Ogden Preparatory Academy
Minutes
OPA Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday September 12, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Location
1487 Lincoln Avenue
Ogden UT 84404
Early Childhood Center Board Room
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, S. Mejeur, S. Zwygart
Directors Absent
B. Gerena, J. Howell
Ex Officio Members Present
D. Deem, K. Kennington, S. Lopez
Non Voting Members Present
D. Deem, K. Kennington, S. Lopez
Guests Present
A. McPhee, Pablo, S. Adams, S. Wright (remote), T. Young, Tasha Gonce (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Opportunity for Public Input
E.
Ratify May, June, August Votes
II. Finance
A.
Financial Review
Presented by Spencer Adams.
- Discussed Revenues
- Discussed Expenses
- A lot of purchases done to start the Start of School year
- Class Wallet, pre-pay for the school year
- Discussed Ratios & Margins
- Still finishing last year's budget audit. Plan to get everything done by the October 1st deadline.
B.
Audit Committee Members
On record - the Audit Committee shall be Debbie Deem and the Board Members.
C.
State Auditor and Internal Audit Finance Training for New Board Members
Will table until next month.
Did discuss and review comments and feedback from the Charter Review from last week. The review is every 5 years. There will be a formal report that we will get around November.
D.
Turf Addition
A strip of grass between fence and playground that is difficult to manage. Would like to turf it.
Briefly discussed the dead trees, and the plan to address.
Spencer Adams left the meeting.
III. Executive Session
A.
Vote to enter closed session
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| J. Howell |
Absent
|
| S. Zwygart |
Aye
|
| B. Gerena |
Absent
|
| S. Mejeur |
Aye
|
| B. Lucas |
Aye
|
B.
Vote to exit closed session
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| S. Mejeur |
Aye
|
| S. Zwygart |
Aye
|
| J. Howell |
Absent
|
| B. Lucas |
Aye
|
| B. Gerena |
Absent
|
C.
Student Discipline Decision
IV. Administrative Business
A.
Administrative Board Report
- Discussed the Board Report
- ECC
- Elementary
- Junior High
B.
LEA Specific Licenses
- Reviewed the few teaches we need to award LEA specific licenses to this school year.
C.
Portrait of an OPA Student
Updated and now translated into Spanish. Available on ou website.
D.
Board Trainings
- Discussed and reviewed all the rules for Board Training. We are in compliance with all of the requirements.
- In the past we have used the Roberts Rules - and will vote to continue doing so.
- The Board should be the council for School Land Trust, and what that means. We will continue to do this as we have in the past.
E.
Jessica Howell Board resignation
- Formal update for this resignation.
V. Policy Updates
A.
Policy Updates
1. Charter Trust Land Council - new policy
2. Employee Recruitment and Hiring Policy - new policy
Reviewed and discussed.
VI. Other Business
A.
Discussion
- Discussed attendance at next month's meeting.
- The schedule of board meeting - it looks like it hasn't been updated for the new school year.
No input.