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Brooklyn RISE Charter School

Brooklyn RISE Board Meeting

Published on November 19, 2024 at 6:46 PM EST

Date and Time

Wednesday November 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST

Location

9 Hanover Place, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 7:00 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Christina Hu 1 m
  C. Approve October Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes Christina Hu 5 m
     
II. Finance Update 7:07 PM
  A. October Finance Update Discuss Adnan Vandyck 20 m
III. Head of School and Academic Update 7:27 PM
  A. Akilah's School Update FYI Akilah Bond 20 m
   
  • This is Week 9 of instruction at RISE!
  • Last week we hosted T1 Family Conferences and are working to reschedule missed meetings and necessary by this Friday to ensure a touch point with every RISE family
  • Field Trips (planned by our Director of Enrichment) are underway for all grade levels
  • Our Upper School Leader in Residence is working toward gathering feedback from our 5th/6th Enrichment providers (and brainstorming what student feedback looks like) about the successes and challenges of their specific program (this information will help with long-term planning re: future years)
  • mCLASS Progress Monitoring Round will begin w/o November 4th, which will provide more reliable reading growth data from the same assessment rather than EOY STEP and BOY mCLASS
  • We are also completing MAP testing this week for the Fall Assessment Round
  • Enrollment is currently at 320 out of 324 goal; Asylum Seekers have disenrolled due to leaving the state or borough, though we have been able to offer busing for some with further locations. From Chantal: Recruitment in Red Hook has begun, OTG Flyering NYCHA: done; Working to partner with Red Hook Initiative 
  
IV. Governance Update 7:47 PM
  A. Discuss Operational and Compliance Challenges Discuss Christina Hu 20 m
  B. Discussion on additional board recruitment Discuss Katie Zaunbrecher 10 m
   

Discuss potential parent candidates

  
V. Any Other Business 8:17 PM
  A. 4001 4th Avenue Middle School Lease Amendment Update FYI Cary Finnegan 15 m
VI. Closing Items 8:32 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI 2 m