Summit Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday April 4, 2017 at 7:00 PM
Location
27 Huntington Street
Trustees Present
F. Mitchell, J. Bailin, M. Bernard, N. Campbell, N. Dominguez, R. Guarini, Y. Houlder
Trustees Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
F. Mitchell called a meeting of the board of trustees of Summit Academy Charter School to order on Tuesday Apr 4, 2017 at 7:09 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
Closing Items to be adjusted. Motion carried but is not reflected in the minutes.
J. Bailin made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 03-07-17 Board Meeting on 03-07-17.
M. Bernard seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Finance
A.
February Financials
- Michael will set a date with Finance team to discuss finances and budget for 2017 - 2018. Full budget conversation and roll out by April 18, 2017.
- Board will discuss formatting of finance reports to make understandable for all members.
III. Development
A.
Board Fundraiser
- Doodle to determine dates for board fundraiser.
- Natasha and Ray to flesh out details for fundraiser.
- Looking at 90+ days out.
IV. Governance
A.
Introducing Boyd Melson
- Boyd has received a request for his resume and board disclosure.
- He has set up a date to visit the school with Natasha.
V. Summit Renewal
A.
Strategic Planning
- NYS Regents had push back on Summit on Summit application. Concerns about:
- State assessment scores
- Governance: Not enough board members or meetings
- Finance: Having a deficit for more than one year
- Decision to give Summit a 2-year renewal instead of three year
- NYC DOE visit to discuss strategic planning
- Leadership and Board to revamp school strategic plan to reflect what to address and how to address those areas
- SACS to participate in DOE Collaborative to get best practices from other schools (charter and DOE)
- How do we get Regents invested in our school
- What are the metrics that we will measure regularly
- Support to move the school
- Develop a strategic planning committee to devise delivery plan and writing
- Solidifying a date to work with Dan Pasek for renewal preparation
- Remediation
- Remediation partnership in the school
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
J. Bailin made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Y. Houlder seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
N. Campbell