Amethod Public Schools
Minutes
AMPS Board Retreat
Date and Time
Wednesday July 31, 2024 at 8:30 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 in the Home Office's Board Room at 1450 Marina Way South, Richmond, CA 94804. Or members of the public may meet via the Zoom meeting platform at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83187954557
We also offer two-way teleconference locations for the public to attend in our Oakland school sites:
Oakland Charter High School- 2365 Coolidge Ave, Oakland, CA 94601
Downtown Charter Academy- 2000 Dennison St, Oakland, CA 94606
Oakland Charter Academy- 4215 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601
Participating by Telephone: 669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 831 8795 4557
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.
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
G. Barriga, S. Flores, S. Li
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Announcements
D.
Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items
There are no public comments.
II. Business
A.
Board Retreat
Ms. Sylvia Flores, The Chief Executive Officer presents the agenda: AMPS Visions and Priorities, Finance Training, Lunch, Governance Training, and Charter Renewal Review. Sylvia shares her background. The Board members share their background. After a break a Charter Impact does a Finance Training. After a lunch break, Sylvia goes over AMPS Vision, Mission, Priorities, Demographics, and Data Review.
Ms. Crocker is resigning from JHHS, as she is moving to San Diego and will be taking another position there. Stacy Drakeford will be moving into the Site Director position at JHHS. Jocelyn Brooks will be stepping up to become the Site Director at OCA. AMPS is currently hiring for a Dean of Students at at OCA, and a Dean of Instruction at DCA. The board wishes Ms. Crocker the best on her new journey.