Friendly Academy
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday August 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Location
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92701853934?pwd=n4cIT6Cbg6RW235WbCGF087ZI8dxcz.1
Meeting ID: 927 0185 3934 Passcode: 389337
Directors Present
D. Morrison (remote), D. Neil (remote), D. Richardson (remote), M. Jones (remote)
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Brooke Sharp (Board Member: Voter) (remote), Lauren Piscitelli (Finance Consultant) (remote), Martha McGeehon (MCPSC) (remote), Michelle Basi (Legal Council) (remote), Nicole Lampert (Board Member: Voter) (remote), Robert Hughes (Board Member: Voter) (remote), T. Robinson (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Mission Statement
II. New School Accountability
A.
Performance Framework: MO Charter Public School Commission
Martha McGeehon reviewed the charter performance framework. An overview of the presentation included: Who is MCPSC, Monitoring Plan, Accountability, Decision Making, Sponsorship Cycle, Good Governance Matters, Contact Information for MCPSC Staff.
B.
Sunshine Law: Tueth Keeney
Michelle Basi reviewed SunShine Law. An Overview of the presentation included: Missouri Sunshine Law (Open Meeting Act), General Philosophy, Key Definitions, Notice and Agenda, Voting, Emergency Board Meetings, Closed Meetings and Confidentiality.
III. Consent Agenda
A.
Vote to approve July Board Minutes
B.
Vote to approve July Financials
IV. Board Structure
A.
Vote to assign Officer Positions
Vote to assign Officers was tabled until next board meeting.
B.
Vote to assign committee meetings
Vote to assign committees was tabled until next board meeting.
V. Transportation
A.
Vote to approve adding additional transportation vendors- as needed
The board advised the CEO to provide more information about the transportation vendor, including cost. The board noted that a special board meeting can be called if needed to add an additional transportation vendors.
VI. CEO Report
A.
CEO
- 72 of 96 have attended school. Some families reported that their students will attend school starting next week. Some families have not responded. Several attempts have been made to contact families who have not responded. We will conduct 14 home visits for families who have not given us a response.
- Bus Transportation is still inconsistent
- Leadership: 2 of 3 Directors Hired
- Teachers: 5 of 5 Teachers Hired
- Support Staff: 3 of 3
- See the financial report and presentation from Lauren Piscitelli
- We will recieve ~$160,000 in reimbursement from CSP this month
- We will need to make cuts to the budget to account for lower enrollment. General ideas are adjust staffing accordingly and remove a school bus
- Kindergarten entry assessments and baseline assessments will be facilitated by September 2, 2025.
Read by Alesha Morrison