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Urban Montessori Charter School

Minutes

Academic Oversight Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday March 21, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Mr. Bissonnette's office .


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Committee Members Present

A. Ng, K. Fortuna

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

K. Feeney

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

K. Fortuna called a meeting of the Academic Oversight Committee of Urban Montessori Charter School to order on Thursday Mar 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

C.

Review of Action/Discussion Items

D.

Presentations from the Floor

E.

Vote on Minutes from Prior Meeting

A. Ng made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Oversight Committee Meeting on 02-15-24.
K. Fortuna seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Academic Oversight

A.

Instructional Updates

literacy night in April

Transition placement process started, including classroom observation

State testing from 4/29-5/10

 

NWEA winter results

both math and reading down slightly from fall

data has been gone over with teachers

 

growth data: reading about 38% didn't meat goals; math, about 42% didn't meet goals

 

average percentages by ethnicity still show achievement gap for Black and Latino students

 

teachers are meeting weekly to go over data from previous week

 

key initiatives: state place umcs as low tier for renewal; admin feels this is inaccurate based on our english language learning data, which exceeded state average.

B.

Policy Review

Pausing discussion on Independent Study policy and will pull from the consent calendar

 

approve changes to Leave of Absence policy with updates

 

approve changes to English Learner Policy with updates

III. Closing Items

A.

Topics for next meeting

LCAP

State testing prep and renewal

Independent study policy

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:15 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
K. Fortuna

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.