Green Dot Public Schools
GDPS Board Retreat
Date and Time
Green Dot Public Schools Board meetings are open to the public. This meeting will be held at The Huffington - The Maniatakos Fellowship Hall: 1324 S. Normandie Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90006 on August 28, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Teleconference locations accessible to the public include and Green Dot Public Schools.
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Public comment can either be submitted to GreenDotCABoardMeeting@greendot.org by 12:00 p.m. on August 28, 2026, or can be submitted after the start of the meeting by raising your hand via zoom during the public comment section. Members of the public can submit statements in English or Spanish. Statements received by 12:00 p.m. will be read out loud during the Board meeting in the order they were received and will be limited to 3 minutes per submission. The Board has allocated a total of 30 minutes for public comment. Anything exceeding the 30 minutes allocated for public comment will not be read during the Board meeting and will be shared with Green Dot California Board members via email.
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Agenda
| Purpose | Presenter | Time | |||
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| I. | Opening Items | 12:00 PM | |||
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Opening Items
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| A. | Call the Meeting to Order | Kevin Reed | 1 m | ||
| B. | Record Attendance and Guests | Neal Brandenburg | 1 m | ||
| II. | Public Comment | 12:02 PM | |||
| A. | Public Comment | FYI | 30 m | ||
| III. | Approve Consent Agenda | 12:32 PM | |||
| A. | Approve the Minutes from the 06-26-2026 Green Dot Public Schools Board Meeting | Approve Minutes | Claudio Chavez | 5 m | |
| B. | Approve GDPS Conflict of Interest Code | Vote | Annabelle Moskowitz | ||
| C. | Approve Resolution for Employer Pick-up and Coverage Effective Date California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) | Vote | Samantha Matamoros | ||
| D. | Approve GDPS Local Assignment Option | Vote | Samantha Matamoros | ||
| E. | Approve GDPS Declaration of Need | Vote | Samantha Matamoros | ||
| F. | Approve the Los Angeles County Office of Education Monitoring and Oversight Memorandum of Understanding C-26026 for Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy | Vote | Martin Farfan | ||
| G. | Approve Resolution to Issue Funds to Charter School or School District | Vote | Parker Hudnut | ||
| H. | Approve GDPS X Children's Institute Partnership MOU | Vote | Grizelda Vigil | ||
| I. | Approve GDPS Updated Fiscal Policies | Vote | Parker Hudnut | ||
| J. | Approve Loan from Blueprint | Vote | Cristina de Jesus | ||
| K. | Approve the Ánimo Legacy Charter Middle School Renewal Charter Petition Submission to the Los Angeles Unified School District | Vote | Martin Farfan | ||
| L. | Approve GDPS Independent Student Policy | Vote | Damon Hands | ||
| IV. | Board Governance | 12:37 PM | |||
| A. | Vote to re-elect members to the GDPS Board | Vote | Kevin Reed | 10 m | |
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| B. | Board Required Training: SB848 | Discuss | Neal Brandenburg | 5 m | |
| V. | CEO Update | 12:52 PM | |||
| A. | CEO Update | Discuss | Cristina de Jesus | 10 m | |
| VI. | Finance Update | 1:02 PM | |||
| A. | Approve GDPS FY26 Unaudited Financials | Vote | Parker Hudnut | 10 m | |
| VII. | Collective Bargaining Agreement | 1:12 PM | |||
| A. | Review and Discuss Sunshine Letters from Green Dot Public Schools and Asociación de Maestros Unidos (AMU) | Discuss | Damon Hands | 10 m | |
| VIII. | Closed Session | 1:22 PM | |||
| A. | Conference with legal counsel - Anticipated Litigation | FYI | Neal Brandenburg | 60 m | |
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Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of Gov. Code, § 54956.9(d): 1 potential case |
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| B. | Conference with Legal - Existing Litigation | Discuss | Neal Brandenburg | ||
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(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9) Case No: (2) 23WM000074
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| C. | Update on Conference with Labor Negotiators | Discuss | Damon Hands | ||
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| D. | Update on Conference with Labor Negotiations | Discuss | Neal Brandenburg | ||
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| E. | Public Employee Personnel Matter | Discuss | Cristina de Jesus | ||
| IX. | Report of Actions Taken During Closed Session | 2:22 PM | |||
| A. | Report on Closed Session | Discuss | Kevin Reed | 1 m | |
| X. | AMU Report | 2:23 PM | |||
| A. | AMU Report | FYI | Hector Vega | 5 m | |
| XI. | Break | 2:28 PM | |||
| A. | Break | FYI | 15 m | ||
| XII. | Board Retreat | 2:43 PM | |||
| A. | Pathway to Possibilities Rotations | Discuss | Cristina de Jesus | 200 m | |
| XIII. | Closing Items | 6:03 PM | |||
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | Vote | |||