Pathway Academy
Minutes
December 2025 Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Directors Present
J. De La Garza, J. Green (remote), K. Griffin (remote), M. Mouton (remote), T. Farley (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Adrienne Green, Alisha Daniel (remote), Brittany Jourdan (remote), Kate Mazurek (remote), T. McCalister
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
III. Academic Excellence
A.
Academic Committee Update
Looking at competencies and operationalization of these for our staff and students. Staff shared how they have been working with students and rating their work. Will be working on this for the next couple of months to ensure they align with our long-term mission and vision.
B.
School Goal Dashboard
Dr. McCallister and Kate are working on this to provide data points, including attendance, and other items aligned to our school goals.
IV. CEO Support And Eval
A.
Superintendent Evaluation Process Update
Working on gathering data, and Dr. McCalister is setting goals to review and complete. Will schedule work session.
V. TPCSA Updates
A.
Updates
Will send email with policy survey, no formal presentation.
VI. Facility & Operations
A.
Multi-Hazard Emergency Procedure Manual/School Active Shooter Annex Update
B.
Policy on School Prayer
Have to vote on this by March; this includes a moment of silence.
Proposed a small working committee to review and bring back information to the full board. Joel Garza, Tamara Farley, and Judge Green will make up this committee.
C.
Facility Update
Kitchen work is required to get the kitchen up to code for lunch service to continue.
The donated building is still being worked out to come in under budget with some cuts, waiting to get numbers back.
Roof insurance, adjusters disagreed, moving forward on attempting to recoup some towards repairs.
D.
Proposed Change in School Calendar
VII. Finance
A.
Financial Updates
Enrollment and attendance impacts on funding. Evaluating expenditures to ensure alignment with the proposed budget, and an amendment is upcoming.
Cash on hand is an area to keep an eye on in addition to aligning expenditure pacing.
B.
Fundraising Updates
Have had several grants and private donations over the last 2 weeks, which will improve the financial position.
Broughton Foundation grant submitted, as well as Dora Roberts' submission. Should find out further information after the holidays.
None