Discussion around if the board should create their own acknowledgement or keep rotating through community orgs acknowledgements.

Board members have split feelings around writing or adopting our own acknowledgment or not.

Nutrition expenditures for the year are slightly increased due to supplies. 

Annual projection shows just under 1.3 million as our ending balance. 

The audit was a clean audit and there was nothing major to report or to bring to the attention of the board. 

The books are accurate and the monthly reports are indicative of the annual report. 

We go through two different audits. The first is financial the second (happens every two years) is more of an education audit reporting on different aspects of our work.

This audit work is important, especially, as we continue to look into different types of funding.

Daily attendance has dropped a little bit, this is usual for the weather this time of year. Enrollment has stayed the same because we are not enrolling students at this point, waiting for semester to start new enrollment. 

Students are working on a historical graphic novels they will self publish.

Knox Pres. Church did a service day with students and made blankets for Vanessa Behan.

This month financial stability and winter care bags have been a big focus. Millwood Pres. church did an adopt a family for all of our students and their kids. 

To do's-

Fingerprinting at ESD 101- board directors names are on file and you can go and do that whenever you are ready. Call ESD 101 and ask for finger printing and they will give you directions and have you schedule a time. 

Shauna will be sending out F-1 forms in January to get a jump start on them. 

Equity Focused work session:

- Implicit bias in schools... kids attending alternative schools are lazy, using substances, don't want to work... and that is the code they put on any student in an alternative setting. Usually it's a life event or learning need that leads them to alternative learning settings.

- Community Check in... April talking about NAACP and Black Lens literacy program happening on January 7th. This is a community program highlighting and uplifting the voices of community members who are furthest from access. April is also working with students at St. Gorges who are interested in building little libraries. 

Several meetings with the county to talk about tax revenue.  There were some positive pathways we can pursue for future funding conversations. 

Shauna is working on a document for sharing about our behavioral health supports.

January the 23rd following the board meeting. 

A PDF link is being sent.