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:

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Board Meeting Minutes From:

• March 10

• Approve the combined credit card statement and Bank of Marin check register from March.

Ashley Defenbaugh has gone above and beyond to serve one of her students (and their family), and the Board would like to pay tribute to her for her efforts.

Reports from the following committees:

• Finance Committee
• Marketing Committee
• Development Committee
• Student Success Committee
• Governance Committee

The AUSD Board approved AoA's material revision proposal on March 22, which will combine The Academy of Alameda's two charters into one TK-8th grade charter beginning July 1, 2022. Executive Director, Matt Huxley, will discuss next steps in that process.

Executive Director, Matt Huxley, will provide a 2022/23 enrollment update.

The Academy of Alameda Board of Directors will vote on updating its existing Board Attendance Policy.

The Academy of Alameda Board of Directors will vote on updating its existing Board Fiscal Policy.

The Academy of Alameda Board of Directors voted on January 13, 2022 at a public meeting to merge its two charter - The Academy of Alameda and The Academy of Alameda Elementary School beginning July 1, 2022. It submitted a material revision proposal to the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) on January 25, 2022 asking the AUSD Board of Education to approve the merging of The Academy's two charters into one Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through 8th Grade charter to be know as The Academy of Alameda beginning July 1, 2022. The AUSD Board of Education vote unanimously for that proposal on March 22, 2022.

The following board resolution to close the elementary school allows it to be then merged into a TK-8 charter - The Academy of Alameda on July 1, 2022, The school community (students, families, and staff), authorizing district, (AUSD), Alameda County Office of Education, and other governing/key entities will be notified of the elementary school's closure in early May.   

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:

1. State or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing; or
2. 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
3. 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 May 31, 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.

Key Topics Include:

Communication Topics

• AoA's Material Revision Update
• Board member and committee reports
• Information item - Update on  use of security cameras
• Student and Family Survey Data Presentation
• Enrollment Update
• 2022/23 Preliminary Budget 
• Board member nomination/s (For new 3-year terms)
• Nominate Board of Director Officers for 2021/22 
  • President,
  • Vice-President,
  • Secretary

Action Item Topics 

• Approval of Board Findings Relating to Teleconference Meetings During State of Emergency
• SARC Report
• Salary Schedules
• Student Harassment, Bullying Policy
• Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant (ELOP)
• 2022/23 Board Meeting dates Including retreats 

Closing Items

• Board Reports
• June meeting topics