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Pinnacles Prep Charter School

Monthly Board Meeting and Annual Retreat

Published on October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM PDT
Amended on October 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM PDT

Date and Time

Monday October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM PDT

In Person: Mercantile CoWorking Space Conference Room (37 S. Wenatchee Ave, Suite F in Wenatchee)

 

Online Zoom Link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81891729392

 

Board Members: Rick Wray, Blake Baldwin, Flora Fernandez, Bethany Sebastian, Josh Castro, Nate McClennen

 

Contact: Blake Baldwin, Board Secretary

Email: blake@pinnaclesprep.org

 

Accessibility: This meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. Special aids and services can be made available upon advance request. Advance requests for special aids and services must be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting's start time.

 

Public Comment (In-Person): Members of the public wishing to comment in person should sign up using the provided sign-in sheet 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called on at the meeting. The Board may respond to public comment during the meeting. Members of the public wishing to provide hard copy written comments at the meeting must bring 8 copies. Ten minutes will be allocated for public comment, with the option of the Chair to allow more.

 

Public Comment (Virtual): Advance requests for virtual public comment or to provide written public comment electronically must be made no later than 48 hours in advance of the meeting's start time. To make this request or provide a written public comment, please email Blake Baldwin at blake@pinnaclesprep.org. If you would prefer to provide oral public comment, you will be called on at the meeting. The Board may respond to public comment during the meeting. A maximum of ten minutes will be allocated for public comment, with the option of the Chair to allow more.

 

Small School. Big Ideas.
Pinnacles Prep Mission: We exist to cultivate curious, confident, and self-directed
students who lead and succeed in college, their careers, and their communities.

 

BOARD MEETING NORMS

Procedural: Follow Through on all Agreements  |  Be Fully Present Physically and Mentally  |  Start and End on Time

Behavioral: Keep Students at the Center of Our Work  |  Be Bold and Optimistic  |  Advance Justice  |  Put Relationships First  |  Assume Positive Intent

 

 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Welcome and Record Attendance  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Consent Agenda Approval Vote Rick Wray 5 m
   
  • Approve Prior Meeting Minutes (Sept 17 Regular Board Meeting)
  • Approve Prior Month Financial Documents
    • The following payments as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.080, and those expense reimbursements claims certified, as required by RCW 42.24.090, are approved for payment. In addition,   payroll payments in the amount of $152,177.33 are also approved.
  • Policy and Procedures:
    • First Reads: 2415 & 2415P  Performance Based Pathways for HS Graduation
    • Second Reads:
    • Updates to Previously Approved Policies and Procedures: 
      • Special Education Policy Language Special Ed Policy- 2131 (changes include that Pinnalces will  provide a continuum of services for the students it serves who are eligible for special education services from kindergarten through age 22-- updated from 21.
      • Weighted Lottery Policy
  • Principal Monthly Report
  
II. Public Comment Period 5:05 PM
  A. Open Floor for Public Comments FYI 3 m
III. Critical Issue Discussion 5:08 PM
  A. SAO Technical Review Discuss Jill Fineis 5 m
IV. Committee Reports 5:13 PM
  A. Finance Discuss Josh Castro 5 m
   

 

  • Financial Data Dashboard presentation
  
  B. Governance Committee FYI Rick Wray 2 m
   

 

  • Board Compliance Trainings for Year
    • By November 15: OPMA, Public Records Act, Use of Public Funds, Staff Credentialing
    • By April 15: F-1 Financial Disclosure
  
V. Retreat Session 1 5:20 PM
  A. Session One Topics Discuss 100 m
   
  • Pinnacles Prep at the Four Year Mark (45 minutes)
  • Establishing Critical Priorities of 2025/2026 (15 minutes)
  • Draft Committee Goals for Year (40 minutes)
  
VI. Dinner Break 7:00 PM
  A. Dinner Brought In FYI 30 m
VII. Retreat Session Two 7:30 PM
  A. Session Topics Discuss 90 m
   
  • Current State of Pinnacles High School
  • High School Futurecast Presentation
  
VIII. Important Upcoming Dates and Adjourn 9:00 PM
  A. Important Upcoming Dates Discuss Rick Wray
   
  • Next Board Meeting November 19th at 5:30pm
  
IX. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote