The Academy of Alameda Charter School Board

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday January 20, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Directors Present

A. Price (remote), C. Robie (remote), D. Forbes (remote), K. Welch (remote), K. Zimmerman (remote), R. Brown (remote), T. Ruiz (remote)

Directors Absent

R. Whittaker, W. Schaff

Guests Present

M. Huxley (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

The meeting was called to order by Board President, David Forbes, at 6:02pm.

D. Forbes called a meeting of the board of directors of The Academy of Alameda Charter School Board to order on Thursday Jan 20, 2022 at 6:02 PM.

B.

Record Board Member Attendance (Roll Call)

C.

General Public Comments

There were no public comments.

D.

Zoom Meeting Agreements and Protocol

E.

The Board Reviews The Academy of Alameda's Mission and Envisioned Future Statements

II. Action Item/s

A.

Board Vote on AoA's Material Revision Proposal

C. Robie made a motion to approve the submission of the material revision of The Academy of Alameda Middle School’s Charter to the Alameda Unified School District.
K. Zimmerman seconded the motion.

Board members discussed the merits of  AoA's material revision to merge its two charters into one TK-8 charter. Members expressed their approval of the changes that were made to the January 13 draft presented to the Board by Executive Director, Matt Huxley, and Young, Minney, and Corr which supported the writing of the material revision. The Board was presented a redlined draft detailing the changes to the middle school charter as a result of the material revision, a "clean" draft of the proposed TK-8 charter, and a multi-year budget projection. It was unanimously approved by the 7 Board members in attendance and will be presented to AUSD's Board of Education for review on Tuesday, January 25. 

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
R. Whittaker
Absent
R. Brown
Aye
T. Ruiz
Aye
A. Price
Aye
W. Schaff
Absent
K. Zimmerman
Aye
D. Forbes
Aye
C. Robie
Aye
K. Welch
Aye

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:23 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Forbes