Aurum Preparatory Academy
Minutes
March Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
1034 66th Ave, Oakland, CA, 94621
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Directors Present
C. Davis (remote), C. Pehl (remote), E. Cardona (remote), J. Huddle (remote), V. Hayes (remote), V. Toke (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
D. Hardin (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Roll Call -- Establish Quorum
C.
Approval of the Agenda
II. Consent Items
A.
Board Retreat Meeting Minutes
B.
Board findings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e)(3)
Due to the state of emergency being lifted, this item will no longer be reviewed or voted upon going forward.
III. Information and Discussion
A.
Public Comment
B.
Working Group Updates
Discussed the results of the Storbeck meeting.
Talked about sending communications out to the parent community to keep everyone updated.
C.
Board Member Roles and Responsibility
D.
Executive Director's Report
Discussion of how student attendance has been lower than normal. (Approx. 90% for March)
Growth for students has been around 1.5 years of growth per grade.
Expectation of 50 incoming 6th graders.
The school is currently down two teachers (6th grade English and 8th grade Math).
The anticipation is that based on stated intent to return that we will have to fill the following positions:
6th grade English
8th grade English
6th grade Math
7th grade Math
IV. Action Items
A.
Back Office Provider Proposal Review
David brought to the attention of the board the need to review the responses to the RFP for a back office provider. One response has been received with the anticipation of one to two additional responses.
Will review and discuss the proposals before the next board meeting.
B.
Food Vendor RFP Review
David brought to the attention of the board the need to review the responses to the RFP for a food vendor. Will review the response from the current vendor as well as other responses that we receive.
Will discuss the proposals before the next board meeting in anticipation of a vote.
V. Closed Meeting
A.
Public Employee Performance Evaluation (ยง 54957)
B.
Closed Meeting Property Negotiations
David asked for board members to discuss the offer received from OUSD for Prop 39 and determine if the board accepts the offer.
After discussion, C. Pehl motioned to reject the offer and notify OUSD of the school's intent to stay at Acts for an additional school year.
J. Huddle seconded the motion.
Motion passed unanimously.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Board Comments
Discussed the possibility of meeting with faculty and staff at next professional development session on 4/12 @ 3pm.
B.
Next Board Meeting
Next board meeting will be on April 27th @ 6pm at Aurum.
C. Pehl motioned to approved agenda
V. Hayes seconded motion.
Motion passed unanimously.