Pathway Academy
Minutes
January Board Meeting
Date and Time
Monday January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Location
Zoom
Directors Present
C. Strande, C. Weaver (remote), J. De La Garza, J. Green (remote), K. Griffin (remote), N. Eleda (remote), T. Farley (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Allison Ford (remote), Christine Gendron (remote), DeAnna Clavell (remote), T. McCalister, T. Moore
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Academic Excellence
B.
Town Hall Meeting
Occurring this evening, flyers, hoping for a large turnout. Facebook live.
C.
Teacher Commitments
Would like to offer so they can tell their principals and also start working to help with recruiting.
D.
TPCSA Updates
Legislative updates, who represents us, what bills are necessary to charter schools, how to follow and engage positively.
III. Fundraising
A.
Fund Development
Permian Strategic Partnership- $500,000
Zeta Charter- $25,000
IV. Facility
A.
CCC
CCC- have a few renovations to complete to be up to code and will begin Feb. 1. Paul and Tommy will tackle the list.
B.
College Park Building
We're waiting on documentation from lawyers to get things signed. Afterward, we'll have to go through an RFP to get approval for architects for recommended renovations.
V. Superintendent Supports
A.
School Support
Update from Superintendent Dr. McCalister on those supports enabling staff to handle required tasks at this time.
VI. Finance
A.
Finance Update
CSS—DeAnna Clavell: Budget to actual report for year zero. We will receive future reports at least one week in advance to prepare for board meetings.
VII. Other Business
A.
Contracted Professionals
Project Management- Cristine Gendron: The official calendar for Pathway was created and shared
Charter Source- Alison Ford: We are working on reviewing policies in the February board meeting. The next session will be on budgeting.
Adding grades 10-12, TEA, CSS, 15 seats to begin, and checked space would increase revenue; the charter was already approved for grades through 12, so it's not an issue to add. We heard concerns around attendance and approaches to getting students to school.
Professional development day, Ted Fujimoto, AASP. It was a great day of learning. I wonder...