Regular Board Meeting Minutes April 23, 2018

BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED MINUTES

Regular Board Meeting, CORE Placer, Inc.

April 23, 2018 4:00pm

CORE Placer Charter School

1033 S Auburn Street, Colfax, Ca 95713

Mission Statement

CORE Schools utilize the independent study/personalized learning approach. We support choice of curriculum aligned with Common Core Standards,

engage parents along with students in learning, and offer classes at our centers and within the community.

Our goal is to help students achieve measurable academic growth in addition to the social skills necessary for their future success.

Vision Statement

To educate, empower and inspire CORE students to achieve academic success in a more personalized instructional setting.

The Board Values

1. Valuable educational experiences for all students

2. Educational choice and options producing results in student achievement of standards

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: Noah Mackenroth called the meeting to order at 4:02 pm

B. INTRODUCTION OF ATTENDEES/ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM: Noah Mackenroth, President; Lori Lynch, Secretary/Treasurer; Patty Schreiter, Member (Arrived at 4:10pm); Melissa Knudsen, Member; Alison Garcia, Executive Director

C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

Moved by Melissa Knudsen to approve the agenda Seconded by Lori Lynch Ayes: 3 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)

None

Moved to break at 4:05; return from break at 4:10

E. CLOSED SESSION:

1. Conference with Legal Council--anticipated Litigation . Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of Section 54956.9

1. Dismiss to closed session at: 4:10 pm

2. Return from closed session at: 4:56 pm

3. Report of any action taken in closed session on: Conference with Legal Council--anticipated Litigation: Board gave direction to legal council on matters of

possible litigation.

F. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA:

1. Approve minutes from the March 12, 2018 Regular board meeting

2. March Warrants

3. Personnel Report

Moved by Patti Schreiter Seconded by Lori Lynch 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. Review Enrollment and consider requests for late enrollment (D/A) Alison brought the requests from 5 families for approval for late enrollment due to emergency situations. Alison did counsel the families on different options. The board did not want to consider a change to their enrollment cutoff policy.
  2. New/Renewal Charter (I/D/A) Because of the growing CORE numbers, Alison is asking the Board to consider starting a new additional charter school in one of the counties outside of Placer county. Alison listed pros and cons. Operating a site in another county is easily done with a charter in that county. CORE's legal counsel has made this recommendation to CORE. Alison attended the state advisory committee last meeting. CORE Placer received full funding from SB7. Kathleen Daugherty talked to this topic. The Board directed Alison to move forward on researching new charters and on renewal.
  3. Evaluation Report (I/D) Kathleen reported that her team has completed self-evaluations and begun observations. A survey will be sent out to parents tomorrow and resilts will be a part of the PLTs review.
  4. Executive Director goal review and progress report (I/D/A) Alison is back with support from Kathleen Daughtery. Kathleen then walked the board through the board goals to date.
  5. Board of Directors recruitment (I/D/A) The board reviewed the bylaws and process for nominating new board members. Several people have expressed interest in being on the board. Alison will solicit nominations and bring them forward next meeting.
  6. Update Board meeting Schedule for May and June (D) Board changed the June 6, 2018 meeting to June 4, 2018 at 4pm. An additional meeting might be necessary to be scheduled for June 11, 2018

H. Financial Update: Alison Garcia: Alison presented the actuals from DMS. She presented the P-2 ADA at 433.67; plus TK of 11. Budget was based on 435 ADA. Enrollment is 469 today. The school has recovered from the budget issues of last year and is now set up for success. .OPS system has been very impressive for this year and a lot of training is taking place. Beginning next year, parents will be able to see their students funds balance and place orders themselves to be approved by their PLTs. The school will look at setting up a business account with Amazon.

I. COMMUNICATIONS/CORRESPONDENTS: None

J. School Reports: The yearly Audit is set up for July. Alison thanked Jacey for cleaning up the data in the database to now reflect accurate infornation. Next year Alison would like to go to the CDE meetings. Currently working on LCAP update process. WASC update is almost complete. The next 6 year mid-cycle visit will be in March 2019. Alison reported that the letter to parents about the breach of school security, being signed by Noah Mackenroth (board president), allowed them to know that it was being dealt with with integrity. Alison thanked Noah for his positive reputation in the charter school community. An email program is being set up to keep and track all email from now on. CAASPP assessments have been going very well. In 2016, the assessment participation rate was approximately 37%. This year we are expecting 95% participation, the first time in CORE's history. End of year events are being planned. Building community was a goal, and the biggest challenge with the spread of the student population. So far, over 100 students are signed up for the last event of this year. PLTs have been trained on how to connect the parents not connected into a local community. There is a lot of prospective students enrolling now for next school year. People who are enrolled are telling their friends. New enrollment for the 18/19sy is showing that all of our High School graduates exiting are replaced with new enrollment.

J. BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS (10 min): The board sent birthday wishes to Jacey Huckabay. Noah reported on his connections.Patty reported on her visit to PCOE board meeting last week with Alison, Kathleen, and DMS rep. The school reps did a great job and the PCOE board had no questions. Alison reported that the board will be able to go to CCSA and CSDC board trainings next school year. Patty will be working with Tabitha to get free events information out next year. Lori Lynch reported on the school Yearbook that just came in.It turned out very well, and is now on sale. Alison thanked Lori for all of her hard work on this.

K. NEXT MEETING:

Items for the May 14, 2018 agenda: WASC Report; LCAP hearing preview and preliminary goals; Board member prospects interviews; Survey results; Job descriptions; Tentative staffing

L. ADJOURNMENT: 7:02PM

Moved by Lori Lynch Seconded by Patty Schreiter Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Motion Passed

Notice: CORE Placer, Inc. 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, Inc.’s 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.