Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday March 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Ring the front bell or call/text 510-290-4005 for entry. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Head of School's Office.
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Members: Lana Butler, Kara Fortuna, Greg Klein, Sarah Morrill, Amy Ng (Chair), Evan Sequoia
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Directors Present
A. Ng, E. Sequoia, G. Klein, K. Fortuna, L. Butler
Directors Absent
S. Morrill
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
A. Ng
Guests Present
D. Bissonnette
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance
C.
Review of Action/Discussion Items
D.
Board and Community Appreciations
Lana appreciated Daniel.
Lana appreciated the parents who offered to help with childcare.
Greg appreciated Lana. Daniel echoed the appreciation.
Daniel appreciated staff.
E.
Board Member Comment
No board member comments on items not on the agenda.
F.
Presentations from the Floor
There were no public comments on items not on the agenda.
II. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Report
Daniel shared his Head of School report which is included in the Documents for this meeting, starting with an appreciation for Lower Elementary teachers for leading students in a Spring parade. Daniel shared recent and upcoming events. Regarding Montessori inside of OUSD, Daniel shared that the latest survey has 163 responses of TK-4th families, with 66 yes, and 55 maybe, and more families to call. Board asked questions to clarify the regarding the survey results, including the need to start to clarify information in a possible MOU, more information can be shared to give families so they can make a decision and not be a maybe. Lana asked about meeting the need for 75 families and Daniel shared that the latest feeling is that the program is on track enrollment wise based on the data. Amy asked about the work of the MOU timeline, and Daniel shared that the work will continue into April.
No public comments on this item.
III. Academic Oversight Committee
A.
Discussion Item - Committee Report
Kara shared the committee report, and the presentation shared by Ms. Tobie at the committee meeting with more student achievement data is included also with the materials for tonight's board meeting. Kara shared about the recently started after school math support for students. Greg added about Ms. Tobie reaching out to students and teachers to learn more about what they has contributed to recent positive trends and areas for growth in the data.
No public comments on this item.
IV. Family Advisory Council
A.
Discussion Item - Committee Report
Lana shared about upcoming FAC events, including coffee tomorrow morning, game night later in March, and a potluck in April, along with a clean up day in April. The Fun-a-Thon will be in May.
No public comments on this item.
V. Executive & Governance Committee
A.
Committee Report
Amy gave the committee report, including how the committee discussed the ongoing work with OUSD and head of school evaluation process.
There were no public comments on this item.
There were no public comments. Approved without objection.
VI. Other Business
A.
Approve Minutes from February 27, 2025 Regular Meeting
There were no public comments. Approved without objection.
B.
Action Item - Vote on General Consent Report
There were no public comments. Approved without objection.
C.
Collect New Business items for Future Meetings
No new business items.
VII. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
At 6:07p, Amy shared that the board would go into closed session on Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School.
There were no public comments on this item.
VIII. Return to Open Session
A.
Report out of any closed session action(s)
The board returned to open session at 6:45p. No actions were taken.
IX. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
Adjourned without objection.
- Statement of Work - Audit Services (2).pdf
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