Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order at 6:05 p.m. by Chandra Giles, beginning with the pledge of allegiance.

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Approval of the Minutes

The meeting minutes of the previous board meeting should be reviewed and approved by a quorum of the board.

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting, and will be allotted two minutes. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Our meetings are open to the public and public record. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.

No public comment was made.

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

Mr. Muhammad, Head of School

• Enrollment of 539 students; achieved enrollment targets for 4th and 5th grades; all teachers on staff classified as earned based on enrollment
• Currently fully staffed; one teacher currently on FMLA
• iReady Diagnostic testing to be completed by the end of the week
• Progress Learning is the platform being used for benchmark assessments
• 100% staff PTO participation
• Working on initial fundraisers for this year

Committee Reports

Governance Committee-finalized slate of officers for the 26-27; discussed the consolidation of the People and Culture Committee into the Governance Committee; discussed the consolidation of the Fund Development committee into the Finance Committee

Finance Committee-Title 1 Updates: $225K allocation for school, used for instructional coaches and intervention teachers; Paylocity is still being used as the human capital management platform; shifted to a new brokerage firm for health insurance; Parent Square is the new engagement platform in place for communication between the school and families; last fiscal year: Revenue-$9.38 million, Expenditures-$9.36 million; should receive facilities grant this month (August); expensed 15% of facilities budget thus far; earned two additional staff members for seat count; audit is due by October 31

Academic Excellence Committee-Students are completing the beginning of the year diagnostic assessment

New Business

Introduction of new business for consideration. any member can introduce new items of business by making a motion and obtaining a second.

• Prepare to complete background check/fingerprinting; email forthcoming
• Consider 2-3 goals per committee that we would like to achieve this upcoming year

Meeting Adjournment

If not further business, the Chair ask for a motion to adjourn the meeting.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:09 pm