Oakland Unified School District

Board of Education

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Meeting Minutes Long - Final

Thursday, March 23, 2023

5:00 PM

404 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314

East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291, Internet - Zoom & Granicus;

Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)

Charter Matters Committee

Clifford Thompson, Chairperson

VanCedric Williams, Member

Jennifer Brouhard, Member

NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND

AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY

Members of the media and the public may attend and participate in the

Committee meeting in-person in the Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio,

B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA

94606-2291 or virtually as described herein.

The following information is for those members of the media and public

interested in viewing or listening to the Committee meeting virtually.

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the Noticed meeting time: call (669) 900-9128, then enter Webinar ID 843

5544 2627, then press “#”. If asked for a participant id or code, press #.

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To view the Charter Matters Committee meeting from the District’s Home

Page - Upcoming Events & Live Meeting Video, please select the meeting

name and click on the “In Progress” link under Video or go to the Legislative

Information Center (under Board of Education on Home Page)>Calendar

Tab>Calendar>Today>Charter Matters Committee>”In Progress” link under

Video.

Public comment in-person is permitted within the times allotted for public

comment on the Agenda. Virtual comment will also be permitted within the

times allotted for public comment on the Agenda in the following two ways:

NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND

AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY (CONTINUED)

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To comment in-person, please follow the directions of the Chairperson.

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To comment by Zoom, click the “Raise Your Hand” button to request to

speak when Public Comment is being taken on the eligible Agenda item.

You will be called on (by the name you logged in with), unmuted and allowed

to make public comment. After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted.

Instructions on how to “Raise Your Hand” is available at:

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To comment by phone (via Zoom), press “*9” to “Raise Your Hand” to

request to speak when Public Comment is being taken on the eligible

Agenda Item. You will be called on (by the Area Code and the last three

digits of your phone number), unmuted and allowed to make public comment.

After the allotted time, you will then be re-muted. Instructions of how to raise

your hand by phone are available at:

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g-a-meeting-by-phone.

In addition, members of the public may submit written comments for a

posted Charter Matters Committee Meeting Agenda Item, before a meeting or

while a meeting is “In Progress,” from the District’s Home Page - Upcoming

Events & Live Meeting Video by selecting Charter Matters Committee Agenda

“eComment” or from the Legislative Information Center, as follows:

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If before Sunday, click Calendar Tab>Next Week>Charter Matters

Committee>eComment

If Sunday or thereafter up thru day before Meeting, click Calendar

Tab>This Week>Charter Matters Committee>eComment

If day of Meeting, click Calendar Tab>Today>Charter Matters

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Committee>eComment

Or “eComment” in bold on the cover page of the Agenda.

Written comments made on an eligible Agenda item, upon clicking of the

Submit Button, are immediately sent via email to all members of the

legislative body and key staff supporting the legislative body. Each

eComment is a Public Record.

MEETING PROCEDURES

All Committee meetings shall begin on time and shall be guided by an

Agenda prepared in accordance with Board Bylaws and posted and

distributed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meeting

requirements) and other applicable laws.

BOARD BYLAW 9130 - CHARTER MATTERS COMMITTEE CHARGE OR

RESPONSIBILITIES

Charter Matters – This committee shall make recommendations to the Board

relating to Charter Schools and review and recommend charter board

members from among applicants for approval by the Board.

Recommendations may include, but are not limited to, charter school

authorization and renewal decisions, with guidance and review from the

Superintendent or her designee, potential advice to Oakland’s state

legislative delegation regarding state policies regarding charter schools, land

use decisions involving charter schools, the process for authorizing,

renewing, or evaluating OUSD-authorized charter schools, and material

revisions to existing charters. The committee shall also receive presentations

from the Office of Charter Schools related to effective charter oversight and

authorization.

A. Call to Order

Chairperson Clifford Thompson called the Charter Matters Committee Meeting

to order at 5:13 P.M.

B. Roll Call

Present

Absent

2 - Director Clifford Thompson

Director Jennifer Brouhard

1 - Director VanCedric Williams

C. Speaker Request Cards/Modification(s) To Agenda

A request to speak at this Committee Meeting, may be made in-person or

virtually as stated in this Agenda.

Modification(s) to the Agenda, by the Charter Matters Committee, allows for

any change in the printed Order of Business including, but not limited to, an

announcement that an Item or Legislative File will be considered out of

Agenda printed order, that consideration of an Item has been withdrawn,

postponed, rescheduled or "pulled" or taken off of the Committee General

Consent Report for separate discussion and/or possible action.

D. Adoption of Committee Minutes

Roll Call - Secretary's Observation

Director VanCedric Williams is present at 5:19 P.M.

Present

3 - Director Clifford Thompson

Director VanCedric Williams

Director Jennifer Brouhard

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23-0699

Minutes - Charter Matters Committee – February 23, 2023

Adoption by the Charter Matters Committee of its Meeting Minutes of

February 23, 2023.

23-0699 Minutes - Charter Matters Committee – February

23, 2023

Attachments:

Public Comment - Andrew Marshall-Buselt

A motion was made by Director Brouhard, seconded by Director

Thompson, that the February 23, 2023 Committee Minutes be Adopted.

The motion carried by the following vote:

Aye:

3 - Director Clifford Thompson

Director VanCedric Williams

Director Jennifer Brouhard

Enactment No:

E. Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report

"Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report" means that all items

appearing under this topic are approved in one motion unless a Member of

the Committee requests that an item be removed and voted on separately or

otherwise acted upon. Generally, these items are routine in nature, and are

acted upon in one motion to conserve time and permit focus on

other-than-routine legislative items on the agenda.

None

Unfinished Business

None

G. New Business

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23-0706

Report/Update - Proposition 39 Offers - Charter School Site Visits -

Office of Charter Schools

An Oral Report to the Charter Matters Committee by Director, Office of

Charter Schools, or designee, on the following matters:

2023 Proposition 39 Offers.

2023 Charter School Office Site Visits to Charter Schools.

Kelly Krag-Arnold, Director, Charter Schools Office, gave an oral report on

2023 Proposition 39 Offers and 2023 Charter School Office Site Visits to

Charter Schools. Kelly Krag-Arnold responded to comments and questions

from the Committee

Discussion: Directors Williams, Brouhard, Chairperson Thompson

Public Comment: Assata Olugbala, Jamie Colly, Jumoke Hinton, Maya

Woods-Cadiz, Andrew Marshall-Buselt

Discussed and Closed

Enactment No:

G.-2

23-0702

Charter School Spotlight - Aspire Lionel Wilson College

Preparatory Academy - Charter Schools Office

Charter School Spotlight Presentation to the Charters Matters Committee

by Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy.

23-0702 Presentation - Charter School Spotlight - Aspire

Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy - Charter

Schools Office (3/23/2023)

Attachments:

23-0702 Memorandum - Charter School Spotlight - Aspire

Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy - Charter

Schools Office (3/23/2023)

Marwa Doost, Compliance Specialist, introduced Javier Cabra, Executive

Director, Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy and Thomas

Gonzales, Principal, Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy to

present the Charter Spotlight. Javier Cabra and Thomas Gonzales

responded to comments and questions after their presentation.

Discussion: Directors Brouhard, Williams, Chairperson Thompson

Public Comment: Emily Filloy, Andrew Marshal-Buselt, Jumoke Hinton,

Jamie Colly

Discussed and Closed

Enactment No:

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23-0700

SMART Goals - Charter Matters Committee

Presentation and discussion by and between the Charter Schools Office

Staff and the Charter Matters Committee on setting Specific, Measurable,

Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound (SMART) Goals aligned with the

2023 Vision and Goals of the Charter Matters Committee.

23-0700 SMART Goals - Charter Matters Committee

(3/23/2023)

Attachments:

Kelly Krag-Arnold introduced Dr. Carmella Franco, Consultant on setting

SMART Goals aligned with the Vision and Goals for the Charter Matters

Committee for 2023 and had a discussion with Committee Members.

Discussion: Directors Brouhard, Williams, Chairperson Thompson

Public Comment: Jumoke Hinton

Discussed

H. Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter

Jurisdiction of the Committee

This section of the agenda provides an opportunity for a member of the

Public, for three minutes per person, or less, depending on the number of

speakers, to directly address the Committee on any item of interest to a

member of the Public that is not on the current agenda, but is within the

subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee. Minutes are not transferrable

from speaker to speaker. This item is limited to a total of thirty (30) minutes.

The Committee may not discuss or take any action on a non-agenda item not

appearing on the posted agenda for this meeting, except the Committee or

staff may briefly respond to a statement made or questions posed by a

member of the public, as authorized by law. In addition, on their own initiative

or in response to questions posed by the public, a member of the Committee

or its staff may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement,

or make a brief report of his or her own activities.

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23-0698

Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject

Matter Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters Committee - Up To 30

Minutes – March 23, 2023

Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter

Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters Committee - Up To 30 Minutes -

March 23, 2023.

Jumoke Hinton, Maya Woods-Cadiz, Kim Davis

Presentation/Acknowledgment Made