Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting

Creative Arts Charter School | Room 202

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

[Note: The Spanish version of this document was translated using Google Translate]

A meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of CREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL (“CACS”) was held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 1601 Turk St, San Francisco, California.

Roles

• Facilitator:
• Timekeeper:
• Recorder: Judy
• Committee Update:
• Process Checker: Deniz

Following are the minutes of the meeting:

OPEN SESSION

Welcome & Check-In:

• Call to Order: 6:37pm

• Motion to call to order: Kate
• Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum

Public Comment on General Matters:

 Welcome, Expectations & Check In

• Quick Check in:

• Name
• Role (guardian, grandparent, staff, etc.)
• Children and grades (if applicable
• 1 word to describe how you are feeling about the first board meeting of the year

• Seating of the 2019/20 Board (Ital indicates newly seated BOD member)

• Joe Adams
• Justin Amirault
• Deniz Bahar
• Melanie Brooks
• Judy Daniel
• Caroline Goodman
• Laura Farley
• Kate Maselli Zimman
• Janice Cavaliere
• Juan Antonio Cuellar
• Scot Gensler
• Laura Lifland
• Kristine Wagner

 Public Comment on General Matters

• n/a

Consent Agenda

• 2019-06-24 Meeting Minutes
• 2019-20 School Calendar
• 2019-20 Instructional Minutes K-5
• 2019-20 Instructional Minutes Bell Schedule Middle School

• Motion to approve consent agenda: Kate
• Motion seconded: Judy
• Approval - unanimous: Kate Maselli Zimman, Justin Amirault, Judy Lewenthal Daniel, Deniz Bahar, Janice Cavaliere, Antonio Cuellar, Scot Gensler, Laura Lifland, Kristine Wagner, Laura Farley

Community Builder

Target throws (Exploratorium exercise) + distortion goggles

Board Roles

19-20 Board Roles

Appointed Board Roles

• For approval at the August meeting
  President: Kate Maselli Zimman
• Co-Secretary: Judy Daniel
• Treasurer: Justin Amirault
• SFUSD Liaison: Joe Adams
• Co-FA/Development Chair: Melanie

• Motion to approve Appointed Board Roles: Laura Lifland
• Motion seconded: Scot Gensler
• Approval - unanimous: Kate Maselli Zimman, Justin Amirault, Judy Lewenthal Daniel, Deniz Bahar, Janice Cavaliere, Antonio Cuellar, Scot Gensler, Laura Lifland, Kristine Wagner, Laura Farley

Open Roles

To be appointed at the September meeting

• Vice-President: TBD
• Co-Secretary: TBD
• Assistant Treasurer: TBD
• Co-FA/Development Chair: TBD

Rotating Roles & Meeting Logistics

• Food Ordering - Yes
• Ann (order); Deniz (payment)

Committee Review

• Development (5 min)

• First committee meeting next week, with largely the same crew as last year.
• Actively seeking 8th grade and everyday fundraising chairs, and we're enlisting the help of the FA to find them.
• Mel meeting with the annual fund crew tomorrow  (Weds., 8/21) to begin our comms plan for the year, and see if we have final numbers for 18/19.
• Auction focus this year will be to find solid sub-committee leads, and find new awesome chairs for the event.
• Very excited to have a board Dev co-chair this year!

• Educational Data (5 min) - Brooke

• SBAC, grades, years @ CACS, slice & dice to look for patterns for school/teachers
• Brooke/Fernando: Strong in defining direction; need support on delivery (data set support)
• NEW: Sean Harris, Laura Lifland - to join team

• Facilities (5 min) - Joe

• This year’s focus on yard - 5 yr facilities lease agreement

• Finance (5 min) - Justin

• Monthly meetings + additional, ad-hoc/as-needed support
• EdTec: back office, reporting, charter-focused finance/funding/law-reference support

• Governance & Strategic Plan (5 min)

• Ensure we’re updating Strategic Plan and living by it

• Outreach/Diversity (5 min) - Brooke

• Bring and serve families/students of color into the fold; transition into CACS (new year); bilingual communications/documentation; support families’ experience @ CACS
• Every message (from anyone @ CACS) will be distributed in both English & Spanish
• Support enrollment preferences > 20/21: preference for students who live in public housing)
• Outreach: preschools, enrollment events (SFUSD enrollment fair, Parents for Public Schools (PPS))

• Teacher/Staff Support (5 min) - Deniz

• Mid- and EOY survey results, next steps/goals + action items

Brown Act Review - Kate

Executive Director’s Report - Fernando

• Personnel Update
• AA Performance Initiative
• 2019/20 school year >> Essential Question: “What will it take for us--individually and collectively--to remain urgently, relentlessly committed to interrupt adult-centered and Eurocentric (or white supremacy cultural) practices in our school and hold ourselves and each other accountable for social justice, art-centered classrooms rooted in love that insist on the success and sense of belonging of our black students and our students with IEPs?”
• Work with Verta Maloney
• Restorative Practices
• New Leadership Roles

• Brooke: Director of Curriculum & Instruction
• Maria:  Director of Culture & Climate

Finance Presentation - Justin

Board Roster - Kate

• Board Roster
• Board Calendar

Board Retreat & Next Steps

HW Review:

• Homeless Education Policy
• Suicide Prevention
• Nondiscrimination Statement
• Annual Uniform Complaint Policy
• CACS Uniform Complaint Policy & Procedure
• Title IX Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination and Intimidation Policy
• CACS 18-19 Strategic Plan - Working Doc

CLOSED SESSION

• Conference with Labor Negotiators
• Agency Designated Representatives: Justin Amirault
• Employee Organization: UESF

OPEN SESSION

Closed Session Report Out

• n/a

 Process Check & Closing - Deniz

• Process Check

• Closing

• Motion to adjourn: Joe
• Motion seconded: Justin
• Vote - Approved - unanimous: Kate Maselli Zimman, Justin Amirault, Judy Lewenthal Daniel, Deniz Bahar, Janice Cavaliere, Antonio Cuellar, Scot Gensler, Laura Lifland, Kristine Wagner, Laura Farley

Meeting adjourned: 9:00pm

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