El Camino Real Charter High School

Regular Board meeting

4-28-2025 Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday April 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM PDT

Location

El Camino Real Charter High School - North Campus

 

7401 Shoup Avenue West Hills CA 91307

 

Meeting can also be seen and heard at:

 

Media Center (Main Campus) - 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 on the school's website (https://ecrchs.net - click the ECR Board tab).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD BY PARENTS AND OTHER MEETING ATTENDEES: 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:
 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

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 during the Public Comments periods. 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. 

 

NOTE: Public Comments, effective with the March 24th, 2022, Regular Board Meeting, are limited to two (2) minutes and total time allotted to all agenda and 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 be permitted 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 the item(s) on your “Request to Speak” form and you will be given an opportunity to speak for up to three (3) minutes before the item is addressed, 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 be permitted 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.
 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS: Effective September 2022, public comments presentations at all ECRA Regular and Special Board Meetings and at 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 inperson Board Meetings. Powered by BoardOnTrack 2 of 4 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.

Consent Agenda: All matters listed under the consent agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and may 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 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 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Brad Wright 1 m
  B. Record Attendance and Guests   Ryan Guinto 1 m
  C. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America (USA)   David Hussey 1 m
  D. Public Comments   Public 30 m
   

“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 during the Public Comments periods. 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.

 

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

 

 
  E. Executive Director Update   David Hussey 10 m
  F. Chief Business Officer Update   Janneyra Verduzco 10 m
  G. Board Chair Update Discuss Brad Wright 10 m
II. Consent 7:03 PM
  A. Approve Minutes of March 4, 2025, Special Board Meeting Approve Minutes Brad Wright 1 m
  B. Approve Minutes of February 27, 2025 Regular Board meeting Approve Minutes Brad Wright 1 m
  C. Discuss and Vote on the March 2025 Check Registers Vote Janneyra Verduzco 15 m
     
     
     
     
  D. Discuss and Vote on the March 2025, Credit Card Charges Vote Janneyra Verduzco 15 m
     
     
III. Finance 7:35 PM
  A. March 2025 Investment Update Discuss Janneyra Verduzco 15 m
   

Janneyra Verduzco, Director of Accounting and Finance, will present the March, 2025 ECRCHS Investment Update.

 
     
  B. March 2025 Financial Update Discuss Janneyra Verduzco 15 m
   

Janneyra Verduzco, Director of Accounting and Finance, will present the March, 2025 Financial Update and answer any questions. 

 
     
     
     
  C. Discussion and Review of the 2023-2024 IRS Form 990 (Non-Profit Tax Return) Discuss Janneyra Verduzco 15 m
   

Janneyra Verduzco, Director of Accounting and Finance, will present the review of the 2023-2024 IRS Form 990 (Non-Profit Tax Return) and answer any questions. 

 
     
IV. Closed Session 8:20 PM
  A. Conference with Labor Negotiators Discuss David Hussey 30 m
   

Conference with labor negotiators pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54957.6.
 

Agency Designated Representatives:  David Hussey, Executive Director; Gregory Wood, Chief Business Officer; Vania Rodriguez, Director of Human Resources; Roger Scott, Legal Counsel.
 

Employee Organization:  United Teachers Los Angeles.

 
  B. Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release (§54957) Discuss David Hussey 30 m
   

Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release Pursuant to Paragraph (1) of subdivision (B) of Government Code Section 54957

 
  C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Discuss Roger Scott 30 m
   

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

 
  D. Conference with Labor Negotiators Discuss Brad Wright 15 m
   

Conference with labor negotiators pursuant to subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54957.6.


Agency Designated Representatives:  David Hussey, Executive Director; Gregory Wood, Chief Business Officer; Roger Scott, Legal Counsel.

 

All Unrepresented Certificated and Classified Employees, including, but not limited to the following:

 

Administrative Directors

 

Classified Management, including:

 

Marketing and Communications Outreach Coordinator (260)

Plant Manager, Buildings & Grounds (260)

Manager, Accounting and Finance (260)

Payroll Manager (260)

Manager, Information Systems (260)

Director, Human Resources (260)

Director, Accounting & Finance (260)

Director, Student & Teacher Technology (260)

 
  E. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Discuss Gregg Solkovits / Brad Wright 15 m
   

Title: Executive Director

 
  F. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Discuss Alexandra Ramirez / Brad Wright 15 m
   

Title: Chief Business Officer

 
V. Reconvene to Open Session 10:35 PM
  A. Report on Actions Taken in Closed Session, If Any Discuss Brad Wright 5 m
  B. Possible Vote on One-TIme Bonus 3.5% for Unrepresented Certificated and Classified Employees Vote Brad Wright 15 m
   

All Unrepresented Certificated and Classified Employees, including, but not limited to the following:

 

Administrative Directors

 

Classified Management, including:

 

Marketing and Communications Outreach Coordinator (260)

Plant Manager, Buildings & Grounds (260)

Manager, Accounting and Finance (260)

Payroll Manager (260)

Manager, Information Systems (260)

Director, Human Resources (260)

Director, Accounting & Finance (260)

Director, Student & Teacher Technology (260)

 
VI. Closing Items 10:55 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Brad Wright 1 m