Global Leadership Academy
Minutes
K-12 Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday April 18, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Location
Lions Campus (Intercoastal Campus) – 13720 McCormick Rd, Jacksonville, Florida 32225
Cub & Grizzly Campus (K-8 Campus) – 8985 Lone Star Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32211
Kodiak Campus (High School Campus) – 1252 Fromage Way, Jacksonville Florida 32225
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Directors Present
C. Hearn, L. Kolyesnik, L. Williams, V. Budnik, Y. Brychka
Directors Absent
V. Kushnar, V. Sendetskiy
Guests Present
A. Korchuk, D. Goncharov, G. Stickel, I. Soroka, J. Chisholm, J. Galeani, J. Hemphill, Luann Hoyseth (remote), Y. Degtyareva
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Previous Board Minutes 03-08-2023
B.
Monthly Financials (K-12) February 2023
C.
Renewal SLA Contract
D.
Resolutions to open Bank Accounts
Ilya Soroka has made a recommendation to open Operating and Clubs accounts for K-8 at Chase Bank.
E.
Intercoastal Funding
The State still has not fully approved CSP Grant for Intercoastal. We transferred from GOCA Properties $150,000 at the end of November and $100,000 in February and Transferred from GOCA K-8 $50,000 at the end of March. Finance department has made a recommendation to the board to ratify these transfers.
F.
Salary Scale
The administration has presented and is recommending for the the updated Employee Salary Scale to be approved for 2023-2024 school year.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
No public comments
IV. Approval of Consent Agenda
A.
Approval of Consent Agenda
V. Discussion Items
A.
HB-1 & Strategic Planning
Chairman of the Board Larry Williams informed the Board of Directors that Florida Legislature just passed HB-1 and it was signed into law by Governor Desantis. We would like to discuss with the Board how this affects Charter School and what we should consider moving forward in regards to the strategic success of the schools.
B.
GOCA Schools Pm2 Comparison
GOCA administration has received ELA DATA from DCPS and these charts show where GOCA stands comparing to other Schools. Ilya Soroka has presented the data that show the academic growth of GOCA students.
C.
Senior Management to Discuss Moving internal structure to a New Service Agreement Model
Ilya Soroka had presented a discussion to create consensus for a proposal to move the management structure to a service agreement model that creates efficiencies, streamlines internal accounting functions between schools, and assist in promoting greater develop opportunities to reach more students.
D.
State Funding Discussion
Chairman of the Board Larry Williams, had presented that the FL legislation is currently debating two different funding changes to the FEFP model. The Board of Directors have discussed both funding changes and its effects on the charter school funding.
GOCA administration has made a recommendation to approve the NSLP Food Service Renewal Contract with SLA Management Inc.