Green Dot Public Schools
Minutes
GDPS Board Retreat
Date and Time
Monday August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Green Dot Public Schools Board meetings are open to the public. This meeting will be held at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on August 25, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. Teleconference locations accessible to the public include 333 Marble Falls St, Las Vegas, NV 89138, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 1320, Los Angeles, California, 90095, 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 25, 2025, 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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Directors Present
Claudio Chavez, Dr. Robert Cherry (remote), Ivette Peña, Jon Goodman, Kevin Reed, Louis Gomez (remote), Peter Scranton, Ricardo Barragan, Rita Ravindra
Directors Absent
LaTonia Lopez
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
Claudio Chavez, Dr. Robert Cherry
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
Dr. Robert Cherry, Louis Gomez
Guests Present
Amanda Matamoros
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
III. Board Goverance
A.
Vote to re-elect members to the GDPS Board
B.
Vote to elect Board positions
C.
Board Evaluation Results
Annabelle Moskowitz, Chief of Staff, reviewed the Board Evaluation results.
IV. Approve Consent Agenda
A.
Approve the Minutes from the 06-27-2025 Green Dot Public Schools Board Meeting
B.
Approve California Interscholastic Federation Los Angeles City Section (CIFLACS) to Renew the Membership
C.
Approve School Improvement Plan for Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy
D.
Approve School Improvement Plan for Ánimo Compton
E.
Approve GDPS Learning Continuity Plans
F.
Approve Unaudited SY25 Financials
G.
Approve Amended FY25 Shared Service Fees
H.
Approve FY25 Home Office Contribution to Animo Venice
I.
Approve Delta Board Directors Election
V. Closed Session
A.
Conference with legal counsel - Anticipated Litigation
The GDPS Board entered closed session at approximately 1:05 p.m.
B.
Conference with Legal - Existing Litigation
C.
Update on Conference with Labor Negotiators
D.
Upadate on Labor Negotiations
VI. Report of Actions Taken During Closed Session
A.
Report on Closed Session
The GDPS Board returned from closed session at approximately 2:11 p.m. and reported that no action was taken.
VII. Development Update
A.
Development Update
Manny Aceves, Vice President of Development, provided a Development update.
VIII. Board Retreat
A.
Retreat Rotations
GDPS Board Members took part in a series of structured retreat rotations.
IX. AMU Report
A.
AMU Report
Hector Vega, President of Asociación de Maestros Unidos (AMU), provided an AMU Report.
Public comment was submitted by the following people: Tedd Spater, Sandra Estrada, Andrew Green, Jessica Foard, Adriana Cisneros, Susana Amezcua, Melinda Farag, Kiese Vita, and Karina Panteleon.