There were no public comments.

New Board Members need 15 hours of training.

6 hours anually for exisiting board members

Board recruitment for next year to replace atleast 2 open slots.

Board assesments were discussed and recommendations were made for

improvement.  Succession Plans and Board member roles were areas of improvement.

ED gave complimentes to Principal and CFO for all their hard work.

Goodbyes to Chip Hill, John Wright  and  thank you to Board Chair, Ewa Cater.

Charter Renewal is almost complete,  we are waiting for final signatures from APS.

Staff Handbook will remain unchanged

Family and Student handbook will change  uniform policiy,

APS code of conduct and letter from ED.  Gayle Burnett ask

if handbook is changed by APS ..Wesley uses the Code of

Conduct put out by APS.

New student enrollment continues  70% complete .

82 Kindergarden , openings in 1st grade, 3rd, 5th and 6th grades are complete.

1st grade needs 10 more students.  

Attendance Requirement under section 4.5 and section 3.6

In  section 3.6  changing wording from  may to shall for board attendance.

 Section 4.5 the change is to give options for remote attendance.

We are changing to accomdate  anyone that could be compromised  for

health reasons and to allow flexiability for board members and community.

Wesley  has  3 Board Members leaving..

Suggestion from Adrian Hunter to find someone for development.

Recutiment  for Board Members is headed by a Recruitment Committee. Candidates are asked

to attend a few Committee and Board Meetings.

Voting on new  Executive Committee Chairs

Should we continue to have a Development Committee?

ED suggest we put Development into a sub catagory with Finance.

Wesley continues to raise 70 to 80k a year. 

Obi and Kate feel moving Development is a good idea. 

Wesley will continue to raise funds and pursue grants.

Development will be located at the Wesley House

Teacher survey ask teachers what they liked most about Wesley and what they liked less about Wesley.  Overwhelming comments for shorter school day and the compounding effects in the last hour of school. Other responses were, Classroom Management Training, Teacher Mentor Program, more explicit Instructional Resources and oportunities for Vertial Alignment

Proposed changes for a shorter day:

Carpool begins at 2:40-3:15pm

Aftercare will adjust to fit new schedule

Instructional minutes will come from Chinese, Connections (PYP) and Rotating Lab (MYP)

No discussion 

2023 Budget has been in 2 public hearings. One was May Finance Meeting and the second one

is this board meeting. 

2024 will be last year for CARES Funds.

Budget will have more surplus expecting more funding from APS

Major Facility work in 2 years from APS

Lisa Price presents competetive salaries to be 95% of APS Salary Scale.

Wesley will receive increased supplement for Health Plan .

FTE funding is up 11%

Compensation for staff will include step up on payscale , attendance incentives, 

Tkes performance and tenure will increase all mentioned.

Teaching days will be reduced from 209/199 to 206/196.

Focus group of teachers and administrators  part of the new compensatiion plan.

Major Expenses will include:  New laptops, Captial Projects, and Maintenaince