AIMS K-12 College Prep Charter District
Minutes
Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Location
171 12th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
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Directors Present
K. Kean, M. Menendez, M. Sweet, S. Leung, T. Lacsado
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
A. Banihashemi, A. Genova, A. Lee, A. Peacock, C. Jordan (remote), J. Brown, J. Li (remote), J. Winn (remote), cennie.valeri@aimsk12.org, irene.stroseman@aimsk12.org, nathan.bernhard-beckham@aimsk12.org (remote), osondu.harambe@aimsk12.org, peyton.pierce@aimsk12.org (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Adopt Agenda
D.
Public Comment on Action Items
E.
Public Comment on Non-Action Items
No public comment on non-agenda items.
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Minutes
III. Reports
A.
Board Report
Governance Committee: Superintendent Search Update
Continuing screening interviews
Zoom interviews soon
Finalists in-person interviews following
B.
Executive Director's Report
MOU & LCAP Compliance
Teaching & Learning
HR & Staffing - over 80% retention at both locations
SPED
Enrollment & Budget
- Governors Revision
- SP740
- Material Revision
C.
Complaints Update
1 Formal complaint in May - HR is investigating
IV. Action Items
A.
Employee Value Proposition Resolution
- Further research into overall employee compensation: salaries, benefits, retirement, credentialing, professional development, etc
- Suggest recruiting a consultant to resolve overall employee benefits package
B.
Facilities Solutions Exploration Resolution
- Short & long term exploration for facilities and/or upgrades for both schools.
- High school faces most challenges, K-8 building AIMS owns
- Bring staff into the conversation more thoroughly in the Fall
-CFIG facilities grant?
C.
Handbook Updates
Handbook additions:
- consensual relationship policy
- blackout dates
Take to June Governance meeting for deeper discussion and thoughts.
D.
High School Instructional Materials
Long term curriculum evaluation
ACOE due date May 29th
E.
Board Policy Proposal - Limiting Assistance with Immigration Enforcement at School Sites
AB49 Legal Requirement
F.
Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators
OUSD - MS, HS
ACOE - AIPCS ll
Projected needs of credentialed teachers.
Potential need reflected off of master calendar.
Updated to show alignment with staffing plan.
Induction and training for staff.
Emergency credentials.
OUSD - MS, HS
ACOE - AIPCS ll
Projected needs of credentialed teachers.
Potential need reflected off of master calendar.
Updated to show alignment with staffing plan.
Induction and training for staff.
Emergency credentials.
V. Non-Action Items
A.
Enrollment Plan & Student Recruitment Update
Enrollment projections - increase
Strategic reality - internal & external
Outreach & Engagement - Black Joy Parade, Lunar New Year Parade, BMA School Choice Fair, etc
Future training for staff members
Family engagement & touch points
Panorama surveys to strengthen retention & school experience
EDDM 2027-2028 for TK
Upcoming engagement: summer & fall
Follow-ups: phone call, biweekly newsletter
SPED: being at family engagement events
Marketing/Media Potential
Summer engagement is crucial
B.
SPED Assessment Update
5 areas of focus:
- Compliance
- Service delivery
- Family engagement
- Staff training
- Equity and access
Re-engaging focus groups
Solicit feedback
Develop full strategic 5 year plan
8/10 Meetings scheduled
More collaborative time with staff and ELOP
Reducing costs:
- less outsourcing
- ed specialist own academic testing
- governors revision (budget increase for sped)
Teach smart - interns
Own AIMS ED specialists pay scale
Certified nurse, eye specialist
Continued Partnership for program rebuilding?
- What are the partnerships that we need? - implementation partnership
C.
WestEd Report (ACOE MOU Partner)
MOU required 3rd party for data analysis consultant - WestEd
Contract ends June
Effort and leadership from Interim Executive Director Menendez
Transparency and collaboration throughout leadership in the organization
Next Tuesday, May 26, ACOE meeting for MOU and material revision
D.
ASES Budget Update
Move to finance committee for further review.
E.
LCAP Public Hearing
Need complete date from this year, analysis of data and budget for that.
K-8
ACOE gave detailed feedback of 2025-2026 LCAP
5 areas of growth
- Funding for EL, foster care, low income scholars
- Kept LCAP goals
- 4 to 7 actions for each goal
- Community collaboration and input
- DTS system : ensure correct LCAP formatting and visual compliance prior to final report
HS
- Estimated off 355 students for next year
- 3rd year of LCAP
- 3 goals
- 100% A-G completion
- Continuous improvement focus: school climate, college & career readiness
- Educational Partners Engagement
- Key feedback: stronger tier 1 instruction, reduced chronic absenteeism, improve instructional consistency, etc
- Areas of need: ELA performance, mathematics performance, chronic absenteeism, etc
- Goal 1: academic achievement, college & career readiness (key actions)
- Goal 2: school climate & student engagement
- Goal 3: high-performing organization
- block schedule implementation (2026-2027) 8 classes total, 90 minute classes
Too many action items? Quality over quantity?
Crosswalk between 2 plans, coherent K-12 plans - Heads of Schools, Director of Teaching & Learning
F.
Budget Public Hearing
Based off Enrollment projections, 1 time grant proposal, SPED increase (May revision)
AIPCS ll
- Mild surplus per year
MS
- Slight deficit per year
HS
- Mild surplus per year
How increase in SPED revenue will impact SPED
Missing MS LCAP (3 LCAPs, 3 Budgets)
Salary utilized actual contract data or open positions, up-to-date
With adjustment to enrollment, continue to see balance and project slight increases in revenue.
Reschedule June Board Meeting - Budget due June 15th
VI. Closed Session
A.
Public Comment on Closed Session Items
Director Kean called for Closed Session at 8:06 PM.
B.
Legal Matters – Pre-litigation Update
Pursuant to Section 54956.9
C.
Public Employment
Pursuant to Section 54957
D.
Report Out of Closed Session
Director Kean called out of Closed Session at 8:38 PM.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
B.
Accessibility Notice
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C.
Agenda Posting Notification
I, Abigail Genova, hereby certify that the agenda for the May 19, 2026 Board Meeting was published on the AIMS website, www.aimsk12.org, on May 16, 2026.
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