Each consent agenda includes minutes from the prior meeting and the monthly financial packet, including monthly vouchers.

COO Tara Gustin presented a proposed change to the 2023-2024 school calendars: moving the start date of the school year to August 1st from the previously approved calendars. This would apply to all Paramount campuses.

A discussion was had to change the wording on the Articles of Incorporation from Paramount School of Excellence to Paramount Schools of Excellence.

A discussion was had about adding a chain of command to the Paramount staff handbook for reporting obligations.

Director of HR, Tiffany Palacios, presented. Paramount payroll processing is managed through our contract with Sentric HR and Bookkeeping Plus. Sentric HR is our processor and BPI serves as oversite for final processing. Until this year, the management of payroll deductions have been guided by policies set forth by these companies in alignment with Federal and State laws.

This year, The Indiana Charter School Board requested that Paramount submit our own company payroll deduction policy to support our expansion. Paramount HR worked with Sentric HR and Bookkeeping Plus to draft this policy and the Sentric Payroll team reviewed the final submission. The policy is written to demonstrate how Paramount employee payroll deductions are determined and administered.

CFO, Marcus Miller, presented making changes to the bank accounts that would result in them becoming higher interest-earning accounts. All of these are relatively low risk, but Paramount Schools of Excellence would get a good turn on our investment.