Urban Montessori Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday April 24, 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
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
The Board appreciated Daniel for bringing dinner.
Lana appreciated the Port Authority and Jillian regarding Earth Day.
Greg appreciated the Sunflower team.
Daniel appreciated the Board.
Greg appreciated Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell.
E.
Board Member Comment
No board member comments on items not on the agenda.
F.
Presentations from the Floor
No public comments on items not on the agenda.
II. Head of School Report
A.
Head of School Report
Daniel shared about upcoming events, including SBAC testing in early May, Fun-a-thon 5/17, and Field Day 5/30/25.
Regarding the MOU with OUSD, Daniel shared about receiving an updating version which remains in progress. There are few outstanding questions to resolve, and now hoping for a mid May OUSD Board consideration. Brookfield staff and families, along with UMCS staff and families remain hopeful and interested in partnering together.
Greg asked about finalizing the MOU. And Daniel shared about the core team from OUSD working together, and how after the final details are finalized in upcoming meetings, then OUSD will need to partner and plan with their labor partners.
Greg asked about SBAC and Daniel shared that 3rd graders will take a practice test and students have been practicing performance tasks.
Kara asked about IXL data and Daniel shared that since this was the first year with IXL it's hard to say how it will end up predicting or not on SBAC, but NWEA data shows that scores are trending up.
Amy asked about the May meeting and Daniel shared that families will be encouraged to attend and share.
Kara asked if the change in superintendency could impact the MOU, and Daniel shared that it could.
There were no public comments on this item.
III. Academic Oversight Committee
A.
Discussion Item - Committee Report
No report out, the committee did not meet.
No public comments on this item.
IV. Family Advisory Council
A.
Discussion Item - Committee Report
Lana shared about the big shoreline clean up and the big final event is the FAC-led Fun-a-thon! There are plans to have food trucks, and all are welcome, and Brookfield Families and staff will be invited.
No public comments on this item.
V. Other Business
A.
Approve Minutes from March 20, 2025 Regular Meeting
No public comments on this item.
Approved without objection.
B.
Action Item - Vote on General Consent Report
No public comments on this item.
Approved without objection.
C.
Collect New Business items for Future Meetings
Greg shared about the need to discuss in May and vote in June on officers and a calendar of meetings for the nonprofit for next year.
VI. Closed Session
A.
Closed Session Items
At 5:59p, Amy 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.
VII. Return to Open Session
A.
Report out of any closed session action(s)
The Board returned to open session at 6:29p. No actions were taken.
VIII. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Closure Resolution.pdf
- UMCS_March_Balance_Sheet.pdf
- UMCS_March_Cash_Flow.pdf
- UMCS_March_MYP.pdf
- UMCS_March_Financials_4.11.25.pdf
- UMCS_March_Finance_Committee_Meeting_04.14.25.pdf
No changes needed.