Amethod Public Schools
Minutes
Special Meeting of the AMPS Audit Committee
Date and Time
Wednesday October 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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:
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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
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ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE
Committee Members Present
E. Quiroz, G. Lopez Jr.
Committee Members Absent
None
Guests Present
G. Barriga
Adrienne Barnes, Chief Operating Officer States that in regards to the 23-24 Audit Progress we are trending a little behind schedule, seeing a little bit over 50% of the audit is completed. Gilbert Lopez Jr, Board President, is wondering when it will be finished. Adrienne Barnes estimates that the goal is to submit on time by December 15th. Gilbert Lopez Jr asks if he can hear about 1 example of a test that will be performed by auditor, Maria Arechiga, Senior Director of Strategy and Compliance, said that we send over all documentation, and they look through for random months or a random week and the auditor asks to look through randomly selected documents. Maria Arechiga shares she feels we will be ahead of schedule compared to last year. Edgar Quiroz, Board Vice Chair, asks about the clean up that is being required for 23-24. Adrienne Barnes states there was a bit of clean up to do but that we are much better now and things are good.