No changes needed.

Greg shared an appreciation for the staff of Children's Hospital and for teachers and schools for all they do to keep children as safe as possible.

Daniel appreciated parent Phoenix for her attendance at recent Level Transitions meetings.

Daniel reiterated appreciations for Krishna for her tremendous work and longevity, from himself and staff members.

Phoenix appreciated Daniel for the Level Transition meetings.

Sarah appreciated last month's conversation on school culture data, and that it could be brought back to a future Academic Oversight committee.

No public comments on items not on the agenda.

Krishna shared her Head of School Report, which is in "other files" of this meeting on BoardOnTrack.

Last Free COVID testing is this Friday, 3-3:30pm -- over 100 folks signed up. Last day of school is next week on June 3rd. Wed-Friday next week are minimum days.

Daniel held placement meetings, and families have received letters letting them know what classroom their child will be in next year (kids changing Levels). Parent events for each transition finished up earlier tonight.  Primary to LE, LE to UE, and UE to MS.

Staff are finalizing progress reports and will be passing on student work portfolios to students transitioning to a new Level. Last day for teachers is June 7th.

New in-house Montessori Training program -- Oakland Montessori Teacher Residency -- begins on June 21st, and goes for five weeks.

Krishna gave enrollment updates. Looking strong overall and folks can still apply, particularly for TK and 2nd grade.

Melody Washington joined Admin as the new Director of Expanded Learning. We have sad farewells coming up for four teachers moving on from UMCS.

Daniel shared about the Oakland Montessori Teacher Residency, which will enroll 8 current staff members, all staff of the Global Majority, to start training this summer. 

Krishna shared about the LCAP and a public hearing time for any person to weigh-in and comment. The Budget Overview for Parents is now available, and all the major updates have been made in the text field.

Greg commented appreciation for the incoming and outgoing staff, and reminded Board and public that LCAP will also be on all the June committee agendas and the document is available online for comment at any time.

Sarah appreciated the work of the Oakland Training Center. She asked about enrollment acceptance rate. Krishna will bring back more information.

Students shared a presentation advocating for updates to the school's Dress Code policy. They shared how this work got started, including a student petition and then worked with Admin, who charged students with gathering data and suggesting updates. The major data is that students want to wear sandals, head coverings, spaghetti straps, and graphic t's and hoodies. Parents were also surveyed, and the majority of respondents said it could use some updating. Proposals are based on what students and parents have shared.

Greg asked if teachers were surveyed and if proposals were crafted by Level. Students responded that teachers will be surveyed later and that they are crafting a school-wide policy proposal.

Jan asked if they considered proposing a Trial Period of updates to the clothing policy. Students thought that might work.

Sarah commented that it would be good to know ahead of time how to know if the trial period went well or not.

Davis echoed the Board's appreciation for this work and asked what prompted the student leaders to take up this work, which was talking about it at school.

Greg asked exactly what the students hoped the Board would do. Students responded that they wanted us to consider and adopt the proposed language. The Board discussed the Executive and Governance committee taking up this item, including students, and incorporating staff input.

Anna reminded the meeting about the original purpose of the clothing policy to support an inclusive school environment, and asked how the students are incorporating that spirit. Students responded that that was important and would stay.

Jan asked about the teacher training and how it working with funding and fees. Krishna responded that it's free for current employees and potentially to new hires if timing worked out. Working out exact commitment language from participating staff in terms of service to the school community.

Kara asked if training was offered to non-UMCS employees. Krishna responded that yes, but teacher residents have to be employed at a school with a designated coach. One school is already likely for cohort II in Summer 2023.

No other public comments or questions.

Greg shared that Finance committee was unable to meet in May.

Greg shared the year to date financials through the end of April. Annual operating one-time deficit forecast remains at about $200k, which might improve by about $30k if the Governor's May Revise provision for 2022-2023 is enacted into law. Still forecasting over a 25% ending fund balance and cash dips at the end of the fiscal year but remains healthy enough.

No questions or public comments on the current year to date financials.

Greg shared updates from the Governor's May Revise proposal, including increased COLA, increased base funding, and increased one-time funding. Latest draft budget now includes an operating income of just over $313k. This includes $168k in budgeted revenue in fundraising and grants, so without any of that, it's closer to $145k, with additional expenses still to include in the draft budget.

Jan asked about enrollment, and Krishna responded that it is budgeted on 407 and we may be able to enroll a few additional students over that.

Sarah asked about increases in compensation and benefits, and Krishna responded that it is both increases in compensation and additional staffing.

Greg shared that if the full May Revise is adopted, there could actually be more revenue in the budget, but for now we are not assuming it all. Have to match one-time revenues with one-time spending.

No other questions or public comments on this item.

Jan shared the committee report, where they discussed SBAC testing which was going well. State shortened the assessments. Daniel shared that the completion rate is looking good.

Jan shared that staff are working on having student portfolios available for families starting next school year. Level Transition meetings occurred. Daniel shared a student portfolio.

The committee reviewed the Homeless Student Policy and the Grading/Promotion policy.

No questions or public comments.

Kara shared about the recent MOVEathon, and that attendees had a lot of fun, and the bake sale was big. Kara and Site met and are planning for next year, including talking about family fundraising and any changes there. The last Morning Coffee of the year happened earlier in May. There will be new FAC elections in the Fall. Greg appreciated teachers, Krishna, Kara, and Sita for all their work to bring the MOVEathon to the finish line.

No other questions or public comments.

Greg shared the committee's report.

For the Head of School evaluation process, board members and direct reports are currently finalizing their surveys on BoardOnTrack. Looking to vote on the evaluation in June.

The committee discussed the Board's annual assessment. Higher marks for finance, board meetings, and school leader support. More work to do on board recruitment, composition, and on-boarding.

Sarah collected annual Brown Act, Conflict of Interest, and Fair Political Practices Commission training materials from Young, Minney & Corr. All board members received training materials directly from the YM&C lawyers.

The committee recommended the Board meetings shift to 5:30pm. The committee discussed the LCAP for next year. And lastly, that Sarah has picked up the staff exit survey work and is working to systematize it.

Greg shared a draft proposal for Board Officer roles and Committee memberships for the Board's consideration in June for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

No questions or public comments.

No changes needed. Tabled.

Greg shared that it was recently the last day of school for Oakland USD students. OUSD hired a new Director of the Office of Charter Schools, Kelly Krag-Arnold. The OUSD Board will soon decide if and when they will seek a Measure N renewal from Oakland voters. And there is an election currently going on now through June 7th.

Sarah asked about charter school facility related legislation. Greg shared that there are multiple bills related to charter-run schools in the legislature right now. The Board wasn't quite sure which bill number it was, but that it was something to do with schools in private facilities.

No questions or public comments on this item.

None.

The Board went into closed session at 7:48pm on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School. No public comments on this item.

The Board returned to Open Session at 8:02. No actions taken.