There were no additions or corrections to the agenda.

There were no presentations from the Public.

Academic committee chair, Cesar Lopez reported the next meeting will be held in early August. The schools will have the time and space to look at the entire year and have a better picture of what the focus will be moving forward.

Finance committee chair, Michael Green reported the committee reviewed the 23-24 fiscal budgets and they would be presented for approval on this agenda.

Tech committee chair, Dean Cho reported they looked into a new phone system and have brought it forth on the agenda for approval.

Minutes of all meetings held by any committee and/or council were sent to the Board Members prior to this meeting.

iReady, CAASPP, and ELPAC We just completed our CAASPP testing for the school year and have already finished our ELPAC testing. Twenty students have completed and passed the ELPAC, met the standardized testing requirements, and have the grades they need to reclassify this school year. This equates to 18%, an increase from last school year, and is higher than the state reclassification rates. The most recent state reclassification rates provided to us during our LAUSD oversight visit were 13.8% in 2019-2020 and 6.9% in 2020-2021. 

For CAASPP testing, we focused on student participation and focused on providing an incentive for the test. Students received up to 3 points daily for being on time for testing, focusing the entire time (trying their best), and maintaining a safe and respectful learning environment. If students earned at least 10/12 points by the end of the week, they earned Smash Burgers and Free games during our Pop Day event on June 5th. The kids are excited and keep asking about getting their bracelets and tickets for their rewards on Pop Day! We plan to celebrate returning students who grow and hit grade level after we receive their scores in the fall/late summer. 

This year on iReady in reading, we hit our targets schoolwide. We hit 128% of our expected growth, and 58% of our students hit their expected growth (iReady reports that more than 50% of students hitting their growth indicates success as a school).
-See data chart in BCCS EA Report

Math: We did not perform quite well: we achieved 92% of our typical growth, and only 48% of our students hit their growth targets.

In conducting a deeper analysis, our 7th-grade scores are the ones that brought down our averages schoolwide. We have two 7th-grade teachers we have asked not to return next year, and we have two returning teachers with whom we will work to implement all of our key features and foundational strategies (group learning, projects, and cyclical instruction) to ensure these teachers achieve higher results next year. Other than these teachers, all others hit their growth targets in math and ELA.
-See data charts in BCCS EA Report

As our school year ends, we can now see the outcome of the hard work that our students and teachers have put in throughout the school year. In this board report, you’ll find the following updates: 

● iReady Diagnostic Growth Report - Subgroup Breakdown

Economically Disadvantaged 24% of our Economically Disadvantaged Students scored at grade level in Reading, while 17% scored at grade level in Math. 55% of students in this subcategory met their typical growth goal in Reading and Math, with the median typical growth in Reading being 125% and 117% in Math. Overall, this subgroup exceeded our goal of 51% meeting their typical growth goal. See the reports below for further information regarding the performance of our Economically Disadvantaged Students.

English Learners 11% of our English Learner Students scored at grade level in Reading, while 5% scored at grade level in Math. 60% of students in this subcategory met their typical growth goal in Reading, while 49% met it in Math, with the median typical growth in Reading being 141% and 97% in Math. Overall, this subgroup exceeded our goal of 51% meeting their typical growth goal in Reading and fell just 2% shy in Math. See the reports below for further information regarding the performance of our English Learner Students.

Latino Students 24% of our Latino Students scored at grade level in Reading, while 16% scored at grade level in Math. 55% of students in this subcategory met their typical growth goal in Reading, while 53% met it in Math, with the median typical growth in Reading being 129% and 108% in Math. This subgroup exceeded our goal of 51% meeting their typical growth goal in Reading and Math. See the reports below for further information regarding the performance of our Latino Students.

Special Education 21% of our Special Education Students scored at grade level in Reading, while 15% scored at grade level in Math. 38% of students in this subcategory met their typical growth goal in Reading, while 61% met it in Math, with the median typical growth in Reading being 53% and 150% in Math. Overall, this subgroup exceeded our goal of 51% meeting their typical growth goal in Math but did not meet it in Reading. See the reports below for further information regarding the performance of our Special Education Students.

Reading Schoolwide and Grade-Level Typical Growth 
Our school saw 56% of our students meet their annual typical growth goal. This indicator is promising as it indicates that 56% of our students made positive progress toward grade-level mastery. With a continued focus on academic support and instruction tailored to meet the needs of our students, we are confident that these students will continue to make necessary gains to get them closer to grade level performance in Reading next school year. See the table below for a detailed breakdown of the progress toward annual typical growth goals determined by the iReady Reading diagnostic. Additionally, you’ll find a table that breaks down the performance data by grade level. Our 6th and 8th-grade students were able to meet their target goal of 51% meeting or exceeding their annual typical growth goal, but our 7th-graders fell short of meeting their goal, with only 42% meeting their annual typical growth goal. This indicates that we will need to refocus our approach and target our 7th-grade students strategically to ensure they receive the necessary instruction to help increase their gains next school year.

Math Schoolwide and Grade-Level Typical Growth 
54% of our students could meet their annual typical growth goal. This indicates that more than half of our students made positive gains and are en route to grade-level mastery if they demonstrate similar growth in the coming year or two. In looking at the grade level achievements, our 8th-grade group saw the highest increase, with 64% of our 8th-grade students meeting their annual typical growth goal. 7th grade was 1% shy of their target, with 50% of 7th-grade students meeting their annual typical growth goal. 6th grade was just 2% shy of meeting their target, with 49% of our 6th graders meeting their typical growth goal. This data gives us hope that we will be able to continue to work with our 6th and 7th graders to achieve even higher numbers in the coming year or two, as we will be able to target students and place them in support classes strategically to ensure that they’re receiving the necessary supports to meet their growth goals. For your reference, the attached tables provide specific details for our school and the individual grade levels.

All Charts can be viewed directly in the MORCS Interim Executive Director Board Report.

NWEA Final Spring Assessment

Based on benchmark assessments, our students continue to perform better in English Language Arts than in Math. However, our students continue to meet or exceed growth goals in both Math (56%) and English Language Arts (53%)

Summer Program
Students are being offered the opportunity to participate in a summer program for the first time. Although we still have not received confirmation from the CDE about a $30,000 summer program grant, the staff is moving forward with supporting students. Students focus on 1) credit recovery with support from math and resource teachers, 2) College preparation for rising seniors with support from our college advising staff, and 3) Enrichment, including media arts and art instruction. Think Together and school staff are providing support for students.
 

Outreach and Recruitment

Enrollment

Enrollment for the 23-24 school year is currently expected to be higher by eight students than the 22-23 school year.

Culture and Climate

Graduation
Our graduation ceremony was beautiful. We had a whole house of parents and loved ones in attendance. Bert Corona’s wife, Angelina Corona, and youngest son, Ernesto Corona, were present. Ernesto spoke to the graduates and audience about his father’s legacy and encouraged them to continue pursuing their education. Staff also awarded a first-time Spirit of Bert Corona Award and Scholarship to a student who represents the BCCHS outcomes of being a college Ready, an active citizen, and life long learner.
 

Sports

California Interscholastic Federation
On Monday, June 5, 2023, Bert Corona Charter High School was accepted to CIF as a full member. BCCHS will be participating in the North Valley League Division 5. The league is made up of mostly charter schools.

State: 
Recession or No Recession; Flip a Coin 
From School Services of California 
Posted June 9, 2023

For its third Anderson Forecast (Forecast) in a row, the UCLA Anderson School of Management has the outlook of the U.S. economy on the flip of a coin—with both a mild recession and a slowly growing economy having nearly equal likelihood of occurring in the third quarter of this year. 

One of the biggest determining factors is likely consumer confidence and spending. UCLA’s economists noted that Americans still have somewhere between $800 billion and $1.2 trillion in excess savings from the pandemic. Under UCLA’s recession scenario, the deficit in gross domestic product (GDP) would be $384 billion less than a steady growth scenario—meaning Americans’ consumption of goods and services could make the difference between a mild recession and a continued growing economy. Americans’ spending patterns would also affect business investment, and whether companies believe they need to continue to grow to keep up with demand or hit the brakes. Another major sector of GDP, government spending, is likely to remain flat and therefore not be a significant factor in the recession equation.

If a recession does take place, it would likely be experienced by Americans the same way the first half of 2022 felt, with negative GDP annual growth rates but declining inflation and unemployment rates. In the U.S. recession scenario, GDP would be negative for three quarters, returning to positive growth in mid-2024; unemployment would peak at 4.5% in the second quarter of 2024; and inflation would stay higher initially, but ease down more quickly in 2024 and 2025. 

Turning to California, UCLA’s economists once again focused on the solid footing that the state finds itself in if a recession is on the horizon. Forecast Director Jerry Nickelsburg noted that the current-day State Budget negotiations taking place between the Legislature and Newsom Administration revolve around whether it is sufficiently a “rainy day” situation to warrant tapping into the state’s reserves or whether those funds should be retained for more severe economic conditions. 

California has regained and surpassed its pre-pandemic number of nonfarm payroll jobs by 2.1% in April 2023, but Nickelsburg stated that job recovery has been uneven by sector and by region of the state, with job growth higher than the nation in every region except the Inland Empire and the State of Jefferson area. Regarding technology layoffs, he notes that those jobs leaving large tech firms are being quickly absorbed by small tech firms and start-ups, fueled by venture capital and high-tech production growth. 

Regarding housing, the median price has dropped 8.4% from its peak in California, although this drop only brings the rate back to mid-2021 levels. Nickelsburg stated that Californians moving out of the state during the pandemic did a great job of exporting housing unaffordability with them, driving prices up elsewhere and removing the price advantage that Californians migrating out of state experienced previously. 

In summation, if the nation goes into a recession, California will experience basically flat job growth in 2024, and a slightly higher unemployment rate in 2023 and the following two years than in the absence of a recession. UCLA’s economists expect the outlook to be clearer by its next Forecast in early October 2023, and hope to drop the dueling scenario projections. Until then, we’ll wait to see if Americans spend their savings like the fate of the national economy depends on it.

INSTRUCTION-Data Anaylsis
Provided Middle School Year End Data Analysis (see full ED report for charts & LCAP update discussion.

INSTRUCTION – Expanded Learning 

The Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P) provides funding for after-school and summer school enrichment programs for transitional kindergarten (TK) through sixth grade. “Expanded learning” means before-school, after-school, summer, or intersession learning programs that focus on developing the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs and interests of pupils through hands-on, engaging learning experiences. Expanded learning programs are pupil-centered; results-driven; include community partners; and complement, but do not replicate, learning activities in the regular school day and school year. The ELOP Budget update will be provided as part of the YPICS Fiscal update. Next year, schools will receive an audit finding if the ELO-P is not implemented and if funds are not spent. The proposed legislation contains dozens of other changes. Most are technical in nature, but some more substantive ones of interest to charter schools include the following: • Clarifies penalties for not offering Expanded Learning under the state’s new Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP). • It would clarify the interaction of penalties for (1) failing to serve eligible students and (2) penalties for failing to operate the program for all the required hours or days.


 

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.

After discussion, the recommendation was amended and voted upon as stated in the motion.

The next board meeting will be held Monday, July 17, 2023 at the Learning and Support Center.