F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Enrollment Committee
Date and Time
Tuesday February 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan (remote), C. Beasley (remote), H. Pierpont (remote), M. Beganski (remote), P. Gordon (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
Committee Members who arrived after the meeting opened
B. Harrigan
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 Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
H. Pierpont made a motion to approve the minutes from Enrollment Committee on 01-14-25.
C. Beasley seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| P. Gordon |
Aye
|
| C. Beasley |
Aye
|
| M. Beganski |
Aye
|
| H. Pierpont |
Aye
|
| B. Harrigan |
Absent
|
B. Harrigan arrived at 3:41 PM.
II. Enrollment
A.
Current enrollment status
- 388 current students. 4 left at semester break. hearing some talk of other students leaving.
- January lottery saw 2 admits and 6 declines. 3 initial offers.
- Should be data driven with future offers and conservative. Cannot go much above 400.
B.
Current lottery applications status
- 218 current applications. Looking good compared to past few years. Plan to budget next year at 390. Current large 9th grade.
C.
Information session update and survey data
- Ambassadors meeting tonight. Need panelists for information sessions. Will ask about their availability to answer questions at post lottery parent coffees.
- Consider adding a tidbit about family to parent contact list.
- Spanish information session tonight.
- Will have social media push during the break.
- Information sessions are going well and the new format is working.
- Survey results show word of mouth is important. How can questions 4 and 5 be worded better? Keep for this year and rework for next year. Determine how to communicate around not having AP classes.
D.
Data analytics
Look at withdrawal data by grade at next meeting and acceptance data by month.
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 4:36 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Beganski
Documents used during the meeting
None