Wonderful College Prep Academy

Minutes

WCPA December Board of Directors Meeting - RESCHEDULED

Date and Time

Monday December 12, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Location

Virtual

This meeting is being held in accordance with subdivision (e) of Section 54953 of the California Government Code, that allows the Board to conduct the meeting and the Board members and the public to participate by teleconference, videoconference, or both.

Directors Present

A. Lomeli (remote), E. Unruh (remote), S. Mohamed (remote), V. Reynolds (remote)

Directors Absent

K. Tomono, M. Avilez

Directors who left before the meeting adjourned

E. Unruh

Guests Present

A. Bresson, A. Martinez (remote), B. DeFlitch, B. Toomey (remote), D. Kumar, Delia Felix, E. Hernandez, E. Soto, G. Gunasekera, L. Sanchez (remote), M. Morillo (remote), M. Palomo, M. Simpson, N. Vijeila

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Mohamed called a meeting of the board of directors of Wonderful College Prep Academy to order on Monday Dec 12, 2022 at 5:30 PM.

B.

Flag Salute

Board Chair Mohamed led in the flag salute.

C.

Record Attendance

D.

Public Comments

No public comments were made at this meeting.

II. Consent Agenda

A.

Action Item: Approval of Resolution No. 2022/23-07 Making Findings Regarding the Continued Safety Risk of Meeting in-Person in Compliance with Government Code Section 54953

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

B.

Action Item: Review and Approval of Minutes of Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of October 21, 2022

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

C.

Action Item: Review and Approval of Minutes of Rescheduled Regular Board Meeting of October 21, 2022

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

D.

Action Item: Review and Approval of Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of November 25, 2022

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

E.

Action Item: Ratification of Delano July - October 2022 Vendor Payments

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

F.

Action Item: Ratification of Lost Hills July - October 2022 Vendor Payments

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

G.

Information Item: Resignation of Danielle Criona as Board Member effective December 2, 2022

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

III. Regular Agenda - Finance & Operations

A.

Approval of Revised 2022-23 Budget - Delano

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

B.

Approval of Revised 2022-23 Budget - Lost Hills

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

C.

Information Item: Monthly Business Report - Delano

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

D.

Information Item: Monthly Business Report - Lost Hills

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

E.

Action Item: Approval of First (1st) Interim Financial Report - Delano

V. Reynolds made a motion to approve the First (1st) Interim Financial Report for Wonderful College Prep Academy (Delano).
E. Unruh seconded the motion.

Bill Toomey, Chief Business Officer, presented the First Interim Financial report for the Delano campus. The report gives a summary of the current financial standing through the first half of the school year. The report is due to the Kern County Superintendent of Schools by December 15th.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
E. Unruh
Aye
V. Reynolds
Aye
A. Lomeli
Aye
K. Tomono
Absent
S. Mohamed
Aye
M. Avilez
Absent

F.

Action Item: Approval of First (1st) Interim Financial Report - Lost Hills

A. Lomeli made a motion to approve the First (1st) Interim Financial Report for Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills.
V. Reynolds seconded the motion.

Bill Toomey, Chief Business Officer, presented the First Interim Financial report for the Lost Hills campus. The report gives a summary of the current financial standing through the first half of the school year for Lost Hills and is also due to the Kern County Superintendent of Schools by December 15th.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
K. Tomono
Absent
E. Unruh
Aye
S. Mohamed
Aye
A. Lomeli
Aye
V. Reynolds
Aye
M. Avilez
Absent

G.

Action Item: Review and Approval of 2021-22 Independent Financial Audit

E. Unruh made a motion to approve the 2021-22 Independent Financial Audit.
V. Reynolds seconded the motion.

Bill Toomey presented the 2021-22 Independent Financial Audit report for Wonderful College Prep Academy (Delano) and Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills. Mr. Toomey stated that the audit resulted in no findings and will be submitted to the Kern County Superintendent of Schools upon approval.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
V. Reynolds
Aye
A. Lomeli
Aye
S. Mohamed
Aye
M. Avilez
Absent
E. Unruh
Aye
K. Tomono
Absent
E. Unruh left at 5:44 PM.

The Board of Directors Meeting adjourned at 5:44pm due to a lack of quorum.

H.

Action Item: Appointment of Audit Committee Members for 2022-2023 Audit

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

I.

Action Item: Authorization to Issue Credit Cards

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

IV. Regular Agenda - Policies & Compliance

A.

Action Item: Approval of 2023-24 Enrollment Targets - Delano

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

B.

Action Item: Approval of 2023-24 Enrollment Targets - Lost Hills

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

C.

Action Item: Approval of Updated ESSER III Safe Return to In-Person Instruction Plan - Delano

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

D.

Action Item: Approval of Updated ESSER III Safe Return to In-Person Instruction Plan - Lost Hills

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

E.

Approval of Updated Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy for Delano

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

F.

Approval of Updated Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy for Lost Hills

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

G.

Approval of Math Placement Policy for Delano

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

H.

Approval of Math Placement Policy for Lost Hills

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

I.

Action Item: Approval of Resolution No. 2022/23-08 Approving Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

V. Closed Session

A.

Conference with Real Property Negotiator; Gov’t Code § 54956.8; Property: 2070 Veneto Street, Delano, CA 93215; Agency Negotiator: Chief Business Officer, Bill Toomey; Negotiating Party: Educational Leasing LLC Under Negotiation: Price and terms

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

B.

Conference with Real Property Negotiator; Gov’t Code § 54956.8; Property: 14848 Lamberson Ave, Lost Hills, CA 93249; Agency Negotiator: Chief Business Officer, Bill Toomey; Negotiating Party: Educational Leasing LLC Under Negotiation: Price and terms

No action taken by the Board of Directors. This item will be considered at the next Board of Directors meeting.

VI. Communications

A.

Superintendent's Report

No report given to the Board of Directors. This item will be reviewed at the next Board of Directors meeting.

B.

Other Business

No other business was discussed at this board meeting.

VII. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

***CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY*** 

 

I certify that I am the Board Secretary of Wonderful College Prep Academy, a California non-profit public benefit corporation; that these are the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 12, 2022. 

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:44 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
L. Sanchez