Charter Governing Board
Minutes
December 11, 2006
Board Members Present: Ed Aceves, Peggy Crabtree, John Geary, Suzanne Koppman-Gue, Robin Peterson, Richard Sutton
Student Representatives Present: Rachel Graham, Spencer Spagnola
Other Representatives Present: Principal, Douglas Smith
President Peterson with a quorum of Board Members
present, called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. December 11, 2006, in the
Library at
A. The Board met in executive (closed) session to discuss litigation/potential;
B. Negotiation: GEA, CSEA, SEIU
C. Employee Matters
A. Call to Order
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Public Report of Action Taken in Closed Session
There was no action taken in closed session.
A. Approval of Minutes of November 13, 2006.
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Koppman-Gue the board approved the minutes, with six in favor, one absent.
B. Approval of Agenda
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Aceves the board approved the agenda with six in favor, and one absent.
Items listed in this section are considered to be routine and are acted
on by the Board in one motion.
A. Long Distance Student Travel (Color
Guard to
B. Categorical Funding
1. Discretionary Block Grant
2. Art and Music Block Grant
3. Art, Music, and P.E. Supplies and Equipment
On motion of Member Sutton, Seconded by Member Aceves the board approved the consolidated motion will six in favor, and one absent.
VI. Staff Reports/Discussion/Action
A. Financial
1. Proposed First Interim Budget
2. November Financial Reports
3. Approval of Discretionary Funds
On motion of Member Aceves, seconded by Member Aceves the board approved the financial report, with six in favor and one absent.
The board took a fifteen minutes break at this point to honor Royce Walkenhorst for a job well done. Royce will be retiring in December 2006.
B. Business
1. Approval of GIS to meet Tech Credit
On motion of Member Aceves, seconded by Member Sutton, the board approved the motion with six in favor and one absent.
2. Approval of Employment of Doug Murphy
On motion of Member Aceves, seconded by Member Crabtree, the board approved employment of Doug Murphy as our Business/Information Technology Manager.
3. Authorization to acquire joint use funding for a new Performing Arts Complex w/ GUHSD and Approval to Expense Necessary Funds for Acquiring Joint Use Funding
On motion of Member Koppman-Gue, seconded by Member Aceves the board approved the motion to expense necessary funds for a new Performing Arts Complex.
C. Student’s Report
Rachel Graham and Spencer Spagnola reported on upcoming events.
D. Principal
1. Public Relations Report
Jennifer Osborn presented her monthly report and stated she is continually working on obtaining senior board judges. She stated the SARC is ready for the administration to approve.
2. Update on Helix Employer of Record and Development of Memorandum of Understanding with District
Dr. Smith stated he has been working with Scott Patterson, Assistant Deputy, Business Services at GUHSD and having good, productive meetings. There will be three MOUs; General, Facilities, and Special Ed.
VI. Communication on
Items Not on the Agenda
A. Board Communication
Dr. Smith congratulated
Paula Ann Trevino and
And stated we will be asking our lawyers for a workshop when the new board configuration is complete.
B. Public Input
There was none at this time.
VII. Adjournment – 5:50 p.m.