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FINANCE:

• Complete FY 2019 audit requirements (requiring final submission of external audit to APS by 10/31/19)
• Develop and approve midyear budget revision for FY 20 (Jan 2020)
• Develop and bring forward FY 2021 budget for Board approval at June 2020 meeting

ACADEMIC
● 3% gain on Milestone (proficient or above) achievement across subject area.
● To decrease the number of students scoring at a level 1 proficiency by three percent.
● To increase the number of students scoring at a level 4 by three percent.
● To improve school climate by reducing suspensions by 3 percent.

DEVELOPMENT
● Raise $75,000 of funds outside of state and local funding
● Establish 5 new relationships with significant community partners and/or philanthropy
● Provide oversight and direction for community partnerships and fundraisers
● Support the school and PTSA partnership for China Week - the largest fundraising event for the year.

GOVERNANCE
● Succession Planning ● Document Review ● Board Member Recruitment ● Committee Updates ● Documentation

We have the data in new format. Will email it out and have it ready for next meeting.

Moving to quarterly reporting. 
Revise board member agreement will be sent out

Received info on milestones from last year. 
Goal 1: retain 80% of teachers + score 3 on TKES. Retained 78% of teachers. 

Goal 2: didn't make that goal; according to milestone we did get it; but because goal says MAP assessment, we didn't get it
MAP is indication of assessment (external)
Milestone is better indication. Will adjust measure to milestones in the future
3% achievement on milestones
Math in 8th grade is problematic; All advance students do not take it; numbers are skewed

Goal 3: school climate  > Discipline Referrals & Suspensions: 72 to 66 - well done. Will continue on this trend. 
Plan on breaking down that data; focusing on African American boys trends.



 

Good start of the school year.

Red Thread:

• 40 families in school who pledge monthly
• 70 staff pledge monthly

Letter of Challenge:
Will go out to our school community to call for additional pledges.
Board is encouraged to pledge / give as well. 

Working on Chine Week : the week of Chinese New Year. Already receiving sponsorships. 

Looking for new venue since Jackson has capacity of 500 only. 

Partnering with Generosity (5k RUN) at the end of October, staff will be walking / running. Support your favorite WIA staff member. 

November 1: audit due to the state. We are on track. 
 

Wesley Funding: State of GA + APS. 
Funding available based on various formulas. 
This year's budget was built based on various assumptions. (similar to prior years)
Once FY started, realized we have $500k budget deficit.

Leadership team is working  on evaluating what expense items can be reduced to close this gap. There is also focus on revenue growth. 

Budget Deficit:
Some of the expense categories considered
- PD by 15% by conducting training locally versus traveling; bringing trainers onsite. 
- Substitute teachers cost is high. Looking at this area to as well in order to stay on plan and not exceed it as in previous year.
- Maintenance
- Business Ops

70% of our is compensation which will not be considered for adjustments. 
This year: 70% of budget is compensation so not much room for adjustments. We are competing with the district.
- salary increases
- enhanced benefits packages
These will not be considered for adjustments to the budget. 

By 2023, plan to grow by 824 students. Working towards exalarating this number 

One time issue
Budgeting Process: using 3-4 scenarios to determining budget 

Balance of gap after adjustment will come from reserves

Budget revision scheduled for mid-year. 

School Climate:
- Goal : 4 Star Rating.
Since we are both PYP & MYP, it is impossible to obtain this rating since each school has different criteria.
Looked at what it would take to create two schools. In order to do that, we would have to have 2 campuses. 
Writing white paper to rationalize why this goal is unattainable. 
Chris Adams, our council, encouraged us to complete the white paper on weighted lottery.

Melanie Velez will be joining the committee meeting in October discuss gender issues, specifically gender inclusivity. 

Registration Process Updates
State of the School Meeting by GA Charter Association
Update to legislation regarding the registration process.
Charter school has to enroll students that are in the zone at the time of registration. We have to accept application from anyone as long as they will be in the zone at the time of registration. They would be in the lottery.
This could impact enrollment numbers since the students may not move by the time of enrollment or first day of school must have City of Atlanta address. 

Rolling Offers for Grade Levels with Opening Only:
Would like to see numbers of how many students are rolling off of the wait list. School keeps reaching out to families. Aiming for 824.

Resignations:
Cassandra Marselious 8/30
Runfun Zhang 9/6