Alicia Malet Klein will call the meeting to order.

Roll call and verification of quorum.

Board President makes general remarks.

• The public may address the MWA Board regarding any item within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the MWA governing board.
• Under Public Comment, members of the public may
  • Comment on items on the agenda
  • Comment on items not on the agenda
  • Presentations are limited to two minutes each, or a total of twenty minutes for all speakers, or the two-minute limit may be shortened.
• In accordance to the Brown Act, the MWA Board may listen to comments, but can neither discuss nor take action on the topics presented. Members of the board are very limited in their response to statements or questions by persons commenting on items not on the agenda.
• Speakers may submit a request to speak before 9:00 AM on the day of the board meeting, fill out a comment card at the in-person location, or use the raise hand function on zoom during the public comment sections of the meeting.
  • If you would like to send your request to speak prior to the meeting, please email your request to mmoloney@mwacademy.org in English or Spanish.
  • Your submission should:
    • indicate if it is a general public comment for the beginning of the meeting or a comment for a specific agenda item (please include the item number).
    • include your name so that you can be called when it is your turn to speak. 
  • During the meeting, we will call your name and you should use the "raise hand" feature to identify yourself.
• Under SB1036 the minutes from this meeting will omit student and parent names and other directory information, except as required by judicial order or federal law. If a parent/ legal guardian wishes a name be included, one must inform the board prior to their public comment.  
• De acuerdo con AB 361 en el Estado de California, organizaremos esta reunión de la junta directiva a través de teleconferencia debido a la siguiente circunstancia:
• La Junta Directiva de MWA sea reunera durante un estado de emergencia proclamado por el Estado de California debido a la pandemia de COVID-19.

• El público puede dirigirse a la Junta Directiva de la MWA con respecto a cualquier asunto dentro de la jurisdicción del tema materia por la Junta Directiva de la MWA.
• Bajo comentario público, los miembros del público pueden:
  • Hacer comentarios sobre los puntos del orden del día
  • Hacer comentarios sobre puntos no incluidos en el orden del día
  • Las presentaciones están limitadas a dos minutos cada una, o un total de veinte minutos para todos los oradores, o se puede acortar el límite de dos minutos.
• • De acuerdo con la Ley Brown, la Junta Directiva de la MWA puede escuchar los comentarios, pero no discutirán ni tomarán medidas sobre los temas presentados. La respuesta de los miembros de la Junta Directiva a las declaraciones o preguntas de las personas que comentan temas que no figuran en el orden del día es muy limitada.
• Los oradores pueden enviar una solicitud para hablar antes de las 9:00 a. m. del día de la reunión de la junta, completar una tarjeta de comentarios en el lugar en persona o usar la función de levantar la mano en zoom durante las secciones de comentarios públicos de la reunión.
  • Si desea enviar su solicitud de uso de la palabra antes de la reunión, envíe su solicitud por correo electrónico a mmoloney@mwacademy.org en inglés o español.
  • En su solicitud:
    • Incluya su nombre para que pueda ser llamado cuando sea su turno de hablar.
    • indicar si es un comentario público general para el comienzo de la reunión o si es comentario público sobre un artículo específico del programa (incluya el número del artículo).
    • Durante la reunión, le llamaremos por su nombre y deberá utilizar la función de "levantar la mano" para identificarse.
• En virtud de la SB1036, las actas de esta reunión omitirán los nombres de los estudiantes y padres y otra información del directorio, excepto cuando lo requiera la orden judicial o por la ley federal. Si un padre/tutor legal desea que se incluya un nombre, se debe informar a la junta antes de su comentario público.

MWA participants in the visit by California artist and civil rights/social justice icons share their thoughts.

Review the draft of the 2023-24 Local Control and Accountability Plan and gather feedback from the board and public. The final draft of the LCAP will be voted on at the June board meeting. 

Board members will have an opportunity to ask questions about the contents of the written report.

Board President's Annual Review of Personnel Files

Advisory Committees updates (bold):

• Curriculum and Instruction Review: Key takeaways from the annual spring meeting will be reviewed.
• Finance
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Audit
• Culture and Climate
• WASC 

Approve the handbook for 2023-2024

The annual review of the MWA Employee Handbook includes changes to meet new regulations, including but not limited FMLA terms, pay transparency, etc.

2023-24 School Lease Agreement

Note: Since Ms. Klein serves on both the Making Waves Academy and Making Waves Education Foundation Boards of Directors, she will recuse herself from the voting.

After a lengthy process of search and research, the math content team identified a curriculum that would best meet the needs of our students, offered the best support and tools for implementation, and would allow for optimal teacher growth/development, the result was Carnegie Learning High School Solution Traditional. The estimated cost of digital text and consumables, along with a skills workbook for each student and professional development for all teachers for Carnegie Learning Math curriculum is $35,780,26

Board will vote to approve and accept the minutes of the:

• March 16, 2023 Board Meeting
• April 24, 2023 Curriculum and Instruction Advisory Committee Meeting
• April 26, 2023 Finance Advisory Committee Meeting

To align with the WCCUSD school calendar, propose to shift spring break to 4/1/24 through 4/5/24.

Current law provides various ways for local governing boards to assign credentialed teachers to serve in subject-matter areas in grades K-12. Effective 2023-24 with Board approval, MWA proposes policy and procedure implementation to provide greater flexibility in credentialed teacher assignments at MWA. This will also include assignment monitoring in accordance with EC §44258.9 to minimize "misasssignment" reported each year due to vacancies.

2023-24 Contract Renewal with SPG for Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physical Therapy (PT) services, and projected cost for additional Education Technician in 2022-23. 

SolarWinds Service Desk is an online customer service desk ticketing and equipment inventory system utilized by the MWA IT, Data and Assessment, and Operations teams. The platform provides the following functionality: 1) Consolidates, manages, and prioritizes incoming tickets and requests. 2)Service catalog standardizes service request and fulfillment processes. 3) Fully integrated IT asset management compiles hardware, software, POs, and more. 4) Service portal for users to have a single sign on.

PowerSchool is an online student information system used for grading, attendance, as well as housing student and staff demographic data.

Vendor invoices from March 2023.

This TIP MOU establishes a partnership between the Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) Teacher Induction Program and Making Waves Academy for the 2023-2024 school year.
 

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.

Remaining Board Meeting for AY2023-23

• June 15th, 2023, 10:30am-1:30pm

End-of-Year Events

• US Graduation: June 8th, 6 - 7:30pm, MS Gym
• MS Promotion: June 9th, 5-6:30pm, MS Gym