AIMS K-12 College Prep Charter District
Minutes
[Board] Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday June 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Location
Date and Time
Tuesday June 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM PDT
Location
171 12th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
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Directors Present
M. Menendez, M. Sweet, T. Lacsado
Directors Absent
K. Kean, S. Leung
Guests Present
A. Banihashemi, A. Genova, A. Lee, A. Peacock, J. Brown (remote), J. Winn, cennie.valeri@aimsk12.org, irene.stroseman@aimsk12.org, osondu.harambe@aimsk12.org
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Adopt Agenda
Changes:
- 3H: Replace Director Sweet for Wesley Jacques
- 3A: Updated contract
- Strike non-action items from the agenda
D.
Public Comment on Action Items
E.
Public Comment on Non-Action Items
No public comment on non-action items
II. Reports
A.
Board Report
N/A
B.
Executive Director's Report
- ACOE presentation and MOU update/tracker
- Final Board Meeting for Interim Executive Director Menendez
C.
Complaints Update
June:
High school complaint (building maintenance, HVAC)
Director of Operations is working with OUSD
III. Action Items
A.
Superintendent Contract Approval
- Permanent Superintendent
- Laresha Huffman appointed, start date July 20th (only contract update)
B.
Charter Renewal Materials
- Director Sweet will be working on charter renewal for the summer
- ELA and math numbers slightly went down but still above standards
- Enrollment drop
C.
Title lll MOU
- Funds for EL
- Staff support, events, field trips, curriculum
D.
ESY
- 8 ESY students for 20 days 9-12
- Goal progress = success
E.
Contract Extension for Vended Food Service
- Lunchmasters 2026-2027
- Meal service
- 10-16 cent increase
- Comparison to other school districts (Follow-up: August BOD Meeting)
F.
OUSD AIMS Middle School Closure
- OUSD provided closure checklist
- 6 month process
- Board approval for two items
- Primary designee: Noah Bradley (contractor)
- Primary AIMS Designees: Cennie Valeri (Manager of Enrollment & Records) & Dr. St Roseman (Director of Teaching & Learning)
Noah Bradley drafted timeline based off OUSD checklist and disregarded items due to absorption of MS into AIPCS ll
G.
Student & Family Handbook Updates
- Uniform update: black top option for 6-8 & 9-12; must have AIMS logo (amendment: addition of K-5)
- Beginning of year absences outreach process
- Midyear absences outreach process
- Involuntary Withdrawn = Unresponsive after multiple efforts
- Hearing option for families
- Modeled after similar charter schools
- Tardy sweep: periodically checking attendance
H.
Short Term Contracts
- 6 months without Director of Communications
- New superintendent: department overview
- Not full year, temporary 3 month contract
- Interim Manager of SPED
- New superintendent: have a say/participate in interviewing process
- 2 months contract extension
- Only other interim position in district
- Cabinet level position
- Participate in panel for position (proposal with dates & times & role in process)
- Bridge between Mr. Menendez and Ms. Huffman
- Wesley Jacques to be support for transition (5 weeks)
I.
Extension of Board Member Term
- Director Leung original term end date was June 2026
- Plan to recruit new board members difficulties
- Extend to end of calendar year while member search continues
J.
Board Meeting Calendar 26-27
- First Thursday: Committee Meetings
- Third Thursday: Regular Board Meetings
- Aligns with deadlines
- April & June exceptions: Spring Break, Budget Approval
- Amendment: Remove Committee Meetings in August
IV. Non-Action Items
A.
Staffing 26-27
Struck from agenda
B.
MTSS Update
Struck from agenda
V. CLOSED SESSION
A.
Public Comment on Closed Session Items
No public comment on closed session items
Adjourn into closed session at 8:04 PM
B.
Public Employees: Discipline/Dismissals/Release
Pursuant to Section 54957
C.
Interim Executive Director - End of Year Evaluation
Pursuant to Section 54957
D.
Report Out of Closed Session
Director Sweet reported out of closed session at 8:40 PM
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
B.
Accessibility Notice
AIMS is committed to ensuring accessible participation for individuals with disabilities. Disability-related modifications or accommodations needed to take part in this meeting may be requested by contacting Abigail Genova at 510-220-1730 at least 24 hours in advance, if possible, so appropriate arrangements can be made.
No public comment on action items