E Rangel: We say goodbye and wish a sincere thank you to our three departing board members: Kristy Kainrath, Matthew Whitley, and Barb Burcope. 

J Habayeb: 

• The baseline scenario of 420 scholars, not the max enrollment scenario of 494
• Projected surplus is $61K — significantly lower than the historic low of ~$220K — though current enrollment of 472 would push that higher
• Salaries and benefits are 66.5% of the budget at a 1:18 staffing ratio; teacher salary increases include ~3% band growth, $500 per year of service, and evaluation-tied base increases
• Retirement match increases from 3% to 4% for all staff, with new staff moving to a four-year vesting schedule (20% per year) instead of immediate vesting
• For the first time, the budget includes a continuing education pathway — full tuition coverage for instructional assistants, grad coursework, or vocational programs (e.g. culinary) in exchange for a contractual stay commitment
• New hires budgeted: an ACT teacher, an ML teacher, a STEM director, an arts teacher, and an elementary science teacher — jobs are posted and interviews are underway
• $12M in Lily capital funding is in the budget but excluded from operational program expense roll-ups; general contractor bids are in progress
• IPS opt-in costs are still TBD — IPS is cutting services it previously provided while still receiving per-pupil taxpayer funds, so Adelante is bidding out technology, printing, and related services
• Transportation clawback: ~$153K in local property tax proceeds goes directly back to IPS for transportation; Participant 4 flagged that by FY31, at current trajectory, Adelante would need to pull ~$260K from academic operations just to cover transportation 

N Frech: raised that the max enrollment scenario's staffing numbers looked inconsistent — higher enrollment showing lower teachers and staff — and suggested the enrollment goal needs adjustment

C Franz & M Rooney: 

• Overall ELA proficiency grew 4% from checkpoint 2 to checkpoint 3; fourth grade had the largest jump, with third and seventh grade also showing growth; fifth grade remains a focus area with Ignite reading intervention seats concentrated there
• Multilingual learner ELA proficiency held steady in the number of students at proficiency but showed movement from below proficiency to approaching — population has grown
• Math checkpoint 3 came in at 32% proficiency, up from 29% on last year's iLearn, with every grade level showing growth except one
• Fourth grade math hit 72% proficiency, which Participant 2 noted exceeds the state average for fourth graders by at least 10 percentage points
• Multilingual learners reached 26% in math (vs. 32% school-wide), with a significant checkpoint 3 increase; Participant 2 noted the math test is administered in Spanish for ML students, which is a relevant context factor
• Black students exceeded the school-wide average in both ELA and math proficiency; Hispanic student proficiency also grew in both subjects

OEI charter renewal

• Adelante goes up for OEI renewal in the fall, covering the last five years; a renewal report arrives in May, followed by a summer application targeting the standard 7-year renewal term
• The renewal will require a root cause analysis for each indicator not meeting or exceeding standard — the leadership team and board will both be involved
• School is meeting or exceeding standard on reading proficiency (met standard in FY24 and maintained it), attendance (within ~1 percentage point of meeting standard), and state subgroups (met standard for the first time last year)
• Annual growth is the key gap: OEI's bar is 60% of students meeting state-defined adequate growth; Adelante is at ~19–20% — this year's structural response was implementing ELA and math tier 2 intervention for every K–8 student for the first time
• 4 out of 5 top-performing OEI cohort schools do not meet standard for annual growth, and the fifth is only approaching standard
• Worst-case consequence is a public notice of deficiency, which has never been issued to Adelante; charter revocation is possible only in more serious cases — OEI has given positive feedback on Adelante's transparency in reporting

School Leadership Evaluation & Self-Evaluation are due in June. The executive session is dedicated to school leader evaluation. 

M. Rooney has a list of potential board members, and recruitment is in full swing.