Mission Preparatory

Minutes

General Board Meeting

All meetings are in-person.

Date and Time

Thursday December 12, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Location

Abraham Joshua Learning Commons 

1050 York St.

San Francisco, CA 94110

 

Second Location 

2 Positive place Vallejo, CA 94589

 

Third Location

 

 

Directors Present

C. Craig-Chardon (remote), C. Schmidt (remote), D. Goldberg, D. Monte (remote), N. Driver, S. Cronin

Directors Absent

J. Garcia, L. Alvarado

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

D. Goldberg called a meeting of the board of directors of Mission Preparatory to order on Thursday Dec 12, 2024 at 4:35 PM.

II. Consent Calendar

A.

Approve Minutes

D. Monte made a motion to approve the minutes from General Board Meeting on 10-17-24.
S. Cronin seconded the motion.

Previous minutes, first interim report and LCAP report.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

LCAP Federal Addendum

Student Plan for Student Achievement outlines how MP will use federal funds for student achievement. MP is using funding for accommodations for students in special education, after school programming, English Language Learners, restorative justice center, and staff professional development.

C.

C. Executive Director Resolution

D.

Approval of 1st Interim Report

Deficit of 176k, but began the year with a 2.7M reserve so MP is still in a healthy financial position.

III. Executive Director Updates

A.

Update for SY24-25 Winter 1

The Executive Director is currently doing operations and finances due to staff transitions. Beginning year 1 of the community school initiative- parents and students attended a conference with the ED to begin the work. Diagnostic #2 data is in and the COST Team is focusing on students assessing at 2-3 years below grade level. The Lexia Curriculum is being used to support students with IEP's. High school readiness services are in full swing and include student and family check-ins, application assistance, financial planning, and student recommendations. The Wellness Team presented to the Board regarding their guidelines for staff on behaviors/situations that activate wellness services.

IV. Finance

A.

Finance Update

MP has some options for increasing funding- continuing to utilize grants (kitchen infrastructure, community school, anti-bias training, etc. are grants that have already been awarded to MP), increasing enrollment (18k per student), and private fundraising. New partnership with GLASS to streamline vendor partners, which saves about 6k a month.

B.

LCAP Mid Year

C.

SARC 2023-24

The School Accountability Report Card (SARC) is due annually. It includes the Local Control and Accountability Plan to outline how MP is meeting its goals, mission and values. The report includes the number of students per grade, the number of credentialed teachers, quality and availability of textbooks and instructional materials, building access and repairs, 

C. Craig-Chardon made a motion to Approve the School Accountability Report Card.
D. Monte seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

V. 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 5:50 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Craig-Chardon