Pathway Academy
Minutes
October Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday October 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Directors Present
C. Strande (remote), J. De La Garza (remote), J. Green (remote), K. Griffin (remote), T. Farley (remote)
Directors Absent
N. Eleda
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
J. De La Garza
Guests Present
Alison Ford (remote), Beth Finch (remote), Kate Mazurek (remote), Peggy Downs (remote), T. McCalister (remote), T. Moore (remote), Tiffany Ruiz (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Student Recruitment
We have not yet reached the October goal of 50. September recruitment was 50; we met that goal. We would like to add sports to increase the number of students as many cannot commit without it. Open for discussion.
We would like to move the lottery date to Dec. 1, 2024
B.
Overview of Academics to Date
Tiffany Ruiz Updates for Math and Science: The first units are completed.
Interviewed another master teacher to begin working on RLA
How are we measuring the things that we aspire for our students to be able to do?
C.
Kristi Griffin - TPCSA Update
Shared TPCSA updates.
III. Fundraising Committee
A.
Clay Shoot Update
17 businesses met as potential supporters for our clay shoot.
B.
Permian Strategic Partnership Update
Tommy and McCalister are meeting on Wed.
C.
Dance Update
IV. Facility
A.
CCC
On track
B.
College Park Building
The proposed floor plan from Butler Cohen Construction, 2.4 mils, does not include asbestos abatement.
V. Superintendent Supports
A.
CSS Update
Hopeful for bringing on board by mid November.
VI. Finance
A.
Finance Update
Breakdown of CSP grant. Focus on staying in compliance. The grant has not been posted, so anything spent previously will not be reimbursable.
VII. Governance
A.
School Board Training
Charter Source: Support charter schools from building up to opening. Start Right program.
B.
Tamara Farley TPCSA Training Report
Shared experiences from the training attended and all the new learning. Tamara will share resources from the training.
C.
Vote on adding new Board Member
D.
Governance Policy
Will review to prepare to vote on policies for next board meeting
VIII. Other Business
A.
Contracted Professionals
Peggy Downs and Emily van Luet, Granting your Vision, contracted grant writers.
Adrian, social media activity.
Christine, project management.
Will approve next meeting.