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Presentation of teachers who completed the Induction Program
11 teachers and their mentors will be present to be recognized for completing the Induction Program.
C.
2022-23 Declaration of Need
School leadership recommends the board approve the 2022-2023 school year Declaration of Need (DON) for fully qualified educators at Literacy First Charter Schools. Board Approval will allow for future hires as needed for the 2022-2023 school year and is in compliance with the requirements and Ed Code set forth by the Commission of Teacher Credentialing with the new and current DON CL- 500 form.
School leadership recommends the board approve the Committee on Assignment (COA) for Mr. Chris Castberg's assignment to teach high school ceramics in the 2022-2023 school year. This COA is in compliance with the Superintendent of the San Diego County Board of Education's directive as well as EC 44258.7 (c)(d) (Elective classes only)
LCHS Alpine: The general contractor has completed demolition. Teldata assessed the intercom system and believes it only needs a couple speakers and a central control mechanism. Teldata assessed the phone system and needs to install phone lines into about 6 classrooms and offices. We will bring the existing phones in Lemon Grove to Alpine. The athletic director and CBO met with Alpine community leaders concerning shared used of fields. LCHS entering a field use agreement with the Alpine Union School District and among the other community sports programs already using district fields (AYSO soccer, Little League, a softball league, and a lacrosse league). A system is being created to allocate fields and schedule the use of fields. Baseball may use the Flinn Springs Little League fields as no baseball fields are currently available in Alpine. Use of the Joan MacQueen gym requires no such coordination and is open for LCHS CIF volleyball and basketball use.
Junior Academy: New HVAC systems are installed and working properly. A/V screen installations planned prior to graduation / moving up ceremonies. Summer work: roof repairs, parking lot repair and sealing, Legacy bricks installed, cross removed, field expansion, curb adjustments for traffic flow at pick up, WiFi repairs and updates.
Liberty Academy: Summer work: playground repair, shade replacement
C.
Update on SOS lawsuits
The CBO will update the board on the two lawsuits filed by SOS in opposition to the construction of our new school site on Chase Ave. There is a May 6 hearing in the case v. SDCOE. Regarding the case v. San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the court calendar has been published through June 2022 and this case has not been scheduled.
D.
Contracts / Large Purchases Notifications
The CBO would like to inform the board of the following large purchases and executed contracts in the last 30 days:
Perlmutter: 27 white boards for LCHS Alpine; $8582
Teldata: Installation of the phone system for LCHS Alpine; $4,428.35
American Made Logistics: JA small projects - Legacy Bricks installation, second story landing repair, dutch door construction on shed; $6,835 total
American Made Logistics: JA Cross Removal; $6,470.
E.
Unused Sick Days for Service Credit Calculation Policy
The CBO recommends the Board approve the LFCS policy to allow employees to include unused sick days in their service credit calculations upon retirement within either CalSTRS or CalPERS.
The CBO recommends the board approve Resolution 2022-11 to give all LFCS employees a $3000 retention bonus in fiscal year 2022-23 in response to the pandemic induced staff shortages. ESSER II and ESSER III funds will be used to pay for this bonus as it is a response to the pandemic. The retention bonus will be paid out in equal installments of $1000 during October 2022, March 2023, and June 2023 payroll cycles on the condition that the employee remains employed at Literacy First Charter Schools during each of these payroll cycles. If an employee leaves Literacy First before the end of the 2022-23 school year and has received one or more of these installments, Literacy First Charter Schools reserves the right to recoup the bonus payments from the employee.
The CBO recommends the board approve the salary schedules for 2022-23. These will be available at the board meeting.
H.
Updated 2021-26 MOU with SDCOE
The CBO recommends the board approve the updated 2021-26 MOU with SDCOE. The only change is the following additional language from a previous MOU that was omitted from the 2021-26 MOU.
8.a.i. The Charter School shall maintain its high school location within the boundaries of the Grossmont Union High School District, and maintain its primary locations (grades kindergarten through eighth) within the Cajon Valley Union School District.
The CBO recommends the board approve Resolution 2022-12, an official notification of the board's support for the school's application to the California Office of Public School Construction's Charter School Facilities Program to help cover the expenses incurred to rehabilitate the new LCHS site at 1850 Alpine Blvd Alpine, CA 91901. This resolution is a requirement to complete the application.
The CBO would like to present the school plan for Universal Prekindergarten / Transition Kindergarten as required by recent Ed Code. Schools are required to present their plans to their governing boards no later than June 30, 2022 but not for a vote. LFCS plans to implement the UPK / TK requirements through Freedom Academy. The plan provides responses to the required prompts in the template. The plan will be available at the meeting.
