El Camino Real Charter High School

Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday January 23, 2020 at 4:30 PM PST

Location

El Camino Real Charter High School, Library, 5440 Valley Circle Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
REGULAR 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 “Public Comments.” “Public Comments” 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 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.

TELECONFERENCE LOCATIONS

Teleconferencing will be available at the following locations:

                ECR College & Career Independent Study Program
                7401 Shoup Avenue
                West Hills, California 

Members of the public attending a meeting conducted via teleconference do not need to give their name when entering the conference call.

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

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance and Guests
  C. Pledge of Allegiance
  D. Public Comments
  E. Executive Director Update
  F. Chief Business Officer Update
  G. Board Committee Updates
II. Consent
  A. Approve Minutes of December 17, 2019 Regular Board Meeting
    Minutes for Regular Board Meeting on December 17, 2019
III. Financial
  A. Review and Vote on December Check Registers
   
ACTION ITEM:  motion to approve the December check registers.
   
  B. December 2019 Financial Update
   
IV. School Business
  A. Discuss and Vote on 2018-2019 School Accountability Report Card
   
Review and possibly approve the 2018-2019 School Accountability Report Card.
ACTION ITEM:  motion to approve the 2018-2019 School Accountability Report Card.
   
  B. Discuss and Vote on Revised 2019-2020 Parent-Student Handbook
   
The Dress Code section (starting at page 41) of the 2019-2020 Parent-Student Handbook has been revised to reflect a prohibition against wearing gang-related apparel.  This is the only change being made to the Handbook.
ACTION ITEM:  motion to approve the revised 2019-2020 Parent-Student Handbook.
   
  C. Discuss and Vote on Resolution on Commitment to Enrolled Students
   
Discuss and possible vote on Resolution on Commitment to Enrolled Students, which would allow ECR to no longer hold assessments or IEP's for LAUSD students who reside in ECR's former attendance area but who attend private schools and who have never enrolled in or attended ECR.
ACTION ITEM:  motion to approve the Resolution on Commitment to Enrolled Students. 
   
V. Governance
  A. Discuss and Vote on Motion for Reconsideration of Prior Resolution re Board Vacancy
   
At the last Board meeting, the agenda identified that the Board would vote on adding a Classified representative.  The Board voted, however, to add a Parent representative.  The Board will reconsider its prior motion and, if approved, the Board will reconsider the Resolution re Board Vacancy.
ACTION ITEM:  motion to reconsider the Resolution re Board Vacancy.
   
VI. Closed Session
  A. Conference with Legal Counsel: Pending Litigation
   
Discussion on pending litigation pursuant to paragraph (a) of Government Code § 54956.9:  two (2) matters.
  B. 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: UTLA
  C. 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

  D. Public Employee Performance Evaluation
   

Title:  Executive Director

  E. Public Employee Performance Evaluation
   

Title:  Chief Business Officer

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