Navigator Schools

Minutes

NS Special Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday May 27, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Location

Zoom
This meeting will take place via teleconference pursuant to Executive Orders N-25-20 and N-29-20.

The Board of Directors and employees of Navigator Schools shall meet via Zoom. Members of the public who wish to access this board meeting may do so online at https://zoom.us/join or via telephone by calling Zoom phone numbers: (669) 900-6833 or (646) 876-9923. The meeting ID is: 997 0260 8194. The meeting password is: 917395.

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Individual comments will be limited to three minutes. If an interpreter is needed, comments will be translated into English and the time limit shall be six minutes. At its discretion, the board may limit the total time allotted to public comments and set new time limits for individual comments. The board reserves the right to mute and remove a participant from the meeting if the participant unreasonably disrupts the meeting.

Requests for disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in this public meeting should be made forty-eight hours prior to the meeting by calling (831) 217-4894. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations. The agenda and public documents will be modified upon request as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Directors Present

Chuck Daggs (remote), Dena Koren (remote), Ian Connell (remote), JP Anderson (remote), John Flaherty (remote), Nora Crivello (remote), Shara Hegde (remote), Victor Paredes-Colonia (remote)

Directors Absent

Fiaau Ohmann

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

Dena Koren

Guests Present

Sean Martin (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

John Flaherty called a meeting of the board of directors of Navigator Schools to order on Thursday May 27, 2021 at 3:02 PM.

C.

Public Comments

II. Topical Items

A.

Approval of Assembly Bill No. 86 Learning Plan

Dena Koren arrived at 3:06 PM.
A. Orti presented the learning plans.  A. Ortiz, S. Waller, and K. Sved answered clarifying questions from board members, primarily concerning educational strategies, summer school, trauma-informed training, and guiding themes and philosophy. Main themes included student/teacher ratios, adoption of new blended learning programs, and the addition of specialized staff.
Chuck Daggs made a motion to approve the AB 86 Learning Plan for Gilroy Prep School.
Shara Hegde seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Shara Hegde
Aye
Fiaau Ohmann
Absent
Chuck Daggs
Aye
John Flaherty
Aye
Victor Paredes-Colonia
Aye
Ian Connell
Aye
Dena Koren
Aye
JP Anderson
Aye
Nora Crivello
Aye
Chuck Daggs made a motion to approve the AB 86 Learning Plan for Hollister Prep School.
JP Anderson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
John Flaherty
Aye
Chuck Daggs
Aye
Victor Paredes-Colonia
Aye
Nora Crivello
Aye
JP Anderson
Aye
Fiaau Ohmann
Absent
Shara Hegde
Aye
Ian Connell
Aye
Dena Koren
Aye
Ian Connell made a motion to approve the AB 86 Learning Plan for Watsonville Prep School.
Chuck Daggs seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Fiaau Ohmann
Absent
Victor Paredes-Colonia
Aye
Chuck Daggs
Aye
Dena Koren
Aye
Nora Crivello
Aye
JP Anderson
Aye
John Flaherty
Aye
Shara Hegde
Aye
Ian Connell
Aye

B.

Public Review of 2021-22 LCAP

K. Sved explained the purpose of the agenda item.  A. Ortiz provided a review of related documents and procedures.  I. Connell asked a question about goal-setting terminology and K. Sved provided additional information.  The board chair thanked A. Ortiz for her work on the LCAP.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

N. Crivello requested that a copy of the Navigator Schools Strategic Plan be placed in the board documents section of Board On Track for ready reference.  D. Koren recommended a review of the plan in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and N. Crivello expressed a similar interest in reviewing the organizational mission.
J. Flaherty proposed that the meeting be adjourned in honor of the victims and families of the recent tragic event in San Jose, California.
Chuck Daggs made a motion to adjourn the meeting in honor of the victims and families of the recent tragedy in San Jose.
Victor Paredes-Colonia seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Shara Hegde
Aye
John Flaherty
Aye
Chuck Daggs
Aye
Nora Crivello
Aye
Dena Koren
Aye
Victor Paredes-Colonia
Aye
Ian Connell
Aye
Fiaau Ohmann
Absent
JP Anderson
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 3:35 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Sean Martin