Ogden Preparatory Academy
OPA Board of Directors Meeting
Published on January 12, 2021 at 3:47 PM MST
Amended on January 12, 2021 at 4:44 PM MST
Date and Time
Thursday January 14, 2021 at 4:30 PM MST
Location
VIRTUAL via Google Meet
https://meet.google.com/hgm-kcft-kbn
VISION: Ogden Preparatory Academy’s vision is to create a positive, nurturing environment for students to grow and learn as they develop the skills necessary to become tomorrow’s leaders. Through high academic expectations and experiences, bilingual exposure, leadership roles and commitment to community, OPA students will gain confidence and a sense of self worth that will prepare them to face the challenges in a competitive world.
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Approve Minutes | |
| Approve minutes for OPA Board of Directors Meeting on December 10, 2020 | ||
| II. | Public Comment | |
| A. | Opportunity for Public Comment | |
| B. | Opportunity for public comment on OPA Fee Schedule for school year 2021-2022. | |
| III. | Finance | |
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Finance
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| A. | Financial Review | |
| B. | E-Rate Changes | |
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Since we were able to upgrade our Access Points with the CARES grant, we have looked to shift our timeline for our E-rate grant.
We were originally planning on installing Ubiquity APs; however, they were unable to provide them to us in the time needed for the grant, so we went with Meraki APs.
We are increasing our network capacity to 10 Gig; therefore, we want to upgrade our switches, Router and Firewall to match that capability in a quicker timeframe..
Since we installed Meraki APs, we would like to match the other materials to Meraki for better compatibility. The removal of the APs from the E-rate plan enables us to use Meraki for the same budget. The E-rate plan allows us to make this change as well. We are not changing vendors.
Recommended for Board vote:
Approval of updated timeline with the installation of Meraki hardware. See attached sheet for the original timeline and the proposed timeline.
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| C. | Copy Machine Purchase | |
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We have been leasing one of our copy machines in conjunction with paying off a previous unpaid service bill. The service debt and the lease are up in March. We propose the purchase of a replacement copy machine.
Copy Machine: $12,248.00
Service Debt payoff: $1,943.37
Total: $14,191.37
(additional $594.43 to ship the old machine back to the warehouse)
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| D. | Garbage and Recycling Contract | |
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The contract for Garbage and Recycling with Republic Services is up for renewal. We solicited bids from 4 companies for the service, see procurement paperwork attached.
All bids are lower than the current rate we are paying. Ace Disposal has presented the lowest cost and confirmed no additional charges will be included.
Disclaimer: Ace Disposal handles the garbage services for Debbie Deem's apartment business; however, there is no benefit to her or her business for choosing Ace Disposal. There is no additional association or relationship between Mrs. Deem and Ace Disposal.
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| IV. | School Update | |
| A. | Administrative Board Report | |
| B. | Quarantine Policy review and potential edits. | |
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1. Vaccine. Will the quarantine requirements be different for those who have received the vaccine?
2. Update to the State School Manual regarding quarantines: No quarantine is necessary if it is verified that the person who is positive, and the person exposed both wore masks at time of exposure, and the exposed person does not have symptoms.
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| V. | Board Training | |
| A. | Auditor Trainings | |
| VI. | Committee Reports | |
| A. | Governance | |
| B. | Academic Excellence | |
| C. | Development | |
| VII. | Other Business | |
| A. | Discussion | |
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Assignments, Discussion, Review as needed.
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| VIII. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |