Smith: Mike how comfortable he was to use the reserves. Mike stated he is comfortable with the loss
Mike: Yes I am comfortable because you have built up the reserves. Dr. Marsh is conservative. The cut is 7.5 to 8%. Dr. Marsh has factored in a 10% cut into the budget. 
Smith: Is the Administrative team comfortable with the cut?
Lara: Yes. It is a sacrifice that we are making due to this crisis.
Farrior: When will students be able to go back to school?
Dr. Marsh: The state has not given us enough guidance to make that decision. LEA sare responsible to decide when students can return. JJMS is its own LEA.
Blunt: The budget, are we taking into consideration all the potential contingencies for the possible teaching scenarios
Dr. Marsh: We have several structures in place to begin the next school year. Some students may be on campus on certain days, we may have to begin the school year online or a hybrid option. 
Blunt: What is the most expensive option?
Dr. Marsh: The hybrid.
Farrior: When we say They, who is they?
Dr. Marsh: Health officials.
Smith: Do you have the plans written out?
Dr. Marsh: We can share the info with you. We are piloting a summer program where we can do some kind of child care. We are trying Zoom live streaming teach while students are on campus. This will be our pilot program to see which of our 4 plans is relatively safe and effective. It's a terrible balance, More kids on campus more learn More kids are on campus more risks 
Farrior: Shared concerned about kids coming into campus and having to pivot when the pandemic goes for the worse 
Dr. Marsh: Reflected back on our demographics and the importance of continuing food services and child care 
Farrior: Does food service and Child care go hand in hand. Made a statement about how one trumps the other. 
Dr. Marsh: Agrees with being cautious but it is difficult to wait on something  
Blunt: Made a point to say that if all school still were not coming back we should not but entities such as LAUSD are considering. Also moved on to discuss if our budget allows us to try this strategic return 
Farrior: My concern is not the budget, it's whether we can truly do this safely 
Dr. Marsh: Asked Ms. Mondragon for her perspective as a parent at JJMS. 
Mondragon: It's a hard decision. If we offer our families a chance to return they will because it's harder to learn remotely. We have to research safety first for the children. Safety comes first. Approving the budget is good and Summer idea is great. I'd like to see if it's better way to learn 
Dr. Marsh: Proposed to place in the June agenda plans for the safety precautions for students to return. 
Farrior: Have you modeled out the cost of keeping kids safe 
Dr. Marsh: List purchases that are being made to keep the safety of the kids in mind. Hand sanitizers, masks, washer and dryer with sanitation setting, massive air filters, moving of desks out of classrooms with 6ft spaces, and squares on asphalt. 
Farrior: All those expenditures are great but it just makes me nervous to make those expenditures if we just have to go back into remote learning
Dr. Marsh/Smith: I would rather spend the money now based on our current budget and before other schools. 
Smith: my concern is if we don't act now, we may be in a place where price gouging
Farrior: So you think 4 weeks is going to make a difference 
Smith: yes, people are tired of staying in and are being careless when they are out. 
Dr. Marsh: The district has asked to complete a survey in regards to the fall plans. Before the survey is completed we need a budget approved. Asked what was Mike's input.
Mike: Budget needs to be passed by Mid May (I think) a school with a budget this size is using most of the budget on staff salaries, funding was received to offset and will be received from the feds on COVID related expenses. 
Mike: additional spending is not taking down your income, even more, the expenses were already built-in 
 

The board posed questions regarding the score of 1 under Organizational Management from the LAUSD oversight report for 2019-20. The Director of Operations outlined new checks and procedures including a  check by one admin designee and two admin before an employee is allowed to work.

Dr. Marsh: JJMS received the report card for the Feb 2020 LAUSD visit. The area where there was a problem was under organizational management. Under the area of Mandanted reporter, we had an employee who was re-hired and she was not trained within 6 weeks of re-employment. 
Smith: What will be done so that this does not happen again.
Albores: One admin designee and two admin will be checking in the future to make sure that all mandated trainings are completed. 
Smith: We will not have that happen again. We have put things together to make sure it does not 
Marsh: We will be renewed until 5 more years. How does this affect renewal? 
Mike: At the next board meeting the board will need to adopt a revised fiscal policy to address the issues in the annual oversight report.


 

Smith: Will we continue to look at the 20 years.
Dr. Marsh: We have locked our rent for the next 5 year. 

Smith: Examine ways that the evaluation will be better mirrored with the survey by June 1st. Streamline evaluation process.