The following people participated in public comment however please note there was an error in the recording and we could not transcribe the message. Ms. Maryann Michalowski, Mr. Andrew San Juan, Mr. Victor Prado, Mr. Wing-Wah Leung, Ms. Cindy Murphy

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Ms. Alexandra Avila shared a little bit of her background as an ELD teacher. In order to attract more highly qualified educators Ms. Avila asks the board to please consider more than a 1% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Many of the OMI staff have a long commute.

Superintendent Dr. Dodson presented the pros and cons of summer school. His presentation also included feedback from some of the teachers and details about the cadets' success.

Admiral Breckenridge applauds all of the teachers' efforts in assessing our cadets' needs and meeting them where they are. 

Cyber High was approved by the board in October of 2020. It is an online program that high school cadets use for credit recovery. Dr. Dodson shared cadet and teacher feedback. All cadets learn differently some perform well in an online setting however others feel they are teaching themselves.

Teacher evaluations are a two year process at OMI. Each teacher had at least three observations which were done by an instructional coach or administrator. During the first year an administrator writes a performance evaluation plan for the next school year. At the beginning of the next school year an administrator will meet individually with each teacher and present their plan.

There is an increase in the cashflow chart because OMI received ESSER II funds. Aside from that there aren't other significant changes.

There were minor revisions made to the employee handbook. There are two holidays that are federal holidays but aren't included in the employee handbook: Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Gov. Brown would like to revisit the dates at the August board meeting to review how this would impact the budget.

After the policy has gone through legal review the board would like to adopt it at the next board meeting.