Kainrath stated that there are some amendments that had to be made to the last meeting's minutes. No approval vote was held.

Anderson from CIES provided a debrief of financials:

Garcia asked for clarity on the $25,000 Talent Innovation grant which Rangel clarified would provide an 11-part PD series for Adelante staff to better serve English Language Learner instruction.

Whitley reminded the board of the difference between the diagnostic NWEA tests and the mastery focus of Clearsight. Both tests were administered in Quarter 1. Covid, learning loss, and chronically under-performing dynamics of the school mean that significant gaps are evident in both sets of data. OEI has provided an academic data dashboard format that all student performance data will be shared with the board and the authorizer. Addressing student culture is still a primary concern.

Rangel discussed the need to amend the charter's original goals (which were written prior to school year 2020-2021) to better account for the impacts and challenges of Covid, as well as where current academic data at Emma Donnan stands. While official amendments to the goals were not submitted to OEI during the window, but will work with OEI to review the goals with an academic analyst and create a recommendation. The plan is to update the goals for school year 2022-2023 to align with a 7% increase over the prior year (in line with turnaround schools in other states that take state tests with equivalent rigor as ILEARN).

Garcia will work with the committee to focus community engagement activities for the holiday season which could include Giving Tuesday, a drive, teacher celebrations, and other similar endeavors. Garcia and Impink will meet next week for next steps.

Burcope and Rangel met to discuss long-term succession plan and the development plan format to be submitted to OEI by the deadline. The committee will meet in early November to go over the update.

Board members must complete the economic interest form.

The mid-year review for the executive director will be occurring earlier (prior to January) because the final review will be due to OEI by June 30th.

Burcope will schedule a diversity recruiting meeting for early December.

Kainrath discussed the updated enrollment numbers amendment to the charter. This is due to various issues, including:

Kainrath went over the OEI reporting requirements for November. Audit review by CPA's will occur at the end of November. All updates are school-based and not directly applicable to the board.

Rangel outlined a dashboard of Board Goals that cover both non-academic and academic indicators in line with charter and board goals. 

Garcia asked how staff of color is identified which is through our HR platform. Rangel clarified that the goal is specifically for instructional teachers of color to reflect the research that teachers of color have an added benefit to the school's students, especially when teacher diversity reflects the demographics of the families, students, and community.

Rangel outlined attendance and suspension rates during Quarter 1 of the 2021-2022 school year. Daily attendance by 7-8 percentage points in four weeks once the Operations team started an attendance initiative that leverages daily live contact with absent student families and specific follow-up steps for chronically absent families.

For discipline data, the school has had 95 incidences in Quarter 1 that resulted in a suspension. Rooney dived into some of the extenuating reasons for these suspension numbers which include an overall trend nationwide, inconsistency in schooling for kids, chronic academic challenges, a lack of developmentally appropriate social-emotional development, social media influences, and the Tik Tok challenges. The board asked about context for the suspensions, the role and engagement of families in this process and the role of Pathways.