Opening Items

Please note which board members are present and absent for the Secretary. 

The meeting will be called to order by the Chair. 

The meeting minutes from the previous month (regular meeting and special meeting) will be reviewed and voted for acceptance barring any agreed amendments. 

Note: Need to approve Emergency Meeting Notes from 8/17 as well. 

At each regular and special meeting which is open to the public, members of the public and employees of Kestrel Heights shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment to the board.

Public/employee comments and questions shall be:
1) Limited to three minutes (2 minutes).
2) Directed to the Board and not to individual members.
3) Presented in a professional demeanor and not in a threatening, profane, vulgar or abusive manner.
4) Topics that are relevant to the business matters of the Kestrel Board of Directors.
5) Recognized after speaker provides their name to the Board President prior to addressing the Board.

It shall be the decision of the Board if it is appropriate to respond to a question and which Board member will respond. The Board encourages all comments/questions to be submitted in writing to the board following the two minutes to ensure the entire message is heard by the board.

Individuals who engage in repetitive comments/questions will be asked to refrain and/or yield the floor.

Finance

Dr. Tracy will provide an update on the implementation of the new budget (Staffing Changes and Line Item Adjustments).



 

Review and identify a real estate broker for the sale of the Capitola property.  

Dr. Tracy will present the End of Year fiscal report for the 2017-18 school year.  

Review of the monthly expenses from the school through the month of September.  

The Board must approve the Management Discussion and Analysis provided by our Auditors.  

Governance

The Board of Directors will annually review all polices and staff handbooks, the schedule is below.  For the month of September the board is complete the 1st read of the School and Community Policy 

Staff Handbook
June (First Read)
July (Second Read)
August (Board Approval)

School and Community Policy Section
September (First Read)
October (Second Read)
November (Board Approval)

Finance Policy Section
December (First Read)
January (Second Read)
February (Board Approval)

Employee Policy Section
March (First Read)
April (Second Read)
May (Board Approval)



 

Continue the discussion and planning for potentially transitioning to a Year Round calendar for the 2020-2021 school year.   

Academic Excellence

Board Members will have time to ask Executive Director specific questions pertaining to his monthly report.  

The board will receive updated information on ESSA, what our status is, and what we are to do to change our status.  This is intended to provide the board with a FYI.  If needed the board can receive an in depth in November.  

Attorney will provide the board an update on the conversation with Tri Cam in regards to charges for facility use. 

Monthly updates on our progress toward the performance framework and charter renewal.