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What the motions covered:

- Form 990 (action item 1): staff described the filing as the district’s 02/2024 Form 990 tax return for the 2023 calendar year. The board moved, seconded and approved the item by voice vote.

- LCAP mid‑cycle revision and Budget Overview for Parents (action item 2): staff said the revision reallocated existing funds between base and supplemental/concentration categories; the board approved the mid‑cycle update (see separate article for details).

- 2025–26 Work Calendar (action item 3): the board approved the proposed instructional and work calendar for the next school year; staff noted the calendar is tied to the instructional calendar previously approved.

- Form J‑13 (action item 4): the board approved a request related to an emergency day (the transcript references an emergency/lockdown and a J‑13 request to avoid penalties for that day).

Voting details and procedure: each item was moved, seconded and carried on a voice vote; the transcript records the chair calling for “aye” and the motion passing. The meeting transcript did not include explicit roll‑call tallies or named aye/no votes for each director; therefore vote tallies are recorded as voice‑vote approvals in the official minutes.

Ending: After the votes the board recessed to a closed session with one mitigation item on the agenda.

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Board members said the charter oversight team highlighted Birmingham’s strong dashboard indicators — including mathematics, English and college‑career readiness measures — and acknowledged classroom evidence of student engagement. \"They started listing Birmingham's accomplishments,\" a board member said, describing the tone of the oversight visit.

Staff described instructional rounds as a teacher‑led observation process. Teams visited classes, collected evidence and identified patterns: structured student interaction and teacher questioning correlated with higher levels of critical thinking and problem solving; small group work (2–6 students) was common; and several classes showed students making claims supported by evidence. Presenters said the next round of work will aim to collect evidence specifically about student ownership of learning and increase opportunities for students to work autonomously.

Why it matters: the charter oversight rating affects charter renewal and public reporting, and instructional rounds are part of the school’s professional learning structure aimed at improving instruction across subjects.

Details: staff listed teachers who hosted visits and said the charter team will issue final ratings in mid to late June; last year the school received top marks in most categories and a lower rating in student achievement. The instructional rounds group proposed focusing subsequent observations on autonomy and student ownership, and staff are considering bringing a facilitator from an external provider to broaden training.

Ending: School leaders said they will use the oversight feedback and instructional rounds evidence to guide professional development and to support charter renewal planning due in 2027.

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In presenting the item, a staff member said state guidance now requires additional mid‑cycle reporting following the influx of federal grants since the pandemic. The board was shown a 96‑page packet that includes the Budget Overview for Parents. Staff said the revision moves some spending from base grant lines into supplemental and concentration allocations tied to high‑need students; the presenter described an $18,000 change in the total budgeted expenditures attributed to high‑need students and staff reclassifications within LCAP actions.

Why it matters: the LCAP is the district’s principal public accountability document; the board must approve revisions to the publicly posted Budget Overview for Parents. Staff said the mid‑cycle update is a transparency requirement and does not increase the total dollars available.

Details staff provided: the revision reattributed several certificated and classified staff positions across LCAP actions, including identifying five certificated and one classified special education staff member under a supplemental/concentration action. Staff also said some programs previously coded to base funding were reclassified to supplemental/concentration for clarity and compliance with state reporting.

Board action: A motion to approve the LCAP revision was moved and seconded and carried. No specific roll‑call vote totals were spoken on the record during the motion; the board chair called for “aye” and the motion passed.

Ending: Staff said they coordinated the mid‑cycle revision with county and district oversight offices and that the item closes the mid‑cycle reporting requirement as of March 31.

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School staff presented metrics and procedures at the board meeting to explain how the mid‑year attendance work is being implemented and why administrators say the approach should improve outcomes over time. \"We started a school attendance review team,\" said Ned (staff member), summarizing steps that include weekly monitoring, calls to families and escalation to formal truancy letters.

The district described the effort as a multistep process: automatic notifications through Aeries and ParentSquare for absences; phone outreach for students absent two or more times in a week; certified truancy letters after five or six unexcused absences; individualized attendance plans for students who reach step 3; and, where needed, referrals to the school attendance review (SAR) team or alternative placement. \"Our dream is to get to 96% of average daily attendance,\" Ned said.

Why it matters: chronic absenteeism affects state and local accountability measures and federal funding streams tied to attendance. Board members pressed staff on whether the program is cost‑effective and how much of the recent gains are attributable to the interventions versus unusual one‑off events that suppressed attendance (school lockdowns, social‑media driven absences, and a day of immigrant‑related absences cited by staff).

Key numbers and evidence presented: staff said the school currently tracks about 2,000 enrolled students and reported recent attendance data as follows: average days absent 8.4% year‑to‑date (down from a pandemic high), 2,512 students initially qualified for attendance rewards in August, and month‑by‑month reward participation declined as the year progressed. Since the attendance policy adoption in September: 812 initial truancy letters were generated (126 signed and returned), 408 second letters were sent, 28 students reached step 3, 15 SAR meetings occurred, 11 students entered SAR contracts and 7 students transferred to alternative schools for attendance reasons. Staff said as of the most recent count chronic absenteeism had declined from prior years (examples from the presentation: 2018 chronic absenteeism 16.3%; 2021–22 spike to about 27.4%; more recent measures show a decline toward 19.9%).

What staff are doing next: administrators said they are continuing weekly dashboard monitoring, home visits when required, and incentive programs (student store rewards and point systems) to reinforce daily attendance. They also emphasized that many families do not return excuse notes, which drives staff effort to clean up records and distinguish excused from unexcused absences.

Board reaction and context: Board members asked whether the workload and cost of the program are in balance with benefits; staff answered that the effort is resource intensive but necessary to prevent backsliding and that the program is designed as a systems change expected to produce stronger results over multiple years.

Ending: Staff asked the board to continue support as they refine SAR processes and attendance incentives while the school continues to track whether temporary spikes in absences (lockdowns, social media events) affect long‑term trends.","School leaders described a multi-tiered attendance strategy that opened a school-based attendance review team (SART/SAR), stepped truancy letters, home visits and incentive programs; presenters said the school’s chronic absenteeism rate has fallen but remains above pre-COVID levels.","actionData","errors"]

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