Da Vinci Schools

Da Vinci Schools: L.A. County Board Meeting (RISE High)

Date and Time

Wednesday September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM PDT

Location

Mona Lisa, 201 N Douglas St, El Segundo, CA 90245

Da Vinci Schools ("DV") welcomes your participation at its Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Trustees ("Board") is to conduct the affairs of DV in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our schools. To assist you in speaking/participating in our meetings, the following guidelines are provided:
 

  1. The meeting is accessible online at https://davincischools-org.zoom.us/j/98579639412 or dial (669) 444-9171 and use Meeting ID: 985 7963 9412.
  2. Agendas are available to all audience members on the Da Vinci Schools website www.davincischools.org.
  3. Audience members who wish may speak on any agenda items or under the general category of "Public Comments," which is time set aside for members of the audience to raise issues not specifically on the agenda. However, due to public meeting laws, the Board can only listen to your issue, not respond or take action. These presentations are limited to three (3) minutes each and total time allotted to non-agenda items will not exceed twenty (20) minutes. Non-English speakers who use a translator shall have six (6) minutes in which to address the Board.
  4. The Board may give direction to staff to respond to your concern or you may be offered the option of returning with a citizen-requested item.
  5. The chair will recognize such individuals who wish to speak on a specific agenda item at the appropriate time. When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to adhere to the time limits set forth, and to not repeat remarks made by those who preceded them.
  6. Any public records relating to an agenda item for an open session of the Board which are distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the Board members shall be available for public inspection at 201 N. Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245, during Business Office operating hours. Please contact the CEO's office at 310-725-5800.

The agenda and documents in the agenda packet will be made available, if requested, in appropriate alternative formats to any person with a disability as required by the ADA, 42 USC section 12132, and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. To request a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, you must contact the CEO's office at 310-725-5800 at least 48 hours before a regular meeting, and at least 12 hours before a special meeting. (Government Code § 54954.2(a)(1).)

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order Lida Jennings 1 m
  B. Record Attendance Jonathan Crouch 1 m
  C. Approve the Agenda Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   

Call for any changes to the agenda before a motion to approve the agenda is made and seconded.

 
  D. Public Comments Lida Jennings 5 m
   

Please see Notice above. The duration of individual comments and the total comment time may be adjusted at the discretion of the board chairperson. Comments will be given on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the board chairperson may direct staff to create an orderly process in the event a large number of audience members wish to speak.

 
II. Information 6:08 PM
  A. From the Board FYI Lida Jennings 5 m
  B. From the CEO/Superintendent FYI Matthew Wunder 5 m
  C. From the Assistant Superintendents FYI 10 m
  D. From the Executive Director of Special Education FYI Lynn Rodriguez 5 m
  E. Facilities Update FYI Vicente Bravo 5 m
  F. RISE High Update FYI Naomi Lara 15 m
  G. Financial Update FYI Michael Amato 15 m
III. Approval of Minutes 7:08 PM
  A. Approve Minutes of the August 13, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Approve Minutes Lida Jennings 1 m
     
IV. Action Items 7:09 PM
  A. Accept July 2025 Check and EFT Transactions Per Management Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   

Board is responsible for approving checks and EFT payments over $10K. This register shows payments exceeding $10K made directly out of the RISE Bank Account and Paid by Da Vinci that have a RISE-allocated share. 

 
  B. Ratify 2024-25 Renewal Agreement between HopSkipDrive and Da Vinci RISE High Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   

 

  • HopSkipDrive is the primary transportation service used to transport students to campus. Total amount not to exceed is $163,000.
  • Renewal Agreement covers all schools, including RISE, under Da Vinci's name and RISE is billed separately for usage.
 
  C. Approve Agreement between The Smith College School for Social Work and Da Vinci RISE High Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   

Agreement to provide practicum experience for social work students at no cost to RISE.

 
  D. Approve Revised 2025-26 Grades and Achievement Board Policy Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
  E. Approve Updated 2025-26 RISE High School Graduation Requirements Policy Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
V. Closed Session 7:14 PM
  A. Conference with Legal Counsel Discuss Lida Jennings 30 m
   
  • Anticipated Litigation (Gov. Code §54956.9(d)(2)) - 1 matter
  • Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release (Gov. Code §54957(b) - 1 matter
 
  B. Reconvene for Public Session & Closed Session Reporting FYI Lida Jennings 1 m
VI. Closing Items 7:45 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   

Call for motion to adjourn.