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F.W. Parker Charter Essential School

Minutes

Enrollment Committee

Date and Time

Friday October 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Location

Committee Members Present

B. Harrigan (remote), H. Pierpont (remote), M. Beganski (remote), P. Gordon (remote)

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

D. Merriam (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

P. Gordon called a meeting of the Enrollment Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Friday Oct 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

H. Pierpont made a motion to approve the minutes from Enrollment Committee on 05-27-25.
B. Harrigan seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Enrollment

A.

Review current enrollment numbers

Deb presented current enrollment information

  • applications by grade - increased 7th grade applications
  • withdrawals - reasonable so far; new normal of more older student withdrawals
  • accept/decline rates for offers made - more declines per offer post pandemic; less informed/qualified applicants
  • by grade - very small senior class is last pandemic class and will be corrected for next year
  • various populations - is change in BIPOC mirrored in sending districts

How can we:

  • better inform applicants in hopes of shifting yield numbers
  • align messaging to attract successful students; messaging about post-secondary success
  • better understand declines
  • gather additional BIPOC application and enrollment data

Will survey Div 1 families with enrollment questions during PLPs about how they heard of us and what influenced their decision to attend most; check boxes

 

B.

Discuss goals for the year

  • full and diverse enrollment - able to budget at 395 and increase BIPOC % of students
  • better understand what strategies are working overall and with BIPOC families

C.

Discuss opportunities with BGCFL

tabled until next meeting

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:03 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
M. Beganski
Documents used during the meeting
None