El Camino Real Charter High School

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday February 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM PST

Location

El Camino Real Charter High School, NORTH CAMPUS, 7401 Shoup Avenue, West Hills, CA 91307
BOARD MEETING

For board meeting materials, please go to the school's main office, or call (818) 595-7500. Some board meeting materials are also posted in the school's website (https://ecrchs.net - click the ECR Board tab).

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 thirty (30) minutes. A member of the public who requires the use of a translator, in order to receive the same opportunity as others to directly address the Board, shall have twice the allotted time to speak.  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.  A member of the public who requires the use of a translator, in order to receive the same opportunity as others to directly address the Board, shall have twice the allotted time to speak, and the total allocated time shall be appropriately increased as well. 
4. When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to state their name and adhere to the time limits set forth.  In order to maintain allotted time limits, the Board Chair may modify speaker time allocations or the total amount of allotted time for an item.
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 Daniel Chang, in person, by email at d.chang@ecrchs.net, or by calling (818) 595-7537.

Agenda

     
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance and Guests
  C. Pledge of Allegiance
  D. Public Comments
  E. Student Presentation
   
ECR's Step Team will be recognized.
  F. Executive Director Update
  G. Chief Business Officer Update
  H. Board Committee Reports
II. Consent
  A. Approve Minutes of January 24, 2019 Board Meeting
    Minutes for Board Meeting on January 24, 2019
  B. Approve Minutes of January 24, 2019 Special Meeting
    Minutes for Special Meeting on January 24, 2019
III. Financial
  A. Review and Vote on January 2019 Check Register
   
  B. January 2019 Financial Update
   
  C. Review and Possible Approval of Second Interim Report
   
IV. School Business
  A. Tech Update and Status of IT Audit
   
   
   
  B. Discuss and Possible Approval of Firewall Purchase
   

Staff recommends approval of purchase of Palo Alto Firewall protection for three years at a cost of $71,512.69.

   
  C. Discuss and Possible Approval of Revised Classified Management Salary Table
   
  D. Discuss and Possible Approval of Low Performing Students Block Grant
   
The Low-Performing Students Block Grant is a state education funding initiative with the goal of providing grant funds to local educational agencies serving pupils identified as low-performing on state English language arts or mathematics assessments who are not otherwise identified for supplemental grant funding under the local control funding formula or eligible for special education services, as specified in Education Code (EC) Section 41570(d).  The application for the Grant is to be submitted to the California Department of Education by March 1st.
   
  E. Discuss and Possible Approval of AB288 CCAP Partnership Agreement
   

The Board discussed this Agreement at the January 24th meeting; this matter is up for approval.

   
  F. CBO Rumeneration
V. Closed Session
  A. Conference with Labor Negotiators
   
Agency Designated Representatives:  Executive Director David Hussey; Chief Business Officer Alan Darby; Chief Compliance Officer Daniel Chang; Legal Counsel Roger Scott
Employee Organization:  American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees District Council 36
  B. Conference with Legal Counsel: Anticipated Litigation
   

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Government Code § 54956.9: three (3) matters.

VI. Reconvene to Open Session
  A. Report on Actions Taken in Closed Session, If Any
VII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting