Soleil Academy
Minutes
Soleil Academy Board Meeting
Date and Time
Saturday August 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Location
12315 Thorson Ave Lynwood, CA. 90262 (Satellite Option: 3900 Agnes Ave. Lynwood, CA 90262)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Board Meeting will be held at 3900 Agnes Ave. Lynwood, CA. 90262 and on zoom on the above date and time. During the meeting, the Board will consider, discuss, and may take action upon any of the agenda items listed below.
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Directors Present
B. Weinstein-Sanders, E. Funes, J. Noel, L. Safa, S. Johnson, V. Reynolds
Directors Absent
K. Armstrong
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
V. Reynolds
Ex Officio Members Present
B. Gutierrez, J. Kinoshita
Non Voting Members Present
B. Gutierrez, J. Kinoshita
Guests Present
A. Grant (remote), M. Serrano, R. Avilez
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
II. Governance Committee (Part 1)
A.
Approval of 2 new Board Members
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Minutes from 6/28/25 Soleil Academy Board Meeting
B.
Approval of P. Young Contract
C.
Suicide Prevention Policy
D.
Independent Study
IV. Finance Committee
A.
Updates
B.
Unaudited Actuals Report
C.
Bank Signatories
Bank Signatories was not approved due to concerns of internal controls being removed.
V. Management Update
A.
Soleil Management Updates
R Avilez shared
- 24-25 EOY Reporting Metrics Recap
- Operational Priorities for the 2025-26 school year
- Enrollment for the current school year and demographics
- Schoolwide attendance for Month 1
He also shared Miscellaneous updates:
- Approval of J13A
- Facilities Charter Incentive Grant Update
- SNP Administrative Review
- Williams Monitoring
- Attendance Recovery Recap (Summer 2025)
VI. Academic Committee
A.
Updates
Principal Serrano presented Soleil Academy's Academic Vision statement and priorities, academic data highlights, the four Arcs of the Year (Start Strong and Monitoring Data Practices, Clear and Rigorous Instruction, Feedback and Data Driven Instruction, and Strong Finish)
VII. Governance Committee (Part 2)
A.
Updates
J. Noel informed the board that due to the possibility of a future conflict of interest, he will be resigning from the board after the present meeting.
B.
Executive Director Job Description
B. Gutierrez explained that based on the conversation at the June meeting, the job description has been updated to more accurately represent her responsibilities in the current year.
ED Job description was not approved but will be revised to incorporate additional components of work and will be presented to the board again at a later board meeting.
C.
Executive Director Evaluation
B. Gutierrez reviewed the strengths and opportunities for growth identified by the board. The focus for next year will be to prepare for Soleil's renewal and onboard new board members.
D.
Approval of New Board Secretary
B. Gutierrez explained that according to the bylaws, anyone on the board or management team is eligible to hold the Board Secretary position. The proposal is for Ramon Avilez to take over the role left vacant by the departure of board member Gonzalez-Diaz.
E.
Board Self-Evaluation
The board went into recess during which time brainstorming groups were formed, consisting of a mix of board members and members of the management team. Each group included only 2 board members, ensuring that they do no have quorum in each group. The groups reconvened after recess to share out ideas that were discussed in each group.
The board will codify the ideas there were discussed and continue the conversation at the September meeting.
F.
Board Goal Setting
J. Kinoshita named a few priorities that were previously discussed i.e strategic planning, sustainability, facilities, but board goal setting will be discussed at the September meeting.
A. Grant reviewed the unaudited actuals report. He explained this is more of a high level report and it will be reviewed again in more detail at the September meeting.