Election of President

1. Cliff Schneider conducted a review of the governance structure of the Board and the upcoming Board training. 
2. Updated by laws have been prepared and would be distributed by email, to be reviewed by each board member for discussion at the next board meeting for approval; these bylaws would replace current by laws.  
3.  Conflict of interest and code of ethics documents would also be distributed by email for review and adoption at the next meeting.

1. Summit Academy Program Overview and Status Report were presented to the Board by Dr. Alice Bartley, Chief Academic Officer, CEI and by Stephen Jackson, Principal, Summit Academy. 
2. The evaluation process for leadership and teachers was discussed and would be presented in a subsequent meeting. 
3. Staffing and budget were discussed with a focus on teacher compensation, any existing bonus structures, and contract start and end dates with respect to budget impact.  Timeline for completion of staffing, school schedule, and budget was discussed at length.   This discussion included expectations for monthly board reports to include school and student data and a presentation dashboard to include class enrollment, subgroup breakdowns, attendance and chronic absenteeism of students, as well as student waiting lists and recruitment efforts.  Regents pass rates, other assessment data, graduation data by subgroup as well as progress towards all performance measures and accountability expectations will be reviewed on a monthly basis.  School identity, branding and, communications strategies would be enhanced and developed for discussion at the upcoming board meeting. 

An updated school budget was discussed; to be discussed at the August Board meeting after school leader finalizes the staffing and other needs with the school team, CEI, and Accounting Solutions.

The contract for CEI was discussed.  Role of The Center for Educational Innovation was discussed briefly in the context of the school charter renewal, and the organization’s management role.  As explained to the Board and public in attendance, the Charter was given to the school, and the school, in turn, enters into a contract with CEI, as stated in the Charter renewal, to implement the approved scope of work as outlined.

The contract for school leadership was discussed; it was stated contract would be presented by the attorney to Summit Academy, Cliff Sneider, at the next Board of Trustees meeting.    

Dr. S. Jallow moved to enter into exec session at approximately 445 pm, V. Connelly seconded.
V. Connelly moved to come out of executive session.  Michael Bernard seconded the motion at 5:15 pm. 

 L. Hazeley, NYC Office of Charter Schools, provided a brief Introduction of expectations and the Summit Academy accountability plan, to be shared with Board members.