January 14, 2008

Post date: Sep 23, 2008 8:3:45 PM

Members Present:

David J. Yeager, Nereyda Cabrera, John Tidwell, Maria Hernandez, Maureen Conlon, and Ramon Guzman

Non-Voting Present:

Cinda Doughty

Guests:

Edward Soriano & Debra Lazos

Board Clerk:

Noemi Aguilar

Absent:

To and Scott

             I.      Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 5:36 p.m.

          II.      Approval of Agenda

Time certain for Item VIII a. Debra Lazos, 4th grade teacher, will present on the Director Evaluation

Table Item VIII f for a future meeting because the Personnel Committee is working on the description

Cabrera motioned to approve agenda with the above noted changes. Guzman seconded the motion.

In Favor: Cabrera, Guzman, Tidwell, Hernandez, and Yeager

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To, Scott, and Conlon

       III.      Approval of Board Meeting Minutes

a.      November 26th Board Meeting Minutes (Attachment #1)

Cabrera motioned to approve the Board Meeting Minutes. Yeager seconded the motion.

In Favor: Cabrera, Yeager, Tidwell, Hernandez, and Guzman

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To, Scott, and Conlon

        IV.      Approve Board Members

a.      Leslie Wilkins – Accept resignation effective December 14, 2007

Cabrera motioned to approve Wilkins’ resignation. Guzman seconded the motion.

In Favor: Cabrera, Guzman, Hernandez, Tidwell, and Yeager

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To, Scott, and Conlon

           V.      Budget Update

a.      Financial Update (Attachment #2)

Edward updated the Board on the Budget. Two different versions of the budget report to the Board.  The Budget Committee will review and decide which one of the two versions is easier to read and work off of.

Cinda presented the Governor’s Fiscal Report to the Board. There is a potential for major cut backs.

b.      2006-2007 Annual Fiscal Audit (Attachment #3)

Edward and Cinda updated the Board on the Annual Fiscal Audit.

c.       Budget Policies – CSMC Version (Attachment #4)

The Board reviewed the Board Policies

        VI.      Informational Items

a.      Marquee Documentation (Attachment #5)

Cinda presented documentation on the history of the marquee and the charges.

b.      Darnall Language Arts Standards, Curriculum Maps and Assessments

Cinda reviewed the Language Arts Standards, Curriculum Maps and Assessments

c.       Employment Actions (Attachment #6)

Cinda informed the Board of employee actions.

     VII.      Consent Calendar

a.      Child Abuse Reporting Policy (Attachment #7)

b.      Conference Travel (Attachment #8)

c.       Student Teacher Contract (Attachment #9)

In Favor: Hernandez, Tidwell, Guzman, Cabrera, and Yeager

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To, Scott, and Conlon

  VIII.      Discussion/Action Items

a.      Director Evaluation Form (Attachment #10)

David and Cinda will sit down and review the evaluation and separate the areas that the Board will be conducting their evaluation on and the section that the staff will evaluate her on. The format will be changed to landscape.

b.      Harassment/Sexual Harassment Policy (Attachment #11)

Maureen and Maria will work together on a recommendation for curriculum for students on the topic of Harassment.

Tidwell motioned to approve the policy as written. Guzman seconded the motion.

In Favor: Tidwell, Guzman, Cabrera, Yeager, and Hernandez

Opposed: Conlon

Abstained: None

Absent: To and Scott

c.       Resolution to Reserve 2 Board Positions for Community Member (Attachment #12)

Guzman motioned for the Board to reserve 2 Board positions for Community Members to create a balance of members. Tidwell seconded the motion.

In Favor: Guzman, Tidwell, Hernandez, Cabrera, Yeager, and Conlon

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To and Scott

d.      Clarification Regarding Filling of Board Staff Vacancy (Attachment #13)

Conlon motioned for the Board to approve the term of the Board staff vacancy to be the remainder of Leslie Wilkins’ term plus 2 years with the majority ruling. Cabrera seconded the motion.

In Favor: Conlon, Cabrera, Hernandez, Tidwell, Yeager, and Guzman.

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To and Scott

e.      Changes to the Instructional Calendar to Add Minutes (Attachment #14)

Tidwell motioned to have January 7th, 2008 as a Prep Day and April 7th, 2008 as an Instructional Day. Guzman seconded the motion.

In Favor: Tidwell, Guzman, Hernandez, Yeager, and Cabrera

Opposed: None

Abstained: Conlon

Absent: To and Scott

f.        Approve Revised Teacher Job Description (Attachment #15)

Item was tabled

g.      Adopt California Language Arts Curriculum Framework & Standards

Guzman motioned to approve the Standards. Tidwell seconded the motion.

In Favor: Guzman, Tidwell, Cabrera, Hernandez, Conlon, and Yeager

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To and Scott

h.      Adopt Science Textbooks Grades 4-6 (Attachment #16)

Tidwell motioned to adopt the Science Textbooks for grades 4th-6th. Conlon seconded the motion.

In Favor: Tidwell, Conlon, Yeager, Hernandez, Guzman, and Cabrera

Opposed: None

Abstained: None

Absent: To and Scott

i.        CSMC Update

Cinda informed the Board that she has had some concerns  with some errors that CSMCI has made. (Such as double paying invoices, employees not getting paid/overpaid.) This may be due to the short amount of time Edward had been scheduled at Darnall. Starting this month Edward will now be at Darnall all day on Wednesdays and Cinda will keep the Board informed on how things are going with CSMCI.

The Board went into closed session at 9:29pm.

        IX.      Closed Session

a.      Update on Contract/Salary Negotiations between Darnall Charter School and DCTA

           X.      Public Comment

        XI.      Roundtable

     XII.      Adjournment