The Board minutes for approval are from Encore's November 9, 2020 regular Encore Board of Directors meeting.

This is the time and place for the general public to address the Board of Directors on any matter within jurisdiction of the Board. Comments should be limited to 3 minutes. Public comments can be related to agenda items or non-agenda items. Unless an item has been placed on the published agenda in accordance with the Brown Act, there shall be no action taken, nor should there be comments on, responses to, or discussion of a topic not on the agenda. The Board members may: (1) acknowledge receipt of information/report; (2) refer to staff with no direction as to action or priority; or (3) refer the matter to the next agenda.

Each month, Encore's the ASB Director or the ASB President routinely reports on the academic operations on campus to the Encore Board of Directors.  This is for information purposes only.

Each month, Encore's Assistant Dean of Academics routinely reports on the academic operations on campus to the Encore Board of Directors.  This is for information purposes only.

Over the course of the school year, each department chair will report to the Encore Board of Directors to talk about achievements, special events, and happenings within their department on campus.  This report is for information only.

Over the course of the school year, each department chair will report to the Encore Board of Directors to talk about achievements, special events, and happenings within their department on campus.  This report is for information only.

Each month, Encore's administrative team updates the Encore Board of Directors on professional development, data, and other events that help drive student success.  These items are submitted as a group of data materials and will be summarized monthly.  No action is needed.  Included in these reported notes are agendas and notes from Monday Morning Meetings, Department Chair meetings, and Independent Study meetings that took place in the month of November.

Encore High School has a staff elected liaison that makes themselves available to the staff for questions, comments, and concerns throughout the school year.  The liaison also meets each semester with the staff and reports monthly to the Encore Board of Directors.

Encore High School is seeking the professional services from a bookkeeping service to maintain transparency of the student services debit accounting.  This proposal comes from H&R Block to fill this vacancy

Encore Education Corporation is updating the Conflict of Interest Code.  Staff recommends approval of this action.

This action item is to approve Encore Education Corporation's updated bylaws for the California Nonprofit Benefit Corporation. Staff recommends approval of this action.

Encore has contracted with Board on Track to help formalize and normalize Board meetings and engagement with staff.  Each month, a small training piece will be presented to the Board to help train the platform.  In December's Board meeting, the entire Board will be shown how to complete the skills reporting for yourself.  The purpose of this report is to help Encore build the makeup of Encore's Board of Directors.

Encore Education Corporation is seeking this contract.  The purpose of this contract is create data regarding the post secondary education for Encore graduates.  This contract would give Encore Education Corporation an opportunity to have nationally recognized data for our graduates after high school.  This will also give alumni an opportunity to get automatic diplomas.  Hesperia Unified School District also uses this service.  Staff recommends approval of this contract.

It is recommended that the board considers approving a number of agenda items as a finance consent list. These items are routine in nature and can be enacted in one motion without further discussion. Consent items may be called up by any member at the meeting for clarification, discussion, or change. Included in this list:

This action is to vote on the approval of the Student Services Reconciliation Summaries for July 2020, August 2020, September 2020, October 2020. Generally, the Board will see one month of account summary per month.  Due to COVID-19, there have been delays in this reporting for the 20-21 school year.  The reporting of this summary usually runs one full month after the closure of the fiscal month.

The First Interim Budget is a discussion/vote process for the Encore Board of Directors.  Paul Khoury from DMS (Delta Managed Solutions LLC and Encore's back-office provider) will be presenting the budget and the first interim update of the budget. 

After the closed session is complete, the Board will reconvene and report any action taken in closed session.