Da Vinci Schools

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

Date and Time

Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM PST

Location

  • 201 N Douglas St. El Segundo, CA 90245
  • Da Vinci RISE High – Richstone
    13634 Cordary Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250
  • Da Vinci RISE High – A Place Called Home
    2901 S. Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90011

Da Vinci Schools: LA County ("DVLAC") 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 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:
 

  1. The meeting is accessible online at https://davincischools-org.zoom.us/j/95261963725 or dial (669) 900-6833 and use Meeting ID: 952 6196 3725.
  2. Agendas are available to all audience members on the Da Vinci Schools: LA County website https://dvrise.davincischools.org/.
  3. Meeting held at 201 N. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245, Da Vinci RISE High – Richstone 13634 Cordary Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250, and Da Vinci RISE High – A Place Called Home 2901 S. Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90011.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Lida Jennings 1 m
  B. Record Attendance and Guests   Elaine Salango 1 m
  C. Approval of 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 6 m
   
Please see Notice above.
 
II. Information: Board Comments and/or Administrative Reports 6:09 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 Erin Whalen, Michelle Rainey, Steve Wallis 10 m
  D. RISE High Update FYI Naomi Lara 15 m
  E. Financial Update FYI Michael Amato 10 m
   
  • November Financial Statements
 
  F. Facilities Update FYI Vicente Bravo 5 m
III. Approval of Minutes 6:59 PM
  A. Approve Minutes of the December 3, 2024 Regular Board Meeting Approve Minutes Lida Jennings 1 m
   

Approve minutes for Da Vinci Schools: L.A. County Board Meeting (RISE High) on December 3, 2024.

 
     
IV. Action Items 7:00 PM
  A. Accept November 2024 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 Resource Specialist Caseload Waiver Request, Administrator Supplemental Form Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
  C. Approve 2024-25 School Accountability Report Card (SARC) for Da Vinci RISE High Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
  D. Acknowledge Receipt of the 2023-24 LACOE End-of-Year Reports Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   

Includes the LACOE Instructional Program Review and Governance Review.

 
V. Closed Session 7:04 PM
  A. Conference with Legal Counsel Discuss Lida Jennings 45 m
   

Anticipated Litigation (Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(2)) - 1 matter

 
VI. Closing Items 7:49 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Lida Jennings 1 m
   
Call for motion to adjourn.