Amethod Public Schools
Minutes
AMPS Board Retreat
Date and Time
Wednesday July 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Location
1450 Marina Way South, Richmond CA, 94804
The Board of Directors (Board) and employees of Amethod Public Schools will be holding this meeting in person at 1450 Marina Way South, Richmond, CA 94804.
Members of the public who wish to attend in person can join us at RCA (Richmond Charter Academy) at 1450 Marina Way South, Richmond, CA 94804.
Public Comment: Members of the public attending in person who wish to comment on an agenda item please fill out a speaker card and submit it to a staff member. The Board Chair will call on you to enter the Boardroom. Members of the public who are join in via teleconference, please use raise hand tool in the reactions tab located at the bottom of the zoom screen or press star (*) nine if joining by telephone. The Board Chair will call on you. Please note that comments are limited to two minutes. The Board Chair may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comment, depending upon the topic and number of persons wishing to be heard.
Access to Board Materials: A copy of the written materials which have been submitted to the School Board with the agenda relating to open session items may be reviewed by any interested persons on the Amethod Public School’s website at www.amethodschools.org following the posting of the agenda. Amethod reserves the right to show or distribute additional information and/or documents to the School Board at the meeting, and will make copies of such documents relating to open session items available to the public upon request.
Disability Access: Requests for disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in this public meeting should be made 72 hours prior to the meeting by calling (510) 965-4562. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations. The agenda and public documents can be modified upon request as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE
Directors Present
A. Emmanuelli, E. Gallegos, E. Quiroz, G. Lopez Jr., N. Driver
Directors Absent
None
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
A. Emmanuelli
Guests Present
E. Villa, S. Li
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Announcements
D.
Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items
No public comments were made.
II. Business
A.
Board Retreat
Board Chair Gilbert Lopez announces Gary Davis, the facilitator of the Board Retreat. Gary Davis introduces himself and shares his involvement in the community and in charter schools. He asks the board to share how they became involved in charter schools and their backgrounds. Gary shares the agenda for the day and covers the following areas: Norm Setting, Charter School 101, Board Governance, AMPS Priorities, Board’s Role in AMPS, Priorities, and Board Skill Analysis & Recruitment. The board discusses changes in politics, senate bills, funding, districts, and how this affects charter schools. They also discuss the differences between non-profit, for- profit, independent charters, dependent charters, and private schools. Mrs. Villa shares her presentation on the history of AMPS and how the six schools came to be.
The AMPS Board of Directors takes a 45 minute lunch break and will resume at 1:00pm.
Gary resumes his presentation and discusses the charter school renewal process, petitions, and approval. The board discusses diversity in schools, leadership, teachers, unions, and families at the six schools. Gary shares his presentation on board governance and explains why boards exist. He shares committees that Amethod Public Schools board can adopt for the future. The board and Mrs. Villa discusses issues coming back from the pandemic, the support that is needed, what she would like to see from the board members, and what changes have been done at the site level. Mrs. Villa discusses the struggles of the lack of having a c-level cabinet to support her team. The board says they will discuss a plan of action to support Mrs. Villa.
Gary shares his slide covering topics of a board duties, priorities, and what the expectations are. Topics discussed between the board is an expectation to recruit more prospects, fundraise for the organization, and organizational support in operations and external affairs.
No announcements were made.