Voices College-Bound Language Academies
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Sunday July 30, 2017 at 1:00 PM
Location
Westin Hotel 302 S. Market St. San Jose, CA. 95113
Instructions For Presentations To The Board By Parents and Citizens
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- 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 items.
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Directors Present
A. Miller, D. Arambula, D. Cadette, D. Richards, D. Vo, H. Glover, K. McCaw, K. Wisckol, S. Reyes, S. Sandoval
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
M. De Solorzano
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
D. Richards called a meeting of the board of directors of Voices College-Bound Language Academies to order on Sunday Jul 30, 2017 at 1:13 PM.
C.
Approve Order of Agenda
S. Reyes made a motion to approve.
D. Arambula seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Agenda has been approved with the exception of Section IV., Annual credit card report was removed from consent agenda.
D.
Public Comment (on items not on the Agenda)
No public comment.
II. Board Business: Consent Items
A.
Approve Minutes
D. Cadette made a motion to approve minutes from the Voices Board Meeting on 06-09-17 Voices Board Meeting on 06-09-17.
D. Arambula seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Approve Contract(s) Over $15,000
D. Cadette made a motion to approve.
D. Arambula seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
C.
Approve Donation
D. Cadette made a motion to approve.
D. Arambula seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
D.
Approve 17-18 Voices Flagship Calendar and Instructional Minutes (revised)
D. Cadette made a motion to approve.
D. Arambula seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
E.
Approve Title IX Policy
K. Wisckol made a motion to approve.
H. Glover seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
F.
Annual Credit Card and Bank Authorization Update
Bank Authorization was approved and credit card authorization was removed form this item.
III. Information Item(s)
A.
Network Priorities
F. Teso presented network priorities for the organization.
Board asked questions to the CAO and CEO.
Board asked questions to the CAO and CEO.
B.
Academic Report
E. Aguilar presented the academic report for Flagship 3rd to 8th grade. E. Aguilar communicated the actions taking to assist the late entry students and academic priorities to assist students who are not exceeding grade goals.
Board asked clarifying questions.
Board asked clarifying questions.
C.
Annual Brown Act Training
F. Teso distributed training deck. Further Brown Act training will conducted at future meetings.
IV. Board Business: Discussion/Action Items
A.
Financials Report, 17-18 CMO Budget and Approval
M. Buerguer communicated the current financial updates for Voices. B. Nuthals presented the consolidated financial statement for June for the CMO and all three schools.
D. Arambula made a motion to approve.
S. Sandoval seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
B.
Development Plan
M. Moore communicated development report for Voices. M Moore discussed the plan for 17-18 and strategies taking place to strengthen connections.
V. Closing Items
A.
Norms Check and Future Business
Future business for the next meeting will be further Brown Act training. The Board also discussed the norms used during today's meeting.
B.
Adjourn Meeting
D. Richards made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
D. Cadette seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 3:45 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. De Solorzano