J Barton - Introduced herself and introduced the Ribbon Cutting Playground event - invited board members to ribbon cutting events. Advised it would be lovely for them to come out and we have shirts for them. Invited board memebers to come and meet and greet TLCS -

Ribbon cutting 5-6:30PM 9/4 

TLCS advised media coverage is welcome 

Mary Wheeler - Introduced herself as Pre-K teacher - Advised she has never been to a board meting due to her not knowing about it or being encouraged to attend - Advised there have been so many changes and more to come, she wants to be informed and dedicated to the process. 

Advised 36 kids w/ 1 teacher and 2 assistants - she heard the hiring process started and hopes a new pre-k has a new teacher coming 

Mikeale Campbell said he is aware and they are actively looking  

Carolyn Statum - # as of 8/24 # are steadily increasing - # fluctuate - current enrollment as of 8/27 is 459 - # changing next week - advised of scholars dropping off the roster due to DHS issues + dismissal issues - advised there are currently scholars trying to return to TLCS from leaving this year - we have met our contractual obligation of 450 but we are still below our enrollment goal of 550 - Launching reclaiming one legacy plan by reaching out to scholars who left us and see if they are interested in coming back to TLCS - advised of ribbon cutting initiative to invite families back to TLCS - Advised barton is starting targeted enrollment to get loser to our main goal of enrollment of 550 - 

JD Johnson asked how many families we anticipate reaching out to - statum advised about 120 for phase 1 - phase 2 is about 200 families in phase 2 

Martin Green - advised we have been doing a lot of work over the last couple of weeks - asked what are we learning in terms of what is working and what are we continuing to refine and what are some of the insights in pour process 

C Statum - Advised families are stating they appreciate the family vibe we have vs their current school which is a disconnected feeling - families appreciate the connectivity and fast response times from teachers/staff - advised families advised current schools are cold - advised some families thought we were on TPS schedule and just started late - advised of full 4th grade and returning scholars cannot get into 4th grade 

Mikeale Campbell said What do we think we fund out in the last 6 weeks that in December and moving forward, whaat did we found out regarding retention - how can we anticipate getting closer to our main enrollment goal - statum advised we do not know yet the best thing we can do is continue ensure our product is consistent and make sure parents are wanting to stay - we are starting our enrollment efforts earlier - things we did in Q2 we are stating that in Q0 to help retain students earlier - J Greene advised enrollment starts now and back office behind the scenes and strategy is to make sure we a re prioritizing the different strategies of kids 

Mikeale Campbell asked is there anything we can do for kinder and 1st grade - what can we do to support teachers/parents to make sure we are able to retain more young kids - statum rebutted with we are trying to find alternative ways since daycares are now getting funding for kids they would usually send to us before they got funding for kids - j greene added that getting people in the building to come see the actual school is working well 

JD Johnson stated there seems to still be opportunities to get involved with the community and daycares and not straight abandoning efforts to reach out due to them now geting funding for kids they would usually send to us  

Kayla Matthews asked for a quick confirmation - we are at 459 and we antiicapte 12 next week - c statum advised the numbers are still flucutuating as we gain scholars we are still lsoing scholars at the same time 

J Greene - playground update - update regarding her leaving and letting board know all staff are aware she is leaving - advised that we are 2 weeks in and we are in it to win it - we are settling in and it is really great to see everyone together in one roof - invited board to come during school hours to see classes 

J greene - we are begining construction convo with Tulsa Facilities LLC instruction plan and have opportunities for organizational input in Septemeber  

Mikeale Campbell - We are starting school year without school budget  - we need to leave today with an approval to come into compliance 

Martin Green - commended J Green & C Statum and finance committee - collectively done a lot of work in the past few weeks on how to not put at risk the academic work and being responsible with funding and managing expenses  - moving forward we are keeping tighter visibility in our cash and expenses to know where we are. We need strong enrollment numbers and we are driving towards our goal 

Mikeale Campbell advised that he appreciates all the work TLCS staff put in - students create revenue - how are we gaining students and keeping them here and what is making their experience worth it to stay 

C Statum - we do not have deficit as of 8/24 - we will start the year with general fund & cash on hand & carryover cash from FY26 - our staffing model will be built around our enrollment and talk about our options - advised she recommends we move towards approving the FY27