Lighthouse Community Public Schools

LCPS Board of Directors - Board Regular Meeting (October)

Published on October 1, 2022 at 8:42 AM PDT
Amended on October 5, 2022 at 11:13 AM PDT

Date and Time

Wednesday October 5, 2022 at 6:00 PM PDT

Location

In Person: Lighthouse High School Think Tank (444 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA 94621)

 

In Person: Wayne Delker (42 Stacey Cir, Concord, MA 01742)

 

In Person: Lighthouse High School Think Tank (444 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA 94621)

 

In Person: Wayne Delker (42 Stacey Cir, Concord, MA 01742)

 

In Person: Ben Oschein (7 Diaz Place, Oakland, CA 94611)

 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Kimi Kean 5 m
  B. Land Acknowledgement   Rich Harrison 1 m
   
Honor Native Land - we are on Ohlone land and want to acknowledge native peoples and our ancestors this evening.
 
  C. Record Attendance   Robbie Torney 2 m
  D. Open Forum, Public Comment on Agenda or Non-Agenda Items, and Introductions   Kimi Kean 15 m
   

No individual presentation on agendized or non-agendized items shall be for no more than two(2) minutes and the total time for this purpose shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes.  Speakers requesting translations will have four (4) minutes to present.  

The Board will hear public comments, and Identify next steps as needed.

 
II. Regular Consent Items 6:23 PM
  A. Approve Minutes: July 27, 2022 Approve Minutes Robbie Torney 2 m
  B. Financial Statement Packet Vote Linda Wu 2 m
   

Recommended Action: The Finance Committee has reviewed these materials and recommends approval of the Finance Committee packet as part of the Consent Agenda

 

 

 

 
  C. Update: LCPS Graduation Pathways and Requirements Policy Vote Robbie Torney 1 m
   

Recommendation:  CEO and Governance Committee recommends approval of the minor edits in the LCPS Graduation Policy.  A minor addition was made for the process for any student in special circumstances to meet graduation requirements in three years. 

 

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  D. Approvals of our Updated School Safety Plans: Vote Robbie Torney 1 m
   

Recommendation:  CEO and Governance Committee recommend approvals of our updated School Safety Plans.  These are reviewed and updated yearly, and require board approval.  Minor updates were made to our School Safety Plans.

 

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  E. New Approval: Universal PreKindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Vote Robbie Torney 1 m
   

Recommendation:  CEO and Governance Committee recommends approval of the Universal Pre Kindergarten (UPK) plan aligned to the grant we received from CDE ($100K).  This plan requires board approval as a condition of releasing the funding for the planning of UPK/UTK, and does not commit us to operate UTK until 2025-26 when this may be required of our charters.   

 

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  F. Approval: Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement between Oakland Public Education Fund and LCPS Vote Rich Harrison 1 m
   

Recommendation: CEO and Governance Committee recommend the approval of the Model C Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement between the Oakland Public Education Fund and LCPS, for the purposes of creating internship and workbased learning opportuntities aligned to our high school's Business Academy and Measure N pathways.  

 

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III. Discussion Items: 6:31 PM
  A. LCPS Organizational Priorities, OKRs, and Academic Update Discuss Tina Hernandez 20 m
   

 

Optional Pre Reading:

 

Summary and Questions about the Pre Reading:

  • AAC Meeting summary
  • Questions from the Board

Discussion Questions:

  • We had our first baseline visit from Instruction Partners last week at Lighthouse and Lodestar - what did we learn about the quality of instruction, and what are the next steps?  
  • What updates does the Board want on the implementation of the action plan (co developed on October 12 with LCPS Instructional leadership and Instruction partners)?
  • The Academic Progress Monitoring System - how is this used to measure progress week to week, and what are the short and long term benchmarks?  What are the key challenges to meeting stronger execution of our plan?  

Determine Next Steps for Staff / AAC:

 
  B. LCPS Strategic Priorities 2021-24 and Board Arc for the Upcoming School Year Discuss Rich Harrison 20 m
   

Pre-Reading:  

Summary and Questions about the Pre Reading:

  • The 2022-23 "Board Arc" for the upcoming year has been updated based on Board feedback from the September 14th meeting.   
  • The Lodestar Two Year Charter Renewal Plan has been drafted for Board input. 
  • Questions and Feedback from the Board

Discussion Questions:

  • Given Lodestar's Two Year plan, how can LCPS leadership better communicate progress toward the plan to our board?  What are the student, parent, and staff member experiences and perspectives alongside this plan?    

Determine Next Steps for CEO / Board :

 

 
IV. LCPS Finance and Budget 7:11 PM
  A. Update on Bond process through the California School Finance Authority FYI Rich Harrison 2 m
  B. Lease Agreement between Lighthouse Facililties LLC and Lightkeepers LLC Vote Rich Harrison 2 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO, Finance Committee, and Governance Committee recommend approval of the lease agreement between Lighthouse Facilities LLC and LIghtkeepers LLC that will go into effect after our facilities bond process is completed.  

 

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  C. Finance Update - 2022-23 SY: Finance Dashboard, Budget Revision and Special Education Programming FYI Linda Wu 15 m
   

Pre Read:  Finance Presentation:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16HVotBIYqVAQnN1Rm3B0HKKNFIXZMgIn/edit#slide=id.g15646184acf_0_283

 

 

Changes were made to the Board approved budget in June for the 2022-23 school year based on new revenue and cost assumptions and actual enrollment/ADA to date.  

 

 
V. Closed Session 7:30 PM
  A. Expulsion Hearing - Student A Robbie Torney 40 m
VI. Closing Items 8:10 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Kimi Kean 5 m
   

Board Engagement Opportunities:

  • Community Clean Up Event @ Lodestar:  October 8th, 2022 - 
  • Harvest Festival Community Event @ Lodestar:  October 29th - want to set up a Trunk or Treat?