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El Camino Real Charter High School

Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday June 23, 2022 at 5:00 PM PDT

Location

Main Campus - Little Theater (Grieb)

ATTENTION:


WE HAVE RETURNED TO "IN-PERSON" REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS, SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS, AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

 

ONLINE AND OTHER ACCESS TO REGULAR BOARD MEETING MATERIALS:

For board meeting materials, including meeting agenda and documentation to be discussed and/or included in support of items on which the Board will vote, we encourage you to access, review, and download all materials that are posted on the school's website (https://ecrchs.net - click the ECR Board tab, Board Materials link).  

 

If you need assistance or access otherwise, please feel free to come to our main office on the main campus or contact our main office at 818 595-7500.   

INSTRUCTIONS FOR IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMENTS 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, we gladly provide you the following guidelines: 

 

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.”  

 

3. Please provide your completed "Request to Speak" form to Dr. Lowry, Director, Human Resources and Compliance, prior to the item on which you would like to speak and/or prior to "Public Comments."

 

4. “Public Comments” time is set aside for members of the audience to raise issues that are not specifically on the agenda. 

 

NOTE: Due to public meeting laws, the Board can only listen to your issue, not respond or take action.   

 

5.  IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS: 

 

Effective May 19th, 2022, public comments presentations at all ECRA Regular and Special Board Meetings and Committee Meetings must be made in person.  

 

There is no obligation on the part of the school to have a school official read public comments during in-person Board Meetings.  

 

A member of the public is welcome to appear at the Board meeting to make a public comment or make arrangements with another person in attendance to speak on the person's behalf.                  

 

6. "Public Comments" presentations are limited to two (2) 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 an oral interpreter, in order to receive the same opportunity as others to directly address the Board, shall be permitted twice the allotted time to speak. 

 

7. Total time allocated to agenda items will not exceed six (6) minutes for a "Discussion" item and nine (9) minutes per "Vote" item.

 

8.  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. 

 

9. 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.  
 

10. 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 ITEMS: 

 

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.

 

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA):

 

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 David Hussey, in person, by email at comment@ecrchs.net, or by calling (818) 595-7500.
 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Brad Wright 1 m
  B. Record Attendance and Guests   Kurt Lowry 1 m
  C. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America (USA)   David Hussey 1 m
  D. Public Comments   Public 30 m
   

NOTE: These presentations, effective with the March 24th, 2022, Regular Board Meeting, are limited to two (2) minutes and total time allotted to non-agenda items will not exceed thirty (30) minutes.

 

PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOVE IN AGENDA NOTICE REGARDING "REQUEST TO SPEAK" FORMS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.  THANK YOU. 

  
  E. Executive Director Update   David Hussey 10 m
  F. Chief Business Officer Update   Gregory Wood 10 m
     
  G. Committee Updates Discuss Brad Wright 10 m
  H. Board Chair Report   Brad Wright 10 m
II. Consent 6:13 PM
  A. Approve Minutes of June 2nd, 2022, Special Board Meeting Approve Minutes Brad Wright 1 m
    Minutes for Special Board Meeting on June 2, 2022  
  B. Review and Vote on May 2022 Check Registers Vote Gregory Wood 5 m
   

ACTION ITEM:  motion to approve the May 2022 Check Registers.

  
     
     
     
     
  C. Review and Vote on May 2022 Credit Card Charges Vote Gregory Wood 5 m
   

ACTION ITEM:  motion to approve the May 2022 Credit Card charges.

  
     
     
III. Investment 6:24 PM
  A. May 2022 Investment Update Discuss Gregory Wood 10 m
   

Gregory Wood, CBO, will provide the May 2022 Investment Update. 

  
     
IV. Financial 6:34 PM
  A. May 2022 Financial Update Discuss G. Wood 10 m
   

Gregory Wood, CBO, will present the May 2022 Financial Update.

  
     
  B. Discussion and Vote on ICON School Management Contract Renewal Vote Gregory Wood 10 m
   

Mr. Wood, CBO, will lead a discussion prior to the vote on whether or not to renew the ICON School Management Services contract.

  
     
  C. Discussion and Vote on CharterSAFE Contract Renewal Vote Gregory Wood 10 m
   

Mr. Wood, CBO, will lead a discussion prior to the vote on whether or not to renew the CharterSAFE services contract. 

  
     
     
  D. Discussion and Vote on 2019-2020 Yearbook Write-Off Vote Gregory Wood 10 m
   

Mr. Wood, CBO, will lead a discussion prior to the vote on whether or not the Committee will vote to recommend that the full Board "write off" the expense of 301 yearbooks from the 2019-2020 academic year as a result of the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on yearbook sales.

  
  E. Discussion and Vote on NWEA Services Contract Extension Vote Minita Clark 10 m
   

Ms. Clark will lead a discussion prior to a Board vote on whether or not it will approve a contract extension for NWEA Services. 

  
     
V. School Business 7:24 PM
  A. Discussion and Possible Board Approval Vote on ECRA AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-2025 Vote Brad Wright 5 m
   

Mr. Wright, ECRA Board Chair, will lead a discussion prior to a vote on the ECRA AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-2025.

  
     
  B. Discussion and Vote on Turnitin Contract Vote D. Hussey/V. Roth 10 m
   

Mr. Hussey, Executive Director, and Ms. Vita Roth, English Department Chair, will lead a discussion prior to a Board vote on whether or not to approve a proposed 3-year plagiarism prevention services contract with "Turnitin."

  
     
  C. Discussion and Vote on Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) 22-23 Proposed Goals and Actions Vote Minita Clark 10 m
   

Ms. Clark, Administrative Director, will lead a discussion prior to a Vote on whether or not the Board will approve the 22-23 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) Proposed Goals and Actions.

  
     
     
  D. Discussion and Vote on Purchase of New Content Filter and Renewal of Palo Alto Firewall License Vote D. Hussey/R. Guinto 15 m
   

Mr. Hussey, Executive Director, and Mr. Guinto, Director of Technology, will lead a discussion prior to a Board vote on whether or not it will renew the Palo Alto firewall license for three (3) years and purchase the Lightspeed Content Filter contract for five (5) years. 

  
     
     
     
  E. Discussion and Vote on Network Cabling Project. Vote D. Hussey/R. Guinto 15 m
   

Mr. Hussey, Executive Director, will lead a discussion prior to the Board's vote on the network cabling project, the purpose of which is to allow the addition of CCTV cameras, vape sensors, Pixellot camera for live sports coverage, and future expansion for wireless coverage in hallways and outdoor areas.

  
     
     
     
     
  F. Discussion and Vote on Proposed 2022-2023 ECRCHS Budget Vote Gregory Wood 15 m
   

Mr. Wood will lead a discussion prior to a vote on the proposed 2022-2023 ECRHS Budget

  
     
     
     
VI. Governance 8:34 PM
  A. Discuss Upcoming ECRA Board Community Rep. Vacancy and Vote on Nominating Committee Members Discuss Brad Wright or Designee 15 m
   

The Board will discuss the Community Rep. Vacancy which will become vacant after June 30th, 2022, as well as the timeline and procedures by which the position will be filled, including the following:

 

* The Board discussed and established a Candidate Vetting and Nominating Committee during the Special Board Meeting on June 2nd, 2022, in order to receive and review candidate applications, vet candidates, and recommend up to three (3) candidates to the Full Board for consideration in filling the one (1) Community Representative position.

 

* The Board posted an official announcement on the ECRCHS website and sent it out via email to ECRCHS Community Stakeholders on Friday, June 17th, 2022, and recommends accepting candidate applications through Monday, July 18th, 2022.

 

* The Nominating Committee will review applications and vet candidates and will make its recommendation to the full Board via email on or before Thursday, July 21st, 2022.

 

* The full Board will hear from recommended candidates and vote on a final candidate at a Special Board Meeting on Thursday, July 28th, 2022. 

  
VII. Closed Session 8:49 PM
  A. Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release Discuss David Hussey 10 m
   

Public employee(s) discipline / dismissal / release pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Government Code Section 54957. 

 

 

  
  B. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation Discuss David Hussey 10 m
   

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: Five (5) cases.

  
  C. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation Discuss David Hussey 10 m
   

Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9  

Name of case:  Roe vs. ECRA, Department of Industrial Relations, State Case Number WC-CM-763048]

 

Name of case: Roe vs. ECRA, Department of Industrial Relations, State Case Number RCI-CM-806555.

  
  D. Public Employee Performance Evaluation: Executive Director Discuss Brad Wright 10 m
   

Board Chair Wright will discuss the Executive Director Performance Evaluation.

  
VIII. Reconvene to Open Session 9:29 PM
  A. Report on Actions Taken in Closed Session, If Any Discuss Brad Wright 1 m
IX. Closing Items 9:30 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Brad Wright 1 m