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Maria, COO, shared as of September 17, overall credential teacher vacancies across all four schools decreased from 16 to 9 after closing roughly eight positions and adding one new role. 

Sally, HR Coordinator, shared across all school sites, 27 teachers hold clear credentials, 16 hold preliminary credentials, 19 hold intern credentials, 2 hold provisional internship permits, 1 holds a short-term staff permit, and 6 hold 30-day sub permits with pending STSP/ PIP applications with CTC. To maintain compliance while pending CTC applications are processed, temporary county certificates have been issued for teachers at the Richmond sites. Additionally, 25 new credentials were issued in the past 90 days, and HR is currently supporting 19 teachers enrolled in intern programs, 9 in induction programs, and 5 in CTEL programs to help them reach their credentialing milestones.

The board returned from closed session at 7:40pm and there were no reportable actions.

Marisol, Senior Director of Operations, shared as of September 17, overall enrollment is near target. Across most school sites, ADA is performing higher than budgeted, and schools are actively tracking attendance and launching incentive programs like weekly perfect attendance recognition at BJE.

Adrienne, CEO, shared four recent back to school nights wrapped up with strong attendance across sites, featuring well prepared classroom spaces and presentation slideshows from the teaching staff. Additionally, she shared photos from the summer AMPS Summit, highlighting team collaboration, professional development led both by external guests and staff members, and special recognition for team members who have been with the organization for 10 or more years.

Mary, CAO, proposed the English Learner (EL) Blueprint, formerly known as the EL Master Plan, which establishes a coherent, system-wide framework for identifying, serving, monitoring, and supporting EL students from enrollment through reclassification. Aligned with the California English Learner Roadmap, the blueprint translates state priorities into AMPS-specific expectations to ensure consistent implementation of English learner services.

Board member Margie asked whether there are plans to update the document to include Assembly Bill 2555 and the new reclassification criteria. 

Legal counsel will review and inform staff if an update is required on the EL Blueprint.

Item was pulled from the agenda.

Marisol explained that to comply with conditional use permit requirements and manage school traffic near a planned city bike lane, AMPS temporarily hired City Rise Traffic for the first two weeks of school to deploy six traffic flaggers. She requested board approval for the resulting invoice, noting that traffic flow at the site has significantly improved as a result.

Adrienne informed the board that Joyce Montgomery, a highly regarded charter school finance expert and former CFO for Summit and Leadership Public Schools, is committed to supporting AMPS. She noted that an updated statement of work is being proposed to expand Joyce's contracted role and provide increased support for fractional CFO services as they build back-office capacity.

Adrienne reported that the property previously occupied by the now-closed Oakland Charter Academy is currently under a lease running through November 2028. She presented a lease termination agreement offered by the landlord for $200,000, which has been review by legal counsel.

Sally presented a document designed to establish operational criteria for evaluating Transitional Kindergarten (TK) teacher eligibility in alignment with Education Code and CTC requirements. She asked for board approval to formally implement this framework for assessing incoming TK candidates.