KTEC High School
Minutes
May 2023 Meeting
Date and Time
Monday May 22, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Location
KTEC HS Main Office
Directors Present
A. Andersson, J. Kopesky (remote), L. Svatek, P. Fegley
Directors Absent
J. Duchrow
Ex Officio Members Present
S. Duchrow (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
S. Duchrow (remote)
Guests Present
A. Andersson
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Academic Excellence
A.
23-24 Enrollment
B.
Behavior report
OSS and ISS numbers have improved.
End of year pressure to earn credits seems to be contributing to improved behaviors.
C.
Skills USA Drone
3rd place victory in the state competition. Three students on team lead by Arthur Andersson. The FAA testing was more difficult and the troubleshooting could have been better. This was the first year. The students would like to add 4 more competitions for next year.
D.
Grade book change for 23-24
Going from MyLC to Headrush. One time fee of $10k for set up and $3900 annually. Headrush is more versatile. Headrush meets the needs of competencies-based learning. Mastery Transcript and Unruler wer reviewed. Unruler would not work well for us. MyLC didn't allow us to communicate to parents. Headrush parents will have access vs reports being sent. The DPI grant money can be used for the $10k set up. It's not a seamless connection to Skyward but it's been improving. DPI and WRCCS both use Headrush for grant processing.
E.
Project Based Learning Professional Development
Staff needs to be trained more for project-based learning. PBL Works and Kyle (consultant and author of The Power of Simple) could provide professional development with 3 day intensive. The year long support would cost about $15k. This could use DPI grant money. Suggest $1k stipend for airfare and hotel and meals.
F.
Dual Credit Gateway/NC3 Certifications
21 students earned 59 Gateway credits in math and or English.
Katie Graf and Matt Janissen talked with Stacey about how to improve on these numbers next year. Students could potentially earn a GenEd associates degree in high school.
Students have earned 436 certifications (up from 350 certifications last month) at KTEC HS. KUSD as a whole has earned 120 certifications.
NC3 needs to push the certification agenda with industry to get industry to understand the value of the certifications.
G.
Credit Recovery Progress
Credit recovery students are working to finish Gateway classes and could still earn dual credits.
III. Finance
A.
Staffing 2023-24
Positions are posted.
B.
Budget 2023
It looks like we may need short term borrowing this summer.
Very little money from Charter School Growth Fund grant money was used.
Erate money ($14k) has been approved but has not arrived in our account yet.
Food service will more than break even this year.
Lily has been great at reaching out to families about balances (school fees and food service).
CEP will not be beneficial for next year. 26% are not free and reduced and we'd need to pay for them if we gave all students free meals.
C.
Budget 2024
IV. Facilities
A.
Utilities
Utilities will go from $15k annually to $20k.
V. Governance
A.
Policy Updates
WRCCS reviewed financial policies. Only one policy needs to be adjusted. They reviewed for free. They will work on behavioral policies next.
VI. Other Business
A.
Closed Session
Building update; conversations with NC3, Festo and Gateway and SME. Snap On meeting coming up.
Staffing.
Transcend
Enrollment is at 88 now; hoping to reach 125
Kingfish - continue to try to get that confirmed
Harbor Market - 3 dates confirmed 5/27, 6/17 and 7/15, 6/17 volunteer needed
National Night Out (5 locations) on 8/1 from 5-7, volunteers needed; Paul available