Green Dot Public Schools
Minutes
GDPS Board Meeting
Date and Time
Friday April 24, 2026 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 April 24, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Teleconference locations accessible to the public include Green Dot Public Schools and 333 Marble Falls St, Las Vegas, NV 89138.
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Directors Present
Claudio Chavez, Ivette Peña, Jon Goodman, Kevin Reed, LaTonia Lopez, Louis Gomez, Peter Scranton, Ricardo Barragan, Rita Ravindra
Directors Absent
Dr. Robert Cherry
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
Louis Gomez
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 02-20-2026 GDPS Board Meeting
B.
Approve Minutes from the 03-26-2026 Special GDPS Board Meeting
C.
Approve FY25 Tax Return
D.
Approve Prop 39 Facility Use Agreement for Ánimo Jackie Robinson for Los Angeles Unified School District
E.
Approve California School Finance Authority State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program for Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy
IV. CEO Update
A.
CEO Update
Dr. Cristina de Jesus, President & CEO, provided the CEO Update.
V. Academic Update
A.
School Culture Update
Damon Hands, Vice President of Education, provided the School Culture Update.
B.
Prepared Graduates
Annette Gonzalez, Chief Education Officer, Janneth Johnson, Senior Director of Counseling & College Persistence, Nate Pickering, Innovation Specialist, and Julia Fisher, Senior Coordinator of Innovation & Instructional Technology, provided an update regarding Prepared Graduates.
VI. Finance Update
A.
Budget Preview
The Budget Preview has been deferred and will be discussed at a future Board meeting.
VII. Operations Update
A.
Enrollment Udpate
Ken Tyrrell, Chief of Operations, provided the Enrollment Update.
VIII. Collective Bargaining Agreement
A.
Review and Discuss Sunshine Letters from Green Dot Public Schools California and Ánimo Classified Employee Association
LaTonia Lopez, President of Ánimo Classified Employee Association (ACEA), and Neal Brandenburg, General Counsel, reviewed and discussed the Sunshine Letters from GDPS and ACEA.
IX. Closed Session
A.
Conference with legal counsel - Anticipated Litigation
The GDPS Board entered closed session at approximately 4:35 p.m.
B.
Conference with Legal - Existing Litigation
C.
Update on Conference with Labor Negotiators
X. Report of Actions Taken During Closed Session
A.
Report of Actions Taken During Closed Session
The GDPS Board returned from closed session at approximately 5:20 p.m. and reported that no action was taken.
XI. Asociación de Maestros Unidos Report
A.
Asociación de Maestros Unidos (AMU) Report
Hector Vega, AMU President, proved the AMU Report.
Public Comment was provided by the following people: Hillary Goyal, Leona Matthews, Tai Regnier, Ryan Smith, Tedd Spater, Liliana Casteneda, and Elizabeth Bay.