Paramount Schools of Excellence
Minutes
Paramount Board of Directors Public Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday November 15, 2022 at 5:30 PM
Location
Paramount Online Academy Training Room
1203 E. St. Clair Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
*Enter through Door 8
Directors Present
A. Bekele (remote), B. Eldridge (remote), E. Mendez, J. Amu (remote), J. Hazzard, Jr., M. Bishop, P. Blackard (remote), T. Rude (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Ex Officio Members Present
T. Reddicks
Non Voting Members Present
T. Reddicks
Guests Present
Allison Burgeson (remote), Anthony Moore (remote), Asia Loukine (remote), Billy McNeely (remote), Case Calvert (remote), Chris Larson (remote), Dexter Taylor (remote), Dr. Brandalyn Hayes (remote), J. Hurley (remote), J. Smith (remote), Justin Braun (remote), K. Beauchamp, Keeane Gomez (remote), Korry Sherrow (remote), Lisa Hopman (remote), M. Laflin (remote), M. Miller, Madison Livergood (remote), Megan Bouckley (remote), Morgan Kafantaris (remote), Nichole Tredway (remote), Norma Lopez (remote), Rebecca Norman (remote), Stefanie Hanes (remote), T. Gustin, T. Palacios (remote), Tyler Dickey (remote), V. Hereens (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
III. Consent Agenda Review and Approval
A.
Review and Approve Minutes
Tom Rude motioned to defer the vote to approve this month's consent agenda to the December meeting. Each consent agenda includes minutes from the prior meeting and the monthly financial packet, including monthly vouchers.
B.
Voucher Approval
IV. New Business
A.
Financial Audit Review
Blue & Company presented the findings of the audit for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
B.
School Calendars
Tara Gustin presented the proposed 2023-2024 academic calendars for each Paramount campus. These calendars include a full week off for Thanksgiving break. Additionally, the calendars for the Lafayette and South Bend campuses don’t match the ones for the Indianapolis campuses entirely. This is to have better alignment with their corresponding districts.
C.
Enroll Indy Student Priority
Paramount is proposing that students from closing IPS schools have priority access for OneMatch enrollment through Enroll Indy for the upcoming school year. This would be in addition to the other priority students, which include siblings of existing students and students of staff and board members. The board will vote on this in December.
V. Operations Reports
A.
Navigation Team
There has been a strong launch to the school year, and the Navigation team has been working hard to get everything moving forward with the new campuses in South Bend and Lafayette.
B.
Principal Reports
Jason Smith and Allison Burgeson reviewed Paramount Englewood enrollment and academic data to show the board members their progress that they are making to hit goals this school year. The team also reviewed after school activities and family events that the school has hosted during the first semester.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Next Meeting
December 13th @ 5:30 pm (1203 E. St. Clair Street Indianapolis, IN 46202)
No members of the public were present.