American Dream Charter School
Minutes
ADCS Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
Date and Time
Monday May 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
403 Concord Avenue
Bronx, NY 10454
Trustees Present
A. Cabrera (remote), P. Simon (remote), R. Espinal (remote), Z. Martinez (remote)
Trustees Absent
L. Rojas
Guests Present
S. Espinal (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Executive Session - HR Matters
II. Educational Success
A.
Benchmark 1: Student Performance
B.
Benchmark 2: Teaching and Learning
College Data PDF reviews
- Review of College Application Summary PDF
- Total Applications Submitted: 974
- Number of Schools Applied To: 176
- Highlights and Trends: Students applied to more out-of-state schools than in previous years.
C.
BENCHMARK 3: Culture, Climate, and Student and Family Engagement
Gradiation
- ZM, PS & RS can attend the ADS Graduation, June 27, 2025
Family Orientation - Family Orientation Saturday, May 3rd
- 36 Families Attended
- 6G - 33 families
- 7G - 0 families
- 8G - 3 families
- 2nd orientation in July, date TBD
SY25/26 Staff offer letter cycle is almost over
- Most staff have accepted their offer letters, we are in a good place.
III. Organizational Soundness
A.
BENCHMARK 4: Financial Condition
Account balances: Given by NG.
B.
BENCHMARK 5: Financial Management
ASNY Financial Report - April 4-30-2025
- The Board reviewed the financial report.
C.
BENCHMARK 6: Board Oversight and Governance:
End of the Year Board Evaluation for June 2025 - NG will send it before the June
Meeting
- NG will send out the Board survey before the next meeting on June 16th.
D.
BENCHMARK 7: Organizational Capacity
IV. Faithfulness to Charter & Law
A.
BENCHMARK 8: Mission and Key Design Elements
Annual Report Due in August - NG will start circulating the Financial Disclosure docs
- NG will send out the report out for review.
B.
BENCHMARK 9: Enrollment, Recruitment, and Retention
6th Grade Enrollment update for SY2526
• 56 applications who have accepted and started the registration process
• 22 Offers sent that have not been accepted yet
• 18 Offers sent that have been declined
Enrollment update for SY24-25
◦ total enrollment: 594 students
Board Members went into executive session