No changes needed.

Loren appreciated all the classroom teachers, stepping up in so many years. And all of the staff.
Greg echoed appreciated the Ops and Admin teams.
Krishna echoed and appreciated Mr. Buck and Ms. Rosi for all their stepping up.
Daniel appreciated all the work Ms. Krishna has taken on, too!
Greg appreciated families and students for coming everyday in the midst of the on-going pandemic.
Stacey appreciated the opportunity for students to get in-person learning, and adults pivoting to help make it all work.
Daniel echoed the appreciation for teachers, and that the Great Lessons were all happening in the first days of school.

Greg made a comment a return to in-person meetings later this Fall.

No public comment on non-agenda items.

Krishna shared her report, which is in the Documents section of this meeting in BoardOnTrack.

Upcoming events include Back to School night, other parent education nights, Book Group (White Fragility), and the Readathon starting up soon.

Nine days of safe, successful school in-person -- all staff and students TK-8 all on one campus for the first time ever. Following all safety protocols. Cases will happen and feeling ready for when that occurs.

Jan arrived at 6:31pm.

Daniel shared instructional updates. Focus recently on creating systems to support teachers with their work in the classroom, including curriculum map for all grades, aligned recording keeping, lesson planning & observation tools (in common in each level).

System of Justness by Public Montessori in Action is a whole-school plan on how we respond to students and their needs so that responses are aligned and predictable. Strong Montessori Implementation and Child Study have been components in the school already, and now also the third part, which is Nautilus Approach. It's not about going up a discipline ladder, but instead about helping students centered back into their work in the classrooms. Training included how to create strong conditions before there are more difficulties; consistent language to use with students; supports from other staff for repair and reentry into the classroom.

Krishna shared regarding charter renewal, we will now seek renewal in Summer of 2023 in time for Fall 2024.

Krishna shared enrollment updates -- remains complicated this year just like last year! TK-K is lower, and we can do recruitment. Still have a lot of uncertainty from many families about their intentions to return in-person.

Re: staffing, instructional roles are all filled and hiring now for an Assistant Site Coordinator.

Loren asked Daniel about curriculum maps versus lesson planning.
Daniel shared that the curriculum map lays out all of the 99% lessons, plus a few Common Core-specific lessons that are not already in Montessori. The lesson planning tool is about planning out which students are going to get which lessons throughout a week.

Parent Anna asked about teacher communication with families. Krishna responded that expectations on communication from teachers and the frequency is going before the School Leadership Team so those can be developed by teachers -- this work is coming very soon.

Loren asked about the assistant coordinator role, and Krishna responded that the Ops and Admin team are all learning new skills and will also teach those too the new role so they can support.

No other questions or public comment.

Stacey shared the committee's report, which is in the Documents section of this meeting in BoardOnTrack.

Last year's budget ended with a large one-time surplus, due mostly to one-time COVID relief monies. Our fund balance is strong now exceeds County expectations.

For 2021-2022, the state finalized its budget, including new one-time funding streams, along with new additional state grants, many of which don't yet have much detail released.

State deferrals have now been repaid and eliminated moving forward.

For the latest forecast since July 1st, now showing over $100,000 operating income in the forecast.

Davis shared a huge appreciation for Alejandra Rodriguez from Edtec, who is moving on her current role -- she has been fabulous. Will be working again with Bryce -- who is also awesome!

Jan asked about enrollment, and Krishna responded that it's not fully adjusted in the latest forecast and will be for next cycle.

No other questions or public comment.

 

Jan shared the committee's report which includes excitement and support from the members for all the work going on with academic systems and supports for teachers.

Reviewed the 2021 summer program and the great experience those students had while on campus.

Reviewed Spring NWEA MAP scores and saw that there was not as strong growth Fall to Spring as it was earlier in the year, which was common across the country.

Fall assessments as a fresh baseline will be very important.

Regular committee meetings are now at 4:15pm on Tuesdays.

No other discussion or public comment.

Loren shared the FAC report. Hosted a summer family picnic on campus, mostly new incoming families. FAC is up and running on ParentSquare and the FAC Leadership meeting was yesterday (8/25/21), introducing the FAC to new families, inviting new ideas and projects.

Kara shared more how are parents interested in additional murals, more trees, and programming for parents.

Elections coming up for FAC officer positions and FAC Board members.

Kara shared also that the Readathon is being planned now, too.

Greg asked about timing of Board candidates and Loren is encouraging all to attend upcoming board meetings.

No other discussion or public comment.

Christina shared that the bulk of the meeting was reviewing many updated school policies, all of which are up for a vote on tonight's General Consent Report.

Greg reminded members about completing Form 700.

Krishna shared about Board Clearance requirements per County about being fingerprinted.

Loren asked amending the COVID safety plan to include families notifying the school about positive results -- so amended prior to tonight's vote, without objection or public comment.

Loren also asked about communications re: COVID, and Krishna responded that it's a balance of maintaining privacy, keeping school orderly and safe, and also absolutely ensuring that the specific people involved have the specific information they are required to have. Melissa commented that she supports school-wide communication. Krishna will review and can update her comms protocol if needed.

No other discussion or public comments.

No discussion needed and no action taken. No public comment.

Greg shared about OUSD's recent policy discussion about increased testing, and the county board has moved to hybrid meetings: in-person with board and the public accessing on Zoom, and that we will follow the county's lead over the coming months.

No discussion or public comments.

No new items at this time.

The Board went into closed session at 7:31 on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School.

The board returned at 8:11pm. No action taken.