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Board of Education  
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Oakland, CA 94607  
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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.  
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interested in viewing or listening to the Committee meeting virtually.  
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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  
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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:  
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AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY (CONTINUED)  
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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.  
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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.  
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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  
D.-1  
Adoption by the Charter Matters Committee of its Meeting Minutes of  
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  
F.  
Unfinished Business  
None  
G. New Business  
G.-1  
Office of Charter Schools  
An Oral Report to the Charter Matters Committee by Director, Office of  
Charter Schools, or designee, on the following matters:  
·
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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  
Preparatory Academy - Charter Schools Office  
Charter School Spotlight Presentation to the Charters Matters Committee  
by Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy.  
Attachments:  
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:  
G.-3  
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.  
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.  
H.-1  
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  
I.  
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.  
- Chairperson Thompson requested a continued discussion of item 23-0700  
on tonight's agenda.  
Public Comment: Jumoke Hinton  
J.  
Adjournment  
Chairperson Thompson adjourned the Meeting at 8:00 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: