No changes needed.

Greg appreciated the return of Ms. Rosi.

Sarah appreciated the staff listening sessions that showed up to share direct feedback.

Krishna appreciated everyone for attending in person.

Ann appreciated the Middle School information night.

Daniel appreciated the Teacher Trainees and Ms. Tobi, who have been working three weekdays just this month here learning new lessons and talking pedagogy.

Ann appreciated Ms. Marquita for going the extra mile.

No Board member comments on items not on the agenda.

No public comments on items not on the agenda.

Krishna shared the Head of School's report.

The report began by revisiting the Community Agreements. Krishna shared the UMCS Land Acknowledgement out loud. Krishna also shared a link to the anti-bias/anti-racist statement.

Sara asked how the Land Acknowledgement shows up at school and Daniel responded that staff wrote it together, and work by Level to create versions in classroom that connect to student learning.

Krishna shared how Staff shared Community Agreements over summer professional development, including reading shared text, and engaging in small groups, and shared the list of current Community Agreements. This process was modeled earlier in the summer by Embracing Equity, and then Admin used the process at the end of summer with all the staff.

Donald asked if Embracing Equity does audits of school, and Krishna responded yes and was completed in March 2022 with staff and informed this process. Daniel clarified that it did not involve students and families at that time.

Sara shared about her and Greg's participation in the Diverse Charter School Coalition community of practice around equity in school governance. Sara asked the Board to read the same text as staff did.

Krishna shared recent and upcoming school events, including tours, information nights, the Great Kindness Challenge, upcoming assessments, and Family Conferences at the end of February.

Krishna shared updates on enrollment applications, with over two hundred new applications so far. Families can still apply. Greg asked about the order in which the lottery is run across grades and offers are made and Krishna clarified the process about all the waitlists getting generated at once. Sara asked about updated marketing materials and Krishna responded that new postcards and flyers are to arrive this week. Greg asked about if we are considering pushing back the application deadline more in line with a new OUSD deadline if they change the district application due date and Krishna responded that at this time we are not.

Krishna shared an overview of what an LCAP is and the process for monitoring and developing. Krishna shared a link to the current draft of the LCAP that the Board will vote on later in June 2023.

No public comment on this item.

Greg shared the Finance Committee Report on the forecast as of December 31, 2022, with an operating income around $270k. Updates since the prior forecast were to align with enrollment and there were increases in revenue from the after school program. Cash flow remains healthy through the end of the current fiscal year, and the fund balance is forecasted above 32% of expenses. Enrollment has stabilized and attendance was lower in December due to illness.

Greg shared updates from the Governor's January proposal, including a cost of living adjustment in K12. Greg shared about Prop 28 dollars coming for Arts & Music.

No public comments on this item.

Kara shared the presentation that Daniel shared at the Academic Oversight Committee. This included updates from Oakland Montessori Training Center, DIBELS assessments, and teacher coaching.

Results on Panorama Survey, responses were up overall, but family responses were not distributed equitably across different groups. Results were generally improved across the board for students, staff, and families since last Winter. All areas had a 90% or higher response favorability for families, and UMCS had increases in all but one area. For staff, the greatest increase was related to Safety. Middle School had increases for students across all areas. In general, younger students responded more favorably than older students. Families responded most favorable, then staff, and then students. Students had low ratings for their understanding of norms, rules, and fairness of discipline. Daniel and Krishna shared about interviewing students who gave an example of knowing the "Classroom Agreements" but not the "Rules". Sara shared that there were improvements in how students were feeling about recess. More data is shared in the report.

No public comments on this item.

Kara shared that there will be an FAC meeting and morning coffee in February. There's a mini work day this coming weekend to build another shade structure, and then are also supporting Ms. Jess next week with the Great Kindness Challenge. Kara and Ann met with Krishna to start discussing how FAC can support with family engagement around renewal.

No public comments on this item.

Sara gave reminders to complete Form 700, seek new Board members, and complete the Board Clearance process if not already done.

Sara reviewed what we accomplished at the retreat section of the December meeting and shared back notes. Sarah recommended that different committees, FAC, and staff that work on and the various goals and finalizing metrics.

The board discussed having additional board members that could create additional capacity and committees. The board discussed committee next steps of working to finalize metrics for the goals.

Greg shared upcoming Board Training opportunities.

No public comments on this item.

No changes needed at this time.

Sarah opened the Public Hearing on the UMCS School Safety Plan at 6:58pm. Greg shared an overview of the public hearing and vote process and the work to update the Safety Plan into the new updated template. Sarah commented about clarifying the information for Active Shooter response.

No other public comments on this item.

Sarah closed the public hearing at 7:02pm.

Greg shared from the County about the new Superintendent taking office, the new OUSD Board taking office, and the OUSD board voting to rescind school closures.

No questions or public comments on this item.

None.

At 7:10pm, Sarah announced that the Board would go into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School. There were no public comments on this item before the Board recessed into closed session.

The Board returned to open session at 7:46, there were no actions taken.

Tabled. Mistakenly agendized.

Tabled. Mistakenly agendized.