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Urban Montessori Charter School

May Board Meeting

Published on May 6, 2020 at 5:07 PM PDT
Amended on May 18, 2020 at 2:20 PM PDT

Date and Time

Thursday May 21, 2020 at 6:15 PM PDT

Location

Virtual Only
PER GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S SHELTER IN PLACE EXECUTIVE ORDER DATED MARCH 19, 2020 (WHICH IS HERE IN ITS ENTIRETY) AND BY ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA DATED MARCH 16, 2020 (WHICH IS HERE IN ITS ENTIRETY):
THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL-ONLY MEETING

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Members: Loren Bentley Tammero, Koren Clark, Olivia Couch, Jan Faraguna, Christina Greenberg, Greg Klein, Davis Leung, Nancy McAfee Flemming, Fred Mooradally, Hae-Sin Thomas, Stacey Wang

Urban Montessori Charter School welcomes your participation at Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the organization in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school and assists the Board in making the best decisions for our school. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, guidelines are provided at the bottom of this agenda. All materials for all board and committee meetings, including audio recordings of Regular Board Meetings, are available via http://www.urbanmontessori.org/board_of_directors.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:15 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Davis Leung 1 m
   
This meeting is being audio-recorded.
  
  B. Record Attendance   Davis Leung 1 m
  C. Review of Action/Discussion Items Discuss Davis Leung 1 m
   
With input from the board, the Chair may decide, based upon a number of factors, to reorder the action/discussion items to best suit the needs of the meeting. No additional action/discussion items will be added at this time.
  
  D. Board and Community Appreciations   Davis Leung 5 m
   
Members of the Board and UMCS community may provide appreciations and affirmations during this time.
  
  E. Board Member Comment   Davis Leung 5 m
   
Any board member wishing to speak to an issue regarding UMCS that does not pertain to an agenda item may do so at this time. No further discussion or action will take place following each board member’s comments.
  
  F. Presentations from the Floor   Davis Leung 10 m
   
PRESENTATIONS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS – Any person wishing to speak to any item not on the agenda will be granted three minutes to make a presentation. Speakers requiring translation shall have double time.

“What if [we] listened to others so deeply that they felt loved, accepted, and safe in [our] presence, no matter what they had to say?” -- Steve Shapiro, Author
  
II. Head of School Report 6:38 PM
 
The Head of School and their designees will present topics of interest to the Board and the general public.
 
  A. Head of School Report Discuss Krishna Feeney 20 m
   
Topics this meeting may include:
  1. Distance Learning Updates
    1. ​​​​​​​Ongoing learning and support of students through distance learning.
  2. COVID 19 LCAP Report and 2019/2020 updates
  3. Staff and Student Recruitment for 2020-2021
  4. Facilities 2020-2021 and draft FUA

 

 

  
III. Finance Committee 6:58 PM
  A. Information Item - Committee Report, including year to date financial report Discuss Greg Klein 15 m
     
     
  B. Information Item - Budgeting and LCAP for 2020-2021, including facilities Discuss Greg Klein 10 m
     
     
  C. Action Item - discuss and vote on Paycheck Protection Program Loan Resolution Vote Greg Klein 5 m
     
  D. Action Item - discuss and vote on Facilities Use Agreement for 2020-2021 Vote Krishna Feeney 15 m
   
PLACEHOLDER if ready
  
IV. Academic Oversight Committee 7:43 PM
  A. Committee report Discuss Frederic Mooradally 10 m
   
Including LCAP development work
  
V. Family Advisory Council 7:53 PM
  A. Committee Report Discuss Loren Bentley Tammero 10 m
VI. Executive & Governance Committee 8:03 PM
  A. Committee Updates, including candidates for board service, Form 700, and training Discuss Christina Greenberg 5 m
     
     
  B. Discuss and vote on committee members and committee chairs as needed. Vote Christina Greenberg 5 m
VII. Other Business 8:13 PM
  A. Oakland and California Updates Discuss Hae-Sin Thomas 5 m
   
Updates and current events related to Oakland USD, Alameda County Office of Education, and other relevant state and city-wide efforts including the work of Families in Action for quality education, and how any update might impact UMCS.

 

  
  B. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Davis Leung 1 m
     
  C. General Consent Report Vote Davis Leung 5 m
   
  1. School Calendar 2020-2021 (First and Last days were approved earlier)
  
  D. Collect New Business items for Future Meetings Discuss Davis Leung 5 m
VIII. Closing Items 8:29 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Davis Leung 1 m
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY The Governing Board’s presiding officer reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE Notice is hereby given that, consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting. However, any such presentation will be for information only.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Governing Board may request assistance by contacting UMCS at 5328 Brann Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or info@urbanmontessori.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information concerning this agenda or for materials relating to this meeting, please contact UMCS at 5328 Brann Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or board@urbanmontessori.org. All materials are available via the Governance Section of our website: http://www.urbanmontessori.org/governance.