Lighthouse Community Public Schools

Minutes

February Special Board Meeting - Second Interim Financial Approval and Budget Update

Date and Time

Wednesday February 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Location

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Directors Present

A. Drumwright (remote), A. Moore (remote), A. Ocegueda (remote), B. Oschein (remote), B. Wall (remote), E. Figueroa (remote), J. Hinton (remote), K. Kean (remote), K. Williams (remote), M. Barnes-Dholakia (remote), M. Milner (remote), W. Delker (remote)

Directors Absent

None

Guests Present

A. Martin (remote), K. Fee (remote), K. Liljeberg (remote), L. Wu (remote), R. Harrison (remote), R. Torney (remote), T. Hernandez (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

K. Kean called a meeting of the board of directors of Lighthouse Community Public Schools to order on Wednesday Feb 23, 2022 at 6:01 PM.

B.

Land Acknowledgement

Rich Harrison led the Board and Staff in a Land Acknowledgement.

C.

Record Attendance

D.

Board findings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e)

M. Milner made a motion to adopt board findings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e).
M. Barnes-Dholakia seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
M. Barnes-Dholakia
Aye
E. Figueroa
Aye
K. Williams
Aye
B. Oschein
Aye
J. Hinton
Aye
W. Delker
Aye
K. Kean
Aye
A. Ocegueda
Aye
A. Moore
Aye
A. Drumwright
Aye
B. Wall
No
M. Milner
Aye

E.

Open Forum, Public Comment on Agenda or Non-Agenda Items, and Introductions

Seeing and hearing no public comment, the Board moved on to Consent Items and closed public comment.

II. Consent Items

A.

Approve Minutes: February 2, 2020

B. Wall made a motion to approve the minutes from the February 2, 2022 board meeting LCPS Board of Directors - Regular Meeting (February 2nd, 2022) on 02-02-22.
M. Milner seconded the motion.

Corrected date to Feb 2 2022.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
M. Milner
Aye
A. Moore
Aye
J. Hinton
Aye
K. Kean
Aye
M. Barnes-Dholakia
Aye
E. Figueroa
Aye
B. Wall
Aye
B. Oschein
Aye
W. Delker
Aye
A. Drumwright
Aye
K. Williams
Aye
A. Ocegueda
Aye

III. Discussion and Approval Items

A.

Finance - 2021-22 Approval of LCPS's Second Interim Reports and Finance Statement Packet

M. Barnes-Dholakia made a motion to Approve the 21-22 LCPS Second Interim Reports and Finance Statement Packet.
J. Hinton seconded the motion.

Linda Wu gave the board an update on Enrollment and ADA as part of LCPS's Second Interim Reports. 

 

The board discussed the need for further work to benchmark LCPS expenditure outlay percentages against other local CMOs, which will be discussed at the next board meeting.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
B. Oschein
Aye
W. Delker
Aye
J. Hinton
Aye
B. Wall
Aye
A. Ocegueda
Aye
K. Kean
Aye
E. Figueroa
Aye
A. Drumwright
Aye
M. Milner
Aye
M. Barnes-Dholakia
Aye
K. Williams
Aye
A. Moore
Aye

B.

Finance - 2022-23 Budget Planning Overview: Teacher Compensation (Part B)

W. Delker made a motion to approve the 22-23 Budget Planning Overview: Teacher Compensation (Part B).
A. Moore seconded the motion.

Rich Harrison presented LCPS's plan to invest in Teacher Compensation with updates based on questions and comments from the Board's Feb 2 2022 meeting. 

 

The Board and Staff discussed the relationship between increased compensation and student achievement / the LCPS strategic plan, with the recommendation for approval from staff and the finance committee. 

 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
M. Barnes-Dholakia
Aye
A. Moore
Aye
E. Figueroa
Aye
W. Delker
Aye
K. Williams
Aye
B. Oschein
Aye
J. Hinton
Aye
M. Milner
Aye
B. Wall
Aye
A. Drumwright
Aye
A. Ocegueda
Aye
K. Kean
Aye

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:59 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
K. Kean