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Girls Global Academy

GGA In-Person Retreat

Budget Vote
Published on April 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM EDT

Date and Time

Saturday May 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT

Location

GGA 733 8th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

 

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Breakfast and ice breaker 8:30 AM
  A. Breakfast and ice breaker FYI 30 m
II. Opening Items 9:00 AM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Andria Wisler 1 m
  B. Record Attendance   Rachel Charles 2 m
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Rachel Charles 2 m
    Approve minutes for GGA Board Meeting (ZOOM) on March 24, 2025  
III. 5-Year Review 9:05 AM
  A. Recap of the PCSB's conditions and GGA's response FYI Andria Wisler 5 m
   
  • Why are we having this conversation - identifying a pathway to meet the conditions of the ASPIRE framework
  
  B. GGA's ASPIRE data last year/year to date comparison and steps towards improvement plan FYI Karen Venable-Croft 20 m
   

A. GGA is worth fighting for - sisterhood - DC's only all girls public HS 

B. Here's where we made progress (data) from last year to this year as it relates to ASPIRE framework (here's where we are)

C. Three buckets/improvement plan

  • here's what is new
  • what we want to amplify / lean into / do with greater fidelity
  • here's what we are staying faithful to / here's what is working
  
  C. Discussion Discuss Andria Wisler 30 m
IV. Budget 10:00 AM
  A. A deep dive into the budget Discuss Laura Bartos 50 m
   
  • Current context
    • FCAP
  • A deep dive into the budget, to consider additional questions: 
    • a) What are the enrollment benchmarks we need to put in place between now and the start of school that the school must reach in order to avoid insolvency headed into 2025-26?
    • b) What resources are available to enact the improvement plan?
    • c) What are the financial conditions under which GGA has a viable pathway to proceed?
    • d) Is there a scenario in which GGA meets the academic data conditions of the ASPIRE framework but does not have a financial viability to proceed?
  • Notes on budget documents

EdOps Budget format

Attached is the budget in the EdOps format titled FY26 GGA Budget Summary comparison that includes the current budget 23-24, the base budget of 185 students, and the contingency budget of 175 students.

  • This budget does not reflect the updated 162 student contingency budget from April 25, 2025 that we needed to be created and submitted on April 24.  We did not have time to transfer the new information to the FY26 GGA Budget Summary
  • We created a presentation but it is based on the 175 contingency so we now need to update that so that it will be available for the board meeting on Saturday.

DCPCSB budget format

There have been updates to the contingency budgets and submissions to the DCPCSB.  You will see the DC PCSB 5-year budget template.  Included is the 5-year Base Budget of 185 students and a New updated 5-year Contingency Budget for 162 students.

  • I am not as versed in describing the DC PCSB budget format that the board will be reviewing.  
  • Elizabeth is on leave and the categories that we use are slightly different.
  
  B. Break 10 m
V. Public Meeting 11:00 AM
 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81639077749?pwd=ukhb1TkgvW1BXfaCKR0DkidqzuMa9h.1

  
  A. Budget Discussion and Vote Vote Laura Bartos 60 m
VI. Next Steps 12:00 PM
  A. Next Steps Discuss Beth Blaufuss 50 m
   
  • Next steps and GGA board planning including a replacement of the current GGA strategic plan in light of the need to focus on a path to ASPIRE improvement
    • shift current strategic plan to "vision document"
    • agree on new strategic plan for short-term
  
  B. Review Discuss Andria Wisler 10 m
   
  • Review do-ables
  • Review dates coming up
  
VII. Lunch & Reflection 1:00 PM
  A. Lunch and Circle Reflection FYI 30 m
VIII. Closing Items 1:30 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote

This meeting is governed by the Open Meetings Act.  Please address any questions or complaints arising under this meeting to the Office of Open Government at opengovoffice@dc.gov.