Pinnacles Prep Charter School
Minutes
Special Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday August 15, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
Pinnacles Prep Conference Room
In Person: Pinnacles Prep Campus (Admin Office Conference Room) - 504 S. Chelan Ave
Via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81942051046
Meeting ID: 819 4205 1046
Dial In: 1-719-359-4580
Board Members: Rick Wray, Oscar Licon Eusebio, Karen Rutherford, Flora Fernandez, Tyler McGee, Tod Treat, Bethany Sebastian.
Contact: Karen Rutherford, Board Secretary
Email: karen@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 Oscar Licon at oscar@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. 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
Trustees Present
F. Fernandez, K. Rutherford (remote), R. Wray, T. McGee
Trustees Absent
B. Sebastian, O. Licon Eusebio, T. Treat
Guests Present
Angelica Aguilar, J. Fineis, Marina Guerrero, S. Koester
I. Opening Items
A.
Welcome and Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Public Comment Period
A.
Open Floor for Public Comments
III. New High School Policies and Procedures Presentation
A.
Special Guest - Josh Meek with Teater Crocker Consulting
Josh Meek introduced himself. He is presenting the new High School Policies and Procedures needed for Pinnacles Prep High School opening this fall of 2023.
Pinnacles Prep Students will graduate Career, College and Life ready.
Our scholars will have both a Washington State standard transcript and a Mastery Based transcript from Empower. This transcript will include Mastery Based Competencies, graded transcript and GPA.
Our scholars will exceed the credit requirements required by Washington State ensuring our scholars are college ready.
Josh discussed the many aspects of meeting the state credit requirements.
Policies for all subjects were reviewed and discussed.
Mastery Based Learning concept and the use of Empower data system was discussed.
State waiver policy was reviewed and discussed.
We are one of five school systems in the state that has adopted the competency based learning system.
Pinnacles Prep has the expectation that 80% of scholars will achieve level 3's in competency.
As a board we need to approve select policies by the beginning of the 2023/24 academic year. Jill stated we will be approving the policies at the August 23rd Board meeting.
IV. Additional Business
A.
Other Business
Professional Development regarding Mastery Based Learning was discussed. A representative from Empower will be training our staff at August Institute next week. Need for family engagement surrounding the understanding of Competency/Mastery Based Learning was discussed. A workshop is being planned in the future.
No Public Comments.