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November 30, 2021 Board Meeting

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Mountain View Academy

45 S. Moss ◊ Lowell, Oregon 97452 ◊ (541)735-1709

Board of Director’s Meeting

November 30th, 2021

7:00 pm – Public Session

The Mountain View Academy School Board encourages public input.  Persons wishing to address the Board on school related issues, are invited to do so, either when the item is presented on the agenda, or under the “Public Comments” section.  In the interest of time and order, presentations from the public are limited to three (3) minutes per person, and the total time for individual agenda items shall not exceed (21) minutes.  An individual speaker’s allotted time may not be increased by a donation of time from members of the public in attendance.  If you wish to speak under Public Comments, please complete a Public Comment Form and turn it in to the Rita Fischer.  The Board requests complaints or charges against an employee be held in Executive Session.  Individuals who require disability-related accommodations or modifications to participate in the Board meeting should contact the Administrator in writing prior to the meeting.

AGENDA

1.0 OPENING OF PUBLIC SESSION –

            1.1 Public Session Call to Order: 7:05pm meeting called to order

            1.2 Attendance:

Julie Valencia, Board President

Beau Garner, Board Vice President

Rita Fisher, Board Member

Stacey Kelso, Board Member (Absent)

Stephanie Johnson, Board Member

Jessica Cardwell, Director

Laurie Cardwell, Director

                        1.2.1 Guests:

1.3 Approval of Agenda: The agenda is approved as written.

            1.4 Approval of Minutes: The minutes are approved as written.

            1.5 Schedule Next Meeting: January 18th, 2022 at 7pm.

1.6 Budget: ADM positive adjustment by approximately $26k. Grant updates. Staff computers have not been purchased yet, still looking for a good deal.

1.7 Financial Report: The Board has received and reviewed their financial packets. 

2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity for Citizens to address items not on the agenda. Persons wishing to address the Board on any school related issue not listed elsewhere on the agenda are invited to do so now.  Audience time is not intended as a forum for public debate. Questions raised may require further investigation. Normally, the board will wait until its next meeting before responding to concerns raised.

3.0 ACTION DISCUSSION

3.1 Every Student Belongs policy – OSBA recommends every school adopts this policy that removes three symbols of hate from the school, unless used during teaching specific classroom lessons. Beau motions to approve Every Student Belongs policy.  Rita seconds the motion. Motion has unanimously passed.

3.2 Bias Incident Complaint Procedure – OSBA recommends every school adopts this policy that specifically lays out the procedures/steps/process to be taken regarding any bias incident regarding Every Student Belongs policy. Stephanie motions to approve the Bias Incident Complaint Procedure.  Rita seconds the motion.  Motion has unanimously passed.

4.0 INFORMATION AND STUDY

4.1 Board Comments –  no board comments

4.2 Board Chair report – Julie Valencia

Staff support, board protocol reminders.    

4.3 Administrator’s Report – Jessica Cardwell

             

  • Enrollment update – 142 and 17 PreK students.
  • COVID impact
  • Updated covid guidelines coming soon
  • Update on grants
  • Parent-Teacher conferences – we have conferences on the 7th & 8th from 3 – 6:30pm.
  • Charter renewal update
  • Formal Evaluation Notification
  • Staff update
  • 2022 – 23 calendar – first stage of building the 22-23 calendar.

5.0 ADJOURNMENT

Public Session Call to Close: Meeting called to a close at 8:19pm

Any documents that are public records and are provided attachments to public session items on this agenda are accessible to the public on the school’s website, with the exception of documents provided at the time of the meeting.  Documents that are public records and are provided at the time of the meeting to a majority of the Board regarding a public session item, will be made available for public inspection upon request to the Administrator’s Assistant.

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