Personnel

• Hans Francois was hired for MS Humanities
• Candidate to be interviewed for HS Math
• Need of HS Social Studies Teacher
• Need for MS Math as Mr. Rosow has departed after 7 years with SACS

Scholar Recruitment

• We begin work with Lincoln Barretto, with a launch date of Dec. 1, 2022.
• For the month of December we have received 10 interested families from this service.
• We should engage Vanguard if we want to engage more families.
• We have received applications through school mint and the school website

School Visits

• The parent coordinator Ms. Gonzalez is visiting schools to share information about SACS.  We have parents attending with her.
• We would like to have Counselors set up MS Chats with 5th graders in the schools that they came from. 

BLACC Consortium

• We are proposing several recruitment ideas to BLACC as many of the schools are suffering with low enrollment.
• Campbell will meet with the CEO on Thursday, Jan 5, 2023 to discuss and will share the results once the meeting is over.

Website

• We have been enhancing our school website to make it more accessible and user friendly.
• Our social media site are more active as we have a staff member overseeing weekly posts.

Here are some important dates for the end of our 1st semester:

• End of Quarter 2 (1st Semester)- January 20
• Mid Term/Regents Week- January 24-27
• Beginning of Semester 2- January 31
• Report Cards Distribution- February 2
• Parent-Teacher Conferences- February 2

Program Changes

• In middle school beginning January 31st, CEI will co-teach our Robotics curriculum every Tuesday for the rest of the semester with our teacher Ms. Black. It is a scripted curriculum created by CEI that provides early immersion into robotics and coding using the robotics equipment already in place in our STEM Lab.
• In our middle school, students will improve and develop their test taking skills by engaging in our new skills building sessions.

November Finance Report

• PNL deficit of about $96,000 based on 196 students
• Total projected deficit of $87,000 (accrual) $716,000 (cash based) at the end of the year
• Cash on hand is 191.3 days
• DOE requires 60 days of operating cash on hand; some board look for 90 days

Stream of Revenue

• Technology grant anticipated
• Looking at decreasing some spending for the remainder of the year
• Break even enrollment of 230 scholars would render a deficit of $274,000

• Pasek has been collecting data from school personnel.
• He is interested in knowing how serious we are about private space.
• Proposed a partnership with the the Brooklyn STEAM Center in the Navy Yard.
  • The board will determine if they will explore private space.