Ogden Preparatory Academy
Minutes
OPA Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday February 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Location
1487 Lincoln Avenue
Ogden UT 84404
Board Room (ECC upstairs)
The Mission of the Ogden Preparatory Academy Charter School is to provide a challenging curriculum where academic excellence, character development, and individual growth are nurtured in a safe and happy environment that involves the active participation of students, teachers, parents and community members.
Directors Present
B. Lucas, J. Zepeda, P. Valiente (remote), S. Zwygart (remote)
Directors Absent
S. Mejeur
Ex Officio Members Present
D. Deem, K. Kennington, S. Lopez
Non Voting Members Present
D. Deem, K. Kennington, S. Lopez
Guests Present
A. McPhee, S. Wright, T. Bingham, T. Young
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Opportunity for Public Input
II. Finance
A.
Budget Review
Spencer was not able to make it. Reach out with any questions.
Discussed that everything is the same.
B.
Chromebook purchase FY27
Purchases for the 5th grade, keep until 9th grade, can earn it forever.
- This purchase is for the 5th grade for next year.
- Procurement Form Comparison Form of the three quotes for the purchase.
- Liked to use Dell, but they are getting more and more expensive. Les Olsen are good, and the cheapest one. So that would be IT’s recommendation.
III. Administrative Business
A.
Administrative Board Report
Presented by Teryl Young, Kasey Kennington, and Shevon Lopez, and Debbie Deem.
Updates and events going on in the school.
B.
FY25 School Land Trust Plan Amendment
C.
Policies
Updates to the Curriculum adoption, appeal, and review policy. - There was an addition for the supplemental materials section.
AI Policy, which is new. Guidance for teacher use and for the students as well.
D.
PBIS Plans Approval
Presenting the PBIS plans. Similar, but a little different at the two buildings.
- Elementary - discussed by Kasey. Golden tickets. (grades 1-3) don’t have to keep them, older kids do. Younger kids have tallies. There is a school store they can purchase things in once a month.
- Junior High - broken up by quarters. Tickets are focused on the demonstration of the behavior. For example, this quarter is be respectful. There are also class competitions and prizes that they can earn. Culture Keepers is a group of students, nominated by teachers to represent their school. Gotcha Tickets - for students to give to each other. Can be turned in for treats.
E.
4-day Student School Week
- Reviewed the Survey Results.
- There is a summary report to see all the feedback we collected for the calendar.
- Next Steps = Would the Board like us to move forward into looking more into a 4-day week.
- If this is something we want to pursue - we would have to look at a lot of different logistics and items to explore.
- If we want to pursue it
- We should reach out to other schools and districts so that we have more information.
- What should we do about our concerns. Making all the opinions heard.
- Difference in age groups - of Kindergarten students vs. the Junior High teachers. So we discussed different opinions.
- Look at other school systems to collect more information and data on this. What makes it successful? And making sure that we can do the same. Get more information.
- Next steps, looking at more information and research so we have more information moving forward.
- Discussed minimum day on Friday and Wednesday. And we want to look more into the data for this.
IV. Other Business
A.
Discussion
No other business.
No public.