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American Dream Charter School

ADCS Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

SY25-26
Published on November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM EST

Date and Time

Monday November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM EST

Location

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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:30 PM
  A. Record Attendance   1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes 1 m
  D. Executive Session - HR Matters (6:00pm) Vote Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
II. Educational Success 5:37 PM
  A. Benchmark 1: Student Performance
  B. Benchmark 2: Teaching and Learning Discuss Melissa Melkonian 5 m
   

Empire Charter Consultants - Visiting (Board Welcome to Join) December 2nd High School and December 3rd Middle School

  
  C. BENCHMARK 3: Culture, Climate, and Student and Family Engagement Melissa Melkonian 5 m
   
  • Marathon Share
    • Thank you Patricia for the donation!
  • Fiesta for Firsts - Do we realistically think we can get this off the ground this year?
  
III. Organizational Soundness 5:47 PM
  A. BENCHMARK 4: Financial Condition Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   

• Account balances

  
  B. BENCHMARK 5: Financial Management Vote Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
  C. BENCHMARK 6: Board Oversight and Governance: Vote Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   
  • Annual Report Submitted
  
  D. BENCHMARK 7: Organizational Capacity FYI Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   
  • Uncertified Teachers Update:
    • Certification plans
    • supports (i.e charter center 1:1 consultations and pathway review)
    • Uncertified salaries.
  
IV. Faithfulness to Charter & Law 6:07 PM
  A. BENCHMARK 8: Mission and Key Design Elements 5 m
  B. BENCHMARK 9: Enrollment, Recruitment, and Retention Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   
  • 6th grade enrollment - 63
  • Working with a consultant UnderDog to assist with recruitment.  If we don't get numbers back up we'll submit an enrollment revision in December fo 26.
  • SY2627 Application numbers
    • 6th grade - 14
    • 7th grade - 0
    • 8th grade - 0 
    • 9th grade - 21
    • 10th grade - 2
    • 11th grade - 3
    • 12th grade - 2
  
  C. BENCHMARK 10: Legal Compliance 5 m
   
  • Termination of employee for chronic attendance issues.  Employee was placed on an improvement plan and warned prior to term.
  
V. Other Business
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote