Stephanie Yassine presented the 21st Century Community Learning Centers report to the Board of Directors.  The 21st Century Community Learning Centers had a successful summer program session with approximately 15 students. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) safety guidelines for COVID-19 personal protective equipment was provided to each student and staff.  Almost all of the summer programming was held outside.  Moreover, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers will be holding virtual programming in September that will include a host of activities.  Madame President Cristina Stamatin would like the programming activities links for the board to participate.  

Dr. Lorilyn Coggins presented the Charter School Program Grant current month and cumulative amounts with the Board of Directors as required to be presented monthly at each board meeting. 

July 2020 financial reports were presented by Dr. Lorilyn Coggins highlighting cash on hand, year-to-date revenues, year-to-date expenditures, and the current fund balance in a summarized format.  The financials are in order. 

The Sanga Monthly management report was presented by Lyndsey McClintic, Stephanie Yassine, and Ana Ulloa.   Lyndsey McClintic provided the academics and assessment overview of the report presentation.  The academy is prioritizing and focusing the 2020-2021 school year professional development on both the staff and families. This is why the academy has prioritized the three core value key ingredients to lead the school year as Academic Excellence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Growth Mindset.  Under the guidance and financial support of Detroit Children's Fund, the academy will be implementing iReady as another form of assessment to give teachers a foundational understanding of students' strengths and areas of need.  The Instructional Leader is working closely with the academy's Spanish teachers to further develop the Spanish curriculum that is aligned with the English Language Arts program to promote bi-literacy through a virtual platform.  Stephanie Yassine expressed a special thanks to Beatrice Hill for exceptional student recruitment efforts in a virtual world. Ms. Yassine announced The Return to Learn Legislation recent updates to the Board of Directors surrounding student count day for the 2020-2021 school year.  The academy's recently hired Dean of Curriculum and Instruction Jimmy Castellijo was introduced to the board of directors.  Madame President Cristina Stamatin requested an updated staff roster with positions for reference.  Sanga Management, in collaboration with the Instructional Leader, has been working tirelessly to ensure families have the resources and tools necessary to kick off a strong start of the school year.  This includes Parent Technology Distribution, Fodd Distribution, and School Supplies.  Stephanie Yassine and the school's instructional team are working with Detroit Children's Foundation and SchoolWorks Coach, Debon Lewis on completing the 2020-2021 strategic plan for the academy for upholding priority core values such as Academic Excellence, DEI, and Growth Mindset.  Lastly, safety precautions and personal protective equipment has been ordered and installed in the school building.  COVID cleaning training has been completed for the custodial staff and high-frequency touchpoints cleaning schedules have been created to ensure that every 2-3 hours these areas are cleaned. Deep cleaning throughout the building will occur after school each day and on Fridays. COVID questionnaire and temperature checks procedures are in place and will be completed for everyone that enters the school building.

No extended public comments at this time.

The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools Central Michigan University Field Operations School Lead, Jennifer Joubert commended the team for always being on top of everything.   The announcements that were going to be shared by the center have already been completed or started the completion process by the team. The Extended COVID-19 Learning Plan is due to the center on September 15, 2020.

The Board of Directors welcomed all of the academy's new hires and are looking forward to another great school year. Congratulations to the team for dealing with transitions and keeping the academy's mission and vision statement first for educating students at such a high level.  Madame Vice President Andreea Bordeianusuggested that a glossary of education terms for services resource be created for the board as a reference guide. Madame President Cristina Stamatin mentioned the need to update the Board on Track goals and form sub-committees.  Board Retreat scheduling is in the pipeline.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 6:30 pm at Escuela Avancemos! Academy; 2635 Howard St Detroit, MI  48216.