Lighthouse Community Public Schools

LCPS Board of Directors-Board Regular Meeting

Published on August 3, 2024 at 1:55 PM PDT

Date and Time

Wednesday August 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT

Location

Lodestar Campus: 701 105th Ave, Oakland, CA 94603

  • In Person: 433 Hegenberger Rd Suite 206 Oakland, CA 94621

Agenda

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Robbie Torney 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   Kathleen Liljeberg 2 m
II. Opening Items Continued 6:08 PM
  A. Open Forum, Public Comment on Agenda or Non-Agenda Items, and Introductions FYI Robbie Torney 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.

 
III. Regular Consent Items 6:23 PM
  A. Approve Minutes: July 17, 2024 Approve Minutes Robbie Torney 2 m
     
  B. Check Register June 2024 Vote Linda Wu 2 m
     
IV. Discussion and Approval Items 6:27 PM
  A. Approval: New Board Member Vote Robbie Torney 5 m
   

The Nominations working group has recommended the following director to election to the LCPS Board of Directors:

  • Jill Kwan-Jacobs, Director of Financial Management and Operations, Ed Voice

 

 
  B. CEO and Academic Update FYI Rich Harrison 30 m
     
  C. Addresssing Attendance / Chronic Absences: Update FYI Megan Bacigalupi 10 m
     
  D. Finance Update FYI Rich Harrison 20 m
     
  E. Facilities/TK Capital Improvements FYI Anna Martin 5 m
   

Brief Overview of our Capital Improvement Project and Next steps for TK related projects

 

 

 
  F. Approval: Title IX policy Vote Megan Bacigalupi 5 m
   

CEO recommends the approval the New Title IX Policy and has been reviewed by legal counsel

 

 
  G. Approval: Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination, and Bullying Policy. Vote Megan Bacigalupi 5 m
   

CEO recommends the approval the New Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination, and Bullying Policy; this policy has been reviewed by legal counsel :

 
  H. Approval Contract: LCPS and Families in Action Megan Bacigalupi 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends contract approval between LCPS and Families in Action for Quality Education.  This contract includes services for student and family leadership development as well as our "Lit for LIteracy" program, which empowers parent leaders to support and advocate for our literacy efforts.  This is funded by our Community Schools Grant.  

 

 

 

 
  I. MOU Approval: LCPS and Higher Ground Vote Rich Harrison 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends contract approval between LCPS and Higher Ground.  This contract includes services in two areas:  1) Support of our High School After School programs; 2) Professional Development and support for our Restorative Justice program.  This partnership is funded by our Federal School Safety grant as well as our ASSETs grant.  

 
  J. MOU Approval: LCPS and Youth Alive Vote Rich Harrison 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends contract approval between LCPS and Youth Alive.  This contract includes services for case management and program development, focused on violence interruption and mentorship/coaching.   This is funded by our Federal School Safety grant as well as our California Community Schools Program Grant.  

 
  K. Approval Contract: LCPS and IT Savvy Vote Linda Wu 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends approval student technology purchases (latops / chromebooks).   


 

Contract 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FCS26QEDLk4jOkyB82m48Nm7IDjMeQhU/view?usp=sharing

Contract 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1doCYkK8T9saCbo0Rz29sn6SHwstRgSl6/view?usp=sharing 

 
  L. Approval Contract: CLA Audit Services Vote Linda Wu 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends contract approval between LCPS and the CLA Audit Services.  CLA will continue working with LCPS for our audit needs this school year.   

 

 

 
  M. Approval Contract: LCPS and Hop Skip Drive Vote Rich Harrison 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends contract approval between LCPS and Hop Skip Drive.  Hop Skip Drive supports transportation needs of select students and families as part of their EIPs as well as those impacted by housing insecurity.  Last year, we spend ~$56K for these services 

 

 
  N. Contract Approval: LCPS and ProCare Therapy Rich Harrison 5 m
   

Recommendation:  The CEO recommends contract approval between LCPS and ProCare Therapy.  This specific agreement provides services for our hard-of-hearing students, as well as students requiring specialized and adaptive physical education instruction for select students with disabilities.    

 

 
V. Closing Items 8:22 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Robbie Torney 5 m