Mrs. McKnight made a Public Comment.

The mother of Malachi McKnight had called us and requested to speak with Ms. Anderson about a situation that had occurred in the cafeteria. Ms. Anderson after listening to the mother, came and talked to Dean of Discipline, Mr. David about the situation. The mother was concerned because her son did not receive lunch one day. However, after we asked Mr. Keonne and Ms. Joyce who supervise them in the cafeteria they explained the situation a little bit more.
            Malachi had been sent to sit-out in the time out area because of repeated warnings for not wearing a belt. When he was in the time out area he was called up to get his lunch once the other students had gotten their lunch. However, when Malachi got his food and sat down the teacher came for that class and they left a little early from lunch. Malachi seeing that his teacher was here threw out his food without eating it and left. The only food he received throughout the day was an apple that the teacher gave him when he said that he was hungry. And this was the mother’s concern, that her son did not eat lunch.
            Dean of Discipline called the mom back and explained to her what happened. Global Outreach Charter Academy apologized to her that her son did not get lunch and asked that if he needs more time to finish his lunch in the future to let an adult know. The response did not satisfy her and she spoke further to the vice principal and principal about this matter. Furthermore, the mother brought this situation to the Board of Directors. After the mother presented her concern to Board, the Board of Directors apologized for this incident and also requested if her child needs additional time to eat his food to be sure to let the supervising adults know. 

Public Comments are Closed. 

No Board Member Report

District Updates:

• I-Ready Mid-year Data will be submitted to the District on Monday, February 27th  

GOCA's Out of Field Teachers - attached revised Out of Field Teachers for Survey 3

Testing Updates:

• FSA Mock Assessment 2/22/17
• FSA Writing Assessment on February 28th Grades 4-8
• ELL WIDA Assessment - 191 students have completed their WIDA Assessment; 40 students will still need to complete the assessment

School Updates:

• Black History Program on February 24th at 9:00 am
• The third quarter will end on March 17th
• Two parent complaints reported to the District:

1. Ms. McKnight - Lunch Incident - Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Padilla spoke with parent
2. Ms. Kent - Entire class sat out during PE with Coach Paul, more timely communication -awards ceremonies, ensuring that opt out forms are honored when it comes to testing

Student Discipline Updates:
Student Discipline - Student Referrals for February 2017
F-5, 1st -1, 2nd -2, 3rd - 3, 4th -2, 5th -2
6th-2, 7th-1, 8th - 0.
Total: 18 referrals for February


 

No Communications

Global Outreach Charter Academy hired a Development Director Mr. Goncharov. He will be replacing Mrs. Smolinskaya. 
Mr. Goncharov introduced himself to the Board. His job description and resume are attached.

While trying to add an additional line to GOCA account, AT&T representative from a local office advised us that there are past due accounts that associate with GOCA. The accounts were not under GOCA's name or tax ID. AT&T fraud department was contacted by phone about the issue. The fraud department confirmed that past due accounts are not in the name of GOCA and GOCA is not responsible for them. Additional research revealed that commercial credit bureau Dun & Bradstreet listed GOCA as a subsidiary of Duval County Public School System. As a result, other schools in the district as well as Duval County Public School System were linked to GOCA name. The request was submitted to D&B to fix the name and the relationship in the credit bureau. Additional contacts with AT&T and D&B will be made to ensure the information is updated. 

Mrs. Anderson presented the Out of Filed Letter to the Board for approval. The letter is attached.