to the Board.

F. Monsenor Oscar Romero Executive Administrator Report

MORCS had their DVR (District Validation Review) the previous week. Mr. Quon was happy to report MORCS was in majority compliance and minor corrective actions would be completed by today.

The report is available on BoardOnTrack and was provided to the Board.

G. Bert Corona Charter High School Executive Administrator Report

The students are college ready. Currently, sixty-five parents have completed their FAFSA applications which are not due until May.
The report is available on BoardOnTrack and was provided to the Board.

H. Executive Director's Report

Ms. King-Berg submitted Prop 39 applications for Monsenor Oscar Romero as a safe guard to delays in the construction of the new building and for Bert Corona Charter High School.

The report is available on BoardOnTrack and was provided to the Board.

IV. Consent Agenda Items

A. Background

B. Consent Items

Items IV.B.5 and IV.B.6 were pulled off consent.

J. Lucente made a motion to approve the updated consent agenda.

C. Lopez seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
C. Vaquerano	Aye
M. Green	Aye
A. Reza	Absent
S. Mendoza	Absent
J. Lucente	Aye
C. Lopez	Aye
M. Keipp	Aye

V. Items Scheduled For Action

A. September 2018 YPICS Financials

M. Keipp made a motion to approve the YPICS September 2018 financials and check registers as submitted.

J. Lucente seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
C. Vaquerano	Aye
M. Green	Aye
S. Mendoza	Absent
A. Reza	Absent
J. Lucente	Aye
M. Keipp	Aye
C. Lopez	Aye

B. Recommendation to approve the role of the Academic Excellence Committee

J. Lucente made a motion to approve the role of the Academic Excellence Committee.

C. Lopez seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
S. Mendoza	Absent
M. Keipp	Aye
C. Lopez	Aye
J. Lucente	Aye
M. Green	Aye
A. Reza	Absent
C. Vaquerano	Aye

C. 5. Recommendation to Approve Provisional Permit for Aaron Smith

J. Lucente made a motion to approve the provisional permit for Aaron Smith.

C. Lopez seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
M. Keipp	Aye
C. Vaquerano	Aye
J. Lucente	Aye
S. Mendoza	Absent
A. Reza	Absent
M. Green	Aye
C. Lopez	Aye

D. 6.1 - Recommendation to approve Short-Term Staffing Permit for Jorge Gamboa

C. Lopez made a motion to approve the short-term staffing permit for Jorge Gamboa.

M. Green seconded the motion.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

Roll Call
C. Lopez	Aye
J. Lucente	Aye
A. Reza	Absent
M. Green	Aye
C. Vaquerano	Aye
M. Keipp	Aye
S. Mendoza	Absent

VI. Closed Session

A. Matters to be discussed are those permitted by Government Code Section 54956

The Board moved into Closed Session at 7:19 PM.

VII. Open Session

A. Items Scheduled for Action

The Board reconvened to Open Session at 7:46 PM.

No action was taken in Closed Session.

VIII. Closing Items

A. Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:52 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Y. Zubia