Regular Board Meeting Minutes

CORE Placer Charter School

February 25, 2019 6:15 pm

Location: 9244 Old State Highway

Newcastle, CA 95658, Placer County, California

Mission Statement:

C.O.R.E. Placer Charter School utilizes the independent study/personalized learning approach. We support choice of curriculum to engage parents as primary educators, along with students, in learning and utilize school approved vendor courses within the community, while addressing CA state standards. Our goal is to help students achieve measurable academic growth in addition to providing opportunities to develop and enhance both social and life skills necessary for their future success. We seek to enable our students to become self-motivated, competent, ad lifelong learners.

Vision Statement:

To educate, elevate, and empower C.O.R.E. Placer Charter School students to achieve academic success in a personalized learning setting.

The Board Values

1. Valuable educational experiences for all students

2. Educational choice and options producing results in student achievement

3. Fiscal stability which reflects a balanced budget supporting student achievement

4. Team Building with staff; administrative, certificated and classified

5. Community Stature and Relations which reflects controlled growth

A. CALL TO ORDER: Patty called the meeting to order at 6:25pm.

B. INTRODUCTION OF ATTENDEES/ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM:Patty Schreiter, President; Melissa Knudsen, Member; Noah Mackenroth, Treasurer; Member; Maria Burkhart, member; Alison Garcia, Executive Director.

C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Noah Mackenroth motioned to approve the agenda with the deletion of the warrants (F5) to the next agenda. Melissa Knudsen seconded. Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Motion passed.

D. COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: (No board discussion on items per Brown act)

Josie G. talked abut the great training last Friday on state testing. She commended Christy Fox on a great job.

E. FINANCIAL UPDATE: Monthly update

Andy from DMS gave the board an update on the 2^nd interim. CORE will be ending the year with 157 fund balance. Budget meets SB740 tests for full funding. Andy explained cash flow issues and recommended one more factoring for this year. The board thanked Andy for his efforts on the school’s behalf.

F. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA:

1. Approve minutes from the October 29, 2018 Regular board meeting

2. Approve minutes from the November 7, 2018 Special board meeting

3. Approve minutes from the January 28, 2019 Regular board meeting

4. Approval of minutes from February 14, 2019 Special board meeting

5. Warrants (Tabled to next meeting in C.)

Melissa Knudsen motioned to approve the consent agenda. Noah Mackenroth seconded. Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Motion passed

G. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL DISCUSS AND/OR TAKE ACTION ON FOLLOWING ITEMS (Any action taken will be done by a roll call vote-I Information; D discussion; A action.)

1. Second Interim Budget (I/D/A) The board discussed what good news this budget is, and the progress that has been made in a short time. Motioned by Melissa Knudsen to accept the 2^nd Interim Budget. Maria Burkhart seconded. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed.

2. Resolution for Factoring (D/A) 02019-2

The board reviewed the terms of the factoring agreement. Motioned by Noah Mackenroth to adopt the factoring resolution 02019-2. Maria Burkhart seconded. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed.

3. Multiple Measures Contract (D/A) Kathleen explained MM program to the board. It is a program to create data reports from all school data for teachers and admin usage. It measures growth over time. Motioned by Melissa Knudsen to accept the Multiple Measures contract. Noah Mackenroth seconded. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed.

4. Safety Plan (A) Alison talked about the fire commander’s inspection of the resource center. He only wanted a fire lock box installed. RC staff had their active shooter training which was well received. Motioned by Maria Burkhart to accept the Safety Plan. Melissa Knudsen seconded. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed.

5. Policies (D/A):

· Title IX, Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination and Bullying

· Title I Policy

· Social Media

· Access to School Records

· Uniform Complaint

· Professional Boundaries

· Wellness Policy

The board discussed the policies and made some recommendations. Motioned by Maria Burkhart to accept the 7 polices as written with the change of Principal to Executive Director and formatting fixes. Seconded by Melissa Knudsen. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Abstain; Maria: Aye. Motion passed.

6. Low Performing Student Grant spending plan LEA is required to report to the State Superintendent regarding the adopted plan to use the grant funds to increase the academic performance of pupils identified, pursuant to EC Section 41570(d). (I/D/A) Alison explained each piece of the spending plan to the board.

Motioned by Noah Mackenroth to accept the spending plan. Seconded by Melissa Knudsen. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed.

7. Stakeholder Survey (I/D) The board discussed the survey and recommended edits. Motioned by Melissa Knudsen to accept survey with the edits discussed. Seconded by Maria Burkhart. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed

8. 19/20 School Calendar (D/A)

The board discussed the calendar. Motioned by Noah Mackenroth to accept the calendar. Seconded by Melissa Knudsen. Patty: Aye; Melissa: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed

Melissa Knudsen left at 8:45 pm.

9. Board Goals Update (D/A) Alison explained the board goals to new board members. The board discussed the goals. Motioned by Noah Mackenroth to accept the goal updates with proposed edits. Seconded by Melissa Knudsen. Patty: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed

10. Benchmark Assessments Update (I) Alison presented the benchmark assessment gains we saw this year with graphs.

11. Charter Renewal Document (D/A) Alison explained the charter renewal budget to go with the charter renewal. Andy explained it to the board. Motioned by Maria Burkhart to accept the charter renewal budget. Seconded by Noah Mackenroth. Patty: Aye; Noah: Aye; Maria: Aye. Motion passed

12. Public Hearing Plan Discussion (D) The board discussed and made revisions to their plan.

H. SCHOOL REPORTS:

Facility report was done and good.

PCOE will return on Wed to finish up their oversight visit.

Form 700’s are due April 1.

Alison reported on the updates to the board’s direction.

I. BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS (10 min):

Patty reported on Sutter’s Fort training for our upcoming school field trip on April 15. Everyone is excited.

J. NEXT MEETING: March 25, 2019 at 6:15pm.

Items for the agenda: TBD

K. ADJOURNMENT: Patty adjourned the meeting at 10:43

Notice: CORE Placer Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. Alison Garcia, School Executive Director, has been designated to receive requests for disability-related modifications and accommodations in order to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in CORE Placer Charter Schools open and public meetings. Please notify Alison Garcia at (530) 346-8340, seventy-two (72) hours or more prior to disability accommodations being needed in order to participate in the meeting.