Oakland Unified School District  
Board of Education  
1016 Union Street, #940  
Oakland, CA 94607  
(510) 879-1944  
boe@ousd.org E-Mail  
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Board of Education and Superintendent, 1000 Broadway, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94607-4099  
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Meeting Agenda Long - Final  
Thursday, May 4, 2023  
5:00 PM  
Special Meeting  
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.  
• Zoom: To view by Zoom, please click  
meeting time. Instructions on how to join a meeting by video  
conference are available at:  
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• Phone: To listen by phone (via Zoom), please do the  
following at or after the Noticed meeting time: call (669)  
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“#”. If asked for a participant id or code, press #.  
Instructions on how to join a meeting by phone are  
available at:  
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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)  
• To comment in-person, please follow the directions of the  
Chairperson.  
• 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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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:  
• 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 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  
B. Roll Call  
C. Unfinished Business  
C.-1  
Presentation and continued 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.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/23/23 Charter Matters  
Committee  
Discussed  
D. New Business  
D.-1  
Charter (K-5) School - Charter Schools Office  
Charter School Spotlight Presentation to the Charter Matters  
Committee by Learning Without Limits Charter (K-5) School.  
Attachments:  
D.-2  
2022-2023 Spring Annual Site Visits - Charter Schools  
Office  
A Presentation to the Charter Matters Committee by Director Charter  
School Office, or Designee, on site visit procedures for  
OUSD-authorized Charter Schools and trends from the 2022 - 2023  
Spring Annual Site Visits.