North Oakland Community Charter School
Minutes
NOCCS Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday September 15, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Location
The North Oakland Community Charter School
Topic: Board of Directors Meeting
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Directors Present
A. Daoheuang (remote), C. Swainson (remote), M. Stanke (remote), P. Johnson (remote), S. Muhammad (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Thomas, L. Smith
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
C. Swainson
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
AB 361 compliance
D.
Approve Minutes
E.
Public Comment (For Anything NOT outlined in the agenda)
F.
Family Teacher Organization Updates
- FTO fundraising efforts- August hosted a movie. Lots of families in attendance.
- September FTO meeting on the 1st of September, was able to welcome some new families. Highest attended meeting.
- September 11th- Green team meet up to clean up the school yard took place.
- Vegetable harvesting
- Extreme Cario/Step Class- Kia Payne, all levels are welcome. Held September 17 and 24th
- Latin Cultural Celebration- food, crafts and games. Seeking family involvement.
II. Finance & Development
A.
Presentation of Financials
- Unadited Actuals- NOCCS meets monthly, State has been doing check ins. By Sept 15, the school sends a report of an audit to describe what how the spending and funding. Standard form from the form. An award of funding to address the decline of ADA. First funding source LCFF, main state funding for per pupil attendee. Significant decline from the last two years, funding was available. The challenge was that the budget was not finalized by then. Funding given should not
Cash on hand and funding coming, expenses do not hurt school financials
- Expenditures- Provided extra money but schools needed to provide how they spent the money. Each yr when the budget is approved, there is an estimate, and a plan must be made and presented. Must be posted on the school's website. It is a component of LCFF. Standard use per pupil cost is applied to compensation. There was a spike in state finances, greater than expected but still within range of compensation and benefits.
Carol: Is money covering shortfall? Jim- No it covers a portion of typical funding. Just categorized to be reported out. Varies by school.
- Consolidated Application for Federal Funding- standard every year. every year there an application that need to be filed every year to receive it.
B.
Building Refinance Update
Richard Trafford is not in attendance.
III. Other Business
A.
Report of Head of School
Enrollment- is low, but steady.
Staffing- We are currently seeking 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers. Mr. Brown shared the sites that the school is utilizing to source for candidates: Indeed, LinkedIn, Get Selected
New after school employee started today
New 1st grade teacher, Mr. Davis
Williams Settlement Act- 1st year that schools in the district participated in this. Site visit has happened. Site visits and materials were needed to be in compliance. Site visits will take place every year.
School updates- wrapping up BOY assessments for K-5
Curriculum Night- showcasing what students are learning next Friday on September 23, 2022, games related to skills and lessons that the kids are learning will happen
Patricia- Two teacher resignations, are they new or from the last meeting? Brown- 2 new teachers
Parent A. Cummings, a return parent of 5 years, was concerned about attendance and enrollment of the school. This is the first year that she has felt concerned and wanted to bring awareness.