Alison Sickler and Ashley Chatman addressed the Finance Committee to propose increasing the number of PTO days from 5 to 10. As it was a public comment item, the Finance Committee did not respond. The item will be agendized for the next Finance Committee meeting. 

 

Academic Excellence Report

1. Curriculum Purchases for next year: Science has requested trial curricula for Q4; Cost is a range of $5-$135 / per student
2. Discussion of next year's bell schedule: looking at a proposal of 6 period day (63 min per period)
3. Need for greater response to students with social-emotional concerns: looking at SEL support

• Questions and Discussion with the Finance Committee:
• Do we have a timeline for decisions?
  • Curriculum - Science to commit to a number by end of April. Bell schedule - by Spring intersession. 
• How would we test that the six period day was increasing student achievement? 
  • Increase in SBAC and MAP scores
  • Decrease in Discipline referrals
  • What would be the number of minutes total for instruction/week
    • Can we quantify staff time change and budget impact of the change? 
    • The change would be to a 45 minute/week reduction due to more passing periods between classes.
  • Some teachers felt like it could take a year to build up to a model like this.

Budget Development

• Running behind due to many factors: LCAP reporting, focus is currently on Second Interim Budget Report
• Ceiba is working on LCAP review with stakeholders
• Discussion on identifying possible new expenditures for 19/20
  • Student Uniforms
  • Campus Supervisor
  • Student Information System
  • Staff Compensation: a request has been made for a formal compensation study

Suggestion is that Ceiba brings proposed action to the Board when drawdown is requested from this loan.

• Ensure consistency with plan presented to Santa Cruz County Bank
• Work with DMS on making sure the plan to pay it down is intact
• Finance Committee looks at loan and statements
• Finance Committee Discussion
  • We trust the school to procedurally take the action on the loan
  • Would be good to bring a check register to Finance Committee for loan-related purposes
  • Big ticket items will have contracts with them and will go to Board for approval
  • What is the Board-approval threshold (When is a second signature required?)
    • $5,000. There had been discussion to increase it. Some Districts are at $10,000.

One contract in place with Wald, Ruhnke, & Dost for scope of repair.
Second contract with WRD would cover specific drawings and project management

• Will need to be reviewed and approved by the Board

Science Classroom remodel

• Still working out a few final details

3/7 Agenda:
PTO request
Compensation study
Budget development
Preview of Second Interim with DMS' Joanne Fountain