Pulling Transportation

Homecoming
Dual Enrollment at Cabrillo
Los Altos High School Visit
College Trip to Oregon/Washington was postponed


 

Parent leaders attended the Board meeting to report on their work and to share their perspective on school culture. The Parent Leadership group meets on Saturdays and has good attendance and participation. An issue has come up about school culture and achievement results. There is a concern that student behavior (some students not behaving in class) is distracting fellow students and impeding learning. 

The key questions are:
1) How do we get the students struggling with behavior back into class and on track to get to college?
2) Is the decline in state test scores (from the former test to the new test), SAT and ACT scores resulting from the discipline issues?
3) What has changed at Ceiba over the years? Is it the enforcement of the rules? Is it follow-through and reporting (i.e., "Paychecks" are no longer issued to high school students)?
4) What can parents do to support school climate?

This issue will continue to be discussed at Parent Leadership, the committee level (Academic Excellence) and at the Board level. 

Enrollment/Attendance:

Month 1 Attendance: lower than usual due to vacations and summer programs. 
Enrollment: lost 10 students between 8th and 9th grade (16/17 to 17/18 summer); exit interviews are conducted when possible

Facilities: reviewed document with list of maintenance done on the building since 7/1/17; A/C failure in Room 139 was discussed

Athletics: cross country season is on

 
Jodi Jones from DMS joined the meeting on conference call

• Update for financials up to 8/31
  • YTD budget v actuals
  • ADA: Budget or Enrollment snapshot
    • Seem to be on target. ADA will start to increase from Month 1 and get back to the norm
  • Balance Sheet
    • Charters don't necessarily accrue receivables each quarter or month
    • Final accruals will be included in year end balance sheet
  • Cash Flow report
    • Expenditures by month
    • Update future months with shifts or changes
  • Future Reports:
    • SB740 Analysis
    • Activities: instructional, facilities, 
    • Comparison of financials vs other schools and similar size
  • Narrative: Highlight areas where Board members might want to know more about
• ADA target
  • Trajectory will get us very close to the budgeted target
  • P2 ADA attendance info will be reported in March
  • July assumed 499.55 ADA for budget year
    • Current pace shows us short $69,000 
  • Local Revenue;
    • Will be updating First Interim budget to parse this out 
• Cash Flow
  • On-track and looks good
  • Will have next financial update with activity through September
• December Board meeting will include the First Interim budget review and approval with activity through 10/31.
• Balance sheet
  • Ending cash looks good
  • July to December based off end of last year
    • LCFF funding also very low in the first few months
• Budget
  • 2.3% variances of budget vs actual to date; very close

Postponed to next meeting due to concerns about time. 

Postponed to next meeting due to concerns about time. 

MAP Results
Fast 40 Attendance

• On average 165 students attend Fast 40
• 50 % assigned enrichments attend, 75 % assigned interventions attend
• Roughly 40% total student body attend Fast 40
  • Can present out numbers at next meeting to see how intervention affects scores

Discipline

• 40% referrals end up in lunch detention
• Friday detention: 11 students on average

Intersession

• 90% attending are middle school
• 110 total students attending Intersession
• No credit recovery this time around

Skipped for time concerns

i. Brunetti:
Silicon Valley Latino Declaration Day
Foundation: Senior Support; Scholarships; David Hunter proposed for Foundation Board; additional Board recruiting is on hold; Community Development could assist with recruiting additional Board members when we move forward with recruitment. 

Question from a board member: 

• Are students aware that all the rules still apply when they are at work during school hours?

For next board meeting

This policy would allow school attendance review team to work with District to get chronically truant students back to school.

There was no public comment. 

The student and parent attended the Closed Session and addressed the Board. 

The Board took action to approve the recommendation for the student expulsion. 

No discussion.