Global Leadership Academy

Minutes

K-12 Board of Directors Meeting

K-12

Date and Time

Wednesday December 13, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Directors Present

C. Hearn, L. Kolyesnik, L. Williams, V. Budnik, V. Kushnar, Y. Brychka

Directors Absent

V. Sendetskiy

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

Y. Brychka

Guests Present

A. Korchuk, D. Goncharov, G. Stickel, I. Soroka, J. Chisholm, J. Galeani, J. Hemphill, Luann Hoyseth, Y. Degtyareva

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

L. Williams called a meeting of the board of directors of Global Leadership Academy to order on Wednesday Dec 13, 2023 at 4:38 PM.

II. Consent Agenda

A.

Approve Previous Board Minutes 11-02-23

V. Kushnar made a motion to approve the minutes from K-12 Board of Directors Meeting on 11-02-23.
L. Kolyesnik seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Monthly Financials (K-12) October 2023

Dmitriy Goncharov presented the monthly financials statements for K-12 October 2023.

C.

Paychex Time and Attendance contracts

Paychex Time and Attendance module was under one contract under GOCA K-8 with separate "sites", which created some difficulties in managing employee's time cards. The recommended solution is to separate each school into individual TAA account. The cost will remain the same and for the first year will be even lower.

 Recommendation to approve the updated Paychex Time and attendance contracts.

D.

Financial Control Policy Amendment

Dmitriy Goncharov recommendation is to approve Financial Control Policy for all GOCA Schools and the list of pre-approved expenses

E.

Clean School Bus Rebate Program: Intent to Apply

Dmitriy Goncharov recommendation is to apply for a Clean School Bus Rebate Program to cover the costs of buying an electric school bus and relevant infrastructure.

F.

GOCA Lottery Dates

III. Public Comments

A.

Public Comments

No public comments

IV. Approval of Consent Agenda

A.

Approval of Consent Agenda

V. Kushnar made a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented.
L. Kolyesnik seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Y. Brychka arrived at 4:45 PM.

V. Discussion Items

A.

School Data Review

School data with 23-24 grade goals was presented to the board. All schools are improving student academic performance based on the school grades released by the Department of Education for 2022-2023 school year. 

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 5:34 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
L. Williams