El Camino Real Charter High School

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

Date and Time

Monday February 27, 2017 at 4:00 PM PST

Location

El Camino Real Charter High School, Anderson Hall, 5440 Valley Circle Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
BOARD MEETING

For board meeting materials, please see Donna Bennett in the school's main office, or contact her at (818) 595-7500 or do.bennett@ecrchs.net. Some board meeting materials are also posted in the school's website (http://ecrchs.net/ecr-board/).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD BY PARENTS AND CITIZENS

El Camino Real Alliance (“ECRA”) welcomes your participation at ECRA’s Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of ECRA in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our charter 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. “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.” “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 twenty-five (25) 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.
3. You may also complete a “Request to Speak” form to address the Board on Agenda items. With regard to such agenda items, you may specify that agenda item on your “Request to Speak” form and you will be given an opportunity to speak for up to three (3) minutes before the item, and total time allocated to agenda items will not exceed six (6) minutes for a discussion item and nine (9) minutes per vote item.
4. When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to state their name and adhere to the time limits set forth.
5. Any public records relating to an agenda item for an open session of the Board which are distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the Board members shall be available for public inspection at 5440 Valley Circle Blvd., Woodland Hills, California, 91367.

Consent Agenda: 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 votes on them.  The Executive Director recommends approval of all consent agenda items.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and upon request, El Camino Real Alliance may furnish reasonable auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities. Requests for disability related modifications or accommodations shall be made 24 hours prior to the meeting to Donna Bennett, office assistant, in person or by calling (818) 595-7500.

Agenda

     
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Pledge of Allegiance
  D. Public Comments
II. Financial
  A. DISCUSS AND VOTE ON PURCHASE OR LEASE OF TESTING EQUIPMENT FOR SBAC TESTING
   
Consider options for the purchase or lease of devices for SBAC Testing.  Proposal discussed at prior meeting was to purchase 700 devices to allow for more efficient and less disruptive testing of up to 1,000 students at a time.  CIO was asked to look into other options (lease v. purchase, additional costs involved, number of devices, etc.) and present to Board.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  B. DISCUSS AND VOTE ON REMOVING ENCUMBRANCE ON $5 MILLION IN FUNDS
   

At the June 25, 2014 Board meeting, the Board voted to allocate $5M as Reserved funds for "facilities and expansion."  The Board will discuss whether to remove the Reserved designation, given that the funds are not set aside but are just part of the general operating fund, and given that deductions from this Reserved fund were never taken for maintenance of the main campus and for purchase of the Shoup property.  

  C. DISCUSS AND VOTE ON ADDING LISA RING AS CHECK SIGNER TO HANMI BANK ACCOUNTS
III. Governance
  A. DISCUSS WASC VISIT TO SCHOOL AND POSSIBLY VOTE ON SCHEDULING WASC MEETING WITH BOARD
  B. DISCUSS AND VOTE ON TRANSITION PLAN RE STAFF RECRUITMENT AND FCMAT PLAN
   

CSD has requested that we provide a Transition Plan that discusses recruiting the CBO and FCMAT

IV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting