Dahime Gordon presented the 21st Century Community Learning Centers monthly programming and budget report to the Board of Directors.

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.

October 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 Management monthly report was presented by Ms. Lyndsey McClintic and Ms. Ana Ulloa.  The Academy's instructional leadership team is continuing to look for opportunities to increase student engagement during virtual lessons.  The Dean of Curriculum and Instruction delivered a recent successful professional development to instructional staff around additional resources teachers can use to boost student engagement. Also, the instructional leadership team led a Professional Development around reframing the focus and purpose of grade-level planning time.   A comparative analysis of the NWEA's Projected Proficiency Reports from Fall 2020-2021 for both Math and Reading were presented to the Board of Directors by Lyndsey McClintic.  Howerer, there is a slight dip in proficiency for grades 2-7 as K-2 has seen an above-average yearly growth for the school.  Madam Vice President Andreea Bordeianu informed the instructional leadership team to not make assumptions that students received assistance from older siblings or parents unless there's proof.  
As a strategy to help foster bilingualism in homeroom classes, last month the Academy celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month.  The use of the home language in school promotes children's cognitive development, self-esteem, second language acquisition, and academic preparation.  Teachers took the time to explore and educate students on Hispanic culture and heritage and finished the month with a student project. Special Education student services are still ongoing.

The Academy has been selected to participate in a case study regarding truancy in urban schools. Every School Day Counts Detroit and Attendance Works is conducting interviews with school staff from five schools to document the efforts that are being used to reduce chronic absence rates.  The schools were chosen to represent diverse grade levels and each has demonstrated early signs of success implementing effective attendance strategies.   Ms. Ana Ulloa was pleased to announce that the Academy is getting recognition for its point of pride best practices to make transporting students part of the core values of Esculea Avancemos. Madam President Cristina Stamatin congratulated the team.

The Academy's Family Engagement Team, under the leadership of Ms. Ana Ulloa, is starting to research and document the immigrant experience of families.  The purpose of this study is to get a better understanding of the families and to better connect with them. 

One point that is of great pride to Escuela Academy is the Extended COVID-19 Learning Plan ("ECLP") that was submitted by Lyndsey McClinctic and Stephanie Yassine. Sanga Management is grateful for the work that the above-mentioned leaders do every day.
 

No extended public comments at this time.

The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools Central Michigan University Field Operations School Lead, Jennifer Joubert thanked the entire team for their great work. Upcoming Round-Table sessions details will be forth-coming.

The Academy's Board of Directors expressed sincere thanks and gratitude to Sanga Management, Instructional Team, and Dr. Lorilyn Coggins for all there efforts to uphold the core values of the Academy's mission statement. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at 6:30 pm at Escuela Avancemos Academy; Zoom meeting,