The Learning Choice Academy

Board of Directors Meeting

Published on August 31, 2026 at 11:24 AM PDT

Date and Time

Wednesday September 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM PDT

Location

The Learning Choice Academy Administrative Offices

10035 Prospect Ave. #101

Santee CA 92071

BOARD MEETING AGENDA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Learning Choice Academy

Board at this Site: District/Admin. Office: 10035 Prospect Ave #101 Santee, CA 92071

Chula Vista School Site:  881 Kuhn Dr. #200 Chula Vista, CA 91914 Zoom

San Diego School Site: 4635 Clairemont Mesa Blvd SD, CA 92117 (Boys & Girls Club) Zoom

La Mesa School Site:  4215 Spring St. La Mesa, CA 91941 Zoom

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTATIONS TO THE 

BOARD BY PARENTS AND CITIZENS 


The Learning Choice Academy (“School”) welcomes your participation at the School’s Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the School in public. We are pleased that you are in attendance and hope that you will visit these meetings often. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our School. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, the following guidelines are provided.


1. Agendas are available to all audience members at the door to the meeting.
2. Blue “Request to Speak” forms are available to all audience members who wish to speak on any agenda items or under the general category of “Oral Communications.”
3. “Oral Communications” is set aside for members of the audience to raise issues that are not specifically on the agenda. However, due to public meeting laws, the Board can only listen to your issue, not respond or take action. These presentations are limited to three (3) minutes and total time allotted to non-agenda items will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. The Board may give direction to staff to respond to your concern or you may be offered the option of returning with a citizen-requested item.
4. With regard to items that are on the agenda, you may specify that agenda item on your blue request form and you will be given an opportunity to speak for up to three (3) minutes before the Board discusses that item.
5. When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to state their name and address from the podium and adhere to the time limits set forth.
6. Citizens may request that a topic related to school business be placed on a future agenda. Once such an item is properly agendized and publicly noticed, the Board can respond, interact, and act upon the item.
7. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and upon request, The Learning Choice Academy may furnish reasonable auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals who require appropriate alternative notification of the agenda in order to participate in Board meetings are invited to contact the Administrative office at. 619-463-6849 Ext. 131.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   Celina Cunningham 1 m
   

The Board Secretary will record attendance and establish the presence of a quorum for the meeting.

 
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Celina Cunningham 1 m
   

The Board President will call the meeting to order and begin the proceedings.

 
  C. Pledge of Allegiance   Celina Cunningham 5 m
   

The Board President will lead those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 
  D. Approve the Agenda Vote Celina Cunningham 1 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the agenda for the meeting.

 
II. Oral Communications
 

Note: For non-agenda items, no individual presentation shall be for more than three (3) minutes and the total time for this purpose shall not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. Ordinarily, Board members will not respond to presentations and no action can be taken. However, the Board may give direction to staff following a presentation

 
III. Executive Director's Report 5:38 PM
 

The Executive Director will provide an update on school operations, programs, student achievement, facilities, enrollment, staffing, legislative matters, and other items of interest to the Board.

 
  A. Executive Director's Report FYI Debi Gooding 5 m
   

The Executive Director will provide information about ongoing school activities. 

 
IV. Consent Agenda Items 5:43 PM
 

All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and will be approved/enacted by the Board in one motion in the form listed below. Unless specifically requested by a Board member for further discussion or removed from the agenda, there will be no discussion of these items prior to the Board voting on them. The director recommends approval of all consent agenda items. 

 
  A. Approval of Minutes Vote Celina Cunningham 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the minutes from the previous Board meeting.

 
  B. Approval of Warrants Vote Celina Cunningham 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the warrants and expenditures incurred since the previous Board meeting.

 
V. Items Scheduled for Discussion
 

The Board will review and discuss the following items presented for information, consideration, and possible direction.

 
VI. Items Scheduled for Action 5:53 PM
 

The Board will review and consider the following items requiring Board approval and possible action.

 
  A. Unaudited Actuals for TLC-SD Vote Berenice Oceguera 10 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the Unaudited Actuals, which provide a year-end summary of the school’s actual revenues, expenditures, and financial position for the prior fiscal year.

 
  B. Unaudited Actuals for TLC- CV Vote Berenice Oceguera 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the Unaudited Actuals, which provide a year-end summary of the school’s actual revenues, expenditures, and financial position for the prior fiscal year.

 
  C. Unaudited Actuals for TLC-EC Vote Berenice Oceguera 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the Unaudited Actuals, which provide a year-end summary of the school’s actual revenues, expenditures, and financial position for the prior fiscal year.

 
  D. Arts and Music Grant (Prop 28) for TLC-SD Vote Berenice Oceguera 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the Proposition 28 Arts and Music in Schools (AMS) Annual Report for The Learning Choice Academy – San Diego, including the use of funds to support arts and music education for students.

 
  E. Arts and Music Grant (Prop 28) for TLC-CV Vote Berenice Oceguera 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the Proposition 28 Arts and Music in Schools (AMS) Annual Report for The Learning Choice Academy – Chula Vista, including the use of funds to support arts and music education for students.

 
  F. Arts and Music Grant (Prop 28) for TLC-EC Vote Berenice Oceguera 5 m
   

The Board will review and consider approval of the Proposition 28 Arts and Music in Schools (AMS) Annual Report for The Learning Choice Academy – East County, including the use of funds to support arts and music education for students.

 
VII. Closing Items 6:28 PM
  A. Agenda Items / Info from Board Members FYI Celina Cunningham 5 m
   

Board members may share information, provide updates, raise matters of interest, and request future agenda items for Board consideration.

 
  B. Adjourn Meeting Vote Celina Cunningham 1 m
   

There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting will be adjourned.