Consent Agenda Items II A-D were approved as presented in one motion.

The Board of Directors moved to Closed Session at 5:52 PM.

Chairperson Mohamed reported that the motion was approved with a vote of three members in favor and none opposed.

Chairperson reported that the Board of Directors met in Closed Session had have determined a salary and/or fringe benefits for the Chief Business Officer that is fair, just and reasonable.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the updated Student and Family Handbook for both the Delano and Lost Hills campuses. The changes to the handbook included: (1) Updated Elementary Grading and Homework Policy; (2) Updated Student Incident Response structures for bus incidents; (3) Revised elective credit requirements (to include recent board adopted changes); (4) Legal updates to ensure compliance with education code; (5) Updates to ensure policies reflect current practice at WCPA; (6) Other non-substantive changes.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the revised Employee Handbook for Delano and Lost Hills for the 2023-2024 school year. Updates to the handbook included the following: (1) Updated Sick Leave Policy; (2) 

Updates to the employee dress expectations; (3) Legal updates to ensure compliance; (4) Staff title updates and other minor changes in alignment with current practice; (5) Modified time-keeping and attendance policy; (6) Inclusion of the recent board approved Vacation Payout Policy for eligible WCPA employees; and (7) Other non-substantive changes.

Mr. Marcus Morillo presented the Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy for Wonderful College Prep Academy Bus Drivers.  A drug and alcohol testing program for school bus drivers is required under federal law in order to prevent drivers who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol from operating vehicles or performing other safety-sensitive functions. Bus drivers employed by WCPA shall submit to drug and alcohol testing as required under federal law. WCPA’s testing program for drivers shall include pre-employment drug testing and reasonable suspicion, random, post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the 2024-25 Open Enrollment Cycle for Wonderful College Prep Academy (Delano). The WCPA charter stipulates that WCPA will establish its open enrollment cycle and public random drawing (lottery) dates for each school year.  The proposed Open Enrollment Cycle was October 2, 2023 – January 12, 2024 (102 days) greater than the required 90 days. The proposed Public Random Drawing (Lottery) will take place on February 7, 2024.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the 2024-25 Open Enrollment Cycle for Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills. The WCPA charter stipulates that WCPA will establish its open enrollment cycle and public random drawing (lottery) dates for each school year.  The proposed Open Enrollment Cycle was October 2, 2023 – January 12, 2024 (102 days) greater than the required 90 days. The proposed Public Random Drawing (Lottery) will take place on February 6, 2024.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the 2024-2025 Enrollment Targets for the Delano campus. As part of this launch of the Open Enrollment process, WCPA is setting enrollment targets based on budget, staff, programmatic and physical space/classroom constraints. Proposed enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is 1840.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the 2024-2025 Enrollment Targets for the Lost Hills campus. As part of this launch of the Open Enrollment process, WCPA is setting enrollment targets based on budget, staff, programmatic and physical space/classroom constraints. Proposed enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is 545.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the ratification of the agreement with Charter Impact for Business Management, Payroll and Student Data Services for the 2023-24 school year. The Board approved the selection of Charter Impact during the June 27, 2023 board meeting. The agreement was finalized by the business office staff and signed by the Chief Facilities Officer per the board’s request.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the request for an Amazon Business Credit Line for WCPA.  The credit line will be used for the procurement of Wonderful College Prep Academy (WCPA) program, office, and student supplies.

Chairperson Mohamed presented the amended WCPA Counselor Salary Schedule. During the review and updating of the Employee salary schedule presented and approved in the June 27, 2023 board meeting, staff omitted the Master’s Degree stipend for counselors in order to thoroughly review requirements for the Counselor role. This amended version includes the Master’s Degree stipend.