Approval of the 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 aprove 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.

Public Comment

Comment by L. Merrill

PTO Report

• Taste of Chatt Hills will be held on Sept. 27, 2019
• Book Nooks were sponsored by the PTO for the teachers who submitted requests.
• PTO assisted school's leadership team in sorting books on a Saturday
• Hoodie drive will take place in October.

Approval of Minutes from Aug 8, 2019

School Leader Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

• Community concerns regarding Rivertown Road have been mitigated
• School leader is using a new monthly dashboard recommended by the governance committee
• PLC's (Professional Learning Communities) are held weekly on Monday's
• The school is working on the development of individualized learning plans for every scholar
• All scholars K-8 have completed iReady assessment in August 2019, and summary data was presented to the board. This is the first time the school has used this assessment tool, and will use this data to inform academic instruction.
• Deb Cureton comments praise to CHCS teachers for their hard work
• Muhammad is working diligently to build partnerships in the community.
• Curriculum Night will be held on Sept 19.
• Project Wild (K-12 Environmental Curriculum) will come to train teachers on environmental standards on Sept 24.

Academic Excellence Committee Report

-Charter Requirements

• Academic Excellence Committee is looking closely at areas needed to meet charter performance goals, while working closely with all committees.

-Outcomes

-Initiatives

• The committee is at a brainstorming stage.

-Parent Feedback

• Brainstorming session with parents prompted the need for conversation surrounding cyber security, and positive behavior supports.

-Committee Meeting Schedule

• Looking to hold meeting schedule that allows increased parent participation.

Vote to make March 24th, election day, a no school day

Finance Committee Reports

Monthly reports

2019-2020 Budget and next steps:

• LT to receive final numbers from the County in the near future
• LT to prepare recommended final budget based on the number received from the county; reviews with finance committee in Special meeting
• Sept 24th "Training session" with the entire board to address questions, offer suggestions and possible revisions
• Presentation of the recommended final budget to board approval

Governance Committee Report

• Draft outcomes submitted for the board to review
• Draft calendar for the board to review
• Reviewing a draft board expectations dashboard: key discussion item (what should our give/get amount be?)
• Preview of our next steps: (including drafting aligned initiatives, and a dashboard) 

Development Committee Reports

Updates

• Today's meeting focused on identifying priorities of the Fund Development Committee.
• Playground priority has been completed.
• "Living Library" initiative has an aggressive goal of completion by March 1, 2020.
• Fund Development Committee has requested the School Leadership Team to identify funding priorities, and bring them back to the committee.
• Little Green Light (Donor Management System) that has been used previously is being requested to continue

Meeting dates

Old Business

Review of any outstanding items carried over from previous meeting; any matters on previous agenda that were not reached; or matters that were postponed to the present meeting.

New Business

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

Amend Agenda to Add Executive Session

Executive Session

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:55 pm