- Mr. Soroka introduced Alex Cherniy, a guest from the Ukraine, who works in the educational sector of that country. 
- Mr. Cherniy is touring the USA to gain a greater understanding of the Charter School concept, who has expressed that he was pleasantly greeted by the staff of GOCA and students. 

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- Mrs. Murray reviewed with the board the 2019 Fall Site Visit Results.
- Mrs. Murray let the board members know that the areas that were recorded in "partial-compliance" have been corrected and GOCA is expected to be in full compliance in the 2020 site-visit. 
- The school received a "partial-compliance" for the RTI, and right after, all teachers received an additional training on the requirements to meet the RTI category.
- Mrs.Soroka, Data Interventionist Director, presented the school data for August - December 2019.
- Current data does show an increase in the "Green Area", which represents student growth in their current placement level. 
- There was a decrease in the number of students in the "Red Area" Tier 3.  
-  Mrs. Soroka explains a plan to increase in the availability of tutoring to help bring up the current data and to help the struggling students.
- Also, they are working in collaboration with GOCARizing, holding student behavior workshops, ESOL/ESE Support services, and targeted small group intervention groups, to help increase the data and help the Tier 3 students. 
- Mrs. Murray presented highest performance groups in Window 2, that included the Math & Reading.
- Mrs. Murray presented data that shows the struggle areas that are believed are affecting the Data Challenges. GOCA has over 300 ESOL kids, record number of students that were previously home schooled, new curriculum for k-8, and new to GOCA teachers.  These are all reasons that are believed to have factored into the challenges that are affecting data. 

- Mr. Goncharev noted the update on Page 8 that explains the procedure of GOCA for stale checks, and the inventory control.  

- Mr. Goncharev explained an expense that was is necessary to fix the A/C unit at Cub Campus.  The expense is expected to be reimbursed by the landlord. 

- Mr. Goncharev presented the mid-year budget.
- The board members reviewed the report.
- There was additional employees that were necessary to add to the team that were originally not included in the preliminary 2019-2020 operating budget. 
- ESOL and Operations were areas where additional staff was hired. 

- Mr. Soroka presented Mr. Chisholm who will help with the establishment of the GOCA Foundation.
- Mr. Chisholm is a board member of the Florida Charter School Alliance. 
- Mr. Chisholm reviewed the importance of the GOCA Foundation, that will help support the expansion of the school, as well as help the students excel in their schooling, and serve the Jacksonville community. 
- Mr. Chisholm has been in close contact with the school attorney, to help establish the foundation. 

- Mr. Soroka presented the letter to the board of the intent to open up another K-8 Intercoastal Location in 2021-2020.
- The board reviewed the letter of intent, and discussed the benefits of the addition of the 2nd GOCA Location.
- The board agrees that it is in the best interest of GOCA to support up to $500,000 the Intercoastal Location.
 

- Mr. Soroka reviewed the intent for the school to open up the Intercoastal Location, and the board discussed ways they can support this idea. 
- The board agreed that this expansion is in the benefit of GOCA students, the school, and the community of Jacksonville.