Attendance is up to 96%, which was the goal. Still doing rewards to incentivize students. Denise gave a shout out to Kendra for all her efforts to make students feel safe at the school. Winter Wonderland event was held with over 350 kids/family members and was a success.

James shared update via power point slides regarding December Academic Excellence Committee meeting.

Finance Committee meeting held as a public zoom call this month, but there was not a quorum so no votes were taken.  Diana provided update on budget year to date after consulting with Megan Garnett, the school's accountant at Central Source.  Budget category noted as 4% spent is in-kind income and expenses for food and transportation that will hit the books in June, so that is not a pool of money sitting there available for use.  No areas of major concern currently. Darren asked about protections on our money in the bank and FDIC insurance limits at Berkshire Bank, Diana will discuss with Megan to see if we need to address this. Kendra is working to re-invest funds that were made available after a CD recently matured. Darren is open to possibly joining the Finance Committee.

Teremar and Diana met and discussed board recruitment strategies. Teremar and Kendra attended a United Way board recruitment event and are hopeful to bring in new members soon.  Committee members stressed importance of uploading the minutes from all committee meetings and ensuring publication of meeting agendas, and Teremar offered to help guide board members on how to do so in Board on Track.

Human Resources Committee met in December.  One employee was let go recently.  Positive changes noted in student outcomes now that Kendra is ensuring that that employee's job functions are being covered.

Teremar encouraged board members to ask questions during monthly meetings.