Da Vinci Schools
Da Vinci Schools: L.A. County Board Meeting (RISE High)
Date and Time
Wednesday October 21, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
Da Vinci Schools: L.A. County ("DVLAC") welcomes your participation at its Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors ("Board") is to conduct the affairs of DVLAC 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:
- Teleconferencing will be held through Zoom. Join the Zoom Meeting at https://zoom.us/j/96735558489, Meeting ID: 967 3555 8489, or dial (669) 900-6833.
- Agendas are available to all audience members online at https://dvrise.davincischools.org.
- 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 and total time allotted to non-agenda items will not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. Non-English speakers who use a translator shall have six (6) minutes in which to address the Board.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. For more information call the CEO's office at 310-725-5800.
Agenda
I. | Opening Items | |
Opening Items
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A. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
B. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
C. | Approval of Agenda | |
Call for any changes to the agenda before a motion to approve the agenda is made and seconded.
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D. | Public Comments | |
Please see Notice above.
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II. | Information: Board Comments and/or Administrative Reports | |
A. | From the Board | |
B. | From the CEO | |
C. | From the Executive Director | |
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D. | RISE High Update | |
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E. | Financial Update | |
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F. | Facilities Update | |
III. | Approval of Minutes | |
A. | Approve Minutes of the September 23, 2020 Regular Board Meeting | |
B. | Approve Minutes from the September 3, 2020 Special Board Meeting | |
IV. | Action Items | |
A. | Accept September 2020 Check Transactions Per Management | |
Board is responsible for approving checks over $10K. This register only shows checks exceeding $10K that have a RISE-allocated share.
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B. | Approve Da Vinci RISE High Tax Return and Filing | |
Tax return for the year ending June 30, 2019.
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C. | Approve and Adopt Da Vinci Schools: L.A. County Document Retention/Destruction Policy | |
D. | Approve and Adopt Da Vinci Schools: L.A. County Whistle-blower Policy | |
E. | Approve Revised Memorandum of Understanding between Da Vinci RISE High and A Place Called Home | |
Revisions to the previously-approved document include:
1) APCH personnel titles due to reorganization in APCH
2) Appendix deliverables for timetables of events.
3) Budget item: title changes. Cost estimates have not changed.
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F. | Approve Updated Da Vinci RISE High October 2020 Reopening Plan | |
Administration recommends to the board that Oct 26, 2020 will be the week DV RISE High starts 1-1 appointments for special education and English language learner assessments to occur on its learning sites. The Department of Public Health notice also allows for small cohorts of students (less than 10% of the school population) and less than 12 students in any teacher cohort on our campuses. DV RISE High will discuss the cohort reopening plan at the November 17 board meeting.
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G. | Approve Amended School Plan for Student Achievement for Da Vinci RISE High | |
Due to a reporting issue, some students had their race incorrectly reported as "No Response." For African American students, this impacted two students, bringing the corrected total to 41, and for Latino students, the issue impacted 44 students, bringing the corrected total to 84. The correct multiple "No Response" number for 2019-2020 is 18.
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H. | Approve Resolution to Tentatively Adopt a Conflict of Interest Code | |
L.A. County Board of Supervisors now requires charter schools within the county adopt and submit a code to them based on their template.
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I. | Approve Resolution to Adopt Da Vinci RISE High-New Earth Educational Program Policy | |
As part of the material revision, LA County Office of Education requested that Da Vinci RISE High adopt a policy further describing its partnership to support students up to age 25 with New Earth.
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V. | Closed Session | |
A. | Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation | |
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VI. | Closing Items | |
A. | Reconvene to Public Session and Closed Session Reporting | |
B. | Adjourn Meeting | |
Call for motion to adjourn.
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