Oakland Unified School District

Board of Education

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Oakland, CA 94607

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Meeting Minutes Long - Final

Thursday, February 22, 2024

5:00 PM

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

Valarie Bachelor, Member

ON-LINE SPEAKER CARD REGISTRATION

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registered, first called, in order of Registration whether participation is in

person or virtually, e.g. Zoom, or by audio, e.g., telephone.

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Name and Last Name and your email address. Your First Name and Last

Name, as Registered, must also show as the Participant or Profile Name on

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The Sign In To Speak System, after the one time registration, will remember

you by first name and last name associated with your email address (profile),

making it easier for you to electronically Register or Sign In to Speak on an

Agenda Item at a future OUSD legislative meeting, e.g., Board, committee,

commission.

Early pre-meeting Sign In To Speak (Registration) is urged for all - whether

you plan to attend meeting in person or view meeting via teleconference or

listen to the meeting by telephone. Names will be called in Sign In To Speak

order received.

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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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 virtually by Zoom, if you have made a pre-meeting Request

to Speak, when your name is called, click the “Raise Your Hand” button. You

will be 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), if you have made a pre-meeting

Request to Speak, when your name is called, press “*9” to “Raise Your

Hand." You will be unmuted and allowed to make public comment. You will

then be re-muted. Instructions of how to raise your hand by phone are

available at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362663

-Joining-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 Board of Education 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 by clicking the“eComment” in bold link on the cover page of this 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 February 22, 2024, Charter Matters

Committee Meeting to order at 5:09 P.M.

B. Roll Call

Present

3 - Director Valarie Bachelor

Director VanCedric Williams

Director Clifford Thompson

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.

None

D. Adoption of Committee Minutes

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24-0410

Minutes - Charter Matters Committee – December 7, 2023

Adoption by the Charter Matters Committee of its Meeting Minutes of

December 7, 2024.

24-0410 Minutes - Charter Matters Committee – December

7, 2023

Attachments:

Public Comment: None

A motion was made by Director Williams, seconded by Director

Bachelor, that the December 7, 2024, Charter Matters Committee

Meeting Minutes, be Adopted. The motion failed by the following vote:

1 - Director Clifford Thompson

Aye:

Abstained:

2 - Director Valarie Bachelor

Director VanCedric Williams

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

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23-2737

Progress Report (second) - American Indian Public Charter School

II (AIPCS II) Corrective Action Plan - Office of Charter Schools

A Progress Report (second) to the Charter Matters Committee by

Director, Office of Charter Schools, or Designee, of the American Indian

Public Charter School II (AIPCS II) Corrective Action Plan to cured one

or more of the violations as described in Resolution No. 2324-0063,

Adopted by the Board of Education on September 27, 2023.

23-2737 Presentation - Progress Report (second) -

American Indian Public Charter School II (AIPCS II)

Corrective Action Plan - Office of Charter Schools

(2/22/2024)

Attachments:

23-2737 Memorandum - Progress Report (second) -

American Indian Public Charter School II (AIPCS II)

Corrective Action Plan - Office of Charter Schools

(2/22/2024)

Kelly Krag-Arnold gave a presentation on the American Indian Public Charter

School II (AIPCS II) Corrective Action Plan to cured one or more of the

violations as described in Resolution No. 2324-0063, Adopted by the Board

of Education on September 27, 2023. Maya Woods-Cadiz, Superintendent,

American Indian Model School (AIMS) K-12 College Preparatory Charter

District, thereafter responded to Committee Members comments and

questions on Resolution No. 2324-0063.

Discussion - Directors Bachelor, Williams, Chairperson Thompson

Public Comment - 1. Kim Davis, Maya Woods-Cadiz

Discussed

G. New Business

G.-1

24-0409

Charter School Spotlight - Oakland Charter High School - Office of

Charter Schools

Charter School Spotlight Presentation to the Charters Matters Committee

by Oakland Charter High School.

24-0409 Presentation - Charter School Spotlight - Oakland

Charter High School - Office of Charter Schools

Attachments:

24-0409 Memorandum - Charter School Spotlight - Oakland

Charter High School - Office of Charter Schools

Marwa Doost, gave a brief summary on Charter School Spotlight Presentation

to the Charters Matters Committee by Oakland Charter High School.

Jasmine Nash, and Olivia Flores, Administrators, Oakland Charter High

School, thereafter gave the Charter School Spotlight presentation for Oakland

Charter High School. Jasmine Nash and Olivia Flores responded to

comments and questions from the Committee.

Discussion - Directors Bachelor, Williams, Chairperson Thompson

Director Bachelor recommended to have all schools up for Charter Renewal to

give a Charter School Spotlight presentation.

Public Comment - 1. Assata Olugbala, 2. Kim Davis

Presentation Made; 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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24-0415

Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject

Matter Jurisdiction of the Charter Matters Committee - Up To 30

Minutes – February 22, 2024

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

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

February 22, 2024.

1. Kim Davis, 2. Assata Olugbala

Presentation/Acknowledgment Made

Introduction of New Legislative Matter

This section of the Agenda is devoted to the introduction of new legislative

matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee by a Committee

member or Members of the Public.

No formal legislative proposals were introduced; however, the following

speakers made suggestions for future Committee Meeting topics:

Kim Davis:

- Recommended a study on Proposition 39 for the Charter Matters Committee

Meeting.

Assata Olugbala:

- Recommended a discussion on the involvement that the District and Board

Members have in Charter School governance and decision making.

Director Williams:

- Recommended a presentation/discussion on what is the criteria used for

Charter School Spotlight presentations.

- Recommend a presentation on a dashboard that shows the dates for all

Charter School Board Meetings or during a Charter School Spotlight that the

Charter School include the dates of their Board Meetings.

Director Bachelor:

- Recommended a presentation/discussion on the Charter School Office

Budget.

Adjournment

Chairperson Thompson adjourned the Meeting at 6:37 P.M.

Prepared By:

Approved By: