Urban Montessori Charter School
Regular Board Meeting
Date and Time
Location
4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Sun Room.
The public may comment and participate via Zoom if they prefer. The public may also email comments to board@urbanmontessori.org to be shared by the Board's Secretary during the meeting. Please make that intention clear in your email.
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Additional teleconference locations: 1623 Sunhill Ct, Martinez, CA 94553; 3125 School Street, Oakland, CA 94602; 5701 Oak Grove Ave, Oakland, CA 94618; 3921 Enos Ave Oakland, 94619; 3385 Herrier Street Oakland, CA 94602
Members: Jan Faraguna, Kara Fortuna, Christina Greenberg, Greg Klein, Davis Leung, Sarah Morrill, Maru Salazar
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 on our BoardOnTrack public portal and also through the UMCS School Calendar.
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
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This meeting is being audio-recorded.
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| B. | Record Attendance | |
| C. | Review of Action/Discussion Items | |
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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.
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| D. | Board and Community Appreciations | |
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Members of the Board and UMCS community may provide appreciations and affirmations during this time.
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| E. | Board Member Comment | |
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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.
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| F. | Presentations from the Floor | |
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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. Comments should refer to matters within the jurisdiction of this committee.
“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 |
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| II. | Head of School Report | |
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The Head of School and their designees will present topics of interest to the Board and the general public.
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| A. | Head of School Report | |
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Report topics this meeting may include:
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| B. | Supplement to the Annual Update to the 2021–22 Local Control and Accountability Plan | |
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Discussion and vote on our Supplement to the Annual Update to the 2021–22 Local Control and Accountability Plan which is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PURMNduPkFMRjid9PyvPIN6fLBQmwXcb/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs |
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| III. | Finance Committee | |
| A. | Discussion Item - Committee Report, including year to date financial report | |
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Most recent year-to-date financial report through January 31, 2022 is available here attached to the agenda or in the "Other files" section of this meeting. |
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| IV. | Academic Oversight Committee | |
| A. | Discussion Item - Committee Report | |
| V. | Family Advisory Council | |
| A. | Discussion Item - Committee Report | |
| VI. | Executive & Governance Committee | |
| A. | Discussion Item: Committee Updates, including candidates for board service, Form 700, and training | |
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| B. | Vote on two-year Board Membership term for Donald Williams | |
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Discussion and vote on a two-year term for Donald Williams to serve on the UMCS Board of Directors. |
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| C. | Board and committee officers and members | |
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As needed, the Board may take action to change its officers, as well as committee membership and leadership.
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| VII. | Other Business | |
| A. | Oakland and California Updates | |
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Updates and current events related to Oakland USD, Alameda County Office of Education, and California, and potential implications for UMCS.
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| B. | Approve Minutes from January 27, 2022 Regular Meeting | |
| C. | Approve Minutes from February 10, 2022 Special Meeting | |
| D. | Action Item - Vote on General Consent Report | |
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General Consent Report for February 24, 2022
[items may be linked directly here in the agenda or under "Other files" of this meeting on BoardOnTrack.] |
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| E. | Collect New Business items for Future Meetings | |
| VIII. | Closed Session | |
| A. | Closed Session Items | |
"Closed Session" is always agendized ahead of time as a "Discuss" item. If any votes are taken during any Closed Session, those are reported out publicly upon return to Open Session. |
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| IX. | Return to Open Session | |
| A. | Report out of any closed session action(s) | |
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"Return to Open Session" is always agendized ahead of time as a "Vote" item. It is not meant to indicate the the Board shall take an action at this time. If any votes are taken during any Closed Session, those are reported out publicly at this time on the agenda.
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| X. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |