Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Executive & Governance Committee Regular Meeting
Date and Time
Monday March 14, 2022 at 1:15 PM
Location
4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Sun Room.
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Members: Christina Greenberg (Chair), Greg Klein, Davis Leung
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Committee Members Present
D. Leung (remote), G. Klein
Committee Members Absent
C. Greenberg
Guests Present
K. Feeney
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Approve Minutes from prior Executive & Governance Committee Meeting
No questions, or public comments.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| G. Klein |
Aye
|
| C. Greenberg |
Absent
|
| D. Leung |
Aye
|
D.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
E.
Presentations from the Floor
No public comments on items not on the agenda.
II. Executive and Governance
A.
2021-2022 Head of School Evaluation Process
Krishna is still completing her self evaluation survey. After that, the Board will complete individual evaluation surveys. Christina will remind and invite staff to the March 30th listening session, and include the link to the Google Form for those that prefer that method.
No public comments on this item.
B.
Board Assessment process for 2021-2022
Two board members have completed this year's assessment. Six board members still need to complete. Christina will send a reminder email.
No public comments on this item.
C.
Board Membership, Recruitment, and Training
Greg reached out to YM&C about their upcoming training opportunities. Asked them to create new training opportunities, usually webinars, for this Spring and early in the new fiscal year. Christina made a short list of potential board member candidates and will connect them to Greg. Davis will connect with Jan about any candidates she might recommend the board consider.
No public comments on this time.
D.
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Krishna shared an estimate of how many emergency permits we might need for the upcoming school year, which will be the same as this current year. This process is required for all Lead Educational Agencies (LEAs). This year we were within our estimate. In the future, if we have to adjust, this committee can review and the board can readopt. Greg shared that this item has to be approved by the board as its own separate item, and not on the General Consent Report.
No other questions or public comments on this item.
III. Updates on School Policies and Required Documents
A.
Discuss updates to school policies
The committee reviewed the draft calendar. OUSD is starting on August 8th, 2022, and UMCS will start August 15th. This can be approved at the upcoming Board meeting.
The committee reviewed the Public Records Act Policy and offered suggested updates from Admin to incorporate (or not). These suggestions can then later be recommended to the full board for the update, if any, to be approved.
The committee reviewed the Student Discipline Policy and offered suggested updates from Admin to incorporate (or not). These suggestions can then later be recommended to the full board for the update, if any, to be approved.
The committee reviewed the COVID Safety Plan. Administration made updates to masks language to better align with the latest state and county guidance. There were also updates to the quarantine procedures for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The full board can approve updates at the March update. The translation was also updated.
No other discussion or public comments on this item.
B.
2021-2022 LCAP Review to inform 2022-2023 LCAP Development
Greg shared an overview of the LCAP process and the work to date to ready the Google template document. Administration can now update academic and financial data to date. Every committee will review this document and process each month through June, and the public has opportunities to weigh-in online and at each of those monthly committee and board meetings.
There was no other discussion or public comments on this item.
IV. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
The committee went into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School at 1:53pm. Before, there were no public comments on this item.
B.
Report out of Closed Session
The committee returned to open session at 2:02pm. There were no actions taken.
V. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- cl500.pdf
- UMCS_Public_Records_Act_Policy.pdf
- UMCS_Student_Discipline_Policy.pdf
No changes needed.