Aurum Preparatory Academy

Minutes

April Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday April 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Location

1034 66th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94621

Directors Present

C. Pehl, J. Huddle (remote), V. Hayes (remote)

Directors Absent

C. Davis, E. Cardona, V. Toke

Guests Present

D. Hardin

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

V. Hayes called a meeting of the board of directors of Aurum Preparatory Academy to order on Thursday Apr 27, 2023 at 6:13 PM.

B.

Roll Call -- Establish Quorum

C.

Approval of the Agenda

There were no questions regarding the agenda.  The only issue was that the Board Member Roles and Responsibility item should be removed.

 

C. Pehl motioned to approve the agenda as written.

J. Huddle seconded the motion.

Motion passed unanimously.

II. Consent Items

A.

Board Retreat Meeting Minutes

C. Pehl made a motion to approve the minutes from March Board Meeting on 03-27-23.
J. Huddle seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. Information and Discussion

A.

Public Comment

B.

Working Group Updates

No working group updates from the April session.

 

Next working group meeting date set for 5/11/2023 @ 4:30.

C.

Board Member Roles and Responsibility

D.

Executive Director's Report

Attendance currently at 90%.

Testing next week for ELA portion of SBAC and Math testing will begin the last two weeks of May.

Graduation set for June 2, 2023 @ 3:00 - 5:30pm

Applications for enrollment currently at 99.  There are a few more applications set to come in after the enrollment deadline.

After school teacher has taken on the 7th grade math position.

6th Grade ELA position open.

7th Grade History teacher has been hired.

IV. Action Items

A.

Back Office Provider Proposal Review

Currently we only have one proposal from ExEd.  Will work to get a couple new proposals from different entities by May meeting for review.

B.

Food Vendor RFP Review

Revolution Foods and Vended Meals have submitted responses to the RFP.  The response from Vended Meals was not available to review during the meeting.  Will review both proposals during the working group and vote on the approved vendor during the May Board Meeting.

V. Closing Items

A.

Board Comments

C. Pehl discussed the need to allow more board access to parent community.  In addition, he mentioned leveraging sessions and content created by Board On Track to improve our understanding of what Academic Excellence should look like as well as developing new skill sets as a board.

 

J. Huddle agreed with having more board visibility.

 

V. Hayes stated that he would begin sending out communications to the parent community to ensure they feel heard and have opportunities to interface with the Board.

B.

Next Board Meeting

Next Board Meeting to be May 25, 2023 @ 6pm.

C.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:49 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
V. Hayes