Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

UMCS Special Board Meeting

(Annual Training opportunity)

Date and Time

Thursday August 27, 2020 at 5:15 PM

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 JUNE 5, 2020 (Revised June 18, 2020 and July 19, 2020) (WHICH IS HERE IN ITS ENTIRETY):
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Members: Loren Bentley Tammero, Olivia Couch, Jan Faraguna, Christina Greenberg, Greg Klein, Davis Leung, Nancy McAfee Flemming, 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 on our BoardOnTrack public portal and is also accessible via the UMCS School Calendar.

Directors Present

D. Leung (remote), G. Klein (remote), H. Thomas (remote), J. Faraguna (remote)

Directors Absent

C. Greenberg, L. Bentley Tammero, N. McAfee Flemming, O. Couch, S. Wang

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

H. Thomas, J. Faraguna

Guests Present

A. Rodriguez (remote), D. Bissonnette (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

D. Leung called a meeting of the board of directors of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Thursday Aug 27, 2020 at 5:21 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Review of Action/Discussion Items

No changes

D.

Board Member Comment

None.

E.

Presentations from the Floor

No public comment on non-agenda items.

II. Annual Board Training on Brown Act & Conflict of Interest Law

A.

Brown Act & Conflict of Interest laws

Alejandra from EdTec led the Board through a training on the Ralph M. Brown Act. Slides are on the agenda and included in the minutes.

Jan arrived at 5:27pm and Hae-Sin arrive at 5:30pm.

[We didn't have quorum, but still took minutes, and made an audio recording available so that other members could hear the training.]
J. Faraguna arrived.
H. Thomas arrived.

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:58 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
  • UMCS-Brown Act Training.pdf