Global Leadership Academy

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Friday December 1, 2017 at 7:30 AM

Location

9301 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32225
The Mission of Global Outreach Charter Academy is to deliver a first-class academic program that offers a unique foreign language and multicultural curriculum, empowering students to have a competitive edge in the global vision.

Directors Present

D. Grigaltchik, V. Budnik, V. Stepanchuk (remote), Y. Brychka

Directors Absent

V. Kushnar

Ex Officio Members Present

S. Soroka

Non Voting Members Present

S. Soroka

Guests Present

D. Goncharov, E. Soroka, G. Fafard, K. Bolton

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

E. Soroka called a meeting of the board of directors of Global Leadership Academy to order on Friday Dec 1, 2017 at 8:10 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

D. Grigaltchik made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 10-20-17 Board Meeting on 10-20-17.
V. Budnik seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Approve Emergency Board Meeting Minutes

V. Budnik made a motion to approve minutes from the Emergency Meeting on 10-30-17 Emergency Meeting on 10-30-17.
V. Stepanchuk seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Consent Items

A.

Monthly Expenses

V. Budnik made a motion to approve Monthly Expenses
D. Grigaltchik seconded the motion 
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion

III. Reports and Presentations

A.

Board Member Report

No report

B.

Communications to the Board

No communications to the Board

C.

Academic Report

  • Middle school parent conferences were successful and productive 
  • Every teacher will receive an evaluation before Christmas break 
  • Mrs. Dollard is assisting in elementary school math 

D.

Best & Brightest Scholarship

  • Teacher's who received outstanding ACT and SAT scores will receive a scholarship

E.

Russian Course Code

  • Two separate codes consist for those who are in the early high school program and to those who are not
  • A request needs to be sent in order to receive Russian language credit for middle school students that are not in the early high school program

F.

Request Addendum

  • Request addendum to all applicable pre, mid and post Middle School and Early High School District End of Course examinations. Including, DEOC's that correspond to Physical Science, Civics, History and Spanish. 
  • The purpose is to be able to monitor student performance using assessment data that aligns with district and Florida state standards

IV. Discussion Items

A.

Financial Report

  • Millage funds have not been received yet which contributed towards the current losses. Currently, the funds are being spent to improve school grade.
  • Millage funding is anticipated to be received in March 2018. 

B.

Cooperation Agreement

  • The cooperation agreement is an attempt to emerge new school methods that was developed and tested in Ukraine, Finland and Singapore. The agreement gives permission to acquire the rights to use this methodology in the U.S academic process to improve the quality of education. 

C.

School Improvement Funds

  • Administration team recommended to use $83,483 Florida School Recognition Program funds to fund interventionist positions to assist in maintaining and improving student performance. 

D.

Site Visit Overview

  • Cumulative folders, discipline recorded in focus, ESE service logs maintained, FBI background checks being on file received partial compliance. Overall, full compliance was received. 

V. Action Items

A.

Approve Request to Apply for a Russian Course Code

V. Budnik made a motion to approve russian code.
Y. Brychka seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Approve Cooperation Agreement

Y. Brychka made a motion to approve a starting balance of 8,000 towards cooperation agreement and additional funding will be discussed with the board.
V. Budnik seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Approve School Improvement Funds

V. Budnik made a motion to approve to use all Florida School Recognition Program funds to fund interventionist positions to assist in maintaining and improving student performance.
D. Grigaltchik seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Approve Best & Brightest Teacher Scholarship

Y. Brychka made a motion to approve teacher scholarship.
D. Grigaltchik seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Approve Request to Addendum

V. Budnik made a motion to approve request to addendum.
Y. Brychka seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VI. Board Comments

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:51 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Grigaltchik