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Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Special Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday February 10, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Sun Room.


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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Members: Jan Faraguna, Kara Fortuna, Christina Greenberg, Greg Klein, Davis Leung, Sarah Morrill, Maru Salazar

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.

Directors Present

D. Leung (remote), G. Klein, J. Faraguna (remote), M. Salazar (remote), S. Morrill (remote)

Directors Absent

C. Greenberg, K. Fortuna

Guests Present

K. Feeney

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 Feb 10, 2022 at 2:01 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Review of Action/Discussion Items

No changes needed.

D.

Board Member Comment

No comments by board members not on the agenda.

E.

Presentations from the Floor

No public comments.

II. Vote on Submission of Material Revision of Charter

A.

Vote on Submission of Material Revision of Charter

G. Klein made a motion to approve the submission of the material revision of the Urban Montessori Charter School charter to the Alameda County Office of Education, and to delegate authority to the Head of School to approve additional revisions to the charter as may be recommended by legal counsel and/or in compliance with Alameda County Office of Education requirements.
D. Leung seconded the motion.

Prior to the motion, Greg shared a brief presentation explaining the material revision, updated enrollment and financial information. Jan asked about the transition numbers from 5th to 6th grade and Greg and Krishna explained about our current 2nd Grade "bubble" and how some 5th graders seek larger middle schools while others seek to come here at that time for a smaller experience. No other questions or public comments.

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
J. Faraguna
Aye
S. Morrill
Aye
G. Klein
Aye
K. Fortuna
Absent
C. Greenberg
Absent
D. Leung
Aye
M. Salazar
Aye

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 2:13 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
G. Klein
Documents used during the meeting
None
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 Governance Section of our website: http://www.urbanmontessori.org/governance or directly via our BoardOnTrack public portal.