Board of Directors Meeting Friday, September 9th 3:00PM-5:00PM 1014 Florida Ave, Ste. 200 Richmond, CA Directors Attending  Vivian Wu, Chair (Via phone)  Ron Beller (Via phone)  Jennifer Moses

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Directors Absent

Tony Adams Dr. Jose Lopez(Via Phone) Dan Katzir (Via Phone) Pete Briger

Staff Present  Markus Mullarkey, COO  Chayla Gibson, Operations Manager

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Ernest Peterson, Founding High School Leader

1. Call to order - Meeting was called to order by Vivian Wu at 3:04PM. Quorum was established. 2. Approve/Disapprove Board Minutes from 6/21/16 Jennifer Moses made a motion to approve board minutes from 6/21/16. Dan Katzir seconded the motion.   

Jennifer Moses: Yes Vivian Wu: Yes Pete Briger: N/A

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Dan Katzir: Yes Ron Beller: Yes Tony Adams: Yes

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Jose Lopez: Yes

Motion passed 3. Approve / Disapprove Additions & Order of Agenda 4. Public Comment - No public comments were made. 5. Consent Items 5.1. Jennifer Moses made a motion to approve entire packet of consent items that have been presented to the Board. Dan Katzir seconded the motion.   

Jennifer Moses: Yes Vivian Wu: Yes Pete Briger: N/A

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Dan Katzir: Yes Ron Beller: Yes Tony Adams: Yes

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Jose Lopez: Yes

Motion passed 6. Committee Reports 6.1. Academic Affairs Committee - No report from Academic Affairs Committee. 6.2. Finance Committee - Finance update and revised dashboard were reviewed. 7. Discussion & Action Items 7.1. FY 2015-16 Financial Results Review & approve 2015-16 Caliber: Beta Academy Unaudited Actuals Report. Jennifer Moses made a motion to approve the 2015-16 Caliber: Beta Academy Unaudited Actuals Report to CCCOE and CDE. Dan Katzir seconded the motion.  Jennifer Moses: Yes  Vivian Wu: Yes  Pete Briger: N/A

 Dan Katzir: Yes  Ron Beller: Yes  Tony Adams: Yes

 Jose Lopez: Yes

Overall position for CBA, CMA and CMO are all very close to what was previously projected. 7.2. Impact of Growth on Goals and Operations Review & approve Fiscal Policies & Procedures Changes - Opened discussion to change Fiscal policies. Board suggested checking with other CMO’s to benchmark our suggestions with their procedures then bringing the discussion back to the table at the next meeting. By end of year we would like to have agreement on what is centralized at the CMO and where each school will have autonomy. Dan suggested basing this on the Founder’s belief system and what other CMO’s are doing. 7.3. High School Plans Introduction of Ernest Peterson, Founding High School Leader. High School Charter has been submitted. 9/21 is WCCUSD Board public hearing, 10/19 decision will be made by WCCUSD Board. Ernest reviewed major goals in preparing to open the High School. Dr. Lopez suggested Ernest attend the next Academic Affairs committee meeting to have more in depth conversation. 8.

A.O.B.

Jennifer Moses discussed joining Board on Track. Offers support in engaging board members, best utilizing everyone’s time, scheduling and minutes. Dr. Lopez suggested alternating locations of board meetings. 9. Review of Upcoming Board Meetings Meeting Adjourned - Meeting adjourned at 4:05PM. Next board meeting: December 12th @ 1:00PM