Opening Items

Mission: Through rigorous instruction and positive character education, Aurum Preparatory Academy Charter School (“Aurum Prep”) educates all of its students, grades 6 – 8, to succeed in high school, college, and life and to serve as the next generation of moral leaders.

GOLD Values

• Growth
• Optimism and Courage
• Leadership and Learning
• Designing 

Each member of the public who wishes to comment will be allowed two minutes. This may be reduced to one minute in the event of many speakers due to limited time available on the agenda. 

On non-agenda items, due to state law, the Board cannot take action on such items. Public comment will be accepted, but the Board is not expected to respond. The Board may give direction to look into the issue and or schedule consideration for a future agenda.

Governance

Recommendations:

• Board meets every month except November and July 
• Finance Committee meets once a month.
• Governance meets every other month.
• Academic meets every other month.

Rationale: 

• This would ease the burden on the board, allowing us to deepen engagement where it counts.
• This would help us recruit new board members. We need to reduce the commitment: focus on quality of the time we’re engaging, not the quantity.

Recommendations: 

• Disband Development Committee; replace with monthly individual development reports.
• Revisit the board contribution goal. We will not go below the baseline.
  • Recommended Revised contribution $1,000-$1,500

1. Quest Grant
2. Week Without Walls Exhibition and Dinner: 11/16/19 from 4-5
3. Recruitment
4. Ordering or organizing some kind of treats for the students for Halloween
5. Finish any outstanding Epicenter tasks

1. Address all email/BoardOnTrack access issues
2. Ensure all Board Members know how to use BoardOnTrack
   • Review procedures for Committee Meetings and Brown Act Compliance (via BoardOnTrack)
3. Ensure all Committee Meetings for the 2018-19 SY are Scheduled 

Finance

Academic

CEO Support And Eval