American Dream Charter School
Minutes
ADCS Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
Date and Time
Monday June 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
403 Concord Avenue
Bronx, NY 10454
Trustees Present
A. Cabrera (remote), L. Rojas (remote), P. Simon (remote), R. Espinal (remote), Z. Martinez (remote)
Trustees Absent
None
Guests Present
M. Melkonian (remote), N. Gallagher (remote), 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
End of Year Activities
C.
BENCHMARK 3: Culture, Climate, and Student and Family Engagement
Graduation
- Save the date: ADS Graduation, June 27, 2025
III. Organizational Soundness
A.
BENCHMARK 4: Financial Condition
Account balances
- Account balances given by N.Gallagher
B.
BENCHMARK 5: Financial Management
Approving the budget for next year
- This will be discussed in our July meeting
C.
BENCHMARK 6: Board Oversight and Governance:
Board Assessment SY24-25
- The assessment is ready on Board on Track
- Board, please complete this. It will take less than 10 minutes.
D.
BENCHMARK 7: Organizational Capacity
IV. Faithfulness to Charter & Law
A.
BENCHMARK 8: Mission and Key Design Elements
6th Grade Enrollment update for SY2526
• 57 Applications that have been accepted and started the registration process. This is not a full class. We are following up with the families.
• 16 Offers sent that have not been accepted yet.
Enrollment update for SY24-25
• 6th Grade - 88
• 7th Grade - 86
• 8th Grade - 86
• 9th Grade - 95
• 10th Grade - 93
• 11th Grade - 79
• 12th Grade - 66
Total enrollment - 593
SY 25-26 Budget Review and Approval