A. Price raised the question about the number of meetings and said she thought we were limiting them. C. Robie said it was difficult to limit meetings when agenda topics have not been decided on yet. ED Chilcott said December meeting could be removed and January or February meeting could be done on the same day as the board retreat around that time. D. Forbes said December meeting needed to occur to vote on audit and first interim. ED Chilcott said it could occur as a short special board meeting much earlier with the December Finance Committee meeting since the audit and first interim are due December 10. The board agreed to remove the August 28 board meeting and look for a new date for the December meeting at a later time.

C. Chilcott presented on the LCAP and Local Indicators. C. Robie asked if the subject matters were aligned to Common Core Standards and grade level aligned. ED Chilcott shared that elementary math uses Eureka curriculum and middle school math uses Open Up, and both are aligned to Common Core Standards. J. Whatley said the math curriculum is grade level aligned through the Common Core Standards. ED Chilcott shared that ELA and Equity Studies are teacher created based on Common Core and teachers are working together to make sure their curriculum supports students' learning aligned with Common Core across the grade levels.

C. Chilcott shared that LCAP survey data could be disaggregated more to look at responses in elementary and middle school instead of combined responses and the CAAT (Collaborative Academic Advisory Team) that will be formed next year could have this as one of their LCAP roles. D. Forbes asked the CAAT could possibly present this information to the board in the future. ED Chilcott shared she was still determining the structure of the CAAT (bylaws, meeting times, etc).

D. Forbes asked which document he was voting on and ED Chilcott said all the attached documents comprise the LCAP and Local Indicators because their is also a budget component to the LCAP presentation.

N. Stewart presented on the budget and shared there was increased funding for ELOP and TK.

D. Forbes asked if this policy was pertaining to just the United States flag or additional flags as well. ED Chilcott said she was not aware if AoA flies other flags or has had requests to fly other flags and the policy was written just about the United States flag.

The ED has a three year approved contract with approved compensation of 4% increase. Per Assembly Bill 1344, an Executive of a public agency cannot have an automatic compensation review if their compensation is higher than the COLA. The 25-26 COLA is 2.43%. At the time the ED was offered her contract, her compensation comparable with the COLAs of the time. (2022-23 COLA, 13.26%,  2023-24 COLA, 8.22%). 

D. Forbes said he will accept his position for just one year, not five.