CLOSED SESSION:Conference with Labor Negotiator
Agency Representative: Executive Director
Unrepresented Employees: Principals and School Psychologist
D.
Open Public Meeting and Report Out Any Actions From the Closed Session
E.
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."
F.
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.
Executive Director, Matt Huxley, along with Principals, Miranda Thorman and Leah Rubin presented AoA's Material Revision proposal that would combine The Academy of Alameda's two charter schools into one TK-8 charter to AUSD's Board of Education.
Next Steps:
March 8: AUSD Staff Makes a recommendation to the AUSD Board of Education
March 22: The AUSD Board of Education Votes on AoA's Material Revision proposal
The presentation that AoA staff used for the 2/8 AUSD Board meeting is attached.
AoA's 2022/23 Academic Calendar is aligned to AUSD's around major holidays but we annually add additional days for professional development which is why our last day of school is a week later (We also begin school for students two days later).
AUSD has spent $212, 603.33 to upgrade and replace AoA's aging HVAC system so that they meet COVID-19 specifications. Originally, the district asked AoA to reimburse them $88,117.73. They are now asking for a reimbursement of $44, 058.86. We will use ESSR III funds if the Board approves.
C.
Approval of Board Findings Relating to Teleconference Meetings During State of Emergency
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 March 30, 2022 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.
