Charter Governing Board
Minutes
February 26, 2007
Board Members Present: Ed Aceves, Peggy Crabtree, John Geary, Suzanne Koppman-Gue, Robin Peterson, Cathy Singer, 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. February 26, 2007, in the
Library at
The Board met in executive (closed) session to discuss
A. Litigation/Potential Litigation: Conference w/ Legal Council
B. Negotiation: GEA, CSEA, SEIU
C. Employee Matters:
1. Acceptance of Contract, School Facilities Manager
A. Call to Order
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Public Report of Action Taken in Closed Session
President Peterson reported the board approved acceptance of the contract for our Manager of School Facilities
A. Approval of Minutes of November 13, 2006.
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Koppman-Gue the board approved the minutes, with all in favor.
B. Approval of Agenda
On motion of Member Singer, seconded by Member Sutton the board approved the agenda with all in favor.
Items listed in this section are considered to be routine and are acted
on by the Board in one motion.
A. Approval of consultant Contract Calif. School Finance Consulting
B. Approval of consultant Impact Drill Designs & Music Editing
C. Approval of consultant Sharp on Survival
D. Ratification of Contract w/
On motion of Member Singer, seconded by Member Crabtree the consolidated motion was passed with all in favor.
VI. Staff Reports/Discussion/Action
A. Financial
1. Proposed Second Interim Budget
2. January Restricted Programs Report
On motion of Member Koppman-Gue, seconded by Member Sutton the board approved the Second Interim Budget and Restricted Programs Report, with all in favor.
B. Business
1. Approval of School Calendar 2007/2008
On motion of Member Sutton, seconded by Member Singer, the board approved the 2007/2008 calendar with all in favor.
2. Approval of updated Temporary Hourly Employees Salary Schedule
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Geary, the board approved the salary schedule with all in favor
3. Approval of School Performance Data Report 2005/2006
On motion of Member Geary, seconded by Member Singer the board moved to table this motion until checks on the data could be confirmed. The board also suggested the originators of this report be present. The motion passed with all in favor.
4. Approval of Tobacco-Free Policy
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Singer the board unanimously approved the Tobacco-Free Policy.
5. Approval of ROCP Grant
On motion of Member Singer, seconded by Member Sutton the board moved to accept applying for the ROCP grant.
6. Adoption of By-Laws for Amendments on Restrictions of Holding Office, Free, Fair and the Rules
On motion of Member Crabtree, seconded by Member Geary the By-Laws were approved with all in favor.
7. Appointment of Member(s) to chair Charter Board Election
On motion of Member Geary, seconded by Member Aceves the board moved to approve Members(s) Sutton and Singer to co-chair the upcoming Charter Board Election.
C. Student’s Report
Rachel Graham and Spencer Spagnola reported on upcoming events.
D. Principal’s Report
1. Public Relations Report
Jennifer Osborn stated she had basically been working on the same thing. She will be sending on a questionnaire to faculty/staff with questions as to why they like working at Helix. With this information she will be making a brochure that will assist with attracting prospective new employees to Helix.
2. Update on Facilities
Dr. Smith gave an update on the remodel and presented the minutes of a meeting he had with the architects.
Dr. Smith also stated they are exploring the idea of having portables located at the back of the school, where the live-on used to be, and house 9th graders that are not prepared to enter the 9th grade.
VI. Communication on
Items Not on the Agenda
A. Board Communication
Member Singer congratulated Jennifer Osborn on a job well done on our SARC, that it looked beautiful.
Member Aceves reminded the board that whoever replaces him on the board will also chair the Advisory Council.
Member Geary requested that our new Business/Technology Manager report next month on the progress of the technology department.
B. Public Input
There was none at this time.
VII. Adjournment – 6:50 p.m.