Summit Academy Charter School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday November 15, 2017 at 7:00 PM
Location
27 Huntington Street
Trustees Present
F. Mitchell, J. Bailin, M. Bernard, N. Campbell, N. Dominguez, Y. Houlder
Trustees Absent
R. Guarini
Guests Present
K. Morton, S. Handshaw
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
M. Bernard called a meeting of the board of trustees of Summit Academy Charter School to order on Wednesday Nov 15, 2017 at 7:10 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
N. Dominguez made a motion to approve minutes from the 2017 - 2018 Annual Meeting on 10-25-17 2017 - 2018 Annual Meeting on 10-25-17.
J. Bailin seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Academic Excellence
A.
Principal's Report
III. Governance
A.
Board Candidate Vetting
Derrick Dunlap -- Principal at Rochdale high school
Meta Washington -- Radio personality for sirius XM.
Meta Washington -- Radio personality for sirius XM.
Y. Houlder made a motion to to Nominate Richard Watson to the board of trustees.
J. Bailin seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
N. Dominguez made a motion to Nominate Derrick Dunlap for the board of trustees.
J. Bailin seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
F. Mitchell made a motion to Nominated Meta Washington for board of trustees.
J. Bailin seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Principal swift -- provide the 6 goals, strategies, benchmarks and item analysis by next
Academic Committee - needs to meet to discuss targeted strategies
Can board packets get distributed sooner/earlier?
Academic Committee - needs to meet to discuss targeted strategies
Can board packets get distributed sooner/earlier?
IV. Finance
A.
Budget Review & Revisions
CSBM is a thought partner with Summit, helps think through strategies, accounting, compliance, audit,
Comparative schools that don't have recruiting
Comparative schools that don't have recruiting
V. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
F. Mitchell made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
N. Dominguez 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,
F. Mitchell
Curriculum - Focus for ELA and Social, CEAC, MOLE programs being implemented.
State Snapshot -- Just came in, student achievement is an area of concern, Student achievement in middle
Culture & Discipline - Sports is seeing an up trend.
Scholar Culture -- discipline and summit brand will be the focus of a student assembly
Partnerships - ANET, ATS, reading plus, POC needs to be cultivated but are in their infancy stages.
Board to schedule data review meeting with Academic Staff -- Floyd to send out a doodle to coordinate calendars.
Full details provided in Principal's Report
**Michael requested report from Cheryl is the academic outlook of the school**
Middle School -- academic performance improving year over year (6th to 7th to 8th)
High School -- Performance seems to be all over the place.