New Hope Charter School
Minutes
New Hope Charter School Board
Date and Time
Wednesday July 19, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Location
201 Jessie Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95838
Instructions for Presentations to the Board by Parents and Citizens
Agendas are available to all audience members at the meeting.
Any public records relating to an agenda item for an open session of the Board which are distributed to
all, or majority of all, of the Board members shall be available for public inspection at 201Jessie
Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95838.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and upon request, New Hope Charter
School may furnish reasonable auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals who require appropriate alternative modification of the agenda in order to participate in Board meetings are invited to contact Herinder Pegany, Executive Director, at hpegany@roblacharter.school
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If you have questions or need any assistance in participating in the New Hope Charter School Board meeting, please contact Herinder Pegany, Executive Director, at hpegany@roblacharter.school
Directors Present
Jeff Kreiser (remote), Kim Howard (remote), Lisa Fong (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Herinder Pegany
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approval of Agenda
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Lisa Fong |
Aye
|
| Kim Howard |
Aye
|
| Jeff Kreiser |
Absent
|
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
4:43 pm
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Kim Howard |
Aye
|
| Lisa Fong |
Aye
|
III. Reports
A.
Executive Director Report: Update on New Hope Charter School
Herinder Pegany shared the State and Federal Programs Report presentation on funding sources. Title I, II, III, and III Immigrant budget projections for 23-24 were shared. Details were provided on how the funds will be used, such as tutoring and extended day intervention, STEAM enrichment, family engagement, professional learning/staff development days, new teacher induction, bilingual materials and outreach.
If approved to submit the 2023-24 NHCS Consolidated Application for Federal Funding, Title IV funds would be used for health education, MTSS and PBIS to mitigate behavior concerns, technology applications, and social-emotional learning.
Title initiatives support our recently approved LCAP goals.
Jeff Kreiser arrived at 5:07 pm.
Herinder shared the 2023 Academic Calendar for NHCS. For students, it begins a week earlier than elementary in Robla SD on August 7 (179 days of instruction, 175 minimum requirement). Students get their orientation and diagnostic assessments will be administered. Teachers begin professional learning on August 1. Parent orientation is August 1. On some weeks of breaks, students are invited to take benchmark/intervention assessments. Teachers had advocated for a calendar that provided for more intervention throughout the year.
We are required to provide 20 days of extended day learning opportunities. Instead of a block only in summer, there will be extended days offered in fall, spring, and summer.
On the same sheet shared with the Board, another tab shows the Instructional Minutes by month, showing overall minutes for the year exceeding the minimum.
IV. Discussion/Action Items
A.
Consideration and approval of 2023-24 NHCS Consolidated Application for Federal Funding.
5:29 pm
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Jeff Kreiser |
Aye
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| Lisa Fong |
Aye
|
| Kim Howard |
Aye
|
B.
Consideration and approval of 2023-24 NHCS Student-Parent Handbook
Handbook will be shared with families at their Parent Orientation and explicitly taught to students in the first days of school. Rationale was provided for cell phone policy. Board discussed other suggested revisions. Vote will happen in September after further input is considered.
C.
Consideration and approval of 2023-24 Academic Calendar for New Hope Charter School.
5:46 pm
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Jeff Kreiser |
Aye
|
| Kim Howard |
Aye
|
| Lisa Fong |
Aye
|
D.
Consideration and approval of 2023-24 Independent Study Policy for New Hope Charter School.
Tabled for future meeting.
E.
Consideration and approval of Proposed 2023-24 New Hope Charter School Board Meeting Dates
Details will be added to the purpose of the proposed meeting dates.
5:53 pm
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| Jeff Kreiser |
Aye
|
| Kim Howard |
Aye
|
| Lisa Fong |
Aye
|
V. Future Business
A.
Requests from Board Members
Next NHCS Board meeting is September 25, 2023, 4:30 pm.
Table discussion on Independent Study until further information becomes available.