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Palisades Charter High School More Than 50 Years of Innovation and Excellence

PALISADES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL REPORT

JUNE 28, 2016

Summer updates

During the summer months, Palisades Charter High School remains busy and productive. Summer student support programs include Extended School Year for students with special needs, Summer School, and Dolphin Leadership Academy for incoming 9th graders. Reports on these programs are included in presentation materials for the June 28th board meeting.

In addition to PCHS programs, summer camps that have been permitted to use school facilities are also active.

PCHS is in the process of interviewing and hiring new staff members to fill a variety of positions including the following: 1) Assistant Principal/Director of Admissions, Attendance, and Intervention; 2) Development Director; 3) Faculty to fill vacated positions and to strategically reduce class sizes in high needs programs such as math and English. New hires will participate in orientation and training before the new school year begins.

Curricular departments and Professional Learning Communities that submitted mini-‐grant requests will be working on collaborative, professional development.

Other summer projects include:

• Calendar planning and scheduling of key dates/events. • State of the School presentation for start of school year (parents and students). • Development of video format for morning announcements to be launched in the fall • Revamping school website. • Video clips of “What’s New at Pali” to be posted on social media during the summer and

throughout the school year. • Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Unity Summer Symposium – Training to be provided to all new

PCHS staff and any others who are interested in participating. HRW coordinators Pam Brunn with Nancy Flowers will lead the training designed to raise awareness of the foundation of the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities created and adopted by the student body. Dr. Jerome Rabow will be working with participants to develop a school-wide plan and calendar of events to ensure that cultural sensitivity is addressed through an ongoing, thoughtful action plan.

Development and Grants:

PCHS continues to focus on the ongoing goal of identifying and applying for grant opportunities. Through the assistance of parent volunteer Lillian Matayoshi, the Career Technical Education grant funds awarded to PCHS have been increased. The school has also qualified for additional CTE funding.


Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG) – The CA Department of Education has released additional funding available for CTE programs. PCHS is eligible for these funds which are part of the CTEIG grant award. We will continue to work with LACOE offices for approval of the PCHS CTEIG budget and timeline.

Carl Perkins Grant -‐ PCHS has qualified for additional funding for professional development to prepare administrators, counselors and staff for implementation of CTE programs through Carl Perkins funding.

US Department of Education awarded Pali STEAM Shop with a $20,000 cash prize based on a grant submitted by technology lead Donna Mandosa. PCHS is one of ten high schools to receive this national recognition and funding.

Charter Operated Programs (COP) grant funding received throughout the school year to support Special Education programs and services:

Grant #1: $14,027.27

Grant #2: $20,943.75

Grant #3: $28,802.28 (ESY)

Received reimbursement for unforeseen expenses through COP (NPS/NPA)

$42,692.71

15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 * (310) 230-6623 * www.palihigh.org @PaliCharterHigh * Facebook.com/PaliHigh


Human Resources Board Report -‐ June 28, 2016 Elections/New Hires:

Name Classification/Position Funding Source Effective Date

Lucia Rovetta Teacher -‐ Italian General August 8, 2016

Michelle Green Teacher -‐ English General August 8, 2016

Sundai Johnson Teacher -‐ English General August 8, 2016

Peyman Nazarian Teacher – Social Science General August 8, 2016

Lauran Spivack Teacher – Social Science General August 8, 2016

Dustyn Woropay Teacher -‐ Social Science General August 8, 2016

Daniel Pass Teacher -‐ Math General August 8, 2016

Resignations/Retirement/Release:

Name Classification/Position

Funding Source Effective Date

Valerie Ransom Teacher General June 10, 2016

Paul Dahl Teacher (Temporary) General June 10, 2016

The PCHS mid-‐management staff attended a development and career training workshop. Each of the mid-‐management staff members will return with renewed skills in employee management and communication. Amy Nguyen attended a workshop on improving employee morale and relations through clearly communicated expectations and consistent feedback.

The Negotiations for the 2016-‐2017 academic year have begun for both the UTLA-‐PCHS and the PESPU unions.

Open Positions: Teacher Special Education: RSP Interviewing Teacher Music (Band) Interviewing Teacher Spanish Demonstration lessons Teacher CTE STEM Posted Teacher English Completing hiring process Teacher EL completing CTC – out of state process Nurse (RN) Posted Development Director Interviewing Director of Admissions, Attendance and Alternative Programs -‐ Interviewing

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PROPOSED CHARTER COMMITTEE AGENDA FOR AUGUST 2016 Over the last two months, three separate governance matters related to PCHS’s Charter and state law have come to the Board’s attention. The Board tasked the Charter Committee to review these issues. The Board recognizes the value and importance of employee input related to budgetary decisions at PCHS. The Board wants to ensure that all employees participating as members of the Board and members of the Board committees are protected from civil and criminal liabilities. In addition, the Board wants to ensure the Board members with particular skills can be recruited and seated on the PCHS Board of Trustees. The Board tasked the Charter Committee as follows: 1. Examine the Charter governance language related to and determine if the language is consistent with District Required Language and state law; 2. Review Charter Budget and Finance Committee language and determine if the language is consistent with state law and best practices; and 3. Considering Board election results and pool of applicants, determine and discuss whether some of the community board representatives could be recruited and appointed. Allison Holdorff Polhill agreed to provide the new chair of the Charter Committee with a notebook chronically the background regarding PCHS’s Charter Governance. BACKGROUND: On May 17, 2016 the Board had a lengthy discussion regarding the role and responsibility of the Budget and Finance Committee. The Board tasked the Charter Committee to review this section of governance and ensure that it is consistent with the law. Of particular concern was protecting employee members of the Budget and Finance Committee from civil and criminal liabilities related to conflict of interest laws. At the May 17, 2016 PCHS Board meeting under the title Board Election Results, a discussion ensued regarding whether it would be prudent to consider appointing one or two community Board member so we could recruit highly sought after skills and resources for our Board. This matter was deferred to the Charter Committee. On June 7, 2016, discussing the 2016/2017 PCHS Budget, the Board tasked the Charter Committee to reconcile PCHS’s Charter with California Law forbidding employees to vote on any matters where they may have a related financial interest. During the initial discussion, Attorney Lisa Corr advised that any Board member that has a financial interest in a matter must recuse and leave the room. Pursuant to the Political Reform Act (PRA) and California Corporate Code requirement for non-‐‑profit organizations, employee Board members must recuse themselves. The risks are that PCHS could be fined under the PRA and the District Attorney of Los Angeles

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could seek criminal actions against individual board members who engaged in conflict of interest activities. LAUSD and the Office of the Inspector General has pursued similar matters with other charter schools and encouraged the District Attorney to prosecute. Ms. Corr advised that virtually any item on the budget could be construed as a conflict of interest for an employee. Ms. Corr advised that the Board should reconcile its charter language regarding the composition of the Budget & Finance Committee (50% faculty) with the PRA and Government Code section 1090 (also language within the Charter). All Board members agreed that staff input, particularly the teachers’ input, is critical in the budget process. Ms. Corr agreed that the faculty can and should provide significant input in the budget process, but cannot do so as a voting Board member. This matter was tasked to the Board’s Charter Committee.


15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 * (310) 230-6623 * www.palihigh.org @PaliCharterHigh * Facebook.com/PaliHigh

CHARTER COMMITTEE

AGENDA August __, 2016 [LOCATION]

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Governing Board of Palisades Charter High School may request assistance by contacting the Main Office at (310) 230-‐6623 at least 24 hours in advance. ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice. All items may be heard in a different order than listed on the agenda.

I. PRELIMINARY:

A. CALL TO ORDER – B. ROLL CALL: [Insert Members]

II. PUBLIC COMMENT:

Non-‐agenda items: No individual presentation shall be for more than two (2) minutes and the total time for this purpose shall not exceed sixteen (16) minutes. The Committee will not respond to presentations and no action can be taken. However, the Committee may give direction to staff following a presentation. Speakers may choose to speak during the public comment segment and/or at the time an agenda item is presented.

III. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS:

A. Examine the Charter governance language related to and determine if the language is consistent with District Required Language and state law;

B. Review Charter Budget and Finance Committee language and determine if the language is consistent with state law and best practices; and

C. Considering Board election results and pool of applicants, determine and discuss whether some of the community board representatives could be recruited and appointed. IV. NEW BUSINESS:

Palisades Charter High SchoolExpense Report/ Reimbursement Form

Submitted 6/28/2016

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