Kairos Academies
Minutes
Kairos Academies Monthly Board Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday April 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Location
Kairos Academies
3449 S Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63118
We invite you join us at this Zoom link. This notice was published at www.kairosacademies.org/board at least one day prior to the meeting.
Directors Present
A. Jackson (remote), H. Eastwood (remote), K. Kerr (remote), K. Owen (remote), M. Vachow (remote), N. Plair (remote), W. Young (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Sullivan, E. Schlafly
Ex Officio Members Present
K. Graham (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
K. Graham (remote)
Guests Present
K. Underwood (remote), Katie Jones (remote), M. Chavers (remote), Nilesh Patel (remote), Tambra Pendleton (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Public Comment
D.
Mission Statement
Reiterated mission statement
E.
Vision Statement
Reiterated vision statement
F.
Approve March 30, 2023 Board Meeting Minutes
II. Finance Committee Updates
A.
Draft Budget Update
received 68/75% of our YTD budget. $3mm incremental revenue expected by end of year.
spent 86/75% of our YTD budget. $1.5mm incremental expenses expected by end of year.
end of year fund balance expected to be between $2-2.3mm
B.
Kairos Pro Forma
this update will be provided at the next board meeting
C.
PNC Update
Next steps are for Britt and Aaron to coordinate with the bank to close account.
III. Executive Committee Updates
A.
Strategic Planning Update
Working on providing clarity around goals, metrics, agency, and implementation plans.
Next steps are a powerpoint deck and report provided by Simmons.
B.
Policies and Documents for Voting
IV. Governance Committee Updates
A.
Board member oath reminder
Only missing a couple board members who have not signed.
B.
CEO Evaluation Process
We are largely following the same process as last year. We will use Board On Track as the evaluation tool. Governance Committee will take lead on this initiative.
C.
Missouri Ethics Commission Personal Financial Disclosure (MEC PFD)
Only one pending board member and they have been notified.
D.
Advisory Committee Updates
Finance and Program Committee are looking for advisors. Ideally advisors come on before the next school year.
V. Program Committee Updates
A.
POSSIP
Participation submissions are largely positive but have low adoption. The way ahead is to introduce time to fill out POSSIP, as well as provide responses to the feedback that is offered.
B.
IXL
There are some areas for improvement regarding hours spent on DD and IXL. The way ahead is to monitor the classes and observe any progress in the data.
C.
Summit Learning
87% of the middle school received feedback within 2 weeks. 80% of scholars scored above 80% for cognitive skills.
96% and 55% respectively for the high school.
Way ahead is bringing data for check ins and logging lagging students.
D.
GROW
Roughly 80% of teachers received GROW feedback. The team is aspiring for 100%.
E.
Testing
95% of students tested NWEA and there is some room for improvement regarding students reaching their growth goals. There will also be some revisions considered around incentive plans.
VI. Facilities Committee Update
A.
Community Engagement Update
an update will be provided next month.
VII. CEO Updates
A.
Update
Attendance is around 85%. Current push is communicating with families about their intent to return.
Staff retention is around 75%
B.
DESE APR Letter
A DESE representative will tour Kairos tomorrow. We have to respond to parents and post on our APR results on the website.
Marnae will quarterback necessary activities to improve the APR score.
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