SY 2021-2022 Finance Committee Board Goal

• By April 2022, the Board will approve a balanced and fiscally sound budget that aligns with school program needs for SY 2021-22
  • Tactic 1: Will create a contingency budget that takes into account days of cash on hand and enrollment.
  • Tactic 2: Will present over-arching goals for 2021-2022 school year to inform the new budget.
  • Tactic 3: Compare new budget projections to 5 year Proforma.
  • Tactic 4: Present Draft Budget to committee for feedback.
• Financials
• Audit

SY 2021-22     Academic Excellence/Recovery Management  Board Goal:

•  Achieve at least 60% retention rate of eligible students by June 2022
  • Tactic 1: Individualized transitions meetings with 100% of student body in April and May of 2022.
  • Tactic 2: At least 50% of parents will participate in at least 5 parent workshop/activity each semester.
  • Tactic 3: At least 50% of students will participate in at least 10 GPS recovery activities each semester in the 2021-2022 school year and 5 activities in the summer.
  • Tactic 4:  Monitor and discuss all school specific goals and data bi monthly.
  • Tactic 5:  Monitor and discuss all non school specific goals and data bi-monthly.

• Enrollment/Enroll Indy Update
• Update on School Activities
• Professional Development
• Formative Assessments
• Cross Curricular Activities 
• Update on 2nd year Site Visit; https://media.graphcms.com/eHjCsJdQKWpPZSj62pCr
• Graduation

SY 2020-21 Marketing Committee Board Goal: Marketing Committee Goal:  To achieve enrollment targets of 30 students in September of 2021 and 40 students in February of 2022.

• Tactic 1: Increase referral sources though providing 3-5 educational opportunities throughout the school year (speaker series, principals retreat, open house, etc.)
• Tactic 2: Engage and retain referral sources through tailored communications throughout the year (monthly e-news, educational events, personalized referral source letters and student updates)
• Tactic 3: Grow awareness about Hope Academy through regular earned media opportunities (news media outlets, podcasts and cross promotional content on partner websites)
• Tactic 4: Increase traffic to Hope Academy website through monthly organic content on Hope Academy’s blog (behind the scenes content, data and research, thought-leadership)

SY 2020-21 Development Committee Board Goal:

Development Committee Goal: Hope Academy will raise $450,000 by 2022.

• Tactic 1: Have a retention rate of current donors of 35 %.
• Tactic 2: Complete 4 Direct Mail pieces including an Annual Report
• Tactic 3: Complete 2 Fundraising events
• Tactic 4: Continue to renew current grants and look for new grant opportunities: Metric: see grant dashboard
• Tactic 5: Identify 5 new donors and steward current list of donors through phone calls, newsletters, direct mail, etc.

    Direct Mail   
    Valentines 

    Spring Event - Hope Fest June 11

SY 2021-22 Governance Committee Board Goal: To recruit a board with diverse skill sets that is consistent with our mission and assists in the sustainability of our school and also reflects the students and community that we serve.  

• Tactic 1: Create a pool of board and committee candidates by asking each board member to provide at least one potential contact for board or committee service
  Metric:  At least 12 potential candidates for board/committee service identified by June 2022.
• Tactic 2:  Connect with community and faith-based organizations that serve stakeholders who reflect the demographics of students served at Hope Academy in order to identify and cultivate potential board and committee members.  Metric:  At least 10% of Hope Academy committee members reflect the demographics of students served by the school.
• Tactic 3: Conduct outreach activities with Hope alumni/parents of alumni to measure level of interest on participating in board committees.   Metric: Send a survey to alumni/parents from the last 5 years of data.                                                                                       

Retirements/Restructure

OEI Board Opportunity Fair

New Board Members by March 7th. 

4th Thursday at 7:30a to start in July.