North Valley Military Institute - Board of Directors Meeting

North Valley Military Institute - Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, October 23, 2014 4:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall 16651A Rinaldi Street, Granada Hills, CA 91344 And via teleconference from 3877 Lusk Street, Oakland, CA

I. Call to Order

II. Adoption of the Agenda

III. Public Comment – Members of the public who wish to make comments on non-agenda items are welcome to do so at this time. Speaker cards are available from the Superintendent prior to the start of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes.

IV. ACTION - Approval of the minutes from the September, 2014 and October special meetings (see attached)

V. INFORMATION – Members of the school’s administrative team may make presentations to the Board of Directors regarding their operational areas of responsibility.

a. Academics

b. Leadership

c. Citizenship

d. Athletics

e. Special Education

f. Operations

g. Admissions and Enrollment

VI. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION – The Superintendent will review the process for developing an NVMI Board Policies Manual.

VII. ACTION – The Superintendent request board approval to enter into a Student Teaching agreement with the College of Education at California State University Northridge.

VIII. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – The board may discuss and may take action on board composition, including the membership application of Emily Roberts, and establishment of one or more board committees or “teams” in such operational areas as Academics, Military, Human Resources, Finance, Long Range Planning, Facilities, Operations, Governance, Citizenship, and Athletics.

1 IX. ACTION – The Director of Operations request ratification of the school’s check register for September after review by members of the board.

X. Adjourn

North Valley Military Institute College Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

SPEAKER CARD

Date: ______Name: ______

I wish to address the NVMI Governing Board on the following subject:

______

Agenda Item Number: ______

Check one:

 Parent

 Student

 Teacher

 School Staff

 Community Member

2 I understand that I am limited to three minutes. I also understand that on items that are not on the agenda, the Board may not take action pursuant to Board and State regulations.

Signed: ______

This information is a Public Record

Please state your full name and affiliation with NVMI when you begin your remarks in order that the official minutes record your appearance before the Governing Board.

MINUTES North Valley Military Institute - Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:00 p.m. 16651A Rinaldi Street, Granada Hills, CA 91344 And via teleconference from 3877 Lusk Street, Oakland, CA

I. Call to Order at 4:31 by Chair Lanny West. Present: Lanny West, Kevin Baxter, Kay Deitch, Cesley Frost (via teleconference). Absent: Emory Josephs

II. Adoption of the Agenda – the agenda was adopted unanimously

III. Public Comment –– there were no public speakers.

IV. ACTION - The minutes from the August 2014 meet were approved unanimously.

V. INFORMATION – The superintendent presented a powerpoint regarding various current school operational topics and answered questions from the board.

VI. INFORMATION, DISCUSSION AND ACTION –The board voted unanimously to authorize up to two sales of receivables to Charter School Capital.

VII. INFORMATION, DISCUSSION AND ACTION –The board voted unanimously to authorize the establishment of a bank account and line of credit at the California Credit Union.

VIII. INFORMATION, DISCUSSION, AND ACTION –Damon Hubbart from the ACRE Corporation presented details about the proposed plan to purchase the DelSur property of Precision Dynamics in San Fernando, CA as a new school site. Extensive discussion took place between board members and school staff and Mr. Hubbart regarding the options for the purchase and the financial impact of the proposed cost structure. In essence, the proposal would require approximately 18% of the school’s annual budget be allocated to facilities

3 rent/lease expenses. The board agreed to meet at the DelSur site on Friday, September 26 to view the site. The board also agreed to schedule another meeting to authorize a proposed MOA between ACRE and NVMI.

IX. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – The board discussed board membership and decided to engage in a more thorough process to determine long range board composition prior to moving forward on any new members.

X. ACTION – The board ratified the August check register.

XI. Adjournment was at 6:51 p.m.

North Valley Military Institute – Special Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:00 p.m. 16651A Rinaldi Street, Granada Hills, CA 91344 And via teleconference from 3877 Lusk Street, Oakland, CA

I. Call to Order at 4:00 by Board President Lanny West. Also present Cesley Frost (via phone) and Kay Deitch. Absent: Kevin Baxter and Emory Josephs.

II. Agenda was adopted unanimously.

III. There was no public comment.

IV. The board discussed extensively and then voted unanimously to approve a Memorandum of Agreement with the ACRE Corporation for a long term facility on Del Sure Street on the border of San Fernando and Los Angeles for use by NVMI.

V. Adjournment was at 4:45 p.m.