Voices College-Bound Language Academies
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5:00 PM
Location
14271 Story Rd. San Jose, CA 95127
Directors Present
A. Miller, C. Holley, D. Richards, K. McCaw (remote), S. Reyes, S. Sandoval
Directors Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C. Holley called a meeting of the board of directors of Voices College-Bound Language Academies to order on Thursday Oct 29, 2015 at 5:05 PM.
C.
Public comment
No public comments.
D.
Public Hearing - TK waiver for Morgan Hill & Mt. Pleasant
no public comment
II. Consent items
A.
Order of Agenda
S. Reyes made a motion to order of agenda.
D. Richards seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
B.
Approve Minutes
A. Miller made a motion to approve minutes as amended from the Meeting on 09-12-15 Annual Meeting and Retreat on 09-12-15.
D. Richards seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
passed by A.Miller, S.Servando, D.Richards, S.Reyes, C.Cathy.
III. Closed Session
A.
Evaluation of performance per Gov't Code 54957(b)
No action taken during closed session.
IV. Reconvene Open Session
A.
Report on Closed Session
Reconvene open session at 5:40PM. No action taken.
V. Action Items
A.
7/24/15 Action Items
D. Richards made a motion to approve 7/24/15 agenda items.
S. Sandoval seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
roll call; S.Reyes, S.Sandoval, D.Richards, C.Holley.
B.
Elect Board Officers
F.Teso discussed election of board officers.
S. Reyes made a motion to elect D.Richard as chair & K.McGraw as vice-chair.
C. Holley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
roll call; D.Richards, S.Reyes, C.Holley, S.Sandoval, A. Miller.
C.
Approve LEA Plan - Voices Morgan Hill, Voices Mt. Pleasant, Voices (FMSD)
F.Teso discussed LEA plan for Voices-MH, Voices-MP & Voices-FMSD. LEA plans must be approved by local board.
S. Sandoval made a motion to approve LEA plans for Voices Morgan Hill, MP & FMSD.
S. Reyes seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call: S.Reyes, D.Richards, C.Holley, S.Sandoval, A.Miller.
D.
TK Waiver request (MH and MP)
F.Teso discussed waiver request for Voices Morgan Hill & Voices Mt. Pleasant.
D. Richards made a motion to approve the amended TK waiver.
S. Reyes seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call; S.Reyes, S.Sandoval, D.Richards, C.Holley, A.Miller.
VI. Information Items
A.
Financial Update
M.Buerger presented financial updates.
B.
Academic Update
F. Teso presented DashBoard for all three school sites.
C.
Governance Committee Report
D.Richards presented the following updates on Governance Committee; recruit more board members, goals to increase number of board members, risk & challenges, compliance as a board, scheduling a training for Brown Act.
VII. Closing Items
A.
Future Board Business
F.Teso will update Dashboard to separate TK vs Kinder. F.Teso to follow up and report CALPADS (20 Day Report) submission data for F/R students reported.
B.
Adjourn Meeting
D. Richards made a motion to Adjourn meeting.
S. Reyes seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call; S.Reyes, C.Holley, D.Richards, S.Sandoval, A.Miller.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:02 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Ramirez