James Jordan Middle School Board of Trustees

Con App and budget update

Date and Time

Tuesday July 11, 2017 at 7:00 PM PDT

Location

7911 Winnetka Ave, Winnetka, CA 91306
Meeting Notice
This Board Meeting is open to the public. James Jordan Middle School ("School") welcomes your participation at the School's Board meetings. Participation from various locations will be possible for this meeting, this agenda shall be posted in compliance with the Brown Act at each location and the public can participate from that location. A quorum of members shall participate from inside the boundaries of our authorizing district including remote participation from the following locations which will have appropriate agenda posting and public access in compliance with the Brown Act:  board members will be participating from 6678 Colgate Ave, LA 90048, 20420 mandell st, winnetka, ca 91306, 1143 Hendrix Ave, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360,  20231 Gault Street, Winnetka 91306 and 606 S. Olive Street Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90014.

 The meeting can be heard by phone at Dial-in Number: (515) 739-1030    Meeting ID: 704-521-672
The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Trustees ("Board") is to conduct the affairs of the School in public. We are pleased that you are in attendance and hope that you will visit these meetings often. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our School.

To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, the following guidelines are provided:
1. Agendas are available to all audience members at the meeting.
2. "Non-Agenda Item: Request to Speak" and "Agenda Item: Request to Speak" cards are available to all audience members who wish to speak under the general category of "Public Comments" or on any specific agenda item(s) (as applicable). a. Non-agenda items: any person may address the Board concerning any item not on the agenda provided that no individual presentation shall be for more than 3 minutes (or 6 minutes with translation) and the total time for this purpose shall not exceed 20 minutes (provided that the President may grant additional time if circumstances permit). Ordinarily, Board members will not respond to such presentations and no action can be taken as the Board is allowed to take action only on items on the agenda. However, the Board may give direction to staff following a presentation or calendar the issue for further discussion. Individuals may also request that a topic related to school business be placed on a future agenda and once such an item is properly agenized and publicly noticed, the Board can discuss, respond, and possibly act upon such an item. See attached Request to Speak card. b. Agenda Items: any person may address the Board concerning any item on the agenda provided that no individual presentation shall be for more than 3 minutes (6 minutes with translation) and the total time for this purpose shall not exceed 30 minutes (provided that the President may grant additional time if circumstances permit). The presentation to the Board shall be made at the time a specific item is under discussion. See attached Request to Speak card.
3. When addressing the Board, speakers are requested to state their name and address and adhere to the time limits set forth herein. Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes in English and 6 minutes with translation. Spanish translation will be provided by the school at every board meeting. If you need translation for another language, please contact the school 48 hours in advance to allow us to find a translator. 
4. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and upon request, the School may furnish reasonable auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities. Individuals who require appropriate alternative modification of the agenda in order to participate in Board meetings are invited to contact the Principal (alvarado@jamesjordanms.com, 818-882-2496)

Agenda

     
I. Opening Items
 
Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance and Guests
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
  C. Approve Minutes
    Approve minutes for Regular Board Meeting on June 14, 2017
II. Finance
 
Finance
  A. Spring Con App
   
This is the document we submit to the federal government.  The board should review the numbers that we are reporting and verify that they match the numbers from the monthly financial reports provided by ExEd. If the number match, then the board should consider a motion to approve the Spring Consolidated Application as presented. 
  B. Budget Update
   
The State of California now has a signed budget.   JJMS can expect additional revenue.   
  C. Addendum to the budget
   
The Principal has requested additional funds for updating the staff lounge to provide secure storage for our support staff.   Also, there are several items of technology that are essential to school functions for the coming year. Those items include high quality digital cameras for taking pictures at school events so that we do not have pictures of our kids stored on personal cell phones.   We also need to purchase new laptops for our teachers.  They were issued chromebooks but it has been clear during this school year that the chromebooks do not have sufficient functionality for the teachers.  The chromebooks will be wiped and added to the collection used by our students.  The teachers need much more powerful laptops due to the number of online curriculum programs that we are using.  We ask that the board consider a motion to approve $8,000 dollars to the physical plant upgrades and increasing the technology budget for 2017-18 by $25,000 for the upgrade of teaching laptops.  We currently have 21 teachers. 
III. Governance
 
Governance
IV. CEO Support And Eval
 
CEO Support And Eval
  A. CLOSED SESSION: Evaluation of the Executive Director
   
The board needs time to complete the Evaluation of the Executive Director. 
V. Other Business
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting