1--Ratification of attached check register, purchase orders, summary of revenue and expenditures for the month of September, 2018.
2--Gifts to School: None
3.--Credit Cards: MGalvin: $2,057.21 LHildebrand: $5,426.23
4-Personnel:  
--Ratification of the hiring of Alexander Eastman as a substitute teacher/paraeducator.

October 22-26th:  Fall Break
October 31st:  Halloween Parade 8:30 am
November 8th:  PAC Meeting 6:30 pm Room 12
November 13th:  Governance Committee Meeting-5:30 pm
November 15th:  Finance Committee Meeting-4:30 pm
November 15th:  Regular Board Meeting--6:30 pm
 

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Adam  shared feedback he received from several parents about  the Campout and Winter Boutique which will be directed to the Parent Advisory Committee.

Educational Excellence Committee:  Eva Oxelson (Chair), Tom McNerney:  Met today, discussed meeting dates to align with Benchmark testing, discussed the Committee job description, CAASPP Scores, and Jumprope gradebook.
Governance Committee:  Deanna Weik (Chair), Cecilia Johnston, Tom McNerney:  Met Tuesday 10/16: discussed policies on agenda; will meet with Directors to complete Job Analysis for Succession Planning.  
Finance Committee:  Liz Smiley (Chair), Tricia McClain; did not meet
CEO Evaluation Committee: Tricia McClain (Chair), Deanna Weik, Cecilia Johnston:  did not meet
Development Committee: Adam Meyers (Chair), Liz Smiley: Met and discussed research and ideas for increasing revenues for the school.  

Tony reported that PAC discussed parent board members coming to Parent Advisory Committee meetings.  Consensus was that they could come to meetings but not participate in the discussions as it could be a conflict of interest.  It could be problematic if Board members could not take off their Board hat.  They are afforded opportunity to discuss/vote at the Board level. PAC also reviewed the Visitor/Volunteer policy.

Laura reported that Kindergarteners will begin full days after fall break; First grade teachers have launched the Expeditionary Learning English Language Arts curriculum with a module about the need for tools and will create their own "Magnificent Things" to be used as a tool in the classroom; Room 7 students have been working on a personal confidence/self-love book to promote growth mindset and self confidence; 5th-6th graders went to the LaBrea Tar Pits last week culminating  a pre-history study; Amelia's class had an inspiring study/culminating discussion on the Declaration of Human Rights and the book Esperanza Rising .

Lisa reported that she used the local tool for the ELPAC testing and was able to get the results quickly to the teachers.  She is taking five teachers to the EL conference in Philadelphia the first week in November.  She attended a great workshop at the County about special education. Our counselor provided a Conflict Improv workshop for teachers. 
Mary gave an update on enrollment and the Earth Day Committee.

Marlo reported that the programmatic audits for the County's charter schools are going to be held later in the year in order to utilize Dashboard results.  VCS will go on the March 25th agenda.  She said that County charter schools can use their consortium's legal counsel. 

Lisa reviewed Ed Tech's data reports of the 2017-18 CAASPP Scores.  School-wide, students'  ELA scores made significant gains; Math scores only had a 1% increase.  ELA scores increased with our Hispanic students, but did not improve in Math .  Economically Disadvantaged students did better in ELA and Math than last year;

Board approval for a $500 stipend for planning the annual Middle School trip was requested.

Board Approval was requested for the Development Committee Job Description.

Board approval of the revised Educational Excellence Committee Job Description was requested.

Board discussion and approval was requested to approve the revised Internal Complaint Policy with Counsel's and the Governance Committee's recommendations.

Board approval was requested to revise the Volunteer/Visitor Policy on advice of VCS Counsel, PAC, and the Governance Committee.

--Safety Policy:  When are drills done, what happens during drills?  (February)
--Enrollment/Budget Update

--Deanna recommended that board members think about Community members that might be interested in joining the board.