Camino Nuevo Charter Academy

Minutes

CNCA Special Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday June 1, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Location

ZOOM
In accordance with Mayor Garcetti's "Safer at Home" City Order (Link) and Governor Newsome's State Executive Order( Link) CNCA will be holding Board Meetings via ZOOM video conference and telephone. No physical CNCA school locations will be open to the public.

This meeting is open to the public through the telephone 1 (669) 900-9128 (US Toll) and ZOOM video conference. To ensure meeting safety, there will be an online ZOOM waiting room set up for participants 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Attendees will be welcomed in prior to the start of the meeting at 4:00 pm. The waiting room will be checked regularly so that anyone joining the meeting late can still join.

 

Meeting ID: 918 6900 6875
Passcode: f1NKNt


Members of the public who wish to address the Board regarding items on this agenda or who need special accommodations should contact Leylani Lira in the Chief Executive Officer’s office at 213-417-3400 ext. 1401 or Leylani.Lira@caminonuevo.org. Speakers are limited to no more than 3 minutes each. Speakers may also sign up in person the day of the meeting.

Directors Present

C. Smet (remote), D. Gidlow (remote), E. Lopez (remote), G. Flores (remote), R. Hunt (remote), S. Ito (remote), T. Powers (remote)

Directors Absent

C. Garcia Alvarado, J. Ortega, L. Jennings

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

E. Lopez

Guests Present

A. Abich (remote), L. Lira (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Smet called a meeting of the board of directors of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy to order on Tuesday Jun 1, 2021 at 3:01 PM.
E. Lopez arrived at 3:05 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

II. Public Comment

A.

Public Comment

The following educator addressed the board meeting:
  • Laura Farrel of the Dalzell-Lance campus, and President of the Camino Nuevo Teacher's Association

III. Consent Agenda

A.

BOD 21-22 Revised School Calendars

D. Gidlow made a motion to approve the revised school calendars.
T. Powers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
R. Hunt
Aye
T. Powers
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye
E. Lopez
Aye
L. Jennings
Absent
S. Ito
Aye
C. Garcia Alvarado
Absent
J. Ortega
Absent
G. Flores
Aye
C. Smet
Aye

IV. Camino Nuevo Teacher's Association

A.

MOU with CNTA Vote

S. Ito made a motion to approve the consent agenda item.
R. Hunt seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
C. Garcia Alvarado
Absent
J. Ortega
Absent
T. Powers
Aye
S. Ito
Aye
E. Lopez
Aye
R. Hunt
Aye
L. Jennings
Absent
C. Smet
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye
G. Flores
Aye

V. Operations

A.

Draft LCAP Review

Chantavia Moore, Vice President of Strategy and Operations reviewed the LCAP drafts.

VI. Finance

A.

2021-2022 Consolidated Budget

Sonia Olivia or ExEd gave an update on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2021-2022.

VII. Academic Update

A.

Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant

R. Hunt made a motion to approve the applications for the Expanded Learning Opportunity grants.
T. Powers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
T. Powers
Aye
J. Ortega
Absent
S. Ito
Aye
G. Flores
Aye
L. Jennings
Absent
C. Garcia Alvarado
Absent
R. Hunt
Aye
E. Lopez
Aye
C. Smet
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye

VIII. Closing Items

A.

Brown Act Compliance Webinar on June 16th at 1:00pm

Cindy Smet reminded new board members to tune into the Brown Act webinar on June 16th.

B.

Adjourn Meeting

T. Powers made a motion to adjourn the board meeting.
C. Smet seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
C. Smet
Aye
C. Garcia Alvarado
Absent
R. Hunt
Aye
S. Ito
Aye
J. Ortega
Absent
T. Powers
Aye
G. Flores
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye
L. Jennings
Absent
E. Lopez
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 3:45 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Gidlow