Summit Academy Charter School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday May 25, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Trustees Present

M. Nieves (remote), V. Connelly (remote), W. Colavito (remote)

Trustees Absent

M. Bernard, S. Jallow

Guests Present

Brigitte Williams, Gustavo Leppe, Juned Haque, L. Massey (remote), M. Kohlhagen (remote), Machael Spencer-Edwards, N. Campbell (remote), S. Handshaw (remote), Stephanie Douglas, Tremaine Price

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

W. Colavito called a meeting of the board of trustees of Summit Academy Charter School to order on Tuesday May 25, 2021 at 6:06 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

M. Nieves made a motion to approve the minutes from April Board Meeting on 04-27-21.
V. Connelly seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Academic Excellence

A.

Principal's Report

Learning Model
  • April and May numbers for hybrid learning are consistent

Enrollment numbers have not changed much

Attendance percentages are consistent with a dip in 9th grade

Data Highlights
  • PD calendar is adjusted to meet the needs of the staff.
  • June PD will be to cover clerical work
  • 82.41% of MS kids took the ELA assessment
  • 75 students came to the school to take the state math assessment
Graduation
  • Same as April meeting.  Some students have shifted and will graduate in August as opposed to June.
Summer School
  • HS will attend for credit accumulation
  • MS attendees must attend if they failed 2 or more classes
Re-entry Plan
  • The start of summer programs is July 6, 2021
  • Summer enrichment will be facilitated by LEAP Monday to Thursday
  • 3-Week Teacher Institute will begin in August
  • MS and HS orientations during the last week of August
CEI Partnership
  • Support with ELA and Math for middle school

 
Recruitment and Community Partnerships
Post Lottery Efforts
Scholar Government & NHS at Summit June 7, 2021 at 3:30pm
  • Academic Insight from Scholars who are doing well
  • What being part of NHS has taught them
  • What rewards and benefits come from NHS, and doing well in school
The Community June 15, 2021 at 3:30pm
  • Have ambassadors share any images they have of their time at Summit, put them into a slideshow to show images of what the community is like from the perspective of students of different ages with different experiences 
  • People are more receptive to videos/images vs. words*
Post-Lottery Communication
  • Calls to each family to determine if they need support with completing the enrollment packet
  • Constant Contact messages to offer enrollment application completion.
  •  Invitation to participate in our Coding Class with CEI
To date we have collected 20 completed applications for enrollment for 2021 – 2022. The Athletics Director is working on additional recruitment with the sports coming back.

Next Steps
  • CEI to share enrollment tracker 
  • CEI to send translator for call support
  • SACS and CEI team to work together to contact every person who participated in the lottery.

III. Finance

A.

April Financials

Cash in hand 189 days
Enrollment is at 79% of target; requires DOE approval
Deceased budget because of enrollment but spending is down
PPP loan is still on the books as the loan forgiveness has not been approved yet
 

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

V. Connelly made a motion to adjourn meeting.
M. Nieves seconded the motion.
The board VOTED 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 7:04 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
N. Campbell