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Urban Montessori Charter School

Special Board Meeting

Published on December 5, 2023 at 1:19 PM PST

Date and Time

Monday December 11, 2023 at 2:30 PM PST

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Ring the front bell or call/text 510-290-4005 for entry. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Head of School's Office.


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: 3921 Enos Ave Oakland, CA, 94619

This meeting will be audio recorded. The public can find documents related to this agenda either linked directly on the agenda or under "Documents" after selecting the meeting in BoardOnTrack prior to viewing the agenda. Downloading the "packet" may not include all of the "Documents" that are still otherwise available to the public via the Meeting on BoardOnTrack.


Members: Kara Fortuna, Greg Klein, Sarah Morrill (Chair), Amy Ng, Ann Rhodes, Donald Williams

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

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 2:30 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Sarah Morrill
   

This meeting is being audio-recorded.

  
  B. Record Attendance   Greg Klein 1 m
  C. Review of Action/Discussion Items Discuss Sarah Morrill 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 Member Comment   Sarah Morrill 2 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.

  
  E. Presentations from the Floor   Sarah Morrill 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. 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

  
II. Special Meeting Action Items 2:44 PM
 

There are three brief action items that the Board needs to consider prior to the Winter Break.

  
  A. Approve Minutes from November 30, 2023 Regular Meeting Approve Minutes Greg Klein 2 m
    Minutes for Regular Board Meeting on November 30, 2023  
  B. Vote on First Interim Report Vote Krishna Feeney 5 m
   

The financial information for this item was last approved by the Board at the November 30th Regular Meeting. This is an opportunity to vote on the same information formatted into the County-required template.

  
     
  C. Vote to Accept the Audit for School Year 2022-2023 Vote Krishna Feeney 5 m
   

There were no findings in this Audit.

  
     
III. Closing Items 2:56 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Sarah Morrill

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 4551 Steele 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 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or board@urbanmontessori.org. All materials are available via the BoardOnTrack portal of our website: https://www.urbanmontessori.org/boardontrackportal.