All Details for Executive Director's Report are encapsulated in the Annual Report to DESE and Charter Review, which follow.

KENDRA SALVADOR PRESENTS:

• Faithfulness to Charter
• Key Design Elements
• Data Reports from DESE site
• Every year has been incremental improvement - goal for next year is 0 suspensions
• Dissemination - sharing best practices with other charter schools
• Academic Student Performance - growth on internal assessments and project proficiency
• ELL Programs has done very well - strong learners
• Finances are strong; budget was updated with updated numbers
• Key Design Element vs Object Measure (Met, Not Met, and how)
• Recruitment and Retention Plans (At, Above, or Below CI percentage)
• School Data Tables - Admin Roster, Staff/Teaching, BoT

Very detailed, comprehensive reports.  No further questions/concerns noted.

KENDRA SALVADOR PRESENTS 10 CRITERION:

• Faithfulness to Charter
• Examination of Key Design Elements
• Amendment Requests and Approval Status
• Access and Equity - focus on students with disabilities, neuro-divergent learners
• Compliance - two area of findings we had to address: 1) max enrollment number (360), and 2) BoT not complying with Open Meeting Laws; discussion of corrective measures
• All Dissemination back to 2021
• MCAS Performance
• School Culture and Family Engagement
• School Viability
• Governance - Discussion of how members of Board uphold their responsibilities
• Plans for Next Five Years - three NEW Key Design Elements
• Appendices

No further questions/concerns noted.

DIANA FOSKETT PRESENTS:

• School is strong financial condition
• School is in process of transferring money into other banks for both diversification and higher-yield interest

KENDRA SALVADOR PRESENTS FY2026 CAPITAL PLAN:

Capital Improvement Projects include 7 items:

• Purchase a van - more accurate cost estimate is $55k
• Paint outside of building
• Parking lot repaving, repairs, and expansion
• Resurface the All-Purpose Room floor
• HVAC units replacement
• Re-tile the the floors
• Build out additional 21,000 sq. ft. space in building

Some of these were previously approved, some are new or updated.  No further discussion/concerns noted.

KENDRA SALVADOR PRESENTS:

HR Committee reviewed existing Employee Handbook in detail and recommends approval of the following updates to the handbook:

• Better definition of work hours
• PTO - borrowing against it prior to accrual
• Call-out procedure more clearly defined
• Dress code and appearance m

No further questions/concerns noted.

Summer Retreat was productive as we assigned new members to committees, set goals for committees, and created schedule for upcoming year's board and committee meetings.

Need to encourage higher attendance at future meetings.