Suzanne participating by telephone.

Testing starts May 1st and runs through the 16th. After that, moving toward the 24th, last day of school and graduation, awards days and ceremonies.

Graduation on May 24th at 10:00am at Atlanta Metropolitan State College. Plenty of parking and seating at the venue.

Benchmark Data - Dr. Pullen
Reviewed benchmark data included in the dashboard.
Benchmarks are not cumulative for PYP; the content is different each time benchmarks are taken. They are cumulative in MYP.
Watching trends in 4th and 6th grades in particular. Have been focusing on instructional goals to close those gaps. 
In PYP, implementing small group instruction and providing additional resources to the teachers in small group.

Discipline:
Still working on the best way to capture this data. Reviewed discipline referrals by month and number of students referred for discipline by month. In MYP, we've had 1 teacher make 18 referrals this semester. While FRL students are being referred at a disproportionate rate, they are being suspended less. Demographics for referrals are also not balanced to properly represent the student body. Want to start putting more focus on suspension, as the teachers have been taught "when in doubt, refer." Need to look at the outcome of the referral.
 

Don't need to draw down cash reserves to fund 1 time expenses. Revenue slightly up from projections. All in all, a very good place to be. YE Cash reserve estimate at $2.1M

None.

Must complete required training hours by June 30th. Most are one hour short; please complete a webinar prior to the deadline. Webinar information was sent our previously by email.

Summer team building - still something to discuss; nothing planned yet.

Mazie Lynn will be out next month; Katie will run the meeting.

Board Recruitment - Darryl will not be continuing on with us next year. Update on vacancies: In order to fill our 11 seats, we have 3 vacancies. 2 are 1 year terms and 1 is a 2 year term. Areas of need include: Professional Education, Facilities, Fundraising, and Organizational Leadership skill sets. Timeline - recommendation from governance will come in June and be voted on. June is our annual meeting. Further update to come in governance update.

Matt Underwood has invited board members and school leaders to a conversation about the unified lottery. There is an RSVP requirement. It's April 18th 6:30 to 8:00. 

Highlights not covered during ED update:

At 56% board giving for this fiscal year
Just over $65K pledged for this year and have realized over $55K of that
Retention has been stable the last couple of months. 91.5% of teachers and paras for the year. At 89.8% of all staff overall.

Talked about SPED numbers, what's happening in the school and how SPED is being addressed. 
The rest was covered in the ED Update.

Upcoming donor event - One of WIA's founding board members recently came with a visit that went very well. They offered a fundraising opportunity they wanted to host to bring awareness of WIA to the broader community. Tour of the home is tomorrow; have been building a guest list with the hopes of inviting 50 people. The event is May 16th.

Already voted on amended budget for current fiscal year.

Next finance committee meeting will be working on next year's fiscal budget.
May Board Meeting - 1st public meeting
June Board Meeting - 2nd public meeting then vote to adopt by the board

We have 3 openings. Interviewed Ewa Cater. Have 3 parent candidates. Running close to the limit on parents on the board. Have another candidate lead through the United Way; Darryl has also given a recommendation. Working to run the interviews prior to May governance committee so that in the governance May meeting, we can approve the slate to present to the board in June for a vote.

Jared came to the last governance meeting. Weighted lottery was very successful. He will come back in November, after the October FTE, to plan for the next lottery. In the spring, the lottery will be adjusted prior to the draw.

SY 20-21 Schedule
January 1 - February 14 -- Application period.
We will approve ratio at March meeting on March 3rd. Lottery drawn on March 5th.

Thomas will add to agenda for votes this month.

1. Contracts have been issued to those that the administration is inviting to return. They have until April 15th to send the contracts back.
FY 2019-2020 Contracts approved by the board:
Richard Pacone
Christine Jordan
Sarah Parmer
Anthony Barlett
Alexa Crosby
Sunita Gunpal
Lisa Price
Rodriguez Bailey
Tracy Trammell
Mishala Pennyamon
Runfan Zhang
Jatoyia Armour
Leslie Lincoln
Amy McLemore
Carolyn Griffin
Delisiwe Floyd
Crystal Nunn

Discussed ED Formative evaluation update

1. Contracts have been issued to those that the administration is inviting to return. They have until April 15th to send the contracts back.
FY 2019-2020 Contracts approved by the board:
Richard Pacone
Christine Jordan
Sarah Parmer
Anthony Barlett
Alexa Crosby
Sunita Gunpal
Lisa Price
Rodriguez Bailey
Tracy Trammell
Mishala Pennyamon
Runfan Zhang
Jatoyia Armour
Leslie Lincoln
Amy McLemore
Carolyn Griffin
Delisiwe Floyd
Crystal Nunn