Alex Soriano presents the current enrollment.  It is approximately 200 students higher than projected in the Spring.  This created a hiring spree in the summer.  At this time, BEST Academy has 56 employees.  The reality of actual enrollment will be seen once school starts.  There will be no-shows and dropped students.

Alex Soriano presents the need to catch-up unpaid vacation time to the Executive Directors.  During the 2019 through 2022 school years, their contracts had 30 days of vacation time allocated to them.  Due to budgetary concerns, the vacation time was not paid out at that time.  Cory Cavanah and the directors will analyze the most effective way to handle the liability.

Alex Soriano states the Kathleen Daugherty will be presenting our annual Brown Act training on October 1st during the regularly scheduled Board Meeting.  The approximate time is 1.5 hours.

Debra Webb nominates herself

Debra Webb nominates Alex Soriano as Board Secretary.  Alex accepts the nomination.

Alex Soriano presents that 3 board member's term end in June of 2026.  We will need to amend the bylaws to account for this issue.  We will need to stagger the term endpoints.  Jim and Alex will bring more information on the next board meeting.

Cory Cavanah presents the actuals.  Big report for 24-25 on how last year ended.  Surplus of just over $800,000.  The ending fund balance to about 5 1/2 million.  93 cents of every dollar goes to student services and support.  

BEST has over 200 days of cash on hand which is very strong.

BEST met the funding determination analysis.  BEST will be funded at 100% level.

Marcella Nino asks how many students are bussed on a regular basis.  James Mays reports that we have used as many as 3 full busses.

James Mays presents the current standing of the A-G.  We now have A-G for.

Debra Webb points out a typo under Modification section on contract to be adjusted before signing.

Andrew Corder presents reason for the policy.  There was a bit of confusion at end of the school year.  Allows a more effective management of personnel.  Reinforces fairness by having a consistent process.  Will be added to the employee handbook.

Andrew explains the process of approval.  

Andrew Corder explains the purpose of the policy.  Create an environment of fair treatment or retaliation.  To maintain a professional environment and avoid any legal issues.

Andrew points out some points on the policy.  The policy outlines the prohibited relationships.

Will be added to the employee handbook.

Andrew Corder presents the rationale on expanding BamnbooHR.  The goal is to have a variety of portals sync onto one portal.  It will improve the employee experience by having all benefits in one system.  It will also be scalable as the organization grows.

Celeste Danner presents the contract for SPED support services.  

We are approving two contracts with the same company.

Marcella Nino asks who has the credential that our counseling intern will work under.  James Mays states that our new counselor will work with her, but does not have lots of experience.  He will also work with the intern using his PPS credential.

Alex Soriano presents the purpose of the policy and any adjustments made to it.

James Mays gives a shout out to Celeste, Andrew, Daniel, Joel, and Natalie. With enrollment increasing beyond our expectations, the work load was huge this summer.  

Alex Soriano give a shout out to Reni and her team for their effort to smoothly onboard hundreds of students this summer.