Mountain View Academy
45 S. Moss ◊ Lowell, Oregon 97452 ◊ (541)735-1709
Board of Director’s Meeting
May 17, 2022
7:00 pm – Public Session
Members of the public may listen to the meeting live by using the ZOOM meeting ID and passcode.
Meeting ID: 464 607 6264
Passcode: 051722
The public may submit written comments by email to MVAboardsecretary@mtviewacademy.org. Clearly label the subject line as: “Public Comment: April Board meeting”. The deadline to receive public comment is noon on May 17th, 2022. The Mountain View Academy Board is committed to the public comment process and considers all comments from our community as valuable feedback.
| The Mountain View Academy School Board encourages public input. Persons wishing to address the Board on school related issues, are invited to do so, either when the item is presented on the agenda, or under the “Public Comments” section. In the interest of time and order, presentations from the public are limited to three (3) minutes per person, and the total time for individual agenda items shall not exceed (21) minutes. An individual speaker’s allotted time may not be increased by a donation of time from members of the public in attendance. If you wish to speak under Public Comments, please complete a Public Comment Form and turn it in to Rita Fischer. The Board requests complaints or charges against an employee be held in Executive Session. Individuals who require disability-related accommodations or modifications to participate in the Board meeting should contact the Administrator in writing prior to the meeting. |
AGENDA
1.0 OPENING OF PUBLIC SESSION –
1.1 Public Session Call to Order: 7:13pm meeting called to order
1.2 Attendance:
Julie Valencia, Board President
Beau Garner, Board Vice President
Rita Fischer, Board Member
Stacey Kelso, Board Member (absent)
Stephanie Johnson, Board Member
Jessica Cardwell, Director
Laurie Cardwell, Director
1.2.1 Guests: no guests
1.3 Approval of Agenda: May Agenda approved as written
1.4 Approval of Minutes: April meeting minutes were approved.
1.5 Schedule Next Meeting: June 7, 2022, at 7:00pm. Due to multiple scheduling conflicts, our meeting will be held early, so we can have everyone present. The board discussed the charter contract and the possibility of having a special meeting to approve the charter contract if the Lowell School Board is not able to get the contract to MVA (for approval) by the June 7th meeting. We will have multiple board members/directors out of the country from June 14 – 28th, and therefore the meeting will need to be virtual.
1.6 Budget: The board discussed the 2021 – 2022 carryover with the newest (projected) rates. We discussed the grants, their impact on our current budget, the 2022 – 2023 budget, and the FFF.
1.7 Financial Report: The board has received and reviewed their financial packets.
2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT – Opportunity for Citizens to address items not on the agenda. Persons wishing to address the Board on any school related issue not listed elsewhere on the agenda are invited to do so now. Audience time is not intended as a forum for public debate. Questions raised may require further investigation. Normally, the board will wait until its next meeting before responding to concerns raised.
3.0 ACTION DISCUSSION
3.1 Approve COVID compensation plan – The board discussed the COVID compensation plan and the total impact to the budget. Rita Fischer motions to approve the COVID compensation plan for the 2021 – 2022 school year. Stephanie Johnson seconds the motion. Hearing no further discussion, the motion unanimously passed.
3.2 Discuss after school pick-up, safety concerns – There have been quite a few close calls as kids cross the street and there is extreme congestion because Lundy and MVA have such close release times. MVA would like to move their release time to 10 minutes before or after Lundy to reduce the congestion.
4.0 INFORMATION AND STUDY
4.1 Board Chair report – Julie updated the board on the meeting Stacey had with the staff that morning. Her presentation was well received & Stacey did an amazing job!
4.2 Administrator’s Report – Staffing update & hiring, grant information and progress, state test updates, charter contract update, summer grants, and OSBA conference agenda & schedule.
4.3 Board Comments – Beau asked about the two students we had opting out of the state testing and confirmed MVA’s 97% testing participation rate.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT –
Public Session Call to Close: Meeting adjourned at 8:11pm
Any documents that are public records and are provided attachments to public session items on this agenda are accessible to the public on the school’s website, with the exception of documents provided at the time of the meeting. Documents that are public records and are provided at the time of the meeting to a majority of the Board regarding a public session item, will be made available for public inspection upon request to the Administrator’s Assistant.
