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Summit Academy Charter School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday July 10, 2018 at 7:00 PM

Location

27 Huntington Street

Trustees Present

F. Mitchell (remote), M. Bernard, M. Washington, N. Campbell, N. Dominguez, R. Watson (remote), Y. Houlder

Trustees Absent

J. Bailin, R. Guarini

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

Y. Houlder called a meeting of the board of trustees of Summit Academy Charter School to order on Tuesday Jul 10, 2018 at 7:09 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Washington made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 06-21-18 Board Meeting on 06-21-18.
F. Mitchell seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Academic Excellence

A.

Preliminary Data

  • Middle school data has not been released but we are aggregating the data that is currently available.
  • HS regents scores saw a dip in English and has stayed low in Chemistry and Algrebra.
    • SACS has made some changes in staff based on chronic low performance on Regents Exams
    • SACS will offer Regents prep during the summer to prepare for August testing.

III. Development

A.

Celebrating 10 Years at Summit Academy Charter School

  • Engaging parents in the 10th year celebration
    • Board engagement with parents to learn more about their expectations 
    • Parent engagement in this celebration can build the home school relationship as it relates to academic work.

IV. Renewal

A.

Renewal Worklist

  • Board to engage data firm to analyze and present data to use for presentations and to garner support.
  • Nestor shared information with Board info from firm after conference call with Brandon K of Data Ethics.
  • Services will require approximately 15 hours and would cost about $2,000.
  • What is the message?
    •  Performance against the district
    • Where would kids go if they were not in Summit
    • The schools that our scholars come from, how are those schools performing?
    • School leadership to sketch out what charts they want to present in the report
    • Longitudinal study of SACS scholar performance
Yvette moved to engage Data Ethics to analyze SACS academic data and create report.
Meta Seconded the motion
Vote: Unanimous

V. Finance

A.

May Reporting

  • SACS ended with more revenue than expected.
  • Board will get cash in and cash out monthly with the monthly report for the coming fiscal year.
  • Small increase in athletics, field trips, and senior activities.
  • SACS will end will a small surplus of $25,708 per year
  • Enrollment is the biggest predictor of revenue
    • Board to engage teachers and parents in the recruitment and enrollment piece

VI. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

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,
M. Bernard
N. Dominguez made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Y. Houlder seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.