Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
Minutes
Board Meeting (Remote)
Date and Time
Tuesday October 17, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Board Of Trustees is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: BOT 10.17.23
Time: Oct 17, 2023 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Trustees Present
Alton Jones (remote), Dean Morneau (remote), Denise Pagan-Vega (remote), James Lightfoot (remote), Jennifer Wallace-Johnson (remote), Jessica Putnam (remote), Teremar Rodriguez-Vazquez (remote)
Trustees Absent
Darren James, Kailey Boyd, Kiyota Garcia, Patricia Rapinchuk
Trustees who left before the meeting adjourned
Denise Pagan-Vega, James Lightfoot
Guests Present
Brooke Williams (remote), James Phon, Kendra Salvador (remote), Megan Garnett (remote), Patrick Leary (remote), Sharon Blazejowski (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Meditation
D.
Public Comments
E.
Vote on Board of Trustees Meeting (09/19/2023) Minutes
II. Audit Review
A.
MP Group Presentation
Patrick Leary from MPA CPAs was here to present Board Communication as it relates to the Audit. Audit is performed under accepted standard guidelines. Risk areas looked like accounting policies but there were no concerns. Financial statements disclosures were found to be neutral, consistent, and clear.
Sharon B. from MPA will now go over the financial statements. Pages 1-3 contains the audit opinion. this opinion was a clean opinion as there were no issues. Largest assets are cash assets. Liabilities have gone down due to debt payments. Net position increased due to increase in net income. Page 12-23 are notes for financial statements - there are no new notes this year. Page 23 is the schedule of federal awards and expenditures. Notes to the schedule of federal and expenditure awards indicate that there were no findings. Pages 27-29 independent auditor report for compliance - it was an unmodified opinion because there were no findings.
III. Executive Director's Report to the Board
A.
Executive Director's Report to the Board
We are at full enrollment. No issues with food service - new ovens are in. Transportation issues seem to get better. One of the suspensions on the report is "1.5" reason being that one student spent 1/2 day in suspension.
IV. Academic Excellence Committee Report
A.
Review Monthly Academic Data
MCAS data - the school as a whole did not do well. Data has helped geared lesson planning for the year and what to focus on depending on grades levels.
V. Fundraising: Gala Committee
A.
Updates
Email sent about Gala to the Committee - there is a link where you can buy tickets. We need gift or raffle ideas. Brainstorming earlier today about stakeholders to buy a table. We need to think of other people to invite.
VI. Treasurer's Report
A.
September Financials
September financials are solid - audited financials will need to be voted on special meeting.
B.
APPROVE AUDITED FINANCIALS
Tabled for an additional meeting.
VII. Board Chair Report
A.
Committees
Tabled for an additional meeting.
B.
BOT action items
VIII. Other Business
A.
New Business
B.
Jennifer Wallace Johnson Approve 2nd Term
Tabled for an additional meeting.
IX. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- Executive Director’s Report to the Board October 2023.pdf
- MLK Balance Sheet September 2023.pdf
- Budget vs Actual September Summary.pdf
- 2023 MLK JR Charter School of Excellence FS - Draft 09192023.pdf
Jessica Putnam asked the group to think about something nice they did this week for someone and share with the group.