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American Dream Charter School

ADCS Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

SY26-27
Published on August 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM EDT

Date and Time

Monday August 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT

Location

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Meeting ID: 892 3909 4103

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
II. Educational Success 5:32 PM
  A. Benchmark 1: Student Performance FYI Nicholas Gallagher 3 m
   
  • NYSTP Embargoed release
  
  B. Benchmark 2: Teaching and Learning Discuss Melissa Melkonian 5 m
   
  • STEM Strategies Partnership for Illustrative Math Update
  
  C. BENCHMARK 3: Culture, Climate, and Student and Family Engagement Melissa Melkonian 5 m
   

Important Upcoming Dates:

  • 8/17 - Secondary Leadership Team Reports
  • 8/20 - New Teachers Report
  • 8/24 - All Staff Report for Teacher Academy 8/24-8/28
  • 8/31 - First day of SY 26-27 school year

 

  
III. Organizational Soundness 5:45 PM
  A. BENCHMARK 4: Financial Condition Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   

• Account balances

  
  B. BENCHMARK 5: Financial Management Discuss Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   

Financial Report

  • For the Period Ending June 30, 2026
  
  C. BENCHMARK 6: Board Oversight and Governance: Vote Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
   

Board Assessment SY25-26

  • The assessment is ready on Board on Track

 

Board Term Renewals

  • Zuleika Martinez - 3-year renewal
  • Angelo Cabrera - 1-year renewal
  • Patricia Simon - 2-year renewal

 

 

 

  
  D. BENCHMARK 7: Organizational Capacity FYI Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
IV. Faithfulness to Charter & Law 6:05 PM
  A. BENCHMARK 8: Mission and Key Design Elements 5 m
  B. BENCHMARK 9: Enrollment, Recruitment, and Retention FYI Nicholas Gallagher 3 m
   

Current Enrollment: 556 Total

  • 6th - 42
  • 7th - 73
  • 8th - 88
  • 9th - 96  
    • (about 20 students in 9th grade that haven't earned enough credit to be promoted to 10th grade as of now)
  • 10th - 70
  • 11th - 88
  • 12th - 83
  
  C. BENCHMARK 10: Legal Compliance FYI Nicholas Gallagher 5 m
V. Other Business
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote