Closed Session:Executive Director Evaluation Towards Transition Goals:
D.
Report Any Actions Taken From the Closed Session
E.
Open Public Meeting
F.
Zoom Meeting Agreements and Protocol
This is a meeting of the Board. The Board is composed of 9 voting members and 1 non-voting member, the Executive Director. We are using the following protocols to guide our meeting:
This meeting is being recorded
If someone wishes to speak during the appropriate time, they will use the ‘raise hand’ icon or will raise their hand on video.
Please mute yourself when you enter the meeting and while someone else is talking.
Make sure your name is spelled correctly.
Use reactions to give a "thumbs-up" or "clap."
G.
The Board Reviews The Academy of Alameda's Mission and Envisioned Future Statements
Mission: The Academy of Alameda equitably develops students into critical thinkers
and life-long learners who navigate the world with integrity, and who apply their learning
to empower themselves and their communities.
Envisioned Future:
We envision a future where all of our students are successful,
and their destinies are not determined by their demographics.
Approve the credit card statements and Bank of Marin check registers for September. *The June check register will be brought to the November 18 Board meeting as we are still coding expenditures.
Introduction of Our New Director of Operations, Sharon Perkins
B.
Board Committee Reports
Committee chairs update work in committee
Goals Student Success Committee (SSC) 2021-22
Goals:
By June, the SSC will understand the LCAP goals for each school and the work the school is doing to address the goals. Committee members will gain a deeper understanding of how AoA addresses the diverse learning needs of its students so they are successful and their destinies are not determined by their demographics.
Throughout the year the SSC will support the Academic Leaders in ways to educate the Board through Board presentations about the various indicators of student success at AoA.
By June, the SSC will explore possibilities to improve learning outcomes and will support the Academic Leaders in communicating possibilities to the Board.
AoA Board Vote on Allowing Board and Board Committees to Continue to Meet Virtually Through November
Background: The passage of AB 361 allows public bodies to dispense with certain normally applicable Brown Act teleconferencing requirements wherever a public body holds a meeting during a proclaimed state of emergency and one of three conditions are met:
State or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing; or
The meeting is for the purpose of determining, by a majority vote, whether as a result of the state of emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees; or
The body has determined, by a majority vote, that, as a result of the state of emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees.
AB 361 provides that if a state of emergency remains in place, a local agency must make the following findings by majority vote every 30 days, in order to continue using the bill’s exemption to the Brown Act teleconferencing rules: (A) The legislative body has reconsidered the circumstances of the emergency; and (B) Either of the following circumstances exists: (1) the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of board members to meet safely in person, or (2) State or local officials continue to impose or recommend social distancing measures.
Draft Motion: The Academy of Alameda Board of Directors approves continuing to hold Board meetings and Board committee meetings virtually through November 30, 2021 due to the state of emergency related to COVID-19 that continues to directly impact the ability of board members and attendees to meet safely in person pursuant to AB 361.
F.
Decision to Hold a Board Retreat or Board Meeting in January, 2022.
Proposal to hold a regular Board meeting on Thursday, January 27 rather than holding a Board Retreat on Sunday, January 23.
V.
Closing Items
A.
Board Member Reports
B.
Review of Key November 18 Board Meeting Agenda Topics
Key Topics Include:
AoA Board Vote on Allowing Board and Board Committees to Meet Virtually Through December
Board Committee Reports
Update on AoA's Material Revision
ES/MS Educator Effectiveness Grant - Public Input Meeting
Financial Update
Attendance and Restorative Presentation (may be held in December)
