Paramount Schools of Excellence
Minutes
Paramount Board of Directors Public Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 16, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
Paramount Online Academy Training Room
1203 E. St. Clair Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
*Enter through Door 8
Directors Present
B. Eldridge, E. Mendez (remote), J. Amu (remote), J. Hazzard, Jr. (remote), M. Bishop, T. Rude (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Bekele, P. Blackard
Ex Officio Members Present
T. Reddicks
Non Voting Members Present
T. Reddicks
Guests Present
Brandalyn Hayes (remote), Case Calvert (remote), Cory Iwaszewski (remote), D. Taylor (remote), Hanan Abdelmasseh (remote), Heather Brooks (remote), J. Hurley (remote), J. Smith (remote), Justin Braun (remote), K. Beauchamp, K. Sherrow (remote), Keeane Gomez (remote), Keith Thomas (remote), Lisa Hopman (remote), M. Laflin (remote), M. Miller, Nichole Tredway (remote), Rebecca Norman (remote), Rebekah Ferney (remote), T. Gustin (remote), T. Palacios (remote), Valeria Chamorro (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
Each consent agenda includes minutes from the prior meeting and the monthly financial packet, including monthly vouchers.
B.
Voucher Approval
Each consent agenda includes minutes from the prior meeting and the monthly financial packet, including monthly vouchers.
IV. New Business
A.
Lafayette Bank Account
B.
Financial Audit
PSOE will be requesting bids before selecting an auditor for next year.
V. Operations Reports
A.
Navigation Team
PSOE is still waiting to hear back from New School Venture Fund about being added to their portfolio, but we expect to hear back about this soon. The team will continue to focus on fine-tuning the budget for the upcoming school year.
B.
Principal Reports
Schools have been focused on completing ILEARN testing. The preliminary ILEARN scores are slowly coming in but are showing positive early returns.
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
B.
Next Meeting
Date: June 20th
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: 1203 E. St. Clair Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 (Enter through Door #8)
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81567255132
VII. Public Session
A.
Organizational Chart
Tom Rude called the meeting to order at 6:21 PM. The board voted on the updated organizational plan. There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded, and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:27 PM
VIII. Committees
A.
Finance Committee
The finance committee will convene again after budget updates have been completed.
B.
Governance Committee
The governance committee will reconvene next month after edits have been made to the SRO policy.
No members of the public were present.