Making Waves Academy
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday December 13, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST
Location
4123 Lakeside Drive, Richmond, CA.
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Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
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Alicia Malet Klein will call the meeting to order and review meeting norms regarding attendees.
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| B. | Board Member Appointments | |
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Per our Sole Statutory Member structure, the MWF Board:
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| C. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
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Roll call and verification of quorum.
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| D. | Closed Session | |
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Discuss litigation and personnel issues.
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| E. | Public Comments | |
| F. | Senior Varsity Soccer Acknowledgement | |
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CEO A. Nelson and board members acknowledge senior students who have participated in varsity soccer and championed Making Waves Academy to three or more NCS Championships.
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| II. | Opening Remarks from Board President | |
| A. | Adjusting for Successful Growth: Transitions | |
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A. Klein provides an update on the founder, changes at the foundation.
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| III. | Standing Reports | |
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Academic Excellence
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| A. | Mission Connection: ELAC - Perspectives and Experiences | |
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Moderated discussion with ELAC parents.
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| B. | Q&A on Division Director Reports | |
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Board members will have an opportunity to ask questions and further discuss contents of the MS and US Division Director written reports.
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| C. | Q&A on CEO Written Report | |
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Board members will have an opportunity to ask questions and further discuss contents of the CEO written report.
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| D. | Q&A on Finance Report | |
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Board members will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss contents of the finance report. |
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| IV. | Non-Action Items | |
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CEO Support And Eval
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| A. | Curriculum Committee Update | |
| B. | Deep Dive: Upper School Online Learning Experience | |
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The board will engage in a moderated discussion with students.
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| C. | Committee Updates | |
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Diversity and Inclusion Committee updates.
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| D. | Lottery Update | |
| E. | Disenrollment Reporting Procedures Update | |
| F. | MWF Donation of Financial Planning Tool | |
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Foundation will provide Adaptive Insights software for three years. |
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| G. | New Building Art Installations | |
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A. Klein presents on new art installations in the new Middle School buildings. |
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| V. | Action Items | |
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Development
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| A. | Approve Minutes: October 25, 2018 | |
| B. | Sufficiency of Textbooks & Instructional Materials Resolution | |
| C. | Audit Report (2017-2018) | |
| D. | First Interim Budget (2018-2019) | |
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Fiscal Impact: $18,712,285
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| E. | 990 Federal Tax Return & 199 California Tax Return (2017-2018) | |
| F. | Intacct Accounting Platform | |
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Fiscal Impact: $10,029.10 |
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| G. | School Closure Waiver | |
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Closures due to smoke have dropped the instructional-day count. |
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| H. | Laurel Springs Contract: Algebra 1, Semester 2 | |
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Fiscal Impact: $71,200
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| I. | Laptop Purchase | |
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Fiscal Impact: $17,338.99
Laptops are required for certain online-learning platforms not supported by Chromebooks. |
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| J. | E3 Contract | |
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Fiscal Impact: $26,220
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| VI. | Consent Action Items | |
| A. | Vendor Invoices (August - October 2018) | |
| B. | Finalsite Contract | |
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Fiscal Impact: $15,000
Annual contract renewal for the service provider that hosts MWA websites. |
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| VII. | Discussion Items | |
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Facility
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| A. | Comments of the Board of Directors | |
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This portion of the agenda provides an opportunity for the Board of Directors to make general comments. As provided for in the State of California Open Meeting Act, actions cannot be taken under this agenda item. The only purpose of this agenda item is to provide an opportunity for Board of Directors to make comments.
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| B. | Board Reading Selection: How Children Succeed | |
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Board Members are provided a copy of Paul Tough's, How Children Succeed. |
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| VIII. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Schedule of Board of Directors Meetings 2018-2019 | |
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| B. | Adjourn Meeting | |