Roof project is going well. 

Brought on 25 new staff members this year; fully staffed at this point. Excited about those joining us as well as those returning for another year.

 

Lisa Price:
Finished the 2018 unaudited books yesterday and information sent to the auditor.
Proposed a schedule to the auditor.
Focus is shifting to the DE46 for APS.
Hope to have everything else submitted to the auditor by 9/7/18.

Board will received quarterly financial statements; Lisa and Chip will get a schedule to Thomas of when to expect these.

Dr. Pullen and Ms. Johnson:

Superintendent acknowledged WIA as one of the top 5 schools (increase of 11.8) and was printed in the AJC.

Board received document with agenda packet, which included information on how students performed. Highlights include;

ELA - Have consistently outperformed the district and the State. This continued this year and we're striving to have students perform at level III or above. (increase of 2.7 points from last year)

Math - We've improved this year. The State outperformed us, until this year. (increase of 7.5 points from last year).

Science - Saw improvements - increase of roughly 18 points from last year

Social Studies - increase of roughly 18 points from previous year.

MYP Highlights:
A focus was moving II to III and III to IV. When we look at the data, we saw an 8% in ELA and Math and 20% in Science and 20% in social studies in MYP. 15% more students scored at a level IV from the year prior.

PYP Highlights:
Access to the APS dashboard has confirmed some of the things we've already been thinking.
Focused on honing in on innovations and interventions. 
Focused on academics, but also focused on the emotional aspects of testing, particularly in 3rd grade, since it's their first year. Worked too alleviate the anxiety associated with testing. This worked to our benefit, particularly in third grade.
Already thinking about plans for this year for Milestones administration. A lot of focus on small group instruction.
Milestones will be later this year: First day of testing will be May 1st. - This provides more opportunity for instruction.

 

Dr. Mason and Mrs. Satterfield:
Excited to use a data dashboard owned by APS.

Comparison Chart for all schools in APS: Wesley is currently ranked 9th (rated K-8)., immediately behind ANCS.
    13% Beginning Learner, 33% Developing Learner 38% Proficient Learner and 16% Distinguished Learner

Within school comparison: this real time information lets us know where we need to begin. (Keeping in mind this data is lagging.)

Student Domains: Compares WIA to the district. The more blue it is, the better.

These are a few of the tabs we can use to look at the data and help our students improve their learning outcomes.

MAAP - August, December, and April
Benchmarks - Monthly

None.

Please read and review and provide comments to Mazie Lynn prior to the Governance Committee meeting this month. Will be on the agenda in September for full board approval and vote.

Working to provide the community with a more thorough response.
Allows the board to better prepare and have a more thoughtful response.

Charter is renewed; all documents and addendum have been signed and fully executed!
The final copy will be available on the Public Portal in the next couple of days.
All board documents have been completed.
Full board Spring training March 13 4:30 - 8:30pm and Fall training September 11th 4:30pm to 8:30pm

No meeting in July. Looking forward to the meeting on the 21st of this month.

Wesley Welcome Day - Gained 6 new donors at $50 per month and 27 new at $25 per month - total of $21,000 for the year.
Teacher and staff still have their contributions to do and had some swag to sell.
Just on Wesley Welcome day - raised an annualized $31,000 gross.

Lisa provided update earlier.

Did not meet this month.