Mr. Allen Gamble from Lewis & Knopf CPA’s gave a presentation on the 2024-25 financial audit report and mentioned it was a clean audit opinion with no reportable issues.

Mr. Cherry shared on the financials dashboard as of September 30, 2025, including the dashboard and detailed balance sheet. He also touched on the clawback activity with a payment in October which was posted in Q1. Additional clawbacks were in July & August for 24-25 and no cash clawback for 23-24 yet as the amount is suspended.

Ms. Izzo shared her report on upcoming events to include student and Staff Thanksgiving meal on 11/20, field trips, and senior lunch dates. She also shared on a CTE teacher still open but have a couple prospects.

Ms. Izzo shared on professional development scheduled for November 14, with adding and revisiting mini lessons as well as becoming TREC certified.

Ms. Izzo shared on bi-weekly enrollment events. Enrollment of 280; up 14-16% from last month. She also shared on NWEA participation and data metrics. Ms. Izzo also went over testing benchmarks for math and reading scores.

Ms. Izzo shared on the student enjoying pumpkin painting and fall celebrations. She also shared on students receiving raffle tickets for attending school, NWEA testing, and other achievements for students appreciation month. Ms. Izzo shared on the 2 students of the month, one from each campus.

Ms. Izzo also shared on the staff award that was presented to Mr. Puplinski.

Ms. Izzo shared on courses completed by the students and almost hit the goal for the month of October. She also shared on Chef Diem’s CTE class and science teacher doing experiments with the students.

Lastly, Ms. Izzo the graduation rate and visited Mott College career fair and Baker College Auto Diesel Program. She also shared on opportunities with guest speakers and helping with the transitions for seniors. Ms. Izzo shared on 20 projected graduates for January.

Mr. Holmes shared the Service Provider Report with the board since there was not a management report this month.

Dr. Lovelace shared Dr. Lovelace shared initial feedback, including areas of concern, from a Special Education review completed by CMU. A formal report will be provided by CMU at a later date. Mr. Merante noted that this is an opportunity for CMU to provide guidance and support for the school.

Ms. Izzo mentioned that the CTE application for Culinary has been submitted. 

Academic: Ms. Lepine spoke on her meeting with Dr. Gibson. She shared on CMU expects one grade level growth between testing periods; focus on small group instruction and ILCs; last year benchmark met in all areas except math. Culinary Arts application submitted; Business application in progress; aim to submit both by Thanksgiving.    

Finance: Ms. Brown met with finance and shared on expenses and invoices that need to be sent to Accounts Payable in a timely manner. Tyler reviewed the finance statements and pointed out a significant increase on outside support for SPED.

Governance: Ms. Brown shared on the board retreat and finalized menu for breakfast and lunch, and closing in on the agenda time slots. Fall policies need to be reviewed and a meeting is set up on December 15 at 9:45a ET. Ms. Brown also reminded the committee chairs to think of a goal to go over during the board retreat.

Mr. Merante shared on the MAPSA Symposium still has openings. He also commended Ms. Izzo on getting to 90% NWEA testing completed. He would like to see constructive recommendations (“course correction”) mindful of alternative context while maintaining standards.

Next Board Meeting Date: December 9, 2025, at 6:00p.