--Ratification of attached check register, purchase orders, summary of revenue and expenditures for the month of September, 2021.
--Gifts to School: Farm Cart- $856.31 (June-August)
--Credit Cards: MGalvin: $116.41 ; LHildebrand: $1142.98

--Personnel:
--Ratification of the hiring of Michelle Petit as elective art teacher.

--10/25-10/29:  Fall Break

--11/1:  Veterans Day, no school

--11/18 Regular Board Meeting 6:30 pm

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Governance Committee:  Cecilia Johnston (Chair), Dominic Aguirre, Tricia McClain-_None
Finance Committee:  Tom McNerney (Chair), Tricia McClain-_None
CEO Support and Evaluation Committee: Tricia McClain (Chair), Liz Smiley, Cecilia Johnston-None
Development Committee: Adam Meyers (Chair), Liz Smiley:  Adam reported that they had a joint meeting with the PAC fundraising Committee meeting and discussed ways to increase parent annual donations.

Tony reported that there was no PAC meeting in October.

Laura reported that Kindergarten had a fall festival with lots of pumpkin fun, and are starting their expedition on farm workers; Amanda, Sarah, and Lisa did a walk through of classrooms; 4th grade continue to work on their Passion Project by conducting interviews with professionals who share students' passions; students are learning how to use research, quotes, cites and how to make their writing more complex. This will eventually become a 4th grade informational magazine booklet.  They have also had two virtual field trips as part of their California History project. Students are learning from the stories from Anthropologists and docents. She shared photos of 7th and 8th graders during a Crew on initiatives and students debriefed their challenges, successes, and shared appreciations; students analyzed  a model of 8 globes displaying the earths’ tilt and its revolution around the sun. Using the model, students were able to identify the causes of seasons on Earth.

 All teachers just completed a first round of Parent/Teacher conferences. Laura also shared that teachers continue to have Professional development with Sarah Purdy, our EL school designer. All teachers are in one of four focus groups. These focus groups are: Instructional Leadership Team, Crew/SEL, Equity/Diversity, and Curriculum-ELA Team.  We continue to work several Wednesday afternoons a month in our focus groups. 

Lisa reported that there was a staff Inservice the following day; she shared more about what the EL admin team were looking for during their classroom walk throughs.  Mary reported on the parent walkout to protest mandated vaccines in schools.and provided an update in attendance and enrollment.

Marlo reminded the Board about the date for the VCS annual programmatic audit.

Mary requested Board approval to allow Administrative Assistants to temporarily telework as long as they are able to complete their duties remotely for the 2021-22 school year..

Lisa requested Board approval for a revised Executive Director job description.

Lisa presented the ESSER III spending plan and requested Board approval.

Mary presented a revised Independent Study policy with changes the School's Counsel made to comply with AB167.

--AB 361 Resolution for November Board Meeting (first item).

 2021-22 Annual Goals:

Goal 1: Develop a well-governed organization.-Governance Committee (Recruit diverse board members from the community, review policy for board member fundraising, review/revise annual board survey.)

Goal 2: Students progressing towards the highest level of achievement.

Goal 3. Build financial capacity for a sustainable organization. (Fundraising/Marketing Plan)—Development Committee