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Linscott Charter School
Site Management Team Meeting
May 9th, 2023
In-person and via Zoom
Time: Item:
Call to order:
5:42 pm
SMT Members Present:
● Tom West (Chair)
● Josie Montes (zoom-personal exemption)
● Gina Galvan
● Felipe Gamboa
● Alyssa Khan
● Emily Tatro
● Lety Perez
SMT Members Absent:
● Karina Vega
● Sarah Diaz-Bastin
Linscott Staff/Community Members Present:
● Alicia Doolittle
● Michelle McDougall (zoom)
● Heidi Claypool (zoom)
● Susan Yambra (zoom)
● Mike Rindt (zoom)
● Karen Hansen (zoom)
● Seth Lewis (zoom)
● Kristie Fowler (zoom)
● Radhika Kirkman (zoom)
Approval of Agenda Motion:
Motion to approve the agenda as
written.
Moved: Gina
Seconded: Emily
Yes: 7
No: 0
Absent: 2
Read Mission Statement: Read by Tom
Correspondence ● Alicia received a notification from the Department of Ed that we are expected to do a 3rd round of Special Education monitoring for
small schools (must review 15 student IEPs).
Announcements &
Appreciations
● Heidi- Appreciates Alicia for handling a mental health situation last week quickly and professionally
● Alicia-Thank you to the families who helped with the 5th grade classroom move.
● Alicia-Shout out to the families who are donating items for the Million Words Carnival.
● Seth- Appreciates Erin (a 6th grade parent) for helping to fix a picnic table today.
● Alyssa- Appreciates all teachers, this is teacher appreciation week and she loves all teachers.
● Karen- Appreciates Kristie for all her years of serving Linscott as the LFKF president-appreciates her kindness and hard work (Seth and
Michelle seconded)
● Alicia- Huge shoutout to Radhika from PVFT who helped to update the staff salary schedule
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Student Council
Report
● Teacher Michelle is present to report out:
○ Plan for fun days (dress like a teacher, anything but a backpack) the last week of school
○ Trash competition is going well
PVFT Report ● Radhika is present to report out:
○ Partial Tentative Agreement with PVFT/Revised Certificated Salary Schedule
○ Partial Tentative Agreement with PVFT/Retention Bonus
LFKF Report ● Kristie is present to report out:
○ Next year is Kristie’s last year as LFKF president
■ Looking for an interested parent to shadow her for the 23/24 school year and take over starting 24/25 school year
■ Teachers can send names directly to Kristie and she will follow-up
○ Field trips are starting to be planned for 23/24 school year
Director’s Report ● 22/23 Average Daily Attendance
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● Research Room / Library Moving Day- Successful!
● CAASPP Testing
● Student led portfolio conferences this week
Average daily attendance chart 22-23, August-May
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● Coming up:
○ Heart Room Puppet Show - 5/18
○ Million Words Carnival - 5/19
○ 8th Grade Getaway - 5/22
○ Fox Landing Wax Museum - 5/23
○ Olympic Day - 5/24
○ 8th Grade Graduation - 6/1
PUBLIC COMMENT:
The public may comment on closed session agenda items listed. The Board may not respond except to ask clarifying questions. The length of comments shall be limited to 3
minutes.
● Seth-regarding PVFT negotiations: positive experience overall. Both sides have the best interest of Linscott as a top priority.
● Susan- regarding PVFT negotiations: thank you for the support during the process.
● Michelle: regarding PVFT negotiations: thank you to PVFT negotiators and SMT reps for diving right in. Wants to retain Linscott teachers and lift staff morale.
Thank you for streamlining the processes.
● Tom: encourages teachers and staff to attend future Linscott meetings to give input and share insight
● Gina: appreciates teachers as people and enjoys their presence at SMT meetings
● Felipe: currently interviewing to fill teacher vacancy
● Felipe: idea to create a video to encourage parent participation at school and encourage SMT meeting attendance
CONSENT AGENDA:
● Minutes from March 28th, 2023 SMT meeting. Motion: Motion to
approve the SMT
Meeting minutes from
4/18/23 as written.
Moved: Alyssa
Seconded: Lety
Yes: 7
No: 0
Absent: 2
1. (Action)
Partial Tentative
Agreement with
PVFT/Revised
Certificated Salary
Schedule
Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers and Linscott are in the process of reaching a partial
tentative agreement for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. With both SMT and
full chapter approval, Linscott will have a revised salary schedule, increasing all cells.
Motion: Motion to approve the
revised Linscott Certificated
Salary schedule as written to
take effect retroactive as of July
1, 2022.
Moved: Emily
Seconded: Tom
Yes: 7
No: 0
Absent: 2
2. (Action) Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers and Linscott are in the process of reaching a partial Motion: Motion to approve a Moved: Alyssa
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Partial Tentative
Agreement with
PVFT/Retention
Bonus
tentative agreement for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. With both SMT and
full chapter approval, Linscott certificated staff will receive a retention bonus for the
2022-2023 school year. To align with the certificated staff, Linscott would like to offer all
staff members who work .475 FTE and greater, who have worked at Linscott for more
than one academic year, a retention bonus.
one-time only retention bonus of
$3,500 for the 20222-2023
school year for all staff members
who work .475 FTE and greater,
who have worked at Linscott for
more than one academic year.
Seconded: Felipe
Yes: 7
No: 0
Absent: 2
3. (Action)
Revised Classified
Salary Schedule
It is recommended that the Linscott Classified Salary Schedule be updated to remain
competitive and in line with minimum wage requirements.
Motion: Motion to approve
revisions to the Linscott
Classified Salary Schedule for
the 2023-2024 school year as
written.
Moved: Emily
Seconded: Lety
Yes: 7
No: 0
Absent: 2
4. (Action)
Review of SMT By- Laws
Per request, Policy #9100 - Membership of the SMT, is being brought back for further
discussion and possible action.
Motion: Motion to removal the
text “former Linscott staff
member” from Policy #9100.
Moved: Tom
Seconded: Felipe
Yes: 1
No: 6
Absent: 2
5. (Discussion)
Proposed LCAP
Goals and Action
Steps
Presentation of proposed goals and action steps for the 23-24 LCAP for feedback.
Adjourn to Closed
Session: 7:23 pm Conference With Labor Negotiators (Gov. Code section 54957.6.)
Adjourn to Open
Session and meeting
adjourned: 7:37 pm
No report out from closed session.
Next Meeting: May 23rd, 2023 (In-person)
Future Meeting Dates:
● June 6th, 2023
● June 20th, 2023