Green Dot Public Schools
Minutes
RESCHEDULED - GDPS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Green Dot Public Schools Board meetings are open to the public. This meeting will be held at the Home Office on November 19, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. Teleconference locations accessible to the public include Green Dot Public Schools, 2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, CA 90067, 333 Marble Falls St, Las Vegas, NV 89138, 2314 24th St, Santa Monica, CA 90405, and 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 1320 Los Angeles, California, 90095.
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Public comment can either be submitted to GreenDotCABoardMeeting@greendot.org by 3:00 p.m. on November 19, 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 3:00 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), Jon Goodman, Kevin Reed, LaTonia Lopez (remote), Peter Scranton, Ricardo Barragan, Rita Ravindra (remote)
Directors Absent
Ivette Peña, Louis Gomez
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
Kevin Reed, Ricardo Barragan
Directors who left before the meeting adjourned
Dr. Robert Cherry
Guests Present
Amanda Matamoros
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Public Comment
A.
Public Comment
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Minutes from the 04-14-2025 Special GDPSC Board Meeting
B.
Approve Minutes from the 08-25-2025 GDPS Board Retreat
C.
Approve GDPS English Learner Master Plan
D.
Approve Amended Revolution Foods MOU
IV. Academic Update
A.
School Culture Update
Annette Gonzalez, Chief Education Officer, Gordon Gibbings, Chief of Schools, and Damon Hands, Vice President of Education, provided the Academic Update.
V. Finance Update
A.
Approve GDPS FY26 Contingency Budget
VI. Governance Update
A.
LAUSD Compliance Monitoring & Oversight
Martin Farfan, Director of Public Affairs, and Brian Romero, Public Affairs Manager, provided the LAUSD Compliance Monitoring & Oversight Update
VII. Closed Session
A.
Conference with legal counsel - Anticipated Litigation
The GDPS Board entered closed session at approximately 4:48 p.m.
B.
Conference with Legal - Existing Litigation
C.
Update on Conference with Labor Negotiators
D.
Update on Conference with Labor Negotiators
VIII. Report of Actions Taken During Closed Session
A.
Report of Actions Taken During Closed Session
The GDPS Board returned from closed session at approximately 5:40 p.m. and reported that no action was taken.
IX. Legal Update
A.
Brown Act Training
Neal Brandenburg, General Counsel, provided the Legal Update.
B.
Ethics Training
X. Asociación de Maestros Unidos Report
A.
Asociación de Maestros Unidos (AMU) Report
Hector Vega, President of AMU, provided the AMU Report.
Public comment was provided by the following people: Theodor Spater, Giselle Roldan, Katy, Allisson Velazquez, Anuar Vargas, Bryan Sanchez, Gilberto Madrid, Julian Zapien, Ethan Mendoza, Grace Espinoza, Leilah Rosales, Jesus Madrid, Julian Amezcua, Elvira, Sandra Estrada, David Aleman, Liliana Castaneda, Jessica Foard, Itzel Reyes, and Raquel Laguna.