Aurum Preparatory Academy
Minutes
Aurum Board of Directors
Date and Time
Thursday January 24, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Location
1034 66th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94621
Directors Present
J. Jordan, J. Weinstein-Carnes, L. Garcia Giacomo
Directors Absent
A. Benedetto, K. Fliss, P. James, V. Toke
Guests Present
D. Hardin
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
J. Weinstein-Carnes called a meeting of the board of directors of Aurum Preparatory Academy to order on Thursday Jan 24, 2019 at 6:13 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Aurum Mission and GOLD Values
II. Governance
A.
Governance Committee Report
J. Weinstein-Carnes presented the Governance Committee report.
B.
Board Development
C.
Board Match San Francisco
Aurum has applied to participate in Board Match San Francisco on March 4th.
III. Finance
A.
Finance Committee Report
J. Jordan presented the Finance Committee report.
IV. Academic
A.
Academic and Recruitment Committee Report
L. Giacomo presented the Academic Committee report.
V. Executive Director Report
A.
Executive Director Report
- Two staffing changes from December to January.
- Mr. Demos, English Teacher, resigned. Mrs. Evans is stepping in.
- Mrs. Frush was hired as a Humanities Teacher.
- Dedicating sufficient funds to staff recruitment is essential.
- Looking into feasibility of hiring a Dean of Students for 19-20 SY.
- MAP testing is in; early results suggest that, on average, students have grown between .5 - .75 years.
- Have started conducting contract meetings with parents to discuss interventions for students.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:24 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
J. Weinstein-Carnes
J. Weinstein-Carnes made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
J. Jordan seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.