No changes.

Greg appreciated his unwell Mom.
Krishna appreciated Greg.
Krishna appreciated Koren.

Davis commented that Black lives matter. Davis hopes for sustained effort towards true equality, and that UMCS must play its part in the work of dismantling White supremacy.

Loren commented that she is grateful to be a part of an intentional and thoughtful community and that we must take this moment to go further. The Board must center anti-racist practices in all that we do.

Greg commented that any White parents, such as he, must talk to our children about anti-Blackness, racism, and white supremacy culture.

Hae-Sin commented about Dr. Cole and Dr. Howard Fuller conversations that are available on Facebook on Education Liberation Movement. Disrupt the mechanism through which public safety is currently distributed, same with education. We have to care more about the outcomes of these public goods -- not the delivery system for how the good is delivered. Our job is deepen our self inquiry in our own school around the Black child's experience. We have to do the work and not just talk.

Koren commented that she came to Montessori as a pedagogy to uplift humans, and use Montessori as way towards Black liberation. But this hasn't been true at our school for every Black staff member or all Black children. We cannot continue to be afraid of interrogating our own White supremacist tendencies in our work and in our relationships. UMCS has an opportunity to do great work.

No public comments.

Krishna presented her Head of Schools report, which is here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1egtqlZpkkdECeL5WRwNtlf2Iyl-kHMQGkqQ8c4Ygf-M/edit?usp=sharing

• Shared about moving campuses on June 30th, we hope.
• Shared survey data from families related to planning for reopening in Fall 2020.
• Shared anchoring goals for safely reopening.
• Shared about planning teams, including family team, staff team, and school-wide team.

Loren asked about surveying Staff. Krishna has that survey ready to go out soon, and is already building on survey information gathered this Spring during Distance Learning.

Krishna continued sharing about planning for a variety of family needs.

Olivia commented that its important to document deep student learning beyond standardized assessments.

Loren asked more about the Tiers. Krishna shared about work in the Spring teachers did to Tier students, also described in the COVID-19 Operations Written Report. Hae-Sin recommended that the school continue to share with families how tiering of students (like the rubric) is determined and continue to work with families to accommodate where the school-wide tiering plans still don't quite fit as originally designed for a particular student. Krishna agreed.

Krishna shared about the "buckets" of work to consider in planning, and more on the process including the community planning team.

Jan asked whether or not there would need to be board approval on the plan for next year.  Krishna responded that there would need to be approval of certain things (like on the calendar and number of days of instruction).  Greg added the instructional plans should be under the auspices of Krishna and the admin teams.

Krishna shared about important Professional Development and trainings related to school's anti-bias anti-racism (ABAR) work and reopening.

Olivia applauded the work of Public Montessori in Action's PD in the "Nautilus Approach".

Greg asked about connection to National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector, and Krishna explained how the work and organizations are indeed deeply connected.

Strategic Planning Cohort is happening this summer through the organization "Friday" and in support of future Charter renewal.

Krishna shared about bringing Family and Employee handbooks, and Daily Schedules, back in August for adoption with updates related to reopening. We will need to modify that family handbook to represent our new "digital/semi-digital" world.

We are still doing paperless student enrollment. Continuing to enroll students.

Hired new primary and middle school teacher. Supporting single Speech and Language Pathologist role across two trained SLPs (each part time in that role) to support personal request for reduced time. Have plan for final Lower Elementary teacher as needed, but seeking to finalize a new hire for that role.

Facilities. We may know as early as next Monday. Kelly Crag has confirmed that is highly likely that it will be the Tilden campus. Not final or confirmed.

Krishna clarified that all student report cards are on the Illuminate portal.

Krishna clarified that we will need to be ready to a special board meeting on next week to approval a material change due to our address change.

Jan asked if we are thinking of curriculum differently in light of the need to meet the moment and moving forward with clearer, stronger anti-racist projects and also distance learning. Krishna responded about the importance of anchoring in Montessori's inherent anti-racist foundation but that only emerges if deeply understood and individuals do the personal work to interrogate their own biases. And lots of work to support in a digital world, while more fully implement the equity work that needs to be implemented.

Loren asked about clear anti-racist history materials. Krishna agreed. Greg clarified that we can do more, and that Montessori's great lessons name and center the contributions of ancient cultures of the Global Majority.

No public comment on this item.

Greg shared the committee report. The current fiscal year ends June 30, 2020. Currently, we are modeling a just short of $10k operating deficit for the year, and that could change slightly. We won't know the final amount until most likely our August Board meeting. Still possible that we close positive.

Greg shared about cash flow projections, and acknowledged the recent news and reports -- built on the governance transparency of schools -- related to schools accepting PPP loans. UMCS has accepted a loan to support navigating current and future upcoming financial uncertainty, and has not sought forgiveness at this time.

No public comment.

Greg shared the latest timeline from state budget adoption, including the likelihood of re-adoption later in the summer or early fall.

Greg shared the need for rebuilding the school's ending fund balance.

Greg walked through the proposed 2020-2021 Budget, including comparing it to the latest current Forecast (year-over-year) and also compared to the most recent prior draft budget.

Proposed budget protects salaries of staff. Reduces administrative FTE, only, and only slightly. Hope to restore.

Alejandra clarified about proposed substitute line item. There are a still a couple of key pieces of unknown information, and any slight compromise in Sacramento would mean help tremendously.

Admin and Finance committee identified approximately $60,000 in cuts that if additional revenue were to materialize, the school would very likely immediately restore in expenses as well.

Even without that restoration, Krishna responded that the school can indeed operate and recommends the proposed budget.

Greg also walked through the Fundraising aspects in this budget. The school is sourcing more fundraising than is reflected in the budget, so we can hopefully go over in revenue to support the budget in the future.

Jan appreciated the clear walkthrough of the proposed budget.

No public comment.

Loren shared that FAC has not met virtually since our last meeting. Olivia thanked Loren for her work communicating across FAC. Olivia shared about the need to change who participates in FAC, create greater representation. Need to understand what kind of access and communication is lacking.

Greg shared about the upcoming work for the COVID planning team and Silvia's work to bring that work to the ELAC and Latinx existing meetings.

Loren shared deep appreciation for Silvia's leadership and volunteerism throughout years. And it's important to build systems and not just rely on a few people -- particularly at the FAC -- to build systems that are more sustainable. The FAC's ongoing work is to create those sustainable structures in place.

Krishna agreed. And compared to parallel to building sustainability in staff. And she shared how ELAC has been re-formed and re-started last year and has really flourished, and leadership is broad. Deep appreciation for Silvia and others! Lots to learn from those groups to other areas of the school.

Greg shared his appreciation and hope for continuous FAC board representation!

Olivia shared about the possibility of restarting parent Affinity Groups.

No public comment.

Greg shared to please submit your Form 700.  Wet signatures should be mailed in and email copy to Krishna.

Also please finish your skills report on BoardOnTrack, along with Board Assessment, and Krishna's annual evaluation.

Please think of people you know who would be of service on the Urban Montessori Charter School Board. Invite them to our meeting! All our meetings are public and they can start attending board meeting if wanted.

No public comment.

Greg commented how much she appreciated Koren's service and the work she has done.

Hae-Sin appreciates her STRONG voice of equity and the role she has played in speaking with teachers of color.

Jan appreciates what she has learn from Koren in terms of Montessori and equity.  

Greg commented that he'd love to nominate Koren for another term if and when she is ready and able, and that she has other work she needs to prioritize at this time and we wish her all the best and thank Koren for her tremendous service.

No public comment.
 

Hae-Sin shared about committee of the OUSD Board related to charter run schools meeting this Friday about renewal criteria, and expecting some members of the public to attend and give comment about PPP Loans. Hae-Sin will be there to speak. Important that we are clear as a Board and community that we took a loan and how we are justified in taking a loan.

Greg shared about recent landmark Supreme Court case decisions related to equal human rights and DACA.

Jan shared about the CDE's recent lengthy guidance documents. StrongerTogether.

No public comment.

Loren requested to pull the Discipline Policy and the Grading/Promotion Policy.

No public comment on the General Consent Report.

Edtec contract proposal

Davis announced that the Board was going to go into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School

No action taken.