Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Finance Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday April 15, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Location

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Members: Stacey Wang (Chair), Greg Klein, Davis Leung

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Committee Members Present

D. Leung (remote), G. Klein (remote), S. Wang (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

A. Rodriguez (remote), K. Feeney (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

S. Wang called a meeting of the Finance Committee of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Thursday Apr 15, 2021 at 3:06 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Approve Minutes from prior Finance Committee Meeting

S. Wang made a motion to approve the minutes from Finance Committee Meeting on 03-18-21.
D. Leung seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Review of Action/Discussion Items

E.

Presentations from the Floor

II. Finance

A.

Discussion Item: School Reopening and Funding

We are open. By Monday, 100% of kids who want to be in person will  be here, TK-8. This week we opened 5 classrooms TK-6. Next week more classrooms will open. Screening, arrival/dismissal, and other operations are going well. We will likely access the full $110K funding for school reopening. Staff who are back are happy to be back with students and in company with one another. 

B.

Discussion Item: Current Fiscal Year to Date Budget Forecast

Operating income is largely unchanged. A tiny change with Title funding and more accounting fees (less than $2000). Our PPP application approved by bank and they are recommending us to be forgiven for PPP loan and we also don't yet have one time revenue in the forecast. As that lands, with associated costs related to reopening, we will book it. Cash projections will also be revised - our cash balance is stronger than expected. 

 

Next year's ADA proposal - any student that wants to do distance learning has to be put on independent study and no more than 20% of all students can do this. More to come.

 

We will book covid relief funds as deferred revenue - put on balance sheet as liability, and we'll draw down liability and recognize revenue. This gives us flexibility to use funding in different years - ESSER funding gets pushed out and state funding in the next 2 years. As we develop an expense plan, 

C.

Discussion Item: Enrollment

K is still a little lower than what we want it to be but we'll keep working on this. If needed with one time funds, we can make some shifts in funding to make this work. 

D.

Discussion Item: LCAP

Work in progress - reflection portion will be complete by next board meeting.    

E.

Discuss Independent Auditor Selection and Services

We submitted a request to county to keep our current auditors. Recommend for consent agenda. 

III. Closing Items

A.

New Business

ESSER

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 3:45 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
S. Wang