Board members Carlos Vaquero and Jonathan Williams called in as guests.

There were no presentations from the public.

On October 6, 2015 YPICS hosted a townhall meeting at Berendo Middle School on Common Core Standards. The meeting was open to parents, Berendo and the community. The Director's full report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The September 2015 financials were moved to the following meeting.

The Educator Effectiveness funding is available to county offices of education, school districts, charter schools (both direct and locally funded), and state special schools that reported full-time equivalent (FTE) certificated staff in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) for the 2014–15 fiscal year (FY). Funds are specifically to be used for professional development, coaching, and support services. There are conditions of funding, described on the Educator Effectiveness Web page, which include developing a local plan and submitting expenditure information in the future.
AB 104, Section 58 and SB 103, Section 8 appropriate $490,000,000 for the Educator Effectiveness program in FY 2015–16. The funds can be used for the following purposes:

• Beginning teacher and administrator support and mentoring, including, but not limited to, programs that support new teacher and administrator ability to teach or lead effectively and to meet induction requirements adopted by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and pursuant to Section 44259 of the California Education Code (EC).
• Professional development, coaching, and support services for teachers who have been identified as needing improvement or additional support by LEAs.
• Professional development for teachers and administrators that is aligned to the state content standards adopted pursuant to sections 51226, 60605, 60605.1, 60605.2, 60605.3, 60605.8, 60605.11, 60605.85, as that Section read on June 30, 2014, and 60811.3, as that Section read on June 30, 2013, of the EC.
• To promote educator quality and effectiveness, including, but not limited to, training on mentoring and coaching certificated staff and training certificated staff to support effective teaching and learning.

The board reviewed the paln and will approve at the next board meeting.

The board reviewed the paln and will approve at the next board meeting.

Board Chair, Gene Straub presented comparable compensations for executive directors at similar schools. Compensation ranged from $100,000's to $250,000 with the average being misleading. YPICS' Executive Director's compensation for 2014 - 2015 was $162,000. The proposed salary of $175,286 was in line with the incremental increases for all staff - 4% increase (same as LAUSD) and a 4% returning bonus.

The board did not go into closed session.

During the development of the YPI Valley Public Charter High School Charter Petition,  a place holder name was provided (YPI Valley Public Charter High School).  The parents were never committed to that name, however, to identify it as separate and different, the place holder name remained. However, in the community families and students have continued to call the school Bert Corona High School.  The outreach team used the petition name during the enrollment process and families did not make the connection to YPI Valley Public Charter High School but continues to make the connection to Bert Corona High School.  The CSD also has a concern about the school name.  The school staff met with parents during back to school night to discuss the concern.  Parents articulated that they are know that the legal name is YPI Valley Public Charter High School, however, they will still refer to the school with their children and friends as Bert Corona Charter High School.  Senior Staff is recommending that we officially change the name to Bert Corona Charter School.  

The board discussed the recommendation and concluded the following:

Continue to use the legal name for Official Business, however we will note that we are also known as(AKA) Bert Corona Charter School.  In order not to disrupt business and not to distract the school n the early stages of development we are directing staff to continue to focus on school enrollment and start up items.   We will investigate the best timing of the year to rename the organization during the Spring of 2016. The goal is to have the least impact on the school business operations. 

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The YPICS internet infrastructure has been upgraded and the wifi organized. Monsenor's move saved YPICS money as YPICS is able to use Berendo's resources. The Director's full report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

For the past two months Mr. Ruiz' focus has been on marketing for the high schools from flyers and banners to designing the high school mascot's logo. The Director's full report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.

The Director's report is uploaded and available on BoardOnTrack.