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Making Waves Academy

Minutes

Finance Advisory Committee

Date and Time

Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 10:30 AM

Location

3045 Research Drive 
Richmond, CA 94806
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Elizabeth Martinez at emartinez@mwacademy.org or 510-275-7331.

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    • Comment on items on the agenda
    • Comment on items not on the agenda
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Committee Members Present

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

Alicia Klein, Alton B. Nelson Jr., Darcy Deming, Elaine Clark, Elizabeth Martinez, Hung Mai, Patrick O’Donnell, Sid Landman

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

II. MWA Finance

A.

MWA 2019-20 2nd Interim Budget

Following review, committee recommended the second interims to the MWA Board for approval.

B.

MWA 2020-21 Budget – Draft

The committee reviewed first drafts of the FY21 budgets. Of particular note:
  • CEO explained the concept of core, core plus and holistic buckets for spending.
  • The committee asked that in the future new budgets be compared to current actuals (i.e. second interims) rather than the original budget or first iterims.
  • Staff noted the addition of four extra teachers to mitigate the impact of teacher vacancies throughout the year
The committee asked that the changes in college access and staff retention expenses paid for by Making Waves Foundation be better explained in the next iteration.

C.

Long-Term Financial Outlook

The group will meet again to review revised FY21 budget drafts in late April.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 12:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Hung Mai